Annette Benson
Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia Annette Benson (1895 - 1965) was British film actress. She was a leading lady of British silent films of the 1920s, appearing in Confetti with Jack Buchanan and Downhill with Ivor Novello. She also featured in several French and German productions in the mid-1920s. Her career tailed-off with the arrival of sound film and she made her last screen appearance in 1931. Perhaps her best-known role is that of the film star Mae Feather in Anthony Asquith's Shooting Stars.
Known For
When school captain Roddy Berwick takes the blame for his friend’s scandal, he is expelled and disowned by his family. Cast out of his privileged world, Roddy drifts through a series of humiliations—from waiter to penniless actor to gigolo—descending ever further into ruin and self-disgust.
Downhill
Adapted from a popular Broadway play and concerns three veterans who return to London from the War only to discover that they have been officially listed as dead.
Three Live Ghosts
The husband and wife acting team of Mae Feather and Julian Gordon is torn apart when he discovers she is having an affair with the screen comedian Andy Wilks.
Shooting Stars
A fairly conventional romance of an American heiress, loved by boy back home, bedazzled by a glamorous prince in beautiful Italian surroundings.
The Man From Home
A lawyer spends the weekend with a married actress at the same hotel as his wife and her lover. This British silent film exists in an abridged 2-reel (32-min) format.
Week-End Wives
A murder takes place in a film studio during the shooting of a new film.
Deadlock
A flower girl wins £60,000 and takes her family to Paris to save her sister from her murderous husband.
Squibs Wins the Calcutta Sweep
'Scotland Yard hunt for a dangerous criminal who has returned to Britain after many years away.' (BFI)
The Ringer
When the commander of a cruiser ,which sank in a confrontation,is tried for negligence, will the wife speak up in his defense? Unknown to him, she was trapped in the cabin below with her former lover, a subordinate officer.
Before the Battle
A young intellectual, J. Powers, loses his faith in God after the untimely death of his wife. He devotes his great talents to writing a shockingly blasphemous book, debunking all religion, and then embarks on a trip to Jerusalem. Far from reconciling him to God, the sight of all the different sects worshipping in that ancient city only serves to embitter him and deepen his unbelief. One day, wandering in the country, he loses his way and stops to ask directions at a small house. The inhabitants are a poor but devout family whose daughter, Ruth, revives his broken heart. At the risk of losing her, he confesses to her his loss of faith, and she gently declares that meditation on the Gospels will heal him. He sorrowfully tells her that he wishes he could believe as she does, but it is impossible.
The Cradle of God
'Girl reporter and insane fiancé join pirate's descendant in treasure hunt.' (British Film Catalogue)
A South Sea Bubble
A lieutenant saves an heiress from a wicked squire and is framed for murder.
The Harbour Lights
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Confetti
A manager's mistress cons a financier into buying a dud oil claim.