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Rob Roy (1922 film)

1922 film by W. P. Kellino

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 11, 2026
Entity authorityQ7340513 ↗
Source-derived summary

Rob Roy is a 1922 British silent historical film directed by W. P. Kellino and starring David Hawthorne, Gladys Jennings and Simeon Stuart. It depicts the life of the early 18th century outlaw Rob Roy MacGregor.

Cast

David Hawthorne as Rob Roy MacGregor

Gladys Jennings as Helen Campbell

Simeon Stuart as Duke of Montrose

Wallace Bosco as James Grahame

Alec Hunter as The Dougal Creature

Tom Morris as Sandy the Biter

Eva Llewellyn as Mother MacGregor

Roy Kellino as Ronald MacGregor, the Child

Bibliography

Low, Rachael. History of the British Film, 1918–1929. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.

Editorial summary

“Rob Roy (1922 film)” enters the record as 1922 film by W. P. Kellino. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what film and Kellino can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1922, 1918, 1929, 1971—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1922-01-01. Its strongest next move is a source search built around film and Kellino.
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Why this record matters

“Rob Roy (1922 film)” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, film and Kellino provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 11, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7340513. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1922, 1918, 1929 and 1971.

Critical limits

Later fame can flatten the distinction between original context, subsequent adaptation and institutional collecting history. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Rob Roy (1922 film)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.