The Admirable Crichton is a 1918 British silent comedy film directed by G. B. Samuelson and starring Basil Gill, Mary Dibley and James Lindsay. It was based on the 1902 play The Admirable Crichton by J. M. Barrie.
In 1919 it was filmed by Cecil B. DeMille as Male and Female starring Gloria Swanson.
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Premise
When they are stranded on a desert island, an aristocratic family fall increasingly under the sway of their charismatic, competent butler.
Cast
Basil Gill as Crichton
Mary Dibley as Lady Mary Lasenby
James Lindsay as Woolley
Lennox Pawle as Lord Loam
Lillian Hall-Davis as Lady Agatha Lasenby