SUNNY SOUTH FILM COMPANY
Founded 1914 by F L Lyndhurst and three comedians: Arthur Conquest (of the large acting family), Will Evans and George Graves. Productions are made at Shoreham Beach

Will Evans Harnessing a Horse (1913)—directed by Frank Wilson, featuring Arthur Conquest and Will Evans. Made for Hepworth, so possibly not shot at Shoreham.
Building a Chicken House (1913) 1,150ft—directed by F L Lyndhurst, featuring Arthur Conquest and Will Evans. Distributed by Walturdaw.
The Jockey (1913) 1,150ft—directed by F L Lyndhurst, featuring Arthur Conquest, Will Evans and George Graves. Distributed by Walturdaw.
Moving a Piano (1914) 1,150ft—directed by F L Lyndhurst, featuring Arthur Conquest and Will Evans. Distributed by Walturdaw.
The Showman's Dream (1914) 1,150ft—The picture shows Sunny South Film Company shooting The Showman's Dream in the open air at Shoreham Fort. Distributed by Walturdaw.
Tinture of Iron (1914) 1,150ft—directed by F L Lyndhurst, featuring Arthur Conquest, Distributed by Walturdaw.
Whitewashing the Ceiling (1914) 1,500ft—comedy directed by Will Day for Will Day Kinutilities, written and performed by Will Evans, also featuring Arthur Conquest.

Some Fun (1915)— 2,000ft—clown comedy directed and performed by Fred Evans and Will Evans for Comedy Combine and Sunny South
A Study in Skarlit (1915) 2,000ft—directed and performed by Fred Evans and Will Evans for Comedy Combine and Sunny South

SEALIGHT FILM COMPANY
Sunny South was taken over in 1915 by F L Lyndhurst and renamed. It operated until 1916.

A Man and a Woman (1916)
3,770ft, drama
Directed by F L Lyndhurst

OLYMPIC KINE TRADING COMPANY
This film renter, whose business was run from Motograph House, Upper St Martins Lane, London (later the headquarters of John Logie Baird's Television Ltd), bought the studio from Lyndhurst in 1916 but apparently made no films in Shoreham, probably due to wartime conditions. Perhaps the company thought of moving over into production but never made it.

PROGRESS FILM COMPANY
The company was founded in Manchester by Frank E Spring in 1918. It acquired the Shoreham Beach studios in the same year. Two films, Because and Democracy, were made in 1918 apparently before the move to Shoreham, where 17 productions were produced over the next four years. All films were distributed by Butcher's Film Service.

After Many Days (1919)
Cast: Irene Browne, Adeline Hayden Coffin, Bruce Gordon, Alice Russon.
Written and directed by Sidney Morgan.
Producer: Frank E Spring.
35mm, 1,830m/6,000 ft, six reels.
Released January 1919

All Men are Liars (1919)
Cast: Jessie Earle, Bruce Gordon, George Harrington, Alice Russon.
Directed by Sidney Morgan from a novel by Joseph Hocking.
Producer: Frank E Spring.
35mm, 4,800 ft, five reels.
Released January 1919

Sweet and Twenty (1919)
Cast: George Bellamy, Marguerite Blanche, Langhorne Burton, Nell Emerald, George Keene, Arthur Lennard.
Written and directed by Sidney Morgan from a play by Basil Hood.
Producer: Frank E Spring.
35mm; 1,463m/4,800 ft, five reels.
Released November 1919

The Black Sheep (1920)
Cast: Eva Balfour, George Bellamy, Marguerite Blanche, George Keene, Arthur Lennard.
Written and directed by Sidney Morgan from a story by Ruby M Ayres.
Producer: Frank E Spring.
Shot at Shoreham; 5,000 ft, five reels.
Trade show at London Pavilion 10 March 1920

By Berwin Banks (1920)
Cast: Langhorne Burton, J Denton-Thompson, Judd Green, Arthur Lennard, Charles Levy, Eileen Magrath, Charles W Somerset.
Written by Hugh Croise from a novel by Allen Raine.
Directed by Sidney Morgan.
Camera: Stanley J Mumford.
Shot at Shoreham; 4,900 ft, five reels.
Released November 1920

The Children of Gibeon (1920)
Cast: Langhorne Burton, Charles Cullum, Alice De Winton, Arthur Lennard, Barbara McFarlane, Eileen Magrath, Joan Morgan.
Written by Irene Miller from a novel by Walter Besant.
Directed by Sidney Morgan.
Producer: Frank E Spring.
1,500m/5,000 ft, five reels.
Released November 1920

Lady Noggs: Peeress (1920)
Cast: George Bellamy, Yolande Duquette, Arthur Lennard, Joan Morgan, James Prior.
Written by Cicely Harrington from a novel by Selwyn Jepson.
Directed by Sidney Morgan.
Shot at Shoreham; 1,500m/5,000 ft, five reels.
Released January 1920

Little Dorrit (1920)
Starring: Joan Morgan, Lady Maud Beerbohm Tree, Langhorne Burton.
Cast: George Bellamy, Compton Coutts, J Denton-Thompson, Betty Doyle, George Foley, Judd Green, Arthur Lennard, Mary Lyle, Arthur Walcott.
Written and directed by Sidney Morgan from the novel by Charles Dickens.
Producer: Frank E Spring.
Shooting began Monday 10 May 1920.
Shot at Shoreham and the George Inn, Southwark; 6,858 ft, seven reels, 68 mins. A shortened (20 minute) 9.5mm version was released by Pathéscope Home Cinema in 1927: view online.
Released August 1920

A Man's Shadow (1920)
Cast: Langhorne Burton, J Denton-Thompson, Violet Graham, Arthur Lennard, Warris Linden, Gladys Mason, Sidney Paxton, Babs Ronald.
Written by Robert Buchanan (from his play, adapted from the novel Roger la Honte by Jules Mary) and Sidney Morgan.
Directed by Sidney Morgan.
Producer: Frank E Spring.
Shot at Shoreham; 35mm, 1,676m/5,447 ft, six reels.
Released December 1920

The Scarlet Wooing (1920)
Cast: Eva Balfour, George Bellamy, Nigel Black-Hawkins, Marguerite Blanche, Edward Godal, George Keene, Joan Morgan, Harry Newman, Arthur Walcott
Written and directed by Sidney Morgan.
Camera: Stanley J Mumford.
Producer: Frank E Spring.
Shot at Shoreham; 35mm; 83 mins, 1,500m/5,000 ft, five reels.
Released March 1920

Two Little Wooden Shoes (1920)
Starring: Joan Morgan, Langhorne Burton.
Cast: Constance Backner, Faith Bevan, Maud Cressall, J Denton-Thompson, Ronald Power.
Written and directed by Sidney Morgan from a story by Ouida.
Shot at Shoreham; 35mm, 1,623m/5,275 ft; six reels.
Released September 1920

The Woman of the Iron Bracelets (1920)
Cast: Eva Balfour, George Bellamy, Marguerite Blanche, Alice De Winton, George Keene, Arthur Walcott.
Written and directed by Sidney Morgan from a novel by Frank Barrett.
Camera: Stanley J Mumford.
Producer: Frank E Spring.
Crime drama, shot at Shoreham; 35mm; 83 mins, 1,500m/5,000 ft, five reels.
Released September 1920

A Lowland Cinderella (1921)
Starring: Joan Morgan.
Cast: Mary Carnegie, Mavis Clair, Nell Emerald, George Foley, Ralph Forbes, Eileen Grace, Charles Levey, Kate Phillips, Cecil Susands, Frances Wetherall.
Produced and directed by Sidney Morgan.
Camera: Stanley J Mumford.
Filmed around Shoreham and in the Metropole Hotel in Brighton as well as at the Shoreham Beach studio.
Trade shown in December 1921, released 27 November 1922. 35mm, 1,615m.

The Mayor of Casterbridge (1921)
Starring: Fred Groves, Pauline Peters.
Cast: Nell Emerald, Joan Morgan, Warwick Ward.
Produced and directed by Sidney Morgan from the novel by Thomas Hardy.
Producer: Frank E Spring.
Camera: Stanley J Mumford.
Partly filmed at the Shoreham Beach studio but mainly in Steyning, West Sussex, with other scenes in Dorchester, this 65-minute adaptation was made with the collaboration of the author, Thomas Hardy, himself. A shortened version was released on 9.5mm film: view online.
Released in UK and US November 1921
Image: Thomas Hardy, second from left, with Frank Spring, Fred Groves and Pauline Peters at Maiden Castle, Dorset, during the shooting of the film. Click on the image to enlarge in a new window.

Moth and Rust (1921)
Starring Sybil Thorndike.
Cast: George Bellamy, Langhorne Burton, Phyllis Le Grand, Malvina Longfellow, Ellen Nicholls, Cyril Raymond, Malcolm Tod.
Produced and directed by Sidney Morgan from a novel by Mary Cholmondeley.
Camera: Stanley J Mumford.
Shot at Shoreham; 4,796 ft, five reels.
Released 30 October 1921

Fires of Innocence (1922)
Starring: Joan Morgan.
Cast: Bobby Andrews, Nell Emerald, Marie Illington, Arthur Lennard, Madge Tree.
Written and directed by Sidney Morgan from a novel by George Stevenson.
Producer: Frank E Spring.
Camera: Stanley J Mumford.
Shot at Shoreham; 35mm; 1,430m/4,648 ft, five reels.
Released September 1922

The Lilac Sunbonnet (1922)
Cast: Lewis Dayton, Nell Emerald, Forrester Harvey, Arthur Lennard, Charles Levey, Joan Morgan, Pauline Peters, A Harding Steerman, Warwick Ward.
Written and directed by Sidney Morgan from a novel by S R Crockett.
Producer: Frank E Spring.
Camera: Stanley J Mumford.
Shot at Shoreham; 35mm; 1,812m/5,889 ft; six reels.
Released July 1922

WALTER WEST PRODUCTIONS
All films were distributed by Butchers Film Services

Was She Justified? (1922)
Starring: Florence Turner
Cast: Lewis Gilbert, Ivy Close, Arthur Walcott, George Ballamy, Gwen Dickens, Leonard Upton, John Reid, Jeff Barlow.
Written by Andrew Souter and Maude WIlliamson from the play The Pruning Knife.
Directed and produced by Walter West.
Shot at Shoreham; 5,600ft, six reels.
released November 1922

Hornet's Nest (1923)
Starring: Florence Turner
Cast: Fred E Wright, Lewis Gilbert, Nora Swinburne, James Knight, Arthus Walcott, Jeff Barlow, Kathleen Vaughan.
Writtem by W Courtney Rowden from a novel by Andrew Soutar.
Directed and produced by Walter West.
Shot at Shoreham; 6,102ft, seven reels.
released March 1923

CARLTON FILM COMPANY of Shoreham Beach Studio
All films were distributed by Butchers Film Services

Rogues of the Turf (1923)
Cast: fred Groves, Olive Sloane, James Lindsay, Mavis Clair, Bobhy Andrews, Clarence Blakiston, Dora Lennox, Nell Emerald, James Reardon.
Written by John F Preston from his play.
Directed by Wilfred Noy.
Produced and photographed by Stanley J Mumford.
Shot at Shoreham; 5,800ft, six reels.
Released January 1923

Little Miss Nobody (1923)
Cast: Fiona le Breton, John Stuart, Ben Field, Gladys Jennings, Sidney Paxton, Eva Westlake, Alfred Clark, Donald Searle, Aubrey Fitzgerald, James Reardon.
Written from a play by John Grahame.
Directed by Wilfred Noy.
Produced and photographed by Stanley J Mumford.
Shot at Shoreham; 5,500ft, six reels.
Released June 1923