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Helen of Four Gates
(1920) England
B&W : Six reels / 5800 feet
Directed by Cecil M. Hepworth

Cast: Alma Taylor [Helen], James Carew [Abel Mason], Gerald Ames [Hinson], George Dewhurst [Martin Scott], Gwynne Herbert [Mrs. Tripp], John McAndrews (John MacAndrews) [Fielding Day]

Hepworth Picture Plays production; distributed by Hepworth Picture Plays. / Produced by Cecil M. Hepworth. Scenario by Blanche McIntosh, from the novel Helen of Four Gates by Mrs. E. Holdsworth (Ethel Carnie Holdsworth). / Released September 1920. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Survival status: Prints exist in the Cinémathèque Québécoise film archive [35mm positive (identified 2008)]; and in the George Eastman Museum film archive [16mm reduction positive].

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Listing updated: 22 March 2015.

References: Everson-American p. 159; Gifford-British n. 07003; Perry-British p. 327 : Website-IMDb : with additional information provided by Edward Lorusso and Chris Lynch.