The Fortune of Christina McNab is a 1921 British silent comedy film directed by W. P. Kellino and starring Nora Swinburne, David Hawthorne and Francis Lister. It was made at Lime Grove Studios, based on a 1901 novel by Sarah Broom Macnaughtan. It was one in a series of get-rich-quick comedies made by Kellino, of which this is amongst the best known.[2]
| The Fortune of Christina McNab | |
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| Directed by | W. P. Kellino |
| Written by | Sarah Broom Macnaughtan (novel) Paul Rooff |
| Starring | Nora Swinburne David Hawthorne Francis Lister Sara Sample |
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| Distributed by | Gaumont British Distributors |
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Running time | 6,200 feet[1] |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Cast
edit- Nora Swinburne as Christina McNab
- David Hawthorne as Colin McCrae
- Francis Lister as Duke of Southwark
- Sara Sample as Muriel Stonor
- Marjorie Chard as Lady Anne Drummond
- Chick Farr as Archie Anstruthers
- Norman Tharp as Mr. Drummond
- Gena Ray as Joan Drummond
- Eva Westlake as Lady Tarbutt
- Dora Levis as Jessie
References
editBibliography
edit- Low, Rachael. History of the British Film, 1918–1929. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.
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