A Welsh Singer (1916)

The Turner Film Company Presents AMERICA'S MOST TALLENTED ACTRESS

A shepherdess becomes an opera star. A shepherd becomes a sculptor.

Date of release
1916-08-14
TMDB
0.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
50m
Genres
Drama, Romance
Director
Henry Edwards

Casting

Interesting facts

A Welsh Singer (1915) is a lost British silent romantic film based on a novel of the same name. Produced by Florence Turner's Turner Film Company, it is a romance between two lovers from rural Wales who move to London and become artists. Among the company's most popular films, it was praised by British newspapers but received a mixed review in an American magazine. Turner starred as the female lead, while the male lead Henry Edwards also served as its director, marking his directorial debut.

Production and marketing

A Welsh Singer is a lost silent feature film was made in the United Kingdom by the American actress Florence Turner's Turner Film Company. Like many films set in Wales during the 1910s, it was a romance produced by an English studio. It was based on the popular novel A Welsh Singer by Allen Raine, one of three films based on her work. The film was the first directed by English actor Henry Edwards, who also appeared as the male lead Leuan.

The film was released in 1915. It was five reels long, with a total reel length of 4,600 ft (1,400 m). An advertisement aimed at cinema owners in a trade magazine, The Bioscope, encouraged them to "Book this all-British film. It will not let you down.

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