Four Feathers

Four Feathers
Four Feathers
Directed by	J. Searle Dawley
Based on	The Four Feathers; 1902 novel; by A. E. W. Mason
Distributed by	Metro Pictures
Release date	May 24, 1915;
Running time	5 reels
Country	United States
Language	English

Four Feathers (1915) is a silent film adaptation of A. E. W. Mason's 1902 novel The Four Feathers.^[2]

Plot

Harry Faversham (played by John Clements) is British army officer who refuses to avenge the death of a legendary general who was murdered some ten years ago. He is awarded three feathers by his officers. When his fiancée fails to defend his stance, he plucks a feather from her fan.

He proves his courage by rescuing his comrades in potentially dangerous and life-threatening situations at enemy lines in North Africa. Harry later returns each of the feathers as proof of his redemption and courage.

Cast

Edgar L. Davenport as General Faversham
Fuller Mellish as Lieutenant Sutch
Ogden Childe as Harry Faversham, age 14
Howard Estabrook as Captain Harry Faversham
Arthur Evers as Captain Jack Durrance
George Moss (actor) as Mr. Eustace
Irene Warfield as Ethne Eustace

References

^ ^a ^b "Four Feathers (1915)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on October 4, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Four Feathers". silentera.com.

External links

Four Feathers at the TCM Movie Database
Four Feathers at IMDb
Four Feathers at AllMovie

This article about a war film is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[BFI-1] "Four Feathers (1915)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on October 4, 2017.

[SE-2] "Four Feathers". silentera.com.

[1]

[2]