---
title: 'Pillars of Society (1920)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Rex Wilson'
released: '1920-09-01'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/pillars-of-society-1920'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0011574/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Pillars of Society (1920)

1920 · Drama · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Pillars of Society is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Rex Wilson and starring Ellen Terry, Norman McKinnel and Mary Rorke. It was based on the 1877 play The Pillars of Society by Henrik Ibsen. Location shooting was done in Norway, in particular in Grimstad. The adaptation is the first film screenplay written by Lydia Elizabeth Hayward.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Rex Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/rex-wilson)
- **Screenplay:** [Walter Courtney Rowden](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-courtney-rowden)

## Cast

- [Joan Lockton](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-lockton)
- [Lydia Hayward](https://cinepixo.com/people/lydia-hayward)
- [Charles Ashton](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-ashton)
- [Norman McKinnel](https://cinepixo.com/people/norman-mckinnel)
- [Irene Rooke](https://cinepixo.com/people/irene-rooke)
- [Ellen Terry](https://cinepixo.com/people/ellen-terry)
- [Mary Rorke](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-rorke)

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