Becket is a 1924 British silent drama film directed by George Ridgwell and starring Frank R. Benson, A.V. Bramble and Bertram Burleigh.[1] It depicts the fatal encounter between Henry II and the Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket.

Becket
Directed byGeorge Ridgwell
Written byEliot Stannard
Based onBecket
by Alfred Tennyson
StarringFrank R. Benson
A.V. Bramble
Bertram Burleigh
CinematographyJoseph Rosenthal Jr.
Production
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Distributed byStoll Pictures
Release date
  • 4 February 1924 (1924-02-04)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

The film is based on the 1884 play of the same title by Alfred Tennyson. It was produced by Stoll Pictures, Britain's largest film company of the era, at the Cricklewood Studios in London. The film's sets were designed by the art director Walter Murton.

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References

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  1. ^ "Becket (1924)". Archived from the original on 17 October 2017.

Bibliography

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  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Low, Rachael. The History of British Film (Volume 3): The History of the British Film 1914 - 1918. Routledge, 2013.
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