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Several of Buchanan's works were adapted for the cinema during the early silent period. All the films were made in England and the following details are courtesy of IMDB:
Fra Giacone (1913) (presumably based on the poem, "Fra Giacomo") Produced by Eric Williams Speaking Pictures. Starring Eric Williams as The Count.
- Adapted by Austin Fryers
- Director: Sidney Morgan
- Producor: Famous Authors.
- Cast: Eille Norwood: Dr. O'Kama
- Violet Graham: Isobel Arlington
- Anna Mather: Madame Obnowsky
- Frederick de Lara: Earl of Wansborough;
- Ernest A. Dagnall: Colonel Arlington
- R. Courtland: Lord Dewsburg
- Adapted by Rowland Talbot
- Directed by A. E. Coleby
- Produced by I. B. Davidson> & Tiger
- Cast:Greta MacDonald: Matt
- A.E. Coleby: Charles Brinkley
- Ernest A. Douglas: Squire Monk
- Written and directed by Sidney Morgan
- Produced by Frank E. Spring for Progress
- Cast: Langhorn BurtonL Peter Beresford
- Julian Grey: Violet Graham
- Vivian Beresford: Gladys Mason
- Yolande Hampton: Arthur Lennard
- Robert Hampden: J. Denton-Thompson
- Williams: Sidney Paxton Billings
- Babs Ronald: Helen Beresford
- Warris Linden: Simon Oppenheim
- Adapted by Charles Barnett and J. Bertram Brown>
- Directed by Fred Paul
- Produced by Screen Plays
- Cast:George Foley: Dave Purvis
- Nora Hayden: Tress Purvis
- Jack Raymond: Mark
- Moya Nugent: Sybil Garfield
- John Stuart: Philip Compton
- Cecil Morton York: Squire Garfield
- Frank Tennant: Arthur Tredgold
- Adapted by Paul Rooff
- Directed by Fred Paul
- Produced by John Robyns for >British Standard
- Cast: Fred Paul: Father Michael
- Humberston Wright: Captain MacDonnell
- Sydney Folker: Harry O'Malley
- Mary Morton: Jock Raymond
- Amy Brandon: Thomas
- George Turner: Clifford Desborough
- Adapted by Eliot Stannard
- Directed by Edwin Greenwood
- Produced by Edward Godal for British & Colonial Kinematograph Company
- (No cast details)
Last modified 27 September 2002