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The Mistress of Shenstone
8.0 / 10• 1921• 1h 0m•NR• English
DramaRomance
Storyline
The husband of Lady Myra Ingleby is off fighting in the World War. She is devastated when Sir Derysk Brand tells her that her husband has been killed. The War Office gives her the details - Lord Ingleby was killed, not by enemy fire, but because of an error committed by one of his fellowmen, whose name is never to be disclosed. The grieving widow retreats to her Cornwall estate for a rest. Staying at the inn is a man known as Jim Airth, who carries a grief of his own.
Cast & Crew
Pauline Frederick
Lady Myra Ingleby
Lead
Roy Stewart
Jim Airth
Emmett King
Sir Deryck Brand
Arthur Clayton
Ronald Ingram
JW
John Willink
Billy Cathcart
Helen Wright
Margaret O'Mara
Rosa Gore
Amelia Murgatroyd
HM
Helen Muir
Eliza Murgatroyd
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Henry King's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Mistress of Shenstone is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
