Iris
Directed byCecil M. Hepworth
Written byArthur Wing Pinero (play)
Produced byCecil M. Hepworth
Starring
Production
company
Distributed byIdeal Film Company
Release date
November 1915
Running time
6 reels
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Iris is a 1916 British silent romance film directed by Cecil M. Hepworth and starring Henry Ainley, Alma Taylor and Stewart Rome. It is based on the 1901 play Iris by Arthur Wing Pinero.[1]

Cast

Reception

Similar to American films of the time, Iris was submitted for review and was subject to cuts by American city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors issued an Adults Only permit for the British film.[2]

References

  1. Goble p.814
  2. "Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald. 5 (15): 33. 6 October 1917.

Bibliography

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.


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