Pillars of Society (1920 film) explained

Pillars of Society is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Rex Wilson and starring Ellen Terry, Norman McKinnel and Mary Rorke.^[1] It was based on the 1877 play The Pillars of Society by Henrik Ibsen. Location shooting was done in Norway.

Plot

In Norway a shipping magnate frames his absent brother-in-law for theft and betrayal of his mistress.

Cast

• Ellen Terry - Widow Bernick
• Norman McKinnel - John Halligan
• Mary Rorke - Mrs. Halligan
• Joan Lockton - Diana Dorf
• Irene Rooke - Martha Karsten
• Lydia Hayward - Lena Hessel
• Charles Ashton - Dick Alward
• John Kelt - Parson Rogers
• Pamela Neville - Florence
• Lovat Cave-Chinn - Olaf Hessel

References

1. Web site: BFI | Film & TV Database | PILLARS OF SOCIETY (1920) . 15 June 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121023204715/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/510845 . 23 October 2012 . dead .