The Burgomaster of Stilemonde [SEP] director
The Burgomaster of Stilemonde
The Burgomaster of Stilemonde is a 1929 British silent drama film directed by George Banfield and starring John Martin Harvey, Fern Andra and Robert Andrews. It was made at Walthamstow Studios and on location in Belgium. It was based on the 1918 play "Le Bourgmestre de Stilmonde " by Maurice Maeterlinck. Like the play, it portrays German atrocities during the First World War occupation of Belgium. It was well received by critics.
Cast.
- John Martin Harvey as Cyrille van Belle (The Burgomaster
Martin-Harvey. One of his later successes was a reprise of his 1909 role as the kindly bookmaker Peter Perks in "A Member of Tattersall's". His last role was Claus in "The Burgomaster of Stilemonde", by Count Maurice Maeterlinck, at the Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, beginning in October 1918.
Barrington wrote horse racing columns for "Punch" magazine under the pseudonym "Lady Gay" and also wrote two volumes of reminiscences, in 1908 and 1911. He also appeared in four silent films: