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Splendid Folly

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Splendid Folly
Directed byArrigo Bocchi
Written byMargaret Pedlar (novel)
Hedley Sedgwick
StarringManora Thew
Hayford Hobbs
Evelyn Harding
Production
company
Distributed byWalturdaw
Release date
  • November 1919 (1919-11)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Splendid Folly is a 1919 British silent romance film directed by Arrigo Bocchi and starring Manora Thew, Hayford Hobbs and Evelyn Harding.[1] The film is set in Naples and was shot on location in Italy, and at Catford Studios in London. It is based on a novel by Margaret Pedlar.

Plot

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A playwright's wife leaves him when she mistakenly believes he has taken a mistress. She becomes a renowned opera singer.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Low p.456

Bibliography

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  • Low, Rachael. History of the British Film, 1918-1929. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.
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