Maria Marten (1928 film)

Maria Marten
Maria Marten
Directed by	Walter West
Produced by	Harry Rowson
Starring	Trilby Clark; Warwick Ward; Dora Barton ; James Knight
Cinematography	Phil Ross
Production; company	Harry Rowson Productions
Distributed by	Ideal Film Company
Release date	March 1928;
Running time	75 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Maria Marten is a 1928 British silent drama film directed by Walter West starring Trilby Clark, Warwick Ward and Dora Barton.^[3] It is based on the real story of the Red Barn Murder in the 1820s, and is one of five film versions of the events. The film shifted the action to fifty years earlier to the height of the Georgian era.^[4] This was the last of the silent film adaptations of the Maria Marten story, and its success paved the way for the much better 1935 sound film remake starring Tod Slaughter. A 35mm print of the 1928 silent film exists in the British Film Institute's archives.^[5]

Plot

When his secret lover Maria Marten tells him she is pregnant with his child and asks him to marry her, the villainous Squire Corder murders her and buries her body in the red barn. The dead woman's ghost later visits her mother in a dream, and leads her to find her daughter's body, incriminating the squire.

Cast

Trilby Clark as Maria Marten
Warwick Ward as Squire William Corder
Dora Barton
James Knight as Carlos
Charles Ashton as Sam Giles
Vesta Sylva as Ann Marten
Frank Perfitt as John Marten
Margot Armand as Lady Maud Derringham
Judd Green as William Giles
Tom Morris as Ishmael
Chili Bouchier

References

^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 328. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
^ Low p.408
^ BFI.org
^ Chapman p.218
^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 328. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.

Bibliography

Chapman, Gary. London's Hollywood: The Gainsborough Studio in the Silent Years. Edditt, 2014.
Low, Rachael. History of the British Film, 1918-1929. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.

External links

Maria Marten at IMDb

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[1] Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 328. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.

[2] Low p.408

[3] BFI.org

[4] Chapman p.218

[5] Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 328. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.

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