Profit and the Loss is a 1917 British silent drama film directed by A. V. Bramble and Eliot Stannard and starring James Carew, Randle Ayrton and Margaret Halstan.[2]
It adapts a play (Profit - and the Loss) by H.F. Maltby.[3]
Plot
When friends fail him, a tenant farmer turns to making money.
Cast
- James Carew - Dicky Bransome
- Randle Ayrton - Jenkins
- Margaret Halstan
- Saba Raleigh
References
- ^ Low p.298
- ^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | the PROFIT AND THE LOSS (1917)". Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
- ^ Goble, Alan (8 September 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-095194-3.
Bibliography
- Low, Rachael. The History of British Film, Volume 4 1918-1929. Routledge, 1997.
External links
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