Two Yorkshire sisters had a special treat when they visited the Brontë Parsonage Museum recently.
Jill Freeman and Anne Powell are the daughters of Florence ‘Twinks’ Hunter, the Yorkshire –born actress who played young Cathy in the 1920s silent film production of Wuthering Heights.
Last year, the Brontë Society acquired the full script of Albert Victor Bramble’s 1920s production which includes 22 pages of director’s notes including details of costumes and locations. The script, together with original stills showing the film crew and members of the cast, are now on display to the public, but Mrs Freeman and Mrs Powell made an appointment to view it at close quarters in the Museum Library.
‘It’s just wonderful to see these pages detailing what Mum had to do’, said Mrs Powell. There is no surviving copy of the film, but this script gives us a glimpse of what it might have been like.’
Mrs Freeman added, ‘It’s very special to see this and imagine our Mother as a 6 year-old actress’.
Florence Hunter was one of the most successful child stars of the early British film industry. She became known as "Twinks" after her screen billing of "Baby Twinkles". She died in Ripon in January 2000.