This Freedom

1923 British silent drama film

21 March 1923 (1923-03-21)

Running time

7 reelsCountryUnited KingdomLanguageSilent (English intertitles)

This Freedom is a 1923 British silent drama film directed by Denison Clift and starring Fay Compton, Clive Brook, and John Stuart.^[1] It was based on the novel This Freedom by A. S. M. Hutchinson.

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[2] a woman, who learned as a child that man's power was too dominating, strikes out in search of independence. She rears a family as a businesswoman, leaving the children to a governess. Her formula backfires and the fallacy of her ideas is the climax.

Cast

Fay Compton as Rosalie Aubyn
Clive Brook as Harry Occleve
John Stuart as Huggo Occleve
Athene Seyler as Miss Keggs
Nancy Kenyon as Doda Occleve
Gladys Hamer as Gertrude
Fewlass Llewellyn as Reverend Aubyn
Adeline Hayden Coffin as Mrs. Aubyn
Mickey Brantford as Robert
Bunty Fosse as Rosalie, as a Child
Joan Maude as Hilda
Charles Vane as Uncle Pyke
Gladys Hamilton as Aunt Belle
Robert English as Mr. Field
Charles Hawtrey (uncredited)

References

^ BFI.org
^ Eckels, Eddy (22 December 1923). "Feature Previews: This Freedom". Exhibitors Trade Review. 15 (4). New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 25. Retrieved 4 May 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.