---
title: 'The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1918)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Herbert Brenon'
released: '1918-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 66
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-passing-of-the-third-floor-back-1918'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0009480/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1918)

1918 · 66 min · Drama · United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

The Passing of the Third Floor Back is a 1918 British/American silent allegorical film based on the 1908 play The Passing of the Third Floor Back (play)|The Passing of the Third Floor Back]] by Jerome K. Jerome and directed by Herbert Brenon. The star of the film is Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson, a legendary Shakespearean actor, who starred in the 1909 Broadway presentation of the play and its 1913 revival. Forbes-Robertson had been knighted by King George V in 1913 and had retired from acting in theatre that same year. In his retirement Forbes-Robertson had only dabbled in film acting making a 1913 film version of Hamlet, the most famous role he had played on the stage. Filmed in 1916, TPotTFB, was released in 1918.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Herbert Brenon](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-brenon)
- **Screenplay:** [Jerome K. Jerome](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerome-k-jerome)
- **Director of Photography:** [J. Roy Hunt](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-roy-hunt)

## Cast

- [Johnston Forbes-Robertson](https://cinepixo.com/people/johnston-forbes-robertson)

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