The Ever Open Door is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Fred Goodwins and starring Hayford Hobbs, Daphne Glenne and Margaret Hope.[1] It was based on the play The Ever Open Door by George R. Sims, a leading Victorian writer of stage melodramas. It was one of a number of Sim's plays to be adapted for cinema during the Silent era.[2]

The Ever Open Door
Directed byFred Goodwins
Written byGeorge R. Sims (play)
William J. Elliott
StarringHayford Hobbs
Daphne Glenne
Margaret Hope
Ralph Forster
Production
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Distributed byIdeal Film Company
Release date
  • 1920 (1920)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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References

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  1. ^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | The EVER OPEN DOOR (1920)". 13 February 2009. Archived from the original on 13 February 2009. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  2. ^ Richards p.143

Bibliography

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  • Low, Rachael. The History of British Film, Volume 4 1918-1929. Routledge, 1997.
  • Richards, Jeffrey (ed.). The Unknown 1930s: An Alternative History of the British Cinema, 1929- 1939. I.B. Tauris & Co, 1998.
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