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The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots
Directed by	Denison Clift
Written by	Denison Clift
Starring	Fay Compton Gerald Ames Ivan Samson John Stuart
Production company	Ideal Film Company
Distributed by	Ideal Film Company
Release date	October 1923 (1923-10)
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots is a 1923 British silent historical film directed by Denison Clift and starring Fay Compton, Gerald Ames and Ivan Samson.^[1] The film depicts the life of Mary, Queen of Scots, and her eventual execution. It was one of the final films made by Ideal, one of the leading British studios, before they were hit by the Slump of 1924.

Cast

• Fay Compton as Mary Stuart
• Gerald Ames as Bothwell
• Ivan Samson as Lord Dudley
• John Stuart as George Douglas
• Ellen Compton as Queen Elizabeth I of England
• Lionel d'Aragon as Moray
• Harvey Braban as Ruthven
• Irene Rooke as Catherine de' Medici
• Donald Macardle as Francis II
• René Maupré as Rizzio
• Ernest A. Douglas as Cardinal
• Sydney Seaward as Lord Douglas
• Edward Sorley as John Knox
• Betty Faire as Mary Beaton
• Dorothy Fane as Mary Beaton
• Nancy Kenyon as Mary Fleming
• Julie Hartley-Milburn as Mary Seaton
• Basil Rathbone (uncredited)
• Jack Cardiff (uncredited)

References

Bibliography

• Low, Rachael. The History of British Film, Volume 4 1918-1929. Routledge, 1997.

External links

• The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots at IMDb

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