Charles Ashton and British Silent Films

British Silent Film Star – Charles Ashton

The Last Crusade (1922)

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Production Company. British and Colonial Kinematograph Co. Ltd. for Romance of British History series.  Director: George Ridgwell.

Length: 1000 feet.

Cast: Reginald Fox, Cynthia Murtagh, Charles Ashton, Gordon Hopkirk

Source: Complete Index to World Film

Plot synopsis from BFI BFI’s National Film Archive Catalogue: History educational film on the story of Edward I and Eleanor of Castile, in Palestine.

This film like The Last King of Wales, was also made by the British Colonial Kinematograph company in 1922, and part of the Romance of History series.  It has been lost.

Written by anneramsden

March 9, 2010 at 3:08 pm

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