Nell Gwyn (1926 film)

Nell Gwyn
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Directed byHerbert Wilcox
Written byMarjorie Bowen (novel)
Herbert Wilcox
Produced byHerbert Wilcox
StarringDorothy Gish
Randle Ayrton
Juliette Compton
Sydney Fairbrother
CinematographyRoy F. Overbaugh
Edited byWilliam Hamilton
Production
company
British National Pictures
Distributed byFirst National Film Distributors
Paramount Pictures (US)
Release date
  • 18 July 1926 (1926-07-18) (US)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)
Budget£20,000 or £22,000
Box officeover £100,000

Nell Gwyn is a 1926 British silent romance film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Dorothy Gish, Randle Ayrton and Juliette Compton. It was based on the 1926 novel Mistress Nell Gwyn by Marjorie Bowen and follows the life of Nell Gwynne, the mistress of Charles II. Wilcox later made a second version of the film in 1934, Nell Gwynn which starred Anna Neagle.