The Lunatic at Large [SEP] director
The Lunatic at Large
The Lunatic at Large is a 1921 British silent comedy film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Edwards, Chrissie White and Lyell Johnstone. The screenplay concerns an aristocratic matron who attempts to arrange a suitable marriage for her daughter. It is based on a novel by J. Storer Clouston.
Cast.
- Henry Edwards - Mandell Essington
- Chrissie White - Lady Irene
- Lyell Johnstone - Baron Gauche
- Gwynne Herbert - Countess Coyley
- George Dewhurst - Dr. Welsh
- Hugh Clifton
New South Wales purchased the Callan Park site, then known as "Callan Estates", with the purpose of building a large lunatic asylum to ease the severe overcrowding at the Gladesville Hospital for the Insane, at Bedlam Point, near Tarban Creek in Gladesville. The new lunatic asylum was designed according to the views of Dr Thomas Kirkbride, an American. Charles Moore, then Director of the Botanic Gardens, was entrusted with (re-)designing the grounds. Garry Owen House was then adapted as an asylum in 1875-86; though