Pillars of Society is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Rex Wilson and starring Ellen Terry, Norman McKinnel and Mary Rorke. It was based on the 1877 play The Pillars of Society by Henrik Ibsen. Location shooting was done in Norway, in particular in Grimstad. The adaptation is the first film screenplay written by Lydia Elizabeth Hayward.
Plot In Norway a shipping magnate frames his absent brother-in-law for theft and betrayal of his mistress.
Cast Ellen Terry - Widow Bernick Norman McKinnel - John Halligan Mary Rorke - Mrs. Halligan Joan Lockton - Diana Dorf Irene Rooke - Martha Karsten Lydia Hayward - Lena Hessel Charles Ashton - Dick Alward John Kelt - Parson Rogers Pamela Neville - Florence Lovat Cave-Chinn - Olaf Hessel
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