Arthur Rooke

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Arthur Henry Rooke (18 May 1878 – 1947) was a British actor and film director of the silent era. Rooke had worked in the theatre for many years before he went into films. He initially co-directed several films with A.E. Coleby, but later began directing films by himself. By the early 1920s, he was one of the more successful British film directors.

Selected filmography

Director

• Thelma (1918)
• God's Clay (1919)
• The Mirage (1920)
• The Lure of Crooning Water (1920)
• A Sporting Double (1922)
• Weavers of Fortune (1922)
• A Bachelor's Baby (1922)
• The Sporting Instinct (1922)
• M'Lord of the White Road (1923)
• The Scandal (1923)
• The Gay Corinthian (1924)
• Nets of Destiny (1924)
• The Wine of Life (1924)
• The Diamond Man (1924)
• The Blue Peter (1928)

Actor

• Thelma (1918)
• God's Clay (1919)

Bibliography

• Bamford, Kenton. Distorted Images: British National Identity and Film in the 1920s. I.B. Tauris, 1999.

External links

• Arthur Rooke at IMDb