Edge O' Beyond is a 1919 British silent drama film directed by Fred W. Durrant and starring Ruby Miller, Owen Nares and Isobel Elsom. It is an adaptation of the 1908 novel The Edge O' Beyond by Gertrude Page, one of her bestsellers set in Rhodesia.[1] It was shot at the Isleworth Studios in West London. Ruby Miller had previously appeared in a West End stage version of the novel.[2]

Edge O' Beyond
Directed byFred W. Durrant
Written byIrene Miller
Based onThe Edge O' Beyond
by Gertrude Page
Produced byG.B. Samuelson
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G.B. Samuelson Productions
Distributed byGeneral Film Distributors
Release date
  • October 1919 (1919-10)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

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References

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  1. ^ Free p.213
  2. ^ Bamford p.35

Bibliography

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  • Bamford, Kenton. Distorted images: British national identity and film in the 1920s. I.B. Tauris, 1999.
  • Free, Melissa. Beyond Gold and Diamonds: Genre, the Authorial Informant, and the British South African Novel. SUNY Press, 2021.
  • Low, Rachael. The History of the British Film 1918-1929. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.
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