| Comin' Thro the Rye | |
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| Directed by | Cecil Hepworth |
| Written by | Blanche McIntosh |
| Based on | Comin' Through the Rye 1875 novel by Helen Mathers |
| Produced by | Hepworth Picture Plays |
| Starring | Alma Taylor Ralph Forbes |
| Cinematography | Geoffrey Faithfull |
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Running time | 115 mins |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Languages | Silent film English intertitles |
Comin' Thro the Rye is a 1923 British silent drama film directed by Cecil Hepworth and starring Alma Taylor and Ralph Forbes. The film was based on the 1875 novel of the same name by Helen Mathers. The title alludes to the Robert Burns 1782 poem "Comin' Through the Rye".
A clip of it is seen in the comedy The Smallest Show on Earth (1957), in which the elderly staff of the old fleapit cinema tearfully watch silent films on their evenings off.[1]