| Nell Gwyn | |
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| Directed by | Herbert Wilcox |
| Written by | Marjorie Bowen (novel) Herbert Wilcox |
| Produced by | Herbert Wilcox |
| Starring | Dorothy Gish Randle Ayrton Juliette Compton Sydney Fairbrother |
| Cinematography | Roy F. Overbaugh |
| Edited by | William Hamilton |
Production company | British National Pictures |
| Distributed by | First National Film Distributors Paramount Pictures (US) |
Release date |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
| Budget | £20,000[1] or £22,000[2] |
| Box office | over £100,000[2] |
Nell Gwyn is a 1926 British silent romance film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Dorothy Gish, Randle Ayrton and Juliette Compton.[3] It was based on the 1926 novel Mistress Nell Gwyn by Marjorie Bowen[4] and follows the life of Nell Gwynne, the mistress of Charles II. Wilcox later made a second version of the film in 1934, Nell Gwynn which starred Anna Neagle.[5]
- ^ "Anna Neagle's Herbert Takes On A New Star". Truth. No. 2756. Brisbane. 18 January 1953. p. 22. Retrieved 17 August 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ a b "The Man Who Made "Dawn."". Daily Examiner. Vol. 21, no. 28497. New South Wales. 24 April 1928. p. 7. Retrieved 19 August 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Nell Gwyn A Character Study (1925)". BFI. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
- ^ Nell Gwyn: A Decoration, by Marjorie Bowen, Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1926. This book was not written under the pen name, Joseph Shearing
- ^ "Nell Gwyn (1926) - Herbert Wilcox - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.