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Hard Times (1915 film)

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Hard Times
Directed byThomas Bentley
Written by
Starring
Production
company
Transatlantic Films
Distributed byTransatlantic Films
Release date
  • September 1915 (1915-09)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Hard Times is a 1915 British silent drama film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Bransby Williams, Leon M. Lion and Dorothy Bellew. It is based on the 1854 novel Hard Times by Charles Dickens.

Cast

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  • Bransby Williams as Gradgrind
  • Leon M. Lion as Tom Gradgrind
  • Dorothy Bellew as Louisa
  • Madge Tree as Rachael
  • Mr. Forrest as Stephen Blackpool
  • F. Lymons as Josiah Bounderby
  • Will Corrie as Sleary
  • Clara Cooper as Cissie Jupe
  • J. Wynn Slater as James Harthouse

Bibliography

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  • Giddings, Robert & Sheen, Erica. From Page To Screen: Adaptations of the Classic Novel . Manchester University Press, 5 May 2000
  • Mee, John. The Cambridge Introduction to Charles Dickens. Cambridge University Press, 2010.
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