The American Film Institute catalog of motion pictures produced in the United States: feature films, 1911-1920, Vol. 2 9780520063013

Table of contents :
Frontmatter
Foreword (page xi)
Preface (page xiii)
Introduction (page xv)
Acknowledgments (page xvii)
List of Abbreviations (page xviii)
Feature Film, 1911-1920 (page 1)

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VOLUME F1

THE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE

| CATALOG OF MOTION PICTURES PRODUCED IN THE UNITED STATES

* FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920

FILM ENTRIES

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VOLUME

A Film Beginnings, 1893-1910 *% Fl FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920

F2 Feature Films, 1921-1930 : :

, F3 Feature Films, 1931-1940 F4 Feature Films, 1941-1950 FS Feature Films, 1951-1960 F6 Feature Films, 1961-1970 F7 Feature Films, 1971-1980 F8 Feature Films, 1981-1990 S1 Short Films, 1911-1920 S2 Short Films, 1921-1930 S3 Short Films, 1931-1940 S4 Short Films, 1941-1950 S5 Short Films, 1951-1960

S6 Short Films, 1961-1970

S7 Short Films, 1971-1980 S8 Short Films, 1981-1990 NI Newsreels, 1908-1920 N2 Newsreels, 1921-1930 N3 Newsreels, 1931-1940 ©

N4 Newsreels, 1941-1950 NS Newsreels, 1951-1960 N6 Newsreels, 1961-1970

OF MOTION PICTURES PRODUCED IN THE UNITED STATES

* FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 FILM ENTRIES

Patricia King Hanson Executive Editor — Alan Gevinson

Assistant Editor University of California Press

Berkeley Los Angeles London

Published by: University of California Press

| Copyright © 1988 by the National Center for Film and Video Preservation

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Printed and bound in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data American Film Institute The American Film Institute catalog of motion pictures produced in the United States.

| Vol. : Patricia King Hanson, executive editor; Alan Gevinson, assistant editor.

Vol. has imprint: Berkeley : University of California Press.

Contents: v. Fl. Feature films, 1911-1920, film entries. Feature films, 1911-1920, credit & subject indexes. 2 v. -- v. F2. Feature films, 1921-1930. Feature films, 1921-1930, credit & subject indexes.

2v.-- --v. F6. Feature films, 1961-1970. Feature films, 1961-1970, indexes. 2 v. 1. Motion pictures--United States--Catalogs. I. Munden, Kenneth W. (Kenneth White), ed.

If. Hanson, Patricia King. II. Gevinson, Alan. IV. Title.

PN1998.A57 016.79143'75'0973 88-040245 ISBN 0-520-06301-5

% ‘‘It may be said that motion picture producing still is in an embryonic state . . . and we, who are on the ground already, see far more wonderful things ahead in this busy, fascinating world of picture-producing.’’ —Thomas H. Ince “*Is the Motion Picture a Fad?”’

Motography, 9 January 1915 ,

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Board of

Trustees of | THE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE 1987-1988 Bonita Granville Wrather, Chairman

George Stevens, Jr., Co-Chairman | Charlton Heston, President Jean Firstenberg, Director Charles Fries, Secretary Bruce Neiner, 7reasurer Chairs, Organizing Committees

Executive, Franklin J. Schaffner | Finance, Gordon Stulberg Institutional, Robert Rehme Film and Television, Mace Neufeld Advocacy, Jeanine Basinger Preservation, Fay Kanin Honorary Trustee, Jack Lemmon

Merv Adelson Frank Mancuso

. Jon Avnet Robert Marsha Mason M. Bennett Edward H. Meyer Richard Brandt Michael S. Ovitz

Daniel Burke Ted Perry

Karen Cooper Tom Pollock

Bruce C. Corwin David Puttnam Robert A. Daly Henry C. Rogers Suzanne de Passe Jill Sackler Michael Forman John A. Schneider Charles W. Fries Steven Spielberg Michael Fuchs Donald Sutherland

Ina Ginsburg Brandon Tartikoff

Douglas Gomery Anthony Thomopoulos

, Mark Goodson Grant A. Tinker Dr. Sidney Harman Jack Valenti Lawrence Herbert Robert Wise Alan J. Hirschfield David L. Wolper

Gene Jankowski Bud Yorkin

Alan Ladd, Jr. Chairmen Emeriti Gregory Peck Roger L. Stevens Charlton Heston

Richard Brandt (as of 3/88)

Board of

| Trustees of | | THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR FILM

~ AND VIDEO PRESERVATION | Eddie Albert, Co-Chairman

| Fay Kanin, Co-Chairman Elton Rule, Co-Chairman

Lewis Allen Betsy A. McLane Mary Lea Bandy Richard E. Oldenburg Ralph M. Baruch Lee Rich Jeanine Basinger Robert Rosen

Robert M. Batscha Robert Saudek Dr. Daniel J. Boorstin William D. Schaefer Bruce L. Christensen John A. Schneider

Robert A. Daly Martin Scorsese

Barry Diller Sid Sheinberg

Jean Firstenberg Vivian Sobchack Richard H. Frank Steve Sohmer Thomas L. Goodgame Grant A. Tinker

Gene F. Jankowski Jack Valenti Robert L. Johnson Frank G. Wells

Frank Mancuso Robert Wise

Robert A. Mayer Bonita Granville Wrather

CONTENTS

| Foreword | xi Preface xiil

Introduction XV .

Acknowledgments XVI | List of Abbreviations XVill Feature Films, 1911-1920 l

EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD William K. Everson Sam Gill Douglas Gomery

Vernon Harbin .

Russell Merritt Judith O’Sullivan George Pratt Anthony Slide Marc Wanamaker

PROJECT DIRECTORS Michael Friend Stephen Gong Audrey E. Kupferberg

, SENIOR CATALOG STAFF Executive Editor, Patricia King Hanson Assistant Editor Alan Gevinson Amy Dunkleberger Marsha Maguire Cathy Root Dan Sallitt Eric Smoodin Computer Systems Manager, Marion Markus CATALOG STAFF

Susan E. Annette Nancy Batcholder Virginia M. Clark Susanna Davidson Gesa Fries Anne M. Kail Valerie Kaussen Dean Lent Leah Lievrouw Bridget O’ Reilly

David Parket Vilma Rakosi Barry Sabath Elias Savada Susan Tom

¥%& With this latest volume of the AFI Catalog of Motion Picture Produced in the United States, scholars have gained an invaluable reference source on the formative period of our nation’s film history. We at the National Endowment for the Humanities are proud to have supported

, this enormously significant project because it represents outstanding humanities scholarship applied to a medium that has played such an important role in modern American culture. Through their imaginative yet exacting scholarship, the staff of the AFT Catalog has succeeded admirably in the truly monumental research task of documenting, cataloging and indexing thousands of feature films produced between 1911 and 1920. Now, for the first time, we have a complete and reliable guide to this important period in motion picture history. In many cases, entries in the AFI Catalog present all the information that survives about certain motion pictures from this decade. For many of the works cataloged here, the films themselves no longer exist; many more of the existing films are rapidly deteriorating. Through extensive efforts to preserve the record of the American film production, researchers have carefully constructed each entry using information from the films themselves when available, augmented by textual evidence such as contemporary trade reviews, news items, and copyright records. Vital knowledge about this early decade in our film history has thus been preserved for future generations of scholars, archivists and the general public. In this volume of the AFI Catalog, the silent films produced in the years from 1911 to 1920 can now ‘‘speak’’ to us and disclose their rich stories of information about our culture and

, society. With this comprehensive, enlightening, and thoroughly enjoyable reference work, the _AFI Catalog staff has assembled and preserved a key segment of America’s film heritage. Lynne V. Cheney Chairman National Endowment for the Humanities

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¥%& When the American Film Institute was established in 1967, the newly formed Board of Trustees

identified the preservation of our national film heritage as its first priority. But as the institute set about the task of organizing a national preservation effort, progress was hindered by the lack of a reliable, comprehensive source of information detailing the production of the

American film industry. . In 1968, the AFI launched an ambitious documentation project: The American Film

Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures. This series will eventually provide complete cataloging on every feature, short, and newsreel produced by the American film industry since 1893. The first volume, listing American features from 1921 to 1930, was published in 1971. In 1976, a second volume covering 1961-1970 appeared. The current volume has been in preparation since 1983, and research is well along on volumes documenting 1930-1940 and the pre-teen era. To produce an AFI Catalog volume means years of arduous, painstaking work. Our staff of film scholars and historians examine and compare films, books, journals, and public, corporate and personal records to achieve the most accurate, comprehensive documentation possible. This commitment to quality in creating the national filmographic record would not be possible without equal commitment and generosity on the part of our benefactors. The National Endowment for the Humanities has played a leadership role in supporting the Catalog since its inception. The David and Lucile Packard Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts also have provided support, encouragement, and understanding throughout the project that have allowed us to achieve our goals. And, over the years, the effort has been enormously rewarding. The author, historian, and Librarian of Congress Emeritus Daniel J. Boorstin called the Catalog ‘‘an unequalled guide to the film sources of our history,’’ and the historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., said of the twenties volume, ‘“The AFI twenties Catalog is not only a triumph of exact scholarship; it is also endlessly absorbing as an excursion into cultural history and national memory.”’ As the institute enters its third decade, we are proud to present the third volume of the AFT Catalog, documenting American feature films produced between 1911 and 1920. In the years since the inception of the Catalog project, the field of film studies has made tremendous advances. The Teens volume has benefited from this development and will unlock the period for film scholars. Although the teens was an enormously significant decade for film, it has been neglected because of the scarcity of accurate information and the inaccessibility of the films. And while there is a tendency to view the teens as the infancy of the movies, we know today that cinema during the period was already a mature art and a highly developed industry. The teens saw the rise of feature-length film and the consequent development of a cinematic language and narrative forms. The star system came into being in the teens; Griffith, Ince, and DeMille became household names, and the first generation of cinema ‘‘moguls’’ created the studios that have since dominated American film. The balance of film production shifted from the East Coast to a Southern California town whose name would soon become synonymous with American film: Hollywood. And while this expanding industry was creating entertainment at a feverish pace, the movies did not turn away from the great social ferment of the era. Changes in American society involving morality and institutions, the Great War, and our national identity—changes that affected every facet of life—were captured by the cinema. The preservation of our film heritage remains the institute’s first priority. In the twenty years since our establishment, we have seen the field expand from a handful of archives to an evergrowing network of institutions concerned with the preservation, study and sharing of our motion picture heritage. As a result of NEA Chairman Frank Hodsoll’s commitment to film and television preservation, the National Endowment for the Arts and the AFI established the National Center for Film and Video Preservation at the AFI in 1983 to provide national focus and coordination for the archival community. Work on the AFI Catalog resumed and the National Moving Image Database project was initiated. These programs, along with the administration of the NEA Preservation Grants program, continue the American Film Institute’s dedication to preserving our national film and television heritage. In the AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1911-1920, scholars, historians, and film lovers have a new tool for exploring our collective past. We are very proud of this latest contribution to America’s cultural history and national memory. Jean Firstenberg Director The American Film Institute Xill

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* The publication of The American Film Institute Catalog of the United States, such as Absinthe (1914), that were of Feature Films, 1911-1920 is a significant milestone ina |= made by American companies, and a larger number of project which began in Washington, D.C., almost twenty _ films made in the United States by foreign-owned compayears ago. At that time it was hoped that the arduous task nies, such as Eclair. When we were unable to confirm or of completing the Catalog would go on uninterrupted until © deny American production, we have provided a note sugall American films had been cataloged, from newsreels to gesting the possibility that the film was of foreign origin. features. Financial limitations unfortunately curtailed the Cataloging only those films that fit our guidelines was project in the mid-1970s when only two installments of the a three-year task for about a dozen people who variously Catalog had been completed and a third, the Teens, was occupied five full-time staff positions. Film history as a in its infancy. The project was dormant until the early discipline has not yet reached its pinnacle, and the study 1980s, when the groundwork was laid to fund another of silent film has been hampered by the inaccessibility of Catalog with a staff to be situated at the campus of the primary source materials. Because the number of extant

American Film Institute in Los Angeles. films from the silent era is between 10 and 20 percent acThe most significant aspect of the early planning for the cording to the estimates of historians and archivists, film Catalog was the long process of writing grant proposals researchers cannot view most of the films. Even the extant and obtaining funding. The National Endowment for the films are not readily available. Some are in archives with Humanities led the way with outright and matching grants, limited access, many exist only in their original, highly and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation generously volatile nitrate film stock, and some are only in private colprovided major funding for research and also sponsored lections. In addition, the surviving prints are often reedited the publication of the Catalog. The National Endowment versions of original releases. Thus, the Catalog staff was

for the Arts, which supports all of the projects of the unable to see more than a handful of complete films. National Center for Film and Video Preservation, was the Several of the archives and individuals listed in our accrucial third partner in the effort to create the Teens knowledgements provided us with viewing prints during volume of the Catalog. The Hunt and Pfizer Foundations the project, and to them we wish to express our gratitude. contributed to the project at key moments. Without the The scarcity of films makes corporate documents all the commitment of all these institutions, this work would not more precious to researchers, but again, there are limita-

have been possible. tions. The corporate records of major companies such as The title of our Catalog suggests certain limitations of Famous Players-Lasky and Triangle are available at

scope that should be explained. Our original intention was various archives within the United States. However, the to include only films of four reels or more, produced in the records of more than three-quarters of the companies that United States and released after 1 January 1911 and before did business in the teens either are unknown, or have 31 December 1920. During the course of our research, perished. In individual film entries, we cited as much inhowever, we realized that advancing the spirit of that pur- formation from corporate records as we were able to find. pose warranted a few exceptions to our guidelines. First, Where conflicts exist between company materials and other

although The Life of Moses, released in five parts in sources, we documented the discrepancies. December 1909 and January 1910 is undisputed as the first Because in the teens relatively few credits were provided American feature-length film, there were no other films of on the films themselves, we drew much of our information

four reels or more made in the United States until 1912. from trade publications such as The Moving Picture Thus, according to chronological order, the first film in World, Variety, and The New York Dramatic Mirror. our Catalog is Paul J. Rainey’s African Hunt, released on Original research into printed sources would not have been 14 April 1912. Second, as some of the films made in the possible without the groundwork laid by Anthony Slide years 1918-1920 were not released until 1921 or later, we and Audrey Kupferberg, who, in the mid-1970s, undertook decided to include those films as well. We also included a the laborious task of reading through the available trade handful of films made in the teens and listed in The Ameri- journals and in-house publications and indexing them by can Film Institute Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-1930 film title. In addition to the citations, we were provided when we found significant additional information to merit with card entries for all of the copyrighted motion pictures a new entry. All films of this type cite the item number produced between 1911 and 1920.

from that Catalog in the notes. , Beyond these sources, a collection of scrapbook pages As for length, although we adhered to the four reel rule that became known as ‘‘the Foster Files,’’ made the

in almost all cases, we included films listed as three reels research much easier. These pages, encompassing extensive in some sources and four in others, as well as those films clippings for hundreds of films, were compiled by mem-

of indeterminate length with plots that suggested four reels bers of the Community Motion Picture Bureau. This or more. Because actual ‘‘reels’’ were frequently shorter service, which provided films for the American Armed than the 1000-feet-per-reel standard mentioned in many Forces and many civic groups during World War I and film books, we also included films of 3500 to 3900 feet, after, was started by Warren Dunham Foster and his wife,

which are usually called ‘‘four-reelers.’’ Edith, who conceived of the idea of showing ‘‘desirable’’ In addition, we included a few films produced outside films to Allied troops. While the reasons for their research XV

may have been censorship of certain films, their files ‘‘presenter,’’ and ‘‘producer.’’ While the ‘‘producer’’ provided us with invaluable information on both ‘‘ap- generally was in charge of a film’s production, many films

proved’’ and ‘‘rejected’’ films. were supervised by another person, usually a person such

We used a wide variety of peripheral materials as well. as Thomas H. Ince, who oversaw many different films at Newspapers such as The New York Times and The New the same time. The ‘‘presenter,’’ a very popular term, freYork Morning Telegraph provided reviews and occasion- quently meant the head of a company, such as William

al news items. Personal papers of filmmakers, scattered Fox or Jesse L. Lasky. Some films credited the same throughout the United States, were consulted whenever person as presenter, supervisor and producer, while others possible for additional credits and to augment historical had three or more persons listed for these functions. notes. Of particular help were editions of the Motion Pic- Several of the credits, such as ‘‘art staff,’’ are general clasture Studio Directory and Trade Annual, published in the sifications that apply to persons who worked in some cateens and early twenties by The Motion Picture News, as pacity on the artistic design of the film (usually according well as Wid’s Film Daily Yearbook and selected issues of to information found in news items in the trade papers), American Cinematographer. All of them listed contem- but whose exact functions are unknown.

porary filmographies. The terminology for writing credits has changed over the

We used modern sources, autobiographies, photo- decades. Those found in this volume of the Catalog

graphs, documentaries, and personal reminiscences only represent writing credits characteristic of silent films, and for ‘‘notes’’ or ‘‘note credit’? information. Although thus the user may find several for a specific film. For excredits in most film books blend modern and contem- ample, ‘‘scenario’’ (which in the silent era was equivalent porary sources, we decided to make a clear delineation to the modern screenplay or script), ‘‘story’’ (original idea between those credits that could be verified from con- for the film), ‘‘titles’’ (the text of the title cards which aptemporary sources and those from modern. Users will thus peared on the screen), and ‘‘adaptation’’ (altering an frequently encounter ‘‘notes’’ supplementing the credits original novel or play for the screen). As mentioned above, with information such as ‘‘Modern sources list Joseph H. ‘‘picturized by’’ could also be either a partial or full writing August as the cameraman’”’ or ‘‘Modern sources give the credit. In the writing credit section, we have used terminolfollowing additional cast members.’’ Distinguishing be- ogy as close as possible to original sources. When ap-

tween original and modern sources, we provide future propriate, the notes elaborate on the problems we scholars with a more direct link to the past than previously | encountered while compiling the credits. A complete list of available on such a large scale and give them the opportu- the abbreviations used for the credits in the Catalog folnity to compare the information found in original docu- lows the preface.

ments with later sources and form their own conclusions. We provided plot summaries for most of the films When there has been a dispute among original sources, cataloged. Entries without summaries have accompanying

between trade papers and studio records, or between notes to explain what, if anything, is known about the prints, we have attempted to identify and document those films. We based the summaries for this volume on the discrepancies. Although we have not usually indicated films themselves when prints were available and when it minor spelling variations of names between two or more was impossible to see a film, on a variety of sources, 1nsources (such as the myriad spellings of actress Claire cluding trade publications, copyright records, and, in a DuBrey’s name), we have mentioned more important small percentage of cases, scripts that were part of cor-

variations within the ‘‘notes.”’ porate records. We tried to limit plot summaries to the

While most of the credits used during the teens have main points of the film, and while we made an effort to exact or similar equivalents today, we occasionally found retain contemporary interpretations and language, we that we had to make choices in terminology to retain the streamlined the terminology to make summaries more acpractice of the period while achieving a certain amount of cessible to modern readers. In structure, film plots in the uniformity within the Catalog. All of the persons who per- teens were closely related to the plots of Victorian novels formed the function of ‘‘cameraman,’’ for example, are and nineteenth-century melodramas. They did reflect, credited as that, rather than as ‘‘cinematographer,’’ or however, a surprising sophistication in the number of con‘‘director of photography.’’ We used the term ‘‘director’’ troversial themes they explored, from drug addiction to uniformly in the Catalog, even though during the early venereal disease. Perusal of our Subject Index in Volume teens the person who performed that function was occa- II illustrates this point quite dramatically. sionally said to have ‘“produced’’ the film or ‘‘picturized’’ We hope that further research into silent films will be it. Despite our best efforts at uniformity, however, we have stimulated by publication of this volume of the AFI Cata-

a number of films with persons credited with ‘‘pic- log of Feature Films. In the credits, plot summaries, subturization.’’ These persons may have been the director ject headings, and notes, researchers will have as much only, both the director and scenarist, or the scenarist only. information as we have been able to find. With the biblio-

Again, we have used notes to clarify ambiguous graphic citations accompanying each entry, we also pro-

information. vide future scholars with a key to delve further into the When we could not find modern or uniform equivalents, available primary sources. We encourage those of you who we provided the credits exactly as we found them. Many find additional or different information to let us know. films list two or more persons who seemingly performed

the same function but had slightly different titles. This is Patricia King Hanson

particularly evident in the credits for ‘‘supervisor,’’ Executive Editor XVI

¥ Throughout the preparation of the Catalog, the staff received invaluable assistance and counsel from many individuals. Some, such as our advisors and the staffs of local libraries, helped us regularly with both information and moral support. Others have given us badly needed specialized advice on particularly difficult aspects of our research or have aided in in our search for viewing prints. To all of those persons and institutions who have helped the Catalog staff to produce this volume, we give our sincere thanks. We wish to acknowledge, in particular, advisors Tony Slide, Vernon Harbin, and Sam Gill, who gave us much of their time and encouragement; Murray Glass of EmGee films, who provided us with many viewing prints; Carlos Cuadra & Associates, whose computer system, STAR, was used for the Catalog; Dual Graphics, who did the typesetting; Anne G. Schlosser, Howard Prouty, and Sue Ellen Picker of the AFI’s Louis B. Mayer Library; Linda Mehr and the staff of the Margaret Herrick Library at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; Judith O’Sullivan and the staff of the Catalog during the 1970s; and Patrick J. Sheehan and the reference staff of the Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. We would also like to thank and acknowledge the following persons and institutions with whom we worked:

American Society of Cinematographers ,

The Beverly Hills Public Library The Billy Rose Theatre Collection of the New York Public Library, Astor, Lennon and Tilden Foundation The British Film Institute The Cecil B. DeMille Archive at Brigham Young University Department of Special Collections, University Research Library, UCLA The Kansas State Historical Archive The Mary Pickford Foundation National Archives and Records Service

National Center for Jewish Film, Brandeis University

Reader Services Department and Manuscript Department, Henry E. Huntington Library Svensk Filminstitutet UCLA Film Archive UCLA Research Library The University of Southern California Library The University of Wisconsin Film and Television Archive

Arlene Balkansky Harriet Harrison Harry Medved David Bartholomew Gillian Hartnoll | Herb Nussbaum

: Kevin Brownlow Steven Higgins David Parker Samuel Brylawski Cecile Horowitz George Pratt

Robert S. Birchard Barbara Humphrys Sharon Packer Rivo

William Cronjager J. B. Kaufman Henry T. Sampson

Jim D’Arcy Matty Kemp David Shepard

Kathy Donohue Robert E. Lee Emily Sieger

Maxine Fleckner Ducey Rolf Lindfors Scott Simmon

George Geltzer Katharine Loughney Paul Spehr

Robert Gitt Patrick Loughney Manny Weltman Cooper Graham Kurt Loesch Nanette Weltman

Stephen L. Hanson Madeline Matz Wendy White-Hensen XVli

TERMS

Arr: Arranged, Arrangement Loc: Location, Locations

Assoc: Associate Mer: Manager Asst: Assistant Mus: Music, Musical

Cam: Camera, Cameraman Photog: Photographer, Photography

Comp: Composed, Composer Pres: Presented, Presenter Des: Design, Designer Prol: Prologue Dir: Direction, Director Prod: Producer, Production

Dist: Distributor, Distribution Scen: Scenario, Scenarist Ed: Editing, Editor Spons: Sponsor Elec: Electrical, Electrician Supv: Supervised, Supervisor

Exec: Executive Tech: Technical, Technician Gen: General

PERIODICALS

AmcCin: American Cinematographer Nation: The Nation (London)

BaltsS: The (Baltimore) Sun NBN: New Brunswick (New Jersey) News

BaltA: The Baltimore American NewN: Newark News

Bio: The Bioscope NM: Newark Monitor BufC: The Buffalo Courier NYA: New York Age

ChiDef: Chicago Defender NYC: New York Clipper

CSM: Christian Science Monitor NYDM: The New York Dramatic Mirror

DetFP: The Detroit Free Press NYEP: New York Evening Post DetN: Detroit News NYES: New York Evening Sun DetSN: The Detroit Sunday News NYN: New York News EFM: Educational Film Magazine NYR: New York Review

EK: Edison Kinetogram NYS: New York Sun EssN: Essanay News NYT: The New York Times ETR: Exhibitor’s Trade Review NYTr: New York Tribune FRMPN: The Film Renter and Moving Picture News NYW: New York World

HelInd: Helena Independent OM: Omaha Monitor

AR: Harrison’s Reports Pathe: Pathe Messenger

ICS: Jersey City Journal Photo: Photoplay Kalem: Kalem Kalender PicP: Picture Play

KW: Kinematograph Weekly PicPM: Picture Play Magazine LAEE: Los Angeles Evening Express PJ: Photoplay Journal

LAE: Los Angles Express Post!I: The Post-Intelligencer LAT: The Los Angeles Times PW: Photo-Play World LATr: Los Angeles Tribune R&S: Reel and Slide LosEX: Los Angeles Examiner ReelL: Reel Life

LAL: Los Angeles Leader PS: Pasadena Star

LPos: Louisville Post SDT: The Seattle Daily Times Lubin: Lubin Bulletin SFB: San Francisco Bulletin Motog: Motography SFC: The San Francisco Chronicle

MPA: Motion Picture Age SJHer: San Jose Herald MPC: Motion Picture Classic SU: Sacramento Union

MPM: Motion Picture Magazine TDC: Topeka Daily Capital MPN: The Motion Picture News UW: Universal Weekly MPS: Moving Picture Stories VLP: Vitagraph Life Portrayals

MPW: The Moving Picture World Var: Variety

MPNBG: Motion Picture News Booking Guide Wid’s: Wid’s Film Daily

MPWeek; The Moving Picture Weekly Wid’sY: Wid’s Yearbook

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FEATURE FILMS 1911-1920

THE A.B.C. OF LOVE F1.0001 Crosby (Success), who owns the National Hat Works, leaves Sampson Leonce Perret Productions; Acme Pictures Corp. Dist Pathé Exchange, Rhodes (Might), his general manager, in charge, while he goes on a Inc. 14 Dec 1919 [OPathe Exchange, Inc.; 2 Jan 1920; LU14583]. 6 reels. vacation to recover his health. Rhodes, urged by his wife (Extravagance) Dir Léonce Perret. Scen Léonce Perret. Story Léonce Perret. Cam and daughter (Vanity), cuts the employees’ wages and uses the increased

Alfred Ortlieb and Harry D. Harde. Tech dir John Birkel. earnings to further his family’s social ambitions. When the workers strike, Cast: Mae Murray (Kate), H. E. Herbert (Harry Bryant), Dorothy Tom Burke (Ambition), a young inventor, is unable to give financial help Green (Diana Nelson), Arthur Donaldson (Prof. George Collins). to his mother, who has tuberculosis, or to marry Happiness, the daughter Drama. When playwright Harry Bryant chances upon the orphaned Kate of foreman David Lee (Contentment). After Happiness becomes Tom’s astride a white horse, he is so charmed that he arranges for her to work at mistress, and Lee’s younger daughter Innocence elopes with bounder a nearby inn. Unable to tolerate the cruelty of the innkeepers, Kate runs Edmund Rolfe, Lee leads the strikers to riot. When Rhodes summons the away and seeks out Harry at his house in Story Brook farm. Charmed by militia, Crosby’s stenographer Ruth Farwell (Justice) tells Crosby, who her youthful exuberance, Harry falls in love with the uneducated girl and sends them away, but is then attacked by the strikers. Although Ruth, they marry. Harry soon becomes disenchanted with his illiterate wife, trying to protect Crosby, is shot by Lee, she recovers and marries Crosby, however, and seeks solace in his former sweetheart Diana Nelson. When who sends Tom and Happiness money to wed. Employer-employee he discovers that Diana is using him to further her social ambitions, Harry relations. Factory owners. Labor violence. Mythical characters. Plant returns to Kate, who provokes his jealousy by paying daily visits to a foremen. Riots. Strikes. Ambition. Elopement. Extravagance. Innocence. mysterious apartment house. Upon learning that Kate’s secret rendezvous Inventors. Mistresses. National Guard. Secretaries. Social climbers. were with her tutor, Harry’s love for his wife is rekindled. Cultural conflict. Tuberculosis. Vacations. Vanity. liliteracy. Marriage. Battered women. Farms. Innkeepers. Inns. Jealousy. Note: The actor Otto Lincoln was probably Otto Elmo Linkenhelt, better known

Orphans. Playwrights. Social climbers. Tutors. as Elmo Lincoln. According to some sources, the allegorical character played by

MPW 13 Dec 1919, p. 855. ,

MPN 13 Dec 1919, p. 4332. Wid's 14 Dec 1920, p. 11. Robert Bleson was Power,” and the name of the character played by Olga Gray was Motog 15 May 1915, pp. 779-80, 807. MPW 15 May 1915, pp. 1090-91.

10 Apr 1915, pp. 44-45. ReelL 24 Apr 1915, p. 16. THE ABANDONMENT F1.0002 MPN 15 MayMPN 1915, p. 64. Var 14 May 1915, p. 19. American Film Co.; Flying A. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; Mutual MPW 8 May 1915, p. 984. ) Masterpictures De Luxe Edition. 15 Jun 1916. 5 reels. Prod Samuel S. Hutchinson. Dir Donald MacDonald. Scen Kenneth B. ABSINTHE F1.0004

Clarke. Imp; A Universal Films Special Feature. Dist Universal Film Cast: E. Forrest Taylor (Dr. Edmund B. Stewart), Harry Von Meter Manufacturing Co. 22 Jan 1914. 4 reels. (Benson Heath), Helene Rosson (Emily Thurston). Dir Herbert Brenon. Cam William Creevy Thompson.

Drama. Because his society fiancée, Emily Thurston, tires of his neglect Cast: King Baggot (Jean Dumas), Leah Baird (Mme Dumas). and marries stockbroker Benson Heath, ambitious physician Edmund B. Drama. Jean Dumas, a Parisian artist, is introduced to the addictive Stewart moves to the country and becomes a hobo. Six months later, when liquor absinthe by his materialistic mistress, who also convinces him to rob Emily’s father dies leaving her no money, Heath moves West to avoid bad his well-to-do parents’ house. Jean is discovered and disowned by his debts. He and Emily settle in an isolated house, which is ransacked one parents, then he marries one of their maids, who becomes repelled by his

night by two of Stewart’s hobo friends. When Heath comes home, he poverty and leaves him for a wealthier man. Jean, suffering from drugdrunkenly strangles Emily, but one of the hobos, who had been hiding in induced hallucinations, eventually turns to robbery as a means of a closet, intervenes and kills Heath. When Stewart hears about the death, supporting his habit and joins an Apache gang. One night, disguised as a he rushes to the house and confesses to the crime himself, thinking that the cabby, he attempts to rob a passenger who turns out to be his wife. He unconscious Emily is the murderer. Emily revives and tells the sheriff the drives her through Paris to the forest where he strangles her and leaves her truth, thus freeing Stewart and the hobos. She then confesses her love for for dead. The next morning, he returns to his parents’ home where his

Stewart. Attempted murder. Self-sacrifice. Socialites. Stockbrokers. father gives him a gun and turns him away. In the city streets, Jean is Tramps. Ambition. Debt. Drunkenness. Justifiable homicide. Physicians. ridiculed by urchins and follows a company of soldiers. Absinthe. Artists.

Sheriffs. Strangulation. Drug addicts. Moral corruption. Paris. Desertion. Disguise. MPW 13 May 1916, p. 1186. MPW 1 Jul 1916, p. 143. Disinheritance. Maids. Mistresses. Murder. Robbery.

Note: mis made as aa “European Imp Feature” according Universal Weekly, andfilm was was photographe Universal crew “on sojourn” in the to British Isles.

THE ABSENTEE . . . F1.0003 Many scenes were filmed ‘on location in France. It was re-issued in 1916 by King Majestic Motion Picture Co. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; A Mutual Baggot on a state rights basis.

Masterpicture. 8 May 1915. 5 reels. MPW 20 Dec 1913, p. 1391. UW 17 Jan 1914, p. 12. Dir William Christy Cabanne. Scen William Christy Cabanne and NYDM __21 Jan 1914, p. 35. UW 4 Apr 1914, p. 17. Frank E. Woods. Cam William E. Fildew. UW 3 Jan 1914, p. 17. Cast— Prologue: Arthur Paget, Charles Lee, Otto Lincoln.

Cast—Main Story: Robert Edeson (Nathaniel Crosby, the THE ACCIDENTAL HONEYMOON F 1.0005 Absentee/Success), A. D. Sears (Sampson Rhodes/Might), George A. High Art Productions, Inc.; Wick War Film Corp. Dist State Rights.

Beranger (Tom Burke/Ambition), Augustus Carney (David Apr 1918 [OHigh Art Productions, Inc.; | Apr 1918; LP12267]. 5 reels. Lee/Contentment), Loretta Blake (Happiness), Mildred Harris Prod Harry Rapf. Dir Léonce Perret. Scen Léonce Perret. Subtitle (Innocence), Wahnetta Hanson (Genevieve Rhodes/Vanity), Olga Gray ed Tom Bret. Cam Lawrence E. Williams.

(Ruth Farwell/Justice). Cast: Robert Warwick (Robert Courtland), Elaine Hammerstein Allegory /Social. In a prologue, Success leaves Might in charge of his (Kitty Grey), Frank McGlynn (Farmer Perkins), Blanche Craig

affairs and goes off with Pleasure. Might, influenced by Extravagance and (Mother Perkins), Frank Norcross (Kitty’s father), Edward Kimball Vanity, forces the Toilers, including Ambition, to suffer. Justice tells (Roland Edwards), Madame Mea (Seminary principal), Emily Lorraine Success, who returns and ends the misery. In the main story, Nathaniel (Teacher), Walter Hiers (Jimmy).

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THE ACCOMPLICE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Comedy-drama. Kitty Grey runs away from home to escape marriage to Robert’s lawful heir. Judge Randolph, the father of her sweetheart, Sidney

an undesirable suitor. On the road, her car breaks down and she meets Austin, learns that because the court fees were never paid, the divorce Robert Courtland, an artist, who, having been rejected by a woman, is lying decree is invalid. With her legitimacy proven, Bella marries Austin. across a railroad track intending to commit suicide. When Courtland sees Businessmen. Divorce. Florida. Socialites. Brothers. Childbirth. Kitty, he decides to live, helps her repair her car, and drives on with her. Everglades (Florida). lllegitimacy. Infidelity. Jealousy. Judges. Storms. At the Perkins’ farm the car runs out of gasoline, and because Mother Note: According to one review the role of “William Proctor” was played by Richard

Perkins mistakenly believes that the two are honeymooners, they are Garrick. compelled to share a room for the night. Kitty’s father finds them the next Men 8 Mar 13t6, PP. 645-46. Mew 18 Mar 1916, p. ! 854 day, and although their night together was spent quite innocently, he sends MPW T Mat 1916, . 1591, 1710. Var 17 Mar 1916, is 32. his daughter to a seminary. Courtland tries several times to rescue Kitty

and eventually is successful. Pursued by Mr. Grey, the couple elope. When ACCORDING TO THE CODE F1.0008 the angry father realizes that he has arrived too late, he blesses the Essanay Film Mfg. Co. Dist V-L-S-E, Inc. 10 Jul 1916 [©Essanay Film marriage. Elopement. Father-daughter relationship. Marriage—Arranged. Mfg. Co.; 19 Jun 1916: LP8552], 5 reels. ,

Mistaken identity. Artists. Attempted suicide. Farms. Honeymoons. Dir E. H. Calvert. Sc en Charles Michelson.

Runaways. a oo Cast: Lewis S. Stone (Basil Breckenridge, also known as Capt.

r > p. . ar a >» p. . °

ROO ees at te Character of Robert Courtland is incorrectly identified as Knighton), Marguerite Clayton (Mrs. Knighton, age 20), Florence Oberle

MeN r Ort 918 p. 2561 NYDM 8 May 916 p. 708 Nincworthe Ueki tndroine 65), E. H. Calvert (Judge Andrews), Sydney MPW 18 May 1918, p 1035. Wid's 19 May 1918, PP. 27-28. Drama. When the elderly Basil Breckenridge is assaulted by a group of thugs, he retaliates by striking gang leader Connors, the son of the city’s

THE ACCOMPLICE F1.0006 political boss. District Attorney John Andrews, Connors’ protégé, tries the William L. Sherrill Feature Corp. Dist Art Dramas, Inc. 8 Feb 1917. 5 old Confederate veteran for assault, but at the trial, the lawyer’s father,

reels. Judge Andrews, recognizes Basil as Captain Knighton, who during the war

Dir Ralph Dean. Scen Anthony P. Kelly. Cam William Reinhart. had befriended the wounded Andrews and nursed him back to health.

Cast: Dorothy Bernard (Katherine Harcourt), Jack Sherrill (Dick When Knighton was reported dead, Andrews married his assumed widow

Harcourt), W. J. Brady (Hon. Nicholas Harcourt), Joseph Granby and adopted his son John. Knighton later appeared, however, and after

John Milton e inspector), Tom Ward (Jose). ’ ,

(Aniont). Jean, Stuart (Pepitg), Frorence Hamilton (Miriam Collins), vill, Judge Andrews begs his son to dismigs the charges, but young

Drama. Katherine Harcourt, the bored and spoiled daughter of a wealthy | John refuses, not recognizing his real father. As the jury announces its Wall Street entrepreneur, wanders into the Tango Tea Set and meets the verdict, the defeated old soldier dies. Conscience. Father-son relationship. charismatic Antonio, a professional dancer. Infatuated, Katherine follows | Judges. Trials. Veterans. Duels. Friendship. Hoodlums. Impersonation Antonio to his hotel room but, at the last moment, rejects his advances and Nd imposture. Lawyers. Political bosses. Recognition. Widows.

leaves at the point of a knife. Later that night, Pepita, Antonio’s lover, is MPW 8 uv tole P. ae 309. Var 21 Jul 1916, p. 23. found murdered and Antonio 1s arrested. As his alibi, Antonio claims that NYDM 19 Jul 1916, p. 28. he was with Katherine. To save the Harcourt name from scandal, Miriam

Collins, the sweetheart of Dick Harcourt, Katherine’s brother, says that ACE HIGH ; ; _. F 1.0009 she, not Katherine, was in Antonio’s room. Although Miriam’s gesture is Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 9 Jun 1918 [©William Fox; 9 Jun an attempt to improve her image with Dick’s father, who thinks that she 1918; LP12575]. 5 reels.

is too poor for his son, it soon backfires and Dick breaks off their Dir Lynn Reynolds. Scen Lynn Reynolds. Story Lynn Reynolds. Cam

clearing both her own and Miriam’s name. With the blessing of Mr. : ’ , ow engagement. Guilt-ridden, Katherine finally confesses to knowing Antonio, J. Casts Tan Mig Chan River dy Llovd Per! ( Reinhart 10), Lewis Harcourt, Miriam and Dick reunite. Confession (law). Murder. “Scandal Sargent (Jean Rivard, 15), Kathleen Connors (Annette Dupre), Virginia

Self-sacrifice. Snobbery. Wealth. Dancers. Father-daughter relationship. pa ara amet te Dupre Da a onlay rawrence yon (J a

Father-son relationship. Tycoons. eefe), olin Chase (Baptiste upre), Jay Morley (Harvey Wright), Pat

is in Sep-Oct 1920. The re-issue title was The Dark Hand. . - ’ - -

Note: This film was re-issued by the Frohmat Amusement © orp. on a state rights cNsman (hauls Carnie United States-Canadian border, ten-year-old

ae "P 7 web 1917 p. 775. NYDM 3 Feb 1917, p. 34. Jean Rivard finds a baby girl lying in the snow next to her dead mother Motog 3 Mar 1917, pp. 480-81. NYDM 10 Feb 1917, p. 28. and takes her to Baptiste Dupre and his wife. They adopt the baby and MPN 18 Sep 1920, p. 2204. NYDM 17 Feb 1917, p. 28. christen her Annette, and she and Jean become fast friends. After the death PW 7 ban i917 y 08 Wid's 22 Feb 1917, pp. 123-24. of his wife, Dupre sends Annette away to school and transforms his saloon,

. the Ace High, into a meeting place for rogues. Jack Keefe, a corrupt sheriff, becomes infatuated with Annette after viewing her photograph and

ACCORDING TO LAW , , F1.6007 attacks the coach in which she is returning home. Jean, now an officer in Gaumont Co. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; Mutual Masterpictures De Luxe the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, rescues Annette and brings her safely

Edition. 6 Mar 1916. 5 reels. home. Against her father’s wishes, Annette spurns Keefe, who, infuriated, Dir Richard Garrick. Story Paul M. Bryan and Joseph H. Trant. abducts her. Jean again rescues Annette and restores her to her real father, Cast: Mildred Gregory (/sabel Bland), Howard Hall (Robert Bland), E. no gives the young couple his blessing. Abduction. infatuation. Orphans. K. James (John Bland), Madison Weeks (Ralph, as a boy), Alan Robinson ~—Regcues, Reunions. Sheriffs. Canadian border. Foster fathers. (Ralph, as a man), Albert Macklin (Sidney Austin), John Reinhard Friendship. Long-lost relatives. North West Mounted Police. Photographs.

(William Proctor), Charles W. Travis (Judge Randolph), Helen Marten Saloons.

(Bella Bland), Mathilde Baring (Mrs. Randolph). ETR 25 May 1918, p. 1961, 2006. NYDM 29 Jun 1918, p. 925. Drama. Social butterfly Isabel Bland does not want children, while her ETR 8 Jun 1918, p. 49. Var 28 Jun 1918, p. 28.

wealthy, reclusive husband Robert desires some. They drift apart, and after MPW 25 May 1918, p. 1192, 1202. Wid's 30 Jun 1918, pp. 31-32. Isabel learns of Robert’s involvement with another woman, she divorces MPW 15 Jun 1918, p. 1614. him and goes to their Florida island summer home, while Robert retires to the Everglades, leaving his business with his unscrupulous brother John. © AN ACE IN THE HOLE see YOUTH’S DESIRE When Robert learns that Isabel’s old sweetheart, William Proctor, is

coming to visit their island home, his love for Isabel returns. He goes there THE ACE OF THE SADDLE F 1.0010 and during a storm, sees Isabel passionately embracing Proctor. A flash of Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co.; Special lightning illuminating Robert’s face on the window pane strengthens Attraction Series. 18 Aug 1919 [©Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 30 Jul Isabel’s resolve to resist Proctor. She reconciles with Robert and after a 1919; LP14017]. 6 reels. year, dies giving birth to their daughter Bella. Twenty years later, when Dir Jack Ford. Scen George Hively. Story Frederick J. Jackson. Bella rejects her cousin Ralph’s proposal, Ralph’s father John proclaims Cast: Harry Carey (Cheyenne Harry Henderson), Joel Harris that because Bella’s parents never remarried, she is illegitimate and not (Sheriff of Yucca County), Duke R. Lee (Sheriff Faulkner of Pinkerton

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 ADELE County), Peggy Pearce (Madeline Faulkner), Jack Walters (Jnky ACROSS THE CONTINENT F1.0013 O’Day), Vesta Pegg (Gambler), William Cartwright (Storekeeper), Zoe Pilot Films Corp. Dist State Rights. Nov? 1913. 4 reels.

Rae, Howard Enstedt (Two children), King Fisher Jones. Source: Based on the play Across the Continent by Dion Boucicault and/ Western. When cattle rancher Cheyenne Harry Henderson discovers or Oliver Doud Byron (New York, 13 Mar 1871). that rustlers are attacking his herd, he informs Yucca County’s sheriff but Cast: Herbert Barrington (George Constance), Herbert Barry (John learns that the lawman is in cahoots with the outlaws. Harry then appeals Adderly, Jr.), Wilbur Hudson (John Adderly), Mrs. Guy Standing

to Sheriff Faulkner of neighboring Pinkerton County, but Faulkner is (Agnes Constance), W. H. Burton (Caesar), Octave Luzon (Tom powerless to intervene. Madeline, Faulkner’s daughter, attracts Harry’s Constance), Marion Cooper (Louise Constance), A. E. Elliott (Mr. attention and the two fall in love. When Madeline, who loathes violence, Goodwin), Ann Rodgers (Clara Goodwin). asks him to give up wearing a gun, Harry complies. Because the rustlers Drama. Saloon keeper John Adderly encourages George Constance to are prohibited by an unwritten law from shooting an unarmed man, they _ drink, and soon George becomes an alcoholic, unable to support his wife poison the waterhole at Harry’s ranch. Harry harnesses six horses to pull = Agnes and their two children. When Agnes pleads with Adderly to prevent _ his cabin into Pinkerton, where some of the rustlers are arrested when they her husband’s drinking, he instead asks her to join him in toasting his young follow. The Yucca sheriff and his gang rescue them and abduct Madeline. son, John, Jr. Lifting her glass, Agnes denounces Adderly, warning that Harry takes his gun, rescues the girl, and lures the gang tohiscabin where — John, Jr. will live to curse his father. The kindhearted Mr. Goodwin finds he tricks them into drinking some contaminated water. After the men are Agnes weeping in the snow, and after he promises to care for her children, recaptured, Harry’s foreman is elected sheriff of Yucca County,and Harry _ she expires. Twenty years later, John Adderly, Jr. becomes involved with

and Madeline marry. Cattlemen. Firearms. Nonviolence. Rustlers. crooks and takes all of his father’s money, leaving the old man blind and

Sheriffs. Abduction. Poisoning. Rescues. heartbroken. John, Jr. becomes infatuated with Agnes’ daughter Louise,

in the nson un r. view . “11: : a Fi . : : Note: The working title of this film was A Man of Peace. King Fisher Jones, who and when she fails to reciprocate, he frames her sweetheart Joe, who is sent

appears " the Pa was a cowboy who led Arizona The filte ws dee of the Saddle to prison. John then abducts Louise, but Caesar, Mr. Goodwin’s butler, According to modern sources, the producer was P. A. Powers and the cameraman was shoots the villain, partially blinding him. Imprisoned, John, Jr. curses his

John W. Brown. Some scenes were shot along the banks of the Rio Grande. father, while Joe, released from prison, marries Louise. Alcoholism. Filial

ETR 17 May 1919, p. 1847. MPW 19 Jul 1919, p. 415, 417. relations. Frame-ups. Good Samaritans. Abduction. Blindness. Butlers.

MPN 19 Jul 1919, p. 779. NYMT 13 Jul 1919. Saloon keepers. Theft.

MPN 16 Aug 1919, p. 1459, 1463. Wid's 13 Jul 1919, p. 28. Note: The actress who portrayed Louise Constance may actually have been Miriam Cooper. Some sources attribute authorship of the play to Dion Boucicault, while others credit it to Oliver Doud Byron, who popularized it on the New York stage.

MPN 29 Nov 1913, p. 40 MPW 8 Nov 1913, p. 651.

ACQUITTED F1.0011 MPW | Nov 1913, p. 536. NYDM _19 Nov 1913, p. 32.

Fine Arts Film Co. Dist Triangle Film Corp. 6 Feb.1916 [OTriangle Film Corp.; 7 Feb 1916; LP8072]. 5 reels. ACROSS THE PACIFIC F1.0014

Dir Paul Powell. Scen Roy Somerville. Charles E. Blaney Productions. Dist World Film Corp. 2 Nov 1914

Source: Based on the short story ““Acquitted” by Mary Roberts Rinehart [©OWorld Film Corp.; 27 Oct 1914; LU3721]. 5 reels.

in Pearson's (Feb 1907). Dir Edwin Carewe. Scen Edwin Carewe.

Cast: Wilfred Lucas (John Carter), Mary Alden (Mrs. Carter), Bessie Source: Based on the play Across the Pacific by Charles E. Blaney (New

Love (Helen Carter), Carmen De Rue (Nellie Carter), Elmer Clifton York, 1904). (Ned Fowler), Sam De Grasse (Jra Wolcott), W. J. Freemont (The night Cast: Dorothy Dalton (Elsie Escott), Sam Hines, Millar (full name

watchman), Spottiswoode Aitken (Charles Ryder), James O’Shea unknown). (Chief of police), F. A. Turner (Captain of police). Drama. On their way to Montana, the Escott family is attacked by Drama. John Carter, a hard-working insurance company bookkeeper, Indians, after which Lieutenant Joe Lanier finds little Elsie Escott, the sole

comes home Easter eve to his suburban cottage with a potted lily for his survivor, and takes her to live with his mother. As Elsie grows to loving wife and two daughters. The Carters live happily until cashier womanhood, Joe leaves the army and becomes a successful miner, falling Charles Ryder is murdered by the night watchman, a “coke sniffer” in need in love with her over the years. His jealousy over the attentions of Bob of money, and Carter is accused because he worked with Ryder that Stanton, a handsome stranger, angers Elsie though, and she plans to elope evening. During intense third-degree police questioning, Carter acts guilty, with Stanton. When war with Spain is declared, Joe abandons his quest for

but cub reporter Ned Fowler, who loves Carter’s daughter Helen, Elsie and reenlists in the army. Meanwhile, she discovers that Stanton is intervenes. After the watchman, arrested for fighting and in need of drugs, a womanizer and realizes her love for Joe. Disguised as a soldier and aided confesses, Carter is released, but insurance company president Ira Wolcott by war correspondent Willie Live, Elsie travels to the Philippines, where will not reinstate him because of his notoriety. During the next year, Carter an officer assigns his “recruit” the task of delivering an important message fails to find work because of his age. As Easter approaches and his life to Joe’s company. Elsie penetrates the enemy lines and saves Joe and his insurance premium becomes due, Carter decides to kill himself in a gas- men who then complete their heroic fight. /mpersonation and imposture.

filled hotel room, so that his starving family can collect the insurance Indians of North America. Orphans. Rescues. Elopement. Libertines. money. When Carter’s little daughter Nellie strays into Wolcott’s yard, Massacres. Miners. Montana. Philippines. Spies. United States. Army. Wolcott learns about Carter’s plight and rescues him. Carter returns to Cavalry. United States—History-War of 1898. War correspondents. work, and Helen becomes engaged to Ned. Bookkeepers. Insurance. Note: Copyright records indicate a cast member named “Millar” in the film, but Murder. Reputation. Self-sacrifice. Attempted suicide. Cashiers. the first name has been obliterated by age. Charles E. Blaney Productions went out Cocaine. Confession (law). Drug addicts. Easter. Executives. False of business in late 1914, thus World Film Corp. took over its properties.

arrests. Police. Reporters. Unemployment. Motog 14 Nov 1914, p. 688. MPW 7 Nov 1914, p. 840. Note: According to a modern source, Tod Browning co-wrote the film.

Motog 5 Feb 1916, p. 318. MPW 19 Feb 1916, p. 1192. ADELE F1.0015 Motos ” re one he of ole:America, P 2 janited Picture Theatres America, Inc. Dist United Picture Theatres oeP we ae YM Be 4ae Inc. 26 Jan of1919. 6 reels. mew > Feb 1916, p. 798. Mas 27 Apr 1916. Supv Robert Brunton. Prod Robert Brunton. Dir Wallace Worsley. Scen Jack Cunningham. Cam Clyde De Vinna. Source: Based on the novel The Nurse's Story: In Which Reality Meets

ACROSS AMERICA BY MOTOR CAR F1.0012 Romance by Adele Bleneau (Indianapolis, 1915). Dist Pan-American Film Mfg. Co. 1914? 5 reels. Cast: Kitty Gordon (Adele Bleneau), Mahlon Hamilton (Captain Documentary. The film gives a scenic tour of the United States “from | Fraser), Wedgewood Nowell (Count von Schulling), Joseph J. Dowling the Mexican frontier to the snow drifts of Canada.” [No other information | (Doctor Bleneau). concerning the film’s content has been discovered.] Automobiles. Tourism. War drama/World War I. Adele Bleneau, who aides her famous wealthy

United States. father, a Louisiana surgeon, in his medical work, falls in love in Note: The Pan-American Film Mfg. Co. advertised the film as available for Washington with British Captain Fraser. On Adele’s ship to France where

distribution in the early part of 1914. she accompanies her father as a Red Cross nurse, Count von Schulling of

MPW 28 Feb 1914, p. 1129. the German embassy, an acquaintance of her father, becomes attracted to 3

THE ADOPTED SON AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG her. After Adele organizes a rescue party to save the wounded Fraser, von threatens suicide if they harm him. The couple escape during a hurricane,

Schulling is treated in her hospital and placed in the same room with and soon after a yacht arrives with the news that Templeton has been Fraser. Adele arrives in time to save Fraser after von Schulling removes exonerated of murder charges. Their problems thus resolved, they return his bandages, but just then, the hospital is bombed and taken over by the to America to wed. Fiji Islands. Half-castes.. Fugitives. Hurricanes. Germans. Given the alternative of spying or seeing Fraser shot, Adele Plantations. Tribal chiefs. agrees to locate English cannons. She reports to the British commander, Note: The pre-release title of this film was Marama. The novel was originally who arranges for obsolete cannons to be lost, while a successful published asa magazine story. Priscilla Dean was originally slated to Star in the film counterattack is planned. Afterwards, Adele kills von Schulling when he —Ut!! a story that suited her better was found, according to publicity.

attempts to assault her. After the armistice is signed, Fraser and Adele apy is Mas 1990, is hiss NeW 7 Ae 1900 is a marry. English. France. Germans. Heroism. Nurses. Red Cross. World MPN 7 Aug 1920, p. 1065. Wid's 8 Aug 1920, p. II. War |. Aerial bombardment. Attempted murder. Attempted rape. Blackmail. Espionage. Hospitals. Louisiana. Nobility. Rescues. Surgeons. ADRIENNE GASCOYNE see HEARTS OR DIAMONDS? Washington (D.C.). Note: The working title for this film was The Nurse. The film was shot at the Brunton studios in Hollywood. AN ADVENTURE IN HEARTS . F1.0018

ETR 26 Oct 1918, p. 1738, 1747. MPN | Feb 1919, p. 761. Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; ETR 2 Nov 1918, p. 1800. MPW 25 Jan 1919, pp. 539-40. Paramount-Artcraft Pictures. 7 Dec 1919 [O©Famous Players-Lasky Corp.;

ee skew reeeeguegme 17 L.Oct 19195 LPIA} ren oa, 4 aor Pres Jesse Lasky. Dir James Cruze. 5 Asst dir Cullen Tate. Scen Elmer eTR 29 Jan 1919, p. 383: 049. Was | 19 Jan 1919) I>. Harris. Cam Frank Urson and/or Charles F. Schoenbaum.

Source: Based on the novel Captain Dieppe by Anthony Hope (pseud. of

THE ADOPTED SON ; F1.0016 Anthony Hope Hawkins) (New York. 1900) and the olay of the same name

Metro Pictures Corp.; A Rolfe Photodrama. Dist Metro Pictures Corp.; by Anthony Hope and Harrison Garfield Rhodes (New York, 14 Sep Metro Star Series Production De Luxe. 29 Oct 1917 [©Metro Pictures 1903).

Corp.; 17 Oct 1917; LP11572]. 6 reels. | Cast: Robert Warwick (Captain Dieppe), Juan de la Cruz (Count Supv Maxwell Karger. Dir Charles Brabin. Scen Albert Shelby Le Vino. Fieramondi), Winifred Greenwood (Countess Fieramondi), Helen

Cam R. J. Bergquist. Chadwick (Countess Lucia Bonavia D’Orano), Walter Long (Guilamo

Source: Based on the short story “The Adopted Son” by Max Brand Sevier), Howard Gaye (Paul Sharpe). (pseud. of Frederick Faust) in All-Story Weekly (27 Oct 1917). Adventure. After Captain Dieppe, an American agent of French descent, Cast: Francis X. Bushman (“Two Gun Carter ), Beverly Bayne refuses to divulge confidential information he gathered for a small Italian (Marian Conover), Leslie Stowe (Tom McLane), J. W. Johnston principality until they pay him, he is pursued by secret service agent (Henry McLane), John Smiley (Luke Conover), Gertrude Norman Guilamo Sevier to Fieramondi in Northern Italy. Dieppe agrees to help the -

(Mrs. Conover), Pat O'Malley (George Conover). lonely Count Fieramondi convince his wife to return from her isolated wing Drama/Rural. For years a feud has existed between the McLanes and _ of their castle. The countess, after convincing her cousin Lucia to take her the Conovers in the Tennessee mountains. ““Two Gun Carter” leaves Texas place in the castle, goes to Rome to raise money to pay Paul Sharpe, who after a shooting fray and arrives just in time to witness George Conover’s is blackmailing her because of her gambling debts. Dieppe falls in love with death at the hands of Henry McLane. Carrying young Conover’s body to —_ Lucia, whom he thinks is the countess, and after he fights Sharpe and steals

his family, Carter is so touched by their grief that he agrees to become their the evidence of the debts, he sacrifices his own love by preparing a adopted son and subsequently falls in love with Marian Conover. In an reconciliation between the count and the countess. After Dieppe obtains his attempt to put an end to the feud, Carter proposes a duel between himself — money from Sevier, the real identities are revealed. The count and countess

and Henry McLane, but Henry refuses, and so, to uphold his family honor, are reunited, while Dieppe and Lucia continue their romance. Tom McLane, the clan leader, accepts the challenge. In the midst of the Impersonation and imposture. Italy. Marriage. Secret agents. Selfmatch, news arrives that Henry has kidnapped Marian. Carter rushes off —_—_ sacrifice. Blackmail. Debt. Fights. Gambling. Nobility. Rome (Italy).

and rescues Marian just as Henry and his horse plunge over the edge of Note: The working title of this film was Captain Dieppe. Sources conflict a cliff. Carter then demands that an end be put to the feud as he himself — concerning the cameraman for this film. Reviews credit Frank Urson, while was a born McLane and now plans to marry Marian Conover. Duels. Paramount studio records list Charles F. Schoenbaum.

Feuds.heights. Mountaineers. Tennessee. Abduction. Adoption. FallsPe Err74017 Jan rer p.NZEAS sR, nial Po a toe. from FamilyMurder. life. Gunfights. Rescues. Texas. : an t7am ar AN OE3 Note: Ancording to one source, the film runs five reels and is 4,800 feet. MPW 17 Jan 1920, pp. 469-70.

MPwo 3 Nor 1917618 (ad Yar NW ASTI 50. THE ADVENTURE SHOP F1.0019 insert). Wid's 8 Nov 1917, pp. 719-20. Vitagraph Co. of America; A Blue Ribbon Feature. Dist Greater

MPW 24 Nov 1917, p. 1190. Vitagraph, Inc.; Star Series. 6 Jan 1919 [©Vitagraph Co. of America; 27 ‘Dec 1918; LP13207]. 5 reels, 4,151 ft.

THE ADORABLE SAVAGE F1.0017 Pres Albert E. Smith. Dir Kenneth Webb. Scen George H. Plympton. Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co.; Universal Cam Tom Malloy.

Special Attraction. 9 Aug 1920 [©Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 6 Aug Source: Based on the short story “The Green Gullabaloo”’ by Harry

1920; LP15419]. 5 reels, 4,345 ft. Conway (Bud) Fisher (publication undetermined).

Pres Carl Laemmle. Dir Norman Dawn. Asst dir William K. Howard. Cast: Corinne Griffith (Phyllis Blake), Walter McGrail (Josephus

Scen Doris Schroeder. Cam Thomas Rae. Potts, Jr.), Warren Chandler (Josephus Potts, Sr.), Priestly Morrison Source: Based on the novel Marama: A Tale of the South Pacific by (John Montgomery), Robert Gaillard (Franklin Herbert), Freeman

Ralph Stock (Boston, 1913). ~ Wood, Fred Smith, Victor A. Stewart.

Cast: Edith Roberts (Marama Thurston), Jack Perrin (Templeton), Comedy-drama/Crime. Phyllis Blake and several other members of her Dick Cummings (Jim Thurston), Noble Johnson (Ratu Madri), Dr. social set decide to relieve their boredom by opening the “Adventure Arthur Jervis (Frank Maddon), Lucille Moulton (Moala), Lilly Phillips | Shop,” a business that will furnish its customers with excitement. Their

(Akanesi). first client is Josephus Potts, a pickle manufacturer who hopes to cure his

Drama. Marama Thurston leaves her fashionable boarding school in son, Josephus Potts, Jr., of his obsessive longing for thrills. Immediately America when her ailing father Jim Thurston, a plantation owner on Fiji, after Josephus’ arrival in New York from his small home town, Phyllis begs her to protect the rubber crop from his thieving son-in-law. Upon jumps into his cab and begs for his help in finding the ““Green Gullabaloo.”

arriving on the island, Marama learns that she is a_half-caste. She then takes him to a gambling den and an anarchists’ meeting, and when Traumatized, she assumes native customs and agrees to marry Ratu these fail to move him, she introduces him to the murders, blackmailing Madri, the island’s ruler. Templeton, an American fugitive living on Fiji, schemes and various other intrigues of the underworld, each episode staged

falls in love with her, but Marama rejects him, having pledged herself by her friends. Finally, Phyllis and Josephus are kidnapped and held for already to the Fiji chief. As Marama dances the prenuptial rite, Templeton $50,000 ransom in an abandoned house, an adventure not included in the attempts to rescue her. The natives seize the American, and Marama contract. When his father’s check arrives, Josephus, who has been aware

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE ADVENTURES OF BUFFALO BILL of Phyllis’ schemes all along, reveals that he staged the kidnapping to even THE ADVENTURER (World Film Corp.) see THE BEAUTIFUL

the score with the Adventure Shop. Phyllis agrees to marry him, and with MRS. REYNOLDS the $50,000, they depart on their honeymoon. Adventures. Hoaxes. Impersonation and imposture. Stores. Thrill-seeking. Anarchists. THE ADVENTURES OF A BILL see THE DOLLAR AND THE LAW Blackmail. Gambling houses. Kidnapping. New York City. Pickle

magnates. Ransom. Taxis. THE ADVENTURES OF A BOY SCOUT F1.0022 Note: One contemporary source lists the film as 4,600 feet. Bud Fisher, the author National Movement Motion Picture Bureau. Dist World Film Corp.;

of the story, was the creator of the “Mutt and Jeff” comic strip. Special Features Department. 3 Feb 1915 [OWorld Film Corp.; 5 Jan ETR 23 Nov 1918, p. 2003. MPW 21 Dec 1918, pp. 1387-88. 1918: LU11929]. 5 reels.

ETR 4 Jan 1919, p. 368. MPW 11 Jan 1919, p. 246. , ae ETR 11 Jan 1919, p. S11. Var 3 Jan 1919, p. 38. Dir Edward Warren. Story R. Dinwiddie, Campbell McCullough and MPN 4 Jan 1919, p, 93. Wid's 5 Jan 1919, p. 15. Edward Warren. Lab work by Solax Co.

MPN It Jan 1919, p. 303. Drama /Instructional. Tom is a sixteen-year-old street tough, left to fend for himself by his worthless father, Bill Slade, after wealthy landowner

THE ADVENTURER F1.0020 John Temple evicts them. Tom scorns the Boy Scout movement, as does U.S. Amusement Corp. Dist Art Dramas, Inc. 15 Feb 1917 [OUSS. Temple and his effeminate son Wilfred. Because of his interest in Temple’s

Amusement Corp.; 10 Oct 1917; LU11526]. 5 reels. daughter Mary, Tom gets a job and joins the Scouts after seeing that they Dir Alice Blaché. Scen Harry Chandlee and Lawrence McCloskey. are as strong and tough as he. On a camping trip, Tom sees his father and

Story Paul West. a gang of tramps attempt to rob Temple’s home. The Scouts frighten them, Cast: Marian Swayne (Dorothy Markham), Pell Trenton (John and when they attempt another robbery, Slade is slightly wounded and Adams/Jim), Ethel Stanard (Margaret Adams), Kirk Brown Temple’s servant is shot. Although the Scouts use a wireless to summon (Mortimer Wiley), Charles Halton (Austin), Martin Hayden (Tate), medical help, Temple remains steadfast in his opposition to them. After he

Yolande Doquette (Mazie). and Wilfred get lost on a fishing trip, Mrs. Temple asks the Scouts to Drama. John Adams, the son of a millionaire, poses as Jim, a product of | search for them. Temple meets Slade, and they fight until they both fall

the slums, in order to investigate a conspiracy to defraud the Adams unconscious. After the Scouts rescue them, Temple relents in his Charitable Institute. He meets Dorothy Markham, a dishwasher, and they opposition, Wilfred joins, and Slade decides to get a job. Boy Scouts. become friends after he prevents her from committing suicide. Margaret, | Father-son relationship. Manhood. Camping. Effeminacy. Eviction. Jim’s sister, discovers his cigarette case in Dorothy’s apartment and Fights. Fishing. Landowners. Rescues. Robbery. Servants. Tramps. accuses the girl of concealing Jim’s whereabouts. After Dorothy is arrested, Note: Director Edward Warren left the Solax Co. in Jul 1913 to make this film, Margaret learns that her guardian, Mortimer Wiley, is in charge of the plot fF Which he was contracted by the National Boy Scouts of America. Shooting was

: . . completed in two weeks, and it was to be the first seven reel picture in America. No

to siphon money from the Adams Institute. She is abducted by the information has been located concerning its release in this format. According to a conspirators, but is later rescued by Jim, who reveals his true identity and _ news item, R. Dinwiddie was given the initiative of embodying the theory and practice

has the criminals arrested. Charitable organizations. Conspiracy. Fraud. of the boy scouts, and Campbell McCullough, a government official, was Friendship. Impersonation and imposture. Abduction. Dishwashers. commissioned to write the story. The copyright entry and a news item credit Warren

Millionaires. Suicide. Wards andScouts guardians. as the authorand of the story. The film endorsed by the National Headquarters of . a the Boy of America, commended bywas Theodore Roosevelt and Judge Ben Note: Although all reviews state that the film is based on a famous novel by Upton B. Lindsay. President Woodrow Wilson appeared in the film. Boy scouts sold tickets

Sinclair, no novel of this name or plot has been found. to the film. Twenty-five percent of the proceeds went to the Boy Scouts of America, ETR 17 Feb 1917, p. 774. NYDM 17 Feb 1917, p. 26. while seventy-five percent went to the exhibitor. A company of boy scouts acted in Motog 24 Feb 1917, p. 426. Wid's 22 Feb 1917, pp. 120-21. the film. The MPW index for Jul-Sep 1913 lists the film’s title as Boy Scouts of

MPW 24 Feb 1917, p. 1208. America, but no information has been located concerning its release under that name.

1 ; ’ all; . oto e€ + Pp. . U » p. .

The film’s release in Feb 1915 coincided with the fifth anniversary of the Boy Scouts

OU ADVENTURER Fr002! "Mowe 13 Feb 1915, p. 246 MPW 16 Aug 1913, p. 725

: » 0, MPN 20 Feb 1915, p. 54. MPW 13 Feb 1915, p. 1050. Dir J. Gordon Edwards. Scen E. Lloyd Sheldon. Cam John W. Boyle. MPN 19 Jun 1915, p. 38.

, oO iprasery Dist Fox te Feb 1920 [William Fox; 14 Mar Motog 20 Feb 1915, P 307. MPW 6 Feb 1915, pp. 788-89. Cast: William Farnum (Don Caesar de Bazan), Estelle Taylor

(Maritana, gypsy dancing girl), Paul Cazeneuve (Don Jose, Prime THE ADVENTURES OF A MADCAP F1.0023 Minister), Kenneth Casey (Lazarillo), Dorothy Drake (Queen Isabel), Balboa Amusement Producing Co. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc. 3 Nov

Harry Southard (King Charles Il), Pat Hartigan (Captain of the 1915. 4 reels. Guards), James Devine (Marquis de Rotunda), Sadie Radcliffe Cast: Jackie Saunders (Jean), Frank Mayo (Jack Aubrey), Corinne

(Marchioness de Rotunda). Grant (Carmio), Philo McCullough (Carlos).

Drama/Historical. Don Caesar de Bazan, a penniless nobleman of Comedy-drama. A little waif named Jean is adopted by Jason, an old

seventeenth century Spain, is in love with Maritana, a dancer who has flower grower, and for several years sells his flowers by the roadside. Jack attracted the attention of King Charles Ii while performing at court. Don Aubrey, a country lad, loves Jean but hesitates to ask for her hand in

Jose, the prime minister, covets Queen Isabel and her power and thus marriage. When her foster father suddenly dies, Jean is adopted by the encourages the King’s flirtations with Maritana. Don Caesar rescues Gordons, a wealthy, childless couple from the city. Jean soon comes to Lazarillo, a young boy mistreated by a cruel Captain of the Guards, but _—_ dislike life among the well-to-do and, longing for the freedom of the is imprisoned for fighting a duel during Holy Week. Seizing upon the countryside, runs away to join a band of gypsies. To escape the unwelcome opportunity, Don Jose arranges for Maritana to enter the court through attentions of Carlos, the son of the gypsy king and lover of Carmio, Jean marriage to a nobleman, the condemned Don Caesar. Maritana is veiled _ hides in a deserted shack, but the eager gypsy finds her. Carmio alerts the during the ceremony so that Don Caesar is unaware of the identity of his camp to Jean’s predicament, and she, Jack and the Gordons arrive in time bride. Immediately after the wedding, Don Caesar seemingly is executed to save the young girl from disgrace. Adoption. City-country contrast. by a firing squad but escapes death because the grateful Lazarillo loaded Gypsies. Runaways. Waifs. Country boys. Flower vendors. Foster fathers. the gun with blanks. Upon learning of Don Jose’s machinations Don Caesar Upper classes. rescues Maritana from the king. After informing Charles of his minister’s Note: According to news items, this film was hand-colored by the Pathé process in treachery, Don Caesar is pardoned, appointed prime minister and reunited Vincennes, France.

with his bride. Nobility. Spain-History-17th century. Charles ll, King of Motog 27 Nov 1915, p. 1106. MPW 6 Nov 1915, p. 1204.

Spain, 1665-1700. Dancers. Executions. Royalty. Treachery. OEN 3 NY ils P to, NOM 0 No 91s P 3

Note: Although no specific source is mentioned as the basis of this film, the character Don Caesar de Bazan was created by Victor Hugo in his play Ruy

Blas, published in 1838. The plot has similarities to the 1915 Kalem film Don Caesar THE ADVENTURES OF BUFFALO BILL F1.0024

de Bazan. For additional sources and other versions of the story see the entry for the Essanay Film Mfg. Co. Dist K-E-S-E Service. 29 Jan 1917 [OEssanay

Kalem film listed below. Film Mfg. Co.; 23 Jan 1917; LP10056]. 5 reels.

ha S re 1990 P se0 NeMT » er loot, p. 1843. Cast: William Frederick Cody, Nelson Appleton Miles, Jesse M. Lee,

MPW 14 Feb 1920, p. 1002, 1068. Wid’s 7 Mar 1920, p. 7. Frank D. Baldwin, Marion P. Maus, Chief Yellow Hand, Chief Tall Bull,

MPW 21 Feb 1920, p. 1264. Chief Sitting Bull, Chief Short Bull, Charles A. King, H. G. Sickles. 5

THE ADVENTURES OF CAROL AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Documentary / Biographical. This film is a review of the adventurous life principality in East India, where Prince Umballah is holding her father of Col. William F. Cody, popularly known as “Buffalo Bill.” During his captive. Kathlyn, during her many adventures, rescues her father and sister early career in the West, Cody rode with the Pony Express and hunted from danger, discovers the identity of the real king and witnesses his death,

buffalo before becoming the chief Indian scout for the U.S. Cavalry. and purchases her freedom from the throne. Americans in foreign Generals Nelson A. Miles, James M. Lee, Frank D. Baldwin, and Marion countries. Kidnapping. Mythical kingdoms. Rescues. Royalty. California. P. Maus, and 5,000 U. S. troops and Indians recreate battles at Summit Father-daughter relationship. Impersonation and imposture. India. Military

Springs and Warbonnet. Also seen are Cody’s fight with Chief Tall Bull officers. Sisters. Wild animals.

: : ° : : oye ° : wo wee rin l 0. was S

and his knife duel with Chief Yellow Hand. Another side of the plainsman Note: This film was a ten reel re-edited version of a twenty-seven reel serial whose is illustrated by scenes of Cody and his family at home. The film concludes pe par twas released on oor wine Ate th ten reel version was shown beginning 19 with picturizations of great hunting expeditions in the Rocky Mountains, at the time that the film. if successful in Chicago, would be released in other cities, including one during which Cody served as guide for the Prince of Monaco. but no information has been located concerning any subsequent release. A novel based William F. Cody. Indians of North America. Rocky Mountains. Summit on the serial was written by Harold MacGrath and published in Indianapolis in 1914. Springs. United States—History-Indian Campaigns. Warbonnet. Pony The above cast members were listed for the serial; it is possible that some were not

express. Chief Tall Bull. Chief Yellow Hand. in the ten reel version. The Adventures of Kathlyn is considered by film historians Note: In 1914, Wm. F. Cody Historical Picture Co. and Essanay Film Mfg. Co. to be the first motion picture serial as distinguished from films released in a series. released a film called The Indian Wars, which was a recreation of four major Indian Although the ten reel version was not copyrighted, each episode of the twenty-seven battles of the late 1800’s. Footage for both films was shot in late 1913 in the Bad reel serial was copyrighted in 1913 and 1914 under the episode titles.

Lands of South Dakota, the Black Hills of Wyoming, and Nebraska. According to Motog 25 Dec 1913, pp. 459-60. MPN 4 Mar 1916, p. 1323.

contemporary sources, Essanay re-edited and added material for the 1917 production, 8 o nae tole PP. bed 4 New if ee tole P- lean 1693 which was released shortly after Cody’s death on 10 Jan 1917. The 1914 film, also Motos 4 Mar 1916. 533, : MPW 18 Mar 1916. . 1806.

known as The Wars of Civilization and various other titles, was made with the , ,

cooperation of the U.S. Government and was intended to be an educational, historically accurate document. The government, however, shelved the 1914 film

before it had buon. As an homage, thecopies en pada articipation in themuch battles. iste Contemporary sources claim that two of the arate film were submitted to the U.S. Government in Washington, DC. for posterity, THE ADVENTURES OF KITTY COBB F1.0027 although modern sources report that both copies decomposed in the 1920's. A pre- Dist Warner’s Features, Inc. 6 Oct 1914. 4 reels.

release title for the film was The Life of Buffalo Bill. The 1914 film was directed by Source: Based on the cartoon character “Kitty Cobb” by James Theodore Wharton, photographed by D. T. Hargan and, according to modern sources, Montgomery Flagg, published in The New York World, and his book The Conrad Luperti. Modern sources also credit Charles King with the scenario of both Adventures of Kitty Cobb (New York, 1912). versions. Another 1917 film, The Buffalo Bill Show, may also have used some footage Cast: Marian Swayne (Kitty Cobb), Jack Hopkins (Bob Caldecott),

rom the 1914 production, but was made and distributed by different companies. . . . ; Howard Missimer (Count Pulaski), Maggie Weston, Ida Darling.

ETR 27 Jan 1917, p. 563. MPW 10 Feb 1917, p. 910. ; ETR 10 Feb 1917, p. 703. NYDM 1 Oct 1913, p. 27. Adventure. Cartoonist James Montgomery Flagg draws the character of

Motog 10 Feb 1917, p. 317. NYDM 27 Jan 1917, p. 60. Kitty Cobb as actress Marian Swayne poses. As the story begins, Kitty MPW 27 Jan 1917, p. 527. NYDM 3 Feb 1917, p. 28. Cobb, a young girl from Long Island, listens to exciting stories about New York City from young inventor Bob Caldecott, with whom she is secretly

THE ADVENTURES OF CAROL F 1.0025 in love. One day, while walking near Fort Schuyler, Kitty sees some World Film Corp. Dist World Film Corp. 12 Nov 1917 [OWorld Film suspicious-looking men who follow her home. The men threaten her, but

Corp.; 2 Nov 1917; LU11655]. 5 reels, 5,200 ft. Bob comes to her rescue and tells her that they are spies. Soon, Kitty goes Pres William A. Brady. Dir Harley Knoles. Story Julia Burnham. to New York where she has a hard time until she gets a job as an usherette

Cam René Guissart. in a theater, where Bob sees her and offers her a job as his mother’s Cast: Madge Evans (Carol Montgomery), George MacQuarrie (Col. secretary. One day, Kitty overhears Count Pulaski, Bob’s sister Rose’s

Montgomery), Rosina Henley (Mrs. Montgomery), Carl Axzell fiancé, plotting to steal Bob’s plans for a defense device for the U.S. (James), Nicholas Long (Beppo), Kate Lester (Mme. Fairfax), Jack government and she recognizes him as one of the spies. She foils his plans,

Drumier (Mr. Fairfax), Frances Miller (Mammy Lou). but Pulaski abducts her. Bob rescues her again, and the young lovers decide Drama. When little Carol Montgomery’s father, a navy commander, to marry. /nventors. Lure of the city. New York City. Secretaries. Spies. discovers a spy in the house, he earnestly counsels the family not to answer Actors and actresses. Cartoonists. James Montgomery Flagg. Long questions regarding themselves. Later, while attempting to follow her Island (New York). Rescues. Secret plans. Usherettes. mother, Carol becomes lost on the subway, and, taking her father’s words Note: MPN incorrectly credits Thomas Harvey with the role of Bob Caldecott. to heart, refuses to tell a police officer who she is. Eluding the officer, Carol According to MPW, “James Montgomery Flagg personally supervised the falls asleep in a tenement hallway where she is found by Beppo, an Italian _—_— Production.

organ grinder who decides to add her to his show. They travel south, where, Wines in oct ila ran Me P W 30 oct tole P es becoming separated from Beppo, Carol seeks refuge at the Fairfax MPW 10 Oct 1914, p. 194.

plantation. Mrs. Fairfax, estranged from her husband because he had disowned their daughter years earlier when she eloped without his

permission, refuses to speak to anyone. However, under Carol’s winning

influence, the Fairfaxes are reconciled and send for their long-lost THE ADVENTURES OF LIEUTENANT PETROSINO F1.0028 daughter, who turns out to be Carol s mother. Children. Disinheritance. Feature Photoplay Co. Dist State Rights. Nov 1912 [©Feature Parentage. Italians. Military officers. Organ grinders. Plantations. Photoplay Co. (Sidney M. Goldin, author); 14 Nov 1912; LU129]. 4 reels.

Policemen. Spies. Subways. Tenements. Drama/Detective. Lieutenant Joseph Petrosino, an Italian-American Note: The title of this film was changed from When Carol Took the Subway. police detective, is assigned to a murder case involving the Black Hand

nie io Nn 1917 . tye, MOM 0 Nf i917 is Society. Soon afterwards, a ragpicker is sent to murder banker Antonio

MPW 17 Nov 1917, p. 1073. Lorenzo, who has threatened to expose the criminals’ blackmail schemes. Lieutenant Petrosino ingeniously traces the crime to the ragpicker but is

THE ADVENTURES OF KATHLYN F1.0026 knocked unconscious in the process. Later, two Black Hand members flee Selig Polyscope Co. Dist Selig Polyscope Co. 19 Feb 1916. 10 reels. the country, pursued to Sicily by Lieutenant Petrosino, who impresses the Supv W.N. Selig and Thomas Persons. Dir F. J. Grandon. Scen Gilson local police with his heroic methods of pursuit. Eventually, however,

Willets. Story Harold MacGrath. Cam Robert L. Carson. Petrosino is killed by Black Hand assassins in Palermo. His body is Cast: Kathlyn Williams (Kathlyn Hare), Charles Clary (Prince returned to the United States, where he is proclaimed a martyr of law and. Umballah), Lafayette McKee (Colonel Hare), Thomas. Santschi order. Detectives. Mafia. Murder. Sicily. Blackmail. Italian Americans. (Bruce), Hurri Tsingh (The high priest), William Carpenter Palermo (Italy). Joseph Petrosino. Police. Ragpickers. (Ramabai), Goldie Colwell (Pundita), Effie Sackville (Winnie Hare), Roy Note: The picture was also known as The Life and Death of Lieutenant Watson Franklyn Hall (Gundah Mr. Murphy (Chief of Petrosino. Sidney Goldin, listedand as “author” in the copyright statement, was a a y y(Rajah), & pny producer andSingh), director. It is possible that heM.produced directed this film. It was

boatmen). made with the “special permission of Madame Petrosino,” and is based on the Adventure. Kathlyn Hare, the daughter of Colonel Hare, a California adventures of Italian-American detective Joseph Petrosino.

collector of wild animals, travels with her sister Winnie to Allaha, a small MPW 16 Nov 1912, p. 668. MPW 23 Nov 1912, p. 821.

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 | AFTER FIVE AN ADVENTURESS F 1.0029 Detectives. Espionage. Japanese. Russians. Treaties. Cabinet officers. Fred J. Balshofer. Dist Republic Distributing Corp. 10 Apr 1920 Father-son relationship. Letters. Murder. Physicians. Russo-Japanese [ORepublic Distributing Corp.; 10 Apr 1920; LU15025. ©Fred J. War, 1904-1905.

Balshofer; 12 Jun 1922; LP18202]. 5 reels. Motog 30 Oct 1915, p. 915, 937. MPW 30 Oct 1915, p. 858.

. ct 1915, pp. 627-28.

Dir Fred J. Balshofer. Scen Charles Taylor and/or Tom J. Geraghty. Oy 3 oc 1915, p. 89. NYDM —_23 Oct 1915, p. 35. Story Charles Taylor and/or Tom J. Geraghty. Cam Tony Gaudio. Cast: Julian Eltinge (Jack Perry, also known as Mam'selle Fedora),

Fred Covert (Lyn Brook, also known as Thelma), William Clifford AFRAID TO LOVE see THE MARRIAGE OF KITTY

(Dick Sayre), Leo White (Prince Halbere), Virginia Rappe (Zana), R. De

Valentina (Jerrold), Stanton Beck (Grand Duke Nebo), Charles Millsfield AFTER DARK F1.0031

(Pom Pom). William A. Brady Picture Plays, Inc. Dist World Film Corp. 12 Jul Adventure, Comedy-drama. As the government of Alpania, a seaside 1985 [OWorld Film Corp.; 3 Sep 1915; LU6270}. 5 reels. European republic, is threatened by revolutionary monarchists, three Dir Frederic Thomson. Scen E. M. Ingleton. é , é ar Source: Based on the play After Dark by Dion Boucicault (London, 12 American adventurers, Jack Perry, Dick Sayre and Lyn Brook arrive in the Aug 1868) country and immediately become embroiled in the civil strife. Perry offends Cast: Alec B. Francis (Captain Frank Dalton, Old Tom), Eric Maxon the monarchists, who capture him and sentence him to death before a firing (Captain Gordon Chadley), Melville Stewart (Major Warren), Norman squad. Brooks rescues his compatriot by bombing the complex, thus killing Trevor (Lieutenant Richard Bellamy), J. H. Goldworthy (George Perry’s captors. Disguised as a woman, Perry infiltrates the royalists’ circle Medhurst), Charles Dungan (John Medhurst), Bertram Marburgh

where as “Fedora” he quickly becomes a court favorite and also earns the (Norris), Dorothy Green (Mrs. Dalton), Dorothy Green (Fanny love of Zana, an Alpanian woman. While Perry carries news of the Dalton), Kathryn Adams (Rose Edgerton). monarchists’ plot to the republicans, Brook, donning feminine attire and Melodrama/Crime. During the Spanish-American War, cowardly calling himself “Thelma,” diverts Grand Duke Nebo. Perry is recaptured, Lieutenant Richard Bellamy absconds with his regiment’s funds, returns but commandeers an enemy airplane to safety. After an automobile chase, to America, and seduces the wife of fellow officer Frank Dalton. Dalton Perry eludes the revolutionaries and escapes to America with Zana. returns to discover his wife’s infidelity and, broken by the news, becomes

Americans in foreign countries. Female impersonation. Revolutions. a drifter, taking odd jobs and sleeping in gutters. After Bellamy deserts Aerial bombardment. Aviation. Chases. Executions. Imaginary kingdoms. = Mrs. Dalton, who dies, he takes Dalton’s daughter Fanny and teams up

Monarchists. Revolutionaries. with Norris, a gambler. The two men blackmail George Medhurst for

Note: Balshofer shot this film in 1918, under the title Over the Rhine, as an anti- forging his father’s name on a check. Medhurst falls in love with Fanny, German war drama. A trade review from Sep 1918 credits cast members Eltinge, and marries her after his father dies and leaves an inheritance. However, Clifford and White, plus Alma Francis, Lydia Knott, Frank Bond, Fontaine La Rue, Medhurst deserts Fanny upon discovering that the will stipulates that he William Pearson, Frank Gastrock and Fred Heck. Although contemporary trade marry his father’s choice, Rose Edgerton. After Dalton, now known as Old articles speculated that Metro had contracted with Balshofer to release Over the Tom, saves Medhurst from an approaching subway train, and Fanny from Rhine, the film was never released under that title due to diminished interest in war ** . . , films after the armistice. The film was released in 1920 as The Adventuress withsome | drowning, Bellamy and Norris, responsible for the murder attempts, are plot alterations. In 1922 Balshofer copyrighted the film under the title The Isle of traced through the forged check and arrested. Rose gives Medhurst his Love, and released it on a state rights basis. (See AFI Catalog of Feature Films, inheritance, advising him to return to Fanny, and Old Tom comes to live 1921-30; F2.2759.) Trade articles written before the release of The Adventuress, and with his daughter and new son-in-law. Drifters. Rescues. Vagabonds. the 1920 copyright entry variously credit the story or scenario to either Charles Taylor Blackmail. Desertion. Drowning. Forgery. Infidelity. Murder. Seduction. or Tom J. Geraghty or both. The 1922 copyright entry credits only Balshofer as the Subwavs. United States—History-War of 1898. Wills

writer of The Isle of Love. Balshofer’s autobiography gives the additional information YS. ; y ;

that he planned two endings as the war drew to a close, planning to use a more moral Note: The producer of the film, William A. Brady, played the lead role in a New ending if the German peace initiative bore no results. He planned to film the endings York stage production of the play.

at Camp Kearney, near San Diego, CA. Further information in the autobiography Motog 24 Jul 1915, p. 186. MPW 24 Jul 1915, p. 730. states that a version of the film with newly shot material was released later with a MPN 24 Jul 1915, p. 70. NYDM 14 Jul 1915, p. 33. plot less anti-German and more comic. This version, according to Balshofer, was also MPW 17 Jul 1915, p. 508. augmented with outtakes of Rudolph Valentino, originally billed as R. De Valentina,

to take advantage of his recent popularity, and she received second billing to Eltinge. AFTER FIVE F1.0032 - iS aclear if the changes involving Valentino’s performance were made in 1920 or Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 28 Jan

ETR 22 May 1920, p. 2858. MPW 15 May 1920, p. 985. nan [©OJesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co., Inc.; 25 Jan. 1915; LU4276]. 5 Pres Jesse L. Lasky. Dir Oscar Apfel and Cecil B. DeMille. Scen

AN AFFAIR OF THREE NATIONS F1.0030 = William C. de Mille. Cam Alfredo Gondolfi.

Pathe Exchange, Inc. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc.; Gold Rooster Plays. 22 Source: Based on the play After Five by William C. de Mille and Cecil

Oct 1915 [©Pathé Freres; 25 Oct 1915; LU6764]. 5 reels. B. DeMille (New York, 29 Oct 1913).

Dir Arnold Daly and Ashley Miller. Cast: Edward Abeles (Ted Ewing), Sessue Hayakawa (Oki, his Mcintyre (Philadelphia, 1910). Diddy’’), Theodore Roberts (Bruno Schwartz), Monroe Salisbury (Sam Source: Based on the book Ashton-Kirk, Investigator by John Thomas valet), Betty Schade (Nora Hildreth), Jane Darwell (Mrs. Russell, ‘Aunt Cast: Arnold Daly (Ashton-Kirk), Sheldon Lewis (Dr. Morse), William Parker), James Neil, Ernest Joy, Jode Mullally, Ernest Garcia.

Harrigan (Phillip Warwick), Charles Laite (Pendleton), Charles Krauss Comedy. Ted Ewing entrusts $50,000 belonging to his ward Nora (Drevenoff), Geoffrey Stein (Okin), Martin Sabine (Karowski), George Hildreth, whom he loves, and $50,000 of his own, to broker Sam Parker

Melville (Humadi), Louise Rutter (Stella Morse), Doris Mitchell to invest in Potash preferred stock on Parker’s advice. After Parker

(Nanon). disappears, Ted takes out a $50,000 life insurance policy payable to Nora.

Mystery/Detective. Ashton-Kirk, a wealthy young detective who Because it contains a clause disallowing payment for suicide, Ted tries to delights in solving mysteries involving ancient tablets, forgotten books, arrange to die “accidentally.” After a few misguided attempts, Ted pays documents and treaties, is asked by Stella Morse, the secretary and niece —_ his Japanese valet Oki a sum to deliver to Bruno Schwartz, the leader of of Dr. Morse, to investigate the origin of mysterious letters threatening the 4 black hand organization, if they will kill him after five that afternoon. physician’s life. Ashton-Kirk learns from the Secretary of State that the While Ted waits in terror for his “‘accident,” Parker notifies him that his head of the Japanese spy network in Washington offered the dissolute son disappearance caused other brokers to sell, and that now the stock has of Russian Count Drevonoff a large sum of money tostealacopy ofasecret doubled. Rather than go back on his word, Oki attempts hara-kiri. After treaty conducted between Russia and the United States during the Russo- 1d proposes to Nora’s doting Aunt Diddy, to get money from her to pay Japanese War. The count, who discovered the treaty in his son’s possession, off Schwartz, the gang is called off. Ted and Nora marry as Aunt Diddy was thought to have stolen it and sent to war in disgrace. Dr. Morse, who smiles in resignation. Accidents. Life insurance. Stock market. Suicide. treated the injured count at the front, unwittingly obtained the document. Aunts. Black Hand. Hararkiri. Japanese. Stockbrokers. Valets. Wards and

Although Dr. Morse is subsequently killed, Ashton-Kirk proves that the guardians. er murder was accidentally committed by Nanon. the housekeeper. Ashton- Note: Some scenes in this film were shot at Bear Lake Valley, CA. Famous Players-

_ y y ’ . P . Lasky released another film based on the same source in 1925 entitled The Night

Kirk then secures the copy of the treaty and safely delivers it to the Club, starring Raymond Griffith. (See AF/ Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; Secretary of State, thus averting war between the United States and Japan. F2.3825.)

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AFTER HIS OWN HEART AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Motog 6 Feb 1915, pp. 229-30. NYDM 3 Feb 1915, p. 26. War drama/World War I. After Madame Gerve, prima donna of the

MPN 13 30Feb Jan1915, 1915, p. 43. Varpera 5 Feb 1915,refuses p. 23. the O Comi f th ; | of Monsieur MPW p. 987, 1048, Comique, marriage proposal of MonsieurFavolle. Fayolle, th the French Minister, she sings at a benefit for war orphans, and encounters two

men from her past: Karl Wertz, the German ambassador, and Philippe

ees Pictures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 28 Apr 1919 oMetro Sardonia, her former lover. When Philippe insists on renewing their love,

Pictures Corp.; 2 May 1919; LP13665]. 5 reels. she says they cannot, and showing him her illegitimate baby, she explains Supv Maxwell Karger. Dir Harry L. Franklin. Scen Albert Shelby Le that during the war, when their village was taken, she gave herself to

Vino. Cam R. J. Bergquist. Wertz, then an officer, to save Philippe from being shot by a firing squad. Source: Based on the short story “After His Own Heart” by Ben Ames After Wertz attempts to resume their lovemaking, his suspicious wife

Williams in All-Story Weekly (4 Jan-25 Jan 1919). Vyera confronts Madame Gerve, who lets Vyera listen when Wertz tries Cast: Hale Hamilton (Thomas Wentworth Duncan), Naomi Childers to force his attentions on her. Vyera kills her husband but is later acquitted (Sally Reeves), Mrs. Louis (Mrs. Martin), Frank Hayes (Vincent), Harry of the crime. Vyera asks Madame Gerve to allow her to raise the baby, and Carter (Dr. Spleen), William V. Mong (Judah P. Corpus), Herbert Pryor the opera singer readily agrees, thus freeing herself to marry Philippe.

(Adrian Keep), Stanley Sanford (Goliath). Diplomats. Infidelity. Murder. Opera singers. Self-sacrifice. World War 1. Comedy-drama. After a trustee absconds with his fortune, socialite Firing squads. Foster mothers. Illegitimacy. Orphans. Trials.

Thomas Wentworth Duncan meets Sally Reeves, an old flame, and with Note: Sources conflict in crediting the production and distribution companies. It his love for her newly rekindled, realizes he lacks the money to which she — 4PPears that the film was released in Jun-Jul 1918 as a Bluebird Photoplay

s accustomed. Desperately desiring to marry Sally, Duncan accepts, Froduetion ty Bluctird I was later reeasd in Dec 1918 as an, Argoy Fim Co without question, an offer of $250,000, only to discover that he has sold his was released as a Universal Special Attraction. Sources also conflict about some heart to Dr. Spleen, a surgeon who plans to exchange the organ with that aspects of the plot. Wertz is called both an Austrian and a German. Madame Wertz of Sally’s rich elderly uncle, Judah P. Corpus, who wants to remain young. meets Wertz and Philippe after the war in Paris or Washington, depending on which When Duncan learns that Spleen’s previous heart transplant patients, two release the reviewer saw, and the ending may have been different at one time, with dogs, have died, Duncan reneges, but a huge attendant prevents him from the question of who is to keep the baby left undecided. The working title for the film

leaving Spleen’s island sanitarium. from p. excitement a , ; , ETRAfter 15Spleen Jun dies 1918, 121. MPW

7 Dec 1918, p. 1118.

before he can begin the operation, Duncan’s fortune is restored. Corpus ETR 14 Dec 1918, p. 157. MPW 18 Jan 1919, p. 393. believes the operation to have been a success and Duncan and Sally marry. MPN 11 Jan 1919, p. 304. NYDM __21 Dec 1918, p. 918.

Heart transplants. Rejuvenation. Socialites. Surgeons. Islands. MPW 6 Jul 1918, p. 115. Wid's 1 Dec 1918, p. 10. Sanitariums. Theft. Trustees. Vivisection.

Note: Fox remade this story in 1932 under the title Too Busy To Work, directed AFTERMATH F 1.0036

by J. G. Blystone and starring Will Rogers and Marian Nixon. Famous Players Film Co. Dist State Rights. 20 Aug 1914. 4 reels.

ETR 10 May 1919, p. 1757. MPW 10 May 1919, p. 940. Pres Daniel Frohman. MPN 10 May 1919, p. 3098. Var 2 May 1919, p. 59. Source: Based on the play Aftermath by William Addison Hervey (production undetermined).

AFTER THE BALL F1.0034 Cast: Owen Moore (Allan Buchannan), Virginia Pearson (Ruth Photo Drama Co. Jul 1914 [©Photo Drama Co.; 8 Jul 1914; LU2984]. Morgan).

6Picturized reels. , ,by, Pierce Drama. Orphan Ruth Morgan and physician Allan Buchannan each Kingsley. leave their small town homes to find success in the big city, but tragedy Source: Inspired by the song “After the Ball” by Charles K. Harris gtrikes them both. Ruth falls in love with a wealthy playboy who betrays

(1892). her, and Allan mistakenly prescribes a drug which causes a child’s death. Cast: Herbert Kelcey (John Dale), Effie Shannon (Louise Tate), Robert —_A fter he learns that his sister has been killed in a train accident, Allan goes

Vaughn (Gerald Tate). oe eg , , to a river bank where he plans to commit suicide. There he meets Ruth, hee ben Ne niece Nina asks him why he S yamily alter a stay in who has the same intention, but each dissuades the other. They decide to answer her question, John recounts the story of his tragic love affair: Many wealthy man for ne are able to marry waren Agan is elven 2 e welding years before, he and socialite Louise Tate fell in love, but their romance Ruth learns that their benefactor is the man who betrayed her. She tells was spoiled unintentionally by the actions of her bro ther Gerald, who Allan, who is devastated, but eventually they realize that the only way they became a gambler and a thief. One evening, at a society ball, John saw can find happiness is by laying aside their pasts and starting life over.

aoe eae ae ee att nite ate hh ete Attempted suicide. Marriage. Accidental death. Betrayal. Orphans. died of grief. Her story eventually was related to her lost lover by Gerald Ai abeealig wan wrecks toa two reel American Film Mfe. Co. film of the same

just before his own death while attempting to save John from a bullet title released in 1914. 6°

during a robbery. The story moves Nina to tears, but she is comforted by Motog 22 Aug 1914, p. 268. MPW 12 Sep 1914, p. 1564. her uncle. Bachelors. Brother-sister relationship. Jealousy. Uncles. Balls MPN 22 Aug 1914, p. 7.

Thieves. AN ALABASTER BOX F1.0037 (parties). Gamblers. Grief. Lawyers. Robbery. Self-sacrifice. Socialites.

Note: Contemporary sources say that the film was “picturized” by Pierce Kingsley, Vitagraph Co. of America; A Blue Ribbon Feature. Dist Greater

which may at indicate that he wrote the scenario wellShannon as directed film. Scenes Vit hitagraph (V-L-S-E). 10 [©Vitagraph Sep 1917 [OVit ‘ca: 8 Sep Broadway night were included in the film. as Effie andthe Herbert Kelceyof made ( ). ep Co.hC of cA America;

their motion picture debuts in After the Ball. 1917; LP11360]. 5 reels.

Motog 29 Aug 1914, p. 314. NYDM 15 Jul 1914, p. 32. Dir Chester Withey. Scen A. Van Buren Powell. . MPN 1 Aug 1914, p. 50. NYDM _30 Sep 1914, back cover. Source: Based on the novel An Alabaster Box by Mary Eleanor

MPW 25 Jul 1914, p. 584, 622. (Wilkins) Freeman and Florence Morse Kingsley (New York, 1917).

Cast: Alice Joyce (Lydia Bolton/Lydia Orr), Marc MacDermott

AFTER THE STORM see THE RAINBOW (Andrew Bolton), Harry Ham (Jim Dodge), Aida Horton (Lydia, as a

child), Patsey De Forest (Fanny Dodge), Frank Crane (Wesley AFTER THE WAR F 1.0035 Elliott).

Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.; Argosy Film Co. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Drama. Andrew Bolton, a progressive capitalist, enriches Brookville, a Inc.; M. H. Hoffman (State Rights); Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; small New England town, by providing employment, but when he attempts Universal Special Attraction. Jun-Jul 1918 [OUniversal Film Mfg. Co., to expand his operations, the townspeople fail to support him. When he

Inc.; 2 Jan 1919; LP13223]. 5 reels. loses his fortune and the money of others, he is imprisoned for Dir Joseph De Grasse. Scen Harvey Gates. Story Kingsley Benedict. embezzlement. Bolton’s daughter Lydia goes to live with a wealthy uncle.

Cast: Grace Cunard (Madame Gerve), Edward Cecil (Philippe Eighteen years later, after the uncle’s death, Lydia returns to Brookville Sardonia), Frank Whitson (Monsieur Fayolle), Herbert Prior (Karl under an assumed name and purchases the Bolton estate, now neglected, Wertz), Dora Rogers (Vyera Wertz), L. M. Wells, Gertrude Astor, Harry with money inherited from her uncle. Lydia generously donates to local

Carter, Gretchen Lederer. charities, and pays high prices to recover the estate’s furnishings. Hostile 8

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 ALARM CLOCK ANDY factions in the town emerge as some distrust Lydia’s motives, while others and the girl escape, and Stanton learns that Faimeh is actually Fitzgerald’s

support her. When her father, having served his time, returns a broken daughter who had been captured by the Turks as a child. Faimeh learns man, Lydia tries to conceal him, but Bolton, now senile, proclaims his that Stanton is not a beggar but a wealthy American, and the two return identity in the country store. A mob rushes to lynch Bolton and destroy the to New York to be married in a Christian ceremony. Americans in foreign

restored house, because they think that Lydia’s money really belongs to | Countries. Divorce. Impersonation and imposture. Marriage-Forced. them. As he denounces the mob, Bolton suffers a fatal heart attack. The | Mistaken identity. White-slave traffic. Abduction. Beggars. English. Islam.

mob disperses and the people now accept Lydia. Businessmen. Long-lost relatives. Middle East. Millionaires. Turks. Wagers. Embezzlement. | Employer-employee — relations. | Father-daughter ETR 17 Mar 1917, p. 1040. MPW 24 Mar 1917, p. 1949, 1991.

relationship. Impersonation and imposture. Ex-convicts. Mobs. New Ws x “we i917 Po 1867-68. wed M y wer i917 is x, England.

Note: According to modern sources, Viola Mallory was the editor of this film. ALADDIN’S OTHER LAMP F1.0040 MPN % Sep 1917 Pp. 3039-40, NYDM 13 Sep i917 re 1898. Rolfe Photoplays, Inc. Dist Metro Pictures Corp.; A Metro Wonderplay. 25 Jun 1917 [OMetro Pictures Corp.; 29 Jun 1917; LP11017]. 5 reels.

ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP F1.0038 Me oe. Rolfe. Supt John H. Collins. Prod B. A. Rolfe. Scen June Fox Film Corp.; A Fox Kiddies Feature. Dist Fox Film Corp.; Fox Source: Based on the playlet The Dream Girl by Willard Mack Standard Pictures. 14 Oct 1917 [©William Fox; 24 Sep 1917; LP11481]. (production undetermined).

8 reels. Cast: Viola Dana (Patricia Smith, known as “Patsy’’), Robert Walker Pres William Fox. Dir C. M. Franklin and S. A. Franklin. Scen Bernard (Harry Hardy), Augustus Phillips (The Genie Jehaunarana), Henry

McConville. Cam Harry Gerstad. _ _ Hallam (Captain Barnaby), Ricca Allen (Mrs. Duff), Edward Elkas Source: Based on the story “Aladdin; or, The Wonderful Lamp” in The (Luke Stimson), Nellie Grant (Mrs. Edmonton Smithfield), Louis B.

Arabian Nights (place of publication undetermined, ca. 950). Foley (Judge Lawrence). Cast: Francis Carpenter (Aladdin), Fred Turner (Mustapha, the Comedy-drama, Fantasy. When she was a baby, Patsy Smith’s father tailor), Virginia Lee Corbin (Princess Badr al-Budur), Alfred Paget — quarreled with his wife and kidnapped Patsy. After her father died at sea,

(The sultan), Violet Radcliffe (Al-Talib), Buddy Messinger Captain Barnaby took Patsy to Mrs. Duffs boardinghouse for seafarers. (Al-Talib’s Evil Spirit), Lewis Sargent (Macist), Gertrude Messinger _ Dissatisfied with drudgery, Patsy, inspired by Barnaby’s tales of Aladdin,

(Yasmini, lady in waiting), Marie Messinger, Carmen De Rue _ searches for her father’s Oriental lamp which Mrs. Duff sold to a junk (Dancing girls), Raymond Lee, Lloyd Perl (Boys of the street), Joe _ peddler. Patsy buys the lamp and after rubbing it, the Genie Jehaunarana

Singleton (Muezzin), Elmo Lincoln (The genie). appears. He beautifies her room, restores Barnaby’s leg, and turns Mrs. Adventure, Fantasy. In Bagdad, Princess Badr al-Budur, the daughter of | Duff into a rag doll. Because love is beyond his magic, however, the Genie

the Sultan, falls in love with Aladdin, the son of a poor tailor, and rejects cannot reunite Patsy with her mother. At a masquerade ball, when the the suit of evil alchemist al-Talib, her father’s choice. Al-Talib consults his Genie’s costume wins first prize, Patsy’s applause unwittingly causes him

Evil Spirit, who advises him to find the magic lamp hidden in an to disappear. Clad only in her underwear, Patsy runs to her mother, and underground cave. Unable to get it himself, al-Talib hires Aladdin, who awakens from a dream. Disheartened, she throws the lamp out the window, secures the lamp but keeps it when he realizes al-Talib’s wickedness. With and it nearly strikes her friend Harry, a grocer’s boy who wants to become wealth obtained through wishes, Aladdin courts the princess. After the a lawyer, and then, like Lincoln, president. From letters found in the lamp, lamp changes hands between al-Talib and Aladdin, al-Talib steals it and they locate Patsy’s mother, who arrives with her brother, a distinguished abducts the princess to the desert. Aladdin follows with only a gourd of judge. Taken under his wing, Harry now imagines himself president with water. Suffering from thirst and exhaustion, Aladdin nearly succumbs, but Patsy as his first lady. Genies. Long-lost relatives. Magic lamps. Motherthe horsemen of the Sultan, who learned of his daughter’s abduction, ride daughter relationship. Reunions. Waifs. Balls (parties). Boardinghouse

up and rescue Aladdin. Meanwhile, al-Talib, who with the lamp’s power mistresses. Boardinghouses. Drudges. Kidnapping. Letters. has erected a palace, threatens to throw the princess to the lions unless she Masquerades. Sea captains.

marries him. Aladdin and the soldiers arrive just in time to rescue her and MPN 20 Jun 1917, p. 4068. Var 13 Jul 1917, p. 26.

recover the lamp. Al-Talib dies in the lion’s den. Father-daughter ue y 3 un ole nan eetied Wid's 5 Jul 1917, p. 431. relationship. Magic lamps. Marriage-Arranged. Princesses. Rescues. ug 1916, p. 1082.

Abduction. Alchemists. Bagdad. Deserts. Nobility. Sultans. Theft. . Note: Most of the major roles in this film were played by child actors. This film ALARM CLOCK ANDY F1.0041

opened in New York on 24 Sep 1917. Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Thomas H. Ince Productions. Dist

ETR 6 Oct 1917, p. 1419. MPW 20 Oct 1917, p. 352. Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Paramount-Artcraft Pictures. Feb 1920 Motog 20 Oct 1917, p. 829. NYDM 6 Oct 1917, p. 20. [©Thomas H. Ince; 31 Dec 1919; LP14642]. 5 reels, 4,938 ft. MPN On 1917, p. 2530, 2580. Wid 28 Sep 1917, p. 38. Pres Thomas H. Ince. Supv Thomas H. Ince. Dir Jerome Storm. MPW 13 Oct 1917, p. 247. Wid's 11 Oct 1917, p. 649. Scen Agnes C. Johnston. Story Agnes C. Johnston. Cam Chester Lyons. Cast: Charles Ray (Andrew Gray), George Webb (William Blinker),

ALADDIN FROM BROADWAY F'1.0039 Millicent Fisher (Dorothy Wells), Tom Guise (Mr. Wells), Andrew Vitagraph Co. of America; A Blue Ribbon Feature. Dist Greater Robson (Josiah Dodge).

Vitagraph (V-L-S-E, Inc.). 19 Mar 1917 [©Vitagraph Co. of America; 10 Comedy. Andy Gray, a bashful stutterer who works at Wells’s Motor

Mar 1917, LP10349]. 5 reels. Truck Company, tries to model himself after William Blinker, the Dir William Wolbert. Scen Helmer Walton Bergman. Cam Reginald company’s swaggering efficiency expert. Mr. Wells, hoping to introduce

Lyons. / Blinker to his daughter Dorothy, plans to send Blinker to his house with Source: Based on the novel Aladdin from Broadway by Frederic Stewart — Dorothy’s train tickets. However, Blinker’s absence forces Wells to send

Isham (New York, 1913). Andy, who has a crush on Dorothy. Too shy to correct Dorothy’s

Cast: Edith Storey (Faimeh Fitzgerald/Mrs. Fitzgerald), Antonio assumption that he is Blinker, Andy accidentally thwarts a burglary at Moreno (Jack Stanton), William Duncan (James Fitzgerald), Otto Dorothy’s house and receives an invitation to visit Dorothy at her vacation Lederer (Amad), Laura Winston (Light-of-Life), George Holt (Sadi). resort. At the resort, Andy, registered as Blinker, manages to initiate a Adventure. According to the book of Koran, a divorcée must marry and business deal with produce magnate Josiah Dodge before he is interrupted be divorced again before she can remarry her first husband. Consequently, by Blinker, who denounces him as an imposter. Andy calmly suggests that when Faimeh, a young English woman who had been sold into slavery, is __ the irate Blinker is a lunatic, and the hotel guests overpower the supposed forced to marry Amad, an old miserly diamond merchant, who, in a fit of madman and put him back on a train to the city. Back at the motor truck pique divorces her, she would rather put up with the beggar husband who company, Andy is saved from the consequences of his actions by a call from

had been substituted for that purpose than to remarry the old man. In Dodge, who wishes to complete the transaction. Blinker is happy to take reality the beggar is Jack Stanton, a rich young man from Broadway who credit for the sale, but both Dorothy and Dodge arrive at the office and had come to the Holy Land to win a bet from James Fitzgerald, a fellow identify Andy. After the confusion is resolved in Andy’s favor, he is offered club member who had been forced to flee the Turks years earlier. When the position of sales manager and the love of Dorothy. /mpersonation and Stanton refuses to divorce his wife, the couple escape to the desert, pursued imposture. Shyness. Speech impediments. Trucking agencies. Efficiency by Amad and his henchmen. After a series of harrowing events, the beggar experts. Resorts. Salesmen.

9

ALASKA AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Note: The film was released in several cities, including Detroit and Buffalo, in Feb AN ALASKAN ROMANCE see THE GIRL ALASKA

1920, but was not released in New York until 7 Mar 1920.

ETR 21 Feb 1920, p. 1227. MPW 28 Feb 1920, p. 1523.

MPN _28 Feb 1920, p. 2177. MPW 6 Mar 1920, p. 1551. ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES F 1.0045

MPN 27 Mar 1920, p. 2993. NYT 15 Mar 1920, p. 13. Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 24 Nov 1918 [OWilliam Fox; 24 MPW 21 Feb 1920, p. 1293. Var 19 Mar 1920, pp. 52-53. Nov 1918; LP13089]. 5 reels.

ALASKA F 1.0042 McConville. Dist Richard Suratt? 1919? 5 reels. Source: From the stories The Arabian Nights (place of publication

Pres William Fox. Dir S. A. Franklin and C. M. Franklin. Scen Bernard

Documentary. The film examines the Alaskan fur industry and the undetermined, ca. 950). customs of Alaskan Eskimos. [No other information concerning the film’s Cast: George Stone (Ali Baba), Gertrude Messinger (Morgianna),

content has been discovered.] Alaska. Eskimos. Fur industry. Lewis Sargent (Khaujeh Houssain), Buddy Messinger (Kasim Bara), G.

theatrically. (Jameel). . . ;

Note: It is unclear whether this film was ever released to theaters under this or Raymond Nye (Abdullah), Raymond Lee (Also Talib), Charles Hincus another title. The records of the Community Motion Picture Bureau list Richard . . . sa?

Suratt as the film’s distributor, but it is unclear whether he distributed the film ‘4454 yaar ), Marie Messinger (Kasim's servant), Jack Hull Fantasy. Ali Baba, a poor Turkish wood chopper, discovers that a

THE ALASKA-SIBERIAN EXPEDITION F1.0043 robbers’ cave, concealed in the mountains that surround his house, opens Alaskan-Siberian Motion Pictures. Dist State Rights. 20 May 1912. 6 to the magical phrase, “Open Sesame.” Learning that the cave is filled with reels stolen treasure, he takes home as much as he can carry, but his greedy

Cam Frank E. Kleinschmidt brother forces him to reveal the cave’s location. After gaining admittance

Cast: Frank E Kleinschmidt (Himself) to the cave, Ali Baba’s brother is seen by the thieves and killed. Meanwhile, Documentary. The film records the Carnegie Museum expedition to the Ali Baba falls in love with Morgianna, a slave girl forced to dance in the Arctic regions of Alaska and Siberia which was led by Captain Frank E. local inn, and by securing her freedom, he wins her love and loyalty. The Kleinschmidt. Explorers study the environment and habits of Eskimos, leader of the band of robbers suspects that Ali Baba knows the secret of polar bears, walruses, sheep, moose, reindeer and caribou, while hunters the treasure cave, and in the guise of an oil merchant, he visits Ali Baba

capture and Kill game animals , Alaska. Arctic regions Eskimos with his forty thieves concealed in oil jars. When Morgianna discovers the Expeditions. Explorers. Frank E Kleinschmidt Siberia Wild animals. robbers, she fills the jars with boiling oil, thereby killing them all. Ali Baba

Carnegie Museum , , defeats the robber chief in combat and then marries his beautiful Note: The film, also known as The Carnegie Museum Alaska-Siberian Morgianna. Thieves. Treasure. Turks. Brothers. Caves. Disguise. Greed.

Expedition, was made “under the patronage” of the Carnegie Museum. Captain Magic. Mur der. Slaves. Woodsmen. Kleinschmidt delivered a lecture to accompany the film at its New York opening, Note: Sidney A. and Chester M. Franklin were brothers. Most of the cast members while a Mr. Clark, who was a member of the expedition, lectured at the Philadelphia were children. Many films based on stories from The Arabian Nights have been made,

showing. although none is a bona fide remake of this film. A film of the same title, loosely based MPW 4 May 1912, pp. 464-65. MPW I Jun 1912, p. 838. on the same story was made in 1944 by Arthur Lubin for Universal starring Maria MPW 18 May 1912, insert between NYDM _—.3. Jul 1912, p. 23. Montez and Jon Hall.

pp. 650 and 651. ETR 30 Nov 1918, p. 2069. MPW 7 Dec 1918, pp. 1115, 1122-23. ETR 7 Dec 1918, p. 73. Var 17 Jan 1919, p. 53.

ALASKA WONDERS IN MOTION F 1.0044 MPN 7 Dec 1918, p. 3419. Wid's ] Dec 1918, p. 27. Smith Films. Dist State Rights; Smith Films; Educational Films Corp.

of America. 1917 [©AI. 1. Smith, W. A. Hillis, A. J. Buzard and W. E, ALIAS JIMMY VALENTINE _ | | F1.0046

Wright: 11 Jan 1917; MU819]. 4-5 reels. World Film Corp.; Peerless Pictures. Dist World Film Corp, 22 Feb

Cam ‘Al 1. Smith , 1915 [OWorld Film Corp.; 23 Feb 1915; LU4642]. 5 reels.

Documentary. In southern Alaska, an Eskimo woman fishes and displays S, i" Maurice pourmeur. Alias Ji Valentine by Paul A her raincoat of walrus intestines trimmed with the heads of sea parrots. A N av Yo -_ Jan 910 ay Alias Jimmy Valentine by Paul Armstrong

trip is taken along the government railway through timber lands and ( Cac ; oR b “Ww > Ji Valenti Rob Cc , facilities to large copper deposits where a Blow Hole is built across a D ane AI a Frone Sli a mine ° all Lieutenant glacier. The greatest Bore in the world, a water wall, travels inland at 35 (Doyle), Alec B. Francis (Bi very), Fre __ | Fuesde ( feutenant

m.p.h. and reaches a height of 30 feet. Ore is loaded at a gold mine. Views @Overnor Fay), Ruth Shepley (Rose Fay), John Hines (Red Joclyn), David

are shown of the town of Roosevelt, a moving glacier near Valdez, Kenai Flanagan (Cotton), Walter Craven (Handler), John Boone (Blinkey

Lake, and the village of Kenai, founded 160 years earlier by the Kenai 4v/s). ;

tribe, some of whom are also shown. Many of the Kenai tribe go blind Drama/Crime. Jimmy Valentine leads a double life; he is a respectable because they have only three months of daylight each year. Masses of ice business man during the day, and an infamous safecracker at night. As his drop off Miles Glacier. The Million Dollar span on the Copper River | COMpanions are making a getaway by train after successfully burgling a between Miles and Childs Glacier is shown. Hunters on Kodiak Island bank vault, Jimmy defends Rose Fay from the insults of Cotton, his crony, climb a mountain and spot a Kodiak bear and her two cubs eating clams and consequently is sentenced to ten years in Sing Sing after Cotton betrays on the beach. Later they shoot a large bear who escapes to the hills. After him to the police. Three years later during a prison inspection conducted five shots, the bear is felled. The hunters exhibit its corpse, eat bear steak, by her father, Lieutenant Governor Fay, Rose recognizes Jimmy and after and stretch the hide. Bear cubs play as the hunters return home. Alaska. he convinces her that he was unjustly convicted, she obtains his pardon. As Child’s Glacier (Alaska). Copper River. Eskimos. Kenai Indians. Kodiak Lee Randall, Jimmy soon becomes the cashier in Fay’s bank. While Island (Alaska). Miles Glacier (Alaska). Roosevelt (Alaska). Valdez warding off his old associates and trying to lead them from crime, Jimmy

(Alaska). Hunters. also assures Detective Doyle, who has a warrant for his arrest, that he is

Note: This film was also reviewed under the titles Alaskan Wonders in Motion and not the notorious safecracker. When Rose’s baby sister is accidentally Alaska in Motion. \t was prepared for showing by Al. I. Smith and W. A. Hillis. locked in the bank vault, Jimmy acknowledges his identity and rescues her.

According toa news item, after the film was projected at Slipper’s Accessory Store, Rose intercedes with Doyle, who destroys the warrant, and she T. L. Tally, a major Los Angeles exhibitor, booked the film and ran it in Nov 1916 romantically embraces Jimmy. Criminals—Rehabilitation. Frame-ups

in one reel segments with features. Smith Films planned to release the film either as i ti dj t : Saf k Bank ; lerks. B k

a feature production or as a series of travelogues. It is possible that the film was never mper sona fon an imposture. a ecrac Cr Ss. an CIEIKS. an shown commercially as a feature. Educational Films Corp. of America released the robberies. Detectives. Pardons (legal). Sing Sing Prison. Vaults.

film as a four-part series in 1917: part one was released on 6 Jun 1917, part two on Note: The play was based on O. Henry’s short story “A Retrieved Reformation,” 27 Jun 1917, part three on 18 Jul 1917, and part four on 8 Aug 1917. According to published in Cosmopolitan Magazine, Apr 1903. O. Henry took the plot from the life

the Community Motion Picture Bureau files, a three reel version of the film was of his pal Jimmy Connors while both of them were serving time in the Ohio State shown in May 1919. According to news items, the original negative ran over 10,000 Penitentiary. Sources conflict concerning the identity of the actor playing the role feet. Cameraman Al. I. Smith was known for his documentaries. His partner, W. A. “Blinkey Davis,” some crediting John Starkey, while others credit John Boone. Some

Hillis was a nationally known American sportsman. scenes in the film were shot in the big pen at Sing Sing Prison, NY. Warden Thomas LAEE 15 Nov 1916. MPW 14 Jul 1917, p. 247. Mott Osborne of Sing Sing appeared in the introduction of the film. Press agent Jake MPN 23 Dec 1916, p. 4019. MPW 18 Aug 1917, p. 1065. Wilk for World Film Corp. also appeared in the film. The film’s initial showing was MPN 30 Dec 1916, p. 4140. MPW 15 Sep 1917, p. 1687. on 14 Feb 1915, before inmates at Sing Sing; Robert Warwick had promised that,

MPW 30 Jun 1917, p. 2082. because they helped with the film, they would see it before anyone else. Other films 10

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 ALIAS MRS. JESSOP based on Armstrong’s play were made in 1920 by Metro (see below); in 1929 by M- ETR 3 Aug 1918, p. 704, 747. NYDM 24 Aug 1918, p. 274.

G-M, starring William Haines and directed by Jack Conway (see AFI Catalog of ETR 10 Aug 1918, p. 841. Var 9 Aug 1918, p. 32.

Feature Films, 1921-30, F2.0078); and in 1986 for public television by American MPW 10 Aug 1918, p. 745, 890. Wid's 4 Aug 1918, p. 4. Playhouse. A 1936 Republic film, The Return of Jimmy Valentine, directed by Lewis MPW 17 Aug 1918, p. 1016. D. Collins, made use of the Jimmy Valentine character.

Motog 27 Feb 1915, pp. 315-16. MPN 27 Feb 1915, p. 42, 51. ALIAS MIKE MORAN F1.0049 wes : Me i918, . 384 NE DM Mie i918 is s 9, 1520. Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.;

Paramount Pictures. 2 Mar 1919 [©Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; 1 Feb

ALIAS JIMMY VALENTINE F1.0047 191% LETS9781. 9 eels. ames Cruze. Scen Will M. Ritchey. C

Metro Pictures Corp.; Screen Classics, Inc. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. res NESse Me Lasky. Mr vames © Ze. ocen WI - Ritchey. Cam

Mar-Apr 1920 [OMetro Pictures Corp.; 14 Apr 1920; LP15012]. 6 reels. Frank Urson. “ im ,

Supv Maxwell Karger. Dir Edmund Mortimer and Arthur D. Ripley. Source: Based on the short story “Open Sesame” by Frederick Orin Scen Finis Fox. Cam Sol Polito. Film ed Edward McDermott. Art dir Bartlett in The Saturday Evening Post (10 Aug-17 Aug 1918).

Sidney Ullman. Cast: Wallace Reid (Larry Young), Ann Little (Elaine Debaux), Emory Source: Based on the play Alias Jimmy Valentine by Paul Armstrong | Johnson (Mike Moran), Charles Ogle (Peter Young), Edythe Chapman (New York, 21 Jan 1910). (Ma Young), William Elmer (Tick Flynn), Winter Hall (Mr. Cast: Bert Lytell (Lee Randall, also known as Jimmy Valentine), Vola Vandecar), Jean Calhoun (Miss Vandecar), Guy Oliver (Jim Day).

Vale (Rose Lane), Eugene Pallette (‘‘Red’’ Jocelyn), Wilton Taylor War drama/World War I. Although Larry Young sells ribbons at a (Detective Doyle), Marc Robbins (Bill Avery), Robert Dunbar department store, he dresses flashily, hoping to snag a rich girl in marriage. (Lieutenant Governor Fay), Winter Hall (William Lane), James Farley After he falls in love with Elaine Debaux, who Larry thinks is the daughter

(Cotton), Fred Kelsey. of a millionaire shipbuilder, Larry’s name is drawn in the draft. When

Drama/Crime. While serving a term in prison, safecracker Lee Randall, Mike Moran, an ex-convict, rescues Larry and Elaine from gangsters, alias Jimmy Valentine, is recognized by visiting reformer Rose Lane as a Larry takes the injured Moran home. They agree to switch identities, man who once protected her from assault. Rose’s interest sparks Jimmy’s —_ because Moran is upset that the army will not accept him. Larry moves

reform, and with the help of her uncle, a pardon is secured. Jimmy takes away and works as Moran in a shipyard; while Moran, as Larry, dies a position in a bank of which Rose’s father is president; after three years —_—_g|oriously in battle. Upon hearing that Larry died, Elaine goes to France of honest employment Jimmy proposes marriage to Rose. However, the as a Red Cross nurse. Larry decides to join the Canadian forces and fight

couple’s happiness is threatened by the appearance of hard-boiled tg glorify Moran’s name. He awakens in a hospital after a battle which cost Detective Doyle, who believes Jimmy guilty of an earlier Massachusetts — him his right arm, to find Elaine, who confesses that she was only the

bank robbery. Jimmy devises such a clever alibi that Doyle finally thinks companion to the shipbuilder’s daughter. Larry confesses his ruse and they himself mistaken. Before Doyle leaves, Rose’s small sister is accidentally marry. The War Office overlooks Larry’s draft evasion. Amputees. Draft

locked in a new bank vault. Although he knows he is convicting himself, = Goggers. Fortune hunters. Impersonation and imposture. Mistaken Jimmy cracks the vault in the detective’s presence without hesitation. —igentity. Moral reformation. War heroes. War injuries. World War I. Canada.

Impressed by this altruism, Doyle drops his Investigation and leaves Jimmy Army. Clothes. Department stores. Ex-convicts. France. Hospitals. 0 escues. his future wife and happiness. Banks. Criminals—Rehabilitation. Nurses. Red Cross. Rescues. Salesmen. Shipyards. Safecrackers. Self-sacrifice. Detectives. Reformers.

; . a ETR 29 Mar 1919, p. 1285. Var 28 Mar 1919, p. 94.

Note: The play was based on O. Henry’s short story “A Retrieved Reformation, MPN 29 Mar 1919, p. 2012. Wid’s 23 Mar 1919, p. 15. published in Cosmopolitan Magazine in Apr 1903. Scenes from the film were shot MPW 22 Mar 1919, p. 1701. at the Arizona State Penitentiary in Florence, AZ. Ripley appears to have started directing the film, but Mortimer is credited as director in the few trade reviews that

give a director’s credit. A contemporary trade article states that Mary Beaton was ALIAS MISS DODD F1.0050 brought to Pony wood toAnother act in the pai itis unclear whether she appeared the Universal Film Mfg. Co.worked Dist Universal released version. contemporary trade articleinlists six people who on .Film , Mfg. Co. 21 Jun 1920

the film in some capacity: Nate Watt. jack Huddleston, Ben Critchley, Mrs. Mayon, wouniversal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 16 Jun 1920; LP15268]. 5 reels, 4,475

Clyde Dunbar and Frank Williams. Mrs. Mayon may be the actress Florence Mayon. an . . . One modern source lists Nellie Anderson as a cast member. For information on other Dir Harry L. Franklin. Scen Charles J. Wilson, Jr. Story Edgar Franklin films based on Armstrong’s play, see listing above for the 1915 World Film Corp. (pseud. of Edgar Franklin Stearns). Cam Ben Reynolds.

version. Cast: Edith Roberts (Jeanne), Walter Richardson (Kent), Johnnie Cook ETR 17 Apr 1920, p. 2282. MPW 17 Apr 1920, p. 456. (Thomas Dodd), Harry Van Meter (Jerry Dodd), Margaret McWade

MEN 3 Ape 1990 . on Pho 19 hn 1990 if 30. (Sarah Ross), Vida Johnson (Bess), Ruth King (Hazel Jenkins). .

MPN 1 May 1920, p. 3850. Var 23 Apr 1920, pp. 42, 43. Comedy. Jeanne, an adventurous girl who works in a book bindery, is MPW 17 Jan 1920, p. 396. Wid's 11 Apr 1920, p. 3. given a diary written by one Thomas Dodd to bind. The diary portrays Dodd as a scoundrel who fathered a girl by a woman he never married, and

ALIAS MARY BROWN F 1.0048 Dodd’s family as a nest of vipers. Jeanne decides it is her duty to save this Triangle Film Corp. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 4 Aug 1918. 5 corrupt family and presents herself to Dodd as his illegitimate daughter.

reels. In fact, Dodd is a meek old man whose scandalous diary was pure fantasy, Dir H. D’Elba. Scen E. Magnus Ingleton. Cam Elgin Leslie. and the only malevolent member of the family is Dodd’s covetous brother

Cast: Pauline Starke (Betty), Casson Ferguson (Dick Browning, also Jerry, who was the only sympathetic character in Dodd’s diary. Jeanne falls known as Mary Brown), Arthur N. Millett (Hewlett), Eugene Burr in love with Dodd’s nephew Kent, though she dutifully urges him to marry (Watson), Sidney De Gray (Carnac), Walter Belasco (Uncle Ike), F. Hazel Jenkins, a woman whom Jeanne believes Kent has wronged. Finally

Thompson (Gunter), Dick Rosson (Weasel), Alberta Lee (Mrs. Sarah Ross, the alleged mother of Dodd’s child, ends Jeanne’s suspicions

Browning). by denying that she had ever had a daughter. After foiling Jerry’s plan to Drama/Crime. Following his father’s sudden death, Dick Browning _ usurp the family fortune, Jeanne confesses her charade and accepts Kent’s learns that three financiers defrauded Mr. Browning of his money. Because love. Dodd likewise admits that his diary is a fraud and proposes to Sarah.

his mother is destitute, Dick fences the only remaining jewel in his father’s Diaries. Family life. Binderies. Good Samaritans. _ Illegitimacy. estate, but when she dies, he joins a gang of crooks, vowing revenge on the Impersonation and imposture. Self-sacrifice. Treachery. financiers. Dressed in feminine attire and known as Mary Brown, Dick robs Note: The film’s working title was Dodd—His Diary. \t is unclear whether Edgar two of the men. In the meantime, he has fallen in love with Betty, a woman Franklin’s story was originally written for the screen or another medium.

who was lured to the crooks’ lair by one of his cronies. Having decided to ETR 19 Jun 1920, p. 288. Var 25 Jun 1920, p. 35. marry Betty and go straight, Dick plans his last job, the robbery of her MPN 19 Jun 1920, p. 5011. Wid's 13 Jun 1920, p. 7. uncle. Although his jealous associate informs the police of Dick’s plan, the MPW 19 Jun 1920, p. 1633. gang helps “Mary” to escape. The doublecrosser breaks into the uncle’s

home himself and, surprised by his victim, kills him, only to be arrested by © ALIAS MRS. JESSOP F1.0051

the police moments later. Dick and Betty, recipients of the deceased’s Metro Pictures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 10 Dec 1917 [OMetro fortune, settle on a farm. Female impersonation. Financiers. Fraud. Pictures Corp.; 4 Dec 1917; LP11773]. 5 reels. Inheritance. Revenge. Robbery. Betrayal. Criminals-Rehabilitation. Supv Maxwell Karger. Dir William S. Davis. Scen Albert Shelby Le

Escapes. Farm life. Murder. Uncles. Vino. Cam Arthur Martinelli and/or William H. Tuers. 1]

THE ALIBI : AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Source: Based on the short story “Alias Mrs. Jessop” by Blair Hall sits atop a mushroom smoking a hookah. Following their odd conversation,

(publication undetermined). Alice meets the Duchess and her baby (who turns into a piglet), the Cast: Emily Stevens (Lillian Ford/Janet Ford), Howard Hall (Sir Cheshire Cat, and Tweedledum and Tweedledee, and then plays croquet Anthony Jessop), William H. Tooker (Michael Ford), Donald Hall with the King and Queen of Hearts. They introduce her to the Gryphon, (Raymond Fleury), Lillian Paige (Mrs. Mary Ford), Eldean Steuart who, along with the Mock Turtle and a number of walruses and lobsters,

(Bobby Jessop), Mrs. Sue Balfour (Ames, the nurse). perform the Lobster Quadrille. At the trial of the Knave of Hearts, Alice Drama. Janet Ford, a penniless orphan, is reared with her mischievous challenges the court, and cards fly all about her. Then she awakens beside

identical cousin Lillian by Lillian’s affluent parents. While Mr. Ford treats the stream, a white rabbit nearby. Adventures. Dreams. Mythical Janet kindly, Mrs. Ford remains cold. When Lillian is caughtina gambling — characters. Mythical kingdoms. Dancers. Playing cards. Sisters. Theft. raid, she convinces Janet to bear the blame, and Mrs. Ford orders Janet Trials. to leave. Lillian marries Sir Anthony Jessop and settles in England. Jessop, Note: The film was also reviewed at six reels. One source lists Martin J. Faust as who soon tires of Lillian’s frivolity, finds fulfillment with their son Bobby. the director and another suggests that De Witt C. Wheeler produced or adapted the When he rebukes Lillian for her midnight revels, she orders him to leave. fin. Credis on a re-issue print othe film, however, list Aik W. Young as both Under the pretense of visiting her dying father Lillian travels to pine Wonderland which was due for release on 15 Nov 1914, made by the Union Photoplay followed by her lover, Ray mond Fleury, and they travel West together after Co., which was owned by noted New York Evening World cartoonist Charles R. she persuades Janet to impersonate her at Ford’s deathbed. When Janet Macauley, and appears to have gone out of business shortly thereafter. It is unlikely learns that Bobby has been hurt, she sails to England and cares for him. that this film and the Union Photoplay Co. film, which was six reels, are the same. After Jessop’s uncle dies, he returns as the Earl of Devon, and grows to love This vm was re-release? in 1924 by the American Motion Picture Corp. Other films

foiti ‘ Hh * adaptor a Irector. Cc > Pp. notes a flim version 0 ice in

ic Pall: ; “pe ; made from the same source include a ilm entitled Alice’s Adventures in

panel, who he thinks is Lillian. Janet IS terrified because she also loves him. Wonderland made by Thomas A. Edison, Inc.; a 1933 Paramount production directed

earing of Jessop’s good fortune, Lillian returns. After Fleury pursues and by Norman McLeod; a 1951 Walt Disney animated feature; and a 1972 British shoots her, Jessop proposes to Janet that they quietly marry and keep their production entitled Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, directed by William Sterling.

past secret. Cousins. Impersonation and imposture. Infidelity. Marriage. Motog 20 Feb 1915, p. 307. MPW 6 Feb 1915, p. 841. Mistaken identity. England. False accusations. Murder. Nobility. Orphans. MPN 27 Feb 1915, p. 57, 74. NYDM 27 Jan 1915, p. 54. Note: The copyright holdings credit Martinelli as cinematographer, but the 1918 MPN 29 May 1915, p. 50. Var 22 Jan 1915, p. 25. MPSD credits Tuers.

ETR 2 Feb 1918, p. 763. MPW 29 Dec 1917, p. 1955. ALICIA OF THE ORPHANS see THE RAGGED PRINCESS MPW 22 Dec 1917, p. 1709. - Var 14 Dec 1917, p. 43.

THE ALIEN F 1.0054

1916). Brand

THE ALIBI - , ; F1.0052 New York Motion Picture Corp. Dist Select Film Booking Agency, Inc.,

Vitagraph Co. of America; A Blue Ribbon Feature. Dist V-L-S-E, Inc. by arrangement with Kessel and Baumann. Jul 1915 [ONew York Motion 7 Aug 1916 [OVitagraph Co. of America; 15 Jul 1916; LP8706]. 5 reels. Picture Corp.; 2 Aug 1915; LU5992]. 8-9 reels.

Dir Paul Scardon. Scen George H. Ply mpton. Cam R. A. Stuart. Supv Thomas H. Ince. Prod Thomas H. Ince. Dir Thomas H. Ince. Asst Source: Based on the novel The Alibi by George Allan England (Boston, dir Raymond B. West. Cam Ned Van Buren. Lab work supv Alfred

Cast: James Morrison (Arthur Mansfield), Paul Scardon (Walter randt. . ;

Slayton), Betty Howe (Enid Chamberlain), Edward Elkas (Jarboe), Ct Davey (New Yok oe sian a the Rose by George Beban and

(Mansfie id's anomey), Rete Gaillard Stanley Walpole Cast: George Beban (Pietro Massena), Blanche Schwed (Rosina Drama. To help his dying father, assistant bank cashier Arthur assena), Edward Gillespie (/nspector Lynch), Jack Nelson (Phil Mansfield enters a false sum in the bank’s account book, but before Griswold), Hayward Ginn (William Griswold), Andrea Lynne (Mrs. carrying out the embezzlement, he confesses to cashier Slayton, his William Griswold), Thelma Salter (D or othy Griswold), Jack Davidson superior. Slayton, who needs money to pay for his unsuccessful (Robbins), Edith MacBride (The cashier of the flower shop), J. Frank speculations, goes at night to take the money that Mansfield planned to Burke (The proprietor), William J. Kane (Coogan), Ida Lewis (The embezzle, so that Mansfield will take the blame. Slayton shoots a /#“rse), Fanny Midgley (The maid), Maude Gilbert, Claire Hillier, Nona

watchman who confronts him and leaves evidence to frame Mansfield. | Thomas. oo

Despite Mansfield’s conviction for second-degree murder, his fiancée Enid, Melodrama. Pietro Massena, a poor Italian ditch-digger, lovingly raises the bank. president’s daughter, believes in his innocence and hires a his motherless daughter Rosina. Phil Griswold, in order to throw a party detective. When Slayton, out of curiosity, visits Mansfield in prison, We celebrate ne expected inheritance, induces his friend Robeins 10 rob ine Mansfield vows revenge. Slayton gradually becomes overcome with fear ower shop where he works. After the inheritance goes to Phil’s brother

that Mansfield will escape, and when Mansfield does escape and arrives wa who refuses | Phil money to return to the Hower shop, Paras at Slayton’s home, Slayton commits suicide. Mansfield is sought as illiam’s daughter Dorothy and sends a “Black Hand” ransom deman

Slayton’s murderer, but Enid’s detective finds a suicide note to Slayton’s to throw suspicion onto Pietro, who earlier frightened Dorothy when he wife that establishes Mansfield’s innocence. Mansfield regains his former delivered a Christmas tree to William’s house. William drives into the position and resumes his romance with Enid. Bank clerks. Embezzlement. slums looking for Pietro and accidentally runs down Rosina. The grieving

Frame-ups. Loyalty. Murder. Detectives. Revenge. Suicide. Pietro goes to the flower shop on Christmas morning to buy a rose for Motog 26 Aug 1916, p. 499. MPW 19 Aug 1916, p. 1234, 1304. Rosina’s coffin and is accused of the kidnapping, because Phil arranged to

MPN 19 Aug 1916, p. 1098. MPW 9 Sep 1916, p. 1752. have a man known by “the sign of the rose” pick up the ransom money MPW 12 Aug 1916, p. 1058 (ad Whee 10 Ave role P. 3 there. Pietro threatens to kill the arresting detective so that he can return

insert). “ ue ee PO , to his “bambino,” when William arrives with news that Dorothy has been

; found. William offers Pietro compensation, but he refuses and sorrowfull

THE ALIBI (World Film Corp.) see BROKEN TIES returns home. Father-daughter relationship. Frame-ups. Italian Americans. Kidnapping. Automobile accidents. Black Hand. Brothers.

ALICE IN WONDERLAND F1.0053 Ditch diggers. Florists. Inheritance. Ransom. Robbery.

Nonpareil Feature Film Corp. Dist Nonpareil Feature Film Corp. 19 Jan Note: The Sign of the Rose was originally a vaudeville piece in which Beban starred

1915. 5 reels. for five years, playing around the world. Klaw and Erlanger produced the subsequent Dir W. W. Young. Scen W. W. Young. four-act play from which the film was based. The film opened in Los Angeles on 12

Source: Based on the novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Pt 1915 in nine reels under the name The Sign of the Rose, at Clune’s Auditorium,

Carroll (pseud. Lutwidge Dodtitle son) (London, 1865) and whereYork The Birth a Nation just finished its nine-week run. The film opened arroll (p ;of8Charles 8 ’ under the The Alien in his New onof31 Mayhad1915. In both of these showings,

novel Through the Looking Glass (London, 1870). and in subsequent showings in large theaters around the country, the film ended as

Cast: Viola Savoy (Alice). the character Pietro enters the flower shop to buy a rose for his daughter’s coffin. The Fantasy. After stealing some tarts baked by the cook, Alice lolls beside curtain then rose and lights came up on a stage set of the flower shop. The actors from

a brook with her sister, who reads aloud while Alice dozes. Ina dream,a the film then appeared live and enacted the denouement, which lasted for white rabbit leads Alice to Wonderland, where she experiences many approximately thirty minutes. The film was released nationally in Jul 1915 in eight y . ; reels, with a filmed ending replacing the staged one. The Los Angeles showing had strange adventures. In the company of a large mouse, for instance, Alice a musical score by Lloyd Brown and Carli D. Elinor, which included vocal selections.

attends an animal convention, and later, she encounters a caterpillar who Some sources call the character played by Blanche Schwed “Rosa” rather than

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 ALL FOR A GIRL “Rosina.” Some scenes in this film were shot at Mt. Baldy, CA. Some reviews refer Lindsay, a society idler attracted only to her fortune. Despite Sakata’s to the film’s title as An Alien. In 1922 George Beban Productions produced a film efforts to win Yuri Chan’s heart, she decides to elope with Aleck, but from the same source entitled T he Sign of the Rose, which in its pre-release showings Sakat tches th d tells th A . th f the girl’ , Ith included live action mixed with filmed action during the last two reels. (See AFI akata catches them ane tells the American the source ol the girl's wealth.

Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.5040.) The fortune hunter immediately abandons Yuri Chan, and in disgrace, she

Motog 10 Apr 1915, p. 572. MPN I May 1915, p. 43. tries to commit suicide, but the gun misfires and she faints. Awakening in Motog 1 May 1915, p. 691. MPW 27 Feb 1915, p. 1300. Sakata’s arms, Yuri Chan gratefully accedes to the wishes of her loving

Motog Ie un ere p. ne le ee ore Pp. erie benefactor. Fidelity. Fortune hunters. Japanese. Unrequited love. MPN 6 Feb 1915, is 5. MPW 12 Jun 1918, P1789. Attempted suicide. Cultural conflict. Elopement. importers. Students.

MPN 27 Feb 1915, p. 41. MPW 24 Jul 1915, p. 732. Motog 20 May 1916, p. 1168. NYT 15 May 1916, p. 7. MPN 6 Mar 1915, p. 42. NYDM 2 Jun 1915, p. 28. MPN 20 May 1916, p. 3091. Var 5 May 1916, p. 23. MPN 27 Mar 1915, p. 45. NYDM 30 Jun 1915, p. 24. MPW 20 May 1916, p. 1353. Wid's It May 1916, p. 572. MPN 3 Apr 1915, p. 150. Var 4 Jun 1915, p. 18. NYDM 13 May 1916, p. 29.

THE ALIEN BLOOD F1.0055 ALIENS see THE UNWRITTEN CODE

Film Co. Mar-Apr 1917. 4 reels. ALIMONY F 1.0058 Balboa Amusement Producing Co.; A Fortune Photoplay. Dist General

Dir Burton George. Scen Captain Leslie Peacocke. Cam Garnett (full Paralta Plays, Inc.; A C. L. Yearsley Picture. Dist First National name unknown). Exhibitors’ Circuit. 3 Dec 1917. 6 reels. Source: Based on the short story “The Alien Blood” by Louise Rice in Supv Robert Brunton. Dir Emmett J. Flynn. Story Hayden Talbot.

Ainslee’s Magazine (publication date undetermined). Cam L. Guy Wilky. Art dir R. Holmes Paul.

Cast: Clifford Gray, Winnifred Greenwood. Cast: Lois Wilson (Marjorie Lansing), George Fisher (Howard

Drama? No information on the plot is available. Turner), Josephine Whittell (Bernice Bristol Flint), Wallace Worsley

Note: One of the last Fortune Photoplays made by Balboa, this film was not (John Flint), Arthur Allardt (Elijah Stone), Joseph J. Dowling reviewed and may have had a limited release. One contemporary publication refers (William Jackson), \da Lewis (Mrs. Lansing), Marguerite Livingston

to this film as a Méliés production. (Florence).

ETR 10 Mar 1917, p. 961. MPW 21 Apr 1917, p. 500. Drama. Mrs. Bernice Bristol Flint threatens to destroy the reputation of

ETR 14 Apr 1917, p. 1330. an innocent woman unless her wealthy husband John grants her a divorce, and although John has not betrayed his wife, he agrees to give her a large AN ALIEN ENEMY F1.0056 — sum in alimony in order to maintain her silence. Bernice hopes to marry Paralta Plays, Inc. Dist W. W. Hodkinson Corp. | Apr 1918. 7 reels. millionaire Howard Turner, with whom she has been carrying on a Dir Wallace Worsley. Scen Monte M. Katterjohn. Story Monte M. flirtation, and when he confesses that he does not love her, she angrily

Katterjohn. Cam L. Guy Wilky. resolves to ruin him. Howard falls in love with the refreshingly innocent

Cast: Louise Glaum (Neysa von Igel/Frau Meyer), Mary Jane Irving Marjorie Lansing, who agrees to become his wife. Because of Bernice’s (Fraulein Bertha Meyer), Thurston Hall (David J. Hale), Albert Allardt interference, however, their marriage is a stormy one, and finally Bernice

(Emil Koenig), Charles Hammond (Adolph Schmidt), Jay Morley and her unscrupulous lawyer, Elijah Stone, suggest that Marjorie sue for (Mayor Samuel J. Putnam), Roy Laidlaw (Lewis Meyer), Joseph J. divorce. She refuses, and later, Howard’s attorney, William Jackson, Dowling (Baron von Mecklin), Clifford Alexander (Wireless operator). discovers Bernice’s schemes and succeeds in reuniting Howard and War drama/World War I. After Emil Koenig, a brutal Prussian officer, Marjorie. Defeated, Bernice shoots herself. Alimony. Blackmail. Marriage. kills Neysa Meyer’s American parents, the little girl is adopted by Adolph Suicide. Divorce. Flirtation. Lawyers. Millionaires. Reputation. Schmidt and given the surname von Igel. Having grown up ignorant of her Note: According to news items, the story was “based upon an actual case of record,”

past, Neysa is recruited for German espionage work at the outbreak of and information gathered throughout Hayden Talbot’s career as a New York World War I, but the work soon proves distasteful to her. Later she falls dancer ond not A modern vas hi mendes Rudolph Valentino in the cast, playing a

, ; eee ct 1917, pp. 33-34. MPW 12 Jan 1918, p. 274.

in love with American David Hale, and after they marry, she abandons her PN. ne Ox ooo

intelligence activities. When Hale is sent to France as a member of the War MPN 15 Dec 1917, p. 4222. NYDM 23 Mar 1918, p. 20. Board, however, Koenig warns Neysa that she must resume her spying or MPW 15 Dec 1917, p. 1646. he will tell her husband of her past. Even though she furnishes Koenig with

false information, her actions arouse David’s suspicions, and he leaves her. ALL FOR A GIRL F1.0059

On his deathbed, Adolph Schmidt reveals that Koenig murdered Neysa’s Mirograph Corp. Dist State Rights. Jul 1915. 5 reels. parents, and so apprised, she confronts the German agent. As Hale secretly Prod H. J. Streyckmans. Dir Roy Applegate. Cam George Coudert. watches, she informs Koenig that her reports have been false and then stabs Casting H. J. Streyckmans and Roy Applegate. him, thus avenging her parents’ deaths. Sure of Neysa’s love and Source: Based on the play A// for a Girl by Rupert Hughes (New York, patriotism, David embraces her. Espionage. Germans. Murder. Revenge. 22 Aug 1908).

Spies. World War |. Desertion. Foster fathers. Marriage. Orphans. Cast: Renee Kelly (Antoinette Hoadley), Edward G. Longman

Patriotism. . (Harold Jepson), Frank De Vernon (Mr. Dinwiddie), Sue Balfour Note: Working titles of the film were Intelligence and The Iron Beast. Three (Mrs. Van Espen), E. T. Roseman (Briggs), Roy Applegate (Arthur

hundred members of the California National Guard took part in the war scenes. Jepson/Old farmer), Margaret Willard (Miss Dinwiddie), Georgia Harvey

ETR 27 Apr 1918, p. 1691. Var 5 Apr 1918, p. 46. . ; . MPN 27 Apr 1918, p. 2556. Var 19 Apr 1918, p. 41. Barony), Sidney D’Albrook (Prince De Cauchy), Bert Tuey (Clerk),

ETR 30 Mar 1918, p. 1385. NYDM — 27 Ape 1918, p. 596. (Miss Broderick), Al Grady (Basil Mugg), Gerald Hevener (Count

MPW 27 Apr 1918, p. 586. Wid's 25 Apr 1918, p. 1103. Robert Lawrence.

MPW 4 May 1918, p. 750. Comedy. After railroad magnate Arthur Jepson is swindled in a stock deal and dies penniless, his son Harold is forced to quit college. When

ALIEN SOULS F 1.0057 Harold’s friend, Mrs. Van Epsen, suggests that he court her niece, Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 1! May Antoinette Hoadley, who is tired of the titled cads whom her ten million 1916 [(OJesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co.; 3 May 1916; LP8206]. 5 reels. dollars attracts, Harold agrees. After Mrs. Van Epsen, Antoinette and a Pres Jesse L. Lasky. Dir Frank Reicher. Scen Margaret Turnbull. maid move toa New England village so that Antoinette can meet someone

Story Hector Turnbull. Cam Walter Stradling. ° who does not know about her riches, Harold, encouraged by Mrs. Van

Cast: Sessue Hayakawa (Sakata), Tsuru Aoki (Yuri Chan), Earle Foxe Epsen to visit, feels that their ploy is dishonorable and notifies Mrs. Van (Aleck Lindsay), Grace Benham (Mrs. Conway), J. Parks Jones (Jack Epsen that he has changed his mind. After Mrs. Van Epsen and the maid Holloway), Violet Malone (Gertrude Van Ness), Dorothy Abril leave, Harold arrives and courts Antoinette, thinking that she is the maid.

(Geraldine Smythe). — He rescues her from an oncoming train, and when he secures a job paying

Drama. Yuri Chan, a Japanese girl attending school in the United States, $25 a week, they marry. Antoinette then reveals her wealth, but he insists believes that she is very wealthy when in fact she has been supported by that they live on his salary. Soon he enters into a railroad deal that restores Sakata, a Japanese importer, since the death of her father. Although Yuri his fortune, allowing the couple to live in luxury. Marriage. Millionaires. Chan is to marry Sakata upon her graduation, the young woman longs to Mistaken identity. Poverty. Wealth. Duplicity. New England. Railroads. enter American society, and to that end, she becomes involved with Aleck Rescues. Servants. Trains. Village life.

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ALL FOR A HUSBAND AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Note: Some contemporary reviews state that there also was a magazine story or a ALL MAN F1.0062 novel by Rupert Hughes which was the source for the film. Douglas Fairbanks played Vitagraph Co. of America; A Blue Ribbon Feature. Dist Greater

the lead in the stage production. ReneeLong-Legs Kelly won in praise forThis playing the Mirograph orphan girl Itagraph, Vi h. | 5 Aug 1918 [OVi hC 0. cAoF ica: 28 Jul 1918: in the Broadway production of Daddy 1914. was the Inc. us [OVitagrap America, u, Corp.’s film.1915, The film was called All30 forJun the1915, Love p. of 32. a Girl one review. anesGarfie accel ompson. ae - field Th Cam Robertstuart. S Moto first 13 Nov p. 1031. NYDM DirinPaul Scardon.LPI Scen Cam Kobdert

MPN. 3 Jul 1915, PP. 73-74. Var 25 Jun 1915, P 20. Source: Based on the short story “Fiddler's Green” by Donn Byrne

MPW 10 Jul 1915, p. 318. (pseud. of Bryan Oswald Donn-Byrne) in The Saturday Evening Post (23

A ;RLP11724]. A HUSBAND F 1.0060 ; : ' 5 reels. wo? . , . Feb 1918).

Cast: Harry Morey (John Olsen), Betty Blythe (Belle Foliot), Robert

Fow Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 18 Nov 1917 [©William Fox; 18 (Monts Sno Bernard Sieeel (Rea (Marco Paroni), Carlton King Nw a Harbaugh. Seen Carl Harbaugh. Story George Scarborough. Drama/Crime. John Olsen, the foreman in an iron foundry, is persuaded

Cast: Herbert Evans (Henry Hardin), Virginia Pearson (Henrietta by two of the workmen to rob the company safe, an operation so successful Downs), Dorothy Quincy (Myra Haynes), Gladys Kelly (Celeste that the three decide to embark on a career of safe cracking. While pulling Hardin), Carl Moody (Dr. Janeway), William W. Crimans (McGraw, a a job, John breaks his leg and is forced to take refuge in the home of Belle

politician). Foliot, whose husband is serving a life sentence. As she tends John’s injured Comedy. Celeste Hardin wants her brother Henry, a mayoral candidate leg, Belle falls in love with him and decides to join the gang, and when she and confirmed woman-hater, to marry her college friend Henrietta Downs. | becomes trapped during a robbery, John remains at the scene of the crime

When he refuses, Celeste and Henrietta play a trick on him. Henrietta so that she can escape. Following his five year prison term, John declares poses as escaped lunatic Myra Haynes. Meanwhile, after attending a that he is going straight, whereupon Belle leaves him. John marries and political rally, the real Myra becomes convinced that Henry is her long-lost "OV TT 16 his wife and the townspeople. As a result, the farmers shave off his beard. Rival voliticians uncover the story and police and —- Shun him and his wife divorces him. He is about to break into the bank

over, whose name is also Henry, and she follows him home in order to . Ms

doctors speed to the house. Henrietta confesses her motives to Henry, who —- When Belle and Reilly arrive. Promising to go straight, Belle accompanies now gladly succumbs to her charms. The scene switches to a motion picture John out West to a new life. Criminals—Rehabilitation. Moral corruption.

studio, where a director is throwing a tantrum and the studio boss has Safecrackers. Se/f-sacrifice. Divorce. Farmers. Foundry foremen. agreed to come on the set to be choked by the leading man. Finally, the Imprisonment. Marriage. Nursing back to health. Policemen.

studio discovers a way to break the actor’s contract. Friendship. ETR 3 Aug 1918, p. 747. Var 2 Aug 1918, p. 39. Impersonation and imposture. Lunatics. Misogynists. Actors and win "7 Ae i918 . Tors, 1024. Wid's 4 Aug 1918, pp. 25-26. actresses. Contracts. Motion picture directors. Motion picture studios.

Political campaigns. Political candidates. ALL NIGHT F 1.0063 Note: The copyright entry lists the film’s length as six reels. The story by George Bluebird Ph I Dist Bluebird Ph I 30. N .

Beautiful Lunatic.” ucbir ays, 5 V : . J reels.

Scarborough included in the copyright description was originally entitled “The 1918 [OBI ebird Photop , ne. In an 9 Now 1918 Pr 039] 5 re r Ov

MPW 1 Dec 1917, p. 1386. MPW 8 Dec 1917, p. 1480. Dir Paul Powell. Scen Fred Myton.

Source: Based on the short story “One Bright Idea” by Edgar Franklin (pseud. of Edgar Franklin Stearns) in All-Story Weekly (29 Jun-20 Jul

ALL FOR THE LOVE OF A GIRL see ALL FOR A GIRL 1918).

Cast: Carmel Myers (Elizabeth Lane), Rodolfo di Valentina (Richard Thayer), Charles Dorian (William Harcourt), Mary Warren

ALL HE KNEW ABOUT WOMEN see THE CLEVER MRS. (Maude Harcourt), William Dyer (Bradford), Wadsworth Harris

CARFAX (Colonel Lane), JackComedy-drama. Hull (Butler). The lovesick Richard Thayer asks his friend, William Harcourt, to invite the popular Elizabeth Lane to dinner so that he can

ALL IN THE NIGHT see CROOKED STREETS romance her and hopefully propose. Having discovered that the Harcourts

cannot pay their wages, the servants leave in disgust, after which eccentric

ALL MAN F1.0061 millionaire Bradford, upon whose financial backing Harcourt depends, World Film Corp.; Peerless Features. Dist World Film Corp. 4 Dec arrives unexpectedly for dinner. Panic stricken, the Harcourts convince

1916 [OWorld Film Corp.; 18 Nov 1916; LU9542]. 5 reels. Richard and Elizabeth to take their places while they pose as servants. At Pres William A. Brady. Dir Emile Chautard. Asst dir George dinner, Bradford chides the “Harcourts” for their childlessness and rushes

Archainbaud. Story Willard Mack. Cam Lucien Tainguy. them off to bed. When Colonel Lane arrives and demands his daughter, Cast: Robert Warwick (Jim Blake), Mollie King (Alice Maynard), William tells Bradford that he is insane, whereupon the millionaire locks Gerda Holmes (Ethel Maynard), Louis Grisel (Sandy Bluebottle), the colonel in the closet. Finally William confesses all to Bradford, who Charles Duncan (John Sherman Blake), Alec B. Francis (John Praises the young man for his ingenuity and agrees to back him. Richard Maynard), George MacQuarrie (Gillette Barker), Johnny Hines (Snap 4d Elizabeth, now quite well acquainted, become engaged. Eccentrics.

Higgins), Henry West (McKin). eeporsonation and imposture. Millionaires. Childlessness. Guests. Sheen Blake oes Went i oove ni Son a rman, Working on his father’s Note: The working title of this film was One Bright Idea. The actor listed as Rodolfo Wyoming ranch, Jim wins the respect of the local ranchers by whipping 7! Valentina later became known as Rudolph Valentino.

a bully and attempting to collect damages from railroad president John LPN 0 ae tole was aileaie Ase tole is oie Maynard, whose company was responsible for killing Blake’s cattle. When MPW 7 Dec 1918, p. 1115, 1123-24, Wid's 1 Dec 1918, p. 15. Maynard refuses to pay, Blake buys a piece of land that Maynard badly

needs, thereby forcing the magnate to pay him an exceedingly high sum ALL OF A SUDDEN NORMA F1.0064 for the land. Meanwhile, Jim falls in love with Maynard’s daughter Alice B. B. Features. Dist Robertson-Cole Co. through Exhibitors Mutual who, after promising to marry him someday, journeys East. Jealous of their Distributing Corp. 5 Jan 1919. 5 reels. love, Alice’s sister Ethel destroys all correspondence between the two, but Dir Howard Hickman. Scen Jack Cunningham. Story Thomas Edgelow. her plan ultimately fails. The sweethearts are reunited, and even Alice’s Cam L. Guy Wilky.

father concedes his son-in-law’s worth. Railroad magnates. Ranchers. Cast: Bessie Barriscale (Norma Brisbane), Joseph J. Dowling Spendthrifts. Transformation. Wyoming. Fights. Jealousy. Land sales. (Hamilton Brisbane), Albert Cody (Cuthbert Van Zelt), R. Henry Grey Letters. Millionaires. New York City. Railroads. Ranches. Sisters. (Oliver Garrett), Frank Leigh (Duke of Duffield), Melbourne MacDowell

Note: Some sources place the Blake ranch in Montana. (Emerson Trent).

ie ° ofS ile Pp. oe yom M4 yee ole P . Comedy-drama. Reared with a taste for the finer things in life, Norma

MPW 9 Dec 1916, is 1425, 1506, Wid's 30 Nov 1916, p. 1135. Brisbane learns after her father’s suicide that she is penniless. Determined

1550. to regain her fortune in the easiest manner possible, Norma poses as the 14

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 ALL WRONG wife of her silly but wealthy suitor, Cuthbert Van Zelt, and soon she is discovers that the incriminating picture is her own photograph and that invited toa number of lavish social affairs. At one such party, Norma steals Richard is already her husband. /nheritance. Marriage of convenience. the Duke of Duffield’s family jewels but replaces them upon learning that Mistaken identity. Recognition. Rivalry. Photographs. Poker. Stock they are made of paste. Next, she bets the duke that his jewels are fake and market. thereby wins a large sum of money. The duke persuades Norma to secure Note: Copyright records list five reels although most reviews list six reels. Stephen some old love letters from the man who is blackmailing him, Emerson Fox was a pseudonym for Jules Furthman.

Trent. After accomplishing this task, Norma discovers that Trent is not err > On ioe P. 63 49 uw OM . an ioe p. se, only the man who ruined her father, but the uncle of the man she loves, ETR 28 Dec 1918, is 350. Var 22 Nov 1918, is 44,

Oliver Garrett. Impressed by her courage, Trent promises to make amends, MPW 30 Nov 1918, p. 988.

and Norma, her financial worries ended, marries Oliver. Finance-

Personal. Impersonation and imposture. Moral reformation. Blackmail. ALL WOMAN F1.0067

Jewelry. Letters. Nobility. Parties. Socialites. Suicide. Theft. Goldwyn Pictures Corp. Dist Goldwyn Pictures Corp. 2 Jun 1918 Note: The picture was also known as A Fair Imposter. [©Goldwyn Pictures Corp.; 24 May 1918; LP12448]. 6 reels. MPW OB DeI9I8 ssh Wid's 8 tae A919 POO. Dir Hobart Henley. Scen E. Lloyd Sheldon. Cam Oliver T. Marsh. Art

MPW 4 Jan 1919, p. 119. dir Hugo Source: Ballin. Based on the novel When Carey Came to Town by Edith Barnard

ALL-OF-A-SUDDEN-PEGGY F 1.0065 , Delano in Ladies Home Journal (Apr-Aug 1915).

Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Cast: Mae Marsh | (Susan Sweeney), Jere Austin (Austin Strong),

Paramount-Artcraft Pictures. 1 Feb 1920 [OFamous Players-Lasky Corp.; Arthur Housman (D ick Wellman), John Sainpolis (Sam Tupper), Jack

5 Nov 1919; LP14414]. 5 reels, 4,448 ft. Dillon (William Kibby), Joe Henaway (Hodges), Hazel Alden (Miriam

. 7 otherless child).

Pres Adolph Zukor. Dir Walter Edwards. Scen Edith Kennedy. Cam Strong), Madelyn Klare (M illie), Elsie Sothern (Agnes), Lois Alexander

William Marshall. (Mark pan via) (Cabdriver), Jules Cowles (Alcoholic), Alvina Alstadt (endow parce 1906) play All-of-a-Sudden-Peggy by Ernest Denny Drama. New York factory worker Susan Sweeney inherits a hotel in the Cast: Marguerite Clark (Peggy O’Mara), Jack Mulhall (Honorable Adirondacks. Full of enthusiasm, Susan sets out for the hotel, which proves

Jimmy Keppel), Lillian Leighton (Mrs. O’Mara), Maggie Fischer to be a dilapidated saloon frequented by derelicts and run by the (Lady Crackenthrope), Orral Humphrey (Anthony, Lord disreputable William Kibby. Despite her distaste, Susan stays, hoping to Crackenthorpe), Sylvia Jocelyn (Millicent Keppel), Eddie Sutherland reform the establishment and its patrons. In her campaign against drink (Jack Menzies), Tom Ricketts (Major Archie Phipps), Virginia Foltz and vice, Susan is supported by lawyer Austin Strong, whose political rival

(Mrs. Colquhoun). is the unscrupulous Sam Tupper. Although Austin’s sister Miriam and

Comedy. When Anthony, Lord Crackenthorpe, an English entomologist, Dick Wellman elope, registering at the hotel as man and wife, Susan invites Mrs. O’Mara, the widow of an Irish zoology professor, and her | Convinces the couple of their folly and persuades them to return home. daughter Peggy to live on his estate while they collaberate on a study of | 5am, however, obtains the incriminating page from the hotel guest book the spider, he incurs the consternation of his mother, Lady Crackenthorpe. | 4nd attempts to blacken the Strong name. When Sam is slain during a fight Fearing that Anthony will become infatuated with Peggy, the snobbish with Dick, Susan supplies Dick with a false alibi. Suspicion falls on Susan, Lady Crackenthorpe persuades Jimmy Keppel to court the young woman, but Dick and Miriam confess to Austin. Exonerated, Susan marries Austin. unaware that Anthony is already in love with Mrs. O’Mara. Oblivious to Blackmail. Elopement. Family honor. Hotels. Inheritance. Manslaughter. Jimmy’s advances, Peggy spends her time writing plays. Upon learning that | Adirondack Mountains. Confession (law). Factory workers. Lawyers. Anthony and her mother will not wed until she herself has married, Peggy Moral reformation.

. . . . . un 1918, p. 9.

leaves home on the pretense of eloping with Jimmy. She arrives in the city, Note: Delano’s novel was published in book form in New York in 1916. Copyright where her purse is stolen. Penniless, Peggy spends the night in Jimmy’s records list the film at five reels. A modern source includes Warner Baxter in the cast.

empty apartment. The next morning, Jimmy enters his flat and is amazed ETR sono P. 2035, 2084, NY S ne 1918, p. 963. to find Peggy and is further surprised to read the announcement of their MPN 8 Jun 1918, p. 3453. Var 24 May 1918, p. 34. marriage in the newspaper. Soon after, Lady Crackenthorpe arrives MPW 8 Jun 1918, p. 1470, 1481. Var 14 Jun 1918, p. 32. furious; the news that the marriage never took place fails to assuage her NYDM I Jun 1918, p. 775. Wid's 26 May 1918, pp. 29-30. anger, but Peggy saves the day by deciding that she really loves Jimmy and

will marry him “all of a sudden.” Entomologists. Snobbery. English. Irish. ALL WRONG F 1.0068

Nobility. Widows. Anderson-Brunton Co. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc. 1 Jun 1919 [©Pathé Note: An American production of the play opened in New York on 11 Feb 1907. Exchange, Inc.; 24 May 1919; LU13753]. 5 reels, 4,740 ft.

ETR 14 Feb 1920, p. 1105. MPW 14 Feb 1920, pp. 1114-15. Dir William Worthington and Raymond B. West. Scen Jack _ MPN 14 Feb 1920, p. 1674. NYMT 9 Feb 1920. Cunningham. Story Mildred Considine. Cam Clyde De Vinna and Clyde Cook.

ALL THE WORLD TO NOTHING F 1.0066 Cast: Bryant Washburn (Warren Kent), Mildred Davis (Betty William Russell Productions; American Film Co. Dist Pathé Exchange, Thompson), Charles Bennett (Donald Thompson), Helen Dunbar Inc. 1 Dec 1918 [OAmerican Film Co., Inc.; 11 Oct 1918; LP12968]. 6 (Mrs. Donald Thompson), Fred Montague (Randolph Graham),

reels. Marguerite Livingston (Ethel Goodwin). Dir Henry King. Scen Stephen Fox. Comedy. Salesman Warren Kent conceives of the idea of the “Unending - Source: Based on the novel All the World to Nothing by Wyndham Courtship,” and convinces his bride Betty, after their honeymoon is spent

Martyn (Boston, 1912). in separate rooms at the Niagara Falls Hotel, that they should live

Cast: William Russell (Richard Chester), Winifred Westover (Nora separately and meet only on Wednesday evenings, as they did while Ellis), J. Morris Foster (Everard Peck), Hayward Mack (Charles courting. After Warren fails to secure a large order, his boss Randolph

Renalls). Graham, who disapproves of Warren’s idea, fires him. When Warren finds

Comedy-drama. Richard Chester, a bachelor who has lost everything in a baby sock in Betty’s workbasket, he assumes that she is pregnant and is a poker game, blunders into the apartment of Nora Ellis, who has just inspired to make the sale. His boss reinstates him, but Warren subsequently

inherited a fortune under the stipulation that she marry immediately. learns that the sock is for the laundress’ baby. Meanwhile, a fellow Assuming the name Chester Dick, Richard marries Nora and leaves. salesman comes to live with Warren, and Betty invites a friend, Ethel Unaware of this marriage of convenience, Charles Renalls, Nora’s suitor, Goodwin, to share her flat. After Betty’s mother, who also disapproves of later assumes that her wealth is the only impediment to their union and their living situation, finds Warren mistakenly preparing for bed with conspires to ruin her on the market. Upon learning of his scheme, Richard Ethel, and Warren finds Betty in pajamas in the bedroom with his friend,

ruins Charles. Nora falls in love with Richard, not recognizing her Warren admits that his idea was all wrong. Marriage. Salesmen. benefactor as her husband of an evening. Hoping to spoil Richard’s chances Employers. Honeymoons. Infants. Laundresses. Mistaken identity. with Nora, Charles tells her that Richard is already married and that he Mothers-in-law. Niagara Falls.

carries his wife’s picture in his pocket. To her surprise and delight, Nora ETR 24 May 1919, p. 1937. Var 16 May 1919, p. 56.

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ALLIES AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG ey x iy tole p. fe we hh z rs we re p. . Horton (Jane Sheldon), Ed Brady (Zeb Sawyer), Sidney De Gray

NYMT 18M y 0 Yee Pale (John Caruthers), Gus Saville (Jasper Stagg).

Comedy/Rural. Homely schoolteacher Sam Lyman arrives from New

England to settle in the Mississippi Valley town of Old Ebenezer, Arkansas

ALLIES see THE ROAD TO FRANCE while he studies law. During a game of forfeits given at the annual town | social by Banker McElwyn, the richest man in town, Sam marries the ALMA, WHERE DO YOU LIVE? F 1.0069 banker’s daughter Eva, the prettiest girl in town, in a mock ceremony. The Newfields Producing Corp. Dist State Rights. Jul 1917. 6 reels. couple later discovers that the marriage is legal and Sam offers to bow out,

Dir Hal Clarendon. but Eva, who does not want to marry her father’s choice, Zeb Sawyer, a Source: Based on the musical comedy Alma, Where Do You Live? rich mule dealer, persuades Sam to continue the marriage in name only. adapted by George V. Hobart from the French text of Paul Harve; music —_ After Sam withstands slander from Zeb and McElwyn, they send night

by Jean Briquet (New York, 26 Sep 1910). riders to horsewhip Sam and run him out of town, but he remains. When

Cast: Ruth MacTammany (Alma), George Larkin (Gaston Duval), Jack Zeb launches a run on McElwyn’s bank, Sam saves it by depositing money Newton (Pierre Dufour), John Webb Dillon (Count Laidslaw), Frank _he receives from writing a novel and bags marked $20,000, which are filled McNish (Theobold Martin), Walter Mack (Anatole Peach), Mattie — with horse shoes. Afterward, Eva refuses to have the marriage annulled.

Keene, Marian Kinmaird, George Gaston, Joseph Phillips. Arkansas. Marriage-Fake. Marriage—-Forced by circumstances. Rural life. Comedy. Alma, an actress, meets artist Gaston Duval while horseback Bankers. Hoaxes. Law students. Novelists. Schoolteachers. Slander.

riding, and they instantly fall in love. Gaston paints a portrait of Alma in ETR 25 Oct 1919, p. 1797. NYT 13 Oct 1919, p. 16. an Egyptian costume which she wears for her leading role in her current MPN 25 Oct 1919, p. 3198. Var 17 Oct 1919, p. 63. play. Meanwhile, Anatole Peach’s eccentric relative wills him one million MPW 20 Dec 1919, p. 1014. Wid's 19 Oct 1919, p. 11. dollars, provided that he does not make love or propose to a woman before

he turns twenty-one, in which case the money will go to Theobold Martin. . ALMOST MARRIED | F1.0072

Alma is hired by Martin to induce Peach to propose to her, which he nearly Metro Pictures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 2 Jun 1919 [OMetro does. When Gaston learns that Alma has been flirting with Peach, he joins | Pictures Corp.; 10 Jun 1919; LP13838]. 5 reels. the army. Before leaving for the front, Gaston invites his soldier friends to Supv Maxwell Karger. Dir Charles Swickard. Scen June Mathis and

a farewell party. Alma dons a khaki uniform and attends the party Luther A. Reed. Story E. V. Durling. Cam William E. Fildew. | incognito. She boasts to Gaston of her sweetheart Alma, and a fight ensues. Cast: May Allison (Adrienne Le Blanc), Walter |. Percival — Escaping the commotion, she destroys the portrait. The next day she | (Carrington O'Connell), Frank Currier (Michael O'Connell), Harry realizes her mistake and poses in place of her portrait for Gaston’s friends, | Rattenbury (Papa Le Blanc), James Wharton James (Hastings), Hugh

, after which she and Gaston embrace. Actors and actresses. Inheritance. Fay (Manny Morrison). . Jealousy. Male impersonation. Painters. Duplicity. Fights. Military Comedy. Adrienne Le Blanc, a Swiss songstress who entertains Alpine

enlistment. Parties. Portraits. Soldiers. World War I. travelers in her parent’s inn, is courted by Carrington O’Connell, a young Note: The popular song “Alma, Where Do You Live?” was from the play. The American traveling with an English social advisor to acquire polish. After lyrics were by George V. Hobart and the music was by Adolph Philipp, who in 1919 Adrienne falls in love with Carrington, his advisor cautions against such

planned to direct another film based on the play. Some sources state that Philipp a socially inadvisable match, and Carrington leaves with just a note of

wrote the play. Monopol Pictures Corp. re-released the film in Jan 1920. explanation. Adrienne accepts a contract from vaudeville agent Manny

| AUR ; Aue 1917 is ae pw » we i990, P326-27, 814. Morrison to appear in an American music hall, but she fails because she MPN 4 Aug 1917, p. 864. MPW 7 Feb 1920, p. 934. appears in too much clothing. When Adrienne next performs at the roof MPN 18 Aug 1917, p. 1118. Var 13 Jun 1919, p. 52. top Follies in a scanty costume, Carrington’s father Michael, a self-made wealthy man, insists on an introduction. After Michael learns about the

THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR F1.0070 European episode, he and Adrienne, to upset Carrington, pretend to marry. Paragon Films, Inc. Dist World Film Corp. 4 Sep 1916 [©World Film | Carrington pursues them on their “honeymoon.” After overhearing their |

Corp.; 2 Sep 1916; LU9046]. 5 reels. plotting, Carrington convinces his friend s wife to pose as his fiancée. When Pres William A. Brady. Dir Robert Thornby. Scen Eugenie Magnus his friend objects to Carrington S vigorous lovemaking, Carrington finally

Ingleton. Story Eugenie Magnus Ingleton. Cam Lucien Andriot. gives up his desire for polish and admits that he wants only to marry Cast: June Elvidge (Nan Lorimer), Frances Nelson (Masie Lorimer), Adrienne. Cultural conflict. Etiquette. Hoaxes. impersonation and George Anderson (Dr. Thornton), E. K. Lincoln (John Harwood), Miss imposture. Alps. Americans in foreign countries. English. Father-son

Humphries, Deborah Nanson, J. Jackson Meredith. relationship. Follies. Inns. Singers. Swiss. Vaudevillians.

. . reviewed under the title The Great Match.

Drama. Nan Lorimer promises her dying mother that she will protect her Note: The working title for this film was His Father's Wife. It may have been

younger sister Masie, but the latter nonetheless prey 14 to theJun ; . .falls ETR

1919, p. 131. Var 6 Jun 1919, p. 29.

unscrupulous Dr. Thornton and secretly meets him. One evening, Masie MPN 14 Jun 1919, p. 4024, 4034. Wid's 8 Jun 1919, p. 4. is rescued from a New York subway disaster by wealthy miner John MPW 14 Jun 1919, p. 1687. Harwood, who courts and marries her. Although John deeply loves Masie,

he neglects her for his work, and she eventually renews her friendship with ALOHA OF F1.0073 Thornton, agreeing to visit his apartment. Thornton is attacking Masie New York Motion Picture Corp.; Kay-Bee. Dist Triangle Film Corp. 12 when Nan arrives to save her, but just then John appears and demands to —— Dec 1915 [©Triangle Film Corp.; 18 Nov 1915; LU6989. ©Triangle Film

see his wife. To salvage Masie’s marriage, Nan claims to be Thornton’s Corp.; 12 Dec 1915; LP10895]. 5 reels, 4,862 ft. sweetheart, whereupon John quietly departs. Nan’s fiancé Allen, having Supv Thomas H. Ince. Prod Thomas H. Ince. Dir Richard Stanton and overheard everything, thrashes Thornton and then embraces Masie’s brave Charles Swickard. Scen J. G. Hawks and Thomas H. Ince. Musical elder sister. Miners. New York City. Pledges. Rakes. Sisters. Attempted accompaniment arranged and adapted by J. E. Nurnberger.

rape. Fights. Neglected wives. Physicians. Self-sacrifice. Subway Cast: Willard Mack (David Harmon), Enid Markey (Kalaniweo),

accidents. Margaret Thompson (Doris Keith), Frank Borzage, J. Frank Burke, J. Motog 2 Sep 1916, p. 563. Var 25 Aug 1916, p. 24. Barney Sherry.

MPW 9 Sep 1916, p. 1683, 1753-54. Wid's 31 Aug 1916, p. 821. Drama. David Harmon, a brilliant San Francisco lawyer who relies on liquor to settle his nerves, wins a murder case and disappears. After he is

ALMOST A HUSBAND F1.0071 found at a cheap lodging house, his fiancée, Doris Keith, and two friends, Goldwyn Pictures Corp. Dist Goldwyn Distributing Corp. 13 Oct Dr. John Hawley, a specialist in nervous disorders, and James McNeal, a 1919 [OGoldwyn Pictures Corp.; 30 Aug 1919; LP14139]. 5 reels, 4,818 | ship owner, convince him to take a cruise. David survives a shipwreck and

ft. | becomes a derelict on a Polynesian island. After assaulting some natives Dir Clarence G. Badger. Cam Norbert Brodin and Marcel A. Le Picard. for liquor, he escapes to a mountain village, where he rescues Kalaniweo,

Source: Based on the novel Old Ebenezer by Opie Percival Read the chief's daughter, from being sacrificed to avert a volcanic eruption.

(Chicago, 1897). Thought to be the son of the deity in the volcano, David lives happily with Cast: Will Rogers (Sam Lyman), Peggy Wood (Eva McElwyn), Cullen Kalaniweo, until he remembers his past and returns. After seeing that Landis (Jerry Wilson), Herbert Standing (Banker McElwyn), Clara Doris has married Hawley, David enters a waterfront saloon, where he

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 AMARILLY OF CLOTHES-LINE ALLEY hears the song “Aloha Oe,” and remembers his happy life. He wins a brawl lawyer before he is entrusted with the Danton fortune. When Perry’s and returns to the island in time to save Kalaniweo, who tried to sacrifice fiancee Camilla mistakes criminal Slim Attucks for Perry, Attucks realizes herself again so that he would reappear. They now live happily with their that he can take advantage of the resemblance and concocts an elaborate baby. Castaways. Derelicts. Lawyers. Polynesia. Regeneration. Tribal life. plan, installing his cohorts in positions close to the Dantons. He then has

Amnesia. Fights. Human sacrifice. Mistaken identity. Physicians. Perry shanghaied onto a steamer bound for Honolulu. Taking over Perry’s Rescues. Saloons. San Francisco. Shipowners. Shipwrecks. Tribal chiefs. job and fiancée, Attucks soon becomes so familiar with Perry’s affairs that Note: One of the copyright entries for this film lists J. G. Hawks only as the author Perry can make no one believe his story when he returns. After enlisting

of the story. The other copyright entry lists both Hawks and Thomas H. Ince. the aid of the editor of a major newspaper, Perry confronts his double in According to modern sources, Gilbert P. Hamilton may have directed this film. The the lawyer’s office, where a test is administered that supports Attucks’ film opened in New York on 10 Nov 1915. The song “Aloha Oe” was written by — claim, thanks to Perry’s feeble knowledge of his own affairs. Perry is

Liliukalani, Queen of Hawaii, in 1878. , . . Motog 20 Nov 1915, p. 1079. MPW 4 Dec 1915, p. 1910. . . ’ spotted by a banker whom Attucks had previously robbed and is Motog 18 Dec 1915, p. 1310. NYDM 13 Nov 1915, p. 28. subsequently arrested, but a reporter who believes Perry’s story arranges

MPN 20 Nov 1915, p. 83. Var 12 Nov 1915, p. 22. for his release and for yet another confrontation, this time in Perry’s home.

MPW 13 Nov 1915, p. 1322. All the evidence points against Perry until his dog recognizes his true

master, exposing Attucks’ charade. Camilla tells Perry that she has known

ALONE IN NEW YORK F1.0074 of the deception for some time, but that she would not speak up until Perry Mittenthal Film Co. Dist Warner’s Features, Inc. Sep 1914. 5 reels. had proved true to the Danton motto: “Always Audacious.” Criminals.

Cast: Mr. Standing. Doubles. Impersonation and imposture. Irresponsibility. Abduction. Drama/Crime. No precise information is known about the plot of this Dogs. Reporters. San Francisco.

film which generally concerned a New York City policeman’s activities _ Note: Williams’ story was published in novel form in New York in 1924 under the

during an adventurous case. New York City. Policemen. title Audacity.

Note: An ad in MPW for this film mentions a “celebrated actor Mr. Standing” who hpN 0 NY ren P. s80, pw NO 1900 P. 434

Percy Standing or Wyndham Standing. ALWAYS IN THE WAY F 1.0077

stars in the film. This could be Sir Guy Standing, Herbert Standing, Jack Standing, MPW 30 Oct 1920. ,, 1279. Var 12 Nov 1920. e. 36.

MPW 29 Aug 1914, p. 1190. Var 8 Jan 1915, p. 23.

THE ALSTER CASE F1.0075 pee Art Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 21 Jun 1915 [OMetro ; , ; ictures Corp.; 21Film JunCorp. 1915; LP6483]. 6 reels. Mie Coy oie 5 LPIO0IL § peels 6 Dec 1915 [OEssanay Film Dir J. Searle Dawley. Scen Charles K. Harris. Cam Irvin Willat. Dir J. Charles Haydon. Cam Arthur E. Reeves and Jackson J. Rose. (903) Inspired by the song “Always in the Way” by Charles K. Harris Source: Based on the novel The Alster Case by Rufus Gillmore (New Cast: Mary Miles Minter (Dorothy North), Ethelmary Oakland

York, 1914). (Dorothy North, age four), Lowell Sherman (Winfred North), Edna M. Cast: Bryant Washburn (George Swan), John H. Cossar (Trask), Ruth Holland (Mrs. Helen Stillwell), Mabel B. Green (May Stillwell), Harold

Stonehouse (Beatrice), Anne Leigh (May Walsh), Louise Crolius Meltzer (Alan Stillwell), James Riley (Harry Blake), Arthur Evers (Cornelia Alster), Betty Scott (Linda), Arthur W. Bates (Keith), Roderick — (Reverend Goodwin), Charlotte Shelby (Mrs. Goodwin), Hal Clarendon

LaRocque (Allen Longstreet), Beatrice Styler (Agnes). (John Armstrong), Franklin B. Coates (Robert Armstrong), Harry Mystery/Detective. Cornelia Alster, an eccentric, wealthy spinster, Blakemore (Zulu chief), Boots Wall. withdraws her business from a firm of lawyers and secretly names George Drama. Dorothy, the four-year-old daughter of wealthy lawyer Winfred Swan, a young clerk in the firm, as executor of her estate. That evening, North, longs for her deceased mother. Too busy to attend his child’s needs, she attends the theater with Swan and, upon arriving home, notices hertwo — Winfred marries Helen Stillwell, a widow with two children, but Helen, wards, Beatrice and Linda, entertaining two men. Beatrice is talking with while lavishing attention on her own children, treats Dorothy as if she is her sweetheart, Allen Longstreet, a young inventor, while Linda is arguing always in the way. Dorothy runs away, and when missionaries Reverend with Keith, the butler, who is attempting to blackmail her. When they hear and Mrs. Goodwin find her, Helen denies knowing Dorothy so that her own Miss Alster approach, the girls hide the men in their rooms. Miss Alster children will inherit Winfred’s wealth. After Dorothy accompanies her new threatens to throw the girls out the next day and spies on the two couples, parents to Africa, Helen tells Winfred that Dorothy has been lost. His but fails to identify the men. The next morning, she is found dead, and efforts to recover his missing daughter prove fruitless, and Dorothy grows

Trask, a celebrated private detective, is engaged by Swan. Trask up in Africa teaching Christianity to the natives. When she is fifteen-yearsinvestigates clues leading him to suspect and then exonerate the girls, old, her stepparents are slain by Zulus. Dorothy is separated from her Longstreet, the butler and the maid. When he remembers that Swan sweetheart, prospector John Armstrong, and with a servant’s help, she announced the murder before anyone told him about it, Swan confesses boards a steamer to America. John pursues Dorothy to New York and that he killed Miss Alster to save the reputations of the girls, whom he discovers her true parentage. He then finds her working in a flower shop hopelessly loved. Detectives. Murder. Reputation. Spinsters. Wards and and reunites her with her father, who denounces Helen. Africa. Children.

guardians. Blackmail. Butlers. Inventors. Law clerks. Missing persons. Missionaries. Runaways. Stepdaughters. Adoption. Note: This film was re-released by Victor Kremer Film Features in 1920 to the state Florists. Inheritance. Lawyers. Prospectors. Reunions. Widows. Zulus.

rights market. . Note: Some scenes in this film were shot in Bermuda.

Motog 20 Nov 1915, p. 1062. MPW 4 Dec 1915, p. 1845, 1912. Motog 10 Jul 1915, pp. 71-72, 93. MPW 24 Jul 1915, p. 732.

Motog 4 Dec 1915, p. 1191, 1212. NYDM 11 Dec 1915, p. 28. MPN 10 Jul 1915, p. 75. NYDM _30 Jun 1915, p. 32.

MPN 6 Nov 1915, p. 63. Var 10 Dec 1915, p. 21. MPW 10 Jul 1915, pp. 318-19. MPN 18 Dec 1915, p. 43, 91.

AMARILLY OF CLOTHES-LINE ALLEY F 1.0078

ALWAYS AUDACIOUS F'1.0076 Mary Pickford Film Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; An

Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; — Artcraft Picture. 11 Mar 1918 [©Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; 2 Mar

Paramount Pictures. 14 Nov 1920 [©Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; 10 Oct 1918; LP12142]. 5 reels.

1920; LP15710}. 5-6 reels, 5,101 ft. Pres Adolph Zukor. Dir Marshall A. Neilan. Asst dir Nat Deverich. Pres Jesse L. Lasky. Dir James Cruze. Asst dir Cullen Tate. Scen Tom — Adapted by Frances Marion. Cam Walter Stradling. Art dir Wilfred

J. Geraghty. Cam C. Edgar Schoenbaum. Asst cam Karl Brown. Art Buckland.

dir Wilfred Buckland. Source: Based on the novel Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley by Belle K. Source: Based on the short story “Toujours de ’audace” by Ben Ames Maniates (Boston, 1915). .

Williams in The Saturday Evening Post (3 Jan-17 Jan 1920). Cast: Mary Pickford (Amarilly Jenkins), William Scott (Terry Cast: Wallace Reid (Perry Danton/Slim Attucks), Margaret Loomis McGowen), Norman Kerry (Gordon Phillips), \da Waterman (Mrs. (Camilla Hoyt), Clarence Geldart (Theron Ammidown), J. M. Dumont Stuyvesant Phillips), Margaret Landis (Colette King), Kate Price (Jerry the Gent), Rhea Haines (Denver Kate), Carmen Phillips (Molly the (Mrs. Jenkins), Tom Wilson (Boscoe McCarty), Fred Goodwins Eel), Guy Oliver (Martin Green), Fannie Midgely (Mrs. Rumson). (Johnny Walker), Herbert Standing (Father Riordan), Wesley Barry, Drama. Perry Danton, the irresponsible scion of an important San Frank Butterworth, Antrim Short, George Hackathorne (Amarilly’s Francisco family, must prove his worth by taking a job with the family brothers), Gertrude Short.

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THE AMATEUR ADVENTURESS AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Comedy. In the tenements of Clothes-Line Alley, bartender Terry Note: Famous Players-Lasky announced the film as a 1920 release, but reviews of

McGowan courts cigarette girl Amavilly Jenkins. When wealthy sculptor hl donot apes uni 1921: ed in the 4F1 Caalog of Feature Films Gordon Phillips is injured in a brawl at her café, Amarilly takes him to her at the Morosco Studios in Los Angeles.

flat where her mother, an Irish laundress, tends his wounds. In gratitude, MPW 28 May 1921, p. 429. Var 4 Feb 1921, p. 43. he hires Amarilly to clean his studio. Gordon’s aunt, Mrs. Stuyvesant

Phillips, hoping to make Amarilly the subject of a social experiment, takes AN AMATEUR ORPHAN F1.0081 the girl into her palatial home. To her consternation, Mrs. Phillips realizes Thanhouser Film Corp. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc. 3 Jun 1917. 5 reels that Gordon is falling in love with Amarilly. To illustrate the folly of such Dir Van Dyke Brooke Scen Agnes C Johnston Cam George Webber.

an alliance, Mrs. Phillips invites the entire Jenkins family to tea, where Cast: Gladys Leslie (Marcia Schuyler) Isabel Vernon (“Quincy”), Mrs. Jenkins performs a lively jig with the butler. Amarilly and Gordon Thomas A. Curran (Marcia’s father), Jean Armour (Her mother) Chester

discover that they are not made for each other, and Amarilly returns to Morris (Dick), Ray Hallor (Dave Benton), Justus Barnes. (Dave's Terry and true happiness. Aunts. Cigarette girls. Class distinction. father), Carey L. Hastings, Grace De Carlton. Sculptors. Tenements. Bartenders. Butlers. Dancing. Experiments. Irish Comedy-drama. Marcia Schuyler, the daughter of wealthy parents, is

Americans. Laundresses. Nursing back to health. watched over by Quincy, her strict governess. When Marcia’s parents leave

OR 1 ie Ie is 0 NN DM ° ve ole is whew for Japan, Quincy is instructed to send the girl to boarding school, but MPN 23 Mar 1918, p. 1299, 1762. Var 8 Mar 1918, p. 41. Marcia, longing for freedom, instead switches places with Quincy’s niece MPW 9 Mar 1918, p. 1412. Wid’'s 21 Mar 1918, pp. 1018-19. who is on her way to an orphanage. Marcia is adopted by Farmer Benton,

and her cheerful presence soon changes the mood of the household as

THE AMATEUR ADVENTURESS F 1.0079 Farmer Benton loses some of his harshness and his son Dave develops from Metro Pictures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp.; All-Star Series. 28 Apr 4 black sheep to an ambitious young man. Upon learning of her parents’ 1919 or 5 May 1919 [©Metro Pictures Corp.; 17 May 1919; LP13721]. 5 return and their frantic search for her, Marcia arranges for Dave to take

reels. her back to the city and receive the reward offered for her return. Dave Supv Maxwell Karger. Prod Maxwell Karger. Dir Henry Otto. Scen remains in the city, taking a job in an office, and when he asks Marcia to

June Mathis and Luther A. Reed. Cam Arthur Martinelli. be his bride, she consents on the condition that they return to the carefree Source: Based on the short story “The Amateur Adventuress” by country life. Adoption. City-country contrast. Farmers. Impersonation and

Thomas Edgelow in Young’s Magazine (Oct 1918). imposture. Boarding schools. Governesses. Nieces. Orphanages. Cast: Emmy Wehlen (Norma Wood), Allan Sears (Oliver Morley), Rewards. ; Eugene Pallette (George Goodie), William V. Mong (William ETR 26 May 1917, p. 1748. MPW 9 Jun 1917, p. 1665.

Claxtonbury), Marion Skinner (Mrs. Claxtonbury), Lucille Ward iyi ne a aT eT . ace wae May i917, is 309.

(Mrs. Sentel), Victor Potel (Gregory Charles Sentel), Rosemary Theby (Flossie), Bonnie Hill. Comedy /Social. William Claxtonbury, the elderly, lecherous head of the ANAM tte C orp. Dist W orld Film Corp. 26 May 1919 lOWorld Filia

Working Girls’ Welfare Association, flirts with his pretty clients and gives Corp.; 19 May 1919: LU13786]. 5 reels. plainer applicants an inspirational pamphlet. Claxtonbury’s stenographer, Dir Oscar Apfel. Story Joseph Franklin Poland. Cam Max Schneider. Norma Wood, is engaged to George Goodie, a sanctimonius, miserly clerk, Cast: Zena Keefe (Rhoda Canby), Hugh Dillman (Irving Mason), Jack

who looks forward to her continued employment after their marriage. Drumier (James Potter) William Black (Stanley Potter) Pauline Determined to have a fling at life, Norma walks out on Goodie and charges Dempsey (Aunt Chloe) ‘Mary B. Davis (Aunt Elizabeth) , Eugenie a number of gowns to Claxtonbury. In her finery she visits a restaurant, Woodward (Cousin Hepzibah) Florence Ashbrooke (Mrs. Green)

where she meets Oliver Morley. Oliver’s sister, Mrs. Sentel, a wealthy Charles Hartley (Uncle Silas), Charles Ascott (Jed). °

widow whose two passions in life are her son Gregory and “the movies,” Comedy. Heiress Rhoda Canby is badgered by her eccentric relatives, hires Norma for $5 000 to lure Gregory from his portly sweetheart, a Uncle Silas, Aunt Elizabeth and Cousin Hepzibah. She falls in love with delicatessen owner's daughter. Using Ups found in How to Win a Man in writer Irving Mason, who, believing Rhoda to be the heiress’ secretary, 48 Hours, written by a “picture vamp, Norma succeeds and Gregory courts her as chauffeur “Henry Smith.” Accompanied by her black nurse, proposes to her. Norma, however, realizes that she has fallen in love with Aunt Chloe, Rhoda runs away from home. Irving, meanwhile, is Oliver and confesses all to him. Her love is reciprocated and Norma and shanghaied. Upon reading the obituary of supposed suicide Irving Mason, Oliver plan to marry. Adventuresses. Flirtation. Motion picture fans. Rhoda assumes the role of the widow and visits his home town. There she Clerks. Clothes. Lechery. Mother-son relationship. Secretaries. Thrill is befriended by Irving’s uncles and goes to work in the family’s general

seeking. Welfare. Widows. store. Irving escapes his captors and surreptitiously returns home, but is tN 0 May ire en y, , W 4 May iol9 is aie surprised to find himself presumed dead and Rhoda his widow. When the oo. _— family store catches fire, Irving saves Rhoda. Their true identities revealed, Rhoda and Irving marry. /mpersonation and imposture. Missing persons, AN AMATEUR DEVIL F'1.0080 assumed dead. Mistaken identity. Runaways. Shanghaiing. ‘Authors, Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Escapes. Fires. General stores. Heiresses. Rescues. Widows. Paramount Pictures. 19 Dec 1920 [©Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; 12 Nov Note: The working title for this film was Relations. Evelyn Greeley was scheduled

1920; LP15799]. 5 reels, 4,464 ft. to star in the film.

Dir Maurice Campbell. Scen Douglas Bronston. Cam H. Kinley Martin. ETR 24 May 1919, p. 1929. Var 16 May 1919, p. 56. Source: Based on the short story “Wanted: A Blemish” by Jessie E. MPW 24 May 1919, p. 1227. Wid's 18 May 1919, p. 27. Henderson and Henry J. Buxton in Ainslee’s Magazine (Feb 1919).

Cast: Bryant Washburn (Carver Endicott, Jr.), Ann May (Margaret THE AMATEUR WIFE F1.0083

Bedford), Charles Wyngate (Carver Endicott, Sr.), Christine Mayo Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; (Maybelle de Neville), Sidney Bracey (Hopkins), Norris Johnson —Paramount-Artcraft Pictures. 22 Feb 1920 [©Famous Players-Lasky (Mary), Graham Pettie (Farmer Brown), Anna Hernandez (Mrs. Corp.; 12 Feb 1920; LP14755]. 6 reels, 5,358 ft.

Brown). Pres Adolph Zukor. Dir Edward Dillon. Scen Jane Murfin. Cam Hal Comedy /Society. Carver Endicott, a young sophisticate, is rejected by Young. Art dir Charles Osborn Seessel. his fiancée for being too foppish and dull. When she feigns an interest in Source: Based on the short story “Miss Antique” by Nalbro Bartley in his father, Carver attempts to disgrace his family name by working as a Snappy Stories (1 Jan 1919). farmhand and later as a busboy in a hotel. However, the newspapers only Cast: Irene Castle (Justine Spencer), William P. Carleton (Cosmo

praise him for his self-sacrificing principles; and finding that he cannot Spotiswood), Arthur Rankin (Billy Ferris), S. J. Warrington bring shame to the family through menial labor, he takes up with a (Randolph Ferguson), A. Saskin (Oliver Ferris), Augusta Anderson notorious actress. But when this maneuver also fails, he returns to his (Dodo Spencer), Mrs. Charles Dewey (Loti), Ellen Olson (Sara).

former fiancée, who has no further complaint about his being an Drama. Her education in a French convent school completed, plain inexperienced dullard. Dandies. Reputation. Actors and actresses. Justine Spencer returns to New York. There she is shocked to discover that

Busboys. Farmers. . her mother Dodo is a flamboyant musical comedy actress with many male 18

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE AMAZONS admirers. Dodo, on the other hand, is dismayed to find Justine priggish and dead. War injuries. Wives. Blackmail. Cabarets. Cousins. Disabled dowdy. One of Dodo’s suitors is Billy Ferris, who, in a fit of jealousy, persons. Fights. Marriage-Forced by circumstances. Mother-daughter murders her and slays himself. Out of pity, Cosmo Spotiswood, another relationship. Murder. admirer of Dodo, marries Justine, but soon tires of his platonic marriage MPN Is Mar 1919, p. 1701 , MPw Is Mar 1919, p. ! 528.

and leaves for Europe. Upon his return, Cosmo finds Justine transformed. ara Pee ar ara’ P. be Under the tutelage of Dodo’s maid Loti, she has bobbed her hair and MPN 5 Apr 1919, pp. 2129-30. Wid's 9 Mar 1919, p. 25.

donned fashionable apparel. Thus changed, Justine is surrounded by suitors. Stung by jealousy, Cosmo falls in love with his sophisticated wife. Marriage-Companionate. Mother-daughter relationship. Transformation.

Actors and actresses. Jealousy. Maids. Murder. New York City. Suicide. THE AMAZING WOMAN , , - oo, F'1.0086 Note: Reviews credit William P. Carleton with acting in this film, while the 1921 Lloyd Carleton Productions. Dist Republic Distributing Corp. Jan

MPSD gives credit to William T. Carleton. 1920 [OLloyd Carleton Productions.; 14 Jan 1920; LU14636]. 5 reels.

ETR 6 Mar 1920, p. 1444, MPW 6 Mar 1920, p. 1683. Pres Lewis J. Selznick. Prod Lloyd B. Carleton. Dir John G. Adolfi. MPN 20 Mar 1920, p. 2779. Var 30 Apr 1920, pp. 43-44. Story Henry Christeen Warnack. Cam Fred G. Hartman. MPN 8 May 1920, p. 4068. Wid's 2 May 1920, p. 12. Cast: Edward Coxen (Ralph Strong), Ruth Clifford (Anitra Frane), Andrew Robson (John Strong), Richard Morris (Gaston Duval), Mrs.

THE AMAZING IMPOSTOR F 1.0084 Orlamonde (Anitra’s mother).

American Film Co. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc. 2 Feb 1919 [©American Drama. While vacationing at a hunting lodge, Ralph Strong, a recent

Film Co., Inc.; 30 Jan 1919; LP13364]. 5 reels. medical school graduate, meets Anitra Frane. Their courtship is Dir Lloyd Ingraham. Scen Frank Howard Clark. Story Joseph Franklin interrupted when the United States enters World War I and Ralph offers Poland. his medical assistance. Anitra, who has not been able to develop her Cast: Mary Miles Minter (Joan Hope), Edward Jobson (Plinius Plumm beautiful singing voice in the country, goes with Ralph’s father John to the

Plunkett), Margaret Shelby (Countess of Crex), Carl Stockdale city as his mistress so that she can pursue a singing career. After John (Robert La Rue), Allan Forrest (Kent Standish), Henry Barrows refuses to marry her and sends her a check, Anitra becomes known as the (Herbert Thornton), George Periolat (Henry Hope), Demetrius Mitsoras seductress “The Flame,” and decides to build a free clinic for children with

(Mike), John Gough (/ke). money she gets from ultra-rich men. When Ralph’s dissolute friend,

Comedy. Joan Hope, the romantic daughter ofa chewing gum magnate, Gaston Duval, kills himself because Anitra will not marry him, Ralph is shamed by the vulgarity of her father’s profession. On a train trip, she | Vengefully vows to find “The Flame.” After Anitra convinces him instead encounters the Countess of Crex, a Russian noblewoman. Dazzled by her __ t0 enter politics to cleanse the city of sin, Ralph is elected mayor. When title and unaware that the countess is really a jewel thief, Joan agrees to he introduces his father to Anitra, she faints. After John has a heart attack change places with her by exchanging checkbooks and purses. Asa result, | 4nd dies, Anitra confesses that she is “The Flame.” Ralph says that he loves Joan finds herself in possession of the countess’ booty, a diamond necklace, her and that they should strive together for a better future. Reputation. while the countess holds in its place a box of gum. In her role of the Vamps. Mayors. Mistresses. Philanthropy. Physicians. Singers. Suicide. Countess of Crex, Joan is pursued by a gang led by Robert La Rue, who —- World War |.

Aug 1916, pp. 996-97.

cam Richard Fryer and Jacques Monteran. Elec Max Mayer and Joseph

Ellsner. Musical accompaniment, incidental music by Manuel Klein. AMERICA WAS RIGHT F1.0092 Source: Based on a musical play conceived and invented by Arthur Dist Hiram Abrams? 1919? 6 reels.

Voegtlin, book by John P. Wilson, music and lyrics by Manuel Klein (New War drama/World War I. August Holtz, a wealthy German-American

York, 30 Aug 1913). baker, contributes money to Germany in the early days of World War | Cast: Bert Shepherd, The Australian Wood Choppers, The Phyllis and refuses to let his son George fight for the Allies. While George works

Equestrians, Arthur Voegtlin, William J. Wilson. on a new explosive for America, his sister Minna becomes a nurse for the Adventure. After photographs of Arthur Voegtlin, William J. Wilson, Allies, and his friend Ned, Minna’s sweetheart, joins the Canadian army. and members of the technical staff are shown, a list of persons connected Ned is killed and Minna raped by German soldiers, and Ned’s sister Jean with the spectacle are presented. Next, interior portions of the Hippodrome = joins the American Secret Service to avenge Ned’s death. Meanwhile, Theater in New York City are shown, followed by a dramatization of the | German agents in America, failing to buy George’s explosives formula, landing of Christopher Columbus. The story begins as a traitor steals plans Steal some of the explosives and blow up a factory. Jean discovers that for the fortification of the Panama Canal from Lieutenant Frank Forsythe. George’s explosives were used for the job, and George, believing that his Pursued by government agents, the traitor visits many locations familiar father gave the explosives to the Germans, leaves home and joins the

to Americans, among them a levee in New Orleans, a pueblo in New Marines. When Minna returns home with her illegitimate child, Holtz Mexico and the Grand Canyon. Several novelty acts are also included, such _ finally embraces the Allied cause and is reunited with George before the

as Bert Shepherd and his whip tricks, The Phyllis Equestrians, and The boy marches to war. Explosives. Filial relations. German Americans. Australian Wood Choppers. Government agents. Hippodrome Theater Germany. Army. Transformation. World War |. Bakers and bakeries. (New York City). Panama Canal. Traitors. Vaudevillians. Christopher | Canada. Army. Foreign agents. Illegitimacy. Nurses. Rape. Revenge.

Columbus. Grand Canyon. New Mexico. New Orleans. Secret Service. United States. Marine Corps. War victims.

Note: The stage production was presented by Lee Shubert and Jacob J. Shubert Note: It is unclear whether this film was ever released to theaters under this or any and staged by William J. Wilson. According to contemporary reviews, the film was other title. Information about the film comes from the Community Motion Picture a reproduction of the original stage production presented at the Hippodrome Theater Bureau's records, which state that the film’s battle scenes were badly edited from

in New York. Sources also indicate that the cast was taken from the stage earlier footage.

presentation as well.

MPW 9 May 1914, p. 805. Var 10 Oct 1914, p. 31. AMERICAN ARISTOCRACY F1.0093

NYDM — 14 Oct 1914, p. 31. Fine Arts Film Co. Dist Triangle Film Corp. Nov 1916. 5 reels. gie12Pp Dir Lloyd Ingraham. Story Anita Loos.

AMERICA FIRST see LAFAYETTE, WE COME! Cast: Douglas Fairbanks (Cassius Lee), Jewel Carmen (Geraldine Hicks), Charles DeLima (Leander Hicks), Albert Parker (Percy Peck),

AMERICA IS READY F1.0090 Arthur Ortego.

Dist State Rights; M-C (Max Cohen) Film Co. Mar 1917. 5 reels. Comedy-drama/Society. On a field expedition to Narraport-by-the-Sea, Documentary/War preparedness. American military preparedness is Rhode Island, entomologist Cassius Lee is attracted to Geraldine Hicks,

illustrated by scenes of the U.S. armed forces at rest and in action. West the restless daughter of one of the wealthy industrialists who frequent the Point cadets, sailors and marines are represented, as is civil defense in resort. Malted milk manufacturer Percy Peck, who is wooing Geraldine, Plattsburgh, NY, with views of mess halls, target ranges and drill grounds. exploits his resemblance to Cassius by asking him to perform a daring stunt Cavalry, field artillery, the firing of coastal guns, exploding land and sea for which Percy will take the credit. While posing as Percy, however,

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE AMERICAN CONSUL Cassius learns that the malted milk king is in fact shipping gunpowder to assumes the care of Jane and Katherine, and Dutton and Cecile are Mexico illegally. Cassius is knocked out by Percy’s henchmen while reconciled. Child custody. Confession. Orphans. Parentage. Soldiers. investigating Percy’s factory, and Percy departs for Mexico, taking as Austrians. Engagements. Foreign agents. Letters. Marriage-Secret. captives Geraldine and her father, who have also learned of Percy’s treason. Sisters. : After alerting the authorities, Cassius pursues the boat in a hydroplane and Note: Many scenes of the film were shot in Georgia.

engages Percy’s gang in a battle that is resolved by the arrival of American ETR 16 Feb 1918, p. 909. MPW 27 Apr 1918, p. 594. armed forces. Geraldine and Cassius, now lovers, despair of getting her ETR 16 Mar 1918, p. 1230. | Var 5 Apr 1918, p. 46.

father’s permission to marry until an accidental discovery turns Cassius PW - “we ioe if oe Wid's 18 Apr 1918, p. 1078.

into an industrialist, and hence an eligible suitor. Entomologists. 0

Impersonation and imposture. Industrialists. Rhode Island. Traitors. Ammunition. Boats. Chases. Class distinction. Doubles. Hydroplanes. AMERICAN CATHOLICS IN WAR AND

Kidnapping. Malted milk manufacturers. Mexico. Resorts. | RECONSTRUCTION F1.0096

Note: Loos may have written the film’s scenario as well as its story. Contemporary Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp. 18 Jan reviews contradict existing prints of the film by giving the names of characters as 1920. 6 reels. Geraldine Hick, Leander Hick and Percy Horton. These reviews also give Delgado Documentary /World War I. The World War I war effort of American as the name of the character played by Arthur Ortego, but no such character name — Catholics is depicted, including the activities of the Knights of Columbus

eee m Ne oie ‘094 NYDM 28 Oct 1916. 0.26 and the National Catholic War Council, which was founded by Cardinal O08 ee eee ct ne P. Comedy-drama. Tomboy socialite Theodora Hayden, known to friends

Pres Jesse L. Lasky. Dir Cecil B. DeMille. as “Teddy,” is an amateur aviatrix and racing car enthusiast. Relishing her Source: Based on the play The Arab by Edgar Selwyn (New York, 20 freedom, Teddy spurns lawyer Gerry Rhinelander West, her childhood

Sep 1915). sweetheart, and runs away to Greenwich Village. There she meets model Cast: Edgar Selwyn (Jamil), Horace B. Carpenter (Sheik of El Ruby Joyce and Ruby’s lover, boxer “Gunboat” Dorgan. She becomes the

Khryssa), Milton Brown (Abdullah), Billy Elmer (Meshur), Sydney by the eet aadeaity, Tedd wo tries to beaten by cer. Infuriated brah j ies pier). Gertruce Ryan Pasha). Ravina r 4 rH ones misinterprets her gratitude. Gunboat kisses Teddy, who repulses him, then (Mysteri ou 5 messenger), Irvin S. Cobb (Tourist). , borrows her car and strikes another auto. After tracing the car to its owner Adventure. After the Bedouin sheik gives his son Jamil’s beautiful white Tedd Raval then aves'Teddy fon " njuries inflicted by Guantoats and Ruby forse to an enemy whom Jamil’s followers attacked on a holy day against sues her for alienation of Gunboat’s affection. When her family refuses to amil’s orders, the son leaves, vowing to retrieve the horse. Meanwhile, the help her, Teddy turns to Gerry. who settles the suits and wins her hand Sultan’s messenger sends word to Kyamil Pasha, the Turkish governor in Levsuite Law rors Tombovs y Automobile accidents. Boxers. New York

Syria, of plans to massacre local Christians. The governor, who loves Mary Ci ty_Greenwich Village p o ters Socialites . ilbert, a missionary s daughter, has given her Jamil’s horse, which he Note: The story “The Waffle Iron” was published with another story by Arthur ought. Fearing retribution from the American government, the governor Stringer entitled “The Lost Titian” in Twin Tales in 1921.

gets the Bedouins to invade, to put the blame on them, on the condition of ETR 20 Nov 1920, p. 2614. NYMT 31 Oct. 1920. the Bedouins that he bring Jamil home. Jamil discovers Mary riding his MPN 6 Nov 1920, p. 3624. Wid's 31 Oct 1920, p. 20. horse and, falling in love with her, offers to become a Christian. During MPW 6 Nov 1920, p. 111. the massacre, Jamil breaks into the castle where the governor has taken Mary for his harem and is forcing himself on her. The governor shoots ARE PASSIONS INHERITED? see INHERITED PASSIONS

Jamil and tries to blame Mary, but Jamil regains consciousness and relates ° the truth to Jamil’s vengeful Bedouins. Because the sheik has died, Jamil

assumes leadership, and although Mary leaves for America, she promises ARE THEY BORN OR MADE? F 1.0136 to return. Arabs. Bedouins. Christians. Conversion (religious). Massacres. Humanology Film Producing Co. Dist United Film Service (Warner’s

Provincial governors. Syria. Harems. Horses. Missionaries. Rape. Sheiks. Features). 11 Jan 1915. 4 reels. 29

ARE YOU A MASON? AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Dir Lawrence McGill. Scen Jack Rose. and blackmails June with accusations of bigamy. After Hearne learns of Drama/Social. Anthony Andrews, a New York gang leader and saloon the situation and thrashes Stark, the matter is brought to court, but the keeper known as “Andy,” leaves the slums to vacation in a small fishing Supreme Court decides in Stark’s favor. In a moment of frenzy, Hearne town. After he rescues Nellie, a farmer’s daughter, they marry against her tries to shoot Stark who, escaping the gunshot, falls in front of a passing father’s wishes. Upon returning to the city, Andy resumes his gangland automobile and is killed, leaving the Hearnes to continue their happy activities without Nellie’s knowledge, Heated rivalry develops between family life. Bigamy. Blackmail. Dissipation. Divorce. Marriage. Trials. Andy, who is campaigning for political boss Michael Hogan, and Joe —_ United States. Supreme Court. Accidental death. Attempted murder. Martin, the leader of a rival gang, who works for opposing boss Gerald Fights. Lawyers. New York City. Ranchers. Reno (Nevada). Dobbs. Although both Andy and Martin buy votes, Hogan wins. At the Note: Sources differ concerning which company, Success Pictures Co. or Elks victory ball, Martin and his men start a gunfight in which Andy is shot in Photoplay, Inc., produced the film and which distributed it. A news item calls this film

the hand. Nellie reads a front page story about the incident and decides Wren anette Redding and HJ. Barrows’ role as David Redding, The filars story to leave, but when Andy relates that after a happy childhoo d on a farm, was based on a point of law decided by the United States Supreme Court in the case the death of his father and forfeiture of his home caused him to move to of Haddock vs. Haddock that a constructive service upon one of the parties in a the city slums, Nellie acknowledges that he is a victim of his environment. divorce suit, served in another state, does not hold.

They begin a new life on her father’s farm. City-country contrast. ETR 27 Sep 1919, p. 1485. Var 18 Jul 1919, p. 43. Criminals-Rehabilitation. Gang wars. Marriage. Election fraud. Farms. MPN 4 Oct 1919, p. 2871. Wid's 6 Apr 1919, p. 23. Gangsters. New York City. Political bosses. Rescues. Slums. MPW = 27 Sep 1919, pp. 2021-22. Note: The Humanology Film Producing Co. was located in Medford, MA. Jack

Rose was the president. Contemporary reviews noted that members of the cast were THE ARGONAUTS OF CALIFORNIA— 1849 F1.0139 not identified. One review of the film referred to its title as Born or Made? The United Monrovia Feature Film Co. Dist State Rights; Grafton Publishing Film

Film Service was the new name for Warner's Features. Co. 18 Jun 1916 [OGrafton Publishing Film Co.; 26 Jun 1916; LU8584].

Mgr Stans pT, MP2 18 10 Pres relEdward L. Grafton. Prod Edward L. Grafton. Dir Henry

1915. 5 reels. —_ . _ .

Kabierske. Asst dir William Ehfe and William Parsons. Scen Winfield

ARE YOU A MASON? , , F1.0137 Hogaboom and Elizabeth Baker Bohan. Cam Victor Scheurich and Alex Famous Players Film Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 22 Mar Scheurich.

Pres Charles Frohman. Dir Thomas N. Heffron. Scen Eve8Unsell. on urce: Based on the book (Los California: lis History and Romance, ae pter by John Steven McGroarty Angeles, 1911).

Source: Based on the play Are You a Mason? by Leo Ditrichstein (New Cast: Grant Churchill, Gertrude Kaby, Dorothy Barrett, Emma Kost,

York, | Apr 1901). Ethel Smith, Vera Lewis, Gale Brooks, William Reiffel.

Cast: John Barrymore (Frank Perry), Helen Freeman (Helen Perry), Drama / Historical. Following the discovery of gold at John Sutter’s mill, Charles Dixon (Amos B loodgood), Harold Lockwood (Bob Trevors), W. a number of New Englanders travel to California to claim their share of Dickinson (Ge orge Fisher), Mitchell Dodson (Detective Ketchum), Alfred the wealth. On their way, the settlers are menaced by Indians and Mexican

Hickman (Billy), Ida Waterman, Charles Butler, Jean Acker, Lorraine bandits, and once they arrive in Hangtown, they are terrorized by

Huling, Kitty Baldwin. a desperadoes. After San Francisco Bulletin editor James King and United

,; Comedy. While his wife Helen is away visiting her mother, Frank Perry States Marshal Richardson are killed by outlaws, the outraged citizens is nearly arrested when he accidentally enters the wrong house after a night organize vigilance committees, and on August 12, 1856, the vigilantes

of drinking at his New York club. When Helen returns, Frank tries 10 disband, law and order having been restored. In the interim, James pretend that the incident was an initiation rite of the Masons, a society to Brandon, one of the New England settlers, discovers gold on his property, which his wife has always wanted him to belong. When Helen comes home, thus enabling him to propose to the woman he has always loved, Marian she is accompanied by her father who also has pretended to be a Mason Stilwell. James’s frustrated rival, the lecherous Bob Fox, abducts Marian, for years. Bach man acts out supposedly secret Masonic rituals while the but James rescues her and they marry. Another of Bob’s victims, Anna other imitates him. After a variety of misadventures, including blackmail, Maria Pope, sadly buries her illegitimate child, but her grief is assuaged Frank is allowed to join the Masons by Bob Trevors, a real member who by the love of Whalen Tressel, a physician’s son. California—History-1846-

wants to marry Helen's sister Nora. /mpersonation and imposture. = 4850 Gold miners. Gold rushes. Law and order. New Englanders. York city Fite ral ore) Blackmall Clubs. Drunkenness. Marriage. New Settlers. Vigilantes. Abduction. Bandits. Editors. Illegitimacy. Indians of Note: According to Best Plays, Are You a Mason? was based on a German play Nahin liver iain Libertines. Mexicans. Mills. Murder. Rivals. United

by Laufe and Kraatz, but its origin is unknown. This film was re-released in 1919 . . . . . under the Success Series of Famous Players-Lasky. An alternate title of the film was Note: The picture was filmed in Monrovia, CA. Although it had its premiere on The Joiner. A British-made version from the same play was produced by Universal 18 Jun 1916 in San Francisco, the film’s general release was in Oct 1916. Its working and released by Olympic in the United States in Nov 1934. It was directed by Henry title was The Argonauts. Contemporary sources generally agree that Hogaboom

Edwards and starred Sonnie Hale. wrote the scenario; one trade article also credits him with the story, and another states that he “novelized the play,” though no evidence of the existence of a novel based on

otog 27 Mar 1915, p. 509. NYDM 31 Mar 1915, p. 28. . “ ” . MPN 20 Mar 1915, p. 3. Var 26 Mar 1915, p. 24. she was hired to “lay out the love plot. McGroarty, the author of the book on which mote 19 Dec 1914, p. 846. MPW 3 Apr 1915, p. 70. the film has been discovered. Bohan’s credit comes from a trade article that states that

the film was based, was a long-time business partner of producer Grafton and may

have been involved in the film’s production. Though contemporary articles on

ARE YOU FIT TO MARRY? see THE BLACK STORK Monrovia’s The Daughter of the Don (see below) claim that Monrovia produced The

Argonauts of California—1849, and though Kabierske, Hogaboom, and Grafton were al ong the business leadership of Monrovia, the name of the company is n

ARE YOU LEGALLY MARRIED? F1.0138 mrentioned in aay of the ads or trade articles surrounding the release of the film. " ino eS Pictures Co. Dist State Rights; Elk Photoplays, Inc. 5 Oct MPN 4 Mar 1916, p. 1292. MPW 7 Oct 1916, p. 57.

. 5 reels, MPN 7 Oct 1916, p. 2243. MPW 4 Aug 1917, p. 806.

Dir Robert T. Thornby. Scen Henry Christene Warnack. Story Miles MPW 29 Jul 1916, p. 776. Dobson. Cam Sol Polito. Art dir Robert Brunton.

Cast: Lew Cody (John Stark), Rosemary Theby (June Redding), Nanon THE ARGUMENT F1.0140

Welsh (Sue Redding), Henry Woodward (Wayne Hearne), H. J. Barrows Triangle Film Corp. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 20 Jan 1918. 5

(J. J. Redding), Roy Laidlaw (Henry Martin). reels.

Drama/Social. After a forward containing a plea for uniform divorce Dir Walter Edwards. Scen Jack Cunningham. Cam Gus Peterson. laws throughout the United States to be enacted, and claiming that some Cast: J. Barney Sherry (John Corbin), Pauline Starke (Wyllis Hyde),

600,000 marriages are illegal, June Redding, the owner of a Western Audelle Higgins (Mrs. John Corbin), Howard Davies (Dr. Richard ranch, marries John Stark, a lawyer, in New York. Soon Stark sinks into Hyde), Eugene Corey (John Corbin, Jr.), Edward Jobson (Chief dissipation and withdraws money from June’s bank account to support his Benton), George Chase (George).

bad habits. Enraged by his neglect and dishonesty, June leaves him and, Mystery. The acquittal of a rich youth on an insanity plea prompts unable to secure a New York State divorce, obtains one in Reno. Later, attorney John Corbin to boast to Dr. Richard Hyde that he could kill his she marries Wayne Hearne, a man of fine character, and they have a child. wife and, with proper counsel, go free. Returning home, Corbin surprises Stark accidentally happens upon a law defining the illegality of his divorce his wife’s lover in her bedroom. Although the man escapes, Corbin kills his

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 ARIZONA faithless wife and confesses immediately to the police. Abetted by expert Emil enters Diana’s bedroom and tries to rape her. When Stockton arrives,

counsel and Dr. Hyde’s medical testimony, Corbin is freed after a short he throws Emil out and the latter is killed in a quarrel over debts. confinement in a mental institution. At the wedding of Corbin’s son, John Eventually, Stuyvesant and Virginia are reunited and the new European Jr., and Hyde’s daughter Wyllis, the physician asks the attorney if he social position of the Stocktons makes them acceptable to the Lawrences.

recognized his dead wife’s lover. Corbin, aware of his friend’s guilt, Aristocrats. Class distinction. Fidelity. Fortune hunters. Americans in responds that, for the sake of their children, he hopes not. Confession (law). foreign countries. Attempted rape. Debt. England. Letters. Princes. Guilt. Infidelity. Insanity. Murder. Recognition. Insane asylums. Lawyers. Railroad magnates. San Francisco.

Physicians. Trials. Weddings. Note: This film marked Broadway star Tyrone Power’s film debut. Note: This film was originally entitled Evidence. According to a production news Motog 5 Dec 1914, p. 770, 795. NYDM 25 Nov 1914, p. 32.

item, Virginia Foltz was hired for an important role, but no other source confirms her MPN 28 Nov 1914, p. 41. Var 20 Nov 1914, p. 27.

participation in the film. MPW 28 Nov 1914, p. 1240, 1294. ETR 12 Jan 1918, p. 518. NYDM 19 Jan 1918, p. 20.

ETR 26 Jan 1918, p. 679. Var 18 Jan 1918, p. 42.

MPN 26 Jan 1918, p. 597. Var 25 Jan 1918, p. 50. ARIZONA F1.0143 mew 26 Jan 1918, p. 927, 972. id's 17 Jan 1918, p. 874. All-Star Feature Corp. Dist State Rights. 15 Sep 1913. 6 reels.

Dir Augustus Thomas. Asst dir Lawrence B. McGill. Cam Lucien

THE ARGYLE CASE F1.0141 Tainguy. Art dir Henry Allen Farnham.

Robert Warwick Film Corp. Dist Lewis J. Selznick Enterprises, Inc.; Source: Based on the play Arizona by Augustus Thomas (Chicago, 12 Selznick Pictures. Feb 1917 [ORobert Warwick Film Corp.; 6 Feb 1917; Jun 1899).

LP10153]. 5-7 reels. Cast: Robert Broderick (Henry Canby), Cyril Scott (Lieutenant Pres Harry Rapf. Dir Ralph W. Ince. Scen Frederic Chapin and Ralph Denton), Gail Kane (Bonita Canby), William Conklin (Captain

W. Ince. Cam André Barlatier. Hodgman), Francis Carlyle (Colonel Bonham), H. D. Blakemore (Dr. Source: Based on the play The Argyle Case by Harriet Ford and Harvey — Feyion), Alma Bradley (Lena Kellar), Gertrude Shipman (Estrella J. O'Higgins, with the cooperation of William J. Burns (New York, 24 Dec = Bonham), Wong Ling (Sam Wong), Elizabeth McCall (Mrs. Canby),

1912). Charles E. Davenport (Tony Mostano), Charles Graham (Sergeant Cast: Robert Warwick (Asche Kayton), Charles Hines (Joe — KejJar).

Manning), Frank McGlynn (John Argyle), Arthur Albertson (Bruce Western. Lieutenant Denton of the United States Cavalry is stationed Argyle), Gazelle Marche (Nan Thornton), Elaine Hammerstein (Mary in Arizona. In order to protect the reputation of a superior’s unfaithful

Mazuret), John Fleming (Jnspector Dougherty), H. Cooper Cliffe wife, he suffers disgrace and humiliation. Reputation. Self-sacrifice. (Frederick Kreisler), Mary Alden (Nellie Marsh), Robert Vivian United States. Army. Cavalry. Arizona. Infidelity.

(Finley), Frank Evans (Mr. Hurley). Note: The exterior scenes were filmed near Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island, New Mystery. When multi-millionaire banker John Argyle is found brutally York. For information on other versions of Thomas’ play, see next entry. murdered in his home, suspicions are cast upon Mary Mazuret, his adopted Motog 18 Oct 1913, pp. 294-95, 296. NYDM 6 Aug 1913, p. 26.

daughter who became the sole beneficiary of his estate the day before the MPN 27 Sep 1913, p. 7. NYDM 20 Aug 1913, p. 29.

murder, and his son Bruce with whom he had argued shortly before the PW 4 oe oly p. one NYDM 24 Sep 1913, p. 32.

crime. Detective Asche Kayton, who is assigned to investigate the case, uses very modern and scientific methods to discover fingerprints which lead him

to deduce that a female witness was present. Placing a bogus advertisement ARIZONA F1.0144

in the newspaper, Kayton locates the woman. With her help and a close Douglas Fairbanks Pictures Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; An analysis of the clues, the guilty party is revealed to be Frederick Kreisler, Artcraft Picture. 8 Dec 1918 [Douglas Fairbanks Pictures Corp.; 9 Dec

the leader of a counterfeiting organization which Argyle had threatened 1918: LP13159]. 5 reels, 4,213 ft. ,

to expose to the police. Thus cleared, Mary inherits her fortune as well as Dir Albert Parker. Scen Theodore Reed. Scen ed Theodore Reed. Kayton’s love. Father-daughter relationship. Father-son relationship. Cam Hugh Carlyle, Hugh McClung and Glen MacWilliams. Tech dir

Heirs. Inheritance. Millionaires. Murder. Bankers. Counterfeiters. James P. Hogan.

Detectives. a oe Source: Based on the play Arizona by Augustus Thomas (Chicago, 12

eine Ths was the fis fm of the Robert Warwick Film Cor. It was sho atthe Jun 1899). Sources give either five, six, or seven reels as the length of this film. Release dates Cast: Douglas F airbanks (Lieutenant D enton), Theodore Roberts also conflict, some at 15 Jan 1917, others Feb 1917. Detective William J. Burns gave (Canby), Kate Price (Mrs. Canby), Frederick Burton (Colonel

technical advice in the writing of this picture. Benham), Harry S. Northrup (Captain Hodgeman), Frank Campeau ETR 17 Feb 1917, p. 773. MPW 24 Feb 1917, p. 1205. (Kellar), Kathleen Kirkham (Estrella), Marjorie Daw (Bonita),

Motog 17 Feb 1917, p. 372. NYDM 17 Feb 1917, pp. 27-28. Marguerite de la Motte (Lena), Raymond Hatton (Tony), Robert Boulder

o_O Ernest Butterworth.

PW - ie Oly is re Wid's 8 Feb 1917, pp. 92-93. (Doctor), Albert McQuarrie (Lieutenant Hatton), Katherine Griffith, Drama. Lieutenant Denton of the United States Cavalry loves Bonita

ARISTOCRACY , , F1.0142 Canby, the daughter of a prosperous Arizona rancher. Estrella Benham,

Famous Players Film Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 26 Nov the wife of the regiment’s commander, Colonel Benham, is bored by her

1914. 4 reels. elderly husband and seeks distraction in the arms of Captain Hodgeman, Pres Daniel Frohman. Dir T. N. Heffron. a fortune hunter. When Denton overhears the lovers making plans to elope,

Source: Based on the play Aristocracy by Bronson Howard (New York, _ he wrests Estrella’s jewels from Hodgeman and throws him out. Hoping

12 Nov 1892). ; i. ; to persuade Estrella to break with Hodgeman, Denton follows her to her Cast: Tyrone Power (Jefferson Stockton), Marguerite Skirvin (Diana —_rgom, but the two are surprised by Colonel Benham. Rather than reveal Stockton), Edna Mayo (Virginia Stockton), Arthur Hoops (Prince Emil _ Estrella’s disloyalty, Denton says nothing and resigns in disgrace to accept von Haldenwald), \da Waterman (Mrs. Lawrence), William Rosell 4 position as foreman of the Canby ranch. Denton proposes to Bonita, but

(Stuyvesant Lawrence). Hodgeman has poisoned her father’s mind against him. Estrella finally

Drama. When wealthy San Francisco railroad magnate Jefferson — exonerates Denton, and he and Bonita are wed on horseback. Elopement. Stockton’s daughter Virginia becomes engaged to Stuyvesant Lawrence, Infidelity. Self-sacrifice. United States. Army. Cavalry. Arizona. Fortune the son of an old aristocratic New York family, Mr. Lawrence goes West —_ hunters. Proposals. Ranchers. Weddings. to stop the wedding. When Lawrence refuses to consent to the marriage, Note: Exterior scenes were filmed in Arizona. Some sources list Frederick Burton’s Stockton implores Virginia to accompany him and his young wife Diana role as Colonel Bonham. Some sources credit Dick Rosson with the role of Tony. to England where he has rented an estate. Virginia and Stuyvesant write Modern sources credit Fairbanks as the scenarist, producer and director. In addition to each other, but Mrs. Lawrence intercepts their letters. Virginia then to the 1913 version listed above, the story was remade in 1931 by director George B.

marries fortune-hunting Prince Emil von Haldenwald, thinking that Seitz for Columbia with John Wayne. That film was also called Men Are Like

Stuyvesant is engaged to someone else. On her wedding night, Virginia ETR 31 Dec 1918. v. 245 NYDM 28 Dec 1918, p. 999 learns that Stuyvesant has been faithful to her and is in Europe. She and MPN 28 Dec 1918, p. 3957. Var 20 Dec 1918, p. 36. Emil stay at her father’s house until one evening, while Stockton is away, MPW 28 Dec 1918, p. 1559. Wid’s 15 Dec 1918, p. 21.

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THE ARIZONA CAT CLAW AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG THE ARIZONA CAT CLAW F1.0145 War drama/World War I. Rozika, a Hungarian girl with a beautiful World Film Corp. Dist World Film Corp. 27 Oct 1919 [OWorld Film voice, emigrates to America with her ne’er-do-well brother Carl. After she

Corp.; 23 Oct 1919; LU14371]. 5 reels. gets a job singing in a saloon in New York’s Lower East Side, Rozika’s Prod Leon T. Osborne. Dir William Bertram. Story Charles Mortimer street singing attracts David Trevor, the owner of a large steel works that

Peck. manufactures munitions. Trevor pays for Rozika’s lessons with a master,

Cast: Edythe Sterling (Blossom Ruggles), William Quinn (Frank and after she becomes a famous opera singer, she marries him. When Stimpson), Gordon Sackville (Hank Ruggles), Leo Maloney (Asa World War | breaks out in Europe, Rozika, realizing that Trevor’s Harris), Steve Clemento (Zappatti), Pauline Becker (Amelia Young), J. munitions will be used against her homeland, pleads with him to refuse the

Montgomery Carlyle. allies’ orders, but he ignores her. Meanwhile, Carl, who returned to

Western. Blossom Ruggles, the fiercely independent daughter of Arizona Hungary after killing a man in a brawl, is sent by an anarchist group to cattleman Hank Ruggles, loves neighboring rancher Asa Harris. To pique blow up Trevor’s plant. Rozika learns of Carl’s plans and locks him in a

Asa, however, she flirts with mining engineer Frank Stimpson, who closet, but he breaks through and shoots Trevor. After chases, gunfights unknown to her, has deceived pretty half-wit Amelia Young. While riding and killings, German spies explode the factory. The wounded and the range, Blossom is attacked by a Mexican bandit, but manages to financially ruined Trevor, realizing that his marital conflict is now over, overpower him, and deliver him to Asa and the cowboys, who throw him says of his factory’s destruction, “It is better so.” Hungarians. Munitions from a cliff. Later, the bandit is found unconscious by the sheriff and taken factories. Steel magnates. World War |. Anarchists. Brother-sister to jail. Learning of the half-wit’s plight, Blossom mounts a_ posse, relationship. Chases. Germans. Gunfights. Immigrants. Murder. New York apprehends Frank, and forces him at gunpoint to marry Amelia. After the City-Lower East Side. Sabotage. Singers. Spies. ceremony, Asa and Blossom are also wed. Arizona. Ranchers. Bandits. Note: According to reviews, this film included material from news weeklies. Engineers-Mining. Falls from heights. Flirtation. Mentally handicapped — According to modern sources, Anton Grot was the art director.

persons. Marriage-Forced. Mexicans. Posses. Seduction. Weddings. ieOV 28 Nw pe. yyDM .i ar ie tle » adoleTOHowin ovp.+36 p. .

PN Ne 1919) p sag ye v yn un 1919, ae 1102, p. 1181, 1230. eP Wid’s 16 Nov 1916: p. 1107.

ARMENIA CRUCIFIED see AUCTION OF Pathé SOULS ARMS IN FRANCE F'1.0149 Exchange, Inc.? 1918? 9 reels. AN ARMENIAN CRUCIFIXION F1.0146 Drama? ° Note: This title was included on the review list of the Pennsylvania Censor Board Aras? 1918? 5 reels. for Jan-Jun 1918. It was reviewed for the American Red Cross and may have been

Drama? Armenians. released as a series.

Note: This N titleditional was included on the Pennsyivania censorfilm Boareis s review Mist hor It - 918. information on this available.

is possible tha ; this the same as A vetion of Souls (see below), which had a working title of Armenia ARMSTRONG’S WIFE ; F1.0150

Crucified. Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 18 Nov

1915 [©Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co., Inc.; 29 Oct. 1915; LU6805)]. 5

ARMS AND THE GIRL F1.0147 reels. | Famous Players Film Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 8 Oct 1917 Pres Jesse L. Lasky. Dir George H. Melford. Scen Margaret Turnbull.

[©Famous Players Film Co.; 3 Oct 1917; LP11494]. 5 reels. Cast: Edna Goodrich (May Fielding), Thomas Meighan (David Dir Joseph Kaufman. Scen Charles E. Whittaker. Cam William | Armstrong), James Cruze (Harvey Arnold), Hal Clements (Jack

Marshall. Estabrook), Ernest Joy (Detective), Raymond Hatton (Runner), Horace Source: Based on the play Arms and the Girl by Grant Stewart and _B. Carpenter (Police inspector), Mrs. Lewis McCord (Landlady).

Robert Baker (New York, 27 Sep 1916). Northwest drama. Harvey Arnold, a gambler who flees San Francisco for Cast: Billie Burke (Ruth Sherwood), Thomas Meighan (Wilfred 4 Small country town during a reform movement, captures the affections Ferrers), Louise Bates (Olga Karnovitch), J. Malcolm Dunn (Eugene), A. Of May Fielding. She marries and elopes with Harvey, despite the pleas of Bower (Burgomaster), William David (Jack Martin), George S. Trimble her childhood sweetheart, David Armstrong, who leaves brokenhearted for

(The General), Harry Lee. the Canadian Northwest. In the city, when May discovers Arnold’s War drama/World War I. At the outbreak of World War I, American occupation, he promises to quit, but after his partner, Jack Estabrook, Ruth Sherwood is stranded in the Belgian village of Beaupre. After Olga | arranges a police raid so that he can have May, Arnold kills him. When

Karnovitch, a Russian spy eager to leave because of the advancing Arnold flees, May learns that he is still married to another woman. After Germans, steals Ruth’s passport, Ruth is taken into custody by the May loses a job as a model for rejecting the advances of a buyer, David, Germans. Among them she recognizes Eugene, formerly a head waiter in who learns from a newspaper of Arnold’s crime, arrives and persuades New York, who intercedes on Ruth’s behalf, saving her from a death May, who says that she is through with marriage and men, to return to his sentence. Later, when Wilfred Ferrers, a fellow American staying at homestead as his wife “in name only.” Later, Arnold finds the couple and Ruth’s hotel, is sentenced to death because the Germans believe him to be May protects him from the mounted police. Arnold demands to take May a Russian spy, Ruth intervenes by attesting that he is her fiancé. The | back, and wounds David. As May threatens suicide, the police arrive and sentimental German general then orders the burgomaster to marry the pair kill the fleeing Arnold. May’s concern over David’s wound turns into love immediately. Soon after, Ruth’s fiancé Jack Martin arrives and reproaches for him. Canadian Northwest. Gamblers. San Francisco. Bigamy. Murder. Ruth for her actions. His insensitivity forces Ruth to realize that her love North West Mounted Police. Suicide. for Martin has died. As Ferrers and Ruth make a thrilling escape from the Note: This was the first film of Edna Goodrich, an American actress who spent the occupied village, both discover that they really love each other. Americans _ Previous year as a nurse in hospitals in England and Belgium, and allowed her home in foreign countries. Marriage-Forced by circumstances. Self-sacritice. near London to be transformed into a hospital for convalescent soldiers. The original

; ; title of Margaret Turnbull’s screenplay was The Bargain.

Soldiers. MPN 4 Dec 1915, p. 88. Var 3 Dec 1915, p. 21. Note: The working title for this film may have been Delicate Situation. MPW 27 Nov 1915, p. 1730, 1732. Wid's 2 Dec 1915.

Spies. World War |. Belgium. Escapes. Germans. Passports. Russians. Motog 1 Dec 1915, p. 1262. * ONYDM 4 Dec 1915, p. 28.

Motog 10 Nov 1917, p. 1002. Var 12 Oct 1917, p. 41. MPW 4 Dec 1915, pp. 1846-47.

MPW 3 Nov 1917, p. 705, 756. Var 19 Oct 1917, p. 32. NYDM 20 1917. Oct 1917, p. 25 22.Octid’1917, . 682. NYDM 2700 18. Wid's p. 682 AROUND THE WORLD IN NINETY MINUTES F1.0151 Dist Lumen C. Mann. 1916. 6 reels.

ARMS AND THE WOMAN F1.0148 Documentary. The film depicts the customs and recreational activities of

, . ; ; people in various nations. [No other information concerning the film’s

Astra[©Pathé Film Corp. Dist PathéInc.; Exchange, Gold Rooster Plays. 26 content Nov has has beenbeen dj d.]eiscovered.} Social customsocial Customs. . 1916 Exchange, 17 JulInc.; 1916; LU8717]. 5 reels.

Dir George Fitzmaurice. Scen Ouida Bergere. Cam A. C. Miller. Note: The film played in several Chicago theaters in early 1916, accompanied by

8 ; Bere ‘ a lecture from Mann. It is unclear whether it later received wider distribution. The

Cast: Mary Nash (Rozika), Lumsden Hare (David Trevor), H. Cooper spelling of Mann’s name has not been verified, and the extent of his participation in

Cliffe (Captain Halliday), Robert Broderick (Marcus), Rosalind Ivan the project is unclear.

(Marcus’ wife), Carl Harbaugh (Carl), Susanne Willa. MPW 11 Mar 1916, p. 1634. 32

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 AS A MAN THINKS THE ARRIVAL OF PERPETUA F1.0152 ART AND THE WOMAN see WHO LOVED HIM BEST? Shubert Film Corp. Dist World Film Corp. 29 Mar 1915 [©World Film

Corp. (R. H. Cochran, author); 29 Mar 1915; LU4844]. 5 reels. ARTIE, THE MILLIONAIRE KID F1.0154

Dir Emil Chautard. Scen Frances G. Corcoran. Vitagraph Co. of America; A Blue Ribbon Feature. Dist V-L-S-E, Inc.

Cast: Vivian Martin (Perpetua), Julia Stuart (Harriet Skycraft), Nora 17 Apr 1916 [©The Vitagraph Co. of America; 31 Mar 1916; LP7984]. 5

Cecil (Abigal Majendrie), M. T. O’Donohue (Nancy), Milton Sills reels. (Thaddeus Curzon), Alec B. Francis (Hastings Curzon), Fred C. Dir Harry Handworth. Scen William B. Courtney. Truesdell (Ned Hardringe), Kenneth Hill (Lord Berringer), John Hines Source: Based on the play Artie by George Ade (New York, 28 Oct (Pipkin), R. Milash (Andrews), John Troyano (Willie), Donald Devlin 1907).

(Chauffeur). Cast: Ernest Truex (Artie Hamilton), Dorothy Kelly (Annabelle

Comedy /Society. Perpetua, known as “Pet,” attends a girls’ boarding Willowby), Albert Roccardi (Uriah Updike), John T. Kelly (Colonel school until her elderly uncle, Hastings Curzon, dies and leaves her a Philetue Hamilton), Etienne Girardot (The widow), William R. Dunn

million dollars. Her eccentric and unkempt guardian, Thaddeus Curzon, (The detective). oo,

places her in the care of her father’s spinster half sister, Aunt Abigal Comedy. After Artie Hamilton is expelled from college and thrown out Majendrie. Her cranky aunt’s predilection for monkeys, parrots, cats and _—Y his irate father, a railroad magnate, he proclaims that within a year he

dogs, and the hymn-singing and gossiping of her aunt’s old maid and will have enough money to buy the railroad. In Byways, New York, Artie bachelor friends cause Pet to run away to Thaddeus. She gradually wins becomes a book agent and, seeing a girl s seminary, climbs the wall to sell his heart, but he returns her to Abigal, where three mercenary suitors vie books there. At first glance, Artie falls in love with Annabelle Willowby

for Pet’s hand. After Pet procures a false letter from a lawyer stating that and “ccies to belle ner we iF he . arns that weal vr pate has she is penniless, the suitors lose interest. Thaddeus then dons a new suit and ithe Ise dst ‘ ‘ld or ia th aera marry dike’s o that nis own calls on his ward to explain that her fortune stood in the way of their ather Intends to build a ranch o the ratiroad on Updike's property, Artie happiness. Rather than continue as her guardian, he asks Perpetua to be arranges for a college chum, disguised as a rich widow, to romance Updike. his wife. Eccentrics. Heiresses. Inheritance. Boarding schools. Fortune “she” and Artie own, Artie, with a syndicate including Annabelle’s father,

appl . 8 a P After the “widow” convinces Updike that the railroad wants a plot that

hunters. spinsters. Wards and guardians. . buys Updike’s land and sells him the other plot for an exorbitant rate.

Note: Reviews and news items conflict in crediting source material: Frances G. Artie’s father is forced to buy Artie’s property for a million dollars, and Corcoran may have been the author of an original scenario or of a play, or she may . . es » have been the adaptor of a play. This was Emil Chautard’s first American film. Annabelle, once she realizes that Artie does not love the “widow, ag4rees

Motog 3 Apr 1915, p. 550. NYDM 31 Mar 1915, p. 28. to marry him. Father-son relationship. Hoaxes. Land sales. Railroad

MPN 3 Apr 1915, p. 67. Var 26 Mar 1915, p. 24. magnates. Self-reliance. Boarding schools. Booksellers. Female

MPW 3 Apr 1915, p. 71, 142. impersonation. Millionaires. New York (State). Railroads. Students.

Motog 29 Apr 1916, p. 997. MPW 29 Apr 1916, p. 817.

ARSENE LUPIN Fi.01s3 MPN BAM 16 p23 NYDM 29 Apr 91.9 2 Vitagraph Co. of America. Dist Greater Vitagraph (V-L-S-E, Inc.). 12 MPW 22 Apr 1916, p. 699. oe

reels. . THE ARYAN F1.0155 Mar 1917 [©The Vitagraph Co. of America; 20 Feb 1917; LP10242]. 5

Dir Paul Scardon. Scen Garfield Thompson. C am Robert A. Stuart. New York Motion Picture Corp.; Kay-Bee. Dist Triangle Film Corp. 19

Source: Based on the play Arsene Lupin by Francis de Croisset (pseud. = Mar 1916 [©Triangle Film Corp.; 9 Apr 1916; LP10843. ©Triangle Film

of Francis Wiener) and Maurice Leblanc (Paris, 28 Oct 1908). Corp.; 13 Apr 1916; LU8062]. 5 reels. Cast: Earle Williams (Arsene Lupin), Brinsley Shaw (Guerchard), Supv Thomas H. Ince. Prod Thomas H. Ince. Dir William S. Hart. Henry Leone (Guernay-Martin), Bernard Siegel (Charolais), Gordon — Scen C. Gardner Sullivan. Story C. Gardner Sullivan. Cam Joe August. Gray (Anastase), Logan Paul (Firmin), Hugh Wynn (Alfred), Ethel Gray Cast: William S. Hart (Steve Denton), Bessie Love (Mary Jane), Louise

Terry (Sonia), Billie Billings (Germaine), Julia Swayne Gordon Glaum (Trixie), Charles K. French (“Jvory” Wells), Swallow (full name

(Victoire), Frank Crayne. unknown) (Mexican Pete), Gertrude Claire (Steve’s mother), Herschel

Drama/Crime. Arsene Lupin, a gentleman thief, matches wits with the Mayall (Trixie’s lover). Paris police. Posing as the Duke of Charmerace, Lupin assumes title to the Western. After years of labor, miner Steve Denton gathers up his fortune duke’s estates and then sets about stealing rare works of art and jewels and sets out to visit his ailing mother. He is detained, however, in the town belonging to Monsieur Guernay- Martin. As the first step in his plan, he of Yellow Ridge, where a dance hall girl named Trixie not only cheats him becomes engaged to Germaine, Guernay-Martin’s daughter. When his art _ Of his gold, but also conceals a message wired to him from his dying mother. works begin to disappear, Guernay- Martin asks Guerchard, the shrewdest Learning the next day that his mother is dead, Steve kills Trixie’s lover and

detective in Paris, to investigate the robberies. As Guerchard closes in on then drags the dance hall girl into the desert, where he assumes the Lupin, the crook falls in love with Sonia Kritchoff, Germaine’s secretary. leadership of a band of Indian and Mexican bandits. Two years later, a Aided by his loyal assistant Victoire, Lupin escapes with Sonia, whom he _—- Caravan of Mississippi farmers, lost in the desert, appeals to Steve for help,

discovers is a fellow crook. Guerchard trails them to Lupin’s apartment but he refuses. That night, one of the settlers, little Mary Jane, visits him where the couple evade the detective by locking him ina concealed elevator Secretly to plead their cause and express her belief that no white man would and then driving off in his automobile. Relieved, Sonia and Lupin decide "efuse to protect a woman in distress. Deeply moved, Steve guides the to marry and retire from criminal life. Detectives. Paris. Theft. Thieves. ©atavan out of the desert and then resumes his wanderings. Bandits. Dance Criminals-Rehabilitation. Elevators. Impersonation and imposture. hall girls. Gold miners. Regeneration. Settlers. Children. Deserts. Indians

Jewelry. Nobility. Paintings. Police. Secretaries. Seduction. of North America. Mexicans. Mother-son relationship. Murder. Telegrams. Note: The play was based on the book Arsene Lupin by Maurice Leblanc, first _ Note: The picture was filmed in part in California’s Mojave Desert. Modern sources published in Paris in 1907. Paul Potter wrote an American version of the play which list the actor Swallow as Ernest Swallow.

may have been related more directly to the book than the French play. Var on 10 Mar Motog | Apr 1916, p. 766. NYDM 1 Apr 1916, p. 28. 1917, p. 29, gives a description of the legal case concerning Potter’s claim to copyright MPN 8 Apr 1916, p. 2064. Var 24 Mar 1916, p. 28. of the original play. The film opened in New York on 4 Feb 1917. It was originally Mrw 15 Apr 1916, pp. 368-69. Wid's 30 Mar 1916, p. 474. to be released nationally on 26 Feb 1917, but was held back until 12 Mar 1917. MPW 29 Apr 1916, p. 868.

Among the many other films based on the play, Leblanc’s books, or the Arsene Lupin

characret are: the ayers-Las Dae Briush filin Arsene ythe Tien lowe Maree A MAN THINKS the amous im @nupil 1eetn o e‘acct flger (seeASdeclow); € : .F1.0156 ‘.‘ Robertson-Cole film 31 3 (see below): the 1921 Hungarian film Arsene Lupin Utolso ore Pro uton me Four Star etre Dist ne W. Hodkinson Kalandja, directed by Paul Fejos; the 1923 Japanese film 8/3, directed by Kenji orp. through Pathe Exchange, Inc. 20 Apr 1919. 5 reels. ;

Mizoguchi; the 1932 M-G-M production Arsene Lupin, starring John and Lionel Pres Harry Raver. Supv Augustus Thomas. Prod Harry Raver. Dir

Barrymore and directed by Jack Conway; the 1938 M-G-M film Arsene Lupin George Irving. Cam A. A. Cadwell. Returns, starring Melvyn Douglas and directed by George Fitzmaurice; and the 1957 Source: Based on the play As a Man Thinks by Augustus Thomas (New

French film Les Aventures d’Arsene Lupin, directed by Jacques Becker. York, 13 Mar 1911).

hy i feb ry P. ae NY DME 4 re Ory P. - Cast: Leah Baird (Elinor Clayton), Henry Clive (Frank Clayton),

MPN 10 Mar 1917, A 1566. NYDM 24 Feb 1917, is 26. Warburton Gamble (Benjamin De Lota), Charles C. Brandt (Dr. MPW 3 Mar 1917, p. 1369, 1409. Wid's 22 Feb 1917, p. 125. Seelig), Betty Howe (Vedah Seelig), Alexander Herbert (Burrell), Mlle. 33

AS A WOMAN SOWS AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Elaine Amazar (Mimi Chardenet), Joseph Smiley (Mr. Hoover), Jane to confess her misdeeds. The conspirators are killed when their car plunges

Jennings (Mrs. Hoover), Bobby Ward (Dick Clayton). from a cliff. Secret plans. Spies. Temptresses. Transformation. United Drama /Social. Frank Clayton, a successful New York publisher, his wife States. Navy. Automobile accidents. Blackmail. Confession. Duplicity. Elinor, and their seven-year-old son Dick, visit Paris. Art critic Benjamin Gunshot wounds. Honeymoons. Kidnapping. Ocean liners. Self-sacrifice. De Lota, who becomes a contributor to Clayton’s magazine, introduces United States. Congress. Washington (D.C.). Frank to Mimi Chardenet, an artist’s model, and they have an affair. While Note: This was Kitty Gordon’s first film.

walking with Mimi, Frank encounters Elinor, and introduces Mimi as a Motog 1 ! Mar 1916, p. 588. NYDM 18 Mar 1916, p. 30.

newly engaged contributor to his journal. In New York, however, Elinor 18 Mar 1916, p. 1618. Var 3 Mar 1916, p. 21. learns of the affair and embittered, flirts with De Lota. Frank, learning that PW : vat ioe oI 345. 1906. Wid's 9 Mar B16, p. 224. De Lota and Elinor were once sweethearts and that Elinor’s father rejected De Lota’s suit because he is Jewish, questions his wife’s fidelity and the

paternity of his son. Piqued, Elinor visits De Lota’s apartment, where AS MAN MADE HER F1.0159 Frank sees De Lota attempt to embrace her. Dissuaded by his father-in-law World Film Corp.; Peerless. Dist World Film Corp. 26 Mar 1917 from killing De Lota, Frank initiates divorce proceedings. Elinor and Dick [©World Film Corp.; 13 Mar 1917; LU10357]. 5 reels. take refuge with Dr. Seelig, a Jewish physician, who uses his religious bond Pres William A. Brady. Dir George Archainbaud. Scen Frances Marion. to learn from De Lota that he was imprisoned for two years prior to Dick’s Story Helen Beare. Cam Philip Hatkin.

birth. Now assured of his wife’s fidelity, Frank reconciles with Elinor. Cast: Gail Kane (Claire Wilson), Frank Mills (Mason Forbes), Gerda Divorce. Fidelity. Infidelity. Jews. Paternity. Anti-Semitism. Critics. Holmes (Grace Hughes), Edward T. Langford (Harold Forbes), Miss Duplicity. Flirtation. Models. New York City. Paris. Physicians. Publishers. Layton (Claire's maid), Miss McDonald (Nurse). Note: This film, shot at the Biograph studios, was the first Four Star Picture. Mlle. Drama. Upon graduating from finishing school, Claire Wilson falls into

Elaine Amazar, a French grand opera singer, made her American motion picture the hands of wealthy rake Mason Forbes. After installing her as his debut in this picture. Some reviews state that Baby Ivy Ward using the name “Bobby mistress, Mason abandons Claire to marry socialite Grace Hughes. Out of

Ward,” the role of Dick Clayton. ies Harold, Mason’swrace younger brother and theretwo ETR 26played Apr 1919, p. 1609. Var 25 Apr G 1919, p. 82. revenge, marries ‘ younger .

MPN 3 May 1919, p. 2893. Wid's 20 Apr 1919, p. 25. couples live together under one roof. Mason tires of his wife and begs Claire

MPW 3 May 1919, p. 711. to leave her husband, but she is pregnant and refuses. An indifferent mother, Claire entrusts her child to a nurse while she spends her time with

AS A WOMAN SOWS : F1.0157 Mason in cabarets. When Claire and Harold are reconciled after the near Gaumont Co. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; Mutual Masterpictures De Luxe fatal illness of their child, Mason, furious, divulges Claire’s sordid past to

Edition. 24 Jan 1916. 5 reels. his brother. Although overwhelmed by the revelation, Harold forgives

Dir William F. Haddock. Scen C. A. Nelson. Claire and Mason, rejected, turns to alcohol. Brothers. Infidelity.

Cast: Gertrude Robinson (Milly Hayward), Alexander Gaden (Loren Mistresses. Neglected children. Rakes. Revenge. Dissipation. Marriage.

Hayward), Covington Barrett (Bobby Hayward), John Reinhard Motherhood. Socialites.

(Robert Chapman), Charles W. Travis (Joseph Willoughby), Mathilde Note: The title of this film was changed from Her Higher Destiny.

Baring (Aunt Abbie), Yvonne Chappelle (Georgia). . Motog 4 wer i917, if 39, var 16 Mar 1917 p. 35 i.

Drama. Loren Hayward, the mayor of Lynboro, is so devoted to his work MPW 31 Mar 1917, p. 2122, 2160. Wid's 15 Mar 1917, pp. 174-75. that he neglects his young wife Milly. In order to rekindle his affections, she engages in a flirtation with ladies’ man Robert Chapman, an all too

willing suitor who forces her to kiss him. As Robert embraces Milly, Loren AS MEN LOVE F 1.0160 appears and angrily orders them both from the house. After abducting her Pallas Pictures. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 29 Mar 1917 [©J. C. son Bobby, Milly flees to another city, but Loren follows them and takes Ivers; 12 Mar 1917; LP10403]. 5 reels.

the boy back home. Learning afterwards that Loren and Bobby have Dir E. Mason Hopper. Scen Adele Harris. Story Lois Zellner. Cam contracted scarlet fever, Milly breaks into the house and nurses them back Homer Scott. to health, and husband and wife are reconciled. During a party, however, Cast: House Peters (Paul Russell), Myrtle Stedman (Diana Gordon), J.

Robert mistakenly enters Milly’s room, but she is saved from a W. Johnston (Keith Gordon), Helen Jerome Eddy (Marjorie Gordon). compromising situation when burglars break in through the window. As the Drama. Socialite Diana Gordon falls madly in love with Dr. Paul Russell,

terrified Milly faints, Robert escapes in the confusion. Infidelity. her husband Keith’s best friend. Russell, however, is in love with Keith’s Kidnapping. Libertines. Marriage. Neglected wives. Burglars. Children. sister Marjorie, who is spending the winter with the Gordons. Overhearing

Mother-son relationship. Scarlet fever. Russell’s proposal to Marjorie, Diana becomes madly jealous and when

Motog 29 Jan 1916, p. 265. NYDM 22 Jan 1916, p. 33. alone with the physician, throws herself into his arms. At that moment, MPN 29 Jan 1916, p. 564. Var 28 Jan 1916, p. 23. Gordon enters the room, and to protect Diana’s reputation, Russell takes

MPW 22 Jan 1916, p. 621, 665. the blame and is banished from the house. Sometime later, polio sweeps

the city and Russell becomes an expert in treating the disease. The

AS IN A LOOKING GLASS F1.0158 Gordon’s young daughter is stricken and Diana summons the physician, World Film Corp.; Shubert Film Corp. Dist World Film Corp. 6 Mar but Gordon forbids him to enter their home. In order to save her child,

1916 [OWorld Film Corp.; 28 Mar 1916; LU7939]. 5 reels. Diana reveals the truth to her husband and sister-in-law. All are then

Dir Frank Crane. Cam Edward Horn. reconciled and the little girl recovers. Friendship. Infidelity. Jealousy. Self-

Source: Based on the novel As in a Looking Glass by Francis Charles sacrifice. Physicians. Poliomyelitis. Reputation. Socialites.

Philips (New York, 1887) and his play of the same name (New York, 10 ETR 7 Apr 1917, p. 1251. NYDM 7 Apr 1917, p. 26. Sep 1887). MPN 14 Apr 1917, p. 2360. Var 11 May 1917, p. 34.

Cast: Kitty Gordon (Lila Despard), F. Lumsden Hare (Andrew pw 4 Na i917 p. Be Wid's 24 May 1917, p. 324.

Livingston), Frank Goldsmith (Jack Firthenbras), Gladden James (Lord Udolpho), Teddy Sampson (Felice), Charles Eldridge (Senator

Gales), Eugenie Woodward (Mrs. Gales), George Majeroni AS THE SUN WENT DOWN F1.0161 (Dromiroff), Lillian Cook (Miss Vyse), Philip W. Masi (Rowell). Metro Pictures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 10 Feb 1919 [OMetro Drama. Lila Despard, a notorious European temptress, travels to Pictures Corp.; 10 Feb 1919; LP13405]. 5 reels. America to escape her lover, criminal Jack Firthenbras. On the ship, she Dir E. Mason Hopper. Scen George D. Baker. Cam William Thompson. meets Andrew Livingston, a United States Navy planner, and Senator and Source: Based on the play As the Sun Went Down by George D. Baker Mrs. Gales. Her new friends host a party for Lila in Washington, D.C., (production undetermined). where a spy named Dromiroff threatens to expose her past unless she steals Cast: Edith Storey (Colonel Billy), Lewis J. Cody (Faro Bill), Harry S. Andrew’s secret naval plans. In order to secure the papers, Lila makes love Northrup (Arbuthnot), William Brunton (Albert Atherton), F. A. Turner

to Andrew, but the plan backfires when she falls in love with him. (Gerald Morton), Frances Burnham (Mabel Morton), Za Su Pitts (Sal Eventually, Lila agrees to marry Andrew, but during their honeymoon, Sue), F. E. Spooner (Gin Mill Jack), Alfred Hollingsworth (Pizen Dromiroff abducts her from the bridal suite. At headquarters, Lila is shot Ike), Vera Lewis (/ke’s Wife), George W. Berrell (Piety Pete), Pop Taylor, while destroying the documents, and before dying, she telephones Andrew Cal Dugan.

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 ASHES OF LOVE Western. Female gunfighter Colonel Billy is feared and respected by the thereby saving Laura’s marriage. Through Agnes’s influence, Richard is men of California mining camp Rattlesnake Gulch, while the women shun regenerated, and the two eventually marry. Later, however, Laura her because of her reputed promiscuity during the gold rush days. When reappears, and Agnes finds Richard drinking and embracing her. In a rage, actor Gerald Morton, his wife Mabel, and their baby arrive from San William shoots and kills Laura, but Agnes forgives her erring husband and Francisco with Albert Atherton, a preacher, the townsfolk, for a joke, send takes him home. Alcoholics. Infidelity. Regeneration. Sisters. Twins. Atherton to board with Billy, who now loves prospector Faro Bill. While Architects. Greed. Impersonation and imposture. Imprisonment. Atherton reforms Billy, news of Morton’s gold strike reaches San Manslaughter. Millionaires. Mistaken identity. Theft.

Francisco. After the gambler Arbuthnot arrives with love letters to Motog 7 Oct 1916, PP. 839-40, NYDM 30 Sep 1916, p. 26. insults Mabel and Morton challenges him to a duel. For Morton’s safety, MPW 7 Oct 1916, p. 63. Wid's 12 Oct 1916, p. 1030.

discredit Mabel and a plot to kill Morton, Arbuthnot’s cohort, Pizen Ike, ct 1916, p. 22d. ar ep 7th, p. 20. Billy insists that she take his place. In the midst of the duel, Bill, whom Ike had thought he killed, appears with proof that Ike killed another miner.

Ike flees to a cliff and is shot by Bill's friend, Gin Mill Jack. Arbuthnot “SHES OF HATRED see THE COST OF HATRED

clears Mabel’s name and leaves, and Atherton, who discovers that Bill is

his long-lost brother, marries Bill and Billy. California. Mining camps. ASHES OF HOPE F1.0164

Moral reformation. Reputation. Women gunfighters. Actors and Triangle Film Corp. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 7 Oct 1917 actresses. Duels. Gamblers. Letters. Long-lost relatives. Murder. [OTriangle Film Corp.; 9 Oct 1917; LP11902]. 5 reels. Practical jokes. Preachers, Promiscuity. Prospectors. San Francisco. Dir Walter Edwards. Story Thomas H. Ince. Cam Gus Peterson. Note: Author George D. Baker was the Manager of Production of Metro's West Cast: Belle Bennett (Gonda), Jack Livingston (Jim Gordon), Jack Coast studio. Pop Taylor and Cal Dugan were among eight veterans of the California Richardson (“Ace High” Lawton), Percy Challenger (‘Flat Foot”), Josie

film lists its length at six reels. Sedgwick (Belle). . ETR 22 Feb 1919, p. 929. NYMT 16 Feb 1919. Western. Jim Gordon, a stranger to Paluski, a Western mining

mining camps in the 1850’s, who appeared in the film. The copyright entry for this . , ,

MPN 22 Feb 1919, p. 1227. Var 21 Feb 1919, p. 68. settlement, does not drink or gamble, and refuses dance hall girls’ advances.

MPW 22 Feb 1919, pp. 1108-09. Gonda, the dance hall queen, accepts a wager by gambling proprietor *“Ace-High” Lawton, who is hopelessly in love with her, that she cannot

AS YE SOW F1.0162 seduce Gordon. After a drunken miner attempts to shoot Gonda, Gordon

William A. Brady Picture Plays, Inc. Dist World Film Corp. 21 Dec protects her, but when she tries to induce Gordon to drink, he knocks her

1914 [OWorld Film Corp.; 31 Dec 1914; LU4114]. 5 reels. glass from her hand, thus beginning a barroom brawl. Although Gordon

Dir Frank Crane. wins, he is injured. While Gonda nurses him, they fall in love and plan to York, 25 Dec 1905). Gordon receives a letter from his wife back East containing a knitted baby Source: Based on the play As Ye Sow by Rev. John M. Snyder (New marry, but Gordon discourages Gonda from becoming pregnant. When

Cast: Alice Brady (Dora Leland), Walter Fischter (Frank St. John), shoe and news that he has been proven innocent of a murder charge, he Douglas MacLean (Rev. John St. John), Lydia Knott (Mrs. St. John), leaves Gonda some gold and starts home. Thinking that Gordon wronged Beverly West (Belle St. John), John Hines (Luther Ludlam), Edmund Gonda, Lawton throws him from a cliff. After an Indian trapper robs Mortimer (Steven Stetson), George Moss (Rev. H. Brice),Charles Dungan | Gordon, Gordon attempts to rob the gambling hall, but fails. He is about

(Alfred Mason). to be lynched, when Gonda, who has discovered the letter, arranges for

Drama. Frank St. John becomes well known in the New York business Gordon’s escape, for the sake of his son, and agrees to marry Lawton, who world and marries heiress Dora Leland, but soon Dora realizes that Frank then misleads the party trailing Gordon. Dance hall girls. Dudes. Infidelity. is a wastrel who married her for her money under an assumed name. When ‘Mining camps. Self-sacrifice. Falls from heights. Gamblers. Letters. Dora refuses to give him any more money, he kidnaps their baby and leaves Lynching. Robbery. Seduction. Wagers. it on his mother’s doorstep in Cape Cod, then goes to sea on a fishing Note: Some sources refer to the character played by Jack Livingston as “Miles schooner. Informed that her husband has been lost at sea, Dora goes to Norton.” At the time of this film’s release, Thomas H. Ince, who was credited with Cape Cod and boards with Mrs. St. John, unaware of the woman’s identity the film’s authorship, was no longer connected with Triangle Film Corp.

or that of the adopted baby. Frank’s younger brother, Rev. John St. John MPN 3 Ont i917 . 2583. NYDM r Oct i917, p. i. is attracted to Dora and after she explains her circumstances, they decide MPN 20 Oct 1917, p. 2717. Var 5 Oct 1917, p. 43. to marry. Just before the ceremony, however, Frank is washed ashore alive. MPW 13 Oct 1917, pp. 249-50, 300. Wid's 4 Oct 1917, pp. 636-37. Although she is delighted to find her lost child, she must also resume her role as Frank’s wife. He takes up his old habits, however, and soon is killed

in a barroom brawl, thus freeing Dora to marry John and find happiness ASHES OF LOVE F1.0165

at last. Brothers. Fortune hunters. Kidnapping. Long-lost relatives. Graphic Film Corp. Dist State Rights. Sep 1918 [©lvan Abramson; 15 Marriage. Missing persons, assumed dead. New York City. Businessmen. Avg 1918; LU12746]. 6 reels, 6,216 ft.

Schooners. Cam Marcel Le Picard. Motog 2 Jan 1915, p. 42. NYDM 23 Dec 1914, p. 32. Cast: James K. Hackett (Arthur Woodridge), Effie Shannon (Louise

Cape Cod (Massachusetts). Clergy. Deception. Fistfights. Heiresses. Dir \van Abramson. Asst dir William Abramson. Scen Ivan Abramson.

MPW 2 Jan 1915, p. 59. Var 18 Dec 1914, p. 26. Mordyke), Ruby De Remer (Ethel Woodridge), Mabel Juliene Scott

NYDM 16 Dec 1914, p. 48. (Helen Rosedale), Hugh Thompson (Howard Rosedale), Paula Shay,

Dora Mills Adams, William B. Davidson, William Bechtel, Thea Talbot.

ASHES OF DESIRE see THE CURSE OF IKU Drama. In order to provide for her widowed mother, Louise Mordyke, Ethel marries Arthur Woodridge, a wealthy philanthropist who is

ASHES OF EMBERS F1.0163 considerably older than she. Although she respects her husband, Ethel

Famous Players Film Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 21 Sep Tesumesan affair with Howard Rosedale, the husband of her cousin Helen.

1916. 5 reels. Helen hires a detective, who discovers the lovers at a roadhouse. Rushing Dir Joseph Kaufman. Scen Forrest Halsey. Adapted by John B. Clymer from the inn, Ethel is caught in a thunderstorm, after which she contracts

and Charles A. Logue. Cam Ned Van Buren. pneumonia and dies, repentant but unconfessed. Arthur grieves so deeply

Cast: Pauline Frederick (Laura Ward/Agnes Ward), Earle Foxe that Louise and Helen fear for his sanity, and when Louise learns that he (Richard Leigh), Frank Losee (William Benedict), J. Herbert Frank ' contemplating suicide, she reveals the truth about Ethel’s infidelity. (Daniel Marvin), Maggie Halloway Fisher (Mrs. Ward), Jay Wilson Arthur, incredulous, denounces her. Following Howard’s sudden death,

(Detective). however, Helen confirms the story. Louise and Arthur marry, and Helen

Drama. When the selfish Laura Ward steals a large sum of money, her | Weds an old friend. Infidelity. Marriage-Forced by circumstances. twin sister Agnes is mistakenly accused of the crime and sent to prison. Cousins. Detectives. Grief. Philanthropists. Pneumonia. Rain storms.

Meanwhile, Laura abandons her sweetheart, alcoholic architect Richard Roadnouses. wows. 73 upw > Nov 1918, 0. 624

Leigh, to marry an elderly millionaire named William Benedict, but she ep Pe Ov tier B. O28.

soon renews her affair. When a detective catches the lovers together, PY is np i910 P ee wae i Ont i918. e _ Agnes, just released from prison, agrees to pose as Richard’s mistress, MPW 28 Sep 1918, p. 1917.

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THE ASSASSIN AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG THE ASSASSIN see FLIRTING WITH FATE vows to kill her lover, but she refuses to reveal the man’s identity. Brierson realizes that Azalia and Jack love each other, and so, to eliminate his rival,

THE ASSES’ SKIN see THE MAGIC SKIN he tells Zeb that Jack is the child’s father. To disgrace Jack further, Brierson convinces Dagmar, a black woman, to claim Jack as her son, but

AT BAY F1.0166 Zeb learns that Brierson is the father of Cindy’s child and is also Dagmar’s

Pathé Exch Inc. Dist Pathé Exch Inc.: A Gold Roost ‘Pl son. In the end, Zeb kills Brierson, Jack marries Azalia, and Cindy, whose atne exchange, ine, List rathe oxcnange, Inc.; 0 ooster Play. child has died, goes back to the man she loved before Brierson. Farmers. 26 Nov 1915 [©Pathe Freres; 3 Dec 1915; LU7113]. 5 reels. ; Liars. Philanderers. Revenge. Rivalry. Bankers. Blacks. Embezzlement. Dir George Fitzmaurice. Scen Ouida Bergere. Casting Ouida Bergere. —_ Father-daughter relationship. Illegitimacy. Military officers. Mulattoes. Source: Based on the play At Bay by George Scarborough (Washington, Murder. Parentage.

D. C., 22 Sep 1913). ; Note: Contemporary reviews disagree on whether Cindy returns to a former lover Cast: Florence Reed (Aline Graham), Frank Sheridan (District Attorney at the film’s end.

Graham), Lyster Chambers (Joe Hunter), De Witt C. Jennings Motog 29 Apr 1916, p. 1000. NYDM 29 Apr 1916, p. 29. (Judson Flagg), Charles Waldron (Captain Holbrook), Richard Taber. MPN 29 Apr 1916, p. 2558. Var 12 May 1916, p. 19. Drama. Lawyer Judson Flagg, owner of a notorious gambling house, MPW 6 May 1916, p. 982, 1049. Wid's 27 Apr 1916, pp. 538-39. fears District Attorney Graham’s crusade against such establishments. Through a society woman who owes a large gambling debt, Flagg arranges AT THE BARN see TWO WEEKS

for his debonair aide, Joe Hunter, to meet the district attorney’s daughter, .

Aline. She is charmed and soon agrees to a secret marriage. During a raid AT THE CROSS ROADS F1.0169 on Flagg’s gambling house, Hunter wounds Graham. Threatening to Select Photo Play Producing Co. Dist Alliance Films Corp. 26 Oct expose the marriage as fake unless Aline pays a large sum of money, 1914. 5 reels. Hunter takes a jeweled necklace and leaves. After Aline writes to him at Dir Frank L. Dear. Scen Frank L. Dear. Adapted by Arthur C. Aiston. Flagg’s and begs him not to desert her, Flagg sets up a meeting with Aline Source: Based on the play At the Old Cross Roads by Hal Reid (New to be recorded on hidden cameras, in order to make her father withdraw York, 12 May 1902).

from the gubernatorial race. Aline goes to Flagg’s, and during a struggle Cast: Estha Williams (Parepa Mendoza), Rae Forde (Annabelle to retrieve the letter, stabs Flagg with a paper cutter. When suspicion of | Thornton), Mrs. Stuart Robson (Eliza Morton), Arthur Morrison murder is cast on Captain Holbrook, a policeman whom Aline loves, Aline | (Dayton Thornton), Master Martin (Colonel Kerr), Frank L. Dear confesses. The concealed camera pictures reveal that Flagg died of heart | (James Martin), Madge Loomis (Menda Mendoza), Jack Gordon failure before being stabbed. Hunter’s death leaves Aline free to marry | (Stanton Thornton), Elmer Peterson (Tom Martin), Charles H. Streimer Holbrook. Cameras. Confession (law). Evidence. Gambling. Marriage- | (Tom Johnson), Miss Harlan, Edward Thorne. Fake. Political campaigns. Blackmail. District attorneys. Heart disease. | Drama. Parepa Mendoza, a former slave, is employed by the Reverend

Lawyers. Police raids. Thornton, a Southern clergyman whose son Dayton abuses her. When

Note: The play had its New York opening on 7 Oct 1913. News items concerning Dayton kills James Martin during a drunken brawl, he flees to the hills, the film’s production noted the unusually deep sets used in the cabaret scenes. taking Parepa as his mistress. He soon tires of her, however, and orders her

Motog 4 Dec 1915, pp. 1194-95, 1211. MPW 13 Nov 1915, p. 1329. from his cabin, even though she is pregnant with his child. Parepa confesses

MPN 6 Nov 1915, p. 81. MPW 27 Nov 1915, pp. 1676-77, 1730. her transgressions to Thornton, who is shocked, and orders Dayton to

MPN 4 Dec 1915, p. 93. NYDM 4 Dec 1915, p. 28. marry her. Dayton and Parepa go North, after which the reverend dies of grief. As their daughter Annabelle grows up, Parepa has assumed the role

AT FIRST SIGHT F1.0167 — of maid to Dayton, and the girl never knows of her background. When the Famous Players Film Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 2 Jul 1917 family returns South, Tom Martin attacks his father’s killer, but Annabelle

[©Famous Players Film Co.; 27 Jun 1917; LP11011]. 5 reels. intervenes. Later the two fall in love, but at their engagement party Dayton Dir Robert Z. Leonard. Scen George Middleton. Cam Charles Rosher. tells everyone that Parepa is Annabelle’s mother. Parepa kills Dayton after

Cast: Mae Murray (Justina), Sam T. Hardy (Hartly Poole), Jules he is pursued by a band of outraged blacks, but during her trial it is Rancourt (Pau/), Julia Bruns (Nell), W. T. Carlton (Mr. Chaffin), Nellie revealed by Colonel Kerr, a former suitor, that Parepa is actually a white

Lindreth (Mrs. Chaffin), William Butler (The sheriff), Edward Sturgis woman of Spanish heritage, and she is released. Blacks. Father-son

(The deputy), Estar Banks. relationship. Mistresses. Murder. Parentage. Racial prejudice. United Comedy. Hartly Poole, a famous romance writer, retreats to the country States—South. Clergy. Desertion. Race relations. Revenge. for inspiration. There he meets ardent admirer Justina Chaffin, who is Note: Estha Williams recreated the role of Parepa from the well-known stage play.

about to marry a fortune-hunting scoundrel. After Justina and Hartly fall Motog 24 Oct 1914, p. 577. MPW 29 Aug 1914, p. 1290. in love, she discovers the deception of her fiancé and flees to Hartly’s MPN 17 Oct 1914, p. 63, 65, 67. MPW 17 Oct 1914, p. 351.

cottage. Seeing her car parked in front, the sheriff accuses Hartly of vw 3 Ap le .. a 5 Var 10 Oct 1914, p. 25.

abduction, but all is resolved when Justina and Hartly exchange vows. _

Autre. Fortune mane; Mariage, Fale accusaone. Sheri: _p-ryg FRONT WITH THE ALLIES F107

Motog 7 Jul 1917, p. 46. NYDM 7 Jul 1917, p. 20. Dist Hippodrome Film Co. Mar-Apr 1916. 5 reels.

MPN 7 Jul 1917, p. 117. NYDM 14 Jul 1917, p. 17. Documentary /World War I. Scenes from the Allied front during World MPW 12 May 1917, p. 984. Var 6 Jul 1917, p. 23. War I include the following: Canadian troops at an English encampment; MPW 7 Sul 1917, p. 78, 134. Wid's 28 Jun 1917, p. 408. King George reviewing soldiers with General Joseph Jacques Cesaire Joffre at his side; the snow-covered battlefields of Russia and Austria; piles

AT MEDICINE BEND see MEDICINE BEND of dead bodies; batteries of heavy artillery; the leisurely loading of shells;

an armored automobile camouflaged for the deception of air scouts; and

AT PINEY RIDGE F 1.0168 actual fighting at the front, including a night attack for the possession of Selig Polyscope Co.; A Selig Red Seal Play. Dist V-L-S-E, Inc. 1 May a Strategic trench. World War |. Armored cars. Austria. Canada. Army.

1916 [©Selig Polyscope Co.; 8 Apr 1916; LP8049]. 5 reels. Combat. Corpses. George V, King of England, 1865-1936. Jacques

Dir William Robert Daly. Scen Gilson Willets. Cesaire Joffre. Military camps. Ordnance. Russia. Trench warfare.

Source: Based on the play At Piney Ridge by David K. Higgins (New MPN 25 Mar 1916, p. 1705. MPN 8 Apr 1916, p. 2074. York, 22 Feb 1897).

Cast: Fritzi Brunette (Cindy Lane), Al W. Filson (Zeb Lane), Leo AT THE MERCY OF MEN F1.0171

Pierson (Jack Rose), Edward J. Piel (Mark Brierson), Frank Clark Select Pictures Corp. Dist Select Pictures Corp. 20 Apr 1918 [©Select (General Deering), Vivian Reed (Azalia Deering), James Bradbury Pictures Corp.; 11 Apr 1918; LP12308]. 5 reels.

(Major Jartree), William Scott (Rube Hollar), Lillian Hayward Dir Charles Miller. Scen Paul West. Cam Hal Young.

(Dagmar). Cast: Alice Brady (Vera Souroff), Frank Morgan (Count Nicho), Jack Drama. When Cindy Lane becomes pregnant, Mark Brierson, the father, Johnson (Boris Litofsky), Robert Walker (Count Andreas), C. Porches

refuses to marry her. Instead, Brierson romances Azalia Deering, whose (Count Michael), Helen Lindroth (Mme. Souroff), W. C. Carleton father, General Deering, owns the town bank. Brierson misuses bank funds, (Major Souroff), Yolande Buquette (Countess Zaptine), Tula Bell but the bank is saved by Jack Rose, a wealthy farmer. Cindy’s father Zeb (Alice).

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 | THE AUCTION BLOCK Drama. Vera Souroff, betrothed to young radical Boris Litofsky, is presidents. Brothers. Dreams. Embezzlement. Marriage. Attempted attacked by three officers of the Czar and raped by one of them in the suicide. Bigamy. Gypsies. Missing persons, assumed dead. darkened apartment of a Petrograd restaurant. The Czar orders one of the Note: For information on remakes, see The Weakness of Man.

offending officers, Count Nicho, to marry Vera, although the officers have ETR 20 Sep 1919, p. 1410. MPW 4 Oct 1919, p. 168. sworn to one another never to reveal the identity of the chief attacker; after ETR 27 Sep 1919, p. 1436. MPW 17 Apr 1920, p. 457. the forced marriage, Count Nicho declares that Vera will never be assured

that she married the right officer. At the outbreak of the Bolshevik ATOP OF THE WORLD IN MOTION F1.0174 revolution, Vera saves her husband’s life and demands as repayment the Beverly B. Dobbs. Dist State Rights; Joseph Conoly. Nov 1912. 6 reels. name of the man who molested her. Filled with remorse, Nicho confesses Cam Beverly B. Dobbs.

that he was her principal assailant, and the two embrace. Marriage- Documentary. This documentary, which is divided into several titled Forced. Military officers. Nobility. Rape. Russia-History-1917-1921 sections, covers life in the Arctic and in Siberia, including scenes of Revolution. Guilt. Restaurants. Revolutionaries. Royalty. St. Petersburg Eskimos in their daily routine of work, ritual and play. A cruise to the coast

(Russia). of Siberia in the trading schooner the Sea Wolf follows a segment called Note: This film had two working titles, first Ruthless Russia, and then, in Mar “The Ice Parks in the Arctic,” which shows streams of ice flowing across

1918, The Bride’s Revenge. According to a news item, the scene depicting the rape . trai . . . “Ton:

of Vera Souroff by three officers of the Czar was cut by Select Pictures Corp. after the Bering Strait. The United States mail dog team, pulling mail shi pments

reviewers objected to it. across the arctic landscape, is feature in another segment; and in “The

. 894, V , p. 40. ; ; ae , '

MPC Jul 1918, p. 75. NYDM 9 Feb 1918, p. 26. Walrus Hunt,” methods of killing and securing walrus hides and tusks are

MPN 4 May 1918, p. 2601, 2662. NYDM 2 Mar 1918, p. 15. shown in detail. The final section focuses on gold mining in Nome, Alaska, MPW 4 May 1918, p. 649, 744, 753. NYDM _4 May 1918, p. 632. particularly the hydraulic process of removing ore from river beds and

MPH May 1318, p. 89 u" 26 Apr 1918, p. 40 ocean beaches. Arctic regions. Expeditions. Alaska. Bering Strait. Dog

sleds. Eskimos. Gold mining. Hunting. Ice floes. Nome (Alaska). Postal

AT THE MERCY OF TIBERIUS see THE PRICE OF SILENCE service. Rites and ceremonies. Schooners. Siberia. Walruses.

Note: This film, which was first called Beverly B. Dobbs Original Alaska-Siberia

AT WATT COLLEGE see THE COLLEGE ORPHAN Motion Pictures, opened in New York in Nov 1912 after playing a reported 330-350 performances in Chicago. Advertisements for Frank E. Kleinschmidt’s The AlaskaSiberia Expedition (see above listing), which was released in May 1912, claim that

ATHALIE see UNSEEN FORCES Dobb’s production was actually a re-issue of two-year-old “tourographologs” that had

been shown in Y.M.C.A.’s, hotels, and other non-theatrical establishments.

THE According tostate a Janrights 1913 advertisement, Atop of the World in Motion . . ATOM . . so gsF1.0172 withdrawn from the market on 15 Jan 1913. One source lists thewas filmtoatbe Triangle Film Corp. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 15 Sep 1918. 5 seven reels.

reels, MPW 2 Nov 1912, p. 442, 479. MPW 30 Nov 1912, p. 903. Dir William Dowlan. Scen Catherine Carr. Story Catherine Carr. MPW 16 Nov 1912, p. 701. MPW 4 Jan 1913, p. 95. Cam Elgin Lessley.

Cast: Pauline Starke (Jenny), Belle Bennett (Belle Hathaway), Harry ATTA BOY’S LAST RACE, F1.0175 Mestayer (Montague Booth), Ruth Handforth (Miss Miggs), Walter Fine Arts Film Co. Dist Triangle Film Corp. 5 Nov 1916. 5 reels. Bons (oldson), Lincoln Stedman (Ethelbert), Gene Burr (Benson), Tom Dir George Siegmann. Scen Tod Browning. Story Tod Browning.

D ing “At ( Vo ). Booth is disfigured ] dent and | h Cast: Dorothy Gish (Lois Brandon), Keith Armour (Jim Spencer), Carl d rama. a rhe ablic a d his leadin 1 dy “Bell oh th OSes 0. Stockdale (Jarvis Johnson), Adele Clifton (Lucille Stone), Loyola

admiration of both the public and his leading lady, belie riathaway. Un O’Connor (Mrs. Brandon), Fred A. Turner (Phil Strong), Tom Wilson

the verge of suicide, he is saved by the adoring Jenny, a maid in Miss (Bill Golden), Joe N (Jockey)

Miggs’ theatrical boardinghouse, where Booth has been staying. The two en’ wery OCT: , , nend travelj dicine sh f Booth’s old friend Old qth tak Drama. Lois Brandon loves Jim Spencer, a racehorse owner, but she will

join the traveling medicine show of Bootis ole Tend Madson ane ten ta e not marry him. Her father committed suicide because of racing debts, and

up a homestead claim. When Belle learns of Montague’s financial ; . . after Lois hates the racetrack atmosphere. Jim vows toJenny, leavesuccess, thebut business she attempts. .so to steal his money and cast the blame on he . .; , . . . oe winning one more race, and he sells his horses to Jarvis Johnson, .betting uncovers the scheme and is reunited with his faithful Jenny. Actors and the monev on Atta Bov. who breaks down in the stretch. Lois claims Atta

actresses. Disfiguration. Homesteaders. Maids. Accidents. Attempted | Bov and * urses him Ok to health. then enters him in a race without

suicide. Frame-ups. Medicine shows. Theft. ylast a . minute, cert ay ° , ve finds we ; Boardinghouses. , knowing has been “fixed” by Johnson. At the Note:7Wid’s reportedthat that itCharles Force was credited on the press sheets with the . . Lois ..’ role of Oldson. out about the fix and yells to Jim to switch his bets to Johnson’s horse. Atta ETR 28 Sep 1918, p. 1409, 1423. NYDM 28 Sep 1918, p. 483. Boy manages to win, but Jim had not heard Lois’ warning to change his

MPW 21 Sep 1918, p. 1743, 1774. Var 20 Sep 1918, p. 43. bet, and so he wins enough to leave the track forever. Gambling. Horse

MPW 28 Sep 1918, p. 1917. Wid's 15 Sep 1918, p. 18. owners. Horseracing. Fixed horse races. Horses. Wagers.

Note: The working title of this film was The Best Bet. Raymond Jerome Binder was

ATONEMENT F1.0173 originally slated to star in the film. According to a news item, over 2,000 extras were Humphrey Pictures, Inc. Dist State Rights; Pioneer Feature Film Corp. engaged for the racetrack scenes, along with six racehorses and jockeys from Tijuana

Sep [OPi Feature Film C -92 Corp.; Aug 1919: 5 reel racetracks. Theexteriors racing scenes Exposition State Park in Losand Angeles and in San ep 1919 [ erioneer Film ug ’LU141201. ]. reels. Francisco, and other were were shot shot at theatCalifornia Fair Sacramento.

Dir William Humphrey. Scen George Edwards Hall and William Motog 4 Nov 1916, p. 1039. MPW 11 Nov 1916, p. 18. Humphrey. | MPN 16 Sep 1916, p. 1701. NYDM ___21 Oct 1916, p. 27. Source: Based on the play Zhivoy Trup (The Living Corpse) by Leo MPN 14 Oct 1916, p. 2369. Tri 7 Oct 1916, p. 3.

Tolstoy (Moscow, 23 Sep 1911). MPN 28 Oct 1916, p. 2710. Var 20 Oct 1916, p. 27.

Cast: Grace Davison (Laura Hamilton), Conway Tearle (Theodore PnP Hamilton), Anthony Merlo (James Proctor), Gretchen Hartman THE AUCTION BLOCK oo F1.0176

Proctor), Huntley Gordon (Vincent Carlton), Sally Crute (Sarah

(Marcia, a gypsy), Jean Gautier (Tony), Arthur Donaldson (Anselmo). Rex Beach Film Corp. Dist Goldwyn Distributing Corp. Dec 1917

Drama. Laura Hamilton rejects Vincent Carlton and marries Theodore | [@Goldwyn Pictures Corp.; 17 Nov 1917; LP11718]. 7 reels. Proctor, a bank president. Proctor’s brother is desperate for money and Dir Larry Trimble. Scen Gil Spear. Cam David Calcagni. approaches Proctor, who makes an unsound loan which results in his Source: Based on the novel The Auction Block by Rex Beach (New York,

removal from the bank. Spurned by his wife, Proctor follows a gypsy’s _—‘:19114). .

advice and sheds his clothes on a river bank and is believed a suicide. Cast: Rubye De Remer (Lorelei Knight), Florence Deshon (Lilas Proctor succumbs to the underworld and Laura marries Vincent. Proctor’s | Lynn), Dorothy Wheeler (Mrs. Peter Knight), Florence Johns (Adoree identity is later revealed and Laura is charged with bigamy. Inordertosave | Demorest), Tom Powers (Bob Wharton), Walter Hitchcock (Jarvis Laura from disgrace, Proctor is about to kill himself when he wakes up and Hammon), Ned Burton (Hannibal Wharton), Charles Graham (Max discovers he has been dreaming since the time his brother confessed his Melcher), George Cooper (Jimmy Knight), Alec B. Francis (John

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financial predicament. Proctor resists the embezzlement, his brother Merkle), Francis Joyner (Campbell Pope), Bernard Randall (Noble recovers his fortune, and Proctor goes home to his wife and child. Bank Bergman), Peter Lang (Peter Knight).

AUCTION OF SOULS AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Melodrama. Lorelei Knight lands a job as a show girl in New York overwork, Phyllis plans to raise money for him by auctioning herself to the through the efforts of her unscrupulous brother. Her parasitic family soon highest bidder. The bids run high until Jerry enters the room and offers love follows in order to live on her earnings. She loses her job and in desperation and marriage. Phyllis refuses his offer and is on the verge of accepting

marries Bob Wharton, the drunken son of a millionaire, but refuses to Kirke’s proposal, when he suddenly assaults her and Jerry comes to the consummate the marriage until he reforms. Lorelei meets Lilas Lynn who rescue. Phyllis, then realizing that love and happiness are better than riches

is planning revenge on steel mill owner Jarvis Hammon, the man and abuse, consents to marry Jerry. Fortune hunters. Love. Self-sacrifice. responsible for her father’s death. Lilas shoots Hammon and Lorelei is Artists. Attempted rape. Blindness. Millionaires. Mistresses.

implicated. Her brother and his gang blackmail Lorelei’s now reformed ER e Mey lor p. 1336. se 2 May me p. 977. husband for the crime, but after a turn of events the gang is broken up and olog ay taney Be Doo. i ay 19t’, BP. 27.

all ends well. Blackmail. Brother-sister relationship. Marriage-Forced by MPN 12 May 1917, p. 3014. Wid's 17 May 1917, p. 318. circumstances. Parasites. Revenge. Alcoholics. Criminals. Family life. Moral reformation. Murder. New York City. Showgirls.

Note: The name of the production company of this film has been listed variously AUDREY ; ; ; F1.0179

as Rex Beach Film Corp., Rex Beach Pictures Corp., and Rex Beach Pictures Co. Famous Players Film Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 27 Mar

ETR 22 Dec 1917, p. 297. NYDM 2 Jun 1917, p. 25. 1916 [OFamous Players Film Co.; 17 Mar 1916; LU7840]. 5 reels.

MPN 5 Jan 1918, p. 14. NYDM 22 Dec 1917, p. 30. Dir Robert Vignola. v PW 7 pee ory P. a on 5 De Ory P. * 5-16 Source: Based on the novel Audrey by Mary Johnston (Boston, 1902). MPW 39 Dee 1917, y 1957. “ wees PP Cast: Pauline Frederick (Audrey), Charles Waldron (Lord Haward), Margarete Christians (Evelyn Byrd), E. Fernandez (Jean Hugon), Helen

AUCTION OF SOULS F1.0177 Cohn By Da Darden), Henry Hallam (Mr. Darden), Jack Clark Selig Studios for the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Drama, Or haned as a voung girl. Audrey is left with an old couple b Relief. Dist First National Exhibitors Circuit. 19 Jan 1919 [©Associated guardian voor 4 Hawatd The coup le isnores her and the neighbors shun Fit Navona hue, ne 7 Fab 922 LPVTS) 8 ek 7400 Foti gow pon owe, Aer nay yar Any mens Lard

Frederic Chapin. : Haward once again. The guardian and his ward fall in love, which leads Source: Based on the book Ravished Armenia by Aurora Mardiganian to Audrey's denunciation by the town minister. She is forced to leave the

interpreted by H. L. Gates (New York, 1918). town, but in the end Lord Haward ignores the public outcry, finds Audrey Cast: Aurora Mardiganian (Herself), Irving Cummings (Andranik), roster parents Neignbore. Nobiitg Wards and guardians. Clergy. Anna aN isson (Edit Grah an Mil Mereentnay (Himself), Howard Note: This film was largely shot on location in Jacksonville, Fl. A copy of the play aves, ector Dion, Fran ark, Mules McCarthy, ugenie besserer, Audrey, by Harriet Ford and E. F. Boddington, which opened in New York on 24

Lillian West. Nov 1902, was included in the studio records for this film, although there is no Drama. Aurora Mardiganian, a young Armenian girl who lives with her indication in any sources that it served as a basis for the motion picture.

parents in the Turkish town of Harpout, falls in love with Andrakin, a Motog 8 Feb 1916, p. 828. NYDM 1 Apr 1916, p. 29. young shepherd. Passelt Pasha, the Turkish governor of the province, MPN 8 Apr 1916, p. 2067. Var 31 Mar 1916, p. 24 demands Aurora’s hand in marriage, but her father refuses, explaining that PW > ne tole con Wid's 30 Mar 1916, p. 476.

like other Armenians, she is Christian and does not want to change. In a March 1915, despite pleas from American Ambassador Henry

Morgenthau, the Turkish Government orders the Armenians into the desert, where rampant atrocities occur. After her parents are killed, Aurora THE AUSTRIAN SPY see ANTON THE TERRIBLE and other Armenian girls are taken by Turks from an English mission run by Edith Graham. Miss Graham disguises herself as an Armenian and with

Aurora, escapes, aided by Andranik. They are captured by Kurds, however, AUTHENTIC EUROPEAN WAR F1.0180 after which they are raped, sold toa Mohammedan chieftain and later sold Dist State Rights; P. J. Hall. 1915? 4 reels. again at a slave market. With the help of Andranik they escape finally to Documentary /World War I. an American Relief Home. Aurora comes to America and pleads for help Note: The only information located concerning this film is that the Kansas censors for her people, who literally have been decimated. Armenians. Christians. approved it on 7 Oct 1915. This may not be the film’s correct title, and the film may

Evacuation. Genocide. Edith Graham. Kurds. Muslims. Rape. Slave _ ®¢ foreign. markets. Turkey. Turks. Ambassadors. Americans in foreign countries. Disguise. Escapes. Missions. Henry Morganthau. Provincial governors.

Rescues. Shepherds. Tribal chiefs. AUTUMN _ F1.0181

Note: Viscount Bryce’s official report and Ex-Ambassador Henry Morgenthau’s Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co.; Red Feather official story were additional sources for this film. The book was serialized in the Photoplays. 27 Mar 1916 [©Universal Film Mfg. Co.; 26 Feb 1916; Hearst publications. The film and the book are based on true incidents in the life of LP7712). 5 reels.

Se TT ee ee eetttAceenaamsaene 0. A. C. Lund. ructfied. may als ViDirUixion i . ‘Scen O. A.C. Lund

film opened originally in various cities at $10 a seat, the proceeds going to the Cast: Violet Mersereau (Autumn Arden/ Jeanett € Arden), Lester Stowe Committee for the Relief of the Near East and the Armenian War Relief Association. (George Arden), Elizabeth Mudge (Louise), Percy Richards (Dick Sources disagree concerning the scenarist. Records from the Selig Collection credit Leslie), Paul Panzer (Diamond Jack), Clara Byers (Spanish Kate), Frederic Chopin. wae puvicity pampmlets produced by the armenian war Rete Lindsay Hall (Joe), Fred Probet (Hop Lee).

ssociation credl ie) opin an ora ain, a member oO e committee. 1S ' V1 ;

film was included in the AFI Catalog of Feature Fume | 2 30: F2.0199. Shots Aum “lem a Ss husband Georee, ete had gone Ae eer

iit aenaiin OL y fimed at Mt. Baldy, CA. receives a head wound. The injury makes him lose his memory, and so

Autumn is raised by her godfather. Many years pass, and Royal Mounted Policeman Dick Leslie is assigned to locate George. Dick meets Autumn,

THE AUCTION OF VIRTUE F1.0178 who also comes to the attention of the gambler, Diamond Jack. Spanish

U.S. Amusement Corp. Dist Art Dramas, Inc. 3 May 1917 [OUS. Kate, Jack’s jealous girlfriend, kills Jack when she sees him kissing

Amusement Corp.; 10 Oct 1917; LUI 1525], 6 reels. Autumn. Both women are charged with the murder, but Dick proves Dir Herbert Blache. Scen Joseph Frank] in Poland. Cam John G. Haas. Autumn’s innocence. Finally, Autumn’s father is located, an operation Cast: Naomi Childers (Phyllis), Mrs. Miller (Mrs. Shaw), Evelyn Dumo restores his memory, and Dick and Autumn, who have fallen in love, plan (Claire), Leslie Austen (Jerry), Wyndham Standing (Kirke), Kirke Brown their marriage. Canada. Gamblers. Murder. North West Mounted Police.

(Jules). , , , ; , Amnesia. Childbirth. False arrests. Foster fathers. Jealousy. Miraculous Drama. Phyllis Shaw, feeling the sting of poverty, decides to marry a rich cures.

man. First, Phyllis meets Jerry, a young struggling artist who falls in love Note: Lieut. Percy Richards, a celebrity known as “The Man in White,” made his

with her, but she refuses him because of his lack of riches. Then Phyllis fim debut in this picture. ,

meets Kirke, a wealthy married man who offers to lavish wealth upon her MPN 18 Mar 1916, p. 1618. MPW 8 Apr 1916, p. 324. but refuses to consent to a marriage. When Jerry loses his sight due to MPW 18 Mar 1916, p. 1848. Wid’'s 9 Mar 1916, p. 426. 38

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE AWAKENING THE AVALANCHE F1.0182 Prod D. W. Griffith. Dir D. W. Griffith. Scen D. W. Griffith. Musical Life Photo Film Corp. Dist State Rights. 11 Feb 1915. 5 reels. . accompaniment composed by S. L. Rothapfel.

Dir Will S. Davis. Source: Inspired by the poem “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe Source: Based on the play The Avalanche by Robert Hilliard and W. A. in The Pioneer (Jan 1843) and his poem “Annabel Lee” in The New York Tremayne (Philadelphia, Apr 1912). Tribune (New York, 9 Oct 1849). Cast: Catherine Countiss (Clara Benson Vaughan), William H. Tooker Cast: Henry B. Walthall (The nephew), Spottiswoode Aitken (The (John Grey), Caroline French (Helen Barrington Grey), Roy Applegate uncle), Blanche Sweet (The sweetheart), George Seigmann (The (Peter Vaughan), Claire Mersereau (Rose Grey), Edward F. Roseman Italian), Ralph Lewis (The detective), Mae Marsh (The maid), Robert (Ashton Cameron), Fraunie Fraunholz (Philip Carlton), Vivian Tobin Harron (The grocery boy), George A. Berranger. (Polly), William Slider (James Simpson), Violet Mersereau, Sue Balfour. Drama. A scholarly bachelor, who has raised his nephew from infancy, Drama. Even though Clara Benson loves John Grey, she accepts the instills his own literary ambitions into his ward. When the young man, an marriage proposal of elderly millionaire Peter Vaughan in order to ensure Edgar Allan Poe enthusiast, wants to marry, his jealous uncle protests, her proper place in society. John eventually overcomes his despondency and implying that the young woman is of questionable virtue. Stung, and marries Helen Barrington. When Clara begins to tire of her husband, she reasoning that nature is omnivorous, the nephew kills his uncle and seals turns to John, determined to regain his love. So blatant are her flirtations the body within a fireplace. His conscience bothers him, however. Someone that, upon witnessing Clara’s behavior at a party, Peter dies of shock. John who witnessed the crime blackmails him, a detective hounds him, and his

remains faithful to his beloved Helen despite Clara’s continued pleas. uncle’s ghost haunts him. In desperation, the nephew hangs himself, but Exasperated, Clara devises a scheme to manipulate stock investments in is cut down by the detective before expiring. Meanwhile, his sweetheart has

the Avalanche Company, thereby driving John to financial ruin. Certain leaped to her death. Finally, the young man awakens to discover that he

that by offering John financial assistance she can regain his love, Clara has been dreaming. He reconciles with his uncle and marries his comes to the rescue. Helen incorrectly believes that John is having an affair sweetheart, after which the young couple is attended by Pan, forest animals

with his old flame and reluctantly sues for divorce, but the family lawyer and children. Dreams. Ghosts. Guilt. Jealousy. Murder. Nephews. reveals Clara’s underhanded methods, and husband and wife are Suicide. Uncles. Bachelors. Blackmail. Detectives. Fireplaces. Jumps reconciled. Fidelity. Flirtation. Social climbers. Bankruptcy. Divorce. from heights. Pan (god).

Infidelity. Lawyers. Millionaires. Stock market. Note: The working title of this film was The Murderer’s Conscience. An MPN preNote: A modern source includes Lois Alexander, J. W. Travis, D. J. Flanagan and production news item mentions Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, Miriam Cooper and Jack Marjorie Nelson in the cast. Violet Mersereau may have played the part of Rose Grey. Pickford in the cast, but their participation in the production, if any, is unknown. The This film was to have been released by Alco Film Corp., but at the end of 1914, Life film showed in Los Angeles in Jul 1914 and played at the Strand Theatre in New York Photo Film Co. withdrew from Alco and released their subsequent films to state rights early in Aug 1914. It was offered for state rights distribution by Western Import Co.

exchanges. late in 1914. Modern sources list G. W. Bitzer as cameraman, Karl Brown as assistant Motog 12 Dec 1914, p. 802. MPN _6 Feb 1915, p. 61. cameraman, and James Smith and Rose Richtel as film editors.

Motog 30 Jan 1915, p. 164, 188. MPW 30 Jan 1915, p. 676, 736. Motog 22 Aug 1914, p. 270. MPN 22 Aug 1914, p. 48. MPN 30 Jan 1915, p. 47. Motog 14 Nov 1914, p. 66. MPW 15 Aug 1914, p. 936. Motog 2 Jan 1915, p. 18. MPW 22 Aug 1914, p. 1150. Motog 17 Apr 1915, p. 600. NYDM 12 Aug 1914, p. 28.

THE AVALANCHE F1.0183

MPN 8 Aug 1914, p. 30. Var 7 Aug 1914, p. 18.

Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; THE AVENGING TRAIL F1.0185

Artcraft Pictures. 22 Jun 1919 [©Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; 20 Jun Metro Pictures Corp.; Yorke Film Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp.; A

1919; LP13880]. 5 reels, 5,273 ft. -_ Metro Wonderplay. 31 Dec 1917 [©Metro Pictures Corp.; 22 Dec 1917;

: Pres Adolph Zukor. Dir George Fitzmaurice. Asst dir William J. Scully. LP11865]. 5 reels. Scen Ouida Bergere. Settings designed by George Fitzmaurice. Gown Supv Fred J. Balshofer. Dir Francis Ford. Asst dir Johnnie Waters.

designed by Callot. Scen Mary Murillo and Fred J. Balshofer. Cam Antonio Gaudio.

Source: Based on the novel The Avalanche; A Mystery Story by Source: Based on the novel Gaston Olaf by Henry Oyen (New York,

Gertrude Atherton (New York, 1919). 1917).

Cast: Elsie Ferguson (Chichita, later known as Mme Cast: Harold Lockwood (Gaston Olaf), Sally Crute (Rose Havens),

Delano/Helene), Lumsden Hare (Price Ruyler ), Zeffie Tilbury (Mr. s. Joseph Dailey (Tom Pine), Walter P. Lewis (Devil Dave Taggert), Louis Ruyler), Fred Esmelton (John Harvey), William Roselle (Ferdie = Wolheim (Lefty Red), William Clifford (William Hale), Warren Cook

Derenforth), Grace Field (Sybil Price), Warner Oland (Nick Delano), (pp. Saunders), Mrs. Lettie Ford (Mrs. Havens), Art Ortego

Harry Wise, George Dupree. oo, (Taggart's Indian), Edward Draham, Floyd Buckley, Harry J. Russell,

Drama. After her father, a gambling proprietor in Spain, is killed and — Tom Blake, Robert Carson, Austin Beattie, Russell Hubley, Frank Bates,

her husband, an English gambler, commits suicide, Chichita places her Harry Cabot. baby Helene in a convent. Fifteen years later, Helene runs away and Northwest drama. Woodsman Gaston Olaf arrives in Havens Falls just subsequently marries Price Ruyler, a novelist. She soon becomes bored in time to rescue Rose Havens from the unwelcome attentions of Lefty Red. with domestic life and attracted to the glamour of a New York gambling Impressed by Olaf’s performance, Dave Taggart, Red’s employer, induces house run by Nick Delano, who, coincidentally, is married to Helene’s the lumberjack to become foreman of his lawless band of woodcutters. mother. At Delano’s, Helene sustains heavy losses and although she pawns Unknown to Olaf, Taggart orders the men to cut a stand of lumber her jewelry and takes money from her husband’s wallet, she cannot pay her _ belonging to Rose. After the trees are felled, Olaf learns the truth and debts. Madame Delano recognizes her and tries to help, but when Delano _refyses to allow the men to move the logs. Slyly parrying Olaf’s demand, discovers this he telephones Price. Helene struggles with him and he falls Taggart purchases the ground from Rose and then arranges to rob the safe to his death over a balcony. Madame Delano takes the blame for the death in which the money is kept. Olaf arrives and prevents the theft, rescues and dies in prison after swallowing poison to protect her daughter. A few ——_Roge from the clutches of Taggart and wins himself a bride. Lumber camp

yars later, Helene sews in front of a fire, as Price warmly embraces her. foremen. Lumber industry. Rescues. Robbery. Woodsmen. Employer-

Gambling. Hereditary tendencies. Mother-daughter _ relationship. employee relations. Land rights. Convents. Debt. Falls from heights. Long-lost relatives. New York City. Note: According to publicity for the film, some scenes were shot in a large lumber

Novelists. Poisoning. Self-sacrifice. Suicide. camp near North Conway, New Hampshire in the White Mountains. Assistant Note: According to the pressbook in the copyright descriptions, most of the sets director Johnnie Waters left the company before filming was completed to report for

were designed by director George Fitzmaurice. military service. ETR 12 Jul 1919, p. 469. Var 4 Jul 1919, p. 43. ETR 5 Jan 1918, p. 420. MPN 19 Jan 1918, p. 384. MPN 12 Jul 1919, p. 593. Wid’s 6 Jul 1919, p. 15. ETR 12 Jan 1920, p. 523. Var 11 Jan 1918, p. 43.

MPW 12 Jul 1919, p. 285. MPN 12 Jan 1918, p. 276. Wid's 10 Jan 1918, pp. 859-60.

THE AWAKENING F 1.0186

THE AVENGING CONSCIENCE; THOU SHALT NOT World Film Corp. Dist World Film Corp. 3 Dec 1917 [©World Film

KILL F1.0184 Corp.; 27 Nov 1917; LU11768]. 5 reels.

Majestic Motion Picture Co. Dist State Rights; Mutual Film Corp.; Pres William A. Brady. Dir George Archainbaud. Asst dir Philip W.

Western Import Co. 24 Aug 1914. 7-8 reels. Masi. Story E. J. De Varney. Cam Philip Hatkin. 39

THE AWAKENING AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Cast: Montagu Love (Jacques Revilly), Dorothy Kelly (Marguerite), Josiah Arbuthnot), Donald Hall (Dr. William Strong), Sally Crute John Davidson (Horace Chapron), Frank Beamish (Varny), Joseph (Fay Harrington), Jessie Stevens (Mrs. Greer), Edward Elkas (Joseph

Granby (Prosper Chavassier), Josephine Earle (Celestine). Ulrich), David Davies (Henri Ressori), Caroline Lee (Rosalind Drama. Jacques Revilly, an uncouth French farm laborer, tires of his Fothergill).

neighbor’s insults and decides to move to the Bohemian colony in Paris in Drama. Ruth Hoagland grows up on the Florida Keys with no companion order to pursue an art career. Yet even there, his unkempt appearance and other than her father, a half-witted fisherman who spends most of his time surly ways earn him the name “the Beast.” One day, he discovers the half- —_ hunting for buried treasure. Vacationing yachtsman Bob Winthrop and frozen body of Marguerite, a young girl, and takes her to his rooms where —_—Ruth fall in love, but Winthrop returns to New York, and after a year, has

he gives her food and clothing. In Marguerite’s presence, love enters forgotten Ruth. After finding two chests in a cave, Ruth locates her father Jacques’ heart for the first time, and they plan to marry. Before that day —_ unconscious froma fall. She goes to the mainland for help, but returns with

arrives, however, Marguerite is assaulted by Horace Chapron, a the Reverend Josiah Arbuthnot and Dr. William Strong, to find her father blackguard who covets her beauty. Believing her to be guilty of infidelity, dead. Strong, out of kindness, offers to marry her, but Ruth declines, sure Jacques challenges the scoundrel to a duel. Although Jacques is wounded, that Winthrop will return. She offers to divide the chests with Strong and he wins the duel because he learns the truth, and so the lovers begina new — Arbuthnot, but after Strong discovers they are worthless, he withdraws his life. Bohemians and Bohemianism. Derelicts. Love. Transformation. savings, and gives Ruth money to develop her voice in New York, saying

Duels. French. Rape. | that it came from selling the chests’ contents. After Ruth learns of

Note: The original title of this film was The Beast. Winthrop’s affair with a musical comedy star, she returns to the island to Motog 8 Dec 1917, p. 1207. NYDM 1 Dec 1917, p. 19. prepare for her Broadway debut. When Ruth discovers Strong’s sacrifice

vp bee Ory Oe. on * ne ery . ah. for her, she realizes his love, and marries him. Cads. Father-daughter MPW 22 Dec 1917, p. 1846. relationship. Self-sacrifice. Fishermen. Florida Keys. New York CityBroadway. Physicians. Treasure. THE AWAKENING (Fox Film Corp.) see A BRANDED SOUL Note: The working title of this film was The Girl from the Sea. This was the first

feature release of Perfection Pictures, which was owned by George K. Spoor of Essanay, Thomas A. Edison and George Kleine, and used the “Perfection Process,”

THE AWAKENING (New York Motion Picture Corp.; Kay-Bee) see a new invention for the development of film, which was advertised as having been the

THE DESPOILER result of four years of experiments by scientists and laboratory experts, and promised

images which excelled in clearness and brilliancy. A letter in the George Kleine Papers implies that a Mr. Sloane worked on the treatment of this film. This may be

THE AWAKENING OF BESS MORTON F 1.0187 a reference to scenarist Paul H. Sloane. While reviews for the film credit Donald

Pike’s Peak Photoplay Co.; Lariat Films. Dist State Rights; Joseph W. MacClennan with the role of “Bob Winthrop,” a print of the film in the Library of

: Winthrop.

Farnham. Jan 1916. 5 reels. Congress credits George J. Forth with the role. Information from the George Kleine

Dir Otis B. Thayer Papers indicates that MacClennan was originally scheduled to play the role of Cast: Gertrude Bondhill. . — MPN 29 Sep 1917, p. 2160, 2209. MPW 6 Oct 1917, p. 128.

|ocated. ated [No information concerning the plot of this film has been MPW 29 Sep 1917, pp. 1977-78, 2008. Wid’s 27 Sep 1917, p. 619.

vn Note: The Sering Peak Photoplay Co. was located at the Garden of the Gods studio AWAY GOES PRUDENCE F1.0190

MPN 5 Feb 1916, >. 711. MPW 15 Jan 1916, p. 370. p Famous pay a TePictures. wore. \Ju9201 onPlayers-Lasky PL lay aioeCorp.; v orp aramount-Artcraft amous Jun 1920; LP15330]. 5 reels, 5,046 ft.

Rolfe Photoplays, Inc. hi nay Attn, Corp.; A Metro Wonderplay Prod Adolph Zukor. Dir John S. Robertson. Scen Kathryne Stuart.

"mh er Story Josephine Lovett. Cam Roy F. Overbaugh.

Supreme. 18 Dec 1916 [©Rolfe Photoplays, Inc.; 14 Dec 1916; LP9723}). Cast: Billie Burke (Prudence Thorne), Percy Marmont (Hewitt

. Harland), Maude Turner Gordon (Aunt Prudence Thorne), Charles Lane

ree 8. A. Rolfe. Dir John W. Noble. Scen John W. Noble. Cam H. O. (Mr. Thorne), Dorothy Walters (Mrs. Ryan), Bradley Barker (Michael

. ope Ryan), W. Rale (Chinaman), Albert Hackett (Jimmie Source: Based on the novel TheM.Awakening of Helena Richie by ;Ryan). an é Comedy. Prudence, a young society woman and aviatrix, is forbidden to

Margaret Deland (New York, 1906). ye , continue flying by her fiancé Hewitt and her father. In defiance, she stages

Cast: Ethel Barrymore (Helena Richie), Robert Cummings (Lloyd h kid ‘ag. but Hewitt dj h d

Pryor), Frank Montgomery (Benjamin Wright), J. A. Furey (Dr. er own Kidnapping, Dut Flewitt discovers the ruse and arranges a rea Lavendar) Maury Steuart (Little David) Hassan Mussalli (Sam abduction to teach her a lesson. His plan backfires, and the kidnappers rob Wright) ’ Willian, Williams (Deacon Wri ht), Robert Whittier him and capture Prudence. In order to save herself, Prudence pretends to (Frederick Richie), Charles Goodrich (Dr King) Hattie Delaro (Mrs. join the gang. In an attempted robbery of Hewitt’s house, the police King), Mary Asquith (Mrs. Wright) Kathleen Townse nd surprise the thieves, but Prudence escapes to her own house where she is Drama. Helena Richie leaves her drunken husband, who killed their reunited with ner family and rane ©. Hewitt and nef father, mn their reel

child, and goes to a small village with Lloyd Pryor. People believe that at Fru cal s fom Aviator Kin an Wor sath , . Ganast er Helena and Lloyd are brother and sister, and Helena adopts a young boy, Robbers Plies ators. Nianapping. Women athletes. Gangsters. David, who had been a ward of the minister, Dr. Lavendar. Helena’s opbery. vociallles,

husband dies, but Pryor, now tired of Helena, refuses to marry her. Helena LN 4 i i900 . 0, Wis : nf ren . tells Dr. Lavendar about her actual relationship with Lloyd, and the MPW 17 Jul 1920, pp. 370-71. ao" minister, shocked by the story, forces her to give up her son. Helena agrees,

certain that she is an unfit mother. Finally, the minister becomes convinced BAB THE FIXER F1.0191 of Helena’s contrition and allows her to keep the boy. Adoption. Mother- E. D. Horkheimer. Dist Mutual Film Corp. 13 Aug 1917. 5 reels. son relationship " Ostracism Philanderers. Alcoholics. Clergy. Infanticide. Dir Sherwood Donald. Scen Lee Arthur and Jackie Saunders. Story Lee

Infidelity. Self-sacrifice. Village life. Arthur. Cam William Beckway

ene 40 ae ore e. 158. ew x0 Oe ole . one Cast: Jackie Saunders (Bab), Leslie T. Peacocke (John Porter), Mollie

MPW 16 Dec 1916, ad following p. NYDM 23 Dec 1916, p. 28. McConnell (Adelaide Porter), Ruth Lackaye (Mrs. Drexel), R. Henry

1594. Wid's 18 Jan 1917, p. 46. Grey (Leroy Scott), Arthur Shirley (Richard Sterling), Clara Kahler.

Comedy-drama. Having lost his fortune through poor speculation,

THE AWAKENING OF RUTH F1.0189 stockbroker John Porter goes West with his wife and young daughter Bab. Thomas A. Edison, Inc.; Perfection Pictures. Dist George Kleine System. After ten years on the ranch, Bab develops into the real cowgirl and falls 17 Sep 1917 [OThomas A. Edison, Inc.; 11 Sep 1917; LP11388]. 5 reels, in love with neighboring ranch owner Richard Sterling, a former clerk who,

5,042 ft. through shrewd maneuvering, struck it rich. Bab’s mother, who has social

Dir Edward H. Griffith. Story Lucien Hubbard. Cam Fred S. Brace. ambitions, frowns upon the affair, and when oil is discovered on their

Cast: Shirley Mason (Ruth Hoagland), George J. Forth (Bob ranch, she seizes the opportunity to send her daughter back East to Winthrop), Joseph Burke (Reuben Hoagland), William Hayes (Rev. finishing school. Returning home for vacation, Bab discovers that her 40

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 BAB’S CANDIDATE mother and father have separated. Bab then decides to fix everything up, BABETTE F1.0194

beginning with her parent’s marriage and ending with her own wedding to Vitagraph Co. of America; A Blue Ribbon Feature. Dist Greater Sterling. Cowgirls. Finance-Personal. Mother-daughter relationship. Vitagraph (V-L-S-E, Inc.). 2 Apr 1917 [©Vitagraph Co. of America; 22 Ranchers. Social climbers. Clerks. Finishing schools. Marriage. Oil. Mar 1917; LP10424]. 5 reels.

Separation. Stockbrokers. Dir Charles J. Brabin. Scen A. Van Buren Powell. Cam Joseph Motog 1 Sep 1917, p. 474. MPW 18 Aug 1917, p. 1117. Schelderfer.

os os York, 1916).

ON i Ae ory is 39 Witte so A re is sso. Source: Based on the novel Babette by Frank Berkeley Smith (New Cast: Marc MacDermott (Raveau), Peggy Hyland (Babette), Templar Saxe (Pivot), William Dunn (Guinard).

BABBLING TONGUES F1.0192 Drama. When Raveau, a gentleman crook, meets Babette, the jailer’s Ivan Film Productions, Inc. Dist State Rights. Aug 1917. 7 reels. daughter, at old Castle La Fouche, Babette’s sweetness so captivates him Dir William J. Humphrey. Story George E. Hall and William J. that, determined once more to be an honorable man, he proposes and is

Humphrey. Cam Marcel A. Le Picard. accepted by the girl. At the nuptial dance, Guinard, a detective who has Cast: Arthur Donaldson (Joseph Moreau), Grace Valentine been trailing Raveau for years, recognizes the criminal and only through (Therese), James Morrison (Paul Savary), Paul Capellani (Louis — the clever ruse of pretending that he wants to elude the guests does Raveau Moreau), Gladden James (Felix), Louise Beaudet (Marie Moreau), ©scape with his bride. They go to live in the city where Raveau takes up Carolyn Birch (Henrietti), Richard Tucker (Viscount de Bellerive), his former profession of painting. Unsuccessful in selling his work, Raveau

Robert E. Hill. turns to gambling, where he profits handsomely, while also saving a strange

Drama. When elderly Joseph Moreau and his young wife Therese offer | Woman from suicide by restoring her losses to her. Finally, his money gone, refuge to starving young dramatist Paul Savary, gossips begin to spread = and spurred by the knowledge that Babette is pregnant, Raveau steals from rumors of a love affair between the wife and the writer. For the good of a Stranger. Just as his arrest seems certain, the stranger turns out to be the

all concerned, Paul moves into separate quarters. One day Paul overhears husband of the woman that Raveau saved from suicide, who not only the gossip again at a café and challenges the purveyor of the lie to a duel. refuses to identify the crook, but enables Raveau to return home with Moreau, for his own satisfaction, takes Paul’s place in combat and is money to tide him over until his painting makes him famous. Marriage. mortally wounded. Moreau staggers to Paul’s apartment where he Moral reformation. Thieves. Attempted suicide. Detectives. Gamblers. discovers Therese, who has come to beg the writer to refuse to fight. The Painters. Patrons. husband dies cursing the traitorous couple, and then it is revealed that the Note: This film opened in New York the week of 24 Mar 1917.

whole incident was the narrative of Paul’s new play, which he is reciting ETR 24 Mar 1917, p. 1107. MPW 7 Apr 1917, p. 162.

to Moreau and Therese. Gossip. Infidelity. Plays. Duels. False one ve Ory P. 033 Ww, ied 5 er ory P. i accusations. Old men. Playwrights. , MPW 31 Mar 1917, is 5119 > Pe tee ETR 25 Aug 1917, p. 939. NYDM _25 Aug 1917, p. 24. Motog 1 Sep 1917, p. 477. Var 17 Aug 1917, p. 24.

MPN 1 Sep 1917, p. 1444, 1488. Wid's 23 Aug 1917, pp. 538-39. BABETTE OF THE BALLYHOO see A CIRCUS ROMANCE

. MPW 1 Sep 1917, p. 1384, 1434.

BAB’S BURGLAR F1.0195 Famous Players Film Co.. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 28 Oct

THE BABES IN THE WOODS F1.0193 1917 [©OFamous Players Film Co.; 18 Oct 1917; LP11581]. 5 reels. . Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 2 Dec 1917 [©William Fox:2 Dec _—-Pir- J- Searle Dawley. Cam Lewis W. Physioc and H. Lyman Broening.

1917; LP11771]. 5 reels. Source: Based on the short story Bab’s Burglar” by Mary Roberts Dir Chester M. Franklin and Sidney A. Franklin. Scen Bernard Rinehart in The Saturday Evening Post (12 May 1917).

McConville. Cam Harry W. Gerstad. Cast: Marguerite Clark (Bab Archibald), Leone Morgan (Jane Source: Based on the fairy tale “Hansel und Gretel” collected in Kinder Raleigh), Richard Barthelmess (Tommy Gray), Frank Losee (Mr. und Hausmdarchen compiled by Jakob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm Archibald), Isabel O Madigan (Mrs. Archibald), Helen Greene (Leila

(Germany, 1812-14). Archibald), Nigel Barrie (Carter Brooks), Guy Coombs (Harry), George Cast: Francis Carpenter (Roland/Hansel), Virginia Lee Corbin Odell (The butler), Daisy Belmore.

(Rose/Gretel), Violet Radcliffe (The Bad Prince), Carmen de Rue Comedy. When Bab Archibald returns home from school for vacation, (The Good Fairy), Herschell Mayall (John Hamilton), Rosita Marstini her indulgent father deposits one thousand dollars in her bank account with

(Mrs. Hamilton), Robert Lawler (Mason Hamilton), Scott McKee the understanding that this is her entire allowance for the next year. (The butler), Teddy Billings (The witch), Buddie Messenger. Embarking vigorously upon her career as a spendthrift, Bab buys a car Fantasy. In order to test his wife’s fidelity, millionaire John Hamilton | Which she promptly smashes through a fence and backs into a milkwagon. disappears after stipulating in his will that his money will go to his two Arrested for speeding, Bab is forced to settle her fines, leaving her with a children, Roland and Rose. Through the butler, Hamilton learns that his total of sixteen cents. Taking a job as a cab driver to recoup her finances, wife and brother Mason are contemplating killing the children in order to Bab discovers a floor plan of the Archibald house that one of her customers inherit the Hamilton millions. To protect his little son and daughter, — leaves in her cab. Assuming that the man is a burglar, Bab waits outside Hamilton returns and tells them the story of Hansel and Gretel as a the house and sees him enter through a window. Locking all the doors and warning. Hansel and Gretel, taken to the woods to be killed, are rescued © windows, Bab summons the family by firing a revolver, only to discover by The Good Fairy. Later, out of hunger, they find the gingerbread house that the alleged burglar is really her sister’s suitor Harry who has come to belonging to the witch. They are captured, but Gretel pushes the old witch elope with Leila. Father-daughter relationship. Mistaken identity. Sisters. into the oven and the two escape. The Bad Prince, who has been after the Spendthrifts. Burglars. Elopement. Students. Taxi drivers. two children, catches them at last, but they are again saved by The Good Note: This was the second picture in Paramount’s “Sub Deb” series, taken from Fairy. Meanwhile, Mrs. Hamilton, who has overheard the story, is so stories by Rinehart which ran in The Saturday Evening Post.

touched that she realizes the evil she was planning and the family is aes i ne ely p. wae 3484 ype 0 No tole P. s runted. Filial relations. Fairies. Butlers. Fantasy. Fidelity. Millionaires. NYDM 20 Oct 1917. e 5 OO Wid's 15 Nov 1917, 5. 731. Note: Some scenes in this film were shot in Hawaii, Hollywood, and

Canyon in Arizona. This was the third in a series of fairy tales produced by Fox BAB’S CANDIDATE F1.0196 directed by C. M. and S. A. Franklin and starring Francis Carpenter and Virginia Vitagraph Co. of America; A Corinne Griffith Production. Dist Lee Corbin. Among the other films based on the Hansel and Gretel fairy tale are a Vitagraph Co. of America. 5 Jul 1920 [OVitagraph Co. of America; 9 Jun 1909 Edison film; a 1923 two reel film released by Universal; a 1932 Walt Disney 1920; LP15235]. 5 reels, 4,894 ft. “Silly Symphony” entitled Babes in the Woods, a 1954 feature-length puppet film, Prod Albert E. Smith. Dir Edward Griffith. Asst dir John Willi produced by Michael Myerberg and directed by John Paul; and a 1958 television ro ert E. smith. Dir Edward Grillith. Asst air John William musical version produced and directed by Paul Bogart and starring Red Buttons and Evans, Jr. Scen Lucien Hubbard. Cam William McCoy.

Barbara Cook. Source: Based on the short story ““Gumshoes 4-B” by Forrest Crissey in ETR 12 Jan 1918, p. 520. MPW 22 Dec 1917, p. 1847. Harper's Monthly Magazine (Dec 1919). 41

BAB’S DIARY AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Cast: Corinne Griffith (Barbara Marvin), George Fawcett (Senator factory, demand a job, and be thrown out so that the newspapers will write Merrill Treadwill Marvin), Webster Campbell (David Darrow), Charles a story about him. Bab’s father agrees to the stunt, but mistakes Beresford, Abbe (Henry Dawes), William Holden (Ben Cogswell), Roy Applegate there to buy munitions for England, for the actor. Beresford is thrown out,

(Jabez Prouty), Blanche Davenport (Aunt Celia), Harvey A. Fisher while Adrian is hired and experiences an unpleasant day of hard labor. (Shackleton Hobbs), Walter Horton (Eben Sprague), Wes Jenkins Later, when Bab sees Adrian’s wife embrace him, and thus learns that he

(Old Eph), Frances Miller Grant (Mamie). is married, she swoons in Carter’s arms. She has developed measles and is Comedy. Babs Marvin loves David Darrow, a young lawyer. Babs’ father, happy that Carter didn’t shrink from her like others did when they thought the powerful Senator Marvin, is supporting Eben Sprague for a seat in the she might have had smallpox. Actors and actresses. Family life. Hoaxes. State Legislature. Darrow discovers that Sprague is a crook and threatens Infatuation. Measles. Boarding schools. Dances. English. Mistaken

to expose the candidate unless the senator agrees to switch his support to identity. Munitions factories. Publicity. )

him. Babs opposes Darrow’s decision, fearing that it will ruin his promising Note: This was the third of the adaptations of “Sub-Deb” stories by Mary Roberts law career. Determined to defeat Darrow, she promotes the candidacy of Rinehart which ran in The Saturday Evening Post. Some scenes were shot at the

the village pauper, Hank Dawes, and contrives an elaborate campaign Maxine Elliott Theater in New York. No reviews were located for this film.

based upon the slogan that Dawes’ election would remove him from the New " pet Ory Pp. , p. 555. 1520. NYDM —24 Nov 1917, p. 12.

welfare rolls. Dawes wins the election, but Darrow is consoled with Babs’s

olitical candidates. Lawyers. Senators. . ; re

ve and the senator's support of his law career. Political campaigns. BABY MINE F1.0199 Note: The working title of this film was Gumshoes 4-B. Some scenes were shot in Goldwyn Pictures Corp. Dist Goldwyn Distributing Corp. 23 Sep

Savannah and Charleston, GA. The story “Gumshoes 4-B” won a prize for displaying 1917 [©Goldwyn Pictures Corp.; 18 Sep 1917; LP11422}. 6 reels.

a technique closely resembling that of O. Henry. Dir John S. Robertson and Hugo Ballin. Scen Margaret Mayo. Adapted ETR 10 Jul 1920, p. 628. Var 9 Jul 1920, p. 28. by Doty Hobart. Cam Arthur Edeson. MPN 17 Jul 1920, p. 4173. Wid's 4 Jul 1920, p. 21. Source: Based on the play Baby Mine by Margaret Mayo (New York,

MPW 17 Jul 1920, p. 370. 23 Aug 1910).

Cast: Madge Kennedy (Zoie), Kathryn Adams (Aggie), John

BAB’S DIARY F1.0197 Cumberland (Jimmie), Frank Morgan (Alfred), Sonia Marcelle

Famous Players Film Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 7 Oct 1917 (Italian mother), Virginia. Madigan (Maggie), Jack Ridgway [©Famous Players Film Co.; 17 Sep 1917; LP11407]. 5 reels. (O’Flarity), Nellie Fillmore (Mrs. O’Flarity). Dir J. Searle Dawley. Scen Martha D. Foster. Cam Lewis W. Physioc. Comedy. Zoie, a frivolous young wife, exasperates her husband Alfred Source: Based on the short story “Her Diary” by Mary Roberts Rinehart with her lack of interest in domestic affairs and inability to tell the truth.

in The Saturday Evening Post (17 Feb 1917). After a quarrel, Alfred leaves for Boston and Zoie, disconsolate, is consoled Cast: Marguerite Clark (Bab Archibald), Nigel Barrie (Carter by her good friend Aggie. Aggie suggests that, as Alfred wants a baby, Zoie Brooks), Leonora Morgan (Jane Gray), Frank Losee (Mr. Archibald), should adopt one for him. Fascinated with the idea, Zoie sets out for the Isabel O’Madigan (Mrs. Archibald), Richard Barthelmess (Tommy hospital where she arranges to buy a baby and then wires Alfred that he

Gray), Helen Greene (Leila Archibald), Guy Coombs (Harry), Jack is about to become a father. Jimmie, Aggie’s obedient husband, is O’Brien (Harold Valentine), George Odell (The butler). dispatched to fetch the infant, but he discovers that the mother now refuses Comedy. Returning home from boarding school for the Christmas to part with her child. With Alfred expected at any moment, Jimmie is holidays, Bab finds herself treated as a little girl while the family ordered to procure a child, and so he orders a set of twins and then steals concentrates upon the impending wedding of her older sister Leila to a baby from the hospital. When Alfred arrives, he finds himself confronted Carter Brooks. To remedy the situation, Bab seizes upon a photograph of with a parade of babies and learns of his wife’s deception when the infants’

a matinee idol and invents her own suitor, Harold Valentine. Brook parents appear to claim them. However, all ends happily when Zoie recognizes the photo and induces the actor to present himself to Bab as promises to tell Alfred the real truth. Adoption. Duplicity. Separation. Harold Valentine. When he appears at her door during a party being Wives. Friendship. Hospitals. Infants. Motherhood. thrown in her honor, Bab, bewildered and frightened, decides that her sole Note: This picture marked the film debut of Madge Kennedy. According to the means of deliverance lies in the recovery of her letters from the actor’s 1918 MPSD, Beekman Mitchell, a cameraman and still photographer, worked on the

. . . ; film in some capacity. The film was re-made in 1928 by Robert Z. Leonard for Metro-

apartment. Leaving the party, Bab blunders into his apartment, sets off'a Goldwyn-Mayer, and starred Charlotte Greenwood (See AF/ Catalog of Feature burglar alarm and is arrested. She is taken home and after learning her Films, 1921-30; F2.0215.) That film’s plot was very different from the 1917 version, lesson, is promptly sent back to boarding school. Family life. Impersonation however.

and imposture. Liars. Sisters. Actors and actresses. Letters. Motog 29 Sep 1917, p. 684. NYDM 6 Oct 1917, p. 18.

Photographs. Weddings. MPN 13 Oct 1917, p.Wid's 2581. Var 28 Sep 1917, 37. ; oe ssStudents. , «s MPW 29 Sep 1917, p. 1936. 4 Oct 1917, p.p.633. Note: This was the first in Paramount's series of adaptations of the “Sub Deb MPW 13 Oct 1917, p. 248.

stories by Rinehart which ran in The Saturday Evening Post.

Motog 27 Oct 1917, p. 887. NYDM 20 Oct 1917, p. 16. MPN 27 Oct 1917, p. 2949, 2899. Var 28 Sep 1917, p. 40. LA BACCARAT see HIS DAUGHTER PAYS MPW 27 Oct 1917, p. 520. Wid's 18 Oct 1917, p. 673.

BACHELOR APARTMENTS F 1.0200

BAB’S MATINEE IDOL F1.0198 Arrow Film Corp.; Georgia Hopkins Picture Co. Dist Arrow Film Corp.; Famous Players Film Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 26 Nov State Rights. 1920? 5 reels. 1917 [OFamous Players Film Co.; 21 Nov 1917; LP11734]. 5 reels. Dir Johnny Walker. Scen Walter Richard Hall. Ed Joseph Farnham. Dir J. Searle Dawley. Scen Margaret Turnbull. Cam Lyman Broening. Cast: Georgia Hopkins (June Shelton), Frederick Howard (J. O. Source: Based on a story by Mary Roberts Rinehart in The Saturday Underwood), George Dupree (Thomas Shelton), Mrs. Burbank (Mrs.

Evening Post (publication undetermined). Shelton), George Reynolds (Bert Morely), Edward M. Favor (Howard Cast: Marguerite Clark (Bab Archibald), Helen Greene (Leila Thorpe), Eva Gordon (Pearl Thorpe), Ruby Davis (Suzette), Edwin

Archibald), \sabel O’Madigan (Mrs. Archibald), Frank Losee (Mr. Bouldon (Harold Wright), Joseph Donohue (An expressman), Ben Nedell

Archibald), Nigel Barrie (Carter Brooks), Cyril Chadwick (Hon. Page (Janitor).

Beresford), Vernon Steel (Adrian Egleston), George Odell (The Comedy. Faced with a choice between getting married and going to work,

butler), Daisy Belmore (Hannah, the old servant). I. O. Underwood sublets his apartment and sends his belongings ahead to Comedy. Bab Archibald becomes infatuated with leading man Adrian the home of his fiancée, June Shelton, whose father disapproves of him.

Egleston after she goes with her friends to see a play written by the cousin After moving into the Shelton home while Mr. Shelton is absent, of her boarding school teacher. After all the girls are sent home because Underwood goes to a bachelor party, gets drunk and mistakenly returns to of an epidemic of measles, Bab is forbidden to attend a dance which her his own apartment, now occupied by Howard Thorpe and his daughter sister Leila is giving in honor of her English admirer the Honorable Page Pearl. Finding Underwood in his daughter’s bedroom, Thorpe mistakes Beresford, but she goes anyway and captures the attention of Beresford and him for his daughter’s sweetheart, whom he has never seen, and insists that most of the other men. When Bab learns that Adrian’s play, which deals the wedding take place the next day. Underwood and Pearl are marched with labor, is in town and is failing, she schemes with family friend Carter to the same church at which Underwood is scheduled to marry June, and Brooks, an advertising man, to have Adrian go to her father’s munitions the meeting of the two brides creates an uncomfortable scene that is

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 BACK TO THE WOODS resolved when Pearl’s sweetheart arrives. Both couples are married on the Comedy. When Mary O’Rourke leaves Ireland to visit her cousin Norah

spot. Bachelor parties. Marriage-Forced. Mistaken _ identity. in New York, she finds that Norah and her baby have been deserted by

Drunkenness. Idlers. Weddings. her husband, John Stuyvesant. Mary goes to the aristocratic home of the

Note: The film was completed by Jul 1920, but its release date is unclear; reviews Stuyvesants, where Mrs. Stuyvesant, an invalid, mistakes her for her son’s appeared at least as late as May 1921. The credited actress, Mrs. Burbank, is probably wife. Warned that the woman could die from shock, Mary reluctantly

whether he wrote the scenario, the story, or both. . . . . . MPN 10 Jul 1920, p. 463. MPN 28 Aug 1920, p. 1714. Meanwhile, John and his cousin Fred return from a trip, and Genevieve Zadee Burbank. Hall was generally credited as the film’s writer, but it is unclear assumes the role of daughter-in-law and nurses her back to health.

MPN 31 Jul 1920, p. 909, 973. MPN 27 Nov 1920, p. 4091. Harbison, John’s fiancée, demands that they get married the following day

MPN 14 Aug 1920, p. 1298. MPW 21 May 1921, p. 326. to prove that he is not married already. At the church, Mary produces Norah’s marriage certificate, which John notices is for “John Frederick,” Fred’s real name. Fred then explains that his inheritance requires that he

A BACHELOR'S CHILDREN F1.0201 not be married until the next day. Genevieve angrily leaves after John Vitagraph Co. of America, A Blue Ribbon Feature. Dist Greater agrees to play Fred’s role, but when Fred sees Norah, he acknowledges the Vitagraph, Inc. 22 Apr 1918 [©Vitagraph Co. of America, 16 Apr 1918; marriage. Mary then confuses Fred’s trustee with Irish blarney and wins

LP12307]. 5 reels. — - the legacy for Fred. She then accepts John’s proposal. Desertion. Pres Albert E. Smith. Dir Paul Scardon. Scen William Addison Lathrop. —jnheritance. Impersonation and imposture. Irish. Marriage. Cousins.

Story William Addison Lathrop. Cam Robert A. Stuart. Invalids. Marriage licenses. New York City. Nursing back to health. Cast: Harry CT. Morey (Hugh Jordan), Florence Deshon (Mrs. Note: The working title of the film was Mary O’Rourke.

Beaumont), Alice Terry (Penelope Winthrop), Denton Vane (Larry ETR 31 May 1919, p. 2013. Var 6 Jun 1919, p. 57. Kendall), William Shea (Whiskers O’Brien), Jessie Stevens (Mrs. MPW 24 May 1919, p. 1235, 1237. Wid's 18 May 1919, p. 18.

Clancey), Aida Horton (A child). Var 16 May 1919, p. 51. Drama. Penelope Winthrop and her two young sisters are left penniless

after their father’s death. When Penelope discovers a letter written by her BACK OF THE MAN F 1.0204 father implying that he was cheated out of his fortune by his mining New York Motion Picture Corp.; Kay-Bee. Dist Triangle Distributing partner, she decides to press a claim for the money with the crooked Corp. 4 Mar 1917. 5 reels. partner’s nephew, Hugh Jordan. Hugh has recently inherited his uncle’s Supv Thomas H. Ince. Dir Reginald Barker. Scen Monte M. Katterjohn. money, but, drawn to the pretty Penelope, he allows her and her sisters to Cam Robert Newhard. Art dir Robert Brunton. stay in his home during the investigation. Mrs. Beaumont, who wants Hugh Cast: Dorothy Dalton (Ellen Holton), Charles Ray (Larry Thomas), for herself, plans with Larry Kendall to get rid of Penelope by telling her Margaret Thompson (Muriel Brooks), Jack Livingston (Sid Wilson), J.

that she and Hugh are engaged. In love with Hugh and disappointed, Barney Sherry (President Brooks). _ Penelope is about to leave when Hugh offers to give her the fortune. She Drama. Larry Thomas, a hick from the country, obtains a job as an office

refuses the money, but accepts Hugh’s offer of marriage. Fraud. boy in the big-city firm owned by his father’s friend Brooks. At the office, Inheritance. Nephews. Orphans. Letters. Mine owners. Partnerships. _ Larry is the butt of practical jokes until stenographer Ellen Holt takes pity

Sisters. Widows. on him. Under Ellen’s tutelage, Larry rises to the position of member of ETR 6 Apr 1918, p. 1461. MPW 27 Apr 1918, p. 596. the firm, attracting the attention of President Brooks, who decides that a

AR a ane 918 P seo Wide ae Abr i918 P 03. marriage between his daughter Muriel and the boy would’ prove advantageous. Fearing that her own love for Larry would impede his career, Ellen announces that she is betrothed to a boy back home, and

THE BACHELOR’S ROMANCE F1.0202 Muriel and Larry are engaged. However, Muriel is being blackmailed by

Famous Players Film Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 11 Feb Sid Wilson who demands $75,000 to remain silent about her drug arrest.

1915. 4 reels. In her father’s office, Muriel and Wilson struggle over the money and

Pres Daniel Frohman. Muriel is accidently shot and killed. When Larry, who had been working (Chicago, 28 Dec 1896). persuaded to marry Larry in order to avoid testifying against him. All ends Source: Based on the play A Bachelor's Romance by Martha Morton late, is accused of the crime, Ellen, who had also been working late, is

Cast: John Emerson (David Holmes), Lorraine Huling (Sylvia),George happily as the two lovers are wed and Wilson’s confession exonerates Le Guere (Harry), Robert Cain (Gerald), Sybilla Pope (Helen), Maggie Larry. Business. Country boys. Office boys. Secretaries. Seduction.

Fisher (Aunt Clem), Philip Hahn (‘Savage’), Thomas McGrath Blackmail. Businessmen. Confession (law). False accusations. Gun

(Willum), J. Findlay (Martin). accidents. Marriage of convenience. Narcotics. Practical jokes.

Comedy-drama. Literary critic David Holmes, a recluse and a Note: Working titles of this film were Goody-Goody Holton and The Goody-Goody misogynist, becomes the guardian of ten-year-old Sylvia when her father Girl.

. . on : otog 10 Mar 1917, p. 536. Var 2 Mar 1917, p. 29.

dies. Unable to cope with the child, David sends her to the country to live ag 3 Mar 1917, p. 905. NYDM 3 Mar 1917, p. 26.

with Aunt Clem. At the age of twenty-one, Sylvia comes to visit, and David MPN 10 Mar 1917, p. 1572. Wid's 1 Mar 1917, p. 138. is overwhelmed by her beauty. David agrees to accompany her to the social MPW 10 Mar 1917, p. 1587. functions he once detested, and suddenly he finds himself in love with her. As he is preparing to judge a literary contest, David hears that Sylvia has BACK TO THE PRIMITIVE see THE SHOW DOWN

a suitor who plans to marry her if he wins the prize money. Unaware of |

the youth’s identity, the critic judges his rival’s story the winner. Apprised BACK TO THE WOODS F 1.0205

of the situation soon afterwards, David decides not to stand in the way of Goldwyn Pictures Corp. Dist Goldwyn Pictures Corp. 28 Jul 1918 youth. Sylvia, believing that David does not love her, reluctantly agrees to [OGoldwyn Pictures Corp.; 19 Jul 1918: LP12701]. 5 reels. the marriage, but before the ceremony, the bachelor and his ward realize Dir George Irving. Scen J. Clarkson Miller. Story J. Clarkson Miller.

their mutual love and are united. Critics. Love. Wards and guardians. Cam J. C. Bitzer. Art dir Hugo Ballin.

Children. Contests. Misogynists. Recluses. Self-sacrifice. Cast: Mabel Normand (Stephanie Trent), Herbert Rawlinson

ons ” rr i918 is 3° NY DM " re i918 ,, a (Jimmy Raymond), T. Henderson Murray (Stephen J. Trent), Arthur MPN 27 Feb 1915, p. 49. Var 2 Apr 1915, p. 21. Housman (Bill Andrews), James Laffey.

Comedy-drama. Stephanie Trent, daughter of an Eastern lumber king, travels in the guise of a schoolteacher to the logging village of Trentsville

A BACHELOR’S WIFE F 1.0203 to search for “a real man.” There she meets Jimmy Raymond, a young American Film Co. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc. 1 Jun 1919 [©American novelist posing as a local while writing his story. When Stephanie comes

Film Co., Inc.; 8 May 1919; LP13737]. 5 reels. to Jimmy’s cabin to report a supposed plot against him, he acts as though Dir Emmett J. Flynn. Scen Joseph Franklin Poland. he intends to assault her. She nearly throws herself out the window but is

Cast: Mary Miles Minter (Mary O’Rourke), Alan Forrest (John stopped by Jimmy, who explains that he is working on a novel and merely Stuyvesant), Myrtle Reeves (Norah Cavanagh), Lydia Knott (Mrs. wanted to determine a young girl’s reactions. In retaliation, she orders that Stuyvesant), Charles Spere (Fred Stuyvesant), Margaret Shelby he be kidnapped and held in a nearby cabin, but remorsefully nurses him

(Genevieve Harbison), Harry Holden (Doctor Burt). back to health when he is shot trying to escape. They meet again at a 43

THE BAD BOY AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG hearing in the city, where her father has filed an injunction to prevent George Relph (Maurice Avery), S. Wheatcroft (Fuzz Castleton), Fred publication of Jimmy’s novel, and she consents to his proposal of marriage. Radcliffe (Joe Cunningham), Robert Kegeris (Jack Danby). Impersonation and imposture. Kidnapping. Lumber industry. Novelists. Drama. La Syrena is an aerial dancer whose jealous husband kills her

Gunshot wounds. Nursing back to health. Rape. Schoolteachers. Trials. while she performs in midair. Her daughter, Jennie Raeburn, soon Note: Wid’s credits Henderson J. Murray with the role of Stephen J. Trent. orphaned, grows up unaware of her mother’s occupation, but nonetheless

ETR 6 Jul 1918, p. 391. NYDM 3 Aug 1918, p. 167. feels the urge to dance. She makes a successful stage debut and gets caught

ere ; Ae rn e. eg DI. hove 22 on oe P. 90 up in the social world of the theater. A cousin from the country, Zachary MPW 3 Aug 1918, p. 723. Var 2 Aug 1918, . 37. Trewehella, who has always loved Jennie, disapproves of her sudden MPW 10 Aug 1918, p. 882. Wid's 28 Jul 1918, pp. 13-14. obsession with wealth and status, but Jennie ignores his warnings. As a result, she has a disastrous affair with a society man, and realizes that her

THE BAD BOY F 1.0206 cousin was correct. In the end, bitter over her last affair, she

Fine Arts Film Co. Dist Triangle Film Corp. 18 Feb 1917. 5 reels. unenthusiastically marries Zachary, but soon falls in love with him. Dir Chester Withey. Scen Chester Withey and Frank Woods. Cam Country boys. Cousins. Dancers. Show business. Social climbers.

David Abel. Aerialists. Hereditary tendencies. Jealousy. Marriage. Murder. Orphans. Cast: Robert Harron (Jimmie Bates), Richard Cummings (His Note: Although one source says that the film was based on the novel and play by

father), Josephine Crowell (His mother), Mildred Harris (Mary), William Mackenzie, no information on the production of the play has been uncovered.

H. Brown (The town marshal), James Harrison (Clarence), Colleen Moore Motog 12 Feb 1916, p. 371. MPW 5 Feb 1916, p. 717.

(Ruth), Elmo Lincoln (Yeggmen), Harry Fischer. MPN 12 Feb 1916, p. 864. MPW 12 Feb 1916, p. 970, 979. Drama/Crime. Jimmie Bates, expelled from school for playing a trick on MPW 22 Jan 1916, p. 672. Var 28 Jan 1916, p. 22.

the teacher, is severely punished by his father and in his resentment,

decides to run away from home. He takes up with some tramps and after THE BANDBOX F1.0209 three years of life on the road, ends up with a prison sentence for larceny. Deitrich-Beck, Inc. Dist W. W. Hodkinson Corp., through Pathe After his release, Jimmie joins some crooks in a plan to rob the bank in his Exchange, Inc. 22 Nov 1919. 6 reels.

home town where his father works as the cashier. After a chance meeting Dir R. William Neill. Asst dir Edward James and Thomas Walsh. with Mary, his boyhood sweetheart, however, Jimmie changes his mind. In Scen Roy Somerville. Cam Ned Van Buren and Edward Wynard.

an attempt to prevent the robbery, Jimmie is wounded and arrested for the Source: Based on the novel The Bandbox by Louis Joseph Vance crime. Managing to escape from jail, Jimmie is nursed to health by Mary (Boston, 1912).

and then sets out to capture the real thieves. Finally apprehending them, Cast: Doris Kenyon (Eleanor Searle), Walter McEwen (Arbuthnot Jimmie forces a confession of his innocence. Hailed as a hero, he reconciles Ismay/William H. Iff), Gretchen Hartman (Alison Landis), Edward with his father and begins life anew with Mary. Ex-convicts. Father-son Keppler (Arthur Arkroyd), Maggie Weston (Mrs. Clover), Logan Paul

relationship. Moral reformation. Robbery. Expulsion from school. (Ephraim Clover), Lorraine Harding (Marie), Alexander Gaden

Larceny. Runaways. Thieves. Tramps. (Benjamin Staff), William Brotherhood, Helene Montrose. he u re i917 i" Hon MOM 4 re 1917 P S Mystery. On an ocean liner returning to America, Alison Landis, an

/ MPW 24 Feb 1917, p. 1209, 1250. Wid's 15 Feb 1917, p. 100. actress, avoids paying duty on a valuable pearl necklace by hiding it in the lining of a hat which she sends to Benjamin Staff, a playwright. The THE BADGE OF SHAME sce THE YELLOW PASSPORT necklace is being trailed by a crook who is related to another passenger,

2 Eleanor Searle, who also has a striped hatbox similar to the one recovered ; by the unsuspecting playwright. The crook bears an uncanny resemblance THE B AIT . , , , F1,0207 to Eleanor’s father. The two bandboxes are inadvertently switched at the David Horsley Productions; Centaur Film Co. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; dock. Th k dj h ‘tch. and EI bi

Mutual Masterpictures De Luxe Edition. 22 Jan 1916. 5 reels. OCK. ENE CTOOK Ciscovers t © switch, an pursues Eicanor to a cabin on

sterp SAM: : ; deserted island where sheAsst fightsdirfor her life,Cytron. but is saved by;her Pres David Horsley. Dir William J. Bowman. Maurice a - 6 1g . y father

Art dir Floyd Mueller. and Benjamin. The crook is killed, the jewels are destroyed, and plans for Cast: Betty Hart (Margot), William Clifford (Bruce Powell), Oliver C. marrage between Eleanor and Benjamin ensue. islands. Jewelry. Ocean

Allen (Ed Mitchell), Frederick Montague (Tom Sloan), Edward liners. Thieves. Actors and actresses. Cabins. Fights. Playwrights.

Alexander (“Old Bill” Prewitt), Marvel Spencer (Greta), Margaret Rescues.

Gibson. Note: Scenes for the film were shot at Lake Mohegan, NY and in Central Park, Northwest drama. Tom Sloan makes his wife Margot work as “bait” in New York City.

a saloon, convincing men to enter and then taking their money. One man PN * De i919. is ‘is Wid's 30 Nee i919. ,. oF

suspects the trap, wounds Margot’s father and apparently kills Tom. MPW 22 Nov 1919, p. 453. Margot and her father leave town and, just before dying, the father confesses that Margot and Tom were not legally married. Margot then THE BANDIT AND THE PREACHER see ON THE NIGHT STAGE marries Bruce Powell, a trapper, and lives happily with him. Tom, having managed to survive, arrives, however, and finds Margot, forcing her to give

him the money with which Powell planned to pay other trappers. Finally, . BANDITS OF THE BORDER MINE F 1.0210 again the “bait,” Margot lures Tom to a large animal trap. He falls in and Sep 1914? [ODavid Marnell & Morris Keen; 21 Sep 1914; LU3408}. dies, and Powell, who had been accused of taking the money, is exonerated. | Length undetermined. Confidence men. Extortion. Marriage—Fake. Trappers. Animal traps. False Drama? Bandits. Mining.

accusations. Father-daughter relationship. Murder. Saloons. Note: No information is available on this film. Length and country-of-origin are Note: An early ad for the film stated that it featured Margaret Gibson. A later ad, unknown. however, did not mention her. As the female lead for the film was Betty Hart, and

as this fi'm is not listed in Gibson’s MPSD filmographies, it is possible that the first THE BANKER’S DAUGHTER F1.0211 MPN 99 Jan 1916, p. 562. MPW 15 Jan 1916, p. 368, 490. Life Photo Film Corp. Dist State Rights. 15 Apr 1914 [©Life Photo Film MPW _— 8. Jan 1916, ads following p. MPW 22 Jan 1916, p. 622. Corp.; 17 Apr 1914; LP2517]. 5 reels.

214, Dir Edward M. Roskam and William F. Haddock. Cam Fred Dobson. Set painting Alfred E. Freudemann. Set carpentry Frank Koch.

THE BALLET GIRL F1.0208 Source: Based on the play The Banker’s Daughter by Bronson Howard William A. Brady Picture Plays, Inc. Dist World Film Corp. 24 Jan (New York, 30 Sep 1878).

1916 [OWorld Film Corp.; 14 Mar 1916; LU7894]. 5 reels. Cast: Katherine La Salle (Lillian Westbrook), William H. Tooker

Supv William A. Brady. (Lawrence Westbrook), David Wall (John Strebelow), Henry Spingler Source: Based on the novel Carnival by Compton Mackenzie (London, (Count de Carojac), William Bailey (Harold Routledge), Joseph Bailey

1912). (George Washington Phipps), Ethel Phillips (Florence St. Vincent), Kitty

Cast: Alice Brady (Jennie Raeburn/La Syrena), Holbrook Blinn Baldwin (Aunt Fanny Holbrook), Mab Rae (Natalie Strebelow), Philip (Zachary Trewehella), Robert Frazer (Fred Pearl), Julia Stuart (Mrs. Robson (Mr. Brown).

Raeburn), Harry Danes (Charles Raeburn), Laura McClure (May Drama. Lillian, the daughter of banker Lawrence Westbrook, loves Raeburn), Jesse Lewis (/rene Dale), Alec B. Francis (Jerry Vergoe), Harold Routledge, a poor artist. When Westbrook is faced with 44

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 BARBAROUS MEXICO bankruptcy, however, Lillian remembers her dying mother’s request to entering, she finds Trumbull dead in the morning. Enraged, her brighten her father’s final years, and marries the wealthy John Strebelow, grandmother waves the flag, which Barbara mended, at the Union troops. who saves her father’s firm. Six years later, the Strebelows are living in Although Stonewall Jackson orders his men to march on, Jack Negly,

Paris with their daughter Natalie when John befriends Harold, now a Barbara’s rejected suitor, fires and fatally wounds Barbara. Her successful painter. Count de Carojac, a former suitor of Lillian’s, insults grandmother covers both bodies with the flag. Flags. Soldiers. Harold, then later kills him in a duel. Certain that Lillian’s honor has been Southerners. United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865. Brothers. compromised by de Carojac, John kills him in a duel. John then leaves © Grandmothers. Thomas Jonathan Jackson. Thomas Jefferson. Lillian, asserting that he will return only at her request. With the help of Note: The character of the young Barbara Frietchie, not appearing in the poem by little Natalie and Aunt Fanny, John and Lillian eventually are reconciled. Whittier, was the creation of Clyde Fitch. This was the first film of Mrs. Thomas W.

; , ; gs Whiffen, who in news items was called the oldest stage actress. Regal Pictures

Artists. Duels. Pledges. Marriage. Reputation. Self-sacrifice. Bankers. produced a film from the same source which was released on 26 Sep 1924 by Bankruptcy. Desertion. Father-daughter relationship. Nobility. Paris. Producers Distributing Corp. The film was supervised by Thomas H. Ince, directed Note: This was the first release of the newly formed Life Photo Film Corp. by Lambert Hillyer, and starred Florence Vidor and Edmund Lowe. In that film,

Motog 4 Apr 1914, p. 243. NYDM 11 Mar 1914, p. 27. Barbara and Trumbull are reunited at the end of the war. (See AFI Catalog of Motog 2 May 1914, p. 302. NYDM _18 Mar 1914, p. 29, 36. Feature Films, 1921-30, F2.0260).

MPW 4 Apr 1914, p. 124. NYDM ‘15 Apr 1914, p. 47. Motog 11 Dec 1915, p. 1245, 1261. MPW 4 Dec 1915, p. 1846.

MPW 25 Apr 1914, p. 519. Var 24 Apr 1914, p. 21. MPN 27 Nov 1915, pp. 20-21. NYDM 4 Dec 1915, p. 28. MPN 11 Dec 1915, p. 93. NYT 29 Nov 1915, p. 11.

THE BAR SINISTER F1.0212 MPW 20 Nov 1915, p. 1560. Wid’s 25 Nov 1915. Edgar Lewis Productions. Dist State Rights; Abrams & Werner. Apr 1917. 8 reels.

Dir Edgar Lewis. Scen Anthony P. Kelly. Cam Edward C. Earle. THE BARBARIAN F1.0214

Musical accompaniment Frederick O. Hanks and Sol Levy. The Monroe Salisbury Players, Inc. Dist Pioneer Film Corp. Sep Cast: Preston Rollow (Colonel George Stilliter), Mary Doyle 1920? [OMilton Markwell; 29 Sep 1920; LU15733]. 6 reels. (Annabel), William Anderson (Sam Davis), Florence St. Leonard Dir Donald Crisp. Scen E. P. Heath.

(Lindy), Hedda Nova (Belle Davis), Mitchell Lewis (Ben Swift), Frank Source: Based on the short story “The Barbarian” by Theodore Seixas Reilly (Big Tom), George Dangerfield (Luke Waller), J. R. Chamberlin | Solomons in Popular Magazine (7 Feb 1920).

(Nick Benson), Victor Sutherland (Page Warren), Jules Cowles Cast: Monroe Salisbury (Eric Straive), George Berrell (Elliott (Buck), W. J. Gross, William A. Williams, Mack Wright. Straive), Barney Sherry (James Heatherton), Elinor Hancock (Mrs. Drama /Social. Lindy, the wife of a black man whose death resulted from ——- Weatherton), Jane Novak (Floria Heatherton), Anne Cudahy (Sylvia

the cruelty of his employer, Colonel George Stilliter, kidnaps the colonel’s 4eatherton), Michael Cudahy (Roswell Heatherton), Alan Hale

daughter and with her own child, escapes to another part of the South. (Mark Brant), Milton Markwell (Mainhall), Lillian Leighton

Fifteen years later, Belle lives in a small town with Lindy, and though the (Redwing). .

latter insists that she is her daughter, it is difficult for Belle to believe that Northwest drama. Eric Straive, reared in the Canadian Northwest and she is black, and she rebels against the thought. Mulatto Ben Swift falls educated by his erudite father, is a child of nature. His father dies as he in love with Belle, but she loves Page Warren, a white man who hates reaches manhood. Capitalists use a forged document to claim rights over blacks. Belle attempts to hide her origins from Page, but when he discovers Etic’s estate. Eric meets a white woman for the first time when James

that she is part black, he spurns her. Belle’s instincts are finally proved | eatherton brings his daughter, Floria, to camp nearby while he correct when Lindy confesses that Belle is of white blood and the daughter investigates mineral deposits. Eric is attracted to Floria, but she spurns him

of a distinguished man. Blacks. Kidnapping. Mulattoes. Revenge. as a barbarian. When Heatherton s representative, Brant, calls upon Eric S

Confession. Family life. Racial prejudice. United States-South. lawyer to complete the deal, Eric exposes the forgery through Redwing, Note: This was the first film made by Edgar Lewis Productions. Frank G. Hall who was present when the elder Straive died. Enraged, Eric nearly kills obtained the world rights. A private showing was given in New York on 18 Apr 1917. Brant but is calmed by Floria. Eric gives his estate to found a conservatory

ETR 28 Apr 1917, p. 1463. MPW 5 May 1917, p. 751, 808, 854. where the poor may be taught to sing, thus making possible Floria’s

Motog 5 May 1917, p. 964. NYDM 26 May 1917, p. 31. ambition. Canadian Northwest. Inheritance. Social customs. Forgery.

MPW 28 Apr 1917, p. 554. , ; naa , MPN 5 May 1917, p. 2855. Var 20 Apr 1917, p. 25. Philanthropy. Treachery.

MPW 7 Apr 1917, p. 44. Wid's 26 Apr 1917, pp. 257-58. Note: Contemporary trade journals mention the film’s upcoming premiere in Venice, CA in Sep 1920 and a pre-release screening in Venice on 17 Aug 1920, but no reviews appear until after Apr 1921. It is listed in the AFI Catalog of Feature

BARBARA FRIETCHIE F1.0213 Films, 1921-30 (F2.0261). Solomon’s story was called “ta complete novel” by The Popular Plays and Players. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 29 Nov 1915 Popular Magazine, but no evidence that it was ever published in book form has been

[©Metro Pictures Corp.; 24 Nov 1915; LP7035]. 5 reels. located. Prod Herbert Blache and Alice Blache. Dir Herbert Blaché. Scen MPN 0 op 1920 . 388 NW x0 AD 191 390. Clarence J. Harris. Source: Inspired by the poem “Barbara Frietchie” by John Greenleaf Whittier in Jn War Time and Other Poems (Boston, 1864) and the play

Barbara Frietchie, the Frederick-Girl by Clyde Fitch (New York, 23 Oct BARBAROUS MEXICO F1.0215

1899). America’s Feature Film Co. Dist State Rights. Mar? 1913 [©America’s Cast: Mary Miles Minter (Barbara Frietchie), Mrs. Thomas W. Whiffen Feature Film Co.; 9 Dec 1912; MU19]. S reels.

(Barbara, her grandmother), Guy Coombs (Captain Trumbull), Fraunie Cam Irving G. Ries. Fraunholz (Jack Negly), Louis Sealy (Judge Frietchie), Frederick Heck Documentary. The film chronicles the Mexican revolt of 1910-11 led by

(Colonel Negly), Wallace Scott (Arthur Frietchie), Anna Q. Nilsson Francisco Madero and shows U.S. troops on alert at Fabens, Texas. (Sue Negly), Myra Brooks (Mammy Lu), Charles Hartley (Uncle Joe), Madero opposes the re-election of dictator Porfirio Diaz but fails in his

William A. Morse (Fred Gelwex), Jack Burns (Tom Green). attempted coup d’état. After fleeing to the United States in 1910, Madero War drama/Historical. Barbara Frietchie’s eighteenth birthday is returns to lead a military campaign against General Orozco and the interrupted when she sees Union soldiers, who have taken control of her Federales, and during a devastating hand grenade battle, he captures the home town, Frederick, Maryland, foraging for food. Her screams bring _— City of Juarez. Ultimately, Diaz is forced from office, and after more Captain Trumbull, who arrests his men and, against her wishes, assists her. bloodshed, Madero is inaugurated as the new president in Mexico City. When Barbara’s grandmother, who likes the Yankees, asks her to show _‘ The film concludes with portraits of Mexican scenery and resorts. Coups Trumbull the flag given to her long ago by Thomas Jefferson, Barbara d'état. Porfirio Diaz. Dictators. Francisco Madero. Mexico-History-1910-

replies that she tore it because she hates Yankees. After Trumbull helps 1979. Revolutionaries. Juarez (Mexico). Mexico City. Barbara's brother Arthur elude capture on his return home, Barbara's ot tH. Hood as the picture's author. It was variously advertised as three and attitude softens. When Barbara’s father orders the courting captain away, five reels in length. One source notes that it was “presented by the Shubert Brothers.” the couple go to a neighboring town to marry, but the Confederates take According to the entry for Irving G. Ries in the 1921 MPSD, he spent six months in

the town, and Trumbull leaves. Arthur mistakenly shoots him and carries Mexico making this film.

him into their home. Although Barbara prevents the Confederates from MPW 22 Mar 1913, p. 1269. MPW 20 Dec 1913, p. 1449. 45

BARBARY SHEEP AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG BARBARY SHEEP F 1.0216 by cattle thieves, he escapes, punishes the thieves, and in the meantime Dist Artcraft Pictures Corp. 10 Sep 1917 [©Artcraft Pictures Corp.; 29 clears himself of the murder charge. Brothers. Frame-ups. Kansas. Aug 1917; LP11318]. 5 reels. Mother-son relationship. Branding. Brothers. Death warrants. Escapes. Dir Maurice Tourneur. Scen Charles Maigne. Cam John Van den Gunfights. Murder. Nonviolence. Rustlers. United States. Marshals. Broeck. Art dir Ben Carré. Note: The film was made under the title The Man Who Wouldn't Shoot and Source: Based on the novel Barbary Sheep by Robert Hichens (London, completed by Nov 1918 at the latest. It is possible that the film was altered between

1907). this time and Apr 1919, when it was reviewed as Bare Fists in trade journals. One Cast: Elsie Ferguson (Kathryn, Lady Wyverne), Lumsden Hare (Sir Norn so her nat Concha her Harry’s father and Molly McConnell as

Claude Wyverne), Pedro De Cordoba (Benchaalal), Macy Harlam MPN 2 Nov 1918, p. 2804. MPW 26 Apr 1919, p. 576. (Archmed), Alex Shannon (The mad Marabout), Maude Ford (The MPN 26 Apr 1919, p. 2709. Var 9 May 1919, p. 49.

innkeeper). MPN 10 May 1919, pp. 3045-47. Wid's 20 Apr 1919, p. 13. Drama. Sir Claude and Lady Wyverne come to Arabia: Sir Claude to

hunt Barbary sheep, and Lady Wyverne to satisfy her longing for romance. BAREE, SON OF KAZAN F1.0219 While her husband is busy hunting, Lady Wyverne falls victim to the Vitagraph Co. of America; A Blue Ribbon Feature. Dist Greater charms of Benchaalal, a seductive Arabian chief. Under his guidance, she Vitagraph, Inc. 27 May 1918 [OVitagraph Co. of America; 21 May 1918; sees the desert under a romantic moon and hears native love music. While LP12451]. 5 reels, 4,271 ft.

Lady Wyverne dreams of what life might have been like if she had Dir David Smith. Cam Charles Seeling. surrendered herself to the chieftain, Benchaalal plans to abduct her. Source: Based on the novel Baree, Son of Kazan by James Oliver Meanwhile, Sir Claude, at a distant village, hears disturbing stories about Curwood (Garden City, NY, 1917).

the chieftain’s past, and, alarmed for his wife’s safety, hurriedly returns. Cast: Nell Shipman (Nepeese), Alfred Whitman (Jim Carvel), Al He arrives just in time to see Benchaalal attack his wife, and is about to Garcia (‘‘Bush” McTaggart), Joe Rickson (Perriot). shoot when a mad Marabout recognizes Benchaalal as the man who Northwest drama. Jim Carvel, whose father Henry, a newspaper owner, murdered his sweetheart years earlier, and stabs him. His wife’s peril has been killed by the local political boss for exposing a theft ring, shoots rekindles Sir Claude’s feelings for her, and the couple renew their love. _ his father’s murderer and escapes to the Canadian Northwest where he

Arabs. Attempted rape. Middle East. Nobility. Seduction. Tribal chiefs. befriends Nepeese, daughter of a local trapper named Pierre. Brutal Abduction. Deserts. Hermits. Hunters. Insanity. Murder. Revenge. Sheep. trading post owner “Bush” McTaggart attacks Nepeese while she is alone Note: This was Elsie Ferguson’s motion picture debut. Although no production in her cabin. Pierre arrives home and tries to defend his daughter, but company was listed for the film, it was made under the auspices of Famous Players- McTaggart kills him. To clear himself, McTaggart blames Jim for the

Lasky Corp., which at the time had a controlling interest in Artcraft Pictures Corp., . . ° . .

the distributor and financial backer of the film. murder, and while a group of Indians track Jim down, kidnaps Nepeese. Motog 6 Oct 1917, p. 736. NYDM 22 Sep 1917, p. 18. Jim is rescued by his half-breed friend De Bar while Baree, Nepeese’s dog, MPW 15 Sep 1917, pp. 1614-15. Var 14 Sep 1917, p. 37. hunts down and overcomes McTaggart. Freed from McTaggart’s clutches,

MPW 29 Sep 1917, p. 2004. Wid's 20 Sep 1917, p. 606. Nepeese marries Jim. Abduction. Canadian Northwest. Dogs. False

NYDM 15 Sep 1917, p. 16. accusations. Fugitives. Murder. Rape. Traders. \ndians—Mixed blood. Indians of North America. Newspapermen. Organized crime. Political BARE-FISTED GALLAGHER F1.0217 bosses. Revenge. Trappers. Jesse D. Hampton Productions. Dist Robertson-Cole Co. through Note: MPW | Jun 1918 lists Paul Scardon as the director. No other source confirms

Exhibitors Mutual Distributing Corp. 22 Jun 1919. 5 reels. this. Director David Smith remade this film in 1925 for Vitagraph, starring Anita Supv Jesse D. Hampton. Dir J. J. Franz. Scen William Parker. Stewart. (See AF/ Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.0266). Some scenes in the

Cast: William Desmond (‘Bare-Fisted” Gallagher), Agnes Vernon ne shot in Truckee, CA. Several sources call the “‘Nepeese” character

(Jem Mason), Arthur Malette (Selby Mason), Frank Lanning (Aliso .

Pete), Caroline Rankin (The old maid), Bill Patton (Driver no. 1), Scotty ah " Nie i918 . ses, NY DM ana i918 . a8.

McGregor (Driver no. 2). MPN 8 Jun 1918, p. 3398. Photo Aug 1918, p. 82.

Western. “Bare-fisted” Gallagher arrives in the San Rafael valley to MPW 1 Jun 1918, p. 1336. Var 24 May 1918, p. 38. locate the Eagle mine left to him by his uncle. He is attracted to Jem MPW 8 Jun 1918, p. 1470. Wid's 26 May 1918, pp. 23-24. Mason, a woman dressed in male attire, who shoots off his hat. Gallagher

arouses the jealousy of Aliso Pete, the general store proprietor, and later THE BARGAIN ; F1.0220 Gallagher rescues Jem from Pete’s sexual advances. Gallagher goes to New York Motion Picture Corp. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 3 Dec settle matters after he learns that the Eagle mine belongs to Selby Mason. 1914 [ONew York Motion Picture Corp.; 3 Dec 1914; LP5157]. 7 reels. Gallagher also discovers that the bandit, whose trap he has set for that Prod Thomas H. Ince. Dir Reginald Barker. Scen Thomas H. Ince and

night, is Mason’s daughter Jem. Attempting to avert a tragedy, Gallagher William H. Clifford. arrives just as the bandit is shot by Gallagher’s agent. The bandit is Aliso Cast: William S. Hart (Jim Stokes), J. Frank Burke (Sheriff Bud Pete who has beaten Jem to the robbery in order to place the blame on Walsh), Barney Sherry (Phil Brent), James Dawley (Wilkes, the

Gallagher, who is now free to court Jem. Mines. Women gunfighters. minister), Clara Williams (Nell Brent). Attempted rape. General stores. Inheritance. Jealousy. Male Western. Outlaw Jim Stokes executes one final heist as he flees through

impersonation. Rescues. Arizona, using stuffed dummies as his accomplices. Stokes is pursued and ETR 28 Jan 1919, p. 319. Wid's 29 Jun 1919, p. 11. wounded by the stagecoach guards, then collapses at a waterhole. Phil

MPW 28 Jun 1919, p. 1999. . Brent, a kindly miner, finds Stokes and with his daughter Nell, nurses the

outlaw back to health. Nell and Stokes are married, but after the

BARE FISTS F1.0218 ceremony, two miners recognize Stokes in a wanted poster and tell Sheriff Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co. 5 May 1919 Bud Walsh. Hearing this, Stokes leaves for Mexico, but Walsh overtakes [©Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 2 Apr 1919; LP13558]. 6 reels. him in a border hotel and ties him to a bed before appropriating the holdDir Jack Ford. Scen Eugene B. Lewis. Story Bernard McConville. up money that Stokes had intended to repay. While waiting for a train to

Cam John W. Brown. return home, Walsh goes to a gambling hall and loses all of the money,

Cast: Harry Carey (Cheyenne Harry), Betty Schade (Conchita), Joe after which he returns to Stokes and, in desperation, strikes a bargain with

Harris (Boone Travis), Vester Pegg (Lopez), Molly McConnell him to rob the casino. Stokes steals the money, then the sheriff releases (Conchita’s mother), Anna May Walthall (Ruby), Howard Enstedt him, fulfilling his part of the bargain, so that the reformed outlaw and his

(Bud). bride can set out for Mexico. Criminals—Rehabilitation. Fugitives. Nursing

Western. The marshal of a lawless border town in southwestern Kansas ack to health. Outlaws. Pledges. Sheriffs. Arizona. Gambling houses. is killed while suppressing a saloon fight. His son, Cheyenne Harry, kills Hotels. Marriage. Mexican border. Miners. Stagecoach robberies. two of the slayers and then agrees to his mother’s plea never to carry a gun Note: Some modern sources credit Joseph H. August with the photography, while again. Boone Travis, a rival for the affections of the beautiful Conchita, others cite Robert Newhard. Contemporary and modern sources give conflicting . . scenario credit. The Bargain was William S. Hart’s first feature-length film. It was murders a man and frames Harry for the cold-blooded crime. Harry IS re-issued by his own production company in 1920. The latter version was re-named sentenced to die, but, accompanied by the sheriff, allowed a farewell visit The Two-Gun Man in the Bargain. Exteriors were filmed on location in the Grand to his mother. When Harry learns that his brother Bud has been branded — Canyon, AZ.

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE BARRIER Motog 12 Dec 1914, p. 829. MPW 19 Dec 1914, p. 1746. BARNACLE ANNIE see DESTINY’S TOY MPN 21 Nov 1914, p. 41. NYDM _ 18 Nov 1914, p. 32. MPN 6 Nov 1920, p. 3525. Var 14 Nov 1914, p. 25.

MPW 5 Dec 1914, p. 1390. THE BARNSTORMERS F 1.0223 Kalem Co.; Broadway Favorites. Dist General Film Co. 23 Aug THE BARKER F1.0221 1915. 4 reels.

Wells). ’ Selig Polyscope Co.; A Selig Red Seal Play. Dist K-E-S-E Service. 13 Dir James W. Horne.

Aug 1917 [©Selig Polyscope Co.; 31 Jul 1917; LP11228]. 5 reels. Cast: Myrtle Tannehill (Nel/ Lavelle), William H. West (Adam Pres William N. Selig. Dir J. A. Richmond. Story Charles K. Harris. | Green), William Brunton (Jack Green), Marin Sais (Clara Worth), Frank

Cast: Lew Fields (Prof. Leo Fielding), Amy Leah Dennis (Floria Jonasson (Eppstein), True Boardman (Fred Mason), Ollie Kirby Fielding), James Harris (The Count DeGrasse), William Fables (Meryllyn). (Humpy Jim Wilson), Frank Hamilton (Lemuel Salter), Fred Eckhart Comedy-drama. When Jack Green returns from college to the rough(Prof. Rendezvous), A. Francis Lenz (Henri Fielding), Fannie Cohen house shore hotel that his wealthy father Adam runs, he sends Adam to

oy Lane) Mabel Bare (Once Fld, Pat Oaley (Wired 2en ee Ta Nee ca Drama. Leo Fielding, a professor of languages, reluctantly goes with his impoverished theatrical troupe stops at Adam’s hotel, Mason, the leading younger brother Henri to an anarchists’ meeting. In black robes and masks, | an, and Eppstein, the manager, persuade Adam to finance them. Adam members draw ballots to choose someone to assassinate the prince. When 48 €es, on the condition that Nell becomes the female lead. Meanwhile, the police raid, Leo says that he induced Henri to attend. Banished, Leo Jack, whose earlier romance with Nell ended because she would not give goes to America, sadly leaving his baby Floria with Henri. Five years later, Mt the rane: quarrels with her and leaves. On the road, Nell discovers Henri’s wife Dulcine, wanting Floria’s inheritance, urges Henri to send ason and Eppstein’s scheme and quits. After they kidnap Adam to get their niece to Leo with Count DeGrasse, the anarchist leader, whom she money from Jack, Nell rescues Adam, who then gives money to all the has secretly paid to kill the girl en route. After learning of Floria’s supposed AGnPS to return home, nee Mason and epstein. wre have to wa

drowning, Leo loses interest in life. Years later he becomes a circus barker f He conceale hic voy and of c hi bl © eae N lt Ny sick c é th and makes friends with the aerialist, in reality his daughter Floria, whom sta, : becomes Jack's wife onotoys an d wetreseon Fa ther-con relationshi c

DeGrasse, the ringmaster, has forced to support him. After Floria refuses Non Is Self-sacrific Theatri al troupes. Ki dr ing. Marri N Pp.

to marry manager Lemuel Salter, owner Wilfred Wells, masquerading as Y r Cit R Sac ti ©. R C Upes. apping. Marriage. New a stenographer to investigate graft, falls in love with her and thrashes org Ry, enovalion. Nescues.

Salter. In revenge, Salter pours acid on the safety net, but DeGrasse Motos 28 Ae i918 >. 431. NY DM 7 Ae iis is var 1360.

performs before Floria and is killed. Before dying, DeGrasse reveals Floria’s identity. Now reconciled with Leo, Floria marries Wilfred. Aerialists. Anarchists. Brothers. Circus owners. Circuses. Exiles. Nobility. ae he Photoplavs, Inc. Dist Metro Pictures Corp.; A Metro Wonderonns Parentage. Professors. Ringmasters. Acid. Assassination. Circus 5 Mar 1917 [ORolfe Ph otoplays, Inc.; | Mar 1917: LP10277]. 5 vecks ymanagers. Drowning. Father-daughter relationship. Graft. Greed. Hired Dir Edwin Carewe. Scen June Mathis Story Hamilton Smith. Cam J ohn

killers. Impersonation and imposture. Linguists. Murder. Police raids. Arnold.

nial Rene ae bctiet te Saha collection, this film was based on a play Cast: Mabel Taliaferro (Hope Merrill), Frank Currier (Amos

4 ; , , Merrill), Clifford Bruce (John Cook), Robert Rendel (Gerald

No evience 18 horn 856. or title has peer found no Aug 1911. p. 24, Hastings), Emile Collins (Butler), Lorna Volare, Mary Doyle (Flower

Motog 25 Aug 1917, p. 423. Wid's 23 Aug 1917, pp. 540-41. girls).

MPN 1 Sep 1917, p. 1443, 1489. Drama. Threatened by the preeminence of young Westerner John Cook, MPW 25 ae 1917, p. 1186, 1230, the new president of the Securities Company, Wall Street business leader

69. Amos Merrill begins to speculate with the trust funds in his control,

ultimately losing all the funds. Amos, faced with discovery and disgrace,

BARNABY LEE F1.0222 alibis to his daughter Hope that Cook has ruined him. Soon after, Hope

Thomas A. Edison, Inc. Rel date undetermined. 4 reels. meets Cook and conceives a plot for revenge. In the meantime, Cook has

Dir Edward H. Griffith. Scen E. Clement d’Art. protected the frail Merrill from prosecution and paid back his debt after

Source: Based on the short story “Barnaby Lee” by John Bennett in Sz. sending him away on a vacation to recover his health. Hope, knowing

Nicholas Magazine (Nov 1900-Apr 1902). nothing of this, marries Cook and makes his life unbearable, finally

Cast: John Tansey (Barnaby Lee), Sam Niblack (Harry Lee), Hugh _ conspiring with his business rival Gerald Hastings to ruin her husband and

Thompson (John King), Charles Edwards (Philip Calvert), William gain control of his funds. When Amos returns from his vacation, he is Wadsworth (Gunner Kregier), John Ridgeway (The Schout Fiskaal), stunned at what Hope has done and reveals that his lie has resulted in a Norbert Wicke (Mynheer Van Sweringen), Peggy Adams (Dorothy Van terrible mistake. Hope then begs forgiveness from Cook and they go West

Sweringen), Jessie Stevens (Mevrouw Barbara Van Sweringen), Joseph _ together to begin a new life. Conspiracy. Debt. Father-daughter

Burke (Peter Stuyvesant), Alexander Rene (Charles Calvert). relationship. Financiers. Liars. Revenge. Businessmen. Marriage. New Drama/Historical. In 1644, as rebels are hanged by the British after York City—Wall Street. Speculation. their war with Scotland, Barnaby Lee and his father sail for America, but Note: Some sources give the name of the British actor playing ‘“‘Gerald Hastings” their ship is captured by pirates and Barnaby is led to believe that his father as Robert Rendell and Robert Rondell.

has been killed. At the Hudson River, the ship is stopped by the sheriff of ETR 17 Mar 1917, p. 1039. MPW 10 Mar 1917, p. 1670.

New Amsterdam, Mynheer Van Sweringen, and ordered to leave, but the one i ver Ly P. 3030 y, PW 0 ver Ory P. a pirates continue in the boat toward a trading point. Barnaby escapes and MPW 3 Mar 1917, is 1377. Wid's 8 Mar 1917, is 156. meets the sheriff's daughter Dorothy, but he is not allowed to enter the city

because of his British ancestry. After an investigation reveals that the THE BARRIER F1.0225 leader of the pirates is the brother of the governor of Maryland, and that Rex Beach Pictures Co. Dist State Rights. Feb 1917. 10 reels ° Barnaby’s father, who was not killed but taken prisoner, owns an estate in Supv Rex Beach and Benjamin B Hampton Dir Edgar Lewis Scen Maryland, Barnaby invites Dorothy and her family to Maryland to live in Adrian Gil-Spear. Cam Edward Earle. Film ed Paul E. Maschke. his new home. Exiles. Great Br tain—history “Civil War, 1642-1649. Source: Based on the novel The Barrier by Rex Beach (New York, 1907). Mary land. New Amsterdam. Pirates. Ships. United States-History— Cast: Mabel Julienne Scott (Necia/Merridy), Russell Simpson (John

Colonial P erlod, a. 1600-1775. Brothers. Escapes. Father-son Gaylord/John Gale), Howard Hall (Dan Bennett/Ben Stark), Victor relationship. Governors. Hudson River. Missing persons, assumed dead. Sutherland (Lieut. Meade Burrell), Mitchell Lewis (Poleon Doret),

Revolutionaries. Sheriffs. a Edward Roseman (Runnion), W. J. Gross (‘‘No Creek” Lee), Mary Note: The only information located concerning this film was from the George Kennevan Carr (Alluna). Kleine Papers. It was included in a list of “Edison Unreleased Subjects,” and a note . . .

from 1925 mentioned that it was never nationally released, although it had some Drama. The barrier which stands between Lieutenant Meade Burrell and distribution. The film was probably produced in 1917, as a title sheet is dated 15 Jun Necia, the daughter of Alaskan trader John Gale, has its origin in her

1917. Indian blood. Burrell, who has declared his love for Necia, is released from 47

BARRIERS OF SOCIETY AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG his proposal of marriage when she realizes what a sacrifice his marriage Scen Edward Lyell Fox. Cam Albert K. Dawson. toa half-breed would be. The appearance of a gambler in the Alaskan town Documentary /World War I. The Allied German and Austro-Hungarian

serves as a means of proving that Necia is actually white and not the armies, in their campaign in the Carpathians, drive through Galicia to daughter of Gale by his Indian woman, Alluna. Thus, the barrier is recapture the stronghold of Przemysl from the invading Russian army. removed and the two lovers are united. Indians—Mixed blood. Mistaken Scenes and subjects depicted include, among others, the mobilization and identity. Racial prejudice. Self-sacrifice. Alaska. Father-daughter transport of troops after the declaration of war; generals planning; camplife

relationship. Fur traders. Indians of North America. Marriage. on the eve of battle; howitzers operating; the Red Cross assuring that Note: This was the first production of the Rex Beach Picture Company. According conditions are sanitary; trench warfare; aviators locating enemy batteries; to contemporary news items, it was shot on location in the Alaskan Yukon in Aug —_q cavalry charge; the destruction of bridges by the Russians in their retreat;

1916 using the Kinemacolor process. Wid’s related that Rex after the trade showing, the rebuilding of thetitles. bridges .by scenes from the end were shortened and Beach wrote and a number of new . .the- German and Austro-Hungarian Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures released a film based on the same source on 8 Mar engineering corps. Austria. Army. Galicia. Germany. Army. Przemysl 1926. George Hill directed this version, which starred Norman Kerry, Henry B. (Poland). Russia. Army. World War |. Aviators. Bridges. Cavalry. Red

Walthall and Lionel Barrymore. (See AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30, Cross. Trench warfare.

F2.0274). Paramount released a film based on the same source in 1937, which starred Note: The title of this film, as shown in ads, was The Battle and Fall of Przemysl, Leo Carrillo, Jean Parker and James Ellison, and was directed by Leslie Selander. or Smashing the Armies of the Czar. The film was also reviewed under the title The

ETR 27 Jan 1917, p. 564. NYDM __26 Aug 1916, p. 33. Battle of Przemysl, and referred to as The Fall of Przemysl in a news item. One Motog 10 Feb 1917, p. 315. NYDM 20 Jan 1917, p. 30. review stated that Edward Lyell Fox assembled the film. Fox also wrote a lecture to

MPN 27 Jan 1917, p. 588. Var 2 Jun 1916, p. 14. be read while the film was screened. This was the first film of the American

MPW 27 Jan 1917, p. 545. Wid's 15 Feb 1917, pp. 101-02. Correspondent Film Co. Cameraman Dawson traveled with the German and AustroHungarian troops during their Galicia campaign.

BARRIERS OF SOCIETY Fons Moms pa mem, “Gm mis as Universal Film Mfg. Co.; Red Feather Photoplays. Dist Universal Film MPN 7 Aug 1915, p. 68. Var 6 Aug 1915, p. 17. Mfg. Co. 16 Oct 1916 [OUniversal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 29 Sep 1916; MPN 14 Aug 1915, p. 85. LP9216]. 5 reels.

Dir Lloyd B. Carleton. Scen Fred Myton. Story Clarke Irvine. Cam Roy THE BATTLE CRY OF PEACE F 1.0229

H. Klaffki. Vitagraph Co. of America; A Blue Ribbon Feature. Dist V-L-S-E, Inc. Cast: Dorothy Davenport (Martha Gorham), Emory Johnson (Westie 9 Sep 1915 [©The Vitagraph Co. of America; 10 Nov 1915; LP6935]. 9

Phillips), Richard Morris (Harry Arnold), Mr. Montague (Silas reels.

Gorham), Alfred Allen (John Phillips), Miss Whiting (Mary Phillips). Pres J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith. Supv J. Stuart Blackton. Drama. When penniless Westie Phillips briefly meets wealthy Martha = Prod J. Stuart Blackton. Dir Wilfred North. Scen J. Stuart Blackton. Gorham, he falls in love, but Martha forgets the encounter. Harry Arnold, Cam Leonard Smith and Arthur T. Quinn. Musical accompaniment courting Martha, invites her out sailing and arranges to have the yacht selected and adapted by S. L. Rothapfel. Musical accompaniment edited wrecked near an uncharted island, so that he can be alone with her until by Ivan Rudisill and S. M. Berg. rescuers arrive. Meanwhile, without knowing Martha is on board, Westie Source: Based on the book Defenseless America by Hudson Maxim

secures a position on the yacht. He recognizes her, but she cannot (New York, 1915). remember him. Westie discovers Arnold’s plans for Martha, and after the Cast: Charles Richman (John Harrison), L. Rogers Lytton (Mr. arranged wreck, he follows them to the island. Arnold offers Westie a Emanon), James Morrison (Charley Harrison), Mary Maurice (Mrs. fortune to leave, and after his refusal, a deranged Arnold tries to kill Harrison), Louise Beaudet (Mrs. Vandergriff), Harold Hubert (Mr. Martha. Westie saves her, they sight a rescue ship, and Martha realizes Vandergriff), Jack Crawford (Poet scout), Charles Kent (The master), that she does, indeed, love him. Duplicity. Islands. Rakes. Sailors. Yachts. Julia Swayne Gordon (Magdalen), Evart Overton (Vandergriff's son),

Attempted murder. Boating accidents. Bribery. Rescues. Unrequited Belle Bruce (Alice Harrison), Norma Talmadge (Virginia

love. Vandergriff), Lucille Hamill (Dorothy Vandergriff), George Stevens

_ Note: The actor listed as “Mr. Montague” in reviews and copyright records for this (The butler), Thais Lawton (Columbia), Lionel Braham (The War film may have been Frederick Montague, who did act in films produced by Universal. Monster), Joseph Kilgour (George Washington), Paul Scardon

MPW 14 Oct 1916, p. 226. MPW 21 Oct 1916, p. 443. (General Grant), William J. Ferguson (Abraham Lincoln), Hudson Maxim (Himself), Tefft Johnson.

BARTER see A SOUL FOR SALE Drama /World War I. Several years before the United States’ entrance

| into World War I, John Harrison attends a lecture delivered by patriotic writer Hudson Maxim and subsequently becomes an advocate of military

THE BASEBALL REVUE OF 1917 F1.0227 preparedness. Although he is ridiculed by his younger brother Charley, as Athletic Feature Films. Dist State Rights; Athletic Feature Films. Oct well as by Mr. Vandergriff, his fiancée’s father, John continues to warn of

1917. 5 reels. . the dangers of a weak military. Mr. Emanon, a frequent visitor to the Pres Marty McHale. Dir Tom McEvoy. Titles Arthur “Bugs” Baer. Vandergriff house, is a leader of the peace movement and secretly an

_ Documentary. Baseball pitcher Marty McHale photographed every team — enemy agent. During a massive peace rally conducted by Mr. Emanon, the

in the National and American baseball league. Two reels are devoted enemy suddenly opens fire on New York City, shelling the buildings and exclusively to the Chicago White Sox and the New York Giants, opponents brutally killing many citizens. Vandergriff is shot and John is bayoneted,

in the World Series. All the principal players of both teams are shown in and later Mrs. Vandergriff shoots her two daughters to prevent their close ups, and the picture forms a permanent record of their abilities. —_gisprace at the hands of the enemy. Following some allegorical scenes Baseball. Baseball players. Chicago White Sox. New York Giants. involving historical American figures, a plea is made for Americans to Note: This prevure that it coulg be reteasee in singte ree as the support military preparedness. Foreign exhibitors. agents. Massacres.or Militarism. aMarty series, or as we a constructed five reeli‘ feature, depending upon demands of the local ae ; ; McHale, former New York Yankee pitcher, was the president of Athletic Patriotism. Peace activists. Authors. Family honor. Hudson Maxim. Feature Films. Cleveland Indian center fielder Tris Speaker was the vice-president. Murder. New York City. Baseball players and managers appearing in the film included John McGraw, Tris Note: According to news items and reviews, J. Stuart Blackton, the vice-president Speaker, Ty Cobb, Christy Mathewson, Honus Wagner, Walter Johnson, Eddie of Vitagraph and the producer of this film, received the commentary and endorsement Collins, Benny Kauff, Connie Mack, Home Run Baker, Clarence Rowland, Eddie of several public figures who actively supported military preparedness, the most Cicotte, Grover Alexander, Babe Ruth, Miller Huggins, Smoky Joe Wood, Hughy notable being Theodore Roosevelt. Because of President Wilson’s strict policy of Jennings, Larry Doyle, Rube Marquard, Clark Griffith, George Stallings, Fielder neutrality, Blackton avoided identifying “the enemy” as Germany (Emanon is “no Jones, Stuffy McInnis, Chief Bender, Ed Walsh, Jack Coombs, Jim Thorpe, Heine name” spelled backwards), although the beer drinking parties and the Kaiser

Zimmerman, Joe Jackson, and Buck Herzog. Wilhelm moustaches of the invading soldiers typified prevailing German stereotypes.

Motog 13 Oct 1917, p. 796. NYDM 27 Oct 1917, p. 23. In fact, modern sources credit this film with setting the tone for the anti-German

propaganda pictures of 1917-18. The picture was extremely popular in the U.S. and other Allied Nations. It was shown for the first time on 6 Aug 1915 to an invited

THE BATTLE AND FALL OF PRZEMYSL F1.0228 audience at the Vitagraph Theatre in New York. Sources disagree concerning the The American Correspondent Film Co. Dist State Rights. Aug 1915 film’s New York premiere; while NYT States that it was first shown on 14 Sep 1915, [©The American Correspondent Film Co., Inc.; 9 Aug. 1915; LU6231). 4- film was to be shown at militia encampments, special meetings, before authorities in

. . most sources give 9 Sep 1915 as the premiere date. Before its New York opening, the 5 reels. Washington, D.C., in state capitals, at the Army and Navy Club in Washington and 48

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE BATTLE OF LIFE on the White House lawn. Contemporary sources note that the following public defeated. Later, President Lincoln delivers his Gettysburg Address, and a figures lent their cooperation and also appeared in the film: Secretary of State Robert monument is dedicated on the battleground. Gettysburg, Battle of, 1863.

Lansing, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt, Major General B ef ; 0. Soldi ; S Hi Ci Leonard Wood, Secretary of War Lindley Garrison, Admiral George Dewey, Rev. rother-sister relationship. oldiers. United tates istory-Civil War, Dr. Lyman Abbott, General Montgomery M. Macomb, Admiral Charles D. Sigsbee 1861-1865. Abraham Lincoln. George Edward Pickett.

and Admiral Marix. Twenty-five thousand National Guard troops also were used in Note: Several modern sources credit Charles Giblyn as the co-director. One modern the film. S. L. Rothapfel arranged the musical accompaniment for the New York source lists C. Gardner Sullivan as the scenarist, while another credits Charles Brown, showing, while M. Winkler arranged the music for state rights showings. The film was Thomas Ince, and Richard Spencer. Sources also conflict regarding cast members: reviewed at lengths of five, eight and nine reels. It was released in Britain under the one lists Burton King, Joe King, Gertrude Claire, Shorty Hamilton, Mr. Hadley, and title An American Home, and was followed by a sequel released in 1917, Womanhood, Mr. Edler; the other includes Willard Mack, Charles K. French, Enid Bennett, the Glory of a Nation. In 1917, The Battle Cry of Peace was re-edited and re-released Herschel Mayall, Walter Edwards, Frank Borzage, J. Barney Sherry, Anna Little,

under the title The Battle Cry of War. According to MPW, Vitagraph filed suit George Fisher, J. Frank Burke, and Enid Markey.

against Henry Ford on 26 Jun 1916 asking a judgment of one million dollars because Motog 31 May 1913, p. 414. NYDM 4 Jun 1913, p. 26.

of damage from allegations which Ford published in his essay “Humanity and Motog 12 Jul 1913, p. 18. NYDM 11 Jun 1913, p. 27. Sanity,” which ran in newspapers throughout the country in May 1916. Vitagraph MPW 26 Apr 1913, pp. 346-47. Var 27 Jun 1913, p. 16. stated that Ford’s allegations were that The Battle Cry of Peace attempted to inspire

a belief that the United States stood in great danger of an invasion in order that

munitions manufacturers, including Hudson Maxim, whose book inspired the film, THE BATTLE OF GETTYSGOAT F 1.0232 could profit greatly. Ford’s statements, Vitagraph contended in the suit, prejudiced Lubin Manufacturing Co. Dist General Film Co. Apr 1914. 5 reels. many people against the film and damaged its business in many cities. According to Dir Romaine Fielding. modern sources, Vitagraph was awarded the judgment a year later. Modern sources Cast: Romaine Fielding (Colonel Furioso)

include Harry S.camera Northrup andComedy. James Lackaye in the cast and credit Frank Tyrell ° .the BCOstrich ... with some of the work. During the Mexican War, two American boys, Motog 31 Jul 1915, p. 216. MPW 25 Sep 1915, p. 2158. brothers, who weigh more than 300 pounds each, decide, out of frustration Motog 21 Aug 1915, pp. 361-62. NYDM 4 Aug 1915, p. 24. at not being able to fight, to invade Mexico themselves. Once there, they

one x Ny ole p. ae ead ; Aue ole P. na engage Colonel Furioso, “The Interchangeable Spy,” in a battle of wits. MPN 7 Aug 1915, Pp. 19-22. NYT 15 Sep 1915, p i. Americans in foreign countries. Mexico—History-1910-1919. Brothers. MPN 21 Aug 1915, p. 82. Photo Nov 1915, pp. 80-81. Obesity. Spies. MPW 21 Aug 1915, p. 1291. Var 13 Aug 1915, p. 17. NYDM 22 Apr 1914, p. 28.

MPW 9 Sep 1916, p. 1667.

THE BATTLE CRY OF WAR (Vitagraph Co. of America, 1915) see THE BATTLE OF HEARTS ____ F10233

THE BATTLE CRY OF PEACE Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 22 May 1916 [OWilliam Fox; 21 May 1916; LP8339]. 5 reels.

THE BATTLE CRY OF WAR (Vitagraph Co. of America, 1917) see pore sear Apfel Asst dir Ray 8. f nmstock Seen Oscar Aptel. Story

WOMANHOOD, THE GLORY OF THE NATION Cast: William Farnum (Martin Cane), Elda Furry (Maida Rhodes), Wheeler Oakman (Jo Sprague), William Burress (Capt. Sprague),

THE BATTLE OF BALLOTS F 1.0230 Willard Louis (Capt. Rhodes).

Good Luck Film Co. Dist State Rights; M. A. Neff. Aug 1915 [©Mell Drama. Martin Cane, who owns a fleet of fishing boats, loves Maida

A. Neff; 2 Jul 1915; LU5704]. 5-6 reels. Rhodes, but despite Martin’s insistence that nothing can keep her from Supv M. A. Neff. Prod M. A. Neff. Dir Frank B. Coigne. Scen M. A. _ him, Maida prefers Jo Sprague, the lighthouse keeper’s son. Martin has his

Neff. Cam Eugene Cugnet. mind taken off Maida when his fleet is ruined and he is forced to begin

Cast: William Wells (Jack Hazelet), Mayre Hall (Oma Tuthill), again. Meanwhile, Jo has joined a band of smugglers and drugs his father Baroness Dorothy Van Raven, Robert Web Lawrence, Laura Mackin, to keep the lighthouse from functioning, thus allowing the smugglers to Mary Navarro, G. Charles Bryant, Frank Whitson, Frank B. Coigne, attempt a raid in darkness. It also causes Maida, who had been sailing, to

Wilfred Jessop, John Ellis, Harry Harford, Creston Clark. crash. In the end, Martin captures the smugglers and rescues Maida, who Drama/Social. The friendship between popular saloonkeeper Lafe realizes that she really does love him. Fishermen. Smugglers. Unrequited Tuthill and iceman James Hazelet ends when Hunt Hartman, an agentof —igve Boating accidents. Drugging. Fishing boats. Lighthouse keepers. the Saloon League, wrongly accuses Hazelet of voting for prohibition in Lighthouses. Rescues the recent, bitter election. Tuthill and Hazelet come to blows, and their Note: The copyright entry for this film lists its title as A Battle of Hearts.

children are told not to associate with each other. However, Hazelet’s son MPN 3 Jun 1916. p, 3430 Var 36 May 1916. p. 22 Jack, and Tuthill’s daughter Oma, fall in love. When Mrs. Tuthill argues MPW 10 Jun 1916, 5. 1898. Wid's 25 May 1916, is 598. against Tuthill’s order that Oma leave school to help in the saloon, Tuthill

drunkenly shoves her. She later dies from injuries sustained in her fall. THE BATTLE OF LIFE F1.0234 After Tuthill tries to force Oma to marry Hartman, Tuthill dies from Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 11 Dec 1916 [OWilliam Fox: 10

delirium tremens. Alcohol also kills money shark Dan Weber, whose son Dec 1916: LP9 685] 5 reels P. , Samuel, raised in idleness, runs off with the slatternly wife of Oma’s Dir 3 , Vi ; tS ; Adrian Johnson. St Jj RG

brother Albert. Later, Albert builds a movie theater where his father’s Cam René Guiseart. 7 cen nan 70 nss nm. ofory vames Ky Marey. saloon once stood. Jack, married to Oma, wins the election for mayor over , Hartman. Alcoholism. Prohibition. Battered women. Delirium tremens. Cast: Glady S Coburn (M ary Boland), Art Acord (Dave Karns), Richard Friendship. Icemen. Infidelity. Marriage-Forced. Motion picture theaters. Neill (O Lear y)s William Sheer (Jack Ellis), Frank Evans (Tom

Political campaigns. Boland), Violet De _ Biccari (Mary, age 12), Alex Shannon Note: This film, the first production of the Good Luck Film Co., was made at the (Wentworth). .

Century studio in Edgewater, NJ. Pictures of prominent temperance workers taken Drama. Mary Boland, the daughter and accomplice of a crook, at a convention in Atlantic City, NJ were included in the film. Mayre Hall appeared announces that she is going straight. She becomes a nursemaid for a in vaudeville under the name, Dearest St. Clair. Baroness Dorothy Van Raven was wealthy family, but when her father breaks in, she is fired, even though

Dorothy Kingdon before her marriage. Mary prevents any theft. Meanwhile, her sweetheart, Dave Karns, also a uPW 10 ful 1915, P 27. uPw “t Se 1915, 1740 crook, unsuccessfully looks for honest work. He decides on one last heist,

rProe’ Pee Paes so he and his partner steal some jewels and hide them at Mary’s. Mary finds a necklace the men stole and keeps it. Each man accuses the other

THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG . F1.0231 of having taken it, and in a fight, Dave kills his partner. Dave discovers ee York Motion Picture Co. Dist Mutual Film Corp. | Jun 1913.5 gary has the necklace, leaves it with the dead man, manages to clear

* himself of the murder charge, and decides to go straight permanently.

Dir Thomas H. Ince. Lab work supv Alfred Brandt. , Burglars. Criminals—Rehabilitation. Jewelry. Manslaughter. Nursemaids. War drama/Historical. During the Civil War, a young woman’s Father-daughter relationship. Partnerships. Theft

sweetheart enlists to fight for the North, while her brother joins the Note: This was Gladys Coburn’s first film Confederate forces. These three later join the many whose lives are altered ; y by t Battle of Gettysburg, fought 1 to 3,23 1863. Followin Motog ee Toe Pe nO. 15 NvOM 16 Dec 1916, p. pp. 37. 27-28. ythe grea € ysourg, 'oug y from ’ g July MPN Dec 1916, p.304043. Var Dec 1916, intense fighting, Confederate General George Pickett’s troops are MPW 23 Dec 1916, p. 1817, 1862. Wid's 14 Dec 1916, p. 1170. 49

THE BATTLE OF SHILOH AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG THE BATTLE OF SHILOH F 1.0235 Hortense Dale), Frank Haganey (“Spike’ Kelly), Al H. Stewart Lubin Mfg. Co. Dist General Film Co.; Special Features Dept. 15 Dec (“Fishy” Reuter), Barry Whitcomb.

1913 [OLubin Mfg. Co.; 8 Dec 1913; LU1758]. 4 reels. Drama. Clean-living pugilist Jim Fortune assists Angelica Hart when her

Dir Joseph Smiley. Scen Emmett Campbell Hall. husband Duncan assaults her in a Bowery café. Soon after, Jim fights a

Cast: John Ince (Frank Carey), Blanche West (Ethel Carey), Robert _ bout with Hart, an amateur society boxer, during a dinner party. Enraged

Drouet (Tom Winston), Peggy O'Neil (Ellen Winston), Edgar Jones by the sight of whip marks on Angelica’s neck, Jim knocks Hart out (Captan Cook), John Smiley (General Grant), Fred Tidmarsh (General _ soundly. In revenge, that night Hart attacks Angelica. When she pulls out

Johnston), Clarence Elmer (Sergeant Brown), Arthur Matthews a gun, “Toad” Jennings, Hart’s former trainer and a drug addict, and Mrs. (Lieutenant Cornell), Robert Graham (Private Randall), William Carr _ Dale, a widow with whom Hart had been having a romance, struggle with

(Colonel Bogard), James Daly (Colonel Samson), Florence Williams her before she can pull the trigger. The gun goes off and Hart is killed. (Clara Tolliver), Jennie Nelson (Jane Mathies), Frances Mann (Bessie Hart’s father, Hagan, vows vengeance on Angelica and Jim. After their Caxton), Mildred Gregory (Ethel Whitcliff), Nell Craig (Martha arrest, Hagan realizes that Jim is really his son by his first wife, who left

Dunell). ae i, him because of his brutality. In the end, Toad confesses to killing Hart

War drama/Historical. Despite the pleadings of his sister Ellen, Tom because of a grievance, and Jim and Angelica realize that they are in love. Winston joins the Union forces during the Civil War, while Frank Carey — Battered women. Boxers. False arrests. Murder. Revenge. Cafés. enlists in the Confederate Army against his sister Ethel’s wishes. While Confession (law). Drug addicts. Infidelity. Long-lost relatives. New York visiting Ellen, who has become a spy for the South, Tom sees her sending City-Bowery. Parties. Widows.

a message to Frank, hidden outside the window. Tom seizes the message Note: The title was changed during production from The Mark of the Beast from Frank, then allows him to escape, but during the Battle of Shiloh, because the prior right of that title had been obtained by Princess Troubetskoy. Union soldiers find the message in Tom’s pocket and arrest him as a traitor. Montagu Love began in the lead role, but left after a number of scenes had been shot Tom is sentenced to death, and even though he performs heroically during because of an attack of rheumatism. Frank Haganey, former heavyweight champion

the battle, he again is arrested. Frank saves Tom with his own confession the Habe see and He ako pve a roe as trainer and technical director for of guilt, but later, Frank escapes and returns home, where he is retaken by , ,

Union soldiers. Tom, visiting Ellen, is captured by Southern troops, but the he 5 Aug i919 i" ae ew Sep i910. is oy

two sisters effect an exchange of prisoners, and as Frank and Ellen ride MPW 6 Sep 1919, p. 1530, 1531. Wid's 16 Aug 1919, p. 11.

South, Tom and Ethel return to the North. Shiloh, Battle of, 1862. Filial

erations. oldters. vated cates history Cv war 7867-1809 THE BATTLES OF A NATION F1.0238 N mean rw). mane John Nee “nh "i CTS. Opies. Wal NEOs. The American Correspondent Film Co. Dist State Rights. 22 Nov ote: A modern source credits John Ince as VE meer Jan 1914. 0.32 1915 [©The American Correspondent Film Co., Inc.; 8 Oct. 1915;

Mew 22 Nov 11047 NYDM an 1914 38 LU6579}.6 reels. Assembled under the direction of Tom Bret. Scen Tom Bret. Cam Albert K. Dawson.

THE B ATTLE OF THE SEXES , , F1.0236 Documentary /World War I. Teutonic wartime activities in the East are

Majestic Motion Picture Co.Albert Dist Mutual FilmisCorp.; Continental :.. : presented. Cameraman K. Dawson received at the American

Feature Film Corp. 12 Apr 1914. 5 reels. Emb a Berlin by U.S. Ambassador J W. Gerard. Th Dir D. W. Griffith. Scen Daniel Carson Goodman. Cam G. W. Bitzer. mobassy In Per'in by &). Ambassador James WW. Uerard. Phe resources

Cast: Donald Crisp (Frank Andrews), Lillian Gish (Jane, his of the German Empire forces are depicted in scenes showing the cultivation daughter), Robert Harron (John, his son), Mary Alden (Mrs. of Polish fields by prisoners of war; necessities and luxuries in Hamburg, Andrews), Owen Moore (Cleo’s lover) Fay Tincher (Cleo), W. E. Lubeck, Dusseldorf and Bremen; youths collecting metallic objects from

Lawrence. , houses; the Krupp works at Essen making munitions; and vast storehouses. Drama. Frank Andrews, who is affluent, middle-aged, and a devoted € Austro-Hungarian torces advance through northern Galicia to family man, has his domestic bliss interrupted by Cleo, a sultry new recapture Lemberg and Przemysl, and to take Warsaw. Activities shown neighbor. Cleo leaves her door ajar, enabling Frank to see her ankles, and _—‘include aerial scout work; fun and frolic in camp on the eve of battle; and later sets her apartment on fire with a cigarette, summoning him with cries the assemblage—taking two days—and firing of the huge Skoda mortar. for help. Seeing her in a negligee, Frank kisses Cleo passionately, thus In Przemysl, a review of troops for Archduke Frederick, the commanderbeginning their clandestine affair. Gradually, Frank becomes less and less in-chief, is held with Franz Joseph, Austria’s crown prince, attending. attentive to his business and family, preferring to spend time with Cleo and Work commences to restore bridges destroyed by the retreating Russians.

lavish gifts upon her. Mrs. Andrews is aware of the affair, but despite her © Women and Heeren eee wander, and Russian prisoners bury their broken heart, she does nothing. Their daughter Jane goes to Cleo, intent dead. Austria. Army. Military invasion. Military occupation. Poland. World on killing her, but instead touches her heart, and the women devise a plan War |. Airplanes. Burial. Combat zone life. | Defense-National. Farms. to stop the affair. When Andrews next comes to Cleo’s apartment, he finds Germany. Munitions factories. Ordnance. Political refugees. Prisoners of her former lover attempting to seduce Jane. Andrews reproaches his war. Royalty. Russians. United States—Diplomatic and Consular Service. daughter, who then points out the hypocrisy of his reprimand. Realizing Note: There was a press screening of this film in New York on 18 Nov 1915. The his mistakes, Andrews reconciles himself to his family, after which Cleo _—- copyright entry for this film lists Albert K. Dawson for “picturization,” a term which,

vacates her apartment. Family life. Infidelity. Mistresses. Moral corruption. i" the context of dramatic films, usually indicated adaptation or direction. It is

Moral reformation. Father-daughter relationship. Hypocrisy possibleSystem, that some footage in this film used earlier in the American oes Vamps. ' ° , Correspondent Film Co.’s release, the Secret of was Success. (See below.)

Revenge. M 27 Nov 1915, pp. 1145-46. MPW 20 Nov 1915, p. 1502. Note: The working title of the film was The Single Standard. Contemporary Motos 4 Dec 1915, 97. NYDM 4 Dec 1915, is 35.

to either Griffith film. . sources conflict about distribution company. Modern sources list James Smith and MPN 4 Dec 1915, p. 65, 95. Var 26 Nov 1915, p. 23. Rose Richtel as film editors. Griffith re-made the film in 1928 (See AFI Catalog of

Feature Films, 1921-30, F2.0282.) The 1929 film The Single Standard is unrelated BATTLING JANE F1.0239 Motog 30 May 1914, pp. 370-71. MPW 18 Apr 1914, p. 424. The New Art Film Co. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Paramount

MPN 9 Jan 1915, p. 17. NYDM 15 Apr 1914, p. 50. Pictures. 6 Oct 1918 [©Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; 20 Sep 1918;

MPN 31 Jul 1915, p. 46. Var 17 Apr 1914, p. 21. LP12919]. 5 reels, 4,458 ft.

Dir Elmer Clifton. Scen Arnold Bennett. Story Arnold Bennett. Cam

THE BATTLE OF YOUTH see THE FAMILY HONOR Karl Brown.

Cast: Dorothy Gish (Jane), George Nichols (Dr. Sheldon), May Hall

THE BATTLER F1.0237 (Mrs. Sheldon), Katherine MacDonald (Pollet’s daughter), Ernest World 28 Film Corp. Dist World Film Corp. | Sep 1919 Film Marion ver Seldon), Bertram Grassby rhe crook), Adolphe Lestina Corp.; Aug 1919; LU14142]. 6 reels, 5,450[OWorld ft. (Mrs. Pollett), Kate Toncray (Charwoman).

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Dir Frank Reicher. Scen Harry O. Hoyt. Story Forrest Halsey. Cam Comedy-drama. Jane, a waif, bicycles into a Maine village and becomes Max Schneider. Tech dir of fight scenes and trainer Frank Haganey. a waitress in a local hotel. In the same town, worthless Dr. Sheldon has Cast: Earl Metcalfe (Hagan Hart/Jim Fortune), Virginia Hammond abandoned his wife and baby, and when Mrs. Sheldon dies, Jane adopts Angelica Hart), Harry C. Brown (Duncan Hart), Edwin Dennison the child. Due to Jane’s careful attention, the child wins a baby show, but (Barney), Irving Brooks (‘‘Toad”’ Jennings), Florence Malone (Mrs. Sheldon, with the aid of a crook, tries to steal the prize money from Jane,

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE BEAST but she holds the two at bay until a detective arrives. Jane invests some of becomes after the islanders nurse him back to health. Tempted by the love her winnings in Liberty bonds and gives the rest to the Red Cross, thus of Kane Pili’s sister Taleaa and by the easy life on the island, the sailor is becoming a local heroine. Adoption. Infants. Maine. Theft. Village life. about to abandon the ways of civilization and become a beachcomber when

Waifs. Awards. Cads. Charity. Desertion. Detectives. Hotels. Liberty a message in a bottle from a lost whaling ship revives his childhood

Bonds. Physicians. Red Cross. Thieves. Waitresses. religiosity. Taleaa, angry at the sailor’s rejection of her advances, frames Note: This film was listed as a D. W. Griffith Production in the Paramount studio him for the desecration of an idol but intervenes to save his life at the last

records. Griffith’s involvement is uncertain. The film was Dorothy Gish’s first minute. The sailor leaves the island and takes up residence in a Christian Paramount Picture. Sources vary concerning the name of the writer. Material in the community, eventually returning to bring Kane Pili and Taleaa back with Paramount studio records credits Arnold Bennett, while ads and reviews credit Arnold him and to marry Taleaa. Castaways. Hawaiian Islands. Religion. Sailors.

P_ 5 Oct 1918, p. 1531. MPW 9 Nov 1918, p. 693. Tribal life. Beachcombers. Brother-sister relationship. Christians.

ETR 12 Oct 1918, p. 1609, 1617. NYDM 12 Oct 1918, p. 553. Executions. Frame-ups. Nursing back to health. Storms. MPN 19 Oct 1918, p. 2603. Var 4 Oct 1918, p. 49. Note: Bosworth, Inc. began production on this project, but it is unclear whether the MPW 12 Oct 1918, p. 275. Wid's 6 Oct 1918, pp. 25-26. film was ever completed or exhibited. Cast credits have been taken from handwritten

MPW 19 Oct 1918, p. 304. notes on a production sheet in the Paramount studio records, and exact spellings for of the names, particularly Mr Rahawanaku, are impossible to cetermine. Mrs. 9 Drew is proba e€ actress Cora Drew,somewho worked [or boswortn; r. ecaman ts

BAWBS O BLUE RIDGE . . . F1.0240 probably Marshall Stedman. The production notes give the name of the actor playing New York Motion Picture Corp.; Kay-Bee. Dist Triangle Film Corp. 9 the sailor as a child as “Antrim,” which is possibly a reference to the child actor

Dec 1916. 5 reels. Antrim Short. A modern source credits Phil Rosen, not Gus C. Peterson, as the film’s Prod Thomas H. Ince. Dir Charles Miller. Scen Monte M. Katterjohn. cinematographer. No contemporary reviews or news items for the film have been

Cam Clyde De Vinna. Art dir Robert Brunton. located.

Cast: Bessie Barriscale (Barbara ‘“Bawbs’ Colby), Arthur Shirley AmCin 1 Feb 1922, p. 19. (Ralph Gunther), Joe Dowling (Phineas Bradley), J. Frank Burke

(Jubal Wade).

Drama. The dying words of Barbara “Bawbs” Colby’s aunt reveal that BEANS F1.0243

she had been left five thousand dollars by her late father. The aunt also Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. 16 Sep 1918 warns Bawbs against men, who she says will marry her only for her money. [©Bluebird Photoplays Inc.; 5 Sep 1918; LP12823}. 5 reels.

Nevertheless, Bawbs falls in love with Ralph Gunther, an author who has Dir Jack Dillon. Scen John B. Clymer. Story Rex Taylor. Cam B. F. come to the Blue Ridge, Bawbs’s home, to write. Thinking him a struggling Reynolds.

artist, Bawbs gives him her money, but Ralph returns it, writing Bawbs Cast: Edith Roberts (Betty Brewster), Lew Cody (Kirk), Charles that he himself is wealthy and is returning home to Philadelphia. Bawbs Gerrard (Wingate), Harry Carter (Ellis), John Cossar (Brewster). catches up to Ralph, convinced now that he had been sincere when he told Comedy-drama. Betty Brewster is sent to San Francisco by her father, her that he loved her. The couple embraces and go to Philadelphia together. —_ bean magnate, to deliver a contract renewing an option on some essential

Authors. Blue Ridge Mountains. Inheritance. Aunts. Man-haters. canning properties. The trip evolves into a series of misadventures during

Philadelphia. which her father’s secretary Kirk, tries unsuccessfully to aid Betty. inet De ee sa90 vee wn oie 0 Meanwhile Wingate, attorney for Brewster’s rival Ellis, attempts to

MPW 25 Nov 1916, . 1183, Wid's 16 Nov 1916, .. 1109. wrangle the papers from her by various means, including trickery and theft.

MPW 16 Dec 1916, p. 1700. Betty loses but eventually recovers the papers from Wingate, races to San Francisco on a motorcycle, and delivers the contract on time. Her father

BE A LITTLE SPORT F1.0241 rewards her by making her his manager, and she and Kirk are married. Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 29 Jun 1919 [©William Fox; 29 Jun Business competition. Businessmen. Contracts. San Francisco.

1919: LP13926]. 5 reels. Secretaries. Businessmen. Canneries. Lawyers. Motorcycles. Theft. Dir Scott Dunlap. Scen Joseph A. Roach. Story Hale Merriman. Note: Several sources credit William E. Lawrence with the role of Kirk.

Cam Roy Klaffki. ETR; 21 Sep 1918, 1339.p.NYDM __ 26 , , ETR 28 Sepp.1918, 1423. Var 27Oct Sep1918, 1918,p.p.627. 42. Cast: Albert Ray (Gerald Faulkner), Elinor Fair (Norma Martin), Lule MPN 14 Sep 1918, p. 1756. Wid’s 15 Sep 1918, p. 2.

Warrenton (Matilda Faulkner), George Hernandez (Dunley MPW 28 Sep 1918, p. 1918, 1925. Faulkner), Leota Lorraine (Carlotta La Mere), Eugene Pallette (Dick Nevins). Comedy. Young tin can salesman Gerald Faulkner is in love with chorus

girl Carlotta La Mere. Gerald’s Uncle Dunley promises him $100,000 if THE BEAR TRAP see EXCUSE MY DUST he is married by the following Saturday. Charlotta agrees to marriage, but asks for a postponement the day before the wedding. She has meanwhile

met Uncle Dunley and begun a flirtation with him, not knowing of his THE BEAST F1.0244

relationship to Gerald. Norma Martin, a stenographer, agrees to help Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 24 Jul 1916 [OWilliam Fox; 23 Jul Gerald by taking part in a phony marriage ceremony, but when a real 1916; LP8776]. 5 reels. minister arrives instead of a fake one, Gerald and Norma are actually Dir Richard Stanton. Scen Richard Stanton. Cam F. Granville and J.C.

married. Complications involving Carlotta ensue. Uncle Dunley’s = Cook. 4rt dir Charles Odd. flirtations are exposed. Gerald and Norma discover they are in love and Cast: George Walsh (Del Burton), Anna Luther (Mildred Manning),

decide to remain married. Marriage. Uncles. Flirtation. Marriage-Fake. Herschel Mayall (David Manning), Edward Cecil (Sir Charles

Salesmen. Saleswomen. Beverly), Henry De Vere (Ralph Henshaw), Clyde Benson (Manning's MPN 12 Jul 1919, p. 597. Var 4 Jul 1919, p. 43. secretary).

MPW 12 Jul 1919, p. 283. Wid's 6 Jul 1919, p. 9. Comedy-drama. Touring the West with her sweetheart, Sir Charles Beverly, Mildred Manning wants to experience frontier life firsthand.

THE BEACHCOMBER F1.0242 While Charles gambles, two drunken cowboys claim Mildred as a “prize” Bosworth, Inc. 1915? [©Bosworth, Inc.; 4 Jan 1915, LU4098]}. Length until ranch owner Del Burton saves her, then claims her for himself. Being

undetermined. with Mildred softens some of Del’s roughness, so he gives her up to a rescue Prod Hobart Bosworth. Story Hobart Bosworth. Cam Gus C. Peterson. party. Later, in love with Mildred, Del goes East to look for her. A friend

Cast: Hobart Bosworth (The sailor), Helen Wolcott (Taleaa), Mr. makes Del’s appearance more citified, and when finally he does find Rahawanaku (Kane Pili), Mrs. Drew (Mother), John Weiss (Maukaa), Mildred, she cannot recognize him. At a masquerade ball, Del once again

W. F. Harrison (Nalu), J. Harvey (Kavalehai), Dan Waid wears his Western clothes and Mildred recognizes him as “the beast” who (Waonokiki), Rhea Haines (Palikii), Mr. Stedman (Mate of the kidnapped her, but realizes that she loves him. City-country contrast.

Edith/Missionary). Ranchers. Transformation. The West. Balls (parties). Clothes. Cowboys. Drama. Raised by a religious mother, a boy grows up at sea and, after Drunkenness. Gamblers. Nobility. Rescues.

growing to adulthood, is washed overboard one day in a storm. He is Motog 5 Aug 1916, p. 327. Wid's 27 Jul 1916, p. 744. rescued by a Hawaiian named Kane Pili, whose blood brother the sailor Var 16 Jan 1920, p. 62.

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THE BEAST OF BERLIN AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG THE BEAST OF BERLIN see THE KAISER, THE BEAST OF schemes to have Andre sent away, however, and in his absence, engages her

BERLIN niece to Valentine Borroyer, a boring and stodgy man of wealth. On the

wedding morning, Andre returns and pleads with Helene to marry him.

BEATING BACK F1.0245 After a short hesitation, she tears off her veil and flees with her lover to Thanhouser Film Corp. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; Direct-from-Broadway her old home in the country where her grandmother mistakes Andre for Features. 11 Apr 1914 [©Thanhouser Film Corp.; 9 Jun 1914; LU2828]. Helene’s husband. Valentine follows, but when he finds the lovers, proves

5 reels. his decency by giving them his blessing. Aunts. Cousins. Elopement. Dir Caryl S. Fleming. Scen Will Irwin and Caryl Fleming. Story Al J. Fortune hunters. Marriage-Arranged. Wards and guardians.

Jennings. Scen ed Lloyd Lonergan. : Grandmothers. Millionaires. Mistaken identity. Paris.

Source: Suggested by the serial story “Beating Back” by Will Irwin and Note: An English language version of the play opened in New York on 3 Oct 1914.

Al J. Jennings in The Saturday Evening Post (6 Sep 1913). The author of that version is unknown. Ann Murdock starred in the Broadway Cast: Al J. Jennings (Himself), Frank Jennings (Morris Foster), Frank production.

Farrington, Albert Froome, Mignon Anderson, Fan Bourke, Madeline aie 0 on i917 is ee Mas x on i917, P 686-87

Fairbanks. MPW 27 Oct 1917, p. 521.

Western/Biographical. Oklahoma attorney Al Jennings, the son of a distinguished jurist, is embittered by the death of his brother Ed, who was THE BEAUTIFUL BEGGAR see THE VIRGIN OF STAMBOUL shot from behind by two thugs. Falsely accused of robbery, Al is ambushed

and wounded by a posse and retaliates by robbing a country store. He soon THE BEAUTIFUL LIE F1.0248 becomes the leader of a gang of outlaws who make their headquarters at Metro Pictures Corp.; Rolfe Photoplays, Inc. Dist Metro Pictures Corp.

the Spike After a seriesPictures of robberies, Al and his brother Frank +1 LP10799]. May 1917 ; ; 5S reels. naeS.; Ranch. . . y [©Metro Corp.; 19 May 1917; plan their final heistvonenemret but are arrested Sheriff Ledbitter before canCam Di ,Herbert O. Carleton. car ae by ir John W. Noble. Scen June they Mathis.

get away. Al is sentenced to life in prison in a Columbus penitentiary, and S . ; “ . . despite his attempted escape, his cause is championed by Mark Hanna ource: Inspired by the poem Rever ies of a Station House” by Ella

pite mp Pe, . P y. , Wheeler Wilcox (publication undetermined). :

who eventually is able to obtain a presidential pardon for him. Al returns Cast: F Nel Louise J ), H S. North Morti home and resumes his law practice, resisting the temptations of his criminal ashy Rrances Nelson (Louise oyce), Warry ©. Norm (Mortimer

, ; marries Grierson), Edward Earle gubernatorial (Paul Vivian), Elsie MacLeod (The other friends. he and(Mary), wages a strong campaign. , a hagLater ; l), Sally Crute John Davidson (Howard Hayes), Mrs. Allan

Criminals-Rehabilitation. Al Jennings. Lawyers. Outlaws. Robbery. W, Iker (Afrs, Jover). Emile Collins (Butl

Brothers. False accusations. Marcus Alonzo Hanna. Imprisonment. D er (/ Aft, once) mule hip Us ( + er). , ‘ed toh Murder. Oklahoma. Pardons (legal). Political campaigns. Posses. rama. /\Iter a Drie! courtship, Louise Joyce Is married to her employer, | architect Mortimer Grierson, who soon tires of her and begins to see other MPW 12 Jun 1915, p. 1791. ReelL. 30 May 1914, pp. 6-7. women. One night, he comes home drunk and informs Louise that the NYDM 15 Apr 1914, p. 31. ReelL 13 Jun 1914, pp. 20-21. marriage was a fraud, actually only a mock ceremony arranged by

Motog 19 Jun 1915, p. 1000. ReelL. 23 May 1914, p. 24. , ; ,

ReelL 16 May 1914, p. 29. ReelL 20 Jun 1914, pp. 20-21. Grierson’s nephew Howard Hayes, and then deserts her for good. Louise becomes an artist’s model and while working meets Paul Vivian, a protégé

BEATING THE ODDS F 1.0246 of her husband, and the two fall in love. Grierson discovers their Vitagraph Co. of America. Dist Vitagraph Co. of America. 12 May _ relationship and tells Paul that Louise was his mistress. Soon after, 1919 [©The Vitagraph Co. of America; 15 Apr 1919; LP13619]. 5 reels. Grierson is mortally wounded by one of his lovers and Howard returns from

Dir Paul Scardon. Scen Edward J. Montagne. Cam Robert Stewart. Mexico to visit his uncle’s deathbed. As Grierson instructs Howard to put Source: Based on the novel The Money Maker by Irving Ross Allen his affairs in order, Howard confesses that Louise’s marriage is legal

(New York, 1918). because in an effort to spite his uncle, he secured a real minister to perform

Cast: Harry T. Morey (David Power), Betty Blythe (Hebe Norse), Jean the ceremony. After Grierson’s death, Paul finds Louise, learns the true Paige (Rosalie Rogers), George Majeroni (Milton Shapiro), Robert story and together they begin a new life. Desertion. Infidelity. Philanderers. Gaillard (Lynn Hardy), Eulalie Jensen (Eva Lake), Robert Mowbray Marriage—Fake. Architects. Artists. Confession. Nephews.

(Crane), Frank Norcross (O’Brien). Motog 30 Jun 1917, p. 1396. Var 2 Jun 1917, p. 22.

Drama. David Power, a political graft collector, is forced by the district MPW 26 May 1917, p. 1340. Wid's 31 May 1917, p. 338. attorney to leave New York, and takes cabaret singer Hebe Norse with MPW 16 Jun 1917, p. 1797. him. Power shows talent as a patent medicine salesman. He is hired by a

real estate speculator and then by a great steel manufacturer, Gail Rogers. . THE BEAUTIFUL MRS. REYNOLDS F1.0249 Power falls in love with Rogers’ daughter Rosalie, and they are married. World Film Corp. Dist World Film Corp. 21 Jan 1918 [OWorld Film Rogers returns home with a new wife, Hebe Norse. When Rogers discovers Corp.; 14 Jan 1918; LUI1934]. 6 reels.

Hebe’s past, the two men sever ties. Rosalie finds out as well, and also Pres William A. Brady. Dir Arthur Ashley. Scen Samuel M. Weller. breaks with Power. Rogers tries to ruin one of Power’s companies, but does Cam Lucien Tainguy.

not succeed. Rosalie forgives Power; the couple and their daughter are Cast: June Elvidge (Mrs. Maria Reynolds), Carlyle Blackwell reunited. Graft. Moral reformation. Political corruption. Separation. Steel | (Alexander Hamilton), Arthur Ashley (Aaron Burr), Carl Girard magnates. Cabaret performers. District attorneys. Patent medicines.Real (James Reynolds), Hubert Wilke (Jacob Clingman), Evelyn Greeley

estate. Speculation. (Margaret Moncrieffe), Pinna Nesbit (Mrs. Alexander Hamilton), Lionel ETR 1919, p. 1765. Var 16 May 1919, p. 53. Belmore (General Israel Putnam), George MacQuarrie (George

MPN 10 May 1919, p. 3094. Wid’s 4 May 1919, p. 11. Washington), Rose Tapley (Martha Washington), Albert Hart

MPW 10 May 1919, p. 941. (Thomas Jefferson), Jack Drumier (John Adams), Charles Brandt

(James Monroe), Henry West (John Randolph), Betty Peterson .

THE BEAUTIFUL ADVENTURE F1.0247 (Theodosia Burr), Alec B. Francis (General Philip Schuyler), Florence Empire All Star Corp. Dist Mutual Film Corp. 15 Oct 1917 [OEmpire Beresford (Mrs. John Randolph), William Black (William Bingham),

All Star Corp.; 23 Oct 1917; LP11619]. 5-6 reels. Margaret Gale (Mrs. William Bingham), Lottie Ford (Mrs. Mifflin),

Pres Charles Frohman. Dir Dell Henderson. Scen Joseph F. Poland. Robert Forsyth (Mr. Mifflin), John Smiley (William Morris), William

Cam Frank Bangs. Miller (Mr. Van Ness), Herbert Barrington (Mr. Pendleton), Anthony Source: Based on the play La Belle adventure by R. de Flers and A. de Bird (Negro butler), John Jenkins (Another negro butler), Attilio Corbell

Caillavet (Paris, 7 Jul 1914). (A doctor), Madeline Barrett (Elder Hamilton girl).

Cast: Ann Murdock (Helen De Travillac), Ada Boshell (Madame De Drama /Historical. In 1777, young statesmen Alexander Hamilton and Travillac), Edward Fielding (Count Michael D’Eguzon), David Powell Aaron Burr are rivals for the affections of Margaret Moncrieffe. Many (Andre, his son), Kate Sergeantson (The Countess D’Eguzon), Edgar years later, they take opposite sides on the issue of compensation for Tory Norton (Valentine Borroyer), Carl Sauermann (Jacques Sequrin), Vera properties confiscated during the American Revolution. In a later period, Fuller Mellish (Jeahne), Mercelta Esmond (Jeantine), Anton Ascher Hamilton falls in love with Mrs. Maria Reynolds, who is secretly married

(Gaston), Victor Le Roy (Pierre), Robert Entwistle (Doctor). to Philadelphia pawnbroker Jacob Clingman. Burr and Clingman plan to Drama. Helene De Travillac, a sweet little French girl living with her ruin Hamilton, now Secretary of the Treasury and married to the daughter Aunt in Paris, loves her handsome cousin, Andre D’Eguzon. Her aunt of General Philip Schuyler, by turning Hamilton’s letters to Mrs. Reynolds

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 BEAUTY-PROOF over to his political enemies. Hamilton openly confesses his guilt and Drama. Rosarita, a young relative of the powerful Dojia Perfecta in the regains the admiration of the public, which enables him to prevent Burr’s small Spanish village of Orbajosa, has been betrothed since infancy to her election to the governorship of New York. After a duel between Hamilton cousin, Pepe Rey Don Jose, although the two have never met. When Pepe and Burr, Hamilton is killed, Burr’s career is ruined, and Mrs. Reynolds —_ comes to visit Rosarita, she immediately falls in love with him, but his commits suicide. Aaron Burr. Duels. Alexander Hamilton. Rivalry. Land offhand remark about the lack of enterprise in the small town alienates rights. Letters. Marriage-Secret. New York (State). Pawnbrokers. Political Dojia Perfecta, and the old woman becomes determined to prevent the

candidates. Philip Schuyler. Suicide. United States-History- —s marriage. When her efforts to get rid of Pepe by turning the townspeople Revolutionary War, 1776-1783. United States. Treasury Dept. against him fail, she locks Rosarita in her room and attempts to have Pepe Note: The working title of the film was The Adventurer. According to publicity, killed, but Rosarita escapes and elopes with her young cousin. Cousins. the pistols used by Carlyle Blackwell and Arthur Ashley in the duel scene were Marriage-Arranged. Spain. Attempted murder. Elopement. Village life claimed by their owner to be the actual ones used by Hamilton and Burr. Note: Pérez Galdés’ novel was also presented as a la in four acts in Madrid 28

cTR 12 an th si NYDM 12 Jn 191921 Jan 836. ™ : MPN 26 Jan 1918, p. 598. Var Il Jan 1918, p. 43. ETR 9 Mar 1918, p. 1139. MPW 23 Mar 1918, p. 1704. MPW 19 Jan 1918, p. 390. Var 25 Jan 1918, p. 43. AR » ver ole p. yey waaeie ’ ver le p. mn

MPW 26 Jan IIB, p. 522, 970. MPW 16 Mar 1918, is 1561. Wid's 1 Apr 1918, p. 1073.

BEAUTIFULLY TRIMMED F 1.0250

ft. THE BEAUTY MARKET F 1.0253 Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dec 1920

[OUniversal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 26 Nov 1920; LP15853]. 5 reels, 4,658

Dir Marcel De Sano. Scen Douglas Doty and Marcel De Sano. Story Katherine MacDonald Pictures Corp., by arrangement with Attractions

Marguerite C. Storrs. Cam H. James. Distributing Corp. Dist First National Exhibitors Circuit, Inc. 1 Dec Cast: Carmel Myers (Norine Lawton), Pell Trenton (Christopher 1919 [©Attractions Dist. Corp.; 22 Dec 1919; LP14547]. 6 reels.

Gibbons), Irving Cummings (Count Bonzi), Alfred Fisher (Henry Dir Colin Campbell. Calkins), Victory Bateman (Mrs. Calkins), George B. Williams Source: Based on the short story “The Bleeders” by Margery Land May (Sims), Lee Kohlmar (Drake), Herbert Bethew (Horton), Myrtle Reeves in Young’s Magazine (Jan 1919).

(Margery Drake). _ Cast: Katherine MacDonald (Amelie Thorndike), Roy Stewart

Drama. Norine Lawton is a young woman living by her wits in New York (Captain Kenneth Laird), Kathleen Kirkham (Christine Appleby), City. When she becomes friendly with Count Bonzi, a swindler, he enlists = Wedgwood Nowell (Hobie Flagg), Winter Hall (Ashburton Gaylord), her aid in his scheme to sell worthless Mercer oil company stock to wealthy Robert Brower (Amelia’s Uncle Issacs). Christopher Gibbons, a retired war hero. When Norine begins to fall in love Drama. At the “beauty market” of a social gathering, Amelie Thorndyke with Gibbons, she warns him of Bonzi’s ploy, which Gibbons had already meets two wealthy men: Ashburton Gaylord and Kenneth Laird. Although discovered. Just as Gibbons prepares to have Bonzi arrested, the Mercer she becomes infatuated with Laird, she accepts Gaylord’s proposal, and to

Reereany a hee aA ir tr with both the oil and meet pressing bills, she pawns Gaylord’s diamond brooch engagement gift. Not Th Ki - le of fe fil The Orchid y: Laird gives her a check for the $1,500 she owes, but a society paper spy ofe: Ihe working ttle of this Him was fe Orchid. discovers the check and notifies Gaylord, who denounces Amelie, Laird PN 7 nee 00 4505 Wid's iD Dee i900 is re and all women. After learning what Amelie has done, Laird leads her on

MPW 11 Dec 1920, p. 771. oa until they are married. He then accuses her of belonging to a class who sell

their souls for gain. Amelie departs to earn honestly the money he loaned

BEAUTY AND THE ROGUE F1.0251 her. She returns later with the money and the couple are reunited. Debt.

American Film Co. Dist Mutual Film Corp. 28 Jan 1918. 5 reels. Loans. Marriage. Self-reliance. Separation. Socialites. Engagements. Dir Henry King. Scen Elizabeth Mahoney. Story Arthur Berthelet. Jewelry. Newspapers.

Cam John Seitz. . Note: Some sources list this film as a five-reeler.

Cast: Mary Miles Minter (Roberta Lee), Alan Forrest (Richard Van hak 3 an love p. 06 07 ww * an ren p. Has Stone), Orral Humphrey (“‘Slippery” Bill Dorgan), George Periolat ce Poon an eee Be (Thomas Lee), Lucille Ward (Sarah Wilson), Spottiswood Aitken MPN 1 no 1990, is OL. Var 24 Jan 1920, p. 60.

(Benjamin Wilson), Clarence Burton (Detective Callahan).

Comedy-drama. Roberta Lee, who is concerned with reforming ex- |

convicts, convinces her wealthy father to hire ex-robber “Slippery” Bill Dorgan as a gardener in their home. Bill tries at first to reform himself,

. but soon yields to temptation and steals Roberta’s jewels. To avoid BEAUTY-PROOF ; F1.0254 publicity, Roberta takes a trip to the country, where she meets Richard Vitagraph Co. of America. Dist Vitagraph Co. of America. 23 Jun

Van Stone who, under an assumed identity, is conducting business for her 1919 [©The Vitagraph Co. of America; 29 May 1919; LP13783]. 5 reels.

father. Taken with Roberta, Richard unwittingly buys Roberta’s own Dir Paul Scardon. Scen Edward J. Montagne. Story James Oliver brooch from Slippery Bill, presents it to her, and is arrested for the robbery. Curwood. Cam Frank Stewart.

When Roberta is kidnapped, Bill rescues her and returns the jewels, after Cast: Harry T. Morey (Corporal Steele), Betty Blythe (Carol which she drops the robbery charges and marries Richard. Criminals- Thorpe), George Majeroni (Hodge, alias Garson), Denton Vane Rehabilitation. Ex-convicts. Jewelry. Reformers. Robbers. Theft. False | (Young Thorpe), Robert Gaillard (/nspector McGregor), Tenny Wright

arrests. Gardeners. Kidnapping. Rescues. (A half breed).

Note: The film was produced under the working titles Bobby, and Mlle. Tiptoe. Northwest drama. Corporal Steele, a North West Mounted policeman,

ETR 26 Jan 1918, p. 673. NYDM 19 Jan 1918, p. 26. is chosen to make an arrest because he is a notorious woman-hater and

iN 12 ree oe p. 66. NYDM 26 yan oe p. 22. supposedly “beauty-proof.” He must arrest the brother of Carol Thorpe,

e > Pe eee ar c > P. 7. an attractive young woman determined to stop him. He is entrapped by

mew 9 Feb 1918, p. 865, 869. Wid's 21 Feb 1918, p. 993. Carol’s henchmen, tied up and placed in a box, and left in Hodge’s cabin.

Steele hears Carol explain to Hodge that her brother tried to kill Hodge

BEAUTY IN CHAINS , , , F1.0252 in order to defend her from Hodge’s advances. Hodge renews his improper Universal ae ve o D ist Univers aa 2 oat i. a 1918 proposals to Carol. Steele breaks loose and discovers Hodge is the same

er averse Fi wil g- Sn me 26 Ch ne am Aled es Gosden man who earlier robbed him of his own wife. Hodge is later killed by Steele, Source: Based on the rove Doha Porfecta b Be nito Pérep Gal dés who rescues Carol and discovers he has fallen in love with her. Brother-

(Madri 4. 1876) y sister relationship. Misogynists. North West Mounted Police. Traps. Cast: Emory Johnson (Pepe Rey Don Jose), Ruby La Fayette (Dojfia Attempted rape. Cabins. Rescues. Perfecta), ° : . Ella , . Note: Frank Stewart may be the same as Robert A. Stuart, a cinematographer who Hall (Rosarita), Winter Hall (Don Cayetano), Maxfield worked on other Vitagraph films with this director.

Stanley (Jacinto), Harry M. Holden (Licurgo), George E. McDaniel ETR 7 Jun 1919, p. 59 Var 25 Jul 1919, p. 44 (Caballuco), Gretchen Lederer (Juana Troya), William Hakeem MPN 7 Jun 1919, p. 3863. Wid’s 8 Jun 1919, p. 31.

(Lieutenant Pinzon). MPW 7 Jun 1919, p. 1539. 53

BECAUSE OF A WOMAN AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG BECAUSE OF A WOMAN F1.0255 Cast: Bessie Barriscale (Marquita Shay), Niles Welch (Humphrey Triangle Film Corp. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 16 Dec 1917. 5-7 Wells), George Periolat (John Grayson), Joseph J. Dowling (Baron

reels. Brinker), Emmett King (Henry Wells), Dorcas Matthews (Mrs. RoseDir Jack Conway. Scen George E. Jenks. Story E. Magnus Ingleton. Gordon Chester), Thomas Holding (Cecil Barrington).

Cam Paul E. Eagler. Drama. When Marquita Shay, the adopted daughter of Canadian farmer Cast: Jack Livingston (Noel Clavering), Belle Bennett (Valerie), George John Grayson, reaches womanhood, Grayson enrolls her in a St. Louis Chesbro (Allan Barrett), Louella Maxam (Muriel Gwynne), Lillian boarding school where she meets and marries Humphrey Wells, the son of Langdon (Lucia Malvern), Josef Swickard (Colonel Gwynne), George a wealthy financier. Treated like a servant by her in-laws, Marquita leaves

Pearce (John Trenton). the Humphrey’s home to return to Grayson. She discovers that Grayson

Drama. Noel Clavering, the business manager of the Everett Company, has committed suicide after falling victim to a phony stock deal perpetrated is unjustly accused of betraying the organization and is forced to resign his by Wells senior. Time passes and Marquita travels to New York where she

position. Although he suspects the real criminal, Noel goes West and becomes secretary to Baron Brinker who, with Wells, swindled Grayson. becomes a lonely telegraph operator, dreaming of the day that he can She brings Wells and Brinker to their financial ruin and reunites with her return to his fiancée, Muriel Gwynne. One day, Allan Barrett, his rival for husband who renounces his father. Class distinction. Fathers-in-law. Muriel’s hand, arrives at his lonely desert station and Noel wrings a Financiers. Revenge. Separation. Swindlers. Adoption. Boarding schools. confession of guilt from him but does not use it when he is told that his rival Canadians. Farmers. Father-son relationship. New York City. St. Louis has already married Muriel. Returning East to avenge his honor, Noel (Missouri). Secretaries. Stocks. Suicide. learns that Barrett has tired of Muriel and is seeing Valerie Greenaway, Note: The novel was originally serialized in The Red Book Magazine, Aug-Dec a New York beauty visiting the town. To save Muriel from unhappiness, 1918.

Noel decides to take Valerie away from Barrett and after spending much ETR 3 Jan 1920, p. 520. MPW 3 Jan 1920, p. 148. time with the girl realizes that he has fallen in love with her. Both couples MPN 3 Jan 1920. Wid's 28 Dec 1919, p. 13. then find happiness when Noel marries Valerie and Barrett returns to

Muriel. False accusations. Infidelity. Marriage. Businessmen. Confession THE BECKONING TRAIL , ; F1.0258

(law). Rivalry. Telegraph operators. Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co.; Red Feather Note: Sources conflict concerning the length of this film. Some list it as five reels, Photoplay. 21 Aug 1916 [©Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 25 Jul 1916;

while others state that it is Triangle’s first seven reel production. LP8787]. 5 reels. ETR 22 Dec 1917, p. 294. MPW 22 Dec 1917, p. 1805. Dir Jack Conway. Scen F. McGrew Willis. Cam B. C. Hayward.

Motog Be ry p. Iga. NOM 1? De ory p. a Cast: J. Warren Kerrigan (Carter Raymond), Maude George MPN 79 Dec 1917, .. 4399, Wid's 13 Dec 1917 p 798, (Georgette Fallon), Harry Carter (‘‘Placer’’ Murray), Harry Griffith

(“Big Jim” Helton), Lois Wilson (Mary Helton), Raymond Hanford

THE BECKONING FLAME F 1.0256 (Dodd. Carter Raymond is a New York plavb h ders hi New York Motion Picture Corp.; Kay-Bee. Dist Triangle Film Corp. 16 ‘ah vted f arter Al he h . ; New ba i od oy whe Calif ers nis

Jan 1916 [©Triangle Film Corp.; 21 Dec 1915; LU7260. ©Triangle Film — Wverited Toktune. All he has "elt Is an abandoned mine in Waltoria, so

Corp.: Jan, 1916; LP10730]. 5 reels on Carter West for to work it. “Bigand Jim”“Placer” Helton and his daughter Mary have ” ,16on , been squatters thegoes mine years, Murray, from an Supv Thomas H. Ince. Dir Charles Swickard. Scen C. Gardner Sullivan. dioini has been trving to run them off. When Cart y Cam James A. Crosby. Musical accompaniment composed and selected aqjomning camp, las been trying : arler arrives,

by Victor L. Schertzinger. Mary shoots him, thinking he works for Murray. Mary soon realizes her Cast: Henry Woodruff (Harry Dickson), Tsuru Aoki (Janira), Rhea mistake, and she and her father agree to nurse Carter back to healt h.

Mitchell (Elsa Arlington), J. Frank Burke (Ram Dass), Louis Morrison Finally, Carter and Big Jim run Murray out of town; there is a gold strike Prince Chandra), J. Barney Sherry (Muhmed), Ro Laidlaw (Hawes) at Carter S mine, and he and Mary realize that they love each other. Gold

Joseph Dowling (Baron). y y > NOY , mines. Irresponsibility. Playboys. Squatters. Transformation. California. Drama. On the eve of his departure from England to an Indian Gold miners. Gunshot wounds, Mining y, MPS. New York Cty. principality where he will be the deputy commissioner, Harry Dickson MPW 12 Aug 1916, if 1101. Wid's 3 Aue 1916, 757. proposes to Elsa Arlington, but she gives no definite answer. In India, - MPW 26 Aug 1916, p. 1439. Harry sees Janira, the beautiful daughter of Ram Dass, a nobleman, and scales her garden wall to talk to her. Ram Dass, who wants Janira to wed THE BED SHE MADE see CHEATING HERSELF the debauched Prince Chandra, whom she hates, reports Harry to the

stricken wi Xx . Janira, in , . wer . . governor, ho changes Harry’ station. Chandra onthe wadding nigh. it BEFORE THE WHITE MAN CAME Fons

“suttee,”” is about to die on Chandra’s funeral pyre, when Harry arrives, ee eaeo pists tate Rights; Northwestern Film Corp.;

, ; ; . Fuqua and Emil B. Sonntag.

and after a fight, rescues her. Janira lives with him at the new station Dir John E Ma le Scen William E. Wine. Story William E. Win

disguised as a boy servant, and falls in love with him, but when Elsa arrives Cam John W. Fu pie. d Emil B.S 5. y 5. with news that she loves Harry, Janira overhears him acknowledge his love. Western. Big Elk and Che-wee-na, both of the Great Bear tribe, are After Harry goes to meet the governor to respo nd to Ram Dass s see ty engaged to be married. White Wolf, the son of the chief of another tribe, sroteet Harey's career ish ane Sultee t soents. and ee India Male offers to buy Che-wee-na; when her father refuses, Little Wolf challenges impersonation. Rites and ceremonies. Self-sacrifice. Suicide. Funerals. revokes 2 a Physical contest te me napping Che veenva while Big Elk Governors. Great Britain. Nobility. Princes. Proposals. Rescues. Servants. and the other Great Bear warri ors ar e away from their camp. Che-wee-na Notes The copyright material deposited on 16 Jan 1916 indicates that the story is feigns insanity among Little Wolf's people, who think that she is in by Thomas H. Ince. whereas all other sources give C. Gardner Sullivan as the author. communication with the great spirits. She wins the gratitude of the tribe The film opened in New York on 12 Dec 1915. Some scenes in the film were shot in when she nurses a sick child to health, but in so doing incurs the jealousy

the Mojave Desert, according to contemporary news items. of the tribe’s medicine man, who accuses her of poisoning the tribe’s water Motog 11 Dec 1915, p. 1236. MPW 18 Dec 1915, p. 2200. supply. Che-wee-na is about to be burned at the stake when Big Elk and Motog 1 Jan 1916, p. 39. — MPW 8 Jan 1916, p. 302. his warriors rescue her. The lovers are united among their people. Indians

PW r De i918 i" 1036. NYDM 18 Dec 1915, p. 29. __ of North America. Rivalry. Abduction. Medicine men. Rescues. War.

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Note: The film was shot in the Big Horn Mountains in Montana and Wyoming, and the cast was composed entirely of Crow and Cheyenne Indians. Northwestern

BECKONING ROADS F 1.0257 advertised the film as ready for the state rights market in Dec 1919 and Jan 1920, B. B. Features. Dist Robertson-Cole Distributing Corp.; Superior and some reviews appeared in early 1920. Arrow acquired the film for distribution

Pictures. 21 Dec 1919. 5 reels, 5,033 ft. in the spring of 1920, announcing its release on 10 May 1920; the film may not have Dir Howard Hickman. Scen Harvey Gates. Cam Eugene Gaudio. been released on that date, as Arrow later announced a | Sep 1920 release. The film ; seems to have been cut, first from seven reels to six, then from six reels to five over Source: Based on the novel The Call of Life by Jeanne Judson (New the course of 1920. One modern source speculates that certain shots from the film

York, 1919). were borrowed from Maple’s 1918 documentary Indian Life (see below).

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 BEHIND THE DOOR ETR 7 Feb 1920, p. 1003. MPN 24 Jul 1920, p. 806. Comedy. Nikki, a humble fisherman, is the exact double of the egotistical

he i ve loon eee My 7 ue ioe is rons. prince who rules his village. The Prince’s courtiers cajole him into believing MPN 3 Apr 1920, p. 3122. MPW 31 Jan 1920, p. 779. that he has magical powers while they rob his subjects with unjust taxes.

MPN 1 May 1920, p. 3908. One night, after becoming infatuated with Nikki’s girlfriend Olala, the

Prince dispatches his troops to abduct her. Nikki follows them to the palace

A BEGGAR IN PURPLE F1.0260 where he assaults the Prince, assumes his identity and banishes him from

Edgar Lewis Productions. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc. 7 Nov 1920 the castle. Nikki then initiates a new, just administration while the real [©Pathé Exchange, Inc.; 20 Oct 1920; LU15688]. 6 reels, 5,483 ft. prince finds contentment in Nikki's humble life. Upon his impending Pres Edgar Lewis. Dir Edgar Lewis. Cam Edward C. Earle. marriage to Olala, Nikki sends for the Prince and they revert to their true Source: Based on the novel A Beggar in Purple by Andrew Soutar identities. Nikki then marries Olala and the Prince marries his promised

(London, 1918). bride, the daughter of the Grand Vizier. Doubles. Impersonation and Cast: Leonard C. Shumway (John Hargrave), Charles Arling imposture. Princes. Tyranny. Abduction. Courtiers. Fishermen. Taxes.

(Winton, Sr.), Stanhope Wheatcroft (Roger Winton, Jr.), Betty Brice Note: This film featured lavish use of camera effects such as eclipses and double

(Irene Foster), Ruth King (Margaret Carlisle), Stanton Heck ane meme ned was the sister of aanrinell Perey. 1900. 0. 856. 943

(Grogan), Dorothea Wolbert (Mrs. Grogan), Ernest Butterworth ane Pa om . » Pe B20, 202. (Danny Grogan), Louis Fitzroy (Calvin Reed), William F. Moran mew 17 Jan 1920, p. 44>. ids | Feb 1920. p. 9.

Snclay Fred C. Jones (Paul Lambert), A. B. Millett (Dr. BEHIND CLOSED Doors citable Motion 0 - F1.0263 Melodrama. Poverty-stricken John Hargrave is forced to beg rumph Pilm Corp. Dist Equitable Motion Pictures Corp. rs ease

employment from rich mill owner Roger Winton in order to save his sick ites pele om ore. 31 Jan 1916 [©Triumph Film Corp.; 27 Dec

mother’s life. Winton refuses to help, and when Hargrave’s mother dies, . J h I Golde, Scen E i

he swears revenge. Eighteen years pass and Hargrave is now owner of a Dir Josep A. olden. Scen Eve Unsell. , ,

, ; . 5 Cast: Marie Empress Valenti), Swayne (Elsa large paperane mill,,vo in competition withWright Winton. Hargrave and (Inez Winton’s son,Thorne), , P , Marian ; Montford), Huntington (Grant Regan Hughston Roger rivals for the same woman, Irene Foster, who desires é . B , Jr., an,areit also . Barry King), Paul Irving (Hugh Montford), Thomas Tracy (Judge Winton’s love but Hargrave’s money. Winton, Sr., in an attempted “ if d) 8), ,

takeover of Hargrave’s stock, bribes labor agitators to create turmoil in Drama Inez Valenti works as “scenerv” in Grant Thorne’s casino. where Hargrave’s plant. Hargrave discovers the plot, foils the scheme and she falls n love with Barry King, a y oy ng man from high society ‘Grant discovers lrene's disloyalty - Although stricken with blindness because of who always has controlled Inez, thinks that he is losing his hold over her, we aotet ‘Carlisle, One parerae rings ue love with bis Margaret and when he is murdered mysteriously, all of the evidence points to Barry.

. . . . : Inez posts bail for Barry, hoping that her concern will make him love her

Business competition. Pap er mills. Revenge. Rivalry. Blindness. Bribery. as intensely as she loves him, but instead Barry becomes more and more Businessmen. Gold diggers. Labor agitators. Poverty. Secretaries. attached to a former sweetheart. Inez begs Barry to leave the country with

Unemployment. her, but he refuses. Despondent, Inez confesses to the murder in order to he 3 NY ioo0 if 19 MeMT 3 NO ren p. 251. clear Barry, then kills herself. Casino employees. Murder. Self-sacrifice. MPN 27 Nov 1920, p. 4112. Wid’s 7 Nov 1920, p. 11. Socialites. Unrequited love. Casino owners. Casinos. Suicide.

Note: This film was also called Love's Cross Roads and Love's Crossed Trail.

° reiea it on u .

THE BEGGAR OF CAWNPORE F1.0261 Aywon bought the um 1919, re-edited it, re-titled it The Guilty Woman, and reNew York Motion Picture Corp.; Kay-Bee. Dist Triangle Film Corp. 30 Motog 5 Feb 1916, p. 322. MPW 5 Feb 1916, p. 715. Apr 1916 [©Triangle Film Corp.; 5 May 1916; LU8225]. 6 reels. MPN 5 Feb 1916, p. 836. MPW 12 Feb 1916, p. 970, 979, 1028.

Supv Thomas Ince. Dir Charles Swickard. Scen C. Gardner Sullivan. MPN 12 Feb 1916, p. 863. Var 28 Jan 1916, p. 23.

Cam Clyde De Vinna.

Cast: H. B. Warner (Dr. Robert Lowndes), Lola May (Betty BEHIND RED CURTAINS see ONE HOUR BEFORE DAWN

Archer), Wyndham Standing (Captain Guy Douglas), A. F. Hollingsworth , (Mulhar Rao), H. E. Entwhistle (Colonel Archer), Wedgwood Nowell BEHIND THE DOOR F1.0264

(Werner, the engineer). Thomas H. Ince Productions. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.;

Drama. Dr. Robert Lowndes of the British army practices in a small Paramount-Artcraft. 14 Dec 1919 [OThomas H. Ince; 5 Nov 1919; Indian outpost during a cholera epidemic, and to ease his fever, uses LP14413]. 7 reels. morphine. He becomes an addict, but his sweetheart, Betty Archer, makes Supv Thomas H. Ince. Dir Irvin V. Willat. Scen Luther Reed. Cam J. him promise to reform. Another of Betty’s suitors, however, Captain Guy O. Taylor and Frank M. Blount. Tech dir Harold G. Oliver.

Douglas, uses drugs to tempt Lowndes. Lowndes succumbs, so Betty Source: Based on the short story “Behind the Door” by Gouverneur renounces him and marries Douglas. Later, Lowndes is a beggar in Morris in McClure’s Magazine (Jul 1918). Cawnpore, and Betty realizes her mistake in marrying the unfaithful Cast: Hobart Bosworth (Oscar Krug), Jane Novak (Alice Morse), Douglas. She arrives in Cawnpore, and Lowndes, seeing her, decidestoend § Wallace Beery (Lieutenant Brandt), James Gordon (Bill Tavish), Dick his habit. Meanwhile, the Sepoy rebellion begins. Lowndes rescues Betty, | Wain (McQuestion), J. P. Lockney (Matthew Morse), Gibson Gowland and Douglas, sent to put down the uprising, turns traitor and is shot. This | (Gideon Blank), Otto Hoffman (Mark Arnold). allows Betty and a rehabilitated Lowndes to marry. Drug addicts. English. Drama. Oscar Krug, an old sea-faring man, returns to his village in

India. Military officers. Regeneration. Beggars. Cawnpore (India). Maine after a long absence and reminisces. In a flashback, he is seen as Cholera. Great Britain. Army. India—-History-Sepoy Rebellion, 1857-1858. a middle-aged German American who faces anti-German sentiment when

Morphine. Physicians. Rescues. Rivalry. Traitors. the United States enters World War I. He enlists as a navy captain to prove Motog 6 May 1916, p. 1055. NYDM 29 Apr 1916, p. 31. his loyalty, then secretly marries Alice Morse who follows him on his boat

MPN 6 May 1916, 2726.re NYDM 27 May 1916,submarine P 32. aver being thrown by heran rather wiand ejoects ° re marriage. A » P.P 702. » P. £7. erman sinks theirour vessel, scar Alice are the sole

MPw 20 May 1916, p. 1400. Wid's 27 Apr 1916, p. 937. survivors. Days later, a German U-boat appears and takes Alice aboard,

THE BEGGAR PRINCE F1.0262 but abandons .Oscar, who vows revenge after being rescued. A year later Oscar takes Lieutenant Brandt, the U-boat commander, prisoner. When

Haworth Pictures Corp. Dist Robertson-Cole Distributing Corp.; Qscar learns the sad fate of his wife who was brutalized by Germans, he

14974}. 5-reek 25 Jan 1920 [©Haworth Corp.; 6 Apr retaliatesold by killing man,aattempting skinhis himbride. alive behind a closed > reels. door. BackPictures in Maine, the1920; broken manthehas visiontoof His soul

Schayer. a wneam Cam mene ee wile E. Richard Schayer.captains. Story E. Richard rises and embraces her. German Americans. Germans. Revenge. Sea Frank UV. Williams. Submarines. World War |. Maine. Marriage-Secret. Murder. Cast: Sessue Hayakawa (Nikki/Prince), Beatrice La Plante (Olala), Rape. Rescues. United States. Navy. Visions. 9 Thelma Percy (Sosad), Bert Hadley (Grand Vizier), Robert Bolder Note: According to Paramount studio records, this film was produced (Bunko), Joseph Swickard (Nodo), Buddy Post (Court Murderer). independently by Thomas H. Ince.

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BEHIND THE LINES AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG hpN io an O18. p. 1466 New io ne 900 p. 400 her success in her dressing room. Just as Steve returns East seeking a

MPN 3 Jan 1920, pp. 314.15, 418. NYT $ Jan 1920p. 15. reconciliation with his wife, he overhears the scene between Canby and

MPN 10 Jan 1920, p. 683. Var 31 Jan 1920, p. 56. Dolly and throws Canby out. Steve then goes West again, but a repentant MPN 17 Jan 1920, p. 915. Wid's 4 Jan 1920, p. 11. Dolly follows him and they resume their life together on the farm. Actors and actresses. Farm life. Sexual harassment. Show business.

BEHIND THE LINES F1.0265 Bankruptcy. Inheritance. Marriage.

Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. 11 Sep 1916 Note: The source for this film may have been an original story or screenplay by

[©Blue Bird Photoplays, Inc.; 28 Aug 1916; LP9021]. 5 reels. Margaret Mayo. Dir Henry McRae. Asst dir Rex E. Hodge. Scen Walter Woods. Motog —_—14 Nov 1914, p. 687. NYDM —_4 Nov 1914, p. 31.

Story Mary Rider. Cam Harry Gant. PW a ole P. 0 846. Var Oct 1914, p. 27. p- 770, 31 . Cast: Edith Johnson (Nina Garcia), Harry Carey (Dr. Ralph

Hamlin), Ruth Clifford (Camilla), Marc Fenton (Se#or Garcia), Miriam

Shelby (Sefiora Cano), Bill Human (Carlos), L. C. Shumway (Jose), E. BeroLp Mr wee ky C Dist’ F PI Lask reese N. Wallack (General Dominguez), L. M. Wells (General Nomonza), Ray p amou ayers Ne 199) Fa ® Play ayers-asky ; OrP.s

Hanford (Torrenti), Lee Hill (Fred Williams). a pr seeet .. if 65 5 a [©Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; 14 Sep Drama/Espionage. During a rebellion in Mexico, Nina Garcia, a Pro d Geor ‘ Melford , Dir Geor © Melford. Scen Frank Condon

diplomat’s daughter, is forced to become a spy for the revolutionaries. She Cam Paul Per 6 works as a nurse in a military hospital and steals papers for the rebels, but Source: Base } on the novel The Translation of a Savage by Sir Gilbert

officials her performs involvementan in experiment enemy espionage. Just as Parker (NewtoYork, 1893) soldiersfinally arrestdiscover her, she on herself, hoping prove . : .Be, ,OY ., the worth of Dr. Ralph Hamlin’s serum for gangrene. Unimpressed by her Armour) Win emai General inno a), Mion a Arrant bravery and unmoved by Ralph’s pleas for a pardon, the government orders Armour). Helen Dunbar (Mrs Armour) Ann Forrest. (Marion her shot after her recovery from the injection. Finally, United States troops Armour), Maude Wayne ( Julia Hal dwell) Fred Huntly (Chief

arrive and save Nina from execution. Espionage. Mexico. Nurses. Eye-of-t h -Moon), F R Butler (Captai Vid ), F. T . -Powell Revolutionaries. Uprisings. Executions. Gangrene. Heroism. Hospitals. if nd H, ] ‘well’ M k Fon P Gor d (aa j ; We "fe owe

Medicine. Physicians. United States. Army. Mokonzic) well), ar enton (Gordon), Jane olfe (Mrs. MPN 16 Sep i916 p 1725. Var 13 Sen i916 8 Drama. Frank Armour, the son of an aristocratic British family,

MPW 23 Sep 1916, p. 1822, 2034. Wid’s 7 Sep 1916, p. 844. emigrates to Canada where he receives news that his fiancée Julia Haldwell, has married another man with the blessing of the Armours. To

BEHIND THE MASK F1.0266 humiliate his family, Frank marries a half-breed Indian, Lali, and sends U.S. Amusement Corp. Dist Art Dramas, Inc. 3 Sep 1917. 5 reels. her back to England where his crippled brother Richard befriends and Pres Herbert Blaché. Dir Alice Blaché. Scen Frederick Rath. Story educates her. As Lali becomes a lady and bears Frank a son, Frank

Charles Turner Dazey. Cam John G. Haas. degenerates into drunkenness. Saved by an American engineer, Frank Cast: Catherine Calvert (Margaret Stanton), Richard Tucker (Lord returns to England. Ashamed of his treatment of Lali, he plans to return

Strathmore), Kirke Brown (Mark Harrold), Charles Dungan her to her tribe, but discovers that she is now a respected pillar of society. (Stanton), Flora Nason (Helen Harrold), Charles Halton (Larrabee). Frank begs Lali’s forgiveness and they are reconciled. English. IndiansDrama. Financier Mark Harrold is responsible for the financial ruinand © Mixed blood. Immigrants. Indians of North America. Social customs. subsequent suicide of Stanton. Following his death, Stanton’s daughter Alcoholism. Aristocrats. Canada. Disabled persons. Engineers. Great Margaret, seeking revenge, goes to work for Harrold’s beloved daughter Britain. Helen. The latter plans to mary the dashing Lord Strathmore and thus Note: The working title of the film was The Translation of a Savage. It had preattain her social ambitions, but Margaret, to avenge her father’s death, "lease showings in New York in Oct 1920. Paramount remade the film in 1934, with

. . . ; Sylvia Sidney starring and Mitchell Leisen directing.

wins Strathmore away from her by deception. After their marriage, ETR 23 Oct 1920, p. 2187 NYT It Oct 1920, p. 19. Margaret leaves Strathmore, claiming that she never loved him. With the MPN 20 Nov 1920, p. 3924. Wid's 17 Oct 1920, p. 7.

birth of their child, Margaret becomes ill and blind, but Strathmore finds MPW 23 Oct 1920, p. 1153. her and gives her money under an assumed identity. Following an operation

that restores her sight, Margaret recognizes her husband as her benefactor THE BELGIAN F1.0269 and realizes that she loves him. Bankruptcy. Desertion. Father-daughter Sidney Olcott Players, Inc. Dist U. S. Exhibitors’ Booking Corp. 10 Jan

relationship. Financiers. Marriage. Revenge. Suicide. Blindness. 1918. 7-10 reels.

Childbirth. Impersonation and imposture. Social climbers. Dir Sidney Olcott. Scen Frederic Arnold Kummer. Story Frederic Note: One reviewer described the film as “an Apollo production” (in 1917, Apollo Arnold Kummer. Cam George K. Hollister and Al Liguori.

rictures. 1918 by Sterling. Picker ston Corp. studio at Fort Lee). It was re- Cast: Walker Whiteside (Victor Morenne), Valentine Grant (Jeanne

MPN 29 Sep 1917, p. 2207. MPW 6 Oct 1917, p. 127. Desfree), Arda La Croix (Father Julian), Sally Crute (Countess de

MPW 8 Sep 1917, p. 1501. MPW 16 Feb 1918, p. 1007. Vries), Georgio Majeroni (Colonel Dupin), Anders Randolf (Berger), MPW 29 Sep 1917, p. 2005. Wid's 1 Nov 1917, p. 704. Henry Leone (Jeanne’s uncle), Blanche Davenport (Victor’s mother). War drama/World War I. During World War I, young Belgian

BEHIND THE SCENES F1.0267 fisherman Victor Morenne leaves his sweetheart Jeanne Desfree when Famous Players Film Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 26 Oct French art connoisseur Colonel Dupin convinces him to develop his skills

1914. 5 reels. as a sculptor in Paris. Although Victor has vowed to return to Jeanne, while Pres Daniel Frohman. Dir James Kirkwood. Cam Emmett A. Williams. in Paris he becomes enamored of Countess de Vries, actually a German Source: Based on the play Behind the Scenes by Margaret Mayo (pseud. spy. Jeanne’s uncle, meanwhile, tries to force her into marrying Berger, the

of Lillian Clatten) (production undetermined). local postmaster, who is also a German spy. When Belgium is invaded,

Cast: Mary Pickford (Dolly Lane), James Kirkwood (Steve Hunter), | Victor joins the Belgian army and is wounded and apparently blinded.

Lowell Sherman (Teddy Harrington), \da Waterman (Mrs. Unknown to him, Jeanne nurses him back to health, while the countess

Harrington), Russell Bassett (Joe Canby). rejects him. Victor eventually regains his sight and his love for Jeanne, and Drama. Dolly Lane, an aspiring actress, devotes herself completely toher | the countess is arrested as a spy. Belgians. Belgium. Belgium. Army. career until she meets and falls in love with Steve Hunter. When Steve loses | Blindness-Temporary. Fishermen. Spies. World War |. French. Military

his fortune, the newly married couple moves in with a friend, Teddy officers. Nobility. Nursing back to health. Paris. Postmasters. Sculptors. Harrington. Then, on the same day that Steve’s uncle dies, leaving hima —-—~;Uncles. War injuries. fortune, Dolly is selected to take the place of a musical comedy star who Note: Wid’s notes a length of ten parts, while MPN lists seven reels. The film was has become ill. Later, however, despite Dolly’s success, she accompanies _—-"iginally planned for a state rights release.

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Steve to the West at his insistence. She soon becomes bored with life as a aR iy an ore P. ts NYDM 9 fan i918, p. iS farmer’s wife, though, and accepts an offer to return to the stage made by MPN 10 Nov 1917, 3305. Var 2 Nov 1917, p. $1. Joe Canby. She becomes a star, but Canby tries to collect for his part in MPW 10 Nov 1917, p. 877. Wid's 1 Nov 1917, p. 697.

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 LA BELLE RUSSE BELIEVE ME XANTIPPE F 1.0270 THE BELLE OF NEW YORK F1.0272 Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Marion Davies Film Corp. Dist Select Pictures Corp. Feb 1919

Paramount Pictures. 27 May 1918 [OFamous Players-Lasky Corp.; 3 May {©Marion Davies Film Corp.; 6 Feb 1919; LP13416]. 5 reels.

Kotani. Kerker.

1918; LP12379]. 5 reels. Dir Julius Steger. Scen Eugene Walter. Musical accompaniment Prod Jesse L. Lasky. Dir Donald Crisp. Scen Olga Printzlau. Cam Henry selected and compiled by M. Winkler with themes from the play by G.

Source: Based on the play Believe Me Xantippe by Frederick Ballard Source: Based on the musical comedy The Belle of New York, text and

New I. AUBRei id 1G MacFarland), A Little (Doll ames byustave neh M Kerker, New ae 98 Sen York, 1897), ep S. McLellan) and music by ast:von Wallace eorge MacFarland), Ann Little olly (New |,

Kamman), Ernest Joy (Thornton Brown), Henry Woodward (Arthur Cast: Marion Davies (Violet), Etienne Girardot, Rogers Lytton,

Sole), Noah Beery (Sheriff Kamman), James Cruze (Simp Calloway), Franklyn Hanna, Raymond Bloomer. :

Winifred Greenwood (Violette), James Farley (Detective Thorne), Charles Drama. An old inventor is robbed of his inventions by an unscrupulous

Ogle (Wrenn Wrigley), Clarence Geldert (Williams). rich man. When the inventor dies, his daughter Violet goes to New York Comedy. George MacFarland, a wealthy young man who loves and joins the ‘Follies,’ where she is advertised as “The Belle of New adventure, bets his friends Thornton Brown and Arthur Sole $20,000 that York.”’ The rich man’s son is infatuated with Violet, and is introduced to he can commit a crime and elude the police for a year. After he forges a her anonymously as Jack. When Violet learns of Jack’s identity, she casts check, George heads West and does escape arrest for nearly a year, despite him off. He takes to drinking and she joins the Salvation Army. Jack is the proliferation of police circulars bearing his name and his favorite —_ attacked in an underworld saloon just as Violet enters in Salvation Army expression, “Believe me, Xantippe.” In a Colorado hunting lodge, he meets attire. She nurses him at his home. When Jack’s father discovers with Sheriff Kamman’s pretty daughter Dolly, who recognizes and tries to = whom Jack is in love, he begs forgiveness for the wrong he did Violet's arrest him. According to the terms of the bet, however, he must be captured father. Dissipation. Filial relations. Follies. Salvation Army. Inventors. by a genuine officer of the law, which Dolly is not. With the stroke of Millionaires. New York City. Nursing back to health. Saloons. midnight, the year elapses and George wins the bet as well as the sheriff's Note: In 1951, M-G-M made a version of this play which was directed by Charles

daughter. Colorado. Forgery. Wagers. Fugitives. Lodges. Sheriffs. Walters and starred Fred Astaire and Vera-Ellen. Note: The play, one of the first Harvard Prize plays, was copyrighted on 18 Nov MPN 8 Mar 1919, p. 1413. Var 28 Feb 1919, p. 57. 1912. Its production before the New York opening has not been determined. - Var 14 Jun 1918, p. 28.

ETR 4 May 1918, p. 1765. NYT 3 Jun 1918, p. 9.

wey Lian gin ea ame un IP 34. THE BELLE OF THE SEASON F1.0273

NYDM 1 Jun 1918, pp. 775-76. Metro Pictures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 28 Jul 1919 [OMetro Pictures Corp.; 4 Aug 1919; LP14028]. 5 reels, 4,600 ft. Prod B. A. Rolfe. Dir S. Rankin Drew. Scen S. Rankin Drew.

Source: Inspired by a poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox (publication

BELINDA PUTS HER HAIR UP see THE GIRL-WOMAN undetermined). Cast: Emmy Wehlen (Geraldine Keen), S. Rankin Drew (James Alden), Walter Hitchcock (Clifton Brophy), John Mackin (Stedman, labor leader), Louis Wolheim (Johnson).

BELLA DONNA F1.0271 Drama. Growing up as the son of the owner of a great newspaper, James Famous Players Film Co. in association with the Charles Frohman Co. | “!den sympathizes with working people and is particularly repulsed by the Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 15 Nov 1915 [©Famous Players Film Co.: publicity given the “billion-dollar baby, Geraldine Keen. After starting

12 Nov 1915; LU6988]. 5 reels. ina settlement house, he quarrels with his father and leaves home. “Jerry

Dir Edwin S. Porter and Hugh Ford. Keen drives through her father’s mills and is horrified by the poverty there,

Source: Based on the novel Bella Donna by Robert Smythe Hichens | ut Brophy, her executor, refuses to improve conditions. Disguised in (London, 1909) and the play of the same name by James Bernard Fagan maid’s clothes, Jerry is accosted by the bully Johnson as she views the

(London, 9 Dec 1911). | conditions, but Alden rescues her. He shows her the settlement house and

Cast: Pauline Frederick (Bella Donna), Thomas Holding (Nige! She begins to help in the evenings. The night before her twenty-first Armine), Julian L’Estrange (Baroudi), Eugene Ormonde (Dr. birthday, Brophy follows Jerry to the settlement house where Johnson Isaacson), George Majeroni (Jbraham), Edmund Shalet (Hamza), Helen — Fuses seiking workers to attack nam out ne Is protected by paetras Sinnott (Maid). coming of age, Jerry agrees to the strikers’ demands, then she an en Drama. Thinking that the Hon. Nigel Armine will soon inherit a title and pecome engaged, but ne csappeats alter reading ode hin the account large fortune, widow Mrs. Chepstow, known to London society as Bella er. Through Alden’s father and Brophy, Jerry finds him, they reconcile Donna, weds him despite the warnings to Nigel of his friend, Dr. Isaacson, and marry. Class distinction. Heiresses. Newspapers. Settlement about her scandalous past. They go to live in Egypt, where, while Nigel is workers. Attempted rape. Disguise. Executors. Father-son relationship. away, Bella Donna begins an affair with the wealthy Baroudi, whose brutal | Labor agitators. Mills. Poverty. Rescues. Strikes. manner attracts her. As Nigel’s fortune dwindles, his wife’s disdain for him _ Note: This film was shot at the end of 1916, and was scheduled to be released first increases until she agrees to Baroudi’s suggestion that she slowly poison i" Mar and later in May 1917. Director, writer and actor S. Rankin Drew left the . ay ae : . . wang U.S. after completion of the film to join the fighting forces in France. He became a him. After Isaacson saves Nigel’s life and fails to convince him of his wife’s member of the Franco-American Air Corps and died in the war, during the spring

subterfuge, Bella Donna, exasperated with her husband’s naive trust, — of 1918, at the age of twenty-seven.

confesses the murder attempt in a fit of abuse, and leaves. Baroudi, who ETR 16 Aug 1919, p. 914. Var 1 Aug 1919, p. 52. is with another woman, tells Bella Donna that she is too dangerous a toy MPN 2 Dec 1916, p. 3455. Wid's 3 Aug 1919, p. 13. for him, and turns her away. After Isaacson refuses to allow her to re-enter

Nigel’s home, she wanders into the Sahara and perishes in a sandstorm as LA BELLE RUSSE F1.0274 a lean jackal watches. Egypt. Friendship. Gold diggers. Infidelity. Social Regent Feature Film Co. Jul 1914 [©Regent Feature Film Co. (August climbers. Marriage. Murder. Physicians. Poisoning. Sahara Desert. C. Dorner, author); 8 Sep 1914; LU3329]. 5 reels.

Sandstorms. Dir William J. Hanley.

Note: Alla Nazimova had her first American triumph in the play which opened in Source: Based on the olay La Belle Russe by David Belasco (New York,

Oa news item, the origina an was shoo ese scenes 1n » OU DeCause . . rom the same source, which was released on | Apr 1923. George Fitzmaurice , . , directed, and Pola Negri, Conway Tearle, and Conrad Nagel starred in it. (See AFI Harry Knowles (Renard Duval), Irene Warren (Marcel Chester), Mary New York on l ow 1252. Exterior scenes in ne film were shot a Porida. According 8 May 1882).

ne war, this was not carried out. The Famous Players-Lasky Corp. produced a film Goa Ph lin. Calthorpe), Frank. Sidng f Pee (Roker St Oma

Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.0339.) Stewart (Lady Calthorpe), Bertha Kirkstein (Little Beatrice). Motog 13 Nov 1915, pp. 1022-23. MPW 27 Nov 1915, p. 1730. Drama. Geraldine and Beatrice are the twin daughters of Hetherly, the

aie if Sep te . ‘an Haut. ead 7 No 91 A p 8. rector of an English village. Beatrice, the more frivolous of the two, elopes MPN 27 Nov 1915, p. 94. Var 19 Nov 1915, p. 23. to London with a ne’er-do-well, but when he deserts her, she returns home,

MPW 20 Nov 1915, p. 1510. Wid's 2 Dec 1915. only to be renounced by her father. After his death, Geraldine marries 57

LA BELLE RUSSE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Philip Calthorpe, whose titled family disinherits him. Beatrice returns to crying “The bells, the bells!” and then falls dead. Alsatians. Dreams. Guilt. London and becomes the hostess at Renard Duval’s gambling house where Hypnotism. Innkeepers. Murder. Visions. Weddings. Bells. Hypnotists. she is known as “La Belle Russe.” After going to France with wealthy artist Jews. Military officers. Parties. Poles. Robbery. Sleighs.

Robert St. Omar and giving birth to a daughter, Beatrice leaves and ETR 20 Apr 1918, p. 1601. MPW 14 Dec 1918, p. 1253.

returns to Duval when St. Omar becomes penniless. St. Omar then places ETR 28 Sep 1918, p. 1417. NYDM _ 28 Sep 1918, p. 483.

his daughter in a convent and kills Duval in a duel, after which he regains pees 0 Na i918 is 080 NYT i6 Sep i918 p . his wealth and becomes engaged to an heiress. Beatrice shoots St. Omar MPN 5 Oct 1918, p. 2254. Var 20 Sep 1918, p. 44.

just before his wedding and although he recovers, the heiress spurns him. MPW 28 Sep 1918, pp. 1919-20. Wid's 22 Sep 1918, p. 29. Meanwhile, Geraldine is injured in a fire and entrusts her husband’s MPW 30 Nov 1918, p. 898. photograph and letters to her sister. When Lady Calthorpe looks for

Geraldine, Beatrice assumes her sister’s place. Calthorpe, who meets St. THE BELOVED ADVENTURESS F 1.0277

Omar while both are in the army in India, returns home and ignorant of World Film Corp.; Peerless. Dist World Film Corp. 16 Jul 1917 [© World Beatrice’s identity, accepts her as his wife. She is eventually unmasked by — Film Corp.; 9 Jul 1917; LU11082]. 5 reels. St. Omar, however, who orders her out, and Geraldine, now recovered, is Pres William A. Brady. Dir Edmund Lawrence, George Cowl and/or reunited with her husband. /mpersonation and imposture. Sisters. Twins. | William A. Brady. Scen Frances Marion. Story Frances Marion. Cam

Vamps. Artists. Attempted murder. Disinheritance. Fires. Hostesses. Lucien Tainguy.

Marriage. Reunions. Cast: Kitty Gordon (Juliette La Monde), Jack Drumier (Robert

Note: This was the first release of the Regent Feature Film Co. The film was Nicholson), Inez Shannon (Mrs. Nicholson), Madge Evans (Francine, 7

remade in 1919 by the Fox Film Corp. (see listing below). years old), Lillian Cook (Francine, 17 years old), Robert Forsyth

Motog 25 Jul 1914, p. 118. Var 10 Jul 1914, p. 20. (Doctor Stewart), Edward Elkas (Jan Moritz), R. Payton Gibbs

MPN 18 Jul 1914, p. 50. (Critic), Frederick Truesdell (Morgan Grant), William Sherwood (Philip Stewart), Pinna Nesbit (Martha Grant), Katherine Johnston LA BELLE RUSSE F1.0275 (Amy Barker).

Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 21 Sep 1919 [OWilliam Fox; 21 Sep Drama. Although she is desired by many men, musical comedy star

1919; LP14207]. 6 reels, 5,400 ft. Juliette La Monde remains faithful to Morgan Grant, whose wife leaves

Dir Charles J. Brabin. Scen Charles J. Brabin. Cam George Lane. him. When Juliette’s mother becomes seriously ill, Juliette tries to visit, but Source: Based on the play La Belle Russe by David Belasco (New York, her stepfather, Robert Nicholson, who despises Juliette for disgracing the

8 May 1882). family, turns her away. After his wife dies, Nicholson takes his seven-year-

Cast: Theda Bara (La Belle Russe/Fleurette), Warburton Gamble old daughter Francine to England. Ten years later, Grant is growing tired (Phillip Sackton), Marian Stewart (Phillip Sackton, Jr.), Robert Lee of living with Juliette. After Nicholson dies of a stroke, Francine goes to Keeling (Sir James Sackton), William B. Davidson (Brand), Alice Wilson live with Juliette, who asks Grant to leave her home. When Juliette shows

(Lady Sackton), Robert Vivian (Butler), Lewis Broughton. a motherly concern that Francine smokes and drinks with her friends, Melodrama. Phillip Sackton’s aristocratic English family disinherits him Francine learns of Juliette’s past and condemns her. After Grant tries to when he marries the dancer Fleurette, so when war is declared, he enlists lure Francine, who is infatuated with him, to his house, Juliette goes to earn money for Fleurette and their expected child. At the front his friend instead and tries to get him to marry Francine. When Grant refuses, she Brand tells of being shot by his jilted lover, the notorious dancer La Belle shoots him during a struggle. Before he dies, Grant realizes his love for Russe, who looks like Fleurette. When Phillip is wounded behind enemy Juliette and writes a suicide note to protect her. After Francine marries a lines, news of his death reaches Fleurette, who goes to France with her doctor’s son, Juliette becomes a Red Cross nurse in France and saves baby. Lady Sackton summons them back, however, as the baby now is her Grant’s widow, before dying herself. Infidelity. Reputation. Self-sacrifice.

sole heir. At the war’s end Brand finds Phillip in London on the verge of Stepsisters. Actors and actresses. Nurses. Seduction. Self-defense. suicide because he cannot find Fleurette. They go to the family castle where Stepfathers. Strokes. Brand recognizes La Belle Russe. Phillip and Brand fight, but the real Note: According to a news item in Var 27 Apr 1917 director Edmund Lawrence Fleurette appears explaining that she had sent her twin sister to the castle walked out in the middle of the production of this film because he resented the with her son because she was sick. La Belle Russe, who had been hoping suggestions of director-in-chief William A. Brady, the president of World Film Corp. to take Fleurette’s place permanently, slinks out of the room. Dancers. The Var news item stated that Brady would complete the direction of the film. In the y , World Film News publicity material included in the copyright descriptions, George Friendship. Impersonation and imposture. Missing persons, assumed Cowl is listed as director, but Brady is credited with “personally” directing the film’s dead. Mistaken identity. Twins. Aristocrats. Castles. Disinheritance. big scenes. All of the reviews for the film credit Brady as the sole director. Included English. Fights. France. Heirs. Infants. London. War injuries. World War in the film are views of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C.

I. ETR 14 Jul 1917, p. 415. NYDM 14 Jul 1917, p. 16. Note: See above listing for information on the 1914 version of the film. one + ul i917 is be Vos 4 nt i917 . 3 Bio Jan 1919, 1920,p.p.1381. 53. NYC p. 11. 38. MPW 21 Jul 1917, p. 472, 540. Wid’s 19 Jul 1917, p. 457, ETR 15 20 Sep Wid’s 121Oct Sep1919, 1919, p. MPN 20 Sep 1919, p. 2471.

THE BELOVED BLACKMAILER F 1.0278 THE BELLS F1.0276 World Film Corp. Dist World Film Corp. 12 Aug 1918 {© World Film Anderson-Brunton Co. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc.; Extra Selected Frank COrp.; 31 Jul 1918; LU12717]. 5 reels. Keenan Photoplay. 17 Nov 1918 [©Pathé Exchange, Inc.; 15 Nov 1918; Dir Dell Henderson. Scen Clara Beranger and Lucien Hubbard.

LU13037]. 5 reels. Story Harry O. Hoyt. Cam Louis Ostland.

Dir Ernest C. Warde. Scen Gilson Willets and Jack Cunningham. Cast: Carlyle Blackwell (Bobby Briggs), W. T. Carleton (Alexander

Source: Based on the play Le Juif Polonais; drame en trois actes, et cing Briggs), Isabelle Berwin (Mrs. Briggs), Evelyn Greeley (Cor inne

tableaux by Emile Erckmann and Alexandre Chatrian (Paris, 15 Jun Norris), Charles Dungan (George Norris), Jack Drumier (Spike

1869), adapted as The Bells by Leopold Lewis (London, production date 270gan), Rex MacDougal (Wesley Martin).

undetermined). Comedy. Bobby Briggs, whose parents pamper and protect him, wants Cast: Frank Keenan (Mathias), Lois Wilson (Annette), Edward Coxen __ t© be “a real man” and arranges to be kidnapped and taken to the health

(Christian), Carl Stockdale (Gari), Albert Cody (Nickel), Joseph J. camp of his friend Spike Brogan. His sweetheart Corinne Norris decides Dowling (Lisparre), Ida Lewis (Catherine), Bert Law (Koveski). to make use of the situation in order to help her father, who is losing a Drama. Mathias, an Alsatian innkeeper who is being pressed for money, financial battle against Bobby s father. Her letters threatening Bobby’s robs and murders one of his guests, a wealthy Polish Jew named Koveski. safety cause Briggs to invest in her father’s railroad stock. After Bobby As the years go by, Mathias attains success but is secretly tormented by Saves Corinne from the advances of city slicker Wesley Martin, thus the sound of the sleigh bells that accompanied Koveski’s approach to the Proving himself a real man, the two are married, and their fathers end their inn. When his daughter Annette marries Christian, captain of the guard, financial feuding. Businessmen. Heroism. Hoaxes. Manhood. Rivalry. there is a celebration at the inn. On the eve of Annette’s marriage, hoping Camps. City slickers. Kidnapping. Lechery. Stocks.

to avoid being entranced by a mesmerist hired to entertain the wedding rR 9 A 191k 5. ar 95. NVM " Ane ioe. Bo. guests, Mathias sneaks up to his room and dreams that the mesmerist MPN 10 Aug 1918, p. 873, 950. Var 2 Aug 1918, p. 39. extracts a confession from him. When he wakes up, he rushes downstairs MPW 10 Aug 1918, pp. 882-83. Wid's 18 Aug 1918, p. 18.

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE BELOVED VAGABOND THE BELOVED CHEATER F 1.0279 wife and nephew are lovers, Jim orders them from the house on Christmas Astra Film Corp.; Lew Cody Films Corp. Dist Robertson-Cole Co.; eve, but his secretary prevents disaster when he forces Donald to recount

Special. Dec 1919. 5 reels, 4,521 ft. his history with Mary. Years earlier, when the two were engaged, Donald Supv Louis J. Gasnier. Dir William Christy Cabanne. Scen Lew Cody tried to seduce Mary. Although Mary refused, Donald slandered her, and Louis J. Gasnier. Story Stephen Fox. Cam J. A. Dubray. Art dir Frank causing her name to be dishonored. After learning the truth, Jim throws

Ormston. Tech dir A. C. Sprague. Chief elec Denver Harmon. out his nephew and begs his wife’s forgiveness. Libertines. Marriage. Cast: Lew Cody (Bruce Sands), Doris Pawn (Dorothy Sands), Eileen Nephews. Slander. Wards and guardians. Attempted rape. Bachelors. Percy (Eulalie Morgan), Jack Mower (Kingdon Challoner), Alice Fleming Beggars. Secretaries.

Kirkham. NYDM 22 Dec 1917, p. 28.

(Mrs. Thorndyke-Brook), Frederick Vroom (Mr. Challoner), Andrew MPN 29 Dec 1917, p. 4584. Var 14 Dec 1917, p. 44.

Robson (Mr. Morgan), Wang (full name unknown) (Himself), Kathleen MPW 29 Dec 1917, p. 1953, 1999. Wid's 20 Dec 1917, p. 816.

Comedy. Kingdon Challoner cannot get his fiancée Eulalie Morgan, a |

member of the “Anti-Kiss Cult,” to kiss him, so at a dinner party, he aszks ©§_ BELOVED ROGUES F1.0282 playboy Bruce Sands for advice. They arrange for Sands to steal a kiss from American Film Co. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; Mutual Star Productions. Eulalie in the dark, quickly leave, and have Kingdon take his place. Eulalie 15 Jan 1917. 5 reels. is aroused by the kiss, but she realizes it could not have been from Kingdon. Dir Al Santel. Scen Al Santel. Story Aaron Hoffman.

When she discovers that it was Bruce, she announces that she is in love, Cast: C. William Kolb (Louie Vanderiff), Max M. Dill (Mike and breaks her engagement with Kingdon, who leaves to get his pistol. Amsterdammer), May Cloy (Madge), Clarence Burton (Jack Eulalie goes to Bruce’s house to warn him, discovers a woman in bed and Kennedy), Harry von Meter (Andrews). mistakenly assumes that she is Bruce’s lover, whereas she is really his sister. Comedy. Two foreigners, Louie Vanderiff and Mike Amsterdammer, Kingdon arrives, Bruce pacifies him, and advises him on the proper way own a hardware store which a hardware trust wishes to buy. When they to kiss Eulalie. The couple are reconciled while Sands consoles himself with refuse to sell, the trust ruins their business. Later, when their ward Madge thoughts of the discomforts of married life and the joys of being single. is threatened with blindness, they sell at a sacrifice in order to pay for the Engagements. Kisses. Playboys. Brother-sister relationship. Cults. services of an eye specialist. Before they can pay the doctor, however, the

Firearms. Mistaken identity. Parties. money is stolen from them and they become burglars. With the money from

Note: The title of the film was changed from The Pleasant Devil. Stephen Fox was their spoils, they pay for Madge’s operation and her sight is restored. When a pseudonym for Jules Furthman. A pre-production news item listed as additional cast Madge’s fiancé, Jack Kennedy, is accused of the burglary, Mike and Louie

members Ulrich Busch, Walter Morosco and Mary Busch. confess and are sent to prison. As Mike and Louie work out their prison

aR * ne 1919 is oO PW M4 ne 1990 . ae term cheerfully, Madge discovers that she is the heiress to a large fortune.

MPN 6 Dec 1919, p. 4141, Wid's 16 Nov 1919, p. 5. All ends happily as Jack and Madge hold their wedding at the prison so

MPN 13 Dec 1919, pp. 4281-82. that the girl’s beloved guardians can be present, and at the banquet, the governor presents Mike and Louie with a pardon. Inheritance. Self-

THE BELOVED IMPOSTOR F 1.0280 sacrifice. Wards and guardians. ‘Blindness. Business competition. Vitagraph Co. of America; A Blue Ribbon Feature. Dist Greater Pardons (legal). Physicians. Prisons. Robbers. Trusts. Weddings. Vitagraph, Inc. 16 Dec 1918 [©Vitagraph Co. of America; 10 Dec 1918; Note: Kolb and Dill were a famous vaudeville team during the teens.

LP13135]. 5 reels. Motog 20 Jan 1917, p. 154. MPW 27 Jan 1917, pp. 586-87. Pres Albert E. Smith. Dir Joseph Gleason. Scen A. Van Buren Powell. MPW 20 Jan DL p. 322 (ad Story Elizabeth J. Mariani. Cam Jules Cronjager. mee’ Cast: Gladys Leslie (Betty), Huntley Gordon (Dick Mentor), Denton

Vane (Hugh), Mrs. Hurley (Aunt Jessie), Frances Grant (Mammy), THE BELOVED TRAITOR F1.0283

Gwen Williams (Gertrude), Miriam Miles. Goldwyn Pictures Corp. Dist Goldwyn Pictures Corp. 24 Feb 1918 Drama. Dick Mentor’s wife is killed in an auto accident while deserting | [©Goldwyn Pictures Corp.; 20 Feb 1918; LP12090]. 5 reels. _

her husband for another man. Soon after, their child dies, which leaves Dir William Worthington. Picturized by Alfrid Bingham. Titles George Dick a confirmed woman hater. Betty, an attractive flirt, learns that Dick Loane Tucker and Kenneth McGowan. Cam George W. Hill. Ed George

is coming to visit and bets Hugh, an admirer, a kiss against a horse that Loane Tucker. Art dir Hugo Ballin. she can win the misogynist’s love. By masquerading as a charming twelve- Source: Based on the novel The Beloved Traitor by Frank L. Packard

year-old, Betty captivates Dick, but in the process, falls in love with him (New York, 1915).

and is afraid to admit the hoax. When Hugh presents Betty with her horse Cast: Mae Marsh (Mary Garland), E. K. Lincoln (Judd Minot), Hedda in Dick’s presence, she finally confesses all, and her declaration of love Hopper (Myrna Bliss), George Fawcett (Henry Bliss), Bradley Barker

melts Dick’s anger. Flirts. Impersonation and imposture. Misogynists. | (Paul Drayton), J. A. Furey (Father Anthony), Louis R. Grisel Transformation. Wagers. Automobile accidents. Desertion. Horses. (Simeon Garland), Chester Morris (Dan).

Infidelity. Drama. Mary Garland wants her sweetheart, Judd Minot, a Maine

ETR 9 Nov 1918, p. 1877. MPW 14 Dec 1918, p. 1256. fisherman, to develop his sculpting talents and encourages him to

ETR 21 Dec 1918, p. 245. MPW 21 Dec 1918, p. 1270, 1382-83. accompany art connoisseur Henry Bliss to New York City. Once there,

ETR 28 Dec 1918, p. 350. R&S Jan 1919, p. 28. Judd forgets Mary and becomes attached to Bliss’s attractive daughter

MPN 8 Feb Var 13 Dec 1918, p. 40. M Although th society MPN 21 Dec1919, 1918,p.p.867. 3767. Wid's 15 Dec 1918, p. 23. yrna. ougnhehewins amef.assan anartist. » the gay societylife lle he he lead leads with Myrna causes his work to suffer. When Mary learns of Judd’s

BELOVED JIM F1.0281 stagnation and fast style of living, she rushes to New York to rescue him. Universal Film Mfg. Co.; A Butterfly Picture. Dist Universal Film Mfg. nea he Sees her, Jude realizes thal very it tne fdlelit ae vetting for a Co.; Special Productions. 17 Dec 1917 [©Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; Yo Statues and renews his love for her. rigelity. infidelity. Libertines. New

6 Dec 1917; LP11807]. 6 reels. ork City. Sculptors. Fishermen. Maine.

Dir Stuart Paton. Story Joseph W. Girard. Cam Duke Hayward. pe e re i918 . ne NY DM 6 ver i918. ae

Cast: Harry Carter (“Beloved’’ Jim Brockton), Priscilla Dean (Mary, ETR 9 Mar 1918, p. 1135, 1142. NYDM 9 Mar 1918, p. 18.

his wife), J. Morris Foster (Donald, his nephew), Charles Hill Mailes MPN 23 Mar 1918, p. 1763. Var 1 Mar 1918, p. 41. (Robert McGregor), Frank Deshon (Fritz Hahn), Sydney Deane MPW 2 Mar 1918, p. 1271. Wid's 7 Mar 1918, p. 985. (Lawrence Darcy), Edward Brown (The butler), Joseph W. Girard

(The derelict), Mrs. A. E. Witting (Housekeeper). THE BELOVED VAGABOND F 1.0284

Drama. Jim Brockton, a wealthy bachelor, is beloved by all. Jim is Pathe Exchange, Inc. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc.; A Gold Rooster Play. guardian to his profligate nephew Donald who has returned home from 17 Dec 1915 [OPathe Exchange, Inc.; 27 Mar 1916; LU7920]. 6 reels. college for Christmas vacation. One night, Jim finds Donald and his callous Dir Edward Jose. Scen George Brackett Seitz. friends baiting an unfortunate beggar, and feeling sorry for the man, takes Source: Based on the novel The Beloved Vagabond by William J. Locke him home and grooms him to be his secretary. A year later, Jim is married (London, 1906). to Mary, a sweet young girl. Donald returns home from school again, and Cast: Edwin Arden (Gaston de Nerac, later known as Paragot), Kathryn it is evident that Mary and Donald have met before. Suspecting that his Browne-Decker (Joanna Rushworth), Bliss Milford (Blanquette), Harold

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BELOW THE DEADLINE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Crane (Asticot), Eric Mayne, Stephen Grattan, Boris Korlin, Mrs. him and succumbs to delirium. Martin pursues Edna to Boston and forces

Brundage. her to return to Maine with him, but unknown to Flint, Arnold steals

Drama. Gaston de Nerac, a brilliant young architect, returns to London aboard their boat. Later that night, the vessel strikes a wreck and sinks. from France to marry his cousin, Joanna Rushworth. In order to prevent Arnold and Edna drown, but Flint survives and returns to Luther, who Joanna’s father from losing his business, Gaston borrows money from a refuses to believe his father’s tale of betrayal. To learn the truth for himself, rival suitor with the stipulation that he postpone the marriage and refrain Luther dives to the sunken wreck, discovers Arnold and Edna’s bodies and from communication with Joanna for two years. After the suitor convinces faints. Martin then dives to save his son, who comes to realize that his Joanna that Gaston bartered her love for money, she marries the suitor. father is a virtuous man. Divers and diving. Father-son relationship. When Gaston learns of this, he begins a reckless, cynical life as a traveling Shipwrecks. Treasure. Vamps. Boston. Maine. Sea rescue. musician known as Paragot. In the London slums, he makes the Note: The working title of this film was The Oath. One source lists the film at seven acquaintance of Asticot, a ragamuffin. They wander through France and reels, another calls it a five-reeler.

Paragot adopts Blanquette, an itinerant singer, after her aged partner dies. Ee TR 29 May ton p. nes NYT 7 Jun 1920, p. 20.

Years later, when the happy threesome perform at a peasant wedding, MeN io Nal 1920 P ; e Ws 4 we 1920 P 3" Paragot encounters Joanna, who has learned the truth. After Joanna’s MPW 19 Jun 1920, p. 1633.

husband is killed in the street, she and Paragot plan to marry, but because he is unable to adjust to societal conventions, Paragot marries Blanquette

instead. Musicians. Vagabonds. Architects. Betrayal. France. Loans. aoe Pict Dist P t Pict Cc 9 Mar 1916 toy e. London. Peasants. Rivalry. Self-sacrifice. Slums. Weddings. aus renures. ; ee mounts tcrures \0fp. ar lO). C. Note: This film, hand-colored in Paris, was the first Gold Rooster play in color. The Ivers; 16 Feb 1916; LP7683]. 5 reels. :

actress Mrs. Brundage may have been Mathilde Brundage. Two later British Dir William D. Taylor. Asst dir James H. Clemens. Scen Julia Crawford productions were based on same source. Carlyle Blackwell supervised and starred in Ivers.

a version with the same title which was released in 1923, directed by Fred Leroy Source: Based on the novel Ben Blair: The Story of a Plainsman by Granville, and starring Madge Stuart and Phyllis Titmuss, in 1936,a version with the William Otis Lillibridge (Chicago, 1905).

same title,Lockwood producedand by Betty Toeplitz, was released, which starred Maurice Chevalier, Cast: Farnum Dustin (Fen B air), Blaiint Winifred Ki(Florence FI Margaret Stockfeld, and was directed by Curtis Bernhardt. ; ast Dustin’ re ingston Motog 25 Dec 1915, p. 1344. MPN 11 Dec 1915, p. 94. Winthrop), Herbert Standing (James Winthrop), Lamar Johnstone MPN 5 Jun 1915, p. 41. MPW 18 Dec 1915, p. 2196, 2258. (Scott Winthrop), Virginia Foltz (Mrs. Scott Winthrop), Frank A. Bonn

MPN 17 Jul 1915, p. 109. NYDM 18 Dec 1915, p. 28. (John Rankin), F. Burns (Tom Blair), Gordon Griffith (Ben Blair, the boy).

BELOW THE DEADLINE F 1.0285 Drama. A young woman deserts her rancher husband and, with her son Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist State Rights; Ascher Productions, Inc. Ben, goes to live with the drunken Tom Blair. Blair raises Ben as his son, Nov 1920? [©Ascher Productions, Inc.; 11 Nov 1920; LP15958]. 5 reels. but kills Ben’s mother, causing the boy to return to his natural father. Dir J. P. McGowan. Scen Arthur Henry Gooden. Story Arthur Henry There, Ben falls in love with Florence Winthrop. Later, Ben gains revenge

Gooden. for his mother’s death by killing Tom, but he loses Florence, who decides Cast: J. B. Warner (Joe Donovan), Lillian Biron (Alice Elliot), Bert to live in the East. When Ben learns that Florence has become engaged,

Sprotte (Buck Elliot), Robert Anderson (Hog Dog Heine). he goes after her and issues an ultimatum: if she does not take him back, Drama/Crime. Wharfmaster Buck Elliot is the leader of a band of _he will kill her fiancé. After first resenting Ben for his demand, Florence murderous crooks. The gang shoots down a policeman in a wharfside _ realizes that she loves him and returns West with him. Murder. Revenge. scuffle, and Detective Donovan vows vengeance upon the murderer. He _ Alcoholics. Desertion. Infidelity. Mother-son relationship. Ranchers.

follows Elliot home, where Elliot persuades his wife (previously unaware Motog 18 Mar 1916, p. 645. NYDM 11 Mar 1916, p. 29. of her husband’s underground life) to provide him with an alibi. When Mrs. MPN 18 Mar 1916, p. 1619. Var 3 Mar 1916, p. 22.

Elliot is later brought to police headquarters, incriminating evidence MPW 18 Mar 1916, p. 645. Wid's 9 Mar 1916, p. 420.

indicating Elliot’s complicity in a scheme for a train robbery is disclosed.

Under Donovan’s leadership the police catch the thieves in the act. Elliot BEN BOLT F 1.0288

escapes but is later pursued by Donovan, whose life is saved when a fellow Solax Co. Dist State Rights. 28 Nov 1913 [OSolax Co.; 28 Nov 1913; policeman shoots and kills Elliot. Over time Donovan and Mrs. Elliot come LP1728]. 4 reels. to realize their love for each other. Detectives. Gangs. Murder. Policemen. Dir Howell Hansel.

Revenge. Wives. Chases. Dockworkers. Escapes. Evidence. Train Cast: Joseph Levering (Ben Bolt), Fraunie Fraunholz (Rolling

robberies. Stone), Claire Whitney (Alice Lee), James O'Neill (John Lee), Jack Note: Ascher Productions acquired this film from Universal for distribution in the Burns.

fall of 1920. A trade review appeared on 6 Nov 1920, but the film’s date of release Adventure. Ben Bolt hopes to marry Alice Lee, the daughter of a is unclear. Oscar Jacobs Productions is one of the companies listed on the film S entry prosperous merchant, but through a ruse, a jealous rival makes Ben appear in the copyright register, but it is unclear what role that company played in the film’s . .

production or distribution. The film appears in the AFI Catalog of Feature Films, to be a rowdy drunkard, and Alice's father orders him to leave. Ben then 1921-30; F2.0347, which erroneously gives the name of the actor playing Joe Donovan sails to Newfoundland, where he discovers a lost ship belonging to Alice’s

MPN 23 Oct 1920, p. 3230. ,p. 12. ;

as H. B. Warner instead of J. B. Warner, who was H. B. Warner’s brother. father. Meanwhile, this gentleman, who has lost most of his fortune,

MPN 3 dul 1920, p. 279. MPN 30 Apr 1921, p. 2853. angrily rejects the rival’s offer of money in exchange for Alice’s hand in

ON 30 Oct 1920, oo “PWG Nee 1990, 108-08. marriage. All seems happily resolved when Ben returns the lost ship to

Alice’s grateful father and the two lovers prepare to marry. Ben’s rival, however, ties him to the spoke of a mill wheel, and after Rolling Stone, the

BELOW THE SURFACE F1.0286 village clown, releases Ben, the villain steals his schooner. Following an

Thomas H. Ince Productions. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; ocean pursuit, the rival and his men are brought to justice, and Alice finally

Paramount Pictures. Jun 1920 [©Thomas H. Ince; 13 May 1920; marries her Ben. Frame-ups. Rivalry. Schooners. Chases. Clowns.

LP15109]. 6 reels, 6,220 ft. . . . Drunkenness. Merchants. Mills. Newfoundland (Canada).

Pres Thomas H. Ince. Supy Thomas H. Ince. Dir Irvin V. Willat. Note: The picture was filmed in New London, CT along the Palisades of the Scen E. Magnus Ingleton. Story Luther Reed. Cam J. O. Taylor. Tech Hudson, and on the Rhode Island coast. It was also reviewed as three reels in length. dir Harold G. Oliver. Art titles F. J. Van Halle, Carl Schneider and Leo The film’s title and some of the character names were taken from “Ben Bolt,” the

H. Braun. poem written by Thomas Dunn English in 1842 and popularized by its incorporation

Cast: Hobart Bosworth (Martin Flint), Grace Darmond (Edna me ceoree ~ Maurer’ novel Trilby, (London, 108). 5 Dec 1913. 9.30 Gordon), Lloyd Hughes (Luther Flint), George Webb (James Arnold), Co Bates Be aT » P. OU.

: Gladys George (Alice), J. P. Lockney (Dave), Edith Yorke (Martha MPW 27 Dee 1913, p. 1522. NYDM = 24 Dec 1913, p. 39. Flint), George Clair (Geb Quail). Drama. When celebrated Maine diver Martin Flint refuses to participate BEN WARMAN see DANGEROUS LOVE in James Arnold’s dangerous treasure hunt, Arnold’s seductive accomplice

and wife Edna enlists Flint’s son Luther in the scheme by promising to BENEATH THE CZAR F 1.0289 marry him if he salvages the planted gold from a sunken wreck. Returning Solax Co. Dist State Rights. Feb 1914 [©Solax Co.; 11 Feb 1914; home from his perilous mission, Luther discovers that Edna has deserted LP2221]. 4 reels.

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE BETRAYAL Dir Alice Blaché. Scen Alice Blache. Pres Jesse D. Hampton. Dir Thomas Heffron. Scen Arthur F. Statter. Cast: Claire Whitney (Anna Pavlowa), Fraunie Fraunholz (Prince Cyril Cam C. Edgar Schoenbaum.

Rubetskoi). Source: Based on the novelette ““The Best Man” by Grace Livingston Hill Drama. In order to stop the Russian secret police from torturing her Lutz in Lippincott’s Magazine (Sep 1913).

Nihilist father, Anna Pavlowa agrees to spy on Prince Cyril Rubetskoi, a Cast: J. Warren Kerrigan (Cyril Gordon), Lois Wilson (Celia suspected revolutionary. She undertakes her assignment, but falls in love Hathaway), Alfred Whitman (Jefferson Hathaway), Frances Raymond with the prince and becomes a revolutionary herself. Anna is betrayed by (Mrs. Hathaway), Clyde Benson (George Hayne), R. D. MacLean a servant, but with the help of Wassili, a soldier and revolutionary, she frees (Secret Service chief), Bert Appling (Brady), Ed Tilton (Holman), Mary

her father and her lover. Together, they escape to America. Betrayal. Land (Mrs. Holman), Fred Montague (Celia’s uncle). Escapes. Political refugees. Revolutionaries. Russia. Father-daughter Comedy / Adventure. An international gang of crooks, the Holmans, steal relationship. Nihilists. Princes. Russia. Secret Police. Servants. Spies. a coded paper and send for their London agent John Burnham, to come to

Torture. New York to decipher it, but Cyril Gordon, a United States Secret Service MPW 14 Feb 1914, pp. 834-35, 880. MPW 21 Feb 1914, p. 952. agent, impersonates Burnham and retrieves the paper. A taxi meant for

Burnham takes Gordon to a church where a George Hayne, Burnham’s

BERLIN VIA AMERICA F1.0290 real identity, is to marry Celia Hathaway, who has not seen Hayne in

Fordart Films, Inc. Dist State Rights; Ernest Shipman. May 1918.6 _ fifteen years. Remembering that he is to “stop at nothing” to save the code,

reels. Gordon marries the rich and pretty Celia and leaves with her on a Prod Francis Ford. Dir Francis Ford. Scen Elsie Van Name. Story Elsie neymoon train through Pennsylvania, followed by one of the crooks. Van Name. Celia berates Gordon for blackmailing her into marriage, but is pleasantly Cast: Francis Ford (Phil Kelly), Edna Emerson (Rose Lockely), Jack surprised by his character. After some adventures escaping from the Newton (Colonel Lockely), George Henry (Gen. Joseph Cooper), Ed crooks, they genuinely fall in love. In Washington, the code is delivered and

Dorhan (Karl Shamme), George Jones (John Harris), William Willis the thieves captured. After Gordon reveals his secret, the couple (Lieutenant Miles), William Canfield (Gen. Von Schmuck), Emma acknowledges their desire to stay married. Espionage. Honeymoons. Warren (Kelly’s mother), Lois Scott (Madge), Francis Feeney (Bud). aipersonation and imposture. Secret Service. Weddings. Churches. Drama/World War I. Phil Kelly, a veteran of the Spanish-American angs. New York City. Pennsylvania. Secret codes. Taxis. Washington War, serves as an American spy during World War I unbeknown to his (D.C.)

mother, fiancée Rose Lockely and friends, who sadly question his loyalty eR to May re is en nan ; May ile p. Man

when he fails to enlist. German agents Karl Shamme and John Harris MPN 10 May 1919, p. 3100. Wid’s 27 Apr 1919, p. 19. invite Phil to a secret meeting, where he learns of German plans to sink

several Allied transports. Phil saves the transports and then is sent to THE BEST OF LUCK F1.0293 Germany posing as a German aviator. After flying over American lines to Screen Classics, Inc. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. Jul 1920 [©Metro warn the Allies of an impending large-scale German offensive, Phil is Pictures Corp.; 14 Jun 1920; LP15246]. 6 reels, 5,421 ft. discovered by Shamme and sentenced to death. Shortly before he is to be Supv Maxwell Karger. Dir Ray C. Smallwood. Asst dir Sherry Harris. shot, Americans bombard the area where he is imprisoned. Although Scen Albert Shelby Le Vino. Cam Harold Wenstrom. Settings designed injured in the battle, he is rescued and nursed back to health by Rose. by George M. Carpenter. Germans. Impersonation and imposture. Prisoners of war. Spies. World Source: Based on the play The Best of Luck by Cecil Raleigh, Henry War |. Aviators. Bombardment. Espionage. Executions. Nursing back to Hamilton and Arthur Collins (London, 27 Sep 1916).

health. Slackers. Veterans. War injuries. Cast: Kathryn Adams (Leslie MacLeod), Jack Holt (Kenneth, Lord | PN 7 May oie. P yes MY DM , wey ioe. i ue. Glenayr), Lilie Leslie (Lady Blanche Westamere), Fred Malatesta MPW 11 May 1918, p. 896. Var ) Aug 1918, p. 39. (Lanzana), Frances Raymond (The Countess of Strathcaird), Emmett MPW 18 May 1918, p. 1042. King (Blake, an American attorney), Robert Dunbar (The general), Effie Conley (Maid), Jack Underhill (The footman), Carl Sawyer, Irish Meusel.

THE BEST BET see ATTA BOY’S LAST RACE Drama. Leslie MacLeod, a young American who has come to Scotland after buying her ancestral castle, is admired by two suitors, young

THE BEST MAN F1.0291 nobleman Lord Glenayr, whom she loves, and Lanzana, an unscrupulous Falcon Features. Dist General Film Co. 21 Oct 1917 [©OGeneral FIlm Spaniard, whom she despises. Lanzana has been promised a title by the

Co., Inc.; 12 Oct 1917; LP11539]. 4 reels. Spanish court if he recovers a chest of jewels that sank with the Spanish Supv H. M. Horkheimer and E. D. Horkheimer. Dir Bertram Bracken. Armada off the Spanish coast. Angered by Leslie's refusal to marry him,

Scen Douglas Bronston. Story George Cain. Lanzana attempts to drug her wine, but she switches glasses. Once Cast: William Ehfe (Arnold Hammond), Gordon Sackville (Pierre Lanzana falls UNCONSCIOUS, she steals his treasure map and presents it to

Lemoyne), Capt. Nicholson (Dr. Storm), Margaret Landis (Ruth Glenayr. With the aid of a friend’s submarine, they find the wreck, and Storm), Mollie McConnell (Mrs. Storm), Clifford B. Gray (Blake), Frank Glenayr dives for the treasure. When Glenayr finds Lanzana there already,

Brownlee (Capt. Hale). , , they struggle; Lanzana drowns, and Glenayr secures the jewels and marries Drama/Social. New York businessman Arnold Hammond, suffering cess: oon YS os: poouand. Treasure. Drowning. Drugs.

from th © Favages of alcoholism » Puls: himself under the vare of a skillful Note: The play was » Drury Lane melodrama Carl Sawyer and Irish Meusel, who physician in a Nova Scotian fishing village. There he falls in love with the were in the cast, were professional baseball players. Six cameramen were used to film doctor’s daughter Ruth and conquers his alcoholism. Ruth is fascinated by a car falling over the condemned Devil’s Gate bridge over the Arroyo Seco near a handsome but reckless fisherman, Pierre Lemoyne, however, and is not Pasadena, CA. Some scenes were shot using a U.S. submarine in the water near San

sure which man to choose, until one day Arnold asks Ruth to go sailing with Pedro, CA.

him and hires Lemoyne to navigate the boat. Drinking heavily, Lemoyne ETR 17 Jul 1920, p. 734. NYMT = 11 Jul 1920.

assaults Arnold and capsizes the boat. Half drowned, the three are saved New 4 a ony er Mids f nf i900 A °

by a passing tugboat and once safe onboard, Ruth realizes that Arnold is ao o_— the better man. Alcoholism. Love. Regeneration. Rivalry. Businessmen.

Fishermen. Fishing villages. Nova Scotia (Canada). Physicians. me B aries st S Rich 9 F1.0294 Note: Sources vary in crediting a production company. Some credit Balboa, while enox Frocucing Corp. Dist State Rights. 5 May 1919. 7-8 reels. others Falcon. Both were owned by H.1917, M. andp.E. D. Horkheimer. a pany. ook m Stun Claude Henry “Bud” Wales. MPNcredit 10 Nov 1917, p. companies 3267, 3307. MPW 10 Nov 872. ast: CdwardCoe Coxen (Kari Sturm).

MPW 13 Oct 1917, . 288. NYDM 3 Nov 1917, 18. Drama/Historical. The German revolutionary war of 1848 provides the

MPW 27 Oct 1917, p. 499. dramatic center of this story, around which the exploits of the heroic rebel Karl Sturm are presented. [No additional information on the plot has been THE BEST MAN F 1.0292 located.] Germany-History—Revolution, 1848-1849. Political refugees. Jesse D. Hampton Productions. Dist W. W. Hodkinson Corp. through Revolutionaries. Carl Schurz.

Pathé Exchange, Inc. 4 May 1919. 5 reels. Note: According to news items, this production, which had its first public screening 61

BETRAYED AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG " hicago on 5 papers, pindenaan took a yearwas to complete. Aithoughto not piay reviewed Drama/Historical. living inrun, Philadelphia € trade theover t1im scheduled ininINCW YorkBetsy alterGriscom, its icago : ; ; : at: the :

with musieal accompaniment provided by Joseph C. Briel. The NYMT credits E. H. beginning of th © ane rican Revolution, is the daughter of a Quaker family " Griffith with “producing” and J. A. Barry with putting “the story into shape,” but One day her sister C arissa borrows Betsy s cloak on her way toa tryst with all other sources, including the MPSD, give sole directing credit to J. A. Barry and Clarence Vernon, an officer in the British army. As the two embrace, make no mention of Griffith. The film story is supposed to have been based on the Betsy’s beau, Joseph Ashburn, passes by and concludes that Betsy is life of Carl Schurz, a German revolutionary who fled to the United States and became unfaithful. Later, he challenges Vernon to a duel, shoots the officer, and

an influential reformer in American politics during the nineteenth century. escapes by boat after throwing his coat into the river. When his coat is

an 0 vy i919. p. MO. 40 NYMT 11 May 1919. found, it is assumed that Ashburn is dead and Betsy reluctantly accepts the

ay tes Pees marriage proposal of John Ross. Widowed when Ross is killed in battle, Betsy meets Ashburn once more when he, as an aide to General BETRAYED F1.0295 Washington, is assigned to guard her during the fashioning of the flag. Thanhouser Film Corp. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; Mutual Masterpicture Believing that she is compromising his integrity, Betsy confesses to

De Luxe Edition. 29 Jan 1916. 5 reels. _ Ashburn that her sister’s husband, Vernon, is hiding in the house. Arrested Pres Edwin Thanhouser. Dir Howard M. Mitchell. Scen Philip as a spy, Vernon is sentenced to death when Betsy discovers a packet of

Lonergan. papers which contains the British soldier’s discharge. Rushing to General

Cast: Grace De Carlton (Little Fawn), Robert Whittier (Heart of | Washington, Betsy secures a pardon, saves Vernon from the firing squad, Oak), Roy Pilcher (Granville Wingham), Gladys Leslie (Carolyn and both couples begin new lives. Duels. Flags. Mistaken identity. Missing

Wingham). persons, assumed dead. Betsy Ross. Soldiers. United States—History-

Drama. Heart of Oak leaves the reservation and attends an Eastern Revolutionary War, 1776-1783. George Washington. Widows. Firing college, where he becomes best friends with the wealthy Granville squads. Pardons (legal). Philadelphia. Sisters. Society of Friends. Wingham. A year later, Little Fawn, Heart of Oak’s sister, joins him at MPN 22 Sep 1917, p. 1993, 2038. Var 7 Sep 1917, p. 33. the school. She and Granville fall in love, but Heart of Oak tells her that MPW 22 Sep 1917, p. 1859. Wid's 18 Oct 1917, pp. 674-75. she must not even think of marrying a white man. Nevertheless, Granville NYDM 15 Sep 1917, p. 18. and Little Fawn spend the night together in a cabin, where Heart of Oak

finds them the next morning. Enraged, Heart of Oak threatens to kill

Granville, but then Little Fawn kills herself, and a stunned Heart of Oak BETSY’S BURGLAR oo F1.0298 sends Granville away so he can be alone with his dead sister. Brother-sister Fine Arts Film Co. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 4 Mar 1917. 5 reels.

relationship. Indians of North America. Miscegenation. Racial prejudice. Dir Paul Powell. Scen Frank E. Woods.

College life. Friendship. Students. Suicide. Cast: Constance Talmadge (Betsy Harlow), Kenneth Harlan (Harry Note: Some scenes in this film were shot on Indian reservations in New York. Brent), Monte Blue (Victor Gilpin), Joseph Singleton (Jasper Dunn),

Motog _12 Feb 1916, p. 370. MPW 22 Jan 1916, p. 544, 625. Josephine Crowell (Mrs. Dunn), Clyde Hopkins (Oscar Schlitz), Hal

MPN 29 Jan 1916, p. 554. MPW 5 Feb 1916, p. 837. Wilson (James), Kate Bruce (Mrs. Randall).

Comedy-drama. Betsy, an overworked maid in a boardinghouse, dreams

BETRAYED F1.0296 of working as a detective, as does her boyf riend Oscar, the grocer’s delivery Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 2 Sep 1917 [OWilliam Fox; 2 Sep boy. An opportunity presents itself with the arrival of Harry Brent, a

1917; LP11341]. 5 reels. mysterious young man from the city, who takes a room in the

Dir R. A. Walsh. Scen R. A. Walsh. Cam Dal Clawson. boardinghouse. Harry, realizing that Betsy is smitten by his charms,

Cast: Miriam Cooper (Carmelita), James Marcus (Carpi), Hobart induces the girl to help him obtain a box filled with jewels which is in the Bosworth (Leopoldo Juares), Monte Blue (Pepo Esparenza), Wheeler possession of the Jaspers, an old couple across the hall. Explaining that the

Oakman (William Jerome). box contains his family jewels and a will in his favor which had been Drama, Carmelita Carrito, a young Mexican girl, isan aristocrat at heart Secreted by Jasper, the crooked family lawyer, Harry involves Betsy in a despite the coarseness exhibited by her fat, indolent father Carpi. Although | "Obbery which results in her being kidnapped by real thieves. After many she has a lover named Pepo, Carmelita finds herself attracted to the bandit adventures, Betsy is rescued, the thieves are arrested, and the jewels are Leopoldo Juares when he takes refuge in her house. After his departure, returned to Harry, their rightful owner, who also claims Betsy as his bride.

Carmelita watches wistfully after him, eventually falling asleep by the poardinghouses. poonives. Tousemarcs. Kidnappings. Robbery. window. An American Army officer, William Jerome, comes searching for hieves. Delivery boys. Gems. Lawyers. Wills.

Juares, and Carmelita, fascinated by the gringo, tells him that Juares is to hen . 6 ver Ory ,. any alee 5 el Oly . on

meet her at the brook. Discovering her duplicity, Juares forces Carmelita MPN 31 Mar 1917, p. 2033. Wid’s 1 Mar 1917, p. 135.

to don his hat and coat. Jerome, mistaking Carmelita for the bandit, shoots MPW 10 Mar 1917, p. 1587. the girl and is ordered to be executed before a firing squad. Carmelita then

awakens from her dream to discover that United States troopers, led by

Pepo, are converging upon her house to arrest Juares, who is hiding there. THE BETTER HALF F 1.0299

Pepo captures the bandit and wins a large reward as well as Carmelita’s Select Pictures Corp. Dist Select Pictures Corp. Sep 1918 [©Select affections. Bandits. Dreams. Duplicity. Mistaken identity. Executions. Pictures Corp.; 3 Sep 1918; LP12850]. 5 reels, 5,073 ft.

Firing squads. Mexicans. Rewards. United States. Army. | Dir J. S. Robertson. Scen Louis Sherwin. Cam Henry Lyman Broening. Note: Wid’s contended that the plot of this film was “stolen from one of O. Henry’s Source: Based on the novel Michael Thwaite’s Wife by Miriam stories.” The synopsis in the copyright descriptions gives the subtitle of the story as Michelson (New York, 1909).

“The Heartless Sefiorita.” Wid’s credits C. B. Clapp as co-author with Walsh. Cast: Alice Brady (Trixie Thorley/Louise Thorley), David Powell

MPN i

Jan 1915. is 33. MPN 12 Feb 1916. 352, a film about the black race originated at the New York office of the National

MPN 9 Jan 1915. p. 37. MPN 6 Feb 1916. p. 1153. Association for the Advancement of Colored People in the spring of 1915 after the MPN 30 Jan 1915, p. 26. MPN 28 Apr 1917, p. 2674. premiere of the Griffith film. This idea was changed by the white-owned Birth of a MPN 6 Feb 1915, p. 74. MPW 20 Feb 1915, p. 1121. Race Photoplay Corp. because of the need to attract backers other than blacks, and MPN 13 Feb 1915, p. 34. MPW 13 Mar 1915, pp. 1586-87. because of the United States’ entrance into the war. Modern sources also state that MPN 20 Feb 1915, p. 74. MPW 10 Apr 1915, p. 219. the film, as originally intended, was to have been called Lincoln's Dream.

MPN 13 Mar 1915, pp. 49-50. MPW 29 May 1915, p. 1416. ETR 10 May 1919, p. 1761. NYDM 23 Nov 1918, p. 776.

MPN 27 Mar 1915, p. 32. MPW 5 Jun 1915, p. 1649. Motog 17 Mar 1917, p. 584. Var 12 Oct 1917, p. 29. MPN 1 May 1915, p. 57. MPW 12 Jun 1915, pp. 1758-59. Motog 2 Mar 1918, p. 435. Var 8 Feb 1918, p. 45. MPN 15 May 1915, p. 51. MPW 9 Oct 1915, p. 296. MPN 3 May 1919, p. 2891. Var 22 Feb 1918, p. 48. MPN 12 Jun 1915, p. 55. MPW 1 Apr 1916, p. 120. MPW 23 Feb 1918, p. 1111. Var 22 Mar 1918, p. 58. MPN 19 Jun 1915, p. 57, 60. NYDM 24 Feb 1915, p. 24, 33. MPW 9 Mar 1918, p. 1353. Var 6 Dec 1918, p. 38. MPN 26 Jun 1915, p. 56. NYDM 10 Mar 1915, p. 28. MPW 10 May 1919, p. 938. Var 25 Apr 1919, p. 82. MPN 24 Jul 1915, p. 40. NYDM 15 Jan 1916, p. 24. NYDM 16 Feb 1918, p. 17.

MPN 7 Aug 1915, p. 56. NYDM 5 Feb 1916, p. 26. MPN 14 Aug 1915, p. 56. NYT 4 Mar 1915, p. 9.

MPN 4 Sep Var 12 Mar p. 23.F .1.0339 MPN 11 Sep1915, 1915,p.p.37, 69.59. THE BIRTH OF1915, A SOUL Vitagraph Co. of America. Dist Vitagraph Co. of America. Jan 1920

THE BIRTH OF A RACE F 1.0338 [OVitagraph Co. of America; 21 Jan 1920; LP14659]. 5 reels, 4,986 ft.

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Birth of a Race Photoplay Corp.; Frohman Amusement Corp. Dist State Dir Edwin L. Hollywood. Scen Arthur Edwin Krows. Cam Robert A.

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Rights. 1 Dec 1918. 10 reels. Stuart. Ed George Randolph Chester and Mrs. George Randolph Chester.

Supv John W. Noble. Dir John W. Noble. Asst dir Charles Horan, Cast: Harry T. Morey (Philip Grey/Charles Drayton), Jean Paige

Arthur Vaughan and Ralph Dean. Scen George F. Wheeler, Rudolph De (Dorothy Barlow), Charles Eldridge (Lem Barlow), George Cooper

Cordova, John W. Noble and Anthony P. Kelly. 7itles Tom Bret. Cam (Joe Barlow), Charles Kent (Hap Barlow), Walter Lewis (George Herbert O. Carleton. Technique W. Bruce Bradley. Art titles Ferdinand Drayton), Robert Gaillard (Parson), Bernard Siegel (Sheriff). Pinney Earle. Musical accompaniment composed by Joseph Carl Breil. Drama/Rural. Philip Grey, a young drunkard, loves Dorothy Barlow but Cast: Louis Dean (The Kaiser), Harry Dumont (Crown Prince), Carter realizes that his life style makes that love impossible. Charles Drayton, a B. Harkness (Adam), Doris Doscher (Eve), Charles Graham (Noah), Ben New York attorney who bears a striking resemblance to Grey, comes to Hendricks (Fritz Schmidt), Alice Gale (Frau Schmidt), John Reinhardt visit his relatives in the Kentucky hills and wins Dorothy’s affections. When (Oscar Schmidt), Gertrude Braun (Louisa Schmidt), Stephen Gratton Charles’ uncle George kills Dorothy’s grandfather, a family feud is

(Pat O’Brien), Mary K. Carr (Mrs. O’Brien), Jane Grey (Jane reopened between the Barlows and the Draytons. Grey implicates Charles O’Brien), Edward Elkas (Herr Von H.), Anna Lehr, Philip Van Loan, in the murder, and the Barlows capture him and sentence him to hanging. George Le Guere, Warren Chandler, Anita Cortez, Edwin Boring, Dick Before the execution, however, Grey discovers that Charles and Dorothy

Lee, David Wall, Belle Seacombe. are married, switches identities with Charles, and goes to death in Charles’

Drama. After a biblical and historical prologue detailing the evolution place. Alcoholics. Doubles. Feuds. Lynching. Self-sacrifice. Kentucky. of the idea of democracy through the creation, the flood, the crucifixion Lawyers. of Christ, the discovery of America, the signing of the Declaration of Note: According to news items this film was shot in the mountains of North Independence and the Civil War, the present-day threat to this idea by Carolina. News items stated that the film was an adaptation of a “well-known novel,” autocratic powers is dramatized. Fritz Schmidt, a German-American steel while some reviews noted similarities between the film and Charles Dickens’ A Tale

plant owner, and his son Oscar remain loyal to the Kaiser, while son George of ne ces. Feb 1920, p. 1003 NYMT 29 Feb 1920

fights for the Allies. When the American army hospital where Louisa MPN 6 Mar 1920, p. 2390. Var 27 Feb 1920, p. 46. Schmidt works as a nurse is attacked by the Germans, Oscar, now a MPW 7 Feb 1920, p. 921. Wid's 1 Feb 1920, p. 16. German soldier, assaults her, not recognizing his sister in the confusion. MPW 21 Feb 1920, p. 1285. | George, recovering in the hospital, kills his brother and then returns home

y nit y. Loyaily q OF. & g

to find his mother and a German spy struggling for some secret papers.

George kills the spy, Fritz realigns his loyalty to the American cause, and THE BIRTH OF CHARACTER F 1.0340 the family is reunited. Defense—National. Democracy. Loyalty. Soldiers. Equitable Motion Pictures Corp. Dist State Rights; Claridge Films, Inc. World War |. Biblical characters. Brother-sister relationship. German Mar? 1916 [©Equitable Motion Pictures Corp.; 3 Jan 1916; LU7401]. 5 Americans. Germany. Army. Hospitals. Mill owners. Nurses. Rape. Secret reels.

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THE BIRTH OF PATRIOTISM AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Story Marc Edmund Jones. fim Scenes were sot ” a pong ilar estate near an orphan asylum au " . Hi . OnKers, , and in Pennsylvania station in Jlen cw“ove, or ity. IS WaS Drama, A prologee shew, Harry Thorn). t to be burned at the stake Sylvester’s first film. Actress Margaret Beecher was the granddaughter of Henry

- ; ia ; ‘ , Ward Beecher, and actor Milton Berlinger, then known as an eleven-year-old

Before dying, he claims that his theory is correct: in an effort to overcome _impersonator of Al Jolson, later became famous as Milton Berle. The film opened in external conditions, man develops his character. In modern times, Harry Kingston, NY in Nov 1920, but was not released nationally until Dec 1920.

Thorn loves Grace Dupont, but after losing his money he drifts toward MPN 11 Sep 1920, p. 2090. MPW 25 Sep 1920, p. 464.

crime. He steals a necklace, and when Grace finds out she cancels their MEN a pet toon if ee hd i Ont 1900 is 599 a

engagement. Harry decides to give himself up, thereby finally establishing o— some strength of character. When he gets out of jail, Grace takes him back, ,

but Harry has to face one more temptation. Alice Farley, who loves him me ee S ronan , Dist Pathe Exch: I een

ote. a 5,700 ft.

but whom he has spurned, tries to lure him back to crime, but with Grace’s irginia Fearson Fhotoplays, inc. Dist Pathe Exchange, Inc. un

help Harry manages to resist. Criminals-Rehabilitation. Poverty Soe Pearson Photoplays, Inc.; 19 Jun 1919; LU13853]. 6 reels,

neration. ft. Alchemists. Bankruptcy. Confession (law). Ex- , ; . a

Regeneration. inelt erosy imprisonment Jewelry (law) Pres Louis Meyer. Dir John B. O’Brien. Scen Frank S. Beresford. Note: The working title of this film was The Transmutation; or The Making of a Cam Lawrence Williams. . , Man. Source: Based on the novel The Bishop’s Emeralds by Houghton

MPN _23 Dec 1916, p. 4050. MPW | Apr 1916, p. 160, 167. Townley (New York, 1908). .

Cast: Virginia Pearson (Hester, Lady Cardew), Robert Broderick

THE BIRTH OF PATRIOTISM F1.0341 (Lord John Cardew, Bishop of Ripley), Frank Kingsley (Jack Cardew, his Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; Special son), Lucy Fox (Mabel Bannister), Marcia Harris (Caroline Cardew), Attraction. 30 Apr 1917 [©Universal Film Mfg. Co.. Inc my Apr 1917: Walter Newman (Voss, Bannister’s valet), Sheldon Lewis (Richard

en ” , Bannister).

ana 1 nan leton. Scen E. Magnus Ineleton. Story I. A. R. Wvlie Drama. Mabel, the daughter of Richard Bannister, visits Ripley Manor

Cam Duke Hayward , as 8 , YN IRN YING. and falls in love with Jack Cardew, the son of Lord John Cardew, the Cast: Irene Hun t (Anne), Ann Kromarm (Mary), Leo Pierson Bishop of Ripley. Jack’s stepmother, Lady Hester, approves, but the bishop (Johnny Roberts), Ernie Shields (Sam Peters), Frank Coffray (/ke), Lydia reproaches Jack because nee he known or the eas mot her “ Yeamans Titus (Sallie Hawkins), Edward Brown (Gus Hawkins) conciiiatory measure, Mabels lather, secretly a thiel, is invited to the Drama. Carelessness on the part of Johnny Roberts and the growing manor. Mabel and Jack secretly marry, then she discovers that her father drudgery of married life causes an estrangement between Johnny and his th d his valet vos are Plannin g to steal ihe fardew eme rains. B at nck wife Mary. The final break comes when Johnny, sick with a fever, returns t ve he say that she sailed. J It, r sie Keeps We Hes OES ASK ac home to be accused of drunkenness by Mary. Johnny leaves his wife to seek Barter ts her firet husband Rinna Gordon a ; m “he beliceed had

solace in Anne, the innkeeper’s daughter, and the two live happily together ; . , a

until the outbreak of the war. When England is threatened, Johnny enlists died ten years earlier. Overcome by her beauty, Bannister forgets about the and is sent to the front. In the meantime, Mary, with her little baby, seeks robbery and propositions her, but Vo ss, angered by his double-cross, stabs Anne out to ask for some of her husban d’s money to take care of the chil d him and steals the emeralds. Bannister shoots and kills Voss just before

A mutual understanding springs up between the two women and upon dy ng himself. In the end, Lady heen confesses and Is forgiven. Johnny’s arrival home, the self-sacrificing Anne disappears and Johnny mistocrals: Class distinction. Fat er caugnter reration ship. Manors. returns to his wife and child. Infidelity. Marriage. Mistresses. Self- V/SSINd_ Pevsons, assumetl dead. Tigamy. Pishops. Emeralds. Knife

sacrifice. Separation. Children. False accusations. World War |. The f ues a

ETR 5 May 1917,ania p. 1537 MPW p. 810, 846-47 Note ans rn ast mace by virginia .Rearson was produced , .p aie$ ,May ° a1917, e€ annouser udios in film, INew KNRocneile, LouisFhoweplays, cyer, theinc. president 0e MPN 12 May 1917, p. 3016. Wid's 26 Apr 1917, pp. 265-66. company, was associated with Theatre Magazine and should not be confused with Louis B. Mayer, also a producer at the time, who later headed M-G-M. Actor Sheldon

THE BIRTH OF THE NATION: OR, THE CLANSMAN see THE Lewis, who planned to assist director John B. O'Brien in some of the productions, was

BIRTH OF A NATION the treasurer of the company and husband of Virginia Pearson.

ETR 7 Jun 1919, p. 53. MPW 7 Jun 1919, p. 1533.

THE BIRTHMARK F 1.0342

MPN 7 Jun 1919, p. 3829, 3859. Wid's 1 Jun 1919, p. 13.

pe ee Clavtion. E , THE BISHOP’S SECRET F1.0345

ae Marguerite ayton, Emory Johnson. Dist State Rights; Unity Sales Corp. 19 Jun 1916. 4 reels.

rama’ Drama. The plot of this film revolves around a man’s self-sacrifice for

Note: The only information located concerning this title comes from ads in the trade the greater good. The story is set in both China and America. [No further

papers appearing in late Oct and early Nov 1915 stating that the film was to be ‘af, . he plot j lable.) Bj China. Self i released by the Associated Film Sales Corp., which normally released short films. information on the plot ts aval able.] Bishops. China. CH SACHHICe.

Emory Johnson is listed in MPSD 21 Oct 1916 as the owner of the Liberty Film Co., Note: Although this film was apparently released, no further information on the which employed Marguerite Clayton and released with the Associated Service. It is production is available.

possible that Liberty made this film. It is also possible that an earlier title of the film MPW 8 Jul 1916, p. 320. MPW 15 Jul 1916, p. 480. was The Black Heart, which also starred Clayton and Johnson, and was listed as “coming” in Associated’s ads in Sep 1915. The Associated did not release any films

after Dec 1915, and neither title appears on release charts up to that date. No THE BISHOP'S SON see THE DEEMSTER information has been located to determine that the film was, in fact, released.

MPN 6 Nov 1915, p. 6. MPW 30 Oct 1915, p. 916. A BIT O’ HEAVEN F1.0346 Frieder Film Corp. Dist State Rights. 16 Jun 1917 [©Frieder Film Corp.; BIRTHRIGHT F 1.0343 15 Mar 1917; LP11152]. 5 reels.

Hemmer Superior Productions, Inc. Dist Allied Independent Prod Lule Warrenton. Dir Lule Warrenton. Attractions, Inc.; State Rights. Dec 1920. 5 reels. Source: Based on the story The Birds’ Christmas Carol by Kate Douglas Prod Edward Hemmer. Dir Edward Hemmer. Scen Maibelle Heikes Wiggin (San Francisco, 1887).

Justice. Cam William H. Tuers. Film ed Elmer McGovern. Cast: Mary Louise (Carol Bird), Harold Skinner (Uncle Jack), Ella Cast: Maud Sylvester (The orphan), Flora Finch, Sidney Mason, Pete Gilbert (Mrs. Bird), Donald Watson (Mr. Bird), Madeline Eastin Raymond, Margaret Beecher, Henry Sedley, Milton Berlinger, Mabel — (E/frida, the nurse), Carl Miller (Brother Donald), Mary Talbot (Mrs. Wright, Horace Weston, Norman Wells, Opie Reed, John A. Boone, Ruggles), Gertrude Short, Roy Clark, Gertrude Messinger, John Starling,

Bessie Stinson. Marvel Spencer, Irma Sorter (The Raggedy Ruggles). .

Drama. When an orphan raised in a secluded country hamlet is filled Drama. Nine-year-old Carol Bird, born on Christmas morning, grows to with wanderlust, she leaves her desolate surroundings to find her birthright. be the sweetest child of all, although she is doomed to a life of pain and

Country girls. Orphans. Parentage. inactivity because she is crippled. From her bedroom window, Carol can

Note: This was the first and only film made by Hemmer Superior Productions, Inc., see the impoverished Ruggles family playing in the street below, and as which was succeeded by New Superior Productions, Inc. after the completion of the time goes on, all her interests begin to center on the poor Ruggles children.

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE BLACK BUTTERFLY Carol sends them an invitation to attend Christmas dinner at the Bird Cast: Jane Gail, John Charles, Ruth Pecheur, Charles Gotthold, Wallace mansion on her ninth birthday. The invitation causes quite an upheaval in Ray, George Connor. the Ruggles household as Mrs. Ruggles tries to coach her brood on proper Drama. Two sisters on a yachting expedition off the island of Palermo manners. On the appointed night, Carol’s Uncle Jack officiates at the head are attacked and captured by pirates. Palermo (italy). Pirates. Sisters. of the table while Carol’s bed is moved to the dining room. All goes well Yachts. and after the contented Ruggles leave weighted down with presents, Carol Note: The working title of this film was The Black Lagoon. According to a news confides to her mother that they have captured the true spirit of Christmas. item, it was shot in the Florida Everglades. One news item called the production

Children. Christmas. Disabled persons. Poverty. Birthdays. Etiquette. company Photodramas, Inc.

Gifts. Uncles. MPN 31 Jul 1920, p. 973. MPN 2 Oct 1920, p. 2617.

Note: This film was originally known as The Bird’s Christmas Carol. \n the original MPN 11 Sep 1920, p. 2063. MPN 30 Oct 1920, p. 3301, 3383.

ending of the film, Carol was to have died, but this was changed. The Frieder Film Corp. was located in Chicago.

ETR 23 Jun 1917, p. 193. MPW 16 Jun 1917, p. 1837. THE BITTER TRUTH F1.0350 MPN TAuL TSTT, p15. MPW 30 Sun 1917, p, 2022, 2113. Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 15 Jan 1917 [OWilliam Fox; 14 Jan 1917; LP9988]. 6 reels.

A BIT OF JADE F1.0347 Dir Kenean Buel. Scen Mary Murillo. Story Mary Murillo. Cam Frank

American Film Co. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; Mutual Star Productions. Kugler, _ 1 Apr 1918. 5 reels. Cast: Virginia Pearson (Anne), Jack Hopkins (Graves), William H.

Graham. (The parson). . a

Dir Edward S. Sloman. Scen Karl Coolidge. Story Mildred Carl Tooker (Judge Marcus), Alice May (Martha Marcus), Sidney D’Albrook

Cast: Mary Miles Minter (Phyllis King), Alan Forrest (Grayson Drama/Crime. While trying to warn her sweetheart Jimmie that the Blair), David Howard (Cuthbert King), Vera Lewis (Mrs. Abigail Police are about to arrest him, Anne is caught in a raid and sentenced to

King), Alfred Ferguson (Rhi), Clarence Burton (Lantz). prison by Judge Marcus. After her release, she plans to extract her own Comedy. Over lunch, Cuthbert King asks his sister Phyllis fora loanto brand of justice from the judge. Anne contrives to become the private pay off his gambling debts. As he leaves the restaurant, he mistakenly dons Secretary to Mrs. Marcus, and when the judge is nominated for governor, the overcoat of antique jewelry dealer Grayson Blair. When Phyllis is the girl conspires with his political enemies to frame him in a compromising unable to pay her bill, Grayson, attracted to her, picks up the check, but _—‘Situation. However, when the time arrives for the judge’s alleged infidelity, after he arrives home and discovers that a valuable Hindu necklace he had © Anne discovers that she has fallen in love with him and pushes the judge

stored in his coat pocket is missing, he suspects Phyllis as the crook. from her arms just as the spies and Mrs. Marcus enter the room. Jimmie, Dressing up in her brother’s clothes, Phyllis finds the necklace, suspects her Tecently released from jail, then finds her and although she no longer loves brother, and seeks out Grayson, whom she has discovered to be the jewel’s him, Anne goes with Jimmie, sacrificing herself for the judge. Frame-ups. owner. After a series of mix-ups during which Rhi, who has been trailing /™prisonment. Love. Revenge. Self-sacrifice. Conspiracy. Ex-convicts. the necklace to return it to the Hindu idol from which it was stolen, tries JUdges. Political campaigns. Secretaries.

unsuccessfully to kill Grayson, the overcoat is recognized, everything is han, seat ory eae MOM ah ior

cleared up, and Grayson and Phyllis are betrothed. Antique dealers. MPN 27 Jan 1917, p. 595. Wid’s ‘18 Jan 1917, p. 39. Brother-sister relationship. Jewelry. Attempted murder. Debt. Gamblers. MPW 20 Jan 1917, p. 421. Hindus. Idolatry. Male impersonation.

ETR 23 Mar 1918, p. 1303. MPW 6 Apr 1918, p. 136. MPN 6 Apr 1918, p. 2096. Wid's 18 Apr 1918, pp. 1083-84. BLACK BEACH see THE LOVE FLOWER

ETR 30 Mar 1918, p. 1388. Var 5 Apr 1918, p. 45.

AMutual BITFilm OF KINDLING F 1.0348 Corp.; Horkheimer. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; Mutual Star THE BLACK BUTTERFLY F1.0351

Productions. 18 Jun 1917. 5 reels. Popular Plays and Players, Inc. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 4 Dec Pres E. D. Horkheimer. Dir Sherwood MacDonald. Story Douglas 1916 [©Popular Plays & Players, Inc.; 2 Dec 1916; LP9647]. 5 reels.

Bronston. Cam William Beckway. Dir Burton L. King. Scen Wallace C. Clifton. Story Mme. Petrova and Cast: Jackie Saunders (Sticks/Alice), Arthur Shirley (James L. Case Russell. Cam Andre Barlatier. Morgan), J. P. Wade (Chief engineer), Charles Dudley (Jim Clauncy), Cast: Mme. Petrova (Sonia Smirnov/Marie, the convent girl), Mahlon Ethel Ritchey (Ruth Borden), Edward Jobson (Cyrus Van Hook), H. C. Hamilton (Alan Hall), Anthony Merlo (Girard), Count Lewenhaupt

Russell (Constable), Daniel Gilfether (Alice’s benefactor). (Lachaise), Edward Brennan (Lord Braislin), Violet B. Reed (Lady

Drama. Alice, a little newsgirl known as “Sticks,” spends her time Comstance Braislin), John Hopkins (Don Luis Maredo), Morgan Jones fighting for her territory against a lot of tough kids. When Sticks witnesses (Peter, father of Sonia), Norman Kaiser (Vladimir), Roy Pilcher

an attack upon her favorite customer, the wealthy young James Morgan, (G@@ston Duval), Evelyn Dumo (Ciel, Sonia's maid). she tries to defend him and, as a result, they are both knocked unconscious Drama. Sonia Smirnov, “The Black Butterfly” of the Paris opera, begins by the thugs and thrown ona baggage car. Awakening ina small town, they an affair with Alan Hall, who had previously loved a peasant girl. Years decide to stay. Morgan finds a job with the railroad and they take up house _-before, a poor girl herself, Sonia had married an officer, become pregnant in a small cottage until Morgan’s father and his sweetheart, Ruth Borden, | 29d then discovered that the marriage was not legal. After leaving her discover his hiding place. Overhearing their conversation, Sticks thinks daughter to be raised by some peasants, Sonia went to Paris. When Sonia that Morgan is staying just for her and so she leaves him and later is discovers that Alan’s peasant girl is her own daughter, she insists that he adopted by a wealthy man. Morgan loses all sight of his little pal until years Teturn to her. Grieving over Alan, Sonia becomes a nurse at the front. One later when he chances to visit her adopted father’s house on business and _ Of her patients is the officer, Gaston Duval, who, she thinks, took advantage finds her. Discovering that their strong attachment has endured through _—f her years before. Gaston, however, proves the marriage was real and the years, the two decide to marry. Adoption. Friendship. News vendors. vows that he had searched for her for years, and the couple is reconciled.

Reunions. Juvenile delinquents. Upper classes. France. Marriage—Fake. Military officers. Mother-daughter relationship.

Note: This film was also called Sticks. Although Wid’s called this a Balboa film, Singers. Nurses. Opera. Paris. Peasants. Self-sacrifice. World War |. it is uncertain whether the Horkheimer brothers were producing under the name of Note: Sources conflict in giving scenario credit: Wid’s lists L. Case Russell as

Balboa at this time. author, spe mewstory credits , clifton the spenarion copyrien andwee, scenario me.with retrova an . Casethe Russell, an records ists storre Noe uw i917 is 1874 (ad Wid's 28 Jun 1917, p. 406. Mme. Petrova and Russell, and scenario by Wallace Clifton. According to a News

insert), 1952, 1991. item, a prominent New York physician conducted a blood transfusion operation in

this film, in a scene taking place in a hospital tent near the battlefield, on the condition that his name be withheld.

BITTER FRUIT F1.0349 Motog 23 Dec 1916, p. 1395. NYDM 2 Dec 1916, p. 22. Dramafilms. Dist State Rights; Arrow Film Corp. Oct? 1920. 6 reels. DW " Oe ioe .. S80 va 8 Dee ile is Dir Will Bradley. Scen Will Bradley. MPW 16 Dec 1916, p. 1657, 1659. Wid's 21 Dec 1916, p. 1184. 73

THE BLACK CIRCLE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG THE BLACK CIRCLE F 1.0352 Mary, and son Billy, are thrown into poverty. Billy, who earlier tried to stop World Film Corp. Dist World Film Corp. 20 Oct 1919 [O©World Film two messenger boys from using cocaine, gets work as a messenger, and

Corp.; 4 Oct 1919; LU14272]. 5 reels, 4,690 ft. begins taking the drug after his boss, Horace Ely, encourages its use to keep Dir Frank Reicher. Scen Giles R. Warren. Story Raymond C. Hill. his boys awake. Ely, who lusts after Mary, drugs her wine and takes her

Cam Max Schneider. to his apartment. That night, Billy dies in a hospital from the effects of the Cast: Creighton Hale (Andrew MacTavish Ferguson), Virginia Valli drug. When Lillian arrives crazed at Ely’s apartment with Billy’s gun, - (Lucy Baird), Jack Drumier (Daniel Baird), Walter Horton (Philip Mary hides and overhears their struggle, which ends in Ely’s death when Parker), Clarette Clare (Janet Ferguson), Edwin Denison (A/ Garvin), the gun accidentally goes off. Lillian is arrested and is about to be found John Davidson (Jim Garvin), Carl Sauerman (Jacob Ackerman), Eva 8uilty, when Mary, fleeing town, sees a traffic officer as a vision of Justice,

Gordon (Eva Parker), Adolph Millar (Jeff Pollard). comes to the courtroom and rips her dress to show marks of Ely’s violence. Drama. Andrew MacTavish Ferguson and Lucy Baird, reporters for a Lillian is then found innocent. Cocaine. Drug abuse. Messengers. Sin. New York newspaper, trade assignments. Both are fired when Lucy’s Sisters. Accidental death. Attempted rape. Brother-sister relationship. article, written by Andy, criticizes the political party backing the paper. Devil. Hell. Lust. Stock market. Suicide. Trials. Visions. They go to her home, the Southern town of Bradford, where her father _Note: This was Grace Elliston’s first film. According to a review for the film,

. . . wae director John W. Noble wrote the scenario for the film after reading an editorial in

Daniel, about to run for sheriff, hires them to edit his newspaper. When —_—a magazine about cocaine addiction among messenger boys.

they expose a gang of liquor smugglers, the mysterious Black Riders, Motog 1 Jan 1916, p. 37. MPW 25 Dec 1915, p. 2383.

already responsible for the deaths of two reformers, send Daniel and MPN 1 Jan 1916, p. 81. NYDM 1 Jan 1916, p. 30. Andrew notes with black circles drawn on them, symbolizing death. MPW 18 Dec 1915, p. 2265. Var 31 Dec 1915, p. 25. Although Daniel’s home and office are ransacked and his character is

attacked, he wins the election, then arrests the gang after they capture BLACK FRIDAY F 1.0355

Andy. Among the gang is the previous sheriff, Jacob Ackerman, who Universal Film Mfg. Co.; Red Feather Photoplays. Dist Universal Film accuses prosecuting attorney Philip Parker of being the real leader. This Mfg. Co. 18 Sep 1916 [OUniversal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 26 Aug 1916; is confirmed when Andy’s visiting Aunt Janet recognizes Parker as the ex- LP9003]. 5 reels. president of a swindling mining company. Later, she advises Andy to marry Dir Lloyd B. Carleton. Scen E. N. Engleton. Cam Roy H. Klaffki. Lucy, which he does. Elections. Gangs. Newspapers. Political corruption. Source: Based on the novel Black Friday by Frederic Stewart Isham

Reformers. Reporters. Sheriffs. Aunts. Dismissal. Father-daughter (Indianapolis, 1904). — relationship. Liquor. New York City. Smugglers. Swindlers. United Cast: Richard Morris (Richard Strong), Dorothy Davenport (Elinor

States—South. Rossitor), Wilfred Roger (Edwin Rossitor), Mrs. Maurese (Mrs. ETR 25 Oct 1919, p. 1799. Var 24 Oct 1919, p. 60. Rossitor), Emory Johnson (Charles Dalton), Gretchen Lederer MPN 1 Nov 1919, p. 3350. _ Wid’s 19 Oct 1919, p. 26. (Zoldene), Virginia Southern (Posie Stanton), Marc Fenton (Jim Fisk).

THE BLACK CROOK F1.0353 Drama /Historical. In 1869, enemies of railroad magnate Richard Strong Kalem Co. Dist General Film Co. 10 Jan 1916. 5 reels. attempt to ruin him. Richard thwarts them, largely through the help of

Dir Robert G. Vignola. Scen Phil Lang. Musical accompaniment, piano Charles Dalton, but then Charles tries to seduce Elinor, Richard's wife.

music composed by Walter C. Simon. Although she rebuffs Charles, Richard accuses her of infidelity, so Elinor

Dance dir Julian Alfred. leaves him and goes to Paris. Richard follows her, but, caught in the middle

Source: Based on the play The Black Crook (New York, ca. 12 Sep of the 1870 riots, he cannot get near her. Charles, also in Paris, finally

1866). convinces Richard that nothing had come of his interest in Elinor, but

Cast: E. P. Sullivan (Hertzog, “The Black Crook”), Gladys Coburn Richard now believes that Elinor no longer loves him. Richard returns to (Amina), Roland Bottomley (Rudolph), Henry Hallem (Count New York for a last, sad look at the house the couple had shared, but Elinor Wolfenstein), Charles De Forrest (Greppo, The Black Crook's drudge), is also there, and for the same purpose. She tells him that she loves him, Mae Thompson (Stalacia, The fairy queen), Frank Leonard, Helen and the couple is reconciled. Betrayal. False accusations. Railroad

Lindroth. magnates. Separation. Americans in foreign countries. France-HistoryFantasy. Hertzog, “The Black Crook,” makes a pact with the devil, 19th century. New York City. Paris. Riots.

agreeing to produce for Satan one soul each year, or find himself banished New * Sep ile is a7 Wid's 31 A i916 p 419.

to Hell. Meanwhile, Amina, who loves Rudolph, refuses the proposal of the a o_O

powerful Count Wolfenstein. Angered, Wolfenstein has Rudolph thrown BLACK FRIDAY (Universal Film Mfg. Co.) see THE MARRIAGE

in a dungeon. Searching for a soul, but with only twenty-four hours left to PIT find one, Hertzog focuses all of his attention on Amina and Rudolph,

believing them to be weakened from despair and therefore easy prey. Rudolph and Amina manage to thwart both Hertzog and Wolfenstein, THE BLACK GATE _F1.0356

though, and the couple is united permanently just as Hertzog himself Vitagraph Co. of America. Dist Vitagraph Co. of America. Nov becomes the devil’s prisoner. Contracts. Devil. Imprisonment. Moral 1919 [©Vitagraph Co. of America; 3 Oct 1919; LP14266]. 5 reels.

corruption. Soul. Thieves. Dungeons. Hell. Nobility. Dir Theodore Marston. Scen Lucien Hubbard. , Note: E. P. Sullivan was famous for his portrayal of ““The Black Crook” on stage. Source: Based on a short story by Hilliard Booth (publication According to MPN, this marked the first time chorus numbers were created undetermined).

exclusively for a film. Cast; Earle Williams (Shaler Spencer), Ruth Clifford (Vera MPN 25 Dec 1915, p. 18. MPW 1 Jan 1916, p. 91. Hampton), Harry Spingler (Wade DeForrest), Park Jones (Rod

MPN 1 Jan 1916, p. 24. NYDM I Jan 1916, p. 28. Spencer), Clarissa Selwyn (Mrs. DeForrest), Brinsley Shaw (Norton), J.

MPN 15 Jan 1916, p. 253. Var 14 Jan 1916, p. 19. Barney Sherry (Bowen).

Mystery. Lecherous theatrical manager Allan Bowen is shot and killed

BLACK FEAR F1.0354 = while attempting to rape Vera Hampton. Wade DeForrest, the son of a Rolfe Photoplays, Inc. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 27 Dec 1915 [OMetro wealthy woman, is charged with murder. Wade’s companion that evening,

Pictures Corp.; 24 Dec 1915; LP7278]. 5 reels. Shaler Spencer, once a prominent lawyer but now an idler who has Dir John W. Noble. Scen John W. Noble. squandered his brother Rod’s inheritance, decides to confess to the killing Cast: Grace Elliston (Lillian Ellsmere), Grace Valentine (Mary if Wade’s mother will pay Rod $100,000 the day Shaler enters “the black Ellsmere), Edward Brennan (Judge Le Roy), Paul Everton (Horace gate”—the door to the death chamber. Mrs. DeForrest agrees, but when

Ely), Frank Hannah (Gordon Ellsmere), John Tansey (Billy Vera, who earlier was Shaler’s lover, visits him and they reconcile, he Ellsmere), Mrs. Allan Walker (Mrs. Martindale), Edwin Polk (Jake announces his innocence. When he sees Mrs. DeForrest’s tears, however, Gilbert), Albert Hackett (George Martindale), Del Lewis (Henry he admits that he did fire at Bowen. Later, Shaler discovers that the bullet

Gilbert). in Bowen could not have come from his gun, then Wade confesses that he

Drama, Allegory /Social. Satan, surrounded by writhing souls, laments killed Bodwen out of jealousy because he had fallen for Vera after she left the monotony of ensnaring people with age-old methods, until Miss Shaler. In the end, Shaler and Vera decide to marry. Brothers. Idlers. Self-

Cocaine offers to lure victims to sin. After Gordon Ellsmere loses his sacrifice. Attempted rape. Confession. Gunshot wounds. Jealousy. fortune on Wall Street and commits suicide, his daughters, Lillian and Murder. Theatrical managers.

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE BLACK SHEEP OF THE FAMILY Bio 11 Mar 1920, p. 48. ETR 22 Nov 1919, p. 2151. Note: The synopsis of this film included in the copyright descriptions was originally ETR 20 Sep 1919, p. 1405. MPN 13 Dec 1919, p. 4332. entitled “Flowers of Doom.” Although contemporary reviews say that the film is supposed be based on anscenario old French nover no a source forsole this film othertothan Ingram’s hasstory beenorfound. ernevidence sources of give Ingram

bed B ty Fin Mfg Co 1915? 5-6 reels F1.0357 credit for the story. Modern sources also list Jean Hersholt in a small. unnamed role.

Cast: Miss E. O. Lindblom, Emory Johnson, Marguerite Clayton. hp * pee ioe is rn NYDM x0 mn i918 is * 136.

Drama? : MPN 30 Dec 1916, p. 4200, 4233. Photo Mar 1917, p. 120.

Note: The190om sources for information this rmJohnson were an ac were (MPN to 3 Apr » pp. i rgueri ayton andaout Emory be in ie ered (MPW II Seo 1 O15, 3p1904-05) stating that the film was coming; and BLACK PAWL see GODLESS MEN a news item (MPN 23 Oct 1915, p. 44) stating that it had just been completed with

-Miss E. O. Lindblom in the featured role, and that it would be shortly released by BLACK SHADOWS F 1.0360 the Associated (Associated Film Sales Corp.). Another title, The Birthmark, with Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. Mar 1920 [©William Fox; 7 Mar

Marguerite Clayton and Emory Johnson, was listed in later Associated ads as coming. 7

This may have been the same film as The Black Heart. The Associated appears to 1920, LP14856]. 5 reels. have disbanded in Dec 1915 without having released the film. No further information Dir Howard M. Mitchell. Scen J. Anthony Roach. Story Natalie S. has been located concerning the film’s release. Miss E. O. Lindblom may be Sadie Lincoln.

cindbiom, who i se as acting in Liberty films. The Liberty Film Mfg. Cast: Peggy Hyland (Marjorie Langdon), Albert Roscoe (Duncan

0. was organized by 9. Linesrom- Fordyce), Correan Kirkham (Janet Fordyce), Henry J. Hebert BLACK IS WHITE F1.0358 (Chester Barnard), Tilton (John Fordyce), Estelle Evans . rs.Edwin Ss), aBooth Drew (Mrs. For ; Thomas H. Ince Productions. Dist Famous Play ers-Lasky Corp.; rata. Marjorie ‘Langdon heirene banet Fordyce’s chaperone, is Paramount-Artcraft etre Feb 1920 [©Thomas H. Ince; 31 Dec suspicious of Janet’s admirer Chester Barnard. During a reception at the e That Ince. Pee es Giblyn. Asst dir Bert Siebel. Scen E Fordyce home, hypnotist Professor Potter discovers that Janet is a willing

Magnus Ingleton. ‘Adapted by E. Magnus Ingleton. Cam John Stumar. ) subject and schemes with Barnard, hypnotizing Janet and inducing her to Source: Based on the novel Black Is White by George Barr McCutcheon steal Je welry and fence it under Marjorie S name. Marjorie Is accused of

(New York, 1914). the crimes, but Duncan Fordyce, Janet’s brother, discovers that his sister Cast: Dorothy Dalton (Margaret/Theresa/Yvonne), Claire Mersereau has perpetrated the thefts under hypnotic suggestion. When Barnard 1s (Lyda Desmond), Lillian Lawrence (Mrs. Desmond), Holmes E. Herbert apprehended in an attempted robbery , Marjorie IS cleared and she and

Barrett (Daws), Tom Cameron (Riggs). Prva Pe pr aes Pe nee Drama. When Jim Brood’s insane ‘ealousy drives his wife Margaret to MPN 3 Apr 1920, p. 3167. Var 19 Mar 1920, p. 53.

(Jim Brood), Jack Crosby (Fred Brood), Joseph Granby (Ranjab), Patrick Duncan eee Cheaper soo, Hypnotism. ry pnoiists. reresses. The leave him, she is forced to leave her son Fred behind and go to live with

her twin sister Theresa, an invalid. A wealthy baron wishes to adopt A BLACK SHEEP F1.0361

Theresa as his daughter, but Theresa dies and Margaret assumes her Selig Polyscope Co.; A Selig Red Seal Play. Dist V-L-S-E, Inc. 18 Oct identity. Twenty years later, Margaret and Jim meet again. Not realizing 1915 [©Selig Polyscope Co.; 27 Sep 1915; LP6502]. 5 reels. that she is his first wife, Jim proposes to Margaret and she marries him to Dir Thomas N. Heffron. Scen Gilson Willets. be near her son. Jim’s jealousy reignites when he suspects Margaret of Source: Based on the musical farce A Black Sheep and How It Came to having an affair with Fred, and in a rage he shoots and wounds his son. |= Washington by Charles H. Hale (New York, 6 Jan 1896).

When Margaret can no longer conceal her motherly concern for the Cast: Otis Harlan (Goodrich Mudd), Rita Gould (Lida, a burlesque wounded Fred, Jim discovers her true identity and the three are reconciled. queen), Grace Darmond (Ada Steele), John Charles (Jarvis Smith,

Impersonation and imposture. Jealousy. Marriage. Mother-son attorney), James Bradbury (Loudclothes, manager burlesque troupe), relationship. Gunshot wounds. Invalids. Separation. Sisters. Twins. John D. Murphy (Underdog), Fred Morley (Barkeeper), Lou Kelso

ETR 28 Feb 1920, p. 1323. NYMT 14 Mar 1920. (Treasurer, burlesque troupe), Jack Rollins (Percy Vere), Emma MP N a ne i900 p. ser viel Pavel ren p. 5; Glenwood (The Spider, chief of female crooks), Virginia Ainsworth

MPW 28 Feb 1920. p. 1527 Wid's 14 Mar 1920, p. 31. (Lady Small Talk). .

Comedy. When a burlesque troupe arrives in Tombstone, Arizona,

THE BLACK LAGOON see BITTER FRUIT Goodrich Mudd, a miner known as “Black Sheep” who lolls in a hammock | while his partner Underdog toils, falls in love with Lida, the show’s featured attraction. While they dine with money Mudd won playing poker with the

pisluebird: Photoptays, Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. | lense troupe’s manager, the rest of the troupe’s money is stolen, and the troupe's

[©Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.; 22 Dec 1916; LP9799]. 5 reels. wardrobe is attached by the hotelkeeper. Mudd learns that he will inherit Dir Rex Ingram Scen Rex Ingram Cam Duke Hayward two million dollars if, within ninety days, he moves to the Mudd’s Chicago Cast: Cleo Ma dison (Marie De Severac /Zoraida) Richar d La Reno mansion, becomes cultured, puts a wreath on his grandfather’s grave, and

(Emile De Severac), Francis McDonald (George Renoir/Ivan De marries his cousin Ada. If she refuses, he may marry someone else; Maupin), Wedgewood Nowell (Marquis De Chantal), Howard Crampton however, if he fails to comply with the terms of the will, his cousin Percy

(Sebastian De Maupin), William J. Dyer (Proprietor of L’Hibour will get the fortune. After the troupe and townsfolk force Mudd to accept

Blanc), John George (Ali Bara), Joe Martin (Hatim-Tai). the challenge, Ada, Percy's fiancée, plots to string Mudd along until the Drama. Marie, the daughter of novelist Emile De Severac, is engaged to last day and then refuse him. Mudd courts Ada, learns cul ture from Lord , famous artist George Renoir. Because Marie becomes very flirtatious with and Lady Small Talk, and places a wreat h in the water in Lincoln Park other men while she is on vacation from her convent school, her father where his grandfather drowned. He is kidnapped by two female crooks relates the plot of his unpublished novel, Black Orchids, in which Zoraida, hired by Percy , but escapes and marries Lida at the last moment. Chicago. the protagonist, seduces many men. Sebastian De Maupin, whose son Ivan ldlers. inheritance. Theatrical troupes. Tombstone (Arizona). Escapes.

is Zoraida’s current lover, desires her himself and thus arranges for Ivan Kidnapping. Poker. Ruses. Showgirls. Thett. to go to war. When Zoraida then dallies with the handsome Marquis De Note: Otis Harlan starred in the original stage production. This was his first film.

Chantal she enrages De Maupin, who tries to poison the marquis, but is one 8 ha tole is a PW 0 Ont ists P, 6 himself killed when Zoraida exchanges the lethal cup. After Ivan returns MPN 2 Oct 1915, p. 61. NYDM 16 Oct 1915, p. 28.

from battle, he and Zoraida renew their affair, thus precipitating a duel MPN 23 Oct 1915, p. 89. Var 8 Oct 1915, p. 22. between himself and De Chantal which ends when Ivan seemingly slays his Mew 2 Oct 1915, p. 99.

rival. Ivan and Zoraida then go to a castle which De Chantal has bequeathed to her. Although De Chantal has been fatally wounded, he lives THE BLACK SHEEP OF THE FAMILY F 1.0362 long enough to go to the castle and seal the lovers into an airless death Universal Film Mfg. Co.; Red Feather Photoplays. Dist Universal Film chamber. After the story is complete, Marie resolves to pursue a different Mfg. Co. 23 Oct 1916 [©OUniversal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 2 Oct 1916;

course in life. Duels. Infidelity. Murder. Poisoning. Seduction. LP9232]. 5 reels. Temptresses. Authors. Engagements. Father-daughter relationship. Dir Jay Hunt. Scen Frank Wiltermood and Jay Hunt. 75

THE BLACK SNAKE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Cast: Francelia Billington (Esther Saunders), Jack Holt (Kenneth passage of eugenic marriage laws. The film was exhibited in various cities from Feb Carmont), Gilmore Hammond (Elwood Collins), Paul Byron (Bert 1917 through 1919 and Dr. Haiselden lectured at some of the showings. In the Saunders), Jeffreys (Bertha C. Norton Hammond the Baltimore showings in 1919, the film was known as Are You To Marry?, were and the aundeMina y Moral UpliftCarmont), League presented film. No children were allowed andFitwomen (Madison Carmont), Mrs. Jay Hunt (Mrs. Carmont), Hector V. Sarno admitted only to the morning and afternoon screenings, while men were admitted only

(Simon Hathaway), W. F. Musgrave (Louis Dairymple). to the evening performances. Drama. Although Kenneth Carmont and Esther Saunders, criminal Bert BaltA 5 Jan 1919, Section H, p. MPN 24 Feb 1917, p. 1256.

Saunders’ sister, love each other, Esther marries detective Elwood Collins, pals ; i919, Section B, p. 13: ip Ny iy Mer i917 P te who agrees to stop pursuing Bert if she accepts his proposal. One night, ETR 24 Feb 1917, p. 836. NYDM 7 Feb 1917. p. 32. Kenneth and Esther hide Bert, who has escaped from the police. The same ETR 25 Jan 1919, p. 640. Var 2 Mar 1917, p. 29. night, Kenneth’s father is murdered. The evidence implicates Kenneth, Motog 24 Feb 1917, p. 424. Wid's 5 Apr 1917, pp. 220-21. who cannot supply his whereabouts at the time of the crime, as that would

give away Bert. Esther cannot clear Kenneth for the same reason, and THE BLACK WOLF F 1.0365 because it would let her husband know that she was with her former Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 12 Feb sweetheart. A jury finds Kenneth guilty, but after wrestling with her 1917 [©Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co.; 29 Jan 1917; LP10082]. 5 reels. conscience, Esther tells the court that she was with Kenneth on the night Pres Jesse L. Lasky. Dir Frank Reicher. Scen Margaret Turnbull. of the murder. The real killer confesses, and Elwood realizes that his wife Cam Dent Gilbert. is no longer interested in Kenneth, but only wanted to help her brother. Source: Based on the short story “The Black Wolf” by Jean Barrymore

Brother-sister relationship. Conscience. Criminals. Loyalty. Murder. (publication undetermined). Confession (law). Detectives. Fugitives. Marriage. Police. Self-sacrifice. Cast: Lou Tellegen (The Black Wolf), Nell Shipman (Dona Isabel), H.

Trials. J. Herbert (Don Phillip), James Neill (Count Ramirez), Paul Weigel Note: The working title of this film was The Iron Grip of Crime. Some scenes in (Old Luis).

this film showed the auto races at Corona, CA in which “Wild Bob” Burman and two Adventure. The Black Wolf is the title by which a dashing young

others died. Spaniard, the leader of a band of men who rob the rich in order to befriend MPN 6 May 1916, p. 2695. MPW 28 Oct 1916, p. 570, 602. the poor, is known. Although a price is on his head, he risks capture to

MPW 21 Oct 1916, p. 380. escort Dona Isabel, a beautiful noble woman who has wandered into the woods, to the castle of Don Phillip, the duke who desires to marry her. The THE BLACK SNAKE F1.0363 Black Wolf promises to return, and on one of his visits to the lady, is Luna Film Co. Dist Apex Film Co. Aug? 1913 [©Apex Film Co.;25Sep captured and spared death only through the promise of Isabel to marry the 1913; LU1309]. 4 reels. a duke. According to the laws, whomever the duke pardons becomes his serf Drama. Zadija, a dancer known as the “Black Snake,” is in love with for life, but The Black Wolf escapes serfdom when it is discovered that he Ivan Romanoff and becomes enraged upon seeing him in an affectionate _ ig the rightful successor to the title now held by the duke, and the king

embrace with an equestrian performer named Blanche D’Estree. When declares him to be the legal ruler and duke. Don Phillip attempts to Zadija, who is a member of a revolutionary society, learns that Ivan assassinate The Black Wolf, but is killed in a duel with his successor, and secretly works for the government, she decides to wreak vengeance against —_—the real duke and Dona Isabel are at last united. Inheritance. Marriagehim. After planting a letter in Blanche’s dressing room, Zadija accuses her — Forced by circumstances. Nobility. Robbers. Spaniards. Assassination.

of treason and then flees with the stunned Ivan to the house, which is Duels.

actually the secret society’s headquarters. Heartbroken over Blanche’s Note: Some sources state that Jean Barrymore’s original work was a play rather

supposed treachery, Ivan proposes to Zadija. Meanwhile, D’Olton, a than a story. government agent, becomes convinced of Blanche’s innocence and sets out ETR 17 Feb 1917, p. 774. MPW 24 Feb 1917, p. 1208. in pursuit of Ivan and Zadija. After learning that Zadija is the real traitor, Motog 24 Feb 1917, p. 427. NYDM 17 Feb 1917, p. 27. D’Olton arrests her, whereupon Ivan, overcome with remorse, is reunited MPN 24 Feb 1917, p. 1255. Wid's 15 Feb 1917, p. 105. with Blanche. Dancers. False accusations. Jealousy. Revenge. Guilt.

Government agents. Horsemen. Letters. Revolutionaries. Secret © BLACKBIRDS F'1.0366 societies. Treason. Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 14 Oct

reviewed as three reels long. reels. MPW 23 Aug 1913, p. 823. MPW 18 Oct 1913, p. 312, 314. Pres Jesse L. Lasky, by arrangement with Morris Gest. Dir J. P.

Note: The film, which may have been produced outside of the United States, is also 1915 [©Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co., Inc.; 23 Sep. 1915; LU6443]. 5

MPW 4 Oct 1913, p. 101. McGowan. Scen Margaret Turnbull. Cam Charles G. Rosher. Art dir Wilfred Buckland. THE BLACK STORK F 1.0364 Source: Based on the play Blackbirds by Harry James Smith (New Wharton, Inc. Dist State Rights; Sheriott Pictures Corp. Feb 1917 York, 6 Jan 1913).

[©Black Stork Co.; 8 Dec 1916; LU9978]. 5 reels. Cast: Laura Hope Crews (Leonie Sobatsky), Thomas Meighan (Hon. Dir Leopold Wharton and Theodore Wharton. Scen Jack Lait. Nevil Trask), George Gebhardt (Bechel), Raymond Hatton (Hawke, Cast: Jane Fearnley (Miriam Fontaine), Allan Murnane (Tom Jr.), Jane Wolf (Countess Maroff), Florence Dagmar (Miss Crocker), Watson), Dr. Harry J. Haiselden (Himself), Hamilton Revelle (Claude Evelyn Desmond (Mrs. Crocker), Ed Harley (Mr. Crocker), Frederick

Leffingwell), Elsie Esmond (Anne Schultz), Henry Bergman (The Wilson (Abie Isaacs). detective), John T. Miltern, Edgar L. Davenport, George Moss. Drama/Crime. Stranded in Algiers, Hawke, Jr., the son of a famous New Drama/Social. An hereditary taint in the blood of Claude Leffingwell York detective, is challenged by his father to capture “The Blackbirds,” made his child defective. Rather than allow the horribly twisted infant to a gang of smugglers. Aware of Hawke’s presence, Bechel, the Blackbirds’ grow up to face a helplessly handicapped battle against the world, Dr. leader, instructs his accomplice, Leonie Sobatsky, to become friendly with Haiselden proposes to allow him to die. He leaves the decision in the hands the Crockers, a nouveau riche couple, and later in America, exchange a of Mrs. Leffingwell, who visualizes what might be the life of her baby as fake Oriental rug for a $10,000 genuine one which they recently purchased he grows into a misshapen social outcast and finally kills the doctor who from one of Bechel’s contacts. On the steamer returning to the United

allowed him to live. Despite the protests of the medical societies, Dr. States, Leonie meets Nevil Trask, an English jewel thief posing as a Haiselden allows the infant to die. Meanwhile, another couple, Tom nobleman. After Hawke secures a position in the Crocker home in New Watson and Miriam Fontaine, who feared that they also might carry a York as a guard for their jewels, Leonie, who now loves Trask without hereditary taint, discover that they are both healthy and so decide to get knowing that he is a thief, decides not to switch the rugs, but Hawke, eager

married. Death and dying. Eugenics. Disabled persons. Hereditary to capture Bechel, tricks Leonie into taking the antique. When she sees

tendencies. Infants. Marriage. Physicians. Trask stealing the Crockers’ jewels, they both confess their crimes and plan

Note: This film was based on the baby Bollinger case of 1915, in which Dr. H. J. to reform. Hawke overhears, and follows them to Bechel’s headquarters, Haiselden, a Chicago surgeon, was put on trial after he refused to operate on a ~— where he captures the leader. After Trask and Leonie promise to marry, deformed baby. Haiselden was exonerated in court, but was afterwards expelled from = Hawke lets them go free. Criminals—Rehabilitation. Detectives. Hoaxes. the Chicago Medical Society. His grounds for not performing the operation were that | ti d i t Thi Alai Alaeria) A ; the child would only be temporarily benefitted by a successful operation, and that the mper Sonauion and | mposture. inieves. Algiers ( Igeria). mericans In child’s subsequent life as a cripple would be miserable. Haiselden hoped to clear foreign countries. Carpets. Father-son relationship. Nouveaux riches. himself before the American public in this film, which was also used to promote the Smugglers.

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 BLAZING LOVE Note: Laura Hope Crews starred in the Broadway production of the play. Carpenter (Sergius Maroff), Lucien Littlefield (Frederick Holtz), Jane

Motog 6 Nov 1915, p. 994. MPW 30 Oct 1915, p. 810. Wolf (Mary).

NPN 7 nr ole . ee > oe 0 On ole if , Drama. Working under oppressive conditions because of evil MPN 30 Oct 1915, p. 91 Var 22 Oct 1915, p. 24. superintendents, Colorado miners go on strike, causing Warren Harcourt,

MPW 23 Oct 1915, p. 688. the benevolent mine president, to arrive on the scene. After some violence,

residents of the mining camp draw lots to see who will shoot the president.

BLACKBIRDS F1.0367 Vera Maroff, the schoolmistress, is the ‘“‘winner,” but she and Warren love Realart Pictures Corp. Dist Realart Pictures Corp. 4 Dec 1920 each other. Torn between love and duty, Vera decides to kill Warren and [ORealart Pictures Corp.; 25 Oct 1920; LP15726]. 5 reels, 4,979 ft. then kill herself. She only wounds him, however, and the suicide attempt Dir Jack Dillon. Asst dir Ray Hallor. Scen Clara Beranger. Cam Arthur fails. While recovering, Warren grants the miners’ demands and makes

Quinn. plans to run the mine with Vera as his equal partner. Assassination. Source: Based on the play Blackbirds by Harry James Smith (New Loyalty. Mine presidents. Miners. Schoolteachers. Attempted suicide.

York, 6 Jan 1913). Colorado. Employer-employee relations. Labor violence. Mining camps. Cast: Justine Johnstone (Leonie D’Orville), William Boyd (Nevil Self-sacrifice. Strikes.

Trask), Charles Gerard (Duval), Jessie Arnold (Suzanne), Walter Walker Note: The strike dramatized in this film is the famous Colorado mining strike of

(Howard Crocker), Marie Shotwell (Edna Crocker), Grace Parker pr. 4 Mar 1916. v. $32 NYDM 12 Feb 1916. 0.24 (Arline Crocker), Ada Boshell (Grandma Crocker), Alex Saskins MPN 4 Mar 191 ‘ . 319. NYDM 26 Feb 191 6 if 33

(Griggs), Mabel Bert. MPW 4 Mar 1916, p. 1490. Var 18 Feb 1916, p. 21. Drama/Crime. Leonie D’Orville, member of the Blackbirds, a notorious

band of crooks which preys upon the rich, meets Nevil Trask and falls in BLACKMAIL F1.0370

love. Unknown to Leonie, Trask is a Secret Service agent assigned to Screen Classics, Inc.; A Metro Special Production. Dist Metro Pictures protect the same valuable painting that she is attempting to steal. Leonie Corp. 4 Oct 1920 [©Metro Pictures Corp.; 11 Oct 1920; LP15664]. 6 reels,

becomes friendly with the Crockers, the owners of the portrait, and is 5 710 ft. invited to their house. She switches the art work with a fake, but has Chief of production Bayard Veiller. Dir Dallas M. Fitzgerald. Asst misgivings and refuses to deliver it the gang. In anger, the Blackbirds’ dir Al Kelly. Scen Albert Shelby Le Vino. Cam John Arnold. Asst cam

leader Duval plans to steal the art work and frame Leonie. Trask discovers Earl Rolfe. Art dir Al F. G. Mantz. the plan and apprehends Duval as he attempts to purloin the painting, thus Source: Based on the short story “The Underside” by Lucia Chamberlain neene ponte tomerry him, eriminals- Rehabilitation. Gangs. Gangsters. in The Saturday Evening Post (11 Aug 1917).

aintings. secret service. PNell. Cast: Viola Dana (Flossie Golden), Alfred Allen (Harry Golden),

ann ee pome scenes a nus yn were shot in Jacksonville and other parts of Florida = Wyndham Standing (Richard Harding), Edward Cecil (Larry), Florence

MPN 31 ha 1920, p. 956 Var 10 Dec 1920, p. 35 Turner (Lena), Jack Roi (James Venable), Lydia Knott (Mrs. MPN 2 Oct 1920, p. 2653. Wid’s ‘12 Dec 1920, p. 11. Venable), Fred Kelsey (Police inspector).

MPW 4 Dec 1920, p. 645. Drama. Confidence artist Flossie Golden attempts to fleece foolish but wealthy James Venable with a breach-of-promise suit. Venable’s shrewd

BLACKIE’S REDEMPTION F1.0368 attorney, Richard Harding, outwits Flossie by proposing that she marry Metro Pictures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 14 Apr 1919 [©Metro Venable and live on an allowance of $3,000 per year. Flossie is determined

Pictures Corp.; 21 Apr 1919; LP13629]. 5 reels. to get even with Harding for ruining her plans. In an attempt to con him, Supv Maxwell Karger. Dir John Ince. Scen Finis Fox. Cam Robert B. she poses as Innocence Page, but falls in love and marries him instead.

Kurrle. Larry, Flossie’s former accomplice, endeavors to blackmail her with her Source: Based on the novel Boston Blackie by Jack Boyle (New York, errant past, but Harding is already cognizant of the facts and Larry fails. 1920). Confidence women. Lawyers. Blackmail. Breach of promise. Confidence Cast: Bert Lytell (Boston Blackie), Alice Lake (Mary Dawson), Henry men. Revenge.

Kolker (Fred the Count), Bernard Durning (Sober Dent), Jack Duffy Note: Some scenes in the film were shot on a train traveling between Los Angeles

(The dove), William Musgrave (Little Squirrel), Gertrude Short (Baby and San Diego.

Doll), Don Bailey (Chief of detectives), Wilton Taylor (Detective hpN e Oct ren . sony met » Ot 1900. p. 39. Mack), Ah Toy (Chinese waiter), Joseph Kilgour (The warden). MPW 16 Oct 1920, p. 994. Wid’s 3 Oct 1920, p. 19. Drama. Clever crook Boston Blackie is determined to go straight. At a

celebration held on the eve of his marriage to Mary Dawson, Fred the THE BLACKMAILER see THE BLACKMAILERS Count plants a stolen jewel and Blackie is arrested and sentenced to twenty

years in jail. Fred the Count tries to win Blackie’s fiancee, but the THE BLACKMAILERS F1.0371 honorable Mary rejects him. Blackie’s only hope for escape is from the L Film C Dist State Rights: Ameri Standard Moti

hospital, so he manages to get into a weakened state. He escapes from the Pi hire C 5 F 6 1917 4 ‘ e Nigiis, American Slancar orion

hospital, but is trailed by the warden. Blackie refuses to shoot the "Dir M Ft © PECIS.

defenseless man, and the warden recognizes Blackie as an honorable person rT aT erree. . , ae

and allows him to escape. Blackie frames the Count, and leaves for Mystery / Crime. The plot of this production centers around the activities Honolulu with Mary. Criminals-Rehabilitation Fidelity Frame-ups of a certain underworld organization. [No further information on the plot

Prison escapes. Hospitals. Jewelry. Thieves. Prison wardens. is available.] Blackmail. Crime. — ,

Note: The novel Boston Blackie was compiled from two short stories, “Boston Note: According 10 news ite ms. this film was the first production of the Lamree

Blackie’s Mary” and “Fred the Count.” which appeared in the Re d Book Film Corp. and was “chiefly” directed by Mr. Fatherree of Memphis. Although M oy N, 1917 and Jan 1918 ti ly. Th ve kine title for this film w this film was scheduled for release, no reviews or other information on the production

P so ee Tha: Pr A an dj an ne roductin © wor oF EC Is Him was is available. One source gives the title as The Blackmailer. Another source calls the net in this oro dection Ing to a pre-production news item, Frank Currier was to film a comedy. This may be the same film as S.O.S. (see below).

ETR 22 Mar 1919, p. 1226. MPW 26 Apr 1919, p. 575. ETR 27 Jan 1917, p. 538. ETR 3 Mar 1917, p. 915.

MPN 26 Apr 1919, p. 2705. BLAZING LOVE F 1.0372

ETR 26 Apr 1919, p. 1601. Var 25 Apr 1919, p. 81.

Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 1 May 1916 [OWilliam Fox; 30 Apr

THE BLACKLIST F 1.0369 1916; LP8190]. 5 reels.

Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 21 Feb Dir Keenan Buel. Scen Mary Murillo. Cam Phil Rosen. 1916 [©Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co., Inc.; 17 Feb. 1916; LU7650]. 5 Cast: Virginia Pearson (Margaret Walsh), Frank Burbeck (Morgan

reels. Delafield), Wilmuth Merkyl (Stephen Bond), Lew Stern (Charles Dir William C. de Mille. Scen Marion Fairfax and William C. de Mille. Walsh), Frank Goldsmith (Russell Barridan), George Selby (Arthur Cam Charles G. Rosher. Graham), Louise Huff (Jeanne Clark), Mattie Ferguson (Mammy).

Cast: Blanche Sweet (Vera Maroff), Charles Clary (Warren Drama. Margaret Walsh’s husband dies in a polar expedition and, still Harcourt), Ernest Joy (Mark Norton), Billy Elmer (King), Horace B. grieving for him, she marries a much older man, Morgan Delafield, a friend

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THE BLIND ADVENTURE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG of her father. Some time later, Margaret falls in love with Stephen Bond, that Armstrong will not believe the truth, says that she did agree. several years younger than she, but decides that she must not ruin her Armstrong starts down the mountain alone but finds his wife’s note which marriage. Nonetheless, gossip begins about Margaret and Stephen, and unequivocally states her love for her husband. He goes to help Von Steuben Morgan kills himself because of it. Stephen and Margaret marry, and as _ but slips and is saved by a rescue party. They arrive too late for Von the years pass the age difference between them, at least to Margaret, | Steuben who panics and falls to his death. As the Armstrongs prepare to increases. Stephen falls in love with a woman his own age, leaving leave, Sepp advises his friend that his wife needs love. Armstrong tenderly Margaret as powerless and depressed as Morgan had been a decade before. | takes Margaret’s hand as they ride away. Alps. Americans in foreign Finally, like Morgan, Margaret commits suicide so Stephen can be with Countries. Guides. Marriage. Mountain climbing. Neglected wives. the woman he truly loves. Marriage. Infidelity. Suicide. Self-sacrifice. Philanderers. Seduction. Vacations. Austrians. Cortina d'Ampezzo (Italy).

Expeditions. Arctic regions. Widows. Falls from heights. Fidelity. Letters. Military officers. Rescues. Surgeons.

Note: This film was copyrighted at six reels. , Note: This was Erich von Stroheim’s first film as a combined director, writer and eading man. According to a contemporary news item, Stroheim wrote the story while Motog 13 May 1916, p. 1112. Var 5 May 1916, p. 26. he was a prisoner in an Austrian military fortress. The item relates that Stroheim, MPN 13 May 1916, p. 2919. Wid's 4 May 1916, p. 550. while a lieutenant in the Royal Palace guard which accompanied Emperor Franz

MPW 20 May 1916, p. 1352. Joseph everywhere, fought a duel over a woman which resulted in the death of another

officer. Although Stroheim was in the Royal Palace guard, the veracity of the rest

THE BLIND ADVENTURE F1.0373 of the story is questionable. The working title of the film was The Pinnacle. According

. Saas . . to a news item, after the film was shown to a number of critics and exhibitors, the

Vitagraph Co. of America; A Blue Ribbon Feat ure. Dist Greater name was changed because exhibitors thought that the title was “too deep.” Out of Vitagraph. 7 Jan 1918 [©Vitagraph Co. of America; 31 Dec 1917; a list of 422 possible titles, eight were selected and submitted to all the exhibitors in

LP11904]. 5 reels. New York. After the title Blind Husbands was selected in a vote, Stroheim took out Pres Albert E. Smith. Dir Wesley H. Ruggles. Scen George H. a full-page ad in MPN 27 Sep 1919 to protest. Of the new title, he wrote that it was

**...a name which I would have rejected in disgust had it been submitted to me. | Plympton. . would, in fact, have been ashamed of myself had I ever thought of it.”” Carl Laemmle

Source: Ba sed on the novel The Agony Column by Earl Derr Biggers responded in an ad in the same paper the next week, and justified the change by

(Indianapolis, 1916). stating that the new title would draw more people to theaters. He wrote about the old Cast: Edward Earle (Geoffrey West), Betty Howe (Marion Larned), title that “I’ve even heard it accented pee-nokkle in a joking manner, a thing which

Frank Norcross (Congressman Larned), William Bailey (Captain would kill your picture deader than a salt mackerel.” Some scenes in the film were Fraser-Freer), Gilbert Rooney (Lieut. Fraser-Freer), C. A. Stevenson shot in the California mountains. The film opened at the Capitol Theatre in New York

. . on 7 Dec 1919. The national release date for the film was not located. Modern sources

(Sir James Fraser-Freer), George Wright (/nsp ector Bray), P. D. add the following credits: assistant director, Eddy Sowders; second cameraman, Standing (Col. Hughes), Eulalie Jenson (Countess Sofia De Graf), John William Daniels; art director, Erich von Stroheim; editors (in addition to Frank

Sturgeon (Walters). Lawrence and Eleanor Fried), Erich von Stroheim, Viola Mallory, Grant Whytock. Comedy-drama, Mystery. Geoffrey West is smitten by Marion Larned, Modern sources also note that actress Valerie Germonprez, who played one of the whom he sees in a London restaurant reading the personal or “agony” honeymooners, and Stroheim were married after the film was finished.

column, and places an ad asking her for an introduction. Her response that neR H on 1919 Ok ie ‘YR r ; On te he must write her a letter each day for a week to prove that his MPN 27 Sep 1919, p. 2504. NYT 8 Dec 1919, p. 20.

acquaintance would be interesting prompts him to write her a fascinating MPN 4 Oct 1919, p. 2678. Var 12 Dec 1919, p. 46. tale about the murder of an English army captain. When Geoffrey finally MPN 11 Oct 1919, p. 3044. Wid's 19 Oct 1919, p. 7.

confesses to the murder, Marion tries to protect him from the law, but with MPW 27 Sep 1919, p. 1966. : the sudden outbreak of World War I, her father puts her on the next boat

back to the United States. Geoffrey catches the boat and there confesses BLIND LOVE ; F1.0375 columns. Letters. London. Storytellers. Advertisements. Boats. English. 1929. 6 reels. on, , to Marion that the whole story was a fiction invented to win her love. Agony Gerald F. Bacon Productions. Dist State Rights; Aywon Film Corp. Jan

Military officers. Murder. Restaurants. World War I. Pres Gerald F. Bacon. Prod Gerald F. Bacon. Dir Oliver D. Bailey. Note: Reviews note that The Agony Column, by Earl Derr Biggers, was originall Scen Basil Dickey. Titles Tom Bret. Cam Edward Earl. .

aliced 3 som, oY Seer. ginany Source: Based on the play The Substitute Prisoner by Max Marcin (New PN 9 na i918 .. ee 8. eM ie ne i918 . b Cast: Lucy Cotton (Josephine Burden), Thurlow Bergen (Herbert

serialized in The Saturday Evening Post. York, 1911)

MPW 19 Jan 1918, p. 383, 410. Wid's 10 Jan 1918, p. 858. Whitmore), George Le Guere (Horace Beard), Frank O’Connor (George Collins), Lillian Bacon (Kate Collins), Morgan Coman

BLIND HUSBANDS F1.0374 (Simons), Edouard Durand (Rene Bouchard), Bert Leigh (Dr. Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co.; Universal-Jewel Holmes), James Cullen (Lieut. Arnes). .

Production de Luxe. 7 Dec 1919 [©Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 21 Oct _ Drama. Josephine Burden, a young heiress vacationing at a summer

1919: LP14317]. 8 reels. resort, meets inveterate gambler Horace Beard at a casino. Horace

Pres Carl Laemmle. Dir Erich von Stroheim. Asst dir K. C. Stewart. becomes infatuated with Josephine, unaware that she is wealthy ; F ellow Scen Erich von Stroheim. Titles Lilian Ducey. Cam Ben F. Reynolds. lodger George Collins sees financial gain for himself in arranging an

Ed Frank Lawrence and Eleanor Fried. introduction for the two and convinces an inebriated Horace tosigna note -

er y d Josephine meet, fall in love and marry, but when Collins. demands (publication undetermined). ‘ an P arry, P pea payment, Josephine overhears and repudiates her marriage. In an attempt Source: Based on the book The Pinnacle by Erich von Stroheim promising Collins $50,000 if the introduction results in marriage. Horace

Cast: Sam DeGrasse (Dr. fe rmstrong, the husband), Franc elia Billington to recover the damning agreement, Beard breaks into the Collins home, and (Mrs. Armstrong, the wife), Erich von Stroheim (Lieut. Eric Von Steuben, 4 fight ensues. Collins finally confesses to his ploy and Josephine and

the other man), T. H. Gibson-Gowland (Silent Sepp, the mountain Worace are reunited. Gamblers. Resorts. Casinos. Drunkenness. guide), Fay Holderness (The “vamp’ waitress), Ruby Kendrick (A village Fistfights. Heiresses. Lodgers. Promissory notes.

blossom), Valerie Germonprez, Jack Perrin (Honeymooners), Richard ETR 24 Jan 1920, p. 813. MPN 31 Jan 1920, p. 1319. Cummings (The village physician), Louis Fitzroy (The village priest), MPN 24 Jan 1920, p. 1127. Wid’s 18 Jan 1920, p. 7. William Duvalle, Jack Mathes, Percy Challenger (Three men from

“home’’), Bob, the dog (Himself). BLIND MAN’S EYES F1.0376

Drama. American Margaret Armstrong tolerates a mild flirtation with Metro Pictures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 10 Mar 1919 [©Metro Austrian cavalry officer Lieut. Erich Von Steuben when her husband, a Pictures Corp.; 19 Mar 1919; LP13514]. 5 reels. famous surgeon, neglects her during their vacation at Cortina d’Ampezzo Supv Maxwell Karger. Dir John Ince. Scen June Mathis. Cam Robert in the Alps. After Margaret slips a note under the lieutenant’s door, Von B. Kurrle. Steuben goes to her room at night, but encounters Armstrong’s friend and Source: Based on the novel The Blind Man’s Eyes by William Briggs mountain guide Silent Sepp, who changed rooms to protect Margaret from MacHarg and Edwin Balmer (Boston, 1916). Von Steuben’s advances. The next day, the doctor and Von Steuben climb Cast: Bert Lytell (Hugh Overton, alias Philip D. Eaton), Frank Currier the Pinnacle, a peak known for its inaccessibility. At the top, Armstrong (Basil Santoine), Naomi Childers (Harriet Santoine), Joseph Kilgour sees Margaret’s note in Von Steuben’s coat, but it blows away before he (Matthew Latrone), Richard Morris (Gabriel Warden), Morris Foster can read it. He threatens Von Steuben with death unless he tells the truth (Donald Avery), Gertrude Claire (Mrs. Overton), Mignon Anderson about whether Margaret agreed to go away with him. Von Steuben, afraid (Edith Overton), Effie Conley.

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 BLIND YOUTH Drama. In a Pullman sleeper, Hugh Overton, alias Philip Eaton, is Eileen’s secret dies with her adversary, freeing her to continue her life. returning to Chicago after escaping from a penitentiary, to clear himself = Alcoholics. Blackmail. Impersonation and imposture. Marriage—-Forced

of the murder of Matthew Latrone, a crooked financier who cheated by circumstances. Regeneration. Detectives. Father-son relationship. Hugh’s mother out of her estate. Latrone, still alive, has sent Donald Smugglers. Theft. Train wrecks. Wards and guardians.

Avery, the secretary to blind lawyer Basil Santoine, to kill Hugh. Avery ETR 2 Jun 1917, p. 1823. MPW 23 Jun 1917, p. 1993. mistakes Hugh’s berth and knocks Santoine out, although he is not injured Motog 30 yun 1917, p. 1394, NYDM , Jun 1917, p. 30.

seriously. Santoine suspects Hugh and invites him to his home to v PW ; Jun i917 p. vat . ay 1917, p. 391.

investigate further. Hugh accepts since he knows that Santoine is to receive ;

a confession clearing him of the murder. Hugh falls in love with Santoine’s

daughter Harriet, known as “the blind man’s eyes,” but cannot tell her BLIND WIVES F1.0379 until he clears his name. Latrone, aided by Avery, enters the house to steal Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 19 Dec 1920 [©William Fox: 19

the confession, but Hugh stops him and during their struggle, Latrone is Dec 1920: LP 16062] 9 reels ,

shot. Hugh, now proven innocent, declares his love for Harriet, who accepts Pres William Fox. Dir Charles J. Brabin Scen Charles J. Brabin

him. Blind persons. Confession (law). False accusations. Missing Can,G eorge W. Lane. Art dir John D. Bradden. persons, assumed dead. Prison escapes. Pullman cars. Attempted Source: Based on the play My Lady’s Dress by Edward Knoblock (New murder. Chicago. Father-daughter relationship. Financiers. Lawyers. York, 10 Oct 1914).

secr etaries. Cast: Marc MacDermott (Husband), Estelle Taylor BTR 22 Mar 1919, . 1207 MPW 22 Mar 1919. p. 1698 (Anne/Annie/Annette), Harry Southern (Johnny).

MPN 15 Feb 1919, p. 1025. , Drama. When Anne spends exorbitant sums of money on clothing, her husband closes her credit accounts. Angered, she goes to bed and begins

BLIND MAN’S HOLIDAY F1.0377 to dream. In her first vision, the flower on her dress is transformed into the Broadway Star Features Co. Dist General Film Co. Sep 1917 flower that Annie, a poverty-stricken young cripple, is designing. Annie [©Broadway Star Features Co. Inc.; 17 Sep 1917; LP11429]. 4 reels. subsequently sells her beautiful hair and leaves so that she will not stand

Dir Martin Justice. Scen Katherine Reed. in the way of her sister’s happiness. Anne’s next dream recounts the

Source: Based on the short story “Blind Man’s Holiday” by O. Henry unhappy Russian tale of the sable which decor ates Anne’s Bown. The (pseud. of William Sydney Porter) in Ainslee’s Magazine (Dec 1905). trapper returns with a skin and discovers that his wife is unfaithful. The Cast: Jean Paige (Norah Greenway), Carlton King (John Lorison), John third episode relates the story of Annette and her dying husband Nicolas,

Costello (Father Rogan), Aida Horton (Norah's little brother). who is a weaver. Annette attempts to work the loom but is unsuccessful. Drama. John Lorison, self-exiled to New Orleans, meets Norah Her old sweetheart Johnny comes to the rescue. In her final nightmare, Greenway in a cheap restaurant. They soon become friends, but each night, anne venue der a "boss whe who fights -" maintain her reputation and Norah inexplicably leaves John at 8 o’clock at the same corner. One night, inally murders her boss when he fied to keep her away from his dying Lorison realizes that he is no longer willing to be left on the corner of life mother. Anne then wakes up terri ied, cured of her passion for clothes. alone and, dreading her reaction, he tells Norah that he loves her but that Clothes. Dreams. Extravagance. Marriage. Animation. Disabled Persons.

his past is marred by a charge of theft and that he dare not ask an Dummies. Finance-Personal. Infidelity. Murder. Reputation. Russians. untarnished woman to marry him. Norah eases his mind by disclosing that Self-sacrifice. Sisters ; Trappers. Weavers. ; the crime of theft also lurks in her past. The night of their marriage at Note: The working title of this film was My Lady's Dress.

Father Rogan’s house, Norah asks Lorison to leave her at the corner for ON s ane 1900 PP 62s Wid's 9 Jan 1921, p. 14.

one last time. His suspicions aroused, Lorison interrogates the priest who takes him to Norah’s home where the new husband is confronted with a

little child who tells him that the girl has promised that this is the last night BLIND YOUTH F1.0380

she is going to stay out. These circumstances lead Lorison to believe that National Pict Dist National Picture Theat Inc. th h Select

his wife is a street walker until the priest takes him to the dressmaking shop Pi a ~~ re vcha is Mo 1920 ON Fe EN MeATTES, BNE. Mrs ere in which Norah has been laboring day and night in order to earn enough Mun 1920: LPLao78leg i. [©National Picture Theatres, Inc.; 21

money so that she might brighten the life of her little brother. Father Pres L wis j aioe ree + of production Harry Rapf. Dir Edward Rogan then explains that Norah had told a beautiful, desperate lie. Liars. Sloman i d Al Green Seen Ka he rine Reed Car, Mew Dupont tr

Marriage. Reputation. Self-sacrifice. Brothers. Clergy. New Orleans. titles Frank W Jamison pont.

Note: This was the second of the four reel O. Henry features released through S -B d h ol Blind Youth by L Tell d Willard

repertoire. Mack (New York, 3 Dec 1917). MPN 6 Oct 1917, p. 2388. NYDM 29 Sep 1917, p. 18. Cast; Walter McGrail (Maurie Monnier), Leatrice Joy (Hope

General as a departure from the many two-reel subjects produced from O. Henry’s ource: Based on the play Blind routh by Lou Tellegen an Mar

MPW 29 Sep 1917, p. 2042. Martin), Ora Carew (Clarice Monnier), Claire MacDowell (Elizabeth Monnier), Joseph Swickard (Pierre Monnier), Buddy Post (American

BLIND MAN’S LUCK F 1.0378 Tubby), Leo White (French Louis), Helen Howard (Matilda Astra Film Corp. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc. 10 Jun 1917 [©Pathé | Packard), Clara Horton (Bobo), Colin Kenny (Henry Monnier).

Exchange Inc; 7 Jun 1917; LU10906]. 5 reels. Drama. Maurie Monnier, a struggling young American sculptor living Dir George Fitzmaurice. Scen George B. Seitz. Cam Arthur C. Miller. in Paris, marries Clarice a fortune-hunting model who later deserts him.

Tech dir Eric Von Stroheim. Upon his father’s death Maurie returns to America to be reunited with his Cast: Mollie King (Eileen Caverly), Earle Foxe (Boby Guerton), socialite mother and brother Henry, who reject their impoverished relative. William Riley Hatch (His father), Zeffie Tilbury (His mother), Helene Maurie is contemplating suicide when he meets Hope, who inspires him to

Chadwick (Helen), Francis Byrne (Cromwel Crow). create “Blind Youth,” the statue which wins Maurie fame and acceptance. Drama. Eileen Caverly, suspected of smuggling, boards the Connecticut Clarice tracks Maurice to America but upon discovering his love for Hope Limited, followed by a detective who is trailing her. Also on the train is Bob = She confesses that their marriage was never legal, and Maurie is free to Guerton, banished from his father’s household for stealing to pay his wine |= marry Hope. Models. Sculptors. Statues. Americans in foreign countries. bills. Bob is accompanied by Helen Raymond, whom he married while in | Fortune hunters. Marriage—-Fake. Paris. Socialites. Suicide. a drunken stupor. Helen, becoming disgusted at his actions, confides in __Note: Edward Sloman took over the direction of the film after Al Green became Eileen and when the train is wrecked and Helen killed, Eileen poses as __ ill. On 1 Oct 1920, a suit brought by National Picture Theatres, Inc. to restrain Bob’s wife to avoid the detective. Bob, injured, is brought to the hospital Foundation Film Corp. from using any title similar to Blind Youth was decided in accompanied by Eileen. His mother visits him and, learning that they were advertised it as Blind Youth after the Selznick interests purchased the rights to the married by a Justice of the Peace, forces them to be married by a minister. play Blind Youth in Jun 1919. After a warning from the Selznick organization, With Eileen’s support, Bob becomes successful and they are blessed with Foundation released their film in Feb 1920 under the title The Blindness of a son. A reconciliation with Bob’s father is effected and all goes well until Youth.

‘ . ed : ’ > National’s favor. Foundation acquired a French film entitled La Torrent and

Cromwel Crow, Eileen’s former guardian and a smuggler, is released from pe 0 on ren P onas Va rT - me 1900 9.35

jail. Crow visits Eileen and demands $5000 for his silence. Bob hears his MPN 14 Feb 1920, p. 1700. Wid’s 20 Jun 1920, p. 25. wife struggling, enters her room and in the ensuing fight, Crow is killed. MPW 24 Apr 1920, p. 600.

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BLINDFOLDED AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG BLINDFOLDED | F 1.0381 from pain, becomes Pierre’s wife “in name only.” After Pierre refuses to Paralta Plays, Inc. Dist W. W. Hodkinson Corp. 15 Apr 1918. 5 reels. see Renee while the count is alive, she attempts to poison the count, but Dir Raymond B. West. Story E. Richard Schayer. Cam Clyde De Vinna. he sees her preparations in a mirror and switches cups. Meanwhile, Pierre,

Cast: Bessie Barriscale (Peggy Muldoon), Joseph J. Dowling (Patrick who has been rebuked by the count, shoots himself. After she drinks the “The Ear’ Muldoon), Patrick Calhoun (/zzy), David Kirby (‘“Sparks”’ poison, the count denounces Renee and chokes her. He drags her up a flight McDonnell), Jay Morley (“Soupy” Drane), Edward Coxen (Robert of stairs and throws her body across Pierre’s. /nfidelity. Moral corruption. Benton), Helen Dunbar (Mrs. Benton), H. M. O’Connor (Quinlan). Vamps. Adoption. Attempted murder. Marriage of convenience. Nobility. Drama. Patrick Muldoon, “The Ear,” teaches his daughter Peggy to be Poisoning. Suicide. Vicars. an ace safecracker, but after gaining inspiration from the works of Ralph Note: This was the first film of the eminent Shakespearean actor Robert B. Waldo Emerson, she decides to go straight. Peggy is arrested pulling one -- Mantel, and his wife, Genevieve Hamper.

last job for a thief known as “The Mask” and is sent to prison for two years. Motog 27 Nov 1915, p. 1163. MPN 20 Nov 1915, p. 79.

Upon her release, she is taken in by welfare worker Mrs. Benton, who takes MEN ; ; on ioe e. a ined ” Ne lore is a Peggy to visit her wayward son Robert in California. Peggy and Robert are MPN 13 Nov 1915, p. 64. Var 12 Nov 1915, p. 22. married and live happily until the old gang track Peggy down and threaten

to reveal her past unless she cracks the safe in her husband's bank. In a THE BLINDNESS OF DIVORCE F 1.0384 battle with the police, gang leader ““Soupy’ Drane is killed and Robert is Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp.; A Standard Picture. 7 Apr revealed to his wife as The Mask. Newly convinced that crime does not pay, 1918 [OWilliam Fox; 14 Apr 1918; LP12338]. 6 reels.

the couple return to a normal life. Criminals—Rehabilitation. Marriage. Dir Frank Lloyd. Scen Frank Lloyd. Cam Billy Foster.

Safecrackers. Thieves. Blackmail. California. Ralph Waldo Emerson. Cast: Charles Clary (John Langdon), Rhea Mitchell (Florence Father-daughter relationship. Gangs. Imprisonment. Police. Social Langdon), Nancy Caswell (Florence Langdon, as a child), Bertram

workers. Grassby (Stanley Merrill), Marc Robbins (Edward Hopkins), Willard ETR *t May i918. is 1769. NYDM i May i918 is 670 01. Louis (Robert White), Fred Church (Bruce Livingston), Al Fremont

MPN 4 May 1918, p. 2610. Var 3 May 1918, p. 40. (Chief Detective), Bertha Mann (Claire Langdon). MPN 11 May 1918, p. 2858. Wid's 2 May 1918, p. 1117. Drama. John Langdon divorces his wife Claire, whom he incorrectly believes is having an affair with Stanley Merrill. Their daughter Florence

THE BLINDING TRAIL F1.0382 is brought up by John and marries District Attorney Bruce Livingston, Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co. 19 May 1919 while Claire, desperate to make a living, secretly runs a notorious gambling [©Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 18 Apr 1919; LP13627]. 6 reels, 5,600 resort in the same city. When Edward Hopkins, a political enemy of

ft. Livingston, tries to blackmail Florence by threatening to expose her Dir Paul Powell. Scen Paul Powell. Story Stuart Paton and John Clymer. mother, Florence visits the gambling house to check on the truth of

Cam E. J. Ullman. Hopkins’ story. While she is there, the resort is raided and Florence is Cast: Monroe Salisbury | (Jim McKenzie), Claire Anderson (Helen arrested, which prompts her husband to file for divorce. At the trial, Claire Halverson), Helen Jerome Eddy (Adele Grey), Arthur Maude (Jean Du confesses all, and Florence is reunited with her husband. Divorce. Brey), Johnnie Cooke (Bill Cairnes), Alfred Allen (John Halverson), Gambling houses. Blackmail. District attorneys. Infidelity. Vice raids.

Milton Markwell. Note: The scenario in the copyright descriptions was originally entitled ““The Law Drama. Social butterfly Helen Halverson decides to marry “Big Jim” of Man.”

McKenzie, the boss of her father’s logging camp, after Jim is temporarily erR x0 ver i918 P ae Male 2? pa ioe P aay 596.

blinded when he crashes his tobaggon into a tree to avoid hitting her. She ETR 20 Apr 1918, p. 1607. Var 31 May 1918, p. 31.

has her cousin Adele Grey, who is secretly in love with Jim, persuade him MPN 27 Apr 1918, p. 2526, 2564. Wid's 2 May 1918, p. 1116. to propose. After this, Jim’s sight returns, but on the day his child is born, |

he becomes blind again. As the years pass, Jim works efficiently, but THE BLINDNESS OF LOVE F 1.0385

cannot perceive the love affair blossoming between Helen, frustrated with Rolfe Photoplays, Inc. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 6 Mar 1916 [©Metro being married to a blind husband, and his assistant Jean Du Brey. On Pictures Corp.; 9 Mar 1916; LP7791]. 5 reels. learning of their plans to leave together, Jim fights Du Brey. Helen’s love Dir Charles Horan. Asst dir Mrs. Edna G. Riley. Scen Harry O. Hoyt. for Jim is awakened, but she is shot and killed trying to help him. Du Brey ~—s Syory Ruth Comfort Mitchell.

dies and his cabin catches fire. Adele finds Jim half-conscious with his sight Cast: Julius Steger (Joseph Wilton), George Le Guere (Robert restored due to his head hitting a table during the fight. In the end, Adele Wilton), Grace Valentine (Grace Maynara), Edgar L. Davenport

and Jim decide to marry. Blindness-Temporary. Lumber camps. (Aubrey Maynard), Walter Hitchcock (Herbert Graham), Maud Hill Marriage. Miraculous cures. Cabins. Fights. Fires. Infidelity. Socialites. (Molly), Charles F. Gotthold (George Lennan), Harry Neville (Leeds).

Tobaggon accidents. Drama. The life of Joseph Wilton, a widowed piano maker, centers

pr 1919, p. 431. , , .

Note: The working title of this film was The Great White Darkness. around his son, Robert, who goes away to college and, supported by

Bio 20 Nov 1919, p. 102. Var 11 Apr 1919, p. 55. Joseph’s money, takes up drinking and gambling. Robert is expelled, and ey i wey 1919, p. 2907. Wid's 20 Apr 1919, p. 17. while Joseph now must admit to his son’s profligacy, he nonetheless sets him up in business. The expenditure ruins Joseph’s own business, and Robert, unable to succeed, goes West, vowing to return only after he has

BLINDNESS see EYES OF THE HEART made good. While Joseph struggles as a piano tuner, Robert becomes wealthy. Older and wiser, he returns to his father, as well as to the

THE BLINDNESS OF DEVOTION _ F1.0383 sweetheart he had left behind. Also welcomed back to the family is Molly, Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 7 Nov 1915 [©William Fox; 7 Nov —_ Robert’s sister, whom Joseph had banished for her criticism of the father’s

1915; LP6885]. 5 reels. financial support of the son’s bad habits. Father-son relationship. Moral Pres William Fox. Dir J. Gordon Edwards. Asst dir Clifford P. Saum. corruption. Moral reformation. Self-reliance. Bankruptcy. Father-

Scen J. Gordon Edwards. Story Rex Ingram. Cam Arthur D. Ripley and —_qaughter relationship. Piano makers. Piano tuners. The West. Widowers.

Philip E. Rosen. Motog _25 Mar 1916, p. 707, 725. NYDM 25 Mar 1916, p. 32. Cast: Robert B. Mantell (Count de Carnay), Genevieve Hamper MPN 25 Mar 1916, p. 1771. Var 17 Mar 1916, p. 32.

(Renee Delacroix), Stuart Holmes (Pierre Cavereaux), Claire Whitney MPW 25 Mar 1916, p. 2022, 2086. (Bella), Henry Leone, Charles Young, Jack Standing.

Drama/Society. In a prologue, the wealthy Count de Carnay promises THE BLINDNESS OF VIRTUE F 1.0386

his dying life-long friend that he will bring up his son Pierre as his own. Essanay Film Mfg. Co. Dist General Film Co. 19 Jul 1915 [OEssanay Fifteen years later, the count adopts his seventeen-year-old niece Bella. Film Mfg. Co.; 29 Jun 1915; LP5700]. 5-6 reels.

Pierre, now an officer, and Bella fall in love and secretly become engaged. Dir Joseph Byron Totten. ,

After the count marries seductress Renee Delacroix, Pierre, returning from Source: Based on the novel The Blindness of Virtue by Cosmo Hamilton duty, succumbs to Renee’s advances without knowing who she is and (London, 1908) and his play of the same name (London, 29 Jan 1912).

remains her lover even after he learns the truth, although he is remorseful. Cast: Bryant Washburn (Archibald Graham), Edna Mayo (Effie When the suspicious count finds them together, Bella, to protect the count Pemberton), Thomas MacLarnie (Rev. Harry Pemberton), George Le

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE BLOOMING ANGEL Guere (Edward Winstanley), Betty Brown (Mary Ann), Renee Noel the family curse. [No other information concerning the plot has been (Daisy Courtneigh), John Cossar (Lord Aberlady), Harry Dunkinson discovered.] Curses. Brothers. Inheritance. Marriage. Murder. Alcoholism.

(Aberlady’s butler), Betty Scott (Chorus girl). False accusations. Grandsons. Regeneration. Renegades. United Drama/Social. When the rowdy Archibald Graham is expelled from States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865.

Eton, his misunderstanding father sends him to live at the country vicarage Note: This film was intended as part of the series entitled The Morals of Men, but of his boyhood friend, the Rev. Harry Pemberton. Pemberton tutors Archie Horsley ceased to use the series title when Art Dramas took over from Mutual as in law, while Pemberton’s daughter Effie, who has not been instructed distributor of the films. The film was originally entitled The Heirs of Hate and was oy . . yg . probably also known as Third Generation before its release. Publicity materials credit about sex, becomes Archie s constant companion. Archie s dissolute friend, Ingraham as director and Dunbar as story writer, but a pre-release news item cites Edward Winstanley, visits and convinces Mary Ann, a naive washwoman’s Ingraham and Wilbur as co-directors and Wilbur as story writer. Another pre-release daughter, to join him in London by appealing to her longing for beautiful news item credits Lorimer Johnson with the film’s direction, but this is probably an clothes. After Archie locates them at a disreputable hotel and sends the no _— error. Ray Thomson may be the same as the actor Ray Thompson.

longer naive girl home, her mother complains to Pemberton. Mrs. ETR 14 Jul 1917, p. 425. MPW 19 May 1917, p. 1146. Pemberton evades telling Effie the facts of life, and later, when Effie ETR 8 Sep 1917, p. 1089. Wid's 29 Nov 1917, p. 761. innocently comes to Archie’s room clad only in her kimono, Pemberton enters and accuses Archie, who was comforting her, of impropriety. As © THE BLOOD OF THE TREVORS see HEREDITY Archie prepares to leave, Effie explains to her mother, who then enlightens

the young girl about sexual matters. With Pemberton’s consent, Effie and BLOOD WILL TELL F1.0389 Archie then decide to marry. Adolescence. False accusations. Innocents. New York Motion Picture Corp.; Kay-Bee. Dist Triangle Distributing Seduction. England. Laundresses. Law students. Libertines. Rural life. Corp. 18 Mar 1917. 5 reels, 4,654 ft.

Vicars. Pres Thomas H. Ince. Supy Thomas H. Ince. Dir Charles Miller. Note: According to modern sources, Edmund T. Lowe wrote the adaptation. Scen J.G. Hawks. Story John Lynch. Cam Clyde De Vinna. Art dir Robert

EssN 3 Jul 1915. MPW 17 Jul 1915, pp. 505-06, 568, Brunton. )

Mote iv wey i918 is 180, 157, 186. NYDM 26 May 1915; p. 22. Cast: William Desmond (Samson Oakley III), Enid Markey (Nora

Motog 31 Jul 1915, p. 200. NYDM 14 Jul 1915, p. 28. North), David M. Hartford (Samson Oakley IT), Howard Hickman MPN 17 Jul 1915, p. 113. Var 27 Aug 1915, p. 19. (James Black), Margaret Thompson (Dixie Du Fresne), Charles Gunn (Otis Slade), J. Frank Burke (Aaron Howlett), J. Barney Sherry

THE BLOOD BARRIER F 1.0387 (Doctor Galbraith), Fannie Midgley (Mrs. Oakley), Robert McKim.

J. Stuart Blackton Feature Pictures, Inc. Dist Pathe Exchange, Inc. 11 Drama. Samson Oakley III is the only son of Samson Oakley II, Apr 1920 [©Pathé Exchange, Inc.; 11 Mar 1920; LU14847]. 6 reels. descendent of a house of famous Wall Street financiers. Expelled from Prod J. Stuart Blackton. Dir J. Stuart Blackton. Asst dir J. Stuart college for another’s misdeeds, Samson finds himself exiled with a small Blackton, Jr. Scen Stanley Olmstead. Story Cyrus Townsend Brady. allowance. After he marries a chorus girl, Samson is disinherited and, while

Cam William S. Adams. Loc J. Stuart Blackton, Jr. struggling to make a living, discovers that he has a talent for cracking safes. Cast: Sylvia Breamer (Enid Solari), Robert Gordon (Major Robert Meanwhile, Wall Street intriguers induce his father to take a cruise, Trevor), William R. Dunn (Eugene Solari), Eddie Dunn (Eddie plotting to ruin the old man in his absence by spreading a false rumor of Brown), Louis Dean (Zu Paven), Margaret Barry (Madame his death and seizing his securities. Samson, hearing of this, comes to his

Marechek), Gus Alexander (‘‘Left’’). father’s office, opens the vault and removes the securities for safekeeping.

Drama/Espionage. Enid Solari’s husband Eugene is insanely jealous of Upon his return, Samson, Sr. learns that his son has saved the company his wife. When, ona mission for her father, she visits Major Trevor, Eugene and thus reinstates him and his new wife in his home and favor once again. becomes enraged. Enid rushes to Trevor’s house to warn him of Eugene’s — Disinheritance. Father-son relationship. Financiers. New York City-Wall jealousy, but finds that Eugene has preceded her. He shoots Enid and kills Street. Safecrackers. Chorus girls. Documents. Expulsion from school.

himself, implicating Trevor as his murderer. After Trevor is arrested for False accusations. Fraud. Rumors. the crime, Zu Paven, a foreign agent desirious of obtaining a secret formula Note: The working title of this film was Samson Oakley III. Wid’s erroneously in Trevor’s possession, captures Enid and offers to clear Trevor and free credited Lloyd Ingraham as director and Mary H. O’Connor as author.

Enid in exchange for the formula. Trevor, fearful for Enid’s safety, refuses ETR 17 Mar 1917, p. 1041. NYDM 10 Mar 1917, p. 31.

to testify in court. Enid finally escapes and leads the authorities to Paven Motog 17 Mar 1917, p. 590. Var 9 Mar 1917, p. 22. who confesses and clears Trevor. Foreign agents. Jealousy. Secret agents. MPW O17 Mar 1917 6 1760. Wid's 29 Mar 1917, pp. 203-04. Abduction. Gunshot wounds. Military officers. Secret formulas. Suicide. Note: The story was the last work written for the screen completed by Cyrus

Townsend Brady before his death. Actor William R. Dunn was also i Stuart THE BLOODHOUND see WOLVES OF THE RAIL

r , p. . r .

Blackton’s studio manager. Some scenes in which Blackton’s motor boats were used,

ver ome at oyster a rong Istand. NYMT ad Ape 1990 BLOODSTAINED RUSSIA, GERMAN INTRIGUE, TREASON AND

MPN 10 Apr 1920. p. 3376. Wid's 98 Mar 1920. p. 13. REVOLT see THE GERMAN CURSE IN RUSSIA MPW 10 Apr 1920, p. 300.

THE BLOOMING ANGEL . F 1.0390

THE BLOOD OF HIS FATHERS F1.0388 Goldwyn Pictures Corp. Dist Goldwyn Distributing Corp. Feb 1920 David Horsley Productions. Dist Art Dramas, Inc. 10 Sep 1917. 5 reels. | [©Goldwyn Pictures Corp.; 31 Dec 1919; LP14663}. 5 reels, 4,392 ft.

Dir Harrish Ingraham and/or Crane Wilbur. Story J. Francis Dunbar Dir Victor L. Schertzinger. Cam George Webber. and/or Crane Wilbur. Cam Robert A. Turnbull and D. P. Lea. Source: Based on the novel Blooming Angel by Wallace Irwin (New Cast: Crane Wilbur (Morgan Gray/Abel Gray), Jode Mullally (Kane York, 1919). Gray), Gene Crosby (Hope Halliday), Don Bailey (William Halliday), Cast: Madge Kennedy (Floss), Pat O’Malley (Chester Framm), Jake Abraham (Isaac, in 1917), Joe Hazelton (Anderson), Doc Crane Margery Wilson (Carlotta), Arthur Housman (Ramon), Robert Chandler

(John Graham), Ruth King (Amity Graham), Richie Carpenter (Isaac, in | (College professor), Nera Lewis (Floss’s aunt), B. F. Blinn 1865), Ray Thomson (Lieut. Wilfred Torrance), Julia Jackson (Mrs. (Appelwaith), Billy Courtright (Holbetter).

Graham). Comedy. Floss Brannon, expelled from college for mischievous conduct,

Drama. In 1865, Morgan Gray, a Confederate renegade, kills the marries Chester Framm, a struggling young student who aspires to be an

mother, father and sweetheart of Amity Graham and later marries her. orator. When Chester’s salary as an insurance clerk proves insufficient for

Before dying in childbirth, Amity puts a curse on Gray and all his the couple’s needs, Claire invents a complexion cream called “Angel descendants. Fifty-two years later, the family curse is visited on Morgan Bloom.” Deciding to combine Chester’s oratory prowess with the Gray’s hard-drinking, but likable grandson Abel, who, on the day of his promotion of Angel Bloom, Floss rents an elephant, coats it with the cream marriage to Northern girl Hope Halliday, mistakenly concludes that he has and plans to have Chester pitch the product from the back of the animal. killed a man, thanks to the machinations of his malevolent brother Kane. Floss’s plans go awry when the beast collapses and her rival, Carlotta, Fleeing to a distant area, Abel fights his tendency toward alcoholism and charges her with cruelty to animals. Floss is cleared of the charges when, tries to recover his self-esteem. Eventually he rescues his wife from a gang during her trial, the elephant recovers and appears at the courtroom of villains and learns that he had not committed murder, thus overcoming window. The resultant publicity brings Chester, Floss and Angel Bloom

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THE BLOT AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG great financial success. Cosmetics. Orators. Publicity. Business Pres Adolph Zukor. Dir Maurice Tourneur. Scen Charles Maigne.

Trials. accompaniment James R. Bradford.

competition. Colleges. College students. Elephants. Insurance clerks. Cam John van den Broek. Settings designed by Ben Carré. Musical

cme | x Feb loon p. lone wr Fe Wee, p. ae Source: Based on the play L’Oiseau bleu by Maurice Maeterlinck

e Poe ar c »P. (Moscow, 30 Sep 1890).

MPH 21 Feb 1920, p. 1286. Wids 15 Feb 1920, p. 16. Cast: Tula Belle (Mytyl), Robin Macdougall (Ty/ty/), Edwin E. Reed

THE BLOT F1.0391 (Daddy Ty). Emma Lowry (Mummy Ty), William 4 Gross (Gaffner Ogden Pictures Corp. Dist State Rights? 1918? 5 reels. yl), rorence Anderson ( ranny ty ), ward bixas (Ber ingot),

Drama? , Katherine Bianchi (Berlingot's daughter), Lillian Cook (Fairy

Note: This title was included on the Pennsylvania Censor Board’s Jan-June 1918 Berylune), Gertrude McCoy (Light), Lyn Donelson (Night), Charles review list. As Ogden Pictures was formed for the production and exploitation of Ascot (Dog), Tom Corless (Cat), Mary Kennedy (Water), Eleanor Lillian Walker’s films from 1917-19, this may have been an alternate title of one of Masters (Milk), Charles Craig (Sugar), Sam Blum (Bread), S. E.

her pictures. Potapovitch (Fire), Rose Rolanda.

Fantasy. Mytyl and Tyltyl, two poor children, grow envious as they look

THE BLUDGEON F 1.0392 through the window at the Christmas Eve celebrations of their wealthier Equitable Motion Pictures Corp. Dist World Film Corp. 18 Oct 1915 _ neighbors, but when the poverty-stricken widow Berlingot asks them to give

[©Equitable Motion Pictures Corp.; 6 Oct 1915; LU6644]. 5 reels. their dove to her ailing daughter, the children refuse. That night, after the

Dir Webster Cullison. Fairy Berylune puts them to sleep, they dream they are searching for the

Source: Based on the play The Bludgeon by Paul Armstrong (New York, —_— Blue Bird of Happiness with the aid of a magic diamond which, when

7 Sep 1914). rotated, reveals to them the Soul in all things. Their journey takes them Cast: Kathryn Osterman (Irene Evendorr), John Dunn (Carl to the Palaces of Night and Luxury, a graveyard, the Cathedral of

Evendorr), Frank Beamish (Stoney Brooke), Clara Whipple (Mrs. Happiness, and the Azure Palace. Only when they give the dove—now a Wharton), Roy Applegate (Fred Hillman), Katherine Lee (Rose dazzling blue bird—to the sick girl the next day, however, do they find true

Evendorr). , , happiness. Bluebirds. Charity. Children. Christmas. Doves. Dreams. Drama. Chemist Carl Evendorr and his wife, Irene, are poor but happy Cathedrals. Cemeteries. Diamonds. Disease. Fairies. Magic. Palaces until Carl discovers a formula which earns him a fortune. After Irene Widows , , insists that they move to a luxurious house, she falls prey to the P arasitic Note: The play was published in Paris in 1909. The film was shot at the Famous Mrs. Wharton, who sees to it that Irene is surrounded by admiring men. Players-Lasky studios in Fort Lee, NJ. According to publicity, the well known dancer To pay Irene’s gambling debts, Carl invents another formula. When he Rose Rolanda leads a ballet in symbolic dance numbers in the film. Modern sources finds Irene in an apparently compromising position with Stoney Brooke, list Clarence Brown as editor. The Blue Bird was remade in 1940 by Twentieth a fortune-hunting friend of Mrs. Wharton, Brooke falsely confesses to | Century-Fox, directed by Walter Lang and starring Shirley Temple. George Cukor seducing her to save his life. To protect their daughter Rose from scandal, qyrected a version in 1976 for Fox which was shot in the Soviet Union and starred

Carl allows Irene to sue for divorce. Years later, Irene, married to lawyer ae "9 Jan 1918, p. 595 NYDM 15 Dec 1917. 0. 20 Fred Hillman, is blackmailed by Stoney. Leaving Irene’s house, Stoney ETR 6 Apr 1918, . 1465. NYDM 6 Apr 1918, if 74,

encounters Mrs. Wharton, who caused his arrest, and fatally shoots her in ETR 13 Apr 1918, p. 1529. NYDM 13 Apr 1918, p. 522.

the ensuinghim scuffle. When Carl is discovered near pursues Mrs. Wharton’s body,In Motog ; Aes tore PFred soy wr 5 Ane to save Fred confesses and then Stoney. a struggle, »P. i >lore P. P. “?.;, and Stoney fall from a precipice to their deaths. Irene and Carl then pW iS Ar i918 if saa. Wid's 4 Apr 1918, pp. 1053-54. remarry for the sake of Rose. Divorce. Marriage. Nouveaux riches. Re-

ambling. Lawyers. Murder. Self-sacrifice. en . . Motog 23 Oct 1915, p. 862. NYDM 23 Oct 1915, p. 32. William S. Hart Productions, Inc. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; An

marage Blackmail. Chemists. Falls from heights. Fortune hunters. BLUE BLAZES RAWDEN F1.0395 MPN. 23 Oct 1915, p. 84. Var 15 Oct 1915, p. 21. Artcraft Picture. 18 Feb 1918 [O©William S. Hart Productions, Inc.; 1 Feb

MPW 23 Oct 1915, p. 627, 692. 1918; LP12033]. 5 reels.

Pres Thomas H. Ince. Supv Thomas H. Ince. Dir William S. Hart.

THE BLUE BANDANNA F 1.0393 Story J. G. Hawks. Cam Joseph H. August. Art dir G. Harold Percival. Jesse D. Hampton Productions. Dist Robertson-Cole Co. through Cast: William S. Hart (Blue Blazes Rawden), Robert McKim Exhibitors Mutual Distributing Corp. Nov 1919. 5 reels. (Ladyfingers Hilgard), Gertrude Claire (Mrs. Hilgard), Maude George Pres Jesse D. Hampton. Dir Joseph J. Franz. Story Eugene B. Lewis. (Babette Du Fresne), Hart Hoxie (Joe La Barge), Robert Gordon (Eric

Cast: William Desmond (Jerry Jerome), Russell Simpson (Jim Hilgard). .

Yancy), Jean Acker (Ruth Yancy), Frank Lanning (Ben Cowan), Richard Western. Tough lumberjack Blue Blazes Rawden takes up residence at

LaReno (Sheriff). the hotel of the equally tough Englishman, Ladyfingers Hilgard. Because Western. Jerry Jerome, a rich young Wall Street broker, follows doctor’s —_—_ Blue Blazes beats him at cards and steals the heart of his woman, Babette

orders and goes West to relieve strain. He stops at the ranch of Jim Yancy, Du Fresne, Hilgard challenges Blue Blazes to a gunfight and is killed. then agrees to be the maid of the farmhouse to earn his keep, because he —Hiilgard’s mother and brother Eric soon visit the hotel, and Blue Blazes, is attracted to Yancy’s daughter Ruth. After a series of stagecoach touched by Mrs. Hilgard’s gentle nature, tells her Hilgard died honorably. robberies by a masked man wearing a blue bandanna, Jerry, the new man Babette, angry at Blue Blazes’ inattention, tells Eric the truth, and Eric, in town, is suspect. When he finds a blue bandanna in Yancy’s barn, he enraged, shoots and seriously wounds Blue Blazes. After saving Eric from decides to investigate, and discovers that Yancy is an ex-convict being 4 lynch mob, Blue Blazes makes him promise never to tell Mrs. Hilgard blackmailed into helping with the robberies. Jerry dresses up like the bandit what he knows and leaves town a reformed man. English. Family honor.

to stop the stage and warn the driver of an intended robbery, but he is Guinfights. Lumberjacks. Moral reformation. Brothers. Card games. arrested himself. He convinces the sheriff to let him out so he can bring Giinshot wounds. Hotels. Lynching. Mobs. Mother-son relationship.

in the real thief. Yancy accidentally shoots his former partner Ben Cowan, ETR 36 Jan 1918. 0. 673 NYDM 23 Feb 1918. v. 18. 24

who confesses to being the stagecoach robber. Jerry and Ruth marry and ETR 23 Feb 1918, 990. NYT 18 Feb 1918, 92 go to New York. Bandits. Mistaken identity. Ranches. Stagecoach MPW 16 Feb 1918, p. 1007. Var 15 Mar 1918, p. 46.

robberies. The West. Blackmail. Confession (law). Disguise. Ex-convicts. MPW 2 Mar 1918, p. 1269. Wid's 21 Feb 1918, p. 964. False arrests. Father-daughter relationship. Masks. Sheriffs. NYDM ——_26 Jan 1918, p. 26. Stockbrokers.

Bio 15 Jan 1920, p. 59. MPN 6 Dec 1919, p. 4139. BLUE BLOOD F1.0396 ETR 6 Dec 1919, p. 63. Var 28 Nov 1919, p. 57. Selexart Pictures. Dist Goldwyn Distributing Corp. 15 Apr 1918. 6 reels.

Dir Eliot Howe. Scen J. Grubb Alexander and Fred Myton. Cam Carl THE BLUE BIRD F 1.0394 Widen.

Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; An Cast: Howard Hickman (Spencer Wellington), George Fisher (Dr. John

Artcraft Picture. 31 Mar 1918 [OFamous Players-Lasky Corp.; 25 Mar Rand), Mary Mersch (Grace Valiant), Nona Thomas (Helen

1918; LP12216]. 6 reels. Blakesley), \da Lewis (Mrs. Valiant). 82

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 BLUE GRASS Drama. Dr. John Rand advises his patient Spencer Wellington, whose old Dir Wilfrid North. Scen Helen Duey. Cam Thomas F. Molloy. and aristocratic blood line is tainted with insanity, never to marry, but Source: Based on the novel The Blue Envelope by Sophie Kerr (Garden Spencer ignores him and marries Grace Valiant, whom John also loves. City, NY, 1917). Grace soon learns of Spencer’s condition and, fearing for her newborn son, Cast: Lillian Walker (Leslie Brennan), John D. Bennet (Ewen is herself driven to insanity. When the baby dies, John replaces it with a Kennedy), Bob Hay (Harry Heath), Charles Kent (Uncle Bob), Josephine healthy child, though he hides the truth from Grace. Spencer degenerates Earle (Miss Lacy), Harry Northrup (Fischer), Florence Radinoff and finally dies, drunk and surrounded by the beautiful girls he has held (Mrs. Davis), Isabelle West (Mrs. Harris), William Shea (George). prisoner on his estate. Grace soon regains her reason and builds a new life Drama. Leslie Brennan will soon inherit a fortune, but in the meantime with John. Dissipation. Hereditary tendencies. Insanity. Marriage. she must earn a living, and so she becomes a stenographer for chemist Ewen

Physicians. Alcoholics. Changelings. Imprisonment. Infants. Kennedy. Ewen is working on a formula that will be of great value to the

ETR 30 Mar 1918, p. 1363. MPW 4 May 1918, p. 742. government, and he entrusts Leslie with the task of taking it to ETR 27 Apr 1918, p. 1689, 1693. NYDM — 27 Apr 1918, p. 598. Washington. En route, foreign spies kidnap Leslie, but she hides the

PW 00 An 1918 0. 336, 836. Mis May i918 is iT formula in her hat and then, after escaping, completes her mission. When she returns to Ewen, who had always seemed so preoccupied with his work,

, , she finds that he has fallen in love with her, and discovers, also, that she

BLUE BLOOD (Triangle Film Corp.) see THE REGENERATES feels the same way about him. Chemists. Kidnapping. Secret formulas.

Spies. Stenographers. Couriers. Escapes. Heiresses. Washington (D.C.).

BLUE BLOOD AND RED sae F1.0397 Note: The novel was serialized in Woman’s Home Companion in 1916.

Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. Apr 1916 [OWilliam Fox; 2 Apr Motog 28 Oct 1916, p. 994. Var 13 Oct 1916, p. 28.

1916; LP7993]. 5 reels. MPW 28 Oct 1916, p. 536, 569, 604. Wid's 19 Oct 1916, p. 1040. Dir Raoul Walsh. Asst dir J. Gordon Cooper. Scen Raoul Walsh. NYDM ___21 Oct 1916, p. 26. Cam Georges Benoit, Leonard S. Powers and George Richter.

Cast: George Walsh (Algernon DuPont), Martin Kinney (Peterkin), BLUE-EYED MARY F1.0400

Doris Pawn, James Marcus, Jack Woods, Augustus Carney. Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 2 Jun 1918 [OWilliam Fox; 2 Jun

Comedy. When Harvard expels Algernon DuPont, as punishment his 1918; LP12524]. 5 reels, 4,605 ft. millionaire father throws him out of the family mansion. Algernon drives Dir Harry Millarde. Scen Adrian Johnson. Story Frances Crowley. out West with his butler, and along the way, despite his “blue blood,” he Cam H. Alderson Leach. proves that he has a fair amount of grit when he wins two hundred dollars Cast: June Caprice (Mary Du Bois), Helen Tracy (Mrs. Van Twiller Du by knocking out a professional fighter. When Algernon gets to cattle Bois), Blanche Hines (Jeanette), Bernard Randall (Cecil Harrington), - country, he falls in love with the daughter of a wealthy rancher. A jealous Thomas Fallon (Jones, the butler), Jack McLean (Tom Vane), Florence cowboy plots to have Algernon lynched, but Algernon, using his fists and Ashbrooke (Bridget), Henry Hallam (Henry Leffingwell). guns, manages to avoid a hanging. He marries the rancher’s daughter and, Drama. Because her son married beneath him, Mrs. Van Twiller Du Bois

after twins are born, the whole family goes back East, where a disowns him and decides to leave her fortune to her nephew, Cecil reconciliation takes place between father and son. Cowboys. Father-son Harrington. She does, however, agree to educate her granddaughter Mary, relationship. Millionaires. Transformation. The West. Attempted murder. who comes to live with Mrs. Du Bois in hopes of reconciling her father and Boxers. Butlers. Fistfignts. Gunfights. Harvard University. Jealousy. the old woman. Cecil, actually a local robber whose identity has just been

Ranchers. Students. Twins. discovered by the police, plans to rob his aunt and leave town. Just as he Note: According to a news item, the Fox Film Corp. agreed to remove the name is emptying the safe, Mary enters the room, and when Mrs. Du Bois comes DuPont from two characters in the film after General T. Coleman DuPont applied in, Cecil tries to blame Mary for the robbery. The police soon arrive to clear for an general and his son. Fox from showing the film. Fox also offered an apology == Mfary’s name and arrest Cecil, and Mrs. Du Bois is reconciled to her family.

MPN 15 Apr 1916, p. 2219. Var 7 APR 1916, P. 21. Granddaughters. Nephews. Robbers. Robbery. Disinheritance. False MPW 22 Apr 1916, p. 639. Wid’s 6 Apr 1916, p. 484. accusations. Safes.

NYDM 22 Apr 1916, p. 36. ETR 11 May 1918,MPN p. 1843. NYDM 8 Jun 1918, p. 1471. 8 Jun 1918, p. 3455. Wid's 26 May 1918, pp. 19-20.

THE BLUE BONNET Fio30g MA I PDS

>athé National Film Corp. of America. Dist W. W. Hodkinson BLUE GRASS F1.0401 Exchange, Inc. Jul 1919. 6 reels. Equitable MotionCorp. Pj C through Dist World Film C 10 Oct 1915

Pres William Parsons. Dir Louis William Chaudet. Asst dir Scott R. quitadle Motion Fictures orp. ist Wor um SOP. ct Beal. Story E. Magnus Ingleton. Cam Allen M. Davey. [©Equitable Motion Picture Corp.; 30 Sep OTS; LU6641]. 5 reels.

. BIN: ; Dir Charles Seay. Asst dir James Cunningham. Scen Marc Edmund

Cast: Billie Rhodes (Ruth), Ben Wilson (Jairus Drake), Irene Rich Jones

(Martha Drake), Stanhope Wheatcroft (Sidney Haviland), William A.

(Selma), Lloyd Bacon (Jan Peterson). . - . , ow,

Carroll (Caleb Fry), Scott R. Beal (Danny), Charlotte Merriam 9 Ne 1908) on the play Blue Grass by Paul Armstrong (New York,

Drama. Ruth Drake is abandoned as an infant by a heartless mother after “ast Thomas * wise. (Colonel ia ior) Clara Whipple (Virginia being stolen from her loving father. Ruth is brought up by a pawnbroker, Taylor), George Soule pencer (Wilfre “ Warren), Ray . Tuckerman and as a young woman joins the Salvation Army to help the misguided cenorgan Tay for), Frank Beamish (Kelley), “Blue Grass” (Himself), Bess

people she has observed growing up. Ruth goes to France during World ankey, Sommy mead. , ;

War I and meets a man who has had an affair with an actress. After Ruth f Drama. To avert financial ruin, Colonel Tay lor, a racehorse enthusiast

and the man return home, the actress is upset that her former admirer rom . entucky, eh My Ladys his Prize there ughores in vd vives snubs her for Ruth, so she implicates Ruth in a robbery. At the trial the race. njure uring I © race 4 € horse Is retired tor breeding and gives actress discovers that she is Ruth’s mother, and the defense attorney is birth to “Blue Grass, a spirite colt. After sinking even further into debt, revealed to be Ruth’s father. Ruth and her father are finally reunited. Colonel Tay lor instructs Morgan, his son, to take a seco nd colt to Louisville Frame-ups. Long-lost relatives. Salvation Army. Trials. Actors and and get a good price for him, but Morgan sells the animal to the scheming actresses. France. Jealousy. Lawyers. Pawnbrokers. Robbery. World War bookmaker Kelley for half of Its worth and loses all of the money in a

I horserace. On a trip to Cincinnati, Taylor’s daughter Virginia meets Note: One source lists Ross Fisher as cameraman. On some release charts, this film Wilfred Warren, a wealthy lawyer, who shows up in Louisville the

is called a five-reeler, following spring, eager to pursue her. A bankrupt colonel enters “Blue

ETR 14 Jun 1919, p. 111. Var 31 Oct 1919, p. 61. Grass” in a highstakes race, but Kelley fixes the contest against him. When ETR 8 Nov 1919, p. 1982. Wid's 31 Aug 1919, p. 23. Warren discovers the plot, he intervenes on the colonel’s behalf, and MPW 13 Dec 1919, p. 847. Wid's 7 Sep 1919, p. 4. Morgan, now employed by Kelley, quits in disgust. “Blue Grass” wins the

MPW 17 Jan 1920, p. 469. race and Warren wins Virginia’s hand. Debt. Horseracing. Louisville (Kentucky). Kentucky. Bookies. Debt. Father-son relationship. Fraud.

THE BLUE ENVELOPE MYSTERY F1.0399 Horses. Lawyers. Wagers.

Vitagraph Co. of America. Dist Greater Vitagraph (V-L-S-E, Inc.). 23 Note: According to one pre-release article, John Boone was hired to play the role Oct 1916 [©OVitagraph Co. of America; 5 Oct 1916; LP9252]. 5 reels. of Kelley. Scenes for this film were shot in Saratoga Springs and Henderson, KY, and

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BLUE JEANS AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG in Richmond, VA. According to one publicity article, prominent horses from Cast: Edith Hallor (Laura Webb), Lumsden Hare (Holland Webb), Ear Saratoga, Belmont and Pimlico racetracks were used in the final racing scene. “Blue Schenck (Penrose Trent), Jack Halliday (Richard Drake), Corliss Giles

Grass” was a former champion racehorse. (Wilfred Scott), D. J. Flanagan (Frederick Thurston), H. Cooper Cliffe Motog 1915, 856,__23 882.Oct MPW 1915, p. 462. Maior Toppi , Fai Bi Aneelica Toppi , FicBillings Bill; MPN 14 23 AugOct 1915, p. 48.p.MPW 1915,16 pp.Oct 690-92. (Major Topping), Faire Binney (Angelica Topping), Florence MPN 21 Aug 1915, p. 57. NYDM 6 Oct 1915, p. 36. (Sybil Trent), Jack Raymond, Charles Angelo, Adel Dumo.

MPW 9 Oct 1915, p. 292. Mystery. When thief Frederick Thurston returns from abroad with a stolen blue pearl, he sells the jewel to Holland Webb, a gigolo living off the

; funds of his wealthy wife Laura. Holland then presents the pearl to his B Ne “Ne Corp.: Special Production De L Dist Met a oe mistress Sybil Trent, who wears it to a reception hosted by the Webbs.

C an Doe 191 7 OM Mee P3 a, s Cor - 0 Jag 91 2. IPI 9991.7 Thurston is also in attendance and is planning to reclaim the pearl. During

ve. ee [©Metro Pictures Corp.; an , | the course of the party, the lights are extinguished, and when the electricity

" , , , is restored, Sybil discovers that her gem is missing. When Police

ch, le in ‘ " vee en N conn. Aane ted une Mathis and Commissioner Richard Drake is called in to solve the crime, Laura, who So es f B ot on he las BI i sb le sh A th IN York. 6 is aware of her husband’s infidelity, confesses to him that she stole the jewel

0 890 ased on the play Blue Jeans by Joseph Arthur (New York, as evidence in a divorce suit against her husband. Laura and Webb are

ct ). divorced, and she falls in love with Drake. Pearls. Theft. Thieves. Divorce. Cast: Viola Dana (June), Robert Walker (Perry Bascom), Sally Crute er ; | ; on:

; Gigolos. Infidelity. Mistresses. Police commissioners.

(Sue Eudaly), Clifford Bruce (Ben Boone), Henry Hallam (Col. Henry Note: Whi , 's item stated that Anthony Paul Kell te th ,

...M t McWade e:Tutwiler), ie an Margare early reviews newscredited 1 emEmma State a nl ony auoriginally elly wrote scenario, Clay Risener), Russell Simpson (Jacob Bell Clifton. The film was to be tne released by World (Cindy Tutwiler), Augustus Phillips (Jack Basc om). Film Corp. The publicity photographer was Charles J. Duprez. Sources conflict on Drama. June, a poor orphan, is adopted by the aging Tutwilers but soon the last name of Earl Schenck and Florence Billings’ characters, some calling them

meets and secretly marries Perry Bascom, who is running for Congress __ the Kents, other the Trents.

against Ben Boone. Sue Eudaly, already married when she wed Perry, ayy 6 Mar Moe, p. “T yar S$ Mar 1920. p. 62.

claims that Perry is her husband, although she and Boone become NYMT Feb 1920 fas ar 1920, p. 3. increasingly attracted to each other. Perry leaves town seeking Sue’s real husband and during his absence, June has Perry’s baby and is turned out

of the Tutwiler’s home. When Perry returns, Sue and Boone attempt to kill THE BLUE STREAK , vans F1.0485

. , , . Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 19 Mar 1917 [OWilliam Fox; 18

him in a sawmill, but June saves him from the revolving saw at the last Mar 1917: LP10400]. 5 reel

moment. June is revealed both as Perry’s wife and as the Tutwiler’s Dir Will; m Nigh S Will m Nigh. Cam Joseph Ruttenb dA

granddaughter, which reunites the Tutwiler and Bascom families. Bigamy. Lloy d Lewis ten. ocen Willa ign. Cam Joseph Ruttenberg and /.

Elections. Orphans. Sawmills. ; woeGrandparents. ; , ; ; Fledgling), Ruth Thorp (The Bar Fly), Martin Faust ;(Half-and-Half),

Infidelity. Marriage-Secret. Parentage. Adoption. Attempted murder. Cast: William Nigh (The Blue Streak), Violet Palmer (The | Note: According to reviews, this complained film contained subtitles printed on stills of action. d Finl Edward R Butch). Cc“ameron, The Motion Picture Magazine reviewer that “these are very offensive to Ned Finley (The sherThe iff),sheri Edward Roseman (Butch), T rom our artistically trained eyes and seem to interrupt the action rather than facilitate Danny Sullivan, Ed Kennedy, Bert Gudgeon, Marc Robbins.

it...” Western. Ordered out of his sight by his father, the scapegrace son of a ETR 29 Dec 1917, p. 370. MPW 5 Jan 1918, p. 132. millionaire obeys orders and wins notoriety out West as the “Blue Streak” ETR 5 Jan 1918, p. 403. Var 22 Mar 1918, p. 50. because of his facility with a gun and skill on horseback. Strolling into the

MPM Mar 1918, p. 99. Wid's 28 Mar 1918, p. 1036.

MPW 29 Dec 1917, p. 1959, 2003-04, town of Sterling one day, The Streak prevents a forced marriage. between | | The Fledgling, who is the daughter of the saloon keeper, and a gambler. Riding off with the girl to his retreat, The Streak is overcome with the

THE BLUE MOON | F 1.0403 realization that he interfered with a shotgun marriage. He rides back to American Film Co.; A “Flying A Special.” Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc. town, captures the gambler and brings him to the cabin. The girl protests

15 Nov 1920 [OAmerican Film Co.; 11 Oct 1920; LP15661]. 6 reels. that the gambler has not harmed her, but The Streak will not listen. In Dir George L. Cox. Asst dir Sidney H. Algier. Scen Daniel F. Whitcomb. desperation, The Fledgling goes through with a fake marriage ceremony.

Titles David Anderson. Tech dir Sidney A. Baldridge. Gen mgr R. R. Afterwards, miles away on the horizon, The Streak sees a posse Nehls. Musical accompaniment Henry Purmort Eames in collaboration approaching to arrest him. He bids The Fledgling farewell and prepares

with Walter J. Goodell. to surrender when she begs him to flee, and after he refuses, she rushes into Source: Based on the novel Blue Moon, A Tale of the Flatwoods by his arms crying out that she loves him. Lifting her to his mount, the two

~ David Wolf Anderson (Indianapolis, 1919). gallop away to begin a new life in his old home. Father-son relationship.

Cast: Pell Trenton (The Pearl Hunter), Elinor Field (Wild Rose), Harry Love. Marriage-Fake. Marriage-Forced. Regeneration. The West. S. Northrup (The man with the fancy vest), James Gordon (The river Chases. Gangsters. Gunfighters. Horsemen Millionaires. Posses. Saloon

boss), Margaret McWade (The iron-gray woman), Herbert Standing keepers. (The wild man), Sidney Franklin (Louie Solomon), Frederick Monley ETR 7 Apr 1917, p. 1252. ) MPW 7 Apr 1917, p. 112.

(The sheriff). Motog 17 Mar 1917, p. 564. Var : 30 Mar 1917, p. 29.

Drama. The Pearl Hunter, an orphaned youth, finds “The Blue Moon,” New 0M ae i917, if rose, Wid's 12 Apr 1917, pp. 234-35.

a priceless pearl. When the purchaser of the jewel is killed by the Red Mask, a notorious villain, the Pearl Hunter is accused of the murder. A

mob of enraged citizens attempts to lynch the Pearl Hunter, but the sheriff B LUE STREAK McCoy ; , . F1.0406

; ; ; ee Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co. 23 Aug 1920

comes to his rescue and incarcerates him. He escapes, and during his flight, [©Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 16 Aug 1920; LP15438]. 5 reels, 4,574

apprehends the Red Mask, who reveals the name of the Pearl Hunter’s ft IWETSAN PUT ININB. Oey TNCs us , - > Feels, father. The Red Mask is brought to justice; the Pearl Hunter is cleared of ,

Pearl diving. Escapes. Murder. Pearls. Prisons. yam ew. . Note: Somes scenes in the film were shot at inlets and lakes near Santa Barbara Cast: Harry Carey (Job McCoy), Charles Arling (Howard charges and is reunited with his father. Lynching. Orphans. Parentage. Wate Reaves Eason. Scen Harvey Gates. Story H. H. Wan Loan. Cam

CA. , Marlowe), Lila Leslie (Eileen Marlowe), Breezy Eason (Albert ETR 27 Nov 1920, p. 2702. MPW 28 May 1920, p. 1230. Marlowe), Ruth Golden (Diana Hughes), Ray Ripley (Frank Otis), Charles Le Moyne (Mulhall), Ruth Royce (Conchita). Western. When Westerner Job McCoy rescues Diana Hughes’s hat as

THE BLUE PEARL F 1.0404 it blows off the observation platform of the Texas Limited, Diana invites

L. Lawrence Weber Photo Dramas, Inc. Dist Republic Distributing him to visit her and her uncle at the Ninevah gold mines. Smitten with Corp. Mar 1920 [OL. Lawrence Weber Photo Dramas, Inc.; 28 Jan 1920; Diana, Job proceeds directly to Ninevah where Diana’s uncle, Howard

LU14727]. 6 reels. Marlowe, is experiencing difficulties in running the mines. In addition to

Dir George Irving. Scen Emma Bell Clifton. Cam Max Schneider. Marlowe’s managerial problems, his wife Eileen has become enamored of Source: Based on the play The Blue Pearl by Anne Crawford Flexner Frank Otis, an unscrupulous man who plans to rob the mines and elope with

(New York, 8 Aug 1918). Eileen. Job, a frequent visitor to the Marlowes’, discovers the plan and 84

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 BODY AND SOUL outwits Otis. Eileen sees the error of her ways and returns to her husband; considers this ruse deceitful and breaks off their relationship, but Velma Diana becomes engaged to an Easterner; and Job is left with no one. Gold Vrooman, Jack’s old girlfriend, remains jealous of Bobbie. Pretending to

mines. Unrequited love. Trains. Treachery. Uncles. get her a job, Velma arranges a meeting for Bobbie with a theatrical Note: The working title of this film was Fighting Job. manager. The manager makes advances and Bobbie fights him off, but it ETR 7 Aug 1920, p. 1057 NYMT ! Aus 1920, takes Jack, who heard of the meeting and became suspicious, to rescue her. MPN 7 Aug 1920, p. 1241. Var ep 1920, p. 45. Finally, just as the court is about to take the children from Bobbie, Jack MPW 7 Aug 1920, p. 780. Wid's | Aug 1920, p. 17. realizes that he still loves her. They get married and so the court allows

BLUFF them to maintain custody Bobbie’s brother and sister. Ballerinas. Child . “ F1.6407 custody. Impersonation andofimposture. Orphans. Attempted rape.

© - > Feels. Theatrical managers. Trials.

eon tote. 5m rn Dist Mutual Film Corp.; Mutual Star Productions. —_— Brother-sister_ relationship. Duplicity. Jealousy. Rescues. Sisters.

Dir Rea Berger. Scen Al Santell. Story Aaron Hoffman. nealr ve 0 hae ile p. io02, Var 2 Jun 1916, p. 17. Cast: C. William Kolb (Louie), Max M. Dill (Mike), May Cloy MPW 17 Jun 1916, p. 2114. Wid’s 1 Jun 1916, p. 611. (Claire), Thomas Chatterton (Harold Wainwright), George Ahern,

Clarence Burton, Harry Bernard, Charles Lynch. BOBBY see BEAUTY AND THE ROGUE Comedy. Louie, a janitor, cleans a building where chemists are trying to

turn base metals into gold. One night, an intrigued Louie combines a few BOBBY BURNIT see THE MAKING OF BOBBY BURNIT

chemicals, blows the place up and escapes with a jumble of notes from the

chemists’ project. He goes to a small town and interests Mike, a confectioner, in the formula for gold. Then high society’s Harold BODY AND SOUL F1.0410

Wainwright, stuck in the town, decides to exploit Louie’s formula because Frohman Amusement Corp. Dist World Film Corp. 22 Nov 1915 his sweetheart Claire will marry him only if he shows an aptitude for [©World Film Corp.; 6 Dec 1915; LU7143]. 5 reels. business. The three men go to New York and, by “bluff,” convince some Dir George Irving. Scen Anthony Kelly. Story William Hurlbut. Wall Street magnates to back them. Louie’s formula never does produce Cast: Florence Rockwell (Claire Martin), Kenneth Hunter (Howard gold, however. What it does produce is a puncture-proof rubber, which Kent), Robert Whitworth (Scott Houghton), Jack Sherrill (Charles turns Louie and Mike into millionaires and Harold into a married man. Houghton), Mrs. Cecil Raleigh (M rs. Taylor), Frazer Coulter (Dr.

Confectioners and confectionaries. Inventions. Janitors. Secret formulas. | McDonald), George Irving (The Rider). .

Socialites. Brokers. Chemists. Experiments. Explosions. Gold. New York Drama. Claire Martin, who lives in Great Neck, Long Island, with her

City-Wall Street. Rubber. Small town life. wealthy aunt, is Stricken with amnesia and wanders into the woods. After Motog 21 Oct 1916, p. 939, Var 20 Oct 1916, p. 26. various adventures with rough characters, she seeks shelter at the cabin of

MPW 21 Oct 1916, p. 445, 569. Wid's 19 Oct 1916, p. 1036. New York sportsman Scott Houghton who, after a week, decides to satisfy his desire for her. After Houghton finds Claire in her weakened state,

THE BLUFFER F1.0408 embracing a passing rider, he brands her breast with a knife wound and World Film Corp. Dist World Film Corp. 20 Jan 1919 [OWorld Film sets the cabin afire. Claire escapes, and when a ruffian throws her down

Corp.; 21 Jan 1919; LU13349]. 5 reels, 4 700 ft. an embankment, her memory returns. At home, she becomes engaged to Dir Travers Vale. Scen Clara S. Beranger. Story Clara S. Beranger. editor Howard Kent. Afte r Houghton traces her to Great Neck, Claire,

Cam Philip Hatkin. who does not remember him, goes to his houseboat, where he explains that | Cast: June Elvidge (Sybil Van Norden), Irving Cummings (Richard the scar means that she is his. When he tries to rape her, Claire stabs him Vaughan), Frank Mayo (Wallace Duncan), George MacQuarrie ( John to death. Although Kent and her doctor, who believe her to be innocent Moran), Muriel Ostriche (Grace Moran), Elizabeth Garrison (Mrs. because of her altered mental state, try to protect her, Houghton s nephew Slade), Louis Grisel (Simon Alexander), Jack Davidson (Edmond Charles learns the truth. Because he iS sought by the police, however,

Curtiss), Jack Raymond (The valet). Charles does not inform. With Kent’s care, Claire’s memory returns, and Drama. When rich Sybil Van Norden’s father kills himself, his ex- Med, marry. Annesia Mtemp fea fap ©. altered women Sranding. rust

partner, Vaughan, cheated by She Van Norden, advises her Islan (New York) Scare S Yemen to bluffRichard her way through life. marriescynically Wallace Duncan ford his money, _9cats. OP 9.

but discovers that Duncan is broke and a bluffer also. They make money Note: An early ad for this film stated that it was to be released by Pathé Exchange, : : . aes ; toe, Inc. William Hurlbut copyrighted a play entitled Body and Soul on 14 Sep 1915, but cheating at bridge with their rich friends. One of their victims, Western no information has been located to determine whether it was ever produced on stage. millionaire John Moran, is attracted to Sybil, and pays them to help his Some scenes in the film were shot at Wyndtryst, an estate at Great Neck, Long Island.

daughter Grace socially. Good-for-nothing Edmond Curtiss offers Duncan Motog 25 Dec 1915, p. 1346. MPW 4 Dec 1915, p. 1910. money if he will convince Grace to marry him, but Sybil, fond of Grace, MPN 16 Oct 1915, p. 94. NYDM —27 Nov 1915, p. 36.

gets the visiting Vaughan to warn Moran. When Moran discovers Sybil and ew 4 Ne Vole is 759 Wid's 25 Nov 1915.

Duncan cheating at cards, he locks Sybil in a room and struggles to i

embrace her. Vaughan breaks down the door and Moran leaves, after

which Vaughan repentantly confesses to Sybil that he maliciously gave her BODY AND SOUL , ; F1.0411 the wrong advice. After Duncan dies in a fight with Moran, Sybil and Metro Pictures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 25 Oct 1920 [OMetro

Vaughan marry and have a child. Cardsharps. Cynics. Dishonesty. Pictures Corp.; 20 Oct 1920; LP15699]. 6 reels. .

Marriage of convenience. Moral reformation. Attempted rape. Bridge. Dir Charles Swickard. Scen Hayden Talbot and Mare Robbins.

Fights. Millionaires. Rescues. Suicide. Story William Hurlbut. Cam Arthur Reeves.

Bio 4 Dec 1919, p. 59. MPW 18 Jan 1919, p. 386. Cast: Alice Lake (Claire Martin), William Lawrence (Howard ETR 18 Jan 1919, p. 577. Var 10 Jan 1919, p. 43. Kent), Stuart Holmes (Scott Houghton), Carl Gerard (Charles MPN 18 Jan 1919, p. 453. Wid’s 26 Jan 1919, p. 3. Houghton), Fontaine La Rue (Blanche), William Orlamond (Dr.

MPW 4 Jan 1919, p. 118. Bellaire), Hugh Saxon (Thompson, a valet).

Drama. Claire Martin, a diligent American art student studying in Paris,

BOBBIE OF THE BALLET F1,0409 suffers a blow to her head that transforms her into a woman of questionable Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. 12 Jun 1916 morals. She then becomes involved with Scott Houghton, an unscrupulous

[©Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.; 22 May 1916; LP8333]. 5 reels. artist who paints a suggestive portrait of her. When Houghton attempts to Dir Joseph De Grasse. Scen Ida May Park. Story Grant Carpenter. seduce Claire, she resists and in the struggle strikes her head and is restored

Cam George Kull. to her former personality. Claire returns to America with no recollection Cast: Louise Lovely (Bobbie Brent), Jay Belasco (Jack Stimson), Jean of her lurid life, but when she meets Houghton at a party, he promises to Hathaway (Mrs, Stimson), Gretchen Lederer (Velma Vrooman), Gilmore illuminate her past. He lures Claire to his hotel room where his nephew Hammond (Henry Fox), Lon Chaney (Hook Hoover), Lule Warrenton stabs and kills him. The violence traumatizes Claire, who believes that she

(Mrs. Hoover). perpetrated the crime. When Houghton’s nephew confesses, Claire is

Drama. Parentless ballet dancer Bobbie Brent must raise her young cleared of the crime and her seedy past and is free to marry her sweetheart brother and sister. To keep the children, Bobbie pretends that they are her Howard Kent. Americans in foreign countries. Art students. Dual own, and that she herself is a widow. Jack Stimson, in love with Bobbie, personality. Painters. Murder. Nephews. Paris. Portraits. Seduction.

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BODY AND SOUL AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Note: William Hurlbut copyrighted a play titled Body and Soul on 14 Sep 1915, Dir Donald Crisp. Scen George Beban. Cam J. O. Taylor.

sa no information has been located to determine whether it was ever produced on Cast: George Beban (Pierre Duval), John Burton (Hans (Car von Meyernick), Nigel De Brullier (Feole Zelnar), Paul Weigel

PN On 1990 e. aoe W's 3 ae 1990 is 4 Riminoss), Colin Chase (Jacques Duval), Eugene Pallette (Raoul

MPW 30 Oct 1920, p, 1292. Vaux), W. H. Bainbridge (John Fownes), Vola Vale (Ellen Ingram), Signor Buzzi (M. Lorillard), Mrs. Buehler (Mme. Lorillard).

BODY AND SOUL (J. Stuart Blackton Feature Pictures) see MAN Dram a. Pierre Duval, a poor Frenchman living in a New York

AND HIS WOMAN boardinghouse, is barely able to support his son Jacques’s studies in a Parisian art school. When war breaks out, Jacques returns home, unaware

that a disreputable art dealer named Raoul Vaux has tricked him into

THE BOER WAR F1.0412 smuggling stolen paintings into the United States, hidden among his own Kalem Co. Dist General Film Co. Mar 1914. 5 reels. works. The Secret Service suspects that Jacques is Vaux and send ‘their

Dir George Melford. agent, Ellen Ingram, to entrap him. She goes to live at the same

Cast: Edward Clisbee (General Lambert, retired), Jane Wolfe (Mrs. _ boardinghouse as Pierre and Jacques and soon becomes friendly with them.

Lambert), Marin Sais (Jane Lambert, their daughter), William Brunton To support himself and his son, Pierre takes on an extra job as a (Lt. Jack Lambert, their son), Larry Peyton (Captain Doane), William H. _ nightwatchman at a museum. When Jacques learns through Ellen that

West (Jaubert, a Boer general). “Vaux” is an art thief who plans to steal some paintings from the museum Drama/Historical. At a charity benefit, Captain Doane falls in love with where Pierre works, he tries to prevent the theft, but is arrested himself Jane Lambert, the daughter of a retired general. When Jane’s brother Jack instead. Finally, the real Vaux is captured, and Pierre and Jacques receive steals the contributions to pay his own gambling debts, Doane takes the = 4 reward from the French government for helping to recover stolen

7 ! whom he has fallen in love. Father-son relationship. Secret agents.

the Boer War. When Doane distinguishes himself in battle, Jack is so Smugglers. Thieves. Art dealers. Art students. Boardinghouses. French. ashamed that he writes a letter exonerating his friend. Without Jack’s Museums. New York City. Paintings.

knowledge, Doane destroys the letter, and later saves Jack’s life in battle. Note: Signor Buzzi, who plays the part of M. Lorillard, is probably Pietro Buzzi. Doane is himself blinded, but he is finally reconciled to the Lamberts when The original title of the scenario was Amen Corner.

Jack tells them of his own guilt. Jane then vows to devote her life to Doane’s ETR 7 Apr 1917, p. 1251. NYDM 7 Apr 1917, p. 26. care and he is cited for bravery. Debt. Self-sacrifice. South Africa—History— MPN 14 Apr 1917, p. 2364. Var 6 Apr 1917, p. 23.

Boer War, 1880-1881. Theft. War heroes. Blindness. Brother-sister pW OL ha ior? P ton Wid's > Apr 1917, p. 215.

relationship. Great Britain. Army. Letters. Orderlies (military). ao"

MPW 13 Sun 1914, p. 1608. NYO AMEE ROS THE BOND OF FEAR F1.0415 Triangle Film Corp. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 23 Sep 1917. 5 reels.

LA BOHEME see LA VIE DE BOHEME Dir Jack Conway. Scen Edith Kennedy. Cam Paul E. Eagler. Cast: Roy Stewart (Cal Nelson), Belle Bennett (Mary Jackson),

THE BOHEMIANS see LA VIE DE BOHEME Melbourne McDowell (Judge McClure), George Webb (John McClure), John Lince (Hotel proprietor).

BOLSHEVISM ON TRIAL F1.0413 Western. Camden McClure, judge of the Circuit Court, is a fanatical Mayflower Photoplay Corp. Dist Select Pictures Corp. 19 Apr 1919 advocate of law enforcement until he kills his brother durin g a fight. [©Mayflower Photoplay Corp.: 9 Apr 1919; LP13580]. 6 reels. Fleeing from his crime, the judge hires Cal Nelson as his guide through Dir Harley Knoles. Asst dir George Kelson and Walter R. Sheridan. the Western badlands. While crossing the desert, th ey meet Mary Jackson,

Scen Harry Chandlee. Cam Philip Hatkin. who is lost and exhausted. Mary recovers, but the judge suffers heat stroke Source: Based on the novel Comrades by Thomas Dixon (New York, and, in his delirium, confesses his crime to Mary. To assuage his guilt,

1909), Mary admits that she is a murderer, too, and the couple decide to get

Cast: Robert Frazer (Captain Norman Worth), Leslie Stowe married. However, when the judge reads that his brother is alive, he once (Herman Wolff), Howard Truesdell (Colonel Worth), Jim Savage again adheres to the letter of the law and denounces Mary to the

(Tom Mooney), Pinna Nesbit (Barbara Bozenta), Ethel Wright authorities. Cal, who has fallen in love with Mary, carries her to the desert (Catherine Wolff), Valda Valkyrien (Elena Worth), May Hopkins to escape the sheriff, and there Mary admits that she fabricated her crime

(Blanche), Chief Standing Bear (Saka), J. G. Davis (Jim). to relieve the judge. The judge then discovers that his brother is actually Drama. Social worker Barbara Bozenta devotes her life to the poor and dead, and follows the fugitives into the desert, but is killed ina sandstorm, yearns for a society where all are equals. Captain Norman Worth, a soldier thus freeing Mary to wed Cal. Confession (law). False accusations. Guilt.

wounded in the war, also dreams of such a utopian society. Worth’s wealthy | Law. Love. Murder. Brothers. Deserts. Escapes. Guides. Judges.

father is determined to cure his son of his idealistic notions and secures an Manslaughter. Wanderers. The West.

Se een etme an cme ekctey dong umm inna seus asus now ale 1 maz} Elen, wih island Ideas off the coast of Florida to be setAtempted up as a test ofrape, his son’s Bolshevist Note: This May film was released under title Sandstormen, (The En SandKenton, Storm) in Com King ing Fee love, Islands, Utope, Lechery. pir ida Park. cen IdatheMay Park. Story ideas. It soon appears that none of the commune members want to do any 1920.

work, and that Herman Wolff, the leader, is using Barbara and Norman New ; ep tory is ede ie so Soy ore . o for his own selfish ends. Wolff is already married, but advocates free love. NYDM 22 Sep 1917, p. 19. He tells Barbara she must consent to live with him. Wolff imprisons

Norman, but Norman breaks free and rescues Barbara from Wolff. The BONDAGE F1.0416 experimental colony has failed. The red flag is replaced by Old Glory, and Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. 17 Oct 1917 a troop of marines restores order to the island. Bolshevism. Communal [©Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.; 14 Sep 1917; LP11409]. 5 reels.

Note: The film’s working title was Red Republic and the alternate title was D. Gray. aT . Shattered Dreams. Scenes for this film were taken at the Royal Poinciana Hotel in Cast: Dorothy Phillips (Elinor Crawfe ord), Gretchen Lederer

Palm Beach, FL. (Francesca Taft), Gertrude Astor (Eugenia Darth), William Stowell ETR 12 Apr 1919, p. 1435. NYDM _16 Nov 1918, p. 740. (Evan Kilvert), J. B. McLaughlin (Bertie Vawtry), Jean Porter (Jean),

MPN 29 Mar 1919, p. 1955. Var 2 May 1919, p. 60. Eugene Owen (James).

MPN 19 Apr 1919, p. 2521. Wid's 11 May 1919, p. 13. Drama. Despite her literary ambitions, country girl Elinor Crawford has

MPW 3 May 1919, pp. 717-18. advanced no further than a reporter for a New York scandal sheet. During one of her assignments, she meets Evan Kilvert, a lawyer from her home

THE BOND BETWEEN F1.0414 town who is shocked at her Bohemian mode of existence. Elinor has nothing

Pallas Pictures. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 2 Apr 1917 [© J. C. Ivers; but scorn for him and turns her attentions to Bertie Vawtry, the editor of

13 Mar 1917; LP10407]. 5 reels. a racey weekly. He professes to love her, but when Vawtry suddenly 86

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 BONDS OF LOVE marries a wealthy widow, Elinor, disheartened, disappears and it is Dir Edgar Lewis. Scen Louise Kellar and Edgar Lewis. _ assumed that she has gone away with Vawtry. Kilvert finds her poverty- Source: Based on the novel The Bondman by Hall Caine (London, 1890).

stricken in the slums and they are wed. Soon after, married life palls upon Cast: William Farnum (Stephen Orry/Jason Orry), L. O. Hart her, and Elinor pays a visit to one of her old haunts where she meets (Adam Fairbrother), Dorothy Bernard (Greeba), Charles Graham Vawtry, whose wife has died, Elinor spurns him, but her husband suspects (Jorgen Jorgenson), Doris Wooldridge (Rachel), Charles Brooke the worst and as a result she leaves him. Kilvert, learning that his wife has (Danish minister), Julia Hurley (Stephen Orry’s mother), Carey Lee been faithful, finds her in the street depressed and dazed and brings her (Liza Killey), Harry Spingler (Sunlocks). home. He then administers a beating to her would-be seducer. Bohemians Drama. Jason Orry vows to kill his father for abandoning Jason’s mother and Bohemianism. Country girls. Infidelity. Marriage. Missing persons. years before, but Stephen Orry dies a natural death, so Jason seeks revenge Seduction. Separation. Editors. Lawyers. New York City. Reporters. against Sunlocks, Stephen’s son by another wife. The half brothers fall in

Slums. Widowers. love with the same woman, Greeba, but she loves only Sunlocks. Jason

Motog _20 Oct 1917, p. 833. MPW 3 Nov 1917, p. 758. learns that Sunlocks and Greeba have left for Iceland, and so follows them MPN 27 Oct 1917, p. 2900, 2952, NYDM 20 Oct 1917, p. 18. there, still not sure what Sunlocks looks like. In Iceland, Jason is MPW 7 On 191 1, p. 522 Var 20 Oct 1917, p. 833. imprisoned and shackled to another man. After the two escape, and Greeba

o— embraces the other man, Jason realizes that he had been chained to his

enemy, Sunlocks. While Jason is pardoned, Sunlocks is recaptured and

THE BONDAGE OF BARBARA toa, F1.0417 sentenced to be shot. Jason, aware of Greeba’s grief, releases Sunlocks, Goldwyn Pictures Corp. Dist Goldwyn Distributing Corp. 2 Feb 1919 temains in Sunlocks’ cell and is executed in the place of the man he had

[©Goldwyn Pictures Corp.; 18 Jan 1919; LP13310]. 5 reels. sworn to kill. Convicts. Revenge. Rivalry. Stepbrothers. Self-sacrifice. cares Samuel won Dir Emmett J. Flynn. Story Burke Symon. Desertion. Executions. Iceland. Imprisonment. Pardons (legal). Prison

am Uiiver fF. Ma4sn. , escapes. Recognition. Cast: Mae Marsh (Barbara Grey), Matt Moore (Harry Chambers), Jack Note According to an ad, this film was originally scheduled to be made in 1915

McLean (Tony Grey), Arthur Housman (Jack Newton), Henry Hallam by the Masterpiece Film Mfg. Co., which disbanded either during production or

(John J. Newton), Edwin Sturgis (“Slick’’ Simmons). before production was completed. The film was re-issued by Fox in 1918. Drama. Although his sister Barbara supports him by working as a cashier ETR 22 Jun 1918, p. 198. MPN 1 Apr 1916, p. 1921.

for a lumber company, Tony Grey is eager to escape her care and their Motog * a i916 n, sor pw » ner ioe, 1706,

home in Waterburg to go to New York. Tony’s pal Jack Newton, the son MPN 12 Jun 1915, p. 10, 37. MPW 6 Jul 1918, p. 116. of the lumber company owner robs her cashier’s cage to pay back pool hall MPN 3 Jul 1915, p. 53. Var 24 Mar 1916, p. 24.

proprietor “Slick” Simmons. He plants Tony’s scarf-pin near the cage, and MEN - vid ee 739 Wid's 23 Mar 1916, p. 456.

gives Tony enough money to get to New York, not telling him about the ares Poss robbery. Barbara sees the pin and suspects Tony but says nothing and goes

to a reformatory for a year. Tony returns when Barbara’s sweetheart Harry BONDS OF HONOR ; F1.0420 Chambers tells him what happened, but Jack and Simmons capture him Haworth Pictures Corp. Dist Robertson-Cole Co. through Exhibitors and hold him prisoner in a roadhouse attic. Disguising herself as a boy, Mutual Distributing Corp. 19 Jan 1919 [©Haworth Pictures Corp.; 31 Oct

Barbara finds Tony and takes his place in the attic while he signs an 1918; LU13004]. 5 reels.

affidavit with the district attorney. She wildly fights off Jack and Simmons —_,/" William Worthington. Scen Frances Guihan. Story Clara Whipple.

until Harry arrives and the crooks are arrested. Bondage. Brother-sister Cam Dal Clawson. k hi relationship. Cashiers. Frame-ups. Lumber industry. Lure of the city. Self- et k Sessue . Hey a Ol Cramas irols asamore), d tun nek

sacrifice. Billiards and billiard parlors. District attorneys. Fights. Male me - °) Hersch als 4 op fi Be wn ey T OCOWSKY ‘ va impersonation. Reformatories. Roadhouses. Robbery. etrovitch), Herschel Mayall (Paul Berkowitz), Toyo Fujita (Count ETR _—-25 Jan 1919, p. 651 MPN 25 Jan 1919, p. 560 Sakurai), M. Foshida (Baron Saito).

ETR 8 Feb 1919, p. 791. a" Drama. Yamashito, the son of Count Sakurai, is loyal and courageous,

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while his wayward twin brother, Sasamoto, sinks deeply into debt due to

THE BONDAGE OF FEAR F1.0418 his gambling sprees. During World War I, Sasamoto plans to pay off a World Film Corp.; Peerless. Dist World Film Corp. 23 Jan 1917 gambling debt to German spy Paul Berkowitz by stealing the fortification ; ’ ; lans byJan Yamashito and his father, but is [©World Filmprepared Corp.; 19 1917; LU10031]. 5 reels. P caught Nee a ;during the

Pres William A. Brady. Dir Travers Vale. Story Rosalind Ivan and attempt. Instead of committing hara Kiri, as prescribed by the Japanese

- Thomas J. Kelly. Cam Max Schneider. code of honor, Sasamoto escapes to Russia with the German conspirators, y

Cast: Ethel Clayton (Vesta Wheatley), Edward M. Kimball (Dr. Jason where he becomes a drunkard. Yamashito, charged with bringing his Wheatley) John Bowers (Dick Mortimer) Rockliffe Fellowes (John brother to Justice, Poses as Sasamoto Ny Russia and exposes the SPles. Randolph), Arthur Ashley (Skinny Morgan), Frances Miller (Mandy — g,others have loved, Toku-ko. Brothers. Impersonation and imposture. (Masi Nash (Rastus), George Morgan (Jim), Elsa Bambrick —jananese. Russia. Spies. Twins. Alcoholism. Debt. Escapes. Gambling.

ion , ; Sasamoto finally commits suicide, and Yamashito marries the girl both

o Germans. Nobility. Plans (documents). Hara kiri. World War I.

Drama / Crime. After Vesta Wheatley , the daughter of an old country Note: The character names Yamashito and Sasamoto are reviewed in some sources doctor, marries wealthy New York businessman John Randolph, Vesta’s as Yamashiro and Sadao. Olga Orczy is also called Olga Orozy; Count Sakurai is former suitor, Dick Mortimer, follows her to New York. When Vesta is left named Count Sakayri; and Baron Saito is also known as Count Saito. Tsuri Aoki was alone at her husband’s hunting lodge because John has been summoned married to Sessue Hayakawa at the time of this production. Some sources state that

. . . . . oo . » Pp. . ar 31 Jan 1919, p. 53.

back to the city, Dick seizes the opportunity to rekindle their romance. As rel iss Pete fee and screen performer, was the author of a story

Vesta implores him to leave, gangster Skinny Morgan breaks into the lodge MPN A Feb 1919. 0. 919 y; and kills Dick. Skinny insures Vesta’s silence by insinuating that MPW 25 Jan 1919, pp. 541-42. Wid's 26 Jan 1919, p. 23. complications could occur if it transpired that Dick, presumably her lover, NYT 5 Oct 1919, IV, p. 5 (in

had been slain there. After sinking Dick’s body in the lake, Skinny addenda).

blackmails Vesta. Hunted by the police, he enters her New York home one

night. Vesta discovers him in her bedroom, shoots and kills him, thus BONDS OF LOVE F1.0421

forever freeing herself from the bondage of fear. Blackmail. Marriage. Goldwyn Pictures Corp. Dist Goldwyn Distributing Corp. 2 Nov Murder. Country girls. Gangsters. Lodges. Millionaires. New York City. 1919 [©Goldwyn Pictures Corp.; 18 Aug 1919; LP14084]. 5 reels.

Note: The working title of this film was The Ghost of Fear. Dir Reginald Barker. Scen Louis Sherwin. Cam Edward Gheller. Art

ETR 20 Jan 1917, p. 492. NYDM 20 Jan 1917, p. 26. dir Hugo Ballin.

Motog 27 Jan 1917, p. 208. Wid's 18 Jan 1917, pp. 43-44. Cast: Pauline Frederick (Una Sayre), Percy Standing (Daniel

MPW 27 Jan 1917, p. 540, 591. Cabot), Betty Schade (Lucy Beekman), Leslie Stuart (Harry

. 97 |

Beekman), Charles Clary (Barry Sullivan), Kate Lester (Mrs.

THE BONDMAN F1.0419 Cunningham), Frankie Lee (Jimmy Cabot).

Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 20 Mar 1916 [©William Fox; 19 Drama. Una Sayre, governess in widower Daniel Cabot’s home, saves

Mar 1916; LP7860]. 5-6 reels. young Jimmy Cabot from drowning, and through her attention to the child,

BONDWOMEN AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG wins the love of her employer despite the plotting of Lucy and Harry MPW 7 Sep 1918, pp. 1464-65. Wid's 6 Oct 1918, pp. 3-4. Beekman, his late wife’s brother and sister. When Una discovers a love MP 14 Sep 1918, pp. 1532-33.

letter written by a man whom the first wife was seeing, she visits him and

demands that he return all of her letters. Lucy and Harry Beekman use this BONNIE, BONNIE LASSIE ; F1.0424 meeting to cast suspicions on Una’s reputation, but Cabot eventually Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co. 5 Oct 1919 discovers that Una was acting in his own interest. He finally overcomes his [(@Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; | Oct 1919; LP 14258]. 6 reels.

devotion to the memory of his dead wife, and throws her greedy relatives Dir Tod Browning. Asst dir Fred Tyler. Scen Violet Clark, Tod

, ; ; . Browning and/or Waldemar Young. Cam William Fildew. Infidelity. Letters. Rescues. in Ainslee’s Magazine (publication date undetermined).

out. Governesses. In-laws. Reputation. Widowers. Children. Drowning. Source: Based on the short story “Auld Jeremiah” by Henry C. Rowland

Note: According to the 1921 MPSD, Edward T. Lowe, Jr., a writer, editor and Cast: Mary MacLaren (Alisa Graeme), Spottiswoode Aitken assistant supervisor of productions, worked on this film in some capacity. (Jeremiah Wishart), David Butler (David), Arthur Carewe (Archibald

LPW rs No i919) is xe Wis ; NY i919 is 3 Loveday), Fred Turner, Clarissa Selwyn, Eugenie Forde.

NYT 3 Nov 1919, p. 13. Comedy. Alisa Graeme journeys from Scotland to America to visit Jeremiah Wishart, an old wealthy friend of her grandfather. The invalid

BONDWOMEN F1.0422 Jeremiah is charmed by Alisa and decides she would make a good wife for George Kleine. Dist Kleine-Edison Feature Service. 15 Dec 1915 his favorite nephew David. Without meeting Alisa, David refuses the

[©George Kleine; 31 Dec 1915; LU7327. ©George. Kleine; 15 Dec 1915; 4/7angement and runs away. Later, Alisa also runs away rather than wed

LP7551], 5 reels, 4,854 ft another of Jeremiah’s nephews and meets a young billboard painter in the

Di Ed nA ‘ t S1 Edwin A t. Cam Philip Hatki country. The two form a partnership, travel the countryside together in Rewin August, otory Bewin August. cam fap rarxin, painting billboards and gradually fall in love. When the painter tells Alisa

Cast: Maude Fealy (Norma Ellis), John Sainpolis (Dr. Hugh Ellis), Iva that he won’t marry until his finances are secure, she leaves him in anger Shepard (Belle Jordan), Mildred Gregory (Snowdrop), David Landau and heads for Jeremiah’s house. From his wheelchair, Jeremiah sees first (David Power), Harry Knowles (Professor Bowe), Harmon McGregor pig wayward nephew painting a nearby billboard, then a young woman

(Ned Ellis), Shirley De Me (Mary), Maurice Steuart, Jr. (Roy Ellis), stopping to help him. Jeremiah’s initial fury at David softens when he

Frederic Sumner (Jim). _ 7 recognizes the woman as Alisa. Once Alisa and David realize the other’s

Drama/Social. For five years, docile Norma Ellis is humiliated by her identity, they blissfully reunite. /ndustrial painters. Marriage-Arranged. husband, Dr. Hugh Ellis, who believes that no housewife is capable of — Runaways. Scots. Billboards. Father-son relationship. Invalids. handling household finances. Norma finally rebels, and declaring that Note: This film’s working title was Auld Jeremiah. Trade articles during the first American women are more often regarded as bondswomen than wives, asks weeks of production credited Waldemar Young with the scenario, but later trade for a joint bank account. When her husband scoffs, Norma renounces all notices credit Violet Clark, and the copyright register credits Clark and Browning.

household duties. Ellis begins to acquiesce as the combined responsibilities Camera — 13 Jul 1919, p. 5. MPW 9 Aug 1919, p. 839.

become overwhelming. Meanwhile, his brother Ned, a cocaine addict, is anera 7 Ney iol9 p. 3506 NW > ane ioe is oe attacked by a drug-crazed girl, who tries to blind him with acid. During MPW 19 Jul 1919, p. 379. Var 31 Oct 1919, p. 56. Ned’s lengthy surgery, performed by Ellis, Norma discovers that payment

is due on a stock option that promises to make them rich. She borrows from BONNIE MAY F1.0425 David Power, a family friend who is trying to cure drug addiction. After Andrew J. Callaghan Productions, Inc. Dist Federated Film Exchanges Ned is stopped from getting more cocaine by Power, he tells the doctor that of America, Inc. 17 Oct 1920 [©Andrew J. Callaghan Productions, Inc.; Power and Norma are having an affair. Ellis drives her and her baby away, 11 Jun 1920; LP15707]. 5 reels. but after Power cures Ned, he confesses his lie. The couple reconcile and Prod Andrew J. Callaghan. Dir Ida May Park and Joseph De Grasse.

open a joint account. Drug addicts. Finance-Personal. Marriage. Scen Bernard McConville. Cam Sam Landers. Physicians. Wives. Women's rights. Acid. Bank accounts. False Source: Based on the novel Bonnie May by Louis Dodge (New York,

accusations. Reunions. Stocks. Surgery. 1916).

Note: According to a news item, the scenario for this film was partially rewritten Cast: Bessie Love (Bonnie May), Miss Dupont, William Bainbridge,

according to Maude Fealy’s suggestions. Charles Gordon, Lon Poff.

Motog 1 Jan 1916, p. 34. MPW 11 Dec 1915, p. 2090. Drama. Young actress Bonnie May finds work in a private play given at

MPN i De ole P on NY DM 3 De ole P oF Mrs. Baron’s mansion, where she endears herself to all, especially Victor

MPW 4 Dec 1915, p. 1859. Var 17 Dec 1915, p. 18. Baron, the invalid son who has written the play. He begs her to stay on to

help him write another play, despite the reluctance of his mother, always scheming for a way to replenish the depleted family fortune. Mrs. Baron

BONNIE ANNIE LAURIE , F1.0423 wants her daughter Flora to marry the disreputable but rich Lionel, rather

Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp.; Excel Pictures. | Sep 1918 than John Addie, her daughter’s preference; at the same time, the mother

[OWilliam Fox; 1 Sep 1918; LP12793]. 5 reels. , schemes to marry Jules Gobert for his money. While Victor and Bonnie Pres William Fox. Supv William Fox. Dir Harry Millarde. Scen Lela May draw material from what is going on around them, and send the play

Leibrand. Story Hamilton Thompson. Cam A. Leach. to an agent, the Barons’ financial situation worsens. The agent agrees to Source: Based on the song “Annie Laurie” music by Lady John Scott, produce the play using Bonnie May’s rewritten last act, depicting a mother

words, anonymous (1838). and daughter marrying for money with disastrous results. The play also Cast: Peggy Hyland (Annie Laurie), Henry Hallam (Sandy Laurie), makes Mrs. Baron realize her wrong thinking, and she consents to Flora William Bailey (Captain Donald McGregor), Sidney Mason (Andy marrying the man she loves. Victor and Bonnie May also realize that they

McGregor), Marion Singer (Nan, the nurse). are in love. Actors and actresses. Family life. Fortune hunters. Invalids. Drama. Annie Laurie is betrothed to Donald McGregor just before he Playwrights. Theater. Theatrical agents. leaves Scotland to fight the Germans in France during World War I. At Note: Directors Ida May Park and Joseph DeGrasse were married.

home, Annie discovers a man washed up on the shore and cares for him ETR 9 Oct 1920, p. 2045. MPW 3 Jul 1920, p. 107. until her father, fearing that she and the stranger, Lieutenant Hathaway, MPN 9 Oct 1920, pp. 2754-55. MPW 4 Sep 1920, p. 87. are falling in love, turns him out of the house. When Hathaway recovers, NeW May 1900 P ieee MPW 2 Oct 1920, p. 679.

he returns to the front where he befriends Donald, while Annie becomes oo a Red Cross nurse. Both men are wounded in a charge and hospitalized. THE BOOK AGENT F1.0426 ere Annie, though still torn between the two, eventually decides to honor Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 14 May 1917 [OWilliam Fox: 13

her vow to Donald and marries him. Castaways. Military officers. Nurses. May 1917: PID] 52]. 5 reels P. y ,

Red Cross. Scotland. Scots. Soldiers. World War |. Combat. France. == be; William Fox. Dir Otis Turner. Scen F. McGrew Willis and Otis

Hospitals. War injuries. Turner. Story Walter Woods. Cam R. E. Irish.

Burns. This was Fox’s first Excel release. vane ( , , Note: Some sources state, erroneously, that the song was actually a poem by Robert Cast: George Walsh (Harry Kelly), Doris Pawn (Mollie Lester)

ETR 24 Aug 1918, p. 1013. MPW 28 Sep 1918, pp. 1918-19. William Burress (Crandall Barker), Reginald Everett (Dana Sneed), ETR 21 Sep 1918, p. 1341. NYDM 14 Sep 1918. p. 412. Willard Louis (Rev. A. Ginem), Joseph Swickard (Dr. Newdope), Velma

MPN 28 Sep 1918, p. 2082. Var 11 Oct 1918, p. 46. Whitman (Mollie’s mother), Phil Gastrock (The lawyer). 88

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE BORDER LEGION Comedy-drama. Harry Kelly’s vocation as a book peddler leads him to Wilson and King George. Scotland Yard uncovers a plot to blow up the a young woman’s seminary where he meets Mollie Lester. Later, he meets world leaders fostered by a Bolshevist group headed by a woman posing at

Mollie again when she is employed as a nurse to the wealthy invalid the inn as the sculptress Mme. De Valdee. Boots is in love with boarder Crandall Barker. Unknown to Barker, Mollie is the child of the daughter Everett White, without knowing that the supposed student is actually a that he had disinherited years earlier. Kelly’s cheery disposition charms old Scotland Yard detective assigned to watch Mme. De Valdee. Boots grows Barker so much that he hires him to act as a jester. For his kindness, Kelly jealous of Everett’s attention to the other woman, and when she discovers

thwarts the scheme of the old man’s nephew Dana Sneed, the Rev. A. Mme. De Valdee in Everett’s arms, she attempts to bury all her romantic Ginem, and Dr. Newdope to dupe the old man out of his money. After books in the cellar. In the process, Boots discovers the tunnel and the | Kelly rescues Barker from an abduction by the Rev. Ginem, he establishes conspiracy plan, insures the safety of the world leaders, captures the Mollie as the old, man’s granddaughter. Mollie then becomes the criminals, and wins Everett’s love. Bo/shevists. Conspiracy. Heroism. Inns. beneficiary of not only the old man’s inheritance, but also of Kelly’s love. London. Maids. Scotland Yard. Tunnels. Detectives. George V, King of Conspiracy. Disinheritance. Father-daughter relationship. Inheritance. England, 1865-1936. Impersonation and imposture. Jealousy. Sculptors. Long-lost relatives. Parentage. Abduction. Clergy. Granddaughters. Woodrow Wilson Grandfathers. Invalids. Nephews. Nurses. Peddlers. Seminaries. Note: Sources disagree concerning the author of the original story. While the Note: Fox copyrighted a two reel film entitled The Book Agent in 1921. copyright entry lists Martha Pittman, letters in the D. W. Griffith Papers assert that

ETR 9 Jun 1917, p. 55. MPW 16 Jun 1917, p. 1798. S. E. V. Taylor wrote the original story. MPN 9 Jun 1917, p. 3621. Var 2 Jun 1917, p. 27. ETR 8 Mar 1919, p. 1065. NYT - 10 Mar 1919, p. 9. MPW 19 May 1917, p. 1179. Wid’s 7 Jun 1917, p. 364. MPN 1 Mar 1919, p. 1245, 1349-51, Var 14 Mar 1919, p. 46, 48. MPN 15 Mar 1919, p. 1712. Wid's 2 Mar 1919, p. 11.

yy£a’.

THE BOOK OF NATURE F 1.0427

MPW 8 Mar 1919, p. 1390.

Raymond L. Ditmars. Dist George R. Meeker. Nov 1914. 6 reels. BOOTS AND SADDLES F1.0430

ir Raymond L. Ditmars. Cam Raymond L. Ditmars. Balboa A ducing Co: , ,

Documentary. This documentary investigates the habits of mammals aidoa “Amusement Producing 0.» B. 5. Moss Motion Pictu re Corp.

aeamphibians, Dist State Rights; B. S. Moss Motionand Picture Corp.;with Moss Films. Nov reptiles, submarine creatures, insects, one reel of the | film being devoted to each. The final reel, entitled “The Jungle Circus,” 1916. 5 reels.

, ; . " ie . _ Pres B.S. Moss. Prod H. M. Horkheimer and E. D. Horkheimer.

illustrates the amusing characteristics of all. Among the featured animals S - Based he play B d Saddles by E Wal

are a dormouse, a snake, a frog, a blind lizard, and a salamander. Animal hueti nd on the a ay Boots and oaddles by Eugene Walter

life. Amphibians. Insects. Mammals. Marine life. Reptiles. (Pr uction undetermined). ; ae

Note: Raymond L. Ditmars was the curator of the Bronx Zoological Park. ast: R. Henry Grey (John James English), Lillian West (Lucy

Motog 7 Nov 1914, p. 634. Var 13 Nov 1914, p. 25. Ward), Robyn Adair (George Ferris), Norman Ww. Luke (William

NYDM 28 Oct 1914, p. 32. Briscoe), Charles Dudley (Walter Harris), George Pheilen (Charles Tallyen), Claire Glenn (Beth Ward), Gordon Sackville.

THE BOOMERANG F1.0428 Drama. John James English adores Lucy Ward, but she marries the National Film Corp. Dist State Rights; Pioneer Film Corp. May dishonest George Ferris. Despondent, John enlists in the army, while Lucy

1919 [©Pioneer Film Corp.; 10 Apr 1919; LU13615]. 7 reels. and George go to Las Vegas to run a mine. George speculates with Dir Bertram Bracken. Asst dir H. A. (Jack) Laver. Scen Franklyn Hall. | Company funds, and he and two cohorts decide to steal the payroll. Lucy,

Cam Joseph Brotherton and Walter Griffin. unable to recognize her masked husband, shoots and kills him during the Source: Based on the novel The Boomerang by William Hamilton theft. The commotion brings in troops from a nearby post, and one of the

Osborne (New York, 1912). soldiers is John, who pursues George’s partners. When he learns that Cast: Henry B. Walthall (George Gray), Melbourne McDowell Lucy s husband was involved, however, he lets the men go, and refuses to (Peter Cameron), Nina Byron (Rose Cameron), Dick Johnson (Lonnie implicate George. For his silence, John is court-martialed, but at the last Cameron), Richard Norris (Maximillian Gray), Helen Jerome Eddy minute, Lucy names her husband as the criminal, and because she realizes

(Nora Yorke), Jack MacDonald (Napoleon Snape), Nigel De Bruillier that she loves John, the two plan their marriage. Courts-martial. (Antonio Giannone), Beulah Booker (Marie Giannone), Gordon Sackville | —™bezzlement. Las Vegas (Nevada). Mines. Soldiers. Theft. Marriage.

: Whi . : 4 ote: € ttm had its premiere in IN€w York on Cc . some sources state

(Governor Montgomery), Maryland Morne (Ann Montgomery), Lloyd Mary enisiment Specuiation. Vork on 26 Oct 1916. S tat

(Jim Hardy). not begin production until later. . Drama /Social. Millionaire meatpacker Peter Cameron, greedy for more Motog 18 Nov 1916, p. 1144. MPW I1 Nov 1916, p. 794, 839, 845.

Whitlock (Walter Ames), William Ryno (Daniel Nathaniel), Bert Appling that the film was produced by the B. S. Moss Motion Picture Corp., but Moss did

money and power, maneuvers an alliance between his daughter Rose and MPN 11 Nov 1916, p. 3020. Var 3 Nov 1916, p. 30. George Gray, the son of Cameron’s business rival Max Gray, in order to MPW 5 Aug 1916, p. 968. Wid's 2 Nov 1916, p. 1074. increase his control of the food industry. George, a lawyer, opposes the

trust, and as a result is professionally ruined by Cameron, disinherited by THE BORDER LEGION F1.0431 his father, and jilted by his fiancée. Out on his own, George gets a job at Dist Goldwyn Distributing Corp. 28 Aug 1918 [OT. Hayes Hunter and a mill and starts at the bottom. When an epidemic breaks out among his Blanche Bates Creel; 5 Jan. 1919; LP13239]. 5 reels.

fellow laborers due to their eating spoiled meat from the trust, George Prod T. Hayes Hunter. Dir T. Hayes Hunter. Asst dir Claude Camp. secures evidence of criminal practices which ultimately brings about the Scen Victor de Viliers and Laurence Marston. Cam A. Scholtz. Film conviction of Cameron and the trust. In championing the rights of the ed Alex Troffey. downtrodden, George wins back Rose and reforms Cameron. Epidemics. Source: Based on the novel The Border Legion by Zane Grey (New York, Marriage-Arranged. Meatpackers and meatpacking. Reformers. Trusts. 1916).

Disinheritance. Evidence. Millionaires. Mills. Cast: Blanche Bates (Joan Randall), Hobart Bosworth (Jack Kells),

‘aR Io May iors.»P. Peoi,1767. a My ore PP. 939-40. cgene Strong (Jim veered Horace Morgan "(Sheriff Rober Russell > P.yew 9. impson (Overland Bradley), Arthur Morrison (Sheriff Roberts), Bull MPN 17-May 1919, p. 3283. Wid's 4 May 1919, p. 21. Montana (Red Pierce), Richard Souzade (Bate Wood), Kate Elmore (Mrs. Wood).

BOOTS F1.0429 Western. Joan Randall accuses her fiancé Jim Cleeve of cowardice, so New Art Film Co. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Paramount he joins an outlaw gang called the “Border Legion.” When Joan guiltily Pictures. 16 Feb 1919 [©Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; 12 Feb 1919; pursues him, she is attacked by gang leader Jack Kells, whom she shoots.

LP13399]. 5 reels. Joan nurses Jack back to health, after which he promises to protect her,

Dir Elmer Clifton. Scen M. M. Stearns. Story Martha Pittman and/or but when Jim reclaims her, Jack follows and threatens him. Jack is killed

S. E. V. Taylor. Cam John Leezer. by his own gang as a posse arrives to save Joan and Jim. Gangs. Outlaws. Cast: Dorothy Gish (“Boots”), Richard Barthelmess (Everett White), Cowardice. Mexican border. Nursing back to health. Posses. Self-

Fontine LaRue (Mme. De Valdee), Edward Peil (Nicholas Jerome), Kate defense. V. Toncray (Lydia Hampstead), Raymond Cannon (The chauffeur ). Note: This was the first film of stage actress Blanche Bates. The film was reviewed Comedy/Espionage. “Boots” is a maid at an old London inn that is in Aug 1918 and listed, in one review, to be released 28 Aug 1918. The film does not connected by an underground tunnel to the meeting place of President appear in release charts until Jan 1919 when Goldwyn acquired the rights and

. 89

THE BORDER RAIDERS AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG released it as a special. The Border Legion was remade three times by Paramount: ETR 12 Oct 1918, p. 1617. NYT 30 Sep 1918, p. 7.

in 1924, directed by William K. Howard, and starring Antonio Moreno; in 1930, MPN 12 Oct 1918, pp. 2389-95, 2445. Var 11 Oct 1918, p. 46. directed by Otto Brower and Edwin H. Knopf and starring Richard Arlen (See AFI MPW 12 Oct 1918, p. 150, 274. Wid's 6 Oct 1918, pp. 21-22. Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.0525 and F2.0526); and in 1934 under the

title The Last Round-Up, directed by Henry Hathaway, and starring Randolph Scott. BORN AGAIN F1.0435 PW is we rere 5. nr 544, y ur > Aug i918 ae. °. Hector Film Corp. Dist Kinetophote Corp.; K. C. Booking Co. 2 Nov NYDM 17 Aug 1918, p. 238. Wid's 4 Aug 1918, pp. 19-20. 1914. 5 reels. Cast: Beulah Poynter (Dorothy Gray), John Burroughs (Jeff Marsh),

THE BORDER RAIDERS F1.0432 Mrs. E. Walton (Mrs. Marsh), Octav Luzon (George Dunbar), George Diando Film Corp. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc.; A Pathé Program Middleton (Dr. Morrow), William Rising (Theatrical manager), Wilbur Feature. 6 Oct 1918 [©Pathé Exchange, Inc.; 27 Sep 1918; LU12902]. 5 Hudson (Butler).

reels, 4,882 ft. Drama. In order to escape her stepmother, Dorothy Gray leaves home,

Dir Stuart Paton. Story Frank Beresford and Jack Cunningham. and eventually becomes a famous actress. Dorothy leaves the stage to

Cam William H. Thornley. marry millionaire George Dunbar, but on their wedding night, when Cast: Betty Compson (Rose Hardy), George Larkin (John Smith), George becomes intoxicated, they have a scuffle and Dorothy hits her head Frank Deshon (Mock Sing), H. C. Carpenter (John Hardy), Claire Du ona chair. Because the blow has caused amnesia, Dorothy wanders the

Brey (Cleo Dade), Howard Crampton (Emanuel Riggs), Fred M. streets until she is befriended and nursed back to health by farmer Jeff

Malatesta (“Square Deal” Dixon). Marsh. The two marry and a year later Dorothy gives birth to a child. At

Western. Ranch owner John Hardy marries Cleo Dade, not realizing she the moment of birth, her memory returns and horrified at her presumed belongs to a gang planning to use the ranch as headquarters for Mock bigamy, she confides in her physician, Dr. Morrow. The doctor reveals, Sing’s opium smuggling operations. When Hardy suddenly disappears, however, that George died in an autombile accident moments before Cleo takes charge of the ranch, usurping the place of Hardy’s daughter, Dorothy married Jeff. Amnesia. Bigamy. Confession. Actors and Rose. Suspecting her father is still alive, Rose visits Mock Sing’s cabin. actresses. Automobile accidents. Childbirth. Drunkenness. Farmers. John Smith, a card dealer for Mock Sing who is attracted to Rose, saves _—Milllionaires. Miraculous cures. Physicians.

her from Mock Sing’s assault and frees Hardy, who has been held prisoner. Wied 3 eee man ny on tole P. wae

Soon after, Hardy’s ranch hands attack and kill Mock Sing, Cleo is MPN 9 Jae 1915, is 57. ae revealed as the wife of gang member “Square Deal” Dixon, and the ranch is restored to Hardy. John Smith, actually a government agent sent to curb BORN OR MADE? see ARE THEY BORN OR MADE? opium trafficking on the border, marries Rose. Gangs. Opium. Ranchers.

Ranches. Smuggling. Attempted rape. Bigamy. Casino employees.

Cowboys. Government agents. Imprisonment. BORROWED CLOTHES . F1.0436

ETR $ Oct 1918, p. 1517. MPW 5 Oct 1918, p. 129. Lois Weber Productions. Dist Jewel Productions, Inc. 4 Nov 1918 ETR 12 Oct 1918, p. 1623. Var 4 Oct 1918, p. 47. [©Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 9 Sep 1918; LP12961]. 6 reels. MPN 5 Oct 1918, p. 2079, 2260. Wid's 22 Sep 1918, p. 21. Prod Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley. Dir Lois Weber. Scen Lois

MPW 28 Sep 1918, p. 1920. Weber. Story Marion Orth. Cam Roy Klaffki. Art dir Edward Langley. Cast: Mildred Harris (Mary Kirk), Lew Cody (Stuart Furth), Edward

THE BORDER RAIDERS F1.0433 J. Peel (George Weston), Helen Rosson (Louise Kirk), George Nichols Dist State Rights; Aywon Film Corp. Oct? 1920. 5 reels. (Mary’s father), Edythe Chapman (Mary’s mother), Fantine La Rue Cast: Ben Hill, Walter Lynch. (Rita Morris).

Western. A gang of Mexican bandits smuggle whiskey across the Rio Drama. Mary Kirk, a salesgirl engaged to George Weston, a man she Grande until they encounter the Texas Rangers. [No other information —_does not love, loses her clothes in a bathhouse fire. Stuart Furth lends her about the plot has been discovered.] Gangs. Mexican border. Mexicans. the clothes of his worldly ex-friend Rita Morris, who, in a fit of jealousy,

Smuggling. Texas Rangers. has the police raid the house. When Mary arrives home in the borrowed

Note: The film is listed in the AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30 (F2.0528). finery, her father suspects the worst and turns her out. Her sister Louise

ChiDef 16 Oct 1920, p. 4. MPW 26 Feb 1921, p. 1112. convinces Mary’s fiancé to marry her, but when she learns of George’s MPNBG Dec 1921, Sec. 1, p. 16. Photo Oct 1920, p. 127. impending bankruptcy, she abandons him. Mary is forced by her parents to take Louise’s place at the ceremony, but Stuart appears at the last

THE BORDER WIRELESS F1.0434 moment and marries her himself. Clothes. False accusations. William S. Hart Productions, Inc. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp., — Saleswomen. Weddings. Bankruptcy. Bathhouses. Fires. Jealousy. Artcraft Pictures. 8 Oct 1918 [OWilliam S. Hart Productions, Inc.; 10 Sep Sisters. Vice raids.

1918; LP12868}. 5 reels, 4,353 ft. Note: The film’s pre-release title was Orange Blossoms. Mildred Harris was Mrs.

Pres Thomas H. Ince. Supvy Thomas H. Ince. Dir William S. Hart. Charles Chaplin at this time. Some sources name the Mary Kirk character Mary Scen C. Gardner Sullivan. Story Howard E. Morton. Cam Joe August. Art Kirts, and Stuart Furth as Stewart Firth.

dir Thomas A. Brierley. Art titles Irvin J. Martin. ETR 30 Nov 1918, p. 2073, 2080. NYDM __30 Nov 1918, p. 810. Cast: William S. Hart (Steve Ransom), Wanda Hawley (Elsa NeW oa ole P. We HDI Var 22 Nov 1918, p. 44.

Miller), Charles Arling (Herman Brandt), James Mason (Carl Miller), E. meee Be a

Manon (Esther Meier). BORROWED PLUMAGE oo F 1.0437 Western. After the death of his parents, Steve Ransom becomes an Triangle Film Corp. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 29 Jul 1917. 5

von Ritzen (Frederick Schloss), Berthold Sprotte (Von Helm), Marcia

outlaw, robbing the railroad company that took control of his parents’ "eels.

Wyoming ranch. In Arizona, he rescues Elsa Miller from a group of Supv Thomas H. Ince. Dir Raymond B. West. Scen J. G. Hawks.

bandits near the Mexican border and falls in love with her. Elsa, a Cam Charles Stumar.

telegrapher, is unwittingly connected to a band of German spies operating Cast: Bessie Barriscale (Nora), Arthur Maude (Darby O'Donovan), a wireless that transmits messages to Berlin. When war is declared, Steve Dorcas Matthews (Lady Angelica), Barney Sherry (Earl of Selkirk), tries to enlist, but Herman Brandt, a German spy who also loves Elsa, sends | Wallace Worsley (Sir Charles Broome), Tod Burns (Giles).

word to the training camp that Steve is an outlaw. While hiding out ina |_| Adventure. When the Earl of Selkirk and his family learn of the canyon, Steve prevents the Germans from sending an important message impending arrival of American pirate John ‘Paul Jones, they flee their to Berlin, after which he destroys the wireless. The charges against him are castle, leaving behind Nora, the kitchen maid. Left alone in the house, dropped, and as he leaves for the fronts of France, he promises Elsa that Nora dons the clothes of her mistress and parades herself about the castle he will return to marry her. Criminals—Rehabilitation. Heroism. Outlaws. until the arrival of the king’s light infantry. Because they mistake her for Spies. Telegraph operators. Arizona. Bandits. Germans. Mexican border. — the lady of the house, she invites them to be her guests. Meanwhile, on Military enlistment. Railroads. Ranches. Revenge. Robbery. Telegraph. board the pirate ship, third officer Darby O’Donovan recognizes the little

World War |. Wyoming. island as his former home. Sent ashore by the commanding officer to Note: This was utilized as a propaganda picture for the Fourth Liberty Loan Drive investigate, Darby sees Nora, his old sweetheart, seated at the table with during World War I. the redcoats and, impersonating an Irish gentleman, he interrupts the 90

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE BOTTOM OF THE WELL gathering. Later, a fisherman exposes Darby’s true identity and he is BOSTON BLACKIE’S LITTLE PAL F 1.0440 arrested. Nora, determined to save her lover, disguises herself as a soldier Metro Pictures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 26 Aug 1918 [OMetro and signals the pirate ship for help. After a thrilling battle between the Pictures Corp.; 24 Aug 1918; LP12779]. 5 reels, 4,157 ft. pirates and the soldiers, the pirates escape and Darby sails to America Dir E. Mason Hopper. Scen Albert S. Le Vino. Cam Robert B. Kurrle. accompanied by Nora. Disguise. Impersonation and imposture. Mistaken Source: Based on the short story “Boston Blackie’s Little Pal” by Jack

identity. Pirates. English. Castles. Nobility. Maids. Ships. Soldiers. Boyle in The Red Book Magazine (Jun 1918).

ETR 7 Jul 1917, p. 343. MPW 18 Aug 1917, p. 1126. Cast: Bert Lytell (Boston Blackie), Rhea Mitchell (Mary), Rosemary

ong , " ne . 0 yom av i917 Theby (Mrs. Wilmerding), Joel Jacobs (“Little pal’ Martin Wilmerding, MPW 14 Jul 1917, p. 255. Wid’s 5 Jul 1917, p. 424. Jr.), Howard Davies (Donald Lavalle), John Burton (Jackson, the

butler), Frank Whitson (Martin Wilmerding). Drama. Boston Blackie, a gentleman crook, and his accomplice, Mary,

THE BOSS F 1.0438 plan to rob the Wilmerding mansion while Mr. Wilmerding is out of town. William A. Brady Picture Plays, Inc. Dist World Film Corp. 24 May Mary is hired as a nurse to Martin Wilmerding, Jr., and after Mrs. 1915 [OWorld Film Corp.; 28 May 1915; LU5413]. 5 reels. Wilmerding has gone to a ball, she admits Blackie, who starts to open the

Prod William A. Brady. Dir Emile Chautard. Cam Lucien Tainguy. safe. Just then little Martin enters, and he and Blackie play and become Source: Based on the play The Boss by Edward Sheldon (New York, 30 fast friends. Mrs. Wilmerding returns with her lover, Donald Lavalle, and

Jan 1911). when Blackie overhears their plans to elope together with her jewels, he

Cast: Holbrook Blinn (Michael R. Regan), Alice Brady (Emily tricks Donald into giving him the jewels by posing as the jealous husband. Griswold), William Marion (Archbishop Sullivan), Charles F. Abbe Through several telegrams, he effects the reconciliation of his little pal’s (James D. Griswold), Bert Starkey (Porkey McCoy), Fred C. Truesdell —_ parents but cannot decide whether or not to return the jewels. Children. (Scanlan), Julia Stuart (Mrs. Regan), Douglas McLean (Robert, Regan’s Friendship. Impersonation and imposture. Infidelity. Robbers. Jewelry.

secretary), R. B. Mantell, Jr. (Gates, Regan’s butler). Mansions. Nursemaids. Robbery. Telegrams.

Drama/Social. With the $1,000 prize money that wharf rat Michael Note: There have been many films and a television series based on the Boston Regan wins boxing, he is able to purchase a saloon and a freight-handling Blackie character, including Boston Blackie made by Scott Dunlap for Fox in 1923 concern and begin his rise to success. By persuading his men to work for (see AF] Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; F 2.0549), and Meet Boston Blackie half the standard rate, Regan gains control of grain-shipping contracts held (1941), directed by Robert Florey for Columbia which was one of thirteen Boston

" ep Pp. . ar ep . p. 39.

by his rival, the once wealthy James Griswold, now on the verge of Blackie films made in the 1940’s that starred Chester Morris.

bankruptcy because of Regan. When Regan meets and falls in love with LPN 3 on le P Der POM SeP le P 30 Emily Griswold, he offers to merge with Griswold for permission to court MPW 31 Aug 1918, p. 1309. Wid's 8 Sep 1918, p. 15. Emily. She marries Regan, but remains a wife in name only. When MPW 7 Sep 1918, p. 1458. Griswold’s son provokes a strike, Regan’s friend, Porkey McCoy, hits the

young Griswold with a brick as he makes a speech. Regan is arrested as BOTH MEMBERS see A PAIR OF CUPIDS an instigator, but McCoy’s wife insists that her husband confess. In prison,

Regan turns over his property to Emily and releases her from their THE BOTTLE IMP F1.0441

marriage, but she has grown to love him and refuses. When he Is released, Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 26 Mar they resume their marriage and become the godparents to McCoy's son. 1917 [©Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co.; 22 Mar 1917; LP10420]. 5 reels. Ambition. Employer-emp loy ee relations. Marriage. Ship ping magnates. Dir Marshall Neilan. Asst dir William Horwitz. Scen Charles Maigne.

Bankruptcy. Boxers. Imprisonment. Labor agitators. Rivals. Strikes. Cam Walter Stradling Note: This was the first film of Holbrook Blinn, who starred in the stage production, S - Based th , | The Bottle I by Robert Louis St which he co-directed with William A. Brady. A shot of director Emile Chautard ource. based on the nove e Botte Imp vy overt Louis stevenson appeared at the beginning of the film. The film opened in New York the week of 10 | (London, 1891).

May 1915, and was released to the rest of the country 24 May 1915. Cast: Sessue Hayakawa (Lopaka), Lehua Waipahu (Kokua), H. Motog 29 May 1915, p. 910. MPW 29 May 1915, p. 1442. Komshi (Keano), George Kuwa (Makale), Guy Oliver (Rollins), James

MPN 29 May 1915, p. 67. NYDM __ 26 May 1915, p. 28. Neill (A priest).

Mmpw 15 May 1915, p. 1168. var 14 May 1915, p. 19. Drama/Fantasy. When Lopaka, a poor Hawaiian fisherman, falls in love

. with Kokua, a young girl of royal blood, her father refuses her hand until

THE BOSS OF POWDERVILLE see THE GRAND PASSION Lopaka can bring him two feather cloaks from a rare bird. While searching

the mountains for the bird, Lopaka encounters a dying priest of Pele who

sells him a wishing bottle in which Kono, the god of the volcanos, is

THE BOSS OF THE LAZY Y F1.0439 confined. He is warned that the possessor of the bottle who dies still owning Triangle Film Corp. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 7 Apr 1918. 5 __ it will be damned and that the only way to rid oneself of the bottle is by

reels, 4,536 ft. selling it for a sum less than it was bought. Made rich by Kono, Lopaka Dir Cliff Smith. Scen Cinema Exchange. Picturized by Alvin J. Neitz. marries Kokua and sells the bottle. He later finds himself in a terrible

Cam Steve Rounds. dilemma when, as a victim of leprosy, he is forced to buy the bottle back Source: Based on the novel The Boss of the Lazy Y by Charles Alden for the smallest coin of the realm. To save her husband from damnation,

Seltzer (New York, 1915). Kokua sacrifices herself by buying the bottle for a smaller French coin, but Cast: Roy Stewart (Calumet Marston), Josie Sedgwick (Betty luckily a base and wicked sailor appears with a still smaller Chinese coin Clayton), Frank MacQuarrie (Tom Taggart), Graham Pette (Jim and becomes its final owner when the bottle is lost at sea. The wealth of Marston), Walt Whitman (Malcolm Clayton), Aaron Edwards (Neal Lopaka vanishes with the bottle, but he is content with Kokua by his side.

Taggart), Frankie Lee (Bob Clayton), William Ellingford (Dane | Genies. Hawaiians. Magic. Mythical characters. Myths. Self-sacrifice.

Toban), Bill Patton (Dade). Wish fulfillment. Fishermen. Leprosy. Marriage. Royalty.

. . , Pp. . pr , p. ; .

Western. Calumet Marston, who drifted aimlessly for several years after Note: This picture was shot in Hawaii according to press releases. The original title quarreling with his father, returns to his Lazy Y Ranch after Tom and of the scenario was “The Mountain Devil.” The continuity for this film included in Neal Taggart kill his parents. When Tom makes scandalous remarks about the studio records states that the film begins with Robert Louis Stevenson, played by

. James Neill, reading the story of The Bottle Imp to a little boy and girl.

Betty Clayton, whom the elder Marston had designated as manager of the ETR 31 Mar 1917. v. 1180 MPW 7 Apr 1917. p. 113, 162 Lazy Y, Cal forces him to apologize, and the two men become even more Motog 14 Apr 1917, p. 796. NYDM 331 Mar 1917, p. 26. . bitter enemies. Tom and Neal ambush Cal and the three shoot it out until MPN 7 Apr 1917, p. 2194. Wid's 29 Mar 1917, p. 202. Betty rushes to Cal’s assistance. A posse rescues Cal and Betty just in time,

and Cal, who has become a new man under Betty’s influence, marries her. THE BOTTOM OF THE WELL F1.0442

' Drifters. Murder. Ranch foremen. Slander. Transformation. Gunfights. Vitagraph Co. of America; A Blue Ribbon Feature. Dist Greater

Posses. Ranches. Rescues. Vitagraph (V-L-S-E). 22 Oct 1917 [©Vitagraph Co. of America; 18 Oct

ETR 23 Mar 1918, p. 1303. MPW 13 Apr 1918, p. 285. 1917; LP11583]. 5 reels. ‘

MPN 20 Abr 1918.0 2335: NYDM 13 Apr 1918 0529. Dir John S. Robertson. Scen Eugene Mullin. Cam William McCoy and

MPN 27 Apr 1918, p. 2556, Var 12 Apr 1918, p. 45. Jules Cronjager. | 91

BOUGHT AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Source: Based on the novel The Bottom of the Well by Frederick Upham Drama. Status-conscious Virginia Blaine marries Robert Stafford, an

Adams (New York, 1906). alcoholic millionaire whom she does not love. Robert lavishes gifts and Cast; Evart Overton (Stanley Deane), Agnes Ayres (Alice money on her, but when drunk, he treats her as a mere possession—

Buckingham), Adele De Garde (Dorothy Farnsworth), Ned Finley something which he has “bought and paid for.” Virginia realizes that she (Capt. Jake Starke), Herbert Pryor (“Long Bill” Parker), Robert Gaillard did indeed sell herself to the highest bidder, and so leaves Robert, even (David Thomas), Alice Terry (Anita Thomas), Bigelow Cooper (Amos though she has come to love him. She supports herself as a shopgirl until

Buckingham). her brother-in-law, James Gilley, tricks her and Robert into a meeting with Drama/Social. A boy called “Mascot,” presumably the son of smuggler each other, during which Robert promises to reform, and the couple decide

Captain Stark, is raised by Mr. Deane, the British military governor of to try married life once again. Alcoholics. Marriage. Millionaires. Kingston after the boy’s ship is captured. Years later in London, Mascot, Regeneration. Social climbers. Brothers-in-law. Extravagance. Selfnow known as Stanley Deane, is the lawyer for the radical organization of sacrifice. Separation. Saleswomen. mill employees called “The Well.” Stanley falls in love with mill owner Note: Paramount Pictures released another film based on the same source, Amos Buckingham’s daughter Alice, whom he knew when they were produced by Famous Players-Lasky on 16 Apr 1922, directed by William C. de Mille children. But Buckingham hates Stanley for his aid to the workmen and _— 4d starring Agnes Ayres and Jack Holt. (See AFI Catalog of Feature Films,

turns Alice against him by telling of his mysterious parentage. The 1921-30; F2.0551.)

workmen plan to blow up the Buckingham mansion and kill its master who, ons i Ne i916 is son nies Mo ; No ile f a

unknown to anyone, has disguised himself and gained admittance to The MPN 18 Nov 1916, p. 1000, 1034. Wid's 2 Nov 1916, p. 1069. Well to study the real condition of the men. Stanley saves Alice, but after MPN 2 Dec 1916, p. 1384.

the explosion, a charred body supposed to be that of Buckingham is found

and Stanley and all in The Well are arrested for murder. When BOUND IN MOROCCO F1.0445 Buckingham, still in disguise as a member of The Well is convicted, he Douglas Fairbanks Pictures Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky. Corp.; discloses that the explosion was accidental and that the body was one he Artcraft Pictures. 5 Aug 1918 [©Douglas Fairbanks Pictures Corp.; 5 Aug had used in his experiments. After Buckingham takes the blame for the 1918; LP12723]. 5 reels. bitterness of his workmen, everyone is acquitted. Stanley then discovers Dir Allan Dwan. Scen Allan Dwan. Cam Hugh McClung. that his father is really a Boston banker and, freed of the aspersions cast Cast: Douglas Fairbanks (The Boy), Pauline Curley (The Girl), Edythe

upon his name, is welcomed by Buckingham as his son-in-law. Employer- Chapman (Her mother), Tully Marshall (Ali Pah Shush), Frank employee relations. Impersonation and imposture. Labor activists. Campeau (Basha El Harib), Jay Dwiggins (Kaid Mahedi el Menebhi), Parentage. Paternity. Lawyers. London. Mill owners. Mill workers. Fred Burns (Chief of the bandits), Albert McQuarrie.

Mistaken identity. Smugglers. Wards and guardians. Comedy-drama. In the Moroccan city of El Harib, the Boy learns that Motog 3 Nov 1917, p. 942. NYDM 27 Oct 1917, p. 18. a beautiful American girl is to be sold into the harem of the cruel Basha MPW 3 Nov 1917, p. 707, 758. Wid's 25 Oct 1917, p. 683. El Harib. The Boy is imprisoned when he tries to rescue the Girl and her

mother, but escapes just as a bomb is set to go off. Disguised as a female attendant to El Harib, the Boy enters the harem and rescues the Girl. After

BOUGHT F1.0443 fighting off El Harib, as well as the police, townspeople and local bandits, Shubert Film Corp. Dist World Film Corp. | Nov 1915 [©World Film the Boy, the Girl and her mother jump into his car and speed over the desert

Corp.; 24 Jan 1916; LU7486]. 5 reels. to safety. Americans in foreign countries. Harems. Morrocans. Morroco. Dir Barry O’Neil. Scen Lawrence McCloskey. Rescues. Bandits. Bombs. Deserts. Escapes. Female impersonation. Cast: Frederick Lewis (Horace Frambers), Ethel Grey Terry (Helen Fights. Imprisonment. Police.

Talbot). , ETR 20 Jul 1918, p. 583. NYDM _17 Aug 1918, p. 239. Drama/Society. Horace Frambers, an unsuccessful, would-be writer, ETR 10 Aug 1918, p. 830, 840. NYT 29 Jul 1918, p. 9. lives in a boardinghouse where he shares his meager amount of food with MPN 10 Aug 1918, p. 871, 948. Var 2 Aug 1918, p. 37. a starving neighbor. After Mrs. Talbot, the wife of a wealthy financier, MPW 10 Aug 1918, p. 882, 888. Wid's 4 Aug 1918, pp. 27-28. gives Horace an assignment, she learns that her daughter Helen is pregnant

and that Helen’s fiancé has died on the Titanic. Horace leaves the THE BOUNDARY RIDER F1.0446 boardinghouse mistress’ daughter who loves him and accepts Mrs. Talbot’s Wharton, Inc. Dist Eclectic Film Co. Aug 1914. 5 reels. offer of $10,000 and employment in the Talbot business to become Helen’s Cast: Thurlow Bergen (The Clerk), Elsie Esmond (Elsie Moors), husband “in name only.” After the baby dies, Horace falls in love with § William N. Bailey (Big Bill), Harry Carr (Pablo), F. W. Stewart Helen and becomes almost indispensable to the business, while Helen (James Maxwell).

despises her “bought” husband and begins a series of flirtations. When a Adventure. While New York government agents investigate the suitor enters Helen’s bedroom against her wishes, Horace finds them | smuggling of opium across the Canadian border, drug distributor James together and leaves after repaying the $10,000, but when Talbot becomes § Maxwell is slain by Big Bill, his cohort. A clerk in Maxwell’s brokerage ill from strain trying to save his business, Horace returns and breaks upthe _ firm is suspected of the crime, but he escapes to Canada, where he secures syndicate working against Talbot’s company. Thinking that he will die the services of government agent Elsie Moore. Disguised as a Chinese, Elsie from overwork, Horace goes to the boardinghouse, where he recovers and __ begins working for Big Bill. While rifling through his belongings, she finds Helen, who now loves him, waiting. Financiers. Marriage-Arranged. discovers evidence incriminating him and thus exonerating the clerk. Fa/se

Authors. Boardinghouses. Flirtation. Nervous breakdown. Pregnancy. | accusations. Murder. Opium. Smuggling. Canada. Chinese. Clerks.

Reunions. S.S. Titanic. Disguise. Drug dealers. Escapes. Evidence. Government agents. New

Note: This was Barry O’Neil’s first film for World Film Corp. In Feb 1917, John York (State). E. Warren sued Peerless (World Film Corp.), claiming that the studio bought the Note: The Wharton film company was based in Ithaca, NY. rights to a four-act play he wrote, which, according to him, was the basis for this film. Motog 15 Aug 1914, pp. 221-22. MPW 22 Aug 1914, p. 1152.

Although Lawrence McCloskey received sole writing credit, Warren sued to have his MPN 8 Aug 1914, p. 45. NYDM 5 Aug 1914, p. 27.

name put on all prints of the film as scenarist. MPW 8 Aug 1914, p. 841. Var 11 Sep 1914, p. 22. ETR 17 Feb 1917, p. 770. MPW 30 Oct 1915, p. 985, 1036.

Wis : nn PP 994. NYDM 13 Nov 1915, p. 34. THE BOY see THE SOUL OF YOUTH

A BOY AND THE LAW F1.0447

BOUGHT AND PAID FOR F 1.0444 Youth Photo Play Co. Dist Pan-American Film Mfg. Co. Mar? 1914

William A. Brady Picture Plays, Inc. Dist World Film Corp. 13 Nov {OWillis Brown & William Wesley Young; 17 Nov 1913; LU1593]. 4-5

1916 [OWilliam A. Brady; 6 Nov 1916; LU9512]. 5 reels. reels.

Prod William A. Brady. Dir Harley Knoles. Cam Arthur Edeson. Cast: Willis Brown (Himself), William Eckstein (Himself). Source: Based on the play Bought and Paid For by George Broadhurst Drama/Social. In Czarist Russia, William (’Willie”’) Eckstein,

(New York, 26 Sep 1911). persecuted for being a Jew, faces imprisonment when school officials Cast: Alice Brady (Virginia Blaine), Josephine Drake (Fanny discover his membership in a secret society. Willie soon escapes and flees Blaine), Frank Conlan (James Gilley), Montagu Love (Robert to America, making his way to Salt Lake City, Utah, where his uncle lives.

Stafford). Willie starts his new life as a newspaper boy but soon ends up in the hands 92

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 | THE BRAND of truancy officers. Summoned to the court of Judge Willis Brown, Willie BRAIN CINEMA F 1.0450 at first defies the law, but later, he realizes that the judge sincerely wishes Film-Lore Congressional Productions, Inc. 1920? Length undetermined.

to help him. Judge Brown is instrumental in purchasing a farm for Supv Alexander A. Stuart. Dir J. A. Fitzgerald. Story Alexander A. wayward boys, which he hopes will serve as a substitute for jail. A village Stuart. Cam E. J. Cederberg. called “Boy Town” is built on the farm, and Willie is elected mayor. At Drama? [No information has been located concerning the plot of this

Boy Town, the youths practice discipline and self-government, and film.] Science. consequently, many of them grow into successful and law-abiding adults. Note: In Jul 1920, the Film-Lore Productions Co. announced that it would film the Willie attends college and later becomes the manager of a large farm _ story “of love, mystery and science,” its first production, near Edinburgh and the

owned by the judge. Anti-Semitism. Willis Brown. Criminals- Scottish Highlands, where the story was set. The project was announced again in Sep Rehabilitation. William Eckstein. Immigrants. Judges. Juvenile {70 Py the new Film-Lore “ongressional Productions, Inc., but it is unclear whether

delinquents. Escapes. Farms. Newsboys. Reformatories. Religious MPN 10 Jul 1920, p. 464. MPWw 24 Jul 1920, p. 415. persecution. Russia. Salt Lake City. Secret societies. Truancy. MPN 11 Sep 1920, p. 1996. MPW 11 Sep 1920, p. 170. Note: The story is said to reflect William Eckstein’s own experiences.

MPW 14 Mar 1914, p. 1418. Var 3 Apr 1914, p. 21. THE BRAMBLE BUSH F1.0451 Vitagraph Co. of America. Dist Vitagraph Co. of America. Aug

THE BOY GIRL F1.0448 yaad [OVitagraph Co. of America; 15 Aug 1919; LP14076]. 5 reels, 4,400 Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. 5 Mar 1917 Dir Tom Terriss. Scen Katharine S. Reed. Cam Tom Malloy

ier usbird Photoplays, Inc.; 17 Feb 1917; LP10208]. 5 reels. Source: Based on the serial story ““The Bramble Bush” by Nalbro Bartley ir Edwin Stevens. Scen John C. Brownell. Cam Louis Ostland. in Women's Stories (15 May-1 Jun 1914) Cast: Violet Mersereau (Jack Channing), Sidney Mason (Bob Cast: Corinne Griffith (Kaly Dial), Julia Swayne Gordon (Madame Ridgeway), Florida Kingsley (Agatha Channing), Caroline Harris Joan Marche), Miss Bohamar (Dana Lloyd), Denton Vane (Rex

(Martha Channing), Maud Cooling (Mrs. J. Ridgeway), Tina Marshall M ). F nk Mills (John Crispen) Rob nt W. Frazer (Peter

(Catherine Ridgeway), Charles Mason (King Channing), James O’Neill Vernon) ra n pen), . Pre ere lecrn on Wook. Dean Raymond (John Ridgeway), Byron Dean Drama. Innocent Kaly Dial comes to New York from the Cumberland

Drama. Raised by a father who desired a son, Jacqueline Channing Mountains and gets employment at a fashionable dress shop owned by a develops into a tomboy. After her father’s death, “Jack’s” inheritance is friend of ner eeceased moter Peter vernon tne brother an hee wner, falls put into the trust of her two maiden aunts until she marries or reaches the knowine 0 f hie reputation ea ethavio aa dhe che ay business de re feeling restrained, she runs away and obtains a job at the offices of Crispen scoffs at conventional marriage and rearing children, preferring Ridgeway and Son. Because the firm is experiencing financial difficulties, comradeship, while Vernon offers marriage. Kaly finds herself attracted Bob Ridgeway goes West to purchase some mining properties at a great to Crispen’s unconventionality and, believing that he loves her, goes with bargain. However, the firm lacks the funds for the purchase, and so Jack him to a hotel, but soon realizes that his love is not right and asks to be suggests to Bob that they marry and draw upon her fortune to pay for the | taken back. Crispen complies even though he knows he will face property. Bob, who has fallen in love with Jack, agrees, but when time | ‘Mprisonment when he returns. Vernon takes Crispen’s case and after comes to go West to close the deal, the elder Ridgeway becomes so ill that finding out that Crispen is already married, gets him off with the promise Bob cannot leave him. Instead, Jack makes the trip, beats the Ridgeways’ _ that he will never see Kaly again. After a year, Kaly falls in love with business rivals to the property and secures the deed. When Jack returns | Vernon and they are married. City-country contrast. Marriage. Modistes. home, the elder Ridgeway is restored to health—largely a result of Jack’s Moral reformation. Playboys. Cumberland Mountains. Hotels. New York

age of majority. Her aunts decide to send Jack to boarding school where, . _

saving the firm from bankruptcy—and all ends well. Bankruptcy. Business _— City. Seduction.

competition. Inheritance. Marriage of convenience. Tomboys. Women in Bio 18 Dec 1919, p. 54. Var 22 Aug 1919, p. 76. business. Aunts. Boarding schools. Father-daughter relationship. Father- TR 30 Aug 1919, p. 1079, 1093. Wid's 28 Sep 1919, p. 14. _ gon relationship. Wards and guardians.

ETR 24 Feb 1917, p. 838. MPW ‘10 Mar 1917, p. 1668. THE BRAND F1.0452 MPN 3 Mar 1917, p. 1419. NYDM 24 Feb 1917, p. 26. Goldwyn Pictures Corp.; Rex Beach. Dist Goldwyn Distributing Corp. MPW 3 Mar 1917, p. 1372. Wid's 8 Mar 1917, pp. 158-59. 9 Mar 1919 [©Rex Beach; 24 Feb 1919; LP13431]. 7 reels, 6,433 ft. Dir Reginald Barker, Cam Oliver T. Marsh.

Source: Based on the short story “The Brand” by Rex Beach in BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA see THE ADVENTURES OF A BOY Cosmopolitan Magazine (Aug 1913).

SCOUT Cast: Kay Laurell (Alice Andrews), Russell Simpson (Dan McGill),

Robert McKim (Bob Barclay), Robert Kunkel (Hopper), Mary Jane Irving (The child), Gus Saville.

BRACE UP F1.0449 Drama. Vaudevillians Alice Andrews and Bob Barclay come to Ophir, Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. 18 Mar Alaska in search of gold, but separate when he will not marry her and she 1918 [©Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.; 28 Feb 1918; LP12119]. 5 reels. refuses to continue north. She meets and marries Dan McGill, an older, Dir Elmer Clifton. Scen Waldemar Young. Story Elmer Clifton. simple living miner, but as the life is lonely and uneventful, she takes up

Cam Virgil E. Miller. — with Barclay again when he returns. On the night of a blizzard, Dan Cast: Herbert Rawlinson (Henry Court), Claire Du Brey (Ellen discovers them embracing and sends them out. He leaves town himself and Miles), Alfred Allen (Colonel Court), Sam De Grasse (“National remains a brooding recluse, even after discovering gold and founding a new

Jim). ; Bo mining town. One day, venturing into town, he discovers Alice dancing in

Drama. Colonel Court, an agent in the Secret Service, is distressed by a tawdry dance hall to support Barclay’s gambling. She pleads to be taken the occasional lapses of courage in his son Henry, a college athlete. — hack and takes him to their child. Dan’s long-suppressed emotions surge Unknown to him, Henry’s sweetheart Ellen is also an agent working ona forth and he furiously attacks Barclay, choking him until, stopped by Alice, case involving a radium smuggler, “National” Jim. To build his son’s he brands Barclay’s forehead with the sight of his revolver. Seeing Alice’s character, Court puts him on the same case that Ellen has been assigned — remorse, Dan beckons her to come with him and their child home. Alaska.

to, but his courage again fails him. Henry decides to turn to the powers of Branding. Dance hall girls. Gold miners. Infidelity. Recluses. . the psyche and hires three men to communicate power and courage tohim —audevillians. Blizzards. Cads. Children. Gambling. Loneliness. Mining

through intense concentration. The scheme works: Henry enters Jim’s towns. house in time to defeat him in a fight, locate the hidden radium and save Note: The story “The Brand” later appeared in The Crimson Gardenia, and Other Ellen. Courage. Cowardice. Father-son relationship. Mental telepathy. Tales of Adventure by Rex Beach (New York, 1916). Kay Laurell was a Ziegfeld Secret Service. Athletes. Fights. Radium. Rescues. Smugglers. Students. Follies girl. This was her first film. “Alaskan” scenes were filmed in Truckee, CA in

ETR 16 Mar 1918, p. 1227. MPW 23 Mar 1918, p. 1701. the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Reviews call this both “a Goldwyn production” and ETR 23 Mar 1918, p. 1307. Var 15 Mar 1918, p. 42. a ‘‘Rex Beach photodrama.” As Beach copyrighted the film, his company, Rex Beach MPN 9 Mar 1918, p. 1453. Wid's 21 Mar 1918, p. 1028. Pictures Co., of which Samuel Goldwyn was president, may have been involved in the

MPN 23 Mar 1918, p. 1764. production. 93

THE BRAND OF COWARDICE | AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Bio 1 May 1919, p. 62. NYT 17 Mar 1919, p. 13. Drama. When matador Vasco Lopez secretly marries opera singer Lola

an : ver re . og 1081. Wis re i910 ° Castillo, her mother persuades Lola to annul the marriage on the grounds MPW 15 Mar 1919, p. 1418. of class differences. Lola then agrees to marry Captain Alvarez, her social equal. Enraged, Lopez shoots Alvarez, abducts and rapes Lola’s sister

THE BRAND OF COWARDICE F1.0453 Maria and becomes an infamous bandit. Meanwhile, Maria dies in Rolfe Photoplays, Inc. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 23 Oct 1916 [ORolfe childbirth, and Alvarez recovers and marries Lola, who bears their child.

Photoplays, Inc.; 26 Oct 1916; LP9405]. 5 reels. When, unbeknown to Lola, the baby dies, the nurse substitutes Maria and Dir John W. Noble. Scen Charles Maigne. Story Charles Maigne. Lopez's baby. Several years pass, and Lopez discovers that Alvarez is still

Cam H. O. Carleton. alive and returns for revenge. Just as Lopez orders his men to shoot and

Cast: Lionel Barrymore (Cyril Hamilton), Grace Valentine (Marcia kill Alvarez and his son, the nurse confesses the truth of the child's West), Robert Cummings (Colonel Gordon West), Kate Blancke (Mrs. paternity. Lopez interjects himself between the bandits and their victims West). John Davidson (Navarete), Frank Montgomery (Idiqui), Louis and intercepts the bullet meant for his son. Bandits. Changelings. Class

Wolheim (Corporal Mallin), Tula Belle (Rana, Idiqui’s daughter). distinction. Parentage. Revenge. Abduction. Bullfighters. Childbirth. Drama. Man-about-town Cyril Hamilton is engaged to Marcia West, the Gunshot wounds " Marriage-Annuiment. Military officers. Nursemaids.

daughter of a colonel, but when Cyril refuses to accompany the colonel’s Rape. Self-sacrifice. singers. Sisters. an ayo national guard unit into action, Marcia leaves him and goes West with her Note: Sources conflict concerning the actress playing “Sefiora Castillo”: some

: . " : ; f . reviews credit Mayme Kelso, while Wid’s and Var credit Eugene (sic) Besserer.

father’s troops. Ashamed of his cowardice, Cyril enlists as a private in ETR 3 Apr 1920, p. 2003. Var 2 Apr 1920, p. 95. another regiment fighting at the Mexican border, but his society manner MPN 10 Apr 1920, p. 3367. Wid's 4 Apr 1920, p. 6. annoys all of the men around him. Cyril discovers that Marcia has been MPW 10 Apr 1920, p. 302. abducted by the Mexican bandit Navarete, and after tracking them down,

he kills the kidnapper and rescues the victim, who now must acknowledge THE BRAND OF SATAN F 1.0456

Cyril’s bravery. Finally, however, even he is no match for the dozens of men World Film Corp.; Peerless. Dist World Film Corp. 9 Jul 1917 [© World

in Naverete’s band. At the last moment, Colonel West and his men save Film Corp.; 27 Jun 1917; LU11010]. 5 reels. Marcia and Cyril, who quickly get married, and finally Cyril is given a Pres William A. Brady. Dir George Archainbaud. Story Jere F. Looney. hero’s welcome when he returns to his regiment. Cowardice. Heroism. Cam Philip Hatkin. Mexican border. National Guard. Playboys. Bandits. Class distinction. Cast: Montagu Love (Jacques Cordet), Gerda Holmes (Christine),

Kidnapping. Mexicans. Military officers. Soldiers. . Evelyn Greeley (Natalia), Albert Hart (Manuel Le Grange), Nat C. Gross Note: Some scenes in this film were shot at the country estate known as “The (Francois Villier), J. Herbert Frank (Jacques Despard), Emile Le Croix Monastery” in Huntington, Long Island, New York, at actress Billie Burke’s home (Pere Sechard), Katherine Johnston (Marie). and swimming pool near Tarrytown, New York, and at the Correction Farm, at New Drama. Christine Villier, the fiancée of Jacques Despard, a medical

Hampton, New York, where battle scenes were shot using 450 inmates. dent. j lted bv Manuel Le Grange. an escaped convict. who also

MPN 4 Nov 1916, p. 2863. NYDM __ 28 Oct 1916, p. 27. student, Is assau y . Be, an escaped .”

MPW 28 Oct 1916, p. 605. Var 3 Nov 1916, p. 30. kills her father. In shame, Christine goes to hide in Paris, leaving no clues

MPW 4 Nov 1916, p. 691, 693. Wia's 2 Nov 1916, p. 1072. of her whereabouts. A son is born to her, and twenty-nine years later, under

NYDM _30 Sep 1916, p. 30. the name of Jacques Cordet, he becomes known as a criminal prosecutor. At this time, an Apache chief named Lazard is terrorizing Paris and Cordet THE BRAND OF JUDAS F1.0454 devotes himself to hunting the criminal. Actually, Cordet, inheriting the 1919? [@Lillian Howarth; 18 Apr 1919; LU13610]. Length criminal taint of his father, possesses a dual personality and at night

undetermined. _ unconsciously assumes the identity of Lazard. As Cordet, he seeks the hand Story Lillian Howarth. of Natalia, the daughter of his mother’s former lover Despard, who is now

Drama/Historical. After eight-year-old Gazelle Pasca’s mother is killed @ famous surgeon. Despard rejects Cordet’s suit for his daughter until he

during a saloon brawl, and her father goes to prison for killing her learns the truth of his dual life. The doctor then performs an operation murderer, Gazelle is selected to be educated at a fashionable seminary in Which banishes the Lazard personality and, following Cordet’s recovery,

Maryland. Ten years later, when Gazelle’s endowment runs out, her consents to his patient’s marriage to Natalia. Brain surgery. Criminals. inseparable companion Edith Austin, an orphaned heiress toa Maryland Dual personality. Hereditary tendencies. Lawyers. Parentage. Rape. estate, finances Gazelle’s education. After Edith marries her guardian, | “Paches-Paris. Father-daughter relationship. French. Miraculous cures. Robert Granger, he falls in love with Gazelle. Aware of his social position, | Missing persons. Murder. Paris. Prison escapes. Surgeons. Surgery.

Gazelle encourages Granger’s attentions. When Edith . dies from ON 4 4 i917 . 80, va 9 a i917, . 3

hemorrhaging, Granger, now a U.S. Senator, burns papers Edith prepared MPW 14 Jul 1917, p. 254, 294. Wid’s 12 Jul 1917, p. 441. to free her slaves. After the housekeeper’s little nephew dies because

Gazelle refuses to get a competent doctor, the slaves storm the house. A BRANDED SOUL F1.0457

Gazelle, holding Edith’s baby, escapes on Edith’s horse. After order is Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp.; A Fox Special Feature. 25 Nov restored, she and Granger marry. Their subsequent quarrels climax with 1917 [OWilliam Fox; 25 Nov 1917; LP11748]. 5 reels.

Gazelle’s non-fatal shooting of Granger. Later in Paris, Gazelle frames a Pres William Fox. Dir Bertram Bracken. Scen Franklyn Hall and French officer who would not elope with her. When the revolution breaks Bertram Bracken. Story E. Lloyd Sheldon. Cam Charles Kaufman.

out, she and her new lover, a grand duke, are taken prisoner. As Gazelle Cast: Gladys Brockwell (Conchita Cordova), Colin Chase (Juan is taken to the guillotine, Granger witnesses lightning strike her and = endoza), Vivian Rich (Dona Sartoris), Willard Louis (Pedro), Lewis J. embraces her. France—History~Revolution, 1789-1799. Guillotine. Cody (John Rannie), Gloria Payton (Dolores Mendoza), Fred Whitman Infidelity. Lightning. Maryland. Slaves. Betrayal, Fights. Frame-ups. (Neil Mathews), Barney Furey (Adolf Wylie). Heiresses. Infants. Military officers. Nobility. Paris. Saloons. Seminaries. Drama. Ina prologue set in ancient Rome, the pagan Valerain attempts

Wards and guardians. to abduct St. Cecilia to his debauched birthday feast, but her spiritual Note: Although still photographs from this film housed with the copyright deposits beauty stops him, and he kneels before her. In the main story, Conchita at the Library of Congress indicate that the film was produced, no reviews were found Cordova sings in the cathedral choir in her village of San Miguelito near

and no information was located concerning its release. the Rio Grande. Millionaire oil man John Rannie, whose oil fields have displaced the peasants, desires Conchita, and when he learns that her

THE BRAND OF LOPEZ F1.0455 fiancé, Juan Mendoza, has been employed by Adolf Wylie, a German spy, Haworth Pictures Corp. Dist Robertson-Cole Distributing Corp. Apr — Rannie threatens to expose Juan unless Conchita gives herself to him. 1920 [©Haworth Pictures Corp.; 6 Apr 1920; LU14975]. 5 reels. Although disillusioned, Conchita decides to save Juan, but as she removes Dir Joseph De Grasse. Scen J. Grubb Alexander. Story E. Richard her cross, Rannie is moved by her sacrifice, and begs forgiveness.

Schayer. Cam Frank D. Williams. Meanwhile, the villagers, incited by Wylie, set Rannie’s fields on fire. Cast: Sessue Hayakawa (Vasco Lopez), Florence Turner (Lola When Juan, thinking that Conchita loved Rannie, throws her cross in the Castillo), Sidney Payne (Captain Alvarez), Evelyn Ward (Maria fireplace and places it on her breast as a brand of shame, she rebukes him. Castillo), Eugenie Besserer (Sefora Castillo), Gertrude Norman After Conchita saves Rannie from being burned by the villagers, he kneels

(Marianna), Kitty Bradbury (Sefiora Lopez). beside her in church. In Rome, Valerain kneels before St. Cecilia. 94

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 BRASS BUTTONS Blackmail. Lust. Moral reformation. Religious conversion. Self-sacrifice. THE BRANDING IRON F 1.0460 Crucifixes. Millionaires. Mobs. Oil magnates. Peasants. Rome (Ancient). Goldwyn Pictures Corp.; Reginald Barker Productions. Dist Goldwyn

Spies. Uprisings. Distributing Corp. Nov 1920 [©Goldwyn Pictures Corp.; 26 Aug 1920; Note: In the scenario included in the copyright descriptions, the title was changed LP15481]. 7 reels. from The Awakening to The Branded Soul, and then to A Branded Soul. There were Pres Samuel Goldwyn. Dir Reginald Barker. Scen J. G. Hawks. Cam instructions in the scenario to shoot Conchita at the organ as near as possible to the Percy Hilburn. Ed J. G. Hawks. a reference to the famous Raphael painting entitled St. Cecilia and Saints. However, Source: Based on the novel The Branding Iron by Katharine Newlin Burt the note may have been referring to a painting entitled St. Cecilia at the Organ by (New York, 1919). Dolci. No reviews were located for this film. It is possible that Gladys Blackwell and Cast: Barbara Castleton (Joan Carver), James Kirkwood (Pierre

way St. Cecilia appears at the organ in a painting by Raphael. This may have been . . .

Lewis J. Cody also played the leading roles in the film’s prologue. Landis), Russell Simpson (John Carver), Richard Tucker (Prosper

Wind " ne ory p. 387 MPW 15 Dec 1917, pp. 1677-78. Gael), Sidney Ainsworth (Jasper Morena), Gertrude Astor (Betty

'P. Morena), Albert Roscoe (Rev. Frank Holliwell), Marion Colvin (Mrs. Upper), Joan Standing (Maude Upper), Louie Cheung (Wen Ho).

THE BRANDED WOMAN oo _ F1.0458 ‘Drama. When Pierre Landis’ insane jealousy of his wife Joan drives him Norma Talmadge Film Corp. Dist First National Exhibitors Circuit. 4 to brand her as his property, she is rescued by playwright Prosper Gael. Oct 1920 [©Joseph M. Schenck; 6 Oct 1920; LU15632. Joseph M. —_ Gael shoots Pierre and takes Joan away to his secret retreat. He leads Joan

Schenck; 7 Mar 1921, LP16235]. 5 reels. to believe that Pierre is dead, while he surreptitiously writes a play based Pres Joseph M. Schenck. Dir Albert Parker. Scen Anita Loos and Albert on Joan’s life. When Joan discovers Gael’s motives, she becomes angry and

Parker. Titles Burns Mantle. Cam J. Roy Hunt. Tech dir Willard M. —_|eaves him. Several years later, while in New York, Joan attends Gael’s

Reineck. ee play. Pierre, since recovered, is also present. The drama profoundly moves

Source: Based on the play Branded by Oliver D. Bailey (New York, 24 _ Pierre, and when he sees Joan in the audience, he begs her forgiveness. Joan

Sep 1917). reconsiders and gives Pierre another chance. Branding. Jealousy.

Weir). ;

Cast: Norma Talmadge (Ruth Sawyer), Percy Marmont (Douglas Playwrights. Theater. Gunshot wounds. New York City.

Courtenay), Vincent Serrano (Velvet Craft), George Fawcett (Judge Note: The novel was serialized in Everybody's Magazine, Jan-Jul 1919.

Whitlock), Grace Studdiford (Dot Belmar), Gaston Glass (William ETR 30 Oct 1920, p. 2279. MPW 20 Nov 1920, p. 387. Bolton), Jean Armour (Mrs. Bolton), Edna Murphy (Vivian Bolton), H. MPN 4 Sep 1920, p. 1809. Var 12 Nov 1920, p. 36. J. Carvill (Henry Bolton), Charles Lane (Herbert Averill), Sydney MPN 23 Oct 1920, p. 3267. Wid's 14 Nov 1920, p. 12. Herbert (Detective), Edouard Durand (Jeweler), Henrietta Floyd (Miss MPN 6 Nov 1920, p. p. 3558.

Drama. Ruth Sawyer, unaware that her mother is the proprietress of a BRAND'S DAUGHTER ; F1.0461

gambling house, is raised by her grandfather Judge Whitlock. When Ruth Falcon Features. Dist General Film Co. Nov 1917? [OGeneral Film Co.,

graduates from finishing school, she discovers the truth about her mother _‘!nc.; 9 Nov 1917; LP11691]. 4 reels. and is socially ostracized. Her mother takes her to the gambling den, but Supv H. M. Horkheimer and E. D. Horkheimer. Dir Harry Harvey. the judge rescues her and takes her on an ocean voyage to Paris. While on Scen Captain Leslie T. Peacocke. Story Harry S. Stabler. ;

board ship, she meets and falls in love with Douglas Courtenay, a Cast: Daniel Gilfether (Roger Brand), Julien Beaubien (Alethea diplomatic envoy on his way to Paris. Douglas and Ruth marry and have and), Gloria Payton (Annette), R. Henry Grey (Spencer a child. Three years later, Velvet Craft, Ruth's mother’s partner in the R¥therfor d), Kathleen Kirkham (Paula Lavergne), Melvin Mayo gambling house, appears and threatens to expose Ruth’s past. Ruth buys (Baron N orvinsk), Robert Weycross (Anton Hierdoff) : ; Craft’s silence with her jewels, but Doug discovers Ruth’s deception and Drama. Millionaire banker Roger Brand insists that his cashier, Spencer denounces her. Ruth flees back to the judge; Doug follows her and begs her Rutherford, who loves Brand s daughter Alethea, acquire a fortune equal

forgiveness, and the two are reconciled. Blackmail. Gambling houses. to hers before marrying her. Then Baron Norvinsk, allegedly a Mother-daughter relationship. Ostracism. Diplomats. Grandfathers. representative of the Russian government, arrives with Paula Lavergne,

p »P ) .p arn or . 5 .

Judges. Ocean liners. Paris. supposedly his sister, to open an account. Brand, who has been reading

: pyrighted at a length of seven reels. : . . vay . . .

Note: This film was copvrighted at a leneth of sev , about fortunes made overnight in munitions speculation, welcomes ETR 18 Sep 1920. b. 1716. MPW 18 Sep 1920. v. 391. Norvinsk and gives him a half-million dollars in credit after conducting MPN 18 Sep 1920, p. 2315. NYT 6 Sep 1920, p. 10. only a superficial investigation of Norvinsk. After Alethea’s French maid MPN 16 Oct 1920, p. 2959. Wid's 12 Sep 1920, p. 7. reveals that Norvinsk and Lavergne are impostors, Alethea, on the pretext

MPN 20 Nov 1920, p. 3953. of eloping with Norvinsk, lures him to the bank’s safe deposit vault. A detective closes the door to trap Norvinsk, and Alethea is nearly raped, but

BRANDING BROADWAY F 1.0459 Spencer arrives with Brand and burns through the door to rescue her. William S. Hart Productions, Inc. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Spencer then claims that by restoring the half-million, he has earned the Artcraft Pictures. 15 Dec 1918 [OWilliam S. Hart Productions, Inc.; 8 Nov amount needed to marry Alethea, and Brand agrees. When a Russian agent

1918; LP13042]. 5 reels, 5,145 ft. arrests Norvinsk, he pleads with Lavergne to save him from Siberia, so she

Pres Thomas H. Ince. Supv Thomas H. Ince. Dir William S. Hart. Asst kills him. Bank clerks. Father-daughter relationship. Fathers-in-law. dir Robert Broadwell. Scen C. Gardner Sullivan. Story C. Gardner Impersonation and imposture. Attempted rape. Bank presidents. Credit.

Sullivan. Cam Joe August. Art dir Thomas Brierley. Millionaires. Russians. Snobbery. Speculation. Cast: William S. Hart (Robert Sands), Seena Owen (Mary Lee), Arthur MPW 10 Nov 1917, p. 911. MPW 8 Dec 1917, p. 1485. Shirley (Larry Harrington), Lewis W. Short (Dick Horn), Andrew

Robeson (Harrington, Sr.). BRASS BUTTONS F1.0462 Comedy-drama. Rowdy cowboy Robert “Bob” Sands leads his friends in William Russell Productions; American Film Co. Dist Pathé Exchange,

tearing up an Arizona town that has gone distressingly “dry,” until Inc. 30 May 1919 [©American Film Co., Inc.; 31 Mar 1919; LP13550]. members of the Law-and-Order League hog-tie Bob and ship him East on 5 reels, 4,685 ft.

a passenger train. Bob, out for adventure, goes on to New York and Dir Henry King. Scen Stephen Fox. Story Stephen Fox.

becomes the guardian of the wild-tempered Larry Harrington, a Cast: William Russell (Kingdon Hollister), Eileen Percy (Bernice millionaire’s son. Larry commissions Bob to deliver love letters to waitress Cleveland), Helen Howard (Madeline), Frank Brownlee (Terence | Mary Lee, an entanglement forbidden by Harrington, Sr., but Bob falls in Callahan), Bull Montana (Jake the Priest), Wilbur Higby (Mayor Dave love with the girl himself. Mary decides that she prefers cowboys to McCullough), Carl Stockdale (Cold-Deck Dallas). millionaires, and Bob and Mary wed and return to the West. Cowboys. Comedy. Wealthy Kingdon Hollister, infatuated with a girl he believes Millionaires. New York City. Waitresses. Arizona. Law and order. Letters. to be the maid of the wealthy Clevelands, gets his sympathetic friend,

Trains. Wards and guardians. Officer Callahan, to lend him his uniform to impress her. The girl, in reality ETR J Dec 1918, p. 2. 6 Mew 28 Dec 1918, p. 1473, Bernice Cleveland, is attracted to Kingdon, and pretends to be the maid.

CC 1718, P. £99, 290. ec PTS, p. 710. Mayor Dave McCullough of Sawtooth, Arizona, in New York to hire

PW te i918 . ihe Me a Nee i918 . 4 gunman Jake the Priest to rid his town of desperado Cold-Deck Dallas, MPW 21 Dec 1918, p. 1370, 1389. offers the job to Kingdon, after the latter, posing as Callahan, knocks Jake 95

THE BRASS CHECK AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG cold. Kingdon agrees to cleanup Sawtooth within twenty-four hours once —_—and starred Sally O'Neil; the 1940 film, which was titled The Girl from Avenue

Bernice agrees to marry him if he does. With the help of a Vigilance A, was directed by Otto Brower and starred Jane Withers.

Committee, Kingdon accomplishes his task. Both fathers of the engaged ner é Sep rn . , 85 vile aN i919 p. on

couple are upset at the planned marriage until the truth about their real MPN 6 Sep 1919, p. 2049. Wid's 14 Sep 1919, p. 17. identities is revealed. During the wedding, Kingdon again pummels Jake MPW 6 Sep 1919, pp. 1524-25. when the latter reaches for his gun, but Jake explains that he was only

offering it as a wedding gift. Arizona. Filial relations. Fistfights. BRAVE AND BOLD F 1.0465 Impersonation and imposture. Millionaires. Mistaken identity. Maids. Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 5 May 1918 [OWilliam Fox; 5 May Mayors. New York City. Outlaws. Policemen. Vigilantes. Weddings. 1918; LP12390]. 5 reels, 4,368 ft.

Note: Stephon Fox was a pseudonym for Jules Furthman. Dir Carl Harbaugh. Scen Carl Harbaugh. Cam Ben Struckman.

io s yan res p. oo yew ar 2 ver lore. 8 Source:Sheehan Based on theinshort story “Four-Forty at Fort Penn”1917). by Perley. aig race ara Pep. Poore Argosy Magazine (Mar MPN 22 Mar 1919, p. 1865. Wid's 13 Apr 1919, p. 21. Cast: George Walsh (Robert Booth), Francis X. Conlon (Chester

Firkins), Dan Mason (Col. Wilson), Mabel Bunyea (The adventuress),

THE BRASS CHECK F1.0463 Regina Quinn (Ruth Hunneywell), A. B. Conkwright (The prince).

Metro Pictures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 11 Mar 1918 [©Metro Comedy-drama. Robert Booth travels to Pittsburgh both to negotiate a

Pictures Corp.; 4 Mar 1918; LP12138}. 5 reels. — million-dollar war contract with a foreign prince and to marry his Supy Maxwell Karger. Dir William S. Davis. Scen June Mathis. sweetheart Ruth Hunneywell. Robert’s rival Chester Firkins hires thugs to

Cam Rudolph Bergquist. x . kidnap Robert so that he can win the contract for himself. Robert, however, Source: Based on the short story “The Brass Check” by George Allan egcanes from the kidnappers, and after a series of adventures, during which

England in All-Story Weekly (I Apr-6 May 1916). he is pursued by the police and nearly blown up by a stick of dynamite, the Cast: Francis X. Bushman (Richard Tr evor), Beverly Bayne (Edith daring Robert rescues Ruth, saves the prince’s life and obtains the prized

Everett), Augustus Phillips (Wellington Dix), Frank Currier (Silas contract. Contracts. Escapes. Kidnapping. Rescues. Rivalry. Chases. Trevor), Ollie Cooper (Norma Glanor), Frank Joyner (Henry Everett), Dynamite. Hoodiums. Nobility. Pittsburgh. Police.

Rudolph De Cordova (Cornelius Everett), Robert Williamson (Peter ETR 20 Apr 1918, p. 1601. MPW 19 May 1918, p. 1034. Glanor), Hugh Jeffrey (Blake), John Smiley (William Roberts), Hugh ETR 11 May 1918, p. 1850. Var 24 May 1918, p. 34. D’Arcy (J. Osborne Cole), Jack Newton (Robert Dexter), Syn De Conde. MPN 18 May 1918, p. 2999. Wid's 19 May 1918, pp. 5-6. Comedy-drama. Henry Everett is confined to an insane asylum when he MPW 11 May 1918, p. 898. refuses to sacrifice his invention to a powerful rubber trust. Richard

Trevor, the son of trust magnate Silas Trevor, becomes involved with THE BRAVEST WAY F 1.0466 Henry and his sister Edith, when he mistakenly picks up a baggage claim Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; check meant for the detective Edith has hired to help her brother. After | Paramount Pictures. 16 Jun 1918 [©Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; 25 May a series of daring adventures, Richard, acting as the detective, secures 1918; LP12464]. 5 reels. freedom and financial recompense for Henry, and the affections of Edith Pres Jesse L. Lasky. Dir George H. Melford. Asst dir Claude Mitchell. for himself. Impersonation and imposture. Insane asylums. Inventions. | Scen Edith Kennedy. Cam Paul Perry.

Inventors. Trusts. Brother-sister relationship. Detectives. Rescues. Cast: Sessue Hayakawa (Kara Tamura), Florence Vidor (Nume

Rubber magnates. Rogers), Tsuru Aoki (Sat-Su), U Aoyama (Shiro Watana), Jane Wolff

ETR 9 Mar 1918, p. 1139. Var 15 Mar 1918, p. 42. (Miss Tompkins), Winter Hall (Moreby Nason), Tom Kurahara (Sam MPW 16 Mar 1918, p. 1561. Wid's 28 Mar 1918, p. 1034. Orson), Josephine Crowell (Janitress), Goro Kino (Motoyoshi), Clarence

MPW 30 Mar 1918, p. 1866. Geldart (The minister), Guy Oliver (The lawyer), Billy Elmer. Drama. Tamura, a Japanese landscape gardener living in America, is THE BRAT F1.0464 — saving to marry his Japanese American sweetheart, Nume Rogers, while The Nazimova Productions. Dist Metro Pictures Corp.; Screen Classics, his friend, Watana, works for a Japanese merchant named Motoyoshi so Inc. 1 Sep 1919 [©Metro Pictures Corp.; 18 Aug 1919; LP14087]. 7 reels. —_ that he can bring his wife and children to America. Watana is murdered Pres Richard A. Rowland and Maxwell Karger. Supv Maxwell Karger. _ on the day his wife Sat-Su arrives, and Tamura, having promised to take

Dir Herbert Blache. Asst dir Al E. Kelley. Scen June Mathis. Adapted care of her and the children, marries her, despite his love for Nume. by Nazimova and Charles Bryant. Titles June Mathis. Cam Eugene Heartbroken, Nume accepts money from Nason to study voice, but when

Gaudio. Art interiors M. P. Staulcup. she debuts successfully, Nason attacks her. Tamura rescues Nume and Source: Based on the play The Brat by Maude Fulton (New York,5 Mar _takes her to visit the dying Sat-Su, who explains Tamura’s sacrifice. After

1917). _ Sat-Su’s death, Tamura and Nume are reunited. Japanese. Japanese

Cast: Nazimova (The Brat), Charles Bryant (MacMillan Forrester), | Americans. Marriage-Forced by circumstances. Self-sacrifice. Singers. Amy Veness (Mrs. Forrester), Frank Currier (The bishop), Darrell Foss = Attempted rape. Gardeners. Immigrants. Merchants. Murder. Rescues. (Stephen Forrester), Bonnie Hill (Angela), Milla Davenport (The Brat’s Note: The original title of the scenario was “The Desire of Tamura”.

aunt), Henry Kolker (A man about town), Ethelbert Knott (Butler). ETR 11 May 1918, p. 1843. NYDM 15 Jun 1918, p. 852. Drama. A poor hungry chorus girl nicknamed “The Brat,” wrongly ETR 15 Jun 1918, p. 126. NYDM 29 Jun 1918, p. 925.

arrested for soliciting, is allowed to go to the home of author MacMillan New R me ioe if eas. Mids aya ole Poa 4

Forrester so that he can study her for his new novel. His mother and his MPW 22 Jun 1918, p. 1759. uo ,

financée Angela disapprove of the arrangement, as does his brother

Stephen, who caused her arrest when she rejected his advances. The book THE BRAZEN BEAUTY F1.0467 progresses well and the Brat develops into a somewhat cultured woman Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. 9 Sep 1918 until an unpleasant incident provoked by Angela during the Brat’s “rabbit [©Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.; 31 Aug 1918; LP12804]. 5 reels. dance” at a society benefit causes her to curse those laughing at her and Dir Tod Browning. Asst dir Fred Tyler. Adapted by William E. Wing. rush home to pack. She comes upon Stephen robbing his brother’s safe and Cam Alfred Gosden. out of pity gives him her own money. When the family accuses her of the Source: Based on the short story “The Magnificent Jacala” by Louise

theft and she accepts the blame, Stephen, touched by her gesture, Winter in Parisienne Magazine (4 May 1918). confesses. Angela, seeing MacMillan’s delight, gives back her ring and Cast: Priscilla Dean (Jacala), Gertrude Astor (Mrs. Augusta Van leaves. Finally, though, Mrs. Forrester accepts the Brat and MacMillan Ruysdael), Thurston Hall (Kenneth Hyde), Katherine Griffith (Aunt gives her the engagement ring. Brothers. Cultural conflict. Novelists. Self- Ellen), Alice Wilson (Kate Dewey), Leo White (Tony Dewey), Thornton

sacrifice. Showgirls. Transformation. Confession (law). False Church (Bruce Edwards), Rex de Rosselli.

accusations. Poverty. Prostitution. Theft. Comedy. Jacala, a strong-willed, temperamental ranch girl, inherits her Note: The film had pre-release showings in Los Angeles the week of 25 Aug 1919. father’s millions and moves from Montana to New York. determined to The set included a full theater of 1000 seating capacity built by M. P. Staulcup, a vl . ‘ety. Th h t d is st ‘ ttracted t assisted by Nazimova, designed along Greek lines, with a glass runway. According carn a piace in socie ye ere she meets and is strongly attracte ; 0 to a modern source, Alice Guy Blaché was an assistant director on this film. This film Kenneth Hyde, but believing him to be a worthless man-about-town with was remade by Fox in 1931 and in 1940. The 1931 film was directed by John Ford a neglected wife, she hires Tony Dewey to pose as her fiancé. Tony wants

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE BREATH OF ARABY a wealthy wife, and when his attentions toward Jacala are sternly rebuffed, THE BREAKER F 1.0470 he spreads scandalous stories about her. Jacala learns that Kenneth’s Essanay Film Mfg. Co. Dist K-E-S-E Service. 4 Dec 1916 [OEssanay supposed wife is actually his sister, and he, in turn, believes her claims that Film Manufacturing Co.; 22 Nov 1916; LP9584]. 5 reels.

Tony’s stories are untrue. With Kenneth, Jacala retreats from the Dir Fred E. Wright. Scen Fred E. Wright. Cam Jackson J. Rose. superficial society life she had once coveted. False accusations. Heiresses. Source: Based on the short story “The Breaker” by Arthur Stringer in Playboys. Slander. Socialites. Impersonation and imposture. Montana. The Saturday Evening Post (15-29 Jan 1916).

New York City. Ranchers. Revenge. Unrequited love. Cast: Bryant Washburn (John Widder), Nell Craig (Alice Note: The film’s working title was The Magnificent Jacala, and one pre-release Treadwell), Ernest Maupain (Piazzia). Pp

news article refers to the film as The Beautiful Jacala. Drama. Door-to-door salesman John Widder unwittingly hides camera 7 aus ore 1256 ey im ee oe p. lope counterfeit bills for the criminal Piazzia. After police arrest Piazzia, John

ETR 5 Ou 1917, .. 1517. MPW 5 Oct 1918, e. 7, realizes that he has phony money but is too frightened to do anything about MPN 27 Jul 1918, p. 635. NYDM 28 Sep 1918, p. 482. it. Meanwhile, suspicious of John and eager to confiscate the cash, MPN 3 Aug 1918, p. 743. Var 20 Sep 1918, p. 46. authorities hire Alice Treadwell, John’s neighbor, to keep an eye on him. MPN 7 Sep 1918, p. 1608. Wid's 15 Sep 1918, pp. 5-6. She tells him of her dire financial straits and, to help her, he exchanges some of the bad money for good and gives it to her. Soon, he confesses

BREACH OF PROMISE see THE FURNACE everything to Alice, who realizes that her kindly neighbor could not have had anything to do with Piazzia. She makes him turn over the money and,

BREAD F 1.0468 after getting a two-thousand-dollar reward from the police, she and John Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co.; Universal decide to get married. Counterfeiters. Money. Neighbors. Salesmen. Special Attraction. | Sep 1918 [OUniversal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 31 Jul Confession. Police. Rewards.

1918; LP12715]. 6 reels. Note: According to a news item, Essanay president George K. Spoor, in order to Dir Ilda May Park. Scen Ida May Park. Story Evelyn Campbell. make the film realistic, obtained the services of Captain Michael P. Evans, the chief

King G of theseveral Chicago Bureau of Identification; histake son;part his assistant identification inspector; | amCam Ning Gray. and headquarters detectives “to in the play.” The nature of their Cast: Mary MacLaren (Candace Newby), Gladys Fox (Estelle participation was not explained.

Payne), Edward Cecil (Arnold Train), Kenneth Harlan (Dick Motog _16 Dec 1916, p. 1345. MPW 9 Dec 1916, p. 1504, 1551.

Frothingham), Louis Morrison (Emil Krause). MPN 16 Sep 1916, p. 1682. NYDM __21 Oct 1916, p. 22.

—_ 3870. Var 1 Dec 1916, p. 28.

Drama. Country girl Candace Newby, envious of Estelle Payne, an MPN 16 Dec 1916, p. 3724, 3859, NYDM —9 Dec 1916, p. 26.

apparently successful actress, goes to New York, where she is introduced MPN 23 Dec 1916, p. 3928. Wid's 7 Dec 1916, p. 1159. to theatrical manager Emil Krause. Krause makes advances toward her,

Pu is rescued by Arnold Train,that a young playwright has apartment fallen in BREAKERS AHEAD F1.0471 oveshe with her. When she«ps realizes Krause hasDist paidwho for her M ; , 25 Mar etro Pictures Corp. Metro Pictures Corp. 1918 [OMetro and clothes, Candace leaves, horrified. Soon she runs out of money and Pj ; with her lastB.pennies buysDir a loaf of bread that is knocked from herJ. hands Ppand ; H. ; res A. Rolfe. Charles J. Brabin. Scen PK Charles Brabin onto a passing fender. She wanders the streets until she and spots H. her loaf .; e a .auto . Keeler. Story Charles J. Brabin P. Keeler. Cam John Arnold.

, ; . ictures Corp.; 18 Mar 1918; LP12200]. 5 reels.

through a. café window. Arnold again aids her when she faints in the café,Pixley), c ; , — Mabel - ; . finally ast: Viola Danawhat (Ruth Bowman), Clifford Bruce (Eric and Candace, realizing she really wants, marriage V . ,Scudder), . a ; an Buren (Aunt Agatha Pixley),accepts Russell his Simpson (Captain Actors and actresses. Ambition. Country girls. New York City. Hawley), E;. pproposal. : , ugene Pallette (Jim Hawley), Sydney Deane (Hiram T. H. overty. Attempted rape. Cafés. Envy. Playwrights.owland Theatrical managers. G(Eliza, . . the nurse), Helen Jerome (Mike Burley), Lorena Foster ETR 1918, p. 840. MPWNYDM 24 Aug 1918, 1160. Eddvp. (4 320. B) ETR1017Aug Aug 1918, p. 925. _ 31 p.Aug 1918,

y (Agnes Bowman). ae

MPN 10 Aug 1918, p. 873. Var 9 Aug 1918, p. 34. Drama. When young Ruth Bowman’s mother dies, the child is raised by MPW 3 Aug 1918, p. 718. Wid's 4 Aug 1918, pp. 13-14. Agatha Pixley, and in time, the girl falls in love with Agatha’s son, Eric. While Eric is at sea with Captain Scudder on a boat owned by Jim and

BREAK THE NEWS TO MOTHER F 1.0469 Hiram Hawley, a jealous villager spreads the tale that Ruth is illegitimate, International Film Service. Dist Select Pictures Corp. 8 Jun 1919 and the townspeople consequently shun her. Jim Hiram sets his boat on fire

[©Select Pictures Corp.; 5 May 1919; LP13679]. 6 reels. after its arrival in port so that he can collect insurance money, and Ruth, Prod B.S. Moss. Dir Julius Steger. Cam Andre Barlatier. believing that Eric is on board, tries to rescue him. When Ruth and Eric Source: Inspired by the song “Break the News to Mother” words and escape safely, Captain Scudder reveals that he, Ruth’s long-lost father, was

music by Charles K. Harris, copyright 13 Dec 1897. legally married to her mother, which reestablishes Ruth’s good name and Cast: Pearl Shepard (Ruth Godwin), Gertrude Berkeley (Mrs. Bray), enables her to marry Eric. Orphans. Ostracism. Parentage. Sailors. Raymond Bloomer (Dave Bray), Alice Gerard (Edna Holmes), Forrest Slander. Arson. Boats. Foster fathers. Fraud. Insurance. Rescues. Sea Robinson (“Pop” Henkel), William Bailey (Warren Flint), Louis Stern _ captains. Village life. (Howard Godwin), Joseph Smiley (Chief of Police Donovan), Chester Note: Some sources list the character of the captain as Captain Scudd. One review

Barnett (DoctorreSims). Robert withMPN the photography. ETRcredits 16 Mar 1918,Kurrle p. 1227. 6 Apr 1918, p. 1989, 2037.

; Drama. Dave Bray, who is devoted to his mother, and Ruth Godwin, the ETR 30 Mar 1918, p. 1349. MPW 30 Mar 1918, pp. 1869-70. aughter of Howard Godwin, his employer, fall in love, thus incurring the ETR 6 Apr 1918, p. 1466. MPW 13 Apr 1918, p. 284. chagrin of Dave’s jealous superintendent, Warren Flint. Flint’s rejected

lover, ne Homes, on overhearing int i pave ont he intends to THE BREATH OF ARABY F1.0472

marry th t Flint’s in wert is Thicki; th t he sh Fl ' Dave Vitagraph Co. of America. Dist General Film Co. by arrangement with

moment mat Pints own revolver vires. 1 MmNking bla de Snot pint, wave Broadway Star Features Co. 8 May 1915 [©The Vitagraph Co. of leaves home and has friends break the news to his heartbroken mother. in. Flint li but h D hough he k hat Edna shot hi America; 8 Apr 1915; LP4979]. 3-4 reels.

Aue ‘et R his abou ave see elints i, aie on i shot him. Dir Charles L. Gaskill. Scen Charles L. Gaskill.

hy car TD uth isa ave hwhil Da ont va ty hes at he not deick Cast: Helen Gardner (Clothilde), L. Rogers Lytton (M. Chevassat), J.

cnarges It Mave returns. canwhile, Dave, a war hero in Europe, ane sic Herbert Frank (M. De Launay), Paul Scardon (Captain Thurston), with pneumonia, is told by his doctor, a friend from home, that Flint did Templer Saxe (Ahmed Hassan).

Ar ae Edna pally tes Ruth inet ruth and Ae nding is eancele Drama/Society. Clothilde, the daughter of M. Chevassat, a wealthy hig, Tae Fare ave returns wy is mot of uth s love, vy h onor aristocrat, becomes irritated at the attentions of M. De Launay, her ° | IS VI his R alse pei? ho lage CG nchot wound “ Touey. father’s choice for her husband. After Clothilde arranges for Chevassat to Ohosias Pe CUNIONS. Vill S. life eroes. AUNSNOT WOUNGS. vealousy. catch them in a compromising position, Chevassat kills De Launay in a

ysicians. Fneumonia. Vilage ite. i oo, duel. Clothilde, who passionately loves Captain Thurston, a married

Note: Marion Birk and Franklyn Hanna are listed as being in the film in an article American explorer. attempts to counter Thurston’s rebukes to her advances written at the start of production. The film was shot at the Norma Talmadge studio. exp ’ P “

Bi thep.last of the thousand-year-old charm, io by 25procuring Dec 1919, 55.drop MPN 7 Jun 1919, p. 3848,love 3860. % . “The . ETR 17 May 1919, p. 1844. MPW 7 Jun 1919, pp. 1535-37. Breath of Araby,” from Ahmed Hassan, a wealthy Persian. Clothilde uses MPN 1 Feb 1919, p. 741. Var 30 May 1919, p. 76. her allurements to get the potion. After she sends a message for Thurston 97

THE BREATH OF THE GODS AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG to meet her at the notorious café, the Chat Noir, Chevassat sees the manager. He confesses to the police as Mercy’s sweetheart arrives and message and, deciding to kill himself, goes to the café with a revolver and takes her back. Mother-daughter relationship. Showgirls. Society of poison. Upon hearing a knock, Chevassat drinks the poison. The proprietor Friends. Attempted rape. Confession (law). Desertion. Foundlings. enters and, thinking that Chevassat is asleep, covers him with a robe. When Housekeepers. Murder. New York City-Broadway. Theatrical troupes. Clothilde arrives, she pours the drop on Chevassat. Thurston enters, and Wardrobe mistresses. Clothilde, in horror, uncovers Chevassat. A reflex action causes his revolver Note: According to a news item in Mar 1915, Mary Alden and Eleanor Washington to fire, and a bullet ends Clothilde’s life. Infidelity. Potions. Seduction. were also in the cast. Sources differ concerning the ending of the film. In one version, Aristocrats. Cafés. Duels. Gun accidents. Murder. Persians. Suicide. the actor, frustrated with being repulsed by Mercy, and intoxicated, shoots at her. Her

The f . . mother dies after catching a bullet meant for Mercy. In another version, the mother

Note: This film opened at the Vitagraph Theatre in New York on 21 Feb 1915 in is shot by the manager while protecting Mercy. Lillian Gish, in an autobiographical a four reel version. It was released nationally on 8 May 1915 in three reels. Director book, included a production still from this film of D. W. Griffith apparently directing and author Charles L. Gaskill, in a letter to the Motion Picture Editor of NYDM, actors in the rehearsal of a scene. While Griffith, according to his contract, was to charged that the National Board of Censors changed the Felationships of the be the supervisor of all Reliance films, the extent of his active participation in any

characters substantially by cutting the film and adding their own subtitles. M. given film is unknown.

Chevassat was intended by Gaskill to be Clothilde’s husband, not her father. De Motog 20 Mar 1915, p. 438. MPWw 9 Oct 1915, p. 254, 336. paeoey was to be her discarded and jealous lover, not ‘ta supplicant at her father’s Motog 16 Oct 1915. p. 807, 830. NYDM 15 Sep 1915, p. 36.

" | MPN 25 Sep 1915, pp. 118-19. Var 22 Oct 1915, p. 24.

MPN 3 Apr 1915, p. 51. MPW 1 May 1915, p. 780.

MPN 10 Apr 1915, p. 59. NYDM 7 Apr 1915, p. 28, 33.

MPW 10 Apr 1915, p. 241. VLP May 1915, p. 17. BREED OF MEN F 1.0475 William S. Hart Productions, Inc. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.;

THE BREATH OF THE GODS F1.0473 Artcraft Pictures. 2 Feb 1919 [©William S. Hart Productions, Inc.; 20 Jan Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co.; A Universal 1919; LP13317]. 5 reels, 4,949 ft. Jewel Super-Production. 16 Aug 1920 [©Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; Pres Thomas H. Ince. Supv Thomas H. Ince. Dir Lambert Hillyer and/

9 Jul 1920; LP15346]. 6 reels, 6225 ft. or William S. Hart. Scen J. G. Hawks. Story J. G. Hawks. Cam Joe Pres Carl Laemmle. Dir Rollin Sturgeon. Scen Charles Wilson, Jr. | August. Art dir Thomas A. Brierley. Art titles Irvin J. Martin.

Cam Alfred Gosden. Settings designed by Corley T. Ito. Cast: William S. Hart ( “Careless” Carmody, a boss rider), Seena Owen Source: Based on the novel The Breath of God by Sidney McCall (pseud. (Ruth Fellows, a settler), Bert Sprotte (Wesley B. Prentice, a land

of Mary McNeil Fenollosa) (Boston, 1905). swindler), Buster Irving (Bobby Fellows, Ruth’s brother).

Cast: Tsuru Aoki (Yuki Onda), Stanhope Wheatcroft (Pierre Le Western. Roaming cowpuncher “Careless’”” Carmody becomes sheriff of Beau), Arthur Carewe (Prince Hagane), Pat O’Malley (7. Caraway the new town of Chloride, Arizona after losing his money and horse in a Dodge), Barney Sherry (Senator Todd), Marion Skinner (Mrs. Todd), | crooked faro game arranged by Wesley B. Prentice, president of the Ethel Shannon (Gwendolyn), Missao Seki (Yuki’s father), Mai Wells | Arizona Ranch Lands Company, which sells land with no titles to

(Yuki’s mother), Paul Weigel (Count Ronsard). unsuspecting settlers and then resells the land to others. Careless rescues

Drama. While attending college in Washington, D.C., Yuki Onda, the new settler Ruth Fellows from a riotous Mexican and devotes great daughter of a Japanese samurai, meets and falls in love with Pierre Le attention to her in the weeks following. Misled by Prentice who he thinks Beau, a diplomatic attaché. At the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War, __ 1S honest, Careless serves Ruth with papers ordering her off her property

Pierre is sent to Japan as attaché to the Australian ambassador. When and she shoots him in the shoulder. Aroused to action, Careless follows Yuki’s father discovers his daughter’s romance with a foreigner, he Prentice to his heavily guarded home in the suburbs of Chicago, and with becomes enraged and betroths her to Prince Hagane for political reasons. the help of some companions from the stockyards, kidnaps him back to Yuki, being an obedient daughter, agrees to the match. During a political Chloride where he saves Prentice from a lynch mob and makes him pay meeting, Yuki is commanded by her husband to see that noone enters the | back everything he owes. In the end, Careless and Ruth marry. Arizona. house. During her vigil, Pierre arrives, half-crazed with fever andthedesire | Chicago. Land promoters. Land rights. Settlers. Sheriffs. Abduction. to see his beloved. Out of revenge, he steals an important document from | Cardsharps. Eviction. Faro. Gunshot wounds. Lynching. Mexicans. Mobs. Hagane, who, believing that his wife has acted in dishonor, agrees to trade Rescues. Stockyards. Yuki for the paper. Worn out with grief and struggling against her love for Note: The work title of this film was The Warrant. Sources conflict concerning the Pierre, Yuki kills herself, and Hagane delivers the body to her true love. film’s director. While reviewers credit William S. Hart, on the synopsis included ia

; the copyright descriptions, Hart’s name as director was crossed out and replaced by

Japan. Japanese. Marriage—Arranged. Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905. that of Lambert Hillyer, and a title sheet in the Thomas H. Ince Papers also credits

Suicide. Diplomats. Documents. Father-daughter relationship. Revenge. Hillyer.

Royalty. Samurai. Washington (D.C.). Bio 15 May 1919, p. 65. MPW 15 Feb 1919, p. 941. Note: According to a news item, actress Tsuru Aoki supervised the construction of ETR 15 Feb 1919, p. 851. Var 7 Feb 1919, p. 61.

the nearly forty sets, along with Japanese artist Corley T. Ito. MPN 15 Feb 1919, p. 1073. Wid's 9 Feb 1919, p. 7. ETR 7 Aug 1920, p. 1056. MPW 14 Aug 1920, p. 933.

MPN 26 Jun 1920, p. 102. NYT 26 Jul 1920, p. 9. BREEZY JIM F1.0476 MPN 7 Aug 1920, p. 1243. Wid's 1 Aug 1920, p. 9. David Horsley Productions. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 22 Feb 1919. 5 reels.

BRED IN THE BONE F1.0474 Dir Lorimer Johnson. Story J. Francis Dumbar. Cam Barney McGill. Reliance Motion Picture Corp. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; A Mutual Cast; Crane Wilbur (Breezy Jim), Juanita Hansen (Patricia

Masterpicture. 7 Oct 1915. 4 reels. Wentworth).

Dir Paul Powell. Story Frank Kinsella. Western. Bored with her life of wealth in New York, Patricia Wentworth

Cast: Alberta Lee, Richard Cummings (The childless Quakers), goes West to meet “‘a real man” and is rescued from the advances of a Dorothy Gish (Mercy), Margie Wilson (Her mother), W. E. Lawrence drunken stagecoach driver by Breezy Jim, a mysterious man traveling with (Her leading man), Al Filson (Her manager), Seena Owen (The star), _an old miner. At their destination, a small town in Arizona, Jim discovers

William Hinckley (Mercy 's Quaker sweetheart). that an evangelist responsible for removing all of the town’s liquor to the Drama. After the dissipated star of a theatrical troupe deserts his actress jail, has stolen the old miner’s gold and buried it, but the evangelist wife and their infant daughter, the mother leaves her baby on the doorstep —_—_ convinces everyone that Jim is the thief. Only Patricia’s interference saves

of a childless Quaker couple and moves on. The couple, who call the baby — Jim from a lynching. He is jailed, but escapes with the help of the Mercy and regard her as an answer to their prayers, raise her in their stagecoach driver who desires the liquor kept at the jail. Jim saves Patricia simple life. Years later, Mercy, attracted by the “call of the stage,” leaves from the evangelist’s pursuit and makes him submit to a shave which her parents and her devoted Quaker sweetheart to join a traveling troupe. —_reveals him to be a wanted ex-convict. Jim declares himself a Special Agent

In New York, Mercy and the juvenile lead, who IS infatuated with her, find of the Department of Justice and Patricia is now satisfied that she has

a manager who signs Mercy for his “girly” musical revue. Soon a found her “real man.” Arizona. Evangelists. False arrests. Government Broadway success, Mercy gets her own apartments and hires as her = agents. Impersonation and imposture. Strangers. Drunkenness. housekeeper the wardrobe mistress, who, unknown to either, is her mother. Escapes. Ex-convicts. Gold miners. Jails. Lynching. Rescues. United After Mercy relates her past, her mother, on her deathbed, sends for the States. Dept. of Justice.

Quaker sweetheart. Meanwhile, the manager tries to rape Mercy. The ETR 22 Feb 1919, p. 919. Var 14 Feb 1919, p. 52. actor, whose many proposals Mercy has turned down, arrives and kills the MPW 22 Feb 1919, p. 1107.

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE BRIDE’S SILENCE BREWSTER’S MILLIONS F 1.0477 Cast: Frank Keenan (Dr. Dudley Duprez), Margery Wilson Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. Dist State Rights. 15 Apr 1914. 5 reels. (Mercedes Mendoza), Jerome Storm (Paul Crenshaw), David M.

Dir Cecil B. DeMille and Oscar C. Apfel. Hartford (Judge Shone), Elvira Weil (Rose Duprez), Mrs. J. Hunt

Source: Based on the novel Brewster's Millions by George Barr (Mammy Lou), J. P. Lockney (Don Ramon Alvarez), Nona Thomas McCutcheon (New York, 1902) and the play of the same name by (Don Ramon'’s daughter), Jack Gilbert (Dr. Duprez’s son). Winchell Smith and Byron Ongley (New York, 31 Dec 1906). Drama /Historical. In the antebellum South, the respected Louisiana Cast: Edward Abeles (Robert Brewster/Monty Brewster), Winifred physician Dr. Dudley Duprez wins the beautiful slave Mercedes during a Kingston (Peggy Gray), Jospeph Singleton (Edwin Peter Brewster), riverboat poker game on his way home from St. Louis. At his plantation,

Sydney Dean (Jonas Sedgwick), Miss Bartholomew (Louise Duprez discovers that his beloved niece Rose has poisoned herself rather Sedgwick), Mabel Van Buren (Mrs. Gray), Dick La _ Reno than face him after she had been seduced by the doctor’s young friend Paul (Swearengen Jones/The Sheik), Baby La Reno (Monty Brewster, age Crenshaw. Overcoming an urge to kill Crenshaw, Duprez instead trains 5), Baby De Rue (Peggy Gray, age 5), Bernadine Zuber (Barbara Mercedes, who supposedly has only a trace of Negro blood, to impersonate Drew), Monroe Salisbury (Nopper Harrison), Maurine Rasmussen a wealthy Spanish girl and win Crenshaw’s affection, after threatening to

(Trixie, the actress). send her to the cotton fields if she does not comply. After the wedding,

Comedy. Wealthy Edwin Peter Brewster disowns his son Robert when Duprez announces to the guests that because Crenshaw betrayed Rose, he marries Louise Sedgwick, a woman of modest means. When he dies, | Duprez tricked him into marrying a “nigger.” Crenshaw is ostracized and however, Brewster leaves one million dollars to their son Monty, a bank later is shot attempting to evade a yellow fever quarantine. After a dying clerk. Shortly thereafter, Monty learns that he has inherited seven million Overseer from Mercedes’ plantation confesses that Mercedes is really the dollars from his Uncle George on the stipulation that Monty divest himself legitimate daughter of Duprez’ son and an aristocratic Spanish girl, whose of his grandfather’s fortune within a year, without revealing why. A further father, objecting to her marrying an American, had her enslaved, Duprez stipulation is that the money must be used only for personal expenditures | Makes amends and Mercedes forgives him. Blacks. Impersonation and Monty spends lavishly, invests in stock and makes a bet on a prize fight, imposture. Louisiana. Parentage. Physicians. Plantations. Revenge.

but the bet and the stocks pay off. In desperation he rents and repairs a | Seduction. Slaves. Southerners. United States-South Card games. yacht to sail around the world. At one port, Monty saves Peggy Gray, his Nieces. Ostracism. Plantation overseers. Poisoning. Poker. Quarantine. childhood sweetheart, from abduction by an Arab sheik. On the eve of Racial prejudice. Fwverpoats, Spaniards. Suicide Meddlings. vellow fever: gaining possession of the money, Monty proposes to Pegsy , who eagerly Pictures in 1922 under the title Wanted for Murder, Or Bride of Hate. It was

int 1 ote: e working title of this film was His ave. It was re-issue ri-Stone

accepts, thinking that Monty is a pauper. Then a cable informs Monty that copyrighted by Tri-Stone Pictures under the title The Bride of Hate; 12 Jun 1924; Swearengen Jones, his uncle’s executor, has absconded with the fortune. LP20306. (See AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.0594, F2.6096.)

Unperturbed, Peggy and Monty marry but then are presented with the ETR 30 Dec 1916, p. 276. MPW 13 Jan 1917, p. 170. inheritance as a wedding present by Jones, who turns out to be a practical MPN 6 Jan 1917, pp. 115-16. MPW 27 Jan 1917, p. 589. joker. Bank clerks. Inheritance. Millionaires. Practical jokes. Wills. Class MPW 6 Jan 1917, pp. 99-100. Wid's 25 Jan 1917, p. 57. distinction. Disinheritance. Executors. Extravagance. Kidnapping.

Rescues. Sheiks. Stocks. Wagers. Yachts. THE BRIDE’S AWAKENING F 1.0480 Note: Edward Abeles recreated the role of Robert and Monty Brewster from his Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co.; A Universal

long-running theatrical success. Many versions of the film have been made, including Special Attraction. 25 May 1918 [©Bluebird Photoplays; 27 Apr 1918;

eature riims, ~IU; . +a aramoun roduction directe an ° “11:

Feature Films, 1921-30: F2.0592), a: 1949 Paramount prodaction directed by Alan P2346]. 5-7 reels. Dwan and a 1985 Richard Pryor film made by Universal. Wilfrid Buckland is listed Dir Robert Z. Leonard. Seen F. McGrew Willis. Cam Fred Leroy

as the art director for this film in modern sources. Granville.

Motog _18 Apr 1914, p. 281. NYDM 14 Jan 1914, p. 62. Cast: Mae Murray (Elaine Bronson), Lew Cody (Richard Earle),

Motog 2 May 1914, pp. 293-94. NYDM 15 Apr 1914, p. 40. Clarissa Selwynne (Lucille Bennett), Harry Carter (George Bennett), Joe Motog 16 May 1914, p. 328. NYDM 22 Apr 1914, p. 30. Girard (Frederick Bronson), Ashton Dearholt (Jimmy Newton).

MP 18 Apr 1914, p. 336, 428. Var | May 1914, p. 21. Drama. Richard Earle marries Elaine Bronson for her money, but orders

her to keep the marriage a secret so that he may continue his affair with

THE BRIDE OF FEAR F1.0478 = 4 married woman, Lucille Bennett. Jimmy Newton falls in love with Elaine

Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 7 Apr 1918 [©William Fox; 7 Apr and takes her to his home after she is injured in a car accident. When

1918; LP12284]. 5 reels. Richard discovers the two together, he beats Elaine, until Lucille, having Dir S. A. Franklin. Scen S. A. Franklin. Story Bennett Cohn. Cam J.D. discovered Richard’s duplicity and cruelty, enters the house and shoots

Jennings. him. Free of Richard, Elaine becomes engaged to Jimmy. Battered women.

Cast: Jewel Carmen (Ann Carter), Charles Gorman (Hayden Duplicity. Fortune hunters. Infidelity. Marriage-Secret. Automobile

Masters), L. C. Shumway (Donald Sterling), Charles Bennett (Martin accidents. Murder. Revenge.

Sterling). Note: Sources variously list film as five, six and seven reels.

Drama. Ann Carter is saved from suicide by Hayden Masters, a crook ETR 27 Apr 1918, p. 1689. MPW 25 May 1918, p. 1191. who wants to make her his accomplice. Ann marries him out of fear, but ETR 11 May 1918, p. 1848. NYT 6 May 1918, p. II. on their wedding night, he is arrested for burglary and imprisoned. Ann PW 0 ver 1918, p. 1869. Wid's 12 May 1918, pp. 25-26.

. . ay 1918, p. 895.

soon becomes secretary to the wealthy Martin Sterling, whose son, Donald,

falls in love with her and proposes. Hearing that Masters has been killed ;

in a prison break, Ann accepts, but Masters suddenly appears at the THE BRIDE'S REVENGE see AT THE MERCY OF MEN Sterling mansion and demands that she help him rob the house. Donald,

hearing cries, enters and is losing the fight with Masters when Ann seizes THE BRIDE’S SILENCE F 1.0481

Masters’ gun and kills him. The jury’s verdict is self-defense, which leaves American Film Co. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; A Mutual Star Production. Ann free to marry Donald. Burglars. Extortion. Marriage-Forced. Self- 10 Sep 1917. 5 reels.

defense. Upper classes. Attempted suicide. Fights. Imprisonment. Dir Henry King. Story Daniel Frederick Whitcomb.

Jailbreaks. Secretaries. Cast: Gail Kane (Sylvia Standish), Lewis J. Cody (Paul Wagner), ETR 23 Mar 1918, p. 1303. MPW 20 Apr 1918, p. 429, 435. Henry A. Barrows (Nathan Standish), James Lee Farley (Bull ETR 20 Apr 1918, p. 1605. Var 19 Apr 1918, p. 42. Ziegler), Robert Klein (Bobbins), Ashton Dearholt (Ford). MPN 20 Apr 1918, p. 2418. Wid's 25 Apr 1918, p. 1095. Mystery. Clutching a dagger, a woman enters a room through velvet

portieres and murders Nathan Standish, the scion of a distinguished

THE BRIDE OF HATE F 1.0479 family. Nathan’s sister Sylvia hides the knife, and when the butler New York Motion Picture Corp.; Kay-Bee. Dist Triangle Distributing | Bobbins—whose hatred of Nathan was well-known—is arrested, Sylvia Corp. 14 Jan 1917. 5 reels, 4,714 ft. remains silent. To please her father, Sylvia marries the prosecuting Supv Thomas H. Ince. Prod Thomas H. Ince. Dir Walter Edwards. Asst attorney Paul Wagner. When she secretly tries to help free Bobbins, dir David M. Hartford. Scen Monte Katterjohn. Picturized by J. G. detective Bull Ziegler, who believes that Bobbins is innocent, suspects Hawks. Story John Lynch. Cam Charles Kaufman. Art dir Robert Sylvia. After Sylvia’s hysterical speech during sleep leads Wagner to

Brunton. suspect her, she becomes insane. Wagner and her father take her to a 99

THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG mountain retreat where she recovers her sanity without regaining her MPN 27 Jan 1917, p. 521. Wid's 8 Feb 1917, pp. 95-96. memory. Just as Ziegler is about to have Sylvia arrested, a telegram arrives MPN 10 Feb 1917, p. 922. informing them that Sylvia’s cousin committed suicide and left a note

stating that she killed Nathan in revenge for being betrayed by him. Sylvia, BRIGHT SKIES So, F1.0484 who tried to protect the family name, recovers her memory when she learns Brentwood Film Corp. Dist Robertson-Cole Distributing Corp. 4 Apr

of the suicide. Amnesia. False accusations. Father-daughter relationship. 1920. 5-6 reels.

Insanity. Murder. Revenge. Butlers. Brother-sister relationship. Dir Henry Kolker. Scen Sarah Y. Mason. Story Burke Jenkins. Cam

Detectives. Lawyers. Suicide. Telegrams. John Leezer. , Note: This film was originally announced in the trade papers under the title The Cast: Za Su Pitts: (Sally), Tom Gallery (Billy), Jack Pratt

Unafraid. This film is not related to the 1914 film of that name. (Carnsworth), Kate Price (Mrs. Cassidy), Edward Delavanti (Tonio),

Motog 22 Sep 1917, p. 633. Var 21 Sep 1917, p. 42. Jack Braughall (Durkin).

MPN 15 Sep 1917, p. 1812. Drama. Sally, a poor waif, leads a wretched existence working as a maid MPW NSS Mee ae rads. in a rooming house. When her life becomes too miserable, she runs away

— and is befriended by old Tonio, the organ grinder. Sally accompanies Tonio on his travels, dancing to his music. One day she meets and become close

THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS F1.0482 friends with Billy, an orphaned farmhand. Suddenly, Tonio dies and a Dist State Rights; Broadway Film Co. Mar 1915. 4 reels. detective appears, employed by Carnsworth, a wealthy man searching for

Scen Betty Harte. his long-lost child. The detective believes that Sally is that child, and she Cast: Jeff Davis (H imself), Dorothy Welsh (Mollie Browning), Richard _|eayes Billy to unite with her father. Time passes and Sally is desperately

Carlyle (Bill Stevens), Stephen Reardon (Tom Carroll). missing Billy when Carnsworth unexpectedly discovers that a mistake has Drama/Social. In a prologue, Jeff Davis, known as the “King of the been made; Billy is his true heir. Billy joins his father and he and Sally

Hoboes,” stops young hobo Bill Stevens from shooting a brakeman who marry. Chambermaids. Orphans. Parentage. Runaways. Waifs. threw him off a train. Davis takes Bill’s gun and offers assistance at his = Boardinghouses. Detectives. Farmers. Organ grinders.

**Hotel de Gink” in New York’s Lower East Side should Bill need help. ETR 17 Apr 1920, p. 2285. MPW 8 May 1920, p. 859. Mollie Browning, a beautiful but impoverished girl whose consumptive MPN 8 May 1920, p. 4063. Var 30 Apr 1920, p. 44. mother needs medicine, repeatedly fails to find work. After Davis warns

Bill not to become the partner of robber Tom Carroll because, he says, that BRINGING HOME FATHER F 1.0485

road leads to “The Bridge of Sighs,” the passageway above the street Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. 4 Jun 1917 connecting the Criminal Court with the Tombs, Bill becomes a porter in [©Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.; 5 May 1917; LP10720]. 5 reels. a saloon. Carroll, who plans to rob a safe and frame Bill, tells Mollie, who Dir William Worthington. Scen Bess Meredyth. Story H. O. Davis.

faces eviction, that he is a detective and will hire her as his assistant. Cam Friend F. Baker. Disguised as a boy, she meets him at the saloon. After Bill rescues Mollie Cast: Franklyn Farnum (Peter Drake), Brownie Vernon (Jackie from Carroll’s advances and the police arrest Carroll, Davis tells Bill and Swazey), Florence Mayon (Eliza Tilly Swazey), Arthur Hoyt (“Pa”’ Mollie about a $65-a-month job on a farm, and they leave together for the Swazey), Richard La Reno (Mike Clancy). country. Jeff Davis. Hoboes. Hotel de Gink (New York City). New York Comedy. While attending a party across the way from the Swazey house, . City-Lower East Side. Unemployment. City-country contrast. Eviction. man-about-town Peter Drake spies pretty Jackie Swazey sitting alone on Farms. Frame-ups. Male impersonation. Saloons. Thieves. Trains. her veranda. While crossing the street to make Jackie’s acquaintance, Peter

Tuberculosis. almost collides with Mrs. Swazey, a candidate for alderman running on the

Note: One review referred to this film as King of the Hoboes. Jeff Davis, known Prohibition ticket, who demands that peace be restored to the

as the “King of the Hoboes,” established the Hotel de Gink on the Lower East Side neighborhood. Peter wins Mrs. Swazey’s favor by declaring himself a

in New York for transients. The hotel appears in the film. member of the anti-vice committee sent to keep watch on the party. Later,

MPN ” Ape 91s P °o ve W i Moy i918 P wa Peter is arrested for burglary when Pa Swazey, after a night of drinking,

MPW 20 Mar 1915, p. 1775. to save himself from the wrath of his wife, claims that he had been assaulted by the young man. Mrs. Swazey’s opponent Clancy offers to bail

Peter out of jail if he is able to eliminate Mrs. Swazey from the race by

THE BRIDGE, OR THE BIGGER MAN see THE BIGGER MAN midnight. With the aid of Pa, Peter spikes the punch at Mrs. Swazey’s “bone dry” reception, leading to a drunken melee which results in the

BRIDGES BURNED F1.0483 prohibitionists striking Mrs. Swazey’s name from the ticket. While Mrs. Popular Plays and Players, Inc. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 29 Jan = Swazey is sleeping off her inebriation, Peter and Jackie steal away to the 1917 [©Popular Plays and Players, Inc.; 29 Jan 1917; LP10087]. 5 reels. marriage bureau. Drunkenness. Frame-ups. Marriage. Prohibition. Dir Perry N. Vekroff. Scen Wallace C. Clifton. Story Olga Petrova. Women in politics. Conspiracy. Impersonation and imposture. Playboys.

Cam Neil Bergman. Parties. Temperance. Cast: Mme. Olga Petrova (Mary O’Brien), Mahlon Hamilton (Ernest ETR 9 Jun 1917, p. 53. NYDM 2 Jun 1917, p. 30.

Randal), Arthur Hoops (O’Farrell), Maury Steuart (Mary’s son), Robert Motog 9 Jun 1917, p. 1233. Var 2 Jun 1917, p. 22. Broderick (Thomas O’Brien), Mathilde Brundage (Norah), Louis Stern MPN 9 Jun 1917, p. 3618. Wid's 31 May 1917, pp. 345-46.

(Solicitor), Thomas Cameron (Butler). MPW 9 Jun 1917, p. 1624, 1666. Drama. Mary O’Brien, the daughter of an Irish gentleman, falls in love | with young Ernest Randal, the son of an English baronet, while he is BRINGING UP BETTY F1.0486 visiting the Irishman’s home. When Mary’s father learns that his daughter World Film Corp.; an Apfel Production. Dist World Film Corp. 28 Jul is pregnant, he insists upon a marriage, to which Mary reluctantly agrees 1919 [©World Film Corp.; 28 Jul 1919; LU14006}. 5 reels, 4,980 ft. for the sake of her unborn child. Immediately after the marriage, which Dir Oscar Apfel. Scen Clara S. Beranger. Story Charles Sarver. Cam she believes that her father has forced upon Ernest, Mary leaves home and Alfred Gondolfi.

secures employment in a cotton mill where she becomes involved in welfare Cast: Evelyn Greeley (Betty Morton), Lyster Chambers (Carl work for the employees. Reading of his wife’s accomplishments in the @#es), Reginald Denny (Tom Waring), Ben Johnson (Theodore newspaper, Ernest goes to Mary and tries to persuade her to returntohim, | Morton), Grace Carlyle (Adele Shelby), Joseph Weber (Silas Potter), but she refuses. A despondent Earl goes to war and when news comes that | Maude Turner Gordon (Mrs. Potter ), Oliver Smith (Lord Dormer), Grace

he has been killed in battle, Mary realizes too late her love for him. The | Hansen (Edna), Morgan Wallace (Duke of Medonia). 7 report of Ernest’s death proves false, however, and the lovers are given a eae means During a awn Payee his New York home, “Steel

second chance to have a life together. Love. Marriage-Forced. Self- ing” Theodore Morton tells his niece Betty’s two suitors, Lord Dormer reliance. Social workers. World War |. English. Cotton mills. Father. | 2Nd the Duke of Medonia, who are only after her money, that he has gone

daughter relationship. Irish. Nobility. bankrupt. The suitors flee, but unscrupulous Carl Gates, learning from his Note: This was the first Popular Plays and Players film released after a fire nearly fiancée, Ade le Shelby, the secretary to Morton’s banker, that the

destroyed their studio. bankruptcy is a hoax, pursues Betty. She becomes engaged to him when

ETR 10 Feb 1917, p. 705. NYDM 20 Jan 1917, p. 30. he convinces her that the marriage will help her uncle. During a yachting Motog 10 Feb 1917, p. 319. NYDM 3 Feb 1917, p. 28. expedition with Gates, Betty falls overboard and is saved by architect Tom 100

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 BROADWAY BILL Waring, who is in the middle of a race. They win the race and a romance Note: According to a news item, this film was shot along the U.S.-Mexican border,

develops. Adele learns that Gates is deceiving her and tells Morton about and indians rom Oklahoma ena and ype plates troops appeared in the

Gates’ plan. Morton and his banker ruin Gates on the stock market and PN 0 an . ‘ aia as the se yD nae Apr 1916. 0. 26 then offer Adele $700,000, the amount made ruining Gates, if she will MPW 5 Jan 1916. . 439, 470. Var 5 May 1916, if 33. marry Gates. She does, leaving Betty free to marry Tom. Engagements. MPW 20 May 1916, p. 1406. Wid’'s 11 May 1916, p. 566.

Fortune hunters. Hoaxes. Nieces. Socialites. Architects. Bankruptcy. ,

Boat races. Father-daughter relationship. Parties. Rescues. Steel proADWAY AND HOME F1.0489 magnates. Stock market.OF Yacnts. | + MPN printed states that credit for phot h Selznick Corp. Dist ote: correction a review in States that CreditPictures for otogra HSelect ‘ . ‘ Pictures Corp. 10 Dec 1920 work should be given to Alfred ‘Gondolfi rather than Max Schneider. All other [@Selznick Pictures Corp.; | Dec 1920; LP15874), 5-6 reels.

reviews credit Schneider with camera work. Dir Alan Crosland. Scen R. Cecil Smith. Story John Lynch. ETR 2 Aug 1919, p. 713. MPW 9 Aug 1919, p. 879. Cast: Eugene O’Brien (Michael Strange), Elinor Fair (Mary Bruce), MPN 7 Jun 1919, p. 3866. Var 25 Jul 1919, p. 43. Warren Cook (John Stephens), Frank Losee (Paul Grayson), Ellen MPN 2 Aug 1919, p. 1135. Wid's 22 Jul 1919, p. 7. Cassidy (Laura Greer), Edward Kepler.

MPN 9 Aug 1919, p. 1286. Drama. Weary of life in the small New England fishing village of Rest

Haven, Michael Strange accepts the offer of Paul Grayson, a wealthy old man who had been convalescing at the seashore, to return to New York

rye BR Motion Picture Corp. Dist Mutual Film Corp.: raven . with him. Once there, Michael falls in love with Laura Greer, unaware that

Masterpicture. 14 Oct 1915. 4 reels 3 387 ft ° she is Grayson’s mistress. They are planning to run away when Grayson Dir Charles Swickar d. Scen J. G. Hawks. returns from a trip and enlightens Michael about Laura’s background. Cast: Forrest Winant (Paul Martin), Rhea Mitchell (Beth Kirkland), Stunned, Michael deserts Laura but soon forgives her. Returning to her

Arthur Maude (Grimshaw), Joseph Dowling, Lewis Durham. apartment, Michael discovers that Laura has killed Grayson. They escape Drama/Crime. Paul Martin, a weak-willed young man with a penchant to Rest Haven, but are found by the police just as Laura dies. Lure of the for gambling, loses all his money at the palatial gambling house of City. Mistresses. Murder. Refugees. Fishing villages. New England. New Grimshaw, a wealthy gambler, who invites Paul to his home after Paul’s rk City.

parents order him out. Later, Grimshaw reveals that he is the leader of a oy - pe ror Bo e21 a ae mn 1900 P. -

band of society thieves and persuades Paul to participate in their next . PPLE” o ype robbery. Paul is sent to the suburban home of Kirkland, a millionaire, to

learn the location of a valuable string of pearls. Paul becomes infatuated BROADWAY ARIZONA ou. F1.0490 with Kirkland’s daughter Beth and tries to get Grimshaw to stop the Triangle Film Corp. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 30 Sep 1917. 5 robbery. Grimshaw, however, laughs and knocks Paul unconscious with a reels. blackjack. At the Kirkland house, Beth manages to call for help before Dir Lynn F. Reynolds. Scen Lynn F. Reynolds. Cam Clyde R. Cook. Grimshaw threatens her with a gun. After Paul regains consciousness and Cast: Olive Thomas (Fritzi Carlyle), George Chesebro (John Keyes), follows, he and Beth keep them occupied until help arrives. One thief, George Hernandez (Uncle Isaac Horn), Jack Curtis (Jack Boggs), Dana

“Chicago Red,” is shot, while Grimshaw escapes and shouts that Paul is Ong (Press agent), Thomas S. Guise (Old producer), Leola Mae one of the gang. After Grimshaw loses control of his automobile and goes (Indian squaw), Robert N. Dunbar (Doctor).

over a cliff, Paul confesses and is forgiven by Beth and her father. Comedy-drama. While on vacation in New York, millionaire cattle Gamblers. Gangs. Millionaires. Regeneration. Robbery. Automobile rancher John Keyes falls in love with musical comedy star Fritzi Carlyle. accidents. Betrayal. Confession (law). Escapes. Falls from heights. Filial Recognizing the opportunity for a great story, Fritzi’s press agent

relations. Gambling. Gambling houses. Jewelry. Police. encourages her to accept the Westerner’s proposal of marriage, only to Note: According to a contemporary review, no director of this film was listed on deny it the next day in a wave of newspaper publicity. Disheartened, Keyes

the screen. The working title of this film was Redeemed from Bondage. returns to Arizona and Fritzi continues performing until she suffers a

Motog 23 Oct 1915, p. 855. MPW 23 Oct 1915, p. 620. nervous breakdown. Reading of Fritzi’s misfortune, Keyes returns East,

MPW 16 Oct 1915, p. 512. kidnaps Fritzi and takes her to Arizona. There, the change of climate performs wonders and she recovers quickly. Meanwhile, her stage manager sends detectives after her, and when they arrive in Arizona ready to arrest

BRITTON OF THE SEVENTH F1.0488 Keyes for kidnapping, Fritzi explains that the whole adventure was an Vitagraph Co. of America. Dist V-L-S-E, Inc. 8 May 1916 [©The _—gjaborate publicity stunt and announces that she and her Arizona cowboy

Vitagraph Co. of America; 8 Dec 1915; LP7643}. 4 reels. are going to be married. Abduction. Actors and actresses. Ranchers. Love.

Dir Lionel Belmore. Scen Jasper Ewing Brady. Nervous breakdown. Publicity stunts. Arizona. Detectives. Millionaires.

Source: Based on the novel Britton of the Seventh: A Romance of Custer New York City-Broadway. Press agents. Stage managers. and the Great N orthwest by Cyrus Townsend Brady (Chicago, 1914). Note: The exterior scenes in this film were filmed at Big Bear Lake, CA. According

Cast: Darwin Karr (Lieut. Tony Britton, age 30), Charles Kent to the 1918 MPSD, Arthur Hoyt worked on the film, but it is unclear whether he

(Lieut. Tony Britton, age 70), Bobby Connelly (Bobby), Eleanor Woodruff —_ worked as an actor or as a casting director.

(Barbara Manning), Ned Finley (General Custer), Harry Northrup Motog _ 6 Oct 1917, p. 740. NYDM 6 Oct 1917, p. 20. (Captain Granson), Eulalie Jensen (Frances Granson), Logan Paul MPN 6 Oct 1917, p. 2391. Var 28 Sep 1917, p. 39. (Rain-in-the-Face), Marion Henry (Otanowah), Rose E. Tapley MPW 6 Oct 1917, p. 71, 14t. Wid's 4 Oct 1917, p. 637. (Madge Eversly).

Drama /Historical. Lieutenant Tony Britton explains to his grandson BROADWAY BILL F1.0491

that things were different back in 1876, when General George Armstrong Yorke Film Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp.; Metro Star Series. 11 Feb Custer’s Seventh Cavalry used muskets, and cavalry scouts did the work 1918 [©Metro Pictures Corp.; 5 Feb 1918; LP12034). 5 reels.

that airplanes do today. In 1876, Britton loves Barbara Manning, but Dir Fred J. Balshofer. Scen Fred J. Balshofer. Cam Antonio Gaudio. Captain Granson’s wife implores Tony to run away with her. He writes a Cast: Harold Lockwood (“Broadway Bill” Clayton), Martha Mansfield note of refusal, but Captain Granson, learning of the affair, makes trouble. (Muriel Latham), Cornish Beck (Jack Latham), Stanton Heck (Buck To prove his innocence, Tony cites the note, but Mrs. Granson refuses to | Hardigan), Raymond C. Hadley (Godfrey St. Cleve), Bert Starkey

acknowledge its existence, and so Tony is forced to resign his commission. | (Creed), W. W. Black (John Underwood), Tom Blake (‘Trish”

He becomes an Indian scout and tries to notify Custer that a tribe is on Fallon), William Clifford (‘“Daddy” Dunningan), Art Ortego the warpath, but his message arrives late, and Custer and his men, (Wabishke). including Captain Granson, are massacred. Before he died, however, Drama. “Broadway Bill” Clayton, a New York playboy and heavy Granson found the note clearing Tony and gave it to Custer. When the note drinker, takes a job at the Maine lumber camp of John Underwood hoping

turns up among Custer’s effects, the cavalry re-admits Tony, and he and to reform himself and regain the affections of Muriel Latham. Foreman Barbara plan their marriage. Letters. Military officers. Reputation. Buck Hardigan, who has been stealing and selling Underwood’s maple Scouts—Frontier. Unrequited love. George Armstrong Custer. syrup, suspects that Bill has been sent as a spy and decides to get rid of him. _ Grandfathers. Indians of North America. Infidelity. Little Big Horn, Battle Bill survives several plots on his life and finally defeats Buck in a fight and

of, 1876. Massacres. United States. Army. Cavalry. is elected foreman. His struggle with alcohol is nearly won, but when he 101

THE BROADWAY BUBBLE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG reads a newspaper item erroneously stating that Muriel is engaged to Dir Joseph Kaufman. Cam Lawrence E. Williams. another, he decides to drink again. Muriel visits the camp with Underwood, Source: Based on the play Broadway Jones by George M. Cohan (New and everything is cleared up after Bill rescues her brother Jack in a snow York, 23 Sep 1912).

storm. Alcoholics. Attempted murder. Lumber camp __ foremen. Cast: George M. Cohan (Broadway Jones), Marguerite Snow (Josie Regeneration. Theft. Fights. Lumber camps. Maine. New York City. Richards), Russell Bassett (Andrew Jones), Crawford Kent (Robert

Newspapers. Playboys. Rescues. Snow storms. Wallace), \da Darling (Mrs. Gerard), Joe Smiley.

ETR 2 Feb 1918, p. 761. MPW 16 Feb 1918, p. 1008. Comedy. Believing that life in his Uncle Andrew’s chewing gum factory

raR » re i918 P 003 Wile 7 wer ite P ie in Jonesville is as drab as the wrapper encasing the product, Broadway

Jones takes all the money he can get and leaves for Broadway where he is introduced to the high life by adman Robert Wallace. Broadway finally

THE BROADWAY BUBBLE F1.0492 goes broke and resolves to recoup his finances by marrying Mrs. Gerard,

Vitagraph Co. of America. Dist Vitagraph Co. of America; A Deluxe a fat elderly widow with money. Meanwhile, Josie Richards, his uncle’s Vitagraph Special. Oct 1920 [OThe Vitagraph Co. of America; 26 Sep secretary, comes to New York to find the prodigal when his uncle becomes

1920; LP15574]. 5 reels. ill. Broadway realizes that he is in love with Josie, but the presence of Mrs.

Dir George L. Sargent. Scen Graham Baker and Harry Dittmar. Gerard drive the girl back to Jonesville. Just as Josie leaves, Broadway is

Cam Robert Stewart and Charles J. Davis. notified that his uncle has died and left him the company. The gum trust Source: Based on the short story “The Broadway Bubble” by Leigh offers him a million dollars to sell out, but Broadway returns to Jonesville

Gordon Giltner in Young's Magazine (Apr 1920). and, concerned for the welfare of his employees, refuses the offer. He then

Cast: Corinne Griffith (Adrienne Landreth/Drina Lynn), Joseph King — convinces his valet to marry the rotund Mrs. Gerard and, thus (Geoffrey Landreth), Stanley Warmerton (Fred Corliss), Robert Gaillard disencumbered of his weighty load, Broadway proposes to Josie.

(Higginson). Bankruptcy. Employer-employee relations. Fortune hunters. Inheritance.

Drama. Adrienne Landreth, the wife of Geoffrey Landreth, is dissatisfied Lure of the city. Marriage-Arranged. New York City-Broadway. with her life of luxury and is estranged from her husband. Because she Spendathrifts. Businessmen. Chewing gum _ factories. Nephews. longs for a footlight career as a musical star, when she is offered an Secretaries. Widows. Valets.

opportunity to star on Broadway by theatrical producer Fred Corliss, she Note: This film marked Broadway playwright and star George M. Cohan’s screen persuades her twin sister Drina Lynn to come to New York and pose as debut. Some scenes were shot in Jacksonville, FL. Cohan was the first star after Mary Geoffrey’s wife while she herself pursues a career. Drina, less fortunate cisktord to sign a contract to produce films for Artcraft. Pre-release sources identify than her sister, reluctantly agrees and Geoffrey soon notices that his wife George M. Cohan Film Co. and the Cohan Feature Film Co. Reviews for the film. has become more compassionate and understanding. Hoping for a while referring to Cohan’s own company, do not give a specific name.

. . . ohan’s production company variously as the George M. Cohan Film Corp., the

reconciliation, Geoffrey persuades his wife to attend the theater, and by ETR 31 Mar 1917, p. 1180. MPW 23 Dec 1916, p. 1809. chance, selects Adrienne’s show. Upon seeing her husband in the audience, Motog 7 Apr 1917, p. 743. MPW 7 Apr 1917, p. 111, 160.

; rae 7, . 4009, 4025. NYT 26 Mar 1917, p, 11.

Adrienne becomes so disoriented that she stumbles and falls from the top MPN 23 Dec 1916, pp. 3966-67, NYDM _31 Mar 1917, p. 26.

of a flight of stairs, injuring herself fatally. She dies in her dressing room, MPN 7 Apr 1917, p. 2190. Var 23 Mar 1917, p. 22. leaving Drina and Geoffrey to face future happiness. Impersonation and MPW 18 Nov 1916, p. 990. Wid's 29 Mar 1917, pp. 198-99. imposture. Marriage. Theater. Twins. Actors and actresses. Falls from

heights. New York City-Broadway. Sisters. Theatrical producers. BROADWAY LOVE F1.0495 Note: According to a news item, some scenes in the film were shot at the corner Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. 21 Jan 1918 of Broadway ms ann St ann an office in the Bimes pneng in New vor wy. [©Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.; 26 Dec 1917; LP11872]. 5 reels.

MPN +4 Jul 1920, P. 828. Wid's a1 Nov 1920, DB. Dir Ida May Park. Scen Ida May Park. Cam King D. Gray.

MPN 27 Nov 1920, P. 4163. Source: Based on the novelette “Broadway Love” by W. Carey Wonderly in Snappy Stories (18 Jun 1916).

Cast: Dorothy Phillips (Midge O’Hara), Juanita Hansen (Cherry

A BROADWAY COWBOY F1.0493 Blow), William Stowell (Henry Rockwell), Harry Von Meter (Jack

Jesse D. Hampton Productions. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc. 4 Jul 1920 Chalvey), Lon Chaney (Elmer Watkins), Gladys Tennyson (Mrs. [©Pathe Exchange, Inc.; 3 Jun 1920; LU15198]. 5 reels, 4,510 ft. Watkins), Eve Southern (Drina). Prod Jesse D. Hampton. Dir Joseph Franz. Scen George H. Plympton. Drama. Midge O'Hara, a Broadway chorus girl, attends a party at the

Cam Harry Gerstad. . 4 apartment of chorus queen, Cherry Blow, to convince Cherry to be kinder Source: Based on the short story “The Man from Make Believe” by to her suitor, Jack Chalvey. Things get too lively for Midge’s liking, and

Byron Morgan (publication undetermined). | she is escorted home by Henry Rockwell. When the wealthy Westerner Cast: William Desmond (Burke Randolph), Betty Francisco (Betty tries to embrace her, Midge struggles from the cab and is injured and taken

Jordan), Thomas Delmar (Sheriff Pat McCann), J. P. Lockney to the hospital. Now honestly in love with Midge, Henry follows her to (Colonel Jordan), Paddy McGuire (A prisoner at large), Clark Comstock Atlantic City and proposes, while Cherry finally accepts Jack’s love.

(Sheriff Sims), Evelyn Selbie (Miss Howell). Chorus girls. Millionaires. New York City-Broadway. Atlantic City (New Western, comedy. Betty Jordan falls in love with Easterner Burke Jersey). Fights. Hospitals. Parties. Taxis.

Randolph after seeing his performance in the Broadway hit A Western ETR 5 Jan 1918, p. 447. MPW 2 Feb 1918, p. 687.

Knight. When Betty returns home to Montana, Sheriff Sims, her admirer, ETR 2 Feb 1918, p. 763. NYDM 26 Jan 1918, p. 20. discovers her photographs of Burke and becomes jealous. Soon after, MPW 26 Jan 1918, p. 570. Wid’s 17 Jan 1918, p. 879. Burke’s touring theater company comes to perform in a neighboring town.

When Sims discovers Burke’s proximity, he orders his arrest. Burke A BROADWAY SAINT F1.0496 escapes but is recaptured by a posse. Just as they are about to lynch Burke, World Film Corp. Dist World Film Corp. 21 Jul 1919 [OWorld Film Betty rides in and rescues him by cutting the rope, reenacting a scene from Corp.; 18 Jul 1919; LU14044]. 5 reels, 5,135 ft. the Broadway show. Burke then captures a band of bank robbers, and the Dir Harry O. Hoyt. Scen Giles R. Warren. Story Forrest Halsey. sheriff, faced with his own duplicity, releases Burke, who becomes the Cam Ned Van Buren. town’s hero and marries Betty. Actors and actresses. Montana. Rescues. Cast: Montagu Love (Dick Vernon), George Bunny (Uncle Galt), Helen Sheriffs. Theater. Jealousy. Lynching. New York City-Broadway. Posses. Weer (Mazie Chateaux), Emile La Croix (Professor Lackland), Mrs.

Theatrical troupes. Burmeister (Mrs. Unger), Emily Fitzroy (Martha Galt), Annie Laurie Note: The working title for this film was The Man from Make Believe. Spence (Lucilla Galt), Mrs. Stuart Robson (Madam Chateaux, Mazie’s

ETR 10 Jul 1920, p. 628. pM 3 yun i900 p. II. mother), Edward Arnold (Mr. Frewen), Sally Crute (Mrs. Frewen).

Pw 8 Jun 1990 . oan Wid's Ayal 1920 . na Comedy. Quiet Dick Vernon, who lives in a cheap New York boardinghouse, spends his vacation at his Uncle Galt’s home in the small

town of Boonsburg. Dressed in city fashions, Ben is harassed by gossips and

BROADWAY JONES F 1.0494 chased by village girls whom he ignores, preferring to look for a simple Cohan Feature Film Co. Dist Artcraft Pictures Corp. 26 Mar 1917 country girl, like the ones he has seen in the movies. He meets Mazie

[©Artcraft Pictures Corp.; 17 Mar 1917; LP10404]. 6 reels. Chateaux, and thinks that she is such a girl, not knowing that she is a 102

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 BROKEN BLOSSOMS performer in a burlesque company stranded in Boonsburg for a few hours. Dir Charles E. Davenport. Asst dir Ray Friedgen. Scen Charles E. Uncle Galt unexpectedly inherits a million dollars, and gives Dick a large Davenport. Adapted by Nat Dorfman. Titles Nat Dorfman. Cam Irving sum if he will return to New York and vicariously live it up for him. Dick Ruby and Jack Young. Film ed Nat Dorfman. goes back to his quiet existence until his uncle visits, wanting to have a good Source: Based on the short story “Khavah” from the series Teveh de time. After an all night party, Uncle Galt finds Mazie, whom Dick hasmet = Milchekeh (Tevye’s Daughters), written 1896-1914, first collected in again, innocently preparing breakfast at Dick’s apartment and insists that English in 1947 by Shalom Aleichem (pseud. of Solomon (Shalom) J. they get married, which they do. City-country contrast. Uncles. Village life. Rabinowitz).

Boardinghouses. Burlesque. Entertainers. Gossip. Inheritance. New York Cast: Alice Hastings (Khavah), Alexander Tenenholtz (Fedka),

City. Parties. Thrill-seeking, Giacomo Masuroff (Tobias, Khavah’s father), Billie Wilson (Khavah’s

Note: The film’s title was changed from Broadway Sinner. mother), Sonia Radin (Parasha, Fedka’s mother), Phil Sanford (/van,

‘TR e nf 1919 P Sr in ° uu i919 P He Fedka’s father), Anna Kay (Khavah’s sister), Ray Friedgen (Fedka’s

MPW 26 Jul 1919, p. $83. chum). Drama. In a small Ukrainian village, Tobias, the Jewish dairyman,

A BROADWAY SCANDAL F1.0497 known and respected as a sage and Talmud scholar, discovers that his Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. 1 Jun 1918 independent-minded daughter Khavah is in love with Fedka, the son of [©Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.; 18 May 1918; LP12435]. 5 reels, 4,400 ft. Ivan, the Christian religious leader of the village. Tobias arranges for Dir Joseph De Grasse. Story Harvey Gates. Cam Edward Ullman. Khavah to marry the son of a Jewish merchant, and, when she runs off to

Cast: Carmel Myers (Nenette Bisson), W. H. Bainbridge (Dr. marry Fedka, her family mourns her as if she were dead. Her life with Kendall), Edwin August (David Kendall), Lon Chaney (‘“Kink” Fedka is happy at first, but eventually the meanness and brutal actions of Colby), Andrew Robson (Armande Bisson), S. K. Shilling (Paul her mother-in-law Parasha drive her back to Tobias, who refuses to allow

Caval), Frederick Gamble (Falkner). her back and leaves her crying in the dirt. After an order to Ivan from the

Comedy-drama. Nenette Bisson, who dances in her father’s French Czar’s officers banishing Tobias and his family, Khavah, despite Fedka’s restaurant in New York, takes a joy ride with “Kink” Colby in a stolen car, pleas, renounces the marriage and rejoins her family as they leave their and is shot in the shoulder by a pursuing policeman. The driver leaves her _ Village in exile. Anti-Semitism. Evacuation. Exile. Father-daughter at the hospital of David Kendall, with whom she falls in love, but he, relationship. Jews. Marriage-Mixed. Ostracism. Religious persecution.

believing French women to be frivolous, does not return her affections. | Russia. Ukraine. Elopement. Milkmen. Mothers-in-law. Scholars. Nenette’s parents turn her out when they learn of her trouble with the | Separation. Village life. police, after which she becomes a success on the stage. David serves Note: The film’s title was changed from Khavah by the distributor. This was the overseas for two years during World War | and there learns to appreciate first screen adaptation of a work by Shalom Aleichem.

the valiance of French women. On his return, he proclaims his love for ETR 24 May 1919, p. 1931. MPW 24 May 1919, p. 1237. Nenette and helps her achieve a reconciliation with her parents. Dancers.

Filial relations. French. Hospitals. Reputation. Automobiles Gunshot BROKEN BLOSSOMS F 1.0500 wounds. New York City. Policemen. Restaurants. Theft. World War I. D. W. Griffith. Dist United Artists Corp. 20 Oct 1919 [©D. W. Griffith;

MPW 1 Jun 1918, p. 1338. NYDM 8 Jun 1918, p. 812. 31 Mar 1919; LP13755]. 6 reels. MPW 15 Jun 1918, p. 1613. Wid's 6 Jun 1918, pp. 29-30. Prod D. W. Griffith. Dir D. W. Griffith. Cam G. W. Bitzer. Musical accompaniment including original compositions by D. W. Griffith.

BROADWAY SINNER see A BROADWAY SAINT Musical accompaniment Louis F. Gottschalk; arranged by Louis F. Gottschalk.

THE BROADWAY SPORT F 1.0498 Source: Based on the short story “The Chink and the Child” by Thomas Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 7 Jun 1917 [OWilliam Fox; 10 Jun Burke in Limehouse Nights (London, 1916). .

1917; LP10927]. 5 reels. Cast: Lillian Gish (Lucy, the girl), Donald Crisp (“Battling”’ Dir Carl Harbaugh. Scen Carl Harbaugh. Cam Georges Benoit. Burrows), Arthur Howard (His manager), Richard Barthelmess (The Cast: Stuart Holmes (Hezekiah Dill), Wanda Petit (Sadie Sweet), Dan Yellow Man), Edward Peil (Evil Eye), Norman Selby (A prize

Mason (Hector Sweet), Mabel Rutter (Violet Gaffney), W. B. Green _ fighter), George Beranger (The Spying One), Ernest Butterworth. (John D. Boulder), J. Sullivan (His counselor), Mario Majeroni (The Drama. Eager to change Westerners’ violent behavior through his gentle

hypnotist), Jay Wilson (Plain clothesman). Buddhist teachings, the Yellow Man leaves China. Some years later, as a Comedy. Hezekiah Dill, a nearsighted dreamer, toils as a bookkeeper in _ disillusioned shopkeeper in London’s Limehouse district, the Yellow Man the flour mill owned by Hector Sweet, while dreaming of living the life of meets Lucy Burrows, the abused child of boxer “Battling” Burrows, and a “broadway sport” and wooing the boss’s daughter Sadie. Dill’s dreams —_ protects her when another Oriental grabs her. After Burrows whips Lucy are answered one night, when he discovers two crooks breaking into the —_— mercilessly when she spills soup on his hand, she wanders the streets and company safe. Locking them in the vault, Dill absconds with the bank roll falls unconscious into the Yellow Man’s shop. The Yellow Man washes her he finds on the floor and departs for New York. There he meets the wealthy — wounds and dresses her as a princess, and she experiences happiness for the

John Boulder who is seeking a relative to whom he can bequeath his vast first time. After a friend of Burrows discovers Lucy, Burrows wins his estate. Dill is hired by Boulder’s attorney to impersonate a nephew, and match and drags Lucy home. When she hides panic-stricken in a closet, after the death of the old man they are to split up the proceeds. Aftermany — Burrows breaks the door and beats her to death. The Yellow Man grabs champagne parties, Dill wakes up to find that his New York adventure has a gun and goes to Lucy’s home. When he sees her dead, he shoots Burrows,

been a dream. However, his fantasy of wooing the boss’s daughter is carries Lucy back to his shop and, after remembering the Buddha’s gong, fulfilled when the safe is opened, the burglars are captured and Sadie _—gtabs himself to death. Battered children. Boxers. Buddhism. Cultural

proclaims him a hero. Bookkeepers. Dreams. Impersonation and conflict. Father-daughter relationship. London. London-Limehouse. imposture. Inheritance. Thieves. Flourmills. Lawyers. New York City. — jyurder. Suicide. China. Disillusionment. Nursing back to health.

oles “a Junun1917, p. 194 V 6 Jul 1917, p. 22 Rescues, Storekeepers. Poo a u »P. £4 Note: The film’s working title was The Chink and the Child. According to a list

i SNe P SIS 2188 Wid's 14 Jun 1917, pp. 377-78. of the film’s titles in the D. W. Griffith Papers, the film’s complete title was Broken

= , Blossoms, Or The Yellow Man and the Girl. It originally was to be released as an Artcraft picture by Famous Players-Lasky Corp., but Griffith bought it back and had

BRODSKY’S TRIP THROUGH CHINA see A TRIP THROUGH it distributed through United Artists. The film opened the D. W. Griffith Repertory

CHINA Season at the George M. Cohan Theatre in New York on 13 May 1919 and also

played in Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, San Francisco and possibly other cities before its national release on 20 Oct 1919. The New York presentation included a

THE BROKEN BARRIER see THE ISLE OF CONQUEST staged prologue entitled The Dance of Life and Death which was copyrighted by rs a 1 'ran and a anceworked play inonone according to the 2 wour rit described , an actor anasIrector, theac film in some Capacity.

B ROKEN B ARRIERS . ; . i, F1.0499 According toa moderns source, One scene was shot by Karl Brown, special effects were

Zion Films, Inc. Dist National Film Distributors; Magnet Film by Hendrick Sartov, the film editor was James Smith and Moon Kwan was the Exchange. 26 May 1919 [©Zion Films, Inc.; 21 Aug 1919; LP14262]. 7 technical advisor.

reels. ETR 24 May 1919, p. 1896. NYT 14 May 1919, p. 15. 103

THE BROKEN BUTTERFLY AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG MPC Aug 1919, pp. 46-47, 60. Photo Aug 1919, pp. 55-56. MPN 24 May 1919, p. 3461. Var 16 May 1919, p. 50. the prison to research a novel. He meets Austin and, intrigued by his story,

NOT " May ole p. 1158. Wid's 18 May 1919, p. 5. invites him to his home upon his release. When Austin appears, the truth about the child is revealed. Radd offers to release Nella, but Austin

THE BROKEN BUTTERFLY F1.0501 suggests they toss dice for her. Austin loses and leaves, after which Radd Maurice Tourneur Productions, Inc. Dist Robertson-Cole Distributing discovers that they used loaded dice. Illegitimacy. Marriage-Forced by

Corp. | Nov 1919. 5 reels, 7 circumstances. Parentage. Self-sacrifice. Cabins. Novelists. Prison Prod Maurice Tourneur. Dir Maurice Tourneur. Scen H. Tipton Steck. escapes.

Adapted by Charles E. Whittaker. we GSP Var «AOL I919, 0. 60. Source: Based on the novel Marcene by Penelope Knapp (publication MPN 13 Sep 1919, p. 2287. Wid's 14 Sep 1919, p. 14. undetermined).

Cast: Lew Cody (Darrell Thorne), Mary Alden (Zabie Elliot), Pauline BROKEN FETTERS F1.0504 Starke (Marcene Elliot), Peaches Johnson, Nina Byron. Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. 3 Jul 1916 Drama. Naive Marcene Elliot, wandering in the Canadian woods, meets [©Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.; 3 Jun 1916; LP8422]. 5 reels. Darrell Thorne, a visting composer, who is looking for inspiration to write Dir Rex Ingram. Scen Rex Ingram. Cam Stanley Sinclair.

a symphony. They are fascinated with each other and abandon themselves Cast: Kittens Reichert (Mignon, as a child), Violet Mersereau to passionate lovemaking. Darrell writes a symphony named for Marcene (Mignon, grown up), Charles Francis (Kong Hee), Earl Simmons and asks her to accompany him to New York for its premiere, but she (Bruce King), Frank Smith (Foo Shai), William Dyer (The Captain), Paul refuses, fearing the anger of her Aunt Zabie. After Marcene gives birth to Panzer (Carleton Demarest), Isabel Patterson (His wife), William a daughter, her aunt’s rebukes and her own fears drive her to attempt Garwood (Lawrence Demarest), Paddy Sullivan (Mike), Guy Morville suicide. Darrell returns to hear from a repentant Aunt Zabie that Marcene (The Detective), Charles Fang (Chang), Charles Tang (Hop Sing Toi). is dead. He travels to relieve his suffering and meets Marcene’s sister on Drama. After an American diplomat in China is murdered, a Mandarin the Riviera where she is conducting his symphony. They marry and return friend of the family raises Mignon, his orphaned daughter. Mignon yearns to Marcene’s home to discover Marcene still alive, but dying of a broken to return to America, making her easy prey for the slave trader Foo Shai, heart. Darrell’s love revived, he proposes to Marcene after his wife releases who promises to take her to New York and then brutally mistreats her once him. Marcene dies happy and Darrell and her sister resume their marriage, they arrive. A young artist, Lawrence Demarest, uses Mignon as a model

now with Marcene’s child. Attempted suicide. Canada. Composers. and falls in love with her but is unable to free her from Foo Shai. Finally, lllegitimacy. Missing persons, assumed dead. Proposals. Sisters. Aunts. _ finding Foo Shai abusing Mignon, the girl’s friend, Chang, kills the slave

Riviera (France). trader. Lawrence and Mignon can now plan their marriage, and they are Note: According to modern sources, Ben Carré was the art director on this film. also welcomed back by Lawrence’s businessman father, who, several years

ETR 8 Nov 1919, p. 1975. Wid's 26 Oct 1919, p. 5. before, had severed relations with his son for his refusal to make a living

MPN 8 Nov 1919, p. 3503. in the commercial world. Artists. Chinese. New York City. Orphans. White

slavers. Businessmen. China. Father-son relationship. Foster parents.

BROKEN CHAINS F1.0502 Justifiable homicide. Models. Murder. United States-Diplomatic and William A. Brady Picture Plays, Inc. Dist World Film Corp. 11 Dec Consular Service.

1916 [©World Film Corporation, 6 Dec 1916; LU9673]. 5 reels. Note: The plot of Broken Fetters is similar to that of the 1915 film Mignon which Dir Robert Thornby. Scen Mrs. E. M. Ingleton. Story Joseph R. Grismer stars Beatriz Michelena. The working title for the film was Yellow and White.

and Clay M. Greene. Cam Lucien Andriot. According to a modern source, the camerman was B. C. “Duke” Hayward.

Cast: John Tansy (Harry Ford, as a boy), Carlyle Blackwell (Harry Moros an lore p. aq9 ve : yu tore Pp. 37. Ford, as an adult), Herbert Barrington (General Gwynne), Stanhope u »P un 1719, P. 24. Wheatcroft (Paul Fitzhugh), Herbert Delmore (Dr. Tom Lincoln), Henry aw " ie i916 is os nn 5 we ile . oD. West (Sampson), Louis Grisel (Moses), William Sherwood (Jefferson),

Madge Evans (Georgia Gwynne, as a girl), Ethel Clayton (Georgia THE BROKEN GATE F1.0505

Gwynne, as an adult), Jessie Lewis (Bessie Fitzhugh). J. L. Frothingham Productions. Dist W. W. Hodki Cc th h Drama. The federal government sends Captain Harry Ford South to p. hé E oh ns Tre De “1920. v 6 300 f oaminson NOFP. MOTOUB

round up some moonshiners, and while there he falls in love with Georgia athe a ange, ine. Oi » © FEES, tL

Gwynne, whose brother Jefferson accuses Harry of aiding black agitators. Dir Pau Scardon. Asst dir Tenny Wright.

ee . j oy Hough (New York, 1917).

The two men quarrel, then, later, Jefferson is found murdered. Authorities Source: Based on the novel The Broken Gate: A Novel by Emerson

throw Harry in jail for the crime, but Sampson, a black leader, talks in his Cast: Bessie Barriscale (Aurora Lane), Joseph Kilgour (Willi

»?P » Pp . . . .

sleep and is overheard confessing to the murder of Gwynne, thus clearing d ° Sam De G “Hod” Be k Mi ue De L Motte

Harry and allowing him and Georgia to plan their marriage. Blacks. Henderson), Sam De Grasse ( OG BT00 s), arguerite ¢ La Motte

Government agents. Murder. United States-South. Brothers. Confession (4ne Oglesby), Arnold Gregg (Dieudonne “Don” Lane), Lloyd Bacon

(law). False accusations. False arrests. Moonshiners. (John), Evelyn Selbie (Julia Delafield), Alfred Allen (Eph Adamson). Note: The film was originally entitled The New South. Drama. Twenty-year-old Don Lane returns from college to visit his MPN 16 Dec 1916. p. 3741. Var t Dec 1916. 0. 28. mother in the town of Spring Valley, where she has worked in a millinery MPW 16 Dec 1916, p. 1654, 1696. Wid's 7 Dec 1916, p. 1151. shop to support him since his infancy. There Don learns that he is an

NYDM 9 Dec 1916, p. 26. illegitimate child and that his mother is still stigmatized in Spring Valley. When he fights some malevolent townsmen in defense of his mother’s

BROKEN COMMANDMENTS F1.0503 name, he lands in jail, although he is soon freed by “Hod” Brooks, a lawyer Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 14 Sep 1919[©William Fox; 14Sep | and long-time friend of Aurora’s. Soon after, Don is jailed again, on

1919; LP14174]. 5 reels, 4,600 ft. circumstantial evidence, for the murder of the town drunkard; in despair, Dir Frank Beal. Scen Ruth Ann Baldwin. Story John Clymer and Ruth Aurora goes to visit Judge William Henderson, who is the guardian of

Ann Baldwin. Cam Friend F. Baker. Don’s sweetheart Anne Oglesby. Aurora pleads with the judge to defend Cast: Gladys Brockwell (Nella Banard), William Scott (‘Sporting Don in court; when he refuses, Aurora threatens to expose Henderson as Chance” Austin), Thomas Santschi (John Radd), G. Raymond Nye Don’s father. Together with Anne, who has overheard the conversation, (Berger), Spottiswoode Aitken (Mr. Banard), Margaret McWade Aurora forces Henderson to take Don’s case. A lynch mob attacks the

(Mrs. Banard), Lule Warrenton (Hannah, the maid). Spring Valley jail, only to discover that Don has escaped. The mob then Drama. Nella Banard, alone in her family’s cabin in the Redwoods, gives proceeds to Aurora’s house, which they almost destroy. Don arrives in time shelter to two escaped convicts, “Sporting Chance” Austin and Berger. to save his mother by threatening the mob with a revolver, and soon after, Austin throws Berger out for making insulting advances toward Nella, but’ = Henderson and Brooks arrive with the news that a half-witted boy has before long cannot control his own passion and makes love to her. When committed the murder. After the mob disperses, Henderson offers to atone he repentantly tries to get a minister to marry them, he is captured and for his sins by marrying Aurora, but she refuses him. Aurora is united with taken to prison. Nella, not knowing of this, but now in love, discovers she Brooks, and Don with Anne. /llegitimacy. Mobs. Reputation. Small town is pregnant. She marries novelist John Radd, a family friend attracted to life. Jails. Judges. Lawyers. Lynching. Mental retardation. Milliners. her, for the child’s protection. After three years of happiness, Radd visits Mother-son relationship. Murder. Ostracism. Parentage.

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE BROMLEY CASE Note: The film was remade in 1927 by Tiffany Productions, with Dorothy Phillips Dir William P. S. Earle. Scen Ouida Bergére. Story Dorothy Farnum and William Collier, Jr. in the lead roles and James C. McKay directing; another and Ouida Bergére. Cam Jack Brown. Film ed Duncan Mansfield. 1927 Tiffany film, One Hour of Love, is alleged to be based on the same source ; or material, but its plot bears no resemblance to that of either of the other versions. (See Cast: Eugene O’Brien (Stewart Grant), Lucy Cotton (Hedda Dana),

AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.0640 and F2.3997.) Corinne Barker (Mrs. Drexel Trask), Donald Hall (Howard Thornby), Ivo

MPN 25 Sep 1920, p. 2379. MPN 18 Dec 1920, p. 4645. Dawson (Leroy Clemons), Gus Weinberg (Ivan), Jack Johnstone, Helen

MPN 4 Dec 1920, p. 4194. MPW 1 Jan 1921, p. 101. Reinecke, Fifi, the dog. biel 11 Dec 1920, p. 4381. Wid's 26 Dec 1920, p. 17. Drama. Aspiring artist Stewart Grant and his sweetheart, singing hopeful Hedda Dana, live in the same Greenwich Village apartment

BROKEN HEARTS F1.0506 — building. Hedda wins a role in a Broadway show and celebrates at a Village Dist State Rights; Tyrad Pictures, Inc. 1920? 5 reels. café with Stewart, where they meet Mrs. Drexel Trask, a wealthy patron

Cast: Lucille De Tar, Florence Hackett, Charles Eldridge, Mabel Young, who, attracted to Stewart, offers to pay his way to Europe where she will

Alex Rene. support him while he develops his talents. Stewart immediately proposes

Drama. A young woman, adopted by a wealthy family, is distressed when to Hedda, but she refuses, telling him she wants to pursue her career, but an octoroon maid claims that the young woman is her daughter. Running really feeling that he should not pass up the opportunity offered by Mrs. away with a band of gypsies, the young woman falls in love with the son Trask. In Paris, Stewart successfully avoids Mrs. Trasks’s advances while of a wealthy family while fending off the advances of a gypsy man. After his portrait of Hedda wins him instant acclaim. In New York, Hedda she encounters the husband of the maid, she returns home and obtains her achieves fame but she collapses during one of her performances. When adoption papers, which lead her to the discovery that her parents were both Stewart hears of this he rushes to America, despite Mrs. Trask’s pleas, and

white. The young woman and the boy she loves are married. Adoption. the lovers are reunited. New York City-Broadway. New York CityGypsies. Parentage. Racism. Maids. Octoroons and Quadroons. Greenwich Village. Painters. Self-sacrifice. Singers. Art patrons. Cafés.

Orphans. Runaways. Paris. Portraits. Proposals. Note: When purchased by Tyrad in 1919 or early 1920, this film was called Scar Note: The chorus of the ““Hitchy-Koo” show playing at the Liberty Theatre in New of Shame or The Scar of Shame; articles announcing the title change appeared in York appeared in some scenes of the film.

trade journals in mid-1920. A Tyrad film called Broken Hearts, however, is on the ETR 27 Dec 1919, p. 435. MPW 3 Jan 1920, p. 147. MPN release charts from the beginning of 1920. Early 1920 MPN charts list Gareth MPN 3 Jan 1920, p. 485. Wid's 28 Dec 1919, p. 23.

S m nl ouon rictur m eren iim enti

Hughes as as Star, white later ones credit Lucille be Var and Plorence Hackett Scar of Shame with the same plot as the Tyrad picture, produced by the Helen | BROKEN PROMISES see DANGEROUS LOVE

Cardner Hany contro in vet byUiven one Me anetims viewed by the ommunit ouon“On Ficture Bureau a €reat time. theSP otner presen

Mr. Spitz io the Community Motion Picture Board at the same time, it seems likely BROKEN THREADS see TANGLED THREADS

that Scar of Shame was made much earlier, possibly during the existence of the Helen

Gardner Picture Players in 1912-14. The Bureau’s plot synopsis gives Hester Powers BROKEN TIES F1.0509 as the name of the film’s principal character. ; +0 World Film Corp. Dist World Film Corp. 18 Feb 1918 [©World Film

cre Mm 2 wey tu oe Corp 31 Jan 1918 LUI 2013). 5 recs | MPN 3 Jan 1920, p. 488. MPW 3 Apr 1920, p. 74. Pres William A. Brady. Dir Arthur Ashley. Story Woodbridge Clapp. MPN 7 Feb 1920, p. 1541. Cam Jacques Monteran.

Cast: June Elvidge (Marcia Fleming), Montagu Love (John

THE BROKEN LAW F1.0507. Fleming), Arthur Ashley (Arnold Curtis), Pinna Nesbit (Corinne La Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 22 Nov 1915 [©William Fox; 21 Force), Alec B. Francis (Henry Hasbrook), Kate Lester (Mrs.

Nov 1915; LP7052]. 5 reels. Fleming), Arthur Matthews (Mr. La Force), Frances Miller (Mammy

Pres William Fox. Dir Oscar C. Apfel. Scen Monte M. Katterjohn and Liza). oo, Oscar C. Apfel. Drama. Corinne La Force, whose mother was West Indian, is raised by

Source: Based on the novel Romany Rye by George Borrow (London, Henry Hasbrook after her father’s death. Corrine loves Hasbrook’s

1857). nephew, Arnold Curtis, and murders Hasbrook when he tries, because of Cast: William Farnum (Daniel Esmond, later known as Lavengro), her mixed blood, to prevent the match. Marcia Fleming, a married woman

Dorothy Bernard (Ursula), Mary Martin (Jsobel Berner), Bertram with whom Arnold was having an affair, and her mother-in-law are Marburgh, Richard Neill, Nicholas Dunaeu, Lyster Chambers, Christine S¥SPects, although Arnold is arrested for the murder. John Fleming, hired

Mayo. to defend Arnold, renounces his wife when he learns of her involvement

Drama. Novelist Daniel Esmond, who wants to write his greatest novel With Arnold. Just as Arnold is about to confess to the crime in hopes of about the Romany Gypsies, is summoned to the deathbed of his father, who saving Marcia s reputation, Corinne admits her guilt and stabs herself.

confesses the seduction of a Romany Gypsy girl twenty years earlier, and Fleming decides to pay more attention to Marcia, and the two are asks Daniel to provide for the child of the union. When Daniel asks to join reconciled. False arrests. Indians-Mixed blood. Infidelity. Mur der. Self " the Gypsies, Gorgiko, a hunchback, notices that Daniel’s ring is the same sacrifice. Confession (law). Foster fathers. Lawyers. Racial prejudice.

type as the one left for the beautiful Ursula by her mother. Daniel, who Reputation. Suicide. Trials. _

after a fight becomes the Gypsy leader Lavengro, rescues socialite Isobel Note: The working title of the film was The Alibi.

Berner when her car crashes through a bridge rail. After Ursula is seduced oy le re i918 ar oor ob. Wann fe 191k P97-98.

by Isobel’s fiancé, Lord Duncan, she accuses Daniel of the seduction, although he rebuked her earlier advances because of his love for Isobel.

According to Romany law, Daniel and Ursula are flogged. Before Ursula eae ene “Ast ‘ons: An Empire S Film Ph eno dies, she tells Gorgiko about Duncan, then Gorgiko tells Daniel and reveals S Rich ner Fil ‘Con j n 920 OWillic, S m OAD ‘900.

their relationship. They rush to Isobel’s wedding, where Gorgiko shoots oe tisose - als. lm orp. Jun iam steiner, pr ,

Duncan and kills himself, after which Daniel marries Isobel. Fa/se Supv ig Colli, Prod William Steiner. Dir David Wall. Story David

accusations. Flogging. Gypsies. Jewelry. Missing persons. Stepsisters. Wall. mons. PN AT OLEINER. LATE MANAG Vail OLOTY Mav

Beene ene lode Muar. Novelists. Rescues. Cast: Glenn White (Tex), Joseph Striker (Bruce Bromley), Ethel Russell

; , (Hope is Chester), Heritage (John Bromley, Wallace Ray Note: MonteCerne M. Katterjohn listed asClarence the author of the scenario accordingSr.), to the :.

copyright descriptions. Reviews and news items credit director Apfel with the (John Bromley, Jr ), Mabel Bardine (Frances Belmore), Pierre Couderc

adaptation. The film was re-released by Fox on 19 Jan 1919. (Fred Jackson), William Cavanaugh (The Bromley butler), Augusta Motog 11 Dec 1915, p. 1261. MPW 25 Jan 1919, p. 545. Perry (The housekeeper), Walter Lewis (Harvey Knowles), Lewis

MPN 4 Dec 1915, p. 92. Var 3 Dec 1915, p. 21. Hendricks (Captain of police), Alexander Frank (Detective Quigley).

MPW 4 Dec 1915, p. 1845. Mystery /Detective. John Bromley Jr., an inveterate gambler, becomes so overwhelmed with debt that he is forced to steal from his wealthy

THE BROKEN MELODY F 1.0508 father’s safe. The night of the robbery he breaks into his father’s house with Selznick Pictures Corp. Dist Select Pictures Corp. Dec 1919 [©Selznick Harvey Knowles, the gambler to whom he is indebted. The next morning,

Pictures Corp.; 15 Dec 1919; LP14543]. 5 reels. Bromley Sr. is found murdered and Tex, a noted criminologist, is brought 105

THE BRONZE BRIDE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG in to solve the crime. At first, John Jr. is accused, then the guilt shifts to ETR 6 Dec 1919, p. 61. MPW 6 Dec 1919, p. 672. Bromley’s other son Bruce, who had just been fired by his father. Also MPN 13 Dec 1919, p. 4331. Wid's 4 Jan 1920, p. 23. under suspicion is Frances Belmore, a woman of ill repute who had attempted to ensnare Bromley. Finally, all three are cleared when Tex

Mysteries.” ; . : . :

discovers that the butler did it while attempting to abscond with the BROWN OF HARVARD F1.0513 contents of the safe. Criminologists. Detectives. Gamblers. Butlers. Debt. Selig Polyscope Co.; Perfection Pictures. Dist George Kleine System 10

Murder. Prostitutes. Theft. | | Jan 1918 [©Selig Polyscope Co.; 22 Dec 1917; LP11888}. 6 reels.

Note: This film was the fifth five reel feature of the series “Tex, Elucidator of Pres William N. Selig. Prod William N. Selig. Dir Harry Beaumont Scen Harry Beaumont.

pn 13 un 1990 is 5007 mew 12 Jun 1929, p. 1902. Source: Based on the play Brown of Harvard by Rida Johnson Young

and Gilbert P. Coleman (New York, 26 Feb 1906) and their novel of the same name (New York, 1907).

oO ea ave Co. Dist Universal Film Mfe. Co oe ed Cast: Tom Moore (Tom Brown), Hazel Daly (Evelyn Ames), Sydney

niversal him B- ae versa’ t B- Co Ainsworth (Victor Colton), Warner Richmond (Claxton Madden), Walter

Feather Photoplays. 2 Apr 1917 [©Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 21 Mar McGrail (Gerald Thorne), Nancy Winston (Marian Thorne), Alice

a Ne ae ree. Maud G dW.BP Ss LR Gordon (Mrs. Ames), Kempton Greene (Wilton Ames), Frank Joyner

a. Sinclair), Walter Hi Tubby), A , Johnni

Burkey enry McKae. ocen Maud Grange and W. B. Pearson. story J. KX. (Cart Wright), Robert Ellis (“Bud” Hall), Lydia Dalzell (Edith Cast: Claire McDowell (A-Che-Chee), Frank Mayo (Harvey Ogden), Walker ( ean). ters (Tubby), Arthur Hausman (Happy), Johnnie Edward Clark (William Ogden), Charles Hill Mailes (J oe Dubois), Eddie Drama. Tom Brown, the leader of the rich set at Harvard, is engaged to

Polo (White Feather Harry Archer (Black oye), Winter ra a r , Evelyn Ames, whose brother Wilton, a gambler and a coward, is secretly Carter), Betty Schade (His daughter), Frankie Lee (A-Che-Chee'’s — jartied to Marian Thorne. Marian, aware that Wilton often borrows

child). oo, oo, money from Tom, goes to his room looking for her husband, and when Northwest drama. Disgusted with his son Harvey’s attitude since his Evelyn pays an unexpected visit, she assumes that Tom is having an affair return from college, wealthy William Ogden turns the boy out tomake his and breaks their engagement. Meanwhile, Marian’s brother Gerald, who

own way in the world. Harvey finally lands in the Canadian North Woods, —_ ig working his way through college, is appointed stroke oar on the college

where he goes into business with Joe Dubois, a hunter and trapper. One rowing team. On the day of the contest, Victor Colton, a professional day while Harvey is trapping, his leg is caught in a steel trap. He is rescued gambler to whom Wilton is in debt, schemes to eliminate Gerald from the

by A-Che-Chee, the daughter of Black Lynx the Indian Chief. A-Che- race so that Harvard will lose. To accomplish this, Colton sends a forged Chee takes Harvey to her cabin, where she dresses his wound. When her letter to him at the last moment, purporting to come from Marian and father and brother discover Harvey there, they insist upon an immediate telling him of her betrayal by Tom. Gerald, in a rage, refuses to row and marriage. Harvey protests, but finally agrees in order to maintain the good —_jeayes in search of his sister. Tom, his substitute, steps in and the crew wins.

will of the Indians. Three years pass and Harvey is content with his wife = Tom is then celebrated as a hero until Gerald publicly accuses him of and child until receiving a letter from his father. Drawn back to civilization, betraying Marian. However, he is exonerated when Wilton finally garners Harvey steals away with his son one night, leaving his wife behind. Upon _ the courage to admit his marriage to Marian, and Evelyn, ashamed at her

discovering their flight, A-Che-Chee is overcome with grief, but Joe lack of faith, begs Tom’s forgiveness. Brother-sister relationship. persuades her to follow her husband and try to win him back. He takes her = Cowardice. Gamblers. Harvard University. Marriage-Secret. Oarsmen. to the home of his rich aunt and uncle, the Carters, who compassionately Courage. Debt. Duplicity. False accusations. Rowing. Slander. Students.

coach her in the ways of white society. Making her debut at a reception Upper classes. given by Harvey’s father, A-Che-Chee is joyously recognized by her son Note: The working title of this film was Tom Brown at Harvard. Portions of this and remorsefully embraced by her husband. Canada. Cultural conflict. Picture were actually filmed at Harvard. Some reviews mistakenly credited the film

; ; ' istridutors. é€ film was re-made in y M-G-lMi, airecte y Jac onway an rappers. nba ETR 5 Jan 1918, p. 424, 447. MPW 19 Jan 1917, p. 378. ETR 31 Mar 1917, p. 1182. MPW 7 Apr 1917, p. 113, 153. ETR 12 Jan 1918, p. 521. MPW 26 Jan 1918, p. 570.

Desertion. Filial relations. Indians of North America. Miscegenation. ‘0 essanay and palson. This im was re Tease i" 8 {hrough ent rights animal ree reners. Nursing back to health. Parties. Rescues. starring Jack Pickford. (See AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30, F2.0665.)

MPN 7 Apr 1917, p. 2192. Wid's 29 Mar 1917, p. 199, MPN 5 Jan 1918, p. 129. NYDM 5 Jan 1918, p. 16, 21. MPW 5 Jan 1918, p. 97. Var 1 Feb 1918, p. 43. Frank Keenan Productions, Inc. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc. 7 Dec

Story Gertrude Andrews. . , ; , ee 1919 [©Pathé Exchange, Inc.; 22 Nov 1919; LU14457]. 5 reels.

Dir Frank Keenan. Scen Gertrude Andrews and E. Richard Schayer. THE BRUISER F1.0514

Cast: Frank Keenan (Tom King/Matthew King), Wallace MacDonald Mow al Film am 3 23 Mar 191 6 ictures De Luxe Edition. Dist

(Max King), Ruth Langston (Ruth Renaud), James O. Barrows (Prof. Dir Charles Ba rt ett :

Renaud), Gertrude Claire (Harriet King), Russ Powell (Lafe — Cagt: William Russell (“Big Bill” Brawley), Charlotte Burton (Fen Wetherby ), Mary Talbot (Mrs. Wetherby), Paul Mullen (B ar tender), Bernham), George Ferguson (“Modest Tim’’), Lizette Thorne (Norma Curtiss G. Powell (Prison warden), Capt. G. W. Ely (Captain of the Kenwick), Roy Stewart (Manson Kenwick), Pete Morrison (Charley, Fen’s

guard), Lieut. John Moody, Lieut. R. P. Fine (Guard lieutenants). brother), Al Fordyce (Munsey), Eric Jacobs (Butler). Drama. Tom King, in jail for life, is pardoned when he courageously Drama. Longshoreman Bill Brawley represents the dockworkers in helps other prisoners during a fire. He then goes to live with his brother contract talks with their unscrupulous boss, Manson Kenwick, who tells his Matthew, the hated owner of a run-down town’s mill, and hisown son Max, — wn sister, Norma, to take Bill’s mind off negotiations. Meanwhile, the who was brought up by Matthew to believe that his father was dead. When workers prepare for the waterfront boxing championships. They urge Bill Matthew is struck with partial paralysis, Tom takes over the mill. His to participate, but when he refuses because he promised Norma that he

confession to the workers of his past wins their respect but causes = would not fight, they believe that he has sold out to management. Even embarrassment for Max. Fearing that his love, Ruth Renaud, will not want _Bij’s sweetheart, Fen, now afraid of losing him to Norma, cannot convince to marry the son of an ex-convict, Max leaves for New York tostudy music, —_ him to box. On fight night, Bill attends a party at Kenwick’s. He learns financially supported by Tom. Ina short time Tom institutes many changes that Kenwick has persuaded the men to sign a pro-management agreement for the betterment of the town and its workers. When the mill turns a good and also that the fighter for the Kenwick shipyard is injured. Bill rushes profit, even Matthew softens and supports Tom. Max returns, and, seeing _to the ring, wins the fight, forces Kenwick into a fairer agreement and tells the change in the town, asks for Tom s forgiveness. Finally, he and Ruth Fen that he never stopped loving her. Contracts. Dockworkers. Duplicity.

Father-son relationship. Mill towns. Rejuvenation. Courage. Fires. Missing Parties. Seduction. Waterfronts.

persons, assumed dead. Paralytics. Pardons (legal). Motog 25 Mar 1916, p. 710, 725. MPW 25 Mar 1916, p. 2082.

Note: Some scenes were shot in the Arizona State Prison using convicts for extras. MPN 1 Apr 1916, p. 1912. MPW 8 Apr 1916, p. 281, 285.

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 BUBBLES THE BRUTE F1.0515 Navet. That evening Louis arouses Navet’s enmity by dancing with

Famous Players Film Co. Dist State Rights. 27 Apr 1914. 4 reels. Annette Bosseut, the daughter of the camp superintendent. Navet

Pres Daniel Frohman. Dir Thomas N. Heffron. challenges Louis to a fight, but when the day comes, Louis and the boy Source: Based on the novel The Brute by Frederic Arnold Kummer (New cannot be found. When Louis returns, Annette and her father accuse him

York, 1912) and his play of the same name (New York, 8 Oct 1912). of kidnapping. After three bullies of neighboring camps die while trying Cast: Malcolm Williams (Donald Rogers, ‘‘The Brute’’), Helen Hilton to kill Louis, and Navet, repulsed by Annette, sets fire to the forest, Louis (Edith Pope), House Peters (Billy West), Mary Moore (Alice Pope), knocks Navet unconscious and saves Annette by canoeing through the Madame Dahlberg (Mrs. Pope), William Vaughn (Emerson Hall), Jack dangerous rapids. He explains that he is the owner of all the camps and

Darling (Bobbie Rogers). is making the rounds breaking bullies who terrorize the weak. Jean, sent Drama. Socialite Edith Pope is courted by both Billy West and Donald _to be cured, returns prancing about with a priest who marries Louis and Rogers, but when West goes to Colorado to seek his fortune, Rogers wins Annette. Bullies. Canoes. French Canadians. Lumber camps. Strangers.

Edith’s hand. West becomes a mining millionaire while Rogers, an Battered children. Cures. Dances. Disabled persons. Fires. Fistfights. unpretentious contracter, is burdened by business debts and the ill health = Rescues. Weddings. of his son Bobbie. Edith, unaccustomed to daily drudgery and impressed Note: Scenes in logging camps were shot near Mt. Shasta, CA

by wealth, succumbs to West’s advances when he returns. The two plan to ETR 11 Oct 1919, p. 1655. Var 7 Nov 1919, p. 97. elope to Europe, but West first must return to Colorado to liquidate his MPN 25 Oct 1919, pp. 3165-66. Wid's 23 Nov 1919, p. 13. holdings. While there, he dies of appendicitis, leaving his fortune to Edith.

Rogers permits his wife to accept the money, unaware of her affair with BRUTE ISLAND see MCVEAGH OF THE SOUTH SEAS West, but when a friend ignorantly informs him that West had left his

estate toa married woman with whom he planned to elope, Rogers leaves THE BRUTE MASTER F1.0518 Edith. In the end, a remorseful Edith returns the inheritance, proclaims her J. Parker Read, Jr. Productions. Dist W. W. Hodkinson Corp. through love for her husband, and the two are reconciled. /nfidelity. Inheritance. Pathé Exchange, Inc. 28 Nov 1920. 5 reels.

Love. Separation. Appendicitis. Colorado. Contractors. Elopement. Pres J. Parker Read, Jr. Dir Roy H. Marshall. Asst dir Scott R. Beal. Milionaires. Mining. Poverty. Socialites. NYDM 15 Apr 1914. 9.43 Scen Ralph H. Dixon. Titles F. J. Van Halle, Leo H. Braun and Carl

olog ay 171%) PP. 299-24. pr i7ts, P. Be. Schneider. Story Charmian London and Hobart Bosworth. Cam J. O.

MPV 9 May 1914, p. 798, 870, 872. Var 8 May 1914, p. 34. Taylor. Ed Ralph H. Dixon. Tech dir Charles H. Kyson. Tech dir decorations Harvey C. Leavitt and architecture W. L. Heywood.

THE BRUTE F1.0516 Cast: Hobart Bosworth (Bucko McAllister, The Brute Master), Anna

Micheaux Film Corp. Dist Micheaux Film Corp. Aug 1920. 7 reels. Q. Nilsson (Madeline Grey), William Conklin (Walter Maxwell),

Prod Oscar Micheaux. Dir Oscar Micheaux. Scen Oscar Micheaux. Margaret Livingston (The native “Taupou’’).

Cam “Whitie” [full name unknown]. oo Drama. Madeline Grey, a young woman wintering in the tropics, is Cast: Evelyn Preer (Mildred Carrison), A. B. DeComathiere (‘Bull urgently summoned home to San Francisco. Accompanied by Walter Magee), Sam Langford (“Tug” Wilson), Susie Sutton (Aunt Clara), Maxwell, a friend, she engages return passage on a schooner owned by

Lawrence Chenault (Herbert Lanyon), Laura Bowman (Mrs. Bucko McAllister, known as the Brute Master because of his tyrannical _ Carrison), Mattie Edwards (A guest in “The Hole’), Alice Gorgas behavior. Once at sea, a crew member mutinies and sets the ship on fire (Margaret . Pendleton), Virgil Williams (Referee), Marty Cutler after locking McAllister in his cabin. Maxwell, the crew and Madeline (Sidney Kirkwood), Foy Clements (/rene Lanyon), Louis Schooler escape to a nearby island, thinking that McAllister is dead. On the island

(“Klondike”), Harry Plater, E.G. Tatum, Al Gaines. _ they discover that he is alive, and he takes charge of survivors. After

_ Drama. Herbert Lanyon is thought to be dead after a shipwreck, and his constant contact with Madeline, his brutish nature mellows and he falls in fiancée Mildred Carrison is forced by her money-minded Aunt Clara into Jove with her. In the meantime, Maxwell attempts to discredit McAllister

marriage with Bull” Magee, a gambler and underworld boss who by framing him for the theft of one of the native’s idols, but McAllister mistreats Mildred. After Herbert returns, Magee undergoes financial exposes his treachery. When the rescue ship finally arrives, McAllister and difficulties that he blames on Mildred and Herbert, and seeks revenge. Madeline remain on the island together. /slands. Moral reformation. Herbert and a repentant Aunt Clara, however, free Mildred from Magee, Mutiny. Sea captains. Arson. Frame-ups. Schooners. and the lovers are able to marry. [A subplot involves boxer “Tug” Wilson, Note: Author Charmian London was Mrs. Jack London. The working title of the who is ordered by his manager Magee to lay down in the seventeenth round film was Bucko McAllister. A news item stated that the film was based on Charmian of a prizefight at the film’s climax. No other information concerning the London’s novel Bucko McAllister, but no information concerning the novel has been

plot has been discovered.] Aunts. Battered women. Blacks. Boxing. located. The film was shot at the Ince studios in Culver City, on the Santa Cruz Marriage—Forced. Boxers. Fixed fights. Gamblers. Gangsters. Revenge. _ lands, in San Francisco, and at Balboa Beach, CA.

Shipwrecks. ETR 27 Nov 1920, p. 2702. 1920, p. 3623. MPN 1MPN May 1920,6p.Nov 3846. MPW 4 Dec 1920, p. 639. Note: One contemporary source states that this black independent film was based MPN 5 Jun 1920, p. 4657. NYMT 21 Nov 1920.

on a play, but no evidence to support this statement has been located. Another MPN 16 Oct 1920, p. 3044. Var 17 Dec 1920, p. 40.

contemporary source states that the film’s length was 8,000 feet, not seven reels. The MPN 30 Oct 1920, p. 3387. Wid's 28 Nov 1920, p. 14. film may, beenNegro cul to Film ae reels Sometime it opened. In identified the recordsonly or the George P.have Johnson OHection, €eafter cameraman was as

“Whitie.” The film is listed in the AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30 (F2.0666), | BUBBLES F1.0519

Foy Clements may actually be the actress Flo Clements. Super Art, Inc. Dist State Rights; Pioneer Film Corp. May? 1920 ChiDef 28 Aug 1920, p. 4. NYA 18 Sep 1920, p. 6. [©Pioneer Film Corp.; 9 Apr 1920; LU1I5O15]. 5 reels, 4,570 ft.

ChiDef 4 Sep 1920, p. 4. Dir Wayne Mack. Scen Bob Hunter. Cam S. M. Norton. Tech dir Hans Teichman. : THE BRUTE BREAKER F1.0517 Source: Based on the short story “Bubbles” by J. Basil Kreider Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co.; Special (publication undetermined). Attractions Series. 20 Oct 1919 [©Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 3 Oct Cast: Mary Anderson (Bubbles), Jack Connolly (Jack Corrigan), Bert

1919; LP14259]. 6 reels, 5,785 ft. Woodruff (Prof. Van Saynt), Adelaide Elliott (Aunt Amelia Van Dir Lynn F. Reynolds. Scen Dorothy Barrett and Lynn F. Reynolds. Saynt), Jack Mower (Stanley Durham), Arthur Millet (James

Cam Philip E. Rosen. Dorrence), Mary Land (Mrs. Dorrence).

Source: Based on the novelette “The Brute Breaker” by Johnston Comedy. Bubbles is a tomboy who resists her Aunt Amelia’s attempts to

McCulley in All-Story Weekly (10 Aug 1918). transform her into a lady. One day, while dressed in masculine attire, she Cast: Frank Mayo (Louis Graintaire), Harry Northrup (Baptiste meets Jack Corrigan and they become friends. Jack takes her to his social Navet), Kathryn Adams (Annette Bosseut), Jack Curtis (Annette’s club where she pretends to be “one of the boys,” but his friends realize her father), Burwell Hamrick (Little Jean), Bert Sprotte (La Blanc), Frank true sex. Soon after, Bubbles becomes exasperated by her aunt’s efforts,

Brownlee (Norres), Charles Le Moyne (Pierre). and in final defiance leaves home to work as a nursemaid. When her

Drama. At a French Canadian logging camp, stranger Louis Graintaire employer Mrs. Dorrence is caught in a compromising situation, she turns canoes through impassable rapids to the delight of Little Jean, a crippled to Jack for help. He then convinces her to give up the tomboyish ways and boy who hopes that Louis will thrash his tormentor, camp bully Baptiste marry him. Tomboys. Male impersonation. Aunts. Clubs. Nursemaids.

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BUCHANAN’S WIFE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG PN ie bed ron p. 2965. NYMT — 23 May 1920. Gilmore convinces Buckshot to reveal the loot’s hiding place to save his

un 1920, p. 147. soul. Jimmy Dacey, a reporter who loves Ruth Mason, whom Gilmore courts, interviews Buckshot and tells him that Gilmore is a fake. Buckshot

BUCHANAN’S WIFE F1.0520 breaks out, tracks down Gilmore, retrieves the gold, and returns it to one Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp.; Excel Pictures. | Dec 1918 of the firms he robbed. He then surrenders and is later granted a pardon.

[OWilliam Fox; 1 Dec 1918; LP13087]. 5 reels. Conversion (religious). Criminals—Rehabilitation. Hoaxes. Outlaws. Dir Charles J. Brabin. Scen Adrian Johnson. Treasure. Clairvoyants. Cults. Gunfights. Imprisonment. Pardons (legal). Source: Based on the novel Buchanan's Wife by Justus Miles Forman Prison escapes. Quacks. Reporters. Séances.

(New York, 1906). Note: According to reviews, in this film there is a scene taken in moonlight without

Cast: Virginia Pearson (Beatrix Buchanan), Marc McDermott the aid of artificial light, which is said to be the first of its kind. According to a (Herbert Buchanan), Victor Sutherland (Harry Faring), Ned Finley contemporary news item, author Charles E. Van Loan assisted in the production.

(Kansas, the ; Some cast scenes in the film were shot in Banning, CA. According records, ; .tramp). . . ; additional members included H. Standing as “Governor,” Lingtoasstudio “Hindo,” Mr.

Drama. Beatrix marries Herbert Buchanan while under his hypnotic Fletcher as “Judge” and Bobby Murdock as “Turn Key.” Members of “Medicine trance, although she really loves Harry Faring. When Herbert learns of his Show Crowd” included Linkenhelt, Joe Ray, Hoot Gibson, Briscoe, Art Acord, wife’s love for Harry, he disappears with Kansas, a tramp. Soon after, Schalenberg, Ray Myers Allardt, M. Mattox and Rhea Haines. Although a news item Beatrix falsely identifies a body at the morgue as her husband’s and retanes that Nols Weber and eae Smalley were responsible for this production, no

. Motog 20 Feb 1915, p. 304. NYDM 3 Feb 1915, p. 26.

marries Harry, but when Herbert, still alive though ill and demented, conlirming evidence oF this was located.

appears at her door with Kansas, she confesses her lie to her new husband. MPN 6 Feb 1915, p. 45. NYDM 31 Mar 1915, p. 32. Kansas’ plans to blackmail Beatrix are ruined when Harry visits the two MPW 30 Jan 1915, p. 744. Var 29 Jan 1915, p. 24. tramps, and Herbert, now dying of tuberculosis, pleads with Kansas to MPW 6 Feb 1915, p. 843. leave the couple in peace. Kansas agrees, and after Herbert’s death, Beatrix and Harry return to a normal life. Bigamy. Duplicity. Marriage—Forced.

Tramps. Blackmail. Confession. Corpses. Desertion. Hypnotism. THE BUFFALO BILL SHOW F1.0523

sep 1918, p. 1345. ov , p. 993. Whi ; Rr

Tuberculosis. seo ia1e. . 1345 upw oN Wik. 9.993 Dist State Rights; Wild West Film Co. Jan 1917. 5 reels. ETR 2 Nov 1918, P 1821. MPW 14 Dec 1918, p 1246. oupy vila ‘ oon. Dir John J. O'Brien. ETR 14 Dec 1918, p. 149. NYDM 14 Dec 1918, p. 881. ast. Willlam FP. Cody.

MPN 14 Dec 1918, p. 3599. Documentary / Biographical. This documentary contains scenes featuring William F. Cody, Indian fights, including the Battle of Little Big Horn,

BUCKING BROADWAY F1.0521 the capture of “The Notorious Outlaw” Buck McCandells, a stage hold-up,

Universal Film Mfg. Co.; A Harry Carey Production. Dist Universal and other scenes portraying life in the “Wild West.” Little Big Horn, Battle Film Mfg. Co.; Special Productions. 24 Dec 1917 [©Universal Film Mfg. 2f 1876. Indians of North America. United States-History—indian

Co., Dec 1917; LP11840]. 5 reels. Campaigns. {nefilm West. stems. fi hot beforeiis it . :Inc.; ote: 14 Accordin o contemporary news items, IS was Snotthis years Delore Dir Jack Ford. Story George Hively. Cam Ben F. Reynolds. release, but could not be shown theatrically until Cody’s death on 10 Jan 1917.

Cast: Harry Carey (Cheyenne Harry), Molly Malone (Molly), L. M. Modern sources state that Cody was involved in a number of legal battles regarding

Wells (Her father), Vester Pegg (Thornton), William Gettinger his film productions and footage for this film may have been part of some litigation.

(Foreman). An advertisement for the film claimed that The Buffalo Bill Show was the only

Western. Cheyenne Harry, a ranch foreman, falls in love with Molly “authorized” Cody picture and was “taken under the personal supervision of Buffalo Malone, the boss’s daughter, and she confesses her love in return. A __ Bill.” (After Cody’s death, Essanay released its own documentary called The sophisticated stockbroker named Thornton, however, soon lures Molly to According to this Jan 1917 advertisement, The Buffalo Bill Show played the city, but she sends for Harry after learning that Thornton’s intentions simultaneously at the Rialto and Strand theaters in New York City. However, no

ae Adventures of Buffalo Bill, which, like this film, was shot years before its release.)

are not honorable. Harry befriends some crooks in the city, and with their reviews, or Other production information is available. Contemporary sources do not help, locates Molly dining with Thornton in a cabaret. After a lively fight, indicate whether the entire production was a recreation of past events or if some of Harry defeats Thornton and escorts Molly back the same ranch. Cowboys. was “‘live John J. O’Brien (alsoscenarist, listed as John D. O’Brien) may ; etothe as John ine B. footage O’Brien, once action.’ an Essanay actor and who may have

Innocents. Love. Lure of the city. Philanderers. Ranch foremen. been involved in the 1913 Essanay Buffalo Bill production.

Stockbrokers. Cabarets. Criminals. | ETR 3 Mar 1917, p. 916. MPW 27 Jan 1917, p. 537, 579. Note: According to publicity for the film, Harry Carey fractured a rib during a

fight scene. Carey played the character “Cheyenne Harry” in many other films. Some reviews credit both Ford and Hively with the story. Some reviews call this a Butterfly

production. BUFFALO BILL’S INDIAN WARS see THE INDIAN WARS ETR 22 Dec 1917, p. 293. NYDM $15 Dec 1917, p. 19. MPW 22 Dec 1917, p. 1801. Var 7 Dec 1917, p. 47. MPW 12 Jan 1918, p. 275. Wid’s 13 Dec 1917, p. 793.

THE BUGLE CALL F1.0524

BUCKO MCALLISTER see THE BRUTE MASTER New York Motion Picture Corp.; Kay-Bee. Dist Triangle Film Corp. 4 Jun 1916. 5 reels.

BUCKSHOT JOHN F1.0522 Dir Reginald Barker. Scen C. Gardner Sullivan. Cam Charles Kaufman. Bosworth, Inc. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 4 Feb 1915. 5 reels. Cast: William Collier, Jr. (Billy), Wyndham Standing (Captain William

Dir Hobart Bosworth. Scen Hetty Grey. Cam George W. Hill. Andrews), Anna Lehr (Mary), Thomas Guise (Sergeant Hogan), Joe Source: Based on the novelette The Message to Buckshot John by | Goodboy (Lame Bear).

Charles E. Van Loan in Munsey’s Magazine (Aug 1912). Drama. During the 1880’s, young Billy lives on a military outpost with Cast: Hobart Bosworth (“Buckshot John” Moran), Courtenay Foote his father, Captain Andrews, and his stepmother Mary. Indians go on the (Jake Gilmore, later known as The Great Gilmore), Carl Von Schiller warpath, and Captain Andrews and his men go after them, but the Indians (Jimmy Dacey), Helen Wolcott (Ruth Mason), Herbert Standing fool the cavalry and attack the outpost in force while the soldiers pursue (John Mason), Marshall Stedman (Warden of state’s prison), Frank only a small band. Billy and Mary hide in the hills, and the young boy turns Lanning (Bad Jake Kennedy), Art Acord (Jordan), Oscar Linkenhelt into a hero when, by sounding the bugle call, he makes the Indians retreat

(The sheriff), Rhea Haines (Mrs. Hayden). because they believe that the soldiers are returning. Besides saving the Western. Following a shootout with the sheriff and his men, Buckshot Utpost, Billy’s actions establish a strong rapport with Mary, with whom

John, the fierce, sole survivor of Bad Jake Kennedy’s gang of robbers, he had had an uneasy relationship since her marriage to his widowed refuses to divulge the location of the gang’s cache, and is sentenced to thirty father. Children. Indians of North America. Military posts. United States. years in jail. After serving fifteen years, Buckshot “gets religion” and Army. Cavalry. Bugles. Military officers. Mother-son relationship. Sieges.

decides to return the gold. He summons the famous Denver quack Stepmothers.

clairvoyant, The Great Gilmore, who is also the leader of the “Purified ens 0 vey ile P. eae ye DM oy iote P. 2B

Thought” cult, to contact Bad Jake for advice. Gilmore conducts a bogus MPW 13 May 1916, re 1175. Wid's 4 May 1916, if 549. séance, and with knowledge gained from reading accounts of the robbery, MPW 17 Jun 1916, p. 2063, 2112.

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 BULLET PROOF THE BUGLER OF ALGIERS F1.0525 Drama. Morton, a respected businessman, is induced by the corrupt Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. 27 Nov Gittens to join him in a scheme to rob the poor by means of a fake business 1916 [©Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.; 14 Nov 1916; LP9518]. 5 reels. association which promises that ‘ta small investment will start a beautiful Dir Rupert Julian. Scen Elliott J. Clawson. Cam Stephen Rounds. home.” Gittens arranges things so that when the crash comes, Morton is Source: Based on the novel We Are French by Robert H. Davis and held responsible for the investors’ losses while he himself reaps all the

Perley Poore Sheehan (New York, 1914). profits. Among the victims is Marie, engaged to marry the Reverend James Cast: Ella Hall (Gabrielle), Kingsley Benedict (Anatole Picard), Rupert Filikens. Gittens desires Marie, and by making it seem as if the minister

Julian (Pierre Dupont). — has married another, almost succeeds in possessing her until she learns the Drama. After fighting in North Africa, Anatole Picard and Pierre truth. Marie, now fully aware of Gittens’ deception, brings him to justice. Dupont return to their nineteenth century French village, each looking for — Meanwhile, Morton, regenerated by his bitter experience, finds a way to Gabrielle, who IS Pierre s sister and Anatole’s fiancee. The men vow to compensate the investors for their losses. With justice done, the minister

spend their lives searching for her when they find that their village was forgives Marie who then becomes mistress of the little parsonage. ransacked during some fighting and that Gabrielle has vanished. They look inessmen. Confidence men. Duplicity. Fraud. Lust. Robbery. Clergy.

for fifty years, at which time the government calls Pierre to Paris to honor Marri Receneration

him belatedly for According his wartime Departing with Pierreyears dies earlier Note, than g a , its ,, . . . . ote: to heroism. some reviews, this film wasAnatole, made several

en route, but his companion takes his place. Meanwhile, the government release in 1917.

has learned of the search for Gabrielle and has located her. The reunited Motog 28 Apr 1917, p. 903. Var 13 Apr 1917, p. 24.

lovers embrace at the awards ceremony and then, back at the cabin where MPN 21 Apr 1917, p. 2518. Wid’s 3 May 1917, pp. 282-83. Pierre lies dead, they place the medals on his chest. France. Friendship. MPW 21 Apr 1917, pp. 450-51, 493.

Missing persons. Pledges. War heroes. Awards. Brother-sister : relationship. France—History-19th century. North Africa. Soldiers. Village THE BULLDOGS OF THE TRAIL F1.0528 life. Interstate Feature Film Co. Dist Picture Playhouse Film Co. 24 Apr Note: The film was also called We Are French. 1915. 4 reels. MPN 2 Dec 1916, p. 3492. NYDM 25 Nov 1916, p. 26. Prod Kenneth MacDougall. Dir Kenneth MacDougall. Story Kenneth MPN 16 Dec 1916, p. 3847. Var 24 Nov 1916, p. 29. MPW 2 Dec 1916, p. 1345, 1348, Wid’s 30 Nov 1916, p. 1133. MacDougall.

1382. Cast: Kenneth MacDougall (Lieutenant McLoyd), Sydney Shields

(Peggy Graham), Wynn Davidson (John Graham), Hamilton Crane

THE BUILDER OF BRIDGES F 1.0526 (Inspector Creighton).

Frohman Amusement Corp. Dist World Film Corp. 31 May 1915 Northwest drama. Prospector John Graham and his daughter Peggy [OWorld Film Corp. (W. Irvine, author); 28 May. 1915; LU5414]. 5 reels. —_‘ travel to Blackfoot, Canada to visit Inspector Creighton of the North West

Pres Gustave Frohman. Dir George Irving. Scen Anthony P. Kelly. Mounted Police. Peggy meets Lieutenant McLoyd, also of the Mounted Source: Based on the play The Builder of Bridges by Alfred Sutro Police, who just arrived to track down a notorious outlaw, and they fall in

(London, 11 Nov 1908). love. While walking in the woods with Peggy, McLoyd shoots at a bird. Cast; C. Aubrey Smith (Edward Thursfield), Marie Edith Wells Later, when they come across Graham’s body in the underbrush, and Peggy

(Dorothy Faringay), Jack B. Sherrill (Arnold Faringay), Fred Eric contends that McLoyd’s shot killed her father, McLoyd begins an (Walter Gresham), Edward R. Mawson (Henry Killick), G. W. Anson investigation. Creighton’s strange actions lead McLoyd to suspect him, (Peter), Kate Meek (Mrs. Debney), Helen Weer (Ruth Faringay), Sidney until Creighton is also murdered. After Peggy is abducted, McLoyd

Mason. discovers that she is about to be dropped into a vat of live snakes as a

Drama. Arnold Faringay, a youthful accountant for a New York sacrifice by two members of a Hindu secret society called “The Shinto,”

construction firm, embezzles $20,000 for stock market speculation. After from which previous members Graham and Creighton stole treasures while losing the money, he asks for a loan from Walter Gresham, his older sister they were in India. When McLoyd rescues Peggy, one of the Hindus is Dorothy’s fiancé, but is turned down. Dorothy, who at the reading of their —_— thrown into the vat. McLoyd and Peggy later marry. Canadian Northwest.

father’s will agreed to protect the family honor, learns that chief engineer Detectives. Secret societies. Abduction. Hindus. Human. sacrifice. Edward Thursfield is the power in the firm. She follows him to Atlantic Murder. Prospectors. Rescues. North West Mounted Police. Snakes. City, where he is building the largest concrete bridge in the world, and her Note: This was the first film of the Interstate Feature Film Co., which had its flirtations are rewarded by Thursfield’s proposal of marriage. Upon headquarters in Middletown, CT. Kenneth MacDougall was the vice-president and returning, Thursfield learns of Arnold’s indiscretion and replaces the general manager of the company.

$20,000 to keep Dorothy from learning about it. When Dorothy breaks her Motog 15 May 1915, p. 808. MPW 8 May 1915, p. 922, 990.

engagement to Gresham, he catches Thursfield embracing her, and reveals PW I Mey lore P- an Var 30 Apr 1915, p. 18.

her ploy. Thursfield angrily leaves, but after Arnold’s stock rises and he Pree Po returns the stolen money and promises to reform, Dorothy convinces

Thursfield that she accepted his proposal because she loved him. When last BULLET PROOF F1.0529 seen, Thursfield and Dorothy ride horses along a prairie trail. Bridges. Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co. 3 May 1920

Brother-sister relationship. Embezzlement. Engineers—Civil. [Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 21 Apr 1920; LP15030]. 5 reels. Accountants. Atlantic City (New Jersey). Engagements. Flirtation. Moral Dir Lynn F. Reynolds. Scen Lynn F. Reynolds. Story John Frederick.

reformation. New York City. Speculation. Wills. Cam Hugh McClung and John W. Brown.

Note: This was C. Aubrey Smith’s first film. Some scenes were shot at Atlantic Cast: Harry Carey (Pierre Winton), William Ryno (Father Victor), Fred

City, NJ, including some interiors scenes at the Shelburn Hotel. Gamble (Father Jacques), Kathleen O'Connor (Mary Brown), J. Farrell

Motog 22 May 1915, p. 858. MPW 5 Jun 1915, p. 1625, 1694. McDonald (Jim Boone), Beatrice Burnham (Jackie Boone), Bob

nied Q we le event N rae ms nee ole p. ay McKenzie (Dick Wilbur), Joe Harris, Captain Anderson, Charles MPN 3 Apr 1915, p. 50. Var 11 Jun 1915. 18. LeMoyne (Bandits), Robert McKim (McGuirk).

MPN 5 Jun 1915, p. 67. Western. Pierre Winton promises to avenge his father’s killing at the

hands of McGuirk, the bandit. While hunting for McGuirk, Pierre comes

BUILDERS OF CASTLES F1.0527 upon Mary Brown who has been badly injured in a rock slide. They fall in

Thomas A. Edison, Inc. Dist K-E-S-E Service. 19 Apr 1917 [©Thomas love, but while attempting to rescue Mary, Pierre is trapped and rendered

A. Edison, Inc.; 2 Apr 1917; LP10505]. 5 reels, 4,862 ft. unconscious in another rock slide. Saved by Jim Boone’s band of outlaws, Dir Ben Turbett. Scen Henry Albert Phillips. Picturized by Everett Pierre joins the gang, and Boone’s daughter Jackie falls in love with him,

McNeil. Cam Fred S. Brace. but, Pierre still loves Mary, from whom he has been separated. He finally Cast: Marc MacDermott (Gittens), Miriam Nesbitt (Marie), William finds her at a dance and Jackie becomes so jealous that she dashes home, Wadsworth (Morton), Robert Brower (The builder, a servant of the only to find it in ruins, the work of McGuirk. Pierre pursues McGuirk, poor), Edward Longman (Rev. James Filikens), Jessie Stevens (Mrs. catches and kills him. Finally, Jackie realizes that she only feels friendship Maguire), Florence Stover (Fannie), Nellie Grant (Mrs. Morton), Simon for Pierre, and he and Mary go East to start a new life. Gangs. Murder. P. Gillies (James Regan), Frank Trainor (Postman), Mabel Dwight Outlaws. Revenge. Bandits. Chases. Dances. Jealousy. Landslides.

(Landlady to Marie). Note: The working title of this film was Luck. 109

BULLETS AND BROWN EYES AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG LER 0 way 1990. P ose Mr ?° ane 1920, p 44 the Keys that, according to the will, the property belongs to the one MPN 1 May 1920, p. 3901. Wid’s 25 Apr 1920, p. 8. _ declared the homeliest by the next drummer who enters the hotel. After

MPW 1 May 1920, p. 728. Snaggs courts tomboy Teddy, who he thinks is the ugliest, her suitor, Jonas

Grimes, suspects Snaggs and urges the girls to get the copy of the will in

BULLETS AND BROWN EYES F1.0530 the hotel safe. Rose and May disguise themselves as foreign women, while New York Motion Picture Corp.; Kay-Bee. Dist Triangle Film Corp. 12 Teddy, dressed as a drummer, is bribed by Snaggs (who does not recognize Mar 1916 [©Triangle Film Corp.; 12 Mar 1916; LP10828. ©Triangle Film her) to choose herself as the homeliest. After Matilda, clad in masculine

Corp.; 28 Mar 1916; LU7934]. 5 reels, 4,785 ft. attire, arrives seeking revenge against Snaggs, the safe is blown up. Teddy Supv Thomas Ince. Dir Scott Sidney. Scen J.G. Hawks and Thomas H. _ discovers that the will states that the property may be divided equally.

Ince. Cam J. D. Jennings. After a battle during which all identities are revealed, Matilda drags Cast: William Desmond (Prince Carl), Bessie Barriscale (Countess | Snaggs away, and the cousins resolve to manage the hotel jointly. Cousins.

Olga), Wyndham Standing (Count Michael), Joseph J. Dowling ‘10axes. Hotels. Impersonation and imposture. Inheritance. Bribery. (Count Ivan), J. Barney Sherry (The king), Roy Laidlaw (The grand Fortune hunters. Hotel management. Lawyers. Male impersonation. duke), Louise Brownell (Prince Carl’s mother), Leonard Smith Safes. Tomboys. Traveling salespersons. Widows.

(Lieutenant Alexis of the Hussars.). Note: The first New York production of the play opened on . Mar 1883. Some

; ; a . was played by a man, William Castelet.

Drama. Although from opposing European countries, Countess Olga and scenes of the film were shot in small Michigan towns. The role of “Matilda Jenkins

Prince Carl love each other. Appealing to her patriotism, however, Olga’s EssN 31 Jul 1915. MPW 29 May 1915, p. 1448.

brother, Count Michael, convinces her to lure Carl to their homeland so Motog 14 Aug 1915, p. 307, 334. MPW 7 Aug 1915, p. 1014. that he can be imprisoned. Carl falls for the trap and is sentenced to be shot, MPN 31 Jul 1915, p. 53. MPW 14 Aug 1915, p. 1234. but Olga finally chooses love over politics and rescues the prince, who MPN 14 Aug 1915, p. 86. NYDM 11 Aug 1915, p. 28. rejoins his Hussars. Olga’s father banishes her to a convent for betraying

her country, but just as she is about to enter, Carl saves her, and the two ©. THE BURDEN OF PROOF F 1.0533 ride off together into the sunset. Love. Nobility. Patriotism. Royalty. Marion Davies Film Corp. Dist Select Pictures Corp. Sep 1918 Betrayal. Brother-sister relationship. Convents. Executions. Father | [©Marion Davies Film Corp.; 9 Sep 1918; LP12923]. 5 reels, 5,100 ft.

daughter relationship. Hussars. Rescues. Traps. meusCam tee ;Andre coe one G. Adolfi. Asst dir Fred Hearn. Scen S. Note: The working title of this film was Will O’ Treason. the Wisp.Mw . Weller. Bariatier. Motog 4 Mar i016 p. 537. NYDM : Mar 1916, p. 28. Source: Based on the play Dora by Victorien Sardou (Paris, 22 Jan

MPN 11 Mar 1916, p. 1469. Var 25 Feb 1916, p. 22. 1877). MPW 4 Mar 1916, p. 1489, 1667. Cast: Marion Davies (Elaine Brooks), Mary Richards (Mrs. Brooks, her

mother), Eloise Clement (Mrs. Viola Durand), John Merkyl (Robert

BULLIN’ THE BULLSHEVIKI F 1.0531 Ames), L. Rogers Lytton (George Blair), Willard Cooley (Frank Eff & Eff Producing Co. Dist State Rights. 1 Nov 1919 [OEff & Eff Raymona), Fred Hearn (William Kemp), Fred Lenox (Butler), Maude

Producing Co., Inc.; 2 Aug 1919; LU14020]. 4 reels. Lowe (Maid).

Dir Frank P. Donovan. Asst dir Joe Basil. Titles Joe Farnham. Story Drama. Elaine Brooks marries Robert Ames, a member of the United

Frank P. Donovan. Cam Jake Badarraco. States Department of Justice. The Germans, who are anxious to secure

Cast: Marguerite Clayton (Lotta Nerve), Patsy De Forest (Keyhole some papers that Robert possesses, employ Viola Durand to get to Robert Yetta), Billy Ruge (Lean Itsky), Edward Elkus (A lieutenant), George through Elaine. Viola tricks Elaine into giving her the papers and also Humbert, Pearl Shepard, Lou Marks, Victor De Linsky, Bobby Neuman. _ procures letter that seems to establish Elaine as the traitor. George Blair, Comedy /Espionage. American Lotta Nerve comes to Killemoff, Russia an official at the Department of Justice, finally tricks Viola into confessing to destroy Bolshevism with two spies disguised as a horse. When Bolsheviki her guilt, thus clearing Elaine’s name. Frame-ups. Germans. Spies. leader Trotzsky sees Lotta, he takes her to a hotel room where she rejects Treason. United States. Dept. of Justice. Confession (law). Duplicity. him after he starts to remove her clothes. After Lotta sends her spies to get Government agents. Letters. Secret documents. an army, she witnesses, at the high court of Bolshevism, a man hit by a pile- Note: Sardou’s play was adapted for the English stage under the titl driver for drunkenness. In a cabaret behind the courtroom curtain, Lotta Diplomacy and was first produced fn New York on I Apr 1878, A prose version of steals Trotzsky’s war plans. From the battlefield, she sends her peace terms _the story appeared serially in leading evening newspapers in New York, Boston, demanding that Trotzsky and his gang wash and go to work. When he Chicago, Atlanta, San Francisco and Los Angeles at the time of the film’s exhibition.

refuses and me shells the town, Trotzsky sends a rider to New York for ah 1 Aue i918. . een NY DM 8 Sn i918 ora 922 p. Seeing his rider arrested through a periscope, Trotzsky agrees to MPN 21 Sep 1918, p. 1919. Var 13 Sep 1918, p. 43.

surrender, even though shells kill a vast number of people. After the leaders MPW 20 Jul 1918, p. 411. Wid's 8 Sep 1918, p. 2.

are court-martialled and shot, they bury themselves to the cheers of the MPW 21 Sep 1918, p. 1771. soldiers and Lotta. Americans in foreign countries. Bolshevism. Russia.

Spies. Leon Trotsky. War. Cabarets. Courts-martial. Disguise. Hotels. THE BURGLAR F1.0534 Live burial. New York City. Secret plans. Trials. World Film Corp. Dist World Film Corp. 29 Oct 1917 [OWorld Film Note: This film, the first production of the Eff and Eff Producing Company, was Corp.; 18 Oct 1917; LU11584]. 5 reels.

shot at the Paragon Studios in Fort Lee, NJ. The plot description in the film’s Pres William A. Brady. Dir Harley Knoles. Scen Virginia Tyler Hudson. copyright materials uses the character name of Trotzsky although reviews refer to the Cam André Barlatier

character played by MPW Billy17Ruge asp.Lean Itsky.Based - Based h lay Editha’s Burelar Th (New ETR 8 Nov 1919, p. 1971. 1920, 472. Source: the play Editha’s by AugustusbThomas MPN 1 Nov 1919, p.Jan3345. Var 24 Oct on1919, p. 61.Burglar York, 20 Sep 1887). MPN 21 Feb 1920, p. 1971. Cast: Carlyle Blackwell (William Lewis), Harry La Mont (Sid Burns), Richard Clarke (William’s father), Justine Cutting (William's

A BUNCH OF KEYS F1.0532 stepmother), Evelyn Greeley (Alice Hamilton), Rosina Henley (Fanny

Essanay Film Mfg. Co. Dist V-L-S-E, Inc. 16 Aug 1915[©Essanay Film | Hamilton), Frank Mayo (Paul Benton), Madge Evans (Editha), Victor

Mfg. Co.; 21 Jul 1915; LP5893]. 5 reels. Kennard (Ned Hamilton), Jack Drumier (John Hamilton), Henry Drehle

Dir Richard Foster Baker. (Rural policeman).

Source: Based on the play A Bunch of Keys by Charles Hale Hoyt Drama. While breaking into a house as a prank, William Lewis and some

(publication undetermined, 1882). of his college friends are interrupted by a policeman, whom they

Cast: John Slavin (Jonas Grimes), William Burress (Littleton accidentally shoot. Will’s companion Sid Burns accuses him of the crime, Snagegs), June Keith (Teddy Keys), Charlotte Mineau (Rose Keys), Leota but Will escapes to a distant city where he meets and marries Alice

(Gilly (May SeedFre Waa (Tom i Winey Jenkins), Royal fama. as nner a year teller of pappiness thehim birthand of nis qaughter illy SSpooner), yatt (Jom Harding). itha, WillDouglas is working a bank when which Burnssees finds threatens Comedy/Rural. Cousins Rose, May, and Teddy Keys quarrel over exposure unless Will agrees to help him rob the bank. During the robbery, ownership of an hotel inherited from their uncle. Littleton Snaggs, an Burns is caught and reveals Will’s past. Will is arrested and sentenced to unscrupulous old lawyer, arrives to settle the claim after he learns that twenty years imprisonment, but escapes. After his death is reported, Alice, widow Matilda Jenkins, whom he is courting, has lost her fortune. He tells believing that she is a widow, marries Paul Benton, her former suitor, and

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 BURIED ALIVE IN A COAL MINE several years later, Will arrives in the same city in which Alice is living. A BURGLAR FOR A NIGHT F 1.0537 He enters her home for the purpose of robbery, but is deterred by the Paralta Plays, Inc. Dist W. W. Hodkinson Corp. 4 Aug 1918. 5 reels, appearance of his little daughter. Paul and Alice, awakened by the noise, 5,167 ft. come downstairs and find Editha in her father’s arms. Brokenhearted, Will Supv Robert Brunton. Dir Ernest C. Warde. Scen Jack Cunningham. runs from the house and is shot by a policeman. Before he dies, Will learns Story F. McGrew Willis. Cam John Stumar.

that Burns has confessed to the crime that had destroyed his life. Cast: J. Warren Kerrigan (Kirk Marden), Lois Wilson (Janet Accidental death. Extortion. False accusations. Robbery. Bank tellers. _Les/ie), William Elmer (William Neal), Herbert Prior (Wilbur Confession. Father-daughter relationship. Police. Practical jokes. Clayton), Robert Brower (Daniel Marden), Charles French (James

Marriage. Students. Widows. Herrick), Lydia Yeamans Titus (Maggia, the maid), Arma Roma

Note: Although the general release date of this film was 29 Oct 1917, the film had (Ruby Fallon). a special limited engagement beginning on 30 Sep 1917 at the Park Theater in New Comedy-drama. In Hong Kong, William Neal helps Kirk Marden fight

York City. off a group of rowdies. Back in New York, Kirk again turns to William’s

Motog 27 Oct 1917, p. 886. MPW 27 Oct 1917, p. 583. assistance when his father’s rivals plot to take control of the Marden

aN x” op ey p. ane yom - On ly p. ra railroad. William teaches Kirk how to open safes so that Kirk can procure MPW 20 Oct 1917, is 308. Wid's 3 Nov 1917, is 712. papers outlining the takeover plans. While Kirk is robbing the safe, Janet Leslie, daughter of one of the conspirators, enters, and Kirk forces her to

marry him so that she cannot testify against him. Kirk succeeds in reconciling his father with his rivals and in winning his new wife’s love.

Business competition. Conspiracy. Friendship. Marriage-Forced.

THE BURGLAR AND THE LADY F1.0535 Safecrackers. Americans in foreign countries. Fights. Hong Kong. New Sun Photoplay Co. Dist Warner’s Features, Inc.; State Rights. Nov? York City. Railroads. Robbery. Secret documents.

1914. 5-6 reels. ; Note: Pre-release news items list Jesse D. Hampton as the director.

Dir Herbert Blaché. Scen Langdon McCormick. ETR 27 Jul 1918, p. 669. NYDM 31 Aug 1918, p. 320.

Cast: James J. Corbett (Danvers/Raffles), Claire Whitney (Norma), MPN 3 Aug 1918, p. 719. Var 6 Sep 1918, p. 39. Fraunie Fraunholz (Butler), Calvin Reisland (Hadley Stone), Edward MPW 17 Aug 1918, p. 918. Wid's 11 Aug 1918, pp. 9-10. Cecil (Rev. John Banfield), Augusta Burmeister (Mrs. Harmon). MPW 31 Aug 1918, p. 1306. Drama/Crime. When Henry Banfield and his wife separate, each takes

one of their sons to rear. The boy reared by the mother in poverty becomes BURGLAR PROOF F'1.0538 a thief and eventually gains notoriety as a gentleman crook called Raffles. Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Moving easily within high society, he calls himself Detective Danvers Paramount Pictures. 21 Nov 1920 [O©Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; 7 Sep

during daylight hours. John, the boy reared by his father in luxury, 1920; LP15541]. 5 reels. |

becomes a clergyman and falls in love with Norma Harmon, the daughter Pres Jesse L. Lasky. Dir Maurice Campbell. Asst dir Walter McLeod. of a wealthy banker. Norma, however, loves Danvers, who, aided by his ce” Tom Geraghty. Cam C. Edgar Schoenbaum. Art dir Una Nixson

faithful butler, robs the Harmon mansion and the bank. Banfield discovers 1opkins. 7 _

that the burglar is his brother and lets him escape, but Danvers turns Source: Based on the novelette “Burglar Proof” by William Slavens himself over to the police and decides to reform for Norma’s sake. Brothers. McNutt in All-Story Weekly (24 Jan 1920). Criminals—Rehabilitation. Impersonation and imposture. Love. Robbers. Cast: Bryant Washburn (John Harlow), Lois Wilson (Laura Lowell),

Bankers. Butlers. Clergy. Escapes. Police. Separation. Grace Morse (Jenny Larkin), Emily Chichester (Clara), Clarence H. Note: Some sources indicate that the burglar is a “Raffles” type of character, while Geldart (Richard Crane), Clarence Burton (Martin Green), Tom D. Bates

others simply call him Raffles. There may be a connection between this film and the (Uncle Jim Harlow), Hayward Mack (George), Blanche Gray (Mrs. character created by Ernest William Harung in his 1899 novel The Amateur Lowell). Cracksman, but any direct relation to that novel or other works of Harung is doubtful. Comedy. When John Harlow loses his sweetheart Jenny Larkin as a

era marke une moron picture debut . heavyweight boxing Meri o ne result of poverty, he vows never to be broke again and leaves town. He world James J. Vorbett. (ne iim may nave been re-released in reo 0 y tne moves to the city, and several years later, after pinching his pennies, he

Senn ss be olny we title The Lady rand the gar. 915, p. 101. becomes financially successful. One night, while at a dance hall, he runs MPN 14 Nov 1914, p. 43. MPN 25 Dec 1915, p. 33, 94. into Jenny who is now employed as a dance hall hostess. Jenny decides to

fleece John and sets him up with Laura, one of her colleagues. Laura is innocent of the scheme, and she and John fall in love. Jenny becomes jealous and attempts to reclaim John by telling him that Laura is having an affair with Richard Crane. John believes her until he discovers that

BURGLAR BY PROXY . . . ae . F1.0536 Crane has just married Laura’s mother. He proposes to Laura, and she Jack Pickford Productions. Dist F irst National Exhibitors Circuit. 24 accepts on the condition that he relinquish his spendthrift ways. Ambition.

a re [©Jack Pickford Productions; 25 Jul 1919; LP13994]}. 5 reels, Dance hall girls. Dance halls. Fraud. Jealousy. Poverty. Spendthrifts.

Dir Jack Dillon. Story Jack Dillon. Cam Sol Polito. MPN 30. Oct 1920, 3285. MPW-27Nov 1920.6 $12. Cast: Jack Pickford (Jack Robin), Gloria Hope (Dorothy Mason), Jack

Dillon (“‘Spider” Kelly), Robert Walker (Harlan Graves), Mr. Guise BURIED ALIVE IN A COAL MINE F1.0539

(John Mason). . . ao. Dist \nternational Feature Film Co. Jan 1913? [©lnternational Feature Comedy. A sharp toothache causes Jack Robin to stop his automobile in Film Co.; 2 Jan 1913; LU248]. Length undetermined. front of the home of Dorothy Mason. Noticing a flat tire, Jack attaches his Drama. Fred Wilson, a refined, handsome young man, is forced through automatic pump and forgets about it as he listens enthralled to Dorothy’s circumstances to take a job in a coal mine near Scranton, Pennsylvania. singing. When the sound of the burst tire brings Dorothy running out, Jack There, he quickly achieves popularity and is noticed by the mine’s owner, feigns injury so he can be nursed by her. After he leaves the house, and =r Storm. Storm and his daughter Vivian, along with Wilson, do social Dorothy’s father discovers some important invention plans missing, Harlan work among the miners’ families, including starting a volunteer fire Graves, Dorothy’s suitor, suggests that Jack stole them. Jack, suspecting — gepartment. Vivian’s admiration for Wilson grows when he bravely saves Graves, breaks into Graves’ home to clear himself and meets a real burglar, a man from a burning house. Promoted to an office position at the mine, “Spider” Kelly, who adopts Jack as his mentor. They blow up a safe ata = Wilson wins confidence from the miners, averting a strike. After an

house party where Jack suspects the plans to be hidden. The papers are explosion at the mine, Wilson saves a trapped man. Storm proudly found, Graves is arrested and Spider, disappointed that Jack made such a announces the forthcoming marriage of Wilson and Vivian. Coal miners. mess in blowing the safe, goes off, leaving Dorothy and Jack happily alone. —§ Courage. Employer-employee relations. Rescues. Engagements.

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Burglars. False accusations. Rivals. Safecrackers. Parties. Plans — Explosions. Fire departments. Fires. Scranton (Pennsylvania). Strikes.

(documents). Songs. Toothaches. Note: The only information located concerning this film was a synopsis in the Note: The actor listed as Mr. Guise may have been Thomas S. Guise. Modern copyright descriptions. Because all of the films distributed by the International

sources credit M. Matzen with adaptation. Feature Film Co. for which information has been located were three reels in length, ETR 6 Sep 1919, p. 1177. Var 29 Aug 1919, p. 68. it is possible that this film also was a three-reeler. Isidore Bernstein, a company MPN 6 Sep 1919, p. 2053. Var 17 Oct 1919, p. 63. official, is listed in the copyright entry as “author.” This usage of author often did

MPW 6 Sep 1919, p. 1528. Wid's 31 Aug 1919, p. 15. not refer to the writing of the film’s story, but was only the listing of a company head.

BURLESQUE ON CARMEN AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG BURLESQUE ON CARMEN see CHARLIE CHAPLIN’S Drama. Having made eleven million dollars in Alaska during the gold

BURLESQUE ON “CARMEN” strike, Elam Harnish, known as “Burning Daylight,” leaves for San Francisco, unaware that Nell, a dance hall girl who loves him, has killed

BURNING DAYLIGHT F1.0540 herself because of his departure. In San Francisco, Harnish nearly loses his C. E. Shurtleff, Inc.; Metro Pictures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. fortune to scheming financiers but emerges from the experience a May? 1920 [©Metro Pictures Corp.; 20 May 1920; LP15143]. 6 reels. formidable competitor in the financial world. His life in the city, however, Dir Edward Sloman. Scen Albert Shelby Le Vino. Cam Jackson Rose. makes him cruel and dependent on pleasure. Gradually he realizes that he Source: Based on the novel Burning Daylight by Jack London (New is in love with his stenographer, Dede Mason, who resists his courtship.

York, 1910). Eventually Harnish, forced to choose between Dede and his fortune, Cast: Mitchell Lewis (Burning Daylight), Helen Ferguson (Dora), sacrifices his money and returns to Alaska with Dede. Financiers. Lure of William V. Mong (Necessity), Alfred Allen (Nathaniel Letton), Edward the city. Nouveaux riches. San Francisco. Secretaries. Alaska. Dance hall

Jobson (Dowsett), Robert Bolder (Guggenhammer), Gertrude Astor girls. Hedonism. Suicide. (Lucille), Arthur E. Carew (Arthur Howison), Louis Morrison (Dan Note: London’s novel was serialized in the New York Herald between 19 Jun 1910 McDonald), Newton Hall (Jack), Aaron Edwards (Crandall). and 28 Aug 1910. The film, which contains scenes shot in San Francisco and Truckee, . ; . . CA, was the second part of a two-part release (see listing above for Burning Daylight: Drama. When the miner known as Burning Daylight strikes gold, he The Adventures of “Burning Daylight” in Alaska). Items in the Jack London sparks a gold boom in his small Alaskan town. Nathaniel Letton, a collection suggest that the two parts may have been shown together occasionally as financier from New York, comes to the Yukon and attempts to trick a one Single reature, and that the second pan may eventually have been cut to four

Daylight out of his holdings, but Daylight is shrewd and forces Leton to ee Aco rom he Ost ar may ae apmeare nie erly sens of the eon

pay full value for the property. With the money, he travels to New York novel was filmed again in 1920 by Metro (see above); and in 1928 by First National with his old friend Necessity and his family, so that Necessity’s crippled with Milton Sills starring and Charles J. Brabin directing (see AFI Catalog of son can have an operation. Once in New York, Letton again attempts to Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.0691).

fleece Daylight by arranging to have Lucille, Letton’s niece, lure him into Hellnd 9 Feb 1915. NBN 26 Jan 1915. a stock deal. Daylight falls for the scheme, but when he discovers the plot, OW iD oe Ole 1462 oS 16 Sep i818 p% he forces Letton to return the money at gunpoint. He then returns to MPW 24 Ont 1914 if 558. su 10 New 1914, Alaska and discovers his love for Dora, Necessity’s daughter. Alaska.

Financiers. Fraud. New York City. Prospectors. Disabled persons.

Friendship. Gold rushes. Stocks. Yukon. BURNING EMBERS see HEARTS UP Note: Metro produced the film for C. E. Shurtleff, Inc., who controlled rights to

all unfilmed works of Jack London. Some snow scenes were shot at Truckee, CA. For THE BURNING QUESTION F1.0543 information on other film versions of London’s novel, see listings below for the two- Catholic Art Association, Inc. 1919? [©Catholic Art Association, Inc.;

part 1914 Bosworth, Inc. version. 7 Oct 1919: LP14270). 8 reels.

‘oR » Aw 1900 P3324, va W i wy 1990 f o Story O. E. Goebel and Condé B. Pallen. MPN 29 May 1920, p. 4542. Wid's 16 May 1920, p. 5. Cast: Inez Marcel.

MPN 19 Jun 1920, p. 4948. Drama/Social. Mary Herder is the private secretary of the junior

member of the New York contracting firm of Thompson and Collins.

BURNING DAYLIGHT: THE ADVENTURES OF When she learns of a plot by the firm’s foreman, a Bolshevist, to blow up “BURNING DAYLIGHT” IN ALASKA F1.0541 a ship that Collins, who once rescued a worker from the foreman’s violence Bosworth, Inc. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 14 Sep 1914 [©Bosworth, and who is active against Bolshevism, is visiting, she and her older brother

Inc.; 21 Aug 1914; LU3246]. 5 reels. Charles thwart the conspirators’ plans. During the war, Charles is rescued Dir Hobart Bosworth. Scen Hettie Gray Baker. Cam George W. Hill. by Collins, while the Knights of Columbus, under the Rev. Francis Kelly,

Source: Based on the novel Burning Daylight by Jack London (New help American boys. After the war, Charles, a victim of shell-shock,

York, 1910). recovers when he holds his baby. Mary’s younger brother Frank, a Secret

Cast: Hobart Bosworth (Elam Harnish, also known as ‘Burning Service man posing as a Bolshevist, learns of their plan to overthrow the Daylight”, Rhea Haines (Ne//), J. Charles Haydon (Elijah), Elmer government. After they suspect Frank and kidnap Mary and others, Frank

Clifton (Charley Bates), Jack Conway (Joe Hines). and Collins, with members of his regiment, rescue them in the nick of time. Northwest drama. Elam Harnish, known as “Burning Daylight,” is a Boishevists. Brother-sister relationship. Conspiracy. Construction leader among the men of Circle City, Alaska in the days before the gold foremen. Contractors. Sabotage. Secretaries. Fatherhood. Impersonation rush. Nell, a dance hall girl, loves Harnish, though he has never offered her | and imposture. Knights of Columbus. New York City. Rescues. Secret

anything but friendship. Harnish’s hunch that the big strike is coming soon — Service. War victims. World War |. | proves true, and he throws himself into the frenzy of activity that follows, Note: This film was listed in the Kansas Censorship records for Mar-Jun 1920. staking claims and eventually accumulating eleven million dollars. Harnish athoug® the only other Soned th the, information rocated concerning the vr shave leaves Alaska for San Francisco without knowing that Nell has killed survived, Of synopsis included in the copyright descriptions, prints of the film have

herself because of his departure. Alaska. Dance hall girls. Gold miners.

Gord Unrequited SanYork Francisco. BURNING F1.0544 ote: rushes. London’sSuicide. novel was serialized inlove. the New Herald between 19 JunTHE 1910 CANDLE +..

and 28 Aug 1910. The film was shot in Truckee, CA and was the first part of a two- Essanay Film Mfg. Co. Dist K-E-S-E Service. 5 Mar 1917 [©Essanay part release (see listing below for Burning Daylight: The Adventures of ‘Burning Film Mfg. Co.; 21 Feb 1917; LP10263]. 5 reels.

Daylight” in Civilization). Items in the Jack London collection suggest that the two Dir Harry Beaumont. Scen Harry Beaumont. Story Turner White. ) | Ethe 1918 MPSD, Elmo Lincoln was in one or both parts. A modern source states, C2" Will E. Smith, that Joe Ray played a bartender in the film. London’s novel was filmed again in 1920 Cast: Henry B ° Walthall (James M axwell) » Mary Charleson (Molly by Metro (see above) and in 1928 by First National, with Milton Sills starring and | Carrington), Julien Barton (Judge Carrington), Frankie Raymond Charles J. Brabin directing (see AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.0691). (Mrs. Carrington), Thurlow Brewer (Alfred Lewis), Patrick Calhoun

MPW 12 Sep 1914, p. 462. NYDM 18 Feb 1914, p. 32. (Merrit Cole).

MPW 19 Sep 1914, p. 1655. Drama/Social. Beneath the moonlight of the Southern skies, Molly Carrington pledges her hand to James Maxwell on the eve of his departure

BURNING DAYLIGHT: THE ADVENTURES OF to New York where his knowledge of cotton has won him a good position “BURNING DAYLIGHT” IN CIVILIZATION F 1.0542 in a cotton broker’s office. After their move to the city, James finds that Bosworth, Inc. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. Oct-Nov 1914 the transition from peaceful life in the country to the maelstrom of worldly

[©Bosworth, Inc.; 3 Oct 1914; LU3468]. 5 reels. battle is too great an adjustment, and so turns to drink. Alcohol destroys Dir Hobart Bosworth. Scen Hettie Gray Baker. Cam George W. Hill. James’s marriage and career, and after he loses his job, Molly leaves him Source: Based on the novel Burning Daylight by Jack London (New and returns home. When James learns that his wife plans to divorce him

York, 1910). and marry his former rival, Alfred Lewis, however, James’ smoldering love Cast: Hobart Bosworth (Elam Harnish, also known as ‘Burning for Molly reignites and he realizes the curse which drink has placed upon

Daylight’), Myrtle Stedman (Dede Mason). him. Throwing off his alcoholic yoke, James wins back his position and 112

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE BUTTERFLY finds Molly waiting for him the first day that he enters the office. Source: Based on the play Les Affaires sont les affaires by Octave Alcoholics. City-country contrast. Divorce. Marriage. Regeneration. Mirabeau (Paris, 20 Apr 1903). Separation. Brokers. Cotton. New York City. Rivalry. United States- Cast: Nat C. Goodwin (Isidore Lechat), Mr. Nelson (Xavier Lechat),

South. Maude George (Madame Lechat), Mlle. Marguerite (Germaine Note: The southern scenes in this film were shot on the Gulf Coast near New Lechat), Gretchen Lederer (Celeste St. Jean), Marc Robbins (Pierre

Orleans. Dauphin), Frank Newburg (Lucien Garraud), Wellington Playter ETR 10 Mar 1917, p. 974. MPW 24 Mar 1917, p. 1988. (Vicomte de la Fountenelle), Wyndham Standing (Marquis), Hobart Motog 1917, p. 533. 10p.Mar 1917, p.(Christ). 27. . MPN 17 10 MarMar 1917, p. 1714. Var 30NYDM Mar 1917, 30. Bosworth MPW 17 Mar 1917, p. 1755. Wid's 15 Mar 1917, pp. 172-73. Drama. Nouveau riche |sidore Lechat, who lives in a castle in the south

of France, believes that business is the most important thing, but remains

BURNT WINGS F1.0545 attached to his children. Lechat, who does not let his wife appear at Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co. 29 Mar 1920 banquets because of her slovenly appearance, begins an affair in Paris with

[©Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 26 Feb 1920; LP14802]. 5 reels. Celeste St. Jean, a friend of his dissolute son Xavier. Lechat offers to pay Dir William Christy Cabanne. Scen Hal Hoadley, William Christy Xavier's debts if he gets his friend’s father, the Minister of War, to lift

Cabanne and Percy Heath. Cam Alfred Gosden. restrictions on the operation of a mine in French Africa which Lechat Source: Based on the play The Primrose Path by Bayard Veiller (New optioned. At home, Lechat offers to pay an impoverished marquis if his son

York, 6 May 1907). marries Lechat’s daughter Germaine, but she reveals that she is going to Cast: Josephine Hill (Joan Templeton), Frank Mayo (Ned bear the gardener’s child. Lechat starts to strangle Germaine, but she

Templeton), Rudolph Christians (James Cartwright), Betty Blythe rebukes him, calling him a Judas. After his wife leaves when Celeste

(Helen), Beatrice Burnham (Hortense). arrives, Lechat learns that Xavier died in an auto accident. In a daze,

Drama. Struggling artist Ned Templeton and his wife Joan are leading Lechat concludes the mine deal. After Celeste is accidentally killed as she a poverty-striken life in Paris. Threatened by starvation and eviction, Joan _—‘'Ties to prevent Lechat’s suicide attempt, he envisions Judas betraying

is forced to become a prostitute. After some time, Ned becomes successful Infilelity, Ne vatex Supper, ane aes aelee noted f erations. and he and Joan move to New York. There he meets Helen, daughter of " ra aan ;

nated art patron james, rightand Sareewhen was thehe manlearns who ‘scariot. Matrlage-Arranged. Separation “bought” Joan invaria Paris, that his daughter’s Mines. happiness oe Visione. ; ; _ a Christ. Judas

a Note: The play opened in New York with the title Business is Business on 19S

depends upon Ned s divorce, he threatens to expose Joan. Ned overhears 1904. The film’s settings are based on James Joseph Jacques Tissot’s drawings. The his threat and realizes his love for Joan and the sacrifice that she has made —_— actor Mr. Nelson may be Jack Nelson, who played in other Universal films.

for him. Artists. Marriage. Prostitutes. Self-sacrifice. Americans in foreign Motog 25 Sep 1915, pp. 634-35, 659. MPW 18 Sep 1915, p. 2064, 2066.

countries. New York City. Paris. Poverty. MPN 11 Sep 1915, p. 73. Var 10 Sep 1915, p. 22. Note: The working title of this film was The Primrose Path. Sources conflict MPw 4 Sep 1915, pp. 1584-85.

below). THE BUSINESS OF LIFE F1.0548 MPN * i 000. P he ol W x oe i900 P 50 Vitagraph Co. of America; A Blue Ribbon Feature. Dist Greater

concerning the scenarist. Veiller’s play was filmed in 1915 as The Primrose Path (see

THE BUSHER F 1.0546 ;

MPN 28 Feb 1920, p. 2185. Wid’s 22 Feb 1920, p. 10. LPID8O. ane 1918 [©Vitagraph Co. of America; 5 Apr 1918; I . 85Apr reels. Dir Tom Terriss. Scen Katherine Reed. Cam Joe Schelderfer.

Thomas H. Ince Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Paramount (New Ye Bases 13) the novel The Business of Life by Robert W. Chambers

Pictures. 18 May 1919 [©Thos. H. Ince Corp.; 7 May 1919; LP13709]. 5 Cast: "Mice Joyce (Jacqueline Nevers), Betty Blythe (Elena

ree’ “ae ft. HI Dir J St Ss R. Cecil Smith Clydesdale), Walter McGrail (James Desboro), Percy Standing (Harry py ‘fomas hh nee. far serome storm. cen x. &eer omit. Clydesdale), Mrs. Nellie Spaulding (Aunt Hannah), Templer Saxe

Story Earle Snell. Cam Chester Lyons. . (Waudle), Herbert Pattee (Cairus).

Gian “Oim Blan), Jay, Mericy (Billy Palmer), Otto. Hotfman Drama. Jacqueline Nevers, in carrying on the antique business of her

(Deacon Nasby) Jack Nelson. Louis Durham , deceased father, is asked to catalog James Desboro’s collection. The two Comedy-d , Ben H di k it her for the B ‘I fall in love, which arouses the jealousy of Elena Clydesdale, a married

omedy-Crama, pen farang, a craek pitcher tor ime Prownsvi"e woman who is also in love with James. Jacqueline and James marry, but baseball team, challenges the ° hampion Minne apolis Pink Sox lo a game Elena imperils their happiness by announcing that she and James are when their train stalls m his town and WINS their respect when he having an affair. When Elena becomes ill, she becomes reconciled with her continually strikes out their sluggers. Ben joins the team, promising his husband and confesses her lies to Jacqueline, enabling the newlyweds to sweetheart Mazie Palmer that he will return with a fortune, but his early live in peace. Antique collectors. Antique dealers. Duplicity. Jealousy

success changes him into a conceited snob. He snubs the home-town folk, Marriage. Confession. Infidelity. including Mazie, when they come to see him play. His pitching suffers and ETR , 16 Mar 1918, p. 1227. NYDM 6 Apr 1918, p. 26 soon he is sent ‘‘back to the bushes,” disgraced and penniless, having spent ETR 13 Apr 1918, p. 1537. NYDM 13 Apr 1918, p. 528. everything on a city woman. Back in Brownsville, Ben vows never to play MPN 27 Apr 1918, p. 2565. Var 5 Apr 1918, p. 45. ball again, but discovering that Mazie’s brother has bet their house on the pW x Apr tore P. we 39 Wid's 25 Apr 1918, pp. 1106-07.

championship game, now certain to be lost, Ben dons his uniform, wins the Pres PPE game, the respect of the town, the love of Mazie and a new contract from

a Pink Sox representative who had been waiting for Ben to lose his conceit. THE BUTTERFLY F1.0549 Baseball players. City-country contrast. Personality changes. Shubert Film Corp. Dist World Film Corp. 10 May 1915 [OWorld Film

Rejuvenation. Small town life. Snobbery. Contests. Trains. corp. 6 Ns San ell ware Apr 1919, p. 2180. ‘as 30 Mar 1919, p. 19. and goes to the McClintock home for rest, McClintock learns Barbara’s

secret. The daughter, still kept undercover, becomes dangerously ill, but CAMEO KIRBY F1.0578

‘Clayton’s medical skill saves her life. Clayton leaves for another arctic trip, Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 24 Dec

and the daughter becomes a part of the united family. Explorers. 1914 [OJesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co.; 16 Dec 1914; LU3965]. 5 reels.

Illegitimacy. Infants. Nurses. Physicians. Rape. Arctic regions. Islands. Pres Jesse L. Lasky.

Rescues. Source: Based on the play Cameo Kirby by Booth Tarkington and Harry Note: The title on the copyright scenario for this film is “Quicksands.” Leon Wilson (New York, 20 Dec 1909).

ETR I] Jan 1919, p. 511, 524. MPW 8 Feb 1919, p. 806. Cast: Dustin Farnum (Cameo Kirby), Fred Montague (Colonel MPN 18 Jan 1919, p. 457. Var 7 Feb 1919, p. 61. Moreau), James Neill (John Randall), Jode Mullally (Tom Randall), MPW 18 Jan 1919, p. 387. Wid's 12 Jan 1919, p. 17. Winifred Kingston (Adele Randall), Dick La Reno (Larkin Bunce), Ernest Joy (Aaron Randall).

THE CALL TO ARMS see HER COUNTRY’S CALL Drama /Historical. In antebellum New Orleans, Gene Kirby, called Cameo because of his fondness for the stone, must sell his plantation and

CALLED BACK F 1.0576 slaves after his father dies heavily in debt. After the auction, Cameo and Universal Film Mfg. Co.; Gold Seal. Dist Universal Film Mfg.Co.1 Dec family rene re Randall tae 2 mb Poa cruise during which mee 1914 [©Universal Film Mfg. Co.; 20 Nov 1914; LP3817]. 4 reels. encounter Col. Moreau, a crooked gambler. Having gambling skills o his

AE own, Cameo is able to beat Moreau but at the same time wins everything

Dir Otis Turner. Scen James Dayton. that Randall Randall. not knowing that Kirby i ds to give hi

Source: Based on the novel Called Back by Hugh Conway (pseudonym f a de | a back ana ” nor ie Wh a th ed gt * ° oh is

of Frederick John Fargus) (London and New York, 1884). Flene’'s losses back, Commins Ssulcice. en tile Doay Is taken ashore,

Cast: . ; , Cameo meets Adele, Randall’s daughter, and fallsLittle in love with her,bbut her ast: Herbert Rawlinson (Pauline .a duel, ate (Gilbert rother Tom Vaughan), wants revenge. Anna When Moreau and Cameo fight March), Alan Forest (Anthony March), William Worthington (Dr. M Loe : ; teCeneri), : , oreau isWilliam killed, after Tom removesMacari). the gun from hisae hand, Manuel J.which Quinn (Signor Lae . i thus

D Dr. M IC , ‘hilist living in Lond teals hi h implicating Cameo in a murder. Cameo becomes a fugitive, but he

A thoy M r he ‘eh ance Wh " thon Ny oncon, steals is "Si ew convinces Adele of his innocence. In the end, the gun is found on Tom, Mi ony Fell cs inenrance. en h the ‘ill hin Thev com ooh Cameo is cleared of the murder charge, and the Randall family realizes

der | ellow Shed Gilk seers: . at they ‘ ae ey Oe ho © that he is a true Southern gentleman, worthy of marrying Adele. Debt.

Anthon just as Pat , . ert na los ma enly enters . © Ib Ouse. —_ Frame-ups. Friendship. Gamblers. Revenge. Riverboats. Southerners.

Anthony’s sister Pauline faints and loses her memory, and Gilbert is suicide. Brother-sister relationship. Cameos. Duels. Firearms. Fugitives. returned home unconscious. Two years later, Gilbert s sight is restored and New Orleans. Plantations. Slaves. he travels to Venice where he falls in love with Pauline. He later sees her Note: Copyright records list Cecil B. DeMille as “author”, but his direct

again in London, and they marry with Ceneri’s permission. Macari is sent _ participation in the film is unlikely. Modern sources credit Oscar C. Apfel with to Siberia after he is involved in a bomb plot in Russia, and Ceneri, hoping direction and William C. de Mille and Clara Beranger as scenarists. In addition to to blackmail Gilbert, lies to him, saying that he is Pauline’s brother and this version, Cameo Kirby has been made twice: in 1923 by Fox, directed by John Ford that he killed her lover. This shock causes Pauline to go intoa trance during and starring J. Harold Murray. (See AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30. which she enters the site of the murder. There she regains her memory, and F2.0750 and F2.0751.)

. , . , . . . and starring John Gilbert; and in 1930, also by Fox, directed by Irving Cummings

Gilbert recognizes the darkly lit house. He chases Ceneri away, then goes Motog 16 Jan 1915, p. 86, 112. NYDM 6 Jan 1915, p. 26.

to Siberia to extract a dying confession from Macari. Meanwhile, Ceneri MPN 9 Jan 1915, p. 47. Var 1 Jan 1915, p. 29. threatens to kill Pauline, but Gilbert returns just in time with the police, MPW 9 Jan 1915, p. 200, 276. who shoot Ceneri. Amnesia. Confession (law). Inheritance. London.

Murder. Nihilists. Uncles. Blackmail. Blindness. Brother-sister CAMILLE | . . F1.0579 relationship. Impersonation and imposture. Italians. Miraculous cures. Shubert Film Corp. Dist World Film Corp. 27 Dec 1915 [©World Film

Physicians. Siberia. Theft. Trances. Venice (Italy). Corp.; 14 Feb 1917; LUIO180}. 5 reels. .

Note: A British film produced by the London Film Co. of the same title and based Dir Albert Capellani. Scen Frances Marion. Cam Lucien Andriot. on the same novel was released in the United States in Nov 1914. Contemporary Source: Based on the novel La Dame aux camélias by Alexandre Dumas,

sources differ on some plot points. fils (France, 1848).

Motog 5 Dec 1914, p. 792. NYDM 2 Dec 1914, p. 35. Cast: Clara Kimball Young (Camille), Paul Capellani (Armand PW 98 Ne ile aI 1078 Var 23 Jan 1915, p. 26. Duval), Lillian Cook (Cecile, his sister), Robert Cummings (Monsieur

ee Duval), Dan Baker (Joseph, the servant), Stanhope Wheatcroft (Robert Bousac), Frederick C. Truesdell (Count de Varville), William

THE CAMBRIC MASK ; F1.0577 Jefferson (Gaston), Edward M. Kimball (The doctor), Louie Ducey Vitagraph Co. of America. Dist Vitagraph Co. of America. 7 Apr (Madame Prudence), Beryl Morhange (Nanine). 1919 [©Vitagraph Co. of America.; 12 Mar 1919; LP13489]. 5 reels. Drama. Count de Varville supports the courtesan Camille, but she loves Dir Tom Terriss. Scen Eugene Mullin and Tom Terriss. Cam Joe Armand Duval, a young lawyer with whom she goes to the country to live.

Schellinger. _ Their happiness there is brief, as Armand’s father visits Camille in secret Source: Based on the novel The Cambric Mask by Robert William and demands that she leave his son or be responsible for his ruined future.

Chambers (New York, 1899). Camille agrees and returns to Varville, forcing Armand to believe that she

Cast: Alice Joyce (Rose Ember), Herbert Pattee (Robert Ember), _ does indeed love the count. Finally, he learns of his father’s intrusion into Maurice Costello ven pari) App ceate renry Murden), Bernard and rushes to see Camille, whose health has deteriorated since iegel (David Creed), JulesROY Cowles (Daniel Guernsey), Martin Faustthe heraffair departure from Armand. The couple embraces, and just after Camille

(Reggie Lanark). rorence Deshon Lanark). Armand their love for each other, she dies in his arms. Drama. John Sark owns valuable land(Mrs. coveted by Henryand Murden, who —pledge Courtesans. Lawyers. Love. Reputation. Self-sacrifice. Father-son has stolen important information indicating that a railroad company wants relationship. Invalids. Nobility. to buy the land. Murden is the leader of a clan called The White Riders. Note: The working title of the film was A Modern Camille. According to a modern Entomologist Sark discovers that one of the Rider’s masks is made of a source, Ben Carré was an art director on this film. Dumas’ novel was also filmed by handkerchief belonging to his assistant Rose Ember, with whom he iS in Fox in 1917 as Camille (see below). At least three American films from the twenties ; a were based in whole or in part on the novel: the 1921 Metro release Camille, starring love. The mask actually belonged to Rose's father, who was forced to join Nazimova and Rudolph Valentino and directed by Ray C. Smallwood; the 1924 the gang by Murden. When the Riders fail to convince Sark to sell them Warner Bros. film The Lover of Camille, starring Monte Blue and Marie Prevost and the land, they capture him and take him to a swamp to bury him in directed by Harry Beaumont; and the 1927 First National release Camille, starring quicksand. Rose, disguised as a Rider, rides close to Sark’s horse and cuts Norma Talmadge and Gilbert Roland and directed by Fred Niblo. (See AF/ Catalog

. . . . . screen adaptions of the novel is the etro film Camille, starring Greta Gar

his bonds. Sark kills Murden, and when he learns that Rose was his savior, of Fi sod Films, re -30; aoe . 630 he ane fort Among the many other he is happily reunited with the woman he loves. Handkerchiets. Land and Robert Taylor and directed by George Cukor. Verdi’s opera La Traviata inspired i ights. Masks. Secret societies. Disguise. Entomologists. Live burial. by Dumas’ novel, has also been the basis for several films, including the 1982 Italian

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CAMILLE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Mone wn iors P. 4 pw we ole p. ign 956 Cast: Francis Ford (Nana Sahib), Grace Cunard (Mary McLean), Mr.

MPN 4 Dec 1915, p72. NYDM 24 Feb1917.p.27. Denecke (Colin Campbell), Duke Worne (Azimooah), Harry Schumm MPN 15 Jan 1916, p. 252. Var 7 Jan 1916, p. 23. (Mary’s sweetheart), Lew Short (Mary’s father).

MPW 18 Dec 1915, p. 2262. War drama /Historical. In 1857, Mary McLean leaves her sweetheart in

the Scottish Highlands to teach school in India, where her father is a

CAMILLE F1.0580 missionary. In India, the new Sepoy leader, Nana Sahib, sends his agent Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 30 Sep 1917 [OWilliam Fox; 10 Oct Azimooah to appeal to Queen Victoria to restore the pension given during

1917; LP11487]. 5 reels. his father’s reign, but the Queen refuses because Nana Sahib is an adopted Dir J, Gordon Edwards. Scen Adrian Johnson. Cam Rial Schellinger. son. The infuriated Sepoys attack an English town and capture Mary and Source: Based on the novel La Dame aux camélias by Alexandre Dumas, her father. After Nana Sahib adds Mary to his harem, she pretends to like

fils (Paris, 1848) and his play of the same name (Paris, 2 Feb 1852). him to learn information about his plans, which she passes on to British Cast: Theda Bara (Camille), Albert Roscoe (Armand Duval), Walter officers when she escapes. Survivors of the slaughter flee to Lucknow, Law (Count De Varville), Alice Gale (Madame Prudence), Claire where Mary is recaptured during an eighty-seven day siege. After Colin

Whitney (Celeste), Glen White (Gaston Rieux). Campbell arrives with his Scottish brigade, a member of which is Mary’s Drama/Historical. Camille, a model in a Paris modiste shop, is adopted sweetheart, and defeats the Sepoys, Nana Sahib escapes and tries to kill by a member of nobility because she resembles his daughter. Although not Mary, but her sweetheart rescues her. Nana Sahib is then left without food

accepted by the Parisian court, Camille meets and becomes the mistress or water in the jungle, as Mary, her sweetheart, and her father return to of Count De Varville who surrounds her with luxury. Camille’s life is Scotland. Colin Campbell. India—History-Sepoy Rebellion, 1857-1858. devoid of love, however, until she meets Armand Duvall, a member of the Lucknow (india). Massacres. Nana Sahib. Scots. Uprisings. Attempted Parisian nobility, who awakens the tenderness in her soul. Recognizing the murder. Escapes. Espionage. Great Britain. Army. Harems. Imperialism. immorality of the life she is leading, Camille consents to leave the city with Jungles. Rescues. Schoolteachers. Starvation. Victoria, Queen of Armand. When Armand’s father learns of his son’s misalliance, however, England, 1819-1901. he pleads with Camille to give him up, claiming that his son’s conduct is Note: When this film was first reviewed in May 1915, it was called a Gold Seal destroying his sister Celeste’s chance for happiness. Camille, moved by Brand release of the Universal Film Mfg. Co. The film was subsequently released as Duvall’s pleas, returns to De Varville. She is followed by Armand who a Broadway Universal Feature. Colin Campbell was an actual historical figure who

. . . . . ed the forces which defeated the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857-58, in Lucknow, India.

publicly denounces her. Later, as Camille is dying of consumption, Motog 23 Oct 1915, p. 857, 882, MPW 23 Oct 1915, p. 621, 671 Armand’s father, conscience stricken, goes to his son and confesses that he MPN 29 May 1915, p. 68. NYDM 19 May 1915, p. 28. was responsible for Camille’s actions. Armand then hurries to Camille’s MPW 29 May 1915, p. 1439. Var 1 Oct 1915, p. 19. apartment, where she dies in his arms. Adoption. Mistresses. Nobility. MPW 25 Sep 1915 p. 2100. Reputation. Self-sacrifice. Tuberculosis. Confession. Models. Modistes.

Paris. Scandal. CANAVAN, THE MAN WHO HAD HIS WAY see THE DANGER Note: Three productions of Camille were filmed between 1915 and 1917; one by SIGNAL

Fox, one by World and one by General Film. Other film versions are listed in the notes to the 1915 World version above.

ETR 13 Oct 1917, p. 1507. Var 12 Oct 1917, p. 42. THE CANDIDATES ; F1.0583 MPW 20 Oct 1917, p. 399. Wharton, Inc.? 1918-1919? [©Wharton, Inc.; 26 Oct 1918; LU12995]. Length undetermined.

CAMILLE OF THE YUKON see THE SILENT LIE Dir Robin H. Townley. Story Robin H. Townley.

Drama. [No information on the plot of this film has been located.] Political candidates.

A CAMOUFLAGE KISS . . F1.0581 Note: Although this film was made, no information, including a copyright Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 7 Apr 1918 [OWilliam Fox; 31 Mar description, has been found concerning its length or possible release. 1918; LP12249]. 5 reels.

Dir Harry Millarde. Scen Ralph H. Spence and Stephen Fox. Story THE CANDY GIRL F1.0584 Stephen Fox and Ralph H. Spence. Cam H. sieeve Thanhouser Film Corp. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc.; Gold Rooster Plays. Source: Basel on a a story by Julius Grinnell Furthmann 20 May 1917. 5 reels. Cast: June Caprice (Martha Thorne), Bernard Thornton (Rudolph oe Ge: ys HeHulette ore. Story Philip Lonergan. Cam George Webber. (Nell), Helen Badgley (Nell’s little sister),

(publication undetermined). ts

May (/rene Chandler).

King), Pell Trenton (Pell Kingston), George Bunny (John Chandler), Lola William Park, Jr. (Jack Monroe), J. H. Gilmour (Jack's father), Thomas

Comedy-d Rudolph Kine b dto Martha Th th A. Curran (George Wingate).

_ omedy “drama. Kugopn Ning Decomes engaged to Marina | nome, tne Drama. Nell leaves the farm to start a candy store in New York, but has nlece of John Chand ler, when he and Chandler form a pork-and-bean a troubled start until she meets Jack Monroe, a young spend thrift who producing partnership. The two hold a house party for Pell Kingston, who helps her attract business. They fall in love, marry, and move in with Jack’s buys pork and beans for the United States Army, to negotiate a contract. father. Nell soon discovers that Jack is a drug addict. In sympathy, Jack’s To convince Martha of the merits of kissing, the shy Rudolph asks Pell to father offers to annul the marriage, but Nell refuses, wishing instead to kiss her in the dark, and when she responds favorably, Rudolph claims the commit herself to the indefinite struggle of pursuing the road to Jack’s credit. Martha discovers that Pell, to whom she is attracted, actually kissed; ehabilitation. Drug abuse. Marriage. Rehabilitation. Self-sacrifice.

her, but things become confused when Mrs. Irene Chandler also Women in business. Father-son relationship. Fathers-in-law. New York demonstrates an interest in Pell. After several amatory mix-ups, everything City.

is cleared up, and Pell and Martha leave the party together. Kisses. Parties. ETR 12 May 1917, p. 1606, MPW 26 May 1917, p. 1337.

Partnerships. Shyness. Uncles. United States. Army. Motog 2 Jun 1917, p. 1172. NYDM _12 May 1917, p. 28. Note: Copyright records note that the picture was based on a story by Julius MPN 19 May 1917, p. 3160. Var 8 Jun 1917, p. 24.

Grinnell Furthmann but no information has been located to determine whether the MPW 19 May 1917, p. 1137. story ever was published. Stephen Fox was Furthmann’s pseudonym.

ETR 13 Apr 1918, p. 1536. Var 12 Apr 1918, p. 44. CANNIBAL ISLANDS OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC see AMONG THE

PN 13 Apr 1918, p. 2256. Wid's 25 Apr 1918, p. 1097. MPW 13 Abr 1918.5, 282. 286. prog CANNIBAL ISLES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC

THE CAMPBELLS ARE COMING F1.0582 CANNIBALS OF THE SOUTH SEAS see AMONG THE CANNIBAL Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co.; A Broadway ISLES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC

1915; LP6569]. 4 reels. THE CAPITOL F 1.0585

Universal Feature. 18 Oct 1915 [©OUniversal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 6 Oct

Prod Francis Ford. Dir Francis Ford. Scen Grace Cunard. Adapted Artco Productions, Inc. Dist W. W. Hodkinson Corp. through Pathé

by Grace Cunard. Exchange, Inc. Dec 1919. 6 reels, 5,350 ft.

undetermined). Cam Jack Brown.

Source: Based on a short story by Emerson Hough (publication Dir George Irving. Exec dir Arthur F. Beck. Scen Augustus Thomas.

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 CAPTAIN ALVAREZ Source: Based on the play The Capitol by Augustus Thomas (New York, CAPRICE OF THE MOUNTAINS F 1.0588

9 Sep 1895). Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 17 Jul 1916 {OWilliam Fox; 9 Jul Cast: Leah Baird (Margaret Kennard/Agnes Blake), Robert T. Haines 1916; LP8663]. 5 reels.

(Eustace Kennard), Alexander Gaden (James Carroll), William B. Dir John G. Adolfi. Asst dir John Kellette. Scen Clarence J. Harris. Davidson (Congressman Blake), Downing Clark (Henry Garretson), Ben Cam Hugh C. McClung.

Hendricks (James Lamar), Donald Hugh McBride (Jimmy Vincent), Cast: June Caprice (Caprice Talbert), Harry S. Hilliard (Jack Mildred Rhoads (Baby Kennard), Ben Hendricks, Jr., Brian Darley. Edmunds), Joel Day (Dave Talbert), Lisle Leigh (Maria Baker), Richard Drama. Margaret Kennard takes her baby daughter Agnes and leaves Hale (Tim Baker), Albert Gran (James Edmunds), Tom Burrough her husband Eustace for James Carroll. Upon discovering that Carroll is (Tom Edmunds), Robert D. Walker (Dick Deane), Sara Alexander a thief, she leaves him, joins the Salvation Army and places Agnes in a (Caprice’s aunt), Harriet Thompson (Fairy queen). convent. Twenty years pass. Agnes marries young Congressman Blake, and Drama. Caprice Talbert, a mountaineer’s daughter, spends some time in

Eustace has become a priest. Carroll is now a lobbyist trying to prevent the apartment of young playboy Jack Edmunds, who is “roughing it” in Blake from passing an anti-profiteering bill. Attempting to help her her home town. When Caprice’s overly suspicious father finds out, he husband by proving that Carroll is a scoundrel, Agnes goes to Carroll’s forces Jack to marry her, after which the newlyweds leave for Jack’s home house. Eustace hears of her intentions and follows. Blake and Margaret in the city. Jack remains upset with the shotgun marriage, and Caprice also arrive, and Agnes is informed of her mother’s true identity. Margaret finds the big-city lifestyle unendurable, so she leaves her husband and then recognizes Eustace and the family is reconciled. Desertion. Reunions. returns to the mountains. During her absence, Jack realizes that he does United States. Congress. Washington (D.C.). Convents. Lobbyists. Moral indeed love her, and so he, too, goes to the mountains, where he finds reformation. Mother-daughter relationship. Priests. Salvation Army. Caprice, tells her how he feels and promises that they will never leave the

Thieves. mountains again. City-country contrast. Country girls. Mountain life.

Note: Some scenes in this film were shot in Washington, D.C. at the House of Playboys. Transformation. Desertion. Father-daughter relationship. Representatives. ithe ~apitor, the te Faouse, the Potomac River, a Stretts oh Marriage-Forced. Mountaineers. in New York, and at the Artco studios in Clif fside, NJ. Actress Leah Baird was the vores Cap me es Vien ae marked June Caprice a out 7

city, and a € nome or a senator. udio scenes were Snot a € plogra studios . ° . a)

secretary and treasurer of Artco Productions, Inc. MPN 39 Jul 1916, D. 455. Wid's (3 Jul 1916, is 707, ETR 27 Dec 1919, p. 433. NYMT 21 Dec 1919. MPW 29 Jul 1916, p. 802. MPN 3 Jan 1920, p. 482. Var 31 Jan 1920, p. 54. MPW 3 Jan 1920, p. 149. Wid's 21 Dec 1919, p. 25.

THE CAPRICES OF KITTY F 1.0589 Eastern Film Corp. 1915? 5 reels. Inc.; 25 Jan 1915, LU4273]. 5 reels. . .

CAP’N ERI F1.0586 Bosworth, Inc, Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 8 Mar 1915 [©Bosworth,

Dir George Lessey. Dir Phillips Smalley. Asst dir Nate C. Watt. Scen Elsie Janis.

Source: Based on the novel Cap’n Eri, a Story of the Coast by Joseph Cast: Elsie Janis (Katherine “Kitty” Bradley), Courtenay Foote

C. Lincoln (New York, 1904). (Gerald Cameron), Herbert Standing (Kitty’s guardian), Vera Lewis

Bostwick. (Elanie Vernon).

Cast: George Bunny (Cap’n Eri), William Mandeville, Herbert (Miss Smyth), Martha Mattox (Miss Rawlins), Myrtle Stedman

Drama? [No information has been located concerning the film’s story, Comedy. Orphaned heiress Katherine “Kitty” Bradley is sent by her other than that it was a sea story.] Sea captains. Billiards and billiard doting guardian to Miss Smyth s boarding school. With shocking behavior

parlors. Fires. Saloons. and mischievous pranks, Kit enlivens the school routine. While speeding

Note: According to Motog, this film was completed in the fall of 1915. No long in her racing car, a punctured tire forces her off the road. Young information has been located concerning its release. Eastern Film Corp. was located artist Gerald Cameron stops to help, and the two immediately fall in love. in Providence, RI. A scene depicting the burning of a saloon and pool room was shot Upon asking Kit’s guardian for permission to marry, they are told that a at Conimicut, RI with four cameras and, according to a news item, 1200 extras from —cJause in Kit’s father’s will forbids her from seeing her fiancé for six months

Providence. One source referred to the film’s title as Capt. Eric. before the wedding. Jealous of Gerald’s model, Elanie Vernon, Kit visits

Motog 6 Nov 1915, p. 978. MPW 25 Sep 1915, p. 2203. the studio disguised as a maid and an Italian model. Later, masquerading as a “swell,” she wins Elanie’s affection. One day Kit’s guardian calls on

CAPRICE F1.0587 = Cameron and catches them in an embrace. In spite of the will, the lovers Famous Players Film Co. Dist State Rights. Nov 1913. 4 reels. decide to marry. After the wedding, Kit learns that the clause was intended

Cam H. Lyman Broening. to test the strength of her love, and she receives her inheritance. Heiresses.

Source: Based on the play Caprice by Howard P. Taylor (New York, 18 = jmpersonation and imposture. Jealousy. Wills. Artists. Automobile

Aug 1884). accidents. Boarding schools. Male impersonation. Models. Orphans. Cast: Mary Pickford (Mercy Baxter), Owen Moore (Jack Practical jokes. Wards and guardians.

Henderson), Ernest Truex (Wally Henderson), Ogden Crane (Jim Note: This was Elsie Janis’ first film. Motog credits her with directing some scenes.

Baxter), James Gordon (Mr. Henderson), Boots Wall (Edith Modern sources credit George W. Hill as the cameraman.

Henderson). Motog 6 Mar 1915, p. 353. MPW 13 Mar 1915, p. 1680.

Comedy-drama. The wealthy but weary Jack Henderson journeys to the Wits 5 wer le P. a MDM ne fe ole P. iB Adirondacks on a hunting trip, where he accidentally shoots Mercy Baxter, MPW 27 Feb 1915. 1299. r Peo. a mountain girl, in the arm. Jack falls in love with the untutored Mercy,

and despite his father’s objections, he finally marries her. Mercy’s CAPTAIN ALVAREZ F1.0590

strenuous efforts an educated and refined young wife failGeneral Vitaor: , ae ; itagraph Co. to of become America; A Broadway Star Feature. Dist Film miserably. After she embarrasses Jack before an old college chum, Jack Co.: Special Feat Dept. b t with Broad Star Feat

admits to his father that he has made a mistake, and1914 Mercy[OVitagraph returns to her Co.Co. Pecan epl OY winLP2864). Broa way ar6reatures . o. Jun ofreatures America; 12arrangemen Jun 1914; reels. old mountain home. Under the name of Miss Wheeler, Mercy attends a Dir Rollin S. Sturgeon. Picturized by Marguerite Bertsch. Story H. S

boarding school, where she becomes the close friend of Jack’s sister Edith. v : eon y 8 : yee Invited by Edith to visit her family, M , th il with h Sheldon. Cam Walter Stradling.

nvited by Bain 10 visit ner tamuly, Mercy impresses them au wi of Source: Based on the play Captain Alvarez by Paul Gilmore (production newly acquired grace and charm. Unsure of her identity, Jack once again undetermined). falls in love with Mercy , and when he finally realizes that “Miss Wheeler Cast: Edith Storey (Bonita, Don Arana’s niece), William D. Taylor is his own wife, his happiness is complete. City-country contrast. Cultural (Robert W. Wainwright, alias Captain Alvarez), George S. Stanley conflict. Mountain life. New York-Adirondack Mountains. Transformation. (Rosas, President of Argentina), George Holt (Tirzo, alias Del Carpio, his

Marriage schools. Gun accidents. Impersonation and imposture. spy), Otto Lederer (Don Arana, his foreign minister), Myrtle Gonzalez Note: Modern sources credit J. Searle Dawley as the director and includes Louise vai Bonita’s companion), George Kunkel (Gonzalo, Chief of

HuffNov and 1918. Whitney Raymond in thevisiting cast. The film was re-released by Paramount on " ep secs ...;.. 24 Drama. While Argentina to direct his uncle’s business operations, MPN 22 Nov 1913, pp. 34-35. MPW 14 Dec 1918, p. 1254. American Robert Wainwright falls in love with Bonita, the niece of Don MPW 15 Nov 1913, p. 718, 786. NYDM 19 Nov 1913, p. 32. Arana. Although Don Arana is the foreign minister to tyrannical President

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THE CAPTAIN BESLEY EXPEDITION AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Rosas, Bonita is a revolutionary and converts Wainwright to her cause. Cast: Capt. Frank E. Kleinschmidt (Himself). Under the name of Captain Alvarez, Wainwright fights against the Documentary. This documentary traces the experiences of Capt. Frank despotic Rosas, acting as liaison between the revolutionary General E. Kleinschmidt during an expedition to the Arctic. Arctic regions. Urguiza and Don Arana, a secret sympathizer. Through the treachery of | Expeditions. Frank E. Kleinschmidt. Tirzo, Rosas’ spy, Wainwright is captured, but Tirzo offers to release him Note: One source lists the film’s length as seven reels.

in exchange for the hand of Bonita. As she is about to consent, however, MPW 21 Feb 1914, p. 956, 996. Wainwright escapes on a fast horse which she had given him. After many

adventures, revolutionaries vanquish Rosas and establish a model

government, and Wainwright and Bonita are reunited. Americans in CAPTAIN JINKS OF THE HORSE MARINES F1.0594 foreign countries. Argentina. Extortion. Revolutionaries. Spies. Essanay Film Mfg. Co. Dist V-L-S-E, Inc. 17 Jan 1916 [©Essanay Film

Businessmen. Despots. Escapes. Horses. Uncles. Mfg. Co.; 19 Jan 1916; LP7460]. 5 reels. hy ne a Aer ey P. ser N ay y vey le P. a Dir Fred E. Wright. Cam Jackson J. Rose. Arranged by Fred E. Wright. MPW 9 May 1914, P 799, NYDM _ 28 Oct 1916, . 42. Source: Based on the play Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines by Clyde

MPW 27 Jun 1914, p. 188. Fitch (New York, 4 Feb 1916).

Cast: Ann Murdock (Aurelia, Madame Trentoni), Richard C. Travers

THE CAPTAIN BESLEY EXPEDITION F1.0591 (Robert Carrolton Jinks), John Junior (Gussie von Volkenburg), Edmund Captain Besley Motion Picture Co. 1914? [©Captain Besley Motion F. Cobb (Charlie La Martine), Camille D’Arcy (Mrs. Greenborough),

Picture 3 Co.: 1914: MU162 Laura Frankenfield Ernest Maupain (Prof. Belliarti), Bruce y ;6 ].May Length undetermined. K P he (Mrs. bellbJinks), Charles Stine (Band lead Prod Captain J. Campbell Besley. Dir Franklin B. Coates. Cam J. K. ent (Pete, the be oy), aries tine ( and tea er). .

Holbrook Comedy-drama. During the early 1870's, Robert Jinks bets some friends This documentary was filmed in South America and that he can make love to opera star Madame u rentoni. Robert manages , Documentary. ,; to arrange meeting, and Peru whenashe andasTrentoni see each other includes scenesaof the; .;Incas well a journey the progresses sourcefor ; rapidly. ,; the ; ; , first ,; time,of they instantly fall in love, and theirfrom courtship Now

of highlighted. the Amazon to the mouth of the river. The jungles of Peru and Brazil Lone Amazon River. South America. Brazil. Inca Indians embarrassed by the wager, Robert tries to call it off, but his friends will

sun lee Pe ec not listen. Two of them, in fact, jealous of Robert’s affair with Trentoni,

_ , love, of his to win the bet. The. old for; . In thebut Arather Jungl h determination the C Besley Exped , .man . . .tells . his

“Note: For additional information on Captain Besley’s expedition, see entry below go to her father and convince him that Robert's ardor is not the result of

Or Bi He AMAZON AUNGIES WHEN ENE SPIN OSE EXPEAMNON daughter, who immediately breaks off her relationship with Robert. Finally, Robert gets in to see her and explains everything, and he and

CAPTAIN COURTESY , ; . F1.0592 Trentoni begin making plans for their life together. Fidelity. Singers. Bosworth, Inc., in association with the Oliver Morosco Photoplay Co. Wagers. Duplicity. Father-daughter relationship. Jealousy. Opera.

Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 19 Apr 1915 [©Bosworth, Inc.; 31 Mar Motog 5 Feb 1916, p. 317. NYDM 29 Jan 1916, p. 50.

1915; LU4878]. 5 reels. MPW 22 Jan 1916, p. 519, 671. Dir Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley. Asst dir Nate C. Watt. Cam Dal

Clawson.

Source: Based on the novel Captain Courtesy by Edward Childs CAPTAIN KIDD, JR F1.0595 Carpenter (Philadelphia, 1906). Pickford Film: Cor Dist Famous Courtenay Players-Lasky Arteraft Cast: Dustin Farnum (Leonardo Davis, Courtesy), , peCorp.; . yLP13046]. y P.. . . , Pictures. 6 Apr 1919 Captain [©Pickford Film Corp.; 2 Nov 1918; 5

Foote (George Granville), Winifred Kingston (Eleanor), Herbert Standing reels ° ,

(Father Reinaldo), Jack Hoxie (Martinez), Carl Von Schiller (Jocoso), Dir William D. Taylor. Asst dir Frank Richardson. Scen Frances

Winona Brown (Indian girl servant). Marion. Cam Charles G. Rosher.

Drama/Historical. In 1840, while California is ruled by Mexico, Source: Based on the play Captain Kidd Junior by Rida Johnson Young American settlers are in constant danger from Mexican marauders. After (New York, 13 Nov 1916). a band of Mexican soldiers led by American renegade George Granville Cast: Mary Pickford (Mary MacTavish), Douglas MacLean (Jim kill the parents of Leonardo Davis, he vows vengeance and begins a career Gleason, an author), Spottiswoode Aitken (Angus MacTavish), Robert as a masked highwayman who terrorizes the Mexican offenders. Because Gordon (Willie Carleton), Winter Hall (John Brent, a lawyer), Marcia Leonardo gives his plunder to those Americans who have been robbed, and Manon (Marion Fisher, a secretary), Victor Potel (Sam, a constable), Vin

he protects the women, children, poor, and helpless from attacks, he = Moore (Luella Butterfield), William Hutcheson (Lemuel Butterfield), becomes known as “Captain Courtesy.” At the San Fernando Mission, Clarence Geldart (David Grayson, a canner). Leonardo falls in love with Eleanor, the orphaned ward of Father Reinaldo. Comedy. Willie Carleton’s grandfather puts his will inside a book about For Eleanor’s sake, Leonard renounces his mission of vengeance and joins _ pirates and their buried treasure. After his death, the book is mistakenly

the California Riflemen. When Granville learns about a cache of gold sold to a used bookstore run by Angus MacTavish, who lives with his hidden at the Mission, he organizes an attack. Leonardo crashes through granddaughter Mary and Jim Gleason, a young author who loves Mary. the stained glass window on his horse and rides to General Stephen = Accompanied by lawyer John Brent and secretary Marion Fisher, Willie Kearny’s troops encamped in Los Angeles, who then rout the Mexicans. tries to buy back the book, but Mary has already discovered the paper that When Granville boldly admits that he slew the Davises, Leonardo fights —_ shows where a treasure is buried. Willie agrees to share the treasure with

him, but Eleanor persuades him to spare Granville’s life. Bandits. the MacTavishes in return for help in digging it up. Pretending to be California—History-To 1846. Mexicans. Revenge. San Fernando Mission geologists, they dig up an old farm now owned by Lem Butterfield. (California). Criminals—Rehabilitation. Disguise. Fights. Gold. Stephen Suspicions grow and the town constable keeps a close watch on the Watts Kearny. Orphans. Renegades. United States Army. Wards and proceedings. The box is finally found and contains a note stating that the

guardians. treasure is a supply of good health which is bound to be gained by digging

Note: According to the copyright entry, the subtitle for this film is “A Story of the up the farm. Back in the city Willie discovers that the hunt was only a test. Mexican Occupation of California, 1840-46.” This film was re-issued on 19 Jan 1919, John Brent had been holding Willie’s fortune in trust. Mary buys the farm and presented by Jesse L. Lasky in the Paramount Success Series of Famous Players- and then sells it at a huge profit. Jim Gleason sells one of his novels and Lasky Corp. Although only Lois Weber is credited as directing this film in reviews, Deo: a list of titles taken from the film credits both Weber and Phillips Smalley with the he and Mary become engaged. Buried treasure. Grandfathers. Tests of

direction. character. Wills. Books. Booksellers. Constables. Farms. Geologists. Motog _—‘17 Apr 1915, p. 611. MPW _.24 Apr 1915, p. 566. Lawyers. Novelists.

Motog 24 Apr 1915, pp. 661-62, 682. MPW 25 Jan 1919, p. 541. Note: Sources conflict concerning the spelling of the name of the actor playing

MPN 17 Apr 1915, p. 47. NYDM 14 Apr 1915, p. 28. “Lemuel Butterfield.” Reviews list him as William Hutcheson, while studio records

MPN 24 Apr 1915, p. 71. Var 16 Apr 1915, p. 19. list him as William Hutchison. The 1918 MPSD lists an actor named William Hutchinson.

CAPTAIN F. E. KLEINSCHMIDT’S ARCTIC HUNT F 1.0593 hen r ne ote agreed al i pal tots P- a3. Arctic Film Co. Dist State Rights. Feb 1914. 6 reels. MPN 3 May 1919, if 2903. Wid's 6 Apr 1919, is i. Prod Capt. Frank E. Kleinschmidt. ‘Dir Capt. Frank E. Kleinschmidt. MPW 3 May 1919, p. 712.

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 CAPTAIN SWIFT CAPTAIN KIDDO F 1.0596 Whitman (Ebenezer Boyce), Jules Friquet (Rollins), Mitzi Gould Lasalida Film Corp. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc. 5 Aug 1917 [©Patheé (Myra), Eugene Burr (Reggie Van Fleet), Percy Challenger (Annette’s

Exchange, Inc.; 25 Aug 1917; LU11296]. 5 reels. husband), Lucretia Harris (Mammy).

Dir W. Eugene Moore. Story Elizabeth Burbridge. Mystery. Ebenezer Boyce relinquishes control of his pistol factory to

Cast: Baby Marie Osborne (Marie, Captain Kiddo), Marion Warner Martin at the suggestion of his sons Horace and Henry, but the shock of (Marie’s mother), Philo McCullough (Jack Laird), Harry Von Meter Martin’s dishonesty kills the old man. When Martin is discovered dead, the

(Mr. Cross), Ray Clark (Billy). Boyce brothers secretly suspect each other of murder. Both fall in love with Comedy-drama. While playing pirates with her friend Billy, Marie, as Myra, whose preference for Horace causes Henry, in a jealous rage, to Captain Kiddo, finds a strange cross in a book and uses it for their insignia. accuse Horace openly of murder. Annette De Searcy, Martin’s former Marie’s mother, a young widow, does not appreciate the forced attentions mistress, finally confesses that she killed Martin in self-defense, and

of Mr. Cross, a suitor whom Marie dislikes. When Jack Laird, a secret Horace, his name cleared, wins Myra. Brothers. False accusations. service agent looking for opium smugglers, meets Marie after thinking that Jealousy. Murder. \Infants. Infidelity. Orphans. Physicians. Snobbery. her insignia is a clue, he teaches her to box, and she introduces him to her Note: Some sources credit Eugene Corey with the role of ‘Reggie Van Fleet.”

mother hoping that if she must have a father, it will be Jack. Jack demands ETR 9 Feb 1918, p. 838. MPW 16 Feb 1918, p. 1004. to search Cross, whom Jack thinks is a smuggler, but Marie’s mother MPN 16 Feb 1918, p. 1034. NYDM 16 Feb 1918, p. 19. indignantly says that Jack is insulting her future husband, and Jack leaves MPW 9 Feb 1918, p. 869. Wid's 14 Feb 1918, p. 948. dejectly. Marie, her mother and Billy go with Cross on his yacht. After

Marie hides from Billy ina tank containing smuggled goods, she gets stuck. THE CAPTAIN OF THE GRAY HORSE TROOP F1.0599 Billy tells Jack, and when Cross, really the smugglers’ leader, sees Jack Vitagraph Co. of America. Dist Greater Vitagraph (V-L-S-E). 7 May searching, he orders his men to throw the tanks into the ocean. Marie pokes 1917 [©Vitagraph Co. of America; 4 May 1917, LP10711]. 5 reels.

her head through an opening and cries to Jack, who rescues her. To save Dir William Wolbert. Scen A. Van Buren Powell. Cam Reginald E. Marie’s mother from notoriety, Jack allows Cross to leave the country. Lyons. Jack and Marie’s mother then marry. Mother-daughter relationship. Source: Based on the novel The Captain of the Grey Horse Troop by

Secret Service. Smugglers. Widows. Friendship. Opium. Yachts. Hamlin Garland (New York and London, 1902). _ Note: This film was copyrighted under its working title, Miss Captain Kiddo. \t Cast: Antonio Moreno (Capt. George Curtis), Edith Storey (Elsie), Mrs.

was filmed at the David Horsley Studio in Los Angeles, and along the California Bradbury (Jennie), Otto Lederer (Crawling Elk), Al Jennings (Cut

coast. Finger), Neola May (Cut Finger’s wife), Robert Burns (Cal Streeter), H. ETR 4 Aug 1917, p. 713. MPW 11 Aug 1917, pp. 953, 989-90. A. Barrows (Ex-Senator Brisbane).

vw " Ae rr ve Ga Wide 0» ne ory if a Western. Capt. George Curtis is sent from Washington to reform

insert). oa" conditions on an Indian reservation. After ousting the reservation deputy,

Curtis comes under fire from the cattlemen who own land adjacent to the

CAPTAIN MACKLIN F1.0597 reservation. After an Indian kills a white rancher, inciting a lynch mob, Majestic Motion Picture Co. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; A Mutual Curtis Steps in and diplomatically discovers the individual responsible,

Masterpicture. 22 Apr 1915. 4 reels. insisting that it was an isolated incident that should be dealt with in a

Dir John B. O’Brien. Scen Russell E. Smith. Cam H. B. Harris. civilized, legal fashion. The mob wants blood, however, and they attempt

Source: Based on the novel Captain Macklin: His Memoirs by Richard to storm the tribe. Curtis, with the help of the now swayed mayor, manages

Harding Davis (New York, 1902). to correct the situation and reestablish peace. Cattlemen. Indians of North Cast: Jack Conway (Captain Royal Macklin), Lillian Gish America. Lynching. Murder. Peacemakers. Racial prejudice. Soldiers.

(Beatrice), Spottiswoode Aitken (General Laquerre), W. E. Lowery Vigilantes. Land rights. Mobs. (Heinz), Dark Cloud (General Garcia). _ Note: working was The Park Long in Fight . wage . in The this film filmswere shottitle in Griffith Losaccording Angeles.to MPN. Some scenes War drama. Expelled from West Point for committing a minor ETR 12 May 1917, p. 1067 NYDM 12 Feb 1917, p. 32

infraction, Royal Macklin, the last descendant of a family whose men Motog 19 May 1917, p. 1608. NYDM 12 May 1917, p. 28. fought nobly in America’s wars, determines to prove himself as a soldier. MPN 17 Feb 1917, p. 1071. Var 18 May 1917, p. 23.

Leaving behind his cousin Beatrice, whose father broke off their MPN 19 May 1917, p. 3161. Wid's 24 May 1917, p. 335.

engagement, Macklin travels to Central America and joins Foreign Legion MPw 19 May 1917, p. 1139, 1181.

General Laguerre. Laguerre makes Macklin a captain because of his

acquaintance with Macklin’s grandfather, a general who before he died, CAPTAIN SWIFT F1.0600 had given Macklin a sword and told him to fight for the honor of the family Life Photo Film Corp. Dist State Rights. Sep 1914. 5 reels.

name. Macklin becomes a strict disciplinarian and develops an effective Dir Edgar Lewis.

fighting force. After the revolutionary president Alvarez confiscates Source: Based on the play Captain Swift by C. Haddon Chambers property owned by Beatrice’s father, she and her father are arrested when (London, 20 Jun 1888). they arrive to investigate — the father, because he has struck an official, Cast: David Wall (Captain Swift), George De Carlton (Ge orge Gardner, and Beatrice, because her beauty attracted the official. The father escapes Varry's friend), William H. Tooker (Marshall, Seabrooks’ butler), Frank and notifies Laguerre’s headquarters. Macklin leads an attack, retakes the B. Andrews (James Seabrook), Harry Spingler (Harry Seabrook, his

capitol for the deposed General Garcia and rescues Beatrice. Her father | 50”), Thomas O'Keefe (Michael Ryan, Queenstown detective), Iva then allows them to marry. Central America. Family honor. France. Army- Shepherd (Mrs. Seabrook, mother of Swift), Maxine Brown (Mabel, her

Foreign Legion. Revolutions. Soldiers. Cousins. Expulsion from school. 4aughter), Ethel Wayne (Lady Stanton), Philip Robson (Sir James

Nationalization. Rescues. United States Military Academy. Stanton), Emily Loraine (Mrs. Marshall). Note: The Central American country in which part of this film takes place was Drama. Harold Gage is the bastard son of the aristocratic Constance identified as Honduras in ads for the film and in some reviews, while other reviews whose fiancé died before their wedding. Her sister, Lady Stanton, insists refer to it as the mythical country of Anduras. According to modern sources, Emmett that the child be raised in a foster home to avoid scandal. At the Marshalls, Flynn was the assistant director, and Erich von Stroheim was an extra appearing as Harold is given a bad scar by his jealous foster brother, and is thus

an officer on horseback. Modern sources erroneously call the film Captain . : . McLean and identify its director as Jack Conway. convinced to leave for Australia, where he becomes a notorious outlaw

Motog 17 Apr 1915, pp. 599-600, MPN | May 1915, p. 66. known as Captain Swift. He eventually decides to reform and sails to Motog 1 May 1915, p. 700, 723. MPW 24 Apr 1915, p. 640. England under the name William Winding. As Winding, he saves James MPN 3 Apr 1915, p. 131, 172. MPW 1 May 1915, p. 729, 739. Seabrook’s life and is welcomed into the Seabrook household, unaware that

Constance Seabrook is his mother. He falls in love with Stella Darnisher,

CAPTAIN OF HIS SOUL F 1.0598 his cousin, but a series of complications ensues, involving the confrontation Triangle Film Corp. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 10 Feb 1918. 5 between Swift and young Marshall. In the end, Swift is killed by Marshall

reels, 4,902 ft. while trying to escape the authorities, but Marshall is slain by a police Dir Gilbert P. Hamilton. Scen Lillian Ducey. Story Eleanor Talbot bullet intended for his foster brother. Aristocrats. England. Illegitimacy.

Kinkead. Cam Tom Buckingham. Impersonation and imposture. Mistaken identity. Outlaws. Reputation. Cast: William Desmond (Horace Boyce), Claire McDowell (Annette De Transformation. Australia. Cousins. Foster brothers. Gunshot wounds.

Searcy), Charles Gunn (Henry Boyce), Jack Richardson (Martin), Walt Scars.

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CAPTAIN SWIFT AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Motos Ie sep lola P. 97.98 ve. W xe ace tota’ P. an 1696. youth, who abducts Mary by a harbor, falls in love with her. Before they

MPN. 12 Sep 1914, p15, 61. PEO PEE return to the father’s house, the two are wed on a yacht. Kidnapping. Father-daughter relationship. Yachts.

Note: This was Norma Talmadge’s first film in Hollywood. The film was shown

CAPTAIN SWIFT F1.0601 in Hollywood at a private screening on 27 Aug 1915. The film was re-released in a Vitagraph Co. of America. Dist Vitagraph Co. of America. Apr 1920 re-edited and re-titled version in Jun 1920 by National. According to modern sources,

[©Vitagraph Co. of America; 29 Mar 1920; LP14933]. 5 reels. Constance Talmadge appeared in a bit role.

Dir Tom Terriss. Prol dir Chester Bennett. Scen Lucien Hubbard. MPN 14 Aug 1915, p. 61. MPW 21 Aug 1915, p. 1301.

Cam Charles J. Davis and Jack Mackenzie. NPN te Sen iis. .. oe NEO ° Sp i918 is oa Source: Based on the play Captain Swift by C. Haddon Chambers MPW 10 Jul 1915, p. 200.

(London, 1888).

Cast: Earle Williams (Captain Swift), Florence Dixon (Stella THE CAPTIVE F1.0604

Darbisher), Edward Martindale (Gardiner), Adelaide Prince (Lady Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 22 Apr Seabrook), Downing Clarke (Sir Hugh Seabrook), Barry Baxter 1915 [©Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co., Inc.; 3 Apr 1915; LU4918}. 5 (Harry Seabrook), Alice Calhoun (Mabel Seabrook), James O'Neill reels.

(Marshall), Herbert Pattee (Ryan). Pres Jesse L. Lasky. Dir Cecil B. DeMille. Scen Cecil B. DeMille and

Drama. When notorious bank robber Captain Swift is pursued by a Jeanie MacPherson. Story Jeanie MacPherson. Cam Alvin Wyckoff. Art posse, he switches clothing and identities with a dying prospector and dir Wilfred Buckland. escapes from Australia to England. Under an assumed name he gains Cast: Blanche Sweet (Sonya Martinovich), House Peters (Mahmud admittance to London society and falls in love with Stella Darbisher, a Hassan), Gerald Ward (Milos Martinovich), Page Peters (Marko ward of Lord and Lady Seabrook. One day the banker whom Swift robbed Martinovich), Jeanie MacPherson (Milka), Theodore Roberts (The in Australia appears and recognizes him, but, realizing that Swift has burgomaster), Billy Elmer (Turkish officer). changed, the banker dismisses the charges against him. Swift then War drama. Montenegrin Marko Martinovich supports his sister Sonya discovers that he is the son of Lady Seabrook, and cleared of all charges, and their crippled brother Milos in a small cabin near Turkey, while he marries Stella. Fugitives. London. Moral reformation. Robbers. Turkish nobleman Mahmud Hassan lives in a luxurious castle. During the Aristocrats. Australia. Bankers. Impersonation and imposture. Parentage. Battle of Lule Burgess, Marko is killed and Mahmud is taken prisoner and

Posses. Prospectors. Wards and guardians. given to Sonya to take Marko’s place on the farm. Although Sonya Note: The play opened in New York on 28 Nov 1898. Sir Herbert Tree starred in humiliates Mahmud at gun point by making him bake, wash clothes, draw

the London production, while Maurice Barrymore, the father of Ethel, John and water, and plow the fields, they gradually fall in love. When the Turks Lionel played the title role in the first American production. The prologue scenes retake the town, a drunken officer tries to force himself on Sonya. Despite

shot at Vitagraph’s Brooklyn studios. . , he

depicting the Australian bush were shot near San Diego, CA. The rest of the film was the fact that the offender is a fellow Turk. Mahmud intervenes. After the

ETR 24 Apr 1920, p. 2417. NYMT 2 May 1920. Turks are ousted from the village, Mahmud returns home and finds that MPN 24 Apr 1920, p. 3741. Wid's 25 Apr 1920, p. 12. he has been stripped of his title and land, and banished for thwarting the

MPW 1 May 1920, p. 728. drunken officer. Meanwhile, a band of scavengers burns Sonya’s house,

forcing Sonya and Milos to leave the farm. They meet Mahmud on the road

THE CAPTAIN’S CAPTAIN F1.0602 and plan a new life together. Balkan Peninsula—History—War of 1912-1913. Vitagraph Co. of America; A Blue Ribbon Feature. Dist Greater Military occupation. Montenegro. Political refugees. Prisoners of war. Vitagraph, Inc. 6 Jan 1919 [OVitagraph Co. of America: 16 Dec 1918; Turks. Arson. Attempted rape. Castles. Disabled persons. Drunkenness.

LP13155]. 5 reels, 4,251 ft. Farms. Nobility. Ostracism. Rescues.

Pres Albert E. Smith. Dir Tom Terriss. Scen Tom Terriss and A. Van one An its. .. he MW : My 915 P. $86, 988.

Buren Powell. Cam Joe Shelderfer. MPN | May 1915, p. 67. NYDM 28 Apr 1915, p. 26. Source: Based on the novel Cap'n Abe Storekeeper; A Story of Cape MPW 10 Apr 1915, p. 248. Var 30 Apr 1915, p. 18.

Cod by James A. Cooper (New York, 1917).

Cast: Alice Joyce (Louise Greyling), Arthur Donaldson (Cap’n THE CAPTIVE GOD F1.0605

Abe/Am’zon), Percy Standing (Cap'n Joab), Julia Swayne Gordon New York Motion Picture Corp.; Kay-Bee. Dist Triangle Film Corp. 23 (Aunt Euphemia), Eulalie Jensen (Betty Gallup), Maurice Costello Jul 1916. 5 reels.

(Lawford Tapp). Dir Charles Swickard. Scen Monte Katterjohn. Cam Clyde De Vinna.

Comedy-drama. Louise Greyling runs away from her straight-laced aunt Settings designed by M. Doner. Scenic effects M. Doner. to live with her Uncle Abe in a New England fishing village. Cap’n Abe, Cast: William S. Hart (Chiapa), Enid Markey (Lolomi), P. D. Tabler a storekeeper scorned by the townspeople because he has never been to sea, (Mexitli), Dorothy Dalton (Tecolote), Robert McKim (Montezuma), tells stories about his brother Am’zon every night to gain the respect of the Dorcas Matthews (Maya), Herbert Farjean (Cacama), Robert Kortman locals. When Louise learns that the stories and the brother are fictional, (Tuyos). she convinces Cap’n Abe to leave town for a while and return as Am’zon. Adventure/Historical. Early in the sixteenth century a young Spanish

The disguise is a success until a group of shipwrecked East Indians, boy is washed ashore along the coast of Mexico. The natives, called incorrectly identifying ““Am’zon” as the pirate who desecrated their Tehuans, have never seen a white man and so they raise the stranger, whom temple, try to kill the storekeeper. With the help of Lawford Tapp, with they name Chiapa, as a god. Years later, hearing about Chiapa and the whom she is in love, Louise succeeds in saving her uncle. Fishing villages. extent to which his tribe has prospered since he joined it, the Aztecs plan

Impersonation and imposture. New England. Storytellers. Uncles. a raid on the Tehuans. During the fighting, the Aztecs capture Chiapa, and Attempted murder. East Indians. Rescues. Runaways. Shipwrecks. Montezuma’s daughter Lolomi promptly falls in love with him. When

Storekeepers. Montezuma sentences Chiapa to death despite his daughter’s protests, ETR 28 Dec 1918, p. 270. MPW 14 Dec 1918, pp. 1255-56. Lolomi sends word to the Tehuans imploring them to attack her tribe. In

MPN 8 Feb 1919, p. 874, 881. ,

ETR 4 Jan 1919, p. 427. Var 3 Jan 1919, p. 37. the end, the Tehuan army sweeps through the Aztec city and rescues their MPN 4 Jan 1919, p. 37. Wid's 5 Jan 1919, pp. 5-6. god. Aztec Indians. Indians of North America. Mexico-History-16th century. Spaniards. Tribal life. Castaways. Executions. Imprisonment. Montezuma Il, Aztec Emperor, 1480-1520. Rescues.

CAPTIVATING MARY CARSTAIRS F1.0603 Note: The working title of this film was The Castilian.

National Film Corp. Sep-Dec 1915? 5-6 reels. . MPN 15 Jul 1916, p. 281. Var 7 Jul 1916, p. 24.

Pres Bruce Mitchell. Supv Bruce Mitchell. Dir Bruce Mitchell. Scen MPW 29 Jul 1916, p. 843. Wid's 13 Jul 1916, p. 717.

Anthony W. Coldewey. NYDM 15 Jul 1916, p. 37. Source: Based on the novel Captivating Mary Carstairs by Henry

Sydnor Harrison (Boston, 1910). THE CAPTURE OF A SEA ELEPHANT AND HUNTING

Cast: Norma Talmadge (Mary Carstairs), Alan Forrest, Bruce Mitchell, WILD GAME IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC ISLANDS F 1.0606

Jack Livingston, Frank Brown. . Albert Blinkhorn; Blinkhorn’s Natural History Travels. Dist Albert Comedy-drama. Mary Carstairs’ father, who has not seen his daughter Blinkhorn. Jul? 1914 [©Albert Blinkhorn; 3 Jul 1914; MU171]. Length since he separated from his wife, hires a young man to kidnap her. The undetermined.

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 CARMEN Documentary. This documentary traces a voyage through the South THE CAREER OF KATHERINE BUSH F 1.0609 Pacific in which a tracking party followed the path of the almost extinct Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; A sea elephant. Included are scenes of San Pedro Harbor, Point Fermin and Paramount-Artcraft Special. 20 Jul 1919 [OFamous Players-Lasky Corp.;

Santa Catalina Island in Southern California. The team captured and 7 Jul 1919; LP13927]. 5 reels, 4,756 ft. brought back several smaller specimens of the sea elephant. Sea elephants. Pres Adolph Zukor. Dir Roy W. Neill. Scen Kathryn Stuart.

South Seas. San Pedro (California). Santa Catalina (California). Source: Based on the novel The Career of Katherine Bush by Elinor Glyn Note: The length of this film is unknown, but the synopsis in the copyright records (New York, 1916).

indicates the possibility that the film is feature length. Cast: Catherine Calvert (Katherine Bush), John Goldsworthy (Lord

| Algernon Fitz-Rufus), Craufurd Kent (Lord Gerald Strobridge), Mathilda Brundage (Lady Garribardine), Helen Montrose (Lao

THE CAR OF CHANCE F1.0607 Delemar), Ann Dearing (Gladys Bush), Augusta Anderson (Matilda

Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. 9 Jul 1917 Bush), Norah Reed (Slavey), Claire Whitney (Lady Beatrice [Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.; | Jun 1917; LP10875}. 5 reels. Strobridge), Albert Hackett (Bert Bush), Earl Lockwood (Fred Bush), Dir William Worthington. Scen Eugene B. Lewis and Waldemar Young. Walter Smith (Bob Hartley), Robert Minot (Charlie Prodgers), Edith

Story Waldemar Young. Cam Friend Baker. Pierce (Ethel Bush), Allen Simpson (Lao’s sweetheart), Fred Burton

Cast: Franklyn Farnum (Arnold Baird), Brownie Vernon (Ruth (Duke Mordryn). Bennett), Helen Wright (Mrs. Bennett), Molly Malone (Wanda Drama/Society. Katherine Bush, a member of a middle-class English Heimstone), Mark Fenton (James Bennett), H. J. Bennett (William Mott family, wants to break into the higher ranks of society. She is entrapped

Nolan) Walter Belasco (Israel Heimstone), Harry De More (Tom py Lord Algernon Fitz-Rufus and gains experience to arm herself for a

oe career in high society. Katherine becomes secretary to Lady Garribardine,

_Comedy-drama. Upon the death of his millionaire father, Arnold Baird whose nephew Gerard is unhappily married and greatly interested in finds himself with a seven passenger automobile and one hundred dollars Katherine. She uses Gerard’s infatuation to further her ambitions and as his sole assets. The loss of his father’s fortune precipitates the loss of his through him she meets distinguished statesman Duke Mordryn. Despite

fiancée Ruth when her father, James Bennett, general manager of the their class difference, he is so taken by Katherine that he proposes Consolidated Trolley Company, breaks the engagement. Mrs. Bennett then marriage, but Katherine’s developed sense of honor forces her to refuse decides that Ruth shall marry Henry Mott-Smith, a wealthy society man —_ because of her previous involvement with Fitz-Rufus. The Duke recognizes and controller of the trolley company. Secure in Ruth’s affections, Arnold atherine’s lofty character and persists until Katherine accepts his offer begins to earn his living by running a jitney bus, a timely decision when of marriage. Class distinction. English. Moral reformation. Nobility. Social

. . ene . g , p. 905. ug ,p. 8.

the labor party, headed by Israel Heimstone, calls a strike against the climbers. Secretaries. Seduction.

trolley company. Arnold, with the aid of his friends, organizes the Social ETR 16 Aue 1919. p. 908 NYT 4 Aus 1919. 0.8 Rapid Transit Company and their jitney buses meet with huge success. MPN 16 Aug 1919, p. 1497. Var 8 Aug 1919, p. 49. Now in a position of power, Arnold forces Bennett to meet his terms, and MPW 16 Aug 1919, p. 1018. Wid's 17 Aug 1919, p. 5.

becomes the assistant general manager of the trolley company with Ruth

as his bride. Businessmen. Employer-employee relations. Father- CAREW’S WIVES see THE DIVINE SACRIFICE

Inheritance. Millionaires. CARMEN F1.0610

daughter relationship. Fortune hunters. Labor unions. Marriage. Strikes.

Motog i “i 1917 is ta PW x “i 1917 is 8 538. Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. | Nov 1915 [OWilliam Fox; 1 Nov MPN 21 Jul 1917, p. 435. NYDM 14 Jul 1917, p. 16. 1915; LP6838]. 5 reels. Dir Raoul A. Walsh. Scen Raoul A. Walsh. Cam Georges Benoit and

George Schneiderman. Tech dir Edward Velasquez. Prints Standard

THE CARDINAL see THE CROSS BEARER Filmprint Corp.

Source: Based on the nouvelle Carmen by Prosper Mérimée in La Revue

des deux mondes (Paris, 15 Oct 1845).

CARDINAL MERCIER see THE CROSS BEARER Cast: Theda Bara (Carmen), Einar Linden (Don Jose), Carl Harbaugh (Escamillo), James A. Marcus (Dancaire, chief of the Gypsies), Elsie

MacLeod (Michaela), Fay Tunis (Carlotta), E. De Varny (Captain

CARDINAL RICHELIEU’S WARD F 1.0608 Morales), Joseph P. Green.

Thanhouser Film Corp.; Thanhouser “Big” Productions. Dist Drama. Don Jose, a young Spanish soldier, visits his aged mother and his

Continental Feature Film Corp. Mar 1914. 4-6 reels. sweetheart Michaela in his small village. Later in Cordoba he meets

Asst dir Frank L. Gereghty. Carmen, an alluring tobacco stripper, who ignores other soldiers’ calls as Source: Based on the play Richelieu by Edward George Bulwer-Lytton she tries to interest Don Jose. After Don Jose arrests Carmen for slashing (London, 7 Mar 1839). another woman in the tobacco factory, she kisses him and gets him to allow Cast: James Cruze (Richelieu), Florence La Badie (Julie de her to escape. Don Jose is court-martialed and imprisoned, after which he Mortemar), J. Morris Foster (Adrien de Mauprat), Lila Chester kills Captain Morales in a duel provoked when Morales catches him

(Marion de Lorme), Justus D. Barnes (Huguet), Arthur Bower embracing Carmen. After Carmen helps Don Jose escape to the

(Joseph), Nolan Gane (Francois). Andalusian mountains, he joins her gypsy friends and becomes an outlaw

Drama/Historical. In seventeenth century France, King Louis XIII and murderer, while their love affair flourishes. She grows restless, however, his favorite, Count de Barados, both love Julie de Mortemar, the ward of and goes to Seville where she deserts Don Jose for the famous toreador Cardinal Richelieu. Julie, however, loves Adrian de Mauprat. The cardinal Escamillo. Don Jose returns home to be with his mother as she dies. He consents to their marriage, but Barados convinces the king to annul it and escapes from officers twice and returns to Seville. During a bullfight, Don command Julie to return to court. Barados is in league with Gaston, the Jose stabs Carmen, who the previous evening had her death foretold. After Duke of Orleans, who plans to dethrone Louis and assassinate Richelieu. she dies smiling at Escamillo, Don Jose madly rides his horse over a cliff. Barados turns Mauprat against the cardinal and urges him to kill him, but Andalusia (Spain). Cérdoba (Spain). Jealousy. Murder. Seville (Spain). on the night of the proposed assassination Richelieu convinces Mauprat of Soldiers. Temptresses. Bullfighters. Courts-martial. Duels. Escapes. Falls Barados’ treachery. They trick Barados and the conspirators into thinking from heights. Gypsies. Imprisonment. Knife fights. Suicide. Tobacco

that the murder has taken place already, and Richelieu is able to obtain factories. a list of the conspirators’ names to present to the king who rewards the Note: An opera by Georges Bizet was based on the same source. The film had its cardinal and Mauprat for their loyalty. Count de Barados. France- premiere on 31 Oct 1915 at the Academy of Music in New York City. According to

Histoy-17th century. Lous Xl, King of France, 1601-1643, Richelieu, Hs 18 MASD, cena abel ME, lhneon worked on Os Armand Jein du Plessis, Cardinal, duc de, 1582-1642. Treason. Wards Edward Velasquez was brought from Seville to supervise the technical and and guardians. Assassination. Betrayal. Gaston d’Orleans. Marriage- architectural details of the sets for the Spanish cities built for the film. Colonel

Annulment. Nobility. Antonio Bravo of the Spanish army drilled the actors playing dragoons. According MPW 28 Feb 1914, p. 1042. ReelL 7 Mar 1914, p. 32. to a news item, a band of real gypsies and an Andalusian bull from Madrid appeared MPW 21 Mar 1914, p. 1478. ReelL 21 Mar 1914, pp. 5-6. in the film. Raoul Walsh, in his autobiography, wrote that the bull came from

MPW 2 May 1914, p. 726. Teaneck, NJ, that newsreel footage of bullfights was used, that the actor playing the 125

CARMEN , AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG toreador was trained by a real matador named Valverde, and that he got the idea to Motog 21 Aug 1915, p. 350 MPW 24 Jul 1915, p. 660. make the film after he read about the planned DeMille film of Carmen, which Walsh Motog 2 Oct 1915, p. 667. MPW 16 Oct 1915, pp. 420-21, 471. hoped his film could beat to the theaters. Although both films were released on 1 Nov MPN 17 Jul 1915, p. 97. MPW 23 Oct 1915, pp. 602-03, 642.

1915, both also had earlier premieres. According to a modern source, Marie de MPN 24 Jul 1915, p. 48. MPW 6 Nov 1915, p. 1116.

Beneditto and Lillian Hathaway were also in the film. Raoul Walsh directed a 1927 MPN 31 Jul 1915, p. 52. MPW 12 Oct 1918, p. 273, 278.

film, also produced by the Fox Film Corp., entitled Loves of Carmen, starring Dolores MPN e ep ole P- ve 44 NY ; No ole P. i. del Rio (see AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.3270). Information MPN 13 Now 1915, PP- 8 4-85. Var 5 Ney 1915. P- 99,

concerning other films taken from or inspired by the story and opera of Carmen is PP. , Pe Ae. included in the notes to the 1915 film version of Carmen produced by the Jesse L.

, , Ww Nov 1915, p. 1319. . . . , Le °

Lasky Feature Play Co. (see below). CARMEN OF THE KLONDIKE F1.0612 ene Ie ae i918 . s. wer N Nov i918 D. a Selexart Pictures, Inc. Dist State Rights; State Rights Distributors, Inc. MPN 13 Nov 1915, pp. 84-85. Var 5 Nov 1915, p. 22. Mar 1918 [©Selexart Pictures, Inc.; 19 Mar 1918; LP12206]. 7 reels.

| Supv Robert A. Brunton. Dir Reginald Barker. Scen Monte M. CARMEN F1.0611 arena mast Pisa M. Katierjonn. Cam Robert Newhard. a Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 1 Nov M De, ; NE 4 aC (Dor oy Har a) Pherscne! Maye ‘ Suk

,by. arrangement , (Saleratus Joe). Pres Jesse L. Lasky, with Morris Gest. Prod Cecil ree _ , . ; Swayeags ade Northwest drama. Dorothy Harlan, a vaudeville artist, joinsB. her; fiancé,

1915 [©Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co.; 4 Oct 1915; LU6539]. 5 reels. cDonald), Edward Coxen (Cameron Stewart), Joseph J. Dowling

DeMille. Dir Cecil B. DeMille. Asst dir William Horwitz. Scen William ; . .

C. de Mille. Cam Alvin Wyckoff. Art dir Wilfred Buckland. Musical Cameron Stewart, in the Klondike during the early days of the gold rush.

» Ge Nile. San sod a "hy me air Nv Ss CR ‘h of oe Dance hall owner ‘Silk”» McDonald, who wants her for himself, tricks

accompaniment prepared un oT vod bo Haoo. of " feld othaptel. Dorothy into believing that Cameron has been unfaithful, and Dorothy Musical accompaniment conducted by Hugo Riesenfeld. begins dancing in Silk’s establishment. Cameron loses all his money to Silk Source: Based on the nouvelle Carmen by Prosper Mérimée in La Revue in a poker game and then heads for the Yukon to find gold. Dorothy saves

des deux mondes (Paris, 15 Oct 1845). Cameron’s claims from Silk, and Cameron, in return, rescues her from Cast: Geraldine Farrar (Car men), Wallace Reid (Don Jose), Pedro De Silk’s clutches. With the past explained and forgotten, Dorothy and Cordoba (Escamillo), William Elmer (Morales), Horace B. Carpenter = Cameron renew their mutual love. Dance hall girls. Dance hall owners. (Pastia), Jeanie Macpherson (Frasquita), Anita King (Mercedes), Milton — Gold rushes. Klondike. Prospectors. Vaudevillians. Gambling. Mine

Brown (Garcia). a . claims. Poker. Slander. Yukon. Drama. When Don Jose, a new officer in a Spanish coastal city, refuses Note: This film had its premiere at the Strand Theatre in New York on 3 Mar 1918.

to take a bribe from smugglers who live in the mountains that would allow ETR 16 Feb 1918, p. 914. MPW 23 Feb 1918, p. 1137. them to bring illegal goods into the city, Carmen, a tempestuous gypsy who ETR 9 Mar 1918, p. 1153. MPW 27 Apr 1918, p. 593.

lives with them, is sent to seduce Don Jose. She gets work in a tobacco APY 3 nie ioe are NY DM re ole . 6 factory and dances at night in a tavern, where Morales, an officer, and MPN 9 Mar 1918, p. 1417. Wid’s 28 Feb 1918, pp. 969-70.

Escamillo, a toreador, unsuccessfully woo her. Don Jose becomes

infatuated with Carmen and is enticed to leave his position by the wall, thus

allowing the smugglers entrance. The next day, Carmen cuts Frasquita, a a HE ALASKASIBERIAN EXPEDITION EXPEDITION see

factory girl who loves Don Jose, during a fight and is arrested by Don Jose. "

After he allows her to stop at the tavern, the drunken Morales insults Don

Jose, they fight, and Morales is killed. Carmen and Don Jose flee to the CAROLYN OF THE CORNERS F1.0613 smugglers in the mountains. After Carmen, contending that she belongs Anderson-Brunton Co. Dist Pathe Exchange, Inc. 9 Mar 1919 [©Pathé to no man, leaves with Escamillo for Seville, Don Jose follows. At the arena Exchange, Inc.; 27 Feb 1919; LU13445]. 5 reels.

gate during Escamillo’s bullfight, Carmen tells Don Jose that they are Dir Robert Thornby. Scen Frank S. Beresford. through. He stabs her and she dies as the crowd cheers the victorious Source: Based on the novel Carolyn of the Corners by Ruth Belmore Escamillo. Gypsies. Jealousy. Murder. Seduction. Seville (Spain). Endicott (New York, 1918). Soldiers. Spain. Temptresses. Bribery. Bullfighters. Dancers. Knife fights. Cast: Bessie Love (Carolyn May Cameron), Charles Edler (Jos.

Smugglers. Tobacco factories. Stagg), Charlotte Mineau (Amanda Parlow), Eunice Moore (“Aunt Note: This film was shown to a select crowd in Hollywood in Aug 1915. Geraldine Rose”’ Kennedy), Prince (Himself, Carolyn’s dog).

Farrar, who made her motion picture debut in the film (although Maria Rosa was Drama. Middle-aged Joseph Stagg lives with his housekeeper “Aunt shot earlier), appeared in the New York Metropolitan Opera’s presentation of Rose” Kennedy in a small New England village, where he is a leading Rearees Carmen and of requested that the public premiere the film be merchant. After Boston receiving a Symphony letter stating that .his eld inBizet's her opera home town Boston. The film hadofits premiere at the . sister and her husband Hall on | Oct 1915 to a capacity crowd. This was the first time that a motion picture have been lost at sea, he provides a home for his niece Carolyn and her dog had been exhibited at the hall. A telephone connection was established between the Prince. Carolyn meets Amanda Parlow and learns that it was the woman’s hall and the Lasky studio in Hollywood, where Lasky and director DeMille listened disappointing love affair with Uncle Joe that left him a scarred, grouchy

to audience reaction as they screened the film simultaneously with the Boston bachelor. Carolyn accompanies Amanda on a vacation trip to the screening. For the bullfight scene, an arena was built in Los Angeles under the — ountains. When a forest fire breaks out, Uncle Joe rescues them and his supervision of the Los Angeles municipal building and amusement bureaus. Matadors . . from Mexico were used in these scenes, which were photographed by ten cameramen, love for Amanda is rekindled. After they marry, Carolyn feels neglected according to a news item. Many celebrities, including a number of Paramount stars, and runs away to her former home in Harlem. Uncle Joe and Amanda appeared in the stands. The shooting was done with the cooperation of the Society follow her there, where Carolyn is reunited with her missing parents, who

Ellis was hired to play music during rehearsals and shooting of all scenes. The piano . . ,

was transported to all locations on a truck. The film was re-released on 29 Sep 1918. New England. Uncles. Village life. Forest fire s. Marriage. Merchants. According to modern sources, Cecil B. DeMille edited the film, in addition to Missing persons, assumed dead. New York City-Harlem. Runaways.

directing and producing it. DeMille, in his autobiography, states that because the ETR 1 Mar 1919, p. 991. MPW 1 Mar 1919, p. 1242. copyright owners of the opera Carmen wanted too much money for the rights to base MPN 1 Mar 1919, p. 1391. Var 21 Feb 1919, p. 67. his film on it, he had his brother use the novel by Mérimée as his source. Many films have been taken from or inspired by the story and opera of Carmen, including two

1913 three reel versions, one with Marion Leonard made by the Monopol Film Co., THE CARPET FROM BAGDAD F1.0614

the other with Marguerite Snow, made by the Thanhouser Corp.; a 1915 Fox Film Selig Polyscope Co.; Selig Red Seal Plays. Dist V-L-S-E, Inc. 3 May Corp. production, directed by Raoul Walsh (see above); Charlie Chaplin's Burlesque 1915 [©Selig Polyscope Co.; 13 May 1915; LP5356]. 5 reels.

on “Carmen,” produced in 1915 by Essanay Film Mfg. Co. (see below); Gypsy Dir Colin C bell , , Blood, directed in 1918 in Germany by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Pola Negri; Loves ir Conn Campoen.

of Carmen, produced by Fox Film Corp. in 1927, directed by Raoul Walsh and Source: Based on the novel The Carpet from Bagdad by Harold starring Dolores del Rio (see AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.3270); The MacGrath (Indianapolis, 1911).

Loves of Carmen, produced by Columbia in 1948, directed by Charles Vidor and Cast: Kathlyn Williams (Fortuna Chedsoye), Wheeler Oakman starring Rita Hayworth; Carmen Jones, produced by Fox in 1954, directed by Otto = (George P. A. Jones), Guy Oliver (Horace Wadsworth), Eugenie Besserer

Preminger and starring a 1983France/Switzerland film produced in Spainproduction entitled (M Ched ), Frank (Major Callahan), Carmen, directed byDorothy CarlosDandridge; Saura; a 1983 entitled ns. Clark easoye), Fran a aj n),Charl ariesClary

Italy production, directed by Francesco Rosi. (Wallace). .

Prenom Carmen, directed by Jean-Luc Godard; and Bizet’s Carmen, a 1984 France/ (Mohamed), Harry Lonsdale (Arthur Wadsworth), Fred Huntley

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 CASSIDY Adventure. Mohamed, the Pasha’s servant, is entrusted to guard the Although Dorothy acquires jobs, she loses them when the malicious Becky Sacred Carpet of Bagdad with his life. In New York, after banker Arthur emerges. When Dorothy becomes a companion to Emerson’s sister, Becky Wadsworth forces his brother Horace to give up his inheritance, Horace appears, and Emerson diagnoses the disorder as a case of dual personality. joins a band of crooks and plans to rob the Wadsworth Bank by tunneling After Arnold, who loves Dorothy, is able to kill Becky, Balzamo arrives and from the adjacent home of antique dealer George P. A. Jones. The gang attempts to revive his hold on Dorothy. Arnold wins the ensuing battle of follows Jones to Egypt and Bagdad, where Horace steals the carpet and wills and forces a confession from Balzamo that Dorothy is Dr. Emerson’s

sells it to Jones. Fortune Chedsoye, the innocent daughter of a gang daughter. His powers gone, Balzamo leaves, and now Dorothy accepts member, falls in love with Jones. When Fortune discovers that Mohamed Arnold’s love. Dual personality. Hypnotism. Hypnotists. Long-lost plans to kill Jones to retrieve the rug, she hides it with her mother’s relatives. Physicians. belongings. Mohamed forces Jones, Wadsworth, and Fortune into the Note: The Case of Becky, a Play was published in Hearst’s Magazine in Aug 1912.

desert, but they escape his torture during a sandstorm. Wadsworth then Le was Frank Rothe’ ft im as H aurector, according to a new item. Realan

‘at ’ ‘ clures produced another fiim Dasec on the play, Whicn was release aramoun

rejoins the gang at Jones home in New York. When Fortune and Jones Pictures fn Oct 1921. It was directed by Chester M. Franklin and starred Constance catch the crooks tunneling, Jones, sympathetically, gives them atwo hour Binney. (See AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.0792.)

headstart inrorming poltce. Fortune and to Jones Keep the Motog carpet Motog Aug 1915, p. 240. MPW 1915,p. p. 1849. 672. while in before the East, ohamethe Ows in resignation ah’s_ will. 2 Oct71915, p. 713. MPW 11 24 SepJul1915, Adventures. Americans in foreign countries. Carpets. Gangs. Antique MPN 17 Jul 1915, p. 97. MPW 25 Sep 1915, p. 2198, 2252.

Sandstorms. Theft. Torture. oe ue

dealers. Bagdad. Bank robberies. Deserts. Egypt. New York City. OE N - Sep lore is 5 Nile * Sy ioe is 30.

Vong This was ae release of the Selig Polyscope wo throwgh ee Inc. CASEY AT THE BAT F1.0617 Motog _15 May 1915, p. 779. MPW 15 May 1915, p. 1168, 1170. Fine Arts Film Co. Dist Triangle Film Corp. 2 Jul 1916. 5 reels.

Motog 22 May 1915, p. 857. NYDM 12 May 1915, p. 34. Dir Lloyd Ingraham. Scen William E. Wing.

Motog = -29 May 1915, p. 892. Var 14 May 1915, p. 19. Source: Inspired by the poem “Casey at the Bat” by E. L. Thayer in San

MPN 15 May 1915, p. 63. Francisco Examiner (3 Jun 1888).

Cast: De Wolf Hopper (Casey), Kate Toncray (His sister), May Garcia

A CASE AT LAW oo, F1.0615 (His niece), Carl Stockdale (Hicks), William H. Brown (Judge

Triangle Film Corp. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 18 Nov 1917. 5 Blodgett), Marguerite Marsh (His daughter), Frank Bennett (Her

reels. _ sweetheart), Robert Lawler (The politician), Bert Hadley (Casey’s

Cam Roy Overbaugh. admirer).

Supv Allan Dwan. Dir Arthur Rosson. Story William Dudley Pelly. brother-in-law), Hal Wilson (The doctor), Frank Hughes (Casey’s

Cast: Dick Rosson (Jimmy Baggs), Pauline Curley (Mayme Drama. Casey is equally devoted to his niece and to the Mudville baseball

Saunders), Riley Hatch (Doctor Saunders), Jack Dillon (Saloonkeeper _ team for which he stars. On the day of the big game, however, Casey’s niece

Art), Ed Sturgis (The Lob). 8 seriously injures herself and he refuses to leave her. Hearing the crowd Drama /Social. Doc Saunders, an alcoholic, leaves his little daughter calling for him, Casey decides he must play and, leaving a friend with the Mayme in the care of his sister and goes West to start a new life. In the girl, he arrives at the ballpark in the ninth inning when it looks as if the

little town of Sago, Doc becomes an avowed prohibitionist, thus earning the team’s chances of winning are slight: Mudville has two men on base but enmity of Art the saloon keeper. Back East, Mayme grows to adulthood trails by two runs with two outs. Casey lets two strikes go by and then sees

and marries reporter Jimmy Baggs who has just been hired by the his friend in the ballpark. Thinking he has come with bad news about his newspaper in Sago. When Jimmy begins to drink heavily, Mayme appeals piece, a rattled Casey strikes out. After the game Casey learns that the girl to the town doctor for help. Doc Saunders, recognizing her, chooses not to has gotten better, but that all of Mudville has turned on him, and so he disclose that she is his daughter, but instead invites them to move into his leaves town forever. Baseball. Baseball players. Loyalty. Ostracism. house for treatment. Jimmy reforms until one day he is sent to the saloon Nieces. Uncles. to get a statement on the liquor question for his paper. When Jimmy Note: De Wolf Hopper was famous for his recitations of the poem “Casey at the returns home drunk, Doc, enraged, invades the saloon brandishing a gun Bat.” In 1927, Famous Players-Lasky released a Paramount film based on the same and shooting wildly. Doc is arrested and tried, but pronounced not guilty source, directed by Monte Brice and starring Wallace Beery. (See AFI Catalog of by a jury that sympathizes with him. With Art’s power finally broken, Doc = Feature Films, 1921-30, F2.0795.)

confesses to Mayme that she is his daughter, and the family sees an end one ; ne role P. 186 TOM 3 we rote P. 38

to their troubles. Alcoholics. Father-daughter relationship. Long-lost MPW 1 Jul 1916, is 105, 146. Wid's 22 Jun 1916, if 661.

. ;NWI . Trials. Mone. RIB YOM 17 Nov iit, 8. CASSIDY Oe ae F1.0618 MPW 24 Nov 1917, p. 1187. Var 16 Nov 1917, p. 53. Triangle Film Corp. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 21 Oct 1917. 5

relatives. Paternity. Prohibition. Regeneration. Physicians. Marriage.

MPW 1 Dec 1917, p. 1386. Wid's 15 Nov 1917, p. 735. reels.

Dir Arthur Rosson. Cam Roy Overbaugh.

THE CASE OF BECKY F1.0616 Source: Based on the short story “Cassidy” by Larry Evans in Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 13 Sep C0Smopolitan Magazine (Dec 1913).

1915 [©Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co., Inc.; 27 Aug. 1915; LU6211]. 5 Cast: Dick Rosson (Cassidy), Frank Currier (Dist. Attorney Grant),

reels. Pauline Curley (Grant's daughter), Mac Alexander (Garvice), Eddie Pres Jesse L. Lasky, in association with David Belasco. Dir Frank Sturgis (The bull), John O'Connor (The bartender), Jack Snyder. Reicher. Asst dir Frank Lidell. Scen Margaret Turnbull. Cam Walter Drama. Cassidy, a derelict suffering from tubercular lungs, who is

Stradling. stranded in San Francisco, realizes that death is imminent and desperately Source: Based on the play The Case of Becky by Edward J. Locke (New seeks to return to his home town of New York. Determining to roba house

York, 1 Oct 1912). in order to procure the funds to complete his journey, Cassidy breaks into Cast: Blanche Sweet (Dorothy/Becky), Theodore Roberts (Balzamo), District Attorney Grant s home but is caught by Grant. After hearing the James Neill (Dr. Emerson), Carlyle Blackwell (Dr. John Arnold), Jane y's story, Grant is so touched that he gives Cassidy money to return Wolff (Carrie, Balzamo’s assistant), Gertrude Kellar (Miss Emerson, Dr. ome. Cassidy is able to repay his debt that very night when the district

Emerson’s sister). attorney’s daughter is kidnapped by his political enemies. Learning the

Drama. Dorothy, a victim of pre-natal influences who is reared by the girl’s whereabouts from his friend, the bartender, Cassidy rescues her and hypnotist Balzamo to appear in public and continually display his powers, ‘kes her home. Then, badly wounded, he makes his way to the railroad develops a second personality called “Becky,” who hates the sweet Dorothy Station where he dies. Derelicts. Generosity. Kidnapping. Rescues. Selfand does mischievous deeds in her name. When Balzamo tries to win her —- S@Crifice. District attorneys. Father-daughter relationship. New York City.

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affection, Becky runs away. Meanwhile, Dr. Emerson, a specialist in Robbery. San Francisco.

nervous disorders, encourages Dr. John Arnold to use his hypnotic powers bhatt 4 Oct i917 p 5299. 0951. POM , oct i917 p es good, relating that after a hypnotist induced his wife to leave him and MPW 27 Oct 1917, p. 523. Wid’s 18 Oct 1917. p. 670. take their child, his wife died deserted, and the child was never found. MPW 3 Nov 1917, p. 760.

CASSIDY OF THE AIR LANES AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG CASSIDY OF THE AIR LANES see THE GREAT AIR ROBBERY to locate his wife, who has separated from him following a quarrel. By chance, Mrs. Pauncefort attends the theater and Fortuna recognizes her

THE CAST-OFF F1.0619 from the photograph. Fortuna phones Pauncefort and arranges a seat for Triangle Film Corp. Dist State Rights; M. H. Hoffman, Inc.; Foursquare him next to his wife. The squabbling couple are reunited, and Fortuna finds

Pictures. Feb 1918. 6 reels. happiness with Eddie. Matchmakers. Theater. Usherettes. English. Supv Thomas H. Ince. Dir Raymond B. West. Scen C. Gardner Sullivan. Jealousy. Lust. Photographs. Recognition. Separation.

Cam Charles Stumar. _ Note: The working title for this producton was Orchestra D-2. A pre-release article

a , and the “Easter Fashion Paraders” appeared in the film.

Cast: Bessie Barriscale (Pansy May), Howard Hickman (Dr. Jim lists Viola Hale as a cast member. Members of the “Anne of Amsterdam” company

Thorpe), Jack Livingston (Guy Henley), Dorcas Matthews (Hazel ETR 15 Mar 1919, p. 1151. MPW 10 May 1919, p. 930.

Wilson), Thomas Guise (Sam Mason), Aggie Herring (Mme. James ETR 24 May 1919, p. 1929. MPW 31 May 1919, p. 1383, 1385.

Hendon-Ware), Margaret Thompson (Grace Lytton). MPN 10 May 1919, p. 3066. Var 16 May 1919, p. 50. Drama. Pansy May leaves an orphanage to work in Mrs. Hendon-Ware’s

boardinghouse but is constantly ridiculed by the snobbish boarders. When THE CATSPAW : F 1.0622 she learns that Guy Henley, who had posed as her champion, actually is Thomas A. Edison, Inc. Dist Kleine-Edison Feature Service. 12 Jan in league with the boarders, she resolves to seek revenge. Years later, after 1916 [OThomas A. Edison, Inc.; 5 Jan 1916; LP7355]. 5 reels. Pansy May has achieved stardom on the stage, she tries to ruin Guy, who Dir George A. Wright.

has fallen in love with her. Dr. Jim Thorpe, realizing that Pansy May is Source: Based on the novel Catspaw by William Hamilton Osborne jeopardizing Guy’s marriage, shows her the Henley baby, and Pansy May, _—_ (New York, 1911).

her heart softened, abandons her scheme and marries Jim. Cast: Miriam Nesbitt (Roxane Bellairs), Marc MacDermott

Boardinghouses. Revenge. Actors and actresses. Impersonation and = (Kittredge St. John/His double), William Wadsworth (Mr. Bonwit), Yale imposture. Infants. Infatuation. Marriage. Orphans. Physicians. Snobbery. | Benner (Archie Varnum), Mabel Dwight (Mrs. Shackleton), Harry

ETR 2 Feb 1918, p. 720. MPW 2 Mar 1918, p. 1271. Eytinge (Major Holbrook), Grace Morrissey (Dorothy Paget), James ETR 16 Feb 1918, p. 915. NYDM 16 Feb 1918, p. 19. Harris (Detective Burke), Brad Sutton (Detective O'Connell). MPN 23 Feb 1918, p. 1184. Var 15 Feb 1918, p. 52. Drama. To pull his next job, the crook Kittredge St. John decides to hire

MPW 23 Feb 1918, p. 1136. Wid's 7 Mar 1918, pp. 992-93. a double who will be seen in public during the heist. The plan works so well that even Kittredge’s partner and sweetheart, Roxane Bellairs, whom he

CASTLES FOR TWO F1.0620 — did not tell about the double, falls for it. Seeing the double with Dorothy Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 5 Mar Paget, Roxane becomes jealous and decides to turn Kittredge into the 1917 [OJesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co.; 23 Feb 1917; LP10261]. 5 reels. police for a series of crimes he has committed. At his trial the real Kittredge

Pres Jesse L. Lasky. Dir Frank Reicher. Asst dir Charles Watt. Scen manages to pin all the blame on his double and then escapes with Roxane Beatrice C. de Mille and Leighton Osmun. Story Beatrice C.de Milleand —_ and explains everything to her, while the double finally succeeds in clearing

Leighton Osmun. Cam Dent Gilbert. himself of all blame. Doubles. Impersonation and imposture. Robbers. Cast: Marie Doro (Patricia Calhoun), Elliott Dexter (Brian O'Neil), Escapes. Frame-ups. Informers. Jealousy. Robbery. Trials. Mayme Kelso (Patricia’s secretary), Jane Wolff, Harriet Sorenson, Lillian Note: According to modern sources, Charles Sutton, Julian Reed and Dennis F.

Leighton (Brian’s sisters), Julia Jackson (Brian’s mother), Horace B. Ward also appeared in the film.

Carpenter (Neough), Billy Elmer (Callahan), Marie Mills (Nanny). Motog 22 Jan 1916, p. 197. MPW 22 Jan 1916, p. 674.

Drama. Heiress Patricia Calhoun visits the Irish home of her PW i. ne le if ae 206. 439 va R a tole . S

grandmother in the hopes of finding the fairies of whom her grandmother ee oo so often spoke. There she meets Brian O’Neil who falls in love with her.

When Brian’s three sisters nag him into agreeing to marry a wealthy CAUGHT IN THE ACT , ate F1.0623

American woman in order to save his family’s ancestral estate, however, Fox F ilm Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 15 Dec 1918 [©William Fox; 15

'y Fre ma

he must put aside his feelings for Patricia whom he thinks is a poor girl. Dec 1918; LP13139]. > reels. , As a practical joke, Patricia makes Brian think that her old maid secretar Pres William Fox. Dir Harry Millarde. Scen Raymond L. Schrock.

, P JOK®, ; .; ary Story Fred Jackson. Cam Ben Struckman.

is actually the heiress and watches him make a fool of himself proposing Cast: P Hyland (Priscilla Kane), Leslie Austen (Langd

toblethe woman. In the end, Patricia’s true identity is revealed and Brian is T. ast a cbby ty . ‘ ne angaon to marry the woman he loves as well as save his family home. Brother- revor), George Bunny (Peter R. Kane), Mrs. Carlotta Coer (Mrs. P. R.

at y ; ,; y ; Kane), Jack Raymond (Lord Cecil), Wally McKeown (Willis, Trevor's

sister relationship _ Family — honor. , Fortune hunters. Heiresses. valet), Elizabeth Garrison (Mrs. Hopkins), Ellen Cassidy (Her niece), Mr.

Impersonation and imposture. Marriage-Forced by circumstances. Martin (The minister), Henry Hallam (Dr. McNeil). Mistaken identity. Fairies. Ireland. Irish. Practical jokes. Secretaries. Comedy. Priscilla Kane, a society girl who loves excitement, escapes from ote The title of the original story was Rich Girl—Poor Girl. The U.S. Catalo her boarding school and then rejects the man her father has selected for of Copyright Entries for Motion Pictures mistakenly lists the copyright claimant a8 her. While visiting a mending shop, Langdon Trevor, a Journalist who has

the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Co. exposed Priscilla’s father as a food profiteer, mistakes Priscilla for a

ETR 10 Mar 1917, p. 976. NYDM _10 Mar 1917, p. 26. seamstress and asks her to call on him. Priscilla, attracted to Trevor, plays

Motog 17 Mar 1917, p. 590. Var 13 Apr 1917, p. 22. along, visiting Trevor and doing his mending. On one such visit, the MPN 17 Mar 1917, p. 1717. Wid's 8 Mar 1917, p. 153. photographer hired by Kane to frame Trevor snaps the young man in bed

MPW 17 Mar 1917, p. 1757, 1827. with Priscilla as his nurse. The two escape through a window and are married. Frame-ups. Journalists. Seamstresses. Socialites. Boarding

CASTLES IN THE AIR F1.0621 ~— schools. Photographers. Profiteers.

Metro Pictures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 12 May 1919 [OMetro Note: MPN calls the Langdon Trevor character Pennington Wright.

Pictures Corp.; 12 May 1919; LP13748]. 5 reels. ETR 4 Jan 1919, p. 423. MPW 14 Dec 1918, p. 1256. Dir George D. Baker. Scen George D. Baker. Cam William Fildew. MPN 28 Dec 1918, p. 3953. MPW 28 Dec 1918, p. 1551. Source: Based on the short story “Orchestra D-2” by Kate Jordan

(pseud. of Mrs. F. M. Vermilye) in The Saturday Evening Post (25 Dec CAVANAUGH OF THE FOREST RANGERS F1.0624

1915). Vitagraph Co. of America; A Blue Ribbon Feature. Dist Greater Cast: May Allison (Fortuna Donnelly), Ben Wilson (Eddie Lintner), Vitagraph, Inc. 25 Feb 1918 [OVitagraph Co. of America; 16 Feb 1918;

Clarence Burton (John McArthur), Walter I. Percival (Hon. Owen LP12068]. 5 reels. Pauncefort), \rene Rich (Mrs. Owen Pauncefort), Mother Anderson Pres Albert E. Smith. Dir William Wolbert. Cam Reginald E. Lyons. (Mrs. Larrymore), Viola Dolan (Esther Jones), Ruth Maurice (Lucy Source: Based on the novel Cavanagh, Forest Ranger; a Romance of the

Dalton). Mountain West by Hamlin Garland (New York, 1910). Comedy. When Fortuna Donnelly gets a position as an usher at the Cast: Nell Shipman (Virginia Wetherford), Alfred Whitman (Ross Halcyon Theater, manager Eddie Lintner becomes romantically interested Cavanaugh), Otto Lederer (Ed Wetherford), Laura Winston (Eliza

in her and is jealous that she prefers wealthy Englishman Owen Wetherford), R. Bradbury (Sam Gregg), Rex Downs (Joe Gregg), Joe Pauncefort. Fortuna dines with Pauncefort at his home, where he makes Rickson (Neil Ballard); Hal Wilson (Mr. Redfield), Mrs. Hattie Buskirk sexual advances toward her. He apologizes and confides that he is trying (Mrs. Redfield).

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE CELEBRATED SCANDAL Northwest drama. Ed Wetherford becomes an outlaw and, to escape before the bricklayer can sell his invention. With the help of Father imprisonment, abandons his wife Eliza and daughter Virginia. After McGowan, Jeremiah’s daughter Cecilia helps raise her brother Johnny and attending college in the East, Virginia returns to California, where she then, after Madden has made his fortune, is educated at a private finishing meets and falls in love with Ross Cavanaugh, a United States ranger. Ross school. Cecilia and Harry Twombly, a young lawyer, fall in love, and when

is busy trying to maintain peace between warring cattlemen and Johnny falls into the clutches of a woman blackmailer, Harry helps Cecilia sheepherders and, in the line of duty, meets Virginia’s father. The two men effect his reform. Construction workers. Inventions. Lawyers. Blackmail. become friends and Virginia, who had been reluctant to accept Ross’s Brother-sister relationship. Disease. Finishing schools. Moral reformation.

proposal Pecause ofRangers. her rather s mises’.Desertion. analy marries Ross.ote: gationia. Physicians. rests. ly the Sh role b theofcole of J Madden. Accord to utlaws. Range wars. Cattlemen. Father-son Wid's credits Billy Shea with Jeremiah Madden. According

relationship. Sheepherders. 9 several sources, this film was to be released by Graphic Film Corp.

. “a thic fj MPN 15 Jun 1918, p. 3548. NYT 3 Jun 1918, p. 9.

Note: Some scenes in this film were shot at Mt. Wilson, CA. MPW 8 Jun 1918. p. 1473. Var 24 May 1918, p. 38. ETR p. 1221. 1065.NYDM NYDM2_—__23 Feb 1918, p. 13. NYDM 6 Jul 1918, p. 963. Wid's 26 May 1918, pp. 13-14. MPN 22 Mar Mar 1918, 1918, p. Mar 1918, p. 18. MPN 9 Mar 1918, p. 1469. Wid’s 28 Feb 1918, p. 974.

MPW 2 Mar 1918, p. 1271. A CELEBRATED CASE F 1.0627 Kalem Co. Dist General Film Co.; Special Features Dept. May 1914. 4 THE CAVE MAN F 1.0625 reels. Vitagraph Co. of America; A Blue Ribbon Feature. Dist V-L-S-E, Inc. Cam Arthur D. Ripley. 29 Nov 1915 [©The Vitagraph Co. of America; 27 Oct 1915; LP6908]. 5 Source: Based on the play Une Cause célebre by Adolphe Philippe reels. Dennery and Eugune Cormon (Paris, 4 Dec 1877). Dir Theodore Marston. Scen Marguerite Bertsch. Cam Reginald E. Cast: Alice Joyce, Guy Coombs, Marguerite Courtot, James B. Ross,

Lyons. Harry Millarde, Alice Hollister.

Source: Based on the play The Cave Man by Gelett Burgess (New York, Drama. Madeline, the foster sister of the Duchess d’Aubeterre, marries

30 Oct 1911). Jean Renaud, a French soldier, and has a daughter named Adrienne. Five Cast: Robert Edeson (Hanlick Smagg), Fay Wallace (Madeleine years later, on a battlefield, Renaud is entrusted by the Count de Moray Mischief), Lillian Burns (Dolly Van Dream), George De Beck with jewels and papers proving that Adrienne is his heir. After Moray’s

(Brewster Bradford), Frances Connelly (Mrs. Van Dream), John T. Kelly death, Renaud gives everything to Madeline and then returns to the battle. (Mr. Van Dream), Charles Eldridge (Theodore Glush), William Sellery Lazarre, who had followed Renaud, then goes to Madeline and demands

(Solomon Huggins), Charles Morrison (Manager of steel plant). the jewels. Madeline’s refusal awakens Adrienne, but Madeline quiets her Comedy /Society. Cynical socialite Madeleine Mischief, who complains by saying that her father is home. When Madeline still refuses Lazarre’s of the lack of real men in her social class, wagers her friends that she can request, he stabs her. Later, Adrienne tells the neighbors that her father change a man from the streets into a social lion within a week. Madeleine had just been with her mother. Renaud is sentenced to prison for life, after places half a $100 bill in an envelope with a note asking any woman who — which the Duchess adopts Adrienne. Many years later, Adrienne finds it to give it to the nearest man, and any man to collect the other half reencounters her father and eventually the true murderer is revealed and

at her address. Hanlick Smagg, a burly coal heaver, finds the note and Renaud is pardoned. Adoption. Children. France. Murder. Nobility. agrees to Madeleine’s plan. After a trip to the barber and tailor, Madeleine Pardons (legal). Parentage. Documents. Foster sisters. Jewelry. Long-

trains Hamlickstudying in rudimen'ary manners, and introduces ‘im at relatives. Soldiers. mot theplay vl tin NewinVork 24 on Jan231878 as a sociologist the lowertable classes. Under Madeleine’s direction, he parties ote: An io English language version of the opened Newon York Jan , soon becomes a prominent figure. After Madeleine’s friend, Dolly Van Modern sources also list George Melford as the film’s director and Gene Gauntier as

Dream, falls in love with Hanlick, he realizes that he has been just a ‘ lew Feb 1914. 0. 814 y 8 May 1914. v.21 plaything to Madeleine. He is tempted to take revenge until he discovers 14 Feb 1914, p. 814. a” ay es Peal that he loves Madeleine. With newly awakened ambition, Hanlick works at a steel plant and develops an invention which earns him a fortune. Now A CELEBRATED CASE (Frohman Amusement Corp.) see WHAT

Madeleine’s equal, he boldly embraces her and they elope. Ambition. Class HAPPENED AT 22 distinction. Socialites. Wagers. Coal. Etiquette. Impersonation and

imposture. Inventions. Sociologists. Steel workers. THE CELEBRATED SCANDAL F 1.0628

Note: The play may have opened in Provincetown, RI before it opened in New Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp.; William Fox Photoplays Supreme. York. Robert Edeson starred in and staged the play. This was Fay Wallace’s first film. Mar 1915 [OWm. Fox; 17 Feb 1915; LP5234]. 5 reels.

The film was called The Caveman in some sources. Some interior and exterior footage TIF . : .

was shot at the steel works at South Bethlehem, PA. On 6 Feb 1926, Warner Bros. clan oom Fox. Dir James Durkin. Asst dir Dave Thompson. Scen

Pictures released a new film based on the play, directed by Lewis Milestone, and aine Sterne. ;

starring Matt Moore and Marie Prevost. (See AF/ Catalog of Feature Films, Source: Based on the play E/ Gran galeoto by José Echegaray y

1921-30; F2.0808.) Fizaguirre (Madrid, 19 Mar 1881). . Motog 11 Dec 1915, pp. 1240-41, 1263. MPW 4 Dec 1915, pp. 1844-45. Cast: Betty Nansen (Teodora), Edward José (Don Julian), Walter

MPN 13 Nov 1915, p. 65. NYDM 4 Dec 1915, p. 32. . MPN __27 Nov 1915, p. 72. Var 3 Dec 1915, p. 21. (Brenna) Ne le ‘ Roberton (Mercedes) (Alvarez), Wilmuth Merkyl

MPN 11 Dec 1915, p. 95. VLP Nov 1915, p. 53. SfO), sobe MPW 6 Nov 1915, p. 1562. Wid's 25 Nov 1915. Drama. Don Julian is preparing to leave Spain to become ambassador to England when Ernesto, the son of a deceased friend, arrives seeking help.

Don Julian invites Ernesto to move in with him and his young wife,

THE CAVELL CASE see THE WOMAN THE GERMANS SHOT

Teodora, but this kindness plants the seed for a disastrous scandal. Alvarez,

CECILIA OF THE PINK ROSES r.osas fro bs ror nerd yar cnt by Ene’ father spreads

Marion Davies Film Co. Dist Select Pictures Corp. 3 Jun 1918 [©Marion hi a were. h dal ying i , Davies Film Co. Inc.; 3 Jun 1918; LP12538]. 6 reels. be ind Don Julian’s back. The scanda causes Don Ju ian to lose the Dir Julius Steger Scen SM Weller diplomatic appointment, but he refuses to believe the accusation. To spare

Source: eer. Ape , , hisonfriend further humiliation, Ernesto departs and challenges Based novel Cecilia the however, Pink Roses by Katharine Hav; Alvarez to a the duel. When Don of Julian learns of this, he challenges Alvarez

aviland Taylor (New York, 1917). ; . . ;

Cc ; ys and is(Cecilia mortally wounded. Delirious, to Ernesto’s where, ast:,;Marion Davies Madden), Harry Benham (Harry 6 he ing is his taken wife. h ;mands the youth.room, Ernesto finds Al d Twombly), Edward O’Connor (Jeremiah Madden), Willette Kershaw pon seeing is wile, he reprimands the youtn. esto in varez an j kills him in a duel, after which he returns to the hotel and convinces his (Mary Madden), Charles Jackson (Johnny Madden, as a boy), George Le dying friend of Teodora’s faithfulness. Duels. Fidelity. Scandal. .Spain

Guere (Johnny Madden, as a man), Daniel J. Sullivan (Father Diolomate, Traitors, OFA s Taltatulness. UCI. y: pain.

Vernon), BurkeThe (Doctor McNeil). ; ;copyright nM y description, Detly Nanser , : . . oy . Joseph Theatre, Denmark. synopsis of the film in the says that ya it

McGowan), John Charles (George Dickson), Eva Campbell (Dolly Note This was the first film made in America by Betty Nansen of the Royal Drama. Jeremiah Madden invents a new kind of brick, but his sick wife, was “picturized by J. Gordon Edwards for Wm. Fox Vaudeville Company.” (The whom Dr. McNeil has refused to treat due to Madden’s lack of money, dies term “picturized” usually meant adapted or directed.) As no other sources indicate

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‘CEPTION SHOALS AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG that Edwards either directed the film or wrote the scenario, and as the William Fox THE CHALICE OF COURAGE F1.0631

Edwards wrote a synopsis or scenario for the film that was never used. . , . ° , Motog 13 Mar 1915, p. 425. MPN 6 Mar 1915, P. 48. 9 Aug 1915 [©Vitagraph Co. of America; 10 May 1915; LP5255]. 5-6 Vaudeville Co. was a name of one of Fox’s earlier companies, it is possible that Vitagraph Co. of America; A Blue Ribbon Feature. Dist V-L-S-E, Inc

MPN 30 Jan 1915, p. 28. MPN 17 Apr 1915, p. 5. reels.

MPN 27 Feb 1915, pp. 22-23, 34. NYDM 17 Mar 1915, p. 35. Dir Rollin S. Sturgeon. Source: Based on the novel The Chalice of Courage: A Romance of

: Colorado by Cyrus Townsend Brady (New York, 1912).

‘CEPTION SHOALS see OUT OF THE FOG Cast: William Duncan (William Newbold), Myrtle Gonzalez (Enid Maitland), Natalie De Lontan (Louise Rosser), George Holt (James Armstrong), George Kunkel (Robert Maitland), William V. Ranous

CEYLON see JAPAN (Jud Kirby), Otto Lederer (Stephen Maitland), Anne Schaefer (Mrs. Robert Maitland).

Drama. When James Armstrong, an unfaithful former suitor, sends her

THE CHAIN INVISIBLE F 1.0629 embarrassing letters, Louise Newbold accompanies her husband William Equitable Motion Pictures Corp. Dist Equitable Motion Pictures Corp. on a prospecting trip to avoid a confrontation, When her horse plunges 24 Apr 1916 [OEquitable Motion Pictures Corp.; | May 1916; LU8192]. down an embankment, Louise is severely injured and pleads with Newbold

5 reels. to kill her. After Newbold reluctantly complies, he flees to the mountains Dir Frank E. Powell. Scen Roy L. McCardell. taking only Louise’s locket, which contains a picture of Armstrong, and

Source: Based on a book by Richard Le Gallienne (publication becomes a recluse. Five years later, Enid Maitland travels West to visit her

undetermined). Uncle Robert, a wealthy miner. Armstrong meets and falls in love with her.

Cast: Bruce McRae (James Wadsworth), Gerda Holmes (Anna Ona camping trip with Robert and Armstrong, Enid wanders off to swim. Dalton), Alfred Hickman (Sir Richard Towne), Tom McGrath Newbold kills a bear sniffing her clothes, and after a blizzard strikes, they (Robert Dalton), Lillian Page (Mrs. Dalton), Victor Benoit (Paul become snowbound in his cabin. Enid and Newbold grow to love each other

Dalton), Margaret Livingston (Elizabeth King). during the long winter, although the love remains platonic. When the Drama. Lumber man James Wadsworth falls in love with society’s Anna _—«*"eScue party finds the cabin, Newbold recognizes Armstrong from the Dalton and so follows her everywhere, even when she boards a steamer for Photograph in the locket and fights him. After Armstrong leaves and

South America. An aggressive suitor, James throws Anna overboard, Commits suicide, Enid and Newbold marry. Murder. Platonic love. jumps in after her and takes her to a deserted island, where Anna gradually ecluses. Bears. Blizzards. Camping. Letters. Miners. Photographs. falls in love with him. A rescue mission led by Anna’s fiancé, Richard Suicide. Uncles.

: : : : : re-taken because of static found on the film. ese scenes were Snot in the snow-Cla

Towne, locates the island and removes Anna but leaves James, with wate: According to a news item, about one-hall of the scenes in this iim had to Richard telling Anna that he has died in a fall from a cliff. James manages regions of Big Bear Mountain in CA. The film opened at the Vitagraph Theatre in o leave the island, however, and tracks down Richard and Anna, who have New York on 2 May 1915.

gotten married. Horrified at the sight of James, who is living proof of his Motog 14 Aug 1915, pp. 309-10. NYDM 6 Jan 1915, p. 23.

own heartlessness on the island and of his having lied to Anna, Richard MPN 15 May 1915, p. 61. NYDM 12 May 1915, p. 38. commits suicide, thereby allowing Anna to return to the man she has never MPW 15 May 1915, p. 1093. Var 30 Jul 1915, p. 19. stopped loving. /slands. Jealousy. Lumberjacks. Rescues. Socialites. MPW 14 Aug 1915, pp. 1233-34. VLP Aug 1915, p. 34. Conscience. Courtship-Aggressive. Duplicity. Steamboats. Suicide.

Note: According to a news item, some scenes in this film were shot at Havana, THE CHALICE OF SORROW F1.0632

Cuba. This film was reviewed in Var under the title The Invisible Chain. Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. 9 Oct 1916

Motog 16 Oct 1915, p. 783. NYDM 11 Mar 1916, p. 25. [©Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.; 16 Sep 1916; LP9134]. 5 reels.

MPN $ Mey i916 p 2725. | Va rv ne oe P. 1 Dir Rex Ingram. Scen Rex Ingram. Cam Duke Hayward and George W.

MPW 6 May 1916, p. 981, 1046, Wid’s ‘27Cast: Apr 1916, p. 538. Lawrence. . Cleo Madison (Lorelei), Blanche White (/sabel Clifford), Charles Cummings (Marion Leslie), John McDermott (Rance Clifford),

CHAINS OF EVIDENCE F 1.0630 Wedgewood Nowell (Francisco De Sarpina), Howard Crampton Hallmark Pictures Corp. Dist Hallmark Pictures Corp. Feb 1920 (Siestra), Albert McQu Aarne (Pietro), Rhea Haines (#is wife).

[©Hallmark Pictures Corp. 31 Dec 1919: LP14728]. 5 reels. Drama. Performing in Mexico, American opera star Lorelei enthralls Dir Dallas M. Fitzgerald. Scen J. Clarkson Miller or John C. Glavey. Francisco De Sarpina, the governor of the province. Lorele! has no time for

Story Leon D. Britton. Cam M. Dallett. him, however, since her fiance, Marion Leslie, is also in Mexico. The Cast: Edmund Breese (Judge Frank Sturgis), Marie Shotwell (Mrs. Jealous Sarp ina has Marion arrested on a trumped-u p charge and then Frank Sturgis), Anna Lehr (Edith Sturgis), Wallace Ray (Dick), Joseph orders a firing squad to execute him at sunrise. Sarpina tells Lorelei that Granby (James Stewart), Peggy Worth (Dot Curly), James F. Cullen he will relent only if she spends the night with him. Lorelei agrees, but (Detective Simms), George Cooper (George Brownlow), Edward Elkas during the night she stabs Sarpina to death. She rushes to Marion s cel (The old cobbler), Glenn Kunkel (Brownlow’s lieutenant), Eva Gordon, carrying two passports signed by Sarpina that will guarantee their safe exit

Joseph P. Mack. from Mexico, but she discovers that the governor had tricked her: he did Mystery. Edith Sturgis, the daughter of a judge, returns from studies "0! Commute the sentence, and Marion has already been executed.

abroad to find her widowed father remarried. The new Mrs. Sturgis does Duplicity Jealousy Mexico. Provincial governors. Singers. Americans in

not reveal that she has a son Dick, once unjustly jailed by Judge Sturgis, foreign countries. Executions. Frame-ups. Murder. Opera. —

. . . escriptions, was “A Reincarnation of Tosca.

but now working as a reporter while still maintaining an association with Note: A subtitle for this film, which was crossed out on the synopsis in the copyright

the Brownlow gang. Quarrelling with her stepmother, Edith leaves home, MPN 7 Oct 1916. p. 2226 Var 29 Sep 1916. 0. 26 meets Dick and falls in love. While Dr. and Mrs. Allen (whom Edith met MPW 14 Oct 1916p. 297. Wid's -28 Sep 1916. p. 991.

on the steamer) are visiting in the Sturgis home, the doctor’s valuable radium is stolen from the safe, and Judge Sturgis is found murdered. Dick,

though with Edith at the time, is accused of the crime. Finally, an old THE CHALLENGE ore shoemaker confesses that he entered the house to steal the radium, with 1916 [©Pathé Exchan e Inc: 18 Dee 191 6: LU97 49]. 5 reels ys.

which to cure his crippled son, and witnessed the judge’s slaying by the Dir Donald McKenzie “Asst dir Ral sh Navarro Seen Bertram

Brownlow gang. Dick is freed and finds happiness with Edith, and the Millh Cam H W d P doctor helps the crippled boy. Ex-convicts. Murder. Physicians. Radium. nauser. Sai mary woos. ,

Theft. (place of production undetermined, 19] 1). . . Stepmothers. Cobblers. Disabled persons. Gangs. Judges. Reporters. Source: Based on the play The Challenge by Edward Childs Carpenter Note: Sources conflict on whether Miller or Glavey wrote the scenario. Modern Cast: Montagu Love (Quarrier), Helene Chadwick (Alberta

sources place Joseph Mack and Eva Gordon in the cast. Bradley), Charles Gotthold (Robert Lester), Ben Hendricks. ETR 21 Feb 1920, p. 1227. MPW 3 Jan 1920, p. 32. Drama. Quarrier’s rival Robert Lester schemes to have the engineer MPN 6 Mar 1920, p. 2401. Wid's 7 Mar 1920, p. 5. imprisoned, but the government pardons him so he can oversee a project 130

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE CHANGING WOMAN vital to the country’s growth. On the job, Quarrier once again meets Lester, THE CHALLENGE OF THE LAW F 1.0636 who has tricked Alberta Bradley into selling him the land which is to be Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 10 Oct 1920 [OWilliam Fox; 10 Oct

used for the project. Alberta still feels as if the land is her own, and 1920; LP15669]. 5 reels. threatens to kill the first of Quarrier’s workers to swing a pick into it. Dir Scott Dunlap. Scen Denison Clift. Story E. Lloyd Sheldon. Cam Quarrier himself begins digging, and while she is unable to kill him, she Clyde De Vinna. vows to hate him forever. Gradually, their relationship softens, and the two Cast: William Russell (Capt. Bruce Cavanaugh), Helen Ferguson come to love each other, with Alberta acknowledging the worth of (Madeline Du Barre), Arthur Morrison (Trooper Tom Wallace), James

Quarrier’s project. Then, working together, they expose Lester to Farley (Pere Du Barre), Robert Klein (Proprietor of general), D. J. government authorities, since he has been plotting to keep all of the Mitsoras (Fourchette), Fred Malatesta (Jules Lafitte). project’s profits for himself. Construction. Engineers. Land sales. Rivalry. Northwest drama. Captain Bruce Cavanaugh, accompanied by Trooper

Embezzlement. Fraud. Imprisonment. Pardons (legal). Tom Wallace, is dispatched by the Commander of the Canadian North Note: This film marked the screen debut of Helene Chadwick. Wesi Mounted Police to Fort Qu’Appelle, to put a stop to the fur ETR 16 Dec 1916, p. 132. MPW 23 Dec 1916, p. 1813, 1821. smuggling trade. At the fort, Cavanaugh meets and falls in love with

Mone ic be ioe is loay nay le pet ioe p oe Madeline Du Barre, the daughter of a fur smuggler. Finding himself torn

MPW 16 Dec 1916, p. 1700. Wid's 14 Dec 1916, p. 1175. between love and duty, Cavanaugh is forced to arrest Madeline’s father,

thus forcing her to join forces with smugglers Jules Lafitte and Fourchette in order to win the release of her father. The trio succeeds, but in the jail break Tom Wallace is shot and killed. Cavanaugh takes up the pursuit of

THE CHALLENGE ACCEPTED F 1.0634 Madeline and the three men, finding Madeline wandering alone on the An Arden Picture. Dist W. W. Hodkinson Corp., through Pathé American desert after Fourchette and Lafitte have killed each other in a

Exchange, Inc. 29 Dec 1918. 5 reels. duel. The Mountie returns to Canada with the woman he loves, and when Dir Edwin L. Hollywood. Story Donald Gordon Reid. Cam Charles W. a witness comes forth to testify that Lafitte and Fourchette were Wallace’s

Hoffman. killers, Madeline and her father are cleared of the crime. Canada. Deserts.

Cast: Zena Keefe (Sally Haston), Charles Eldridge (John Haston), Fort Qu’Appelle (Canada). Fur traders. North West Mounted Police. Russell Simpson (Uncle Zeke Sawyer), Chester Barnett (Steve Carey), Smugglers. Duels. Escapes. Father-daughter relationship. Forts.

Joel Day (Tom Carey), Sidney D’Albrook (Billy Murphy), John Hopkins ETR 23 Oct 1920, p. 2185. MPW 23 Oct 1920, p. 1152.

(James Grogan), Warren Cook (Capt. Roderick Brooke). MPN 23 Oct 1920, p. 3267. Wid's 17 Oct 1920, p. 19. Drama/World War I. Sally Haston, a postmaster’s daughter in the Blue

Ridge Mountains, loves Steve Carey but wants him to enlist and fight the THE CHAMBER MYSTERY F1.0637 Germans during World War I. At the training camp, Steve is unhappy and Schomer-Ross Productions, Inc. Dist State Rights; Arrow Film Corp. frequently argues with his roughneck tentmate, Billy Murphy. Steve Mar-Apr 1920. 5 reels. deserts to visit Sally, who quickly accompanies him back to the camp, Dir Abraham Schomer. Scen Abraham Schomer.

where Captain Roderick Brooke sympathetically explains the purpose of Cast: Claire Whitney (Kitty Parker), Earl Metcalfe (Dr. Carroll the war. Later, moonshiner James Grogan holes up with a gun to escape West), Sam Edwards (Peter Parker), Robert Lee Allen (Gus Woozle), the draft and holds Sally prisoner. Her father organizes a posse, but Steve, Camilla Dalberg (Mrs. West), Dorothy Walker (Ann), Howard Morgan on leave, rescues her and then announces that he is leaving for Europe to (Mr. Smiggles), Ricca Allen (Mrs. Smiggles), Fred Stanton (Detective fight for democracy. Deserters—Military. Military enlistment. Patriotism. Rhombus). United States. Army. World War |. Blue Ridge Mountains. Draft dodgers. Comedy. There is agitation in the West household when young Dr. West

Military officers. Moonshiners. Posses. Postmasters. disappears mysteriously, causing his mother to notify the police, who assign Note: Some sources credit Joel Day with the role of “Steve Carey.” the search to Detective Rhombus. The cause of all this excitement resides

ETR 21 Dec 1918, p. 193, 237. MPW 28 Dec 1918, p. 1561. in the Parker apartment on the floor above where the doctor has gone to

MPN 21 Dec 1918, p. 3781. var 13 Dec 1918, p. 40. call on his sweetheart Kitty. She is in a dither because her father has decreed that she marry Gus Woozle, the pickle king. Dr. West and Kitty

are planning to elope, but when her father returns unexpectedly, Kitty

THE CHALLENGE OF CHANCE F 1.0635 hides her lover in the boudoir. Parker tells his daughter that he has sent Continental Pictures Corp. Dist Independent Sales Corp. through Film for Alderman Smiggles to officiate at her wedding and, to prevent any Clearing House. Jul 1919 [©Continental Pictures Corp.; 1 Jul 1919; deviation in his plans, locks Kitty in her bedroom. Soon after, the detective

LP13920]. 7 reels. arrives and arrests both Woozle and Parker for the doctor s disappearance.

Pres Fred L. Wilke. Prod Fred L. Wilke. Dir Harry Revier. Scen Roy In their absence, Alderman Smiggles arrives and marries Kitty to the

Somerville. Story Roy Somerville. Cam Leo Rossi, Arthur Todd and Eddie doctor. When Kitty's father returns, there is nothing he can do but offer

James. the couple his blessing. Missing persons. Detectives. Father-daughter Cast: Jess Willard (Joe Bates), Arline Pretty (Fay Calvert), Albert Hart relationship. Mistaken identity. Physicians. Pickle magnates.

(Charles Burr), Lee Hill (Bob Edmunds), Harry Van Meter (El ETR 17 Apr 1920, p. 2285. MPW 6 Mar 1920, p. 1680. Capitan).

Western. Joe Bates resigns his job as ranch foreman and goes to El Paso THE CHANGING WOMAN F1.0638

to become a horse buyer for dealer Charles Burr. When he discovers that Vitagraph Co. of America; A Blue Ribbon Feature. Dist Greater Burr was the man he had earlier knocked out for beating a horse, he leaves: Vitagraph, Inc. 19 Aug 1918 [OVitagraph Co. of America; 14 Aug 1918; Burr’s office before Burr sees him. Joe visits Fay Calvert, an Easterner he = LP12751]. 5 reels, 4,321 ft.

met on the train, and finds her distraught because Burr refused to buy her Pres Albert E. Smith. Dir David Smith. Scen Robert A. Sanborn. deceased father’s racing horses at their agreed upon price. Joe, still Burrs © Cam C. Smith, Jr. agent, purchases the horses which are kept at a race track in Juarez, and Source: Based on the short story “A Matter of Mean Elevation” by O. agrees to deliver them in El Paso. Burr agrees but arranges with the leader | Henry [pseud. of William Sydney Porter] in In His Whirligigs (New York, of a band of Mexican rebels to seize the horses. With the help of Fay’s _—‘'!910).

fiancé, Bob Edmunds, and after gun and fist fights during which Burr is Cast: Hedda Nova (Nina Girard), J. Frank Glendon (Johnny killed, Joe gets the horses to America, and Fay and Bob marry. Fistfights. | Armstrong), Otto Lederer (President Guzman Blanco), George Kunkel

Good Samaritans. Horse traders. Horses. Mexican border. Cruelty to | (Company manager). animals. El Paso (New Mexico). Gunfights. Juarez (Mexico). Mexicans. Comedy-drama. Nina Girard, a prima donna whose opera company is Note: The Continental Pictures Corp. was located in Chicago, where some of the touring South America, captivates everyone she meets until she encounters

film was shot. The company also used the Brunton studios in Los Angeles. Jess Johnny Armstrong, a woman-hater. When she is captured by a tribe of Willard, the heavyweight champion of the world at the time of production, lost his Indians living in the mountains, Johnny rescues Nina and becomes title to Jack Dempsey on 4 Jul 1919. The film opened in New York on 20 Jun 1919. fascinated with a change in her character apparently brought about by her

ul 1919, p. 393. NYT 19 Jun 1919, p. 9. -_

MPN a 1919, p. 393. MPW 5 Jul 1919, p. WI. experience in the mountains. As the two return to civilization, however, MPW 24 May 1919, p. 1146. Var 27 Jun 1919, p. 46. Nina becomes her old self, craving and receiving constant attention, and MPW 21 Jun 1919, pp. 1740-41. Wid's 6 Jul 1919, p. 21. Johnny’s admiration fades. In the hope that he can regain the woman he 131

THE CHAPERON AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG loves, Johnny carries Nina back to the mountains again. Abduction. Melodrama. Mary Fleming, who is on trial for killing her consumptive Indians of South America. Misogynists. Mountains. Opera singers. South child, describes on the witness stand the way in which she and her brother

America. Transformation. Vanity. Rescues. Jimmie were placed in an orphanage after their parents died and lived ETR 17 Aug 1918, p. 859. MPW 31 Aug 1918, p. 1301. under brutally harsh conditions. Jimmie escaped and Mary has not seen

han a Ae i918 i" 1D. 1364. M's in Ae i918 ate 5 him for years. In the end, however, her brother enters the courtroom, now

MPW 24 Aug 1918, p. 1157. a lawyer and a surprise member of Mary’s defense team. After an

| emotional reunion between sister and brother, the latter proves that Mary’s

THE CHAPERON | F1.0639 child died of starvation and then exposes the owner of the orphanage as a Essanay Film Mfg. Co. Dist K-E-S-E Service. 20 Nov 1916 [©Essanay fraud and a white slaver. Brother-sister relationship. Infanticide. Long-lost

Film Mfg. Co.; 4 Nov 1916; LP9453]. 5 reels. relatives. Orphans. Trials. Children. Lawyers. Orphanages. Tuberculosis. Dir Arthur Berthelet. Scen H. S. Sheldon. Cam Will E. Smith. White slavers.

Source: Based on the play The Chaperon by Marion Fairfax (New York, Note: Linda A. Griffith was D. W. Griffith’s estranged wife. The film was also

30 Dec 1908). referred to as Charity? This was the first feature made by Frank Powell Productions, Cast: Edna Mayo (Madge Hemingway), Eugene O’Brien (Jim Inc. According to a news item, a trade showing of the film was scheduled for 26 Sep

Ogden), Sydney Ainsworth (Count Van Tuyle), Frankie Raymond ve a New on 1916. p. 937 NYDM 23 Sep 1916. ». 23 (Mrs. Hemingway), John Cossar (Mr. Combs), Marion Skinner (Mrs. MPM 21 Oct 1916, p 2557. NYDM 21 One 1916, . 26. Combs), Leona Ball, Gertrude Glover, Renee Clements, Teddy Virgo MPN 30 Dec 1916, p. 4238. Var 29 Sep 1916, p. 26.

(The daughters). MPW 21 Oct 1916, p. 380. Comedy-drama. Heiress Madge Hemingway loves Jim Ogden, but

because her mother is fond of titles, she must marry the money-hungry CHARITY CASTLE F1.0642 Count Van Tuyle. Unhappy with her European lifestyle, Madge leaves the American Film Co. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; A Mutual Star Production. count and returns to her mother’s lakeside home, where she once again 3 Sep 1917. 5 reels. meets Jim. The count arrives, attempting to get his wife back, and to avoid Dir Lloyd Ingraham. Adapted by Doty Hobart. him, Madge and Jim, whose romance is blossoming all over again, go for Cast: Mary Miles Minter (Charity), Clifford Callis (The Prince), Alan

a canoe ride in the lake. The canoe sinks, and the couple is stranded for Forrest (Merlin Durand), Eugenie Forde (Zelma Verona), Henry A. a night on a small island. When the count finds out, he suspects the worst, Barrows (Simon Durand), Ashton Dearholt (Elmer Trent), Robert Klein and so, after Madge s now disillusioned mother agrees to pay him ° ff, he (Graves), Spottiswoode Aitken (Lucius Garrett), George Ahearn (Bill grants Madge a divorce so that she can marry Jim. Boating accidents. . Heiresses. Marriage-Forced. Nobility. Bribery. Canoes. Divorce. False Turner), Gordon Russell (Sam Smith). accusations. Islands. Lakes. Mother-daughter relationship. Separation. Charity and her little brother—-whom Charity. b f her belief in th

-~" ee, ear Comedy-drama. After their mother, a poor widowed charwoman, dies,

Social climbers. an y ane er ; e re fer whom Charity, recause 0 er belie in € Motog 25 Nov 1916, p. 1195. NYDM 25 Nov 1916, p. 26. worl of airy tales, calls The Prince —are taken in by Merlin Durand. MPN 2 Dec 1916, p. 3493. Var 17 Nov 1916, p. 25. Merlin is the son of a miserly, grouchy millionaire, who cuts off Merlin’s

MPW 25 Nov 1916, p. 1180, 1227. Wid's 23 Nov 1916, p. 25. allowance until he earns a week’s salary. When Charity learns that Merlin is unable to get a job, she and The Prince go to plead with Durand, whom

THE CHAPLIN REVUE OF 1916 see THE ESSANAY-CHAPLIN she calls “The Ogre.” After finding that Durand has left to take a “water

REVUE OF 1916 cure,” and that his servants have gone on an unauthorized vacation, Charity and The Prince hide in the house. That evening, Bill, a burglar,

CHARGE IT TO ME F1.0640 ‘enters, but Charity, in her innocence, convinces him to be their protector.

American Film Co. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc. 4 May 1919[©American The next morning, Sam Smith, a bum, and Lucius Garrett, an unemployed

Film Co.; 18 Apr 1919; LP13623]. 5 reels. Shakespearan actor, are invited to join what is now called “Charity Dir Roy William Neill. Scen L. V. Jefferson. Story L. V. Jefferson. Castle.” After Durand unexpectedly returns, Charity pacifies him. He Cast: Margarita Fisher (Winnie Davis), Emory Johnson (Elmer hires the guests to replace the servants, adopts Charity and The Prince, and Davis), Augustus Phillips (Howard Weston), L.S. McKee (Col. Godfrey reconciles with Merlin, who brings home a week’s salary check. Father-son

Hibbard), Budd Post (Archie Gunn), Bull Montana (“Corkscrew” relationship. Orphans. Misers. Personality changes. Brother-sister McGann), George Swann (Hercules Strong), J. Farrell MacDonald relationship. Wards and guardians. Actors and actresses. Burglars.

(Officer Hennessey), Sophie Todd (Maggie). Health faddism. Millionaires. Servants.

Comedy. When newlywed Winnie Davis cannot buy her husband Elmer Motog 15 Sep 1917, p. 581. MPW 15 Sep 1917, p. 1704. a birthday present because he insists that she charge everything to his MPW 8 Sep 1917, p. 1576. Wid's 13 Sep 1917, p. 591. account, she turns their car into a taxi, dons a “chauffeurette” uniform,

and has no trouble attracting many male customers. Elmer, already CHARLIE CHAPLIN’S BURLESQUE ON “CARMEN” F1.0643 depressed because of the financial squeeze Winnie’s jealous former suitor Essanay Film Mfg. Co. Dist V-L-S-E, Inc. 9 Apr 1916 [OEssanay Film Howard Weston is putting on him, flies into a rage when he finds in his Mfg. Co.; 3 Apr 1916; LP8013]. 4 reels. house four of Winnie's customers, who had come bearing gifts after Winnie Dir Charles Chaplin. Scen Charles Chaplin. had asked their opinions ona nice birthday gift. The police trace one of the Source: Based on the novel Carmen by Prosper Mérimée (France, 1847) men, burglar “Corkscrew” McGann, to the house and haul everyone off and the opera of the same name, music by Georges Bizet, libretto by Henri to jail when they find stolen dressing gowns and silverware. Later Winnie Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy (Paris, 3 Mar 1975).

gets Weston to admit that he tried to ruin Elmer and then to repair the Cast: Charles Chaplin (Darn Hosiery, Don José), Edna Purviance financial damage. Winnie explains everything, everyone comes to Elmer's (Carmen), John Rand (Escamillo), Leo White (Morales), Jack Henderson

party, and Winnie now Opens a charge account of her own. Birthdays. (Lillas Pastia), Ben Turpin (Remendado), May White (Frasquita), Charge accounts. Finance-Personal. Gifts. Newlyweds. Taxi drivers.

Burglars. Jails. Parties Wesley Ruggles " Comedy. The officer Darn Hosiery(The falls tramp). madly in love with Carmen, a

ETR 3 May 1919, p. 1679. Var 25 Apr 1919, p. 80. ; , é , MPN 3 May 1919, p. 2906. Wid's 27 Apr 1919, p. 7. seductive gypsy, who is adored by many men, including Escamillo, a

MPW 3 May 1919, pp. 716-17. dashing matador. Carmen responds to Hosiery’s eager attentions by teasing him in front of Escamillo and the other gypsies. Meanwhile,

CHARITY F1.0641 Remendado, a diminutive smuggler, tries to woo the rotund Frasquita, but, Frank Powell Productions, Inc. Dist State Rights. 1916 [©Frank Powell like Hosiery, he must contend with rivals and other obstacles. When

Productions, Inc.; 5 Aug 1916; LU8928]. 6 reels. Carmen interrupts one of Frasquita’s flirtations, Frasquita throws an angry

Supv Frank Powell. Dir Frank Powell. Scen Linda A. Griffith. Titles punch, and the two gypsies wrestle with each other on the street until

James Clarence Harvey. Cam David Calcagni. Carmen overcomes her enormous rival. After a night of dancing and

Cast: Linda A. Griffith (Mary Fleming), Creighton Hale (Jimmie drinking at the village inn, Carmen is arrested for her participation in the Fleming, her brother), Sheldon Lewis (Their father), John Dunn fight but is rescued by Hosiery, who stabs and kills a fellow officer in (Superintendent of the orphan’s home), Elizabeth Burbridge (Anne, his Carmen’s defense. As Hosiery contemplates his deed, Carmen slips away

daughter), Veta Searl (The little “orphan girl’), Sam J. Ryan (The from the inn with Escamillo. Hosiery pursues them and, when he finds

go-between). Carmen alone, stabs her and then himself. Escamillo stumbles onto the 132

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 | CHATEAU-THIERRY, ST.-MIHIEL AND ARGONNE crumpled bodies of Hosiery and Carmen and, believing them dead, leaves. Cast: Charles Chaplin (Charlie), Edna Purviance (Edna Once alone, Hosiery leaps to his feet and shows a very lively Carmen that Sugar-Plum), Leo White (Duke De Durti-Dog), Eric Campbell the knife he used was phony. Bullfighters. Flirts. Gypsies. Military officers. (Policeman).

Dancing. Fistfights. Inns. Murder. Obesity. Smugglers. Suicide. Comedy. After Charlie, a poor orphan, rescues Edna Sugar-Plum from Note: Late in 1915, Chaplin made a two reel parody of Carmen for Essanay. In a hobo, Edna offers him a job on her father’s farm. Charlie falls in love with 1915, both the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. and Fox Film Corp. made film _ the girl, but when he discovers that she already has a lover, he leaves the versions of Carmen. After Chaplin left the company, Essanay added two reels of farm, brokenhearted. In the city, Charlie lands a job as a film actor but, tampering with his film, but the courts ruled against him. According to modern plagued by memories of Edna, is soon fired. Later, he finds work as a sources, Leo White, an actor in the film, directed new sequences for the four-reeler, plasterer and runs into Edna, who is on a visit from the country. Unable which featured Ben Turpin in the absence of Chaplin. In early 1920, the film was re- to win her heart, Charlie quits his job in despair, then meets her again by issued on a state rights basis by Victor Kremer Film Features, Inc. An alternate title chance. Desperate and determined, Charlie finally succeeds in wooing for the film was Burlesque on Carmen. Modern sources list Bud Jameson, Laurence Edna and . her to el ‘th him. but th ht by Edna’ A. Bowes and Frank J. Coleman as cast members and R. H. Totheroh as cameraman. na and convinces : er lo elope wi im, Dut they are caug y Edna's Character names were taken from the titles of a print of the 1920 re-issue. It is unclear father, who drags his daughter back to the farm. While employed as a whether the 1916 version contained these character names. Although all reviews of janitor in a bank, Charlie saves Edna from a gang of robbers and at last the 1916 film referred to Chaplin’s character as Darn Hosiery, the 1920 film lists him convinces her grateful father to sanction their marriage. Father-daughter only as Don José. The full name of the Remendado character was not readable on relationship. Orphans. Banks. Dismissal. Elopement. Farms. Gangs.

footage to the film and released it as a four-reeler. Chaplin sued Essanay for . . .

the 1920 print that was viewed. , .

Motog 15 Apr 1916, p. 879. NYDM 15 Apr 1916, p. 29. Hoboes. Jealousy. Motion picture actors and actresses. Robbers.

MPN 22 Apr 1916, p. 2383. NYDM 29 Apr 1916, p. 25. Note: A compilation of many Essanay-Chaplin shorts, including The Tramp, By MPW 28 Feb 1920, p. 2152. NYT 10 Apr 1916, p. 11. the Sea, The Bank, Shanghaied, A Night Out, In the Park, The Champion, The MPW 22 Apr 1916, p. 639, 699. Var 14 Apr 1916, p. 24. Woman, and His New Job, this film was first released in England in 1917 as a seven-

MPW 8 Jul 1916, p. 236. Wid’s 1 Jun 1916, p. 617. reeler and was shown to British troops at the front. According to contemporary sources, Langford Reed “jingles” on the and vm in versein and directed a Scene in which two characters singwrote a song about Chaplin another which a reproduction

CHARLOTTE see THE FROZEN WARNING of a letter from a British soldier thanking Essanay is seen. The additional footage and verse refer io blacts in Britain, anewere one moder cites sone Setting for he stor , althou € original shorts all set source in the Unite ates.the Une review

CHARLOTTE CORDAY F'1.0644 includes “a somewhat different plot. In the British version of the film, Charlie Kennedy Features, Inc. Mar 1914. 4 reels. Chaplin’s character name was Graham Douglas. Various contemporary sources list

Cast: Constance Crawley (Charlotte Corday), Arthur Maude different lengths for the film, some calling it a five-reeler, others a six-reeler. One (Marat), Henry Griffith (Danton), Felix Modjeska (Barbaroux). contemporary source refers to the Leo White character as “The Count.” Modern Drama/Historical. During Terror, Charlotte Corday and sources as both the director and the scenarist of the to filmthat and . . . .the. .Reign . G.ofDoncaster as the editor. Thecred plotLangford of thisReed compilation is somewhat similar her lover Barbaroux live an idyllic existence at her palatial estate in of a 1916 Chaplin compilation, The Essanay-Chaplin Revue of 1916, although the Normandy. Marat, who secretly desires Charlotte, befriends Barbaroux _ earlier film includes excerpts from only three of the shorts.

and lures him to Paris where he openly proclaims his disgust at the excesses ETR 6 Apr 1918, p. 1465. MPW 13 Apr 1918, p. 284. of the revolution. Danton, a confederate of Marat’s, overhears Barbaroux’s ETR 13 Apr 1918, p. 1486, 1533. MPW 27 Apr 1918, p. 591.

words and betrays him. While attempting to escape in a garbage truck, ETR 4 May 1918, p. 1718. Barbaroux is apprehended. Charlotte, who has come to Paris following a

divine command which she received while reading the Bible, witnesses her © CHASING RAINBOWS _ F1.0647

lover’s arrest. Later, Marat, mad with lust, summons Charlotte and offers Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 10 Aug 1919 [OWilliam Fox; 26

to spare Barbaroux if she will accept him as a lover. She consents, and = Oct: 1919; LP14350]. 5 reels, 4,151 ft. Marat destroys the order for Barbaroux’s execution. Then, while kissing Dir Frank Beal. Scen Ruth Ann Baldwin. Cam Friend F. Baker. Marat, Charlotte stabs him to death. With Barbaroux free, however, she Source: Based on the novel Sadie by Karl Harriman (New York, 1907). fearlessly faces the guillotine. Charles Jean Marie Barbaroux. Charlotte Cast: Gladys Brockwell (Sadie), William Scott (Billy), Richard Rosson Corday. Georges Jacques Danton. France-History-Revolution, 1789- (Skinny), Harry Dunkinson (Jerry), Irene Aldwyn (Allie), Walter Long

1799. Jean Paul Marat. Paris. Bible. Escapes. Garbage trucks. Guillotine. (Lacy), Claire McDowell (Mrs. Walter. s).

Lust. Normandy (France). Western. When Sadie, a waitress in a Kansas City railroad station,

MPW 28 Mar 1914, p. 1744. Var 27 Mar 1914, p. 20. discovers that her lover Jim Lacy is married and has a child, she transfers NYDM 1 Apr 1914, p. 43. Var 15 Jan 1915, p. 27. to the small desert town of Bagdad, determined to hate all men, but the open spaces and friendliness of the people work to soften her attitude. She

THE CHARM OF NASONI see THE WOMAN UNTAMED falls in love with Billy Thompson, the restaurant’s manager, after they rescue an Indian girl from her furious lover. After Sadie saves Billy from the vengeful lover, Billy starts prospecting for gold for money to marry her.

THE CHARMER ; F'1.0645 Lacy finds Sadie and pleads for help to allow him to go East to escape the Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. 27 Aug law, which is after him because of a shooting. On the condition that he will 1917 [©Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.; 9 Aug 1917; LP11226}. 5 reels. never return, Sadie helps him win money at a crooked roulette game.

cn een - Scen Fred Myton. Story J. Grubb Alexander. Before he leaves, Lacy reveals, to Sadie’s horror, that the man he shot was

Billy, but she finds Billy unharmed and the lovers marry. Deserts.

Cast: Ella Hall (Ambrosia Lee), Belle Bennett (Charlotte Whitney), Waitresses. Cads. Indians of North America. Kansas City (Missouri). Man-

Martha Mattox (Cynthia M. Perkins), James McCandlas (Don haters. Prospectors. Railroad stations. Rescues. Roulette. Whitney), George Webb (Franklin Whit ney), Frank McQuarrie (Judge Note: The title of the film was changed from Sadie. Some review sources list 2 Nov

Applebee), A. E. Witting (Parker), Lincoln Stedman (Jed). 1919 as the film’s release date.

Drama/Rural. Despite suffering the tragedy of losing both her parents ETR 23 Aug 1919, p. 983. MPW 30 Aug 1919, p. 1374. in the war, little Ambrosia Lee maintains her high spirits and attempts to ETR 31 May 1919, p. 1999. Var 22 Aug 1919, p. 75. soothe the sorrows that she sees around her. Ambrosia turns her talents to MPN 30 Aug 1919, p. 1871. Wid's 24 Aug 1919, p. 9. the misfortune of her aunt and uncle Whitney, whose marriage is about to end. The little girl employs all her charm and convinces her aunt Charlotte © CHASMS see SOULS ADRIFT

to reconcile with her uncle, and all ends happily when, at the divorce proceeding, Charlotte rushes into her husband’s arms. Aunts. Divorce. CHATEAU-THIERRY, ST.-MIHIEL AND ARGONNE F 1.0648

Reunions. Uncles. Wards and guardians. Orphans. U.S. Army. Signal Corps. Dist War Films Inc. of Pittsburgh. Jun-Jul MPW 8 Sep 1917, p. 1522, 1580. Var 31 Aug 1917, p. 31. 1920? 12? reels. NYDM — 1 Sep 1917, p. 19. Wid's 30 Aug 1917, pp. 554-55. Documentary /World War I. The American Expeditionary Force in France is seen in action and at leisure. Animated maps show the American

CHASE ME CHARLIE F 1.0646 advances in France during 1918. American Expeditionary Force. Chateau-

Essanay Film Mfg. Co.; Perfection Pictures. Dist George Kleine System. Thierry, Battle of, 1918. Saint-Mihiel, Battle of, 1918. France. Meuse8 Apr 1918 [OEssanay Film Mfg. Co.; 29 Mar 1918; LP12282]. 6 reels. Argonne Offensive. United States. Army. World War I. Dir Charles Chaplin. Scen Charles Chaplin. Titles Langford Reed. Note: The film’s photography was done by the U.S. Army Signal Corps, but it is

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THE CHATTEL AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG uncertain whether War Films Inc. of Pittsburgh merely distributed the film or also Source: Based on the play Judah by Henry Arthur Jones (London, had a hand in its production. Censorship records list the film as twelve reels; no other 1890).

contemporary dates Bives the film’s length. MPW gives the title as Chateau Thierry, Cast: May Allison (Lilly Meany), King Baggot (Lord Asgarby), Frank

MPW 17 Jul 1920, p. 373. Currier (Peg Meany), Harry Van Meter (Bill Tozer), May Geraci

(Eve Asgarby), Percy Challenger (Mr. Prall), Lucille Ward (Mrs.

THE F1.0649Lilly Pra’) Meany, P. Dempsey Tabler (Doctor), Alberta Lee (Nurse). gang, ; , CHATTEL , ; rama/Crime. a member of aDist London underworld Vitagraph Co. of America; A aBlue V-L-S-E, Inc. . , On the a poses as faithRibbon healer toFeature. fleece wealthy hypochondriacs. 25 Sep 1916 [©Vitagraph Co. of America; 20 Sep 1916; LP9163}. > reels. recommendation of socialite Mrs. Prall, Lord Asgarby beseeches Lilly to a Fred Thomson. Scen Paul West. Cam Charles Davis. Costumes Jane cure his young crippled sister Eve. When Lilly mends a broken doll, she

’ ; ; inspires Eve’s confidence, and soon Eve is cured. Then Lord Asgarby falls

Cast: E. H. Sothern (Blake Waring), Peggy Hyland (Leila Bard), Rose in love with Lilly, and she confesses her scheme. He forgives her and they E. Tapley (Mrs. Delavan), Charles Kent (Mr. Bard), John Lark Taylor marry. Confidence women. Disabled persons. Faith cures. Faith healers.

(Walter Horley), Florence Radinoff (M aid). Moral reformation. Dolls. Gangs. London. Nobility. Socialites.

Drama. Wealthy businessman Blake Waring is obsessed by possessions Note: According to modern sources, Rudolph Valentino appeared in this film.

and feels that he owns even his wife Leila. Finally, Leila can no longer bear ETR 26 Jun 1920, p. 386. NYMT 13 Jun 1920.

being thought of as property, and so she runs away. Blake’s attitude MPN 7 Aug 1920, p. 1245. Var 30 Jul 1920, p. 33.

changes instantly as he realizes that he treated his wife terribly, and that MPW 26 Jun 1920, p. 1791. Wid's 20 Jun 1920, p. 13. people can never be considered as objects. As a result, Blake pursues Leila

and vows to her that he will change his ways. She believes him and once CHEATING CHEATERS F 1.0652 again becomes his wife. Businessmen. Desertion. Greed. Marriage. Moral C.K. Y. Film Corp. Dist Select Pictures Corp. Jan 1919 [OC. K. Y. Film

reformation. Corp.; 14 Jan 1919; LP13308]. 5 reels. Motog __23 Sep 1916, p. 738. MPW 7 Oct 1916, p. 135. Pres Clara Kimball Young. Dir Allan Dwan. Scen Kathryn Stuart.

MPN 30 Sep 1916, p. 2055. Var 8 Sep 1916, p. 21. . BR. : MPW 30 Sep 1916 is 5099. Wid's 14 Sep i916 if 306. Von 5 Ate 3 the play Cheating Cheaters by Max Marcin (New MPN 16 Sep 1916, p. 1726. NYDM _16 Sep 1916, p. 24. Cam Arthur Edeson.

Cast: Clara Kimball Young (Ruth Brockton/Ferris), Anna Q. Nilsson

THE CHEAT F1.0650 (Grace Palmer), Jack Holt (Tom Palmer), Frederick Burton (George Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 13 Dec Brockton), Frank Campeau (Steven Wilson), Nicholas Dunaew 1915 [©Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co., Inc.; 8 Dec. 1915; LU7164]. 5 (Antonio Verdi), Mayme Kelso (Mrs. Brockton), Tully Marshall (/ra

reel. Lazarre), Edwin Stevens (Mr. Palmer), Jess Singleton (Phil), Eleanor Pres Jesse L. Lasky. Dir Cecil B. DeMille. Scen Hector Turnbull and Hancock (Mrs. Palmer), W. A. Carroll (Ruth’s chauffeur). Jeanie McPherson. Cam Alvin Wyckoff. Art dir Wilfred Buckland. Mystery. A gang of crooks using the name Brockton establishes itself in Cast: Fannie Ward (Edith Hardy), Sessue Hayakawa (Hishuru a fashionable New York neighborhood next door to the Palmers, and plots Tori), Jack Dean (Dick Hardy), James Neill (Jones), Utaka Abe tosteal their neighbors’ valuable jewel collection. The two families become (Tori’s valet), Dana Ong (District attorney), Hazel Childers (Mrs. friendly when daughter Ruth Brockton and son Tom Palmer fall in love.

Reynolds), Judge Arthur H. Williams (Courtroom judge). Before the Brocktons can rob the Palmers they learn that their neighbors Drama/Society. Edith Hardy, whose obsession with expensive clothes are also crooks who have set up the same scheme to rob the Brocktons. The irritates her husband Dick, a stockbroker, complains of Dick’s frugality to two gangs agree to join forces but are threatened by the intervention of her admirer, Hishuru Tori, a wealthy Japanese curio dealer who, like renowned detective Ferris, who it turns out has actually disguised herself Edith, is a member of Long Island’s ‘“‘smart set.” After a friend gives her as Ruth Brockton to entrap the two gangs. She pardons both sets of crooks a stock tip on a copper company, Edith invests the $10,000 raised for the and reforms Tom with whom she actually has fallen in love. Criminals-

Red Cross Belgian relief fund, with which she, as treasurer, is entrusted. Rehabilitation. Detectives. Gangs. Impersonation and imposture. When the company fails, Edith frantically appeals to Tori for help, and Neighbors. Jewelry. New York City.

1 ws] 1 1 1 In . € eatin eaters was directe war aemmie and starre

agrees that in exchange for the money, she will come to him the next night. nore Marcin s pay was remade twice by Universal | first in 1927, and then again When Hardy tells Edith that his investments have capitalized, Edith Betty Compson (see AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30, F2.0843.) The 1934 persuades him to part with $10,000, but To ri, refusing to accept it, becomes film was directed by Richard Thorpe and starred Fay Wong and Cesar Romero.

enraged, and with his curio iron, brands his seal on her flesh. Writhing with ETR 18 Jan 1919, p. 539. MPW 8 Feb 1919, p. 807. pain, Edith shoots Tori and escapes. To protect Edith, Hardy assumes the ETR 25 Jan 1919, p. 647. NYT 27 Jan 1919, p. 11.

e ; eb 1919, p. 672.

blame, but at the trial, Edith climaxes her story by baring her branded MPN 18 Jan 1919, p. 336. Var 24 Jan 1919, p. 46. shoulder. The enraged crowd nearly lynches Tori, as Hardy’s charges are Mew I ne 1919, p. 758. Wid's 19 Jan 1919, p. 25. dismissed. Branding. Embezzlement. Extravagance. Japanese. Marriage. Mobs. Clothes. Curio dealers. Gunshot wounds. Long Island (New York).

Racial prejudice. Red Cross. Self-sacrifice. Socialites. Speculation. Trials. CHEATING HERSELF , ways F1.0653 Note: According to a news item, some of the settings in the character Hishura Tori’s Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 3 Aug 1919 [OWilliam Fox; 3 Aug home contained imported Chinese carved wood furniture. The courtroom judge was 1919; LP14036]. 5 reels.

former New York Appellate Court Judge Arthur H. Williams. In Feb 1916, members Dir Edmund Lawrence. Scen Ruth Ann Baldwin. Story Charles of the Japanese Association of Southern California filed a protest against the showing Mortimer Peck. Cam King Gray.

of this film with the Los Angeles City Council. This film was re-issued by Paramount Cast: Peggy Hyland (Patience Hilton), Harry Hilliard (Hale on 24 Nov 1918, at which time the character played by Sessue Hayakawa was called Thompson), Molly McConnell (Mrs. Daniel Hilton), Mrs. Jack Mulhall starring Pola Negri (see AF/ Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.0838); and in (Caroline Hilton), William Elmer (Dugan), Edwin Booth Tilton (Dan 1931 starring Tallulah Bankhead. Marcel L’Herbier directed a French remake in Hilton), Edward Jobson (Magnus MacDonald). 1937 entitled Forfaiture, in which Hayakawa recreated his role. Camille Erlanger Comedy. Although Patience Hilton becomes convinced by her father’s wrote an opera based on The Cheat entitled La Forfaiture, which was the first opera kindly head bookkeeper Magnus “Magpie” MacDonald that one can only

Burmese and renamed Haka Arakau. The Cheat was remade in America in 1923 . . vane . :

to be based on a motion picture scenario. be happy through living the simple life, she fails to convince her millionaire PW ° vee i918 p a0. NY DM - ne 191s PO parents, aunt, or boyfriend Hale Thompson to give up their life of luxury. MPW 18 Dec 1915, p. 2206, 2260. NYT 13 Dec 1915, p. 13. Thinking her father would be better off if he worked rather than worried MPW 25 Dec 1915, p. 2384. Var 17 Dec 1915, p. 18. about his money, Patience and “Magpie” blow open her father’s safe intent

MPW 9 Nov 1918, p. 691. on hiding the money, using the advice of their butler Dugan, an ex-burglar. Two men in policemen’s uniforms catch them in the act, chloroform them, THE CHEATER F 1.0651 and steal all her father’s securities, which he had just brought home from Screen Classics, Inc. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 7 Jun 1920 [OMetro his bank. Patience is cured of her “‘back to nature” beliefs when the family

Pictures Corp.; 21 Jun 1920; LP15289]. 6 reels. begins a life of toil and drudgery. Hale, remaining true to Patience, tracks Supv Maxwell Karger. Dir Henry Otto. Scen Lois Zellner. Cam W. M. the crooks and finds that they were led by Dugan. When the money is

Edmond. recovered, Hale proposes to a changed Patience. Disguise. Family life. 134

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 CHECKERS ‘ali ‘Nionai ion. AmCin 1 FebBookkeepers 1922, p. Buf 19. 04 MPW 17 Oct p. p368. Idealism. Materialism. Millionaires. Transformation. May 1914 PW 71914, Nov 1914, 852. Butlers. Chloroform. Poverty. Robbery. Safecrackers. MPW 21 Feb 1914, p. 966. NYDM 18 Feb 1914. p. 32. Note: The title of this film was changed from The Bed She Made. Reviews list Ruth MPW 25 Jul 1914, pp. 528-29. | Ann Baldwin as scenarist, while copyright records list Edmund Lawrence.

ETR 9 Aug 1919, p. 809. MPW 23 Aug 1919, p. 1178.

MPN 16 Aug 1919, p. 1503. Var 15 AugAll1919, p. 71. CHECKERS F1.0656 Star Feature Corp. Dist State Rights. Nov 1913. 6 reels. Supv Augustus Thomas. Dir Augustus Thomas. Asst dir Henry Martyn

CHEATING THE PUBLIC , , F1.0654 Blossom. Scen Eustace Hale Ball and Lawrence McGill. Cam Lucien Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp.; A Standard Picture. 20 Jan Tainguy

1918 [OWilliam Fox; 20 Jan 1918; LP11963]. 7 reels. Source: Based on the novel Checkers: A Hard Luck Story by Henry Dir Richard Stanton. Scen Richard Stanton and Edward Sedgwick. Martyn Blossom (Chicago, 1896) and his play Checkers (New York, 28

Story Mary Murillo. Cam J. D. Jennings. Sep 1903).

Cast: Enid Markey (Mary Garvin), Ralph Lewis (John Dowling), Cast: Thomas W. Ross (Edward “Checkers” Campbell), Jack Regan Bertram Grassby (Chester Dowling), Tom Wilson ( Bull Thompson), (‘“Push” Miller), Gertrude Shipman (Cynthy), Katherine La Salle Edward Peil (Mary's attorney), Charles Edler (Martin), Wanda Petit (“Pert” Barlow), Alfred Sidwell (Jerry Halter), Charles Graham (Grace Martin), Carrie Clark Ward (Mrs. O'Toole), Fanny Midgley (Barlow), William A. Williams (Arthur Kendall), Harriet Worthington (Mary’s mother), Frankie Lee (Frankie Garvin), Barbara Conley (Sadie), Marie Taylor (Aunt Deb), Carl Hartberg (Judge Martin). (Bobby), Baby Cohen (The baby brother), James Titus (The judge), Comedy-drama. The amiable Edward Campbell, known by all as Henry Peal (The district attorney), Joseph Hartley (The ¢ welfth “Checkers,” falls in with bad company after his mother’s death, and before juror), James Morgan (Warden), Arthur Glynn (The governor), James _ long, he loses all of his money in a gambling house, where he becomes a McNeil (Dowling’s butler), Arthur Shilling (Dowling’s secretary), Count —_ dealer. Mistakenly suspected of killing a man, Checkers flees the city,

von Hardenburg (Factory inspector), Miles McCormack, Beverly Griffith. accompanied by horseracing tout “Push” Miller. In Hot Springs, Drama. John Dowling, a greedy factory owner, cuts his employees’ pay = Arkansas, Checkers befriends Arthur Kendall, who makes him a clerk in

while raising their food prices at the company store. The employees strike his father’s general store. Arthur’s fiancée, “Pert” Barlow, wearies of but to no avail. Mary Garvin visits Dowling to plead the laborers’ cause, Arthur’s drunken sprees and breaks their engagement, whereupon but because her mother had once refused his marriage proposal, he attacks Checkers falls in love with her. Discouraged by Pert’s father, Checkers Mary out of revenge. In the struggle, Dowling is shot, and Mary is tried resolves to make his fortune but is unable to find work. Desperate, he bets and convicted of murder. Before the execution, foreman “Bull” Thompson his last dime on a horse named “Remorse” and wins five thousand dollars. boasts that his bullet killed Dowling during Mary and the factory owner’s Checkers then prevents a run on Barlow’s bank by depositing his winnings

struggle, and Dowling’s son Chester, who has attempted to introduce there, and with Barlow’s hearty approval, he prepares to marry Pert. reforms into the factory, races to the governor’s train to secure a pardon Clerks. Gamblers. Transformation. Arkansas. Bankers. Banks. for Mary. After Mary’s release, she and Chester are married. Employer- Drunkenness. False accusations. Fugitives. Gambling houses. General

employee relations. False arrests. Greed. Manufacturers. Murder. stores. Horse races. Murder. Wagers. | Attempted rape. Executions. Factory foremen. Pardons (legal). Note: The film was also listed as five reels in length. Thomas W. Ross also played

Reformers. Revenge. State governors. Stores. Strikes. Checkers on the stage.

Note: The story was originally entitled “Responsibility.” Motes 3 ye lore on nated M 0 Nee ole ie

ETR 12 Jan 1918, p. 501. MPW 2 Feb 1918, p. 684, 717. MPN _29 Nov 1913, pp. 42-43. NYDM 14 Jan 1914, p. 55. ETR 26 Jan 1918, p. 681. NYDM _26 Jan 1918, p. 19. MPW 29 Nov 1913, p. 992. Var 21 Nov 1913, p. 15. MPN 19 Jan 1918, p. 361. Var 25 Jan 1918, p. 43. MPN 2 Feb 1918, p. 735. Wid's 24 Jan 1918, pp. 891-92.

CHECKERS F 1.0657

THE CHECHAKO F 1.0655 A Fon Fag Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 21 Aug 1919 [OWilliam Fox; 24

. Bosworth, Inc. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 1914? 5 reels. Dy Rj h d ot J. Se, S- Adrian Joh Cam H G. Pl

Dir Hobart Bosworth. Scen Hettie Gray Baker. Cam Gus C. Peterson. Tit les ond inserts photog Ric hard W Maedley am Harry G. Flimpton. DD Based on the novel Smoke Bellew by Jack London (New York, Source: Based on the novel Checkers: A Hard-Luck Story by Henry Cast: Jack Conway (Smoke Bellew), Myrtle Stedman (Joy Gastell). Martyn Blossom, Jr. (Chicago, 1896).

Northwest . , ,,..Cast: Thomas J. Romaine), Carrigan (Checkers), Jean Acker Ellen Kit(Alva Bellew, San Francisco journalist, makes a Cassi(Pert ; , Barlow), oy ;drama. : assity Robert Elliott (Arthur Kendall), Tammany

prospecting trip to the Klondike with his uncle, who thinks that Bellew has Young (Push Miller), Bertram Marburgh (Judge Barlow), Edward

become a mollycoddle. Given the nickname Smoke by the other Sedgwick (Pete), Peggy Worth (Sadie Martin), Frank Beamish prospectors, Bellew toughens up in the Klondike and decides to stay when (Colonel Warren), Freeman Barnes (Sam Wah), Gene Bucus (Chinese his uncle departs. Bellew and his companion Shorty miss out ona gold girl), Juliet Crane (A girl of the slums), Anna Neilson (Hag), Dorothy stampede when Joy Gastell, the daughter of an old prospector, diverts the Orth (Ballet dancer), Old Rosebud, a horse (Remorse), Matthew Betz, stampede to the wrong location to give the old-timers a chance to stake Charles Fang. claims. Joy eventually makes up for her deception by helping Bellew to the Melodrama. Race horse enthusiast “‘Checkers” falls in love with Pert rights to half of a million-dollar claim. After many adventures, Bellew is Barlow despite the protests of her father, wealthy Southern Judge Barlow, captured by Indians but escapes with the help of the chief's daughter, who — who had hoped his daughter would marry Arthur Kendall. Checkers enters dies during the escape. Bellew returns to Dawson and to Joy, whom he _Pert’s horse Remorse in a race in which Kendall’s horse is also running.

loves. Dawson (Canada). Gold rushes. Journalists. Manhood. When Kendall, who is interested in Pert mainly for her money, learns of Prospectors. Escapes. Imprisonment. Indians of North America. Mine — Remorse’s speed, he schemes with Alva Romaine to keep the horse away

claims. Old men. San Francisco. Tribal chiefs. Uncles. from the track. Kendall plots to have the horse’s freight car uncoupled from Note: London’s novel was first printed in Cosmopolitan from Dec 1911 to May __the train in which he is riding and run off an open drawbridge. The car is 1912. Bosworth, Inc. filmed The Chechako, originally titled Smoke Bellew, in the set on fire, but Checkers manages to save both the horse and Pert. Checkers

early part of 1914 in Truckee, CA. According to items in the Jack London collection, dP , dR hid; | I tt , R | ; Bosworth, who originally planned the film as a seven-reeler, later intended to release and ert lea emorse toa Icing piace. in an attempt to learn emorse s the film in two parts of six reels each, but the commercial failure of the previous films hiding place, Pert is abducted in Chinatown and then rescued by Checkers. in Bosworth’s Jack London series made Paramount demand that Bosworth cut the When Remorse’s jockey is injured by Kendall’s men, Pert wears the boy’s

film to five reels. Paramount planned to release the film on 23 Nov 1914, but at the clothes and rides Remorse to victory. Finally, the judge consents to a last minute the film was withdrawn from the release schedule and Bosworth’s The marriage between Pert and Checkers. Father-daughter relationship

Country Mouse was substituted. According to an item in the London collection, H , Jock R S the Abducti Chinat Bosworth planned at one point to sell the film to Universal, but it is unlikely that it lorseracing. OCKeyS. NESCUeS. 30U SINGrs. AbaUCTION. INaLOWNS.

was ever released by any company. A modern source gives two additional cast Fires. Fortune hunters. Male impersonation. Trains.

members: Joe Ray as Shorty, and Gordon Sackville as Big Olof. London’s novel was Note: Henry Blossom wrote a stage play called Checkers, which was based on his filmed again, as Smoke Bellew, by Big 4 Productions in 1929, with Conway Tearle novel. The play, which opened in New York on 28 Sep 1903, was first filmed in 1913

and Barbara Bedford starring and Scott Dunlap directing (see AF] Catalog of by the All Star Feature Corp. and starred Thomas W. Ross, who also played the lead

Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.5184). in the stage production. According to news items, Fox paid Blossom approximately 135

THE CHECKMATE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG $1,000,000 for the screen rights to the play. Richard Stanton, the director of the 1919 Horace are married. Family life. Impersonation and imposture. Male movie, played the part of “Checkers” on the stage eighteen years before the shooting impersonation. Orphans. Women in business. Burglary. Clergy. of the film. Blossom, who worked with Stanton during the pre-production period, died ; before the film’s completion. Scenes for the film were shot at the Randolph estate in Foreclosure. Marriage. Mother-son relationship. Orphanages. Servants. Lakewood, NJ. (P. S. P. Randolph was a well-known horse owner whose racehorse Note: Bessie Love’s character is called “Debbie” in some reviews.

was used in the film.) Horse race scenes were shot at Belmont Park, NY, Havre de ETR 21 Apr 1917, p. 1390. NYDM 21 Apr 1917, p. 27.

Grace racetrack in Maryland and at the Churchill Downs track in Louisville, MPN 28 Apr 1917, p. 2690. Var 20 Apr 1917, p. 24.

Kentucky. Other scenes were taken over Jamaica Bay, Long Island, NY. According MPW 28 Apr 1917, p. 637. Wid's 19 Apr 1917, p. 245. toa Prowuction cs item. annon or the ne ab tries supervised the building o inatown sets atcapt the Fox studios in Fort Lee, NJ. police Four cameras were

used to shoot some scenes, including the blowing up of a train at the Kill von Kull CHELSEA 7750 . ; . F1.0660 crossing on the Raritan River in northern New Jersey. To coincide with the film’s Famous Players Film Co. Dist State Rights. 20 Sep 1913. 4 reels. opening, a song called “Checkers,” written by Lee Edwards and Edgar Allen, flooded Pres Daniel Frohman. Dir J. Searle Dawley. Scen J. Searle Dawley. American stores like Woolworth’s. Other elaborate promotional gimmicks, including Cam H. Lyman Broening.

dare-devil aerial stunts, accompanied the film’s release. According to news items, Cast: Henry E. Dixey (Detective Kirby), Laura Sawyer (Kirby's

supporting actor item Charles was the Chinese man(probably to appearainmisspelling an American K H P Pp Grimbl film. One news listsFang Ed Wick asfirst a cast member ofdaueh Ed augnter, ate), ous¢ eters ( rof. rimble). ; . ;

Sedgwick). Sedgwick played his part of the stable man in blackface. Although modern Drama/Detective. Detective Kirby, a paraplegic, discovers that his sources state that the 1938 Fox film Checkers was also based on the Blossom story, daughter is the prisoner of a band of counterfeiters led by the evil Professor

the plots of the two films are significantly different. Grimble, whose son is serving a twenty-year prison sentence based on ETR 26 Apr 1919, p. 1581. MPN 9 Aug 1919, p. 1315. Kirby’s evidence. Desperate in his helplessness, Kirby summons help by

rR 13 Sen 1919 P 123637 1308, vy ° ner i919 is 339 setting his own flat ablaze and is rescued by firemen. Later, Kirby’s ETR 20 Dec 1919, p. 268. MPW 2 Aug 1919, p. 723. daughter manages to reach her father by telephone and taps out, in

MPN 15 Mar 1919, p. 1640. MPW 9 Aug 1919, p. 877. telegraphic code, a message describing her plight. In the end, she escapes,

ip N - ne 18 p. dog Ny. Md 4 nee 1S. P. . an explosion kills Grimble, and the police arrest the professor’s cronies.

MPN 12 Apr 1919, P 2307. Wid's 3 Aug 1919, P 23. Detectives. Father-daughter relationship. Fires. Kidnapping. Paralytics.

MPN 21 Jun 1919, p. 4182. Counterfeiters. Escapes. Explosions. Firemen. Morse code. Professors. Telephones.

THE CHECKMATE F1.0658 Note: The film was also reviewed as three reels long. Its sequel, An Hour Before Mutual Film Corp.; Horkheimer. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; Mutual Star Dawn, was released by Famous Players, 20 Oct 1913.

Productions. 21 May 1917. 5 reels. MPW 27 Sep 1913, pp. 1354-55, 1398. Var 3 Apr 1913, p. 21. Pres E. D. Horkheimer. Dir Sherwood McDonald. Story Capt. Leslie T.

Peacocke. Cam William Beckway. THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE’S GERMAN SIDE OF THE WAR Cast: Jackie Saunders (Jda Marley/Claire Marley), Frank Mayo PICTURES see THE GERMAN SIDE OF THE WAR (Roy Vangrift), Daniel Gilfether (Pa Marley), Mollie McConnell (Ma

Marley), R. Henry Grey (Dick Cooper), Margaret Landis (Addie © CHICKEN CASEY F1.0661

minister). Corp. 28 Jan 1917. 5 reels. )

Smith), Cullen Landis (Bill Meyer), Edward Jobson (Country New York Motion Picture Corp.; Kay-Bee. Dist Triangle Distributing Drama. Country girl Claire Marley goes to the city to pursue a life of Supv Thomas H. Ince. Dir Raymond B. West. Scen J. G. Hawks.

excitement, while her twin sister Ida remains home to care for their aging © Cam Charles Stumar.

parents. Immersing herself in life with the fast set, Claire becomes the Cast: Dorothy Dalton (“Chicken” Casey/Mavis Marberry), Charles mistress of wealthy bachelor Roy Vangrift who promises to marry her. | Gunn (Everett Hale), Howard Hickman (““Dickey” Cochran), Thomas After Roy tires of Claire and casts her off, she leaves him to earn a —- Guise (/srael Harris). respectable living, but failing at this, returns home. Shortly afterward, Roy Comedy-drama. Young novelist Everett Hale refuses to consider leading goes fishing and makes his camp near the Marley home where he meets actress Mavis Marberry for the role of a street waif in the play adapted Claire’s sister Ida with whom he falls in love. Discovering that Roy plans _ from his novel. Piqued at his obstinacy, Mavis decides to “show him” and, to elope with her sister, Claire—with the aid of the minister—takes Ida’s donning a ragged disguise, meets the writer in a dance hall where she is

place and the two are married. She then reveals her true identity and Roy, posing as the waif Chicken Casey. Her realism deceives Hale, and he realizing that he really loves his bride, forgives Claire. City-country begins a well meaning campaign to rescue the wretched little outcast, contrast. Country girls. Impersonation and imposture. Marriage. which ends when he makes her the star in his play. After her performance,

Mistresses. Sisters. Twins. Desertion. Family life. Millionaires. Mavis reveals her true identity, and Hale forgives her for her deception, Note: Although Wid’s called this a Balboa film, it is uncertain whether the making her the leading lady in both his life and his play. Actors and Horkheimer brothers were producing under the name of Balboa at this time. actresses. Impersonation and imposture. Novelists. Plays. Dance halls.

ETR 19 May 1917, p. 1682. MPW 2 Jun 1917, p. 1497. Disguise. Waifs. Motog 2 Jun 1917, p. 1176. Wid's 31 May 1917, p. 346. ETR 3 Feb 1917, p. 633. MPW 3 Feb 1917, p. 704, 745.

MPN 26 May 1917, p. 3315. Motog 3 Feb 1917, pp. 264-65. NYDM 27 Jan 1917, p. 50.

MPW 26 May 1917,MPW p. 1226 (ad 1917, p. p. 761. Wid's 25 Jan 1917, p. SI. insert). 27MPN Jan3 Feb 1917, 480.

CHEERFUL GIVERS F1.0659 A CHILD FOR SALE F1.0662 Fine Arts Film Co. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 22 Apr 1917. 5 Graphic Film Corp. Dist State Rights; Graphic Film Corp. Mar-Apr reels. 1920 [Olvan Abramson; 5 Mar 1920; LU14930]. 6 reels. Dir Paul Powell. Scen Mary H. O’Connor. Cam John W. Leezer. Pres |van Abramson. Dir |lvan Abramson. Asst dir William Abramson. Cast: Bessie Love (Judy), Kenneth Harlan (Horace Gray), Josephine Scen Ivan Abramson. Story Ivan Abramson. Cam Louis H. Dunmyre.

Crowell (Mrs. Harriet Gray), Spottiswoode Aitken (Rev. John Deady), Cast: Gladys Leslie (Ruth Gardner), Creighton Hale (Charles Bessie Buskirk (Lizzie Vance), Pauline Starke (Abigail Deady), Winifred Stoddard), Julia Swayne Gordon (Paula Harrison), William Tooker Westover (Estella), Loyola O’Connor (Mrs. Parker), William H. Brown (William Harrison), Bobby Connelly (Walter Stoddard), Ruth Sullivan

(Bob), Fine Arts Kiddies. (Sylvia Stoddard), William Davidson (Dr. Gardner), Anna Lehr Comedy-drama. Judy keeps house for her father, the Reverend Deady, (Catherine Bell), William Bechtel.

and her younger sister Abigail. When Harriet Gray, a hard-hearted Melodrama. Struggling artist Charles Stoddard, the victim of businesswoman, forecloses on the mortgage of the orphanage, the Deadys profiteering landlord William Harrison, is forced to sell his daughter Sylvia open their home to seven destitute children. This puts a financial burden in order to pay the family’s rent increases. Repenting when his son Walter on the Deady family, forcing Judy to find another job. Learning that Mrs. cries for his sister, Charles returns the money and brings Sylvia home Gray is looking for a male servant who would not tempt her eligible son again. Falling ill, Sylvia is attended by Dr. Gardner, Harrison’s son-in-law, Horace, Judy disguises herself as a boy and is awarded the job. Judy’s who takes an interest in the Stoddard family. Gardner’s wife Ruth and economical management of the household greatly impresses Mrs. Gray and Mrs. Harrison also come to the aid of the family. Through a surprising when her disguise is discovered, she wins the heart of Horace. After Judy chain of circumstances, it develops that Charles is actually Mrs. Harrison’s

foils an attempted burglary in the Gray home, all ends well as she and son by a previous marriage. In an attempt to hide this fact, many 136

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 A CHILD OF THE WILD altercations and misunderstandings occur between Gardner and his wife, Cast: Baby Marie Osborne (Marie), Philo McCullough (Philip), and Mrs. Harrison and her husband, until the truth finally comes to light, Harrish Ingraham (Absinthe), Claire Alexander (Claire), Katherine and Harrison promises a home to Charles and his children. Child selling. MacLaren (The Lady Lace). Children. Landlords. Parentage. Artists. Father-daughter relationship. Drama. Marie, a little orphan girl living with a tavern keeper called

Physicians. M’sieu, brings happiness into the lives of M’sieu’s patrons with her sayings ETR 3 Apr 1920, p. 2005. MPW 3 Apr 1920, p. 137. and songs which have the effect on people of replacing their evil thoughts MPN 21 Feb 1920, p. 1936. Var 26 Mar 1920, p. 52. with good ones. She becomes the constant companion of Absinthe, an old

PN ° ar i900 P. 00-91 Wid's 28 Mar 1920, p. 7. musician who now plays at the tavern, but who earlier had accompanied

P * PP. a great singer until he was dismissed because of drinking. One day Marie finds Claire, the daughter of the now deceased singer, at the river bank,

THE CHILD OF DESTINY F1.0663 contemplating death. Marie brings Claire to the inn, where she helps out Columbia Pictures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 24 Jul 1916 and eventually falls in love with Philip, a frequenter of the tavern, due to

[©Columbia Pictures Corp.; 28 Jul 1916; LP8795]. 5 reels. Marie’s effort to rehabilitate Philip with her singing. Children. Dir William Nigh. Asst dir David Thompson. Scen William Nigh and Regeneration. Songs. Taverns. Alcoholism. Disillusionment. Musicians.

Harry O. Hoyt. Cam A. A. Cadwell. Orphans. Saloon keepers.

Cast: Irene Fenwick (Alita), Madama Ganna Walska (Constance), ETR 22 Feb 1919, p. 919. MPW 22 Feb 1919, p. 1108. Robert Elliott (Bob Stange), Roy Applegate (Judge Gates), Roy Clair MPN 22 Feb 1919, p. 1228. Var 14 Feb 1919, p. SI.

wald, his son), Willi vidson vi r), R. A. Bresee .

(Weird Willie), William Yearance (Professor Jaeger), Martin J. Faust A CHILD OF MYSTERY F 1.0666 (Porion), Elicabech Le Roy (ins Parner). in Baker) Universal Film Mfg. Co.; Red Feather Photoplays. Dist Universal Film Drama. Bob Stange and Judge Gates have vowed never to marry, but Bob = Mfg. Co. 25 Dec 1916 [©Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 15 Dec 1916;

finally proposes to Constance despite the judge’s admonitory story of a LP9741]. 5 reels. messy divorce in which the real victim was a child neither parent wanted. Dir Hobart Henley. Scen Willard Mack. Cam George Scoll. The judge performs the marriage but recognizes Constance as the woman Cast: Gertrude Selby (Carlotta), Thomas Jefferson (Giuseppe), Paul from the divorce story, and then Bob discovers that she has been unfaithful © Byron (Tom), Alfred Allen (Michael Gavotti), Mark Fenton (Judge to him. The judge and Bob go camping and meet Alita, the judge’s ward © Andrews), Nanine Wright (His wife), Hobart Henley (Tony). who has been raised in the woods. Bob and Alita fall in love, and so Bob Drama/Crime. In New York's Little Italy, Carlotta’s life is run by Black begs an unsympathetic Constance for a divorce, but when Alita discovers | Hand leaders who will not let her see her sweetheart Tom. The Black that Bob is married she runs away from him. Finally, the judge tells Bob’s - Handers also control the life of prominent Judge Andrews, because years

wife that Alita is the daughter she abandoned, and a remorseful Constance before, after the death of Andrews’ daughter, they kidnapped his commits suicide so her child and Bob can be together. Bachelors. Divorce. tanddaughter. Only now have they agreed to return her, at a charity ball, Infidelity. Marriage. Camping. Country girls. Judges. Parentage. Pledges. for a large ransom. Carlotta momentarily gets away from the Black Hand

Self-sacrifice. Suicide. Wards and guardians. and goes to the ball alone, where Judge and Mrs. Andrews, startled at her

Motog _19 Aug 1916, p. 450. MPW 29 Jul 1916, p. 844. resemblance to their daughter, realize that she is their grandchild. The MPN 19 Aug 1916, p. 1092. Wid's 3 Aug 1916, p. 766. Black Hand catches up to Carlotta, however, and abducts her again, but Andrews and Tom pursue them, kill the leaders, and take Carlotta back to her rightful home, where she and Tom plan their marriage. Black Hand.

A CHILD OF GOD F1.0664 = Granddaughters. Judges. Kidnapping. New York City-Little Italy. Balls Reliance Motion Picture Corp. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; A Mutual (parties). Ransom. Recognition. Rescues. Masterpicture. 29 Apr 1915. 4 reels. ETR 30 Dec 1916, p. 272. MPW _30 Dec 1916, p. 1974, 2006. Dir John G. Adolfi. Story Cyrus Townsend Brady. Cam Hugh C.

McClung.

Cast: Sam de Grasse (Jim MacPherson), Francelia Billington A rite "Arts Film Co. Dist Triangle Film Corp. 21 May 1916. 5 sereedl

(Frances Angell), Richard Cummings (Parson Perrin). Dir Lloyd Ingraham. Scen Grant Carpenter Drama. Frances Angell, a schoolteacher in a Western town, is attracted Cast: Mae Marsh (Julie/The child-wife), Robert Harron (Jimmie to Jim MacP herson, a wealthy rancher, but she refuses his proposal Parker), Jennie Lee (Madame Dufrane), Carl Stockdale (Judge de Tolne

because of his roughness. Frances develops new respect for Jim after he of the French Court), Tully Marshall (Jacques Dufrane), Loyola saves her from a halfbreed’s advances, but she is soon called back to her O'Connor (Lizette) Bert Hadley (The older son) Josephine Crowell father’s home in the East, where her father asks her to marry her former (The landlady) Paul LeBlanc (The traitor) , sweetheart, Chet Condon, who uses his mortgage on their home to win her Drama. Madame Dufrane, a poor Parisian woman, pleads with a judge ~ hand. When Frances learns that her recently widowed and penniless sister to spare her son, but he nonetheless sentences the boy to jail, where he dies.

. Jane and her baby are coming East, she agrees to marry Chet. After the Vowing revenge, Madame Dufrane kidnaps the judge’s young daughter train carrying Jane crashes near Jim s ranch, Jim is persuaded by the Julie and raises her as an apache, teaching her to survive by stealing. Julie | fatally injured woman to be her child s godfather. Parson Perrin baptizes eventually rebels against this lifestyle and runs away when she falls in love the child and promises Ja ne that he will take the baby to the grandparents. with young artist Jimmie Parker, but the apaches locate Julie and abduct With his new responsibilities, Jim, influenced by a wandering evange list, her. Madame Dufrane orders Julie killed, but the artist follows the apaches buys a Bible, and despite his friends taunts, becomes a “child of God.” Jim and rescues her with help from Julie’s father, who has finally located his travels East to visit his godchild, and unexpectedly encounters Frances on daughter thanks to the efforts of Julie’s childhood nurse. Julie is restored

her wedding day. After he pays the mortgage, and thrashes Condon, to her father, who accepts Jimmie as Julie’s beloved. Apaches-—Paris. Frances accepts Jim’s proposal. Conversion (religious). Godfathers. Artists. Kidnapping. Paris. Revenge. Imprisonment. Judges. Missing Marriage-Forced. Train wrecks. Baptism. Evangelists. Indians—Mixed persons. Mother-son relationship. Nursemaids. Theft.

blood. Mortgages. Ranchers. Schoolteachers. Note: Modern sources state that the film’s working title was A Little Apache. . Note: According to some sources, the character played by Sam de Grasse was Motog 27 May 1916, p. 1225. NYDM 20 May 1916, p. 25.

named “Sam. MPN 27 May 1916, p. 3265. Var 19 May 1916, p. 19. Motog 8 May 1915, pp. 746-47, 765. MPW 1 May 1915, p. 806. MPW 27 May 1916, p. 1531. Wid’s 18 May 1916, p. 584. Motog 15 May 1915, p. 807. MPW 8 May 1915, p. 918. MPW 17 Jun 1916, p. 2110. MPN 8 May 1915, p. 68. MPW 15 May 1915, p. 1072.

MPN 22 May 1915, p. ReelL 17 1915, p. 17. . A66.CHILD OFApr THE WILD F 1.0668 . Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 26 Feb 1917 [OWilliam Fox; 25 Feb

CHILD OF M’SIEU F 1.0665 1917; LP10252]. 5 reels.

reels. Story John W. Kellette.

Triangle Film Corp. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 16 Feb 1919. 5 Dir John G. Adolfi. Scen John W. Kellette and John G. Adolfi.

_ Dir Harrish Ingraham. Cam W. W. Nobles. Cast: June Caprice (June Griest), Frank Morgan (Frank Trent), Tom Source: Loosely based on the poem “Pippa Passes” by Robert Browning Brooke (June’s father), Richard Neill (Bob Gale), Jane Lee (Jane), John

(London, 1841). W. Kellette, John G. Adolfi (Two tramps), Tom Cameron. 137

THE CHILDREN IN THE HOUSE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Drama/Rural. Tomboy June Griest thinks that school is something to CHILDREN OF BANISHMENT F 1.0671 avoid until she meets newcomer Frank Trent and learns that he is the new Select Pictures Corp. Dist Select Pictures Corp. Feb 1919 [©Select teacher. She eagerly enrolls in his class, thus arousing the jealousy of Pictures Corp. (Cyrus J. Williams, author); 15 Feb 1919; LP13401]. 5 Frank’s rival for June’s love, Bob Gale. Seeing an opportunity to break up reels, 4,930 ft. the romance when Frank’s sister and her child come to visit, Bob tells June Dir Norval MacGregor. Scen Norval MacGregor. Cam Robert Carson. that the woman is Frank’s wife. At first June refuses to believe Bob but Source: Based on the novel Children of Banishment by Francis William when Frank arrives to introduce her to his family, she tearfully orders him Sullivan (New York, 1914).

from her house. Frank and his sister depart, but leave the baby behind to Cast: Mitchell Lewis (Dick Bream), Bessie Eyton (Mrs. Eloise play with some puppies. June learns the truth when she startles the baby Mackenzie), Herbert Heyes (Allen Mackenzie), Arthur Morrison (Dan who then cries out for his Uncle Frank. All is then forgiven as June and Silver), Tom Bates (Tom Devon), George Nichols (Hill), Jane Keckley

Frank are happily reunited. Jealousy. Mistaken identity. Tomboys. (Boardinghouse keeper). Rivalry. Brother-sister relationship. Duplicity. Infants. Schools. Teachers. Northwest drama. Foreman Dick Bream, of the lumber firm of Hill and

Motog 3 Mar 1917, p. 484. Var 23 Feb 1917. Burchard, resigns from his job to buy a profitable tract of land with

MPW 24 Feb 1917, p. 1253. stranger Allen Mackenzie. Dick’s former boss Hill, desiring the land, attempts to buy out Mackenzie without Dick’s knowledge. After Hill tries to prevent Dick from shipping logs over his territory, to stop them from reaching the railroad, Dick fights Hill and dynamites the logs Hill placed

THE CHILDREN IN THE HOUSE F 1.0669 as an obstruction. When Dick discovers Hill’s dealings with Mackenzie, he Fine Arts Film Co. Dist Triangle Film Corp. 30 Apr 1916. 5 reels. forces Mackenzie to put his shares in his wife Eloise’s name. As Mackenzie Dir C. M. Franklin and S. A. Franklin. Asst dir Millard Webb. Scen Roy begins to act honestly, Dick discovers that he is falling in love with Eloise.

Somerville. Cam F. B. Good. Not able to eat or sleep because of his love for her, Dick leaves the camp.

Cast: Norma Talmadge (Cora), Alice Rae (Alice), Jewel Carmen Mackenzie, who ascertains that Eloise has been faithful, follows Dick and (Jane Courtenay), William Hinckley (Charles Brown), W. E. Lawrence falls into a mountain stream. Dick saves his life, but soon dies from (Fred Brown), George Pearce (Jasper Vincent), Eugene Pallette pneumonia after wishing happiness to Mackenzie and Eloise. Fistfights. (Arthur Vincent), Walter Long (Al Fellowes), Alva D. Blake (Gaffey), Land rights. Rescues. Self-sacrifice. Unrequited love. Drowning.

George Stone, Violet Radcliffe, Carmen de Rue, Francis Carpenter, Ninon Dynamite. Fidelity. Lumber camp foremen. Moral reformation.

Fovieri (The children). Note: The film was shot in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, CA.

Drama. Cora chooses money over love and marries wealthy Arthur ETR 15 Mar 1919, p. 1143. Var 7 Mar 1919, p. 67.

Vincent instead of Charles Brown. The couple has two children, but family MPW 15 Mar 1919, pp. 1527-28. Wid's 2 Mar 1919, p. 9. ties do not prevent Arthur from spending most of his time with cabaret

dancer Jane Courtenay. Soon, Jane’s financial demands on Arthur become CHILDREN OF DESTINY F1.0672 exorbitant, and so he plots with some friends to rob his father’s bank. After Weber Productions, Inc. Dist Republic Distributing Corp. May 1920 the robbery, the evidence points to Charles, who works as the bank’s [©Republic Distributing Corp.; 20 May 1920; LP15159]. 6 reels.

cashier, but the police finally catch the real thieves, killing Arthur in the Dir George Irving. Scen Edward Montagne. Adapted by Cyrus pursuit. Cora then realizes her mistake in not marrying Charles in the first Townsend Brady. place, and the two are reunited. Bank clerks. Greed. Infidelity. Marriage. Source: Based on the play Children of Destiny by Sydney Rosenfeld

Bank robberies. Dancers. Police. Robbers. (New York, 1910).

Motog 29 Apr 1916, p. 1001. NYDM 22 Apr 1916, p. 48. Cast: Edith Hallor (/sabelle Hamlin/Rose Hamlin/The Mystery

PW 0 Apr ile . 0. Wa 0 Abe ile . a Girl), William Courtleigh (Richard Hamlin), Arthur E. Carew (Count Di

MPW 20 May 1916, p. 1400. Varesi), Emory Johnson (Edwin Ford), Frederick Garvin (Larry Steers).

Melodrama/Society. Isabelle and Richard Hamlin, Americans, are guests of the Count Di Varesi in Naples. Isabelle, gradually realizing that

CHILDREN NOT WANTED F 1.0670 her husband isa rake, turns to Di Varesi. A duel between the men results Crest Pictures Corp. Dist Republic Distributing Corp. Jul-Aug 1920 in which Di Varesi Is wounded, then Hamlin ts suddenly paralyzed as h °

[©Carle E. Carlton; 20 Feb 1920; LP14759]. 6 reels. attempts to kill his wife. Feeling guilty, Isabelle resolves to devote her life

Dir Paul Scardon. Asst dir Walter R. Sheridan. to caring for her husband. Twenty years pass, the Hamlins are in

Source: Based on the play No Children Allowed by Arthur Stuart Washington, and their daughter Rose is engaged to a young attorney. Di

Sinclair (production undetermined). Varesi, now an attaché at the Italian Embassy there, learns that Rose is Cast: Edith Day (Dorothy Crane), Ruth Sullivan (Betty Marsh), Joe really his daughter and offers to settle a fortune on her. Discovering her

King (Robert Barrington), Lumsden Hare (Marcus Hazzard), Jean ‘'TUe parentage, her fiancé breaks the engagement, after which a Robertson (Mme. Duval), Mario Majeroni (Ali Bey), K. C. Beaton disillusioned Rose goes off to Monte Carlo as a woman of mystery with

(The nickelman), Dorothy Walters (Mrs. Farley). intentions of living a wild life. She is saved, however, by the love of Edwin Drama/Social. When her best friend dies and leaves her four-year-old Ford. Upon learning of Richard’s death and the marriage of Isabelle and daughter Betty in her care, orphan Dorothy Crane, feeling unwelcome in Di Varesi, Rose and Edwin return in happiness to America. Infidelity. the home of her aunt and uncle, takes her charge and heads for New York ‘Naples (Italy). Paralysis. Parentage. Washington (D.C.). Americans in City. There she discovers that children are not wanted by landlords, and foreign countries. Attempted murder. Diplomats. Disabled persons. so experiences difficulty finding a place to live, until kindly Mrs. Farley | Duels. Gunshot wounds. Italians. Lawyers. Libertines. Marriage. Monte offers her a room. Through the want ads, Dorothy becomes a receptionist | Carlo. Nobility. Self-sacrifice.

for gem dealer Marcus Hazzard, and at her job meets Robert Barrington, hn - yu toot, P. ot MPW 29 May 1920, p. 1219.

a collector. The two fall in love, though Hazzard is also attracted to MP 15 May 1920, p. 901. Dorothy, arousing the jealousy of his business partner, Madame Duval.

One day, because Mrs. Farley is ill, Dorothy takes Betty to the office. CHILDREN OF EVE ; F1.0673 Calling Dorothy into his private office, Hazzard begins to make sexual Thomas A. Edison, Inc. Dist Kleine-Edison Feature Service. 10 Nov advances when a shot rings out, and Hazzard falls to the floor. Dorothy 1915 [©Thomas A. Edison, Inc.; 5 Nov 1915; LP6884]. 5 reels. turns in amazement to see Betty standing in the doorway, a smoking pistol Dir John H. Collins. Scen John H. Collins. Story John H. Collins.

at her feet. Believing that the child shot Hazzard, Dorothy takes her and Cam Ned Van Buren. flees. Madame Duval and her Hindu servant, Ali Bey, tell the police that Cast: Viola Dana (Fifty-Fifty Mamie), Robert Conness (Henry Clay Dorothy killed Hazzard, until Ali finally reveals that Madame Duval fired | Madison), Thomas F. Blake (Bennie the Gyp), Nellie Grant (Flossy

the shot out of jealousy, thus freeing Dorothy to find happiness with Wilson), Robert Walker (Ber t Madison), William Wadsworth Barrington. Children. Housing. Jealousy. New York City. Gem dealers. | (Peddler), James Harris (Mill foreman), Hubert Dawley (Bobbie

Hindus. Murder. Orphans. Receptionists. Servants. Roche), Warren Cook (Doctor), Brad Sutton (The bouncer).

ETR 7 Aug 1920, p. 1058. MPN 27 Mar 1920, p. 2922. Drama/Social. Henry Clay Madison, a student and clerk, falls in love

MPN 6 Mar 1920, p. 2219, 2342. MPW 31 Jul 1920, p. 642. with Flossy Wilson, a prostitute from New York’s East Side. Although she

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE CHIMES reforms under his influence, Flossy believes that she is unworthy of death of his devoted wife. Several years later, Shemuel conducts a lonely Madison and rejects his marriage proposal. Seventeen years later, Passover seder at a table of empty chairs. Hannah, now widowed, and her Madison’s nephew Bert, a social worker, falls in love with wanton Fifty- two children occupy the chairs, and the old man accepts them lovingly. Fifty Mamie, reforms her and elicits her help in his work. Bert falls ill, and Father-daughter relationship. Father-son relationship. Jews. Passover. when Mamie tries to visit him, Madison, who now is concerned only with Rabbis. Divorce. Drunkenness. Fights. Loneliness. Marriage—-Fake. Poets. money, convinces her to give up the idea of marrying Bert. Mamie goes to Reunions. work in Madison’s canning factory to investigate conditions. In addition to Note: Wilton Lackaye starred in the original stage production. The Fox Film Corp. employing children, Madison’s factory has no fire escape and only one became the new name of the Box Office Attraction Co. in Feb 1915, around the time staircase. When it catches fire, many children die and Mamie is seriously of this film's release.

injured. Madison visits Mamie, who cries Bert’s name in delirium. When one xe war i918 ae ew a fe i918 p 7390, Madison brings Bert, now recovered, Madison notices a photograph of MPN 13 Feb 1915, p. 74. Var 12 Feb 1915, p. 23. Flossy, Mamie’s mother and realizes that Mamie is his daughter. She dies

in Bert’s arms, and Madison resolves to toil for the welfare of workers and ) the abolishment of child slavery. Canneries. Moral reformation. New York

City. Prostitutes. Social reformers. Cannery workers. Child labor. Clerks. THE CHILDREN PAY F1.0676 Employer-employee relations. Fires. Parentage. Safety. Students. Fine Arts Film Co. Dist Triangle Film Corp. 26 Nov 1916. 5 reels. Note: The scenes of a building burning in this film were shot at Fort Schuyler, NY Dir Lloyd Ingraham. Scen Frank E. Woods. by a number of cameramen. The title for the original story for this film was “Katy.” Cast: Lillian Gish (Millicent), Violet Wilkie (Jean, her sister), Keith

According to a modern source, John Arnold was the cameraman on this film. A Horace Craig), Ralph Lewis (Theodore Ainsley, the girls’

MPN 30 Oct 1915, p. 84. NYDM 20 Nov 1915, p. 28. rmour (Ho , &), alps ; ys g MPN 27 Nov 1915, p. 94. Var 12 Nov 1915, p. 23. father), Loyola O’Connor (Elinor Ainsley, their mother), Alma Reubens

-MPW 6 Nov 1915, p. 1560. (Editha, their stepmother), Jennie Lee (Susan, their governess), Robert

Lohmeyer (Signor Zucca), Carl Stockdale (Judge Mason), Tom Wilson

CHILDREN OF THE FEUD F1.0674 9 (Officer). | | | Fine Arts Film Co. Dist Triangle Film Corp. 2 Dec 1916. 5 reels. Drama. In divorce proceedings Theodore Ainsley wins custody of his

Dir Joseph Henabery. Scen Bernard McConville. older daughter Millicent, while his wife Elinor gets the younger, Jean. Cast: Charles Gorman (Pap Clayton), Dorothy Gish (Sairy Ann), Violet | Unable to stand being apart, the girls run away together but soon are Radcliffe, Beulah Burns, Thelma Burns, Tina Rossi, Georgie Stone C@ught by court authorities, who begin another custody hearing. Young (The Five Clayton children), A. D. Sears (Jed Martin), F. A. Turner lawyer Horace Craig handles the girls’ case and describes their parents as (Judge Lee Cavanagh), Sam DeGrasse (Dr. Richard Cavanagh), Alberta unworthy of custody. He proposes to the court that Millicent get married

Lee (Mrs. Cavanagh), Elmo Lincoln (Bad Bald Clayton). and then be given custody of Jean. He then proposes to Millicent, who Drama. Mountaineer Pap Clayton has promised his daughter Sairy Ann accepts him, and the court makes the couple J cans guardians. Child

. . . Z ov .?p. . ov p. 26.

to his cousin Jed Martin, but Sairy Ann loves Dr. Richard Cavanagh, custody D vorce. P arentage. Sister S. Lawyers. Trials. _ Judge Lee Cavanagh’s son. In the midst of a feud between the Claytons Binns Noe Sa will hoe ike eee book, identified Maizie Radford, Billy and the Jacksons, a jealous Jed sets out to kill Richard. Jed shoots a deputy Moto 25 Nov 1916. v. 1199 NYDM 18 Nov 1916. 0. 26

who gets in his way and so is taken before Judge Cavanagh, whom the MPN 25 Nov 1916, p. 3329. Var 17 Nov 1916, p. 23.

Claytons have threatened to kill if Jed is convicted. The Claytons are true MPW 25 Nov 1916, p. 1183. Wid's 7 Dec 1916, p. 1155.

to their word when Cavanagh finds him guilty, and Richard immediately MPW 2 Dec 1916, p. 1385. | vows to kill Jed, who has escaped. Sairy Ann, however, reminds Richard that he has railed against family feuding and has said that only the law can

take a life. A sobered Richard captures Jed and hands him over to

authorities, and then, after he has forgiven the Claytons, he and Sairy Ann THE CHIMES ; F1.0677 become engaged. Feuds. Jealousy. Mountain life. Murder. Revenge. US. Amusement Corp. Dist World Film Corp. Sep 1914. 5 reels. Cousins. Gunshot wounds. Judges. Marriage-Arranged. Mountaineers. Dir Herbert Blache.

Physicians. Sheriffs. Source: Based on the short story “The Chimes” by Charles Dickens

Motog 2 Dec 1916, p. 1252. NYDM 25 Nov 1916, pp. 26-27. (London, 1845). MPN 2 Dec 1916, p. 3495. Var 24 Nov 1916, p. 28. Cast: Tom Terriss (Trotty Veck), Faye Cusick (Meg), Alfred Hemming MPW 2 Dec 1916, p. 1344. Wid's 30 Nov 1916, p. 1143. (Alderman Cute), Clarence Harvey (William Fern), Harry Hitchcock

MPW 9 Dec 1916, p. 1549. (Richard), Robert Vivian (Sir Joseph Bowley), Milly Terriss (Fern’s daughter), Vinnie Burns (Lillian), William Terriss (Mr. Fish), Eliza CHILDREN OF THE GHETTO F 1.0675 Mason (Tugby). Box Office Attraction Co. Dist Box Office Attraction Co.; Fox Film Fantasy, Drama. Trotty Veck refuses to allow his daughter Meg to wed Corp. 20 Feb 1915 [OWilliam Fox; 8 Feb 1915; LP5180]. 5 reels. Richard after Alderman Cute advises him that it is a sin for the poor to Pres William Fox. Dir Frank Powell. Scen Edward José. marry. One day, he meets William Fern and his infant daughter and invites Source: Based on the novel The Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a the impoverished family to his home for the night. As the baby falls asleep Peculiar People by Israel Zangwill (London, 1892) and his play Children in the soft-hearted Trotty’s lap, Trotty begins to dream. In his dream,

of the Ghetto (New York, 16 Oct 1899). Trotty sees his daughter as she might become, living in poverty and caring Cast: Wilton Lackaye (Reb Shemuel), Ruby Hoffman (Hannah), Ethel for Fern’s daughter, called Lil. Fern is imprisoned for demonstrations Kaufman (Esther Ansell), Frank Andrews (Moses Ansell), Louis Alberni against the rich. Richard, out of disappointment, has become a drunkard. (Pincus, the poet), Irene Boyle (Leah), Victor Benoit (Reb Shemuel’s Lil gives herself to Sir Joseph Bowley, a wealthy man who promises to free

son), David Bruce, William R. Hatch, J. Albert Hall. her father. Bowley mistreats Lil and eventually throws her and her infant Drama. In a prologue, actor Wilton Lackaye reads the story Children of child out. After Lil dies Meg must care for the baby, but in her despair she

the Ghetto. Seated opposite him is the character whom Lackaye portrays, goes to a bridge with the infant and attempts to commit suicide. After Reb Shemuel, a benevolent religious leader. In the main story, Reb Trotty’s dream ends, he rescinds his decision not to allow Meg to marry. Shemuel’s son arrives drunk at a Passover feast, insults his father and He also persuades Fern, through the pleas of his little daughter, not to blasphemes God. When he is injured in a cabaret brawl, Shemuel refuses demonstrate against Bowley. Finally, Richard and Trotty induce Bowley to see him. Remembering his religious obligation, Shemuel rushes to the to sign a paper giving the poor their rights. Class distinction. Dreams. hospital and hears his son beg forgiveness before he dies. After the fiancé England. Father-daughter relationship. Marriage. Poverty. Alcoholics. of a friend of Shemuel’s beloved daughter Hannah puts a wedding ring on | Aldermen. Attempted suicide. Battered women. Infants. Nobility. Hannah’s finger in jest and says the marriage vows, Shemuel performs a Note: An English production of The Chimes made in two reels by Hepworth and divorce. Later, Hannah is about to marry David Brandon, when an varring Warwick Bucklaw as troy Beck was released in the US. in late aug naar

: ‘ : : : m terrisSs was a famous il a rw specialized in stage presentations oO

unsuccessful suitor, Pincu s the poet, reminds the congregation that David Dickens’ work. William Terriss was his brother. Some sources sive other first names IS a descendant of the priestly tribe of Cohen, who are forbidden to marry for some of the actors who were part of Terriss’ company of Dickens players.

divorced women. After David and Hannah marry in a civil ceremony, she MPW 19 Sep 1914, p. 1624. NYDM 9 Sep 1914, p. 31. becomes estranged from her father, whose sorrow is compounded by the MPW 26 Sep 1914, p. 1826. Var 18 Sep 1914, p. 19.

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CHIMMIE FADDEN AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG CHIMMIE FADDEN F1.0678 were: The1915 he tore Facer wien werewere alsooriginally the basis for Chimmie . . Fadden, another Lasky filmStories. (see above listing), published in the one TOlese Lasky Feat oPlay Co. Inen9 nt Preture . SUs301} ye New York Sun. Some scenes in this film were shot i Death Valley, CA. According . ’ ” , to modern sources, DeMille also produced and edited the film. Alvin Wyckoff was reels. the cameraman and Wilfred Buckland was the art director. Pres Jesse L. Lasky. Dir Cecil B. DeMille. Tech dir Wilfred Buckland. Motog 11 Dec 1915, p. 1262. MPW 27 Nov 1915, p. 1680, 1732.

Source: Based on the short story “Chimmie Fadden” by Edward MPN 23 Oct 1915, p. 61. NYDM 4 Dec 1915, p. 28. Waterman Townsend in Chimmie Fadden; Major Max; and Other MPN 27 Nov 1915, p. 87. NYT 22 Nov 1915, p. 12. ential York, 1895) and his play of the same name (New York, 13 NeW 20 Nee i9t8 is ria Var 26 Nov 1915, p. 23.

an ;

Cast: Victor Moore (Chimmie Fadden), Camille Astor (Hortense, ‘The

Duchess”), Raymond Hatton (Larry Fadden), Mrs. Lewis McCord CHINA ; F1.0680 (Mrs. Fadden), Ernest Joy (Mr. Van Cortlandt), Anita King (Fanny Van Dist United Photo Plays Co. 5 Jun 1915. 12 reels. Cortlandt), Tom Forman (Antoine), Harry De Roy (Perkins). Dir Dr. George A. Dorsey. Cam Charles E. Kaufman. Still photog

Comedy. Chimmie Fadden, a poor but amiable Irish lad, lives with his William Menke. oo

mother and brother Larry in New York’s Bowery. When Chimmie is Documentary. Life in Peking and other parts of China is presented. In arrested for fighting to defend a newsboy from a bully, Fanny Van Peking, a wedding procession, in which the bride is on her way to marry Cortlandt, a millionaire’s daughter on a charity mission, who witnesses the a man she has never seen, is shown as are outdoor restaurants, barber shops,

fight, arranges for his release. After Chimmie rescues Fanny from a Shoe repair shops, chair manufacturers, rope makers, foreign legations, masher, he becomes a bumbling servant at the Van Cortlandt Long Island street performers in masks imitating the rich, and street cobblers. The mansion, where he falls in love with Hortense, the French maid. One night elimination of the sale of opium is noticed. The daily life of President Yiian Chimmie discovers his brother Larry and the valet Antoine stealing the | Shih-k’ai of the Chinese Empire is presented. Camel caravans, the Great silver. Chimmie knocks Antoine unconscious and hides Larry in a fireplace Wall of China, the Sacred Road, the tombs of Ming emperors and the stone when Van Cortlandt enters to investigate. Feigning intoxication, Chimmie images of great warriors and animals guarding the valley of the tombs, are takes the blame for the noise, and Larry escapes with the silver. The next shown. Foreign missionaries are shown christianizing and educating

day Chimmie, now discharged, finds Larry and takes the satchel of silver Chinese children. China. Peking. Christianity. Great Wall (China). to return it, but the police arrest him for the crime. After Larry confesses, Missionaries. Sacred Road (China). Tombs. Weddings. Yuan Shih-k’ai. at the insistence of Mrs. Fadden, Chimmie, now released, finally steals a Note: Dr. George A. Dorsey was the curator of anthropology at the Field Museum kiss from Hortense. Brothers. False arrests. Irish Americans. Self- in Chicago. He traveled to Japan, China, India and other areas of the Near and Far sacrifice. Servants. Bullies. Charity workers. Confession (law). Dismissal. Est and returned with a series of films which were shown in Chicago first and then Fights. Erench Americans. Lona Island (New York). Maids. Mansions. released nationally. This film was shown in two parts of six reels each. It was also

g enc g's ( ). Ma S reviewed under the title Dorsey's China Pictures. Captain E. E. Barkclay lectured at

New York City-Bowery. Newsboys. Rescues. Theft. the showings of the film in Chicago. There were twenty-one separate copyright entries Note: The “Chimmie Fadden”’ stories originally appeared in the New York registered for the films Dorsey made; the entry under JAPAN (see below) gives Sun. For the film, Wilfred Buckland designed and oversaw the construction of two information concerning them. According to a news item, the filming done in Peking, New York City street corners, three stories high, based on photographs. Victor Moore which hitherto had been closed to cameramen, was arranged by special permission. played the role of Chimmie Fadden on stage. According to modern sources, DeMille, Officials accompanied the filmmakers so that they would not photograph anything besides directing the film, produced, wrote and edited it, and Alvin Wyckoff was the prohibited. This was said to be the first time that President Ytian Shih-k’ai and his cameraman. Chimmie Fadden Out West, (see below) released by Lasky in late 1915, family had been filmed.

was also based on Townsend’s short stories. Motog 19 Jun 1915, p. 1023. MPN 26 Jun 1915, p. 99.

Motog 17 Jul 1915, p. 139. MPW 10 Jul 1915, p. 322, 398, 400. Motog 26 Jun 1915, p. 1053. MPW 29 May 1915, p. 1417.

MPN 29 May 1915, p. 46. NYDM 7 Jul 1915, p. 28. Motog 3 Jul 1915, p. 32. MPW 19 Jun 1915, p. 1925. MPN 10 Jul 1915, p. 70. Var 2 Jul 1915, p. 16.

CHINATOWN PICTURES F 1.0681

CHIMMIE FADDEN OUT WEST F1.0679 Dist Capt. Lewis. 1915? 5 reels. Chinatowns.

Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 21 Nov Note: The records of the Kansas State Censors list this film as having been 1915 [OJesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co., Inc.; 5 Nov 1915; LU6855]. 4-5 approved on 27 Sep 1915. No other information has been located concerning this film. reels.

Pres Jesse L. Lasky. Dir Cecil B. DeMille. Scen Cecil B. DeMille and THE CHINK AND THE CHILD see BROKEN BLOSSOMS Jeanie MacPherson.

Source: Based on the short story ““Chimmie Fadden” by Edward

Waterman Townsend in Chimmie Fadden; Major Max; and Other THE CHOCOLATE SOLDIER F1.0682 Stories (New York, ca. 1895) and his play Chimmie Fadden (New York, Daisy Feature Film Co. Dist Alliance Films Corp. Jan 1915. 5 reels.

13 Jan 1896). Prod F. C. Whitney. Dir Walter Morton and Stanislaus Stange.

Cast: Victor Moore (Chimmie Fadden), Camille Astor (“The Source: Based on the operetta Der Tapfere Soldat, score by Oscar

Duchess”), Raymond Hatton (Larry Fadden), Mrs. Lewis McCord Straus, libretto by Rudolph Bernauer and Leopold Jacobson (Vienna, 14

(Mother Fadden), Ernest Joy (Mr. Van Cortlandt), Tom Forman Nov 1908). ;

(Antoine), Florence Dagmar (Betty Van Cortlandt), Harry Hadfield Cast: Alice Yorke (Nadina Popoff), Tom Richards (Lieutenant

(Preston), Ramona the mule (Herself). Bumerli), Lucille Saunders (Aurelia Popoff), Francis J. Boyle Comedy. Chimmie Fadden, an Irish Bowery lad, is engaged to Hortense, (Massakroff), George Tallman (Major Alexis Spiridoff), William H. whom he calls “The Duchess,” the lovely French maid of his former White (Colonel Popoff). employer, millionaire Van Cortlandt. When offered $10,000 to carry out Comedy-drama. Bulgarian Major Alexis Spiridoff loves his Colonel’s an advertising campaign for Van Cortlandt’s Western railroad, Chimmie daughter, Nadina Popoff, who promises fidelity when he leaves to fight agrees. As instructed, Chimmie travels to Death Valley, scatters gold Servia. After Servia’s defeat, Lieutenant Bumerli, a Swiss adventurer in nuggets around a deserted mine and reports a gold strike, which creates a the Servian army, escapes capture by climbing the Popoff’s balcony and sensation. When a government agent investigates, Chimmie arranges to be entering Nadina’s room. After Bumerli relates that he has eaten only held-up, but Hortense and Miss Van Cortlandt, in San Francisco tosee the | chocolate drops for three days, Nadina, her mother Aurelia, and cousin Exposition, arrive and have the hold-up men arrested. After bluffing the | Mascha, all fascinated, connive to hide him for the night. The next day, investigator, Chimmie, now famous, makes a record-breaking railway trip the women give Bumerli Popoff’s coat for his escape, and each secretly puts

to New York to publicize the railroad. Exploiting the excitement, Van their photograph in a pocket. Although Bulgarian officer Massakroff Cortlandt sells stock in the bogus Chimmie Fadden Mining Company.. chases Bumerli, he escapes and pawns the coat. Later at the peace When Chimmie’s brother Larry tells Hortense of the swindle, she refuses conference, Bumerli meets Popoff, who invites him to his home. When to marry “a thief.” Previously unaware of the company, Chimmie now Popoff complains about his missing coat, Bumerli retrieves it and finds the returns the $10,000 to Van Cortlandt and tells the press about the scheme. photos. After Massakroff identifies Bumerli, Alexis sees Nadina’s Van Cortlandt returns the investments, and Hortense and Chimmie marry. photograph with the inscription: ““From Nadina to her Chocolate Soldier.” Advertising. Hoaxes. Irish Americans. Railroads. Death Valley (California). He breaks the engagement and duels with Bumerli. After Bumerli disarms Fraud. Gold mines. Government agents. Housemaids. Panama-Pacific him, Alexis proposes to Mascha. While leaving, Bumerli unexpectedly

International Exposition. San Francisco. Stock market. meets Nadina at her balcony, and they discover that they love each other. 140

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 CHRIS AND HIS WONDERFUL LAMP Bulgaria. Chocolate. Duplicity. Flirtation. Serbia. Serbo-Bulgarian War, Note: Rose Stahl, who starred in the Broadway production, previously had 1885. Soldiers. Adventurers. Duels. Escapes. Photographs. Swiss appeared for two years in a one-act vaudeville sketch of the story called The Chorus

_ ; - Lady. At the time of the filming, Marjorie Daw was the fourteen-year-old protegée

Note: The operetta was taken from the play Arms and the Man by George Bernard to Geraldine Farrar. Chorus girls from the Society Bud Company appeared in the Shaw, which opened in London on 21 Apr 1894. The operetta opened in New York film. Regal Pictures produced another version of the play, which was released by under the title The Chocolate Soldier on 13 Sep 1909, with an adapted text by Producers Distributing Corp. on 23 Nov 1924. Margaret Livingston starred in that Stanislaus Stange, who was the director. F.C. Whitney was the Broadway producer. version, and Ralph Ince directed. (See AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30:

There was a pre-release private showing of the film in Nov 1914 in New York. F2.0880.)

According to reviews, all the principals in the stage production were in the film. A

specially arranged score was prepared using the music from the stage production. one % My ole e. aa pw 0 oc tore Pat i-12 Motog _13 Feb 1915, p. 265. MPW 14 Nov 1914, p. 944, MPN 4 Sep 1915, p. 60. MPW —_—_30 Oct 1915, p. 1034.

MPN 28 Nov 1914, p. 47. MPW 6 Feb 1915, p. 896. MPN 25 Sep 1915, p. 84. NYDM 30 Oct 1915, p. 28. MPN 23 Jan 1915, p. 41. NYDM _18 Nov 1914, p. 34. MPN 9 Oct 1915, p. 68. Var 22 Oct 1915, p. 1034.

MPN 13 Feb 1915, p. 65. MPN 30 Oct 1915, p. 88. THE CHORUS GIRL’S ROMANCE F 1.0683

Metro Pictures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp.; A Metro Special. 16 “ SEN + Exclusive Feat Inc.: State Righ ee Aug 1920 [©Metro Pictures Corp.; 17 Aug 1920; LP15449]. 5-6 reels. 19 19-5, c orp. Sst Exclusive Features, Inc., state Rights. Nov:

t settings by A. E. Freud , : “eas

Dir William C. Dowlan. Scen Percy Heath. Cam John Arnold. Special Story George P. Frazer. Cam Edward Wynard

w Sources Boned on the short. story “Head & Shoulders” by F. Scott Cast: Marguerite Leslie (Mary Willis), William Betchel (Fred Fitzgerald in The Saturday Evening Post (21 Feb 1920). Me "Voves (To hy Leanndo). Willis), Donald Hall (Donald Turner), Fred Tarbox) ee Ainsworth, (Steve Revnolds). Williams Ouinn (P. Drama. When Mary Willis leaves her husband Fred for life in the city, And rson) Jere Sundin (Bett Darrell) Sidne De Grey (Fred Ward). Fred puts their daughter Dolly in a convent. Several years pass and Mary

L erson Gr t (Jose B win ).T G le (Ch fie M on), Edw td is now working in an underworld roadhouse which is financially backed by J ‘bs on (D “r box) M, A “B - Ps W J dor 7 An n Ss h r a suspicious Italian named Leonardo. Mary seeks Dolly out at the convent y son E ‘ "D ox h G r io Mi ( Wi / e Will: ™, © Py vet le 80 OW oan ole P 0 American troops, is shown. War footage includes scenes from the battles MPN 25 Dec 1915, is 119. oa of Louvain, the Marne, and Verdun, Alpine warfare in Italy, the Allied campaigns in Egypt, Mesopotamia and Palestine, and the battles at Catigny and Chateau-Thierry in France. In addition, the sinking of the

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THE CRAB F 1.0832 Aztec and the Lusitania are depicted through the use of animation. Both New York Motion Picture Corp.; Kay-Bee. Dist Triangle Distributing German and Allied troops, as lead by Paul von Hindenburg of Germany,

Corp. 8 Feb 1917. 5 reels. Sir Sam Hughes of England, General Gerard Mathieu Leman of Belgium, Supv Thomas H. Ince. Dir Walter Edwards. Scen C. Gardner Sullivan. General Carlo Cadorna, Commander-in-Chief of the Italian army, and

Cam Robert Newhard. General John Pershing are featured, along with shots of Kaiser Wilhelm,

THE CRAVING AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG the Crown Prince Wilhelm, King Albert, and Woodrow Wilson. Also seen Note: This film was copyrighted on 7 Jun 1918 under the title Delirium. The is footage of shipbuilding in the United States and of the exploits of the Synopsis of the story included in the copyright descriptions at that time is slightly Allied aviators. World War |. Albert | Kina of Belgium. 1875-1934. Alps. different from that of the final film, and the character names are different: Francis led aviators. Wo 1 RING g ' p Ford played “Howard King, Scientist,” Duke Worne played “Dick,” Jean Hathaway American Expeditionary Force. Aviation. S.S. Aztec. Belgium. Catigny, played “Mrs. King,” Peter Gerald played “David Vaban,” and Mae Gaston played Battle of. Chateau-Thierry, Battle of, 1918. Comte Carlo Cadorna. “Beaulah Martin.” The film opened in New York in Sep 1918, and was released to

Canada. Army. Egypt. France. France. Army. Francis Ferdinand, the state rights market by M. H. Hoffman. Universal, who produced the film,

, , Photoplay on 13 Jan 1919.

Archduke of Austria, 1863-1914. Funerals. Germany. Army. Great Britain. acquired it in Dec 1918 from Argosy Films Co., and released it as a Bluebird

Army. Paul von Hindenburg. Sir Sam Hughes. Italy. Italy. Army. Gerard ETR 18 Jan 1919, p. 583 MPW 9 Nov 1918, p. 694 Mathieu Leman. Louvain, Battle of, 1914. 5.5. Lusitania. Marne, Battle of MPN 4 Jan 1919, p. 92. NYT 23 Sep 1918, p.7. the, 1914, 1918. Mesopotamia. Palestine. John J. Pershing. Russia. Army. MPN 18 Jan 1919, p. 448. Var 27 Sep 1918, p. 42. Shipbuilders. Verdun, Battle of, 1916. Wilhelm Il, German Emperor, 1859- MPW 12 Oct 1918, pp. 273-74. Wid's 29 Sep 1918, p. 23. 1941. Wilhelm, Crown Prince of Germany, 1882-1951. Woodrow Wilson.

Note: This film was compiled from footage originally released through Universal’s CREAKING STAIRS F 1.0837

weekly Screen Magazine and Current Events, a series of animated and newsreel Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co. 10 Feb 1919 shorts. On 1! Aug 1918, Carl Laemmle screened the film in New York for the U.S. [OUniversal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 24 Jan 1919; LP13315]. 6 reels. Committee on Public Information, which approved its release with a few deletions. . . ° tT, , The copyright submission credits S. H. Mackean as scenarist, but as the film was Dir Rupert Julian. Scen Rupert Julian. Story Evelyn Campbell. Cam Ed composed mainly of documentary footage, the F. H. McKean “titles by” credit as Kull.

listed in Wid’s is probably more accurate. Some sources list the film at six reels. Cast: Mary MacLaren (‘“Dearie’’ Lane), Herbert Prior (Mark

ene | 4 Aug p. lots yew ar ausUB lore7s p. ee Jack Mulhall (Fred Millard), Clarissa Selwyn (The Buyer), ugioeO71 o pee P.Winfield), 20. Lucretia Harris (Elsie). MPN 7 Sen i918 ines. var 27 Sep 1918, p. 30. Drama/Horror. Dearie Lane refuses to marry Fred Millard, whom she loves, because of her previous affair with roué Mark Winfield. When she

THE CRAVING F1.0835 confesses, Fred forgives her, and they marry and live happily in a modest American Film Co. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; Mutual Masterpictures home until the owner, who turns out to be Winfield, comes to collect a

DeLuxe Edition. 26 Feb 1916. 5 reels. delinquent payment and suddenly dies. Dearie, afraid that the absent Fred

Dir Charles Bartlett. will misunderstand, hides the body with the help of a boarder and a cook

Cast: William Russell (Foster Calhoun), Helene Rosson (Margaret until midnight when they carry it down the stairs to the countryside, but

Cummings), Rea Berger (Leroy Calhoun), Roy Stewart (Oliver the creaking of the steps is heard by Fred. After the police find the body

Bailey), Charlotte Burton (Roby), Robert Miller (Crooky). and the suspicious Fred finds Winfield’s hat under a couch, he opens Drama. In order to repay gambling debts, Oliver Bailey, a substitute for Dearie’s private trunk and discovers the fancy clothes that Winfield gave star player Foster Calhoun on the Newbridge College Football team, her. Furious, Fred chops with an ax through the closet door behind which decides to throw the big game. Learning that Foster has an inherited Dearie hides. After Dearie pleadingly says that she kept the clothes for weakness for alcohol, Oliver tricks him into drinking too much. Foster is Fred to admire and that Winfield died from a heart attack, Fred forgives unable to play and so, taking his place, Oliver is responsible for the team’s _ her and they begin life anew. Fidelity. Marriage. Cooks. Heart disease.

loss. Newbridge expels Foster, and he loses his sweetheart Margaret Libertines. because of his drunkenness. Soon a hopeless alcoholic, Foster goes West, Note: The working title for this film was Dearie.

where Roby, a dance hall girl, tricks him into marrying her. Foster then ETR is Feb ie p. 867. 95. 930 Me Is Mar 1919. p. 1532. learns that his uncle has died, leaving him all his money. Determined to e + PP. 878079) 790. rm e start over, he cures himself of his addiction and then finds out that he has MPW 8 Feb 1919, p. 804. Wid's 2 Feb 1919, p. 7. been forgiven at Newbridge and that Oliver’s dishonesty has been discovered. He also learns that he and Roby had been married illegally and CREEPING TIDES see THE TIDES OF FATE so, when he goes East to claim his fortune, he is reconciled with Margaret,

and the couple plans their marriage. Alcoholics. Duplicity. Gamblers. THE CRICKET F 1.0838

Regeneration. Dance hall girls. Debt. Fixed football games. Football. Universal Film Mfg. Co.; A Butterfly Feature. Dist Universal Film Mfg.

Inheritance. Marriage-Fake. The West. Co. 12 Nov 1917 [OUniversal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 2 Nov 1917; LP11677]. Motog 26 Feb 1916, p. 484. MPW 4 Mar 1916, p. 1544. 5 reels. MPN 26 Feb 1916, p. 1178. MPW 11 Mar 1916, p. 1661. Dir Elsie Jane Wilson. Story Elliott J. Clawson. Cam Stephen Rounds. Cast: Zoe Rae (The Cricket as a child), Rena Rogers (The Cricket as

THE CRAVING F1.0836 = an adult), Fred Warren (Saveline), Harry Holden (Caesar), Winter Hall Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist State Rights; M. H. Hoffman; Bluebird (Pinglet), George Hupp (Pascal as a boy), Hal Cooley (Pascal as an Photoplays, Inc. Sep 1918 [©Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 7 Jun 1918; adult), Gretchen Lederer (The Cricket’s mother). LP12518. ©Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.; 31 Dec 1918; LP13233]. 5 reels. Drama. Spurred on by her young actor friend Pascal, Cricket, a young Dir Francis Ford. Asst dir Jack Ford and Joseph A. McDonough. girl, accepts the starring role in a juvenile play. Her smashing success is

Scen Francis Ford. Story Francis Ford. Cam Edward Gheller. overshadowed, however, by the death of her mother. Orphaned, Cricket Cast: Francis Ford (Carroll Wayles), Mae Gaston (Beulah Grey), Peter —_ grows to adulthood under the tutelage of her artist friends Saveline, Pinglet

Gerald (Ala Kasarib), Duke Worne (Dick Wayles), Jean Hathaway — and Caesar. Their idyllic family life ends when the three foster fathers

(Mrs. Way les). decide that Cricket shall marry a banker’s son, while she is determined to

Drama/Social. After inventor Carroll Wayles develops a powerful marry her old friend Pascal. Cricket leaves her foster fathers for Pascal and

explosive that may be valuable to the government, Ala Kasarib, an East _ their estrangement endures several years, until the three men attend a stage

Indian inventor, comes to America to obtain the formula. He entices performance given by Pascal and Cricket. An usher asks if they would take Carroll with his ward, Beulah Grey, the daughter of a deceased British care of one of the actor’s children and, recognizing Cricket’s daughter, Army officer. After Kasarib offers Carroll a drink, Carroll declines, saying their old feelings of friendship are rekindled and a reconciliation occurs. he isan alcoholic, and relates his last delirium in which he saw tiny dancing Foster fathers. Friendship. Marriage-Arranged. Wards and guardians. girls in his champagne glass, within the bottle, and as part of the stream Actors and actresses. Children. Orphans. Plays. Reunions. of liquor being poured. He cavorted with the nude girls and kept one inside Note: Some reviews credit the role of Saveline to Fred Ward.

his breast pocket. Kasarib hypnotizes Beulah to get the formula. When ETR 24 Nov 1917, p. 2010. MPN 8 Dec 1917, p. 4067

Carroll discovers that she gave it to Kasarib, he dejectedly drinks until a Motog 24 Nov 1917, p. 1113. MPW 24 Nov 1917, p. 1223. vision of the European battlefields sobers him up. At Kasarib’s laboratory MPN 28 Nov 1917, p. 3664. Var 16 Nov 1917, p. 50.

where Beulah is imprisoned, Carroll’s struggle with Kasarib ignites the MPN I Dec 1917, p. 3809. Wid's 29 Nov 1917, p. 762. explosive, killing Kasarib. Now in love, Carroll and Beulah go to Carroll’s

mother and brother. Alcoholics. Alcoholism. East Indians. Explosives. CRIME AND PUNISHMENT F 1.0839

Hypnotism. Inventions. Inventors. Secret formulas. Wards and guardians. Arrow Film Corp. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc.; Gold Rooster Plays. 25

Champagne. Explosions. Fights. Hypnotists. Laboratories. Nudity. Feb 1917. 5 reels.

Visions. World War |. Dir Lawrence B. McGill. Scen Charles Taylor. Cam Henry Cronjager. 172

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE CRIMSON DOVE Source: Based on the novel Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky Cast: Neva Gerber (Betty), William D. Taylor.

(Russia, 1866). . Drama. Sixteen-year-old Betty, reared in an orphanage, tires of the abuse Cast: Derwent Hall Caine (Rodion Raskolnikoff), Cherrie Coleman which she receives there and escapes. She then is taken in by Francis

(Dounia, his sister), Lydia Knott (His mother), Carl Gerard Seeman, a gentleman thief, who adopts and educates her. After Betty’s (Razamouhin Porkovitch), Sidney Bracey (Andreas Valeskoff), graduation, Seeman wants her to begin a life of crime by stealing her friend

Marguerite Courtot (Sonia Marmeladoff), Robert Cummings Gladys’ necklace. When Betty refuses, Seeman tries to strangle her, but

(Porphyus). in self-defense she stabs him with a hatpin, then flees, thinking him dead.

Drama. University student Rodion Raskolnikoff is forced to flee Russia He recovers, however, and names Betty as his accomplice. Meanwhile, for publishing a radical treatise advocating lawlessness for the good of Betty has moved to a small town where the local citizens regard her with society. He arrives on the shores of America, still preaching the same suspicion. Their distrust is increased after Roger Neville, a young lawyer, doctrine. Touched by the poverty on the East Side of New York, Rodion befriends her and she adopts a motherless child. When her picture appears kills a pawnbroker who oppresses the people in his neighborhood, robs his in the paper identified as that of a notorious jewel thief, she is persuaded safe, and uses the money for charitable purposes, managing to keep the by Neville to stand trial. In the end, she is acquitted, but Seeman is guilt from himself. When the crime is fastened upon Porphyus, an innocent sentenced to a long prison term. Adoption. Attempted murder. Battered man, however, Rodion is caught in the struggle between conscience and his children. Foster fathers. Orphanages. Robbery. Trials. Jewelry. Lawyers. creed, until Sonia, a poor young Russian girl, instills in him a sense of the Photographs. Reputation. Small town life.

wrong of his act by converting him to a belief in God. Conscience stricken, Motog 23 Jan 1915, p. 151. MPW 21 Nov 1914, p. 1146. Rodion rejects his credo and acknowledges his guilt. Conscience. False MPN 31 Oct 1914, p. 72.

accusations. Guilt. | Murder. Poverty. Religious conversion.

Revolutionaries. Robbery. College students. Exiles. New York City-East THE CRIMINAL PATH F1.0843

Side. Pawnbrokers. Ramo Films, Inc. Dist State Rights. Mar? 1914 [ORamo Films, Inc.; 20 Note: Dostoevsky’s novel was first published in Russky Vestnik Magazine in 1866. Apr 1914; LU2533]. 3-4 reels. Among the many other film adaptations of Dostoevsky’s novel are: the 1923 German Dir Will S. Davis. Scen Will S. Davis.

film Raskolnikow, directed by Robert Wiene; the 1935 French film Crime et . : H

Chatiment, starring Harry Baur and directed by Pierre Chenal; the 1935 Columbia J rast Stuart jrumes eo Darrel). oe cad teed cepa | ; production, starring Peter Lorre and directed by Josef von Sternberg; the 1956 French effries (Jim epson), artes TTavis ( oe Urns), Jac opxins

film Crime et Chatiment, starring Jean Gabin and Robert Hossein and directed by (John Horton), Phillip Scoville (“The Worm”), Will S. Davis (Richard Georges Lampin; the 1959 Allied Artists release Crime and Punishment USA, Blair), Flora Naso. starring George Hamilton and directed by Denis Sanders; and the 1969 Russian Drama. Discouraged by the death of his wife after he is released from

production, directed by Lev Kulijanov. prison, Jim Jepson takes up with Doc Burns, his former cohort, and plans hapN Mu re ry . re NDA M a Mer Ory . ae to tunnel into a bank. Bob Darrell, a detective on Jepsen’s case, suspects MPW 24 Feb 1917, p. 1211. Wid’s 15 Feb 1917, p. 111. that Mary, Jepson’s daughter, is also involved, and when a raid on their

house is made, Mary is arrested. Despite Jepson’s protests, Mary is

THE CRIME OF THE HOUR F1.0840 sentenced to prison for four years. Upon her release, starvation tempts her United Film Corp. of Los Angeles. Dist State Rights; Ernest Shipman. to steal a purse, but the sound of music from a church changes her mind.

Sep 1918? 6-7 reels As she enters the church, she faints in front of the Rev. John Horton, who Dir Thomas R Ricketts takes her to a hospital and then finds her a job with his sister, Mrs. Richard

Cast: Edward Coxen Vivian Rich Blair. John and Mary fall in love, but their relationship is threatened by

° , >. ‘ a the unwanted advances of Mr. Blair. Meanwhile, Darrell, on Jepson’s trail

Drama.after [Noheinformation concerning the plot of invitation this film to hasthebeen é house arr located] escapes from prison, arranges for an Blair : .The , . only Loge . to spylocated on Mary. Darrell witnesses Blair’s advances, and when Mary is Note: information concerning this film is from an ad, a news item, .;

and listings in the 1920 MPSD. The ad shows a drawing of a woman’s face within found standing over her employer's dead body, Darrell suspects that Jepson

a question mark looking down at a photograph of a group of men standing in a mine actually did the killing. Darrell then goes after Jepson who finally among machinery. The men surround two men who seem to be arguing or discussing succumbs to exhaustion and, upon hearing that Mary has been charged some point. The caption of the ad reads “As menacing to humanity as Kaiserism.” with murder, confesses his crime, thus paving the way for Mary’s future

ETR 14 Sep 1918, p. 1221. NYDM — 21 Sep 1918, p. 448. happiness. Bank robberies. Clergy. Detectives. Ex-convicts. False arrests. Father-daughter relationship. Imprisonment. Churches. Confession (law).

THE CRIMINAL F 1.0841 Hospitals. Hunger. Murder. Police raids. Prison escapes. Theft. Tunnels. New York Motion Picture Corp.; Kay-Bee. Dist Triangle Film Corp. 2 Note: Some sources reviewed this film at three reels, others at four. Ads for the film Dec 1916. 5 reels. also conflict in citing the length. NYDM credits the part of ““The Reverend” to John Hopkins. Motog credits the part of “Reverend Jack Hopkins” to John Horton.

P res Thomas H. Ince. Supv Thomas H. Ince. Prod Thomas H. Ince. MPW does not credit an actor, but calls the character Reverend John Horton. Dir Reginald Barker. Scen C. Gardner Sullivan. Cam Charles Kaufman. Because there was an actor named Jack Hopkins who worked in the Ramo film The

Art dir Robert Brunton. Governor's Ghost (see below), it is most likely that he is also the actor playing the Cast: Clara Williams (Naneta), William Desmond (Donald White), part of “The Reverend” in this film.

. . 4 Apr 1914, p. 122.

Enid Willis (The baby), Joseph J. Dowling (Carlos Lupoli), Gertrude Motog 7 Mar 1914, p. 176. MPW 16 May 1914, p. 923.

Claire (Mother Marie), Charles K. French (Pietro), Walt Whitman gee void ao NYDM —11 Mar 1914, p. 42. (Police magistrate). Drama. Italian immigrant Naneta finds a baby at her tenement and takes

care of it, then asks writer Donald White, who frequents the restaurant mr veers PONE less. Dist World Film Coro. 4 J 1917 [@World

where she works, to read the note pinned to the child. The note explains Fil "C 19 Mee 1017- LU 107881. 5 ‘Is. orp. * Jun or that the baby is illegitimate. The police arrest Naneta for kidnapping, but Pp Willi AB d ? d Wate AB, dv. DirR . Fieldi

ner Cam William Cooper. herself been illegitimate, and does not want the baby so labeled. ;, Fi wa: . had : Cast: Carlyle Blackwell (Brand Cameron), June Elvidge (Adrienne

she refuses to clear herself by detailing the baby’s origins because she res NV ilham “A. Brady. frod Wiliam “A. prady. Lar somaine Fielding.

inally, Donald comes to the authorities and explains everything, and then, ; ,

to Naneta’s delight. h toh dth le decid d h Durant), Marie La Varre (Faro Kate), Henry West (Jim Carewe), Edward

he proposes to her, and the couple decides to adopt the N. Hoyt (Jonathan Gregg), Dion Titheradge (Philip Burbank), Maxin baby. Authors.ght, Foundlings. Illegitimacy. Immigrants. Self-sacrifice. 5 pnOyh Wonainan sregg), '! eracge Ip OUPOANK), Maxine

, , Hicks (Minnie Zugg),Police. LouisTenements. R.Hackett Grisel Adoption. False arrests. Italians. .(Joseph Burbank), Norman (Half-witted son), George Cowl (Dr. Stewart), Charles Hartley

Motog 11 Nov 1916, p. 1094. MPW 9 Dec 1916, p. 1549. ; ; ; MPN 4 Nov 1916, p. 2866. NYDM 28 Oct 1916, p. 26. (Cameron's old servant), Mildred Beckwith (Nevada), Julia Stuart MPW 4 Nov 1916, p. 691. Var 27 Oct 1916, p. 27. (Widow Oatmeal), George S. Trimble (Durant), Blanche Davenport

Drama. Young minister Brand Cameron meets stage star Adrienne

THE CRIMINAL CODE F1.0842 Durant at her father’s humble country home where she has gone to recover Balboa Feature Film Co. Dist Box Office Attraction Co. 28 Sep from the excitement of an attempted suicide by one of her admirers.

1914. 4 reels. Believing that Adrienne is an innocent country girl, Cameron falls in love 173

THE CRIMSON GARDENIA AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG with her until, in a fit of remorse, the actress tells him the truth and returns Jack is wearing his signet ring, realizes that Jack is his son, and Jack and to her old life in New York. Cameron follows and, unable to give Adrienne = Helen continue their romance. Coral. Islands. Long-lost relatives. up, is denounced by his parishioners and forced to resign. He takes his Airplanes. Fights. Jewelry. Marriage-Secret. Submarines. calling to a tough lumber camp while Adrienne accepts the charge of a Note: One review credits Francis Ford with the story, while a second credits Elsie school for poor children. At the camp, Faro Kate falsely accuses Cameron —_- Van Name with the story and scenario.

of fathering her child and the lumbermen, enraged, set fire to the church. ETR 1 Nov 1919, p, 1867. Wid's 26 Oct 1919, p. 9. When Cameron risks his life to save Kate’s baby trapped in the burning MPN | Nov 1919, p. 3348. building, however, Kate retracts her lie and the minister is finally accepted

by the gruff inhabitants of the camp. Cameron’s happiness is made THE CRIMSON WING F1.0847

complete when Adrienne comes to join him in his new ministry. Actors and Essanay Film Mfg. Co. Dist V-L-S-E, Inc. 1 Nov 1915 [©Essanay Film actresses. Clergy. Love. Mistaken identity. Scandal. Self-sacrifice. Arson. Mie. Co. 20 Oot 15s LP6743]. 6 reels.

Country girls. False accusations. Liars. Lumber camps. Rescues. NM ‘ Note: Sources differ concerning the spelling of Maxine Hicks, with some listing her Source: Based on the novel The Crimson Wing by Hobart C. Chatfield-

as Maxime, Maxim, and Maxin. In addition, the character name “Minnie Zugg” is Taylor (Chicago and New York, 1902).

also listed as “Minnit Zugg.” Cast: E. H. Calvert (Count Ludwig von Leun-Walram), John Cossar ETR 2 Jun 1917, p. 1825. NYDM 2 Jun 1917, p. 29. (Paul D’Arblay), Ruth Stonehouse, Beverly Bayne, Bryant Washburn, MPN 9 Jun 1917, p. 3620. Var 25 May 1917, p. 20. Betty Scott, Harry Dunkinson, Grant Foreman. MPW 9 Jun 1917, p. 1621, 1668. Wid's 7 Jun 1917, pp. 365-66. War drama/World War I. Count Ludwig von Leun-Walram, a German army officer, rejects with kindness the love of French actress Marguerite

THE CRIMSON GARDENIA F 1.0845 Clarion. He falls in love with his childhood friend, Marcelle de Lambach, Rex Beach Pictures Co.; Goldwyn Pictures Corp. Dist Goldwyn the daughter of a French general, but before they can marry, war is Distributing Corp. 18 May 1919 [ORex Beach; 5 May 1919; LP13682].6 = declared and they become enemies. Ludwig returns to Germany, while

reels, 5,400 ft. Marcelle accompanies her father to the front, where, after he dies, she leads Supv Rex Beach. Dir Reginald Barker. Scen Rex Beach. Cam Oliver T. his troops, is captured by Ludwig’s troops, and is escorted to the French

Marsh. Art dir Hugo Ballin. side. Meanwhile, Marguerite refuses the advances of spy Paul D’Arblay Source: Based on the short story “The Crimson Gardenia” by Rex Beach and joins the Red Cross. After she finds Ludwig injured and nurses him in The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure (New York, at her aunt’s home, D’Arblay threatens to reveal Ludwig’s whereabouts

1916). and denounce him as a spy unless she agrees to marry him. She consents,

Cast: Owen Moore (Roland Van Dam), Hedda Nova (Madelon but after Ludwig is well and leaves, D’Arblay finds that Marguerite has Dorette), Hector V. Sarno (Emile Le Duc), Sydney Deane (Papa La poisoned herself rather than marry him. Ludwig now dreams of the war’s Forge), Tully Marshall (Alfred Le Duc), Sydney Ainsworth (Francois, end when he can marry Marcelle. Courage. Germany. Army. Self-sacrifice.

“the Spider’), Edwin Stevens (Jean, the “Wolf’), Gertrude Claire Suicide. Women soldiers. World War |. Actors and actresses. French. (Mere Felice), Betty Schade (Eleanor Banniman), Alec B. Francis Military officers. Nobility. Nurses. Poisoning. Red Cross. Spies. Threats.

(Mr. Banniman), Kate Lester (Mrs. Banniman). Note: Some scenes were shot in France showing the French army in maneuvers,

es . . ome scenes were shot on the grounds and in the homes of wealthy Chicagoans,

Drama. Yearning for adventure and romance, jaded New York commanded by General Joseph Jacques Césaire Joffre, the head of the French army. millionaire Roland Van Dam, goes to New Orleans during the Mardi Gras. including Hobart C. Chatfield-Taylor, Harold and Cyrus McCormick, Orville There he is mistaken for Emile Le Duc, a recently escaped prisoner, by a —_ Babcock, Edward S. Moore, the vice-president of the Rock Island Railroad, who cousin whom he has never met, the attractive Madelon Dorette, because portrayed a chauffeur, James Ward Thorne, Scott Durand, Howard Shaw and author Roland’s costume includes a red gardenia, which Emile was to wear. and playwright Wallace Rice. Most of these people and their families appeared in the Emile’s counterfeiting gang, thinking that he is going to betray them, __ fi!m. Shots of a German zeppelin rising are also included.

captures Roland, but he escapes. When Emile dies, Madelon, convinced by Wate Ny ils if a vow iQ Nn lols 9-20. the gang that Roland is a secret service man and has killed Emile, entices MPN 6 Nov 1915, p. 86. Var 29 Oct 1915, p. 22. Roland to the home of her vile old uncle, the gang leader. She discovers MPW 6 Nov 1915, pp. 1154-55. that Roland is innocent after it appears that both of them have no way of

escaping death. During an interrogation, however, Roland secretly THE CRIPPLED HAND F 1.0848 dislodges a telephone receiver from its hook and conveys the situation to Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. | May 1916 the operator, who transmits the call to the police. Once saved, Roland, [©Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.; 10 Apr 1916; LP8051]. 5 reels. having now found adventure and romance, marries Madelon. Mardi Gras. Dir Robert Leonard and David Kirkland. Scen Calder Johnstone. Mistaken identity. New Orleans. Counterfeiters. Cousins. Flowers. Cam R. E. Irish. Musical accompaniment selected and arranged by M.

Millionaires. Prison escapees. Rescues. Telephones. Winkler and F. Rehsen.

ETR 28 Jun 1919, p. 315. Var 20 Jun 1919, p. 53. Cast: Robert Leonard (The rich man), Ella Hall (The little girl), Marc MPN 28 Jun 1919, p. 235. Wid's 15 Jun 1919, p. 5. Robbins (The manager), Gladys Rockwell (The prima donna), Kingsley

MPW 28 Jun 1919, p. 1993. Benedict (The cripple). Drama. The rich producer of a new theatrical version of Cinderella

CRIMSON SHOALS F'1.0846 declares that he will give a role to the woman who can fit into a tiny slipper. Monopol Pictures Co. Dist State Rights; Monopol Pictures Co. 2 Nov Many women fail, but a poor little girl who has always dreamed of a

1919. 6 reels, 5,400 ft. romantic life manages to put on the shoe and then, to fulfill her fantasy, Prod Louis Burston. Dir Francis Ford. Scen Elsie Van Name. Story Elsie —_ she and the producer fall in love. Meanwhile, a former lover of the show’s

Van Name and Francis Ford. Cam Fred G. Hartman. ~ prima donna returns. In a quarrel she had cut his hand, ending his career Cast: Francis Ford (Jack Quinn, the son/Frederick Fielding, the father! as a musician, and he has vowed revenge. He tries to shoot her, but the little

Thomas Fielding, the grandfather), Pete Gerald (William Quinn), Eda _ girl deflects the bullet. She recovers, however, and the prima donna and Emerson (Marguerite Quinn), Martha Dean (Helen), Edward Woren her former sweetheart finally realize that they are still in love. Actors and

(Voberntz), James Fitzer (Himler). . actresses. Innocents. Musicians. Revenge. Theatrical producers.

Drama. Before Frederick Fielding goes to the coral-rich island of — “Cinderella.” Fights. Gunshot wounds. Knife wounds. Self-sacrifice. Crimson Shoals owned by his father Thomas, he secretly marries his Shoes. Wish fulfillment. neighbor, Marguerite Quinn, whose mother and father are enemies of his Motog 6 May 1916, p. 30. MPW 6 May 1916, p. 1048. parents, and gives her his signet ring. Years later, Frederick, a prosperous MPN 29 Apr 1916, p. 2550. Var 21 Apr 1916, p. 30. owner of the island’s coral reserves, grieves when he learns that his wife has MPW 29 Apr 1916, p. 820. Wid's 20 Apr 1916, p. 522. died, but soon is occupied with finding out why his coral is disappearing _

regularly. Suspecting foreman Jack Quinn, Frederick, his father, and THE CRISIS F 1.0849

others sail for the island, but Jack challenges Frederick and arrests him. Selig Polyscope Co.; A Super Film. Dist State Rights; Sherman-Elliott, Helen, a member of Frederick’s crew, and Jack fall in love and she Inc. Dec 1916 [©Selig Polyscope Co.; 30 Aug 1916; LP9034]. 7-12 reels. discovers that Rex Burke, the company auditor, is responsible for the theft. Supv William N. Selig. Dir Colin Campbell. Asst dir Leo Pierson. After a series of adventures and fights, Jack, in an airplane, dynamites Scen Colin Campbell. Cam G. McKenzie. Art dir Gabriel Pollock. Musical Burke’s submarine, which he used to steal the coral. Frederick, seeing that accompaniment arranged by Michel Mowschine.

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 CROOKED STREETS Source: Based on the novel The Crisis by Winston Churchill (New York, A CROOKED ROMANCE F1.0851

1901). Astra Film Corp. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc. 30 Sep 1917 [©Patheé

Cast: George Fawcett (Judge Silas Whipple), Matt B. Snyder Exchange, Inc.; 8 Dec 1917; LU11798]. 5 reels. (Colonel Comyn Carvel), Bessie Eyton (Virginia Carvel), Thomas Dir William Parke. Scen Will M. Ritchey and Marc Edmund Jones. Santschi (Stephen Brice), Eugenie Besserer (Mrs. Brice), Marshall Neilan | Story Tom Cushing. Cam Albert Richard.

(Clarence Colfax), Frank Weed (Eliphalet Hopper), Will Machin Cast: Gladys Hulette (Mary Flynn), Paul Clerget (Sid Flynn), William (Lige Brent), Sam D. Drane (Abraham Lincoln), Cecil Holland Parke, Jr. (Gifford Cannon), J. H. Gilmour (Mike), James E. Sullivan. (General W. T. Sherman), Leo Pierson (Jack Brinsmade), George Snyder, Drama/Crime. Mary Flynn is raised by her foster father Sid to believe

Frank Green, Al Green. that robbing the rich is a commendable means of earning a living. While

Drama/Historical. In the South, just before the Civil War, Stephen on the job, the pair are apprehended by detective Gifford Cannon and, Brice, a lawyer newly arrived from Boston, falls in love with Virginia | @!though Mary manages to escape, she finds herself captivated by the Carvel, a staunch Southern Democrat. She rejects Stephen, however, 4¢tective. Fleeing to New York, Mary decides to reform and takes refuge because of his abolitionist sympathies, and becomes engaged to the dashing ina packing box in a lumber yard where she shines shoes for a living. One Clarence Colfax. After the war begins, Stephen is wounded while fighting day she discovers an abandoned baby, and having always wanted a child, for the Union and then becomes an aide to President Abraham Lincoln. decides to keep it. Eventually the baby S parents trace it to Mary, but they Virginia, meanwhile, becomes less and less interested in Clarence and are so enchanted by their child’s guardian that they decide to adopt her. nally breaks her engagement with him but when Reis captured by Union Aliens happily for Mary when se renews her egusintancs with Cannon

forces and condemned to death, she goes to Lincoln to plead for his life. reformation. Robber Wards ond guardians Bootblacks Detectives Lincoln, wishing to show mercy to the defeated Southern forces, commutes Foundlings Lumber vards Missing persons New York City Colfax s sentence. When Virginia then sees that Stephen is the president s Note: Sources conflict in crediting variously Will M. Ritchey and Marc Edmund aide, the two embrace and look to the future. Loyalty. Presidential aides. Jones with the scenario.

Prisoners of war. Southerners. United States—History—Civil War, 1861- Motog 20 Oct 1917, p. 832. NYDM __ 29 Sep 1917, p. 18.

(legal). MPW 6 Oct 1917, p. 68.

1865. Abolitionists. Lawyers. Abraham Lincoln. Northerners. Pardons MPN 6 Oct 1917, p. 2391. Wid's 27 Sep 1917, p. 623. Note: Sherman-Elliott, Inc. released The Crisis in the western half of the United

States and sold the film on a state rights basis in the East. According to a CROOKED STRAIGHT F1.0852 contemporary news item, scenes for this production were shot in St. Louis, MO and Thomas H. Ince Productions. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; in Vicksburg, MS. In his impersonation of Abraham Lincoln, Sam D. Drane used Paramount-Artcraft Pictures. 9 Nov 1919 (OThomas H. Ince; 6 Oct 1919:

Lincoln’s dispatch box, which was loaned to him by the War Department. Members ° " , ,

of the Mississippi National Guard were used as extras in the film. According to a pre- LP14279]. 5 reels. ;

production news item, Lionel Atwell was to play the part of Clarence Colfax. Matt Supv Thomas H. Ince. Dir Jerome Storm. Story Julien Josephson. Snyder, who played Colonel Carvel, was, according to publicity items, an 82-year-old Cam Chester Lyons.

Civil War veteran who had fought in the actual battle of Vicksburg in 1863. A private Cast: Charles Ray (Ben Trimble), Wade Butler (Spark Nelson), showing of the film was given at the Strand Theatre in New York on 29 Sep 1916 Margery Wilson (Vera Owen), Gordon Mullen (Chick Larrabee), Otto

to of invited private showing wasgiven held there in Minneapolis Hoffman (Lucius , on a22large Decnumber 1916, and the firstguests public Another performance of the film was on 24 offman ( UClUS wen).O; ;, oo.

Dec 1916. Drama/Crime. lowa boy Ben Trimble promptly is fleeced of his life Motog 25 Mar 1916, p. 719. NYDM 10 Jun 1916, p. 25. savings of $1,000 by Chicago con man Chick Larrabee on his first day in

Motog 14 Oct 1916, p. 884. NYDM 22 Jul_ 1916, p. 26. the city. Distraught and hungry, Ben unsuccessfully attempts to rob

MeN is i ore’ p. on May eae ote P. 1" safecracker Spark Nelson who threatens to turn Ben over to the police MPN 16 Dee 1916 p 3871, ——oNYDM 3 Ser 1916. . 6 unless he becomes his partner. On the day of their last job, Larrabee

MPN 23 Dec 1916, p. 4022, 4050. NYDM 7 Oct 1916, p. 26. overhears them and tips off the police, who shoot Spark in a raid. He dies MPN 30 Dec 1916, p. 4150. NYDM __ 28 Oct 1916, p. 29. asking Ben to look after his children in the country. Ben escapes and raises

NV DM 7 me le i" ne iad ne aa Ore Pp. ie the two children while falling in love with Vera Owen, the girl next door, NYDM 18 Mar 1916, p. 24. Var 6 Oct 1916, is 25, until Larrabee shows up and threatens Ben with exposure if Ben interferes NYDM 3 Jun 1916, p. 25. Wid's 5 Oct 1916, p. 1010. with his plans to trick Vera’s father out of a lot of money. Larrabee is shot

by a neighbor while fighting Ben after Ben robbed Owen’s safe to protect

THE CROOK OF DREAMS F1.0850 the money. Finally, Ben explains everything to Owen and gets his consent World Film Corp. Dist World Film Corp. 3 Mar 1919 [©World Film | t© Marry Vera. City-country contrast. Confidence men. Criminals-

Corp.; 24 Mar 1919; LU13529]. 5 reels, 4,800 ft. Rehabilitation. Manhood. ‘Safecrackers. Chicago. Children. Fraud.

Cam Alfred Gondolfi. ov ee Be ar ct ais P. 09. Dir Oscar Apfel. Scen George Du Bois Proctor. Story Forrest Halsey. Gunshot wounds. lowa. Police raids. ) 4 Oc 1919. 0. 60

Cast: Louise Huff (Constance Waldron), Virginia Hammond (Mrs. MPN | Nov 1919, p. 3351. Wid's 2 Nov 1919, p. 13.

Waldron), Florence Billings (Laura Campbell), Kempton Greene

(Sam), Josephine Williams (Sam's Mother), Edward Elkas (Pete), Kate CROOKED STREETS F1.0853 Lester (Mrs. Hadwin), Frank Mayo (Charles Hadwin). Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Drama/Crime. After the mother of a family of east-side crooks and her Paramount-Artcraft Pictures. 8 Aug 1920 [©Famous Players-Lasky Corp.;

companion Pete go to jail, the woman’s son Sam has the daughter 2 Jul 1920; LP15352}, 5 reels, 4,750 ft. ; . ,

Constance, who is always being put upon by the others, pose as the long- Pres Jesse L. Lasky. Dir Paul Powell. Asst dir Fred Robinson. Scen Edith

lost daughter of wealthy widow Mrs. Waldron, who is becoming insane Kennedy. Cam William Marshall. on. dir Wilfred Buckland. , with grief. Mrs. Waldron’s secretary, Laura Campbell, while not believing . Source: Based on the or On inner at Eight” by Samuel Merwin

the hoax, adds credence to it to allay Mrs. Waldron’s sickness. With "eC c Eth 1 Magazine € 7 enh Jack Holt (R O'D Clyd Constance’s help, Mrs. Waldron’s condition improves remarkably, while Fille asin hae ahi d) a). Jack H. a dant ( Si pare), oN 4). Constance herself acquires sophistication in dress and manner, and falls in J hine C (Mrs. Gri , Id). Fred ‘ck Starr (Sailor Hugh) , love with lawyer Charles Hadwin. When Sam’s mother and Pete get out Se oe Owe (Mrs. Griswold), Fre ertes 2 7alt Woatron WMSN). of jail, they try to blackmail Constance, but Mrs. Waldron recognizes Drama. Gail Ellis, a secretary, accompanies Professor Silas Grisw old and Sam’s. mother as the nurse maid who years earlier stole her baby. his wife to China on an expedition to acquire antique vases. Curiosity draws

Constance is proven to be Mrs. Waldron’s real daughter and is then free her fig me Shanghal slums phere, unenow n one oan net rivers to confess her love to the previously socially superior Charles. Child selling. accosted” by a drunke s ai ors Luckily. Rupe “ OD are. a i, ou n g

ass istincton. iin re Pp ersonation ane inne “pesity. Englishman, is nearby and rescues Gail. He escorts her back to the hotel

ae gs . , to arrest the Griswolds for smuggling opium in antique vases. Gall then

Lawyers. New York City-East Si de. Nursemaids ‘Secretaries. where he auscloses nis woentity asa British secret service agent and proceeds ene ne Him is listea ae ems as The Crook of Dreams, while some reveals herself as a member of the United States Secret Service and the two

ETR 1 Mar 1919, p. 993. Var 21 Feb 1919, p. 67. agents fall in love. China. Secret agents. secret Service. Shanghai (China) MPN 1 Mar 1919, p. 1382. Wid's 23 Feb 1919, p. 9. Smugglers. Americans in foreign countries. Chauffeurs. English.

MPW 1 Mar 1919, p. 1241. Kidnapping. Opium. Professors. Secretaries. 175

THE CROOKEDEST MAN IN THE WORLD AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Note: This film was originally titled A// in the Night. Winter Hall, Fannie Midgley, Catholic war fund. James Cardinal Gibbons saw it in Baltimore in a private showing and Alice Knowland were listed as cast members in pre-release news articles. One and said that he “was much pleased,” according to a news item. Another news item contemporary source states that the film was based on Merwin’s play All in the notes that William A. Brady, the head of World Film Corp., made the film as a Night, but no evidence of that play’s existence has been located. The short story personal venture. It was then purchased by World Film Corp.

“Dinner at Eight” was included in The Charmed Life of Miss Austin, published in ETR 19 Jan 1918, p. 599. NYDM 8 Dec 1917, p. 21.

New York in 1914. MPN 19 Jan 1918, p. 442. NYDM 12 Jan 1918, p. 19. ETR 7 Aug 1920, p. 1058. MPW 7 Aug 1920, p. 779. MPN 30 Mar 1918, p. 1868. Var 11 Jan 1918, p. 43.

MPN 3 Apr 1920, p. 3130. NYMT 1 Aug 1920. MPW 15 Dec 1917. Wid's 18 Apr 1918, p. 1084. MPN 10 Apr 1920, p. 3311, 3324. Var 30 Jul 1920, pp. 32-33. MPW 2 Mar 1918, p. 1272.

) CROSS CURRENTS F 1.0856

MPN 29 May 1920, p. 4518. Wid’s 1 Aug 1920, p. 11.

THE CROOKEDEST MAN IN THE WORLD see THE FLASH OF Fine Arts Film Co. Dist Triangle Film Corp. 2 Jan 1916 [©Triangle Film

FATE Corp.; 27 Dec 1915; LP8006]. 5 reels. Supv D. W. Griffith. Dir Francis Grandon. Scen Mary H. O’Connor.

CROOKY F 1.0854 Musical accompaniment arranged and Selected by J. A. Raynes.

Vitagraph Co. of America; A Blue Ribbon Comedy Feature. Dist V-L- Cast: Helen Ware (Elizabeth Crane), Courtenay Foote (Paul Beale), S-E, Inc. 12 Jul 1915 [OVitagraph Co. of America; 28 Jun 1915; LP5812]. Teddy Sampson (Flavia), Sam De Grasse (Silas Randolph), Vera Lewis

5 reels. (Mrs. Van de Veer).

Pres Albert E. Smith and J. Stuart Blackton. Dir C. Jay Williams. Drama. Washington, D.C. society belle Elizabeth Crane gives up her

Scen Paul West. Cam William T. Stuart. fiancé, young diplomat Paul Beale, when she learns that her foster sister

Cast: Frank Daniels (Crooky Scruggs), Charles Eldridge (Colonel Flavia also loves him. After Flavia and Paul marry, they join Elizabeth on “Bob” Roberts), Harry T. Morey (John W. Dough), Edwina Robbins a yacht belonging to millionaire Silas Randolph, who wants to marry (Susan Dough), Anna Laughlin (Dora Dough), Evart Overton (Jack Elizabeth. The yacht catches fire and Elizabeth and Paul swim to a desert

Willis). | isle. Randolph arrives later and fights Paul to get to Elizabeth, but she

Comedy. Convict Crooky Scruggs escapes from prison and goes to New stabs him to death. As the months pass, Paul and Elizabeth, believing York where he meets Westerner Bob Roberts. The two become friends and Flavia dead, rediscover their love and live as if they were married; but they check into a posh hotel together. Meanwhile, Wall Street broker John Flavia, who was saved by a freight steamer, sees a vision of Elizabeth and W. Dough, whom Roberts unsuccessfully had tried to see, needs money and _ organizes a search party. When Elizabeth sees Flavia’s boat approach, she decides to get it from Roberts. Dough and his secretary, Jack Willis, tells Paul, who says he wants to remain with her. After she convinces Paul mistake Crooky for Roberts and take him to their office. There he flirts that his child has a right to him, Elizabeth walks into the sea and drowns with Dough’s sister Susan and daughter Dora after giving Dough Robert’s _ herself so that Flavia will not know of the island romance. Castaways. check. The police arrest Roberts, believing him to be Crooky, but soon his —_—Fter sisters. Islands. Self-sacrifice. Socialites. Diplomats. Fights. Knife real identity is established, and they all look for Crooky at Dough’s house. —_ wounds. Millionaires. Rescues. Ship fires. Suicide. Visions. Washington He escapes just in time and manages to get back inside prison just before (D.C.). Yachts.

the police can arrest him for stealing Susan’s jewels. Brokers. False arrests. Motog 18 Dec 1915, p. 1289. MPW 4 Dec 1915, p. 1848. Mistaken identity. Prison escapees. Flirtation. Hotels. Jewelry. New York MPN 25 Sep 1915, pp. 82-83. Var 3 Dec 1915, p. 21.

City. Police. Prison escapes. Prisons. Theft. MPN It Dec 1915, p. 85. : Note: This film was also called Crooky Scruggs.

Motog 10 Jul 1915, p. 67, 88. _ MPW 3 Jul 1915, p. 82. THE CROSS OF SHAME see VIVE LA FRANCE! MPN 17 Apr 1915, pp. 92-93. MPW 17 Jul 1915, p. 568. MPN 24 Apr 1915, p. 15. NYDM 30 Jun 1915, p. 28.

MPN 3 Jul 1915, p. 52, 77. VLP Aug 1915, p. 36. CROWN JEWELS F 1.0857

MPN 10 Jul 1915, p. 8. Triangle Film Corp. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 22 Dec 1918. 5 reels.

CROOKY SCRUGGS see CROOKY Dir Roy Clements. Scen Robert Hill. Story Robert Hill. Cast: Claire Anderson (Diana De Lille), Lillian Langdon (Madame THE CROSS BEARER F 1.0855 Levine), Joe Bennett (Kenneth Grey), Frank Leigh (Baron Strickland), William Brady. Dist World Film Corp.; Special Feature. | Apr 1918 George Pearce (Maxwell Grey), Billy Musgrave (Varnet), H. N. Dudgeon

[OWorld Film Corp.; 7 Mar 1918; LU12147]. 5 reels. (Lupino).

Supv William A. Brady. Prod William A. Brady. Dir George Drama. When a small European nation is threatened by revolution, the Archainbaud. Asst dir Philip W. Masi. Scen Anne Maxwell. Cam Philip country’s monarch sends his crown jewels to an American banker for

Hatkin. safekeeping. Madame Levine, the head of a gang of international jewel

Cast: Montagu Love (Cardinal Mercier), Jeanne Eagels (Liane de thieves, plans to steal the jewels and, posing as a society woman, befriends Merode), Anthony Merlo (Lieut. Maurice Lambeaux), George Morgan banker Maxwell Grey. Young French refugee Diana De Lille unwittingly (Gaston Van Leys), Edward Elkas (Banker Van Leys), Charles Brandt aids Madame Levine, but when she suspects foul play, she confides in the (Baron Spiegelman), Eloise Clement (Jeanne Perrier), Albert Hart banker’s son Kenneth, who has fallen in love with her. The crooks pursue (Colonel Krause), Alexander Francis (Brother Joseph), Kate Lester — Baron Strickland, who has been entrusted with the jewels, but he outwits

(The Cardinal’s housekeeper), Fanny Cogan (Madame Lambeaux), them with Kenneth’s help. Diana is imprisoned by Madame Levine but

Henrietta Simpson (Madame Van Leys). escapes and is reunited with Kenneth and the baron, who finally is revealed

War drama/World War I. Cardinal Mercier protects the altar of his to be her father. Bankers. French. Gangs. Jewelry. Political refugees. church from desecration when German forces invade the Belgian city of | Thieves. Europe. Impersonation and imposture. Imprisonment. Kings. Louvain during World War I. Although the soldiers commit widespread Nobility. Parentage. Revolutions. Socialites.

atrocities, the cardinal does his best to protect the townspeople. Cardinal ETR 21 Dec 1918, p. 192. MPW 28 Dec 1918, p. 1552.

Mercier’s young ward, Liane de Merode, is betrothed to Belgian officer ETR 28 Dec 1918, p. 337. Var 20 Var 1918, p. 37. Maurice Lambeaux, but the German governor general tries to gain MPN 4 Jan 1919, p. 160.

possession of her against the cardinal’s will. Despite the plotting of the

governor general, Maurice breaks through the German lines in a disguise. THE CROWN PRINCE’S DOUBLE F 1.0858 Secretly the cardinal marries the young couple and smuggles them across Vitagraph Co. of America; A Blue Ribbon Feature. Dist V-L-S-E, Inc. the border to France. Belgians. Cardinals. Germany. Army. Louvain 7 Feb 1916 [OThe Vitagraph Co. of America; 20 Dec 1915; LP7255]. 5 (Belgium). Military officers. War crimes. Wards and guardians. Weddings. reels.

World War |. Churches. Disguise. France. Governors general. Dir Van Dyke Brooke. Scen Anne Mahring. Story Gilbert Patten. Note: Working titles for the film were Cardinal Mercier and The Cardinal. The Cast: Maurice Costello (Prince Oscar of Ostrau/Barry Lawrence),

im ‘din originally to be released My cent reels ner the jhe Cardinal. Norma Talmadge (Shirley Rives), Howard Hall (King Gustave), Anders part of the formal records of the invasion, and the interiors of the Cardinal's residence Randolf (Baron Hagar ), Thomas R. Mills (P eter Hart), Thomas Brooke were accurate copies made from enlarged photographs. The film was shown on 26 (Minister of State), Daniel Leighton (Detective Brennan), Anna Laughlin Mar 1918 at Carnegie Hall under the auspices of the Knights of Columbus for the (Isabelle Hart), Leila Blau (Mrs. Wilmerding).

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE CRY OF THE WEAK . . . . . Motog 2 Jan 1915, p. 6. NYDM 23 Dec 1914, p. 32.

Drama. Prince Oscar of Ostrau, about to marry a princess from a Motog —.26 Dec 1914, p. 915. MPW 26 Dec 1914, p. 1902. neighboring country to please his father, King Gustave, is saved from that MPN 26 Dec 1914, p. 45. Var 25 Dec 1914, p. 42. fate when an uprising causes her to leave. After the prince indulges in a

dalliance with a burlesque actress in London, King Gustave arranges for THE CRUCIBLE OF LIFE F1.0861 his American friend, Peter Hart, to take Oscar to the United States, where Authors’ Film Co. Dist State Rights; General Enterprises, Inc. Feb

Oscar marries Peter’s sister Isabelle. The wedding news, coming as the king 1918. 7 reels , ,

returns to the throne, causes him to send his chief of police, Baron Hagar, Dir Captain Harry Lambert. Musical accompaniment composed by to have the marriage annulled and return the prince home. After Peter, William J. McKenna. Isabelle and Oscar escape from the baron, they discover an unemployed Source: Based on the play Fairfax by Bartley Campbell (New York, 29 clerk, Barry Lawrence, who looks just like Oscar. They give him $1,000 Dec 1879). to lead the baron off their trail, but when Barry’s sweetheart, Shirley Rives, Cast: Grace Darmond (Gladys Dale), Jack Sherrill (Robert Dorset), thought to be Isabelle, is endangered, Oscar reveals himself to the baron Frank O’Connor (Edwin Fairfax), Winifred Harris (Mrs. Dorset), Edwin

and refuses to return. He then renounces his claim to the throne and Forsberg (Fritz von Hoffbert). becomes an American citizen. Doubles. Father-son relationship. Marriage. Drama/World War I. After the breakup of her marriage, Gladys Dale Political alliances. Royalty. Citizenship. Clerks. London. Mistaken works for prominent society woman Mrs. Dorset as companion to her identity. Mythical kingdoms. Police. Showgirls. Uprisings. daughter Diana. Mrs. Dorset’s ne’er-do-well son Robert becomes involved Note: This film opened at the Vitagraph Theatre in New York on 26 Dec 1915. with a gang of thieves headed by German spy Fritz von Hoffbert, and after

Motog 19 Feb 1916, p. 426. MPW 19 Feb 1916, p. 1145. stealing his mother’s jewels, he casts the blame on Gladys. Saddened,

MPw 3 Feb 516 is aria Var Tan 1916, p. 23. Gladys leaves for France as a Red Cross nurse, where she meets Edwin

aa Fairfax, who loves her. Fairfax commands the army company to which von Hoffbert has been assigned as a spy, and when Fairfax learns the latter’s

THE CRUCIAL TEST F1.0859 true identity, the two fight. Fairfax is wounded defeating von Hoffbert and Paragon Films, Inc. Dist World Film Corp. 3 Jul 1916 [World Film meets Gladys again in the hospital, where he proposes. At home, Robert

Corp.; 5 Jul 1916; LU8637]. 5 reels. is caught in another robbery, which clears Gladys’ name. Frame-ups.

Pres William A. Brady. Dir Robert Thornby and John Ince. Scen France. Germans. Military officers. Nurses. Reputation. Spies. Theft.

Frances Marion. Fights. Gangs. Hospitals. Jewelry. Ne’er-do-wells. Red Cross. Socialites. Cast: Kitty Gordon (Thanya), Niles Welsh (Vance Holden), J. Herbert Thieves.

Frank (Grand Duke Alexander Bagroff), W. Cohill (Boris), Winnifred Note: This film had a trade showing in New York on | Feb 1918.

Harris (Princess), Adolphe Menjou (Count Nicolai). ETR 12 Jan 1918, p. 487. MPW 16 Feb 1918, p. 1005, 1007.

Drama. Evil Russian Grand Duke Bagroff becomes infatuated with ETR 16 Feb 1918, p. 911. NYDM _16 Feb 1918, p. 18. Thanya, but she loves American artist Vance Holden. When Thanya’s MPN 23 Feb 1918, p. 1183. Var 8 Feb 1918, p. 43. revolutionary brother Boris tells her that he plans to kill Bagroff, she agrees

to help. The plan fails and Boris and Thanya are captured, but they soon THE CRUISE OF THE JOLLY ROGER see THE LITTLE PIRATE escape to Paris where Thanya rejoins the struggling Vance. Bagroff finds

Thanya and tells her that he will make Vance famous if she consents to be THE CRUISE OF THE MAKE-BELIEVES F 1.0862 his mistress. Thanya agrees and Vance becomes an overnight success. Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Then, as Bagroff and Thanya prepare to spend their first night together, Paramount Pictures. 8 Sep 1918 [OFamous Players-Lasky Corp.; 14 Aug

Boris appears and kills the duke, thereby allowing Thanya and Vance to 1918; LP12758]. 5 reels, 4,502 ft. |

spend a peaceful, successful life together. Artists. Nobility. Revolutionaries. Pres Jesse L. Lasky. Dir George Melford. Asst dir Claude Mitchell. Russians. Self-sacrifice. Americans in foreign countries. Assassination. Scen Edith Kennedy. Cam Paul Perry. Art dir Wilfred Buckland.

Brother-sister relationship. Escapes. Paris. Political reftugees. Russia. Source: Based on the novel The Cruise of the Make-Believes by Tom Note: John Ince started as the film’s director, but quit when it was half finished. Gallon (Boston, 1907).

The title of the film was changed from The Eternal Sacrifice. Sources conflict Cast: Lila Lee (Bessie Meggison), Harrison Ford (Gilbert Byfield), concerning the name of the actor playing “Count Nicolai.” Var credits Adolphe Raymond Hatton (Daniel Meggison), William Brunton (Aubrey Menjou, while the World Film News, a publicity newspaper included in the copyright Meggison), Parks Jones (Jordan Tant), Spottiswoode Aitken (Simon

descriptions, credits Adolph Pariannt. Quarle), Bud Duncan (Uncle Ed), Eunice Moore (Aunt Julia), Maym

Motog Julp.1916, p.Jun 100. 15(Mrs. JulEwart 1916, p.Nina 471, 532. 1 . William . “ae MPN 15 Jul8 1916, 273. Var 30 1916,MPW p. 20. Kelso Crane), Byron (Enid 4 Crane), McLaughlin (Proprietor of Saloon), Jane Wolff (Byfield’s landlady), THE CRUCIBLE F1.0860 John McKinnon (Butler of Dream Valley). yers4-5 ‘ P father but takesnae imaginary voyages tovoyages “Dream Valley”°° on a 2 “yacht” 1914, reels. sinary ay shey

Famous Plavers Film Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 14 Dec Drama. Bessie Meggison lives in the New York slums with her shiftless

Pres Daniel Frohman. Dir Edwin S. Porter and Hugh Ford has built in the backyard. Gilbert Byfield, posing as a poor man while

: so " completing his book, falls in love with Bessie and secretly arranges for her York, 1907). ; Lo, home, believes that her father has finally earned his fortune, but she returns Source: Based on the novel The Crucible by Mark Lee Luther (New to spend a month at the Byfield country estate. Bessie, elated with her new

Cast: Marguerite Clark (Jean Fanshaw), Harold Lockwood (Craig 19 the tenements when she learns from the jealous Enid Crane that their Atwood), Justina Johnstone (Amelia), Lucy Parker (Mrs. Fanshaw), newfound wealth is a sham. Gilbert visits her in Dream Valley to patch Barbara Winthrop (Miss Van Ostyn), Helen Hall (Stella Wilkes), Blanche things up and wins her heart. Authors. Fantasy. New York City. Slums.

Fisher (Amy), Clifford Gray (Harry), Mrs. Mathilde Brundage. Father-daughter relationship. Idlers. Jealousy. Yachts.

Drama. Mr. Fanshaw raises his daughter Jean as a boy, much to the ETR 31 Aug 1918, p. 1090. NYT 2 Sep 1918, p. 7.

consternation of his prim wife and proper daughter Amelia. When he dies, MPN 31 Aug 1918, p. 1367, 1427. Var 23 Aug 1918, p. 41.

Amelia persecutes her sister, and during an altercation she cuts herself on NYDM 14 Sep 1918, p. 413. Wid's 8 Sep 1918, pp. 7-8. a sickle held by Jean. Amelia then tells her mother that Jean attacked her

with the implement and Jean is sent to a reformatory. Jean escapes, but THE CRY OF THE UNBORN see MATERNITY when she encounters artist Craig Atwood in a forest, he counsels her to

return. During a riot led by Stella, a prostitute, Jean saves the matron’s life THE CRY OF THE WEAK F1.0863

and is thus granted a pardon. Amelia, recently married to a scoundrel Astra Film Corp. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc. 4 May 1919 [©Pathé named Harry, and Mrs. Fanshaw refuse to take Jean in. She is hounded Exchange, Inc.; 24 Apr 1919; LU13635]. 5 reels, 4,760 ft. by Stella to the point that she is on the brink of suicide when she again Dir George Fitzmaurice. Asst dir K. C. Stewart. Scen Ouida Bergere. meets Craig. The two fall in love and, despite further adversity, Jean saves Story Ouida Bergere. Cam A. C. Miller. Amelia’s marriage and weds Craig. Battered children. False accusations. Cast: Fannie Ward (Mary Dexter), Frank Elliott (District Attorney Filial relations. Marriage. Reformatories. Suicide. Tomboys. Artists. Dexter), Walt Whitman (Judge Creighton), Paul Willis (Budd).

Escapes. Prostitutes. Riots. Drama/Crime. After District Attorney Dexter and his neighbor, Judge Note: The Crucible was re-issued by Paramount in 1919. Creighton, play chess and continue their long-standing argument about 177

THE CRYSTAL GAZER AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG crime—the Judge says that criminals can be rehabilitated, while Dexter prepare to marry. Feuds. Reporters. Rural life. Schoolteachers. Dances. argues that they should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law—the Engagements. Fights. Kisses. Newspapers. United States. Army. Judge, on entering his house, is shot in the arm by two thieves. Dexter’s Cavalry. wife Mary hides one of the thieves from the police, but after they leave, Note: The film was produced at the Peerless studios in Fort Lee, NJ. Douglas the boy, attempting to escape, is shot in the shoulder by Dexter. Mary Fairbanks starred in the original stage production.

identifies the thief as her brother Budd and tells Dexter of their hard mots 4 uu lore p. aoe Pw x rm role p. an background that made the weak-willed Budd an easy prey to the criminal MPN. 24 Jul 1915 . 66. Var 33 Jul 1915 5 8.

elements. Her pleas and the discovery by the police that the other thief fired at the judge, soften Dexter’s attitude and he recommends a light sentence

for Budd. Later Mary reads a letter from Budd about the progress that he A CUMBERLAND ROMANCE F'1.0866 is making on a Western ranch and Dexter acknowledges that he was wrong Realart Pictures Corp. Dist Realart Pictures Corp. 6 Aug 1920

about criminals. Brother-sister relationship. Crime. Criminals- [©Realart Pictures Corp.; 8 Jun 1920; LP15255}. 6 reels, 5,679 ft. Rehabilitation. District attorneys. Burglars. Chess. Gunshot wounds. Dir Charles Maigne. Asst dir Bert Dorris. Scen Charles Maigne.

Judges. Ranches. Cam Faxon M. Dean. Art dir Wilfred Buckland.

ETR 26 Apr 1919, p. 1605. Var 25 Apr 1919, p. 81. Source: Based on the novel A Mountain Europa by John Fox, Jr. (New MPN 26 Apr 1919, p. 2707, 2714. Wid’s 20 Apr 1919, p. 9. York, 1899).

MPW 26 Apr 1919, pp. 577-78. Cast: Mary Miles Minter (Easter Hicks), Monte Blue (Sherd Raines), John Bowers (Clayton), Guy Oliver (Pap Hicks), Martha Mattox

THE CRYSTAL GAZER F 1.0864 (Ma Hicks), Robert Brower (“Mountain Bishop’). :

Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 30 Jul Drama/Rural. When Easter Hicks, a Kentucky mountain girl, becomes 1917 [OJesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co.; 9 Jul 1917; LP11065]. 5 reels. infatuated with Clayton, a civil engineer from the city, her father Pap | Dir George H. Melford. Asst dir Roy Marshall. Scen Marion Fairfax. Hicks vows to kill Clayton. Sherd Raines, a young mountaineer who loves Story Eve Unsell and Edna Riley. Cam Percy Hilburn. Art dir Wilfred Easter, prevails upon Pap to reconsider, but Sherd is finally overcome by

Buckland. jealousy and begins to mold a bullet to kill his rival. As he prepares the

Cast: Fannie Ward (Rose Jorgensen/Rose Keith/Norma Dugan), Jack mold, Sherd hears a preacher’s voice denounce him for his evil intentions Dean (The Great Glen Carter, known as Calistro), Winifred Greenwood and he spills the hot metal. Later, Easter confesses her love for Clayton and

(Belle), Harrison Ford (Dick Alden), Raymond Hatton (Phil Sherd arranges for her wedding. At the gathering, Pap Hicks gets drunk Mannering), Edythe Chapman (Mrs. Mannering), Jane Wolff. (Mrs. and shoots at Clayton. Sherd shields the bridegroom but Easter interjects

Dugan). her body between the mountaineer and the bullet. In the process, Easter

Drama. When Rose Jorgensen, who lives in a squalid tenement house, is wounded, and once she recovers, she realizes that she actually loves hears that her husband is to be electrocuted, she commits suicide, leaving Sherd. Country girls. Kentucky. Mountain life. Mountaineers. Selftwo young daughters, Rose and Norma. Rose is adopted by Judge and Mrs. _ sacrifice. Attempted murder. Engineers-Civil. Gunshot wounds. Keith and brought up in luxury, while Norma is adopted by a neighbor and Jealousy. Weddings. raised in squalor. Once grown, Norma is noticed by a hypnotist named Note: The working title for this film was A Mountain Europa.

Calistro who employs her to be his subject. Calistro becomes a society fad ETR 14 Aug 1920, p. 1296. NYEP 9 Aug 1920. and while at an engagement, he notices the resemblance between Norma MPN 21 Aug 1920, p. 1579. Var 13 Aug 1920, p. 34. and Rose and learns of their past. Calistro confronts Rose with her past, MPW 31 Jul 1920, p. 641. Wid's 15 Aug 1920, p. 14. and fearing blackmail, Rose breaks her engagement to wealthy Dick Alden

and flees to Bermuda. In her absence, Dick is enthralled by Norma’s THE CUP OF FURY F 1.0867 resemblance to his lost love and offers to marry her, but when Rose returns, Eminent Authors Pictures, Inc. Dist Goldwyn Distributing Corp. Jan Norma learns that Dick still loves her sister. Later, when the building in 1920 [ORupert Hughes; 31 Dec 1919; LP14707]. 6-7 reels.

which Rose is sleeping catches fire, Norma heroically saves her sister and Pres Samuel Goldwyn and Rex Beach. Dir T. Hayes Hunter. Asst forfeits her life so that Rose may live. Adoption. Blackmail. Poverty. dir Claude Camp. Scen E. Richard Schayer. Cam Abe Scholtz. Reputation. Self-sacrifice. Sisters. Hypnotists. Orphans. Suicide. Source: Based on the novel The Cup of Fury by Rupert Hughes (New

Tenements. York, 1919).

Note: The character “Calistro” was probably inspired by the eighteenth century Cast: Helene Chadwick (Marie Louise, ““Mamise’’), Rockcliffe Fellowes

charlatan Guiseppe Balsamo, better known as Cagliostro, the main character in (Davidge), Frank Leigh (Nicky), Clarissa Selwyn (Lady Aiexanere Dae er i el es d'un meen: Jose Balsam. rare 1846-48. Clifton-Wyatt), Kate Lester (Lady Webling), Herbert Standing (Sir

ug 1917, p. 784. UD Bg Joseph Webling), Florence Deshon (Polly Widdicombe), Dwight

upwe 8 Aug 1917, p. 108i, 1117, mes 20 Sep 1917 Bs 00>: Crittenden (Major Widdicombe), Sydney Ainsworth (Verrinder), H. A.

THE CUB F 1.0865 Hancock (Mrs. Prothero). oe

Morgan (Jake), Marion Colvin (Abbie), Wade Boteler (Larry), Elinor

William A. Brady Picture Plays, Inc. Dist World Film Corp. 19 Jul Drama/Espionage. When Marie Louise’s foster parents commit suicide

1915 [OWorld Film Corp.; 6 Feb 1917; LU10138}]. 5 reels. in order to avoid charges of treason, she emigrates from Germany to Dir Maurice Tourneur. Asst dir Clarence L. Brown. Ed Clarence L. America. Once there, she is met with suspicion wherever she goes. One day

Brown. she meets Davidge, an American shipbuilder, and induces him to give her Source: Based on the play The Cub by Thompson Buchanan (New York, a job in the shipyards as her contribution ot the war effort. While at work 1 Nov 1910). } in the plant, Marie is approached by Verrinder, a German Spy, who

Cast: John Hines (Steve Oldham), Martha Hedman (Alice Renlow), attempts to enlist her in his plot to sabotage the operations. Marie, with Robert Cummings (Captain White), Dorothy Farnum (Peggy White), Davidge’s help, foils Verrinder s scheme and is vindicated of all suspicion

Jessie Lewis (Becky King), Bert Starkey (Stark White). when the next vessel launched is named for her. At dockside, Davidge Comedy-drama/Rural. Since he cannot spare anyone else, the editor of | announces their engagement. Espionage. Germans. Immigrants. the Louisville Gazette sends happy-go-lucky cub reporter Steve Oldham _—‘~Patriotism. Sabotage. Shipyards. World War |. Foster parents. Germany. to cover a feud in the hills that began when Jim Renlow’s pig was caught — Shipbuilders. Spies. Suicide. Treason. — eating Bill White’s turnips. Although Steve tries to remain neutral, he falls one Jr 1919. Phie wee the finst praduction mu Red Book Magazine from Sep

: ° as tne .

in love with schoolteacher Alice Renlow. Ata “Truce Dance € given to raise a company formed to produce films from the works of a select number of famous money for Alice’s salary, Steve drinks too much and innocently kisses authors. The individual author would, according to a news item, “have the final power Peggy White, who then tells her relatives that they are engaged. Later, of direction and supervision of his work.” According to news items, Rupert Hughes when Steve is seen kissing Alice’s hand, the Whites take Steve captive and worked with Anthony Paul Kelly on the adaptation of the film. One news item credits plan to shoot him at sunrise. Alice pleads with Tilden White, who loves her, EY“ Pron’ work.on the aceptation. Rex Beach was the president and Samuel to allow Steve to escape, but he agrees only if Steve will leave alone. When made it the Goldwyn studios in Culver City, CA. It had its premiere in Los Angeles

Steve refuses, Alice confesses her love. They fight until the house which in Jan 1920.

they are occupying is destroyed and the cavalry, notified by Steve’s ETR 24 Jan 1920, p. 807. MPW 21 Feb 1920, p. 1291. newspaper, arrives. The two sides are now reconciled as Steve and Alice MPN 7 Feb 1920, p. 1391. NYMT 11 Apr 1920. 178

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 CUPID’S ROUNDUP

MPW 7 Jun 1919, p. 1469. + ’ :

MPN 24 Apr 1920, p. 3737. Wid's 11 Apr 1920, p. 7. discovers, through the aid of little Marie Stewart, that the actual villain is one of Jane’s wealthy suitors, he allows Jane and Ralph to marry and rekindles his old friendship with the Browns. Friendship. Manufacturers.

THE CUP OF LIFE F1.0868 = Neighbors. Nouveaux riches. Social climbers. Children. Elopement. New York Motion Picture Corp. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; A Mutual Embezzlement.

Masterpicture. 26 Apr 1915 [ONew York Motion Picture Corp.; 26 Apr ETR 20 Jul 1918, p. 586. MPW 27 Jul 1918, p. 591.

1915; LP5112). 5 reels, 4,775 ft. MPN 20 Jul 1918, p. 361, 449. Var 12 Jul 1918, p. 34.

Supv Thomas H. Ince. Prod Thomas H. Ince. Dir Raymond B. West and MPW 20 Jul 1918, p. 455. Wid's 14 Jul 1918, pp. 7-8.

Thomas H. Ince. Scen C. Gardner Sullivan and Thomas H. Ince.

Source: Based on the play The Cup of Life (production undetermined). CUPID FORECLOSES F 1.0871 Cast: Bessie Barriscale (Helen Fiske), Enid Markey (Ruth Fiske), Vitagraph Co. of America. Dist Vitagraph Co. of America. 12 Jul Charles Ray (John Ward), Frank Borzage (Dick Ralston), Arthur Maude 1919 [(©Vitagraph Co. of America; 5 Jul 1919; LP13919]. 5 reels.

(Jack Jordon), J. Barney Sherry (James Kellerman), Louise Glaum Dir David Smith. Scen Stanley Olmstead and Edward J. Montagne. (Irene Bullard), Harry Keenan (John Standing), Howard Hickman Source: Based on the novel Hurrying Fate and Geraldine by Florence

(Higsby), Jerome Storm (Sam Dugan). Morse Kingsley (New York, 1913).

Drama. Sisters Helen and Ruth Fiske work in a department store and Cast: Bessie Love (Geraldine Farleigh), Dorothea Wolbert (Mrs. live in an East Side tenement. While Ruth is satisfied with her “regular Farleigh), Wallace McDonald (Bruce Cartwright), Frank Hayes fellow,” a mechanic, Helen yearns for fine clothes, wealth, and attention. | (Oliver Brown), Jim Donnelly (Jim Connors), Aggie Herring (Mrs. Ruth marries the mechanic and they struggle for a modest existence. Helen | Connors), Jake Abrams (Rufe Tinker), Anne Schaefer (Aunt leaves her squalor to be the mistress of wealthy John Ward, despite Ruth’s | 4delaide), Gordon Griffith (Nat Farleigh), Otto Lederer (The pleas. As the years pass, Helen goes from one man to the next, looking for © Postmaster), Ruth Fuller Golden.

more luxuries. When James Kellerman, who really loves her, proposes, she Drama. Geraldine Farleigh supports her impoverished, aristocratic laughs at him. Finally, Helen returns from Europe embittered that she no family, which consists of her mother, aunt, and little brother, by teaching longer commands the attention of men. She tries to win Kellerman back, at the village school. A $3,000 debt incurred by Geraldine’s grandfather but her phony coyness contrasts with the natural innocence of the woman __ is owed to Bruce Cartwright, represented by the law firm of Bullers and he is about to marry. When Helen sees Ruth in her pretty cottage, with two Smith, who threatens to foreclose the mortgage and sell the Farleigh home. children and still in love, she despairs for her own future. Her subsequent — The young and handsome Bullers arrives and promises to get Cartwright suffering is eased only by alcohol, drugs and cigarettes, which hasten her to give Geraldine more time. Geraldine and Bullers appear to be falling in

death. Dissipation. Gold diggers. Marriage. Mistresses. Moral corruption. love. A letter later arrives from the daughter of the postmaster that Sisters. Department stores. Drug abuse. Drunkenness. Mechanics. New announces she has eloped with Bullers. Geraldine is hurt, and tries to raise

York City-East Side. Proposals. Smoking. Tenements. the money by starting a flower garden. Bullers returns to town and denies Note: VYDM credits Thomas H. Ince alone with the direction, MPN 23 Jan 1915 the elopement. Mrs. Bullers arrives accompanied by a stranger who turns credits both West and Ince with the direction, while MPN 20 Feb 1915 says the film out to be the real Bullers. The imposter is Cartwright who has fallen in love was directed by Ince, who was assisted by West. Modern sources give Raymond B. —_— with Geraldine. A receipt for the money is found, and Cartwright wins

West sole credit for direction, and lists William H. Clifford as the scenarist. Ince Geraldine. Debt. Foreclosure. Impersonation and imposture. Lawyers. produced a film with the same title in 1921 which had nothing to do with this film. Mortgages. Schoolteachers. Elopement. Family life. Flowers. Gardens

Motog 8 May 1915, 741, 765. MPN 1 May 1915, p. 30. , MPN 23 Jan 1915, p. 35. MPN 8 Mayp. 1915, p. 72. Postmasters.

MPN 20 Feb 1915, p. 43. _ MPW 17 Apr 1915, p. 393. Note: This film was reviewed in Var under the title Cupid’s Understudy.

MPN 27 Mar 1915, p. 38. MPW 1 May 1915, p. 740, 806. ETR 19 Jul 1919, p. 561. Var 25 Jul 1919, p. 44. MPN 3 Apr 1915, p. 147. NYDM 21 Apr 1915, p. 26. MPN 12 Jul 1919, p. 601. Wid's 6 Jul 1919, p. 17. MPW 12 Jul 1919, p. 277.

CUPID ANGLING F 1.0869 Douglass National Color Film Co. Dist W. W. Hodkinson Corp., CUPID, THE COWPUNCHER F 1.0872 through General Film Co. exchanges. 9 Sep 1918. Color. 5 reels. Goldwyn Pictures Corp. Dist Goldwyn Distributing Corp. Aug 1920

Prod Leon F. Douglass. Scen Leon F. Douglass. [©Goldwyn Pictures Corp.; 17 Jul 1920; LP15369]. 5 reels, 4,833 ft.

Cast: Ruth Roland. | Dir Clarence G. Badger. Scen Edfrid Bingham. Cam Marcel Le Picard.

Drama. [Little information concerning the plot of this film has been Source: Based on the novel Cupid: The Cow-Punch by Eleanor Gates located. It contained an “old-fashioned love story” set in ‘“California’s (New York, 1907).

scenic marvels.”’] California. Cast: Will Rogers (Alec Lloyd), Helene Chadwick (Macie Sewell), Note: The film opened in San Francisco 16 Jun 1918 and played on the Pacific Andrew Robson (Zack Sewell), Lloyd Whitlock (Dr. Leroy Simpson), Coast in June and July. It contained color scenes filmed in California locations, Guinn Williams (Hairoil Johnson), Tex Parker (Monkey Mike), Roy mouang Mount Tamalpais, Lake Lagunitas, Yosemite and Yellowstone. Leon F. Laidlaw (Dr. Billy Trowbridge), Katherine Wallace (Rose), Nelson ouglass was one of the patentees of the Victor talking machine. His film company McD 1l (Sheriff Bergin). Cordelia Callah Mrs. Berei was located in San Rafael, CA, and made short films in color in addition to this cDowell (Sheriff Bergin), Cordelia Callahan (Mrs. Bergin). . feature. According to modern sources, Douglass’ color process alternated red and Western, Comedy. Alec Lloyd, the foreman of the Sewell ranch, is green dyed frames. A news item relates that the process involved a small device that nicknamed “Cupid” because of his propensity for matchmaking. When could be attached to any camera, and projection at 24 frames per second. Macie Sewell returns from boarding school, Cupid himself falls victim to

ey era le p. 2058. one ; rep 1918, P. 7. RR ok love, but Macie has aspirations to go to New York and become an opera

MPW 3k Aug 1918, aL SFC 30 Jun i918 Sec RR. .. 4 singer, and so ignores his advances. However, Leroy Simpson, a poor doctor

MPW 21 Sep 1918, p. 1786. who is enamored of Macie’s father’s money, encourages her ambitions.

Macie saves her money and finally, one day, purchases a train ticket to the

CUPID BY PROXY _ F1.0870 city. When Alec discovers that Simpson holds a ticket on the same train, Diando Film Co. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc. 21 Jul 1918 [©Pathé he pursues his rival on horseback and forces him to admit his fortune-

Exchange, Inc.; 15 Jul 1918; LU12650]. 5 reels. hunting intentions. Macie then casts aside her ambitions to marry Alec. Dir William Bertram. Scen Lela Liebrand. Story Isabel Johnston. Ambition. Cowboys. Lure of the city. Matchmakers. Ranch foremen. Cast: Baby Marie Osborne (Marie Stewart), Minnie Danvers (Mrs. Ranches. Chases. Fortune hunters. Physicians. Singers. Trains. Brown), J.N. McDowell (Mr. Brown), Mary Talbot (Mrs. Stewart), John Note: One, review called the title of Eleanor Gates's story “Alec Lloyd,

Steppling (Mr. Stewart), Mildred Harris (Jane Stewart), Antrim Short ETR 7 Aug 1920, p. 1055. NYT 96 Jul 1920, p.9.

(Ralph Brown), Kenneth Nordyke (Tommy Brown). MPN 7 Aug 1920, p. 1241. Var 30 Jul 1920, p. 33. Comedy-drama. The Browns and the Stewarts are neighbors and good MPW 7 Aug 1920, p. 780. Wid’s 1 Aug 1920, p. 3.

friends until Mr. Stewart makes a fortune manufacturing clothespins. Now NYMT 1 Aug 1920. socially ambitious, Mrs. Stewart urges her daughter Jane to snub the

Browns’ son Ralph’s attentions and marry a wealthy man, but Jane is in CUPID’S ROUNDUP F 1.0873

love with Ralph and plans to elope with him. Mr. Stewart thwarts their Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp.; A Fox Special Feature. 13 Jan plans and accuses Ralph of tampering with the firm’s books, but when he 1918 [OWilliam Fox; 13 Jan 1918; LP11948]. 5 reels.

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CUPID’S UNDERSTUDY AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Dir Edward J. Le Saint. Scen Charles Kenyon. Story George and neglected. In her vulnerable state, Eva is lured onto the yacht of Leo

Scarborough. Spencer, the ne’er-do-well brother of the district attorney, who drugs and

Cast: Tom Mix (Larry Kelly), Wanda Petit (Helen Baldwin), E. B. seduces the girl. Returning from the West, John learns that Eva is pregnant Tilton (James Kelly), Roy Watson (Buckland), Verne Mesereau and prevails upon a physician friend to perform an abortion. The surgery (Peggy Blair), Al Padgett (Jim Cocksey), Fred Clark (McGinnis), is a success, but the district attorney learns of the illegal surgery and brings

Eugenie Forde (The Red Bird). John and the doctor to the trial. To save Eva’s reputation, the two men

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Western. James Kelly and Tom Baldwin, two old friends, agree that their plead guilty, but the truth is finally revealed and Spencer is made to pay children, Larry and Helen, should marry. During the month before the for his wrongdoing. John is then pardoned and begins a new life with Eva. marriage, Larry, who plans to have a fling before fulfilling his filial duty, Abortion. Neglected children. Pregnancy. Reputation. Seduction. Trials. is smitten by a woman he meets on a train. Not realizing that the woman _College students. District attorneys. Mother-daughter relationship. Ne’eris Helen, he takes a job on the ranch next to hers, and she poses as a maid do-wells. Pardons (legal). Physicians. Yachts. to sound out her fiancée’s character. Tom exposes a group of cattle thieves Note: This was the first production of the Corona Cinema Co. According to a news but is accused of murder and makes a run for it. His horse catches up with item, the film was going to be shown to the trade in New York at the end of May 1917. a train, and when he jumps through the window, he finds himself facing It was reviewer i" Cottey pane appeared in release cnaris as a State rights release

hs future wife. Chases, Mariage-Arranged, Ranches. False accusations, % hl time, Lloyd Carlelon Produsins acquired iin 1918 Carlton edie the Fim

Friendship. Gangs. Maids. Murder. Rustlers. Trains. through Ernest Shipman in Sep 1918. Reviews for the edited version do not specify Note: Reviews note that this was Mix’s first starring role in a feature film as well that Eva’s operation is an abortion. Scenes for the Garden of Eden prologue were as his first western drama. Scarborough’s original story was entitled ‘“Cupid’s filmed on the Santa Cruz Islands off the coast of Southern California.

Checkerboard.” The story included in the copyright holdings bears the phrase, ETR 31 Mar 1917, p. 1162. MPW 26 May 1917, p. 1304. “Suggested for George Walsh and his wife.” Walsh was married to Seena Owen at ETR 14 Sep 1918, p. 1222. MPW 27 Oct 1917, p. 522. the time. Some sources refer to the film as Cupid’s Round-Up or Cupid's Round -ETR 26 Oct 1918, p. 1763. MPW 26 Oct 1918, p. 545.

Up. - MPN 27 Oct 1917, pp. 2951-52. - NYDM _12 May 1917, p. 31. ETR 26 Jan 1918, p. 681. MPW 26 Jan 1918, p. 109, 571, 683. . MPN —_2%6 Oct 1918, p. 2703. NYDM — 20 Oct 1917, p. 18. MPN 12 Jan 1918, p. 259. Var 1 Feb 1918, p. 43. _MPW 10 Feb 1917, p. 854. Var 13 Sep 1918, p. 46.

MPW 24 Mar 1917,p.1941. Wid's 18 Oct 1917, pp. 666-67.

CUPID’S UNDERSTUDY see CUPID FORECLOSES THE CURSE OF IKU , F1.0876 THE CURIOUS CONDUCT OF JUDGE LEGARDE F1.0874 Essanay Film Mfg. Co.; Perfection Pictures. Dist George Kleine System.

; ; é : 1 Mar 1918 [©Essanay Film Mfg. Co.; 1 Aug 1919; LP14560]. 7 reels. Dir Will Davis. Scen Jesse J. Goldburg. Caen tank Bornes Callin, Capa ao CO Source: Based on the play The Curious Conduct of Judge Legarde by ot rank Borzage (Allan Carroll/Allan Carroll 111), Tsuru Aoki Victor Mapes and Louis Forest (Washington, D.C., 28 Feb 1912). (Omi San). , , . Life Photo Film Corp. Dist State Rights. Apr 1915. 5 reels. S M. Blair C Dir Frank B Ss Sam Small. J

Cast: Lionel Barrymore (Judge Randolph Legarde), Edna Pendleton , Drama. In nineteenth century Japan, Allan Carroll, an American sailor, (Amelia Garside), William H. Tooker (/nspector Barton), Roy Applegate IS shipwrecked and taken in by the kindly Yori. Prince Iku, who has all (Big Charles), T. W. M. Draper, August Balfour, Charles Graham, Arthur foreigners trespassing on Japanese soil killed, sends his sister Omi San to

Morrison, Ed Roseman, Thomas O'Keefe, Betty Young. investigate, and she falls in love with Allan. Iku seizes Allan and Yori, but Drama/Crime. Judge Randolph Legarde refuses to accept a plea that a Allan manages to kill Iku and escape to America. Fifty years later, Iku II] woman’s dual personality, one good the other evil, caused her to commit Is sent to America and works ina home where Allan Carroll HII is a guest. a crime. Later, however, when Legarde has an accident to his head, it | 1 avenge his grandfather's death, Iku kidnaps Allan’s fiancée Virginia causes him to take on an invidious personality at night and become the and flees to Japan. With the help of a gang of American sailors, Allan kills leader of a gang of thieves, while remaining a sober judge in the daylight. Iku and recovers Virginia, but the aged Omi San is also killed in the battle. His fiancée, Agnes Caverly, and her father, a lawyer, notice hisdisturbance | AMericans in foreign countries. Ancestry. Japan. Japanese. Princes.

at times, but they attribute it to overwork. Legarde becomes infatuated Sailors. Revenge. Abduction. Brother-sister relationship. Castaways. with Amelia Garside, who accuses him of being the judge who earlier Escapes. Rescues. Shipwrecks. sentenced her. When he vehemently denies this, she falls in love with him. Note: This film was copyrighted under the title Ashes of Desire in 1919. It was

After “The Quill.” a stool pigeon, tells the police of Legarde’s plan to rob lq undey tat te tos sat igs market in mi 1920 in. six to version his own home, Legarde’s gang is captured. Agnes’ father, sensing the truth the story was the Malaysian coast rather than Japan. The character played by Tsuru about Legarde, hires a brain specialist who cures him. Legarde then Aoki was called “Ka Sih,” her brother was called ‘“‘Hamba Tuan,” and the character marries Agnes, leaving Amelia, whose innocence has been established, originally called “Yori” was called “Bin Tang.” The 1920 version was presented by brokenhearted. Dual personality. Judges. Accidents. Brain surgery. Frank J. Smith. According to modern sources, Catherine Carr wrote the scenario.

Burglary. Gangs. Informers. Unrequited love. ak 3a Sen ron 4 me MEN 30 wer P 6. Note: lay w sed on rman w P: indau, playwright, noveli feole 4 Pon

and eenyint Alt othe eelerions for this f we wesc shot indoors fn the studio. " HR 10 Jul 1920. Wid's 28 Mar 1918, p. 1040.

Motog 20 Mar 1915, p. 450. MPW 10 Apr 1915, p. 240. Motog 17 Apr 1915, p. 610, 635. MPW 1 May 1915, p. 808. CURTAIN F 1.0877

MPN 10 Apr 1915, p. 57. Katherine MacDonald Pictures Corp. Dist First National Exhibitors

Circuit. 6 Sep 1920 [OKatherine MacDonald Pictures Corp.; 11 Mar 1921; THE CURSE see GHOSTS LP16264]. 5 reels.

Pres Sam E. Rork. Dir James Young. Scen James Young. Cam Joseph

THE CURSE OF CAPISTRANO see THE MARK OF ZORRO Brotherton.

Source: Based on the short story “Curtain” by Rita Weiman in The

THE CURSE OF EVE F1.0875 Saturday Evening Post (20 Dec 1919).

Corona Cinema Co. Dist State Rights. Oct 1917. 6 reels. Cast: Katherine MacDonald (Nancy Bradshaw), E. B. Tilton (Jerry Supv F. E. Keeler. Dir Frank Beal. Scen Joseph Anthony Roach. Coghlan), Earl Whitlock (Ted Dorn), Charles Richman (Dick Story Wycliffe A. Hill. Cam William C. Thompson. Musical | Cunningham), Florence Deshon (Lila Grant). accompaniment composed by: Louis F. Gottschalk. Drama. When wealthy socialite Dick Cunningham insists that prominent Cast: Enid Markey (Eva Stanley), Edward Coxen (John Gilbert), Jack actress Nancy Bradshaw give up her career to marry him, she reluctantly Standing (Leo Spencer), Eugenie Besserer (The mother), William Quinn | consents. Several years pass, Nancy bears a child, and Dick becomes

(Dr. Burton), G. Raymond Nye (Attorney), Clarissa Selwynne attracted to Lila Grant, Nancy’s theatrical successor. When Dick (Marie), Elsie Greeson, Marion Warner, Arthur Allardt, Grace accompanies Lila to Mexico, Nancy replaces her on stage. Upon his return, .

Thompson. Dick upbraids Nancy for reneging on her promise to leave the theater, but

Drama. After a prologue depicting Adam and Eve’s expulsion from the Nancy turns the tables by confronting him with his betrayal. They agree Garden of Eden, Eva Stanley arrives home from college to find her mother upon a divorce and Nancy is able to retain her child and her career. Actors

engrossed in rescue work for wayward girls. When Eva’s sweetheart, John and actresses. Child custody. Divorce. Infidelity. Marriage. Mexico. Gilbert, goes West on a government commission, she finds herself lonely Socialites.

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 CYCLONE HIGGINS, D.D. ETR 16 Oct 1920, p. 2092. Var 8 Oct 1920, p. 41. Drama. Maybelle Strong and her twin brother Joe, separated as children,

PW ie On i900 p son. Wid's 10 Oct 1920, p. 8. grow up to lead dramatically different lives, as the former works as a

on teacher ina small village, while the latter, now called “Red Hand,” belongs

THE CUSTOMARY TWO WEEKS F1.0878 to a gang of big city criminals. Sid Aldrich, a member of Joe’s gang, goes

, oF er to return with him and then heavily drugs her. Joe, however, see the

Thomas A. Edison, Inc.; A Conquest Picture. Dist K-E-S-E Service. 18 i the village, ane poping °° ser Maybelle as a white slave, he convinces aug 1917 [©Thomas A. Edison Inc.; 7 Aug 1917; LP11233]. 4 reels, 4,114 same red birthmark on Maybelle’s hand that he has on his, and so realizes

Dir Saul Harrison. Scen E. Clement D’Art. that Sid’s victim is his own long-lost twin. As a result, he kills Sid, after Source: Based on the short story “The Customary Two Weeks” by which he takes Maybelle to Doctor Burton for treatment and then, vowing

Freeman Tilden in The Saturday Evening Post (3 Mar 1917). to go straight, moves out West with Mame, his tubercular sweetheart. Cast: Craig Ward (Harry Burnhart), Herbert Evans (Carl Vibert), Meanwhile, Maybelle and Doctor Burton fall in love and begin making

Robert Ellis (George Extell), Joseph Burke (“Pop” Grinell), Kathryn plans for their wedding. Brother-sister relationship. Criminals-

Adams (Muriel Clemm), Arthur Dennis (Mr. Wetterson). Rehabilitation. Gangsters. Long-lost relatives. Twins. Birthmarks.

Comedy. Harry Burnhart, who has inherited the Eclipse Tool Company, Drugging. Physicians. Teachers. Tuberculosis. The West. White slavers. leaves the running of the company to efficiency expert Carl Vibert. When Note: The Cycle of Fate was re-issued on a state rights basis in 1920.

Vibert gives Pop Grinell, the company’s oldest employee, two weeks’ notice Motog 25 Mar 1916, p. 700. MPW 15 Apr 1916, p. 456, 522.

because he is slowing down on the job, the firm’s advertising manager, Motog 8 Apr 1916, p. 823. NYDM 8 Apr 1916, p. 28. George Extell, appeals to Burnhart to reinstate Pop. For his efforts, George MPN 8 Apr 1916, p. 2071. Wid's 6 Apr 1916, p. 487. himself is dismissed. Bidding farewell to his sweetheart Muriel Clemm, MPN 18 Sep 1920, p. 2175. George heads West where he secures a job in a competitor’s tool company, soon becoming the star salesman. His success leads Burnhart to offer him

complete charge of the Eclipse Tool Company, and the salesman returns THE CYCLONE ; ; . F1.0881 triumphantly to exact revenge on Vibert by giving him “the customary two Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. Jan-Feb 1920 [©William Fox; 25 weeks.” However, his conscience gets the better of him and George relents, Ja 1920; LP14672]. 5 reels.

rehires Vibert and marries Muriel. Business. Business competition. Dir Cliff Smith. Scen J. Anthony Roach. Story Col. Todhunter Efficiency experts. Employer-employee relations. Revenge. Inheritance. | Marigold. Cam Frank Good.

Salesmen. Cast: Tom Mix (Sergeant Tim Ryerson), Colleen Moore (Sylvia Note: According to some sources, this film was distributed by Forum Films, which Sturgis), Henry Hebert (Ferdinand Baird), William Ellingford (Silas

was organized to release Edison Conquest Pictures. Sturgis). |

MPN 15 Sep 1917, p. 1858. MPW 15 Sep 1917, p. 1702. Northwest drama. Sergeant Tim Ryerson of the North West Mounted

MPW 25 Aug 1917, p. 1268. NYDM 8 Sep 1917, p. 19. Police is commissioned to round up a gang that smuggles Chinese laborers across the border. While visiting his fiancée, Sylvia Sturgis, at her father’s

CY WHITTAKER’S WARD F1.0879 ranch, Tim becomes suspicious of ranch foreman Ferdinand Baird, who is

Thomas A. Edison, Inc.; Perfection Pictures. Dist George Kleine System. the leader of the smugglers. One night, Tim catches Baird smuggling : 22 Oct 1917 [OThomas A. Edison, Inc.; 20 Oct 1917; LP11671]. 5 reels, Chinese across the border to the United States, but Baird escapes and flees

| nad anresnas A. Edj Turb dir W Huehes to the Sturgis house where he abducts Sylvia. Tim pursues Baird to Thomas A. Edison. Dir Ben Turbett. Asst dir Warren Hughes. Vancouver’s Chinatown where he raids the smuggler’s headquarters and

we ; . hinatown.

Seen Samuel oreiner. Cam 7 reac S. Brace. by Joseck C. Lincol rescues Sylvia. Canadian border. Chinese. North West Mounted Police. (N ow York. 1908). € novel Cy Whittaker s lace by Joseph ©. Lincoln Ranch foremen. Smugglers. Abduction. Ranches. Vancouver (Canada)(Emits Thomas), William Burton’ (Herwan tian). ‘Canter Harkuee Note: The Canadian Royal North West Mounted Police cooperated in the making

(Richard Thomas), Mary Elizabeth Forbes (Phoebe Daws), Emily orm film. 24 Jan 1920. 0.815 Var 37 Feb 1920. v. 46 Lorraine (Sarah Oliver), Leslie Hunt (Ase), Wally Clark (Bailey), Ed MPN 31 Jan 1920. p. 1321. Wid's ‘18 Jan 1920. p. IS. Bunnell (Tad), George O’Donnell (Lem), Hugh Gillen (Buddy), Ed Favor MPW 31 Jan 1920, p. 776. (Eben), J. D. Barnes (Simmons), George Bradley (Josiah), Mr. Wolf

(Lumley). : Drama. Returning to the village of Bayport after twenty-two years, CYCLONE HIGGINS, D.D. F 1.0882 retired sea captain Cyrus Whittaker finds the community under the power Metro Pictures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp.; A Metro All-Star of political boss Herman Atkins. Cy opposes Atkin’s choice for the position Series Picture. 13 May 1918 [©Metro Pictures Corp.; 6 May 1918; of teacher and helps to elect Miss Daws instead, thus earning the enmity LP12382]. 5 reels. of the politician. One day, a young waif named Emily Thomas arrives with Dir William Christy Cabanne. Scen William Christy Cabanne. Story _ a note from Sarah Oliver, a relative of Cy, explaining that the girl is the = William Christy Cabanne. Cam William Fildew. Film ed Mildred Richter. daughter of his old sweetheart and that her father is in jail and her mother Tech dir Will H. Stevens. Asst tech dir John Weiss. dead. Cy develops a deep attachment to the girl.and all goes well until Cast: Francis X. Bushman (Cyrus “Cyclone” Higgins, D.D.), Beverly

Richard nents Emily’s father, leaves prison and arrives in Bayport Bayne (Sally Phillips), Baby Ivy Ward (Dorothea), Charles Fang —

scking fr daar, When Cy Pez ear forthe man MO Jonathon Moses Chi Wu Lang, thn Prescot (Jasper Stone), Helen against the sea captain and demand that he drop the suit or lose custody (The uh flow. Pr at ms). 0 veeonn a ad (ol Ser / on) Robert Carson

of Emily. Fearful of losing Emily, Cy concedes to their demands until (Sheriff) yor), P ,

Sarah arrives and recognizes Atkins as the man who robbed Emily’s Cc dh d C Higoi . d Johnath co] M grandfather. Atkins confesses, Cy marries Miss Daws and the new family omedy-drama. ‘yrus Higgins, a minister, and Johnathon [sic] VPOSES faces a happy future together. Extortion. Political bosses. Sea captains. Chi Wu Lung, his Chinese servant, arrive in a rough Southern town intent Waifs. Elections. Ex-convicts. Father-daughter relationship. Teachers. on converting the populace. Higgins makes an enemy of deputy sheriff

Motog 10 Nov 1917, p. 999. MPW 24 Nov 1917, p. 1230. Jasper Stone when he makes the brute apologize for trying to attack and

MPW 27 Oct 1917, p. 496. insult the town belle, Sally Phillips. Higgins defeats Stone in a fist fight,

thus winning the admiration of the townspeople and the nickname

THE CYCLE OF FATE F1.0880 “Cyclone.” Sally is sent to school under Cyclone’s sister Mary’s protection, Selig Polyscope Co.; A Selig Red Seal Play. Dist V-L-S-E, Inc. 3 Apr 2d when she returns, she and Cyclone confess their mutual love. Clergy.

1916 [©Selig Polyscope Co.; 18 Mar 1916; LP7906]. 5 reels. Sheriffs. Southern belles. United States-South. Attempted rape. Chinese. Dir Marshal Neilan. Scen Marshal Neilan. Cam Eddie Littell. Fistfights. Religious conversion. Servants.

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Cast: William Machin (Aaron Strong), Edith Johnson (Maybelle, his _ Note: The film’s working title was The Voice of One. According toa Mar 1917 news wife), Bessie Eyton (Maybelle Strong, their daughter), Wheeler Oakman item, construction of the set began at that time. No information has been located to

(Joe Strong, alias “Red Hand,’ their son), Al W. Filson (Boss Getermine if shooting followed tn 1917 or was delayed uni later, Kipper), Lewis Cody (Sid Aldrich), Marion Warner (Mame oie ieee mnie Pag

O'Malley), Marshal Neilan (Doctor Burton), Fred Hearn (Detective APN " way i918 if s308, 1934 Wien - May ile P1920.

Treem), Frank Clark (Sandy Hodge). MPW 18 May 1918, p. 1039.

THE CYNIC EFFECT AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG THE CYNIC EFFECT F 1.0883 Prod Mary Pickford. Dir Marshall A. Neilan. Asst dir Al Green. Dorothy Gish Productions. Dist State Rights; Producers Security Corp. Scen Adapted by Agnes C. Johnston and assisted by Mary Pickford. 29 Jul 1922 [©Producers Security Corp.; 19 Jul 1922; LP18060]. 5 reels. Cam Charles Rosher and Henry Cronjager. Film ed Edward McDermott.

Dir F. Richard Jones. Scen Harry Carr. Cam Fred Chaston. Art titles Ferdinand Pinney Earle. Source: Based on the short story “The Cynic Effect” by Nalbro Bartley Source: Based on the novel Daddy Long-Legs by Jean Webster (New

in The Red Book Magazine (Feb 1920). York, 1912) and her play of the same name (New York, 28 Sep 1914).

Cast: Dorothy Gish (Jolanda), Glenn Hunter (Nathaniel Huggins), Cast: Mary Pickford (‘“Judy’” Abbott), Milla Davenport (Mrs. Mildred Marsh (Marguerite), Harlan Knight (Ezra Huggins), Tom Lippett), Miss Percy Haswell (Miss Pritchard), Fay Lemport

Douglas (Lemuel Philpotts), Raymond Hackett (One brother), Albert (Angelina Wyckoff), Mahlon Hamilton (Jarvis Pendleton), Lillian

Hackett (Other brother), Kathleen Collins (The sister). — Langdon (Mrs. Pendleton), Betty Bouton (Julia Pendleton), Audrey

Comedy. Country girl Jolanda is distressed when Nathaniel Huggins, the Chapman (Sallie McBride), Marshall A. Neilan (Jimmie McBride), object of her affections, is smitten with Marguerite, recently returned to Carrie Clarke Ward (Mrs. Semple), Wesley Barry (Orphan boy), Frankie the village from the city. Nathaniel’s father, a druggist and church official, Lee. also owns a whiskey still, and Jolanda, learning of this, blackmails Mrs. Comedy. The poverty and mean-spirited atmosphere of an orphanage do Huggins into approving Jolanda S engagement to Nathaniel. When Mr. little to suppress the youthful prankishness and compassion of Judy Abbott, Huggins sets fire to the barn containing his still, Nathaniel’s horse haniel an orphan found in an ash can. When she becomes a teenager, a new trustee

Nathaine! into ee, paenins Structure. Jolanda, who saves Nat ante" pays for her to go to college on the condition she never come to see him. eccomes trappee in bie fire nersel ann i Na haniel "P dols ia Seeing only his tall shadow, Judy deems him ““Daddy-Long-Legs.” During ee Meanwhile, Marguerite has spirited Nathaniel away, and Joranea the next year, Princeton freshman Jimmie McBride and Jarvis Pendleton,

ecides that she has really loved Lemuel all along. Blackmail. Country th Ith le of f Judy's cl tes. b ttentive to Judy and girls. Fires. Moonshiners. Pharmacists. Rural life. “hous e ch oth one oF wuey § Classma an vues h entive to sudy an

Note: The film was made in 1920 by D. W. Griffith, Inc. under the title The Cynic J€alous of each other. Judy rejects Jimmie because he ts too young and Effect. Trade articles from Aug-Sep 1920 announced the film’s completion and although she loves Jarvis, she fears revealing her orphanage background, imminent release, but the film was held back. Famous Players-Lasky announced the so she tells him that their age difference is too great. After getting no film’s release on 15 May 1921 under the title Oh, Jo/; variations of the title that response from a letter to Daddy-Long-Legs asking for advice, she visits him appeared in trade journals are Oh Jo and Oh, Jo, and the film was sometimes only to find that Daddy-Long-Legs is Jarvis. Having been seriously ill, he mistakenly referred to as Old Jo. Again, the film was not released according 10 had not seen her letter until that morning, but his joyful embrace calms schedule; it was temporarily retitled Her First Love during the following year. . . . cape . Griffith's organization leased the film to Producers Security Corp. in Mar 1922. It | her immediate confusion. Adolescence. Millionaires. Orphanages. was subsequently renamed The Country Flapper and edited by Joseph Farnham, who Orphans. Trustees. College students. Jealousy. Practical jokes. Princeton added titles in flapper jargon and an introductory title announcing the absence of a University. Rivals. plot. The film was copyrighted under the new title and finally released on 29 Jul 1922, Note: The novel first appeared serialized in Ladies’ Home Journal, Apr-Sep 1912. with the production company credited as Dorothy Gish Productions. All previous Contemporary sources indicate that this was the first film made by the Mary Pickford films in the series Gish had made for Griffith’s company between 1918 and 1921 were Co. Webster's novel and play were filmed several more times: in 1931 by Fox, with

credited to the New Art Film Co. It is listed as The Country Flapper in the AFI Janet Gaynor and Warner Baxter starring and Alfred Santell directing; in 1935 by

Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30 (F2.1031). Fox as Curly Top, with Shirley Temple starring and Irving Cummings directing; in ETR 12 Aug 1922, p. 751. MPW 12 Aug 1922, p. 528. 1938 in the Netherlands as Vadertje Langbeen, with Friedrich Zelnik directing; and MPN 28 Aug 1920, p. 1721. Var 4 Aug 1922, p. 35. in 1955 by Twentieth Century-Fox, with Fred Astaire and Leslie Caron starring and

MPN 25 Sep 1920, p. 2455. Wid's 13 Aug 1922, p. 12. Jean Negulesco directing. ETR 21 Dec 1918, p. 226. NYT 12 May 1919, p. II.

CYNTHIA-OF-THE-MINUTE F1.0884 ETR 24 May 1919, p. 1933. Var 16 May 1919, p. 54. Gibraltar Pictures; Special Feature. Dist W. W. Hodkinson Corp. 20 Jun PW x May i910. ee Wid's 18 May 1919, p. 7.

1920. 6 reels.

Prod Arthur F. Beck. Dir Perry Vekroff. Scen Leah Baird. Titles Mrs. Belle Hilliker. Cam Rial B. Schellinger. DADDY'S GIRL . F1.0886 Source: Based on the novel Cynthia-of-the-Minute by Louis Joseph Diando Film Corp. Dist Pathe Exchange, Inc.; Gold Rooster Plays. 3

Vance (New York, 1911). Mar 1918 [Pathe Exchange, Inc.; 4 Mar 1918; LU12412]. 5 reels.

Cast: Leah Baird (Cynthia), Burr McIntosh (George Rhode), Hugh Dir William Bertram. Scen John W. Grey and M. Ramirez Torres. Thompson (Bruce Crittenden), Alexander Gaden (William Claret), Cast: Baby Marie Osborne (Marie Standlaw), Marion Warner (Her

Mathilde Brundage (Madame Savarin), Ruby Hoffman (Letty mother, Helen Standlaw), Lew Cody (John Standlaw), Katherine

Mureal), John Webb Dillion (Captain Bloch), William Welsh (Mr. McLaren (Mildred Montrose), Herbert Standing (William Nordly). Acklin), Wallace Widdecombe (Sefior Perez), Ashton Newton. Drama. William Nordly leaves his fortune to little Marie Standlaw, and Adventure. While in New York seeking work, Cynthia, a young English soon after, her family moves into Nordly’s estate. Marie’s father John, a

girl, meets Bruce Crittenden and George Rhode who introduce her to shiftless dreamer, starts to channel the fortune into wildcat business Madame Savarin, a wealthy woman seeking a companion for a sea voyage. schemes and takes up with his former sweetheart Mildred, now widowed

She hires Cynthia, and while at sea, Cynthia discovers that Bruce is the and rather loose. When Mrs. Standlaw breaks down, Marie, having ship’s purser. Cynthia’s father was a famous wireless expert who taught her overheard her father schedule a meeting with Mildred, walks through the how to read code, which enables her to overhear a plot to sink the ship and streets in the dead of night to Mildred’s home. Her pleas bring John home steal Mrs. Savarin’s jewels. Soon after, the crew mutinies, and while Rhode to a happy reunion with his wife. Children. Family life. Idlers. Infidelity. and Bruce fight the crew, Cynthia sounds the alarm. As he is attempting Inheritance. Marriage. Father-daughter relationship. Mistresses. Widows. to foil the jewel thieves, Bruce falls overboard, and Cynthia swims to his Note: This film was also known as Any Home.

rescue with the jewels strapped to her back. They are rescued by a ETR 23 Feb 1918, p. 992. MPW 9 Mar 1918, p. 1414. government patrol boat and taken back to New York where Cynthia and MPN 2 Mar 1918, p. 1316. NYDM 23 Feb 1918, p. 20.

Bruce are married. English. Ocean liners. Rescues. Traveling ew or tig P Dee Wid's 21 Feb 1918, pp. 959-60.

companions. Jewelry. Morse code. Mutiny. New York City. Theft. oe Note: Many scenes in this film were shot at Tampa, Jacksonville and Miami, FL.

Studio scones wore shot at the Leah Baird studios in Cliffside, NJ. Shipboard scenes THE DAGO see THE ITALIAN were shot on a German liner on the Hudson River, and on a citrus fruit company

freighter, The Carolinian. Doris Kenyon was originally scheduled to star in this film, DAD’S GIRL F1.0887

ETR 10 Jul 1920, p. 627. NYMT 11 Jul 1920. . - oe . ; . MPN 24 Jul 1920, p. 859. Var 16 Jul 1920, p. 32. [©Republic Distributing Corp.; 5 Oct 1921; LP17036). 5 reels.

but her continued success in a Broadway play made her unavailable. Waldorf Photoplays, Inc. Dist Republic Distributing Corp. Feb 1920

MPW 10 Jul 1920, p. 254. Wid's 11 Jul 1920, p. 19. Dir David G. Fischer. Scen Adeline Hendricks.

MPW 17 Jul 1920, p. 373. Cast: Jackie Saunders, Jack Drumier, Kempton Greene, Charles Martin, Jack Raymond, Arthur Behrens, George M. Carleton. DADDY-LONG-LEGS F 1.0885 Drama. David Hoskins, a poor farmer in Pennsylvania, raises his two . Mary Pickford Co. Dist First National Exhibitors’ Circuit, Inc. 11 May children, Dave and Mulvina. Although Dave is the favorite and receives a 1919 [©First National Exhibitors Circuit, Inc. and Mary. Pickford Co.; 12 good education and nice clothes, he becomes dissatisfied with his life and

May 1919; LP13703]. 7 reels, 7,200 ft. is lured to the big city by an evil companion. Soon he gets into trouble and 182

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 DAN is put in prison for burglary. Meanwhile, coal is discovered on the Hoskins’ Cast: William Worthington (Damon), Herbert Rawlinson (Pythias),

farm, and their situation improves, but Hoskins is grieved that he cannot Cleo Madison (Hermion), Anna Little (Calanthe), Frank Lloyd find Dave, on whom he wants to lavish their new found wealth. Next (Dionysius). summer, at a resort, Mulvina falls for wealthy Stephen Wainwright. Drama / Historical. After a prologue which shows several aerial views of However, the evil companion of Dave, who has escaped from prison, the Acropolis, the story begins. The friendship of Damon, the senator, and involves him in the robbery of the hotel where his sister is staying. Learning Pythias, the soldier, is famous in Ancient Syracuse. Because the general that Dave is there, Mulvina tells him to hide in a hut next toa nearby cliff, Dionysius is infatuated with Calanthe, Pythias’ sweetheart, he sends the where she will bring him money the next day. The villain follows her to the soldier to fight the Carthaginians at the Battle of Agrigentum. Pythias cliff, where he and Dave fight, falling to their deaths. Stephen, suspicious, returns in triumph, and then angers Dionysius even further when he defeats

had followed Mulvina there and learns the truth. Stephen and Mulvina Aristle, the general’s favorite, in a chariot race. During the wedding marry, concealing the facts about Dave from her father. Brother-sister ceremony for Pythias and Calanthe, Dionysius has himself proclaimed relationship. Falls from heights. Filial relations. Lure of the city. Moral sovereign while Damon is absent from the Senate. Shocked, Damon corruption. Coal. Farmers. Imprisonment. Pennsylvania. Resorts. attempts to assassinate Dionysius, but he fails and is sentenced to death.

Robbery. Wealth. In order for Damon to say goodbye to his wife and son, Pythias leaves Note: This film’s title was changed to The Ideal Love; it was copyrighted under this Calanthe and takes his friend’s place in prison, offering to die in Damon’s title in Oct 1921. place if he does not return. Despite several tests of the strength of their MPN 31 Jan 1920, p. 1258. MPN 28 Feb 1920, p. 2188. friendship, they remain loyal to each other and so impress Dionysius that

he allows them both to go free. Damon. Friendship. Loyalty. Pythias. Self-

THE DAINTY BOSS see THE HEART OF JENNIFER sacrifice. Syracuse (Sicily). Acropolis (Athens). Agrigentum (Sicily). Assassination. Carthaginians. Chariots. Despots. Dionysius the Elder.

DAMAGED GOODS F1.0888 Imprisonment. Senators. Soldiers. Weddings.

American Film Mfg. Co. Dist State Rights; Mutual Film Corp. (Mutual ithe 9 ae iota ee pW 13 bce ila P. ay.

Special Feature). Sep-Oct 1914? [©American Film Mfg. Co.; 15 Sep 1914; Motog 2. Jan 1915p. 23, NYDM 18 Nov 1914p. 28.

LU3450. ©American Film Co., Inc.; 15 Sep 1915; LU6904]. 7 reels. MPN 12 Dec 1914, p. 47. NYDM 9 Dec 1914, p. 8

Dir Thomas Ricketts. Cam Thomas B. Middleton. MPN 9 Jan 1915, p. 117. Var 11 Dec 1914, p. 28.

Source: Based on the play Les Avaries by Eugene Brieux (Liége, MPN 3 Mar 1915, p. 54. Belgium, 6 Mar 1902).

Cast: Richard Bennett (George Dupont), Adrienne Morrison (A girl of | “4 DAMSEL IN DISTRESS . F1.0890

the streets), Maud Milton (Mrs. Dupont), Olive Templeton (Henriette Albert Capellani Productions, Inc. Dist Pathe Exchange, Inc. 12 Oct

Locke), Josephine Ditt (Mrs. James Forsythe), Jacqueline Moore (4 1919 [Pathe Exchange, Inc.; 18 Mar 1920; LU14897]. 5 reels. seamstress), Florence Short (A nurse), Louis Bennison (Dr. Clifford), Supv Albert Capellani. Dir George Archainbaud. Asst dir Philip Masi. John Steppling (Senator Locke), William Bertram (A quack), George 4” Lucien Tainguy. Art dir Henri Menessier.

Ferguson (His assistant), Mrs. Lester, Charlotte Burton. Source: Based on the novel A Damsel in Distress by P. G. Wodehouse

Drama/Social. George Dupont, a studious law school graduate, is | (New York, 1919).

seduced by a married family friend, and although he refuses her further Cast: June Caprice (Maud Marsh), Creighton Hale (George Bevan), | advances, he is awakened sexually. George then begins a romance with a William H. Thompson (John W. M arsh), Charlotte Granville (Mrs. seamstress, but his mother and wealthy aunt convince him to marry Caroline Byng), Arthur Albro (Reggie Byng), George Trimble (Keggs), Henriette Locke, a Senator’s daughter. After becoming a partner in the “@therine Johnson (Alice Farraday), Mark Smith (Percy Marsh). Senator’s law firm, George gets drunk with friends and beds a prostitute. Comedy " Maud Marsh, the daughter of eccentric millionaire John Later, he discovers that he has syphilis, and is about to swallow poison, Marsh, is strictly supervised by her aunt Caroline Byng, who is plotting to when the prostitute comes along and stops him. She relates that she marry her son Reggie to Maud. Defying her aunt, Maud sneaks off to New

i ; . York City to meet with her sweetheart Geoffrey, whom she has not seen

contracted syphilis from a wealthy man, who remained respected, while she ‘na vear. O h he di that her brother P ‘5 following h

was refused treatment at hospitals. Angered, she decided to infect men ina year. wince ; ere, Sie Giscovers ua er romer tery 1s tollowing iy from the upper classes, until Dr. Clifford, a venereal disease specialist, and, seeking re , d Lester Park and Edward Whiteside. Dir coup vairle omy and ards in Byes rea, K "y eouney noonrrast Frank Reicher. Scen Willard King Bradley. Story Willard King Bradley. Vetere Soscues. Rivers Storms valty. Lounlerlenters. INnerlance. Cam Irving R. Danuff. Art dir A. Béla Viragh-Flower. Titles and inserts Note: Mrs. Brundage’s full name was Mathilde Brundage. The actor listed as Mr. P notes Stewart B. Moss. Editorials by Dr. Frank Crane.

Bresee probably was R. A. Bresee. ast: Gail Kane (Diane Summers), Thurston Hall (Bruce Gordon), J.

Motog 16 Oct 1915, p. 811, 830. MPW 9 Oct 1915, p. 342. Herbert Frank (Philip Darnton), Irene Blackwell (Frances Kingsley), MPN 9 Oct 1915, pp. 20-21. MPW 16 Oct 1915, pp. 461-62. Warren Chandler (Randolph Hayes), Howard Truesdell (Gregory MPN 16 Oct 1915, p. 86. NYDM 6 Oct 1915, p. 28, 31. Summers), Beverly Bruce, Princess Kelvah.

MPN 27 Nov 1915, p. 82. Var 8 Oct 1915, p. 22. Drama. Because her mother died in childbirth, Diane Summers fears motherhood. She agrees to marry her sweetheart Bruce Gordon with the

THE EMPIRE BUILDERS see IT’S A GREAT LIFE stipulation that their marriage never be consummated. Dissatisfied with

the arrangement, however, Diane’s husband leaves her. Alone, she becomes

envious of the pleasure that other women derive from their children and

THE EMPIRE OF DIAMONDS F1.1156 soon has a changeof heart. On a journey to visit her husband, Diane’s train Léonce Perret Productions. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc. 19 Dec 1920 is derailed, and she is rescued by Philip Darnton. Bruce reads of the wreck

[©Pathé Exchange, Inc. (William C. Park, author); 2 Dec 1920; and finds Diane in time to rescue her from Darnton’s advances. Reunited,

LU15864]. 6 reels. Diane and Bruce embark upon a new life together, which will include a Dir Léonce Perret. Scen Léonce Perret. family. Childbirth. Marriage. Motherhood. Attempted rape. Rescues.

Source: Based on the novel Le Empire du diamant by Valentin Train wrecks.

Mandelstamm (Paris, 1914). Note: This was the first Lester Park-Edward Whiteside Production. It was shot at Cast: Robert Elliott (Matthew Versigny), Lucy Fox (Marguerite the Thanhouser studios in New Rochelle, NY. The film was shown privately in Ja

’ ’ . contributions to the film has not been determined. Taylor). MPN 21 Feb 1920, p. 1859. MPW 26 May 1920, p. 1238.

Grove ), Jacauen Volnve. na ola) vate ndee credited with “Editorials” in ads for the film. The precise nature of Crane’s Zarnoff), M. Mailly (Baron de Lambri), Ruth Hunter (Esther ETR 19 Jun 1920, p. 287. MPN 13 Mar 1920, p. 2479.

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THE EMPTY CAB AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG THE EMPTY CAB F1.1159 Drama. Shirley Hollister, a stenographer, finds a large unoccupied stone Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. 6 Jul 1918 barn in the country which would make a perfect home for her sick mother

[©Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.; 19 Jun 1918; LP12592]. 5 reels. and younger brothers and sisters who need fresh air. Sidney Graham, the Dir Douglas Gerrard. Scen F. McGrew Willis. Story F. McGrew Willis. rich young owner, takes an interest in Shirley, and fixes up the barn as a

Cam R. E. Irish. comfortable bungalow. Shirley falls in love with Sidney. Shirley discovers Cast: Franklyn Farnum (Henry Egbert Xerxes), Eileen Percy (The that Sidney and his father are about to be swindled in a mining stock

girl), Harry De More (Ramsey, the city editor), Frank Brownlee (“Big _ proposition, and she uses her secretarial skills when evidence is taken to

Ed”), Harry Lindsey (The bartender), Fred Kelsey (The detective). convict the swindlers. Shirley is kidnapped and rescued by Sidney, who Drama, Mystery. Henry Egbert Xerxes’ big chance as a cub reporter leaves his society fiancée for Shirley. Barns. Secretaries. Evidence. Filial comes when he is assigned to track down a gang of counterfeiters which relations. Kidnapping. Mines. Rescues. Swindlers. gathers regularly at the Red Dog Inn. As he leaves the office, Henry Note: Ella Wolbert is probably the same as Dorothea Wolbert, who lists this film witnesses a girl being dragged into a cab — the same girl he had seen that in her MPSD filmography.

morning passing counterfeit money. Henry follows, but on overtaking the ETR 25 Jan 1919, p. 641. MPW | Feb 1919, pp. 671-72. cab, he finds it empty. At the Red Dog Inn, he discovers that the girl is MPN 25 Jan 1919, p. 473, 569, 608. Var 17 Jan 1919, p. 51. being held captive. After a series of rough and tumble adventures with the MPW 18 Jan 1919, pp. 392-93. Wid's 19 Jan 1919, p. 3. resident thugs, he and the girl escape, after which he rushes home to write

up the story. When it fails to appear in print, Henry storms into the city

oom only to discover that the entire business was a hoax, intended to test THE END OF THE GAME ; F1.1162 his reporter’s instincts. Counterfeiters. Gangs. Inns. Newspapers. Jesse D. Hampton Productions. Dist W. W. Hodkinson Corp. through

Reporters. Abduction. Escapes. Taxis. Pathé Exchange, Inc. 24 Mar 1919. 5 reels, 4,779 ft.

ETR 13 Jul 1918, p. 473. MPW 20 Jul 1918, p. 420. Pres Jesse D. Hampton. Dir Jesse D. Hampton. Scen F. McGrew Willis. MPN 22 Jun 1918, p. 3690. NYDM 10 Aug 1918, p. 203. Story George Elwood Jenks. Cam Charles Stumar. MPN 13 Jul 1918, p. 257. Wid's 7 Jul 1918, pp. 23-24, Cast: J. Warren Kerrigan (Burke Allister), Lois Wilson (Mary

MPW 13 Sul 1918, p. 258. Miller), Alfred Whitman (Frank Miller), Jack Richardson (Dan Middleton), George Field (Four-Ace Baker), Milton Ross (Faro Ed),

EMPTY POCKETS _ F1.1160 Walter Perry (Wild Bill), Elinor Fair (Mona), Bert Appling (Sheriff), J. Herbert Brenon Film Corp. Dist First National Exhibitors’ Circuit. Jan J. Franz (Hotel clerk). PTs LOrirst National Exhibitors’ Circuit, Inc.; 27 Feb. 1918; LP12113]. Western. Frank Miller, arriving in a California gold rush town in the

reels. days of °49, gets fleeced of all his assets in a crooked card game by a gang

Prod Herbert Brenon. Dir Herbert Brenon. Asst dir Ben Hall. S cen while his sister Mary waits in their hotel. Virginia gentleman gambler

George Pawar’ fa IE Pockets by R Hughes (N Burke Allister forces the gang to let Frank win the money back, but Frank von io} 3). on the novel Empty Pockets by Rupert Hughes (New shot and killed by Faro Ed, whom Burke then kills. Burke and Mary leave

on . , and establish unsuccessful claims away from the town, but gang leader Dan

yet Barbara Castleton (Muriel Schuyler), Bert Lytell (Dr. Clinton Middleton, attracted to Mary, sends Four-Ace Baker to convince her that orthing), Peggy Betts (Pet Bettanny), Malcolm Williams (Perry Burk ; Frank’ der. Mary belj Bak d when Burk Merrithew), Ketty Galanta (Maryla Sokalska), Susanne Willa (Red Ida urke was In on Prank s murder. Mary Delleves baker, and when purke Ganley), Ben Graham (Jacob Schuyler), J. Thornton Baston (Shang goes to town for a doctor after Mary is injured and then he is captured by

Ganley). Middleton s men, Mary leaves the claim with Middleton. Burke escapes

Mystery. Millionaire “Merry” Perry Merrithew is found dead onthe roof 4nd is able to find Middleton and Mary, then fights Middleton, who falls of an East Side tenement. The strands of red hair clutched in his hands Ver a cliff. Burke then wins Mary’s embrace. California—History-1846-

implicate four auburn-haired women in the murder: a millionaires 1850. Gamblers. Gangs. Gold rushes. Mining towns. Brother-sister daughter, Merrithew’s mistress, the daughter of a bankrupt society woman, relationship. Cardsharps. Escapes. Falls from heights. False accusations. and a cabaret dancer. In solving the crime, Dr. Clinton Worthing performs Fights. Mine claims. Murder. Rescues.

Mistresses. Socialites. oe

heroic deeds. Evidence. Hair. Murder. New York City-East Side. ETR 29 Mar 1919, p. 1289. Var 21 Mar 1919, p. 53. Tenements. Cabaret performers. Dancers. Heroism. Millionaires. v PW 3 ver ole P. 1837, Wid's 23 Mar 1919, p. 9. Note: The film was also reviewed at seven reels in length. A pre-production news

tem also includeInez in the annon, cas flenty cones Aran Ne Son Chailics, Germaine THE END ourvilie, r. ckman, r. Joseph otnstein, atnan arcus, e : OF . °THE RAINBOW F1.1163

Kaufman, Peggy Shaw, Mrs. Mandel, and Mrs. Rosen. The Brenon studios were Bluebir d Photoplays, Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. 30 Oct 1916 located in Hudson Heights, NJ. At the Brenon studios, J. Roy Hunt headed the [©Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.; 17 Oct 1916; LP9347]. 5 reels. photographic department and supervised film cutting; Charles Ritchie was the Dir Lynn Reynolds. Scen Lynn Reynolds. Cam Clyde R. Cook.

assistant cameraman; George Fitch headed the technical department; George Cast: Myrtle Gonzalez (Ruth Bennett), George Hernandez (Elihu

Eowards an peace the scenarie “partment seen enaeBproper ied Bennett), Val Paul (Jerry Jack Curtis assiStant; Louis Fiunion supervise epartment, rre Simpson), Cbann neade . . (Thursday Simpson), the electrical division; Tom Tamagne vnanaged the carpenter department; Tom Fred Church (Ferdinand Stocker), Joe Ryan (Bill Hardy), Jack Connelly Smythe directed the scenic division; Mrs. Cashman was the wardrobe mistress; and (Sheriff Connelly). George Rush was the studio manager. It is not known if all of the above employees Drama. Working with Ferdinand Stocker, lumber man Elihu Bennett is worked on Empty Pockets. The film had its premiere in New York on 20 Jan 1918. trying to gain a monopoly on California forest land. Meanwhile, Elihu’s

ETR 19 Jan 1918, p. 580. MPW 10 Nov 1917, p. 844. daughter Ruth has fallen in love with Jerry Simpson, whose father

AAR x. an re P. es NY DM I dan lore P. a Thursday continually refuses to sell his land to the Bennett-Stocker MPW ‘13 Oct 1917, p 219, me en Pe combine. Concerned about Stocker’s unscrupulousness and eager to keep an eye on him, Ruth disguises herself and gets a job as his secretary and

THE EMPTY TRIUMPH see A COMMON LEVEL finds out that he is planning to defraud her father. Stocker assaults Ruth

when he discovers that she has been spying on his operation, but Jerry

. 5 reels. ete pai ;

manages to save her, and Stocker falls to his death as he runs away. Finally,

be pirat BARN A Blue Ribbon Feat Dist Vit rel Elihu arrives, agrees to let the Simpsons keep their land and consents to Hragrapn 0. oF Americas “ piue Nrowon reature. ist © Wagrap) -o- Ruth and Jerry’s marriage. Father-daughter relationship. Land rights.

PPL 32e3) 5 27 an 1919 [©Vitagraph Co. of America; 10 Jan 1919; Landowners. Lumber magnates. Partnerships. Attempted rape. Pres Albert E. Smith. Dir David Smith. Scen Kathryn Reed. Cam Calfornia. Disguise, Falls trom heights. Secretaries. 1916. b. 29

Charles R. Seeling. , MPW 4 Nov 1916, p. 686, 754. Wid's 26 Oct 1916, p. 1061. Source: Based on the novel The Enchanted Barn by Grace Livingston NYDM __ 28 Oct 1916, p. 27. Hill Lutz (Philadelphia, 1918).

Cast: Bessie Love (Shirley Hollister), J. Frank Glendon (Sidney

Graham), Joe Singleton (John Barnard), William Horne (Walter THE END OF THE ROAD F1.1164

Graham), Frank Butterworth (George Hollister), Ella Wolbert (Mrs. American Film Co., by special arrangement with Darcy and Wolford. Hollister), Darbey A. Walker (Harley Hollister), Jane Hathaway Dist Mutual Film Corp.; A Mutual Masterpicture. 11 Nov 1915. 5 reels.

(Mrs. Walter Graham), Otto Lederer. Dir Thomas Ricketts. Scen William Pigott. 240

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE END OF THE TRAIL Source: Based on the play The End of the Road by H. Grattan Donnelly. Work Council, Y.W.C.A., The Famous-Players Lasky Corp., the American Social

Cast: Harold Lockwood (Paul Harvard), May Allison (Grace Hygiene Association, and the National League for Women S Service Motor Corps. Wilson), William Carroll (Richard Quigg), Helene Rosson, William Some scenes showing clinical cases of venereal infection were shot in the women’s

ais ; , ’ wards of Blackwell’s Island, New York City.

Stowell, William Ehfe, Lizette Thorne, Harry von Meter, Hal Clements, Var 21 Feb 1919, p. 71. Wid's 12 Oct 1919, p. 16. Beatrice Van, Nan Christie.

Melodrama /Rural. Paul Harvard, the son of a wealthy Northerner, visits ,

the Carolina Pines, where he falls in love with Grace Wilson. Federal agent EAD THE ROAD (George Kleine) see THE SCARLET Wilbur Grant, a Northerner who is investigating counterfeiting and moonshining, poses as a drunk to gain the confidence of the counterfeiter’s

leader, Richard Quigg, supposedly a real estate agent. When Quigg offers THE END OF THE TOUR F1.1166 to cancel the mortgage on Magnolia Hall, the Wilson home, if Grace will Columbia Film Co. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 5 Feb 1917 [Rolfe

marry him, she angrily refuses. Paul lives in the mountains with the Photoplays Inc.; 5 Feb 1917; LP10129]. 5 reels. Tollivers and soon is suspected of being the lover of pregnant Caroline Dir George D. Baker. Scen George D. Baker. Story Earle Mitchell. Tolliver, who is secretly Quigg’s wife. After attempting to kill Paul, Jack © ©4@m Arthur Martinelli.

Tolliver lures him to a mill, where Paul is beaten. When a lightning bolt Cast: Lionel Barrymore (Bron Bennett), Ethel Dayton (Grace strikes the mill and floods wash it away, Grant, secluded, rescues Paul, who Jessup), Frank Currier (Col. Jessup), Walter Hiers (“Skinny” Smith), J.

then saves Jack. Caroline confesses and Jack publicly apologizes to Paul. Herbert Frank (Percy Pennington), Richard Thornton (‘Solly” After Paul rushes to a nearby bank to get cash to buy Magnolia Hall before /arris), Maud Hill (Hattie Harrison), Kate Blancke (Mrs. Ryan), Hugh the mortgage is due, Quigg’s bid secures it, but Grant arrests Quigg and Jeffrey (Lester Montague), Mary Taylor (Lottie Lee), Charles Eldridge confiscates his counterfeit bills. Paul buys the estate for Grace and they (Seth Perkins), William Harvey (Hen Springer), Louis Wolheim, Hal

plan to marry. Counterfeiters. False accusations. Government agents. Wilson.

Mortgages. Northerners. United States-South. Attempted murder. Drama. Colonel Jessup of Mayville treats his young wife so harshly that Extortion. Floods. Impersonation and imposture. Lightning. Marriage- She runs away with a theatrical company, taking her son, but leaving her

Secret. Mills. Pregnancy. Rescues. Traps. baby daughter behind. After she dies, the boy, known as Byron Bennett, Note: Although most of this film was shot in California, cameramen from becomes the leading man in a small road company. The end of the

American’s Chicago studio shot scenes of a lightning storm which were used insome | COmpany’s tour comes abruptly in Mayville when the manager absconds

double exposure scenes. This film was re-released in Nov 1918, after Harold with the proceeds of the one good house that the troupe has had in many Lockwood died of influenza, by Ivan Film Productions, under the title A Web of jean weeks. Byron and his stranded companions find work in coaching the Intrigue. No information has been located concerning the source for this film, other . . . . than an ad that said that it was from the world famous play of the same title. No members of two rival fire houses in amateur theatricals. There Byron meets information has been located concerning any play with the title The End of the Grace Jessup, the colonel’s daughter, and persuades her to take the leading Road. Donnelly did write a four-act play, published in 1906, entitled Carolina. In part. Byron becomes fond of Grace, and when he overhears traveling view of the fact that the film takes place in the Carolina Pines, it is possible that salesman Percy Pennington brag that he has induced the girl to spend the

Carolina was the film’s source. night with him, Byron determines to save her honor. Rushing to their one 3 ae rn and pw ° x ote PP oh appointed rendezvous, Byron arrives just in time to rescue Grace from MPN 6 Nov 1915, p. 65. MPW 13 Nov 1915, p. 1320. Pennington’s advances. Meanwhile, the colonel has discovered that his MPN 13 Nov 1915, p. 88. Var 19 Nov 1915, p. 24. daughter is not spending the night at her girlfriend’s house as planned, and MPN 20 Nov 1915, p. 67. Var 8 Nov 1918, p. 41. sets out to find her. He arrives just as Grace faints into Byron’s arms, and

shoots him, but after Byron recovers, all ends happily when it is discovered

THE END OF THE ROAD F1.1165 that Byron is actually Jessup’s long-lost son. Battered women. Desertion.

Authorized by the U.S. Public Health Services; Produced for the War Long-lost relatives. Parentage. Paternity. Reunions. Runaways. Actors

Department Commission on Training Camp Activities. 16 Feb 1919 and actresses. Attempted rape. Family life. Reputation. Theatrical [OAmerican Social Hygiene Assn.; 30 Jan 1919; LU13332. O©American troupes.

Social Hygiene Assn., Inc.; | Mar 1919; LP14184]. 6-7 reels. ETR 17 Feb 1917, p. 773. MPW 17 Feb 1917, p. 1037. Dir Edward H. Griffith. Scen Katharine Bement Davis and Edward H. MPN 30 Dec 1916, p. 4219. NYDM 10 Feb 1917, p. 27.

Griffith. Story Katharine Bement Davis. ewAdams io re Oly P. aeLee), WidJoyce i re tory og Cast: Richard Bennett (The doctor), Claire (Mary ypeP.‘po Housman, Alice Brady McKee, Maude Hill, Robert Cain, Arthur THE END OF THE TRAIL - F1.1167 Drama/Social, Instructional. Mary, whose mother has instructed her Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 7 Aug 1916 [©William Fox; 6 Aug

about love, marriage, and sex, leaves her boyfriend Paul to become a nurse 1916; LP8878]. 5 reels.

in a New York hospital. Vera, encouraged by her mother to marry a rich Dir Oscar C. Apfel. Scen Oscar C. Apfel. Story Maibelle Heikes Justice.

man, takes an apartment from a young millionaire who promises marriage ©” Alfredo Gondolfi and J. C. Cook.

but only gives her syphilis. Mary and her doctor treat Vera and show her Cast: William Farnum (Gules Le Clerg), Gladys Brockwell (Adrienne examples of the ravages of the disease. Mary meets other suffering women: © @70t), Willard Louis (Pierre “Devil” Cabot), Eleanor Crowe (La Petite

an Irish servant girl betrayed by a chauffeur who dies after her baby is 44r/enne), H. A. Barrows (Harvey Gordon), William Burress (Father Le born; a garment worker who contracted syphilis from a soldier’s forced kiss; 7¢ une), Harry De Vere (John Robinson), Hermina Louis (Mrs. the invalid wife of a wealthy man whose philandering caused her condition, Robinson), Henry J. Hebert (Waupau), Ogden Crane (Jacques Favre), the blindness of their child, and the suicide of one of his conquests. Paul, Charles Whittaker (/nspector Barlow).

about to enlist, suggests that he and Mary have sex before he goes. Northwest drama. After Canadian trapper Jules Le Clerq proposes to Disappointed in him, Mary also rejects the proposal of her doctor, but later | Adrienne Cabot, she tells him that some time ago her uncle sold her to the

in Europe after seeing the kind of man he is, accepts him. Hospitals. Outlaw Devil Cabot, to whom she was married but who died soon Mother-daughter relationship. Nurses. Physicians. Sex education. thereafter. Unconcerned about her past, Jules marries Adrienne, but then Syphilis. Venereal disease. Blindness. Chauffeurs. Childbirth. Garment | Cabot, who actually had not died, appears, overcomes Jules and carries off workers. Gold diggers. Invalids. Irish Americans. Kisses. Mistresses. New | Adrienne. While a captive of Cabot’s, Adrienne gives birth and Cabot,

York City. Philanderers. Proposals. Seduction. Servants. Soldiers. enraged at having to care for Jules’s new daughter, tries to kill the child.

Suicide. Adrienne attacks Cabot and, after apparently killing him with a poker,

Note: The film opened in Syracuse, NY. It was released under the authority of takes her baby and returns to Jules. Overcome by the trauma, however, Surgeon General William Crawford Gorgas. It was shown as part of the national Adrienne soon dies. Then, years later, Cabot appears again. He assaults campaign of the Social Hygiene Division of the War Department Commission on the daughter, but Jules, this time leaving no doubt, finally kills him. Training Camp Activities. Publicity claims that the incidents in the film were taken Canada. Missing persons, assumed dead. Outlaws. Trappers. Attempted from real life cases that came under the observation of Katharine Bement Davis while aL: , she was commissioner of correction in New York. At the time of the film’s production, murder. Attempted rape. Childbirth. Death by shock. Imprisonment. Davis was Director of the Section on Women’s Work of the Social Hygiene Divison Infants. Justifiable homicide. Kidnapping. Marriage-Forced. of the War Department Commission on Training Camp Activities. The film was Note: The title of the original story was ‘“‘Hope Rides With Me.” Reviews indicate produced under the supervision of the Surgeon General of the Army. The film was that the scenario for this film was turned into a novel by Barbara Yechton (also known made possible by the cooperation of a number of agencies, including the National War as Lyda Farrington Krause) but modern sources fail to confirm this.

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THE ENEMY AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Motog 19 Aug 1916, p. #52 yar i ratios p. 5 Cast: E. H. Sothern (Ernanton De Launay), Edith Storey (Julie De

MPN 19 Aug 1916, p. 1099. las BB 189 Be 119. Varion), John Robertson (Claude Le Chastre), Fred Lewis (Guillaume

Montignac), Brinsley Shaw (Henri Le Vicomte de Berguin), Roland

THE ENEMY F1.1168 Buckstone (Blaise Tripault), Mildred Manning (Jeanotte), Pierre Colone Vitagraph Co. of America; A Blue Ribbon Feature. Dist Greater (Rougin), Charles Muzitt (King Henry of Navarre), Denton Vane Vitagraph (V-L-S-E, Inc.). 11 Dec 1916 [O©Vitagraph Co. of America; 24 (King Henry HN), Adrizonu (Henry, Duke of Guise).

Nov 1916; LP9604]. 7 reels. Drama/ Historical. During the sixteenth century, French palace officials Dir Paul Scardon. Scen Garfield Thompson. Story George Randolph tell Julie De Varion that they will free her father, a Huguenot sympathizer,

Chester and Lillian Chester. Cam Robert A. Stuart. if she captures Ernanton De Launay, an enemy of the king. At an inn, Julie Source: Based on the novel The Enemy by George Randolph Chester and SPeaks with a man who promises to take her to Ernanton, as he believes

Lillian Chester (New York, 1915). that she simply wants to meet the famous fugitive. The stranger, who is

Cast: Charles Kent (Harrison Stuart), Julia Swayne Gordon (Mrs. himself Ernanton, falls in love with Julie and kills his servant for insisting Stuart), Peggy Hyland (Their daughter, Tavy), Evart Overton (Billy that she is a spy. Finally, Ernanton discovers that Julie does indeed work Lane), Billie Billings (Geraldine), James Morrison (Tommy Tinkle), for the king, but because Julie has fallen in love with Ernanton, she refuses

Edward Elkas (Jerry), Charles Wellesley (B. B. Bennings). to expose him when she returns to the palace. Ernanton, however, having Drama. When famous architect Harrison Stuart drifts into alcoholism followed Julie there, gives himself up in order to free her father. Finally, and starts living in flop houses, he is saved by Billy Lane, a young architect | the Huguenots storm the palace, free Julie’s father and help Ernanton who has always admired the older man. Lane reunites Harrison with his escape, after which he and Julie plan their marriage. France—History-16th family and falls in love with Harrison’s daughter. After announcing his C@"tury. Fugitives. Huguenots. Political prisoners. Royalty. Escapes.

engagement to her, however, Lane himself becomes an alcoholic when Father-daughter relationship. Inns. Palaces. Self-sacrifice. Servants.

another woman, jealous of his fiancée, spikes his punch and tricks him into __ Sieges. -

heavy drinking. Then Harrison gives in to his old habit but before Note: Sothern and Buckstone recreated the roles they played in the original stage submitting completely, he kills himself. The suicide brings Lane to his Production.

senses; he swears off drinking and returns to Harrison’s daughter. ene ; Oe ioe e saa, OOM 3 Nee ite . an

Alcoholism. Architects. Regeneration. Suicide. Boardinghouses. MPN 16 Dec 1916, p. 3776. NYT 27 Nov 1916, p. 9.

Duplicity. Jealousy. MPN 30 Dee 1916, p, 4093 Wid's 23 Nov 1916p. ec , p. . id’s ov .1119 P- . MPN 16 Dev 1916. p. 3780 NYDM 16 Dec 1916:p.27.. MPW 2 Dee 1916, p. 1348. MPN 23 Dec 1916, p. 4039. Wid’s 14 Dec 1916, p. 1172.

AN ENEMY TO SOCIETY F1.1169 THE ENEMY WITHIN see THE HUN WITHIN Columbia Pictures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 15 Sep 1915 [©Metro Pictures Corp.; 27 Sep 1915; LP6785]. 5 reels.

Dir Edgar Jones. Cam Carl Louis Gregory. ENERGETIC EVA F1.1171

Source: Based on the novel Enemy to Society: A Romance of New York Eva Tanguay Films. Dist Eva Tanguay Films. Jul 1916. 5 reels.

1911). Cast: Eva Tanguay. Yesterday and Today by George Fitzalan Bronson Howard (New York, Dir Joseph Smiley.

Carlyle.

Cast: Hamilton Revelle (Stephen Adams), William C. Cowper (Wulf Comedy. [No information on the plot of this film is available.]

Axtell), L. M. Horne (Quakenbush), F. G. Bell (Le Fay), Henry Bergman Note: According to a production news item, scenes for this film were shot in New

(Balthazar Van Tromp), H. Cooper Cliffe (Stephen Janissary), Lois York City, Yonkers and Fort Lee, NJ. Eva Tanguay, a popular vaudeville Meredith (Decima Duress), John O’Hara (Alderman McKenna), Richard comedienne, according to Var, put her own money into the making of this, her first

Drama. Stephen Adams, a modern Robin Hood, meets Decima Duress Mew , ; nf i916 . sn Yar 16 Jun 1916, p. 5.

on a ship bound for America. Decima, the ward of grocery store tycoon Stephen Janissary, entreats Adams to steal money from her guardian so that she may fund a model housing project. Falling in love with Decima,

Adams swears to reform and then enlists his fellow thieves to help commit ENLIGHTEN THY DAUGHTER F1.1172

a final crime. The housing project’s future rests on the outcome of an Ivan Film Productions, Inc. Dist State Rights. Dec 1917 [©lvan Film ordinance vote, winnable only with the cooperation of one Alderman Productions, Inc.; 17 Jan 1917; LU10001]. 7 reels. McKenna. Adams learns through Decima that Janissary has incriminating Dir Ivan Abramson. Asst dir William Abramson. Scen Ivan Abramson.

papers against McKenna and so decides to steal them to ensure the vote. Cam Marcel A. Le Picard and William Abramson. However, one of Adams’ men, Balthazar Van Tromp, a ruined business Cast: Zena Keefe (Lillian Stevens), Frank Sheridan (Daniel rival of Janissary, reveals that he, in an act of revenge, kidnapped Stevens), Katherine Kaelred (Mrs. Stevens), James Morrison (Harold Janissary’s son, also known as Stephen Adams, and raised him as a thief. Winthrop), Marie Shotwell (Minna Stevens), Ruby De Reimer (Ruth When Adams is caught robbing the papers, Van Tromp wants to humiliate | Sfevens), Arthur Donaldson (Richard Stevens), Violet Horner (Mrs. Janissary further by turning Adams over to the police, but Decima foils the Laurence), Runa Hodges (Nina), Walter J. Gould (Walter), Mathilde

retribution and unites the father and son for a happy conclusion. Elections. Brundage (M rs. Winthr op). oO

Housing projects. Revenge. Reformers. Thieves. Tycoons. Aldermen. Drama /Social. Two cousins are raised in different environments: Ruth Criminals-Rehabilitation. Documents. Father-son relationship. Foster Stevens is raised by a watchful, loving mother who tells her about life, while fathers. Kidnapping. Parentage. Rivalry. Ships. Wards and guardians. Lillian Stevens is raised by Minna, an insensitive mother who would rather

Note: The film was produced at the Rolfe studios. gamble than attend to her child. When the girls are grown, Lillian meets Motog 25 Sep 1915, p. 658. MPN 9 Oct 1915, p. 90. Harold Winthrop, the reckless scion of a wealthy widow, and soon becomes MPN 4 Sep 1915, p. 7, 39. NYDM 1 Sep 1915, p. 36. pregnant with his child. A short time later, however, Harold meets Ruth MPN 18 Sep 1915, p. 46, 55, 78. NYDM 22 Sep 1915, p. 41. and immediately falls in love with her, thus ignoring Lillian. Because MPN 25 Sep 1915, pp. 36-37. Wid's 14 Oct 1915. Minna has become involved with an abortionist, she takes her daughter to him, but Lillian becomes mortally ill after the operation. On her deathbed, Lillian begs for forgiveness for her mother and confesses that Harold was

wvVitazraph 0 Tt Ameren: A Blue Ribbon Feature. Dist ea the father of her child. After Lillian’s death, Richard, Minna’s husband, Vitagraph (V-L-S-E, Inc.). 27 Nov 1916 [©Vitagraph Co. of America; 18 sends her away just as Ruth breaks her engagement to Harold. Abortion.

Nov 1916; LP9559]. 6 reels. Mother-daughter relationship. Neglected children. Pregnancy. Cousins. Dir Frederick A. Thomson. Scen Helmer W. Bergman. Cam Charles J. Hegttimacy. Playboys. - wey upw «Jan 1917 9.99 Davis. Costumes Jane Lewis. Ce 71s Pe O04 an 07's P. 2%.

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Source: Based on the play An Enemy to the King by Robert N. Stephens Wis 0 ie i917, ,. 1D NUM nee i917 if a

(New York, | Sep 1896). ; MPN 3 Feb 1917, p. 648. Wid's 8 Feb 1917, p. 88.

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 ENVY ENOCH ARDEN F1.1173 she was having an affair with Arnold. The deacons then decide to send Liz Majestic Motion Picture Co. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; A Mutual away because of her disgrace, and Henry, overhearing Liz bid goodbye to

Masterpicture. 8 Apr 1915. 4 reels. Mildred, discovers the truth. That Sunday, he tenders his resignation and

Supv D. W. Griffith. Dir William Christy Cabanne. Cam William E. announces that he is going to marry Liz. Clergy. Father-daughter

Fildew. relationship. Reputation. Rural life. Self-sacrifice. Artists. Brother-sister Source: Inspired by the poem “Enoch Arden” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson relationship. Drunkenness. New England.

(Boston, 1864). ETR 28 Apr 1917, p. 1472. MPW 21 Apr 1917, p. 490. Cast: Alfred Paget (Enoch Arden), Lillian Gish (Annie Lee), Wallace Motos - Ar ar p. 6 Wid's 10 May 1917, p. 291. Reid (Phillip Ray). M pr 1917, p. 2195. Drama. Long ago in an English fishing village, the orphan Enoch Arden

grows up with two close friends, Annie Lee and Philip Ray. Although both THE ENVOY EXTRAORDINARY F1.1176 boys love her, Annie marries Enoch. Throughout the years, Philip remains Santa Barbara Motion Picture Co. Dist Sawyer, Inc. Oct 1914. 5 reels. a Close friend to Enoch and Annie and their son and daughter. After a bad Dir Lorimer Johnston. Scen Lorimer Johnston. season of fishing, Enoch leaves to work on a ship to provide for his family. Cast: Jack Nelson (Captain Balfour), Caroline Frances Cooke, Clara During the ten years Annie waits for Enoch’s return, Philip, now wealthy, Morse. cares for her and sends the children through school. Finally, believing Drama. Lady Sibil, the Countess of Northstone and the wife of the prime Enoch to be dead, Annie marries Philip. Meanwhile Enoch, who has been minister, is convinced by her husband to initiate a flirtation with the stranded on a desert isle after surviving a shipwreck, is rescued by a passing = ambassador of an unfriendly nation. During their dalliance, she intercepts boat. He returns to see Annie and Philip happily married and leaves _—qa_ note to the ambassador from Baron von Hatzfeldt, the leader of an without letting them see him. Years later, on his deathbed, Enoch entrusts —_—_ anarchist group. The treason is further confirmed by Captain Balfour, the an old woman to tell his story to Annie. He dies at the end of thatday on _ prime minister’s secretary. When, during a ball, word of an impending war

the seashore. Bigamy. Castaways. England. Fishing villages. Friendship. arrives, the countess denounces von Hatzfeldt, revealing that ten years Fishermen. Islands. Orphans. Rescues. Self-sacrifice. Shipwrecks. before he had murdered unarmed peasants, including her own brother. The

ataiog oO, eature riims, -~IV; . . . - Orilll irecte e one ree : ° : ‘

C Note: yr um ya eH LES heeo) aie ive neers in » (See ade prime minister then exiles the baron and the ambassador, but spares the After Many Years from the same source for the Biograph Co. in 1908. He directed baroness upon whom he takes pity. A short time later, Balfour is kidnapped

the two-part 1911 film Enoch Arden in 1911, also for the Biograph Co. A four reel and taken out to sea by the ambassador and baron, and despite being British film also entitled Enoch Arden was produced in 1914 by the Neptune Film blindfolded and manacled, he is able to make his way to shore after being

Co. forced to walk the plank. Later, after successfully averting a war, Balfour Motog 17 Apr 1915, p. 603, 633. MPW 24 Apr 1915, p. 557, 568. vanquishes von Hatzfeldt and kills the ambassador in a duel. Abduction.

New " Abr i918 i" No. NYDM —_5 May 1915, p. 38. Diplomats. Duels. Espionage. Exile. Nobility. Treason. Anarchists. Balls (parties). Flirtation. Letters. Massacres. Peasants. Note: This was the first production of the Santa Barbara Motion Picture Co. At

ENVIRONMENT F1.1174 the time of this production, Lorimer Johnson and Caroline Francis Cooke were 1915? [OMica Film Corp.; 9 Mar 1915; LU4660]. Length undetermined. married to each other. Some of the film was shot in Montecito, CA. Although not Scen Jack Freise. mentioned in the credits for this film, Roy F. Overbaugh was the principal cameraman Western. Thomas Manson, his wife and their two sons, eighteen-year-old for the company and probably photographed this film. His assistant at the time was

Robert and four-year-old Jack, are attacked by Indians one night while —-V'tor Fleming.

crossing the desert. When Jack runs off, his mother and Robert search for ew » ne ila . oe Mew i oe i914 . An him. After an outlaw band hears the shooting and drives off the Indians, MPW 8 Aug 1914, p. 843.

the chief of the outlaws finds Jack and adopts him. Meanwhile, Robert and his mother hide in a cave and then bury the others. Later, travelling monks

find th , d thi d take th hej r ENVY F1.1177 ind t late ck an th my an hi . them . t ch ere tran ; verte. McClure Pictures. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp.; Superpictures, Inc.

YEATS FATEH, SACK, NOW the oublaw Chiel, quarrels with some tramps. “Alter 29 Jan 1917 [©The McClure Publications, Inc.; 20 Jan 1917; LP10497].

the tramps pursue the band and kill all but Jack and Sureshot Bill, Jack 5 reels escapes to Mexico, where he finds refuge with a Mexican girl he meets. Dir Richard Ridgeley. Cam George W. Lane.

They fall love, Anna but when Jack meets Bill again Mason and resumes his ; , . ,in ;the Cast; Murdock (BettySureshot Howard), Shirley (Eve Leslie), old ways, girl goes to the monastery. After Jack and Bill cheat a miner : , George Lehim Guere (Adam Moore), Robert, Lumsden Hare (Stanton. oon Skinner), out of a claim, they chase the monastery. a monk, , , . ;to Jessie Stevens (Eve's foster mother),now William Wadsworth (Eve's; foster

reproves his brother. Jack mends his ways and is reunited with his father), Robert Cain (Rocco Irwin) sweetheart. Criminals—Rehabilitation. Mexicans. Monasteries. Monks. Drama Eve Leslie. a countr | envies the life of Betty Howard. a

Outlaws. Adoption. Deserts. Foundlings. Fraud. indians of North America. ; ‘ y gin", or y ‘

Mexico. Miners. Tramps famous actress, unaware of the fact that Betty’s life actually has been full Note: The only information located for this film was the plot synopsis in the of tragedy. For years Betty has been Seck ing the whereabouts ofa certain

copyright descriptions. Since still photographs from the film were sent to the Library unscrupulous man, but to no avail. She has been advised by her physician of Congress for copyright purposes, it is assumed that the film was produced, but no to give up the stage, and she yearns for the type of existence which Eve has.

information has been located concerning its release. Through Adam Moore, a rich young friend, Eve hears a lot about Betty,

who is a “pal” of Adam’s. One day, when Betty collapses while on a

ENVIRONMENT F1.1175 motoring trip with Stanton Skinner, she is brought to Eve’s home and the American Film Co. Dist Mutual Film Corp. 16 Apr 1917. 5 reels. two women become friends. Soon Rocco Erwin, the man whom Betty seeks,

Dir James Kirkwood. James Kirkwood. turns(Henry up andand tries to robheStanton. hebeats 6 caught. Betty pieads um Cast: Mary Miles Minter Scen (Liz Simpkins), George Fisher in return takes herwhen money, her, and leaves her forfor dead. Pennfield), Harvey Clark (John Simpkins), George Periolat (David Meanwhile, Skinner, who has fallen in love with Eve, invites her to his Holcombe), Emma _ Kluge (Mrs. Holcombe), Margaret Shelby yacht. They are followed by Rocco, and during a confrontation, Skinner (Mildred Holcombe), Arthur Howard (Arthur Holcombe), Al Vosburgh tells Rocco that Betty is his sister. Rocco then tries to kill Skinner while (Arnold Lucille Ward Bloom), Jack Vosburgh terror. When Betty regains andand Adam Drama.Brice), Liz, the daughter of (Mrs. town drunk John Simpkins, is (Reuben). shunned byEve go crouches after Evein who, after her rescue, realizesconsciousness that she lovesshe Adam no

the young people in the staid little New England village where they live. longer envies Betty’s life. Actors and actresses. Country girls. One day, Henry Penfield, the new minister, comes to town and is attracted Disillusionment. Envy. Love. Assault. Criminals. Friendship. Millionaires.

to Liz. On the same train as Henry is Arnold Brice, a young artist who Robbery. Yachts. takes a fancy to Mildred Holcombe, the prettiest girl in town and the Note: Envy was the first in a series produced by McClure entitled The Seven daughter of a deacon of the church. Mildred wot falls in withsins, Arnold, Dealhad Sins.the Each fm was i separate drama outEve, each played represented mine swe i :love eadly andbut each characters of Adam and byone George Le

her brother sarihur threatens to mn the ine if he ninds them together Guere and Shirley Mason respectively, represented in some capacity within the story. gnoring Arthur's threats, Mildred goes to the artist S Studio. Liz discovers The dramas were released on a basis of one per week. The entire series was re-issued that Arthur has followed her and runs to the studio to warn them. When in two reel installments in 1918. All of the films were based on stories from The Ladies

Arth i LiLizifices h toMildred and confthathWorld. ld rthur arrives, sacrifices her her honor save Mildred and confesses 243

ERSTWHILE SUSAN AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG ETR 27 Jan 1917, p. 574. MPW 3 Feb 1917, p. 701, 746. ESCAPED FROM SIBERIA F1.1180 PN * pec i917 P. oe 4051. Wide iv ye i917 sa Great Players Feature Film Corp. Dist State Rights. May 1914 [©Great

. Prod Sidney M. Goldin.

MPN 3 Feb 1917, p. 757. Players Feature Film Corp.; 28 Apr 1914; LU2687]. 5 reels.

ERSTWHILE SUSAN F1.1178 Drama. When Count Borris, the son of the Governor General of Kiev, Realart Pictures Corp. Dist Realart Pictures Corp. 16 Nov 1919 Saves a Jewish woman from the insults of a drunken officer, in retaliation [ORealart Pictures Corp.; 26 Oct 1919; LP14386]. 6 reels, 5,380 ft. the officer orchestrates the arrest of the woman’s father and brother Ossip Dir John S. Robertson. Asst dir Shaw Lovett. Scen Kathryne Stuart. 0” charges of treason. In order to save Ossip, who is a Nihilist, the father

Cam Roy Overbaugh. confesses to the crime, and his son is freed, after which the father is sent

Source: Based on the novel Barnabetta by Helen R. Martin (New York, to Siberia. When the Governor General learns of Borris’ infatuation with 1914) and the play Erstwhile Susan by Marian De Forest (New York, 18 the Jewish woman, he angrily tears the insignia from his son’s uniform.

Jan 1916). Borris then joins the Nihilists and after attempting to assassinate the

Cast: Constance Binney (Barnabetta Dreary), Jere Austin (David Minister of the Interior, he frees the innkeeper and with his future wife and Jordan), Alfred Hickman (Dr. Edgar Barrett), Mary Alden (Juliet Miller, in-laws, boards a ship bound for America. Exiles. Father-son relationship. known as Erstwhile Susan), Anders Randolph (Barnaby Dreary), Georges Frame-ups. Jews. Kiev (Russia). Nihilists. Nobility. Russia. Self-sacrifice. Renavent (Emanuel Dreary), Bradley Barker (Jacob Dreary), Leslie Hunt Assassination. Confession (law). Drunkenness. Innkeepers. Marriage-

(Abel Buchter). Mixed. Military officers. Rescues. Siberia. Treason.

Drama/Rural. Barnabetta Dreary’s grim life of slaving for her MPW 2 May 1914, p. 708, 734. MPW 9 May 1914, p. 795.

Pennsylvania Dutch father Barnaby and her two brothers, is surprisingly

changed when Barnaby marries Juliet Miller. Known as Erstwhile Susan, ESMERALDA F1.1181 she becomes fond of Barnabetta, and because she retains control of her Famous Players Film Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 6 Sep 1915 fortune, induces the other Drearys to relieve Barnabetta of some of her [©Famous Players Film Co.; 2 Sep 1915; LU6267]. 4-5 reels. drudgery. After Barnaby has a stroke brought on when Susan proposes Pres Daniel Frohman. Dir James Kirkwood. Cam Emmett A. Williams. sending Barnabetta to school, she goes to a prep school where the president, Source: Based on the short story “Esmeralda” by Frances Hodgson Doctor Barrett, and a trustee, State Senator Jordan, both fall for her newly Burnett in Century Magazine (May 1877) and the play Esmeralda by acquired charm, to the dismay of Jordan’s sister who loves Barrett. When —_— Frances Hodgson Burnett and William Gillette (New York, 29 Oct 1881).

the sister interferes with Barnabetta’s plan to work in the school after Cast: Mary Pickford (Esmeralda Rogers), \da Waterman (Her graduation, Barnabetta helps Jordan win his campaign for governor, and mother), Fuller Mellish (Her father), Arthur Hoops (Count de after exposing him to her family’s crude table manners, Barnabetta accepts Montessin), William Buckley (William Estabrook), Charles Waldron Jordan’s marriage proposal, while Susan succeeds in reforming Barnaby (David Hardy). and his sons. Class distinction. Drudges. Family life. Pennsylvania Dutch. Drama. When a rich vein of ore is found on the Rogers’ property, the Prep schools. Stepmothers. Elections. Governors. Jealousy. Physicians. —_ gyerly ambitious mother sees her chance to enter high society, while her

Strokes. Trustees. husband and their daughter Esmeralda want their lives to continue in their Note: The film marked Constance Binney’s first starring role. formerly pleasant manner. After Esmeralda’s sweetheart, David Hardy,

ETR 15 Nov 1919, p. 2058. Var 12 Dec 1919, p. 45. convinces her mother not to sell the land but to lease it, their profits

pw 3 ne re is ie Wid's 7 Dec 1919, p. 5. multiply, and they move to the city. David, realizing that he must make something of himself to satisfy Esmeralda’s mother, also goes there. After Esmeralda refuses the many fortune-seekers whom her mother wants her

THE E SCAPE , , , F1.1179 to marry, her mother tells her that David has died. Numb with grief, Majestic Motion Picture Co. Dist Mutual Film Corp. | Jun 1914. 7 reels. Esmeralda agrees to marry Count de Montessin to gratify her mother’s

Dir David W. Griffith. Cam G. W. Bitzer. wishes. When David reads the wedding announcement, he rushes to Source: Based on the play The Escape by Paul Armstrong (New York, Esmeralda, who swoons upon seeing him outside the church. News arrives

20 Sep 1913). , “ ” . that the Rogers’ ore has run out, and a rich vein has been found on David’s

Cast: Donald Crisp (“Bull McGee), F. A. Turner (Jim Joyce), Robert property. When he offers to care for Esmeralda’s parents, her mother Harron (Larry Joyce), Blanche Sweet (May Joyce), Mae Marsh consents to their marriage. Mineral rights. Mother-daughter relationship. (Jennie Joyce), Owen Moore (Dr. Von Eiden), Ralph Lewis (The nouveaux riches. Social climbers. Duplicity. Fortune hunters. MarriageSenator), “Tammany” Young (McGee's henchman), Fay Tincher (An Forced. Weddings.

adventuress), Walter Long. , Motog _25 Sep 1915, pp. 635-36. MPW _18 Sep 1915, p. 2010, 2076. Drama. After a prologue illustrating the careful reproductive process of MPN 11 Sep 1915, p. 44. NYDM 15 Sep 1915, p. 32. microbes and farm animals, as opposed to the random selection of humans, MPN 18 Sep 1915, p. 88. Var 17 Sep 1915, p. 25.

the effects of unwise selection are depicted by the Joyce family, whose

brutal father Jim turns his gentle dreamer son Larry into a deceitful sadist THE ESSANAY-CHAPLIN REVUE OF 1916 F1.1182 who delightedly wrings a kitten’s neck. While treating Larry for venereal Essanay Film Mfg. Co. Dist General Film Co. 21 Oct 1916 [©Essanay disease, Dr. Von Eiden advises Larry’s sister May to leave home. She does, Film Mfg. Co.; 4 Oct 1916; LP9254]. 5 reels. but unable to find work, she becomes the mistress of a wealthy man whom Cast: Charlie Chaplin (The tramp), Edna Purviance (The farmer's

she refuses to marry. Jennie, May’s consumptive sister, marries Bull daughter/Her sister), Ben Turpin (The property man), Leo White. McGee, May’s loutish former suitor. Jennie gives birth to a sickly child, Comedy. A tramp rescues a farmer’s daughter from a band of hoboes, who is crushed to death by McGee when he trips over the baby’s crib in and out of gratitude, the farmer gives him a job. He soon falls in love with a drunken state. Jennie becomes deranged and replaces the child with a the woman he saved, but because she already has a sweetheart, the tramp _ doll, thus disgusting McGee who sells her to a gang of pimps. Jennie is jeayes the farm and goes to the city, where the farmer’s other daughter rescued from a life of prostitution, but dies shortly thereafter in May’s _ ives. The tramp finds work as an actor at a movie studio and, after putting arms. Larry has an operation that restores his gentle nature, and in the end, the company hopelessly behind schedule by ruining every scene in which having left her wealthy lover, May accepts Von Eiden’s proposal of he appears, he decides to splurge and spends his wages on a night on the

marriage. Eugenics. Family life. Personality changes. Disease. town. Tired from stopping in every café and saloon in sight, the tramp Infanticide. Insanity. Mistresses. Physicians. Proposals. White-slave drunkenly wanders into the wrong room to spend the night and then

traffic. realizes that he has found the home of the farmer’s other daughter. He Note: According to contemporary sources, Thomas E. O’Brien was a production —_—_climbs into bed with her, but his sleep as well as his dreams of romance are

assistant for this film. Additional credits from modern sources list James Smith and disturbed when the woman’s jealous husband throws him out. Actors and

Rose Richtel as film editors. This film was released late in 1914 to the state rights ; ; ; . market by Western Import Co. According to the 21 Oct 1916 MPSD, Samuel De actresses. Farmers. Motion pictures. Sisters. ; Tramps. Cafés.

Vall, who worked in films as a technical director and on construction, worked on the Drunkenness. Hoboes. Jealousy. Motion picture studios. Saloons. film. According to the NYT, Dr. Daniel Carson Goodman ‘“‘put together’ the Note: The Essanay-Chaplin Revue of 1916 was made up of three two-reelers that prologue. The exact nature of Goodman’s work is unclear from this reference. Chaplin made for Essanay in 1915: The Tramp, His New Job and A Night Out. The

Motog 22 Aug 1914, p. 270. NYDM 10 Jun 1914, p. 42. films were edited to make a five-reeler and intertitles were added to create a MPN 24 Oct 1914, p. 69. NYT 2 Jun 1914, p. 11. continuous narrative. Modern sources give Chaplin director, scenario and story credit MPW 13 Jun 1914, p. 1515. Var 5 Jun 1914, p. 19. for all three films, and Ernest Van Pelt is listed as the assistant director for A Night 244

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE ETERNAL MAGDALENE Out and The Tramp. Roland H. Totheroh is credited as the cinematographer for His increasingly consumptive, but when Mary asks James for some money for New Job, while he and Harry Ensign were the cinematographers for the other two Jane’ treatment, he refuses. Hearing of the trouble, Ernest offers money films. Other cast members listed in modern sources are Charlotte Mineau, Charles - ae , Insley, Frank J. Coleman, Gloria Swanson, Agnes Ayars, Bud Jamison, Fred to Mary, but only if she too agrees to be his mistress. Enraged, Mary forces Goodwins, Lloyd Bacon, Paddy McGuire, Ernest Van Pelt and Billy Armstrong. Jesse him at gunpoint, to marry Amy. Then Owen, knocked unconscious in an

t revue as € : lim was also calle e apiin evue O ‘ ; : ; it;

J Robbins is credited as the producer oan three fis. Me po eeses nt the na accident, calls out for Mary. James begs her to see Owen, but before 1916. MPN cautioned exhibitors that audiences may not “care for five reels of agreeing to go, Mary makes him promise to improve sweatshop conditions.

Chaplin in one dose.” F inally, Owen recovers and he and Mary plan their marriage. Meanwhile,

Motog 28 Oct 1916, p. 990. MPN 18 Nov 1916, p. 3122. marriage has turned Ernest into a devoted husband, and James keeps his MPN 21 Oct 1916, p. 2555. MPW 4 Nov 1916, p. 687. word about shop conditions. Mistresses. Moral reformation. Playboys. Sisters. Social reformers. Accidents. Marriage-Forced. Settlement

ESTHER OF THE PEOPLE see THE UNDERTOW workers. Sweatshops. Tuberculosis.

Motog 22 Apr 1916, p. 941. NYDM 22 Apr 1916, p. 45. MPN 22 Apr 1916, p. 2380. NYT 10 Apr 1916, p. 11.

THE ETERNAL CITY F1.1183 MPW 22 Apr 1916, p. 642, 696. Var 14 Apr 1916, p. 24. Famous Players Film Co. Dist Select Film Booking Agency, Inc. 12 Apr NYDM 15 Apr 1916, p. 25. Wid's 13 Apr 1916, p. 509.

1915. 8 reels.

Pres Daniel Frohman. Dir Edwin S. Porter and Hugh Ford. THE ETERNAL LIGHT F1.1185

Source: Based on the novel The Eternal City by Sir Thomas Henry Hall Catholic Art Association, Inc. May 1919? [OCatholic Art Association, Caine (London, 1901) and his play of the same name (London, 2 Oct Inc.; 19 Feb 1919; LP13412]. 8 reels.

1902). Ed Otto E. Goebel and Conde B. Pallen. Cast: Pauline Frederick (Donna Roma), Thomas Holding (David Rossi, Drama /Historical. This dramatization of the life of Christ illustrates

also known as David Leone), Kittens Reickert (Little Roma), Arthur = many events described in the New Testament of the Bible. The Oppenheim (Little David), George Stillwell (Leone), Della Bella (His announcement of Christ’s birth by the angel Gabriel to Mary, a young wife), Frank Losee (Baron Bonelli), Fuller Mellish (Pope Pius X1), Jiquel _ virgin of Nazareth, her betrothal and marriage to Joseph, a carpenter, and Lanoe (Charles Minghelli), George Majeroni (Dr. Roselli), John Clulow _ the subsequent birth of the baby Jesus encompass the first part of the story. (Bruno Rocco), Amelia Rose (Elena Rocco), Freddie Verdi (Joseph _ Events from Christ’s adult life, his preaching, and his subsequent death by

Rocco), Lottie Alter (Princess Bellini), Lawrence Grant (English crucifixion are also shown, after which Jesus ascends to heaven following Ambassador), Macy Harlan, Walter Craven (Members of Embassy), F. instructions to his disciplines to spread his teachings. Crucifixion. Gabriel, Gaillard (The baker), Mary Lander (The baker's wife), Robert Vivian Archangel. Jesus Christ. Joseph, Saint. Nazareth. Mary, Blessed Virgin,

(Father Pifferi), Herbert Huber (Padrone), William Lloyd (Felice), J. Saint.

Albert Hall (Prosecuting attorney). Note: This film was shown in May 1919 at a temple in Boston. It was barred from Drama. After the wife of Leone, a Papal guardsman, drowns herself, presentation on Sunday nights by the State Police Chief because of the acts of violence mistakenly thinking that he has deserted her, their baby David is reared included. No other mention of the film’s release has been located.

by nuns. Leone then enters a monastery and later becomes Pope Pius XI. MPW 31 May 1919, p. 1316. Meanwhile, David is brought to London and made to beg and steal by a

padrone, until he is saved by the Italian political refugee, Dr. Roselli, who ETERNAL LOVE F1.1186 rears him with his daughter Donna Roma. Years later, after the Italian Universal Film Mfg. Co.; A Butterfly Picture. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Prime Minister Baron Bonelli has confiscated Roselli’s estate and taken Co. 7 May 1917 [©Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 20 Apr 1917; LP10607]. Donna Roma for his mistress, David, now a socialist leader, denounces 5 reels. Bonelli and his mistress before a crowd. Embarrassed and angered, Donna Dir Douglas Gerrard. Scen E. M. Ingleton. Story E. M. Ingleton.

Roma plans to break David’s heart, but when they learn they were Cam Jack McKenzie.

childhood playmates, they fall in love and marry. David escapes Bonelli’s Cast: Douglas Gerrard (Paul Dachette), George Gebhart (Cou Cou), plot to kill him, but when he thinks that Donna Roma has deceived him, Edward Clark (Francois Gautier), Dan Duffy (M. Blanc), Ruth Clifford he kills Bonelli. After Donna Roma accepts the blame, David, discovering (Mignon), Miss Marvin (Madame Blanc), Myrtle Reeves (Mimi). that the pope is his father, persuades him to pardon her. /taly. Parentage. Drama. Traveling from the Latin Quarter of Paris to Brittany to seek Political corruption. Political reftugees. Prime ministers. Socialists. Foster inspiration for his painting, artist Paul Dachette finds it in the person of fathers. Guards. London. Mistresses. Murder. Nobility. Pardons (legal). Mignon, an orphan who consents to pose for him. They fall in love, and

Pius XI, Pope. Self-sacrifice. Thieves. when he leaves with his portrait completed, Paul gives her a ring and

location in England and Maly snd ‘included many scenes of Rome's most Tamous promises that he will always be true to her. Back in the Latin Quarter, Paul edifices. The costumes of the Noble Guard of the Roman Pontiff and the Swiss and forgets Mignon and becomes enmeshed in the wild life that he had left Municipal Guards were reproduced for the film. Shown privately in New York on 27 behind. One day, Mignon reads a report of Paul’s injury in an accident and, Dec 1914, the film was not released until 1915. It had its first public showing in New lacking the necessary funds to travel, walks all the way to Paris, collapsing York on 12 Apr 1915. The Select Film Booking Agency was organized by Famous _on the doortstep of M. Blanc, the baker, who gives her shelter. Seeking Paul Players Film Co. to distribute this film and others which were too long for their at his studio, Mignon finds him in the arm of models Mimi and Fifi. About

regular program. TheSeries. picture was herself re-released 15inDec 1918Mignon in five reels as by partFrancois of ps . .Gautier, ..... Paramount’s Success to cast in theon river despair, is saved

Motog _16 Jan 1915, p. 112. MPW 28 Dec 1918, p. 1552. the famous painter, who takes her home and treats her as a daughter. Upon

MPN 9 Jan 1915, p. 45. NYDM 6 Jan 1915, p. 26. Gautier’s death, Mignon becomes a wealthy heiress and Paul, learning of MPW 9 Jan 1915, p. 194, 199. NYT 13 Apr 1915, p. 11. her good fortune, goes to the Gautier mansion begging to see her. Mignon MPW 21 Dec 1918, p. 1388. Var I Jan 1915, p. 29. renounces their love and Paul despondently wanders through a blinding rainstorm. The next morning Paul is found near death. Paul’s friends send

THE ETERNAL COLUMBINE see HER BODY IN BOND for Mignon and at his bedside, she forgives him and agrees to marry him. Artists. Infidelity. Inheritance. Orphans. Paris. Wards and guardians.

THE ETERNAL GRIND F1.1184 Attempted suicide. French. Portraits.

Famous Players Film Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 17 Apr ETR 5 May 1917, p. 1547. MPW 12 May 1917, p. 979, 1015. 1916 [OFamous Players Film Co.; 10 Mar 1916; LU7797].'5 reels. Motog 12 May 1917, p. 1015. Var 4 May 1917, p. 22. Pres Daniel Frohman. Dir John B. O’Brien. Scen William H. Clifford. MPN 12 May 1917, p. 3018. Wid's 3 May 1917, p. 280.

Cam Emmett Williams.

Cast: Mary Pickford (Mary), Loretta Blake (Amy), Dorothy West © THE ETERNAL MAGDALENE F1.1187 (Jane), John Bowers (Owen Wharton), Robert Cain (Ernest Wharton), J. Goldwyn Pictures Corp. Dist Goldwyn Distributing Corp. 20 Apr

Albert Hall (James Wharton). 1919 (OGoldwyn Pictures Corp.; 19 Mar 1919; LP13533]. 5 reels.

Drama. Owen and Ernest Wharton, sons of sweatshop owner James Pres Samuel Goldwyn. Dir Arthur Hopkins. Cam Philip Rosen. Art Wharton, become interested in two of their father’s employees. Owen, a dir Hugo Ballin.

settlement worker, falls in love with Mary, while Ernest, a full time Source: Based on the play The Eternal Magdalene by Robert H. womanizer, makes her sister Amy his mistress. Another sister, Jane, grows McLaughlin (New York, 1 Nov 1915).

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THE ETERNAL MEPHISTO AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Cast: Charles Dalton (Elijah Bradshaw), Margaret Marsh work in the tenement slums. Falling asleep after their quarrel, Laura (Elizabeth, his daughter), Charles Trowbridge (Paul, his son), Donald dreams that she becomes queen of the cult—richly adorned and ardently Gallaher (Macey, his secretary), Maud Cooling (Mrs. Bradshaw), Vernon worshipped. She comes to realize that Rhodes’s purpose is his own sensual

Steele (The preacher), Maxine Elliott (The Eternal Magdalene). gratification and decides that life is no longer worth living. Rhodes’s Allegory, Drama. Leading citizen Elijah Bradshaw calls a town meeting attempts against the life of her child cause Laura to awaken, screaming. to persuade citizens to pay $30,000 for an evangelist to lead a religious and After she awakens, Howard comforts Laura, who assures him that her only moral clean-up to drive out the town’s prostitutes. Only one person stands desires are motherhood and his love. Cults. Dreams. Mythical characters.

against Bradshaw and cites Christ’s charity to Mary Magdalene as the East Indies. Marriage. Sensualism. Slums. Social workers. Socialites. example that they should follow. When Bradshaw discovers that his Note: After the demise of United Picture Theaters, Pioneer Film Corp. acquired daughter Elizabeth is involved with his secretary Macey, he orders her out. the film and copyrighted it in 1921. The film is listed in the AFI Catalog of Feature

He then dreams of Magdalene who shows him men in bread lines given Films, 1921-30; F2.1552.

hymn books instead of food; a church where the poor cannot reach the door u , N ‘ rep ren p. 3300, MPN 17 Apr 1920, p. 3490, 3564.

latch; Elizabeth driven from a brothel and depositing her child in an pruges P

asylum; his son Paul killing Macey and then his own wife dying when Paul is arrested. Horrified, Bradshaw awakens and stops Elizabeth from leaving. THE ETERNAL PENALTY see THE WARNING

After Paul and Macey explain that Macey and Elizabeth have been

secretly married, Bradshaw cancels the evangelist’s visit and begins to THE ETERNAL QUESTION F1.1190 implement compassionate reforms. Dreams. Evangelists. Father-daughter Popular Plays and Players, Inc. Dist Metro Pictures Corp.; A Metro relationship. Mary Magdalene, Saint. Prostitutes. Small town life. Social Wonderplay. 3 Jul 1916 [OPopular Plays and Players, Inc.; 6 Jul 1916;

reform. Tolerance. Asylums. Brothels. Churches. Filial relations. LP8639]. 5 reels.

Marriage-Secret. Murder. Poverty. Secretaries. Dir Burton L. King. Asst dir M. N. Litson. Scen Wallace O. Clifton. Note: This film was made in 1917 and was scheduled to be released 16 Dec 1917. Story Aaron Hoffman. Cam Joseph Seiden.

It was viewed at this time by censors in Pennsylvania and Chicago, who expressed Cast: Olga Petrova (Bianca), Mahlon Hamilton (Ralph Courtland),

their disapproval. The film was released Easter Sunday. Arthur Hoops (Grand Duke of Serdian), Warner Oland (Pierre Felix),

Motog 00 ae i917 5. ay va 03 Are i919 ,. Edward Martindel (Allen Tait), Henry Leone (Carlo), Howard Messimer MPN 3 May 1919, p. 2899. Wid's 25 May 1919, p. 27. (King of Montenaro), Evelyn Dumo (Carlotta).

Drama. Ralph Courtland and Pierre Felix make a $25,000 bet: Pierre

THE ETERNAL MEPHISTO see THE PRICE WOMAN PAYS contends that he can turn any peasant woman into a socialite in three months, while Ralph maintains that it takes years of breeding to produce

THE ETERNAL MOTHER F1.1188 a real “lady.” They choose Bianca, an organ grinder’s assistant, as their Metro Pictures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp.; A Metro Wonderplay. test case, and, under Pierre's guidance, she becomes an overnight society

26 Nov 1917 [©Metro Pictures Corp.; 20 Nov 1917; LP11730]. 5 reels. sensation. Ralph soon falls in love with Bianca, while Pierre keeps Dir Frank Reicher. Asst dir John J. Dunn. Scen Mary Murillo. Cam __ badgering him to pay off on the wager. As a result, Ralph appears to be

George Webber. financially ruined, until Bianca reveals that she is actually the daughter of Source: Based on the novel Red Horse Hill by Sidney McCall (pseud. the King of Montenaro, and had run away and disguised herself to avoid

of Mary McNeil Fenollosa) (Boston, 1909). a marriage to the Grand Duke Serdian. Now Pierre has lost the bet, and, Cast: Ethel Barrymore (Maris), Frank Mills (Dwight Alden), Jack W. infuriated, kidnaps Bianca and tries to take her back to the Grand Duke. Johnston (Lynch), Charles W. Sutton (Minister), Kaj Gynt (Kate), Louis Ralph rescues Bianca, however, and marries her immediately, thus ending R. Wolheim (Bucky McGhee), Maxine Elliott Hicks (Felice), J. Van the Grand Duke’s claim to her. /mpersonation and imposture. Marriage-

Cortlandt (Butler). Arranged. Nobility. Transformation. Wagers. Kidnapping. Organ grinders. Drama/Social. Maris, having married Lynch, a worthless man who — Peasants. Runaways. Socialites. deserts her, taking their daughter Felice with him, marries mill owner Note: MPN lists Harry Revier as the co-director, while Wid's calls him the Dwight Alden after receiving notification that her husband and child are technical supervisor and Var says that “Burton L. King directed the picture under the

dead. Discovering that Alden employs child labor, Maris, assisted by the eos of erry no. I58 y, 30 Jun 19 '

village minister, tries to persuade him that this is wrong, but he will tolerate MPN 13 Jul 1916, is 14 Wid's 30 Jul i916 n oe. no interference in his business. After violently denouncing Alden from the MPW 15 Jul 1916, p. 471, 536. pulpit, the minister dies and Maris becomes interested in a child who has been injured while working overtime at the mill, only to discover that the THE ETERNAL SACRIFICE see THE CRUCIAL TEST child is her daughter and her first husband is still alive. She leaves, taking Felice, and Alden, after having a fight with the first husband, discovers that

Lynch had secured a divorce. Alden seeks out Maris, tells her that he has THE ETERNAL SAPHO ; nae FLI191 abolished child labor and made other improvements affecting the welfare Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 8 May 1916 [©William Fox; 7 May

of his workers, and a reconciliation occurs. Child labor. Desertion. 1916; LP8242]. 5 reels. .

Employer-employee relations. Industrial accidents. Long-lost relatives. Dir Bertram Bracken. Scen Mary Murillo. Cam Rial Schellinger. Missing persons, assumed dead. Children. Clergy. Mill owners. Mills. Cast: Theda Bara (Laura Gubbins), James Cooley (Billy Malvern), Note: This production was filmed at the Metro studios in New York. Red Horse Walter Lewis (Mr. Malvern), Harriet Delaro (Mrs. Malvern), Einar

Hill was probably a working title. Linden (John Drummond), Mary Martin (Mrs. Drummond), Kittens

MPW 3 Nov 1917, p. 726. MPW __22 Dec 1917, p. 1845. Reichert (Their child, Peggy), George MacQuarrie (Jack MPW 15 Dec 1917, p. 1647. Wid’s 6 Dec 1917, p. 784. McCullough), Warner Oland (H. Coudal), Frank Norcross (Gubbins), Caroline Harris (Mother Gubbins).

THE ETERNAL MOTHER F1.1189 Drama. Two men fall in love with Laura Gubbins when she becomes a Tribune Productions, Inc. Dist United Picture Theatres of America, Inc. notorious overnight sensation after posing for an artist’s sculpture of 18 Apr 1920 [©Pioneer Film Corp.; 30 Mar 1921; LU16338]. 5 reels. Sapho. Although one of the men, John Drummond, has a wife, Laura is Prod A. J. Bimberg. Dir William Davis. Story John K. Holbrook. intent on ruining his marriage until she meets his daughter and decides, for Cast: Florence Reed (Laura West), Lionel Atwill, Jere Austin, Gareth her sake, to end the relationship. Then, just as her second suitor is about

Hughes, Robert Broderick. to propose, he hears rumors that Laura, who really had been only an Drama. Shortly before her marriage to Howard Hollister, socialite Laura innocent bystander, was responsible for the murder of his father, and so he

West meets Stephen Rhodes, who introduces her to the cult of the East ends his affair with her. Laura then returns to the artist, who had always Indian goddess Gaia—the personification of Nature, the Eternal Mother. loved her, but she finds that he committed suicide when he believed that Though Laura is fascinated, she shies away from Rhodes’s efforts to he had lost her. Feeling that she has ruined her own life and the lives of initiate her and make her his earthly personification of Gaia. Laura and several others, Laura goes insane and dies in the artist’s studio, with her Howard marry, and they spend happy newlywed days, but Laura’s body slowly dissolving into the statue of Sapho. Guilt. Infidelity. Insanity. continued interest in Gaia and frequent daydreams of herself leading the Models. Sculpture. Artists. Children. False accusations. Murder. Sappho cult upset Howard, who angrily urges Laura to return to reality and her of Lesbos. Suicide. Transmutation.

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 EVANGELINE Note: The working title of this was 4 Modern Sapho. Although the name is usually THE ETERNAL UNION OF THE SEAS F1.1194 spelled Sappho, credits for this film consistently spell it Sapho. Panama Canal Commission. Dist Latin-American Republics Film Corp.

Motog 20 May 1916, p. 1165. NYT 8 May 1916, p. 7. 1920? 10 reels. NOM 0 May i916 . o Wid's Ni May iote is PoeI MM, > Pp. ast: iriam CooperBenton, (Evangeline), AlbertAlben Roscoe (Gabriel),

MPW 15 Dec 1917.5 1684 Var 14 Dee 1917 a8, Spottiswoode Aitken (Benedict Bellefontaine), James Marcus (Basil), MPW 22 Dec 1917, p. 1803. Wid’s 13 Dec 1917, p. 793. Paul Weigel (Father Felician). 247

THE EVANGELIST AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Drama/Historical. A father reads to his daughter and her fiancé who Dir Burton George. Asst dir Eugene Lowry. Scen Lois Zellner. Cam Dal have been quarreling, Longfellow’s poem “Evangeline”: In 1775, in the Clawson. village of Grand-Pre in the valley of Arcadia, a wedding ceremony attended Source: Based on the novel Eve in Exile by Cosmo Hamilton (publication

by all the happy villagers, between Evangeline, the daughter of the undetermined) and his play of the same title (production undetermined). wealthiest farmer in the region, and Gabriel, the son of a blacksmith, is Cast: Charlotte Walker (Eve Ricardo), Thomas Santschi (John stopped by British soldiers who exile the French Arcadians. Gabriel and Sheen), Wheeler Oakman (Paul Armitage), Melbourne MacDowell Evangeline are torn apart and put on separate boats heading south. (George Armitage), Violet Palmer (Mrs. Nina Carey), Martha Mattox Gabriel’s boat takes him to the lowlands of Louisiana where he and his (Elizabeth Kekewich), George Periolat (Jim Ricardo), Harvey Clark father prosper, but he refuses other women, longing for Evangeline. For (Easter Monday), L. C. Shumway (Dr. Courtland), Perry Banks years she searches for Gabriel, also refusing others, and once they almost (Simon Bean). meet. When they are very old, Gabriel, dying of pestilence, comes to the Drama. Society girl Eva Ricardo is sent to a seaside New England village almshouse where Evangeline is a nurse and dies in her arms. The modern- __ to live with her maiden aunt by her father who has lost all his money in day lovers, moved by the tale, forgive each other. Engagements. Exiles. speculation. There she falls in love with author Paul Armitage after being Fidelity. French Arcadians. Louisiana. Poetry. Reunions. United States~ _ attracted to, and then repulsed by, the violent John Sheen. Sheen and his History-Revolutionary War, 1776-1783. Village life. Weddings. English. jealous sister, Mrs. Nina Carey, whose husband is in India and who loves Father-daughter relationship. Nurses. Plague. Poorhouses. Soldiers. Paul, discredit Eve in Paul’s eyes and succeed in breaking up the romance. Note: Some scenes were filmed at a ranch near Silver Lake, CA. The film was During a party, Sheen trails Eve and Paul’s brother George to an old house endorsed by the American Longfellow Society. Publicity indicates that close to 1,000 said to be haunted and fights with George. After Paul enters and is hit by people were usedas in the im.reels. The copyright entry the and some of the reviewsversions give the Sheen’s bullet meant for George, Sheen kills. himself, Nina confesses her s length five Among other screen of Longfellow’s poem are :.

the 1913 ‘Canadian feature directed by E. P. Sullivan and William Cavanaugh, and treachery, and Paul, recovered, is reunited with Eve. New England. the 1929 Fox film starring Dolores Del Rio and directed by Edwin Carewe (see AFI Slander. Socialites. Village life. Aunts. Authors. Fights. Gunshot wounds.

Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.1557). Jealousy. Parties. Suicide. ETR 23 Aug 1919, p. 991. NYT 20 Aug 1919, p. 12. ETR 13 Dec 1919, p. 173. MPW 13 Dec 1919, p. 854. MPN 23 Aug 1919, p. 1697. Var 15 Aug 1919, p. 71. HR 26 Nov 1919. NYMT 7 Dec 1919. MPW 23 Aug 1919, p. 1177. Var 22 Aug 1919, p. 77. MPN 20 Dec 1919, p. 4529. Wid's 14 Dec 1919, p. 21. NYMT 17 Aug 1919. Wid's 24 Aug 1919, p. 3.

EVEN AS EVE F1.1200

THE EVANGELIST F 1.1198 A. H. Fischer Features, Inc.; Robert W. Chambers Series. Dist First Lubin Mfg. Co.; Lubin Special Feature; Lubin Unit Program. Dist — National Exhibitors Circuit. 15 Jan 1920 [©Associated First National General Film Co. Feb 1915? [O©Lubin Mfg. Co.; 17 Jan 1916; LP7438]. Pictures, Inc.; 20 Jan 1920; LP17445]. 6 reels.

4 reels. Pres B. A. Rolfe. Supv B. A. Rolfe. Dir B. A. Rolfe and Chester De Dir Barry O’Neil. Scen Clay M. Greene. Vonde. Scen Charles A. Logue. Cam A. A. Cadwell and A. Fried.

Source: Based on the play The Evangelist by Henry Arthur Jones (New Source: Based on the novel The Shining Band by Robert W. Chambers

York, 30 Sep 1907). (London, 1901). Cast: Gladys Hanson (Christabel Nuneham), Walter Law (Sir James Cast: Grace Darling (Eileen O’Hara), Ramsaye Wallace (Dr. Nuneham), Ferdinand Tidmarsh (Philip Nuneham), George Soule Lansing), E. J. Ratcliffe (Peyster Sproul), Sally Crute (Agatha Spencer (Sylvanus Rebbings), Jack Standing (Rex Allen), George Clarke Sproul), Marc MacDermott (O’Hara), Gustav von Seyffertitz (Amasa (The Bishop of Trentistown), Peter Lang (The Rev. Joseph Cushway), Munn), John Goldsworthy (De Witt Coursey), John L. Shine (Colonel

Arthur Matthews (Deacon Shergold), Bartley McCullum (Ben Hyssop), Robert Paton Gibbs (Major Brent). Possiter), Richard Wangemann (Hassell), Eleanor Dunn (Jone Drama. Eileen O’Hara lives as a member of a cult in a remote retreat Nuneham), Rosetta Brice (Phoebe Ransford), Ruth Bryan (Naomi in the Adirondacks with her father, an embittered man since his wife’s Rebbings), Frankie Mann, Florence Hackett, Charles Brant, W. H. infidelity years earlier. One day Peter Sproul, the man responsible for her

Turner. transgression, appears, and as president of the Sagamore Club, attempts

Drama. Christabel Nuneham, whose husband Philip, a hydraulic power to buy O’Hara’s land for a summer resort. O’Hara recognizes him and a plant contractor, neglects her for his work, accepts the attentions of young | quarrel ensues, which results in the old man’s death. Sproul then secures officer Rex Allen. When Allen’s regiment is suddenly called to India, he — an illegitimate hold on the land by bribing Amasa Munn, the dishonest persuades Christabel to accompany him secretly to Southampton to bid leader of the cult, with a small sum of money while pocketing the balance him farewell. She stays with him overnight, and the next day she is involved of the purchase funds. Upon receiving orders to produce the deed, Sproul in an automobile accident. The celebrated evangelist Sylvanus Rebbings attempts to steal the document from Eileen. His plan is thwarted, however, rescues the injured Christabel. Rebbings, who has the largest congregation | by Dr. Lansing, a young man who has fallen in love with Eileen. When in the country, and his daughter Naomi are loved by the townsfolk but Sproul’s fraudulence is discovered, he is dishonorably dismissed from the hated by the clergy because of Rebbings’ radical views of religion and club. Eileen retains her land and marries Lansing. Adirondack Mountains. hypocrisy. After Phoebe Ransford, a poor shopgirl, is seduced and Clubs. Cults. Land rights. Treachery. Bribery. Disillusionment. Infidelity. abandoned by factory foreman Stout, Rebbings prevents her suicide and Physicians. Theft. later rebukes Christabel for not receiving Phoebe into her home. When Note: The working titles for this film were The Shining Band and The Amazing Allen returns, Christabel meets him to end their affair, but Philip catches “overs. Lae beieiaaeel steer hel Rochelle NY Sone scones were “hot in the them together and threatens to divorce her. After he locks their small Adirondack Mountains in New York, and at an estate on Long Island.

daughter lone away, she and Christabel communicate with flashing ETR 31 Jan 1920, p. 901. MPW 6 Mar 1920, p. 1681. electric lights. Soon Rebbings convinces Philip to reconcile with Christabel MPN 31 Jan 1920, p. 1317.

for lone’s sake. Evangelists. Infidelity. Marriage. Military officers.

Neglected wives. Attempted suicide. Automobile accidents. Contractors. EVEN AS YOU ANDI F1.1201 Desertion. England. Factory foremen. Hypocrisy. Mother-daughter Universal Film Mfg. Co.; A Lois Weber Production. Dist State Rights:

relationship. Religion. Seduction. Saleswomen. Lois Weber State Rights Department. Apr 1917 [©Universal Film Mfg.

eature and was reviewed In Mar an r . Une review Sal al il was Six reels . ‘ . hi

° Note: This film first appeared on release charts for Feb 1915 as a Lubin Special Co., Inc.; 27 Mar 1917; LP10700]. 5-7 reels. and was to be the first release of the newly formed V-L-S-E, but this was mistaken. Dir Lois Weber. Scen Maude Grange: Story Willis Woods. Cam Al

The film was subsequently released on 24 Jan 1916 in four reels as part of a Lubin Siegler. . ; .

Unit Program. The actor listed as Charles Brant probably was Charles Brandt. Cast: Ben Wilson (Carrillo), Mignon Anderson (Selma), Bertram

MPN 30 Jan 1915, p. 38. MPW 15 Jan 1916, p. 472. Grassby (An artist), Priscilla Dean (His wife), Harry Carter

MPN 24 Apr 1915, p. 67. MPW 22 Jan 1916, p. 621. (Saturniska), Maud George (Cleo), Hayward Mack (Jacques), Earle MPW 27 Mar 1915, p. 1914e. NYDM 22 Jan 1916, p. 26. Page (Stray), E. N. Wallock (Wisdom), Seymour Hastings (Experience), W. Mitchell (Loyalty).

EVE IN EXILE F1.1199 Allegory. Carillo and his wife Selma are devoted to each other. As a American Film Co. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc. Dec 1919 [©American sculptor, Carillo has achieved the qualities of honor and love until the devil

Film Co., Inc.; 26 Nov 1919; LP14468]. 7 reels, 6,800 ft. seeks to overturn these acomplishments by sending his imps Lust, Drink 248

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 EVERYBODY’S GIRL and Self Pity to the artist’s home. Carillo succumbs to lust and sells his and was stolen from the king and queen as a baby. Carl accepts the crown,

honor to the Devil. When he loses love, he finally crumbles until Loyalty rescues Gretchen, and makes her his queen. False accusations. regenerates him when Selma carves Repentance under the shadow of the Foundlings. Heirs. Marriage-Forced by circumstances. Missing persons. cross. This causes Satan to recoil, and the couple start a new life without Parentage. Royalty. Abduction. Holland. Mortgages. Shrews. Wards and Youth and Honor, but enriched by Wisdom and Experience. Devil. Fidelity. guardians.

Love. Lust. Moral reformation. Regeneration. Sculptors. Note: The tentative title of the film appearing on the scenario included in the Note: Wid’s credits Lorraine Huling with the role of “Selma.” Willis Woods was Copyright descriptions was A Romance of Olenberg. Although some sources,

the pseudonym of F. McGrew Willis and Walter Woods. including this scenario, state that the source was a book by Clifford Howard, no ETR 14 Apr 1917, p. 1322. NYDM 14 Apr 1917, p. 26. confirming evidence for this has been located.

MPN 21 Apr 1917, p. 2520. Var 6 Apr 1917, p. 22. MPW 8 Sep 1917, p. 1581. Var 7 Sep 1917, p. 34. MPW 21 Apr 1917, ad following p. Wid's 5 Apr 1917, p. 214. MPW 15 Sep 1917, p. 1704. Wid's 13 Sep 1917, p. 583.

: EVERY MOTHER’S SON F1.1205 reels. Dir Raoul Walsh. Story Raoul Walsh. Dir Lambert Hillyer. Scen Lambert Hillyer. Cast: Charlotte Walker (An American mother), Percy Standing (An 370.

AN EVEN BREAK F 1.1202 Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp.; Fox Big Timely Pictures. 1 Dec Triangle Film Corp. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 5 Aug 1917. 5 1918 [OWilliam Fox; 15 Dec 1918; LP13200]. 5 reels.

Cast: Olive Thomas (Claire Curtis), Charles Gunn (Jimmie Strang), American father), Edwin Stanley (Eldest son), Ray Howard (Second Margaret Thompson (Mary), Darrel Foss (Ralph Harding), Charles K. son), Gareth Hughes (Third son), Corone Paynter (A daughter of French (David Harding), J. Frank Burke (Luther Collins), Louis France), Bernard Thornton (Lieutenant Von Sterbling).

Durnham (Canning). War drama/World War I. When the United States enters World War

Comedy-drama. Claire Curtis, Jimmie Strang and Mary have spent their I, a mother sends her two eldest sons off to the battlefields with a smile, childhood together in the country. Upon reaching adulthood, Claire goes although her heart is breaking. She soon learns that the eldest is missing to New York and becomes a success on stage. Jimmie, who has always and the second son is wounded, however, and resolves to keep her youngest dreamed of becoming an inventor, goes to New York to sell the machine at home. The boy, due to the influence of pacifist literature, willingly he invented and there he renews his acquaintance with Claire. Soon their accompanies his mother on a secret journey to their seaside home, but the old friendship ripens into love. Meanwhile, back in the country, Ralph and father, ashamed that his son is a “slacker,” discovers their whereabouts. David Harding, who are making Jimmie’s machine, plan to steal the rights The three are in the midst of a heated argument when the pitiful survivors to it. Back in New York, Mary appears and informs Claire that she loves of a ship destroyed offshore by a German U-boat come to the house seeking Jimmie, and the actress resolves to give her a chance to win him. When it refuge. The mother and son realize the importance of the cause and the son appears that the Harding’s scheme to steal Jimmie’s machine will succeed, enlists. At Christmas, all three sons come home, the eldest accompanied however, Mary’s ardor turns cold. Claire and Jimmie then rush back tothe by his new French bride. Family life. Motherhood. Pacifism and pacitists. country in time to avert the takeover and save his firm from bankruptcy. Slackers. Soldiers. World War |. Castaways. Christmas. French. Germany.

Conspiracy. Friendship. Inventors. Love. Rivalry. Theft. Actors and Navy. Military enlistment. Missing persons. Newlyweds. Shipwrecks.

actresses. Inventions. New York City. Submarines. War injuries.

ETR 4 Aug 1917, p. 713. NYDM 4 Aug 1917, p. 19. Note: This film was originally entitled Eighteen to Forty-Five. MPN credits

Motog 25 Aug 1917, p. 424. Var 27 Jul 1917, p. 27. Anthony Paul Kelly with the scenario for Eighteen to Forty-Five. According to a news MPN 18 Aug 1917, p. 1117, 1151. Wid’s 9 Aug 1917, p. 513. item, William Fox originally intended to show the film as a special road attraction,

MPW 18 Aug 1917, p. 1083. but the influenza epidemic interfered with his plan.

ETR 30 Nov 1918, p. 2025. MPN 4 Jan 1919, p. 150.

EVEN UNTO DEATH FU1203 ere 28 Dev 1918, p34. Wid’s —$ Jan 1919, pp. 21-22. Albuquerque Film Co. Dist Warner’s Features, Inc. Nov 1914. 3-4 reels.

Sas Dot FarleyJack (Dorothea EVERY A TEAR see EACH PEARL A TEAR rama. Clergyman LivingstonGordon). saves Dorothea GordonPEARL from drowning in a whirlpool, after which the two fall in love. Walter, Dorothea’s autocratic brother and Jack’s enemy, is opposed to their EVERY TOWN see THE WHITE TERROR relationship, and when gossips tell him that Jack has been seen leaving

Dorothea’s bedroom, he attacks the clergyman. Jack accidentally kills EVERYBODY’S BUSINESS F1.1206

Walter in their struggle and seeks refuge on a deserted island after burying Charles Richman Co. Dist State Rights; W. H. Productions Co. Dec Walter’s body at sea. When the body is discovered, Jack becomes a =: 1919? [OW. H. Productions Co.; 23 May 1919; LU13746]. 6-7 reels.

fugitive, but he returns when he learns that Dorothea is dying. After her Dir J. Searle Dawley. Scen J. Searle Dawley. Film ed Elmer J. death, Jack carries her body into the sea and drowns. Accidental ceath. McGovern. Clergy. Drowning. Fugitives. Gossip. Suicide. Brother-sister relationship. Cast: Charles Richman, Alice Calhoun.

Corpses. Islands. Whirlpools Drama /Social. Bolshevism. Patriotism.

Note: Reviews alternately list this film at three and four reels. Although her name Note: This film was previewed at the offices of W. H. Productions Co. in Jul 1919, was not specifically mentioned in the credits for this film as the scenarist, Dot Farley but no evidence has been located indicating that it was exhibited publicly before Dec wrote all of the films that she made for the Albuquerque Film Co., according to news 1919. Little information has been located concerning the film’s plot. The film’s

arnt Pad'why America won the respect ofall the world, the danger posed by Bolshevism, Motog 14 Nov 1914, p. 687. MPW 31 Oct 1914, p. 842. and the need to “run the Reds out,” as one news item put itt The film contained

melodramatic action sequences and a love story. No reviews for the film were located.

EVERY GIRL’S DREAM F1.1204 The film was recommended by the National Security League, Inc., and an American Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 27 Aug 1917 [©William Fox; 26 Legion chapter in Detroit acquired the distribution rights in Michigan. According to

Aug 1917; LP11313]. 6 reels. an official of the W. H. Productions Co., all the governors in the United States, all Dir H Millarde. Scen Adrian Johnson. Story Clifford Howard. the mayors of the principal Cities, and every senator and representative in Congress ip Tharry Nilllarde rian y or a heartily endorsed the film. H. C. Witwer wrote a novelization of the film’s story that

Cam David Wills. was to appear in Sunday supplements to newspapers throughout the country. Louis Cast: June Caprice (Gretchen), Kittens Reichert (Jane Cummings), Weslyn was hired to write a song to tie-in with the film’s release.

Harry Hilliard (Car/), Margaret Fielding (Hulda), Marcia Harris MPN 21 Jun 1919, p. 4191. MPW 4 Oct 1919, p. 45.

(Frau Van Lorn), Dan Mason (Mynheer De Haas). MPN 16 Aug 1919, p. 1433. MPW 3 Jan 1920, p. 140. _ Drama. In the little Dutch village of Olenberg, Gretchen, a foundling, MPN 13 Ser 1919, P. 2260, Pw 3 Mar 1920 P 1819. is raised by the shrewish Frau Van Lorn. Gretchen’s only joy is her love MPN 20 Sep 1919, p. 2418. MPW 10 Apr 1920, p. 245. for Carl, the foundling son of impoverished parents. A series of calamities MPW 9 Aug 1919, p. 831. befall poor Gretchen when an old man, Mynheer Van Haas, offers to pay

off Frau Van Lorn’s mortgage in return for his marriage to Gretchen. EVERYBODY’S GIRL F1.1207

Subsequently, Gretchen is falsely accused of theft and jailed. While Vitagraph Co. of America; A Blue Ribbon Feature. Dist Greater mourning the loss of his sweetheart, Carl is taken away to the Palace of Vitagraph, Inc. 21 Oct 1918 [OVitagraph Co. of America; 21 Sep 1918; Olenberg where it is discovered that he is actually the heir to the throne, LP12913]. 5 reels.

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EVERYBODY’S SWEETHEART AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Pres Albert E. Smith. Dir Tom Terriss. Scen A. Van Buren Powell. agrees, but when they reach the farm, they are locked in a room by a lunatic

Cam Robert A. Stuart. and forced to remain there overnight. When they finally escape the next Source: Based on the short story “Brick Dust Row” by O. Henry (pseud. day, the two are hard-pressed to explain to their respective mates where of William Sydney Porter) in The Trimmed Lamp, and Other Stories of __ they have spent the night, until a doctor comes along and explains that the

the Four Million (New York, 1906). lunatic was his patient and that he will pay damages for their Cast: Alice Joyce (Florence), May Hopkins (Ella), Walter McGrail inconvenience. With this satisfactory explanation, the couples are

(Blinker), Percy Standing (Bill), W. T. Carleton (Oldport), Victor reconciled, and the damages Bill collects save his company. Debt. Lunatics.

proprietor). companies. Physicians.

Stewart (Blinker’s servant), Bernard Siegel (Millinery shop Oil magnates. Reputation. Chickens. Farms. Neighbors. Newlyweds. Oil Comedy-drama. Florence shares a flat with her friend Ella in Brick Dust Note: This is the first Lyons & Moran feature-length film. They earlier were known

Row, a lower-class neighborhood in New York City. Because the for making one and two reel comedies. It was reviewed by ETR under the erroneous millionaire who owns the building rents out the parlors for business __ title Everything But Lies.

purposes, the girls are forced to meet their men friends in the park. On an hen 0 Ma 1990, P ie Ne if r 1 May tooo pp. 1106-07.

outing to Coney Island with her friend, Florence meets the wealthy Blinker MPN 5 Jun 1920, pp. 4649-51. Wid's 16 May 1920, p. 7. and the two fall in love. Blinker, on the verge of proposing to Florence, asks

her several questions about her past and is horrified to learn that she meets EVERYWOMAN F1.1210 men the park. Things look grim forDist Florence until Players-Lasky her fast friend Bill F.; A , , in . amous Players-Lasky Corp. Famous Corp.; convinces Blinker that her character is sound. Blinker, realizing that[©Famous he, p , ; ; ; aramount-Artcraft Super Special. Dec 1919 Players-Lasky in fact, owns Florence’s tenement, restores the parlors to the residents and

marries Florence. Landlords. Millionaires. New York City. New York City- Corp.; 29 Oct 1919; LP14383]. 7 reels, 6,854 ft.

Coney Island Pa ©arks. k Pres Scen JesseWill L. Lasky. Dir Cam George Melford. Asst dir Hopkins. W. N. Sherer. Island. M. Ritchey. PaulH. Perry. Art titles Willie Titles ETR 19 Oct 1918, p. 1647. NYDM 16 Nov 1918, p. 735. ;

ETR 26 Oct 1918, p. 1769. Var 18 Oct 1918, p. 39. and inserts photog Loren Taylor.

MPN 26 Oct 1918, p. 2706. Wid's 17 Nov 1918, pp. 13-14. Source: Based on the play Everywoman by Walter Browne (New York,

MPW 2 Nov 1918, p. 623. 27 Feb 1911). Cast: Theodore Roberts (Wealth), Violet Heming (Everywoman), Clara

EVERYBODY’S SWEETHEART F 1.1208 Horton (Youth), Wanda Hawley (Beauty), Margaret Loomis Selznick Pictures Corp. Dist Select Pictures Corp. 4 Oct 1920 (Modesty), Mildred Reardon (Conscience), Edythe Chapman (Truth),

[©Selznick Pictures Corp.; 7 Oct 1920; LP15643]. 5 reels. Bebe Daniels (Vice), Monte Blue (Love), Irving Cummings (Passion), Pres Lewis J. Selznick. Dir Laurence Trimble. Scen John Lynch. James Neill (Nobody), Raymond Hatton (Flattery), Lucien Littlefield Story John Lynch. Cam Robert Newhardt. Ed Duncan Mansfield. (Lord Witness), Noah Beery (Bluff), Jay Dwiggins (Stuff), Tully Cast: Olive Thomas (Mary), William Collier, Jr. (John), Joseph Marshall (Puff), Robert Brower (Age), Charles Ogle (Time), Fred Dowling (General Phillip Bingham), Aileen Manning (Mrs. Willing), Huntley (Dissipation), Clarence Geldart (Auctioneer). Martha Mattox (Miss Blodgett), Hal Wilson (Corporal), Bob Hick Allegory. A girl auctioning a kiss at a charity bazaar is offered a chance

(Mr. Willing). to become an actress by two stage managers. After getting advice from Drama. When the benign headmistress of the county poor farm is three girlfriends, she awakens the next morning as Everywoman. Her

discharged and replaced with a tyrant, John and Mary, two orphans who friends have become Modesty, Youth, and Beauty, and the stage managers have lived there since infancy, decide to run away. Accompanied by a have become Bluff and Stuff. She turns down a proposal from a struggling feeble old corporal from the farm, they are forced to seek refuge at the physician after Flattery convinces her to go on the Stage of Life and seek home of General Phillip Bingham when the old soldier becomes ill. After Love. When she mistakes Passion, an actor, for Love, Modesty leaves her, the corporal’s death, the general promises to care for the two waifs. Mary but she rejects Passion when she discovers that he wants her only when becomes his protégée, and John his gardener. Friction develops between the Beauty and Youth are present. Passion has Dissipation steal Beauty, two newcomers and Willing and his wife Jessica, a couple living with the whereupon Bluff and Stuff desert Everywoman. After losing Youth to general who hope to inherit his wealth, until one day the general notices Time, Everywoman tries to sell herself to Wealth, a millionaire, but he a close resemblance between a portrait of his deceased son and John. It is spurns her. With Nobody as her only friend, she follows Truth home where discovered then that John is actually the general’s grandson. Thus she discovers the son of Truth, the physician, is the Love she seeks. Modesty legitimized, John weds Mary, and the general is pleased with his newly returns soon followed by Beauty. Ambition. Friendship. Love. Mythical

acquired family. Military officers. Orphans. Parentage. Poorhouses. characters. Youth. Actors and actresses. Charity workers. Dissipation.

Gardeners. Greed. Soldiers. Wards and guardians. Flattery. Kisses. Millionaires. Mistaken identity. Physicians. Proposals. Note: This was the last picture Olive Thomas made before her death. The title Stage managers. Everybody's Sweetheart was also used as the working title of an earlier Selznick film Note: Willie Hopkins constructed sculptures that were photographed in the

starring Elsie Janis and released as A Regular Girl (see below). subtitles. The film was exhibited for the first time at the Grand Theatre in Columbus,

try Teo 1 p. che ene wa, Spies

MPN 16 Oct 1920: p. 3075, Wid's 24 Oct 1920: . 4, oeeR th bee 1910 p16?

MPW 27 Dec 1919, p. 1190.

REGULAR GIRL EVERYWOMAN’S HUSBAND F1.1211

EVERYBODY’S SWEETHEART (Selznick Pictures Corp., 1919) see A

Triangle Film Corp. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 7 Jul 1918. 5 reels,

EVERYTHING BUT THE TRUTH F1.1209 4,234 ft.

Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co. 31 May 1920 Dir Gilbert P. Hamilton. Scen Charles J. Wilson, Jr. Story John Clymer [©Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 21 May 1920; LP15152]. 5 reels, 4,775 | and G. Logue. Cam Tom Buckingham.

ft. Cast: Gloria Swanson (Edith Emerson), Joe King (Frank Emerson), Dir Eddie Lyons and Lee Moran. Scen Philip Hurn. Cam Alfred Gosden. —_Lillian Langdon (Mrs. Rhodes), George Pearce (Jonathan Rhodes), Source: Based on the short story “Everything But the Truth” by Edgar Lillian West (Delia Marshall), Jack Livingston (Reginald Dunston), Walt

Franklin (pseud. of Edgar Franklin Stearns) in Argosy (5 Sep-27 Sep: Whitman, Ed Brady.

1919). Drama. Against her own instincts, Edith Emerson, newly married to

Cast: Eddie Lyons (Billy Hervey), Lee Moran (Jack Elton), Katherine businessman Frank Emerson, follows her mother’s advice and treats her Lewis (Helen Gray), Anne Cornwall (Annabelle Elton), Nelson McDowell husband severely, laying down a strict set of rules to which he must adhere.

(Doctor), Willis Marks (Bookkeeper), Elizabeth Witt (Aunt). Frank becomes infatuated with fashionable model Delia Marshall, who Comedy-drama. Although the Hervey oil company is nearly bankrupt, lavishes on him all the attentions that he is denied at home. After her owner Bill Hervey is unconcerned because he is about to be married to father, Jonathan Rhodes, dies, Edith discovers that he had kept a mistress Helen Gray and can think of nothing else. One day, while visiting his newly for years: her mother’s marriage, despite her claims to the contrary, had

purchased home in the suburbs, he meets his neighbor, newlywed been a dismal failure. Although Delia refuses Edith’s earnest request that Annabelle Eaton, who asks Bill for a ride to a nearby chicken farm. Bill she give up Frank, the young wife ultimately wins her husband back by 250

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE EVIL WOMEN DO showering him with affection and creating a loving and comfortable home. EVIDENCE (Triangle Film Corp.) see THE ARGUMENT

Infidelity. Marriage. Mother-daughter relationship. Newlyweds.

Businessmen. Infatuation. Mistresses. Models. THE EVIL EYE : F1.1214 PN x i ole p. ae 452 . YDM 0 i ite P. se Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 4 Jan MPW 70 jul 1918, is 454. Wid's 7 jul 1918, e. > 1917 [©Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co.; 27 Dec 1916; LP9837]. 5 reels.

Dir George Melford. Asst dir Claude Mitchell. Scen George D. Proctor. Story Hector Turnbull. Cam Percy Hilburn.

Cast: Blanche Sweet (Dr. Katherine Torrance), Tom Forman

EVE’S DAUGHTER ; F1.1212 (Leonard Sheldon), Webster Campbell (Frank King), J. Parks Jones

Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; (Clifford Torrance), Walter Long (Mexican Joe), Ruth King (Rosa),

Paramount Pictures. 4 Mar 1918 [©Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; 23 Feb William Dale (Michael).

1918; LP12097], 5 reels. Drama. When an epidemic of diptheria breaks out among the peasants,

Dir James Kirkwood. Asst dir H. Cameron Smith. Scen Margaret mine owner Leonard Sheldon sends for a physician, and Dr. Katherine

Turnbull. Cam Lawrence E. Williams. , Torrance answers the call, accompanied by her weak-willed brother Source: Based on the play Eve's Daughter by Alicia Ramsey (New York, Clifford. In examining the throat of her patients, Katherine uses a small

11 Oct 191 7). electric light, and as the epidemic spreads, the superstitious natives ascribe Cast: Billie Burke (/rene Simpson-Bates), Thomas Meighan (John the jight as the cause believing it to be ‘‘an evil eye.” Under the seriousness

Norton), Lionel Atwill (Courtenay Urquhart), William Riley Hatch of their duties, Clifford braces up and becomes a great assistance to his (Martin Simpson-Bates), Florence Flynn (Victoria Vanning), Harriet sister. Meanwhile, the friendship of Katherine and Leonard grows into Ross (Mrs. Simpson-Bates), Lucille Carney (Edith Simpson-Bates), ove, but Leonard believes that Katherine is in love with his assistant Frank Mary Navaro (Kate Simpson-Bates), Henry Lee (Rev. James King. As sentiment against Katherine grows, and she is threatened by the

Sunningdale). ; , parents of a baby who died while under her care, she plans to leave until,

Comedy-drama. A iter the death of her father Martin, a ty rannical at Clifford’s urgings, Leonard takes her in his arms and proposes. millionaire, the rebellious Irene Simpson-Bates decides to have a fling with Diptheria. Epidemics. Physicians. Superstition. _ Brother-sister

her . relatively meager inheritance of $1 5,000. Leaving her rather relationship. Mine owners. Regeneration. straitlaced sweetheart, John Norton, behind, Irene goes to New York, Note: One item in the Paramount studio records states that Thomas Meighan, not where she falls under the spell of the unscrupulous Courtenay Urquhart. Tom Forman, played the character of Leonard Sheldon. Other items in the studio Although he has no intention of actually marrying Irene, Urquhart records and all contemporary reviews, however, credit Forman and not Meighan. The persuades her to elope with him and signs them into a hotel as man and studio records list the original title of the story and the working title of the film as wife. John, determined to save the woman he loves, tricks Urquhart into | 4 Woman's Victory, which is the title that appears on an existing print.

believing that his British uncle has just left him a large inheritance. The ETR 20 Jan 1917, p. 492. MPW 20 Jan 1917, pp. 419-20.

ne’er-do-well immediately sails for England, and Irene, her eyes opened None 0 na Oly . og Wie r ne Ory ° aC, and her reputation as yet unsullied, returns to John. Cads. English. o_o o_ Inheritance. Elopement. Hotels. Millionaires. New York City. Note: The play ‘riginally opened in Washington, D.C. at the Belasco Theatre in THE EVIL MEN DO see THE WEAKNESS OF STRENGTH Jun 1917. A pre-release news item also lists among the cast Ivy Shannon, Clarence

Doyle, Jimmie Gorman, Larry Williams, and Julia Mann. Some sources credit Harry THE EVIL THEREOF F1.1215

Lee with the role of Rev. Sunningdale. yDM » Mar 1918. v.18 Famous Players Film Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 5 Jun 1916

ar Be ar 710) P. U8. {©Famous Players Film Co.; 1 Jun 1916; LU8394]. 5 reels. MPW 16 Mar 1918, p. 1555. Cast: Frank Losee (The broker), Crauford Kent (The barber), Grace MPW 9 Mar 1918.5: 1414 Wid's 21 Mar 1918, 5 1015. Dir Robert G. Vignola. Scen Channing Pollock and Rennold Wolf.

Valentine (The manicurist), Henry Hallam (Her father), George Le Guere (The boy).

EVIDENCE F1.1213 Drama. A wealthy, amoral broker seduces a manicurist and makes her F. Ray Comstock Film Corp.; A Shubert Feature. Dist World Film Corp. iS mistress, taking her away from her fiancé, a young barber. Soon, the

0 Sep 1915 [OWorld Film Corp.: 9 Dec 1915; LU9693]. 5 reels. manicurist comes to detest the broker, but she has no choice except to stay

Dir Edwin August. Scen Edwin , August. , with him, as respectable society considers her a “fallen woman.” Then, at

(New York, 7 Oct 1914). eye Loan _ , . etpe ruined her life, the manicurist takes her dinner knife and stabs the broker

Source: Based on the plav Evide by J du Rocher Macph a dinner party, the broker, in full detail, tells his assembled guests the story

: Play EVIGONCe OY SCAT OO NOC ET MAP NCTSON of how he brought the manicurist up from nothing and gave her everything Cast: Lillian Tucker (Lady Una Wimbourne), Edwin August (Curley she had. Now completely humiliated and thinking only of how she has Lushington), Haidee Wright (Duchess of Gillingham), Florence Hackett to death. Brokers. Manicurists. Manslaughter. Mistresses. Reputation

(Mrs. Ebengham), Richard Buhler (Lord Cyril Wimbourne), Richard Barbers an d barbersho S Parties Sedu sion ep

Temple (Captain Pollock), Lionel Pape (Bertie Stavely), Maurice Stewart Moto 17 Jun 1916 oa NYDM 10 Jun 1916. p. 30

(Abington “Bing” Wimbourne). MPN. 17 Jun 1916. p. 3767, Var 9 Jun 1916 p23 Drama/Historical. A drunken Captain Pollock attempts to seduce Lady MPW 17 Jun 1916, p. 2057. Una at a reception celebrating the birth of her son Abington. Innocent but

caught in a compromising position, Lady Una is chastized by her husband, THE EVIL WOMEN DO F1.1216 Lord Cyril. Curley Lushington, a family friend and devotee of Lady Una, Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. 25 Sep 1916 tries to reconcile the two men by soliciting an apology from Pollock, but [©Bluebird Photoplays, Inc: 2 Sep 16; LP9042]. 5 reels. Cyril forcefully rejects the captain. Furious at the spurn, Pollock plots to Dir Rupert Julian. Scen E. J. Clawson. Cam Stephen Rounds. implicate Lady Una further by deviously luring her to an inn where she Source: Based on the novel La Clique dorée by Emile Gaboriau (Paris, believes her husband lays injured. Once more Lord Cyril discovers them 1871). in an apparent embrace and demands a separation, taking Abington with Cast: Elsie Jane Wilson (Ernestine Bergot/Sarah Brandon), Francelia

him. Five years later, hearing news of Pollock’s impending death, Curley Billington (Henriette Ville Handry), Rupert Julian (Count Ville procures a confession exonerating Lady Una and schemes to reunite her Handry), Hobart Henley (Daniel Champcey), C. N. Hammond (Sir with Lord Cyril. The plan goes awry and Lady Una kidnaps Abington, but Thomas Elgin), Douglas Gerrard (Justin Chavessat), Tom Lockhart thanks to the continued efforts of both their son and Curley, the couple is (Chrochard), Sydney Dean (Malgat/Papa Ravinet). happily reunited. Lust. Marriage. Nobility. Pride. Revenge. Children. Drama. Paris vamp Ernestine Bergot, posing as wealthy Englishwoman

Confession. Drunkenness. Inns. Military officers. Platonic love. Sarah Brandon, goes to work on aging Count Ville Handry after first

Separation. Traps. warming up on Malgat, a banker whom she ruined. Ernestine convinces the Note: This film was shot at the Kinemacolor studios in Flushing, NY. count to marry her despite his daughter’s strenuous objections and then

Lene - A ole is ne NY DM i “oP re A ae 2252. gains complete control of his fortune. Her steady milking of his funds

MPN 11 Sep 1915, p. 4, 72. NYDM 22 Sep 1915, p. 33. makes the count decide to kill himself, but just as he is about to do it, MPN 25 Sep 1915, p. 6, 121. Var 10 Sep 1915, p. 21.: Malgat, who has managed to catch up with Ernestine, exposes her to the 251

THE EVOLUTION OF MAN AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG authorities. Then, instead of the count, it is Ernestine who commits suicide Comedy. When Toodles Walden, the manager of his father-in-law, J. D. rather than submit to arrest. impersonation and imposture. Nobility. Paris. Ward’s Darco automobile plant, is lured into entering yet another auto

Suicide. Vamps. Bankers. Extravagance. Father-daughter relationship. race, he is arrested, and J. D. sells his three Darco racing cars in

Note: The film was originally called The Clique of Gold. exasperation. Darco’s competitor, the Fargo Motor Company, secretly MPN 29 Jul 1916, p. 607. MPW 30 Sep 1916, p. 2170. buys two of the cars, and Toodles purchases the last one, naming it the

MPN 2 Sen i916 P 1eS1. Mids i Sep i918 P O15. Cyclone. The Fargo interests, believing that the Cyclone contains the

MPW 23 Sep 1916, p. 1960. revolutionary new Darco motor, plan to sabotage the car in a wreck. When

J. D. learns of this and Toodles is summoned to San Francisco on behalf of his sick baby, the old man enters the contest with his new Darco car, and

THE EVOLUTION OF MAN F1.1217 the two relatives, working in tandem, win the race. Automobile

Dist State Rights; Aywon Film Corp. Oct 1920. 6 reels. manufacturers. Automobile racing. Automobiles. Fathers-in-law.

Pres Nathan Hirsh. Business competition. Imprisonment. Infants. Sabotage. San Francisco.

Cast: The Man-Ape Jack. Note: This film is a sequel to The Roaring Road, another “Toodles Walden” film

Adventure, Mystery. The film purports to prove Darwin’s theory of made in 1919 (see below). The working title of the film was The Bear Trap. Some evolution by presenting the man-ape Jack in a mystery/adventure story, scenes were shot in San Francisco. Wallace Reid’s son made his film debut in this

and contains a scene depicting a fight on top of a tower. [No other picture.

information about the plot has been located.] Apemen. Charles Darwin. wie ase 1919 te. New x ver 1920, . x08, Evolution. MPN 13 Dec 1919, p. 4266. Var 26 Mar 1920, p. 51. Note: Nothing is known about “The Man-Ape Jack,” who played the leading role MPN 3 Apr 1920, p. 3163. Wid's 28 Mar 1920, p. 5. in this film, other than information given in an ad that states, “This wonderful man-

ape acts with dramatic ability throughout theconcerning six reels without helpproduction. of a EXILE F1.1220 trainer.” Norare information has been located the the film’s ;.° MPN 21 Aug 1920, p. 1465. MPN 2 Oct 1920, p. 2626, 2708. Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. Sep MPN 25 Sep 1920, p. 2451. MPN 6 Nov 1920, p. 3551. 1917 [©Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co.; 27 Aug 1917; LP11301]. 5 reels. Dir Maurice Tourneur. Scen Charles Whittaker. Cam John van den

Broek. Lighting Ben Carré. Settings designed by Ben Carré.

EXCUSE ME F1.1218 Source: Based on the novel Exile, an Out Post of Empire by Dolf Henry W. Savage, Inc. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc.; Gold Rooster Plays. Wyllarde (London and New York, 1916).

31 Dec 1915 [OHenry W. Savage, Inc.; 11 Dec 1915; LP7404. ©Pathé Cast: Madame Olga Petrova (Claudia Perez), Wyndham Standing

Fréres; 8 Feb 1916; LP7589]. 5 reels. (Vincento Perez), Mahlon Hamilton (Richmond Harvey), Warren Cook

Dir Henry W. Savage. (The Governor of Exile), Charles Martin (Manuel D’Alfrache), Violet

Source: Based on the play Excuse Me by Rupert Hughes (New York, Reed (His wife).

13 Feb 1911). Drama. Vincento Perez, the governor of the Portuguese colony of Exile,

Cast: George F. Marion (Porter), Geraldine O’Brien (Marjorie is an unscrupulous and brutal man who is hated by the natives. Furthering Newton), Vivian Blackburn (Mrs. Jim Wellington), Robert Fischer his meglomaniacal schemes, Perez tries to force silk dealers out of business, (Jim Wellington), Harrison Ford (Lt. Harry Mallory), J. B. Hollis. and reveals his plans to government engineer Richmond Harvey ina letter Comedy. Before leaving for an unexpected assignment in Manila, appealing for the American’s help. The engineer threatens to expose the Lieutenant Mallory convinces Marjorie, his fiancée, to elope, but on the _ plot and Perez, facing ruin and death, sends his wife Claudia to Harvey to way to the minister’s, his car breaks down, and the couple is forced to catch offer herself in exchange for the letter. In Harvey’s bungalow, Claudia the Overland train still unwed. Also on board the train are Mrs. Jim —_ confesses her love for the American who, refusing to take advantage of the

Wellington, who is headed for Reno to secure a divorce, and Jim situation, offers her the letter. She returns to her husband, only to meet Wellington, her adoring but confused husband, who, unaware of his wife’s with humiliation. After much abuse, the natives finally rebel against the presence, is undertaking the same mission. While a former girlfriend of governor who is lynched by the mob. Claudia is rescued by Harvey and the

Mallory’s tries to make trouble for Marjorie with an incriminating two face a happy future together. Engineers. Portuguese. Territorial necklace, and a disillusioned minister from Ypsilanti tries to escape from governors. Tyranny. Letters. Lynching. Merchants. Mobs. Revolts. Selfhis parish duties, the dedicated train porter tries to maintain order among sacrifice. Silk. his passengers. During a fortuitous train holdup, the bothersome necklace Note: According to an interview with Clarence Brown, he was the assistant director

is stolen, and later the minister gives in to his profession and marries the and editor on this film, which was shot in Florida.

young couple. After an accidental meeting, the Wellingtons agree to a MPN 6 Oct 1917, p. 2345, 2389. NYDM 29 Sep 1917, p. 19.

truce, and at the end of the line, the porter is well rewarded for his troubles. MPW 6 Oct 1917, p. 71. Var 21 Sep 1917, p. 71. Clergy. Elopement. Marriage. Porters. Trains. Disillusionment. Frame-ups. MPW 13 Oct 1917, p. 298. Wid's 22 Nov 1917, p. 754. Jewelry. Military officers. Train robberies. Note: William E. Burlock and Henry W. Savage are listed in the copyright entries ©§=.THE EXPERIMENT see THE GREAT PROBLEM as authors. This usage of “author” did not necessarily mean that they wrote the film’s story. Often studio heads are listed as “authors” in the copyright entry. George F.

Marion portrayed the porter in blackface. Metro-Goldwyn Pictures produced 2 film EXPERIMENTAL MARRIAGE . F1.1221

- jn 1925 based on the same source with the same title. It was directed by Alf Goulding Select Pictures Corp. Dist Select Pictures Corp. 10 Mar 1919 [©Select and starred Norma Shearer and Conrad Nagel. (See AF/ Catalog of Feature Films, Pictures Corp.; 17 Mar 1919; LP13542]. 5 reels.

1921-30; F2.1580.) Pres Lewis J. Selznick. Dir Robert G. Vignola. Scen Alice Eyton. Motog 15 Jan 1916, p. 138. MPW 8 Jan 1916, p. 253. Cam Frank E. Garbutt. Musical accompaniment selected by Filmusic

MPN 15 Jan11916, NYDMp. 8 Jan 1916, p. 30. Studios. 27 Jan 1917, p. 31. _ MPW Janp. 255. 1916, 138. NYDM Source: Based on the play Saturday to Monday by William J. Hurlbut (New York, 1 Oct 1917).

EXCUSE MY DUST F1.1219 Cast: Constance Talmadge (Suzanne Ercoll), Warrison Ford Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; (Foxcroft Grey), Walter Hiers (Charlie Hamilton), Vera Sisson (Dot Paramount-Artcraft Pictures. 21 Mar 1920 [©Famous Players-Lasky Harrington), Edythe Chapman (Mrs. Ercoll), Raymond W. Hatton

Corp.; 19 Jan 1920; LP14681]. 5 reels, 4,330 ft. (Arthur Barnard), Maym Kelso (Mrs. Entwhistle), Jim Gordon Dir Sam Wood. Asst dir Robert Lee. Scen Will M. Ritchey. Cam Alfred (Callahan).

Gilks. Comedy. Because he does not want to lose feminist Suzanne Ercoll, Source: Based on the short story “The Bear Trap” by Byron Morgan in lawyer Foxcroft Grey unhappily accepts her proposal that they marry but

The Saturday Evening Post (26 Jul 1919). live together only from Saturday until Monday, leaving each free to live Cast: Wallace Reid (“Toodles’’ Walden), Theodore Roberts (J. D. as he pleases the rest of the week, no questions asked. On their first Monday

Ward), Tully Marshall (President Mutchler), Ann Little (Dorothy morning together, after Suzanne leaves Foxcroft’s apartment, Foxcroft Walden), Guy Oliver (Darby), Otto Brower (Henderson), James Gordon helps his upstairs neighbor Charlie Hamilton, who after an all-night party

(Griggs), Walter Long (Ritz), Jack Herbert (Oldham), Fred Huntley dared Dot Harrington to stay and cook breakfast, to get Dot out of the

(Police magistrate), Wallace Reid, Jr. building without being seen. Suzanne returns shortly after and sees Dot 252

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 EXTRAVAGANCE coming out of Foxcroft’s bedroom. When Foxcroft says nothing, Suzanne accompanies them until Billie discovers him and makes him take them to tries to make him jealous by arranging for him to find her in a playwright’s his home, where she holds him prisoner. To Shaver’s dismay, Billie and bungalow, but Foxcroft sees through her scheme and remains unmoved. Smythe fall in love. After they escape a police raid, Smythe convinces Billie After a feminist delegation presents Suzanne with an award, Foxcroft finds to send the jewels back and marry him. Although she has her doubts when

her in tears wanting to end the arrangement, and they begin to live she learns that Smythe is really the international crook “English Harry,” conventionally. Feminism. Jealousy. Marriage. Awards. Lawyers. after he fights Shaver and locks him and Wood in their retreat with the

Neighbors. Parties. Playwrights. stolen jewels, Billie and Harry make their final escape vowing to go

Note: The film’s title was changed from Saturday to Monday because exhibitors straight. Criminals—Rehabilitation. Impersonation and imposture. thought that title might confuse patrons into thinking that it would be showing only Thieves. Chauffeurs. Detectives. Engagements. Escapes. Fights.

from Saturday to Monday. Jealousy. Jewelry. Parties. Police raids.

ETR 29 Mar 1919, p. 1291. Var 28 Mar 1919, p. 92. Note: The title of this film was changed from Raggedy Ann. Production began 5

pW : apr re P- ae Wid's 30 Mar 1919, p. 16. Jan 1919. Exteriors for the film were shot near Big Bear, CA. MPN 19 Apr 1919, p. 2529. Var 4 Apr 1919, p. 67.

Pr VP tee Camera 12 Jan 1919, p. 9. Var 14 Feb 1919, p. 54.

THE EXPLORER F1.1222 MPW 12 Apr 1919, p. 279. Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co., Inc. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 27 Sep 1915 [OJesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co., Inc.; 3 Sep 1915; LU6272].

5Dirreels. EXTRA! EXTRA! see POWERS THAT PREY George Melford. Asst dir Claude H. Mitchell. Scen William C. de Mille. Cam Percy Hilburn.

Source: Based on the novel The Explorer by William Somerset Maugham (London, 1909). ee RAG ANCE d Pl I st M Pj C pps Cast: Lou-Tellegen (Alec McKenzie), Tom Forman (George Opurar bays an ayers, Inc. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 6 Nov Allerton), Dorothy Davenport (Lucy Allerton), James Neill (Dr 1916 [(OPopular Plays and Players, Inc.; 4 Nov 1916; LP9455). 5 reels.

A damson) Horace B. Carpenter (MclInnery) , Dir Burton L. King. Scen Wallace C. Clifton. Story Aaron Hoffman. Adventure. Sent to Africa on a secret government mission, the British carn ane pariater. a Petrova (Norma Russell), H. Cooper Cliffe explorer Alec McKenzie is persuaded by Lucy Allerton, his fiancée, to take (Courtland Russell) Mahlon Hamilton (Franklin Hall) Atthay Hoops along her brother George, who, because of his reckless drinking, has been (Howard Dundore) 7 W. Hartman (Horace Scott) Edward Martindel

fired from his job. Accompanied by George, Dr. Adamson and MclInnery, (Robert Mackay) Tom Cameron (Butler) , a former suitor of Lucy, Alec treks into the wilds of Africa and negotiates Drama. An unscrupulous banker Howard Dundore. and a wellsettlements with the local tribes. Before the treaties are made official, intentioned businessman. Franklin Hall both want to ‘marry Norma however, George attacks a native girl and kills her lover. The tribesmen Russell. She chooses Franklin, and for revenge, Howard takes him into the

. , Lp . ; ranklin 1s sentenced to prison, but to prove his innocence, Norma gets the He’ees aka eeeom th ut of Horace and thenofwrt sreemlyasbse onashsHorace, stay. She an EMS rings Howard to the premiere her¢ movie, well who now save himself. Unable to endure the injustice in silence, Dr. Adamson finally has e nnesia. The ovents of the film jog his memory, however, and he tells Lucy the truth. Africa. Brother-sister relationship. Explorers. _ pyblicly denounces Howard in the theater. Howard exits quickly but is ne ones Self Rove ifice. eroen rane amen Moral reformation. killed in a train wreck while trying to leave town. Franklin is released and,

urder. nape. hevenge. oleges. lreatles. i ridal ile. after returning to Norma, discovers that his South American rubber

Note: The film marked the screen debut of stage actor Lou-Tellegen. Pre-release plantation has netted him a fortune. Frame-ups. Motion pictures. Motion publicity lists Cecil B. DeMille as director and Ernest Joy as a cast member. The . ; ; _. : Lasky ranch in the San Fernando Valley was transformed to recreate an African picture Scriptwr iters. Revenge. Rivalr y ° Amnesia. Bank clerks. Bankers. village for the film. Businessmen. Imprisonment. Motion picture theaters. Train wrecks.

Motog 9 Oct 1915, p. 768. MPN 25 Sep 1915, p. 1, 110. Motog 18 Nov 1916, p. 1148. Var 10 Nov 1916, p. 29. MPN 17 Jul 1915, p. 106. MPN 2 Oct 1915, p. 80. MPW 25 Nov 1916, p. 1179, 1225. Wid's 16 Nov 1916, p. 1102. MPN 14 Aug 1915, pp. 61-62, 70. NYDM 29 Sep 1915, p. 28. NYDM 11 Nov 1916, p. 28. MPN 21 Aug 1915, p. 65. Var 24 Sep 1915, p. 21.

, EXTRAVAGANCE F1.1226

MPN 11 Sep 1915, p. 65.

a Cente ° mest pers 5 reel F1.1223 Thomas H. Ince Productions. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.;

- LP13414]. 5 reels.

Drama? Panama-Pa nitio Inter ationa I x position Paramount Pictures. 16 Mar 1919 [©Thos. H. Ince Corp.; 13 Feb 1919;

Note: The only information located concerning this film, which presumably was set Vi . : :

at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, held in San Francisco in 1915, was s Sup \ i omas ‘ Ince. Red soe Schertzinger. Scen R. Cecil Smith. in trade paper ads taken out by the Peerless Film Exchange, which had offices in tory John Lynch. Cam John Stumar.

Chicago Moines. Cast: Dorothy Dalton png (Helen deca war th nudesand andDes suey repentant Gare yoUMLEES bineDouglas), an ha car,Charles Horace Clary Set ay(Alan Franklin's ks Motog 16 Oct 1915, p. 825. MPW 16 Oct 1915, p. 498. Douglas), J. Barney Sherry (Hartley Crance), Donald MacDonald (William Windom), Philo McCullough (Billy Braden).

THE EXOUISITE THIEF F1.1224 Drama. Extravagant-living Helen Douglas and her wealthy husband, nneaaes Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co. 28 Apr 1919 broker Alan Douglas, live beyond their means. Alan’s friend, Billy Braden,

[©Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 4 Apr 1919: LP13573]. 6 reels. tries to convince them to join him in leaving New York for the more Pres R. H. Cochrane. Dir Tod Browning Asst dir Fred Tyler and K.C peaceful West, but they refuse. After Helen quarrels with Alan because he

Stewart. Scen Harvey Gates. Cam Alfred Gosden Props E. Dyer — will not buy her a $30,000 pearl necklace, she goes to her room. When a Source: Based on the short story “Raggedy Ann” by Ch arl es W Tyler policeman comes to arrest Alan for embezzlement of funds to provide for

in Detective Stories (publication date undetermined) Helen’s extravagances, Alan kills the policeman and is sentenced to die in Cast: Priscilla Dean (Blue Jean Billie), Thurston Hall (Algernon P. the electric chair. Helen, as she pleads to the judge, awakens to discover Smythe, “English Harry”), Milton Ross ( De tective Wood), Sam DeGrasse that she has been dreaming. She rushes to Alan’s office and in the middle

(S haver Michael), Jean Calh oun (Muriel Vanderflip) , of a Wall Street panic, refuses to give him her savings to prevent his ruin. Drama/Crime. Master thief Blue Jean Billie, the unknown perpetrator He denounces her in public, but at home she offers all her money for them

of many sensational jewel heists, robs the guests at the exclusive party to leave the city and lead a decent life elsewhere. He accepts this and marking the engagement of Muriel Vanderflip to Algernon P. Smythe, embraces her. Dreams. Extravagance. Lure of the country. Marriage. New Lord Chesterton. Overpowering Detective Wood, specially stationed there York City—Wall Street. Stockbrokers. Electric chair. Embezzlement.

.; . Judges. Murder. Policemen.

to stop her, Muriel escapes with her chauffeur, Shaver Michael. After ETR 12 Apr 1919. p. 1441 NYMT 30 Mar 1919 Shaver’s car overturns, Billie surprises her pursuers, and at gunpoint, MPN 12 Apr 1919, p. 9357. Var 4 Apt 1919, p. 65. makes them return, but Smythe, hiding on the side of Shaver’s car, MPW 5 Apr 1919, p. 125. 253

AN EYE FOR AN EYE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG AN EYE FOR AN EYE F1.1227 to switch bodies with Avarice. Transformed for the worse, the smithy Balboa Feature Film Co. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc. Jan 1915 [©OPatheé realizes his mistake too late and is killed. He then awakens from his

Fréres; 28 Dec 1914; LU4037]. 4 reels. nightmare, realizes that money and power are superficial values, and

Cast: Neva Gerber (Elsie), William Desmond Taylor (Dave returns to his peaceful life and the maiden in Sleepy Hollow. Envy. Dreams. Harmon), Harriet Janson (Sister), William Wolbert (Robert Duncan), Greed. Transmutation. Blacksmiths.

Nan Christy (Mrs. Duncan). Note: The film is also known as Eye of Envy. It was intended as the third in the

. . : : itie when Ar ramas took Over distribution oO e series trom uluai in Ju .

Drama. On a hunting trip, wealthy Robert Duncan stays at Elsie’s ranch. sertes or pictures entitled The Morals of Men. moush Floste ceased to use wwe series Duncan is attracted to her younger sister and convinces the girl torun away The film was originally scheduled for release on 14 May 1917 through Mutual, but and marry him. When Elsie s father learns that Duncan is already married it is unlikely that it was released at that time. Some contemporary sources list the with a child, the shock kills him. Elsie then goes to the city to tell her sister release date as 30 Jul 1917 instead of 10 Aug 1917. Contemporary reviews list the truth. The sister disappears, but is reunited with Elsie just before her Ingraham as director and Dunbar as story writer, but a pre-release news item states

death. Elsie then decides to entrap Duncan by becoming a singer in his that Wilbur and Ingraham were co-directors and that Wilbur wrote the story. favorite café. Fascinated with Elsie (who wears a mask), Duncan goes to aa eT pre-release story credits Lorimer Johnson with the film’s direction, but this

her apartment where she reveals herself to him just before the police come é ork yan 5 Ma, 917. p. 1522 MPW 14 Apr 1917. p. 297

to arrest him. Finally she goes back to the ranch and to Dave Harmon, the ETR 14 Jul 1917, S 425. MPW 18 Au 1917, if 1084. foreman who lovesPolice. her. Bigamy. Rakes. Sisters. Traps. Cafés. Disguise. ETR | | Augug i917, p. 787. 25 Aug 1917,p.p. /o!. 1269. Elopement. Ranch foremen. Ranches. Singers. Tat! P.MPw ar ug 19tl, Note An ad for this film claimed that it showed “for the first time successful night MPN 25 Aug 1917, p. 1319. Wid's 30 Aug 1917, p. 550.

photography.” Although no director was listed in reviews or ads for this film, it is

possible that William Desmond Taylor, who acted in the film, did direct it. A news THE EYE OF GOD F1.1230 ieads and cocustonally weltine bi related tat eee directing, taking his own Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. 5 Jun 1916 [©Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.; 10 May 1916; LP8259]. 5 reels.

Wit ie ne ole 5 PW 2 ne i918 b sea Dir Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley. Scen Lois Weber. Cam Stephen MPN 23 Jan 1915, p.7. NYDM _ 6 Jun 1915, p. 33. S. Norton and AI Siegler.

Cast: Tyrone Power (Olaf), Ethel Weber (Ana), Lois Weber (Renie),

EYE FOR EYE F1.1228 9 Charles Gunn (Pau!).

Nazimova Productions, Inc. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. Nov 1918 Drama. Before his execution, Olaf writes his memoirs. He tells of his life

[©Metro Pictures Corp.; 4 Dec 1918; LP13166]. 7 reels. as a struggling farmer when Renie, stranded in the village, stays one night Pres Richard A. Rowland and Maxwell Karger. Supv Maxwell Karger. 9 his home and Olaf falls in love with her. Later, two men take rooms in Dir Albert Capellani. Asst dir Henri Menessier. Scen June Mathis and __ the house, and Olaf, to get all their money, kills one of them and wounds Albert Capellani. Cam Eugene Gaudio. Art titles D. Anthony Tauszky. the other, Paul. Paul is convicted of the murder and goes to jail, while Olaf, Source: Based on the play L’Occident by Henry Kistemaeckers (Paris, guiltily feeling the “eye of God” upon him, leaves his farm and starts

4 Nov 1913). wandering. Meanwhile, Renie, who had been Paul’s fiancée, vows to find Cast: Nazimova (Hassouna), Charles Bryant (Captain de Cadiere), the real murderer. She once again meets Olaf, whom she has always Donald Gallaher (Ensign Arnauld), Sally Crute (Madame Helene de suspected, and pretends to love him. Then she accuses him of the murder Cadiere), E. L. Fernandez (Taieb), John Reinhard (Paul Lecroix), Louis and keeps on accusing him until he, worn down, finally confesses, thereby Stern (The sheik), Charles Eldridge (Tootit, the clown), Hardee Kirkland freeing Paul. Farmers. Greed. Guilt. Injustice. Murder. Confession (law).

(Rambert, circus proprietor), Miriam Battista (Hassouna’s little Executions. False arrests. Imprisonment. Memoirs. Pledges. Traps.

sister), William Cohill, William T. Carleton. Wanderers.

Drama, Hassouna, the sheik’s daughter, helps a French soldier, Captain Note: Wid’s gives Lois Weber sole directorial credit.

de Cadiere, escape from the Bedouins, and because of her betrayal is left MPN 3 Jun 1916, p. 3427. NYDM 27 May 1916, p. 34.

to die in the desert. The girl is captured by a wandering tribe and sold to PW ; nt ile 5 io Ws xe May tote is 500

Rambert, a circus proprietor who has been looking for a dancer. Cadiere _" oo

sees her at the circus and adopts her despite the protests of his wife Helene.

Hassouna, who loves Cadiere, consoles him after his wife elopes with THE EYE OF THE NIGHT . . . F1.1231

another man, but her love turns to hatred when she learns from Taieb, her mista ee Picture Corp.; Kay-Bee. Dist Triangle Film Corp. 16

former suitor, that the captain was responsible for the death of her family. mare

She plans to exact her revenge by ruining the reputation of Ensign Arnauld, Dir Walter Edwards. Scen C. Gardner Sullivan. Cam J. D. Jennings. Art

Cadiere’s beloved nephew, but learns in time that Taieb’s accusations were dir Robert Brunton. , , ,

false and that her love for Cadiere is too great to do him harm. Bedouins. Cast: William H. Thompson (David Holden), Marjory Wilson

Circuses. Dancers. French. Military officers. Revenge. Slavery. Adoption. (/@ne), Thornton Edwards (Rob Benson), J. P. Lockney (Denby), Agnes

Circus owners. False accusations. Infidelity. Nephews. Sheiks. Herring (Mrs. Denby). oo,

Note: This film was shown at a pre-release trade screening in New York on 18 Nov Drama/World War I. When her fiance Rob Benson goes off to fight at 1918. It opened in Milwaukee on 24 Nov 1918, and in New York on 22 Dec 1918. the outbreak of World War I, Jane asks David Holden, the lighthouse

ETR 23 Nov 1918, p. 1962 (ad NYDM 14 Dec 1918, p. 881. keeper, to take her and her baby in. Ignoring the disapproving townspeople,

insert), 1990-91. Var 22 Nov 1918, p. 44. David agrees, because he has been alone since his wife, with their child,

MPN 30 Nov 1918, p. 3267. Wid's 29 Dec 1918, pp. 21-22. deserted him years before. Then, one night, the English fishing village is

MPW 30 Nov 1918, p. 987, 989. bombed by German airplanes, and the lighthouse is destroyed. To save British ships, David sets fire to his own home and lets it do the work of the

THE EYE OF ENVY F1.1229 lighthouse. The first ship to come through carries wounded soldiers, one David Horsley Productions. Dist Art Dramas, Inc. 10 Aug 1917. 5 reels. of whom is Rob, who marries Jane immediately. Then, after the ceremony,

Dir Harrish Ingraham. Scen Crane Wilbur. Story J. Francis Dunbar while looking at some old photographs, Jane and David discover that they

and/or Crane Wilbur. Cam Roberto A. Turnbull. are really father and daughter. England. Fishing villages. Lighthouse Cast: Crane Wilbur (Ambition, the blacksmith), Jode Mullally — keepers. Self-sacrifice. Soldiers. World War I. Aerial bombardment. Fires. _ (Avarice), Gene Crosby (/nnocence), F. A. Thompson (Ambition’s Germans. Long-lost relatives. Photographs. Propriety. Ships.

father), Julia Jackson (Ambition’s mother), Lillian Webster (The Motog 15 Jul 1916, p. 153. Var 7 Jul 1916, p. 25.

sweetheart), Edgar Sherrod (The dream maker). MPN 15 Jul 1916, p. 278. Wid's 13 Jul 1916, p. 711. Allegory. At the crook of a road leading to Success is the little hamlet MPW 15 Jul 1916, p. 473, 532. of Sleepy Hollow where everyone sleeps as time rolls on, In Sleepy Hollow

dwells a young blacksmith who, when not happily making horseshoes, 1s THE EYES OF JULIA DEEP F1.1232 courting a village maiden. One day, the regular road is closed for repairs, American Film Co, Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc. Aug-Sep 1918? and the detour forces traffic to pass through Sleepy Hollow on the way to [©American Film Co, Inc.; 15 Sep 1918; LP12927]. 5 reels.

Success. Passing through the town is Avarice and his beautiful bride Dir Lloyd Ingraham. Scen Elizabeth Mahoney. Cam Frank Urson. Innocence who bestir the envy of the blacksmith. Following them along the Source: Based on the short story “The Eyes of Julia Deep” by Kate L. road to Success, the smithy encounters a wishing tree which enables him McLaurin (publication undetermined).

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE EYES OF THE WORLD Cast: Mary Miles Minter (Julia Deep), Alan Forrest (Terry safe gives the four a ranch in reward for thwarting the robbery, and they Hartridge), Alice Wilson (Lottie Driscoll), George Periolat (Timothy all start a new life in the West. Criminals. Criminals—Rehabilitation. Black), \da Easthope (Mrs. Turner), Eugenie Besserer (Mrs. Lowe), Carl Disillusionment. Foster fathers. Moral corruption. Blindness. Eye surgery.

Stockdale (Simon Plummet). Imprisonment. Ranches. Rewards. Safecrackers. The West. Comedy-drama. Julia Deep works at the exchange desk of Timothy Note: The film’s working title was Blindness.

Black’s department store by day, but her evenings are spent in the library ETR 13 Nov 1920, p. 2482. MPW 13 Nov 1920, p. 250.

of Terry Hartridge, a fellow resident in Mrs. Turner’s boardinghouse. MPN 13 Nov 1920, p. 3817. Var 5 Nov 1920, p. 41. Terry has never seen Julia, since he is too busy squandering his inheritance MPN 20 Nov 1920, p. 3934. Wid's 7 Nov 1920, p. 13. on easy living and showgirl Lottie Driscoll, but the two meet when Terry,

having learned that he has spent his last cent, enters the room with a gun. EYES OF THE SOUL F1.1235

Julia prevents him from shooting himself and they become fast friends. Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Black gives Terry a job, and the young man adopts a renewed and more _— Artcraft Pictures. 20 Apr 1919 [©Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; 9 Apr sober interest in life. Lottie later reappears but Terry convinces Julia that 1919; LP13583]. 5 reels. the actress means nothing to him, and the young couple pool their resources Pres Adolph Zukor. Dir Emile Chautard. Asst dir Al Lena. Scen Eve

and settle down. Attempted suicide. Boardinghouses. Heirs. Moral Unsell. Cam Jacques Bizuel. reformation. Salesclerks. Spendthrifts. Department stores. Libraries and Source: Based on the short story “The Salt of the Earth” by George

librarians. Showgirls. Weston in The Saturday Evening Post (30 Nov 1918).

Note: This film was not listed in release charts. Cast: Elsie Ferguson (Gloria Swann), J. Flanigan (Teddy Safford),

ETR 17 Aug 1918, p. 927. MPW 21 Sep 1918, p. 1780. Wyndham Standing (Larry Gibson), George Backus (Judge Malvin), G.

ETR 31 Aug 1918, p. 1107. NYDM 5 Oct 1918, p. 516. Durpee (Mgr. Moonlight), Cora Williams (Landlady), C. Charles MPN 24 Aug 1918, p. 1213, 1259. Var 9 Aug 1918, p. 33. (Valet). MmPw 17 Aug 1918, p. 1017. Wid's IT Aug 1918, pp. 25-26. Drama. In order to secure a better future, Gloria Swann, a dancer at the Palm Garden cabaret, decides to accept Judge Malvin’s offer of marriage

THE EYES OF MYSTERY ; F1.1233 despite the disparity of their ages and social stations. One day while Gloria Metro Pictures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 21 Jan 1918 [OMetro and the judge are driving in the park, their car nearly runs over Larry

Pictures Corps in Jan rad Bree 1950}. 5 ree’. J ID dapted Gibson, a soldier blinded in World War I. A remark by Gloria’s friend, b res ve his, C. Dir Tod I Keene Asst dir James J Dunne. Adapte Teddy Safford, has aroused her maternal feelings, and the sight of the

ySource: June Mathis. Cam Harry L. cepers. . +95 lonely“The soldierHouse makes herineven sympathetic. Gloria takes Based on the short story themore Mist” by Octavus areLarry : ; .,home are

oo , . and visits him daily. Larry plays banjo and writes songs about soldier life Cast: Edith Storey (Carma Carmichael), Bradley Barker (Jack ne oh sume ve oF hi warry Th a arde

Roy Cohen and John U. Giesy in People’s Magazine (10 Aug 1917). h fferine servicemen. Gloria takes Larry to the Palm Garden

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Carrington), Harry S. Northrup (Roger Carmichael), Frank Andrews where she sings Larry s song to his accompaniment. I he song 1s a success

; . ; and brings fame to the blinded soldier. Gloria marries Larry and they later Bennett (Seth Megget), Louis R. Wolheim (Brad Tilton), Anthony Byrd ave a baby, through whose eyes Larry sees again. NING Persons. VaNncers. . , Marriage. Soldiers. Songs. Cabarets. Class distinction. Judges. War (Uncle George), Pauline Dempsey (Aunt Liza). injuries (Quincy Carmichael), Kempton Greene (Steve Graham), Frank Fisher h baby. th h wh L ‘a. Blind D

deny Carma Carmichael, who lives with her uncle Quincy »'s Note: A song, “Eyes of the Soul” words by Ralph Williams and music by Fred idnapped by her renegade father Roger and taken to his ancestral Fisher, was written to promote this film. Southern home. Uncle Quincy sends young Jack Carrington to investigate ETR 3 May 1919, pp. 1593-95. MPw 25 Jan 1919, p. 520. and goes into hiding, leading the Carmichaels to believe he is dead. Carma ETR 10 May 1919, p. 1761. MPW 3 May 1919, p. 710.

is at first suspicious of Jack’s intentions but soon learns that the man who ETR 28 Jun 1919, p. 329. NYT 21 Apr 1919, p. 1 3 9 lives in the plantation with a group of thugs. Despite “Roger’s” attempts MPN 3 May 1919, p. 2897. Wid's 27 Apr 1919, p. 21.

abducted her is actually an impostor who had murdered her father and now c pe trl’. ar pr t71%s Pp. OU, 82. to take Jack’s life, the young man incites the thugs against him and they

attack the house. Uncle Quincy arrives with a posse, and after their rescue, THE EYES OF THE WORLD ; F1.1236 Carma and Jack embrace. Gangs. Impersonation and imposture. Clune Film Producing Co. Dist State Rights. 27 Jan 1917. 7-10 reels. Kidnapping. Uncles. United States-South. Attempted murder. Father- Supv Lloyd Brown. Dir Donald Crisp. Cam Enrique Vallejo and Bert L.

daughter relationship. Missing persons, assumed dead. Murder. Posses. Glennon. Art dir John K. Holden.

Renegades. Rescues. Source: Based on the novel The Eyes of the World by Harold Bell Wright Note: The working title of this film was The House in the Mist. Pre-production (Chicago, 1914).

trade articles state that Edith Storey was to play the dual role of Carma Carmichael Cast: Monroe Salisbury (Conrad La Grange, Civilization), Jack and her mother, but synopses of the finished film’s plot do not mention the latter Livingston (Aaron King, Art), Jane Novak (Sybil Andres, Nature), Jack

cnaraetcr » Feb 1918. 0.765 upw 9 Feb 1918. v. 867 McDonald (Edward Taine, Materialism), Kathleen Kirkham (Mrs. e » P. >. C P90" Taine, The Age), Edward Peil (James Rutledge, Jr., Sensuality), Lurline MPN 15 Sen 1917 P 1824 Wid's 2a fan 918 394. Lyons (Myra Willard, Symbol), Arthur Tavares (The convict), Beatrice

MPW 26 Jan 1918, p. 570. Burnham (Louise Taine), Fred Burns (Brian Oakley), Ah Wing (Yee Kee, Chinese cook), Czar, Irish Setter (Himself), William Machin (Aaron

EYES OF THE HEART F1.1234 King, Sr.), Violet Reed, Robert Dunbar, Katherine Miller, Robert Burns, Realart Pictures Corp. Dist Realart Pictures Corp. 7 Nov 1920 Mary Burns. [©Realart Pictures Corp.; 8 Oct 1920; LP15659]. 5 reels, 5,084 ft. Allegory. Aaron King, a promising young artist, is commissioned to paint Dir Paul Powell. Scen Clara Genevieve Kennedy. Cam William the portrait of Mrs. Taine, a wealthy woman of the world. King naively

Marshall. Art dir Wilfred Buckland. renders Mrs. Taine as an idealized beauty until he meets Sybil, an innocent Source: Based on the serial story “Blindness” by Dana Burnet in Ladies —_- young girl who lives next door. In the contrast between the two women,

Home Journal (Nov 1919-Mar 1920). King sees Mrs. Taine as lustful and designing and so paints a new portrait Cast: Mary Miles Minter (Laura), Edward Burns (Mike Hogan), Lucien of her. Discovering King’s portrait of Sybil, Mrs. Taine, in a jealous rage, Littlefield (Whitey), Florence Midgely (Sa/), Burton Law (Simon), John accuses the girl of improper relations with the artist. Ashamed, Sybil runs

Cook (John Dunn), Fred Turner (Dr. Dewey), William E. Parsons away to the mountains, where she is kidnapped by James Rutledge, a man

(Dennis Sullivan), Loyola O’Connor (Mrs. Sullivan). who has designs on her. King locates Rutledge’s hideout, and in the ensuing Drama/Crime. Laura, a blind girl, has been cared for since infancy by fight between the two men, Rutledge falls to his death. Meanwhile, Mrs. Mike, Whitey and Sal, three crooks who have kept her ignorant of her true Taine has discovered the unflattering portrait that King has painted and surroundings. After an operation restores her sight, Laura is disillusioned threatens to ruin both his and Sybil’s reputations. She is prevented from and embittered by the sordidness of her environment. She falls under the doing so by Conrad La Grange, a novelist who is familiar with Mrs. Taine’s evil influence of the gang’s leader, Dennis Sullivan, who teaches her the art sordid past, and thus the two young people are free to pursue their love.

of safecracking. Just as Laura is about to perform her first job, her three Artists. False accusations. Innocents. Jealousy. Portraits. Shrews. benefactors are released from jail because of insufficient evidence and rush Abduction. Authors. Falls from heights. Reputation. Slander. to the scene of the robbery to prevent Laura’s corruption. The owner of the Note: W. H. Clune, theater magnate and head of Clune Film Producing Co.,

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EYES OF YOUTH AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG opened the fim at his Clune’s Auditorium in Tos Angeles onto | Jan ma tenrignts reel THEmarket FACE ATin YOUR F1.1239 version. e film was released throughout thejot?state thisWINDOW . . ‘ aVha . version. In Jan 1918, Arrow Film Corp. acquired the rights to the film and released Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 31 Oct 1920 [©William Fox; 12

it in a seven reel version because exhibitors were not happy with long films which they Nov 1920; LPI 5924]. 7 reels. ; .

could not show twice in one night. Author Harold Bell Wright assisted in the Pres William Fox. Dir Richard Stanton. Scen Edward Sedgwick. preparation of the film, according to a news item. Clune’s studio was located in Story Max Marcin. Cam Horace G. Plimpton, Jr. Hoywood. were in San Cee canyon. yy Pirasjon. PicturesArtists Cast: Ginareleased Reilly (RuthinKravo), Earl Metcalfe (Frank Maxwell), made a some, filmscenes based onshotthe same sourceieswhich United : it starre Una Merkel and was directed by Henry King. (See AF/ Catalog of Feature Films, is ward Roseman (C omrade Kelvin), Boris Rosen thal (Ivan Koy loff) ,

1921-30; F2.1595.) alter McEwen (Hiram Maxwell), Diana Allen (‘Dot Maxwell), Alice

ETR 3 Mar 1917, p. 907. MPW 9 Feb 1918, p. 870. Reeves (Ethel Harding), Fraser Coulter (Nicholas Harding), William Motog 13 Oct 1917, p. 782. NYDM 20 Jan 1917, p. 28. Corbett (Steve Drake), Robert Cummings (Kravo), Henry Armetta MPN 13 Oct 1917, p. 2584. NYDM 19 Jan 1918, p. 21. (Danglo), Frank Farrington (District attorney).

PW 3 “P ioe p Dee, in ° i i918 is "i Drama/Social. Hiram Maxwell and Nicholas Harding, both factory MPW 27 Jan 1917, p. 593. owners, exhibit two different philosophies of management: Maxwell is

sympathetic to his employees while Harding remains blind to the needs of his workers. Maxwell’s son Frank is engaged to Harding’s daughter Ethel

but fancies Ruth Kravo, a Russian immigrant who also works at the

EYES OF YOUTH F1,1237 factory. While leaving the factory one night, Frank is stabbed in the back,

Garson Productions. Dist Equity Pictures Corp. 26 Oct 1919. 7 reels. and Ruth is arrested although her jealous labor agitator admirer Ivan Pres Harry Garson. Dir Albert Parker. Scen Albert Parker. Adapted Koyloff is the more likely suspect. Released on lack of evidence, Ruth by Charles E. Whittaker. Cam Robert Edeson. Technician John M. becomes a secret agent, spying on her fellow Russians. One day a stranger,

Voshell. Comrade Kelvin, comes to town and secretly organizes the workers, Source: Based on the play Eyes of Youth by Max Marcin and Charles preparing them to strike. The employers, fearing trouble, meet and decide

Guernon (New York, 22 Aug 1917). to cooperate with the men. Harding reneges on his promises, however, and Cast: Clara Kimball Young (Gina Ashling), Gareth Hughes (Her the next morning issues an order for longer hours and no wage increase. brother), Pauline Starke (Rita Ashling), Sam Sothern (Asa Ashling), This precipitates a revolt among the workers, and the American Legion is Edmund Lowe (Peter Judson), Ralph Lewis (Robert Goring), Milton Sills called to establish peace. Frank calms the mob with a patriotic speech, and

(A suitor), Vincent Serrano (The yogi), William Courtleigh (Paolo one of the labor leaders steps forth and offers his hand, while Frank extends Salvo), Norman Selby (Dick Brownell), Rudolfo Valentino (Clarence his other hand to Ruth. Employer-employee relations. Factories. Factory

Morgan), Edward Kimball. _ oo owners. Immigrants. Labor agitators. Mobs. Strikes. American Legion.

Fantasy, Drama. Gina Ashling’s father is in financial trouble, and Gina Bolshevists. False arrests. Knife wounds. Labor leaders. Patriotism. must decide whether to marry a wealthy man, become an opera singer, or Russians. Secret agents.

marry the man she loves. An East Indian yogi allows her to look into the Note: The copyright catalog states the length of this film is eight reels, MPW states future and see what her fate will be if she chooses a path other than the six reels and Wid’s lists 7,000 feet. Although not an obvious element in the final film, one pointed out by love. Gazing into a crystal ball, the paths of duty, a pre-production news item describes the story as a cautionary tale about runaway ambition, and wealth are all shown to lead to unhappiness. She sees herself immigration. Advertisements for the film include pictures of hooded Klansmen, and in the crystal ball as a diligent schoolteacher, as a successful opera singer °N review mentions the fact that the American Legion members were dressed . vue oy inexplicably in traditional Ku Klux Klan robes. One source credits Max Marcin, who who has bought her fame at the price of her honor, and as a millionaire’s was a well-known playwright, with writing the “drama,” but it is unclear whether this wife whose reputation is sullied so that her husband may be granted a term refers to a stage play or an original screen story. All other sources credit Marcin divorce. The visions of the three paths strengthen her decision to marry the with the “story,” and no evidence of the existence of a stage play has been found.

man she loves. Ambition. Love. Marriage-Forced by circumstances. ETR 11 Dec 1919, p. 126. MPW 11 Dec 1920, p. 768. Visions. Wealth. Crystal balls. East Indians. Father-daughter relationship. MPN 7 Aug 1920, pp. 1046-47. Wid's 14 Nov 1920, p. 19.

Finance-Personal. Millionaires. Opera — singers. Reputation. Schoolteachers. Note: Scenes for this film were shot at the docks and coastline of San Francisco.

According to news items, the production required four months of shooting and sixty- THE FACE IN THE DARK F1.1240 one sets. Publicity items state that the film cost between $250,000 and $300,000 tr Goldwyn Pictures Corp. Dist Goldwyn Distributing Corp. 21 Apr complete. In the screen credits of the film, Vincent Serrano’s character is called “a 1918 [OGoldwyn Pictures Corp.; 15 Apr 1918; LP12312]. 6 reels disciple,” although in all of the reviews, he’s referred to as “the Yogi.”’ Norman Selby, : : ” , id : a former professional boxer, was also known as “Kid McCoy.” The film was remade Dir Hobart Henley. Titles Tom Bret. Cam J. C. Bitzer. Art dir Hugo by Quality Amusement. Co. in 1920 (see below) and by Swanson Producing Corp. Ballin.

in 1927 as The Love of Sunya (see AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.3241). Source: Based on the short story “The Web” by Irvin S. Cobb The remake was distributed by United Artists, directed by Albert Parker and starred (publication undetermined).

Gloria Swanson. | Cast: Mae Marsh (Jane Ridgeway), Niles Welch (Richard Grant), Alec

ov 1919, p. 2049. NYT 1 Dec 1919, p. 9. é

rR i No 1919, p. 1941. MPW 15 Nov 1919, p. 362. B. Francis (Charles Ridgeway), Harry C. Myers (Jim Weaver), Donald MPN 6 Dec 1919, p. 4115. Var 7 Nov 1919, p. 98. Hall (Nixon), Joseph Smiley (Charles Hammond), Isabelle Lamon MPN 20 Dec 1919, p. 4405. Wid's 16 Nov 1919, p. 3. (Rosalind Hammond), Alice Wilson (Mrs. Hammond), Willard Dashiell.

MPW 4 Oct 1919, insert between Mystery. Jane Ridgeway, the daughter of retired Secret Service man

pp. 18-19. Charles Ridgeway, has inherited her father’s knack for solving crimes and

puts her talent to work when her sweetheart, Richard Grant, is accused of robbing a bank. Her father, now a bank examiner, works in collusion with

EYES OF YOUTH F1.1238 two thieves who are acquainted with a master criminal known only as “the Quality Amusement Co. 25 Jan 1920. Length undetermined. Face in the Dark.” When the evidence implicates her father in the robbery,

Source: Based on the play Eyes of Youth by Max Marcin and Charles Jane confronts him, and although Richard is released from jail, Ridgeway

Guernon (New York, 22 Aug 1917). escapes. The two crooks lead him to the Face in the Dark, but as the two

Cast: Abbie Mitchell. men are shaking hands, the place is raided by Secret Service agents who

Drama. The play upon which the film is based is about a woman, about arrest the mysterious criminal and congratulate Ridgeway for his fine to choose among several suitors and careers, who visits a medium and is detective work. Jane is happily reunited with her sweetheart and her father. shown in a crystal ball the future that will result from each of her possible Bank examiners. Criminals. Father-daughter relationship. Hereditary choices. [No other information concerning the film’s plot has been located.] traits. Secret agents. Secret Service. Thieves. Bank robberies. False Note: This all-black film is probably based on a theatrical production staged by The accusations. Police raids. Prison escapes. Lafayette Players, a Harlem company. A contemporary newspaper article describes Note: According to publicity for the film, fifty children living in the neighborhood the film as a feature, but its exact length has not been determined. For information of the Goldwyn studio in Fort Lee, NJ were used in snow scenes with Mae Marsh.

on other film versions of the play, see listing above for the 1919 version. One source credits William Dashiell with the role of “Charles Hammond.” ETR 27 Apr 1918, p. 1641, 1693. NYDM 27 Apr 1918, p. 596.

MPN 27 Apr 1918, p. 2527. NYT 15 Apr 1918, p. 13. MPN 4 May 1918, p. 2723. Var 19 Apr 1918, p. 45.

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE FAILURE THE FACE IN THE MOONLIGHT F1.1241 workers are shot. Accused of murder, Gill is finally saved in court by the William A. Brady Picture Plays, Inc. Dist World Film Corp. 28 Jun footage of a motion picture cameraman whose camera recorded Stacey’s

1915 [OWorld Film Corp.; 10 Jul 1915; LU5775]. 5 reels. substitution. Businessmen. Contractors. Dams. Murder. Revenge.

Dir Albert Capellani. Cam Lucien Andriot. Bankruptcy. Construction foremen. Construction workers. Labor

Source: Based on the play The Face in the Moonlight by Charles agitators. Lechery. Motion picture cameramen. Motion pictures. National

Osborne (New York, 29 Aug 1892). Guard. Riots. Trials.

Cast: Robert Warwick (Victor/Rabat), Stella Archer (Lucille), H. Note: Var reviewed the film as a three-reeler under the title Facing the Gatling Cooper Cliffe (Munier), Montague Love (Ambrose), Dorothy Fairchild Guns.

(Jeanne Mailloche), George D. MacIntyre. MPW 18 Apr 1914, p. 374, 413. Var 3 Jul 1914, p. 21. Drama /Historical. During Louis X VIII's reign, the aristocrat Ambrose MPW 16 May 1914, p. 1018.

loves the peasant Jeanne Mailloche but marries his cousin, Alice de

Fontelles. Twenty years later, Ambrose tells his son Victor, a captain inthe © A FACTORY MAGDALEN F1.1244

army, about his illegitimate child Rabat, who was kidnapped by gypsies Edyth Totten Features. Dist Sawyer, Inc. Dec 1914. 5 reels. after Jeanne died. Ambrose’s secretary, Munier, whose niece Lucille is Dir Elwood Fleet Bostwick. Picturized by Edyth Totten.

Victor’s fiancée, plans with Rabat, now a wanted criminal, to rob Cast: Edyth Totten (Angie Smith), Rex, a dog (Himself). conspirators with whom Munier is associated, who are plotting to put the Melodrama. Factory girl Angie Smith is left pregnant after an affair with

exiled Napoleon on the throne. Lucille witnesses the murder of the Walter Williams, the manager of the mill in which she works, but Walter conspirator’s courier and, seeing Rabat’s face in the moonlight, thinks he wants to marry Mercy Mackay, the daughter of the mill’s owner. When is Victor. Before Victor's execution, Lucille learns the truth and forces | Mercy’s father reproaches Walter for deserting Angie, Walter kills him, Munier to testify. Although Rabat is arrested and Victor is reprieved, but Angie, who is a witness, keeps the murder a secret. Walter then forges because Napoleon has since come to power, Victor faces execution as a Mackay’s will which declares that Walter will always have his job and that political prisoner until Lucille, threatening to disclose Munier’s scheme, his last wish was that Mercy marry him. Walter then accuses Rufus Sweet, has him intercede. Munier escapes France, Victor and Lucille marry, and a mill foreman who is in love with Mercy, of Mackay’s murder. Rufus is Rabat, after Victor inspires him, faces death with resignation. Aristocrats. exonerated, but leaves town and achieves distinction as an inventor. When Brothers. Criminals. France-History-19th century. Murder. Conspiracy. he reads about Mercy’s forthcoming marriage to Walter, he persuades Couriers. Executions. Illegitimacy. Imprisonment. Military officers. Angie to accompany him to the ceremony, where she reveals her secret, and Mistaken identity. Moral reformation. Napoleon |, Emperor of the French, the wedding is stopped. In retaliation, Walter steals the company safe then

1769-1821. Peasants. Secretaries. hires thugs to kill Angie and her baby. The men throw Angie into the mill Note: This was the first American film that Albert Capellani directed. sluice, but she is rescued by Rex, Rufus’ dog. Walter is apprehended and

Motog 10 Jul 1915, p. 94. MPW 3 Jul 1915, p. 80, 144, finally convicted and sentenced for his crimes. On her deathbed, Angie

MPN 3 Jul 1915, p. 75. Var 9 Jul 1915, p. 18. blesses the union of Rufus and Mercy. False accusations. Forgery.

Libertines. Mill workers. Murder. Rescues. Revenge. Attempted murder.

FACE VALUE F1.1242 Dogs. Inventors. Pregnancy. Safes. Theft. Weddings. Wills.

Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. 14 Jan 1918 MPN 9 Jan 1915, p, 57. MPW 12 Dec 1914, p. 1592.

[©Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.; 24 Dec 1917; LP11864]. 5 reels. MPW 24 Oct 1914, p. 509. Var 19 Mar 1915, p. 21. Dir Robert Z. Leonard. Scen Fred Myton. Story Robert Z. Leonard and

Mae Murray. Cam Alfred G. Gosden. THE FADED FLOWER F1.1245 Cast: Mae Murray (Joan Darby), Clarissa Selwynne (Mrs. Van Ivan Film Productions, Inc. Dist Ivan Film Productions, Inc. Jul Twiller), Florence Carpenter (Margaret Van Twiller), Wheeler Oakman 1916 [©lvan Film Productions; 26 Jul 1916; LU8786]. 6 reels. (Bertram Van Twiller), Casson Ferguson (Louis Maguire), Mrs. Griffith Dir lvan Abramson. Scen Ivan Abramson. Cam Marcel A. Le Picard and

(Mrs. Kelly). William Abramson.

Drama. When not delivering laundry, waif Joan Darby spends most of Cast: Marguerite Snow (Lillian Hill), Rose Coghlan (Mary Hill), her time in the streets. In order to earn enough money to buy a new dress, Arthur Donaldson (Wilbur Mason), Alma Hanlon (Anne),. Edward Joan promotes a boxing match between Kid Maguire and the leader of an Mackay (Henry Parker). opposing gang. Absconding with the receipts from the match, Joan goes to Drama. Stenographer Lillian Hill, who is in love with penniless the city where she obtains a job as a stenographer. Years later, she again playwright Henry Parker, marries her older, wealthy boss, Wilbur Mason, meets Maguire who threatens to expose her unless she assists him in a _jn order to pay for her mother’s operation. Later, Henry becomes a success holdup. Joan reluctantly agrees, is caught, and sentenced to the and falls in love with Lillian’s step-daughter Anne. When he comes to the reformatory. En route, she leaps from the train and is rescued by Bertram Parker home to visit Anne, Wilbur thinks that he and Lillian have renewed Van Twiller, a wealthy young man who offers her the refuge of his home. _ their romance and throws him out of the house. Fed up with her marriage At a ball, Joan again meets Maguire who, having stolen one of the guests’ and with her husband’s jealousy, Lillian leaves Wilbur and then, just after necklaces, forces his former accomplice to conceal it. Van Twiller, upon _— forgiving him, dies in her mother’s home. Wilbur suffers a stroke at the discovering the transaction, accuses Joan of the crime until he overhears sight of his dead wife, but he has enough strength left to summon Henry

her arguing with Maguire and realizes that she has been the robber’s and consent to his marrying Anne. Desertion. Father-daughter unwilling victim. Balls (parties). Blackmail. Boxers. Robbery. Theft. Waifs. _ relationship. Jealousy. Marriage-Forced by circumstances. Playwrights.

Boxing. Clothes. Delivery boys. Gangs. Jewelry. Laundries. Stenographers. Stepdaughters. Strokes.

Reformatories. Secretaries. Trains. Note: This film was re-issued in 1920 by Chadwick Pictures under the title ETR 12 Jan 1918, p. 522. MPW 19 Jan 1918, p. 380, 411. Repentance. MPN 23 Dec 1917, p. 4028. NYT 31 Dec 1917. Motog 29 Jul 1916, p. 268. MPW 5 Aug 1916, p. 1002. MPN 30 Dec 1917, p. 4224. Var 4 Jan 1918, p. 41. MPN 29 Jul 1916, p. 633. Var 14 Jul 1916, p. 19. MPN 26 Jan 1918, p. 596. Wid's 3 Jan 1918, pp. 851-52. MPN 31 Jul 1920, p. 978. Wid’s 17 Aug 1916, p. 797. MPW 29 Jul 1916, p. 801.

FACING THE GATTLING GUNS F1.1243

Mittenthal Film Co. Dist State Rights. Apr 1914. 3-4 reels. THE FAILURE F1.1246

Drama. While on business in the country, Gill Howe falls from his horse Reliance Motion Picture Corp. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; A Mutual and is rescued by John Adams and his daughter Kate, who then nurses him Masterpicture. 27 May 1915. 4 reels. and wins his heart. John, a contractor for a large dam project, suffers Dir William Christy Cabanne. Scen William Christy Cabanne. Cam financial difficulties and is unable to pay his workers, but Gill, anxious to William E. Fildew.

help, contacts Mr. Stacey, his employer in the city, for a possible loan. Cast: John Emerson (Tom Warder), Wahneta Hanson (Ruth When Kate meets with Stacey, however, Stacey tries to kiss her, and Gill Shipman), A. D. Sears (Isaac Shuman), Olga Gray (Rose), Augustus

intercedes and is fired. Nevertheless, Gill secures a promise of funds Carney. elsewhere and is made manager of the dam construction, which angers the Drama. Reporter Tom Warder exposes theatrical manager Isaac jealous foreman. Conspiring with a vengeful Stacey, the foremen incites the Shuman’s practice of leading girls who want to become stars astray, after

still unpaid workers to riot. Although Gill calls in the militia to quell the finding one such girl, Ruth Shipman, in Shuman’s office. Disgraced, violence, Stacey substitutes real bullets for their blanks, and several Shuman sends Tom a note threatening to kill him and leaves town. During

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FAIR AND WARMER AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG the next three years, Tom marries Ruth and they have a child. Tom writes advertisements, which appeared at approximately the time when Pallas was absorbed

a play from which Shuman, who has since returned, copies the major scenes Y I wate ied yee ce Gontemporar y reviews spelled Jane Wolfe’s name

and returns, saying he cannot use it. After another manager buys the play, as TR ° 4 oie re s 5 name as snares aban 1917. v. 30 Tom sees that Shuman is producing it under an assumed name. Shuman Motog _—29 Dec 1917, ,. 1351. Var 21 Dec 1917, if 44, has a necklace planted on Tom and through bribery has him sent to the MPN 29 Dec 1917, p. 4590. Wid's 27 Dec 1917, p. 830. penitentiary. After his baby dies from malnutrition, Tom learns of Ruth’s MPW 29 Dec 1917, p. 1956, 2004.

illness and escapes, but finds her dead. Tom makes Shuman come to a café .

and slips a bottle of poison in his pocket after drinking half of it. Dying,

Tom tells the police that Shuman killed him and produces Shuman’s FAIR ENOUGH F1.1249 threatening letter. Frame-ups. Moral corruption. Reporters. Revenge. American Film Co. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc. 29 Dec 1918 [OAmerican Theatrical managers. Bribery. Imprisonment. Ingenues. Plagiarism. Film Co., Inc.; 5 Nov 1918; LP13082]. 5 reels.

Playwrights. Poisoning. Police. Suicide. Traps. Dir Edward Sloman. Scen Elizabeth Mahoney. Story J. Anthony Roche. _ Note: According to modern sources, Erich von Stroheim had a small part in this Cam Gilbert Warrenton.

nim. 5 Jun 1915. 0. 929.953 uPW 99 May 1915. p. 1510 Cast: Margarita Fisher (Ann Dickson), Eugenie Forde (Mrs. Ellen ol0g UN NZ se Fors 790. ay 1702s Peo Dickson), Alfred Hollingsworth (James Dickson, Esq.), Alice Knowland

NPM - ner ios is > men > Jun 1515, p. 1605. (Madame Ohnet), Harry McCoy (Frederick Pierson), Jack Mower (Carey Phelan), Bull Montana (‘“‘Happy” Flanigan), J. Farrel McDonald

FAIR AND WARMER F1.1247 (Chief of Police Morgan).

Screen Classics, Inc. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. | Nov 1919 [OMetro Comedy-drama. Ann D ickson’s newly wealthy parents become obsessed

Pictures Corp.: 31 Oct 1919: LP14351], 6 reels with breaking into society, but the young misfit is more interested in

Dir Henr PO tte Scen June Mathis an dA p Younger. Cam Arthur studying modern slang and wearing outrageous outfits. She tolerates but

Martinelli Tech dir John K. Holden Ber. does not love “Freddie” Pierson, the useless young playboy her parents

" t . Cc , t ily,

aime 5 ree enn tae an Warmer by Avery Hopwood (New have selected for her. On a downtown jaunt, Ann slightly injures a newsboy

York. 6 Nov 1915) play y y Frop in a car accident and in this way meets policeman Carey Phelan. She invites

Cas ts Ma Allison (Blanny Wheeler), Pell Trenton (Jack Wheeler) him onan outing she has organized for the boy and his pals, and the two Eugene Pallette (Billy Bartlett) Christine Mayo (Laura Bartlett), fall in love. Ann’s parents follow her to the picnic, and after a series of William Buckley (Philip Evans) Effie Conley (Tessie, the maid) , misunderstandings, everyone winds up in jail. Carey reveals to Ann that Comedy Jack and Blanny Wheeler live in the apartment above Laura ne s actna a mu onaure’s pase who, trea a wasting Ms Me pad jones and Billy Bartlett. Jack likes to stay out late and play poker, but covers by holds the outraged parents . custody while Ann and Carey sneak away a telling his wife that he attends meetings of the Mystic Shrine society. Laura get married. Nouveaux riches. Picnics. Policemen. Prison. Automobile

is carrying on a dalliance with Philip Evans. One night Jack goes to play — accidents. Clothes. Millionaires. Newsboys. Playboys. Police poker and leaves Blanny with the Bartletts. Laura goes out with Philip. commissioners. Slang. Social climbers. Blanny and pay ial about thelr loneliness, and nies a Scheme Note: According to the synopsis included in the copyright desciptions, the author to arouse their spouses Jjealousies. I hey taste various liquors, become of the story was J. Anthony Roach. Copyright information lists the release date as intoxicated, and fall asleep. Jack, Laura, and Philip return. Jack and Laura 5 Jan 1919.

both threaten divorce until the explanations are made, and the couples are ETR 28 Dec 1918, p. 347. MPW 18 Jan 1919, p. 392.

reunited. Deception. Flirtation. Hoaxes. Jealousy. Marriage. Neglected MPN 4 Jan 1919, p. 154. Var 20 Dec 1918, p. 36.

wives. Neighbors. Drunkenness. Poker. MPw 28 Dec 1918, p. 1553. Wid's 22 Dec 1918. Note: Contemporary news items boasted that this film was laid entirely indoors and unfolded in “real” time.

ETR 1 Nov 1919, p. 1867. Var 28 Nov 1919, p. 58. A FAIR IMPOSTER see ALL OF A SUDDEN NORMA MPW 4 Oct 1919, p. 40. Wid's 19 Oct 1919, p. 9.

MPW 17 Jan 1920, p, 321.

THE FAIR BARBARIAN F1.1248 THE FAIR PRETENDER F1.1250 Pallas Pictures. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 17 Dec 1917 [©J. C. Goldwyn Pictures Corp. Dist Goldwyn Distributing Corp. 19 May

Ivers; 22 Nov 1917; LP11753]. 5 reels. 1918 [OGoldwyn Pictures Corp.; 13 May 1918; LP12409]. 5 reels.

Pres Jesse L. Lasky. Dir Robert Thornby. Scen Edith M. Kennedy. Dir Charles Miller. Asst dir Carlyle Moore. Story Florence Bolles.

Cam James C. Van Trees. Cam William E. Fildew. Art dir Hugo Ballin. Source: Based on the novel The Fair Barbarian by Frances Hodgson Cast: Madge Kennedy (Sylvia Maynard), Tom Moore (Don Burnett (New York, 1880). Meredith), Robert Walker (Harcourt), Paul Doucet (Ramon | Cast: Vivian Martin (Octavia Bassett), C. H. Geldert (Martin Gonzales), Wilmer Walter (Captain Milton Brown), Emmett King

Bassett), Douglas McLean (Jack Belasys), Jane Wolfe (Belinda (Townsend), John Terry (Freddie), Charles Slattery (Barnum), Florence Bassett), Josephine Crowell (Lady Theobald), Mae Busch (Lucia), Billings (Marjorie Townsend), Grace Stevens (Mrs. Townsend). William Hutchinson (Rev. Poppleton), Al Paget (Mr. Burmistone), Ruth Comedy-drama. Sylvia Maynard, stenographer to a theatrical producer, Handforth (Miss Chickie), Elinor Hancock (Lady Barold), Charlie tries to prove to her boss that she can act by posing as a society woman at Gerard (Capt. Francis Barold), Helen Jerome Eddy (Maid), John Burton _ lavish house party. Don Meredith, the struggling playwright who wrote

(Dugald Binni e) , , the work in which Sylvia wishes to star, also masquerades as a famous

Comedy. When American Octavia Bassett arrives in the serene old writer at the party in order to prove that the central thesis of his pl ay is English village of Slowbridge to visit her Aunt Belinda, she scandalizes the valid: that one can pose in any role in high society and get away with it. town with her cowgirl mannerisms and willful spirit. Octavia’s “barbaric” Sylvia, introduced as the widow of Captain Milton Brown, falls in love with

behavior affronts Lady Theobald, the town’s arbiter of social matters, who oor bat her joy The to Pie wnen Mowe eosin tc, can iusbane is trying to marry her shy daughter Lucia to the brash Captain Barold. i eon atk ato, a time bat ndvises her to ne ve. the “party. Don.

Upon learning that Lucia is secretly in love with Mr. Burmistone, the town h per ° Iso | but af lad , neck , helps

mill owner whom Lady Theobald considers too plebian for her daughter, ainanenel » also rs tol ut dk ter “he p a a Ge in wie ; elps Octavia facilitates the two shy lovers’ romance. Captain Barold then turns , yivia retrieve: Pa hes en ‘den the par he ‘| “debut spy; t alle

his attentions to Octavia, but she proves too much of a barbarian for his overs are reunited In their true identities, and the play debuts successt uly. staid English nerves The village of Slowbirdge is finally spared Octavia’s Actors and actresses. Impersonation and imp osture. Parties. Plays. unorthodox ideas when Jack Belasys, her estranged sweetheart from Playwrights. Secretaries. Authors. Germans. Military officers. Secret America, arrives to patch up their differences and take Octavia back home. aocumen's Booties. Spies. Tneatrical produbers. widows.

Americans in foreign countries. Scandal. Snobbery. Social customs. ETR” 15 4 91 8 b. 125 é NYDM 8 Jun 1918 812

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Tomboys. Etiquette. Great Britain. Mill owners. MPN 15 Jun 1918, p. 3596. Var 31 May 1918, p29. Note: The film was produced by Pallas at the Morosco Studio. Pallas’ name MPW 25 May 1918, p. 1189. Wid's 26 May 1918, pp. 11-12.

appeared on the film’s titles, according to Paramount studio records, but not on MPW 15 Jun 1918, p. 1615.

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE FAITH OF THE STRONG THE FAIRY AND THE WAIF F1.1251 is relieved when George accepts her advice to return the necklace, but Frohman Amusement Corp. Dist World Film Corp. | Mar 1915 Charity worries when he tells her that the story is true. He returns the

[OWorld Film Corp.; | Mar 1915; LU4641]. 5 reels. necklace and Harrington gives him one hour to see Charity before he calls Prod Gustave Frohman. Dir George Irving and Marie Hubert Frohman. the police. After George marries Charity, Harrington admits that the Scen Marie Hubert Frohman. Cam Jacques Monteron. Tech dir Ralph necklace was left to test George’s honesty, and he offers George the position

Dean. . . of assistant manager. Banks. Blind persons. Extrasensory perception.

(The Me Wal1ance S Viola il theilliam fairy),T. perey (Mann ajor Testschoolteachers. of character. Bank presidents. Jewelry. Marriage. New York City. e waif), rchie weetie), Carleton Vaults. Drayton), Hubert Wilke (Mr. Nevinson), Ina Brooks (Mrs. Nevinson), ETR 8 Feb 1919, p. 779. NYMT 26 Jan 1919. Ralph Dean, Yolanda Bianca, Maud Brooks, Richard Dupont, Edwin MPN 8 Feb 1919, p. 920. Var 7 Feb 1919, p. 59. Dupont, Martin E. Eville, William Eville, Frank Gilmore, Edna Hamel, MPW 8 Feb 1919, p. 804. Wid's 9 Feb 1919, p. 5.

Shelby, Will Sherrill, Jr. FAITH F1.1254 Albert Lewis, Noris Millington, Celeste Rothe, Anita Rothe, Charlotte

Drama. Major Drayton, an Englishman living in America with his Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. Feb 1920 [©William Fox; 25 Jan daughter Viola, goes to England on business leaving Nevinson, his 1920; LP14671]. 5 reels, 4,241 ft. attorney, to care for Viola. When war is declared, Drayton joins his Dir Howard M. Mitchell. Scen J. Anthony Roach. Story J. Anthony regiment and sends Nevinson $30,000 to invest for Viola. After learning Roach. that Drayton has been killed, the Nevinsons lose the money in speculation Cast: Peggy Hyland (Peggy Laughlin), J. Parks Jones (David and have to take in boarders. Viola, who dreams of being a fairy on the Harden), Edward Hearn (Dr. George Kyle), Winter Hall (Adam stage, runs away from the drudgery and harsh treatment and joins the Harden), Edwin B. Tilton (Sir Kent MacGregor), Milla Davenport chorus of a musical comedy, but she again is treated brutally. Terrified, (Meg Harper), Frederick Herzog (Sandy Burns).

when, dressed as a fairy, she is lifted to a cloud, Viola runs away and meets Drama. In an old Scottish village near Edinburgh, the schoolteacher, a waif sleeping in a barrel, who thinks that she is a real fairy and saves her Adam Harden, is a lovable character, a faith healer who keeps people from freezing. When word arrives that Drayton is alive, the Nevinsons happy and well. His shepherd son David is in love with Peggy Laughlin, offer a reward for Viola’s recovery. After a policeman finds the children, the niece of the town’s man of wealth, Sir Kent MacGregor, who wishes Mrs. Nevinson sells her possessions to repay Drayton, who returns to raise her to marry a member of the nobility. Schemers George Kyle, an Viola and the waif. Battered children. Missing persons, assumed dead. _ unsuccessful doctor, and his housekeeper, Meg Harper, try to bring about Runaways. Show business. Waifs. English. Lawyers. Military officers. this marriage to benefit themselves by pretending that Kyle is the missing

Mistaken identity. Musical reviews. Policemen. Rewards. Speculation. nephew of the deceased Lady Murrell. Peggy is in love with David,

Trustees. however, and falls ill as she is about to marry Kyle. Doctors cannot seem Note: This was the first release of the Frohman Amusement Corp. to restore her to health. Relenting, MacGregor has the faith healer Adam

ait : er i918 an NY DM 40 Mi ‘ola P ea and his son David released from jail where he had them placed, and Adam MPW 6 Mar 1915, p. 1453. NYDM 17 Mar 1915, p. 28. cures Peggy. The schemers, Kyle and Meg, are found out and arrested, and

MacGregor is now only too glad to give Peggy in marriage to David.

FAITH F1.1252 Edinburgh (Scotland). Faith healers. Impersonation and imposture. American Film Co. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; A Mutual Star Production. Med nage-F S or ease. ore mune ne Housekeepers. Nobility.

30 Oct 1916 [©OAmerican Film Co., Inc.; 15 Dec 1920; LP15926]. 6 reels. ysicians. ochoorteachers. ohepherds.

Dir James Kirkwood. Scen James Kirkwood. Cam Carl Widen. ETR 21 Feb 1920, p. 1231. Var 5 Mar 1920, p. 62.

Cast: Mary Miles Minter (Faith), Clarence Burton (John Thorpe), MPW 6 Mar 1920, pp. 1681-82. Wid's 8 Feb 1920, p. 3. Lizette Thorne (Helen), Margaret Shelby (Laura), Josephine Taylor

(Mrs. Thorpe), Perry Banks (Mark Strong), Gertrude Le Brandt FAITH ENDURIN’ ; ae F1.1255 (Mrs. Stimson), John Gough, King Clark. rangle Film Corp. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 17 Mar 1918. 5

Drama. When Helen’s husband dies, her father John Thorpe, who had reels. always disapproved of the marriage, puts her young daughter in an Dir Cliff Smith. Cam Steve Rounds.

orphanage and tells Helen that the girl has died. Fifteen years later, the Source: Based on the short story “The Blue Tattooing” by Kenneth B.

girl, Faith, becomes a servant in John’s house, but neither she nor the old Clarke in The Saturday Evening Post (15 May 1915). . man know of their relationship. Meanwhile, John’s young stepdaughter Cast: Roy Stewart (Jeff Flagg), W. A. Jeffries (Jim Lee), Fritzie Laura becomes pregnant, but her boyfriend refuses to marry her. To pay §_ Ridgeway (Helen Dryer), Joe Bennett (Vic Dryer), Edward Brady for an abortion, Laura steals money from John and persuades Faithtotake | (£dward Crane), Walter Perkins (Sol Durkee), Graham Pette (Old the blame. In court, however, lawyer Mark Strong proves that Faith is | Jerry), Walter Perry (King). innocent, and also reveals the real story of her past, thereby reuniting her Western. Bosom friends Jeff Flagg and Jim Lee launch a cattle-raising with her mother. Grandfathers. Parentage. Self-sacrifice. Stepdaughters. business, but their prospects are so seriously threatened by Ed Crane and

Theft. Abortion.Servants. Duplicity. False arrests. Lawyers. nearby copper mine operations that im and movesiniethe anouner town. Pregnancy. Trials. rane tries Orphanages. to assault als Jeff's sweetheart, Helen Dryer, attempt Note: This film was re-issued by American as The Virtuous Outcast in 1920 and is shot and killed by her brother Vic. Jeff, accused of the murder, leaves

was copyrighted under that title. town closely pursued by Sheriff Sol Durkee, who hopes to identify Jeff by Motog 4 Nov 1916, p. 1040. MPW 4 Nov 1916, p. 753. the scar on his left arm. In a faraway town, Jeff meets up with his old friend MPN It Nov 1916, p. 3010. Jim, who, ina poker game brawl, shoots the scar away from Jeff's arm. The two return home, and when Vic finally confesses that he killed Crane to

FAITH F1.1253 preserve his sister’s honor, Jeff is exonerated. Jeff and Jim discover rich Metro Pictures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 3 Feb 1919 [©Metro copper deposits on their ranch, and Jeff, now a wealthy man, proposes to

Pictures orp. _ re none are 5 ree’ «ee i Helen. Cattlemen. Copper. False accusations. Friendship. Fugitives. upv George D. Baker. Dir Charles Swickard. Scen George D. Baker — Scars. Attempted rape. Brother-sister relationship. Card games. aneast: we Bert Ber Lyell Farrelly). Re Cam Robert (law). Copper magnates. Copper mines. Fights. Gunshot Lyte(Geone eorge Farreily), Rosemary ebyChan arityConfession wounds. Poker. Sheriffs. Garvice), Edythe Chapman (Martha Owen), Edwin Stevens (Abner ETR 30 Mar 1918, p. 1387. MPW 30 Mar 1918, p. 1865.

Harrrington), Nancy Chase (Mrs. Harrington). MPN 30 Mar 1918, p. 1922. Var 22 Mar 1918, p. 52. Drama. George Farrelly, the bored custodian of the safe-deposit vaults MPW 23 Mar 1918, p. 1711. Wid's 18 Apr 1918, p. 1085. in a New York bank, is visited by his childhood sweetheart, Charity

Garvice, who tells him that his blind old teacher, Martha Owen, has a THE FAITH OF THE STRONG F1.1256 premonition that something is wrong in George’s life. For the teacher’s Selznick Pictures Corp. Dist Select Pictures Corp. 21 Sep 1919 [©Select benefit, George tells a story of taking a diamond necklace left out of a Pictures Corp.; 17 Sep 1919; LP14218]. 6 reels. strong box belonging to bank president Harrington’s wife, almost giving it Dir Robert North Bradbury. Scen Ethel Hill. Story Ethel Hill. Cam E. toa girl and then keeping it because it is too late to return it. The teacher MacManigal.

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THE FALL OF A NATION AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Cast: Mitchell Lewis (Paul La Rue), Gloria Payton (Ena), Patricia THE FALL OF BABYLON F1.1258

Palmer (Babette), Frank Whitson (Jean Follette). D. W. Griffith. Dist D. W. Griffith Service. 21 Jul 1919. 7 reels.

Drama. A French Canadian lumber camp is divided into two factions, Pres D. W. Griffith. Supvy D. W. Griffith. Dir D. W. Griffith. Scen D. a lawless group ruled by Paul La Rue, and a church-going group. After La W. Griffith. Story D. W. Griffith. Cam G. W. Bitzer.

Rue saves Babette, an orphan girl, from being raped by Jean Follette, Cast: Tully Marshall (The High Priest of Bel), Constance Talmadge Follette angrily burns down the church and La Rue, suddenly starting to (The Mountain Girl), Elmer Clifton (The Rhapsode), Alfred Paget believe in God, runs into the church to save the Bible. Although he succeeds (Prince Belshazzar), Carl Stockdale (Nabonidus, King of Babylonia), in uniting the community, he is gravely injured. Follette beats his wife Ena Seena Owen (Attarea, Favorite of Belshazzar), Loyola O’Connor when she says she is pregnant, and he lies by saying that they are not really (Attarea’s Slave), George Siegmann (Cyrus), Elmo Lincoln (The Mighty

married. La Rue overhears her confession to the priest and offers to marry Man of Valor), James Curley (Charioteer of Cyrus), Kate Bruce her to give the child a name. Desiring to punish Follette, La Rue recovers, (Babylonian Mother), Howard Scott (Babylonian Dandy), Alma Rubens, but Ena tells La Rue that she still loves her husband and thus saves him. Ruth Darling, Margaret Mooney (Girls of the Marriage Market), George When Follette is killed by Babette’s wolf hound as he again attempts to Fawcett (Babylonian Judge), Mildred Harris, Pauline Stark (Favorites of

rape her, Ena declares her love for La Rue. Attempted rape. French the Harem), Winnifred Westover (Favorite of Egibi). Canadians. Lumber camps. Religious conversion. Self-sacrifice. Arson. Drama /Historical. Babylonia in 539 B.C. is ruled by Prince Belshazzar Battered women. Churches. Confession (religion). Death by animals. | and King Nabonidus. Because they worship Ishtar, Goddess of Love, the

_ Duplicity. Orphans. Rescues. Wolves. intolerant High Priest of Bel sends a messenger to Cyrus, king of the Note: The working title of the film was La Rue of the Strong Heart. Some scenes Persians, to destroy Babylonia. Meanwhile, a young mountain girl, in town were shot on the Columbia River in Washington, in Yosemite Valley, and at Brunton —_ to trade fruit for a dress, delightfully listens to a young poet’s songs. She Studio Los reels. Angeles. Copyright list thisMarket film as by sixBelshazzar reels, while and some reviews . iowith .. list it asinfive is saved from records the Marriage falls in love

ETR 13 Sep 1919, p. 1287. Var 3 Oct 1919, p. 57. him. At the great feast, she overhears the messenger to Cyrus and follows MPN 20 Sep 1919, p. 2473. Wid's 21 Sep 1919, p. 7. him. She sees the Persian Army in preparation, steals a chariot and returns to try to warn Belshazzar, but no one takes her seriously. The Persians

break through the gates, set the palace on fire and Babylon falls. Belshazzar kills himself to avoid being taken prisoner, while the mountain girl holds his hand and kisses him as he dies. She then wanders sadly into

the desert and is comforted by the poet, who leads her to her home.

THE FALL OF A NATION F1.1257 Babylon. Belshazzar. Cyrus, King of Persia, 550-529 B.C. Heroism. National Drama Corp. Dist V-L-S-E, Inc. 18 Sep 1916 [National Persia. Army. Poets. Religious persecution. Sieges. Unrequited love.

Drama Corp.; 6 Jun 1916; LP8495]. 7-8 reels. , Banquets. Chariots. Fires. Messengers. Nabonidus. Priests. Suicide.

Dir Thomas Dixon. Scen Thomas Dixon. Cam William C. Thompson, Note: This film is an amplification of the Babylonian episode of /ntolerance (see John W. Boyle, Claude H. “Bud” Wales and Jack R. Young. Art dir G. below) and used discarded footage from the original film. It opened 21 Jul 1919 at H. Percival. Tech dir H. L. Jackson. Asst to the dir Bartley Cushing and the George M. Cohan Theatre in New York, but may have played earlier in Los George L. Sargent. Musical accompaniment, original score by Victor Angeles. The presentation at the Cohan Theatre was in two acts and included stage

Herbert. presentations which interrupted the film at various points. A company of dancers and Source: Based on the novel The Fall of a Nation: A Sequel to The Birth 7 BC Me PE Hed Nay to various cities. The film's subtitle was “a purple

of a Nation by Thomas Dixon (Chicago and New York, 1916). ETR 2 Aug 1919, p. 699. NYT 22 Jul 1919, p. 10. Cast: Lorraine Huling (Virginia Holland), Percy Standing (Charles MPN 2 Aug 1919, p. 1127. Var 25 Jul 1919, p. 49. Waldron), Arthur Shirley (John Vassar), Flora MacDonald (Angela NYMT — 27 Jul 1919. Wid's 27 Jul 1919, p. 9.

Benda), Paul Willis (Billy), Philip Gastrock (Thomas), C. H. Geldart (General Arnold), Leila Frost, Edna May Wilson, Mildred Bracken, May THE FALL OF THE HOHENZOLLERNS see THE GREAT

Geraci, Beulah Burns, A. E. Witting, Ernest Butterworth. VICTORY, WILSON OR THE KAISER? THE FALL OF THE Drama. American millionaire Charles Waldron heads a German-backed HOHENZOLLERNS conspiracy to overthrow the United States by arming the nation’s

immigrants. The takeover succeeds, and Charles appoints himself Prince. THE FALL OF THE ROMANOFFS F1.1259 Virginia Holland, a suffragette and a peace activist, feigns support for the Hiodor Pictures Corp. Dist State Rights; First National Exhibitors’ new regime and is given a high government position by Charles, who always Circuit. Jan 1918 [Olliodor Pictures Corp.; 31 Aug 1917; LU11325]. 8

has loved her. In secret, however, Virginia rejects her commitment to peace reels. , ,

and organizes the “Daughters of Jael,” a group of women dedicated to the Pres Herbert Brenon. Dir Herbert Brenon. Asst dir Ben Hall. Scen overthrow of the immigrant government. The women first flirt with the George Edwardes-Hall and Austin Strong. Cam J. Roy Hunt and Charles soldiers of the occupying army and then, when the men drop their guard, Ritchie. Tech dir George Fitch they kill them. With the help of other vigilante groups, the women finally Ca st: E dward Connelly ( Raspu tin), Niodor (Himself), Alfred Hickman restore the United States government, and Virgin ia makes plans to marry (Nicholas II), Conway Tearle (Prince Felix), Charles Craig (Grand Duke

Congressman John Vassar who, before the immigrant takeover, hadPaton been Nichol ; . (Baron ; . ee . icholas), George Deneuburg (Wilhelm II), R. Gibbs lobbying hard for increased American military preparedness. Conspiracy. Frederick), William E. Shay (Theofan), Lawrence John (The infant

ee - ae h),Pacifism W. Francis Chapin (Alexander Kerensky), Peter Barbierre Millionaires. and pacifists. Soldiers. Suffragettes. United States. czarevitc ;7 Congress. (General Korniloff), Ketty Galanta (Anna), Pauline Curley (Princess ; a . i , Irena), Sonia Marcelle (Sonia), Nance O’Neil (The czarina), Charles Note: Victor Herbert’s score for this film was the first original score to be written Ed dR (Hi / Coups d'état. Secret societies. Women in politics. Immigrants. PeMerCR Jy NN MMAM BE. Onay Ui teofan), awrence son e fan

entirely for a film. The score for Civilization by Victor Schertzinger was written later, ward Russell (Himse if).

although that film was released earlier. According to contemporary news items, The Drama/Historical, Biographical. In a vodka shop in pre-revolutionary Fall of a Nation was shown extensively in the European war zones and in various Cities Siberia, Rasputin, a drunken, illiterate sled driver, learns of the death of of Russia. This was the first film of the National Drama Corp., whose studio was in the wife of Meliti, a local clergyman. The next day Meliti hires Rasputin Hollywood. The film had its premiere in New York on 6 Jun 1916 and showed in other as a driver, and Rasputin tells the clergyman his fortune, using his big cities before its national release on 18 Sep 1916 by V-L-S-E, Inc. Bartley Cushing , wey . . and George L. Sargent were described in various sources as assistants to the director. knowledge about Meliti’s wife as proof of his soothsaying skills. When Cushing also was described as the principal stage director. Because Sargent was a Meliti discovers that his wife has indeed died, he falls at Rasputin’s feet director in his own right, and Thomas Dixon, who is credited in reviews as the director, and declares him a great seer. Soon Rasputin himself begins to believe in

was a novelist and Bent ne avisor of responsibility one film is unclear. his powers and sets off to preach around the countryside where he meets ai teme L We eke the press representative. € trim In some capacity, Anna, a gypsy girl who falls under his provocative spell. Although the

Motog 24 Jun 1916, p. 1450. NYDM 10 Jun 1916, p. 25. rough charlatan is arrested for stealing, Prince Felix, upon hearing of MPN 10 Jun 1916, p. 3551. NYDM 17 Jun 1916, p. 22. Rasputin’s prophetic abilities, goes to the village to bring him back to St. MPN 24 Jun 1916, p. 3877. NYDM ___26 Aug 1916, p. 30. Petersburg. After Rasputin correctly predicts the birth of a royal son, his

ns of s re ole P. a6 Var oie ioe P influence in the court grows, and eventually he is installed in a special MPW 7 Oct 1916, is 135, Wid's 15 Jun 1916, p. 651. palace. Rasputin advocates the use of eloquent orators to quell the unhappy

NYDM 3 Jun 1916, p. 26. masses and tries to join forces with Iliodor, an idealistic Serbian monk. 260

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE FALSE CODE Once Iliodor witnesses the corrupt and manipulative practices of Rasputin, Drama. Princess Laone, a Hawaiian composer staying in Santa Barbara however, he switches his allegiance to the revolutionaries and denounces _as _the protégée of society matron Mrs. Parrish, falls in love with her the Czar. Although Rasputin attempts to destroy Iliodor’s power and nephew, Keith Parrish. Mrs. Parrish convinces Laone that they must not credibility, Iliodor prevails and with the help of Kerensky, the commander —_— marry because of the difference in their races, so when Keith proposes,

of the revolutionary forces, the Czar is overthrown. Charlatans. lliodor. —_ Laone refuses and attempts to drown herself. Keith rescues her, but then

Monks. Moral corruption. Sr Petersbare Peace). 8 russia story ~ goes to New York to see his dying father. When he returns, he finds that Alcoholics. Chauffeurs. Clergy. Gypsies. lllegitimacy. Alexander Laone left for Hawait with playboy and smuggler Stephen Brainard after

Kerensky. Liquor. Mental illness. Orators. Princes. Royalty. Siberia. ve s- Parrish told rer al rent had deserted ie Ket oe to rawan Sleiahs. . where Laone repulses him, because, on Brainard’s yacht, she was force

Nate This film was shot at the Herbert Brenon Film Corp. studios in Hudson to have sex with the playboy rather than be given to the crew. After Keith Heights, NJ. The film had its premiere in New York on 23 Sep 1917, but did not go is arrested for stealing a necklace that Laone knows was smuggled by into general release until Jan 1918. First National Exhibitors’ Circuit secured the Brainard, she returns to Brainard’s yacht for proof to clear Keith. After

ew YOrK and ItS release Irs ational in ar , HHodor Fictures Corp. aaqae : sos : ° .

distribution rights in late Feb or early Mare Boween me ne first Sowing i" a fight, Laone summons the harbor patrol, Brainard is arrested with the new scenes to reflect the more recent developments in the Russian situation. One new incriminating papers, and Laone and Keith become lovers again. False

scene included an appearance by Charles Edward Russell, a writer on political arrests. Hawaiians. Princesses. Racial prejudice. Rape. Yachts. economic theory and a socialist member of the American (Root) Commission before Attempted suicide. Composers. Fights. Rescues. Santa Barbara the Russian Duma. Iliodor, known as the ‘Mad Monk,” actually lived during the (California). Smugglers. Socialites. Theft. period of the Russian Revolution and served as confidant to the Czar and Czarina. Note: Some scenes were filmed near Miami, FL. The working title of this film was According to a NYT news item, William A. Brady, whose production company, the Love Redeemed.

World Film Corp. also made a film in 1917 about Rasputin called Rasputin, the ETR 31 May 1919. p. 2015 Var 23 May 1919. 0. 57 Black Monk (see listing below), and Herbert Brenon got into a fist fight after a pre- MPN 31 May 1919. . 3663. Wid's 6 Ont 1919. is 95,

release screening in New York on 6 Sep 1917. The fight was reportedly broken up NYMT 18 May 1919. uo by Adolph Zukor. A pre-release title of the film was The Downfall of the

Romanoffs. A film entitled The Tyranny of the Romanoffs was advertised in the

trate Paperslim at the: jime also as The ie Romanoff i was released by Export F1.1262 and Impor Co.same and was wian 10dor, Ou € two Ilims were no e same.FALSE 1 1 j i jAMBITION ’ In addition to Rasputin, the Black Monk, other films about Rasputin include naangle Film Corp. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 21 Jul 1918. 5

Rasputin and the Empress (1933, M-G-M), starring John, Ethel and Lionel ree s- . .

Barrymore, and Rasputin—The Mad Monk (1966, 20th Century-Fox), starring Dir Gilbert P. Hamilton. Scen E. Magnus Ingleton. Story E. Magnus Christopher Lee. Ingleton. Cam Jack McKenzie. ETR 24 Nov 1917, p. 2022. NYDM 11 Aug 1917, p. 13. Cast: Alma Rubens (Judith/Zariska), Peggy Pearce (Felicity), Alberta

MPN 22 Sep 1917, p. 2038. NYDM 15 Sep 1917, p. 13. Lee (Anna), Edward Peil (David Strong), Walt Whitman (Mark

vw » Sep i917 . ieee, NYT 04 Sen i917 . Strong), Iris Ashton (Mrs. Dorian), Myrtle Rishell (Mrs. Pemberton),

MPW 9 Mar 1917, p. 1379. Var 14 Sep 1917, p. 35. Lillian Langdon (Mrs. Van Dixon), Lee Phelps (Peter Van Dixon), Ward _

yPuS (Lucy Vernon).

NOM wu lon P 3 Wid’s 11 Oct 1917, pp. 647-48. Caulfield (John Van Dixon), Lee Hill (Paul Vincent), Alice Crawford Drama. When the ill-tempered and self-seeking Judith claims that she

THE FALLEN ANGEL . cae F1.1260 loves her sister Felicity’s beau, David Strong, he gives her money for her ire Oo ae Lox Film Corp. 28 Jul 1918 [OWilliam Fox; 28 Jul trousseau which she uses to settle in New York City. Under the name of Dir Robert Thoenby. Scen Bennett R. Cohen. Cam Frank B. Good. Zariska, Judith establishes herself as a society fortune-teller, counting Source: Based on the short story “You Can't Get Away with It” by among her many clients the wealthy Peter Van Dixon and his friend, Paul

Gouverneur Morris in Cosmopolitan Magazine (May 1913). Vincent. After Judith has returned home to collect money willed to her by Cast: Jewel Carmen (Jill Cummings), Charles Clary (George her uncle, she witnesses a shipwreck in which the wealthy Mrs. Dorian is Hemingway), L. C. Shumway (George Hemingway, Jr.), Herbert Heyes killed. Seeing an opportunity to advance in society, Judith steals Mrs.

(Harry Adams), Daisy Robinson (Marguerite Cummings), Lavine Dorian’s papers and jewels and uses them to masquerade as the rich

Monsch (Jane Cummings). woman. Her deception is a success, and she is about to marry Peter when

Drama. Jill Cummings and her sisters Marguerite and Jane are left David appears and exposes her. Deeply repentant, Judith returns home,

penniless when their father dies. To provide for the family, Jill accepts a and Paul, realizing that her better nature has asserted itself, asks her to be

sales position in a department store, where she attracts the attention of her his wife. Fortune-tellers. Impersonation and imposture. Moral unhappily married boss, George Hemingway. Desperate to escape her — reformation. Theft. Clothes. Inheritance. Jewelry. New York City.

. , p. 675. ug , p. 719.

difficult circumstances, Jill accepts Hemingway’s proposal that she live as_—— Shipwrecks. Sisters. Uncles. his mistress and subsequently is kept in high style in a large and beautiful Note: The film was titled A Woman of Mystery until just before its release.

home. Some years later, Hemingway dies, and with the fortune he leaves ETR 97 Jul 1918. p. 675 MPW 3 Au 1918. 0.719

her, Jill tours Europe. There she becomes engaged to Harry Adams, but MPN 27 Jul 1918, p. 573. NYDM _10 Aug 1918, p. 201. when George Hemingway, Jr. appears to act as best man in the wedding, MPN 3 Aug 1918, p. 793. Var 26 Jul 1918, p. 31. Jill is forced to confess her past to Harry. The two separate for a year to MPW 27 Jul 1918, p. 569, 596. Wid's 21 Jul 1918, p. 15. think things over, and when Harry returns, he suggests to Jill that they live

together “in a happy way.” Jill leaves him and continues her life alone. THE FALSE CODE F1.1263

Infidelity. Mistresses. Salesclerks. Department stores. Europe. Finance- Frank Keenan Productions, Inc. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc. 21 Sep

Personal. Inheritance. Sisters. Weddings. 1919 [©Pathé Exchange, Inc.; 18 Mar 1920; LU14894]. 5 reels, 4,760 ft. Note: The working title of this film was You Can't Get Away with It. Several Dir Ernest C. Warde. Scen Jack Cunningham. Story Kate Corbaley.

sources incorrectly credit Bennett R. Cole with the scenario. The film was submitted C Charles Kauf to the Pennsylvania censors under the title Paying the Piper. Morris’ story was remade am aries Kaulman.

by Fox in 1923 as You Can't Get Away with It, with Rowland V. Lee directing. (See Cast: Frank Keenan (John Benton), Myles McCarthy (Henry

AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.6575.) Vance), Joseph J. Dowling (Daniel Grey), Clyde Benson (Oscar

ETR 3 Aug 1918, p. 751. MPW 10 Aug 1918, p. 882. Curtin), Edward J. Brady (Chicago Ed), T. D. Crittenden (District PN 0 Sep ore Pp. a 9 5 Wide i nue ote p. oan attorney), Helene Sullivan (Mrs. Benton), Irene Yaeger (Anne Benton,

MPW 3 Avs 1918, is 8 ‘as 0 » PP. vl child), Jean Calhoun (Anne Benton), Pell Trenton (Jim Grey).

Drama. John Benton is a man of honor and the brains of a company that

makes parts for ships. His partner, Henry Vance, and Daniel Grey, an A AEN Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 18 May 1919. 5 reels. FI161 employee, forge Benton’s name to orders for defective boilers. Vance and

Dir Kenean Buel. Asst dir Johnwhich Kellette.the Scen E. Lloydwere Sheldon. rhe band rapue with ainegovernment and yng carriesinspector. insurance onAfter the emp er Cam Joseph Ruttenberg. boilers made, with the

Cast: Evelyn Nesbh (Princess Laone), Lillian Lawrence (Mrs. ship sinks at sea, the inspector commits suicide. The conspirators collect Parrish), Sidney Mason (Keith Parrish), Lyster Chambers (Stephen the insurance money and hire a safecracker, Chicago Ed, to plant money Brainard), Pat J. Hartigan (Brainard’s chief mate), Harry Semels in Benton’s safe. Benton is sentenced to the penitentiary where he becomes (Tushau), Thelma Parker (Lato), Marie Newton (Elsie Blair), Fred C. a trustee and saves Chicago Ed from punishment. After serving twelve

Williams (Keith's father). years, Benton is released to find that his wife has died, his daughter Anne 261

FALSE COLOURS AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG has grown up, Grey has become a power in city politics, and Vance is Note: The title of this film was changed from Madelon of the Redwoods.

wealthy. When he learns from Chicago Ed about the frame-up, Benton ETR 26 Apr 1919, p. 1609. MPW 3 May 1919, p. 714. fights Vance, who dies after falling and hitting his head on a curb. Benton MPN 3 May 1919, p. 2895. Var 25 Apr 1919, p. 80. takes Vance’s identity and forges his name to get his property. When Grey arrives with police to arrest Benton, Benton confronts him with Vance’s

code book, which Grey thinks will implicate him, but which, in reality, has THE FALSE FACES _ F1.1266 no relevance to the fraud. Grey calls off the police, and after Benton learns Thomas H. Ince Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; A Paramountthat Anne loves Grey’s son, the three leave together for South America. Artcraft Special. 16 Feb 1919 [©Thomas H. Ince Corp.; 2 Dec 1918;

False arrests. Frame-ups. Fraud. Insurance. Partnerships. Revenge. LP13120]. 7 reels, 6,940 ft.

Sabotage. Shipbuilders. Accidental death. Codes. Father-daughter Pres Thomas H. Ince. Dir Irvin V. Willat. Scen Irvin V. Willat. Cam relationship. Fights. Forgery. Impersonation and imposture. Police. | Edwin W. Willat and Paul Eagler.

Prisons. Safecrackers. Suicide. Source: Based on the novel The False Faces; Further Adventures from Note: According to a card in the Community Motion Picture Bureau’s files, this the History of the Lone Wolf by Louis Joseph Vance (Garden City, NY, film was also known as The Trap. 1918).

MPN 4 Oct 1919, p. 2869. Wid's 5 Oct 1919, p. 5. Cast: Henry B. Walthall (Michael Lanyard, ‘‘The Lone Wolf’), Mary

MPW 20 Dec 1919, p. 1014. Anderson (Cecilia Brooke), Lon Chaney (Karl Ekstrom), Milton Ross (Ralph Crane), Thornton Edwards (Lieut. Thackeray), William Bowman

FALSE COLOURS F1.1264 (Captain Osborne), Garry McGarry (Submarine lieutenant), Ernest Bosworth, Inc. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 17 Dec 1914 [©Bosworth, Pasque (Blensop).

Inc.; 10 Nov 1914; LU3718]. 5 reels. War drama/World War I. The “Lone Wolf,” a thief before World War Dir Phillips Smalley. Asst dir Nate C. Watt. Story Lois Weber. I, crosses enemy lines in the midst of battle and finally reaches the British Cast: Phillips Smalley (Lloyd Phillips), Lois Weber (Mrs. Moore), Lois trenches, where Lieutenant Thackeray, formerly of Scotland Yard, Weber (Her daughter, Flo), Dixie Carr (Dixie, Phillip’s daughter), Adele commissions him to voyage to the United States with secret information. Farrington (The housekeeper), Charles Marriott (The butler), Courtenay On the steamer, he encounters Karl Ekstrom, for years his bitter enemy

Foote (Their son), Herbert Standing (Marc Herbert). and now a German agent, and meets Cecilia Brooke, who entrusts him with Drama. In 1895, noted actor Lloyd Phillips leaves the stage after his wife an important message. Following Ekstrom’s signal to a German submarine, dies in childbirth. Blaming his infant daughter Dixie for his wife’s death, the ship is torpedoed, but Lone Wolf manages to swim to the U-boat and Phillips leaves her with Mrs. Hughes, his housekeeper. Meanwhile, Mrs. climb aboard as it emerges from the depths. Masquerading as a German, Moore, a wardrobe mistress who has kept a scrapbook on Phillips, must he is taken to a secret landing near Martha’s Vineyard and then escapes raise her infant daughter Florence alone when her husband dies. Eighteen to New York. There he defeats Ekstrom in a fight and discovers the years later, Mrs. Hughes has squandered all of Phillips’ money on her _ headquarters of the German spy ring. Cecilia, who had been rescued from ne’er-do-well son Bert. Dixie then leaves and goes to New York where she _ the sinking steamer, meets Lone Wolf, and together they deliver the secret receives a part ina Broadway play from Marc Herbert, her father’s friend. document to the proper authorities. Criminals—Rehabilitation. Germany. When Phillips returns looking for Dixie, Mrs. Hughes and Bert convince —_ Intelligence Service. Secret documents. Spies. Steamboats. Submarines. Florence, Bert’s new wife, to pose as Dixie. She soon is disgusted by the — World War. Fights. Great Britain-Intelligence Service. Impersonation and plot, however, and returns to her mother, with whom Dixie now lives. —_ijmposture. Martha’s Vineyard (Massachusetts). New York City. Rescues. Meanwhile, Herbert innocently sends Phillips word of Dixie’s success, but Torpedoes. when he goes to see her, she bitterly rebukes him. Phillips again leaves, but Note: Although the Wid’s review credits director Irvin V. Willat as cameraman, eventually he and Florence realize their feelings for each other and are able Wid’s Yearbook for 1919-1920 lists Edwin W. Willat. The film’s working title was to marry after Bert dies in a burglary attempt. After Mrs. Moore’s death, The Lone Wolf, though it should not be confused with the 1917 Brenon-Selznick film Dixie is reconciled to her father. Actors and actresses. Father-daughter of that title. For information on other films based on Vance’s Lone Wolf novels, see

. ; . the listing below for The Lone Wolf.

relationship. Impersonation and imposture. New York City-Broadway. ETR 3 Feb 1919. op. 915217 MPW | Mar 1919. v. 1240

Burglary. Childbirth. Foster mothers. Housekeepers. Infants. Mother-son ETR | Mar 1919 1059. NYT 17 Feb 1919, is vo

relationship. Ne’er-do-wells. Wardrobe mistresses. MPN 22 Feb 1919, p. 1090, 1170, Var 21 Feb 1919, p. 68. Motog 26 Dec 1914, p. 915. MPW 12 Dec 1914, p. 1590. 1221. Wid's 23 Feb 1919, p. 18. Motog 2 Jan 1915, p. 21. MPW 2 Jan 1915, p. 85. MPN 1 Mar 1919, p. 1381. MPN 2 Jan 1914, p. 81. NYDM _30 Dec 1914, p. 32. MPN 9 Jan 1915, p. 57. Var 18 Dec 1914, p. 25.

THE FALSE FRIEND F 1.1267

FALSE EVIDENCE F1.1265 World Film Corp.; Peerless. Dist World Film Corp. 11 Jun 1917 Metro Pictures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 21 Apr 1919 [OMetro [©World Film Corp.; 24 May 1917; LU10824]. 5 reels.

Pictures Corp.; 24 Apr 1919; LP13650]. 5 reels. Pres William A. Brady. Dir Harry Davenport. Scen Florence C. Bolles. Dir Edwin Carew. Asst dir Webster Cullison. Scen Finis Fox. Cam John Cam Philip Hatkin.

Arnold. Cast: Robert Warwick (William Ramsdell), Gail Kane (Virginia Source: Based on the novel Madelon by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman (New Farrell), Jack Drumier (Robert Farrell), Earl Schenck (De Witt York, 1896). Clinton), E. J. Rollow (J. Carleton Clinton), Louis Edgard (Byron), Pinna

Cast: Viola Dana (Madelon MacTavish), Wheeler Oakman (Burr Nesbit (Marietta). Gordon), Joe King (Lot Gor don), Edward J. Connelly (Sandy Drama. The venal De Witt Clinton forces Byron, a desperately poor MacTavish), Patrick O’Malley (Richard MacTavish), Peggy Pearce young student in his power, to break into the apartment of the dancer

(Dorothy Fair), Virginia Ross (Samanthy Brown), Marietta in order to steal letters in her possession that compromise him. Northwest drama. Scotsman Sandy MacTavish, living in the small In the struggle for the letters, Byron kills Mariertta and then escapes. California village of Redwoods, betrothes his baby Madelon, as is the Clinton had wanted to hide his affair with Marietta from Virginia Farrell, village custom, to wealthy Lot Gordon. When Madelon grows up and falls the Judge’s daughter with whom he is in love. When Clinton learns that in love with Lot’s cousin Burr, Sandy’s Sense of honor will not let him his old college chum, attorney William Ramsdell, is also pursuing Virginia,

release her. After Madelon learns of Burr s betrothal to Dorothy Fair, the he drugs the attorney, ruins his reputation and then marries the village flirt, she stalks out of a dance into the woods, where Lot tries to kiss heartbroken Virginia. Broken in spirits, Ramsdell leads a life of desolation

her. Not knowing who he is, Madelon stabs Lot, and Burr, without until he finally pulls himself together and becomes the foreman of a lumber Madelon’s approval, takes the blame for the crime. When Madelon’s pleas camp. One day, Virginia and Clinton arrive to vacation at a nearby lodge, for B urr incite the townspeop le, she convinces Lot to write a statement and Ramsdell confronts his tormentor. The ensuing fight between the two

absolving Burr of the crime in return for her hand in marriage when he men is abruptly terminated by a shot from Byron who, stricken with recovers. After she stops Burr's lynching at the last moment, Madelon is remorse, revolts against Clinton. Clinton’s death then frees Virginia to

. ; . . . .; , p. 54. un » p. 28.

freed from her obligation to Lot when a redwood falls on him just before acume her love for Ramsdell. Infidelity. Murder. Regeneration. Rivalry.

their wedding night, leaving her and Burr tree to marry. California. Drugging. Lawyers. Letters. Lumber camp foremen. Revenge. Students.

Lynching. Marriage-Arranged. Scottish Americans. Social customs. ETR 9 Jun 1917. 0. $4 NYDM 9 Jun 1917. v.28 Village life. Cousins. Dances. Father-daughter relationship. Flirts. Kisses. MPN 16 Jun 1917, p. 3792. Var 2 Jun 1917, p. 23.

Knife wounds. Self-sacrifice. Trees. MPW 16 Jun 1917, p. 1795, 1838-40. Wid's 14 Jun 1917, p. 373. 262

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE FAMILY HONOR FALSE GODS F1.1268 Cast: Tom Mix (Clay Burgess), Kathleen Connors (Della Bowen),

Rothapfel Pictures Corp. Dist Independent Sales Corp. through Film George Nicholls (‘‘Big’’ Dave Dawley), Charles McHugh (Judge

Clearing House, Inc. May 1919 [©Rothapfel Pictures Corp.; 17 May 1919; Quinn), Annette DeFoe (Mattie Carson), Val Paul (Flash Denby), Jack

LP13735]. 5 reels. Dill (Ben Davis), E. N. Wallock (Kuneen), Clarence Burton (Sheriff of

Supv Samuel L. Rothapfel. Dir Wally Van (pseud. of Wally Van Palo).

Nostrand). Story E. Lloyd Sheldon. Western. Clay Burgess, a wanderer, returns to his home town to find his : Cast: Grace Darling (Leila Andrews), Hugh Thompson (Cecil father, a banker, dead and his property in the clutches of “Big” Dave

Andrews), Florence Billings (Mrs. Van Orden), Harry Mestayer Dawley by means of a forged will. The real will is possessed by Ben Davis, (Stephen Whitney), \da Darling (Mrs. Sewell), Alfred Hickman who works on Della Bowen s ranch outside of town. After visiting Ben and (Randolph Hastings), Hattie Delaro (Mrs. Burden), Macy Harlon promising Della that he will return to marry her, Clay enlists the aid of a

(Gambler), Leo Delaney (Detective Gillian). gang that has been battling Dawley s henchmen for control of the town.

. : ts ; fAndrews, adventures, a brutal fight which . Drama/Society. Cecil a young including architect, and his wife Leila, After in a series OF §Dawley ae Ba 8 | y

is

live pleasantly in their modest circumstances, until Cecil designs a country ee may and his mn exterminate tne val paw'ey ar gee wandering mansion for Mrs. Van Orden, a charming divorcée, who tries to seduce Fights Foran Gan S hanbhhees "Wanderers “Wille. Bankers Ranche .

him. Stephen. .Whitney, chairman NationalasArts Commission, TOFgely. gS. nenews , Pe . . , Note: the Slow Burgess of wasthe published a novel in London ingis. 1926. A pre-release

and Randolph Hastings, a prominent banker who married Whitney s wife, item includes Robert Bolder in the cast. Wid’s states that Jack Dill did not play the now deceased, after their divorce, both become interested in Leila, and _ role of Ben Davis but appeared only briefly in the film. The scenario included in the contract with Cecil for buildings. After Cecil and Leila join the ranks of copyright descriptions was entitled “Slow Burgess.”

wealth due to his commissions, Cecil, pursued by Mrs. Van Orden, has ETR 3! Aug 1918, p. 1087. NYDM 2 Dec 1918, p. 846,

trouble with his health, is threatened with a labor strike, and overspends, CP 07td, P. 1920- ar 17 t8, Pp.

while Leila, courted by Whitney and Hastings, loses heavily at cards to pw soe i918 e. Pre Wid's 25 Aug 1918, p. 31. Mrs. Van Orden. When Leila needs money to keep a pawnbroker from

telling Cecil that Whitney gave her a diamond bracelet, she agrees to see THE FAMILY CUPBOARD F1.1271 Hastings at night. After Hastings refuses to give her the money unless she William A. Brady Picture Plays, Inc. Dist World Film Corp. 11 Oct succumb to his advances, he is shot and killed, and although Cecil is 1915 [©World Film Corp.; 30 Oct 1915; LU6926]. 5 reels. suspected, during the inquest, Whitney is forced to confess. Cecil and Leila Dir Frank Crane. Scen Frank Crane. return to their modest home after learning that wealth does not lead to true Source: Based on the play The Family Cupboard by Owen Davis (New happiness. Architects. Marriage. Social climbers. Wealth. Art patrons. York, 13 Aug 1913). Bankers. Confession (law). Extravagance. Gambling. Health. Murder. Cast: Holbrook Blinn (Charles Nelson), Clinton Preston (Kenneth

Pawnbrokers. Strikes. Nelson), Frances Nelson (Kitty Claire), John Hines (Dick Le Roy).

Note: The source for this film may have been a play by E. Lloyd Sheldon, according Drama. Hard-working Charles Nelson gives his all to his family, who,

cide ie recnunons nosey wih mane sn coureeand sise inthe delirium of recent wealth, spend day and night entertaining an comedy, all produced by Rothapfel Pictures Corp. A press screening of the complete enjoying society . life. Alone and unappreciated, Charles t urns to Kitty program, with a full orchestra, was presented at the Rialto Theatre in New York on _—_ Claire, a vaudevillian, for affection and attention. Charles’s son Kenneth 9 May 1919. Sources conflict concerning which of the characters “Stephen Whitney” discovers the affair and has a confrontation with his father, which Mrs.

or “Randolph Hastings” was murdered and which was the murderer. Nelson overhears. She promptly requests a separation, but their daughter

ETR 17 May 1919, p. 1811. MPW 22 Feb 1919, p. 1048. Alice, siding with her father, moves in with Charles, while Kenneth defends

MP N M vay ito. P. on 3400 Wp y, , vey 1. P. oe 1164 his mother. Charles terminates the affair, but Kitty, attracted to Kenneth, 3461. » PP. ooo Var 16 May 1919. . °C entraps him in Charles’ place. Unaware of Kitty’s connection to his father, Kenneth proposes to her in her apartment, but she declines, saying she loves

another man. At that moment Charles appears and Kenneth flees in

THE FALSE ROAD F1.1269 confusion, determined to end his life. His mother intercedes in time to save Thomas H. Ince, Inc. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Paramount- him from suicide, and the Nelsons are reconciled, putting their past sins Artcraft Pictures. 18 Apr 1920 [©Thomas H. Ince, Inc., 9 Mar 1920; securely in the family cupboard. Filial relations. Infidelity. Neglected

LP14890]. 6 reels, 5,849 ft. wives. Seduction. Vaudevillians. Attempted suicide. Nouveaux riches. Supv Thomas H. Ince. Dir Fred Niblo. Scen C. Gardner Sullivan. Separation.

Story C. Gardner Sullivan. Cam George Barnes. Motog 16 Oct 1915, p. 814, 830. NYDM 6 Oct 1915, p. 38. Cast: Enid Bennett (Betty Palmer), Lloyd Hughes (‘“‘Pickpocket’’ Roger MPN 11 Sep 1915, p. 64. NYDM _30 Oct 1915, p. 37.

Moran), Wade Boteler (“Sapphire’’ Mike Wilson), Lucille Young MPN 16 Oct 1915, p. 4, 86. Var 22 Oct 1915, p. 24. (“Frisco’”’ Minnie), Charles Smiley (Joshua Starbuck), Edith Yorke Wid ic On i918 . ee, Wid's 14 Oct 1915. (Mother Starbuck), Gordon Mullen (Crook chauffeur).

Drama/Crime. Freed from prison after serving a two-year sentence, THE FAMILY HONOR F1.1272 Roger Moran, a member of Mike Wilson’s bank of thieves, resolves to go World Film Corp.; Peerless. Dist World Film Corp. 9 Apr 1917 [©World

straight. His sweetheart, Betty Palmer, also a member of the gang, refuses Film Corp.; 29 Mar 1917: LU10568] 5 reels. : to give up “the false road,” and so Roger leaves her and finds a job with Pres William A. Brady. Dir Emile Chautard. Story Adrian Gil-Spear. kindhearted banker Joshua Starbuck. One day, Betty and Frisco Minnie Cam Lucien Tainguy. appear and abscond with the contents of the bank’s safe. Roger, intent on Cast: Robert Warwick (Capt. Stephen Wayne), June Elvidge recovering the money, follows them to New York and pretends that he (Marcia Quesnay), Alec B. Francis (Gen. Jason Wayne), Henry Hull wants to return to a life of crime. Roger’s abrupt turnabout forces Betty (Anthony Wayne), Gerda Holmes (Doris Leighton), Frank Beamish to realize the error of her ways, and together the two rob Wilson of the bank = ( Fri¢ Mainwaring).

money and return it to the Starbucks. Confessing their deed, the two are Drama. Anthony Wayne, the artistic son of a proud old American, acquitted of the crime and face a happy life together. Bank robberies. _forsakes his fiancée, Doris Leighton, for the charms of actress Marcia Criminals—Rehabilitation. Ex-convicts. Bankers. Confession (law). New — Quesnay. Anthony’s brother Stephen, alarmed at his brother’s dissipation,

York City. meets Marcia in an endeavor to convince the actress to give his brother up, Note: The working title of this film was The Man in the Moon. and the two fall sincerely in love. Meanwhile, Eric Mainwaring, an ETR 6 May 1920, p. 2629. Var 7 May 1920, p. 34. unscrupulous actor, convinces Anthony that he can buy Marcia’s love and MPW | May 1920, p. 724. Wid's 16 May 1920, p. 9. induces the boy to rob the money from his father’s safe which Mainwaring then wins from him at cards. Discovering the theft, General Wayne urges

FAME AND FORTUNE F1.1270 his son to kill himself rather than lead a life of dishonor, and Anthony is

Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp.; A Fox-Victory Picture. 20 Oct — contemplating suicide when Doris saves him. To restore his brother’s

1918 [OWilliam Fox; 8 Nov 1918; LP13015]. 5 reels. honor, Stephen lies that he took the money, producing the bills which he Dir Lynn F. Reynolds. Scen Bennett R. Cohen. Cam J. D. Jennings. had recovered from Mainwaring. In the reconciliation that follows, Source: Based on the short story “Slow Burgess” by Charles Alden Stephen announces his engagement to Marcia. Brothers. Family honor.

Seltzer (publication undetermined). Robbery. Self-sacrifice. Actors and actresses. Dissipation. Suicide. 263

THE FAMILY HONOR AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG ey i nal oy P. rae ; an %0 nar tory p. — x6 Mystery. An investigation of the murder of Claudine Lerouge in a small

NY DM 4 Ape i917 is a 6. as 12 Apr 191% PP. 259-36. French town, is conducted by detective Tabaret, who learns that years

earlier, Claudine was paid by wealthy Richard Cameron to switch his wife’s baby with that of his mistress, Madame Gerdy. Tabaret is shocked

THE eens HONOR Dist First National Exhibitors Circuit ee because he loves Madame Gerdy and her son Noel, who discovered the 1 990.5 Ie 5 584 { lOnS. MISt PIPSt Natronal EXNUOIOrs MArCull. ar papers that revealed the switch. Cameron’s son Albert is arrested because

P ‘ Kin Ww Vid t. Dir Kine W. Vidor. Seen William Parker. S of circumstantial evidence by Magistrate Dubaron, who loves Albert’s hn B eH vl or Can lH M idor. scen William Parker. ofory lover, Claire. Cameron tells Dubaron that he has always treated Albert

John root ne Vide am a T key | kK / k icily because Madame Gerdy had another lover at the time of Albert’s Cast: Florence Vi or (Beverly Tucker), Roscoe Karns (Dal Tucker), birth. Claire tells Dubaron that Albert was with her the night of the Ben Alexander (Little Ben Tucker), Charles Meredith (Merle Curran), murder. When Cameron visits Noel and finds Madame Gerdy dying, she George Nichols (Mayor Curran), J. P. Lockney (Felix), Willis Marks proves that the supposed lover was really her brother, calls Noel an assassin

(Dobbs), Harold Goodwin (The grocer boy). and dies. After Claudine’s husband testifies that he prevented the switch Drama. Beverly Tucker, the daughter of an impoverished aristocratic _ of the babies, evidence leads to the suspicion that Noel killed Claudine so

Southern family, has scraped together her last pennies to put her brother that he would gain Cameron’s title and inheritance. Noel writes a

Dal through college in the hope that he will support the family after confession and commits suicide. Later Albert and Claire marry. graduation. However, Dal harbors no such ambition and instead spends his Detectives. France. Mistresses. Murder. Parentage. Circumstantial

time gambling and drinking in a saloon owned by the town’s mayor, = evidence. Confession (law). Greed. illegitimacy. _ Inheritance. Curran. During a raid led by Curran’s crusading son Merle, a detective is | Stepbrothers. Suicide. killed and Dal is accused of the crime. When his case seems hopeless, one Note: L’Affaire Lerouge, which has been called the first detective novel, was of the witnesses finally comes forth to testify that the saloon manager translated into English in 1873, under the title The Widow Lerouge. The plot committed the killing and Dal is cleared. After this harrowing experience, | summary for this film was taken primarily from the scenario by Joseph H. Trant Dal reforms and Beverly and Merle marry. /Irresponsibility. Moral included in the copyright descriptions for the film. Because all the reviews for the film f on. Self ice. South Broth , t lati hil Fal indicate that Will S. Davis did the adaptation, it is possible that the Trant scenario reformation. sell-sacritice. southerners. Bro Ersis er rerauionsnip. raise was not followed when the film was shot. However, reviews of the film indicate that arrests. Mayors. Saloon keepers. Saloons. United States-South. Upper its plot was basically the same as that of the Trant scenario.

classes. Motog 13 Nov 1915, p. 1050. MPW 6 Nov 1915, p. 1153. Note: The working title of this film was The Battle of Youth. According to a news MPN 30 Oct 1915, p. 78. Var 29 Oct 1915, p. 23. item, Los Angeles Public Defender James Pope supervised the courtroom scenes. This MPN 6 Nov 1915, p. 85. was the first release by King Vidor as an independent producer. Oil paintings by Homer Hobson were made for this film and photographed as “art settings” for the

titles. Some exteriors were shot at a mansion in Sunland, CA. According to a news THE FAMILY TREES see FOOLS AND THEIR MONEY item, Vidor and scenarist William Parker showed the film in small Southern

California towns in Mar 1920 so that they could make changes before the film was FAN FAN F1.1276

sent East for positive prints to be made. Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 17 Nov 1918 [©William Fox; 17

MPN 14 Feb 1920, p. 1762. MPW 8 May 1920, p. 859. - ay ere ,

ETR 17 Apr 1920, p. 2287. MPN 8 May 1920, p. 4067. Nov 1918; LP13065]. 5 reels MPN 13 Mar 1920, . 2548. Wid's > May 1920, P 16. Dir Sidney A. Franklin and Chester M. Franklin. Scen Bernard

ic , , 4 ; 78]. or oy. , McConville. Cam Frank B. Good and George Richter.

THE FAMILY SKELETON MEd ree ae ane Som Cat hade, on The Town of Tipu Thomas H. Ince Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Paramount (Lon don * 4 Mar 1885) erwenek Milbert, Music Dy oir Arthur sullivan

cictures 11 Mar 1918 [©Thomas H. Ince Corp.; 16 Feb 1918; LP12078] Cast: Virginia Lee Corbin (Fan Fan), Francis Carpenter (Hanki Supv Thomas H. Ince. Dir Victor L. Schertzinger. Story Bert Glennon Pan), Carmen De Rue (Lady Shoo), Violet Radcliffe (Chief

j ,; executioner), Bud (Head collector), Joe Singleton (The and Thomas H. Ince. Cam Chester Lyons.Gertie Art dir G. Messinger Harold Percival. ;; ; emperor), Messinger, Louis Sargeant. Cast: Charles Ray (Billy Bates), Sylvia Bremer (Pop py Drayton), Comedy-drama. Hanki Pan, the Japanese emperor’s son, loves the

‘oe CBilly's Ven ges). nh volo, (Spider” Doyle), Otto beautiful Fan Fan and resolves to marry her, even though his father has D man Bill, Bat. e h _ hie f th cere Ali , ‘ed by hi decreed that he shall wed the Ancient and Honorable Lady Shoo, an ugly fri nie’ b hefe th 7 hy Hi hi rath munlons, Is fe, cohol that he hag. Hanki Pan and Fan Fan elope and find employment as entertainers

Elends enets Maat He Wit anerth nis talier s Craving tor alconor ar ne at the Wisteria Gardens. Lady Shoo and Fan Fan’s rejected suitor, the

Is driven to drink -Heand chorus girl Poppy Drayton fall m love, but when Chief Executioner, follow in close pursuit, however, and soon catch the one is attacked hie a Saloon. ed Hinds that ne ‘ too intoxicated to ocfend young lovers. The Executioner plans to behead Hanki Pan, but when the

cr dey i con that Bi , rinks on ‘hi Wh, ‘Bill ore hea emperor discovers the plot, he orders the villain to choose between the

misgul c » and conceives a plan to cure him. en Dilly overnears sword and marriage to Lady Shoo. Hanki Pan and Fan Fan are reunited, Spider” Doyle, a prizefighter, planning to abduct Poppy, he refrains from and Lady Shoo happily is wed. Elopement. Japan. Japanese. Marriagedrinking in order to protect her and finally defeats Doyle in a fight. Spider, Arranged. Emperors. Executions upset at being licked, gives Poppy’s schemes away, which only makes Billy Note: Gilbert’s libretto was published in 1885. The scenario included in the love her all the more. A new man, he proposes to her. Alcoholics. copyright descriptions was entitled “The Mikado.” Among the film versions of Alcoholism. Chorus girls. Heirs. Hereditary traits. Regeneration. Gilbert and Sullivan’s operetta are: the 1939 British production The Mikado, directed

Abduction. Boxers. Fights. Rape. Saloons. by victor Schertzinger; the 1963 British Production The Cool wikado. Sparring

Note: Included in the copyright descriptions for this film is a printed booklet of the Frankie Thowere and directed by Michael Winner, and tie | rush production story “Let’s Go” by Thomas H. Ince, which seems to be the basis for the film. Other rue M nado. featuring the D ted 06170; Fé 3184) directed by Stuart Burge.

sources credit Bert Glennon as the author of the story for the film. ( ne a “a of rea 50 ums, " PW " 7 Dec 1918. . 1115. 1125

ETR 16 Mar 1918, p. 1229. NYDM 13 Apr 1918, p. 528. ce 1778) Ps 19? mo ee Be Bae ENED MPN 16 Mar 1918, p. 1612. Var 8 Mar 1918, p. 42. MPN 30 Nov 1918, p. 3265. Wid’s 24 Nov 1918, p. 16.

NYDM 6 Apr 1918, p. 24. FANATICS F1.1277 MPW 16 Mar 1918, p. 1558, 1563. Wid’s 21 Mar 1918, pp. 1017-18.

Triangle Film Corp. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 9 Dec 1917. 5 THE FAMILY STAIN F 1.1275 reels. Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 18 Oct 1915 [OWilliam Fox; 24 Oct Dir Raymond B. Wells. Scen Joseph A. Roach. Story John Lynch. 1915; LP6767]. 5-6 reels. Cam Pliny Horne. Dir Will S. Davis. Scen Will S. Davis and Joseph H. Trant. Cast: Ada Gleason (Mary Lathrop), J. Barney Sherry (Nicholas Source: Based on the novel L’Affaire Lerouge by Emile Gaboriau (Paris, Eyre), William V. Mong (Hugh Groesbeck), Donald Fullen (Robert

1866). Lathrop), Olga Grey (Lola Monroe), Eugene Burr (Billy Haskell),

Cast: Frederick Perry (Richard Cameron), Einar Linden, Walter Miller, Edward Hayden (Eyre’s clerk), W. A. Jeffries (Foreman). Stephen Grattan, Carey Lee, Dixie Compton, Helen Tiffany, Frank Evans, Drama. Having squandered his money on vamp Lola Monroe, Robert

Edith Hallor, Mayme Kelso, Louis Hendricks, Carl Gerard. Lathrop pleads with his wife Mary to intercede in obtaining a loan for him 264

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE FATAL HOUR from steel king Nicholas Eyre, her late father’s friend. After obtaining a Motog 24 Oct 1914, p. 567. MPN 6 Feb 1915, p. 65.

check from Eyre, Lathrop hurries to Lola’s apartment where he finds her Mone rs pee i914 ain Ne OM 3 Apr ila is o

in the arms of her lover. In the ensuing fight, Lathrop is shot and killed, MPN 19 Dec 1914, p. 101. NYDM 7 Oct 1914, p. 35. and his body disposed of in such a way as to make it appear that he has MPN 9 Jan 1915, p. 59. NYDM 9 Dec 1914, p. 28, 30.

committed suicide. Mary, believing that Eyre has refused Lathrop the MPN 23 Jan 1915, p. 8. money and is therefore responsible for his death, plots revenge. Obtaining

a position as Eyre’s secretary, Mary becomes affiliated with a band of | FAST COMPANY F1.1280

anarchists, headed by Professor Groesbeck. She then begins to spread Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. | Apr 1918 dissension among Eyre’s employees, and Lola, who has failed in her [©Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.; 6 Mar 1918; LP12151]. 5 reels. attempts to ensnare Eyre, taunts the factory owner with Mary’s betrayal. Dir Lynn F. Reynolds. Scen Eugene B. Lewis and Waldemar Young. Hastening to the mill where the strikers are about to wreck the plant, Eyre 9/ory John McDermott. Cam Edward Ullman.

addresses the men and convinces them that they are mistaken. After Cast: Franklyn Farnum (Lawrence Percival Van Huyler), Fred Groesbeck meets an untimely death in the metal cauldron, Mary finds the Montague (Peter Van Huyler), Katherine Griffith (Mrs. Van Huyler),

check which Eyre had given to her husband and, realizing her Juanita Hansen (Alicia Vanderveldt), Lon Chaney (Dan McCarty),

misconception, finds happiness with the steel king. Employer-employee Edward Cecil (Richard Barnaby ). .

relations. Infidelity. Labor agitators. Manslaughter. Revenge. Vamps. Comedy-drama. Lawrence Percival Van Huyler, a society lop, protests Anarchists. Checks. Loans. Secretaries. Steel magnates. Strikes. against the necessity . of living up to his snobbish family s blue-blooded

Motog 15 Dec 1917, p. 1264, MPW 22 Dec 1917, p. 1843. traditions. His fiancée, Alicia Vanderveldt, abandons him for Richard MPN 22 Dec 1917, p. 4403. MPW 29 Dec 1917, p. 1996. Barnaby, who ridicules the pampered Lawrence and brags of his own

MPW 15 Dec 1917, p. 1644, NYDM 8 Dec 1917, p. 19. daring exploits in foreign countries. While the Van Huyler estate is

undergoing renovation, Lawrence uncovers a box containing a confession

FANCHON THE CRICKET F1.1278 written by the family’s founder, Peter Van Huyler. In it, the patriarch Famous Players Film Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 10 May admits that he was actually an Irishman of humble birth who made his

1915. 5 reels. fortune engaging in piracy on the high seas. Delighted, Lawrence takes a

Pres Daniel Frohman. Dir James Kirkwood. Scen James Kirkwood. construction job and adopts a fighting attitude, challenging those who had

Cam Edward Wynard. previously made fun of him. After learning that Richard's tales of derring-

Source: Based on the novel La Petite Fadette by George Sand (pseud. do were borrowed from a book, Lawrence exposes him and regains Alicia’s

of Mme. Dudevant) (Paris, 1849). love. Ancestry. Dandies. Heroism. Upper classes. Books. Construction Cast: Mary Pickford (Fanchon, the cricket), Jack Standing (Landry workers. Documents. Irish. Pirates.

Barbeau), Lottie Pickford (Madelon), Gertrude Norman (Old hpN 3 wer iol 5. ae MOM i wer tole. if io,

Pickford. MPW 13 Apr 1918, p. 286.

Fadette), Russell Bassett (Landry’s father), Richard Lee (Didier), Jack MPW 6 Apr 1918, p. 128. Wid’s 28 Mar 1918, p. 1044. Drama. Fanchon, who lives in the forest with her grandmother, Old

Fadette, reputed to be a witch, is snubbed because of her grandmother’s THE FATAL CARD F1.1281 reputation and her own unkempt appearance, by the village children, on Famous Players Film Co.; Charles Frohman Co. Dist Paramount whom she plays pranks. At a May Day picnic, she first frightens and then Pictures Corp. 30 Sep 1915. 5 reels. intrigues Landry, the son of a rich merchant. After Fanchon saves Landry’s Pres Daniel Frohman. Dir James Kirkwood. idiot brother Didier from mistreatment and rescues Landry himself from Source: Based on the play The Fatal Card by C. Haddon Chambers and drowning, Landry tells his parents, who want him to marry the priggish | B. C. Stephenson (London, 1894).

Madelon, that he loves Fanchon. Although she longs for love, Fanchon Cast: John Mason (George Forrester), Hazel Dawn (Margaret proudly tells Landry she will not marry him until his father asks her. While | Marrable), Russell Bassett (A. K. Austen), Helen Weir (Cecile), David Landry leaves for a year, Old Fadette dies and Fanchon is left alone. When — Powell (Gerald Austen), William J. Ferguson (Jim Dixon). Landry returns and develops a serious fever, his parents ask Fanchon to Drama. In a Western mining town, George Forrester, a cardsharp and visit. After her presence leads to Landry’s recovery, his parents beg __ thief, falls into the hands of a vengeful mob that is bent on hanging him Fanchon to marry their son. Class distinction. Marriage. Ostracism. Waifs. for his crimes. Saved by the arrival of A. K. Austen, an Easterner, a

Children. Forests. Grandmothers. May Day. Mentally handicapped grateful Forrester gives his unexpected new friend half of a playing card

persons. Merchants. Practical jokes. Rescues. with the instructions to call on him in time of trouble. Forrester returns to Note: This was the first film in which all three Pickfords appeared. Universal his Eastern home and his unsuspecting daughter, Margaret Marrable, released a one reel Imp production of this story on 7 Jun 1915. Modern sources also determined to lead an honest life. Austen also returns, and then meets and

credit Frances Marion as scenarist. falls in love with Margaret, but fails to recognize her father as the former Motog 22 May 1915, p. 856. MPW 22 May 1915, p. 1276. gambler. The arrival of his old partners-in-crime sets Forrester back on a

MPN I May 1915, p. 55. NYDM 12 May 1915, p. 26. corrupt course. Under threat of exposure, he aids the thieves in robbing MPN 22 May 1915, p. 66. Var 14 May 1915, p. 19. Austen’s rich father of some English bonds. Because of a loud, overheard quarrel between Austen and his father, Austen is accused of the theft and FANCY JIM SHERWOOD see THE MAN FROM PAINTED POST of his father’s ensuing accidental death. He eludes the police and stumbles onto the band of robbers who, fearing capture, decide to murder Austen

FANTASMA F1.1279 and send Forrester, one of their men, to do the deed. Finding the poker card

Thomas A. Edison, Inc. Dist General Film Co. 19 Dec 1914. 5 reels. in the victim’s wallet, Forrester allows the young man to escape and

Dir Charles M. Seay. Adapted by George Hanlon, Jr. sacrifices himself in an explosion. Cardsharps. Criminals—Rehabilitation. Source: Based on the play Fantasma by The Hanlon Brothers (New Friendship. Pledges. Thieves. Accidental death. Blackmail. Explosions.

York, 11 Nov 1884). False accusations. Mining towns. Playing cards. Self-sacrifice. Vigilantes. Cast: Edwin Clark (Prince Arthur), Marie La Manna (Princess Motog 23 Oct 1915, p. 864, 881. MPN 25 Sep 1915, p. 3. Lena), William T. Carlton (Zamaliel, the Evil One), William Ruge MPN 18 Sep 1915, p. 112. MPN 16 Oct 1915, p. 70, 84. (Hagreth), George Schrode (Sinfin), Grace Goodall (Fantasma), George

Hanlon, Jr. (Pico), William Fables (The goat), Richard Neill (The | THE FATAL DOMINO see THE WOMAN PAYS Princess’ father), Mathilda Baring (The Princess’ mother).

Fantasy. Princess Lena, the fiancée of Prince Arthur, is desired by THE FATAL HOUR F 1.1282

Zamaliel, the ruler of the Netherworld, who unleashes his imps on them. Metro Pictures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 1 Nov 1920 [OMetro Lena and Arthur are protected by Fantasma, the benevolent queen of the. _— Pictures Corp.; 8 Nov 1920; LP15774]. 6 reels. fairies, but in an unguarded moment, Lena is abducted by Zamaliel, who Prod Maxwell Karger. Dir George W. Terwilliger. Asst dir Clarence Jay

carries her to his kingdom beneath the sea. Accompanied by the kindly Elmer. Scen Julia Burnham. Cam Louis J. Dunmyre. Art dir M. P. clown Pico and by a goat, Arthur rescues Lena and sails away with her on Staulcup. Art titles Israel Ticktin. the Sea of Happiness. Abduction. Evil spirits. Fairies. Mythical kingdoms. Source: Based on the play The Marriages of Mayfair by Cecil Raleigh

Rescues. Royalty. (London, 21 Sep 1908). 265

THE FATAL NIGHT AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Cast: Thomas W. Ross (Jim Callender), Wilfred Lytell (Nigel Note: Working titles for the film were The Call of Love and The Little Mother of

Villiers), Francis X. Conlan (Lord Adolphus Villiers), Lionel Pape ine Fs bs Jun 1916. v. 1277 ) 96 May 1916. 0. 2 (The Duke of Exmoor), Jack Crosby (Dudley), Henry Hallam olog un 17t0, p. tel’. ar ay 1716, p. cl. (Anthony), Louis Sealey (Felix), Frank Currier (The abbot), Gladys ew io a ile 0. 1808. 1947, Wid's 25 May 1916, p. 602. Coburn (Dorothy Gore), Thea Talbot (Bessie Bissett), Jennie Dickerson

as. Bissett), Florence Court (Lily (Sally). de Mario), Shaffer (Lady FATE’S CHANCE F1.1285 argaret Villiers), Effie Conley RelMarie dat determined. 4 reel Drama. When the Marquis of Deerminister dies, his nephew Nigel Dr a undere TEENS.

Villiers inherits the title, but Jim Callender, Nigel's enemy, decides to Notes I is unclear whether this film was ever released to theaters under this or any deprive him of the Position, Among Callender S acquaintances Is Lord other title. The records of the Community Motion Picture Bureau list “‘Emanee” as Dolly, an uncle of Nigel, who schemes with Callender to prove that Nigel’s its distributor, but it is unclear whether Emanee distributed the film nationally or father married his mother before the death of his first wife, thereby locally. No information has been located concerning the film’s plot. invalidating Nigel’s title, which would then descend to Lord Dolly. Also

as part of his revenge, Callender plots to blackmail Dudley Gore, brother FATE’S CHESSBOARD F1.1286 of Nigel’s sweetheart Dorothy, into stealing the crown jewels. To prove his Florida Feature Films Co. 1916? 5 reels. ancestry, Nigel journeys to the monastery in Switzerland that contains his Supv Thomas J. Peters. family records. Once there, he meets Callender, who has already purloined Drama. Seminole Indians. the documents. Dorothy arrives soon after and attempts to detain Note: This film, which was completed by Aug 1916, may never have been released. Callender while Nigel wrestles the papers from him. Callender falls to his According to a news item, the film’s release was to be held up until The Human death, and the papers and the jewels are returned to their rightful heirs. Orchid, an earlier production of the Florida Feature Films Co., sold to most territories English. Nobility. Parentage. Treachery. Bigamy. Blackmail. Crown in the state rights market. According to a modern source, the film was concerned with _ jewels. England. Falls from heights. Monasteries. Switzerland. Uncles. the Seminole Indians; its working title was Fate's Bond, and the Florida Feature Films Note: The working title of this film was The Marriage of Mayfair. A set Co. was no longer in operation by the end of 1916. A two reel Blazed Trail Production,

. . released by Arrow Film Corp. in 1920, also entitled Fate's Chessboard, had nothing

representing the Wakefield Tower and the Bloody Tower of the Tower of London was to do with this film. Florida Feature Films Co. earlier was called Field Feature Films constructed on the Waterfront at Stamford, CT. Scenes showing the Henley Regatta Co. This film may have been made during the time that the company had the earlier in England, the arrival there of King George V and Queen Mary, and panoramas of name

the Thames were intercut with scenes shot on the Long Island Sound at Stamford. '

ETR 13 Nov 1920, p. 2483. MPW 13 Nov 1920, p. 251. MPW 26 Aug 1916, p. 1416. MPW 2 Sep 1916, p. 1564. MPN 13 Nov 1920, p. 3817. Wid's 31 Oct 1920, p. 27.

FATHER AND SON F 1.1287

THE FATAL NIGHT F1.1283 Mutual Film Corp. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; Mutual Masterpictures De Crawley-Maude Features. Dist Sawyer, Inc. Nov 1914. 4 reels. Luxe Edition. 7 Aug 1916. 5 reels.

Cast: Constance Crawley, Arthur Maude. Dir T. Hayes Hunter.

Drama /Historical. In 1572, Catherine de Medici, the queen of France, Cast: Henry E. Dixey (Andrew Slocum, Sr.), Millicent Evans plans to massacre the Protestant Huguenots who oppose her on St. (Matilda), Gladden James (Andrew “Andy” Slocum, Jr.), Mabel Bartholomew’s day. To accomplish this, she arranges the marriage of Montgomery (Mrs. Winkle). Margaret of Valois to Henry of Navarre, the Huguenot king, intending to Comedy. Widower Andrew Slocum, Sr., and the widowed Mrs. Winkle slay the assembled guests. Meanwhile, Marie de Mornay, a Huguenot, are bitter rivals in the pickle business. Andrew sends his son Andy to spy arranges to save her bankrupt father by marrying a wealthy family friend. | on Winkle’s factory, while Mrs. Winkle makes plans to steal Andrew’s Before the ceremony can take place, however, the massacre begins. During secret pickle formula. At the Winkle’s pickle-works, Andy falls in love with

the slaughter, a stranger, Raoul de Tournay, a Catholic nobleman, saves Mrs. Winkle’s daughter Matilda and, when they elope, Mrs. Winkle Marie’s life by marrying her. The carnage continues for twenty-four hours, decides to work for a truce in her battle with Andrew. An extremely during which Marie realizes that she loves her new husband. Catholic effective negotiator, Mrs. Winkle not only makes peace with Andrew, but Church. France-History-House of Valois. Huguenots. Marriage- gets him to propose as well, so the two families merge their businesses into

Arranged. Marriage of convenience. Religious persecution. St. a huge pickle conglomerate. Business competition. Filial relations. Pickle Bartholomew’s Day Massacre, 1572. Catherine de Médicis, Queen, industry. Widowers. Widows. Elopement. Secret formulas.

Consort of Henry Il, 1519-1589. Henry IV, King of France, 1553-1610. Motog 5 Aug 1916, p. 330. MPW 19 Aug 1916, p. 1293.

porary 8 8 g : , Features company, starred in and produced the films. FATHER AND THE BOYS F1.1288

Margaret of Valois, 1553-1615. Nobility. Self-sacrifice. MPN 5 Aug 1916, p. 784. Var 4 Aug 1916, p. 29. Note: Contemporary sources do not give directing and writing credits; however MPW > Aug 1916, p. 942. Wid's 27 Jul 1916, p. 743.

Constance Crawley and Arthur Maude, who owned and operated the Crawley-Maude

Motog 14 Nov 1914, p. 687. MPW 7 Nov 1914, p. 745, 848. Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co.; A Broadway

MPN 9 Jan 1915, p. 57. Universal Feature. 20 Dec 1915 [©Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 2 Dec 1915; LP7103]. 5 reels.

FATE IN THE BALANCE see THE GRAY TOWERS MYSTERY Dir Joseph De Grasse. Scen Ida May Park. Cam Edward Ullman. Source: Based on the play Father and the Boys by George Ade (New

FATE’S BOOMERANG F1.1284 York, 2 Mar 1908).

Paragon Films, Inc. Dist World Film Corp. 29 May 1916 [OWorld Film Cast: Digby Bell (Lemuel Morewood), Louise Carbasse (Bessie

Corp.; 16 May 1916; LU8398]. 5 reels. Brayton), Harry Ham (William Rufus Morewood), Colin Chase Dir Frank H. Crane. Scen Bertie Badger Moyers. Cam Sol Polito. (Thomas Jefferson Morewood), Yona Landowska (Emily Donelson), Mae Cast: Mollie King (Ze//), Charles Gotthold (George Castleman), June Gaston (Frances Berkeley), Lon Chaney (Tuck Bartholomew), Hayward Elvidge (Mildred Castleman), Frank Goldsmith (Arnold Morgan), Harry Mack (Major Bellamy Didsworth), H. Davenport (Tobias Ford), Doc

Redding. Crane, Thomas Chatterton, Jean Hathaway. Drama. Civil engineer George Castleman leaves his wife Mildred in the Comedy. Wealthy stockbroker Lemuel Morewood wants his sons, Billy

city and goes South to supervise the construction of a railroad. Not one to and Tom, to learn the business and marry Emily Donelson and Frances be alone for long, Mildred quickly begins an affair with the wealthy and Berkeley, respectively. Billy, however, is infatuated with Mrs. Bruce dissolute Arnold Morgan, while George becomes friends with Zell, who Guilford, a leader of the “‘smart set,” while Tom loves boxing. At a dinner

lives in the mountains. When George tells Zell about his unhappy for which Lemuel hires Bessie Brayton, an orphan from the West, to marriage, she goes to Mildred, hoping to bring about a reconciliation entertain, Lemuel responds to Bessie’s taunts about being old-fashioned by between her and George. Mildred, however, views Zell’s relationship with winning a lot of money gambling with Major Bellamy Didsworth, who tries George as the grounds for divorce that she has been trying to find for so to swindle Bessie, and leaves with her to spend it. Mrs. Guilford sees them long. She and her lawyer follow Zell back to the mountains, but they die together at the races and, thinking their conduct scandalous, breaks with in an accident en route. Zell and George then realize that they love each Billy. When Lemuel leaves with Bessie for Nevada, Billy and Tom, who other and make plans for their life together. Country girls. Engineers—Civil. believe that Bessie is an adventuress, follow with Frances and Emily, to Marriage. Separation. Accidental death. Lawyers. Libertines. Mountain whom they become engaged. After learning that Lemuel only left to help

life. Railroads. United States—South. Bessie, who is going to marry another man, get $75,000 for a supposedly 266

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 FEAR NOT worthless mine, the boys agree to concentrate on business. Brothers. Cast: Emmy Wehlen (Mary Worthington), Jack Mulhall (Robert Father-son_ relationship. Orphans. Stockbrokers. Boxing. False Garrison), Hugh Fay (Danny Abbott), Joseph Kilgour (Mark Arnold), accusations. Gambling. Good Samaritans. Horse races. Nevada. Effie Conley (Gloria Morning), Jack Miller, Jr. (Sam Arnold), Harry

Propriety. Socialites. Todd (William Z. Williams), Fred H. Warren (Star tenor).

Note: This was Digby Bell’s first film. Comedy. When Mary Worthington will not sign a document absolving Motog 25 Dec 1915, pp. 1340-41. MPW 11 Dec 1915, p. 2025. the executors of her late father’s estate from the loss of money due to MPN 18 Dec 1915, p. 95. MPW 18 Dec 1915, p. 2204, 2241-42. =mismanagement, they lock her up to force her to comply. Meanwhile, Danny Abbott, a press agent for Mary’s friend, Gloria Morning, and two

FATHERHOOD F1.1289 East Side Jewish backers, worry that Gloria’s failing musical, The Purple Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co.; A Broadway Pagoda, will ruin them. Danny persuades his friend Robert Garrison to Universal Feature. 4 Oct 1915 [OUniversal Film Mfg. Co.; 20 Sep 1915; kidnap Gloria and release her before showtime, thus creating a news item

LP6411]. 4 reels. to attract ticket buyers. When Mary escapes and approaches Gloria’s

Dir Hobart Bosworth. Story Hobart Bosworth. Cam Ralph Merollo. apartment, Garrison, thinking that she is Gloria, kidnaps her. Mary plays Settings designed by Hobart Bosworth. Loc Hobart Bosworth. Musical along to escape the executors and falls in love with him at his cabin where

accompaniment arranged by M. Winkler. they fight off Gloria’s would-be rescuers. After the executors find Mary Cast: Hobart Bosworth (Lon Gilchrist), Helen Wolcott (Lizzie and take her to an insane asylum, Garrison saves her, they marry, and

Mayberry), Joseph Flores (Bud Dalton), Hart Hoxie (Del Beasley), Lydia Gloria’s show becomes a success. Abduction. Executors. Mistaken identity.

Yeamans Titus (Landlady), C. Stevens (Looey Jim). Musical reviews. Escapes. Insane asylums. Jews. Press agents. Publicity. Western. Arizona range rider Lon Gilchrist helps stagecoach passengers Rescues.

fight off attacking Apaches. After rescuing a baby and binding her ETR 16 Aug 1919, p. 911. MPW 23 Aug 1919, p. 1179. bleeding forehead with his handkerchief, Lon receives a reward that allows MPN 23 Aug 1919, p. 1693. Var 15 Aug 1919, p. 71. him to buy a ranch. Many years later, the rescued child, Lizzie Mayberry,

is a waitress in a cheap restaurant, where she meets Lon, who, now wealthy, THE FEAR MARKET F1.1292 courts and marries her. Because he is so busy, Lon has his friend Del Realart Pictures Corp. Dist Realart Pictures Corp. Jan 1920 [(ORealart Beasley look after her. After a misunderstanding, Lizzie has Del take her Pictures Corp.; 16 Dec 1919; LP14544]. 5 reels. to the railway station. Thinking that they left together, Lon pursues them, Dir Kenneth Webb. Asst dir Roy Webb. Scen Clara Beranger. Cam but upon seeing his reflection in a creek, he realizes he is too old for Lizzie George Folsey.

and decides to let them go. Del returns and convinces Lon that there was Source: Based on the play The Fear Market by Amélie Rives (Princess nothing between him and Lizzie; then when Lizzie sends Lon a photograph Troubetzkoy) (New York, 26 Jan 1916). of her newborn baby some time later, he goes to her. Holding the baby, Lon Cast: Alice Brady (Sy/via Stone), Frank Losee (Major Stone), Harry tells of the Apache incident. When Lizzie takes out his bloodied Mortimer (Ettare Forni), Richard Hatteras (Oliver Ellis), Edith Stockton

handkerchief, their reconciliation is complete. Arizona. Cowboys. (Laura Hill), Bradley Barker (Bob Sayres), Nora Reed (Milly Marriage. Ranches. Waitresses. Apache Indians. Infants. Railroad Sayres), Fred Burton (Jim Carson), Alfred Hickman (Dicky Wilkes),

stations. Rescues. Restaurants. Rewards. Stagecoaches. Sara Biala (Emilia Botti).

Note: Some scenes in this film were shot in Banning, CA. Drama. Major Stone, the secret owner of Society Chatter, a scurrilous Motog 9 Oct 1915, pp. 746-47, 768. MPW 9 Oct 1915, p. 254, 283-84, blackmailing sheet, is surprised when his daughter Sylvia returns

MPN 9 Oct 1915, pp. 93-94. 329. ~ unexpectedly from Italy to fight the paper which caused the suicide of her MPW 18 Sep 1915, pp. 1936-37. friend Laura Hill. Sylvia, unaware that her own father is the malefactor behind the scandal sheet, enlists the aid of Oliver Ellis, the publisher of a

FATHERS OF MEN F1.1290 reputable newspaper. To retaliate against Ellis, Stone orders his henchman

Vitagraph Co. of America; A Blue Ribbon Feature. Dist V-L-S-E, Inc. Jim Carson to “get something” on the publisher. Late one night Carson 10 Jul 1916 [©The Vitagraph Co. of America; 29 Jun 1916; LP8615].6 sees a woman dressed in costume visit Ettare Forni, a grand opera singer,

reels. and assumes that the woman is Ellis’s sister Milly. When Carson tries to

Pres Albert E. Smith and J. Stuart Blackton. Dir William Humphrey. —_ blackmail Ellis with the information, he is trapped into revealing that Stone Scen Edward J. Montagne. Story James Oliver Curwood. Cam Fred Held. _ is the mysterious villain. Sylvia is shocked and Stone is chagrinned into

Cast: Robert Edeson (John Howland/Robert Howland), William forsaking the scandal sheet. Sylvia then forgives her father and marries Humphrey (Blake), Naomi Childers (Jeanne Howland), Harry S. Ellis. Blackmail. Father-daughter relationship. Newspapers. Publishers. Northrup (Oscar Blake), Stanley Dunn (Jack Blake), Kalman Matus Scandal sheets. Brother-sister relationship. Opera singers. Suicide.

(David Blake), Logan Paul (Paul Crisp), Robert Gaillard (De Bar), ETR 17 Jan 1920, p. 711. NYT 26 Jan 1920, p. 16.

Carolyn Birch (Anna), Bobby Connelly (Robert as a child), Betty Howe == MPN 7 Feb 1920, p. 1537. Var 9 Jan 1920, p. 52.

(Marie). MPW 17 Jan 1920, p. 330 (ad Wid's 11 Jan 1920, p. 16. Drama. Twenty years after mounted policeman John Howland’s wife insert), p. 455, 465.

Jeanne deserted him and their infant son Robert, he meets Blake, the man

who took her away. Seeking revenge, he has him arrested ona trumped-up § FEAR NOT | . ‘FL.1293 murder charge, and then Blake dies while trying to escape. Soon after, John Universal Film Mfg. Co.; A Butterfly Picture. Dist Universal Film Mfg.

dies accidentally, but Robert blames Blake’s sons Oscar, Jack and David, Co. 26 Nov 1917 [©Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc; 17 Nov 1917; and vows revenge. As they prepare to fight a duel, Robert and David are — LP11722]. 5 reels.

interrupted by a young woman who asks them to help her and her mother, Dir Allen J. Holubar. Scen J. Grubb Alexander and Fred Myton. who are lost in the snow. They bring the women to shelter and then, aided Story J. Grubb Alexander. Cam Al Cawood and Duke Hayward. by Oscar and Jack, protect them from a band of drunken trappers. During Cast: Brownie Vernon (Hilda Mornington), Myles McCarthy (James the fighting, a bond springs up betwen Robert and the Blake boys, and so | Mornington), Murdock MacQuarrie (Allen Mornington), Joseph Girard afterward, they decide to end their quarrel. Finally, Robert discovers that (Mortimer Gildane), Frank Borzage (Franklin Shirley), Mr. McGreade. the old woman whom he helped rescue is really his mother. Feuds. Frame- Drama. Brothers James and Allen Mornington are both addicted to

ups. Friendship. Revenge. Accidental death. Desertion. Duels. Fights. cocaine and both believe that their addiction is caused by a hereditary Infidelity. Long-lost relatives. Policemen. Prison escapes. Snow storms. _ failing. James rises to the position of judge, but when Allen is brought into

Trappers. his court on drug charges, James resigns. The two brothers, along with

Motog 22 Jul 1916, p. 215. NYDM 10 Jul 1916, p. 27, 30. James’ daughter Hilda, then retire to the country to fight their desire for

MPN 22 Jul 1916, p. 451. Wid’s 13 Jul 1916, p. 715. drugs. Although James is under a doctor’s care for his habit, Allen

MPW 15 Jul 1916, p. 536, 651. continues to supply his brother with cocaine. The doctor discovers this and

in an argument is shot and killed by Allen. The murder snaps James’ mind

A FAVOR TO A FRIEND F1.1291 and Hilda, believing that her father is guilty, assumes the blame for the Metro Pictures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 18 Aug 1919 [©Metro crime. She is convicted and sentenced to be hanged when the doctor’s

Pictures Corp.; 18 Aug 1919; LP14082]. 5 reels. assistant, Frank Shirley, comes to her aid. Shirley induces his friend, Supv Maxwell Karger. Dir John Ince. Scen Luther A. Reed. Story criminologist Mortimer Gildane, to take Hilda’s case, and Gildane

Luther A. Reed. Cam Arthur Martinelli. succeeds in extracting a confession from Allen. Acquitted of the crime, 267

THE FEAR OF POVERTY AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Hilda still fears falling heir to her family’s predilection towards drugs, until seduces Celida, Pedro’s sister, and so, after the ceremony, Pedro attacks Frank dispels her apprehensions and she agrees to marry him. Brothers. Don Armada and blinds him. Doctors restore his vision, but he feigns

Cocaine. Drug abuse. Hereditary tendencies. Confession (law). blindness in order to spy on Aurora and Pedro, who have renewed their Criminologists. False arrests. Judges. Murder. Physicians. romance. Then, having seen enough, he stabs Pedro, but, still weak from Note: This film was originally titled The Twisted Soul. According to publicity for the initial attack and from his operation, Don Armada dies from over-

Motog Dec p.p, 769. 1210. 7 has Dec 49. , and Pie 8 Dec 1917,8 p. 1546. Wid's1917, 29 Nov 1917, to marry Var the man she always1917, loved. Cuba.p. Impersonation

the film, night scenes were shot in the Plaza District of Los Angeles. excitement. Aurora nurses Pedro back to health and then, finally, is able

imposture. Marriage-Forced by circumstances. Revenge. Seduction.

Blindness. Death by shock. Debt. Eye surgery. Fishermen. Knife wounds.

THE FEAR OF P OVERTY . F1.1294 Nobility. Nursing back to health. Physicians. Sisters. Weddings. Thanhouser Film Corp. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc.; Gold Rooster Plays. Note: Some of the film was shot on location in Cuba. .

10 Sep 1916. 5 reels. Motog 6 May 1916, p. 1059. NYDM _6 May 1916, p. 32. Dir Frederic Sullivan. Scen Agnes C. Johnson. Cam Charles Hoffman. MPN 13 May 1916, p. 2912. Var 28 Apr 1916, p. 29. ‘Cast: Florence La Badie (Grace Lane/Florence, her daughter), Edwin MPW 13 May 1916, p. 1176, 1230. Wid's 4 May 1916, p. 553.

Stanley (Alfred Griffin), Robert Vaughn (Jim Lane), Ethyl Cook

(Betty Alsted), George Marlo (John Durand). FEATHERTOP F 1.1297

Drama. After her husband Jim strikes it rich, Grace Lane, who has had Gaumont Co. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; Mutual Masterpictures De Luxe a life-long fear of poverty, raises her daughter Florence to accept only Edition. 17 Apr 1916. 5 reels. luxury. Then, when Florence is old enough to have suitors, she quickly Dir Henry Vernot. Scen Paul M. Bryan. rejects Durland, a penniless artist, and marries Alfred Griffin, a rich Source: Based on the short story “Feathertop” by Nathaniel Hawthorne playboy. She finds out, however, that Alfred is unfaithful and a spendthrift, in The International Monthly Magazine (1 Feb and 1 Mar 1852). and so they soon become bitter enemies. In a final effort to ruin Florence’s Cast: Marguerite Courtot (Elsie Green/Polly Goodkin), James Levering life, Alfred neatly arranges evidence to make her look like his murderer and (Tom Green), Gerald Griffin (Captain Dick Green), Mathilde Baring then commits suicide. The butler, however, who saw everything, is able to (Sarah), Charles Graham (Henry Green), Sidney Mason (Ward clear Florence of the charge, and afterward she rushes to Durland, with Roberts), John Reinhard (Percy Morleigh/Feathertop). whom she makes plans to get married. F rame-ups. Marriage. Playboys. Drama. When Elsie Green, a country girl, goes to the city to visit a rich Poverty. Upper classes. Artists. Butlers. Infidelity. Mother-daughter —_uncle, the glittery atmosphere changes her into a social climber. She forgets

relationship. Spendthrifts. Suicide. all about Ward Roberts, her sweetheart back home, and delights in the Motos 9 SP ore’ p. is » nad 23 Sep tole p. 3°. pursuit of wealthy playboy Percy Morleigh. Then, her uncle, fed up with v PW Sep i916 . 778 Re Wid 6 Sep i916 Pa society, pretends to die, and leaves his estate to his brother. To Elsie, he leaves only a copy of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s story, “Feathertop.”” When

THE FEAR WOMAN F1.1295 Elsie reads it, and then dreams that she and Percy are the story’s main

Goldwyn , ee characters, she Dist realizes that the mindlessCorp. scarecrow who. ,masquerades as Pictures Corp. Goldwyn Distributing 8 Jun 1919

am Edward Gheller. , . .; carecrows.

; a man is theCorp.; prototype for1919; Percy.LP13775]. She realizes, too,4,600 that ft. her. uncle wanted [©Goldwyn Pictures May 5 reels, . to teach her29 a lesson. As a result, she leaves the city and goes back to Ward,

Goldwyn. Diruncle JohnisA.still Barry. Izola Forrester. CPres and Samuel then discovers that her alive,Story but now leads a simple,rerhappy , ; woo , , life as a South Sea sailor. Books. City-country contrast. Country girls.

Cast: Frederick (Helen Uncles. Winthrop), MiltonPlayboys. Sills (Robert ; Crai .; .Pauline .Hiers Dreams. Social climbers. Inheritance. Sailors. raig), Walter (Percy Farwell), Emmett King (Harrison S Winthrop), Harry S. Northrup (Sidney Scarr), Ernest Pasque (Bruce Mot 39 Apr 1916. v. 940 NYDM 22. Apr 1916. 0. 45 Terhune), Beverly Travers (Stella Scarr), Lydia Yeamans Titus (Mrs. MPN. 3 Ar 1916, is 3551. Var 14 Apr 1916, 35.

Honorah Farwell). MPW 15 Apr 1916, p. 514. Wid's 20 Apr 1916, p. 524.

Drama. After her drunken father dies subsequent to falling down stairs MPW 22 Apr 1916, p. 558, 643. on the night of her engagement announcement, Helen Winthrop finds a

note from him warning that drinking has ruined the family’s past four FEDORA F1.1298

generations. She breaks her engagement to lawyer Robert Craig so that she Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; can test herself as she fears that her children might inherit the habit. After Paramount Pictures. 4 Aug 1918 [OFamous Players-Lasky Corp.; 26 Jul sacrificing her reputation to save that of her adulterous married friend 1918; LP12694]. 5 reels.

Stella Scarr, Helen goes to a resort hotel where she wins a tennis Pres Adolph Zukor. Dir Edward José. Scen Charles E. Whittaker. tournament and flirts with plump Percy Farwell, the son of parvenu Mrs. Cam Hal Young and Ned Van Buren. Honorah Farwell. In order to break up her son’s romance with a supposedly Source: Based on the play Fédora by Victorien Sardou (Paris, 11 Dec disgraced woman, Mrs. Farwell hires Robert Craig. During a party, Percy 1882).

announces their engagement, and Helen acts intoxicated to test Robert’s Cast: Pauline Frederick (Princess Fedora), Alfred Hickman feelings for her. When Mrs. Farwell convinces Stella’s husband Sidney to = (Gretch), Jere Austin (Loris Ipanoff), W. L. Abingdon (General accuse Helen of wrongdoing, Robert fights him. Helen then accepts Zariskene), Wilmuth Merkyll (Count Vladimir Androvitch). Robert’s love and admits she was only drinking ginger ale. Alcoholism. Drama. The beautiful Russian princess Fedora’s hopes of marrying

u Pp. . u . : .

Engagements. Hereditary tendencies. Reputation. Self-sacrifice. Tests of = Count Vladimir Androvitch are dashed when he is shot by Loris Ipanoff, character. Fights. Flirtation. Infidelity. Lawyers. Mother-son relationship. who has discovered the count in his wife’s rooms. Believing that Ipanoff

Nouveaux riches. Resorts. Tennis. Tournaments. killed her fiancée for political reasons, Fedora, accompanied by police Note: Tennis tournament scenes were shot in Berkeley, CA, according to publicity —_—_ official Gretch, follows him to Paris and extracts a confession from him.

for the film. 19 Jul 1919. 0. $67 NYMT 1D Jul 1919 The information she provides to the police’s General Zariskene leads to the

MPN 19 Jul 1919, p, 781. Var Ii Jul 1919, p. 61. deaths both of Ipanoffs brother, who is wrongly arrested and killed, and MPW 19 Jul 1919, p. 417. Wid's 13 Jul 1919, p. 16. his mother, who succumbs from shock. Although he loves Fedora, Ipanoff tries to strangle her in his rage but is prevented by a knock on the door.

THE FEAST OF LIFE F1.1296 viene informs him mat Fedora was unaware of the circumstances “ Paragon Films, Inc. Dist World Film Corp. | May 1916 [OWorld Film adimir's death when she planned her revenge, Causing Ipanol! to rus

, , back room just in time to5prevent guilt-stricken princess from Corp.; 4 into Maythe1916; LU8218]. reels. the ; f ‘lity. Pri R Russi Dir Albert Capellani. Scen Frances Marion. Cam Lucien Andriot. taking her own life. Nobility. Princesses. Revenge. Russians. Attempted Cast: Clara Kimball Young (Aurora Fernandez), Mrs. E. M. Kimball suicide. Confession (law). Guilt. Infidelity. Military officers. Mother-son (Sefiora Fernandez), E. M. Kimball (Father Venture), Paul Capellani _‘"€lationship. Murder. Paris. Policemen. Strangulation. (Don Armada), Doris Kenyon (Celida), Robert Frazer (Pedro). Note: According to a news item, Sardou wrote the play for Sarah Bernhardt. The Drama. T he10famil Cuban A F d play also served as the basis for the 1915 film Princess Romanoff, produced by Fox save the lam y estate, young udan Aurora ernan ez must Film Corp., starring Nance O'Neil; the 1928 film The Woman from Moscow, marry Don Armada, her mother’s creditor, even though she is in love with produced by Paramount Famous Lasky Corp., starring Pola Negri (see AF/ Catalog Pedro, who is a fisherman. Before the wedding, however, Don Armada of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.6476); and many foreign productions.

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE FEUD ETR 3 Aug 1918, p. 751. Var 9 Aug 1918, p. 34. Drama. Gloria Marley, the vampish leader of the artistic underground, NY DM 9 Me i918 ae 949. Wid's 28 Jul 1918, pp. 11-12. falls in love with the wealthy Carleton Condon. When Carleton marries the more conventional Marcia Dorn, however, Gloria vows that she still will get her man. Gloria and Carleton then take a trip on the same train, and

Pees Ponwn ves Dist General Film Co., Inc. 2 Nov 1917 [ oon when it crashes, Carleton loses his memory. Thinking quickly, Gloria gives

; aN 7 him the clothes and identification of a dead man and leaves word for

Film Co., Inc.; 2 Nov 1917; LP11668}. 4 reels. Marcia that Carleton died in the wreck. Gloria then tells the amnesiac Supv H. M. Horkheimer and E. D. Horkheimer. Dir Harry Harvey. Carleton that she is his wife, and they live quite happily together until

Scen Luther Morton. “ im cage Marcia discovers that her husband is still alive. She finds Gloria and him, Source: Based on the story “Feet of Clay” by William Morton and tells Gloria that, just as she won his love once before, she will do it

(publication undetermined). again. Slowly, Marcia accomplishes her task, and so gets Carleton back, Cast: Barney Fury (Brandsby Mordant), Tom Morgan (Jeremiah after which an operation restores his memory. Amnesia. Duplicity. Fidelity.

Pew), Harry F. McPherson (Herbert Grodney), William Marshall Missing persons, assumed dead. Vamps. Artists. Bohemians and (James Crowley), Frank Erlanger (Adolph Gassner), Charles Elder gohemianism. Brain surgery. Impersonation and imposture. Train wrecks. (Phineas Glenister), Har! Mclnroy (Jefferson Armstrong), Leota Lorraine Note: This film was re-issued in 1920 by United Picture Productions Corp. under

(Marie Marat), Margaret Landis (Dorothy Glenister), R. Henry Grey the title The Vampire.

(Richard Armstrong), J. P. Wade (Bedford), Bruce Smith (English ETR 23 Dec 1916, p. 206. MPW 23 Dec 1916, p. 1815.

detective), Edward Jobson (Alexander Greggson). Motog 23 Dec 1916, p. 1397. NYDM 23 Dec 1916, p. 26.

Mystery. The efforts of Scotland Yard detective Brandsby Mordant to MEN 30 De role need Wid's 21 Dec 1916, p. 1190.

extricate his nephew Charles Easton from the clutches of a gang of thieves oe known as “The Four” result in the detective becoming enmeshed in a web

of circumstantial evidence which sends him to prison along with the crooks. THE FETTERED WOMAN ; , F1.1302 Learning that his conviction arose from a double-cross perpetrated by Vier ae Pinar oo Ribbon C cana Dist orenter former associates Phineas Glenister, Jefferson Armstrong and Adolph Ole LPI \ 6 4. 41. 5 a ov [©Vitagraph Co. of America; | Nov

Gassner, Mordant vows revenge. After escaping from Dartmour Prison, Dir Tom on Sco, Garfield Thompson. Cam Joseph Schelderfer Mordant, accompanied by his wife Marie Marat, traces his betrayers to Source: Based on the novel Anne’s Bri feeb Robert W Chambers (New

San Francisco where Gassner is mysteriously slain and Glenister’s York 19] 4) ge bY

daughter Dorothy, kidnapped. Mordant is forced to reevaluate his plans Cast: Alice Joyce (Angelina Allende), Webster Campbell (James when he discovers that in actuality, Dorothy is his nephew Charles’ Deane) Donald MeBri de ( Jack Wolver) ‘Lionel Grey ( Tobe) Templer

daughter. Relinquishing his lust for vengeance, Mordant is about to resume S (Ad Iph Bink) , y , P

his peaceful life when a detective from Scotland Yard finds him. Dorothy De T, Alle di has invested all of hi il as that of intervenes, however, and convinces the detective to return to England his daughter Angelina the town of Annes Brid, oe. When the t own's

alone, leaving Mordant behind to begin a new life. Betrayal. Circumstantial factories fall idle, everything is lost and the doctor kills himself. Some evidence. Detectives - Revenge. Abduction. Murder. Nephews. Prison unscrupulous real estate brokers attempt to steal the land from Angelina,

in a magazine. ; ; ‘ eneetet ae

escapes. San Francisco. Scotland Yard. Thieves. . and in the mix up, she is accused of shooting one of them and later is _ Note: According to a news item, William Morton’s story was originally published sentenced to a reformatory for three years. Upon her release, Angelina

ETR 17 Nov 1917, p. 1932. returns to Anne’s Bridge where she is shunned as a jail bird. Driven by loneliness to advertise for summer boarders, Angelina receives only one

, response, from James Deane, a young New Yorker attracted by the trout FELIX O'DAY , , F1.1300 streams on the Allende estate. Deane falls in love with Angelina and asks Jesse _D. Hampton Productions. Dist Pathe Exchange, Inc. 12 Sep her to marry him, but she refuses because of her prison record, which she 1920 [©Pathe Exchange, Inc.; 6 Aug 1920; LUI5407]. 5 reels, 4,729 ft. keeps a secret. Returning to New York, Deane learns the truth and proves Prod . Jesse D. Hampton. Dir Robert Thornby. Scen Fred Myton. that Angelina is innocent of the shooting charge. Then he returns to Anne’s

Cam Victor Milner. oo, Bridge, and finds that he has removed the only barrier to their happiness.

Source: Based on the novel Felix O'Day by F. Hopkinson Smith (New — Bankruptcy. False arrests. Land rights. Ex-convicts. Investments. York, 1915). Physicians. Suicide. Swindlers. Cast: H. B. Warner (Felix O'Day), Marguerite Snow (Lady Barbara Motog 17 Nov 1917, p. 1056. NYDM 10 Nov 1917, p. 18.

O’Day), Lillian Rich (Annette Borney), Ray Ripley (Austin Bennett), Karl MPN 17 Nov 1917, p. 3485. Var 2 Nov 1917, p. 48.

Formes (Jules Borney), George Williams. MPN 24 Nov 1917, p. 3617. Wid's 8 Nov 1917, p. 714.

Drama. Felix O’Day lives to fulfill but one ambition: to exact revenge MPW 17 Nov 1917, p. 1036, 1072. upon Austin Bennett, the man who stole his wife Barbara and caused his

father’s death. Felix pursues Bennett to New York City where his search THE FEUD F1.1303 leads him to an antique shop owned by Jules Borney. During one of Felix’s Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 7 Dec 1919 [©William Fox; 7 Dec

visits, Borney is attacked and robbed by Bennett who then escapes. Felix 1919; LP14513]. 5-6 reels. agrees to manage the shop during the old man’s recovery and begins to fall Pres William Fox. Dir Edward Le Saint. Scen Charles Kenyon. in love with the shopkeeper’s daughter Annette. One day Felix sees his wife Story Charles Kenyon. Cam J. Dev. Jennings, John Leezer and Irving

Barbara pass the shop and, shocked by her life of poverty, follows her to Rosenberg. her lover. As Bennett attempts to escape Felix’s wrath, he falls to his death. Cast: Tom Mix (Jere Lynch/John Smith), Eva Novak (Betty Summers/ Felix returns to care for his sickly wife, who dies soon after. Right before Betty Brown), Claire McDowell (Mary Lynch), J. Arthur Mackley her death, Barbara bids Felix to marry Annette, whom he loves. Antique (William Lynch), John Cossar (Horace Summers), Mollie McConnell shops. Infidelity. Revenge. Antique dealers. Falls from heights. New York = (Mrs. Summers), Lloyd Bacon (Ben Summers), Joseph Bennett (Cal

City. Robbery. Brown), Jean Calhoun (Ray Saunders), Frank Thorne (Bob Lynch), Guy ETR 18 Sep 1920, p. 1717. NYMT 19 Sep 1920. Eakins (Dan Lynch), Sid Jordan (Bill Brady), Nelson McDowell

MPN 18 Sep 1920, p. 2317. Var 17 Sep 1920, p. 35. (McFadden), Lucretia Harris (Nancy, the negro mammy). MPW 18 Sep 1920, p. 390. Wid's 12 Sep 1920, p. 4. Drama, Western/Rural. Before the Civil War, Jere Lynch and Betty . Summers, children of feuding Kentucky families, secretly pursue a

THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES F 1.1301 romance. When Jere is knocked unconscious trying to stop the runaway New York Motion Picture Corp.; Kay-Bee. Dist Triangle Film Corp. 31 horses of Betty’s father Horace, Horace discovers Betty’s picture in Jere’s

Dec 1916. 5 reels. locket and warns that he will kill Jere if he speaks with Betty again. After Supv Thomas H. Ince. Dir Raymond B. West. Scen Monte Katterjohn. Betty’s brother Ben kills Jere’s father and Jere kills Ben in a duel, Jere Story Russell E. Smith. Cam Dal Clawson and Fredie Betz. leaves for the West and vows to send for Betty. Jere’s sister, however, writes Cast: Dorothy Dalton (Gloria Marley), Enid Markey (Marcia Dorn), Jere that Betty married another, and tells Betty that Jere is dead. Jere then Howard Hickman (Carleton Condon), Gertrude Claire (Mrs. Dorn), Roy marries Ray Saunders, an emigrant he rescued from a buffalo stampede,

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Laidlaw (Jim Alderdice), Aggie Herring (Mrs. Alderdice). and Betty marries her cousin, Cal Brown. After Jere and Ray die during

THE FEUD GIRL AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG an Indian massacre, their baby John Smith, grows up and marries Betty’s Source: Based on the short story “Sitting on the World” by Sophie Kerr daughter, Betty Brown, who comes West to stake a claim. The birth of their in The Saturday Evening Post (3 Jan 1920). son, Summers Lynch, ends the family feud. Feuds. Kentucky. Massacres. Cast: David Butler (Calvin Price), Eugenie Besserer (Mrs. Price), Harry The West. Bison, American. Duels. Duplicity. Indians of North America. Todd (William Price), Lillian Hall (Little Rosy Redhead), Julianne

Murder. Revenge. Stampedes. Johnstone (Janie Cullison), Helen Gilmore (Mrs. Cullison), William ETR 13 Dec 1919, p. 177. MPW 20 Dec 1919, p. 1008. Sharpe (Lin Sparklin), Fred Bond (Harvey Sparklin).

MPN —_-20 Dec 1919, p. 4530. Drama. While at the front during World War I, Calvin Price dreams of the day he can return home to Masseyville and marry his sweetheart, Janie Cullison. Expecting a royal welcome upon his return, he is crestfallen when

Famous Players Film Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp r i “May no one appears at the train to meet him. When Calvin arrives home, his 1916 [©The Famous Players Film Co.; | May 1916: LU8191]. 5 reels mother turns away from him in sorrow, and he discovers that Janie has Dir Frederic Thompson. Scen Charles A. Logue Cam H. J ‘Siddons. become ~ ngaged to Lin Sparklin. Shunned by the townspeople, Calvin Cast: Hazel Dawn ( Nell Haddon “The Spit fire”) Irving ‘Cummings finally discovers that the Sparklin brothers have slandered his reputation (Dave Bassett, alias Dave Rand) , Arthur Morrison (Luke Haddon) with stories of cowardice and drunkenness. Calvin confronts the brothers Hardee Kirkland (Judd Haddon) Russell Simpson (Zeb Bassett), with their lies and forces their retraction. After the truth is revealed, Calvin Gertrude Norman (Sue Bassett) G eorge Majeroni (Marlowe), E dna becomes the town hero, and Janie contritely returns to him, but Calvin

Holland (Anne Marlowe). , , rejects her for Rosy Redhead, a childhood playmate who had remained Drama. The Haddons and the Bassetts have been feuding for years over . * a eroushout his tribulations. Fidelity. Soldiers. Reputation. Slander.

the rights to some mountain land. A railroad executive, cager fo start Note: Sitting on the World was the working title of this film. This was the first film building there, sends employee Dave Bassett, a citified member of one of of D. N. Schwab Productions, Inc. According to both the 1921 MPSD and the the clans, to try to end the fighting. Calling himself Dave Rand, he renews American Cinematographer magazine (1 Feb 1922), Hugh McClung worked as the his acquaintance with his childhood sweetheart, Nell Haddon, who fails to “co-director” on this production.

recognize him. Then, it is suggested to Nell’s father Judd that if his ETR 14 Aug 1920, p. 1297. Var 20 Aug 1920, p. 34. daughter married a Bassett, the feud would be over. Nell refuses, even if MPN 21 Aug 1920, p. 1579. Wid's 15 Aug 1920, p. 7. it might mean that she must marry her loathsome cousin Luke instead. MPW 21 Aug 1920, p. 1068. Dave then proposes, and defeats Luke in a fight for the right to marry Nell.

After the wedding, she finds out that Dave is really a Bassett and leaves §-FIDELE see FOR THE DEFENSE him. Finally, however, the couple is reconciled, and the feuding ends.

Feuds. Mountaineers. Cousins. Family life. Fights. Land rights. Railroad THE FIELD OF HONOR F1.1307

magnates. Universal Film Mfg. Co.; A Butterfly Picture. Dist Universal Film Mfg.

Note: The working title of the film was The Spitfire. Scenes from the film were shot Co. Inc. 11 Jun 1917 [©Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 4 Jun 1917; in Northern Georgia. According to information in the Paramount studio records, LP10888]. 5 reels.

involved with the writing and production. ns ney nave Deen Dir Allen J. Holubar. Scen Elliott J. Clawson. Story Brand Whitlock. am Roy H. Klaffki.

MPN ” May i916 p. 3265, Var 19 Me i916 is 19, Cast: Allen J. Holubar (Wade Clayton), Frank MacQuarrie (Amos MPW 27 May 1916, p. 1533. Wid's 18 May 1916, p. 590. Tolliver), Sidney Dean (Poole), Louise Lovely (Laura Sheldon), Helen

NYDM 13 May 1916, p. 28. Wright (Laura’s mother), Millard K. Wilson (George Baring), Frankie Lee.

THE FIBBERS F1.1305 Drama/Historical. Although she is secretly in love with Wade Clayton, Essanay Film Mfg. Co.; Perfection Pictures. Dist George Kleine System. Daring, Soon after, war breake out betweek the North ra en ee

ee E. Woisht Seen H. Troton Steck Story , Nee Wate Clayton is made captain of the regiment. The entreaties of Laura prompt

ossar (Phillip Allen), Mar ison e tramp). . oe

Last Bryant Washburn (Pier Cor, Virginia Vall (ardara), Sohn Barns osu aesingt is wil ened wh ea during bate arin Comedy Aller witesing road ace ear ter ome, young, nh of the war Cayon stuns home andres how, rave) Barn

architect od freight car. Th e tramp. a rus a dict ie taken ta tr an 2 returns. Laura then realizes Clayton’s valiant effort to keep the real truth where he is put to bed and attended by a physician. The weeks pass and from her. When Baring is struck down bya flash of lightning, he dies before the expenses for their act of kindness mount rapidly for the Corts. Barbara, anyone, except his wife, learns of his cowardice. Cowardice. Honor. United intuiting her husband’s concern, endeavors to find some way to help with States-History-Civil War, 1861-1865. Marriage-Arranged. Missing

their finances. After she writes a play, the tramp reads it and offers her persons, assumed dead.

invaluable aid with its structure. He then advises that she send it to Phillip han, 3 ne ory P. 30 Wile 7 ue ory P. son. 1988.

Allen, the great theatrical producer. She does so, and the play is accepted, MPN’ 23 Jun 1917, °. 3950. ype unknown to Peter. Meanwhile, Peter has secured a contract to build a

house for Mrs. Stoddard, which he keeps a secret from Barbara. But each, FIELDS OF HONOR F1.1308 ultimately, sees the other in the company of their respective patrons and Goldwyn Pictures Corp. Dist Goldwyn Pictures Corp. 14 Jan 1918 both become furiously, though silently, jealous. Their suspicions are [©Goldwyn Pictures Corp.; 10 Jan 1918; LP11920]. 5 reels. resolved on the night Barbara’s play is produced. They return home with Dir Ralph W. Ince. Cam George Hill. Art dir Hugo Ballin Allen to find the tramp missing, and the producer then shows them a letter Source: Based on the short story “Field of Honor” by Irvin S. Cobb in written by the tramp which explains his prompt acceptance and production The Saturday Evening Post (13 May 1916). of the play. Learning that the tramp was Allen’s old friend and the father Cast: Mae Marsh (Marie Messereau), Marguerite Marsh (Helene), of Mrs. Stoddard, Peter’s client, the Cort’s then realize that he was also George Cooper (Paul), John Wessel (Hans Grossman), Vernon Steele their benefactor. Rescues. Train wrecks. Tramps. Architects. Drug abuse. (Robert Vorhis), Neil Moran (Judge Vorhis), Maud Cooling (Mrs.

Jealousy. Letters. Patrons. Plays. Playwrights. Theatrical producers. Vorhis), Ned , Hay (Lawrence Calthrop), Edward — Lynch

MPN 20 Oct 1917 p. 2771 2717 Var 26 Oct i917 . 0 (Schwartzman), “Mother” Marsh (Extra in shipboard scene).

MPW 13 Oct 1917, p. 248, 298. Wid's 18 Oct 1917, pp. 668-69. War drama/World War I. Marie Messereau, with her sister Helene and

| brother Paul, emigrates from France to America, the land of promise, accompanied by Helene’s German fiancé, Hans Grossman. The four find

FICKLE WOMEN F 1.1306 employment, and all goes well until Paul and Hans are called back to D. N. Schwab Productions, Inc. Dist State Rights. 9 Aug 1920. 5 reels, Europe to fight in World War I. Robert Vorhis falls in love with Marie,

4,837 ft. but because a rejected suitor tells him that Marie’s reputation is stained, Dir Frederick J. Butler and Hugh McClung. Scen Lee Royal. Cam Hugh he accompanies his parents to California to forget her. Helene contracts McClung. tuberculosis, and when Marie, in seeking the location of a hospital for 270

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 A FIGHT FOR LOVE consumptives, asks several men their address, she is arrested for MPN 4 Nov 1916, p. 2865. Var 20 Oct 1916, p. 26. streetwalking. Robert’s father, Judge Vorhis, acquits her, but upon MPw 28 Oct 1916, p. 610. Wid's 19 Oct 1916, p. 1042.

returning home, she discovers that Paul and Hans have been killed in battle

and that her sister has committed suicide. Broken, Marie decides to return FIFTY-FIFTY (Fox Film Corp.) see PITFALLS OF A BIG CITY to France and is about to sail when Robert, who has been unable to forget

her, rushes up the gangplank and takes her in his arms. /mmigrants. THE FIGHT F1.1311

Reputation. World War |. Brother-sister relationship. California. France. George W. Lederer Stage Filmotions, Inc. Dist World Film Corp. 15 Germans. Hospitals. Judges. Prostitution. Ships. Sisters. Slander. Mar 1915 [OWorld Film Corp.; 7 Dec 1917; LU11782]. 5-6 reels.

Suicide. Tuberculosis. Dir George W. Lederer. Scen Herbert Hall Winslow.

Note: Several sources imply that Cobb also wrote the scenario. The mother of Mae Source: Based on the play The Fight by Bayard Veiller (New York, 2 and Marguerite Marsh made her screen debut in this film as an extra. According to Sep 1913). publicity for this film, Mae Marsh initiated an agreement with Goldwyn Pictures that Cast: Margaret Wycherly (Jane Thomas), John E. Kellerd (Vance)

her films would be exhibited without rental cost at any chartered social service or . . . , ;

settlement house institution in the United States which requested them. Katherine La Salle (May), Tim Cronin (Callahan), Jeanette Bageard

ETR 19 Jan 1918, p. 555. MPW 2 Feb 1918, p. 684. (Pearl Haskell), Sonia Massell (Gertie), Edna Hibbard (Daisy ETR 2 Feb 1918, p. 763. NYDM 26 Jan 1918, p. 19. Woodford), Charles Trowbridge (Joe Keeler), Albert Gran (Doctor MPN 9 Feb 1918, p. 890. Var 18 Jan 1918, p. 42. Root), W. W. Crimans (Senator Woodford), Wilbur C. Hudson (Amos

MPW 19 Jan 1918, p. 41. Wid's 24 Jan 1918, pp. 892-93. Judson), Ernest Carr (Dan), Charles Merriwell (Eddie Judson), Stapleton

Kent (Dick Haskell), Thomas Riley (Gaines), Harry Braham

FIFTH AVENUE see THE ON-THE-SQUARE-GIRL (Throckmorton), Horace Weston (Waiter), Joe Chaille (A photographer).

THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT F 1.1309 Drama /Social. Jane Thomas, who inherited a bank from her father, is Cosmos Feature Film Corp. Dist World Film Corp. 19 Apr 1915 the reform candidate for mayor in a vice-ridden Western town in which [©Cosmos Feature Film Corp.; 9 Mar 1915; LP4705]. 5 reels. women are allowed to vote. Among her adversaries are Vance, the crippled Source: Based on the play The Fifth Commandment by Julius Steger owner of a dance hall, who cares only for his pet collie, and Senator

(publication undetermined). Woodford, whose property is the site of a bordello. Attempting to discredit Cast: Julius Steger (Carl Winters), Kathryn Browne Decker (Alice Jane, her opponents lure her to the brothel and begin a run on her bank. Winthrop), Edith Thornton (Alice Winthrop), Alberta Gallatin In the end, however, their machinations prove fruitless as Jane is elected (Boarding housekeeper), Forrest Robinson (Stephen Winthrop), Giovanni and Vance slain. As successful in love as she is in politics, the new mayor

(John Romano), Grace Reals (Mrs. Emily Rogers), Hal Clarendon. gives her heart to her staunch supporter, Dr. Root. Moral corruption. Drama. When Stephen Winthrop, a wealthy New York banker, learns Political campaigns. Political corruption. Reformers. Women in politics. that his daughter Alice loves her music teacher, Carl Winters, he has Carl Banks. Brothels. Dance hall owners. Disabled persons. Dogs. Heiresses. dismissed and plans a long trip with Alice. After Alice and Carl marry, Mayors. Physicians. Politicians. Traps. Winthrop orders her out. While Carl goes to Rio de Janeiro to become a Note: Margaret Wycherly recreated her stage role in the film.

college musical director, Alice, planning to follow later, dies in childbirth. Motog 30 Jan 1915, p. 172. MPW 20 Mar 1915, p. 1770. Winthrop’s telegram relating Alice’s death depresses Carl so much that he Motog 20 Feb 1915, p. 307. NYDM 23 Dec 1914, p. 25.

loses his job and is reduced to making a meager living singing in cabarets. MPN 3 we ile if * wae ne iis is 3 Many years later, Carl, now a street musician, goes to New York to visit

Alice's grave. Mis named Alice, attracted Carl by hisnotices music andhis A FIGHT playdaughter, at her also birthday party.is When wife’sFOR FREEDOM: OR, EXILED TO SIBERIA F1.1312 photograph and realizes he is the girl’s father, he tells Winthrop. After Solax Co. Dist Solax Co. 24 Apr 1914 [OSolax Co.; 29 Apr 1914;

refusing Winthrop’s money to keep silent, Carl leaves to preserve his LP2699]. 4 reels. . daughter’s happiness, but Winthrop, now remorseful, asks his forgiveness Prod Herbert Blache.

and introduces Alice to her father. Bankers. Father-daughter relationship. Cast: James O'Neill. . ee Fathers-in-law. Musicians. Parentage. Birthdays. Bribery. Cabarets. Drama. Rurick, an old political prisoner, is saved from death in Siberia

Childbirth. New York City. Photographs. Rio de Janeiro. by his wife and daughter Viska, who tell authorities that the old man has Note: Julius Steger starred in stage productions of this vaudeville play throughout drowned himself and then transport him to Moscow in a trunk. The women the United States. According to the NYDM review, Steger wrote a number of plays are saved from harassing cossacks by Ivan, the son of General Romanoff

that took advantage of his own singing voice and the harp playing of Giovanni. [or Orlof], who has been discharged from the army for refusing to

Motog 1 May 1915, p. 724. MPW 17 Apr 1915, p. 354, 472. participate in a massacre. After Rurick dies, Viska and Ivan join a MPN 24 Apr 1915, p. 68. MPW 24 Apr 1915, pp. 570-71. revolutionary band, then Ivan is selected by lot to slay Romanoff. Viska, ignorant of Ivan’s true identity, prepares to kill Romanoff with a bomb,

FIFTY-FIFTY F1.1310 but, at the last moment, Ivan saves his father. Ivan and Viska are then Fine Arts Film Co. Dist Triangle Film Corp. 22 Oct 1916. 5 reels. thrown into prison, but revolutionaries storm the fortress and Romanoff is

Dir Allan Dwan. Scen Robert Shirley. mortally wounded: Now realizing the equality of all men, he clasps the

Cast: Norma Talmadge (Naomi), J. W. Johnston (Frederic hand of a dying revolutionary. After they are freed by comrades, Viska and Harmon), Marie Chambers (Helen Carew), Ruth Darling (Louise Ivan discover the former adversaries’ embracing bodies and are elevated O’Mally), H. S. Northrup (The man from Sing Sing), Frank Currier by such a gesture of friendship. /dealism. Military officers. Revolutionaries.

(The judge), Dodson Mitchell (The detective), W. P. Richmond (The man Russia. Assassination. Bombs. Cossacks. Father-son relationship.

about town). Moscow. Political prisoners. Prison escapes. Siberia.

Drama. Frederic Harmon and his wife Naomi settle down to an Note: Var reviewed the film as A Fight for Life; or, Exiled to Siberia.

apparently idyllic married life, but after the birth of their child, Frederic MPW 18 Apr 1914, p. 378. Var 15 May 1914, p. 23. becomes infatuated with Helen Carew. In order to get a divorce, Frederic MPW 25 Apr 1914, p. 584. agrees to let Helen “frame” Naomi and catch her in a compromising

position with an acquaintance just released from Sing Sing. In court, A FIGHT FOR LOVE F1.1313 Naomi consents to letting her husband go but refuses to give up custody Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co.; A Universal of the child. To keep her baby, she lies to the court and claims that Frederic Special Attraction. 24 Mar 1919 [©Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 26 Feb is not the father. Then, during a recess, Frederic discovers that the ex-Sing 1919; LP13452). 6 reels, 5,615 ft.

Sing prisoner is Helen’s former lover, and also learns a few more facts Pres P. A. Powers. Dir Jack Ford. Scen Eugene B. Lewis. Cam B. F. about her shady past. Asa result, he decides to go back to Naomi, and, with Reynolds.

the help of the divorce court judge, he is able to reconcile with her. Divorce. Source: Based on the story “Hell’s Neck” by Eugene B. Lewis Infidelity. Marriage. Trials. Child custody. Children. Ex-convicts. Frame- (publication undetermined).

ups. Judges. Perjury. Cast: Harry Carey (Cheyenne Harry), Joe Harris (Black Michael), Note: According to a modern source, Tod Browning co-wrote the film. Neva Gerber (Kate McDougal), Mark Fenton (Angus McDougal), J.

Motog 4 Nov 1916, p. 1041, NYDM 28 Oct 1916, p. 26. Farrel McDonald (The priest), Princess Neola May (Indian girl). 27!

THE FIGHT FOR MILLIONS AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Northwest drama, Western. After Cheyenne Harry crosses the Canadian Cast: William Farnum (Lem Hardy), Dorothy Bernard (Evie Colby), border just ahead of the sheriff and a posse pursuing him for cattle rustling, Fred Huntley (Henry Colby, her father), Henry J. Herbert (Harry he calmly rolls a cigarette and faces them victoriously. He becomes friendly | Blake), H. A. Barrows (Tom Gray), Dick Le Strange (Deacon Flint),

with an Indian chief and his daughter, and after drinking and drumming —_— Willard Louis (Big Bill). on whiskey barrels with the chief, Harry fights the girl’s lover, Black Drama. When lumberman Lem Hardy falls in love with Evie Colby, the Michael, a half-breed whiskey runner who refuses to marry her. After | OWner’s daughter, superintendent Harry Blake, who also loves her, trumps Michael tells the Canadian Mounted Police of Harry’s whereabouts, Harry up a payroll robbery charge against Lem in order to get him thrown in jail.

escapes and comes across Kate McDougal wading in a river. Attracted to i prison, mem tines religion and becomes a ea and upon his release her, he meets her at her father’s store, and then fights Michael and three € goes to a small Western town where Evie and Harry, long since mar ried,

; er ; also live. In a drunken rage, Harry tries to murder Evie, but is himself

other whiskey runners over her, helped only by a fighting priest. After killed. Th fter hearing L h ab M Mapdal Ey; Harry is accused of killing the chief, Michael abducts Kate and takes her mca. i nen, alter Hearing ‘em preach about Mary Magdalene, Evie

y 8 , decides to make some changes in her life, which has been less than

to the island to which Harry has fled. Harry fights Michael, who confesses scrupulous since her marriage. Even after the sermon, Lem continues as the killing and then falls from a cliff. Kate and Harry then plan to marry. Evie’s inspiration, when the minister and his newly found disciple decide

Canada. False accusations. Fights. Indians of North America. Rustlers. to get married. Clergy. Frame-ups. Moral reformation. Religious Tribal chiefs. Abduction. Falls from heights. Islands. Murder. Posses. conversion. Rivalry. Attempted murder. Drunkenness. Imprisonment.

Priests. North West Mounted Police. Sheriffs. Lumber camp foremen. Lumberjacks. Sermons.

Note: Scenes in this film were shot in Bear Valley, CA. Shooting began | May Note: MPN calls this the first Fox film made in Los Angeles. The film was also

1918, according to information in the copyright materials. called His Fighting Blood. Some scenes in the film were shot in the Mojave Desert ETR 15 Mar 1919, p. 1147. MPW 15 Mar 1919, p. 1526. in California, and in the San Bernardino Mountains. This film was re-issued by Fox

MPN 15 Mar 1919, p. 1701. Var 21 Mar 1919, p. 55. on 29 Dec 1918.

MPN 22 Mar 1919, pp. 1813-1814, Wid's 9 Mar 1919, p. 33. ETR 25 Jan 1919, p. 651. MPW 11 Mar 1916, p. 1660.

1860. MPN 4 Mar 1916, p. 1324.MPW MPW 11 Jan 1919, p. 252, 525. 4 Mar 1916, p. 1550. NYT 21 Feb 1916, p. 9.

THE FIGHT FOR MILLIONS F1.1314 Blaché Features, Inc. Dist State Rights. Sep? 1913. 4 reels. FIGHTING BOB F1.1317 : Dir Herbert Blaché. Rolfe Photoplays, Inc. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 7 Jun 1915 [OMetro

Cast: Barney Gilmore (Detective Delaney), Darwin Karr (Darwin Pictures Corp.; 7 Jun 1915; LP6427]. 5 reels.

(Sorenti). Horan. Cam H. O. Carleton. a a

Russell), Marian Swayne (Helen Harrington), Joseph Levering Pres B. A. Rolfe. Supv B. A. Rolfe. Dir John W. Noble. Asst dir Charles Drama/Detective. The day after Sorenti and his gang of criminals kidnap letenined). on the book Fighting Bob by Edward Rose (publication millionaire banker Mr. Harrington, Sorenti, posing asa sympathetic friend 0 Cast: Orrin Johnson (Fighting Bob), Olive Wyndham (Dulcina),

, ; . ; ; g (Carmen), Frederick Vroom

of the family, visits the banker’s daughter Helen in the hope of winning the Edward Brenon (Ladero), Miss Redwin ;

heiress and her money. When Helen rejects his proposal in favor of her (President), John Sheehan. faithful sweetheart, Darwin Russell, Sorenti abducts the young man, but Drama. When the president of the Central American republic of Lorento because the police now suspect Darwin of kidnapping Harrington, the — approaches death, his friend General Braga writes the president's son, gangsters release him and he is promptly arrested. Convinced of her lover’s “Fighting Bob” Rensaler, a college student in America, that Marshall innocence, Helen hires Detective Delaney, who soon persuades the police = Mendoza intends to become the dictator with the help of the revolutionary to release Darwin. Having arranged his own abduction by the Sorenti gang, —_ leader Ladero, who loves Bob’s sweetheart, Dulcina Garnia. After Bob and

Delaney helps Harrington escape and then leads the police to the gang’s two friends arrive in Lorento, Ladero’s men kidnap Dulcina and confine headquarters. Detectives. Fidelity. Gangsters. Heiresses. Kidnapping. her to a monastery to force her to marry Ladero. Dulcina’s maid tells Bob,

Escapes. Impersonation and imposture. Millionaires. Police. who forces Riaz, one of the kidnappers, to reveal Dulcina’s whereabouts. Note: One review suggests that exterior scenes were filmed near the New York City After Dulcina escapes with the aid of a priest about to perform the waterfront. The film was advertised under the title A Fight for Millions: Adventures marriage, Riaz tries to assault her in a telegraph station, but she shoots

of a Gentleman Burglar. | him. When Bob arrives, Ladero orders his men to fire on the station. After MPW 6 Sep 1913, p. 1090. NYDM 17 Sep 1913, p. 28. the president dies, Ladero’s forces are routed in the city, and Braga’s MPW 20 Sep 1913, p. 1287. : soldiers rescue Bob, his friends and Dulcina. Later, Bob, proclaimed president, marries Dulcina. Central America. Mythical republics. FIGHTING BACK F1.1315 = Revolutionaries. Students. Usurpers. Attempted rape. Escapes. Gunshot

reels, Rescues. Telegraph.

Triangle Film Corp. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 4 Nov 1917. 5° = wounds. Housemaids. Kidnapping. Military officers. Presidents. Priests. Dir Raymond Wells. Scen Alvin J. Nietz. Story Harry Shumate. Note: According to news items, director Noble, an ex-Army officer, used over 800

Cam Pliny Horne. men and 250 horses in the film. Scenes of this film were shot in Juarez, Mexico.

Cast: William Desmond (The Weakling), Claire McDowell (The General Pancho Villa, who made his federal district just south of Juarez, granted

. . carte blanche rights to the production. His offer to play a part was declined.

Fury), Jack Richardson (China-Mex), Curley Baldwin (Alama Sam), Rodriquez Gonzale, Villa’s social secretary, provided arms and riding accoutrement

Pete Morrison (Mournful Pete), William Ellingford (James Newton), for the principal actors.

Thomas S. Guise (Col. Hampton), Thornton Edwards (Tony), Josie — Motog _26 Jun 1915, pp. 1076-77. MPW —_—19 Jun 1915, p. 1952, 2014.

Sedgwick (Dance hall girl). MPW 12 Jun 1915, p. 1726. Var 4 Jun 1915, p. 18. Western. His spirit trampled by an unjust courtmartial, the Weakling

aimlessly wanders the desert until he is found by members of the Lazy Y THE FIGHTING CHANCE F1.1318 ranch and given a position as cowpuncher. Falling in love with the dance Dist Mutual Film Corp. Dec 1916? 5 reels.

hall girl known as the Fury, the Weakling finds his spirit restored and Art dir Henry Allen Farnham. challenges saloon owner China-Mex at the rodeo, winning the bronco Source: Based on the novel The Fighting Chance by Robert W. riding contest. After confiding to the Fury that he has been unjustly | Chambers (New York, 1906). accused of a traitorous deed, he returns to the fort, where he learns that Cast: E. K. Lincoln (Stephen Siward), Violet Horner (Silvia). he has been acquitted of all charges and reinstated into the army. Drama. Sylvia has had a life-long determination to marry a wealthy man,

ETR 3 Nov 1917, p. 1758. MPW 10 Nov 1917, p. 876, 916. so she must fight against her own feelings when she falls in love with MPN 10 Nov 1917, p. 3267. MPW 17 Nov 1917, p. 1075. penniless Stephen Siward. Robert, too, has to fight a battle against himself, MPN 17 Nov 1917, p. 3488. NYDM 3 Nov 1917, p. 20. but his struggle started generations before he was born, as he comes from MPN | Dec 1917, p. 3887. Wid's | Nov 1917, pp. 705-06. a family of alcoholics. Robert makes vow after vow to stop drinking, but always, finally, succumbs once again. For awhile, even Sylvia cannot help

FIGHTING BLOOD F1.1316 him, because although she loves him, she is also repelled by him and by Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 20 Feb 1916[©William Fox; 20 Feb — everything for which he stands. Finally, however, Sylvia gets over her

1916; LP7667]. 5 reels. prejudice against poverty, helps Robert reform and then marries him. Dir Oscar C. Apfel. Asst dir Ray S. Comstock. Scen Oscar C. Apfel. Alcoholism. Fidelity. Gold diggers. Poverty. Regeneration. Heredity.

Cam George Richter. Settings designed by George Grenier. MPN 30 Dec 1916, p. 4239. 272

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 FIGHTING FOR GOLD THE FIGHTING CHANCE F1.1319 Nellie back, Cressy schemes with Ben for him to buy the land in her name. Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; A San Franciscan representative of the legal owner arrives to take Paramount-Artcraft Pictures. | Aug 1920[©Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; possession and provokes a fight at the boundary line which leaves Joe with

29 Jun 1920; LP15329]. 6 reels, 5,894 ft. - a bullet in his arm. Cressy proves that the land belongs to her and Joe, who Pres Jesse L. Lasky. Dir Charles Maigne. Asst dir Bert Dorris. Scen Will she will soon marry, and the families are reconciled. Boundaries.

M. Ritchey. Cam Faxon M. Dean. California. Feuds. Land rights. Squatters. Desertion. Fights. Gold. Source: Based on the novel The Fighting Chance by Robert W. Gunshot wounds. Infidelity. Kentucky. San Francisco. Schoolteachers.

Chambers (New York, 1906). Note: This was filmed on land leased to Hampton in Beverly Canyon, CA. The film Cast: Anna Q. Nilsson (Sylvia Landis), Conrad Nagel (Stephen opened in New York on 22 Nov 1919.

Siward), Clarence Burton (Leroy Mortimer), Dorothy Davenport ETR 6 Dec 1919, p. 65. NYMT 23 Nov 1919. (Leila Mortimer), Herbert Pryor (Kemp Farrell), Ruth Helms (Grace Mew epee le P- a Wid's 14 Dec 1919, p. 5.

Farrell), Bertram Grassby (Howard Quarrier), Maude Wayne (Lydia ee PE

Bellweather). FIGHTING DEATH F1.1322 Vyse), Frederick Stanton (Beverly Plank), William H. Brown (Major

Drama. Sylvia Landis promises to marry the wealthy but unprincipled Blaché Features, Inc. 10 Apr 1914 [©Blaché Features, Inc.; 11 Apr 1914;

Quarrier because of his social standing. Avarice is the only emotion that LP2580]. 4 reels. ; Sylvia feels towards her fiancé, and when she meets Stephen Siward, a Prod Herbert Blache. young man afflicted with alcoholism, she falls in love. With the aid of his Cast: Constance Bennett (Clara), Rodman Law (Jim Mason). friend Plank, Stephen fights bravely to cure himself. Plank is enamored of Melodrama. Moonshiner Harry Barford, who lusts after schoolmistress Leila Mortimer, whose husband is trying to blackmail Stephen and extort Clara, offers her fiance, postmaster Jim Mason, $500 to tend one of his money from Quarrier. While the two star-crossed couples are dining ata _ tills. Clara convinces Jim to accept the badly needed money, not realizing hotel, Quarrier informs Mortimer that Plank is attempting to steal his wife. that the offer is a ploy to have Jim arrested. Billy, the kindly village idiot,

The two men rush to the hotel where they quarrel, and the drunken warns Clara, however, and she arrives in time to save Jim. The two hide Mortimer shoots Quarrier. The dying Quarrier then picks up the revolver in an Indian village where they are married, and then Jim goes to New and shoots his assailant, thus clearing the path for the marriage of the two York for several months during which time Clara gives birth toa child. On

sets of lovers. Alcoholics. Blackmail. Extortion. Fortune hunters. the day that Jim returns, he witnesses Harry trying to force his attentions Regeneration. Fights. Friendship. Gunshot wounds. Hotels. Murder. on Clara and misinterprets the facts. Thinking that Clara is unfaithful, a Note: Some scenes in this film were shot in San Francisco. despondent Jim returns to New York and accepts a movie company’s offer

ETR 31 Jul 1920, p. 948. MPW 7 Aug 1920, p. 778. to jump from the Brooklyn Bridge for $10,000. As Jim prepares for the leap

MPN 31 Jul 1920, p. 1007. Var 23 Jul 1920, p. 33. he learns that Clara, who secretly followed him to New York, will jump MPN 14 Aug 1920, p. 1261. Wid's 25 Jul 1920, p. 17. before him. When she dives into the river, Jim jumps in and rescues her after which the reconciled and financially solvent couple return home. In

A FIGHTING COLLEEN F1.1320 the end, Jim is exonerated of any crime, and Harry is exposed by Billy,

Vitagraph Co. of America. Dist Vitagraph Co. of America. 22 Nov whose intelligence has been restored. Frame-ups. Jealousy. Jumps from 1919 [(©Vitagraph Co. of America; 27 Sep 1919; LP14244]. 5 reels. heights. Mentally handicapped persons. Miraculous cures. Moonshiners. Dir David Smith. Scen Gerald C. Duffy. Story Gerald C. Duffy. New York City. Brooklyn Bridge. Childbirth. indians of North America.

Cast: Bessie Love (Alannah Malone), Ann Schaefer (Mother Marriage. Motion pictures. Postmasters. Schoolteachers. Malone), Charles Spere (Jimmy Meehan), Jay Marley (Stanton Note: According to a news item, the bridge from which the actors jumped was the Colby), George Kunkel (Mortimer Wall), Beulah Clark (Maggie Williamsburg Bridge in New York City. The actress portraying Clara is not the same

O’ Higgins). person as the Constance Bennett who was a popular actress in the 1930’s and 1940's. Drama. Alannah “Shrimpy” Malone, a spunky young Irish lady who has MPW 11 Apr 1914, p. 270. MPW 18 Apr 1914, p. 379.

been in the United States for less than a year, sells newspapers to help her

widowed mother support the family. Alannah knows that the woman in FIGHTING DESTINY F1.1323 charge of the tenement house where she lives is a graft collector for the Vitagraph Co. of America. Dist Vitagraph Co. of America. 31 Mar crooked mayor, so she helps the honest district attorney secure proof that 1919 [©Vitagraph Co. of America; 26 Feb 1919; LP13453]. 5 reels, 4,301 the mayor is collecting bribes. As a reward, she and her boyfriend, Jimmy ft.

Meehan, are appointed superintendents of a municipal restaurant. Dir Paul Scardon. Scen Edward J. Montagne. Cam Robert Stuart. Evidence. Irish Americans. News vendors. District attorneys. Graft. Source: Based on the short story “Jungle Heart” by Stanley Shaw in Blue

Mayors. Restaurants. Rewards. Tenements. Widows. Book Magazine (Jul 1918).

Note: One source credits Sam Taylor as co-scenarist. The working title of the story Cast: Harry T. Morey (Larry Cavendish), Betty Blythe (Cary/

was Love at First Fight. Rundlege), Arthur Donaldson (Remsden Cotton), George Majeroni

cre 291015 9 14s Mew mann ip ss (Dan Levarro), Templer Saxe (Chicken Green). |

ETR 15 Nov 1919, p. 2061. Wid’s 16 Nov 1919, p. 23. Drama. On the eve of his wedding, reform politician Larry Cavendish

MPN 22 Nov 1919, p. 3789. sees his fiancée, Caryl Rundlege, emerge from a crashed automobile and disappear with the notorious one-armed political crook Dan Levarro. That FIGHTING CRESSY F1.1321 night, Larry reads a note from Caryl cancelling the wedding because she Jesse D. Hampton Productions. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc. 11 Jan has to perform a higher duty. After getting little help from the police, Larry 1920 [OPathe Exchange, Inc.; 2 Jan 1920; LP14587]. 6 reels, 5,166 ft. disguises himself as a beggar and locates Levarro and Caryl at a beggar’s

Pres Jesse D. Hampton. Dir Robert T. Thornby. Scen Fred Myton. lodge. During a chase along the rooftops, Caryl is shot dead by a stray

Cam Charles Kaufman. bullet and Larry pushes Levarro to the pavement. Larry carries Caryl’s

Source: Based on the novel Cressy by Bret Harte (Boston and New York, body through the underworld until he is captured in a Chinatown opium

1889). den. When the police arrive, led by Caryl, and save him, Larry discovers Cast: Blanche Sweet (Cressy), Russell Simpson (Hiram McKinstry), that the dead girl was Caryl’s twin sister, an opium addict whom Caryl was

Edward Peil (John Ford), Pell Trenton (Joe Masters), Antrim Short trying to help. The couple are reunited and the criminals are arrested. (Seth Davis), Frank Lanning (Old Man Harrison), Billie Bennett Beggars. Drug addicts. Impersonation and imposture. Twins. Automobile

(Mrs. Dabney), Georgie Stone (Georgie), Walter Perry (Uncle Ben accidents. Chases. Chinatowns. Falls from heights. Opium dens.

Dabney), Eunice Moore (Ma McKinstry). Politicians. Rooftops.

Western. A feud over boundaries between the McKinstry and Harrison ETR 29 Mar 1919, p. 1293. Var 21 Mar 1919, p. 55.

families, both from Kentucky, but squatting in California in search of gold, MPN 29 Mar 1919, p. 2021. Wid's 30 Mar 1919, p. 23. has caused Cressy McKinstry to show disdain for Joe Masters, a cousin of MPW 29 Mar 1919, p. 1841. the Harrisons, even though she secretly loves him. Nellie Dabney, who left

her husband Ben for city-bred John Ford but then was deserted by him, FIGHTING FOR GOLD F1.1324

returns and is rejected by Ford, who is now the schoolteacher of the Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp.; A Tom Mix Victory Picture. 30 settlement and is attracted to Cressy. After Ben fights Ford and takes Mar 1919 [OWilliam Fox; 30 Mar 1919; LP13749]. 5 reels.

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FIGHTING FOR LOVE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Dir Edward J. LeSaint. Scen Charles Kenyon. the enemy’s range. Aviators with bombs are sent to destroy Russian Source: Based on the novel The Highgrader by William MacLeod Raine outposts, and German field guns bombard the Russians. Because of the

(New York, 1915). terrific onslaught of Russians, commanders attempt to wire for more troops

Cast: Tom Mix (Jack Kilmeny), Teddy Sampson (Moya), Sid Jordan but discover that the wires are broken. A volunteer rides to carry the (Jim Bleyer), Jack Nelson (Curly Brandon), H. Lounsdale (Bobyan message. The big Austrian guns bombard Ivangorod, and after the Verinder), Robert Dunbar (Lord Farquar), Hattie Buskirk (Lady volunteer arrives safely, reinforcements are sent, which cause Ivangorod’s Farquar), Frank Clark (Sheriff), Lucille Young (Pansy). fall. The wounded are taken to well-equipped hospitals where soldiers are Western. Jack Kilmeny, the heir to a dukedom, owns a valuable gold given scientific exercises to restore the use of broken joints and sprained mine in the American West with his wayward partner, Curly Brandon, also muscles. Dawson sees the Russian ruins and their system of trenches. The from an English family. After Jack fights four men sent to take his claim Archduke Frederick reviews the army. Russian prisoners are shown and by Lord Farquar, the owner of a British mining company, he falls in love representatives of different faiths gather at a cemetery to pay homage to with the Lord’s daughter Moya, after saving her when his pet grizzly bear the dead. Austria. Army. Ilvangorod (Poland). Military invasion. Russia. disrupts a picnic and frightens her horses, who carry her off in a wagon. Army. World War |. Aerial bombardment. Aviators. Balloons. Cemeteries.

Accused of theft when Curly, to please a dance hall girl, dresses in Jack’s Couriers. Farms. Hospitals. Military occupation. Ordnance. Poland. clothes and robs a man, Jack escapes the sheriff, finds Curly, and convinces Prisoners of war. Radom (Poland). Ruins. War injuries. him to leave the girl. After returning the money, Jack is permitted to go Note: The copyright entry for this film lists Gustav Adolf Engler as the author. to his claim, which is threatened by Moya’s suitor, Bobyan Verinder. Jack According to publicity, the film was shot at the German-Russian front with the arrives to stop Verinder’s hired men from attacking Moya. After Curly — comsent of the German military authorities.

saves Jack, confesses the theft, and fulfills his ambition to die like a MPN 20 May 1916, p. 3042. MPW 13 May 1916, pp. 1120-21. gentleman, Jack and Moya marry. English. False accusations. Gold

mines. Partnerships. Rescues. Bears. Fights. Heirs. Impersonation and = =THE FIGHTING GRIN F1.1328 imposture. Nobility. Picnics. Robbery. Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. 28 Jan 1918 Note: The working title for this film was The Highgrader. [©Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.; 9 Jan 1918; LP11916]. 5 reels.

ETR 12 Apr 1919, p. 1438. NYMT 30 Mar 1919. Dir Joseph De Grasse. Scen Charles Kenyon. Cam Jack McKenzie. MPN 12 Apr 1919, p. 2353. Var 4 Apr 1919, p. 65. Source: Based on the short story “The Catamount” by Robert North

MPW 12 Apr 1919, p. 270. Bradbury and Frank Howard Clark (publication undetermined).

Cast: Franklyn Farnum (Billy Kennedy), Edith Johnson (Margie

FIGHTING FOR LOVE F 1.1325 Meredith), J. Morris Foster (Harold De Vanderveer), Charles H. Mailes

Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co.; Red Feather (Otis Kennedy), Fred Montague (Amos Meredith). Photoplays. 8 Jan 1917 [OUniversal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 29 Dec 1916; Comedy. Billy Kennedy has bet his father, Otis Kennedy, $10,000 that

LP9862]. 5 reels. he will marry his girl friend, Margie Meredith, within the next week, even Dir Raymond Wells. Scen Fred Myton. Story Raymond Wells.CamR. though both fathers are adamantly opposed to the union. After their first

E. Irish. rendezvous is interrupted by the feuding fathers, the couple decide to take

Cast: Ruth Stonehouse (Sy/via), Jack Mulhall (Jim), Jean Hersholt a train West and marry secretly on a ranch near Silverspur, Arizona. The (Ferdinand), Noble Johnson (Johnny Little Bear), J. F. Briscoe (Bill parents discover the scheme and lock Billy into a freight car, where he dons

Guard), Ruby Marshall (King’s favorite). the attire of a tramp. After being forced to exchange his clothing with a

Comedy-drama. Two cowboys, Jim and Johnny Little Bear, discover a bandit, Billy finds that Margie has been forcibly married to her father’s rich mine and decide to spend some of their money traveling. Their travels choice, milksop Harold De Vanderveer. Since the “minister” who lead them to the kingdom of Queen Sylvia, who is being warred upon by performed the ceremony is actually the clothes-robbing bandit, however, the neighboring monarch Ferdinand, because she will not marry him. Billy and Margie steal away to the real minister to be married. Billy wins Sympathetic to the queen’s plight, the cowboys wire to America for the rest his bet, while the two fathers finally resolve their differences. Bandits. of the gang, who arrive just in time to rout Ferdinand’s attack. Jim then Clothes. Father-daughter relationship. Father-son relationship. United confesses his love for Sylvia, who sadly explains that the dictates of custom States-West. Wagers. Arizona. Clergy. Marriage-Forced. Ranches. permit her only to marry royalty. Learning this, the Americans capture Trains. Tramps.

Sylvia’s army, crown Jim king and ring the wedding bells. Americans in ETR 19 Jan 1918, p. 600. NYDM 2 Feb 1918, p. 23. foreign countries. Cowboys. Kings. Marriage. Royalty. Coronations. MPN 16 Feb 1918, p. 1032. Var 18 Jan 1918, p. 41.

Friendship. Mines. Travel. PW ; re 18 P 86, Wid's 17 Jan 1918, p. 882. ETR 13 Jan 1917, p. 420. MPW 13 Jan 1917, p. 243, 274. MPN 13 Jan 1917, p. 271. Wid's 11 Jan 1917, p. 23. THE FIGHTING GRINGO F1.1329 FIGHTING FOR VERDUN , F1.1326 Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co.; Red Feather Dist State Rights; European Film Co. Nov 1916. 5 reels. Photoplays. 26 Mar 1917 [OUniversal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 19 Mar 1917;

Documentary /World War I. Verdun (France). World War |. LP 10409]. > reels. -

Note: Before the showing of this film at Daly’s Theatre in New York in Oct 1916, Dir Fred A. Kelsey. Scen Maud George. Story Henry Wallace Phillips.

Captain Douglas G. Hertz showed slides that he took during his period of service in Cast: Harry Carey (William “Red” Saunders), Claire Du Brey the war and lectured. The film, which contained only a few scenes concerning Verdun, (May Smith), George Webb (Arthur Saxon), Rex De Rosselli (Ramon

showed scenes taken at all the fronts. The Var reviewer commented that the film Orinez), T. D. Crittendon (Belknap), Tote Du Crow (Enrique), Bill appeared to pave seenes from other releases ShownNertz previously. Sources conilict Gettinger Vesta Pegg concerning whnetner Captain was American Or(Jim), british. IS(Pedro). POSSIDIC a 1S . : : : ° film is British, This was not the same film as Germany’s Battles ar Verdun, a four Drama. Disturbed by the separation of his friends Mary Smith and

reel film released in Jul 1916 to the state rights market by Samuel Cummins which Arthur Saxon, who really love each other, William “Red” Saunders was presented by the New Yorker Staats Zeitung. The 1918 MSPD lists Stuart resolves to reconcile the couple. Discovering that Belknap, a missionary Acheson as this film’s press representative. [No further information about the content with political aspirations, exercises a destructive hypnotic influence over

of this production has been discovered. ] Mary, Red schemes to eliminate Belknap. Red’s opportunity presents itself

MPW 11 Nov 1916, p. 868, 905. Var 13 Oct 1916, p. 29. when Belknap joins forces with the followers of the insurgents led by Dupreto, who plans to overthrow the government. Forming an alliance with

THE FIGHTING GERMANS F1.1327 Presidente Orinez, Red succeeds in both routing the traitors and American Correspondent Film Co. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; A Mutual reconciling Mary and Arthur. Friendship. Revolutions. Political alliances. Special War Feature. 8 May 1916 [©The American Correspondent Film Separation. Hypnotism. Missionaries. Revolutionaries.

Co., Inc.; 16 Aug 1916; LU8943]. 5 reels. Note: According to the synopsis included in the copyright descriptions, the

Cam A. K. Dawson. character played by Tote Du Crow was named “Perez.” Henry Wallace Phillips wrote

‘ : . : or motion pictures and it iS unclear whetner or no IS particular Stor en

Documentary /World War I. Cameraman A. K. Dawson, attached to the any novels ane short stories featuring the Red Saunders character. ne aso wrote Austro-Hungarian armies during World War I, travels from Berlin to the published previously, A Western film made by RKO in 1939 bears the same title but

Ivangorod front and sees the intensive farming system organized in is otherwise unrelated to this film.

conquered Poland. At Radom, soldiers prepare for the assault on ETR 31 Mar 1917, p. 1181. MPW 17 Mar 1917, pp. 1758-59. Ivangorod. Dawson goes up in a captured balloon, which is used to gauge MPN 31 Mar 1917, p. 2032. MPW 31 Mar 1917, p. 2157. 274

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE FIGHTING ROOSEVELTS THE FIGHTING HOPE F1.1330 Cast: William Stowell (Doctor Lambert), Helen Gibson (Mary Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 19 Jul Lambert), Hector Dion (Clean-Up West), Betty Schade (Faro Fanny), 1915 [OJesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co., Inc.; 15 Jul 1915; LU5832]. 5 Alfred Allen (Eldorado Smith), Mildred Davis (Lily Sawyer), M. K.

reels. Wilson (Frank Baxter).

Pres Jesse L. Lasky, in association with David Belasco. Dir George Western. In the days of ’49, Doctor Lambert, a preacher and medical

Melford. Scen Margaret Turnbull. man, comes to the mining camp of Arapahoe Flats to fight the devil and

Source: Based on the play The Fighting Hope by William J. Hurlbut help the ailing. His wife Mary, who did not want to come West, feels

(New York, 22 Sep 1908). lonesome when Lambert devotes all his time to the miners. Upon becoming

Cast: George Gebhardt (Robert Granger), Laura Hope Crews (Anna pregnant, Mary prepares to go to her mother’s home, but after Lambert Granger), Gerald Ward (Robert Harold Granger), Thomas Meighan saves the life of Clean-Up West, a gambler shot during a card game, West (Burton Temple), Richard Morris (Craven), Florence Smythe (Miss persuades Mary to elope. When he abandons her, she returns to the camp Gorham), Theodore Roberts (Cornelius Brady), Cleo Ridgely (Rose _ and dies giving birth. Lambert, now deranged, puts the baby on a doorstep Fanchon), Tom Forman (Detective Clark), Billy Elmer (Detective and leaves, vowing hatred for God and man. Fifteen years later, Lambert,

Fletcher). now a drunkard, returns. After Lily Sawyer, a dancer at a hotel, befriends Drama. Cornelius Brady, an unscrupulous broker, offers bank treasurer Lambert’s injured dog, Lambert grows to admire her open manner, and

Robert Granger $100,000 to certify a worthless check for $700,000 after —_— rescues her from another drunkard. When West returns and tries to abduct

bank president Burton Temple has refused the check because of insufficient Lily while her sweetheart, Frank Baxter, is away, West’s consort, Faro funds in Brady’s account. When the transaction causes the bank to fail, Fanny, recognizes Lambert and tells him that Lily is his daughter. Lambert

Granger is sentenced to ten years in prison and Temple is indicted. kills West and his faith and sanity return. Desertion. Dissipation. Granger’s wife Anne, under an assumed name, secures a position as _/nfidelity. Insanity. Parentage. Regeneration. Clergy. Dancers. Gamblers. Temple’s secretary to prove her husband’s innocence. When detectives Mining camps. Physicians.

hired by Brady uncover a letter that proves Brady’s guilt, Anna destroys ETR 8 Dec 1917, p. 61. MPW 1 Dec 1917, p. 1254.

it, but after doing so, realizes that she loves Temple. However, she remains Motog 22 Dec 1917, p. 1308. MPW 15 Dec 1917, p. 1642. faithful to Granger, who escapes prison and tells her that he stole to provide MPN 15 Dec 1917, p. 4223. MPW = 22 Dec 1917, p. 1840. her with luxuries. After Granger’s mistress, Rose Fanchon, appears, Anna

learns that the $100,000 was put in a trust for Rose, and that Granger FIGHTING ODDS F 1.1333

made no financial arrangements for his family. When Granger is shot Goldwyn Pictures Corp. Dist Goldwyn Distributing Corp. 7 Oct 1917 escaping the pursuing police, Anna is free to marry Temple. Bankers. [OGoldwyn Pictures Corp.; 4 Oct 1917; LP11496]. 6 reels. Brokers. Graft. Loyalty. Secretaries. Bank failures. Detectives. Gunshot Prod Arthur Hopkins. Dir Allan Dwan. Story Roi Cooper Megrue and wounds. Impersonation and imposture. Imprisonment. Mistresses. Police. Irvin S. Cobb. Cam René Guissart. Art dir Hugo Ballin.

Prison escapes. Source: Based on the play Under Sentence by Roi Cooper Megrue and Note: This was Laura Hope Crews’s first film. Irvin S. Cobb (New York, 3 Oct 1916).

Motog 24 Jul 1915, p. 150. MPW 17 Jul 1915, p. 511. Cast: Maxine Elliott (Mrs. Copley), Henry Clive (James Copley),

Motog 7 Aug 1915, p. 279. MPW 31 Jul 1915, pp. 834-35, 906. Charles Dalton (John W. Blake), George Odell (Egan), Regan Hughston

NPN 5 May i918 if a Nila 3 “ te p. 26. (Jewett), William T. Carleton (District attorney), Eric Hudson MPN 31 Jul 1915, p. 78. Var 23 Jul 1915, p. 18. (Detective Butler).

Drama. In Detroit, auto factory owner James Copley, guided by his wife’s ideas, pays his workers well, and thus becomes successful in the

FIGHTING JOB see BLUE STREAK McCOY industry. Envious Wall Street financial power John W. Blake organizes with his cronies the Amalgamated Motors Company, a trust, and persuades Copley, against his wife’s wishes, to become its president. Copley

THE FIGHTING KENTUCKIANS F1.1331 soon learns that he has signed away the control of his plant. Later, through Sterling Features Pictures, Inc. Dist State Rights; Film Market, Inc. Jul Blake’s connivance, the trust fails, and Copley, who unknowningly signed

1920. 5 reels. a doctored statement of the trust’s financial resources, is imprisoned in Dir J. Harrison Edwards. Titles Charles T. Dazey. Story J. Harrison Sing Sing for violating the Sherman Antitrust Law. Suspecting Blake’s

Edwards. Cam George C. Coudert. Ed Charles T. Dazey. scheme, Mrs. Copley, disguised as a wealthy English widow, befriends Cast: Thornton Baston (Ned Catlin), Irma Harrison (June Ree ves), Tom Blake, who becomes enamored of her. After Mrs. Copley, assisted by the

Burroughs (Ezra Reeves), Adele Kelly (Sally Dunbar), Colin Chase district attorney, learns about revealing papers in Blake’s home vault, she

(Buck Catlin), Peter Raymond (John Gray), Thomas Swinton visits Blake at midnight, but he accidentally learns her identity and locks (Timothy Lambford), May Wick, Myra Brooks, Clifford Williams. her in the safe. Blake’s butler, an undercover detective, prevents him from

Drama/Rural. Ned Catlin, a young Kentuckian, joins the army during fleeing. Blake is sent to prison and Copley is released. Betrayal. World War I and is sent to France, leaving his sweetheart, June Reeves, Conspiracy. Frame-ups. Impersonation and imposture. Trusts. behind him. A villainous neighbor who also covets June is drafted and = Automobile manufacturers. Detectives. Documents. Employer-employee returns with the false news that Ned is dead. Returning just as the villain relations. Imprisonment. is about to win June, Ned is ambushed and shot by the villain, but June Note: This was famous stage actress Maxine Elliott’s first film. According to knocks the villain senseless and rescues Ned. The lovers are united. reviews, the play Under Sentence, which was a failure on stage, was re-written for the Kentucky. Soldiers. Treachery. France. Gunshot wounds. Military draft. screen by the authors, and in the film the original play was not mentioned. Reviewers

Neighbors. Rescues. World War |. also commented on the lack of many close-ups of Maxine Elliott in the film, which,

. . . ; . . opened in New York on 30 Sep 1917.

Note: Scenes for the film were shot in the Cumberland Mountain country. The film they surmised, was used to convey a more youthful appearance to her. The film

was first put on the state rights market in Jul 1920, with Film Market, Inc., handling P P

the distribution; a new ad campaign in Sep-Oct 1920 announced Sterling as the MPN 13 Oct 1917, p. 2530. MPW 20 Oct 1917, p. 399.

distributor. News items in trade journals in Nov 1920 announced that Corles Film MW 3 oct ory P- ator 5. 258 ail 5 oct ory P- lo Corp. had acquired the film and would distribute it through Fidelity Pictures Co., who 4.02 7 £98 Wid's 4 Oct 1917 op. 630-31

put the film on the state rights market late that year. Contemporary trade articles PP.

the story or both. THE FIGHTING ROOSEVELTS F1.1334 credit J. Harrison Edwards as writer but do not specify whether he wrote the scenario,

PN i nf i900 p. pe uMey No on p. a [©Frederick McClure Productions, Inc.17 Dist First National Exhibitors’ Circuit. Jan u Peale » P.6 &7. 1919 L. Collins; Jan 1919; LU13276]. 6 reels.

MPN 16-000 1920.5 3078, MPW 2 Get 1920, p. 284. Pres Frederick L. Collins. Dir William Nigh. Story Charles Hanson

Towne and Porter Emerson Browne. Cam Charles J. Davis and R. Schellinger.

FIGHTING MAD F 1.1332 Cast: Francis J. Noonan (Theodore Roosevelt, as a boy), Herbert

Universal Film Mfg. Co.; A Butterfly Picture. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Bradshaw (Theodore Roosevelt, as a young man), E. J. Ratcliffe

Co.; Special Productions. 3 Dec 1917 [©Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 26 (Theodore Roosevelt, as President).

Nov 1917; LP11750]. 5 reels. Drama/Biographical. At age five, Theodore Roosevelt defends himself Dir Edward J. Le Saint. Story J. Grubb Alexander and Fred Myton. with skill and determination for a childish misdeed, but nonetheless,

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THE FIGHTING SCHOOLMASTER AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG receives a spanking from his father. While at Harvard, Roosevelt, a not Drama. Robert Carr, the grandson of a Confederate soldier, was reared very robust youth with poor eyesight, hunts in Maine and forms a life-long to honor the Stars and Bars, and to regard the Stars and Stripes as the friendship with his guide. After law school, he becomes the youngest enemy flag. Robert’s fiancée, Maryland Warren, who respects the United

member of the New York State Legislature, where he fights Albany States even though she also has a grandfather who fought for the South, crooks. He goes West to build up his constitution working on a ranch, and chides Robert for cowardice when, because he tears his pants, he lets his returns to become New York City’s Police Commissioner. Soon he becomes rival suitor rescue her from a runaway horse. After war is declared against Mayor, Governor, and then Assistant Secretary to the Navy. During the Germany, and Robert refuses to rise when the American flag is lowered, Spanish-American War, Roosevelt joins the Rough Riders with his cowboy Maryland accuses him of disloyalty and breaks their engagement. Beaten friends, and leads the charge up San Juan Hill. Becoming President after —_ by hoboes and put unconscious into a freight car, Robert arrives in Arizona McKinley’s assassination, Roosevelt tells the Kaiser to stay out of to find that Maryland, who was vacationing there, is being held for ransom Venezuela and issues an ultimatum on Nicaragua. He promotes Captain by Mexican bandits across the border. He fights the Mexicans for insulting John J. Pershing and Lieutenant William Sowden Sims. Retiring to Oyster the American flag, and rides away with Maryland. Surrounded, Robert is Bay, Roosevelt writes about America. His four sons fight in the World —_ about to shoot Maryland to prevent her capture, when a posse of cowboys

War, one of whom dies. Ambition. Politicians. Reformers. Theodore rescue them. Robert and Maryland return to Virginia reunited. Roosevelt. Rough Riders. United States. Presidents. Harvard University. Engagements. Flags. Loyalty. Patriotism. United States—South. Virginia. Hunters. Law students. New York City. New York State-Legislature. § Arizona. Bandits. Fights. Grandfathers. Mexicans. Ransom. Rescues.

Nicaragua. Oyster Bay (New York). John J. Pershing. Police Rivals.

commissioners. Ranches. William Sowden Sims. United States—History- Note: The title of this film was changed from The American Spirit.

War of 1898. Venezuela. Wilhelm Il, German Emperor, 1859-1941. ETR 1 Feb 1919, p. 711. MPW 1 Feb 1919, p. 1112. Note: The film opened in New York on 19 Jan 1919. The title was changed to Our MPN I Feb 1919, p. 764, 767. Var 21 Feb 1919, p. 67. Teddy in Feb 1919. The scenario for this film was approved by Theodore Roosevelt. MPW 25 Jan 1919, p. 539. Wid's 19 Jan 1919, p. 12. He approved the final film just one week before his death. Director Nigh was given

access to Roosevelt’s libraries, albums, and diaries. Roosevelt stated that the profits THE FIGUREHEAD F1.1337

should go is toincluded. the Red Cross or to other Corp. patriotic footage of . . . . . Roosevelt Selznick Pictures Distorganizations. Select PicturesNewsreel Corp. 6 Jul 1920 [©Selznick ETR | Feb 1919, p. 713. NYT 20 Jan 1919, p. 13. Pictures Corp.; 14 Jun 1920; LP15259]. 5 reels. MPN 1 Feb 1919, p. 757. Var 24 Jan 1919, p. 45. Dir Robert Ellis. Asst dir Jack Abbott. Scen R. Cecil Smith. Story John

MPW 1 Feb 1919, p. 671. Wid's 26 Jan 1919, p. 13. Lynch.

Cast: Eugene O’Brien (Sheridan Dows), Anna Q. Nilsson (Mary

Forbes), Ora Carew (Sylvia Freeman), Edwin Stevens (Frank THE FIGHTING SCHOOLMASTER see THE JUCKLINS Freeman), Joseph Girard (James Durfee), Frances Parks (Kitty), Kate Price (Mrs. Devlin). Drama. In the city of Bolton, party politics are in the control of two men,

THE FIGHTING SHEPHERDESS ; FI.1335 Jim Durfee and Gordon Freeman, who intend to keep it that way by

Louis B. Mayer Productions; Anita Stewart Productions, Inc. Dist First running a “figurehead” for mayor. They decide upon Sheridan Dows, National Exhibitors Circuit. | Mar 1920 [©Associated First National Film known as “Sherry,” a young society dilettante, who surprises the political

Corp.; 30 Nov 1920; LPI 5849]. > reels. . bosses by taking his responsibilities seriously. Aided by Mary Forbes, a girl Pres Louis B. Mayer. Dir Edward José. Scen Frank M. Dazey. Cam who works in the settlements, Sherry slowly gains popular support.

Tony Gaudio. or ; Alarmed at the threat that he is beginning to pose, Durfee and Freeman

Source: Based on the novel The Fighting Shepherdess by Caroline plot to eliminate Sherry from the race by framing him in a compromising

Lockhart (Boston, 1919). situation with Mary, but Sherry outwits them. That failing, Durfee plants Cast: Anita Stewart (Kate Prentice), Wallace MacDonald (Hughie) ‘ scurrilous articles about Sherry in the paper, turning popular opinion Noah Beery (Mormon Joe), Walter Long (Pete Mullendore), Eugenie against him until Mary persuades the paper’s editor to refute the attacks. Besserer (Jezebel), John Halt (Tetters), Gibson Gowland (Bowers), Regaining his popular support, Sherry wins both the election and Mary. Calvert Carter (M ay or), Billie Devall (Banker ), Maud Wayne (Beth), Ben Elections. Political bosses. Political campaigns. Political candidates.

. ; og .?p- . u , p- .

Lewis (Lingle), Will Jeffries (The engi neer). , , Political corruption. Politics. Editors. Frame-ups. Irresponsibility. Western. Tainted by her mother’s reputation as proprietress of 4 Newspapers. Reputation. Settlement workers. Slander. Socialites.

roadhouse, Kate Prentice is saved from the unwelcome advances of Pete ETR 3 Jul 1920. v. 486 MPW 3 Jul 1920. v. 118 Mullendore by Mormon Joe. Accepting Joe’s hospitality, Kate comes to MPN 27 Mar 1920, p. 2956. Wia's 20 Jun 1920, p. 19.

share the shepherd’s home. Invited to the town dance by Easterner Hughie MPN 26 Jun 1920, p. 137. Disston, Kate is shunned by the villagers for her relationship with Mormon

Joe. Crushed, the innocent girl goes home, even though Hughie ignores the FILLING HIS OWN SHOES F1.1338 gossip and proclaims his love for her. Later that night, Mormon Joe is Essanay Film Mfg. Co. Dist K-E-S-E Service. 11 Jun 1917 [©Essanay murdered and suspicion falls upon Kate. After charges are dismissed for Film Mfg. Co.; 28 May 1917; LLP10860]. 5 reels.

lack of evidence, Kate vows to find the murderer of Mormon Joe. Dir Harry Beaumont. Scen Harry Beaumont. Transformed from an innocent girl to the fighting shepherdess, Kate’s Source: Based on the novelette Filling His Own Shoes by Henry C. name is finally cleared when Pete, dying from a gunshot wound, admits Rowland (Boston and New York, 1916). that he committed the crime. The burden of guilt lifted from her shoulders, Cast: Bryant Washburn (William Ruggles), Hazel Daly (Ruth

Kate is free to pursue a happy future with Hughie. Fa/se accusations. Downing), Roderick La Rock (Dick Downing), Lydia Dalzell Murder. Reputation. Shepherdesses. Shepherds. Transformation. Church (Dorothea Westbrooke), Virginia Valli (Roxana), Helen Ferguson

Innkeepers. Roadhouses. Metcalfe.

of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Dances. Gunshot wounds. (Rosa), Louise Long (Bulbul), Julien Barton, Alice Hawley, Arthur

MPN 17 Jan 1920, p. 850. MPW 3 Apr 1920, p. 141. Comedy. William Ruggles, an American shoe clerk out of a job in Paris,

MPN * Ap 1900 is x03 ve * Ape 1990 p Ae joins the Turkish forces in the Balkan war. During a fierce battle, he MPN 10 Apr 1920, p. 3375. Wid's 4 Apr 1920, p. 3. rescues a wounded Turk from the field. Although the Turk dies, the man

bequeaths Ruggles his fortune out of gratitude. The will stipulates,

. however, that Ruggles must also accept the guardianship of the Turk’s

FIGHTING THROUGH F 1.1336 three beautiful wards: Roxana, Rosa and Bulbul. The shoe clerk and his William Christy Cabanne Producing Co. Dist W. W. Hodkinson Corp. three maidens move to Paris where he renews the acquaintance of Ruth

through Pathé Exchange, Inc. 27 Jan 1919. 6 reels. Downing, the daughter of his former employer. The two fall in love, driving Pres William Christy Cabanne. Dir William Christy Cabanne. Story Roxana, who also loves Ruggles, into a jealous rage. Roxana attacks Ruth,

William Christy Cabanne. Cam Sam Landers. attempting to hurl vitriol into her eyes, but Ruggles stops her. Roxana then Cast: E. K. Lincoln (Robert Carr), Spottiswoode Aitken (Colonel runs away, later marrying a young Parisian. Ruth, however, believing that Dabney Carr), Millicent Fisher (Maryland Warren), Frederick Vroom Ruggles has been intimately involved with Roxana, renounces her love for

(Braxton Warren), Helen Dunbar (Mrs. Warren), Hayward Mack him. Summoning all his persuasive powers gained as a salesman, Ruggles

(Raymond Haynes). finally convinces Ruth of his innocence, and she marries him. Americans 276

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 FIND THE WOMAN in foreign countries. Paris. Salesmen. Shoe clerks. Turks. Wards and Pres B. A. Rolfe. Dir Edwin Carewe. Story George Scarborough. guardians. Wills. Acid. Balkan Pensinula—History-War of 1912-1913. Cast: Ethel Barrymore (Jane Carleson, Mrs. Murray Campbell), Combat. French. Inheritance. Jealousy. Runaways. Turkey. Army. Beatrice Maude (Hortense Carleson), Mahlon Hamilton (Murray

i ao to Ross).

Motog 16 Jun 1917, p. 1286. MPW 23 Jun 1917, p. 1950. Campbell), H. Cooper Cliffe (Hamilton Ross), Percy G. Standing MPW 5 han i917 e. eer Wide y we ree P 7 396-97 (Henry irons). Paul Lawrence (Doctor Perry), M. W. Rale (Kato, valet

Drama. After a woman who says that she is taking the law into her own

THE FINAL ARGUMENT see POWDER hands, shoots her lover, she is revealed to be the actress Jane Carleson

concluding the play “Honor.” Jane chooses to marry young district attorney Murray Campbell over two other suitors, millionaire Henry

bla ieee remain Co Dist F PI Lask me Strong, who remains her friend, and Hamilton Ross, a criminologist and amous Flayers-Lasky rp. Mist ramous Fiayers-Lasky ‘OFrp., = chemist, who leaves for Moscow to investigate a murder. When Ross

Paramount Pictures. 18 May 1919 [©Famous Players-Lasky Corp.,5 May —_—_ discovers that the victim died from the fumes of an East Indian poison, he

1919; LP13695). 5 reels. withholds this evidence and returns. Ross mails to Campbell a letter soaked Pres Jesse L. Lasky. Dir Walter Edwards. Scen Julia Crawford Ivers. in the poison that accuses Jane of having an affair with Strong, which

can ame wan res t story “The Final Close-Up” by Roval B Campbell already suspects. When the letter arrives during a party, Strong _ Source: based on the snort story = tne Pinal Close-Up by Royal Brown opens it for Campbell and is stunned by the fumes. Campbell reads it and

in The Red Book Magazine (Sep 1918). , oo, threatens Strong, who falls, hits his head and dies from a fracture. After Cast: Shirley Mason (Nora N olan), Francis McDonald (Jimmie Nor fon, Campbell is convicted of murder, Jane investigates and discovers Ross’s We epor Wi ds james poreon “ air mn in orton). Betty Bauton {emily plot. She lures him to a locked room in which she has incense of the poison

, Maine Sp, ith). e), Eugene Burr (Lloyd Gregory), Mary Warren burning, but which, unknown to Ross, is harmless. After Ross confesses,

Drama. When Nora Nolan, a poor bargain basement clerk, faints from campbell ‘| ie ed. Motors ane a eeees: criminologists. pistict

the heat, she is told to take a vacation. Reporter Jimmie Norton, the son accusations Falee rests betters Parties sn Tops ans. False of a millionaire, is nearby when she faints and sends her an anonymous Note: The workin title f thi fil w H H A di t t $200 check. Nora goes to a fashionable seaside hotel where Jimmie also eee hoced ana play not wer credaced. thar wand et woe fete mee sources, the film was based on a play not yet produced, that would, at some future

goes to pitch on the hotel baseball team after he is fired from the date, be presented on the stage with the same cast as that of the film. No information newspaper. He is called home just as Nora is accused of looting the bath has been located to indicate that the play was ever produced on the stage.

houses. Nora catches jealous society girl Emily Westervelt-Moore planting Motog 30 Oct 1915, p. 521. MPw , Oct 1915, p. 340, 342. evidence in her room, but Nora’s money has been stolen, and she is forced Ct Td, P. 04. ct ITD, Pp. 031.

to wash dishes. Nora discovers a plan to rob the hotel safe and catches the MPN 0 No iis D. a var 29. Ost 1915, p. 23. real thief, Lloyd Gregory, just as Jimmie and his father return. She wins the heart of both Jimmie and his father. Jimmie and Nora embrace in “the

final close-up.” Frame-ups. Resorts. Thieves. Baseball. Clerks. ee Ge « Film Corp. 21 May 1917 [©Fox cin Coen

Dishwashers. Dismissal. Hotels. Jealousy. Reporters. Socialites. 20 May 1917: (P10789} 5 reels Pp. 4 Ps MPN » aa i919 50. pW "4 me 1919 .. 83 Dir Frank Powell. Scen Frank Powell. Cam David Calcagni.

MPN 24 May 1919, p. 3421, 3423. Var 6 Jun 1919, p. 49. Cast: Nance O’Neil (Nina), Jane Miller (Rose, her sister), Clifford

MPN 7 Jun 1919, p. 3847. Wid's 1 Jun 1919, p. 7. Bruce (Cesare), Leslie Austin (Neccola), Alfred Hickman (Alfredo), Dorothy Bernard (Marie).

THE FINAL CURTAIN F1.1340 Drama. Fishermen Neccola and Cesare are the best of friends until they George Kleine. Dist Kleine-Edison Features. 2 Feb 1916 [©George fall in love with Nina, who favors Cesare. Their rivalry becomes an issue Kleine; 21 Jan 1916; LU7465. ©George Kleine; 2 Feb 1916; LP7779}. 5 When, in a drunken frenzy one night, Neccola threatens to inform the

reels, 5,018 ft. authorities that Alfredo, the owner of the fishing fleet, uses dynamite to

Scen Channing Pollock. insure his catch. Alfredo kills Neccola, but when Cesare arrives on the

Cast: Alma Hanlon (Ruth Darrell), Arthur Hoops (John Lora), scene, he is accused of the murder. Alfredo serves on his jury, and through Florence Coventry (Jane Lord), Herbert Hayes (Herbert Lyle), Frank his influence, Cesare is found guilty and hanged. The only person who Belcher (John Banks), Beryl Mercer (Mary), W. C. Carleton (Henry knows of Alfredo S crime is Marie, who agrees to remain silent in return Cole), Frank Norcross (George Robbins), Crimmins, Gore (The for Alfredo’s promise of marriage. Alfredo desires Nina S younger sister Marvelous Sylvesters), H. H. MacCullum (The tragedian), Joe Scott Rose, however, and entices the girl to his boat. Learning of his betrayal,

(The dancer), Prince Sutton (The juggler). Nina follows and in the ensuing struggle, a lamp is overturned and Alfredo Drama. When wool magnate John Lord goes to the theater, he falls in perishes in the flames. False accusations. Infidelity. Murder. Rivalry.

love with the leading lady, Ruth Darrell, and arranges a meeting. He and _—-Extortion. Fires. Fishermen. Friendship. _ Ruth begin a romance, and soon get married. Later, however, John is more . Note: The synopsis included in the copyright descriptions was originally entitled

interested in business affairs than in affairs of the heart, and so Ruth, Nannina. -

feeling neglected, leaves him. Just after his marriage goes bad, John’s PN 0 me Oly jst Wid's 14 Jun 1917, p. 372.

business starts to collapse, as his competitors conspire to ruin him. Ruth, a who became a telephone operator after leaving John, hears about the plot

through her switchboard and sends John an anonymous letter of warning. ae me ~e ‘ca: A Blue Ribbon Feat Di Be Because of it, he is finally able to salvage his fortune. Then, finding out that SHagrapo &0. ob America, A piue Nibdon reature. ist reater

the tip had come from Ruth, he goes to her to ask her forgiveness, and she Vitagraph, Inc. 10 Jun 1918 [©Vitagraph Co. of America; 3 Jun 1918;

agrees to return to him. Business competition. Conspiracy. Marriage. LP 12490}. 5 reels. , ,

Telephone operators. Theater. Shelderfer. . .

Neglected wives. Wool magnates. Actors and actresses. Letters. Pres Albert E. Smith. Dir Tom Terriss. Scen Stanley Olmstead. Cam Joe Note: The working title of this film was Our Lady of Laughter. “Crimmins and Source: Based on the short story Cherchez la Femme by O. Henry

Gore,” who play the Marvelous Sylvesters were vaudeville, film and stage performers (pseud. of William Sydney Porter) in Roads of Destiny (New York, 1909).

Daniel “Dan” Crimmins and his wife, Rosa Gore. This film was re-issued by Photo Cast: Alice Joyce (Madeline Renard), Walter McGrail (Maurice

Products Export Co. in 1920. Dumars), Henry Houry (Robbins), Jessie Stevens (Madame Tibault), AEN y re Dee ee WoW ; re ile p. oy Jean Paige (Nonette), Arthur Donaldson (Monsieur Morin), Martin Faust

Ov Tau Pe we? c ‘Poo (Pierre), Victor A. Stewart.

mew > Feb 1916, p. 846. var IT Feb 1916, p. 24. Drama. Madeline Renard, a singer with the French Opera Company in New Orleans, is loved by Maurice Dumars, a newspaper critic. When

THE FINAL JUDGMENT F1.1341 Madeline is awarded a starring role in Faust, she asks her old friend,

Rolfe Photoplays, Inc. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 18 Oct 1915 [O©Metro Monsieur Morin, an expert gold worker, to make her a paste pearl necklace

Pictures Corp.; 13 Oct 1915; LP6630]. 5 reels. for the performance. He does this but suddenly is taken ill and dies. Morin 277

FIND THE WOMAN AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG had been guarding $20,000 in gold coins for Mme. Tibault, an innkeeper, of the Rev. Paul Smith in San Francisco. One source suggests that Rev. Paul Smith and when the money is discovered missing from his safe, gossips soon wrote the scenario. The film was sponsored by Smith’s church, several newspapers, convince the townspeople — including Maurice _ that Madeline stole the the film. The film was scheduled to open at the Lyric Theatre in New York on 29 money in order to buy her marvelous pearls. While visiting Mme. Tibault, Jun 1918, but because Commissioner Gilchrist of the Bureau of Licenses sent a Maurice learns that the simple innkeeper has unwittingly used as wallpaper warning that the Lyric Theater Company’s license would be revoked if it exhibited the stock certificates that Maurice had purchased with her gold coins. The _the film, which the Commissioner thought was immoral, another film was shown in

. . . . : and the Church of Strangers in New York. A special musical score was prepared for

mystery cleared up, Madeline regains the affections of Maurice and her its place. ovens was orcad nae ik wy . show are ee had Its

friends, turn, forgives them for theirPullman, lack of Superintendent faith. Goldsmiths. endorsed FA ag He S, ’ »and TOFshe, a utinendorsed by Major Raymond of Police in Washington,

Gossip. Jewelry. Opera singers. Robbery. Stock certificates. Critics. D.C., and by Mayor Ole Hanson of Seattle. Film taken of Mayor Hanson welcoming

Faust. Gold. Innkeepers. New Orleans. Safes. Wallpaper. Rev. Paul Smith was used as a prologue to showings of the film in the North West. Note: The story was first published in Ains/lee’s, Mar 1903 written under the Che Finger of Justice was banned in Maryland by the Maryland State Board of

pseudonym, James 1. Bliss. ETR- 6 Jul 1918, p. 384 MPN 29 Jun 1918, p. 3873

ETR 15 Jun 1918p. 127 NYDM 29 Jun 1918, p. 925, ETR 10 Aug 1918, p. 817 MPW 6 Jul 1918, p. 112, MPN 22 Jun 1918, p. 3739. Var 7 Jun 1918, p. 33. otog 13 Jul 1918, p. 55. MPW 13 Jul 1918, p. 256. MPW 15 Jun 1918, p. 1618. Wid's 9 Jun 1918, pp. 13-14.

MPW 22 Jun 1918, p. 1754. THE FINGERPRINT see THE HAND AT THE WINDOW

KNIGHT Kismet Feature Film Co. Dist State Rights. Feb 1914. 6 reels. Dir T. Hayes Hunter.

FINE FEATHERS F1.1344 Cast: Isabel Rea (Helen), Tom McEvoy (The reporter). Cosmos Feature Film Corp. Dist World Film Corp. 7 or 14 Jun 1915 Adventure. Accompanied by his buffoonish valet, an American reporter

[OCosmos Feature Film Corp.; 5 May 1915; LP5364]. 5 reels. attempts to rescue Helen, a tourist who has been abducted by the Grand

Dir Joseph A. Golden. Vizier in Tangiers, carried to Fez, and claimed by the Sultan. In the desert,

Source: Based on the play Fine Feathers by Eugene Walter (New York, _ the reporter and his servant are captured by an outlaw band, but when the

7 Jan 1913). chief of the band learns that he and the American are members of the same Cast: Janet Beecher (Jane Reynolds), David Powell (Bob Rey nolds), secret society, he grants the two safe passage. Although tortured in Fez by Lyster Chambers (John Brand), Alberta Gallatin (Mrs. Collins), Henry Helen’s captors, the reporter rescues her, and they are able to return to

ries. ; rs. ; rists. rts.

aaa 5 sand Jane Reynolds live hep ‘ “ly ta a little Staten Island America where they become engaged. Abduction Americans in foreign

cottage on the twenty-five-dollars-a-week he makes as a chemist testing Engagements. Fer (Morocco). Grand viziers. Outlaws “Secret societies cement, until Jane decides she wants fancy clothes and spends their butcher Sultans. Tangiers (Morocco). Torture.

money on a fine-feathered hat from a Fifth Avenue milliner. After Bob MPW 14 Feb 1914, p. 815. Var 27 Feb 1914, p. 23 turns down a bribe from his college friend John Brand, in charge of ——-

constructing the Pecos dam, to allow inferior cement to pass inspection,

Brand persuades Jane to influence Bob, who finally acquiesces. From the THE FIRE FLINGERS F1.1347

large sum received, Bob invests in the stock market according to a tip of Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co.; Special

Brand’s and makes a lot more money, which enables Jane and him to live Attraction. 21 Apr 1919 [©Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 31 Mar 1919; luxuriously until the market suddenly shifts and they lose everything. That _LP13559]. 6-7 reels, 5,776 ft.

same day the dam bursts and the subsequent flooding of a valley results Dir Rupert Julian. Asst dir Rex Hodge. Scen Waldemar Young. in the loss of many lives. After Bob is wounded fighting Brand, Brand’s © Edward Kull and Pliny W. Horne. Ed Frank Lawrence. _ suicide enables Bob and Jane to start life anew, resolved to living without Source: Based on the novel The Fire Flingers by William J. Neidig (New

luxuries. Bribery. Chemists. Extravagance. Graft. Regeneration. York, 1919). Speculation. Stock market. Suicide. (Chris Cotterill), Clyde Fillmore (Benjamin Burley), Fred Kelsey Bankruptcy. Cement. Dams. Floods. New York City-Staten Island. Cast: Rupert Julian (Richard Hatton/Richard Olwell), E. A. Warren

Note: This film was remade in 1921 by Metro Pictures Corp. with Claire Whitney (Sergeant Powers), Jane Novak (Winifred Olwell), Fay Tincher and Eugene Pallette in the leading roles. (See AFI Catalog of Feature Films, (Maggie Driver), Fritzie Ridgeway (Ellen), William Lloyd (Stoll), Will

1921-30; F2.1760.) Jeffries.

Motos ie ful lore’ p. 38. ee an lore’ p. es Drama. Bearded ex-convicts Richard Hatton and Chris Cotterill get

iL aon une Pe. work as printers, their prison vocation, at the Olwell Press. When owner

“ew 19 Jam 1919. B. 1987 Var IS Jun 1915) pe IT. Richard Olwell, who is about to divorce his wife and elope with his

stenographer, Maggie Driver, discovers that they are ex-cons, he sends

ee EENGER Pieter Os. Dist State Rights: Arrow Film Corp. Jul them away without pay. They go to Olwell’s home and are fed dinner by

1918.7 os Mr. Onell when Olwall rine, intricate to et money fo

Marbury Sanderson. Cam Leawoo ie Chaudet. Seen Grace Cotterill. When Olwell dies after hitting his head on the fireplace, Hatton Cast: Crane Wilbur (Noel Delaney), Harry Barrows (William shaves and assumes Olwell s identity, saying that the dead man is Hatton Randall), Jane O’Rourke (Yvonne), Mae Gaston (Mary), Leota Lorraine ane that otter is his new roreman. wes swe begins to nove nes (Edith), Beulah Booker (Betty Randall), Velma Whitman (Louise usband, an when Hatton tens her w ° € Is, she switches her dea Bradley), Jean Hathaway (Mrs. Bradley), John Oaker (Flip), Jack Lott husband’s fingerprint records with Hatton s at the police station, run by

(Jack Randall). her cousin, to save Hatton from detection. Ex-convicts. impersonation and Drama. In order to further his own political and financial aims, political imposture. erage. Fane identity - Printers. Dismissal.

boss William Randall allows corruption to flourish in his city. Minister Drunkenness. opement. 'g 's. ecretaries. , . Noel Delaney, however, declares war on the “system,” aided by his college P at nr oy first appearet - serialized form mn We Sat uraay veins

sweetheart, Mary. Flip, an underworld thug, lures Randall's daughter 3 Mar 1919. Some sources list the film as a Jewel Productions, Inc. release.

Betty into a notorious underworld resort, unaware of her identity. Through MPN 12 Apr 1919, p. 2352. NYMT 30 Mar 1919.

Mary, Delaney discovers Betty’s whereabouts and rescues her. When MPN 26 Apr 1919, p. 2651. Var 28 Mar 1919, p. 93. Randall learns of the situation, he fights with Flip and is killed. With the MPW 29 Mar 1919, p. 1836. Wid's 6 Apr 1919, p. 29. population up in arms against the system, Delaney and Mary eventually

work its downfall and clean up the city. Clergy. Political bosses. THE FIREBRAND F1.1348

Reformers. Criminals. Father-daughter relationship. Prostitution. Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp.; A Fox Special Feature. 19 May

Rescues. 1918 [OWilliam Fox; 26 May 1918; LP12487]. 5 reels.

Note: The story of this film was based on actual incidents in the anti-vice campaign Dir Edmund Lawrence. Scen Adrian Johnson. Story E. Lloyd Sheldon.

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE FIRES OF CONSCIENCE Cast: Virginia Pearson (Princess Natalya), Victor Sutherland (Julian chauffeur is killed, so Devereux takes his place and drives her to the Ross), Carleton Macy (Prince Andrei Rostoff), Herbert Evans (Boris Falconer chateau, followed closely by Jenkins and his men. There Jenkins Rostoff), Jane Courtney (Nasha), Willard Cooley (Leonid), Nicholas reveals that he is really Von Blenheim, a German agent, and demands that

Dunaew (Dmitri). Esme procure for him the plans which had been carried by her brother-in-

War drama/World War I. At the time of the. Russian Revolution, the law, a missing aviator known as “the Firefly.”” Esme and Devereux escape princess Natalya falls in love with Julian Ross, an American of Russian to the chamber in which the Firefly is hiding, and while the Frenchman and descent who has been imprisoned for writing revolutionary tracts. She has his sister escape, the American turns over a fake set of documents to Von

him released, telling him that she is a governess in the home of Prince Blenheim. The Germans drive Devereux towards enemy lines, but he Andrei Rostoff, who is actually her uncle. Natalya’s brother is killed at the signals the French forces and the spies are captured. He is wounded in the battle front because of the treachery of Rostoff and his son Boris, who, in struggle, but Esme lovingly ministers to him until he is well. Aviators. league with the German Kaiser, had provided the Russian soldiers with Brothers-in-law. France. French. Germans. Secret plans. Spies. World War faulty ammunition. For this, Julian assassinates the Rostoffs, and Natalya, /, Castles. Chauffeurs. Escapes. France. Air Force. Inns. Nursing back to

in revenge, shoots the young American. Julian, only slightly wounded, health. produces a document proving the Rostoffs’ connections with the Germans, Note: Several sources note that the novel was serialized in The Saturday Evening

whereupon Natalya forgives him and agrees to be his wife. Americans in Post.

foreign countries. Assassination. Pamphleteers. Princes. Revenge. ETR 22 Jun 1918, p. 196. NYDM 22 Jun 1918, p. 886.

Traitors. Uncles. ,

Revolutionaries. | Russia-History-1917-1921 Revolution. Russian ee ake tore P ee NP ey tors P a

Americans. Treachery. World War |. Documents. Germany. Governesses. MPW 29 Jun 1918, p. 1894. Var 14 Jun 1918, p. 31.

Gunshot wounds. Imprisonment. Ordnance. Russia. Army. Soldiers. MPW 27 Jul 1918, p. 589. Wid's 14 Jul 1918, pp. 5-6. Note: The title of the scenario for this film included in the copyright descriptions THE FIREFLY OF TOUGH LUCK F1.1351

was “Fires of Hate.” Triangle Film Corp. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 21 Oct 1917. 5 ETR 1 Jun 1918, p. 2084. MPW 1 Jun 1918, p. 1332. reels, 4,911 ft.

ne 3 Man i918 is 040 Wie yh nt MTL. on es Mas Hopper. AsstStumar. dir Alfred L. Werker. Story J. G. Hawks. am Charles Cast: Alma Rueben (Firefly), Charles Gunn (Danny Ward), Walt varox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 5 Sep 1920 [OWilliam rox: § Sep Whitman (‘‘Tough Luck” Baxter), Darrel Foss (Bert Wilcox), Jack Curtis

1920; LP15600]. 5 reels. (Happy Jack Clarke), Aaron Edwards (Silent Dan), Laura Sears.

Pres William Fox. Dir Thomas N. Heffron. Scen Denison Clift. Cam Western. “Tough Luck Baxter, returning from a prospecting trip, meets

Vernon Walker. Happy Jack Clarke, a former citizen of Baxter City, a boom town which Source: Based on the novel ‘‘Firebrand’’ Trevison by Charles Alden became a ghost town when the gold pe tered out. A game of cards decides

Seltzer (New York, 1918). that Clarke will g0 back to Baxter City with “Tough Luck” in search of

Cast: Buck Jones (Firebrand Trevison), Winifred Westover ore. Meanwhile, the Firefly, a New York music hall entertainer out of a (Rosalind Benham), Martha Mattox (Aunt Agatha), Stanton Heck job, is ordered by her parasitic husband Bert Wilcox to perform at the (Jefferson Corrigan), Katherine Van Buren (Hester Keys), Frank Clark 3aikes out on the open trail Overcome by the desert, she is rescued Ronee one (Chinese b oe (Mullarkey), Pat.Harnman (Clay Levins), and brought back to Baxter City by Danny Ward, a former Yale athlete.

Western. Firebrand Trevison owns the Diamond K Ranch, which the Together, “Tough Luck,” Clarke, Danny and Firefly organize a family and railroad is anxious to acquire. To execute the purchase, Rosalind Benham, strike gold. , “hae ovine fallen tn nove with Firefly, e Wiles " her he the railroad president’s daughter, her aunt and Benham’s representative © Very Night that her worthless husband comes to town. Wilcox loots the Jefferson Corrigan, who is in love with Rosalind, travel to Arizona. assayer's office, Is caught, convicted, and thrown out of town. Ou t of Corrigan and Firebrand take an instant dislike to each other, and a fistfight Aaty, he desert by Wileox who has stolen her money and Prey Rosalind, Corvivan d soni ne w nen Firebrand pero measpin ndly wi J ustice is served when Wilcox perishes ina den of rattlesnakes, thus freeing

crooked judge to challenge Firebrand’s title to the ranch and attempts to rely to ars with Panny to Baxter re vance nal RA iS ens

subvert the rancher’s budding relationship with Rosalind by inducing ost towns. Frospectors. Athieles. Varc games. Gold. New York City. Hester Keys to pretend that she is involved with him. After a series of Rescues. Snakes. Theft. Yale University. misadventures, Firebrand surmounts these challenges to retain both his ae ee wasting ditector. or both It is unclear whether Werker served as

land and Rosalind. Land rights. Railroads. Ranchers. Ranches. Rivalry. ETR 7 Oct 1917, p. 1669 , MPW 3 Nov 1917, p. 762

Arizona. Fistfights. Judges. Treachery. Motog _27 Oct 1917, p. 888. NYDM 20 Oct 1917, p. 16. Note: The working title of this film was Fire-Brand Trevison. MPN 27 Oct 1917, p. 2899, 2952. Var 19 Oct 1917, p. 31.

ETR 31 Jul 1920, p. 949. MPN 11 Sep 1920, p. 2012. MPW 27 Oct 1917, p. 523. Wid's 18 Oct 1917, p. 672. MPN 15 May 1920, p. 4198 MPW 31 Jul 1920, p. 637.

MPN 31 Jul 1920, p. 1015. Wid's 18 Jul 1920, p. 24. THE FIRES OF CONSCIENCE F1.1352 Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 25 Sep 1916 [OWilliam Fox; 24 Sep THE FIREFLY OF FRANCE F1.1350 1916; LP9165]. 5-6 reels. Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Dir Oscar Apfel. Story Henry Christeen Warnack.

Paramount Pictures. 23 Jun 1918 [©Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; 29 May Cast: William Farnum (George Baxter), Gladys Brockwell (Margery

1918; LP12477]. 5 reels. Burke), Nell Shipman (Nell Blythe), H. A. Barrows (Robert Baxter), H. Pres Jesse L. Lasky. Dir Donald Crisp. Asst dir Nat Deverich. Scen J. Herbert (Paul Sneed), William Burress (Randolf Sneed), Eleanor

Margaret Turnbull. Cam Henry Katoni. Crowe (Mabel Jones), Willard Louis (Doc Taylor), Brooklyn Keller Source: Based on the novel The Firefly of France by Marion Polk (Felix Lunk), Fred Huntley (Pete Rogers).

Angellotti (New York, 1918). Drama. When George Baxter finds his wife with Paul Sneed, he kills

Cast: Wallace Reid (Devereux Bayne), Ann Little (Esme Falconer), Paul, then escapes to a small Western town. After George gets word that Charles Ogle (Von Blenheim, alias Jenkins), Raymond Hatton (The his wife has died, he falls in love with a woman who persuades him to give Firefly), Winter Hall (Dunham), Ernest Joy, Clarence Geldert, William himself up and go on trial for the murder. The situation seems desperate Elmer (Von Blenheim's aides), Henry Woodward (Georges), Jane Wolff for George because Paul’s father, Judge Sneed, presides at the trial. Sneed

(Marie-Jeanne). serves not only as judge, however, but as the star witness as well. He claims

War drama/World War I, Espionage. Devereux Bayne, a wealthy young —_— that he saw the murder and then declares George innocent because he American, resolves to fight with the French Aviation Corps during World _ simply followed the “unwritten law.” After his acquittal, George goes back War I. En route to Europe he meets the beautiful Esme Falconerandaman _tg the small town, marries his sweetheart and becomes sheriff. Infidelity. named Jenkins, who tells him that she is a German spy. Even though Esme Judges. Murder. Trials. Sheriffs. United States-West.

will not divulge the facts of her mission to Devereux, he refuses to believe Motog 7 Oct 1916, p. 841. Var 29 Sep 1916, p. 27.

she is a spy and follows her to a small French inn. During the night, her MPW 7 Oct 1916, p. 62.

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FIRES OF FAITH AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG FIRES OF FAITH F1.1353 THE FIRES OF REDEMPTION see I WANT TO FORGET Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.;

Paramount Pictures. 3 Aug 1919. 6 reels. THE FIRES OF ST. JOHN see THE FLAMES OF JOHANNIS Pres Jesse L. Lasky. Dir Edward José. Scen Beulah Marie Dix. Story

Hal Young Whittaker. Cam C. Edward Shoenbaum, Alvin Wyckoff and FIRES OF YOUTH F1.1355 Cast: Catherine Calvert (Elizabeth Blake, a salvationist), Eugene Bluebird Photoplay s, Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. 26 Aug O’Brien (Harry Hammond, a broker), Ruby de Remer (Agnes Traverse, 1918 [©Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.; 17 Aug 1918; LP12755]. 7 reels.

his fiancée), Helen Dunbar (Mrs. Traverse, her mother), Theodore Ce Rupert Julian. Scen Fred Myton. Story Rupert Julian and Elliott J.

Roberts (Salvationist), Charles Ogle (William Booth, founder of the ; . ;

Soperis Army), oo) ne Geldert (Railton). James fous Booths Cast: Ruth Clifford (Lucille Linforth), Ralph Lewis (John Linforth),

secretary), Edythe Chapman (Mrs. Booth), Pat Moore (Jules, Pierre’s George Fisher (Ronald Standish). grandson), Fred Huntley (Joe Lee), Lucille Ward (Mrs. Lee), Mowbray Drama. Lucille, a beautiful and romantic young girl, marries John Berkeley (Mark Southard, manager of the Traverse estate), Robert Linforth, a wealthy businessman, who is twice her age, and too distracted

Anderson (Luke Barlow, Elizabeth's sweetheart). by his business affairs to give her the attention she craves. John is pleased Drama. Elizabeth Blake, living on a farm belonging to Mrs. Traverse, is when she takes a liking to his young friend, Ronald Standish. After the raped in a roadhouse by the farm manager, Mark Southard, who then dies friendship has grown to romance, however, John tries to keep the two apart. when his car tumbles down a cliff. Ashamed, Elizabeth goes to New York As he is about to depart ona short trip, John orders Ronald from the house.

and lives in the Bowery. Harry Hammond, the wealthy fiancé of Mrs. Later that night, Ronald asks Lucille to elope with him, but before they Traverse’s daughter Agnes, scorns the Traverses’ interest in the Salvation leave, they realize that an illegal union would only lead to unhappiness, and

Army until they tell him its history. In New York, when Harry saves Ronald returns home. A burglar, who, in stealing certain securities from Elizabeth from being attacked, he is beaten unconscious and put on a John’s desk, witnesses the couple in an embrace, blackmails Ronald into freighter bound for Europe, while Elizabeth recovers at a Salvation Army purchasing the bonds. To save her lover, Lucille confesses everything to post. Later, Elizabeth joins, and goes with Agnes to France with the John, who promises to give his young wife her freedom. A year later Lucille Salvation Army during the war, while Harry enlists in the aviation service. and Ronald marry. Businessmen. Infidelity. Marriage. Neglected wives. Elizabeth falls in love with Harry as she nurses him after an explosion, but Blackmail. Bonds. Burglars. Burglary. Divorce.

realizes that the love is hopeless. After the armistice, she marries Luke aie re ole p. Nee, NOM 4 ace tole P. nee

Barlow, a farmhand turned soldier who has always loved her, in a double Ra erULaneeee cP Pee

wedding with Agnes and Harry. Farms. Rape. Salvation Army. World War pw - Sen i918 is fer var 30 Aug 1918, p. 39. |. Automobile accidents. Aviation. Explosions. France. New York City-

Bowery. Nursing back to health. Rescues. Roadhouses. Weddings. THE FIRES OF YOUTH F1.1356 Note: The film opened in New York at the Harris Theatre on 5 May 1919, and also Thanhouser Film Corp. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc.; Gold Rooster Plays played in Poughkeepsie before its general release. Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky ° , ” ° agreed to donate all proceeds from the Harris Theatre showing to the Salvation Army 17 Jun 1917. 5 reels.

Fund. The film was made with the cooperation of the Salvation Army, which was Dir Emile Chautard. Scen Agnes C. Johnson. Cam J. Bizeul. guaranteed $25,000 of the gross receipts. Commander Evangeline Booth, the head of Cast: Frederick Warde (/ron Hearted Pemberton), Helen Badgley ne ny wbue Young Aheed tre Shoenbaum and yeocnott filmed exteriors in (Billy), Ernest Howard (Billy’s father), Jeanne Eagles (Billy’s sister),

ETR 17 May 1919, p. 1837. NYT 6 May 1919, p. 16. Robert Vaughn (Jim), James Ewens, Carey Hastings. MPN 17 May 1919, p. 3282. Var 9 May 1919, p. 52. Drama /Social. Steel king Peter Pemberton, who is called Iron Heart by MPW 17 May 1919, p. 1069. Wid’s 11 May 1919, p. 17. his employees because of his relentless pursuit of wealth, has spent the

NYMT 11 May 1919. greater part of his life toiling to amass millions. Having sacrificed his youth in exchange for his massive fortune, Pemberton discovers that the one desire in his waning years is to recapture the boyhood that he had never

THE FIRES OF JOHANNIS see THE FLAMES OF JOHANNIS known. To accomplish this, he returns to the old mill town that was the scene of his childhood. There, using the assumed name of Peter Brown, he

is befriended by little Billy who takes the old man for long hikes in the

FIRES OF LOVE see THE IDOL DANCER woods. Entering the mill as an unfortunate worker, Pemberton learns of

the unsafe conditions of the factory and the discontent of the men. After an explosion at the mill, the men decide that Pemberton must die and they draw straws to determine who will accomplish the deed. Drawing the ill

FIRES OF REBELLION F1.1354 fated lot, Pemberton goes into the woods to commit suicide but is stopped Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. 2 Jul 1917 by Billy’s sister. He then admits that he is the owner of the factory, and

[©Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.; 6 Jun 1917; LP10920]. 5 reels. after correcting the deplorable conditions, wins the love and loyalty of his Dir \da May Park. Scen Ida May Park. Story Ida May Park.Cam King — men. Employer-employee relations. Impersonation and imposture. a ory. Dorothy Phillips (Madge Garvey), Belle Bennett (Helen Industrial accidents. Millionaires. Mills. Mill workers. Steel magnates.

Mallory), Golda Madden (Cora Hayes), Alice May Youst (Mrs. Motog 0 ue 17 e. 07 MDM * we ney if 0 Garvey), William Stowell (John Blake), Lon Chaney (Russell MPN 16 Jun 1917, p. 3794. Wid's 31 May 1917, p. 341. Hanlon), Edward Brady (Dan Mallory), Richard La Reno (Joe

Garvey). THE FIRING LINE F1.1357

Drama. Dreading the drab and loveless factory life that she sees all Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; A around her, Madge Garvey refuses the marriage proposal of factory Paramount-Artcraft Special. 6 Jul 1919 [OFamous Players-Lasky Corp.; foreman John Blake, a rough but honest man, fearing that he will 27 Jun 1919; LP13897]. 6 reels, 5,483 ft. degenerate into the brutal drunk that her father Joe has become. Instead, Pres Adolph Zukor. Dir Charles Maigne. Asst dir Robert Schable. Madge takes stenographer Cora Hayes’ advice and seeks work in the big Scen Clara Beranger. Cam Al Liguori.

city. Arriving in the city, Madge accepts a job as a model for women’s Source: Based on the novel The Firing Line by Robert W. Chambers underwear but is shocked at the brevity of the garments as well as the duties (New York, 1908).

expected of her beyond those of posing. Only Blake’s timely arrival Cast: Irene Castle (Sheila Cardross), Isabelle West (Mrs. Cardross),

Mades apreee to loving hin. SFactories. Lene of the city yee May Kitson (Constance Paliser). Anne Cornwall (Cecile Cardross), Gladys Coburn (Jessie Bradley), R. Vernon Steele (John Garret “Garry”

Proposals. Sexual harassment. Alcoholics. Factory foremen. Father- Hamil 111), David Powell ( huis Malcourt), J. H. Gilmore ( Neville

daughter retationsiup. Secretaries: ow spat i970. 284 Cardross), Frank Losee (James Wayward), Rudolph de Cordova, Charles

ETR ul 1917, p. 344. M 14 Jul 1917, p. 254. Craig, Philip S. Rice (Faithful three), Robert Schable (William MPN iy in i917 aes Wie a i917 is bb. Portlaw), Jane Warrington (Virginia Suydam), Shaw Lovett (Gary

MPW 7 Jul 1917, p. 135. Cardross). 280

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE $5,000,000 COUNTERFEITING PLOT Drama. When Sheila Cardross discovers from an overheard remark that which lasts throughout his life. Hale and the other two boys serve well; she is the adopted daughter of her wealthy parents, she secretly marries her Hale becoming a captain, while the others die in the fields of Flanders. childhood friend, Louis Malcourt, for his name, but remains a wife “‘in Hale returns after the war and marries the girl he loves. Fidelity. Soldiers. name only” because she cannot stand his touch. In Palm Beach she and Syphilis. Venereal disease. War heroes. Brothels. Flanders (Belgium). landscape architect John Garret Hamil III fall in love, but she refuses to Football players. Rheumatism. United States. Army. World War |. get a divorce because of the effect it would have on her foster parents. She Note: The production was planned by Lieut. Col. William F. Snow M.C.U., U.S. finally tells them of the marriage and because they insist on a public Army, as a part of the Surgeon General’s health program for service men. The film marriage, she remarries Malcourt which causes Garry to become seriously the copyrighted first under the title Fit 10 Fight and was originally made for use by ill. With Malcourt’s consent Sheila nurses Garry to health. Malcourt, bought the film after the war and released it after making alterations and changing seeing their affection for each other, consults his dead father for advice the title to Fit to Win. Many theaters segregated men from women during the through a séance. Malcourt’s father advises suicide and after Malcourt’s _ showings and admitted only adults. The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decided in July

. . ) . e army to warn soldiers of the dangers of sexual immorality. Public Health Films

death, Sheila and Garry are able to fully pursue their romance, Marriage- {219 that th fm could ml be, shown in, Nex York Ci, sine, ering F or ced by circumstances. Marriage-Secret. Nursing back lo health. Motion Picture Industry attempted to prohibit the commercial distribution and Séances. Suicide. Architects. Foster parents. Palm Beach (Florida). exhibition of this film. Director-writer Lieutenant Edward H. Griffith was a director Note: Some sources credit Irene West as acting in the film rather than Isabelle for Thomas A. Edison, Inc. before the war. Goldwyn Pictures Corp. and Metro West. The film was shot in and around Miami, FL, Lake Placid in the Adirondack Pictures Corp. cooperated with Griffith in producing the film. The photographic work

Mountains in NY, and at Fort Lee, NJ. was done by the instruction laboratory of the Army Medical Museum. ETR 19 Jul 1919, p. 569. NYT 7 Jul 1919, p. 18. ETR 12 Apr 1919, p. 1437. MPW 24 May 1919, p. 1141. MPN 19 Jul 1919, p. 785. Var 11 Jul 1919, p. 61. MPN 12 Apr 1919, p. 2351. NYDM 15 Apr 1919, p. 579. MPW 19 Jul 1919, p. 409. Wid's 13 Jul 1919, p. 21. MPW 12 Apr 1919, p. 276. Wid’s 13 Apr 1919, p. 5.

THE FIRST LAW F1.1358 THE FIVE FAULTS OF FLO F 1.1360 | Astra Film Corp. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc. 28 Jul 1918 [©Pathé Thanhouser Film Corp. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; Mutual Masterpictures

Exchange, Inc.; 15 Jul 1918; LU12647]. 5 reels. De Luxe Edition. 20 Jan 1916. 5 reels. ; Dir Lawrence McGill. Scen Roy Sommerville. Pres Edwin Thanhouser. Dir George Foster Platt. Story Lloyd Lonergan Source: Based on the novel The First Law by Gilson Willets (New York, and Philip Lonergan.

1911). Cast: Florence La Badie (F/o), Harris Gordon (Her fiancé), Samuel Cast: Irene Castle (Norma Webb), Antonio Moreno (Hugh Godwin), J. Niblack (The reckless millionaire), Ernest Howard (Flo’s father), Grace

H. Gilmour (Dr. Webb), Marguerite Snow (Madeleine), Edward J. De Carlton (Timid little girl), Bertha Smith (Society woman), Helen

Connelly (Detective). Eldridge (The countess). Mystery. After her father suffers financial ruin, Norma Webb advertises Drama. From girlhood through her marriage, Flo outgrows five major

for boarders and finally accepts the application of young philanthropist faults: pride, envy, fickleness, extravagance and jealousy. First, she gets rid Hugh Godwin. Norma is deeply in love with Hugh, but she mysteriously of her excessive pride when the butcher’s daughter almost dies after Flo refuses his proposal of marriage. Later he learns that some time ago she rejects her from an exclusive school club. Then, Flo covets a friend’s had married the scoundrel who swindled her father. One night the husband diamond, but when the jewel is stolen and Flo is falsely accused, her envy enters her room and tries to force his attentions on her, whereupon she vanishes, even though she is cleared of the charge. After her engagement, shoots him and flees. A detective discovers the body and threatens to expose a brief flirtation almost leads to a fatal car accident that cures Flo of Norma unless she uses her influence to secure for him Hugh’s financial _ fickleness. Then, when Flo’s extravagance comes close to ruining her

secrets. Desperate, Norma marries Hugh and obeys the blackmailer’s father, she comes to understand that she must be careful with money. orders until finally, unable to endure her own dishonesty any longer, she Finally, when Flo realizes that she has mistaken her husband’s kindness for

confesses everything to her new husband. Hugh and Norma track the an affair with another woman, she loses her jealous streak, and a now detective to his home just in time to witness him murder the first husband, faultless Flo can settle down to a happy married life. Envy. Extravagance.

who merely had been wounded by Norma’s shot. The detective is arrested, Flirtation. Jealousy. Pride. Transformation. Bankruptcy. Clubs. leaving Hugh and Norma free to enjoy their happiness. Blackmail. Diamonds. False accusations. Father-daughter relationship. Marriage.

Detectives. Marriage. Philanthropists. Swindlers. Attempted rape. Schools. Theft. |

Einance-Personal. Gunshot wounds. Murder. Motog 20 Jan 1916, p. 258. . MPW 15 Jan 1916, p. 369, 438. MPN 22 Jan 1916, p. 391. MPW 22 Jan 1916, p. 664.

ETR 27 Jul 1918, p. 672. NYDM _17 Aug 1918, p. 238. MPN 27 Jul 1918, p. 574, 641. Var 26 Jul 1918, p. 32.

MPW 3 Aug 1918, p. 716, 722. Wid's 21 Jul 1918, pp. 7-8. THE $5,000,000 COUNTERFEITING PLOT F1.1361 Dramascope Co. Sep 1914. 6 reels.

THE FIRST MAN see THE REBELLIOUS BRIDE Dir Bertram Harrison. Scen George G. Nathan. Cast: William J. Burns (Himself), Glen White (John Walton), Joseph

THE FISHER GIRL see THE DAUGHTER OF THE SEA Sullivan (Joseph Fennell), Clifford P. Saum (William Kendall), Hector Dion (Edward Jackson), Jack Sharkey (Frank Tyler), William Cavanaugh (Arthur Borden), Charles E. Graham (James Long), Harry

FIT TO FIGHT see FIT TO WIN Lillford (George Peters), James Ayling (Robert Smith), John Ransom (John Knox), Arthur Morrison (Charles Carruthers), Frank Carrington

FIT TO WIN F1.1359 (William Myers), Henry Driscoll (Samuel Parks), Jack Drumier

U.S. Public Health Service; American Social Hygiene Association; War (Chief of the Secret Service), Howard Missimer (Warden of

Department Commission on Training Camp Activities in cooperation with Moyamensing), Edward Walton (Peter Miller), Ezra Walck (Stephen the Medical Department of the Army. Dist Public Health Films; War Tracy), Georgia O’Ramie (Florence Castle, Secret Service), Jean Acker Department Commission on Training Activities. 2 Mar 1919. [OAmerican (Helen Long), Eileen Hume (Mary Kelly), Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Social Hygiene Association; 3 Feb 1919; LU13350. ©American Social (Himself).

Hygiene Association; | Mar 1919; LP14210]. 6 reels, 5,500 ft. Drama/Crime. Helen, the daughter of wealthy counterfeiter James Dir Lieut. Edward H. Griffith. Story Lieut. Edward H. Griffith. Long, innocently passes a bogus bill ina Philadephia department store, and Cast: Sergt. Raymond McKee (Billy Hale), Harry Gripp (Chick _ thus initiates a Federal investigation headed by agent William J. Burns.

Carlton), Paul Kelly (Hank Simpson). After uncovering the engraving plates and capturing some of the Instructional. In a prologue, the effects and symptoms of venereal disease counterfeiters, Burns and his assistant, agent Florence Castle, are able to are explicitly presented, after which five boys enlist in the army and go to smash most of the operation. Helen helps her father, however, and the a training camp. Although an officer tells them of the dangers of venereal counterfeiting begins again until Burns convinces Long to turn state’s disease, only one, the famous college quarterback Billy Hale, abstains from evidence to save his daughter. In the end, all of the counterfeiters are tried indulging in the pleasures of a brothel, prefering to keep clean and be and convicted. A year later Long is released and Helen marries an agent faithful to the girl he loves. Two of the boys develop bad cases of syphilis with whom she has fallen in love. In an epilogue, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, that keep them from being sent overseas to share the honor of serving their author of the Sherlock Holmes stories, is seen congratulating Burns on his

country. One of them is cured, but the other develops acute rheumatism detective work. William J. Burns. Government agents. Authors. 281

FIVE NIGHTS AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Department stores. Arthur Conan Doyle. Father-daughter relationship. Tracy that she married Dick only for his money, Margaret induces him to

Imprisonment. Philadelphia. confess that it was he who killed Henry, fearing that Arlington would have Note: William J. Burns supervised the preparation of the subject for the screen, him arrested for stealing certain of the family’s securities. Norcross reveals

based on his own experiences. that he is a private detective and releases Dick. Confession (law).

MPN 22 Aug 1914, p. 48. NYDM 19 Aug 1914, p. 29. Fugitives. Murder. Private detectives. Traps. Embezzlement. Gambling.

vee Sen i914 i" ee. Var 14 Aug 1914, p. 21. Impersonation and imposture. Lawyers. Secretaries. Trains. Uncles. ETR 11 May 1918, p. 1843. NYDM _18 May 1918, pp. 712-13. MPN 25 May 1918, p. 3096, 3141. Var 10 May 1918, p. 40.

FIVE NIGHTS F1.1362 MPW 25 May 1918, p. 1185. Wid's 12 May 1918, pp. 13-14. Dist State Rights; Classical Motion Picture Co. Aug? 1918. 6 reels. MPW I Jun 1918, p. 1340. Source: Based on the novel Five Nights by Victoria Cross (pseud. of

Vivian Cory) (London and New York, 1908). FIXED BY GEORGE F1.1365 Drama. The film is based on a novel about the turbulent love affair Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co. Nov 1920 between an artist and his cousin, a musician who is determined that | [©Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 5 Nov 1920; LP15766]. 5 reels, 4,580 ft. personal ties not impede her lover’s artistic aspirations. [No information on Dir Lee Moran and Eddie Lyons. Scen C. B. Hoadley. Cam Alfred

the plot of the film, as distinct from the plot of the novel, has been Gosden.

discovered.] Artists. Cousins. Marriage. Source: Based on the short story “Fixed by George” by Edgar Franklin Note: A film of the same title, based on the same novel, was made in England in (pseud. of Edgar Franklin Stearns) in Argosy Magazine (21 Feb 1920). 1915. It is likely that this is the American release of that film, but no evidence that Cast: Lee Moran (George Dare), Hazel Howell (Geraldine), Eddie the two films are the same has been discovered. Sculptor Max Bachmann created five Lyons (Dr. Poole), Beatrice La Plante (Margery), Fred Gamble bas-reliefs, each representing one night in the film’s story, against which the film’s (Father Starr), Daisy Robinson (Angelica Starr), Earl Martin (Sam

titles were photographed. 9 918. 0.8 Sorley), Jack Byron (Harry Starr), Maude Wayne (Helen Davis).

ETR 3 Aug 1918, pp. 708-09. ETR 10 Aug 1918, p. 83>. Comedy. Dr. Arthur Poole is paid $1,000 per week to treat the neurotic and spoiled Angelica Starr. Angelica is infatuated with her doctor, so

FIVE THOUSAND AN HOUR F1.1363 Poole, afraid of losing his big fee, does not tell her that he is already Metro Pictures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 25 Nov 1918 [©Metro married. Mrs. Poole, becoming jealous, appeals to neighbor George Dare

Pictures Corp.; 25 Nov 1918; LP13085]. 5 reels. , for assistance. Having just quarreled with his own wife, George agrees to Supv Maxwell Karger. Dir Ralph W. Ince. Scen June Mathis. Cam _ help Mrs. Poole. He throws a party at his aunt’s country home and invites

William Black. Poole, assuming that the latter will attend with Angelica. Plotting to expose Source: Based on the novel Five Thousand an Hour by George Randolph the doctor, George escorts Mrs. Poole. Also in attendance are Helen Davis,

Chester (New York, 1912). a manicurist in love with Angelica’s brother Harry, Mr. Starr, Mrs. Dare

Cast: Hale Hamilton (Johnny Gamble), Lucille Lee Stewart and Harry. After a series of chases and misunderstandings, the romantic (Constance Joy), Gilbert Douglas (Paul Gresham), Florence Short affairs are disentangled and the married couples reconcile. Jealousy. (Polly Parsons), Robert Whittier (Jim Collaton), Robert Middlemass Parties. Physicians. Psychiatrists. Infatuation. Manicurists. Marriage. (Ashley Loring), \sabel O’Madigan (Mrs. Patty Boyden), William Neighbors.

Frederic (Col. Bouncer), Warren Cook (Raymond Courtney), Charles ETR 4 Dec 1920, p. 20. MPW 6 Nov 1920, p. 112. Edwards (Boise), Hardee Kirkland (Mortimer Washer), Jack Bulger MPN 6 Nov 1920, p. 3629. Wid's 31 Oct 1920, p. 16.

(Birchard), William Cohill.

Comedy-drama. After his business partner, Paul Gresham, absconds with THE FIXER F 1.1366

the company funds and books, Johnny Gamble’s irrigation company folds, George Kleine. Dist Kleine-Edison Feature Service. 15 Sep 1915 leaving him to pay his stockholders their claims. After parting with his last [©George Kleine; 15 Sep 1915; LP6704]. 5 reels, 4,682 ft.

dollar, Johnny wins $15,000 on a long shot at the racetrack and meets the Pres George Kleine. Cam George C. Coudert. beautiful Constance Joy. When Johnny learns that Constance will inherit Source: Based on a stage farce Hello Bill by Willis M. Goodhue one million dollars if she weds Gresham at the end of six weeks, he decides (production undetermined).

to earn the same amount — $5,000 an hour — by that date and marry her Cast: George Bickel (Christopher Cutting), Harry Watson (Bill himself. Despite Gresham’s efforts to double-cross him, Johnny succeeds Fowler), Ben L. Taggart (Mr. William Fowler), Ruby Hoffman (Mrs. in earning all but $15,000 of the required million by the appointed time. Isabel Dare), Alma Hanlon (Dorothy Dare), Snitz Edwards (General With fifteen minutes left him, Johnny purchases a kiss from Constance for Gomez of Mexico), John Nicholson (Zack), Alfred Kepler (Lieutenant

$15,000, thereby defeating Gresham and winning the girl he loves. Ned Hemmingway, U.S.A.). Inheritance. Partnerships. Rivalry. Wagers. Betrayal. Embezzlement. Comedy. After Bill Fowler is arrested for gambling at a bachelor dinner

Horse races. Stockholders. celebrating his engagement to Isabel Dare, a wealthy widow from Rye,

ETR 7 Dec 1918, p. 72. NYDM 7 Dec 1918, p. 846. New York, Christopher Cutting, known as “The Fixer,” chloroforms MPN 7 Dec 1918, p. 3421. Var 6 Dec 1918, p. 39. constable Zack, and Bill escapes jail in time for the wedding. Upon learning

pw 3 ne ole P. oe Wid's | Dec 1918, pp. 29-30. that diplomat William Fowler, no relation to Bill, is undertaking a

po dangerous mission to Mexico with Lieutenant Ned Hemmingway, the fiancé of Isabel’s daughter Dorothy, Bill steals the diplomat’s

$5,000 REWARD F1.1364 identification. When Zack comes to arrest Bill, Cutting tells Isabel that Bill Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. 25 May has been sent to Mexico and bribes Zack to let Bill escape. They go to 1918 [©Bluebird Photoplays, Inc., 9 May 1918; LP12405}. 5 reels. Mexico so that Bill can send Isabel letters, but are captured by the Mexican

Dir Douglas Gerrard. Scen F. McGrew Willis. Cam Eddie Kull. bandit General Gomez. After escaping, Bill and Cutting return home Source: Based on the short story “My Arcadian Wife” by Charles where the diplomat Fowler is to be honored, and Bill states that he is the

Wesley Sanders (publication undetermined). | hero. When Isabel thinks that the diplomat is her first husband, Bill Cast: Franklyn Farnum (Dick Arlington), William Lloyd (Henry challenges him to a duel, but after Cutting hits the diplomat with a brick, Arlington), Gloria Hope (Margaret Hammersley), J. Farrell MacDonald Isabel sees that he lacks a distinguishing birthmark. After Ned convinces (Norcross), Wharton Jones (Tracy), Marc Fenton (Hammersley), Frank the diplomat to let Bill continue the charade, Bill and Isabel reconcile.

Brownlee (Ackley), Lule Warrenton (Aunt Kate), Grace McLean Diplomats. Fugitives. Hoaxes. Impersonation and imposture. Bachelor

(Jeanette). parties. Bandits. Birthmarks. Bribery. Duels. Escapes. Gambling. Mexico. Mystery. Dick Arlington’s fondness for gambling so angers his uncle Military officers. Theft. Weddings. Widows. Henry that the old man threatens to disinherit him. Shortly after they Note: The working title of this film was Hello Bill. A two reel version of this film

quarrel, Henry is found dead, and although Dick is not guilty, he fears that was released 15 Apr 1917 by K-E-S-E. This was the first film of George Bickel and the evidence is against him and flees on a freight train. In the country, he — Harry Watson, a comedy team who starred in early Ziegfeld Follies shows. The stage

meets and later marries Margaret Hammersley, who believes in her farce Hello Bill was published in 1926. No information concerning its earlier husband’s innocence and resolves to help him clear his name. Following production has been located.

; . ; ; Motog 25 Sep 1915, p. 637, 658. MPW 14 Apr 1917, p. 234.

their return to the city, Margaret entertains Tracy, the family lawyer, while MPN 25 Sep 1915, p. 118. Var 17 Sep 1915, p. 26. Norcross, Arlington’s secretary, captures and imprisons Dick. By telling MPW 25 Sep 1915, p. 2249.

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 FLAME OF YOUTH FIXING IT see THE LOVE HUNGER Drama. At a London Victory Ball, Lady Isabelle Channing is attracted to Sheik Essad of the Egyptian delegation, but, realizing their difference

THE FLAG OF MOTHERS see THE SERVICE STAR in race and class, she controls her interest. When Isabelle’s brother, Sir Charles Channing, a dissolute gambler, is sent to Egypt on a diplomatic

THE FLAME OF HELLGATE F1.1367 mission, Isabelle accompanies him and gradually falls in love with Essad Beatriz Michelena Features. Dist Robertson-Cole Distributing Corp. 29 While Charles loses all his money gambling to Aboul Bey, the leader of the

Feb 1920. 5 reels. rebellion forces. After forging a check, Charles is threatened with exposure Dir George E. Middleton. Scen Earle Snell. Story Earle Snell. unless he turns over intelligence secrets. When Isabelle goes with Charles Cast: Beatriz Michelena (Star Dowell), Jeff Williams (Old Man to Aboul Bey’s tent to pay his debt, Aboul Bey attempts to rape her, but Dowell), Albert Morrison (Blunt, the cattle king), William Pike she stabs and kills him. Essad arrives to save them from Aboul Bey’s (Page), D. Mitsoras (Blunt’s gunman), Clarence Arper (The sheriff), followers and the British troops soon quell the rebellion. After Essad

Katherine Angus (Hotel proprietress), Cliff Thompson. explains that he is a disguised English nobleman in Egypt to penetrate the Western. When Blunt, the cattle king, attempts to force homesteaders _‘ rebellion, and that he has been appointed Sirdar of Egypt, he and Isabelle from their land, Old Man Dowell opposes his efforts and is killed for his pursue their romance. Brother-sister relationship. Cultural conflict. Egypt. convictions. Because the town’s sheriff is corrupt, Dowell’s daughter Star | /mpersonation and imposture. Revolts. Sheiks. Attempted rape. Balls decides that the only method of obtaining justice is to operate outside the (Parties). Blackmail. Forgers. Gamblers. Great Britain. Army. London. law. Donning the guise of the masked bandit, Star exposes the sheriff who Rescues. resigns and is replaced by Page, the man Star loves. After a series of Note: Some reviews call this film The Flame of the Desert, while other reviews and confrontations between the bandit, the sheriff and the cattle baron, Blunt —_ the copyright records call it Flame of the Desert. The copyright records for this film is finally convicted of Dowell’s murder when one of his own gunmen turns list it as having five reels. Other sources list five, six and seven reels as its length. Lou

: ; Tellegen was Geraldine Farrar’s husband.

against him. Thus avenged, Star can at last drop her alter ego to become ETR 8 Nov 1919, p. 1983. MPW 8 Nov 1919, p. 246. Page’s wife. Bandits. Cattlemen. Homesteaders. Land rights. Male MPN 8 Nov 1919, p. 3502. Wid's 9 Nov 1919, p. 17. impersonation. Revenge. Murder. Political corruption. Sheriffs. MPN 13 Dec 1919, pp. 4297-98. Note: This film was shot in the second half of 1917 under the title The Dead

Line in Boulder Creek, CA, and in the nearby Santa Cruz Mountains. Contemporary THE FLAME OF THE YUKON F1.1370 trade articles state that the members of the production were associated with Triangle Film C Dist Triangle Distributi Cc 1 Jul 1917 Michelena during her time with the California Motion Picture Corp. The film was rang c ! m Corp. Vist Triangle Distributing Corp. u not released until 1920, when Robertson-Cole had acquired many of the properties [©Triangle Film Corp.; 1 Jul 1917; LP11889]. 5 reels.

formerly belonging to Michelena and the California Motion Picture Corp. Supv Thomas H. Ince. Prod Thomas H. Ince. Dir Charles Miller.

ETR 13 Mar 1920, p. 1571. MPN 20 Mar 1920, p. 2783. Story Monte M. Katterjohn. Cam Clyde DeVinna. Art dir G. Harold

MPN 28 Feb 1920, p. 2128. MPW 11 Aug 1917, p. 961. Percival. MPN 0 ver 1990 p 306 NE PM ” Aue i917 p mer. Cast: Dorothy Dalton (Ethel Evans), Melbourne MacDowell (“Black

, ; , , , owler).

Jack” Hovey), Kenneth Harlan (George Fowler), Margaret Thompson

FLAME OF PASSION F1.1368 rey Carl Ullman (George Fowler), May Palmer (Mrs. George ln eek Film Co. Dist Picture Playhouse Film Co. Il Oct Northwest drama. The Flame, a dance hall girl who rules the Midas Cafe, Prod Tom Terriss. Dir Tom Terriss. Scen Tom Terriss. Story Tom is notorious from Nome to Dawson. She meets her match in a youth named

Terriss. Cam John G. Haas. George Fowler, whose good looks and raw nerve compel her to grubstake

Cast: Tom Terriss (Dick Lorient), Elaine Terriss (Vampire woman), him and g0 straight while awaiting his return from the gold fields. One day,

Reinzi de Cordova (John Stark), Marguerite Hanley (Dulcie Lanyon), a young girl and her baby arrive at the ramp, looking for her husband, Lionel Pape, Alfred Hemming, Charles Mather, Lida Hickok, William George Fowler. Shaken, the Flame takes the girl home and when the youth

Lewin. returns he is informed that the Flame is dead. Forlorn, the boy decides to Melodrama. After West Indian planter William Lanyon dies, his >reak the bank but the saloon’s proprietor plans to rob him instead, and

nephew, New York society man Dick Lorient, leaves his fiancée Dulcie only the Flame’s appearance with her SIX Buns Saves his life. Not having Lanyon, who is also his cousin, to go inspect his inherited plantation in the courage to tell the boy about his wife and child, the Flame takes her Jamaica. John Stark, Lanyon’s friend and the overseer of the plantation, lover to the hotel where she battles with her conscience. Her better nature stands to inherit it if Dick should die. Stark persuades his mistress, an finally wins, however, and the Flame discovers that there are actually two alluring siren, to seduce Dick, ply him with liquor and get him under her George Fowlers and that the one she loves is single. Dance hall girls. Gold power. Soon Dick, enchanted by the siren, is a physical wreck. When —//Ners. Mistaken identity. Alaska. Conscience. Dulcie arrives to find Dick, Stark falls in love with her and abducts her. Note: This film was re-released on 23 Nov 1919, and re-edited, re-titled and reThe siren,’incensed with jealousy,remade attempts tothe stab film Stark but stabbed releasee again by Tri-Stone Pictures in and 1923. Seena Metropolitan Pictures Corp. of . ’ . . alifornia inis1926. George Melford directed Owen starred herself by Stark and killed. Released from the siren’s hold, Dick rescues in the remake. (See AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.1789.)

Dulcie. After a chase through waterfalls, mountain slopes and crevices, ETR 14 Jul 1917, p. 416. MPW 21 Jul 1917, p. 475. Dick hurls Stark to his death down the mouth of a smoking volcano. Dick Motog 21 Jul 1917, p. 144. NYDM 14 Jul 1917, p. 17. and Dulcie then return home to marry. Betrayal. Inheritance. Jamaica and MPN 21 Jul 1917, p. 434. Var 13 Jul 1917, p. 26.

Jamaicans. Plantation overseers. Temptresses. Chases. Jealousy. PW ta Jue 4017 5. o. Wid's 19 Jal 1917, p. 453.

Volcanoes. OF Some YOUTH Note: Most scenes in thisFLAME film were shot in Jamaica. subtitles in theF1.1371 film . . , wae . Kidnapping. Moral corruption. Murder. Plantations. Rescues. Seduction.

included quatrains from Omar Khayyam’s Rubdiydt. Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 5 Dec 1920 [OWilliam Fox; 5 Dec

Motog 30 Oct 1915, p. 938. MPW 30 Oct 1915, p. 866. 1920; LP15893]. 5 reels.

MPN 23 Oct 1915, p. 89. NYDM 6 Nov 1915, p. 28. Pres William Fox. Dir Howard M. Mitchell. Scen Frank Howard Clark.

MPW 23 Oct 1915, p. 630. Var 5 Nov 1915, p. 22. Adapted by Barbara Le Marr Deely. Cam Friend F. Baker and George Schneiderman.

FLAME OF THE DESERT F 1.1369 Source: Based on a short story “Two Wooden Shoes” (publication Diva Pictures, Inc.; Goldwyn Pictures Corp. Dist Goldwyn Distributing undetermined).

Corp. 9 Nov 1919 [©Diva Pictures, Inc.; 24 Oct 1919; LP14346]. 5 reels. Cast: Shirley Mason (Beebe), Raymond McKee (Jeanot), Philo Dir Reginald Barker. Scen Richard Schayer. Story Charles A. Logue. McCullough (Victor Fleming), Cecil Van Auker (John Forsythe),

Cam Percy Hilburn. Adelbert Knott (Antoine), Betty Schade (Lady Magda), Karl Formes Cast: Geraldine Farrar (Lady Isabelle Channing), Lou Tellegen (Old Bac).

(Sheik Essad), Alec B. Francis (Sir John Carleton), Edythe Chapman Drama. Beebe, a Belgian peasant girl of rare beauty, sells flowers in the (Lady Snowden), Casson Ferguson (Sir Charles Channing), Macey marketplace where she meets unscrupulous artist Victor Fleming. Fleming

Harlam (Aboul Bey), Syn De Conde (Abdullah), Milton Ross (Sheik), eventually succeeds in making the innocent girl love him, much to the Miles Dobson (Sheik Imbrim), Jim Mason, Louis Durham (Desert sorrow of Jeanot, a farm boy who loves the girl. Fleming has a sweetheart,

sheiks), Ely Stanton (Ullah), J. Montgomery Carlyle. however, Lady Magda, who begs Beebe not to take Fleming from her. The 283

THE FLAME OF YOUTH AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG artist rejects Lady Magda but leaves Beebe behind when he returns to hapYy xe ne tole p. ae 600. NyDM iy jan oe Pp. mn

Paris. Beebe pines for her artist lover, and later, hearing that Fleming is MPW 96 Jan 1918, if 397. S71. Wid's 4 Jan 1918 is 875.

ill, she goes to him. Arriving at his studio in the middle of a wild orgy,

Beebe s illusions are shattered. She returns home to her village and accepts THE FLAMES OF JOHANNIS F1.1374

the simple love of Jeanot. Country girls. Disillusionment. Infidelity. Lubj ; Mfg. Co.; 19 ubin Mfg. Co. Dist V-L-S-E, Inc. 10 Apr 1916 [©Lubin

Playboys. Artists. Belgians. Farmers. Flower vendors. Paris. Apr 1916; LP8101]. 5 reels

Note: The working titles for this film were Two Little Wooden Shoes and Wooden i Ed , Lewi Ss Alf d Hick Cam Edward C. Earl Shoes. Although contemporary sources state that the story of this film is “Two ir Edgar Lewis. ocen re ickman. Cai Edward ©. Earle. Wooden Shoes” brought up to date, the film and the original story bear little Source: Based on the play Johannisfever by Herman Sudermann resemblance to one another. The film was also reviewed under the title The Flame (Germany, 1904).

of Youth. Cast: Nance O’Neil (Zirah/Marika), George Clarke (Mr. Vogel), AR I pee Noon p. " ies is De ren p. ie Eleanor Barry (Mrs. Vogel), Ethel Tully (Gertrude), Victor Sutherland

MPN > Ont 1920 . 3665. Wids 12 Dee 1920, , 10. (George), Irving Dillon (Pastor Hoffner), Mrs. Carr (Kate), James

MPN 30 Oct 1920, p. 3413. Cassady (Paul), Violet Axzell (Little George), Rosemary Carr (Little Marika).

THE FLAME OF YOUTH F1.1372 Drama. On the same day that Vogel, a Pennsylvania farmer, adopts his Universal Film Mfg. Co.; A Butterfly Feature. Dist Universal Film Mfg. dead brother's son corse, he aio buys a smat ein. Marika, from Zirah, Co. 18 Jun 1917 [Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 12 Jun 1917; LP10943]. her gypsy mother. He and his wife raise the children together, and Marika

5 reels and George quickly fall in love. The Vogels, however, want George to

Dir Elmer Clifton. Scen Karl Coolidge. Story Willis Woods. arry then cauenter conrad To prease her foster anane Marika Cast: Jack Mulhall (Jimmy Gordon), Ann Kronan (Lucy Andrews), hie h ceping tee aoe ae “the ce ne at she no ML, roves Donna Moon (Nadine), Hayward Mack (Sir Beverly Wyndham), Alfred hean broken. fi, ne ertru he G the The. t brace. and h “b a, Allen (Jasper Sneedham), Ed Brady (McCool), Fred Montague Muaviket " ‘ him y “peer, On ain chi ki sf the V. sk h © Degs

(James Gordon, Sr.), Burton Law (Beppo), Percy Challenger (Fred arika to tet fim marry fer. Lince again Minking Of ine Vogels, Nowever,

. . . she forces refuse. Then, after theHarry wedding, Marika goes. to Haimer), Harryherself Mannto(Bennie Zussbaum), Morris (Juan). ; :Zirah, , ; whom she has found outsyndicate, is her mother, dispatches and stays with her until the old lady Drama. James Gordon, Sr., owner of the Gordon . . . . éroughneck . : : dies son of alcoholism. Adoption. Foster parents. his Jimmy to investigate why production has Marriage-Arranged. fallenGypsies. off in ve: Parentage. ; . , Selfhi ; pos sacrifice. Alcoholics. Child selling. Farmers. is opal mine on an island off the coast of lower California. After an Lt pe oye Pennsylvania. Weddings.

argument with his fiancée, socialite Lucy Andrews, Jimmy leaves for the .; . , ‘sland wh he ; by J McCool! h | th J Note: An American translation of the play, called The Fires of St. John, opened

S codhe oh - mh y fine th CLOO!'S Se On the mm a ee t wee ty in New York on 28 Nov 1904, with Nance O’Neil as the star. The film was also called neednam, has been cheating the Company. Un the launch, Juan tries to The Fires of St. John and The Fires of Johannis.

eliminate Jimmy by hitting him over the head, but the lad escapes and Motog 22 Apr 1916, p. 942. NYDM 15 Apr 1916, p. 28. swims to shore where he is rescued by Sneedham’s stepdaughter Nadine. MPN 29 Apr 1916, p. 2555. Var 14 Apr 1916, p. 25. Nadine takes Jimmy to the hut of mine foreman Fred Haimer, the only MPW 22 Apr 1916, p. 644, 698. Wid's 20 Apr 1916, p. 525. honest man on the island. When Nadine overhears her stepfather’s plans to take his ill gained fortune and flee, Jimmy and Haimer team up todefeat ©§ FLAMES OF SACRIFICE see THE LOVE THAT LIVES

Juan, Sneedham and McCool. After a number of grueling skirmishes,

Jimmy, Haimer and Nadine escape to the mainland where they notify the FLAMES OF THE FLESH F1.1375 police who return to the island and arrest the gang. Jimmy then introduces Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. Jan 1920 [©William Fox; 4 Jan

Nadine to his father and is thrilled to learn that Lucy has married a 1920; LP14610]. 5 reels. nobleman, thus freeing Jimmy to marry Nadine. Embezzlement. Mines. Dir Edward J. Le Saint. Scen Dorothy Yost. Story Forrest Halsey and

Tycoons. Attempted murder. Mine foremen. Servants. Socialites. Clara Beranger.

Stepdaughters. Cast: Gladys Brockwell (Candace, later known as Laure De Saxe), Note: Ann Kronan, whose name was also spelled Kroman and Kromarm, was born William Scott (Bruce Eastcoat), Harry Spingler (Charles Eastcoat), Ben

ETR 30 Jun 1917, p. . un 1917, p. . : . : :

and educated in Denmark. Willis Woods was the pseudonym of F. McGrew Willis Deely (Craig Boardman), Charles K. French (Simon Eastcoat), Louis

and Walter woot’ 917 v..270 PW 30 Jun 1917. 0.2117 Fitzroy (Eastcoat’s secretary), Mme. Rosita Marstini (Suzette De MPW 3 Jun 1917, p. 1988. Wid's 8 Jun 1917, p. 407, Pouges), Josephine Crowell (Madame Binnat), Nigel De Brullier

(Henri Leland). Drama. Betrayed and discarded by her lover, Candace is about to commit

me seen oF SANE -ancle Distributine C 50 J aera suicide when Charles Boardman restores her will to live by proposing that riangle Film Corp. Vist Triangle Distributing Corp. an she exact revenge on all men. Boardman takes Candace to Paris where,

reels. d Well d Elizabeth H: PI; under the tutelage of Madame Binnat, a famous courtesan, she changes her Dir Raymond Wells. Scen Harvey Gates and Elizabeth Haas. Cam Pliny name to Laure and becomes an alluring seductress. When Charles

Horn. . 7 Eastcoat, son of Simon Eastcoat, an American millionaire, succumbs to her Source: Based on the short story The Godson of Jeanette Gontreau” by — charms, his elder brother Bruce intervenes but suffers the same fate as

Francis William Sullivan in Ladies’ Home Journal (Oct 1917). Charles. Then Simon comes to Paris to reason with his older son, and Laure

; Casts Margery wilson wean pone. Jack M er en recognizes him as the man who betrayed her. Realizing that she cares for eayara), Anna Lodge rs. f1ootts), Wilbur Fiigbee (frederic Bruce, Laure swallows poison and renounces her revenge rather than Armstrong), Percy Challenger (Character man), Ben Lewis (John disgrace the man she loves. Millionaires. Revenge. Self-sacrifice. Suicide.

Finch), Eugene Corey (Anatole), Lee Phelps (Pau/). Vamps. Americans in foreign countries. Attempted suicide. Brothers. Comedy-drama/World War I, Espionage. During World War I, Jeanette Disillusionment. Paris. Poison. Prostitutes. Recognition.

Gontreau becomes a “godmother” to three Allied soldiers imprisoned in a ETR 27 Dec 1919, p. 433. Var 13 Feb 1920, p. 44. German camp. Describing herself as an old woman, she sends them MPN 3 Jan 1920, p. 483. Wid's 28 Dec 1919, p. 17. cheerful letters and baskets of small gifts until one of the soldiers, Harry MPW 3 Jan 1920, p. 146. Ledyard, informs her that he has been released and will visit her in New

York. Panic-stricken, Jeanette dons a wig and spectacles, and although she THE FLAMING CLUE F 1.1376 convinces Harry that she is old and gray, she soon falls in love with him. Vitagraph Co. of America. Dist Vitagraph Co. of America. 22 Mar Harry worships his ““godmother,” and when secret service agents discover 1920 [©OVitagraph Co. of America; 9 Mar 1920; LP14844]. 5 reels.

coded messages on her letters, he shields her by assuming the blame. Dir Edwin L. Hollywood. Scen William B. Courtney. Story Frederic Van

Eventually, however, Jeanette’s employer, Frederick Armstrong, confesses Rensselaer Dey. Cam Robert Stuart. :

that it is he who is guilty of espionage. Jeanette reveals her true age to Cast: Harry T. Morey (Ralph Cornell), Lucy Fox (Betty Quail), Sidney Harry, who joyfully proposes to her. Espionage. French. Impersonation Dalbrook (Aaron Prine), Jack McLean (Jimmie Quail), Eleanor Barry and imposture. Old women. World War |. Disguise. Letters. New York City. (Mrs. Quail), R. E. Milasch (Lassiter), Robert Gaillard (King), Bernard

Prisoners of war. Secret Service. Self-sacrifice. Traitors. Siegel (Rabeet), Frank Evans (Vielkon). 284

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE FLASH OF AN EMERALD Drama/ Detective, Crime. Ralph Cornell, a Secret Service agent, trails MPN 27 Mar 1915, p. 46. MPW 8 May 1915, p. 927.

a counterfeiting gang to their headquarters in the Old Coddington MPN | May 1915, p. 44. MPw 17 Jul 1915, p. 970. Mansion, a country residence run as a boarding house by Mrs. Quail and

her daughter Betty. The two women are unaware that their boarder, Aaron THE FLAPPER F1.1379 Prine, is the counterfeiter’s chief and that an underground den exists with Selznick Pictures Corp. Dist Select Pictures Corp. 10 May 1920 a secret passage leading to it through the walls of the house. Cornell [@Selznick Pictures Corp.; 14 May 1920; LP15118]. 6 reels, 5,630 ft. becomes a boarder, and he and Betty fall in love. Prine suspects Cornell, Pres Myron Selznick. Dir Alan Crosland. Scen Frances Marion.

and there ensues a battle of wits, followed by a fist fight between them in S/ory Frances Marion. Cam Jack Brown. which Cornell is beaten. After many adventures, Cornell obtains his Cast: Olive Thomas (Ginger King), Warren Cook (Senator King), evidence but is trapped with Betty in the cellar. His men arrive in time to Theodore Westman, Jr. (Bill Forbes), Katherine Johnston (Hortense), rescue their leader and his sweetheart, and the counterfeiters are arrested. Atthur Houseman (Tom Mor gan), Louise Lindroth (Elmina Buttons), Counterfeiters. Mansions. Secret Service. Boardinghouses. Cellars. Charles Craig (Rev. Cushil), William P. Carlton (Richard Chenning),

Evidence. Rescues. Traps. Marcia Harris (Mrs. Paddles), Bobby Connelly (King, Jr.), Norma

Note: The working title of this film was Detective Jim. Some scenes were shot on Shearer, Athole Shearer, Dorothy Kent, Russell Hewitt, Aleene Bergman, an estate near Bayside, Long Island, at West Chester, PA and at various New Jersey Maury Stewart, Jr., Mildred Cheshire.

locations. Comedy. Ginger King, a small town girl attending an Eastern boarding

ETR 20 Mar 1920, p. 1663. NYMT 11 Apr 1920. school, dreams of a more glamorous life. Dissatisfied with her military ue y, 27 Mar ron p. 2989. Wid's 18 Apr 1920, p. 9. school boyfriend, Bill Forbes, she meets the older, intriguing Richard

M 3 Apr 1920, p. 136. Channing and accompanies him to the country club dance. More bold after that adventure, Ginger, while on her way home for a holiday, meets two

THE FLAMING OMEN F1.1377 crooks who entrust some stolen jewels to her for safekeeping. Ginger then

Vitagraph Co. of America. Dist Greater Vitagraph (V-L-S-E). 29 Oct puts the jewels on and appears in her home town dressed as a vamp. Once 1917 (©The Vitagraph Co. of America; 22 Oct 1917; LP11622]. 5 reels. the crooks reappear, however, she realizes the seriousness of the situation Dir William Wolbert. Scen Will Courtney and Graham Baker. Story _ and gives up her pretensions to return to Bill. Boarding schools. Country Andres de Segurola and Marie de Sarlabous. Cam Reginald E. Lyons. clubs. Dances. Jewelry. Criminals. Holidays. Military schools. Students.

Cast: Alfred Whitman (Dorian), Mary Anderson (Blanca), Luella Vamps. Smith (Violet), Otto Lederer (Lord Haviland), S. E. Jennings Note: William Joseph Scully worked on the film, probably as assistant director.

(Natche), Clara King (Coya). According to a news item, this film was originally entitled Dangerous Paradise, which Drama. Coya, a native Peruvian is deserted by her lover Watkins, an was the title of a later Selznick production starring Louise Huff. Some scenes in the Englishman who finds a fortune in Peru. After Coya kills herself at the foot _‘film were shot in Florida.

of the statue of the god Inti, her little boy Dorian is found by Lord Haviland hapwy vin loon P. tear aii r y vey 1000. 34 who takes the child to England to raise as his own son. Grown to manhood, MPW 29 May 1920, if 1239. Wid's 3 May 1920. e. 17. Dorian is troubled by visions of an Incan woman kneeling at the foot of an

image. These visions interfere with his marriage to Violet, the daughter of “FLARE-UP” SAL F1.1380 Watkins, who had, upon his return to England, married a woman of Thomas H. Ince Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Paramount aristocratic birth. Deciding to revisit the land of his birth, Dorian arrives Pictures. 4 Feb 1918 [OThomas H. Ince Corp.; 4 Jan 1918; LP11955]. 5

in Peru where he is strongly attracted to Blanca, a Peruvian girl who is reels. desired by the Inca chieftain Natcho. Furious at being repulsed, Natcho Pres Thomas H. Ince. Supv Thomas H. Ince. Dir Roy William Neill. leads his tribesmen in an attack on the English visitors. In the ensuing Scen J. G. Hawks. Cam John S. Stumar. Art dir G. Harold Percival.

battle, Violet and her father, who. had followed Dorian to Peru, are Cast: Dorothy Dalton (“Flare-Up” Sal), Thurston Hall (The Red mortally wounded. On his deathbed, Watkins confesses that he is Dorian’s Rider), William Conklin (Dandy Dave Hammond), J. P. Lockney (Tin

father, and thus freed of his mysterious attraction to Violet, Dorian marries Cup Casey), Milton Ross (Lige Higbee). ,

Ana. eer sand ‘English Peru. Suicide. Wards a guard sions. Western. In order to relieve her father of his gambling debts, Sally Jo

agrees to perform at the rough-and-tumble dance hall of a California gold

MPN 10 Now 317 P 3266. 3486 ver 26 Oct i917 p. 32 rush town, where her fiery temper soon earns her the nickname “Flare-Up” MPW 10 Nov 1917, p. 873, 919. Wid's | Nov 1917, p. 705. Sal. The Red Rider, a local bandit, hears of Sal and longs to meet her, but because he faces arrest if he enters the settlement, he decides to visit the

THE FLAMING SWORD F1.1378 saloon in the guise of the new town minister. Sal and the bandit fall in love, Rolfe Photoplays, Inc. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 28 Jun 1915 [OMetro which arouses the jealousy of Dandy Dave Hammond, the owner of the

Pictures Corp.; 28 Jun 1915; LP6447]. 5 reels. dance hall. When Dave and the Red Rider fight, the saloon is set on fire, Pres B. A. Rolfe. Dir E. Middleton. Tech dir F. Champury. forcing Sal and her outlaw to escape through an upper window. The Red Source: Based on the novel The Flaming Sword by George Gibbs (New _ Rider leaves the minister a large sum of money for a new church, after

York, 1914). which he and Sal ride out of town, determined to lead decent lives. Bandits. Cast: Lionel Barrymore (Steve), Jane Grey (Meera Calhoun), Miss California. Dance hall girls. Gold rushes. Impersonation and imposture.

Diestel, Mrs. E. Middleton, Glenn White. Clergy. Criminals-Rehabilitation. Debt. Escapes. Fights. Fires. Gambling.

Drama. After Steve, a young college-educated man, announces to his Jealousy. oo, 8 . oa

friends that he is going to end his unsuccessful, dissipated life, Maisie, Note: The working title of this film was “Flare Up Sal” of Jimtown.

whose name has been associated with Steve’s, follows him to the rR ° aa ole .. 78, Ne DM 6 Fe lots P. a

waterfront, too late to stop him from leaving on a small boat. After drifting ETR 16 Feb 1918, p. 912. NYDM 9 Feb 1918, p. 19.

for days, Steve is washed onto an island, where he is found by Meera MPN 16 Feb 1918, p. 1036. Var 1 Feb 1918, p. 43. Calhoun, who, never having seen anyone other than her father and their MPW 9 Feb 1918, p. 870. Wid's 14 Feb 1918, pp. 940-41. servants, falls in love. Calhoun, a lighthouse keeper living a hermetic life

after having been wronged long ago, begins to like Steve. Their friendship © THE FLASH OF AN EMERALD F1.1381 continues even after Calhoun discovers it was Steve’s father who wronged World Film Corp.; A Shubert Feature. Dist World Film Corp. 27 Sep

him. Maisie, who learns Steve’s whereabouts from a traveling | 1915 [OWorld Film Corp.; 30 Oct 1915; LU6927]. 5 reels. beachcomber, comes to the island, and jealous of Meera, tells Calhoun that Dir Albert Capellani. she is Steve’s wife. When Calhoun falls unconscious after raging about Source: Based on the short story “The Flash of an Emerald” by E. M. Steve and his father, Maisie confesses her lie. Calhoun recovers and Steve Ingleton.

and Meera marry in New York. Castaways. Friendship. Islands. Jealousy. Cast: Robert Warwick (Lucius Waldeck), Dorothy Fairchild

Recluses. Attempted suicide. Beachcombers. Boats. Confession. (Victoria Allison), Jean Stuart (Sonia Mercer), Julia Stuart (Mrs.

Lighthouse keepers. Unrequited love. Waterfronts. Watson), Georgia May Fursman (Madeline), Clarissa Selwynne

Note: This film was shot at the studios of the Centaur Film Co., in Bayonne, NJ (Marie), June Elvidge (Phillipa Ford), Paul Gordon (Morton and at Peeks Island, ME. Conway). 285

THE FLASH OF FATE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Drama. Albert Capellani, the film director, approaches actor Robert Brixton in self-defense, Jack is acquitted. False accusations. Inventions.

Warwick to play the lead role in his new melodrama, The Flash of an Murder. Photographs. Self-defense. Trials. Brothers. Cameras. Emerald. As a skeptical Warwick studies the script, its plot unfolds. In the Mountains. Photographers. film-within-the-film, Waldeck, a social vulture and thief played by Note: This film was also known as The Flashlight Girl. \t was the first film directed Warwick, plans the robbery of an emerald belonging to Mrs. Watson, who _ by Ida May Park. Sources disagree on some plot points: some call Henry Norton

has traveled to Quebec with her invalid granddaughter. After breaking into Roe area ta crower. yee tne ee It ts also unclear if Delice their hotel room, Waldeck chloroforms the women and steals all of Mrs. ETR 19 Mar ‘917 p 1681 MPW 96 May 1917. p. 1339 Watson’s jewels. While escaping, he is spotted by two hotel guests, Victoria Motog 26 May 1917, p. 1120. NYDM 12 May 1917, 30. and Sonia, but finds his way to New York a free man. Posing now as a noble MPN 26 May 1917, p. 3314. Var 18 May 1917, p. 23.

Russian emigre, Waldeck garners the romantic attention of the rich MPW 19 May 1917, p. 1139. Wid's 10 May 1917, p. 293. Phillipa Ford, but Victoria, her friend, has a fearful if fuzzy feeling about

the man. When Waldeck gives Phillipa the Watson emerald, Victoria makes the connection to Quebec and notifies the police. Caught while © THE FLASHLIGHT GIRL see THE FLASHLIGHT fleeing with the jewels, Waldeck chooses suicide over jail. A/bert Capellani.

Emeralds. Impersonation and imposture. Recognition. Robbers. Suicide. ,

Robert Warwick. Escapes. Hotels. Motion picture actors and actresses. FLEURETTE see HEARTS DESIRE Motion picture directors. New York City. Quebec.

Motog 16 Oct p. 830. MPW 9 p. Oct 1915, 284, 342. THE_16 FLIGHT OF THE DUCHESS FL.1384 MPN 111915, Sep 1915, 73. p.NYDM Oct 1915, p. 36. . MPN 9 Oct 1915, p 86. Var 15 Oct 1915, p 21. Thanhouser Film Corp. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; Mutual Masterpictures De Luxe Edition. 11 Mar 1916. 5 reels.

THE FLASH OF FATE F1.1382 Pres Edwin Thanhouser. Dir Eugene Nowland. Asst dir Oscar W. Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co. 18 Feb 1918 Forster. Scen Virginia Hudson. Cam Otto Brautigam.

[©Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 7 Feb 1918; LP12036]. 5 reels. Source: Based on the poem “The Flight of the Duchess” by Robert Prod Herbert Rawlinson. Dir Elmer Clifton. Scen Waldemar Young and Browning (engiane: tte (Th carl’ 4), Robert Gray (The Earl) W. B. Pearson. Story James W. Atchison. Cam Virgil E. Miller. ast; Gladys Hulette e Earl's ward), Kobert Gray e Earl), Cast: Herbert Rawlineon (Randolph Shorb), Sally Star (Mary Burnett Parker (The Duke), Nellie Parker Spaulding (His mother),

lh rKS r ’ - . ’

Erman ck Non (es rea Dans Ong (ery Sher). Mae Me eee wens see nce acts i , Philadelphia Johnson), George Brooks Dare Hinman) artes rest he makes his castle and his servants conform to medieval standards. Drama/Crime. When his father commits suicide after being ruined by Ignoring modern rules of social conduct, he sends a message to the Earl in dishonest stockbroker Abner Hinman, Randolph Shorb resolves to gain which he insists on marrying the Earl’s ward. Following the Duke's orders,

eeng ft iets byJohnson, waiveRandolph nese. WICC, a ie eeo ean of notorious crookan Philadelphia becomes the head - , , _he a gang of thieves and is thereafter known as The Ferret. Joe Freeman, the pace tas tur nes back the clock, pur cisgusted bY ms Oppressively medieval

brother of Randolph’s girlfriend Mary, moves to the city, where he is attitude ena Lopes. wi i he t, a OL k rie ar in the oe tal

robbed by Johnson and forced to hold up a bank. Mary learns of Joe’s Century, she ¢lopes with the gypsy Dlacksmith. Experiments. Male troubles and rushes to the city to help him but is lured to a roominghouse CMauvinism. Medievalism. Nobility. Social customs. Blacksmiths. and attacked by Johnson. Joe disappears with the intention of committing Elopement. Gypsies.

suicide, after which Randolph, frantic over both Joe and Mary, goes to the ithe 8 ve ole is at ii P v io ver tote P ree 1893. power house and flashes a message in Morse code over all of the city’s MPP 18 Mar 1916, p. 1616. Wid's 9 Mar 1916, if 426.

electric lights. Through his message, Joe regains hope and Mary is rescued. MPW 11 Mar 1916, p. 1592. After the gang’s arrest, Randolph vows to lead an honest life. Brother-sister relationship. Gangsters. Morse code. Revenge. Suicide. Bank robberies. Boardinghouses. Criminals-Rehabilitation. Electricity. Rape. Rescues. © THE FLIP FLAPPER see RISKY BUSINESS Stockbrokers. Traps. Note: This film was also known as The Crookedest Man in the World. One

M PW item credits Frank MacQuarrie with the role of Philadelphia Johnson; while THE FLIRT F 1.1385 Mary MacDonald is credited with the role of Randolph Shorb’s girlfriend, named Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. 26 Mar

Dora Dean. 1916 [©Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.; | Mar 1916; LP7739]. 5 reels.

rn re ole is an von W 3 ver ioe . ae 1272. Dir Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley. Scen Lois Weber. Musical MPN 9 Mar 1918, p. 1469. Wid's 28 Feb 1918, p. 976. accompaniment selected and arranged by M. Winkler.

Source: Based on the novel The Flirt by Booth Tarkington (Garden City, NY, 1913).

Bluebird Photaplays Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. 1 May Cast: Marie Walcamp (Cora), Grace Benham (Laura, her sister), 1917 [©Bluebird Photoplays Inc.; 10 Apr 1917; LP10542]. 5 reels. Antrim Short (Hendrick, her brother), Ogden Crane (Mr. Madison), Dir Ida May Park. Scen Ida May Park. Cam King D. Gray. Nannine Wright (Mrs. Madison), Juan de la Cruz (Valentine Corliss),

S - Based the short st “The Flash-Light” by Albert M Paul Byron (Ray Vilas), Fred Church (Richard Lindley), Robert Lawlor

ources pasee on me short Story ane plasne ils y ne tora e. oe 391, 424. Var 10 Apr 1914, p. 22.

copyright descriptions concerning the cast. The synopsis in the copyright descriptions , state that Jane’s disgruntled suitor was ““Nate Siddle,” played by Henry Schumen-

Heink; that “Ed Warmbath” was played by Percy Challenger; and that “Theo THE FLOOR BELOW F1.1390

Cleghorn” was played by Doc Crane. Reviews state that Jane’s disgruntled suitor was Goldwyn Pictures Corp. Dist Goldwyn Distributing Corp. 10 Mar esoWarmbath,” who was played““Nate by H. F. Crane (also known Doc Crane), and 1918 [©Goldwyn Pictures Corp.; 7SchumenMar 1918; LP12166]. not list characters Siddle” andas“‘Theo Cleghorn,” or actors Henry . . . 6 reels. Heink and Percy Challenger. Some reviews refer to the character played by Herbert Dir Clarence G. Badger. Story Elaine Sterne. Cam Oliver T. Marsh. Art

Rawlinson as ‘““Sky-High’ Billy Wardwell.” dir Hugo Ballin.

Motog 29 Sep 1917, pp. 684-85. MPW 6 Oct 1917, p. 72. Cast: Mabel Normand (Patricia O’Rourke), Tom Moore (Hunter MPN 13 Oct 1917, p. 2582. MPW 13 Oct 1917, p. 296. Mason), Helen Dahl (Louise Vane), Wallace McCutcheon (Monty MPN 20 Oct 1917, pp. 2803-04. Var 28 Sep 1917, p. 40. Latham), Lincoln Plumer (Uncle Amos), Charlotte Granville (Mrs. Mason), A. Romaine Callender (Ziegler), Louis R. Grisel (Stubbs),

FLIRTING WITH FATE F1.1387 Willard Dashiell (Managing editor), Texas Charwaite, W. W. Black.

Fine Arts Film Co. Dist Triangle Film Corp. 9 Jul 1916. 5 reels. Comedy-drama. Patricia O’Rourke, a good-natured prankster who works Dir Christy Cabanne. Story Robert M. Baker. Cam William E. Fildew. as a copy girl for the Sentinel, angers her co-worker Stubbs and is about Cast: Douglas Fairbanks (Augy Holliday), Howard Gaye (Roland to lose her job when the managing editor offers her one more chance. Her

Dabney), Jewel Carmen (Gladys Kingsley), W. E. Lawrence (Harry assignment is to explain the clue that links the Hope Mission, a derelict Hansum), George Beranger (Automatic Joe), Dorothy Haydel home run by millionaire Hunter Mason and his secretary, Monty Latham, (Phyllis), Lillian Langdon (Mrs. Kingsley), J. P. McCarty (Detective), with a series of local robberies. When Hunter discovers Patricia in his

Wilbur Higby (Landlord). office, he assumes that she is a crook in need of reforming and takes her

Comedy. Penniless artist Augy Holliday falls in love with a society girl into his home to be cared for by his mother. Louise Vane, Hunter’s fiancée, named Gladys. Gladys’ status-conscious aunt rejects Augy as a suitor, but realizes that he is falling love with the girl “crook” and becomes jealous, he nonetheless decides to propose. Gladys hears Augy rehearse his proposal even though she is really in love with Monty. At a benefit dance, Louise with another woman, believes the rehearsal to be real, and so decides to _Steals the contribution box for Monty, who has learned that the police are marry someone else. Despondent, Augy unsuccessfully tries to kill himself | after him, and when the robbery is discovered, she accuses Patricia. The and then pays Automatic Joe fifty dollars to do it for him. Soon, however, police soon arrive to clear the copy girl's name, however, and she abandons Augy’s financial situation improves, and Gladys learns the truth about his © her newspaper job to marry Hunter. Jealousy. Millionaires. Mistaken intentions. So Augie gets the girl, but must avoid the man hired to kill him. identity. Newspaperwomen. Robbery. Dances. Editors. Frame-ups. Finally, Joe finds Augy, but having also found religion, he wants not to kill | Missions. Newspapers. Police. Practical jokes. Secretaries.

Augy, but only to return the fifty dollars. Artists. Class distinction. Hired TR ORM Ie sos, ee eae oie P22:

killers. Proposals. Socialites. Attempted suicide. Aunts. Religious MPN 23 Mar 1918, 1764. Wid's 14 Mar 1918, pp. 1009-10.

conversion. MPW 23 Mar 1918, p. 1703, 1707. Note: This film was also referred to as The Assassin.

Motog 8 Jul 1916, p. 100. NYDM 1 Jul 1916, p. 48. A FLORIDA ENCHANTMENT F1.1391 PW nf ole . ne. 306. Nie 0 ue le p a Vitagraph Co. of America; A Broadway Star Feature. Dist General Film

a Co.; Special Feature Dept. by arrangement with Broadway Star Features Co. Sep 1914 [OVitagraph Co. of America; 4 Sep 1914; LP3380]. 5 reels.

THE FLOODING AND OPENING OF THE PANAMA Dir Sidney Drew. Picturized by Eugene Mullen and/or Marguerite

CANAL F1.1388 Bertsch. Cam Robert A. Stuart.

Hagy Features. Jun 1914. 4 reels. Source: Based on the novel A Florida Enchantment by Archibald Prod Eugene H. Hagy. Clavering Gunter and Fergus Redmond (New York, 1891). Documentary. Panama Canal. a Cast: Sidney Drew (Dr. Fred Cassadene), Edith Storey (Miss Lillian Note: No additional information about this film is known. Travers), Charles Kent (Major Horton), Jane Morrow (Bessie

Horton), Ada Gifford (Mrs. Stella Lovejoy), Ethel Lloyd (Jane), Lillian

THE FLOOR ABOVE F1.1389 Burns (Malvina), Grace Stevens (Miss Constancia Oglethorpe), Allan Reliance Motion Picture Co. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; Continental Campbell (Mr. Stockton Remington), Cortland Van Deusen (Charley Feature Film Corp. Apr 1914. 4 reels. Wilkes), Frank O'Neil (Gustavus Duncan). 287

FLORIDA HISTORIC SCENES AND FLORIDA IN MID-WINTER AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Fantasy, Comedy. In a St. Augustine, Florida resort hotel, heiress Lillian brother Tom gets into trouble by robbing the grocer. He runs to Hugh, asks Travers discovers her fiancé, Dr. Fred Cassadene, in the arms of another him to get Ruth and then hides. Ruth arrives at Hugh’s house wearing her woman. Angry and jealous, Lillian swallows a seed that she found in an robe and negligee, and when the grocer and his cronies, having followed antique box from Africa that, an accompanying note claims, came from the Tom, also get to the house, they believe that they have caught Ruth and Tree of Sexual Change and will end a woman’s suffering. She instantly Hugh in the middle of a night of lovemaking. Enraged by the illicit affair,

becomes a man and, although still clad in women’s clothing, flirts they prepare to lynch Hugh, but just as they are about to hang him, a outrageously with the female inhabitants of the hotel. Lillian next gives a lightning bolt destroys the tree that was to have served as the gallows. Hugh seed to Jane, her mulatto maid, who then becomes a lust-filled valet. takes this as a message from God and quickly becomes a believer, and then

Eventually, Lillian assumes a male identity. But after Fred believes that Tom emerges to explain that it was he who had brought Hugh and Ruth “she” has been murdered by the man she has become, Lillian tries to prove together that night. Atheists. False accusations. Mobs. Religious to Fred that she is indeed Lillian. She then gives him a seed and he turns conversion. Brothers. Evangelists. Grocers. Lightning. Lynching.

into a woman. Still dressed as a man, he chases after his male Robbery. acquaintances, then, after stealing a dress, jumps into the ocean. As he Motog x4 a ole p. one yrpM 30 a toe p. 26. drowns, Lillian awakens to discover that she has been dreaming and that oP a ie SP oie pon Fred has just come to call. Dreams. Infidelity. Jealousy. St. Augustine mew TOct 1916. p Mas 21 Sep 1916, p. 979

on vg ; O , p. 22. d S . p. 979.

(Florida). Sex change. Drowning. Flirtation. Heiresses. Hotels. Lust.

Mulattoes. Physicians. Potions. Resorts. Servants. Theft. . . THE FLOWER OF NO MAN’S LAND F1.1395

1914. . > reels.

Note: The film was shot on location in St. Augustine and other places in Florida. Columbia Pictures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp.; A Metro

Sources vary in crediting either Eugene Mullin or Marguerite Bertsch with the Wonderol % J 1916 [©Columbia Pi Cc 97 J 1916: picturization. The film opened at the Vitagraph Theatre in New York on 10 Aug LP8590}, 3, : un [©Columbia Pictures Corp.; un ; Motog 29 Aug 1914, p. 300. NYDM 19 Aug 1914, p. 26. Dir John H. Collins. Scen John H. Collins. Cam Mr. Berkeley.

MPN 9 Jan 1915, p. 62. Var 14 Aug 1914, p. 21. Cast: Viola Dana (Echo), Duncan McRae (Roy Talbot), Harry C.

MPW 19 Sep 1914, p. 1696. VLP Sep 1914, p. 32. Brown (Big Bill), Mitchell Lewis (Kahoma), Fred Jones (Pedro), Nellie G. Mitchell (Mrs. Talbot), Eldine Steuart (The Talbot child), Marcus

FLORIDA HISTORIC SCENES AND FLORIDA IN MID- Moriarity (Potter, the butler).

WINTER F 1.1392 Drama. Echo, the orphaned “flower of no man’s land,” has been raised MU1067]. 6 reels. goes West to recover his health, Echo falls instantly in love and forgets all

Lincoln & Parker Co. Oct? 1914 [©Lincoln & Parker Co.; 18 Oct 1917; by an Indian foster father, Kahoma. Then, when opera singer Roy Talbot

Documentary. This documentary traces the history of Florida from its about Big Bill, her cowboy sweetheart. Roy marries Echo and takes her discovery by Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon on Easter Sunday, 1513, to back East, but soon after returning to his adoring public, he loses all the establishment of Fort Marion in St. Augustine, Florida. Views of the interest in her. Finally, Echo leaves Roy and goes back to the wilderness, Fort and other points of historic interest are included. Modern scenes of where she discovers that Roy had already been married when they met and Palm Beach, Florida in the month of January, as well as other tourist had deserted his wife years before. For so deceiving his adopted daughter, attractions are also photographed. Easter. Explorers. Florida. Juan Ponce Kahoma tracks Roy down and kills him, while Echo forgets about her big-

de Léon. Tourism. city unhappiness and returns to Big Bill, with whom she makes plans to Note: The Lincoln & Parker Co. was headquartered in Worcester MA. This marry. Bigamy. Father-daughter relationship. Indians of North America. documentary may ave been Produced as an educational film on the history and Opera singers. Revenge. Cowboys. Foster fathers. Murder. Neglected

geography 6) orida. It may have been release in two parts. WIiVeS. United States—West.

Note: The cameraman for this film was listed only as Mr. Berkeley in Wid’s. No

THE FLOWER OF DOOM F1.1393 information concerning his full name has been located.

Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co.; Red Feather MPN 8 Jul 1916, p. 104. Var 23 Jun 1916, p. 19. Photoplays. 16 Apr 1917 [©Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 6 Apr 1917; MPW 8 Jul 1916, p. 261. Wid's 6 Jul 1916, p. 703. LP10517]. 5 reels.

Dir Rex Ingram. Scen Rex Ingram. Cam Duke Hayward.

Cast: ;Wedgwood Nowell (Sam Savinsky), Yvette Mitchell (Tea Corp. FLOWER THE1918 DUSK[©Metro , F1.1396 ; Metro Pictures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures 12OF Aug Rose), Nicholas Dunaew (Paul Rasnov), M.. K. Wilson (Harvey . Corp.; 20 Aug 1918; LP12767].(Buck), 5 reels. Frank : . . Pearson), Gypsy Hart (NevaPictures Sacon), Tommy Morrissey

, : Supv Maxwell Karger. Dir John H. Collins. Scen John H. Collins. (Arn Fun) Cam John Arnold.

Tokunaga (Charley Sing), Gordo Keeno (Ah Wong), Evelyn Selbie

Drama. Reporter Harvey Pearson becomes infatuated with cabaret vou 1908). on the novel Flower of the Dusk by Myrtle Reed (New

dancer Neva Sacon. While showing Neva through Chinatown, Harvey pins Cast—Prologue: Viola Dana, Guy Coombs, Howard Hall, Alice Martin,

a flower on her lapel that, unknown to him, is the symbol of a Tong. When Bli ,Mrs. ; iss Milford, Charles Sutton, Maggie Breyer, Neva-is, spirited away by a member of a rival Tong and the efforts of the . oy:

L. Ford.

lice to find h fruitl H to Charley Si h Cast—Main Story: Viola Dana (Barbara North), Howard Hall porice to tine ner prove sruitiess, Martvey turns to Vhariey sing whom (Ambrose North), Jack McGowan (Roger Austin), Margaret McWade Harvey helped clear of a murder charge when he was writing an exposé of Miri Bliss Milford (Mattie Austi

Chinatown. With Sing’s help, they call at the opium den of Ah Wong and (Miriam), ass tor ( are ustin). . os ee kidnap T R b , f the T hich is holding N ; Drama. Blind Ambrose North is tormented by the suspicion that his wife

A oh ca sth a wad, be 4 h ete wien Is 4 Ne tu Pe cofely Constance committed suicide when their crippled daughter Barbara was

n excnange Is then made between the two women and ‘Neva returns salely only two, because she did not love him. Before her death, Constance wrote

ro are y: “s fan (mericans. Chinatowns. Opium dens. Tongs. Dancers. Barbara a letter to be opened on the girl’s twenty-first birthday, but when

nratuation. OT W 487.88 Barbara opens it and learns that her mother killed herself to escape a

MPN ¥ Me 917 ee 3857-58, Wid's 12 Ap 1917 D234 doomed love affair with Lawrence Austin, she invents a different story for Ambrose, knowing that the truth would hurt him too deeply. When a

surgeon restores Ambrose’s sight, Barbara’s aunt Miriam, who was loved

ee ee ek - OF aa Int tional Film Service. Inc.: Outten by Ambrose before he met Constance, decides to gain her revenge by giving E Ter ie 20 my 6 ol ' nat val Fil, S “ty eT ne Oct 19 i. the letter to him, but in his eagerness to read it, he removes his bandages IPT 0 , Kel Sg c [International Film Service, Inc.; 2 Oc ° too soon. Barbara, who also has been cured by the doctor, tries on her Dir B l. Ki Asst dir Dale Hanshaw. Scen Charles T. D d mother’s wedding gown, and Ambrose, in his delirium, believes that she is F k Daren C an de Bark He, anshaw. cen Manes hs Mazey an the spirit of Constance returning to assure him of her love. He dies happily,

Ca ': Jane Gres R th had: er Frank Mills (Hugh Lee), Albert and later, Barbara marries Lawrence’s son Roger. Blind persons.

T ast. | UE , ey ( \y d u wn), Helt To ( Tad ee M B Blindness. Cures. Disabled persons. Father-daughter relationship. ravernier ( phram Judson), Percy Helton (Tom Judson), Mary B. Letters. Suicide. Aunts. Clothes. Infidelity. Revenge. Surgery. Visions.

Stuart, William Reynolds. , ETR 13 Jul 1918, p. 470. MPW 7 Sep 1918, pp. 1457-58. _ Drama. Ruth Judson, an evangelist’s daughter, loves Hugh Lee, but she MPN 7 Sep 1918, p. 1605. Wid's 1 Sep 1918, pp. 9-10.

is troubled by his atheism. Then, one night, her undisciplined younger MPW 10 Aug 1918, p. 885.

288

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE FLYING TWINS THE FLY GOD F 1.1397 Comedy. Flapper Patricia Van Nuys becomes “flying Pat’ when she Triangle Film Corp. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 30 Jun 1918. 5 follows in the path of her aviator husband Robert and decides to become

reels. the first woman to cross the Atlantic by plane. Captain Endicott, an ace

Dir Cliff Smith. Story Henry Wallace Phillips. Cam Steve Rounds. pilot and a friend of Robert, offers to teach her to fly. One day, while Cast: Roy Stewart (William “Red” Saunders), Edward Peil (Robert practicing, their plane takes a nose dive and crashes, but luckily the fliers “Bob” Allers), Claire Anderson (Mrs. Allers), Aaron Edwards (Jimmy emerge unscathed, taking refuge in a roadhouse. Subsequently, Pat’s Hit-the-Bottle), Percy Challenger (‘‘Shorty’’ Stokes), Walter Perry husband becomes so outraged at his wife’s intimacy with Endicott that Pat,

(“Wind River’’). indignant at his reaction, resolves to become independent. That night she

Western. Bob Allers, an unfortunate consumptive, and his wife are slips away and boards a train for distant parts. Endicott also boards the

traveling to Arizona for medicinal purposes. On the way, a highwayman train and when they are seen by a reporter for a gossip sheet, Robert reads robs them of horse and money. Destitute, they are befriended by William of his wife’s exploits in the daily newspaper. Meanwhile, Pat has stolen “Red” Saunders, whose sympathy and innate love for his fellow man lands home penitently. Disguised as a cook in her own kitchen, she eludes Allers a job in the local saloon. Soon after, when the same highwayman detection until Endicott comes to the house just as Robert starts gunning attempts to rob the saloon, Allers kills him with a hammer thrown in self- for him. After a series of comic incidents, matters are explained and Pat defense, unaware that the outlaw is the brother of the sheriff. Convicted and Robert reconcile. Aviators. Flappers. Jealousy. Marriage. Airplane

for murder by the vengeful sheriff, Allers is defended by “Red.” The accidents. Cooks. Impersonation and imposture. Newspapers. corrupt jury makes its final decision based on whether a crawling fly Reporters. Roadhouses. Trains. reaches the top of a window pane. Allers is acquitted, then reunited with Note: Author Virginia Philley Withey was married to director Chet Withey.

his happy wife and newborn child, and they all leave together. False ETR 25 Dec 1920, p. 1285. NYDM _25 Dec 1920, p. 1175.

arrests. Highwaymen. Self-defense. Trials. Arizona. Brothers. ew no oon P. tone Wid's 26 Dec 1920, p. 13. Convalescence. Good Samaritans. Revenge. Saloons. Sheriffs. Theft. M oe PEO Tuberculosis.

Note: One news item announced that Thomas N. Heffron was to be the director THE FLYING TORPEDO ; ; F1.1400

of the film and C. H. Wales was to be the cameraman. This film was the second of Fine Arts Film Co. Dist Triangle Film Corp. 12 Mar 1916 [©Triangle the Red Saunders series made by Triangle and starring Roy Stewart. Previously Film Corp.; 31 Jan 1916; LP8297]. 5 reels. Harry Carey had appeared as Red Saunders in The Fighting Gringo, a Universal Supv D. W. Griffith. Dir John B. O’Brien. Scen Robert M. Baker and feature made in 1917. Henry Wallace Phillips wrote many short stories and novels John Emerson. Musical accompaniment selected and arranged by J. A. featuring the Red Saunders character. He also was known to have written directly . vine . for the screen, and it is unclear whether or not this particular story had been published Raynes. Battle scenes dir William Christy Cabanne.

previously. Cast: John Emerson (Winthrop Clavering), Spottiswoode Aitken

ETR 13 Jul 1918, p. 475. MPW 13 Jul 1918, p. 247. (Bartholomew Thompson), William E. Lawrence (William Haverman), Motog 13 Jul 1918, p. 56. NYDM 20 Jul 1918, p. 88. Fred J. Butler (Chief of international crooks), Raymond Wells, Lucille

NPN ° M4 re is oe, Wis 0 ne ile i" fe Younge, Erich von Stroheim (His accomplices), Viola Barry (Adelaide E.

MPW 6 Jul 1918, p. 95, 118. oa, Thompson), Bessie Love (Hulda), Ralph Lewis (Head of the board).

Drama. In the early 1920's, several foreign powers decide to attack the

FLYING COLORS F1.1398 United States. Realizing that their country is defenseless, nervous Triangle Film Corp. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 23 Sep 1917. 5 American officials offer a reward of one million dollars to anyone who reels. invents a weapon capable of defeating the invading force. Hearing of the

Dir Frank Borzage. Scen John Lynch. Story R. Cecil Smith. prize, novelist and detective Winthrop Clavering encourages his friend, the Cast: William Desmond (Brent Brewster), Golda Madden (Ann), Jack Scientist. Bartholomew Thompson, to complete his plans for a flying Livingston (Captain Drake), Laura Sears (Ruth Lansing), J. Barney torpedo. Just as Bartholomew is about to apply the finishing touches, Sherry (Craig Lansing), George W. Chase (Jimmy McMahon), John P. however, a gang of spies kills him and steals his plans. Winthrop tracks Lockney (Brewster, Sr.), Bert Offerd (The cockney), Mary Mclvor down the spies, however, gets the plans back, builds the torpedoes, and then

(Stenographer), Ray Jackson (Manager's son). gives them to the American army. As a result, the United States is able Drama /Detective. Brent Brewster, formerly a Yale athlete known for his to repel the foreign fleet, which had gathered off the California coast, and

pole vaulting prowess, is unsuccessful in business. When his wealthy Winthrop can claim the million dollars. Detectives. Military invasion. relatives send him out to fend for himself, Brent joins a detective agency. Scientists. Secret plans. Spies. Torpedoes. California. Murder. Novelists.

After Craig Lansing, a family friend, hires Brent to investigate the Rewards. Theft. United States. Army. | numerous jewel thefts in Poughkeepsie, Brent works undercover at Note: The working title of this film was The Scarlet Band. The Flying Torpedo is Lansing’s house party and recognizes Captain Drake, an English crook.

. . ; . one of the few feature films from this period to take place in the future. ; Motog 29 Jan 1916, p. 261. MPW 25 Mar 1916, p. 2028. Although Brent temporarily forgets detective work when he meets Ann, the Motog 25 Mar 1916, p. 708. NYDM 8 Jan 1916, p. 23. beautiful sister of Lansing’s wife Ruth, Ann’s remark that $40,000 a year MPN 25 Mar 1916, p. 1774. NYDM 18 Mar 1916, p. 28.

would be enough for her to live on, brings Brent back to the job. MPW 8 Jan 1916, p. 231. Var 17 Mar 1916, p. 32.

Meanwhile, Drake is intent on compromising Ruth, who flirts with him MPW 18 Mar 1916, p. 1896. Wid's 16 Mar 1916, p. 437.

while Lansing is away. When Lansing returns unexpectedly, Brent accepts

the blame for the flirtation to protect Ruth’s honor, because of his love for = THE FLYING TWINS F1.1401 Ann. After Brent vaults with a clothes pole through a window to prevent Thanhouser Film Corp. Dist Mutual Film Corp; A Mutual Drake’s escape, Drake is exposed. Brent then learns that he has inherited | Masterpicture. | Jul 1915.4 reels. a legacy which will enable him to satisfy Ann’s monetary needs. Athletes. Cast: Madeline Fairbanks, Marion Fairbanks (The Flying Twins), Boyd

Detectives. Theft. Thieves. Flirts. Honor. Inheritance. Jewelry. Marshall (Vinald Marshall, their father), Ethel Jewett (Lucia Marshall,

MPN 22 Sep 1917, p. 1992, 2036. Var 14 Sep 1917, p. 35. their mother), Eleanor Spalding (Aunt Sally), Harry La Pearl (Fred MPW 22 Sep 1917, p. 1857. Wid’s 13 Sep 1917, pp. 590-91. Morris), Bertha Leon (Stella, his wife), Lorraine Huling (Cousin

MPW 29 Sep 1917, p. 2050. Carolyn), Morris Foster (Peter Goddard, the clerk). Drama. A wealthy manufacturer’s twin teenage daughters are enthralled FLYING PAT F1.1399 by the performance of vaudeville acrobat Fred Morris. Later, the twins’s New Art Film Co. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Paramount country cousin Carolyn introduces them, to their delight, to Morris, who Pictures. 5 Dec 1920 [ONew Art Film Co. (Fred Chaston, author); 11 Nov becomes Carolyn’s fiancé. After the twins’s father banishes Morris from

1920; LP15798]. 5 reels, 4,867 ft. the house and breaks off the engagement, the girls grieve, but later Carolyn Dir F. Richard Jones. Scen Harry Carr and F. Richard Jones. Story marries a young clerk of whom the father approves. During the summer,

Virginia Philley Withey. Cam Fred Chaston. the twins visit their Aunt Sally in a small Connecticut town. Their tedium Cast: Dorothy Gish (Patricia Van Nuys), James Rennie (Robert Van is broken when a traveling circus arrives with Morris and his new wife Nuys), Morgan Wallace (William Endicott), Harold Vizard (Butler), Stella, a trapeze performer. Stella persuades the twins to join, and they William Black (Detective), Porter Strong (Reporter), Tom Blake leave with the circus the next day. Billed as “The Flying Twins,” they (Policeman), Kate Bruce (Old lady), Mrs. Waters (Cook), Miss Waters perform daring feats, but soon grow homesick. Detectives fail to locate

(Housemaid). them, until Morris, who has fallen and now depends on the twins for 289

THE FOLKS FROM WAY DOWN EAST AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG support, sends their father a taunting, anonymous letter. A car chase Western/Espionage. Orphan Hilda Swanson’s prayers are answered ensues, until the girls grab onto an overhanging limb, and the car carrying when a Swedish-American colonization company agrees to send her to Morris and Stella plunges into a river. The girls then gladly return home. America. Aboard the steamer, she meets Olaf, a young Swede, and Donna,

Acrobats. Circuses. Father-daughter relationship. Trapezists. Twins. an enemy courier who is posing as a passenger. Learning that the secret Automobile accidents. Chases. Clerks. Connecticut. Detectives. service is on her trail, Donna sews secret documents into the hem of Hilda’s

Duplicity. Letters. Runaways. skirt. She then sends a wire to her comrade Felix Martinez, notifying him Note: Madeline and Marion Fairbanks were known as the “Thanhouser Twins.” to intercept the Swedish girl. Hilda and Olaf innocently evade Martinez

er ry La Peart ae nna oe were real re Periormers. i915. 0. 76. 142 and are sent West by representatives of the colonization company. Missing

o1og u » P. 08, 7. u r Pe ds Be their train at a stopover in cattle country, they are taken in by Larry

MPN 3 Jul 1915, p. 72. Rell 17 Apr 1915, p. 17. O’Keefe, a big hearted rancher. Martinez finally tracks them down and

arranges to have Hilda kidnapped by some Mexican cattle thieves who take

THE FOLKS FROM WAY DOWN EAST F1.1402 the girl to their hut, only to discover that she no longer possesses the papers

Photo Drama Motion Picture Co. Mar 1914 [OP hoto wit Motion but has given them to O’Keefe. Hilda escapes and meets Larry who has sre Co. (Lee Beggs and John Edwards, author); 2 Apr 1914; LU2527], been searching for her. Meanwhile, Donna, unaware that she is being

" , or trailed by secret service agents, arrives at the O’Keefe ranch. The agents

Drama. Dick Morley, a country boy, loves his neighbor Ruth Ward. At arrest both Martinez and Donna, and as Hilda hands over the papers, the

college, Dick becomes a divinity student and meets Tom Beverly, the son he Swedish girl that she has don t ‘ce for h

of a New York millionaire, who becomes infatuated when he sees Ruth’s agents assure the Swedish girl that she as Gone a grea Service for ner new

ao oa gee country. Larry then offers to marry Hilda, thus making her an official documents. Secret

photograph. After Dick’s ordination, Tom citizen. comes to visit him in the country Ameri vs - ; Secret : es —Dos .; merican Citizenship. Foreign agents.

and begins an affair with Ruth, who is impressed with his urbanity. The Service. Abduction. Oroh Ranch Swed

two are married by a sorrowful Dick and move to New York. When Ruth’s ervice. UCHON. MTPNANS. NANcners. OWEVES.

parents arrive unexpectedly at her Thanksgiving reception, Ruth is Motog i ie Oly is he NYDM I Ate i917, P rie

ashamed of their rustic ways and refuses to let them into her home. Shortly MPN 18 Aug 1917, p. 1172. Var 3 Aug 1917, p. 24. thereafter, Tom seeks a divorce from Ruth, having been smitten by society MPW 11 Aug 1917, p. 992. belle Helen Gould. Ruth refuses to accept alimony and eventually is forced

to live in a tenement where she becomes ill. When her parents read in the FOLLOWING THE FLAG IN MEXICO F1.1405 paper of Tom’s forthcoming second marriage, they tell Dick, who rushes Tropical Film Co. Dist State Rights; Feinberg Amusement Corp. Apr to New York and finds Ruth. [Some sources say that Dick and Ruth marry 1916 [©The Tropical Film Co.; 10 Apr 1916; MU579]. 5 reels.

after Tom’s death.] City-country contrast. Divorce. Filial relations. Documentary. At the northern Mexico border, General Francisco Infatuation. Marriage. Snobbery. Alimony. Clergy. Millionaires. New York “Pancho” Villa poses. After Villa’s raid on Columbus, New Mexico, dead

City. Photographs. Socialites. Tenements. men and horses lie in the streets, and ruins are in smoke. Major General Note: The film’s working title was Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother. Frederick Funston, of Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, poses.

NYDM 25 Mar 1914, p. 39. Var 24 Apr 1914, p. 21. American troops pass by the Alamo as they leave for the border. General Venustiano Carranza, Mexico’s provisional president, sends a large army

THE FOLLIES GIRL F 1.1403 to cooperate with U.S. troops, led by General John J. Pershing, who poses Triangle Film Corp. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp.; S. A. Lynch at Columbus. Refugees crossing the Rio Grande are searched, vaccinated, Enterprises. 27 Apr 1919. 5 reels. and marched across the desert to internment camps at Fort Bliss, Texas. Dir Jack Dillon. Scen Charles Mortimer Peck. Story W. Carey After some battles, Carranza triumphantly enters Mexico City. A federal Wonderly. Cam Steve Norton. soldier is captured and shot by a rebel firing squad. After a battle that lasts Cast: Olive Thomas (Doll), Wallace MacDonald (Ned), William V. six days, Juarez is occupied by rebels. Street fighting occurs in Torreon.

Mong (Edward Woodruff), Claire McDowell (Nina Leffingwell), J. P. Villa’s commanders are defeated. The American Red Cross treats

Wild (Swann), Lee Phelps (Basil), Ray Griffith (Frederic). wounded. Peaceful noncombatants, including an American and an Comedy. The relatives of dying Edward Woodruff, Nina Leffingwell, her Englishman, who were executed by Villa troops, hang in trees. Finally, a brother Frederic, and her cousin Basil, whom she wants to marry, scheme military funeral for American dead at Columbus is conducted. Venustiano to inherit Woodruff’s wealth. Since Woodruff continually calls for an Carranza. Mexico. Mexico. Army. Revolutionaries. United States. Army. imagined granddaughter, the child of his daughter who died before they Francisco ‘‘Pancho” Villa. Alamo-Siege, 1836. Columbus (New Mexico). could patch up a quarrel which estranged them, Nina gets Doll, a Follies Firing squads. Fort Bliss (Texas). Funerals. Frederick Funston. Juarez girl, to impersonate the granddaughter, try to endear herself to Woodruff, (Mexico). Mexico City. John J. Pershing. Political refugees. Rio Grande and thus inherit the money. Doll would then be paid off and the relatives River. Red Cross. San Antonio (Texas). Torréon (Mexico). would get the inheritance. When Doll’s administrations cause Woodruff to Note: General Francisco ‘‘Pancho” Villa’s attack on Columbus, New Mexico recover, Nina sends for Woodruff’s grandson Ned, whom he disowned for occurred on 9 Mar 1916. This film was also called Following Villa in Mexico. The

marrying beneath him. hoping that Ned will send Doll away. When Ned COyright nt for hsm its Car, ryt ax te autor Beau Pre was he seems to fall in love with Doll, Nina tells Woodruff that Nedand Doll are Under Fire in Haiti, it is possible that he also shot this film.

secretly meeting in the estate lodge. Woodruff investigates and finds that MPN 15 Apr 1916, p. 2235. MPW 29 Apr 1916, p. 817, 825. Doll and Ned are married and have a baby boy. Delighted, Woodruff forgives Ned. Dancers. Follies. Grandfathers. Impersonation and imposture. Inheritance. Marriage-Secret. Nursing back to health. roe MEXICO VILLA IN MEXICO see FOLLOWING THE FLAG IN Note: The working title for this film was A Siren in the House. Production began in Mar 1918, but the film was not released until Apr 1919. Although some sources

refer to this film as an S. A. Lynch Enterprise production, Lynch Enterprises was, THE FOLLY OF A LIFE OF CRIME F1.1406 at this time, the controlling interest in the Triangle Corp., and was involved only in U.S. Feature Film Co. Dist State Rights. Jan 1915 [OWalker and Duke: the distribution of Triangle’s films. Olive Thomas previously had been one of the 11 Aug 1915; MU393]. 6 reels

Ziegfeld Follies girls atop the New Amsterdam Theatre roof in New York. This was ’ ; :

partly filmed at a country estate in the Wilshire district in Los Angeles. Story George Sontag.

ETR 19 Apr 1919, p. 1521, MPW 27 Apr 1918, p. 564. Cast: George Sontag (Himself). MPN 26 Apr 1919, p. 2715. MPW 19 Apr 1919, p. 311. Western/Biographical. After a Sioux uprising and massacre at New MPW 9 Mar 1918, p. 1387. Var 25 Apr 1919, p. 83. Ulm, Minnesota, brothers George and John Sontag form an outlaw band with Chris Evans, largely because of greed. They engineer several

FOLLOW THE GIRL F1.1404 successful and spectacular train robberies before a sheriff's posse and

Universal Film Mfg. Co.; A Butterfly Picture. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Federal officials begin to trail them. The bandits, chased by bloodhounds Co. 6 Aug 1917 [OUniversal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 26 Jul 1917; LP11138]. and Indians employed to capture them, elude their pursuers until George

5 reels. is captured. John and Chris continue for ten months, during which time

Dir Louis William Chaudet. Scen Fred Myton. they visit their homes three times and escape after killing several deputies.

Cast: Ruth Stonehouse (Hilda Swanson), Jack Dill (Olaf), Roy Stewart During one return, they escape a burning barn and shoot their way through

(Larry O'Keefe), Mrs. Witting (Mrs. O'Keefe), Claire Du Brey the surrounding posse. On their fourth return home, Chris’s eye is shot out (Donna), Alfred Allen (Martinez), Harry Dunkinson (Hong Foo). and he is captured, while John is shot dead. Chris Evans. Outlaws. George 290

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE FOOL AND THE DANCER Sontag. John Sontag. Train robberies. Brothers. Chases. Escapes. Fires. the food retailers, thinking that they are to blame for high food prices. June

Government agents. Gunfights. Massacres. Murder. New Ulm then visits the retailers, the middlemen, and finally interviews Henry

(Minnesota). Posses. Sheriffs. Sioux Indians. Havens, the chief of the ring of food speculators. Havens attempts to bribe

Note: The U.S. Feature Film Co. was located at Oroville, CA, where this film was June to slant her story, but finds himself falling in love with her instead. shot. George Sontag, who was pardoned from Folsom prison, portrayed himself in this Under June’s influence, Havens sees the deprivation that his policies have

film, which was advertised as the true story of his band of train robbers. wrought, and finally joins her in her push for legislation which would

Motos ; ep 1915, p. 267. MPN 6 Feb 1915, p. 47, 69. dissolve the food trust. Food. Grocers. Profiteers. Reporters. Speculation.

an 1915, p. 59, 66. Bribery. Laws. Moral reformation. Riots. Slums. Trusts.

Note: This film was produced with the cooperation of John J. Dillon, the

THE FOLLY OF REVENGE F 1.1407 Commissioner of Foods and Markets of the State of New York, and was used to Nola Film Co. Dist State Rights. 9 Apr 1916. 5 reels. address the problem of food profiteers.

Dir Walter Morton. Cam Norton(Antonio Travis. hn i2Bordiga). Aus lore p. 1873 I Aueatory p. Cast: Warren E. Lyle BeyePee nares

Drama. When wealthy, dissolute William Baker meets the wife of mew 25 Aug 1917, p. 1268. Wid's 7 Aug 1917, p. 310.

sculptor Antonio Bordiga, he falls madly in love and kidnaps her. Antonio soon learns that his captive wife has committed suicide, so, after putting

his infant daughter in a convent, he vows to catch up to Baker. When he A FOOL AND HIS MONEY F1.1410

does, after years of searching, he hires some gypsies to kidnap Baker’s wife Selznick Pictures Corp. Dist Select Pictures Corp. 29 Mar 1920 and then kill her. The gypsies make a mistake, however, and kidnap = [©Selznick Pictures Corp.; 12 Apr 1920; LP15014). 5-6 reels. Antonio’s daughter instead. Antonio manages to save her just as the gypsies Dir Robert Ellis. Scen Ella Stuart Carson. Cam Jack Brown and Walter are about to give her poisoned wine, and then, frenzied, he goes after Baker. Arthur. He begins strangling him, but his daughter makes him stop, and convinces Source: Based on the novel A Fool and His Money by George Barr him to leave vengeance up to God. Attempted murder. Father-daughter | McCutcheon (New York, 1913).

relationship. Kidnapping. Mistaken identity. Revenge. Gypsies. Cast: Eugene O’Brien (John B. Smart), Rubye De Remer (Aline), Emile

Poisoning. Sculptors. Suicide. La Croix (Mr. Schmick), Anne Brody (Mrs. Schmick), Finnstron Erics

Note: MPW lists the release date as Mar 1916. The New York distributor of the (Schmick's son), George Dowling (Schmick's elder son), Frank Goldsmith film was The New York Film Co. The Nola Film Co. was located in New Orleans. (Dr. Hazzard), Wray Page (Mrs. Hazzard), Ned Hay (Billy Smith), Although Wid’s credits George Travis as cameraman, this is probably an error, as Louise Prussing (Mrs. Smith), Arthur Housman (Count Tarnowsky),

Nola’s cameraman at the time was Norton Travis. Charles Craig (Secretary Poopendyke), Jules Cowles (Benton), Elizabeth MPW 15 Apr 1916, p. 403, 461, 518. Wid’s 27 Jul 1916, p. 750. Garrison (Mrs. Titus).

var 28 Jul 1916, p. 25. Drama. John B. Smart, an American author in search of solitude and an atmosphere for a new story, purchases an old castle in Switzerland. Upon

FOOD FOR SCANDAL F1.1408 moving in, he discovers a beautiful woman hiding with a baby in the east Realart Pictures Corp. Dist Realart Pictures Corp. 12 Sep 1920 tower. She tells him that she is Aline, the daughter of an American

[©Realart Pictures Corp., 24 Aug 1920; LP15475]. 5 reels, 4,648 ft. millionaire and the divorced wife of Count Tarnowsky, who has squandered Dir James Cruze. Scen Edith Kennedy. Cam H. Kinley Martin. Art her money and treated her brutally and to whom the courts have awarded

dir Una Nixson Hopkins. their child. The count comes to the castle and confronts Smart, who Source: Based on the play Beverly's Balance by Paul Kester (New York, thrashes him soundly and has him thrown into the dungeon. Smart then

12 Apr 1915). takes Aline and her child on a sleigh and speeds to the Italian border. The

Cast: Wanda Hawley (Sylvia Figueroa), Harrison Ford (Watt count escapes and pursues them, but they safely cross the border and Aline Dinwiddle), Ethel Gray Terry (Nancy Horner), Margaret McWade consents to be Smart’s wife. Americans in foreign countries. Authors. (Sefiora Maria Serra), Minnie Provost (Paola), Juan de la Cruz — Castles. Sleighs. Switzerland. Battered women. Boundaries. Chases. (Count Tizapitti), Sidney Bracey (Padre), Lester Cuneo (Jack — Child custody. Divorce. Dungeons. Fistfights. Italy. Nobility.

Horner). Note: Some scenes in this film were shot at the Thousand Islands, NY. The film Comedy-drama. Sylvia Figueroa, the orphaned daughter of an was remade by Columbia in 1925 with Madge Bellamy and William Haines starring impoverished aristocratic family, loves Watt Dinwiddle, a struggling young § and Erle C. Kenton directing. (See AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30;

attorney who has ventured to San Francisco to make his fortune. When, F2.1856.)

after his departure, Sylvia fails to hear from her lover, she follows him to vi I Ma 1990 p. +09, met 3 Am 1920. p. 44.

the city. After spending weeks vainly searching for a job, Sylvia is forced MPW 24 Apr 1920, p. 598. Wid's 25 Apr 1920, p. 21. to accept a position in the chorus line of *“‘Vanities.” Her performance is a huge success and soon she is featured as ‘“‘Mabel Flowers, the Kissing Girl.” Becoming disgusted with the milieu, however, Sylvia soon quits.

Meanwhile, Watt has been cultivating the wealthy Jack Horner, whose THE FOOL AND THE DANCER F1.1411

wife Nancy desires a divorce because of her husband’s lack of social 1915? [©Abraham Bloom; 26 Oct 1915; LU7185}. 4 reels.

standing. Sylvia agrees to act as corespondent in the suit in return for the Story H. Wolkof.

promise that Jack will turn over his legal affairs to Watt. However, love Drama. Dr. Smith falls in love with Mademoiselle Dazie, a dancer in a triumphs as Nancy realizes that love is more important than social position, variety theater, and convinces her to leave her foster father Serge ant. and Watt forgives Sylvia for her scandalous conduct. Chorus girls. Although Sergeant, who desperately loves Dazie, threatens to kill her if she

Divorce. Lawyers. San Francisco. Social climbers. Orphans. Self- Boes to Smith, she escapes early one morning, but Smith, because of his

sacrifice. Show business. Unemployment. social standing, refuses to allow. her to stay with him. She refuses his money ETR 20 Nov 1920, p. 2614. Var 5 Nov 1920, p. 41. and finds refuge with Madam Dupont, a famous dancing instructor. Dazie MPN 13 Nov 1920, p. 3813. Wid’s 31 Oct 1920, p. 23. studies hard, and in a few years she becomes known as a great dancer.

MPW 6 Nov 1920, p. III. Dazie accepts the proposal of John Hamilton, a wealthy businessman, and repulses Smith when he propositions her after he visits the theater with THE FOOD GAMBLERS F1.1409 Hamilton. After learning that Sergeant has been confined to Smith’s Triangle Film Corp. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 5 Aug 1917. 5 sanitarium for the insane, Dazie tries to visit. Smith, in revenge for Dazie’s

reels. rejection, takes Sergeant to Dazie’s home, and by hypnotic suggestion Supv Allan Dwan. Dir Albert Parker. Asst dir Thomas F. Tracey. Causes Sergeant to strangle Dazie and Hamilton, now Dazie’s husband.

Story Robert Shirley. Cam Roy Vaughn. Dancers. Father-daughter relationship. Hypnotism. Physicians. Revenge.

Cast: Wilfred Lucas (Henry Havens), Elda Millar (June Justice), Mac Businessmen. Class distinction. Dance teachers. Elopement. Foster Barnes (Inspector of police), Russell Simpson (Samuel Sloane), Jack fathers. Insane asylums. Insanity. Strangulation.

Snyder (Dopey Benny), Eduardo Cianelli (The Italian). Note: The only information located concerning this film was the synopsis in the Drama/Social. Assigned to writegn an article on the high price of foodit copyright descriptions. forty-nine stills from the film wereno deposited with the ma ASSIB NE onan p ’ copyright material, is likely that theBecause film was produced. However, information reporter June Justice visits the tenement districts where there have been has been located to determine if the film was released or produced in the United food riots and where the women of the neighborhood have rebelled against States.

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A FOOL THERE WAS AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG A FOOL THERE WAS F1.1412 FOOLS AND THEIR MONEY F1.1414 William Fox Vaudeville Co. Dist Box Office Attraction Co.; Box Office Metro Pictures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 16 Jun 1919 [©Metro

Productions Extraordinary. Jan 1915 [QOWilliam Fox; 14 Jan 1915; Pictures Corp.; 24 Jun 1919; LP13881]. 5 reels.

LP5970]. 6 reels. Supv Maxwell Karger. Dir Herbert Blaché. Scen Finis Fox. Cam Arthur Dir Frank Powell. Scen Roy L. McCardell. Adapted by Frank Powell. Martinelli.

Cam George Schneiderman. Source: Based on the manuscript “The Family Tree” by E. Forst.

Source: Inspired by the poem “The Vampire” by Rudyard Kipling (New Cast. Emmy Wehlen (Louise Allenby), Jack Mulhall (Richard York, 1897) and based on the play A Fool There Was by Porter Everson Tompkins), Emmett King (William A. Allenby), Mollie McConnell

Brown (New York, 24 Mar 1909). (Gwyndolynne Allenby), Betty K. Peterson (Jane Tompkins), William V.

Cast: Theda Bara (The vampire), Edward José (John Schuyler), Mabel Mong (Martin Tompkins), Gerard Grassby (Mrs. Nora Tompkins), John Fremyear (Mrs. Kate Schuyler), May Allison (Her sister), Runa Hodges Steppling (Chef), Bertram Grassby (Cholly Van Dusen), Gordon Marr (The child), Clifford Bruce (Tom), Victor Benoit (Parmalee), Minna Gale (Percy Winslow), Charles Hill Mailes.

(The doctor's fiancée), Frank Powell (The doctor), Creighton Hale. Comedy. Although her husband and children want to continue living Drama. John Schuyler, a successful and able businessman, lives happily modestly after they acquire a fortune from munitions, Mrs. Tompkins has with his wife and daughter in Larchmont, New York. The vampire, a social aspirations and persuades them to move into an exclusive country beautiful but heartless woman who has driven many men to desperation neighborhood and send their son Dick to Yale. When Mrs. Tompkins and even suicide, reads in the newspaper that John will sail to England on mistakes Louise Allenby, the daughter of her aristocratic neighbors, for a an important mission for the United States government and decides to add maid, Louise in jest pretends to be the Allenby social secretary. Dick, him to her list of victims. On the steamer, the vampire charms John, and returning home, hears some girls giggling about Louise’s joke on the soon he is hopelessly in love with her. Because he refuses to give her up, — Tompkins family and for revenge he becomes a groom for the Allenbys, but

he loses his family and friends, and later becomes addicted to drugs and he and Louise fall in love. During a party, swindler Cholly Van Dusen alcohol. In the end, his strength and spirit broken, John crawls to the —_ steals some of the Allenby jewels and blames Louise who is put under arrest

vampire to beg her to leave him in peace, but she laughs and gives him the until her parents return. Cholly is then caught, Louise and Dick with order “kiss me, my fool.” He tries to stand, but instead, collapses and dies. —_ revealed identities announce their love, and the Tompkinses are accepted

Businessmen. Moral corruption. Seduction. Vamps. Drug abuse. socially. False arrests. Impersonation and imposture. Nouveaux riches.

England. Infidelity. Larchmont (New York). Ocean liners. Social climbers. Jewelry. Parties. Secretaries. Stableboys. Swindlers. Note: According to an ad, the film was also based on a painting by Sir Edward Theft. War materials. Cowley Burné-Jones. This well-known film initiated the vamp craze of the late teens. Note: Th king title of this fil The Family T.

The working title of this film was The Vampire. The film was premiéred in New York ofes Ne WOrkINg HEE OF tats tim was fhe ramily frees.

on 12 Jan 1915 and was re-released in Jun 1918 by the Fox Film Corp. The film was ETR 21 Jun 1919, p. 225. NYMT 15 Jun 1919. re-titled and edited to five reels by Hettie Gray Baker. A modern source lists Lucien MPN 28 Jun 1919, p. 229. Var 20 Jun 1919, p. 52. Andriot as the photographer. Fox Film Corp. produced another version of this film, MPW 28 Jun 1919, p. 1989. Wid's 22 Jun 1919, p. 21. also entitled A Fool There Was, in 1922, directed by Emmet J. Flynn and starring

Estelle Taylor. (See AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.1857.) FOOLS FOR LUCK F1.1415 arr 3 un oe p. 300, iP y, nee le p. a Essanay Film Mfg. Co.; Perfection Pictures. Dist George Kleine System. Motog 23 Jan 1915, p 134, 151. MPW 13 Jul 1918, is 253. 8 Oct 1917 [©Essanay Film Mfg. Co.; 22 Sep 1917; LP11464]. 5 reels.

MPN 16 Jan 1915, p. 6. NYDM ___20 Jan 1915, p. 31. Dir Lawrence C. Windom. Scen James Campbell. MPN 17 Apr 1915, p. 5. Var 12 Mar 1915, p. 24. Source: Based on the play Talismans by Kennett Harris in The Saturday

MPN 22 Jun 1918, p. 3741. Evening Post (publication date undetermined).

Cast: Taylor Holmes (Philander Jepson), Helen Ferguson

(Brunhilda), Bobbie Bolder (Papa), Frankie Raymond (Mama), John

THE FOOLISH VIRGIN F1.1413 (The warren) Lamkin), James C. Carroll (Mr. Johnson), Ed Cooke Clara Kimball Young Film Corp. Dist Lewis J. Selznick Enterprises, Comedy-drama. Philander Jepson, an accountant who, with the aid of Inc.; Selznick Pictures.5-7 18reels. Dec rabbits 1916 [©Clara Young Filmlucky Corp.; hte? hem luck barkattwo 26 Dec 1916; LU9999}. feet and Kimball horse shoes, is a very gambler, arksblupon

, : , week vacation at a summer resort where he meets Brunhilda and falls in

Dir Albert Capellani. Scen Albert Capellani. Cam Jacques Monteran U his return to the city. Philander’s luck ch hen h Ik Hal Young and George Peters. ove. Upon his return the city, Philander’s luckofchanges when he walks ; i , under a ladder. First, to Brunhilda’s parents learn his gambling and he is

Source: Based on the novel The Foolish Virgin by Thomas Dixon (New forbidden in their h then h broke i k d| hi York, forbidden in their home, then gambling he goes broke in a poker game loses his , , , 1915). job. Down and out, he renounces forever, pitches his and horse shoes

Cast: Clara Kimball Young (Mary Adams), Conway Tearle (Jim d rabbits’ feet out the window and secures a job at ten doll k Anthony), (Nance ane successful, raoel ou ° COUTES @ JOD at UCN COMars a WEEK. y , ;Paul vasCapellani a ; In (Dr. the Mulford), course Catherine of time,Proctor he becomes is reconciled with Brunhilda Anthony), Sheridan Tansey (Jim), William Welsh (Jim's father), Marie d feel lucky that good sense came to him as soon as jt did

Lines (Jane), Agnes Mapes (Ella Swanson), Edward Elkas (Harden), an Seis Very mueny al & ° ° a8

. Gamblers. Regeneration. Accountants. Poker. Resorts. Superstition. Jaqueline Morhange (Dora). Talismans. Vacations Drama. Young schoolteacher Mary Adams is so imbued with fantasies a

, -_ ; Motog 13 Oct 1917, p. 780. NYDM 6 Oct 1917, p. 18.

of knights in shining armor that when Jim Anthony rescues her from a MPN 13 Oct 1917, p. 2581. Var 28 Sep 1917, p. 38. street ruffian, Mary is convinced that he is her Sir Gallahad. Jim, an MPW 22 Sep 1917, p. 1856. Wid's 4 Oct 1917, p. 635. embittered inventor turned burglar, marries the girl who is innocent of his MPW 6 Oct 1917, p. 128. illegal dealings. Learning that the mother who deserted him is living in the

North Carolina mountains, Jim convinces Mary to go with him to visit her. FOOL’S GOLD F1.1416 The mother, a wretched creature, does not recognize her son, but allows Washington Motion Picture Corp. Dist Arrow Film Corp. 26 May them to spend the night. Discovering the bag of stolen jewels that Jim has 1919. 6 reels.

secreted, the old woman attempts to kill her own son. Finding Jim Dir Laurence Trimble. Asst dir Philip E. Rosen. Scen M. A. Miller. unconscious from a knife wound, Mary flees for help to Dr. Mulford. The Story M. A. Miller. Cam H. A. Horn. doctor saves Jim but advises him to redeem himself. Jim does so and after Cast: Mitchell Lewis (Marshall Strong), Wellington Playter (John returning the stolen jewels, reconciles with Mary. Burglars. Criminals- Moore), Florence Turner (Constance Harvey), Sarah Truex (Lilas Rehabilitation. Marriage. Mother-son relationship. Schoolteachers. Wish Niles), Francis Joyner (Old Niles),.Kempton Greene (David Moore), fulfillment. Attempted murder. Gems. Germans. Inventors. Knife wounds. Evelyn Brent (Nancy Smith), Mile. Marguerite Serruys (Miss Hatch),

Knights. North Carolina. Physicians. Rescues. Harry Hyde (Sir Horace Seaton, Bart), Loan Star Dietz (Chris

Note: The picture was filmed at the Blaché studios in New Jersey. Columbia Kuhn), Elizabeth Du Barry Gill (“Mother’’). Pictures produced a film based on the same source in 1924. This version was directed Drama. Marshall Strong and John Moore, partners in a western gold by George W. Hill and starred Elaine Hammerstein (see AF/ Catalog of Feature mine, both fall in love with schoolteacher Constance Harvey, but she

eum, conan . ane 310 MPW 7 Jan 1917, p. 139 marries Moore, even though she is attracted to the shy Strong, because MPN 23 Dec 1916, is 3946, 4051. NYDM 23 Dec 1916, p. 28. Moore convinces her that Strong loves someone else. After they strike ore,

MPW 30 Dec 1916, p. 1975. Moore is killed in a barroom brawl and Strong is accused of murder. He 292

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE FOOTSTEPS OF CAPT. KIDD hides out and sends for Constance, but when Lilas Niles, a squatter’s FOOTLIGHTS AND SHADOWS F1.1419 daughter who wants Strong’s money, deceitfully tells him that Constance Selznick Pictures Corp. Dist Select Pictures Corp. Feb 1920 [©Selznick is sending the police, Strong leaves, embittered, and marries Lilas. Years Pictures Corp.; 21 Jan 1920; LP14662]. 5 reels, 4,453 ft.

later, Strong, now known as Mark Smith, is a wealthy mine owner. Dir John W. Noble. Scen R. Cecil Smith. Story Bradley King. Cam Jack

Constance lives with her son David who loves Strong’s daughter Nancy and Brown. :

works in Strong’s mine. After Strong refuses demands for safety Source: Based on the short story “Out of the Night” by Josephine Miller precautions, an explosion traps David underground. When Strong (publication undetermined). discovers that David is Constance’s son, he rushes into the burning mine Cast: Olive Thomas (Gloria Dawn), Alex Onslow (Jerry O'Farrell), lvo to save him. Strong then promises safer conditions, and David marries Dawson (Peter Shaw), Mr. Farrell (Doctor), May Hicks (Colored Nancy. Children. Explosives. False accusations. Gold mines. Safety. mammy), E. Van Beusen (Mr. Johnson/Frank Reynolds), Mr. Busby

Bars. Duplicity. Fights. Murder. Partnerships. Rescues. Rivals. (Detective), Robert Keeling (Manager).

schoolteachers. Drama. Gloria Dawn, a fortune-hunting follies star, begins to question

Note: This was the only film produced by the Washington Motion Picture Corp., her engagement to wealthy Peter Shaw after meeting an amnesiac young which was located in Minnehaha Park, Spokane. Some scenes were filmed in the man who stumbles into her apartment one night. Under doctor’s orders that Cascade Mountains in Washington. The film was later known as Undermined. Some he not be moved, Gloria nurses the stranger back to health, although his

reviews call this film Fool's Gold, while others refer to it as Fools’ Gold. The company fail , Gloria falls in 1 ‘th h .- d

engaged Tyrone Power in May 1918 tostar in their film, but troubles prevailed during memory fails to return. Gloria falls in love wit er patient and, upon the shooting and Power was dismissed. On 27 Aug 1918, after shooting wascompleted discovering that he is millionaire sportsman Jerry O'Farrell, rushes home with Mitchell Lewis in the lead role, the company was declared insolvent and a to restore his identity, only to find that he has gone. Amnesia continues to

receiver was appointed. plague Jerry, and he soon forgets both Gloria’s name and address. While

ETR 10 May 1919, p. 1770. MPW 28 Sep 1918, p. 1868. he is attending a show at the follies, a fire breaks out, and Gloria, MPN May 17recognizing May 1919, p. 1076. vine herrushes | ‘a th di hhim. him. M hil MPW 1817 May 1918,1919, p. 930. p. Var3284. 9 May MPW 1919, p. 49. her lover in the audience, to save Meanwhile, MPW 25 May 1918, p. 1152. Wid's 4 May 1919, p. 25. Shaw, who has discovered Gloria’s feelings for Jerry, accosts her. Jerry,

MPW 21 Sep 1918, p. 171. who has finally regained his memory, intercedes and rescues Gloria, and the two discover their mutual love. Amnesia. Fires. Millionaires. Showgirls. A FOOL’S PARADISE F1.1417 Fortune hunters. Missing persons. Nursing back to health. Rescues. Ivan Film Productions, Inc. Dist Ivan Film Productions, Inc. Feb Sportsmen.

1916 [©lvan Film Productions, Inc.; 5 Feb 1916; LU7573]. 6 reels. Note: The story by Josephine Miller was published in a magazine. The working title

Dir lvan Abramson. Scen Ivan Abramson. of this film was Out of the Night. The chorus from the Greenwich Village Follies Cast: Joseph Burke (Wilfred Morgan), Paula Shay (Paula, his wife/His appeared in me ae 5 NYMT + Mer 192 daughter), Jack J. Clarke (John Lansing), Violet Axzell (Paula), MPN 31 Feb 1920, p. 1975, Var 13 Feb 1920, p. 44.

. : eb 1920, p. 1225. ar 1920.

Chrystine Mayo (Maxine), James Cooley (Rufus Stone). MPW 14 Feb 1920, p. 1119. Wid's 15 Feb 1920, p. 3. Drama/Society. The wealthy, widowed Wilfred Morgan proposes to

supremely happy second marriage for him, To guarantee her own future THE FOOTLIGHTS OF FATE F1.1420

premely nappy B og Bwho , Vitagraph Co.hunting of America; Bluehusband, Ribbon Feature. Dist V-L-S-E, Inc. happiness, Maxine, had been for aA rich has Wilfred oe LP8934]. 21 Aug 1916 [OThe Vitagraph Co. of America; 14 Aug;1916;

agree to a contract, drawn up by her real sweetheart, the lawyer Rufus 5 reels

Stone, which provides her with his entire fortune after five years of faithful Dir William Humphrey. Scen Fred H. James. Cam Fred Held.

marriage. Then, immediately after the wedding, Maxine starts making S . Based th lJ Thursday by Louis J hv

Wilfred’s life miserable. She insists that he throw his daughter June, his Ource: based on the novel Joan A MUrsday Sy ™Ouls Josep vance

son-in-law, John Lansing, and his granddaughter Paula out of the house, (Boston Child VJ Thursday), M MacD tt Joh while she herself constantly throws parties. Finally, Wilfred goes to Rufus M the , OT i mS oe urs aan k vill Willi: ve n and at gunpoint makes him tear up the contract, after which he throws Ls pais), oie ar K “hori ( wie Edna Thy °). mam va Maxine out and brings June and her family back to his home. Contracts. ( D, ony waa). wa Gav | he “ nq ANUS ay). bb h Duplicity. Gold diggers. Marriage. Widowers. Clairvoyants. Crystal balls. _,, ‘2 ama. When Joan Thursday loses her department store job because she

Extravagance. Lawyers. did not accept the floorwalker s advances, her alcoholic father throws her

Note: The film was re-issued in 1920 by Chadwick Pictures. This version, revised out of the house. She soon finds new work, however, as a secretary to and re-edited by Martin Cohn and J. F. Nattleford, was called Like an Old Fool. playwright John Matthias, with whom she begins a romance after John’s

Motog 19 Feb 1916, p. 428. MPW 5 Feb 1916, p. 796. sweetheart, Venetia Tankerville, leaves him and marries Marbridge, a MPN 31 Jul 1920, p. 978. MPW 18 Mar 1916, p. 1898. theatrical backer. John and Joan split up, however, when, over John’s objections but with Marbridge’s support, Joan becomes an actress.

THE FOOL’S REVENGE F1.1418 Marbridge tries to seduce Joan after her debut, but Nella, his discarded

Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 13 Feb 1916 [©William Fox; 13 Feb mistress, breaks in on them and kills him. Joan, whose father has begun

1916; LP7621]. 5 reels. to reform, returns to her family, hoping to continue her acting career either

Dir Will S. Davis. Scen Will S. Davis. alone or with John, should he decide to come back to her. Actors and

Source: Based on the play The Fool’s Revenge by Tom Taylor (New actresses. Marriage. Separation. Show business. Alcoholics. Department

York, 28 Mar 1864). stores. Dismissal. Father-daughter relationship. Floorwalkers. Mistresses. Cast: William H. Tooker (Anson), Maude Gilbert (His wife), Ruth Murder. Playwrights. Regeneration. Secretaries. Theatrical backers.

Findlay (Ethel), Richard Neal (Randall). Motog 2 ace 1916, p. 560. NYDM __ 26 Aug 1916, p. 26. Drama. Anson kills his wife when he discovers that she has been having MPN 2 Sep 1916, p. 1401. Var 25 Aug 1916, p. 25. an affair with Randall, and then spends all of his time caring for his Pw 5 Sep i916 Sy Wid's 24 Ang 1946, p. 813. daughter Ethel and planning revenge. As a result, when he learns that

Mendell, Randall’s friend, is interested in Randall s wife, he does his best THE FOOTSTEPS OF CAPT. KIDD F1.1421 to the affair. also has an interest in Ethel, however, . . . Mar-Apr ; ;encourage Dr. Edward A.Mendell Salisbury. Dist Grand Feature Filmand Co.

kidnaps order to seduce her. Anson theApr abduction and,MP927]. 1915 ,; ; 6 reels. tas . :her . , in[OGrand Feature Filmhears Co.;of15 1917; thinking that the woman is Mrs. Randall, devises a plan in which she is ; ; Lab work supv Mr. Erb. drugged and then taken to a cottage with Mendell, after which Randall is notified of the liaison. Instead of avenging himself though, a by Dr. Edward A. ; , eer Documentary. Scenes fromonanRandall, expedition headed Anson has really caused the ruin of his own daughter, since it is she and Salisb to Central and South America include vi f th ef

os _ ; . Cast: Rex Beach.

not Mrs. Randall who is discovered in the cottage with Mendell. Father- . ‘du ra t it en tL ag fron th slantin Of bs © vio chi . a le

daughter relationship. Infidelity. Revenge. Traps. Drugging. Kidnapping. indusiry at dllerent stages trom te planting OF deans to shipment, jungie

Murder. Rapeants, animals, insects,termite butterflies, birds and thede capturing of animals; thespotted balata - os tree, anteaters, nests; nombre Dios, wild animals,

Note: The was copyrighted six1916, reels.p..II. . .ms ys ,. 2. : , MPN 26 Febfilm 1916, p. 1177. NYT 14atFeb rabbits, wild hogs, capturing crocodiles in Colombia; San Blas Indian boys

MPW 26 Feb 1916, p. 1370. Var 18 Feb 1916, p. 23. diving for coins; an Indian village; Indians racing; the San Blas sugar mill;

MPW 4 Mar 1916, p. 1487. Indians weaving hammocks and making mahogany canoes; and a canoe 293

FOR A WOMAN’S FAIR NAME AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG race. Animal life. Central America. Colombia. Expeditions. Indians of FOR BETTER, FOR WORSE F1.1424 Central America. Jungles. South America. Birds. Boat races. Canoes. Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.;

Coffee. Crocodiles. Insects. Sugar mills. Artcraft Pictures. 27 Apr 1919 [©Artcraft Pictures Corp.; 21 Apr 1919; Note: This was the third of three films of sixteen reels total copyrighted by Grand LP13653]. 7 reels.

merica. ror information Cconcernin e€ expedition an € fiims, see entry for tne . : one :

Feature am co. of re Edward A. Salisbury expeaition bt Central and Sour Pres Jesse L. Lasky. Prod Cecil B. DeMille. Dir Cecil B. DeMille. Asst first part On the Spanish Main (below). The second part was entitled Pirate dir Sam Wood. Scen Jeanie Macpherson and William C. de Mille. Haunts (see below). This film was also called In the Foot Steps of Capt. Kidd. Story Edgar Selwyn. Cam Alvin Wyckoff. Film ed Anne Bauchens.

MPW 27 Jan 1917, pp. 502-03. MPW 28 Apr 1917, p. 594. ~ Cast: Elliott Dexter (Dr. Edward Meade), Tom Forman (Dick MPW 17 Feb 1917, p. 1021. MPW 5 May 1917, p. 770. Burton), Gloria Swanson (Sylvia Norcross), Sylvia Ashton (Sylvia’s

ue y, i ve ory P ong NY Dat uy ver ory 4 3 aunt), Raymond Hatton (Bud), Theodore Roberts (Dr. Roland), Wanda MPW 31 Mar 1917, p. 2083. NYDM 31 Mar 1917, p. 33. Hawley (Betty Hoyt), Winter Hall (Doctor), Jack Holt (Crusader), Fred MPW 7 Apr 1917, p. 73. NYDM 7 Apr 1917, p. 29. Huntley (Colonial soldier). MPW 14 Apr 1917, p. 286. NYDM 14 Apr Ory p. 34. Drama. Dr. Edward Meade, a specialist in children’s diseases, and

MPw 21 Apr 1917, p. 436. NYDM 21 Apr 1917, p. 28. Richard Burton, an architect, both enlist in the army in World War I. Meade realizes that he is more greatly needed in the hospital ward than on the battlefield, and he stays home to serve the children. Sylvia Norcross

FOR A WOMAN'S FAIR NAME F1.1422 believes him to be a coward and marries Burton instead, on the eve of Vitagraph Co. of America; A Blue Ribbon Feature. Dist V-L-S-E, Inc. Burton's leaving for service. Burto n Is loved by Betty Hoyt, but it Is an 28 Feb 1916 [©The Vitagraph Co. of America; 10 Feb 1916; LP7612]. 5 unrequited love. Later, after Sylvia has an automobile accident in which

reels. she injures a small girl and Meade successfully treats her, she realizes that

Dir Harry Davenport. Scen Marguerite Bertsch. Cam Leonard Smith. courage, not cowardice, kept Meade at home. News comes of Burton’s Cast: Robert Edeson (Pierce), Eulalie Jensen (Vivien), Belle Bruce death, but just as Meade and Sy Ivia are about to be married, Burton

(Alicia), Harry Morey (McGregor), William Dunn (Bolles), Jack Brawn reappears. He has actually survived but 1s badly disfigured. Burton leaves

(Coombs). them free to marry, and recognizes the true love of Betty. Children.

Drama. One night Vivien goes for a ride with McGregor, her sister-in- Missing persons, assumed dead. Phy SICIANS. Architects. Automobile law Alicia’s sweetheart. When the car overturns, the couple spends the accidents. Disfiguration. Hospitals. Self-sacrifice. United States. Army. night at a roadhouse, where Bolles, McGregor’s drug-addicted half brother | Unrequited love. World War |. who also loves Alicia, happens to be staying. Lucid enough to see his Note: Edgar Selwyn originally wrote For Better, for Worse as a play, then sold the opportunity, Bolles threatens to turn Vivien and McGregor’s forced produced on the theatrical stage. One pre-production news item, some ads and several stopover at the roadhouse into a midnight rendezvous and tell the whole modern sources, including Cecil B. DeMille’s autobiography, credit William C. de

. - ; story to Cecil B. DeMille, but contrary to some contemporary sources never had it

thing to Pierce, Vivien’s husband, unless he is given sole courting rights to Mille with “adapting” Selwyn’s play before Macpherson wrote the actual scenario. Alicia. To protect Vivien, McGregor agrees, and Bolles confidently pursues All other contemporary sources give sole scenario credit to Macpherson. A few Alicia. One night, however, a drug-crazed Bolles shoots Alicia and then COMtemporary sources list Macpherson as a co-story writer. According to modern

kills himself. McGregor nurses Alicia back to health, after which they pul: James Wong flows was the assistait. cameraman on us jum, Wilfred

. ; ; a Buckland was the art director and Howard Higgin was the production manager.

decide to get married. As a result, Pierce, who had become suspicious of Modern sources also identify Mae Giraci in the part of the little girl.

Vivien and McGregor even without Bolles’ help, realizes that his wife is ETR 10 May 1919, pp. 1753-55, 1767. NYT 28 Apr 1919, p. 13.

innocent of any wrong-doing. Blackmail. Drug addicts. Rivalry. MPN 10 May 1919, p. 3091, 3096. Var 2 May 1919, p. 60.

Automobile accidents. Fidelity. Gunshot wounds. Half brothers. Nursing MPW 10 May 1919, pp. 815-16, Wid's 4 May 1919, p. 19.

back to health. Roadhouses. Suicide. 986-37.

Note: The pre-release title of this film was One Night. According to a news item, scenes in the film were shot in Huntington, Long Island. FOR $5,000 A YEAR F1.1425

Motog 4 Mar 1916, p. 536. NYDM 11 Mar 1916, p. 30. Liberty Motion Picture Co. Dist State Rights. 6 Oct 1915. 5 reels.

MPN 9 Oct 1915, p. 68. Var 10 Mar 1916, p. 25. Dir Edwin B. Tilton. Scen Edwin B. Tilton. PW ate ole p Lage. 155 VLP Feb 1916, p. 49. Cast: Louise Huff (Adele), Edward LaRenz (Robert), Edwin B. Tilton

ees (Merritt), Douglas Sibole (Villain), Thomas Clark (Paul), E. A.

Merbreier (Tom), Frank McDonnell (The count), Mart Heisey (A

miner), Irene Kent (Madge).

FOR A WOMAN’S HONOR F1.1423 Melodrama. [The small amount of information located about the film’s Jesse D. Hampton Productions. Dist Robertson-Cole Co. through story indicates that a villain’s plot against the innocent heroine is foiled by

Exhibitors Mutual Distributing Corp. 14 Sep 1919. 5 reels. the young hero. “Merritt” is the father, ““Madge” is the second heroine, Prod Jesse D. Hampton. Dir Park Frame. Scen George Elwood Jenks. 4nd there is a fight between “Tom” and “Paul” after “Tom” finally see

Story Clifford Howard. through “Paul’s” treachery. Two motor cars are involved in a smash-up}

Cast: H. B. Warner (Capt. Clyde Mannering), Marguerite De La Motte Betrayal. Fights. Ingenues. Automobile accidents. Miners. Nobility. (Helen Rutherford), John Gilbert (Dick Rutherford), Carmen Phillips Note: A news item referred to this film as For Five Thousand a Year. This was the (Valeska De Marsay), Hector V. Sarno ( Rajput Nath), Olive Acorn, Roy second film of the Liberty Motion which was located in Germantown, PA.

Coulson, Carl Stockdale. MPN 25 Sep 1915, p. 60, 145. MPN 16 Oct 1915, p. 84. Drama. British India Medical Corps Captain Clyde Mannering returns MPN 7 Oct 1919, p34.

to England to marry Helen Rutherford, but the wedding is postponed when

her father dies. When beautiful Valeska De Marsay confronts Mannering FOR FRANCE . F'1.1426

with her child and untruthfully says she was the dead man’s wife, Vitagraph Co. of America; A Blue Ribbon Feature. Dist Greater

Mannering pays her a large sum of money to protect his fiancée and her Vitagraph (V-L-S-E). 17 Sep 1917 [©The Vitagraph Co. of America; 18 mother from hurt and dishonor, but Helen’s mother, witnessing the pay-off, Sep L 917; LP11420}. 5 reels. assumes that Mannering was involved with the girl and refuses to let the Dir Wesley H. Ruggles. Scen Will Courtney. Story Cyrus Townsend wedding proceed. Mannering returns to India where he secludes himself, Brady. Cam Jules Cronjager. Prod mgr Andre Roosevelt.

treating the native population. Helen, her mother, and Valeska, now Mrs. Cast: Edward Earle (Gerald Ackland), Betty Howe (Marthe Rutherford’s traveling companion, visit India to look after Helen’s brother Landeau), Arthur Donaldson (Rudolph Von Glahm), Mary Maurice Dick, a customs officer in trouble for accepting bribes from renegade high- (Mere Loubette), Frank Anderson (Monsieur Landeau), Eric Von

caste Hindu, Rajput Nath. When Valeska tries to seduce both Rajput and Stroheim.

Dick, Rajput kills her and forces Dick to say it was suicide. After War drama/World War I. When war is declared, Gerald Ackland, a

Mannering saves Helen first from scarlet fever and later from Rajput, she | Young West Pointer studying aviation in Paris, joins the French army as and Mannering are reunited. India. Physicians. Temptresses. Bribes. a pilot while his fiancée, Marthe Landeau, and her father seek sanctuary Duplicity. Great Britain. Hindus. Murder. Rescues. Scarlet fever. on the family farm on the Marne. Gerald is provided the opportunity to put

MPN 27 Sep 1919, p. 2657. Wid’s 28 Sep 1919, p. 17. his lessons into practice when one day, while flying a scouting mission over

Var 3 Oct 1919, p. 56. the Landeau farm, he sees Marthe being attacked by German soldiers. He 294

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 FOR SALE swoops down from the sky, saving both Marthe and her father, and the FOR LIBERTY F1.1429

three take refuge with the recently arrived British cavalry. In the morning, Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 30 Dec 1917 [OWilliam Fox; 30 they are attacked by Germans, and Gerald, assisted by Marthe, helps fend Dec 1917; LPI 1925]. 5 reels. off the enemy by manning the British machine gun. The French troops Pres William Fox. Dir Bertram Bracken. Story Bennett Cohen. Cam

arrive just in the nick of time and Gerald, badly wounded, is transported | Charles Kaufman. .

to a Red Cross hospital where he is nursed back to health by Marthe. Cast: Gladys Brockwell (Marcia Glendon), Charles Clary (Frank

Aviators. Americans in foreign countries. France. France. Army. Germany. Graham), Charles Clary (Herr Grossman), Bertram Grassby (Gen. Von Army. Marne, Battle of the, 1914. World War |. Farms. Great Britain. Army. Lentz), Willard Louis (Heinie Swartz), Colin Chase (Arthur Graham),

Red Cross. Rescues. Clara Graham (Gretchen), Norbig Miles (Lieut. Von Engle), Ryno Note: Sources conflict concerning the cameraman of this film. A review lists Jules William (Major Getz), George Routh (Lieut. Groehling).

Cronjager, while the 1918 MPSD lists Henry Cronjager. The actor portraying War drama/World War I, Espionage. Expatriate Marcia Glendon has Monsieur Landeau may actually be Frank Andrews. Some scenes in this film were lived in Berlin for years. Courted by both German General Von Lentz and shot at Huntington, Long Island. Scenes portraying the Battle of the Marne were shot American spy Frank Graham, Marcia attempts to aid her country when

between Huntington and Centerport with 400 U.S. soldiers. war breaks out by capitalizing on the general’s attraction to her.

ons » Sep ory . to93 NY DM o Sep ory if re Misunderstanding her actions, Frank repudiates Marcia as a traitor.

MPN 29 Sep 1917, p. 2205. Var 28 Sep 1917, p. 40. Subsequently, the spy is caught, and Marcia purchases his freedom by MPW 29 Sep 1917, p. 2005, 2050. Wid’s 27 Sep 1917, pp. 614-15. offering herself to the general. Frank is freed and transports the German

NYDM 14 Jul 1917, p. 20. secret plans across the German border to the American lines. He returns immediately leading an American regiment just in time to save Marcia’s FOR FREEDOM F1.1427 honor. Americans in foreign countries. Germany. Army. Patriotism. Secret Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp.; A Fox Standard Picture. 29 Dec documents. Self-sacrifice. Spies. Berlin. World War I.

1918 [OWilliam Fox; 29 Dec 1918; LP13210]. 6 reels. Note: The scenario included in the copyright descriptions for this film was Dir Frank Lloyd. Story E. Lloyd Sheldon and Florence Margolies. originally entitled “The Patriot.” In the scenario, the character played by Willard

Cam Billy Foster Louis was called ‘“‘Hans Schmidt, orderly.

Cast: William Farnum (Robert Wayne), C. Albertson (Herbert PW OLD en 498 eae Mek iol sn

Sterling). B anc: «hte: Osborne), Ruby De Remer (Mary Fenton), Anna Lehr (Edith Osborne), Herbert Frank (Howard Stratton), G. Raymond Nye

(“Bull” Harris), John Slaven (The Weazel), Marc Robbins (David FOR LOVE OR MONEY F1.1430 urton King Productions; Hallmark Pictures Corp. Dist State Rights;

Drama. Edith Osborne, neglected by her husband Herbert, spends the Hallmark Pictures Corp. Jul 1920 [©J. W. Film ‘Corp. 8 Oct 1391.

night with Howard Stratton, her husband’s business rival. When her LUI7210]. 6 reels. ,

brother, Robert Wayne, discovers that Stratton is using Edith’s love letters Dir Burton King. Story Edith Sessions Tupper. Cam Ernest Haller.

to blackmail her, he decides to steal the letters and, in the process, fatally Cast: Virginia Lee (Antoinette Gerard), Harry Benham (John T. shoots Stratton. Robert is sent to prison, but with the outbreak of World Hamilton), Roger Lytton (Benson Churchill), Stephen Gratton (Oliver War I, he convinces the parole board to allow him to fight with the Allies Gerard), Julia Swayne Gordon (Helen Gerard), Mildred Wayne (Sue in France. His heroic deeds on the battlefield arouse the affections of the Dennison), Hugh Huntley (Bob Gerard).

parole board head’s niece, Mary Fenton, and she accepts his marriage Drama/Society. In order to promote a marriage between her daughter proposal. Edith confesses her story to the authorities, clearing her brother's Antoinette and multimillionaire Benson Churchill, Helen Gerard tells name, and then effects a reconciliation with her husband. Blackmail. Antoinette that her father has stolen funds and that the marriage will save Brother-sister relationship. Infidelity. Murder. War heroes. Confession _ the family. Though in love with John Hamilton, Antoinette agrees to marry (law). Imprisonment. Letters. Military enlistment. Neglected wives. Parole. = Churchill. When she visits Hamilton’s office with Churchill to look over

World War |. plans for their home, Churchill learns that the young couple are in love; Note: According to an unidentified news item, Frank Lloyd’s staff during the time later Antoinette revolts and reveals the reason for her being forced into the

the picture was made included Scott Dunlap, assistant director, and William marriage, and Churchill, having many years before loved Hamilton’s

Pp. . id's ec , p. 3. . wipe . gs . .

Shepherd, technical director. There is no direct evidence, however, that they worked mother, releases her. As a wedding present Churchill releases to Gerard

MPN 11 Jan 1919. v. 296 Wid’ 39 Dec 1918. 0.3 the financial assets he has purchased as a lever to force the marriage.

MPW 11 Jan 1919, p. 246, 252. Marriage-Arranged. Millionaires. Self-sacrifice. Blackmail. Gifts.

Note: Hallmark announced that the film was available for booking in Jul 1920. J. W. Film Corp. acquired the film, re-titled it The Road to Arcady, copyrighted it

FOR HUSBANDS ONLY F1.1428 under that title and released it as a five-reeler in late 1921; it is listed under that title Lois Weber Productions. Dist Jewel Productions, Inc. 1918 [OJewel in the AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.4642.

Productions, Inc.; | May 1918; LP12384]. 6 reels, 5,600 ft. MPN 3 Jul 1920, pp. 196-97. MPW 15 Oct 1921, p. 792. Dir Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley. Adapted by Lois Weber. Story G. MeN 10 ju 1920. p. 465, 512. MPW 31 Dec 1921, p. ! \ 29. B. Stern. Cam Dal Clawson. Art dir Frank Ormston. ER PIES as ‘po

Cast: Mildred Harris (Toni Wilde), Lewis J. Cody (Rolin Van |

Ellis), Henry A. Barrows. FOR SALE ; . F1.1431

D’Arcy), Fred Goodwins (Samuel Dodge), Kathleen Kirkham (Mrs.

Comedy-drama. Toni Wilde, a timid, convent-bred young woman, is mires F m corp. “ aie Heat ed 9 Jun 1918 [©Pathe

crushed when she learns that Rolin Van D’Arcy, a playboy whom she had OF pred Was h "S | - dj - ] Can “lb Richard allowed to embrace and kiss her, is not the marrying kind. Still angry with Cast: GI d real fory Do, hy Dani ie) Cc a ie Hal " Waverl Rolin, Toni marries Samuel Dodge, and although she soon comes to love H as It He ‘ "Chad CZ hd “a 5), Creighton Hale (Waverly

her husband, she flirts with Rolin in order to humiliate him. To get even, amiiton), elene © naewie ( vnnte). .

Rolin invi. :. ;Samuel Dorothy Daniels promises to marry herthe boss, Waverly Hamilton, olin invites a play is friend staging his home. After husband , ays ,; ; Drama. ; if he to will givehe her —at actually her sweetheart — Jim Reynolds,

has been seated in the front row, Rolin tells Toni that the play is an enough money to go to Colorado for his health. Jim’s real reason for enactment of her amorous adventures, making it appear that she is making the trip is that he has recently stolen some money from Waverly, intentionally deceiving her husband. Toni frantically awaits Samuel's but he conceals this from Dorothy and convinces her to keep sending him return home, but is relieved to learn that, exhausted from his day's work, checks. Dorothy gradually comes to love her husband and realizes Jim’s

re slept throush ihe pay . Flirtation. Ingenues. Marriage. Playboys. true character when he returns and threatens to blackmail her with their

evenge. eater— mateur. . love letters. Waverly, overhearing Jim’s threats, confesses that he knew of

enis and Ted Shawn, performed “esthetic dancing” in the film. . a . . . MPN 6 Avr 1918. 0. 2037 NYDM 7 Sep 1918. p. 371 Finally, Jim is arrested, and the married couple begins a new life together.

D Note: The Denisshawn Dancers, comprised of the advanced pupils of Ruth St. their relationship from the first but had hoped in time to win his wife’s love.

MPN ‘10 Aug 1918, p.917.. Var 6 Sep 1918, p. 38. Blackmail. Duplicity. Marriage. Theft. Letters. MPW 24 Aug 1918, p. 1160. Wid’s 19 May 1918, pp. 25-26. ETR 8 Jun 1918, p. 49. MPW 15 Jun 1918, p. 1614, 1621.

MPW 21 Sep 1918, p. 1772. MPN 15 Jun 1918, p. 3597. Wid's 2 Jun 1918, p. 18. 295

FOR SALE, A BABY AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG FOR SALE, A BABY see SHOULD A BABY DIE? before his own country has entered World War I. He woos and weds Betty Milburn, and then, because the young bride cannot bear to be parted from

FOR THE DEFENSE F1.1432 her new husband, she disguises herself as a Red Cross nurse and Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 13 Mar | accompanies him to France. Ralph Perry, a spurned suitor, reveals her

1916 [©Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co., Inc.; 2 Mar 1916; LU7746]. 5 presence to the authorities, knowing that the young couple will be

reels. sentenced to death for breaking military rules. Rather than send Betty to Dir Frank Reicher. Scen Hector Turnbull and Margaret Turnbull. the firing squad, Gordon shoots her and then embarks on a suicidal combat Cast: Fannie Ward (Fidele Roget), Jack Dean (Jim Webster), Paul mission. He is saved by Perry, however, and awarded a Victoria Cross for Byron (Richard Madison), Horace B. Carpenter (Henri), Camille Astor heroism ek ony wounded Py the shot, recovers an is reunited with her Ninette), James Neill (Mr. Webster), Gertrude Kellar (Mrs. Webster). usband. betrayal. Disguise. Heroism. Impersonation and imposture. Draw In New York en route from French convent to one in Montreal, World War |. Brides. Combat. France. novice Fidele Roget is captured by a white slaver. During her escape, she Note: A trade showing of this film was given on 10 Sep 1917. The film contained witnesses a murder and then meets Jim Webster, who is about to commit tual footage of “the appearance of Pershing in France,” in addition to realistic suicide. She dissuades.him, and he decides to helpThe her get to Canada. OnGovernment trainin and battle scenes. Night sceneswith were illuminated by actual star bombs and ; rench rockets. Canadian cooperated the production, and the the way, however, he is arrested and ordered to stand trial for murder. Jim Canadian Ordnance Department supplied star bombs, trench rockets and fixed lights tells Fidele that he is being framed by his butler, who killed a man and then for the night scenes. According to pre-release articles, the film, which was shot in

made all the evidence point to his employer. Fidele realizes that this is the Philadelphia as well as Canada, employed thousands of Canadian troops for

murder she witnessed and decides to catch the real killer. Posing as a maid flat was ovigwaty plan ar als 1 tate rights relosse initia ea wee in the Webster household, she manages to trick the butler into a confession Distribution Corp. announced plans to distribute the film worldwide. The working and then trades in a life devoted to the church for one devoted to Jim, whom title of the film was The Freedom of the World.

i i i i i cc > p. . ar ce > p. .

she marries. Frame-ups. Impersonation and imposture. Murder. Novices ETR 13 Oct 1917, p. 1498. NYDM 22 Sep 1917, p. 18.

(religious). Attempted suicide. Butlers. Confession (law). Escapes. ETR 2 Feb 1918, p. 197. NYDM | ! Dec 1918, p. 13, Frenen, Pomsemaids. Konapping. New York City. White slavers. MPW 29 Sep 1917, p 2004. Wid's 17 Tan 1918, . 877.

g title was Fidele. MPW 24 Nov 1917, p. 1228.

MPW 25 Mar 1916, p, 2026 Var. ‘10 Mar 1916; p. 28. NYDM 1 Apr 1916, p. 28. Wid's 16 Mar 1916, p. 436. FOR THE HONOR OF OLD GLORY; OR, THE STARS

AND STRIPES IN MEXICO F1.1435

FOR THE FREEDOM OF THE EAST F1.1433 Dist World Film Corp. May 1914. 4 reels. Betzwood Film Co. Dist Goldwyn Distributing Corp. Oct 1918 Drama. An agent for the Mexican government meets a U.S. Cavalry [©Goldwyn Pictures Corp.; 21 Sep 1918; LP12884]. 7 reels. officer in a New York club, and after a night of jovial drinking, is able to Dir \ra M. Lowry. Scen Russell E. Smith. Story Ira M. Lowry and J. use the Colonel’s influence to get a commission in his regiment as a second

Allen Dunn. Cam David Calcagni. Prints William Cooper. peutenant. In Mexico, the spy turns over the American regiment to the Cast: Lady Tsen Mei (Princess Tsu), Lai Mon Kim (The viceroy), Mexican forces by means of a forged note. Espionage. Government

Herbert Horton Pattee (Von Richtman), Benjamin Hendricks, Jr. agents. Mexico. United States. Army. Cavalry. Clubs. Forgery. Letters. (Prince Kang/Ba-tu), Robert Elliott (Robert Kenyon), Neil Moran — New York City.

(Minister Emmons, American consul), Lai Mon Kim, Joe Chong, Rosie 5 Note: * eview for this film called it For the Honor of Old Glory or Carrying the

Moey, Lee Poy, Edward Lee, Gilbert Leong. fars and stripes into Mexico.

Drama/World War I, Espionage. In World War | China, Princess Tsu, MPW 23 May 1914, pp. 1080-81. Var 3 Jul 1914, p. 21.

who leads a secret group dedicated to eradicating German influence in

China, learns that the Chinese viceroy, in order to further his own FOR THE HONOR OF THE KINGDOM F1.1436 ambitions, has organized an army to help Germany win Russia. She steals Reliance? Dist Martin Estes, State Rights. 1915? 5 reels. their written agreement and smuggles it to American agent Robert Note: The records of the Kansas State Censors list this film as having been Kenyon, with whom she has fallen in love. The princess’ jealous fiancé, approved on 23 Sep 1915. Although these records list Reliance as the “*make” of the Prince Kang, tells her that Robert is betrothed to an American girl and, von no information has been located concerning any film produced by the Reliance bent on revenge, she informs German agent Von Richtman that Robert about any film with this title produced by any company.

. . otion Picture Co. with this title. In fact, available sources contain no information

possesses the secret papers. In Washington, Von Richtman sends his

heneimen to apprehend Robert before he can reach the Secretary of State, FOR THE SOUL OF RAFAEL F1.1437

ut Princess Tsu, whose love of country has triumphed over her personal G Studios. Inc. Dist Equity Pict Cc May 1920 [©Eauit concerns, foils the plot. Aware of her great love for Prince Kang, she arson Stueios, inc. Ast equity 7 tenures orp. ay [©Equity

. . ; , oar, Pictures Corp.; 18 Apr 1920; LP15164]. 7 reels, 7,090 ft.

returns to China and marries him. China. Patriotism. Royalty. Secret Pres Harry Garson. Dir Harry Garson. Scen Dorothy Yost. Adapted Service. World War I. Ambition. Americans in foreign countries. Chinese. Ch ; a i Whittak : C a NM oe Ed ce Art di i C » “aapre Revenge. United States. Dept. of State. Viceroys. Washington (D.C.). y Kharies b. le nittaker. Cam Arthur Edeson. Art dir Gen ©arre.

Note: The film had a pre-release presentation on 30 Sep 1918 in Philadelphia. Source: Based on the novel For the Soul of Rafael by Marah Ellis Ryan Goldwyn scheduled the general release for the second week in Oct 1918. Lady Tsen (Chicago, 1906). Mei was billed in ads and reviews as “the screen’s first and only Chinese Star.” The Cast: Clara Kimball Young (Marta Raquel Estevan), Bertram Grassby

film was also reviewed at five and six reels. This was the first production of the (Rafael Artega), Eugenie Besserer (Dona Luisa), Juan De La Cruz (El

Betzwooe ilm “on1wneh Me Hocated eetdeip hia. a Capitan), J. Frank Glendon (Keith Bryton), WwW was enS SBet aeels WeST. rces conill 1 Ruth . .King : .(Ana Mendez), Pre-release news items credit J. Allan Dunn with writing the story. while reviews Helene Sullivan (Angela Bryton), Paula Merritt (Polonia), Maude Emery

credit Ira M. Lowry as having directed and conceived the production. (Teresa), Edward M. Kimball (Ricardo).

ETR 14 Sep 1918, p. 1202. MPW 19 Oct 1918, p. 448. Drama. In old California, Marta Estavan is preparing to leave the ETR 28 Sep 1918, p. 1368. MPW 18 Jan 1919, p. 388. convent where she has been reared when her guardian Dona Luisa Artega

MPN 25 Jan 1919, p. 610. promises Marta in marriage to her son Rafael in hopes that marriage will tame her wild offspring. One night, Marta rescues Keith Bryton from his

FOR THE FREEDOM OF THE WORLD F1.1434 Indian captors and soon falls in love with him. Dona Luisa, desperate to Ira M. Lowry and Frank J. Carrol. Dist Goldwyn Distributing Corp. Nov _ break up their budding romance, tricks Bryton into believing that Marta

1917 [OS & M Film Co.; 12 Nov 1917; LU11704]. 8 reels. has entered a convent and then lies to Marta that Bryton is dead. Bereft, Supv Ira M. Lowry. Dir Romaine Fielding. Scen Edwin Bower Hesser. Marta marries Rafael and pledges to Dona Luisa on her deathbed that she Story Edwin Bower Hesser. Cam William Cooper and Fred Chaston. will reform him. Bryton returns, but Marta remains true to her vow. When Cast: E. K. Lincoln (Gordon Harvey), Barbara Castleton (Betty in the course of eloping with another woman, Rafael is shot and killed by Milburn), Romaine Fielding (Ralph Perry), Neil Moran (Gordon's the bandit El Capitan, Marta is free to marry the man she loves. California. father), Jane Adler (Gordon’s mother), Walter Weems (Gordon’s college Convents. Fidelity. Marriage-Arranged. Pledges. Wards and guardians.

chum). Bandits. Elopement. Indians of North America. Infidelity. War drama/World War I. Gordon Harvey, a wealthy American, enlists Note: According to a news item, an advisory board of historians and technical in the American Legion of the Canadian Army to fight with the Allies even experts was secured for consultation concerning the life and customs of early

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 FORBIDDEN FRUIT Californians, and many scenes were shot in the California locations mentioned in the THE FORBIDDEN ADVENTURE F1.1440 novel, including many missions. Also, according to a news item, 200 Indians from the New York Motion Picture Corp. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; A Mutual Soboba, Pima and Cocopah reservations near Los Angeles appeared in the film. The .

film had its premiere in Los Angeles on 21 Apr 1920, and was given a trade showing Masterpicture. 2 Dec 1915. 4-5 reels. ; ;

in New York on 26 May 1920. Prod Thomas H. Ince. Dir Charles Swickard. Scen C. Gardner Sullivan. ETR 5 Jun 1920, p. 54. Var 28 May 1920, p. 27. Cast: Charles Ray (Cecil Weatherby), Louise Glaum (Ameera), MPN 12 Jun 1920, p. 4867. Var 8 Oct 1920, p. 43. Herschel Mayall (John Robbins), Thomas Kurihara (Dhur), J. Frank

MET xo MY i900 p. 983. Wid's 30 May 1920, p. 6. Burke (Zymba).

ou Adventure. Cecil Weatherby, an American adventurer in the Orient, enters the-ancient city of Er Heb, where no white man has been, despite

FOR VALOUR ; , soy ae F1.1438 the warnings of his traveling companion, John Robbins. In a temple

one Film Corp. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 25 Nov 1917. 5 garden, Cecil looks through a barred window and sees the beautiful

" riestess Ameera, who is forbidden to speak to men under penalty of the

Supv Allan Dwan. Dir Albert Parker. Asst dir Thomas F. Tracey. “Living Death.” Dhur, a priest who loves Ameera, informs the high priest

Scen Robert Shirley. Cam Roy Vaughn. . . Zymba, who orders Cecil to leave. That night, Cecil returns and talks with

Source: Based on the short story “Melia No-Good” by I. A. R. Wylie in Ameera. After he is captured by guards, he and Ameera are ordered to die

Good Housekeep ing (Jul 1917). , by starvation in the “City of the Dead,” a pocket in a cliff surrounded by Cast: Winifred Allen (Melia Nobbs), Richard Bar thelmess (Henry rock. Tied together, Cecil and Ameera are lowered into the pit. After Nobbs), Henry Weaver (Ambrose Nobbs), Mabel Ballin (Alice Davis). Ameera frees Cecil with her knife, he carves steps into the soft rock. They War drama/ World War I. Melia Nobbs, a young Canadian woman, crawl days and nights to the top, where Cecil fights Dhur, who then pursues supports both her invalid father Ambrose and brother Henry. When Henry them across a rope bridge. When Cecil collapses unconscious, Ameera cuts faces arrest for helping himself to his employer's cash, Melia steals the the rope, sending Dhur to his death. Finally Cecil and Ameera are found amount from the star of the theater where she has been dancing, and offers by Robbins, who takes them to civilization, where they marry. Adventurers. it to her brother provided that he will enlist in the army - Henry agrees and Americans in foreign countries. Asia. Priests. Religious sects. Bridges. goes off to war, making Ambrose proud of his son, but when A mbrase Escapes. Falls from heights. Guards. Imprisonment. Jealousy. Temples.

learns that his daughter arrested theft, disowns er es , called . . .has ote: been The original titlefor of this filmhe was The Cityher. of theMelia Dead. Note: One news item

does not reveal the reason for taking the money and is sent to prison. it The Forbidden City.

Meanwhile, Henry fights bravely in France and returns home minus an Motog _\11 Dec 1915, p. 1240. MPW 20 Nov 1915, p. 1509.

arm but wearing the Victoria Cross. He finds his sister, weak and worn MPN 27 Nov 1915, p. 91. Var 3 Dec 1915, p. 21. from overwork, in the prison hospital. Seeing her brother with his medals,

Melia realizes that her sacrifices for him and her country have not been THE FORBIDDEN BOX see FORBIDDEN in vain, and that in her own way, she has served her country. Brother-sister

relationship. Canada. Canadians. Self-sacrifice. Soldiers. Theft. WarDancers. THE FORBIDDEN eroes. Actors and actresses. Amputees. Awards. N , , , CITY F1.1441

. ; augnerr P Penlistment. ©Norma TalmadgePatriotism. Film Corp.; 6 Oct 1918; LP13000]. 5-6 reels. Military 6Mary Pat ae , or —_ , Pres Joseph M. Schenck. Dir Sidney A. Prison. Franklin. Scen Murillo.

Disinheritance. Father-daughter relationship. France. Hospitals. Invalids. orma Talmadge Film Corp. Dist Select Pictures Corp. Sep 1918

_ Note: working of thistofilm wasthis Melia Some sources refertory to the Ss scarborough. G Scarb h. Cc Edward W dand-HL film’s titleThe as For Valor. title According Wid’s, film No-good. was made at Triangle’s Eastern corge Cam war ynara Lyman

studio, which was in Yonkers, New York. Broening. Tech dir Willard M. Rineck.

MPN 1 Dec 1917, p. 3808, 3860. NYDM 24 Nov 1917, p. 21. Cast: Norma Talmadge (San San/Toy), Thomas Meighan (John MPN 22 Dec 1917, p. 4421. Var 23 Nov 1917, p. 43. Worden), A. E. Warren (Wong Li), Michael Rayle (Mandarin), L. Rogers

MPW | Dec 1917, p. 1337. Wid's 22 Nov 1917, p. 749. Lytton (The Chinese emperor), Reid Hamilton (Lieutenant Philip Halbert).

FORBIDDEN F1.1439 Drama. San San, the daughter of a Chinese mandarin, secretly marries Lois Weber Productions. Dist Jewel Productions, Inc. through Universal John Worden, the U.S. Consulate Secretary, and lives happily until her Film Mfg. Co. 8 Sep 1919 [OUniversal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 22 Jun 1919; father decides, in Worden’s absence, to offer her to the Chinese emperor

LP13891]. 6 reels, 5,972 ft. for inclusion in his harem. When he sees San San’s baby daughter Toy, the Dir Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley. Scen Lois Weber. Story E. V._ enraged emperor orders the mother killed. Worden leaves the country.

Durling. Cam Roy Klaffki and Dal Clawson. Eighteen years later, Toy, raised by the women of the harem, escapes to Cast: Mildred Harris (‘‘Maddie” Irwin), Henry Woodward (Fred Manila where she serves as a Red Cross nurse. She becomes engaged to Worthington), Fred Goodwins (Ben Withers), Priscilla Dean (The — American Lieutenant Philip Halbert, but the young man’s guardian forbids

adventuress). the union. Toy is called upon to nurse the stricken guardian, who, in his Drama. Successful businessman Fred Worthington becomes disgusted _ delirium, reveals that he is Toy’s father. Worden, fondly recalling San San,

with life in New York City and retires to the country for fresh air and _ finally relents and blesses the marriage. Americans in foreign countries. tranquility. There he meets and weds “Maddie” Irwin, a country girl. | Chinese. Father-daughter relationship. Marriage-Mixed. Parentage. Maddie, bored with life in her little village, anticipates an exciting life with China. Emperors. Executions. Harems. Manila (Philippines). Marriageher big-city husband and is bitterly disappointed when he presents her with = Secret. Nurses. Red Cross. United States-Diplomatic and Consular a charming country estate as a wedding present. Hoping that a trip to New Service. United States. Army. Wards and guardians. York will cure Maddie of her craving for city life, Fred takes her there and Note: This film was originally entitled A Tale of a Forbidden City. \t opened in throws a wild dinner party. When this plan fails, he leaves her. On her own, New York on 6 Oct 1918.

Maddie tours the cabarets and opium dens of Chinatown, where she is ETR 5 Oct 1918, p. 1453. MPW 26 Oct 1918, p. 549.

assaulted by a bearded stranger. Her old country sweetheart, who has been AN Io oct ns P nor Nr 3 On i918 P a

trailing her throughout the city, shoots the culprit, after which Maddie’s MPN 26 Oct 1918, p. 2712. Var 11 Oct 1918, p. 45. one desire is to return to the safety of her husband and the country. Fred MPW 19 Oct 1918, p. 445. Wid’s 13 Oct 1918, pp. 23-24. removes his disguise, bandages his arm, and returns to the estate in time to welcome his unsuspecting and repentant wife. Disguise. Lure of the city. THE FORBIDDEN CITY (New York Motion Picture Corp.) see THE

Lure of the country. Marriage. Businessmen. Cabarets. Gunshot wounds. FORBIDDEN ADVENTURE New York City. New York City-Chinatown. Opium dens. Parties. Note: This film was produced in 1918 under the title The Forbidden Box. An earl

production article lists Kate Toncray in the cast. One source credits Fred Goodwins FORBIDDEN FIRE see SAHARA as co-director. A play also entitled Forbidden, by Dorothy Donnelly, opened in New

York on 20 Dec 1919. Although some news items state that the film and the play were FORBIDDEN FRUIT F1.1442 different from each other, and no evidence concerning the existence of a novel by . , Durling has been located. Productions, Inc.; 20 Dec 1915; LU7558]. 5 reels. MPN 6 Sep 1919, p. 2057. MPW 6 Sep 1919, p. 1527. Prod \van Abramson. Dir Ivan Abramson. Scen Ivan Abramson. MPW 24 Aug 1918, p. 1153. Wid's 18 Jan 1920, pp. 23-24. Story lvan Abramson.

based on the same novel by E. V. Durling, the plots of the film and play are vastly Ivan Film Productions, Inc. Dist State Rights. Dec 1915 [©lvan Film

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THE FORBIDDEN PATH AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Cast: Paula Shay (Ruth Ancaster), Everett Butterfield (Henry scuttles the boat and both meet their deaths, freeing Harry to marry Stuart), Minna Phillips (Ruth’s mother), James Cooley (Edward Mildred. Fortune hunters. Marriage—-Forced by circumstances. Revenge. Hemingway), Kittens Reichert (Emily Stuart), Walter Gould (Walter Self-sacrifice. Wards and guardians. Ambassadors. Japanese. Mexico.

father). review credits Van Trees.

Stuart), June Janin (Dolly, a cabaret player), Daddy Lewis (Ruth's Note: Paramount studio records list Perry as cinematographer, but a contemporary

Drama. Ruth Ancaster breaks her engagement to Edward, a broker, ETR 30 Jun 1917, p. 266. NYDM 7 Sul 1917, p. 2. when she learns of his other affairs, and marries Edward’s friend Henr MPN 7 Jul 1917, p. V8. Var 20 Jul 1917, p. 31.

ne" ee Ys MPW 7 Jul 1917, p. 78. Wid's 28 Jun 1917, p. 405.

who lives a clean life. Deep in financial difficulties, Henry forges Edward’s NYDM _30 Jun 1917, p. 30.

name to a stock certificate so he will not go into debt and is caught.

Edward, in revenge for being jilted, sues. When Ruth pleads for Henry, THE FORBIDDEN ROOM F1.1445 Edward offers to withdraw his charges if she will “‘pay the price.” The suit Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 2 Mar 1919 [©William Fox; 2 Mar is dropped and Henry is released from prison. A few years later, Edward 1919: LP13464]. 5 reels.

dies from tuberculosis that his weakened system, resulting from his Pres William Fox. Dir Lynn F. Reynolds. Story W. S. Van Dyke. dissipated life, could not combat. Traces of consumption in their son Cam J. Dev. Jennings. Walter, plus other evidence lead Henry to suspect that the child’s father Cast: Gladys Brockwell (Ruth Lester), William Scott (Anthony was Edward, and Ruth admits that he is right. Henry drives her and the Curtis), J. Barney Sherry (Mason Clark), Harry Dunkinson (Chief of

boy away ane hes ai wes his ieeitimate counter mare until ed police), Al Fremont (Detective), William Burress (Lawyer), T. S. Guise runs away to lind Kutna. Alter locating Emily, rhenry forgives Kutn. (Hotel manager), Louis King (Stool pigeon), Robert Dunbar (Judge),

or okers. Fxior emia P ati oniage. qovenge. pancruptoy Forgery, Lillian West (Stenographer), Virginia Lee Corbin (Virginia Clark),

mprisonment. Infidelity. Separation. Stocks. Tuberculosis. Francis Carpenter (Francis Clark).

Note: This film was re-issued in 1920 as Who's to Blame? by Chadwick Pictures Drama Ater stengeraphes ne Lester resigns to avoid the advances of Corp., revised and re-edited by Martin Cohn and J. F. Natteford. : . . on . . oe MPN | Jan 1916. 0. 85 Var 17 Dec 1915. v. 18 her boss, the chief of police, she gets a position with District Attorney

MPW 25 Dec 1915, is 7380, none Anthony Curtis, a fighter for reform who is unpopular with police officials. Curtis, who falls in love with Ruth, asks her to accompany him in an official

THE FORBIDDEN PATH F1.1443 capacity te tne mountains for a needed rest phen Ruth slips while fishing,

Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp.; A Fox Standard Picture. 3 Feb i is hi . es i Mas CL i. race. k © Proposes, en re h y the 1918 [OWilliam Fox; 10 Feb 1918; LP12042]. 6 reels. Po ivs te ruin take shotorrachs which cDbons in tewsnamers illusterine Pres William Fox. Dir J. Gordon Edwards. Scen Adrian Johnson. working to ruin, take p otograp s wich appear In newspapers illustrating

trumped-up “white slavery” scandal. Thinking that Ruth framed him, Story E. Lloyd Sheldon. Cam John W. Boyle. aAnth fires her. Sh k for Clark. and | hi h

Cast: Theda Bara (Mary Lynde), Hugh Thompson (Robert Sinclair), n oh res her. one “a any or ho dinan, im toa otel

Sidney Mason (Felix Benavente), Walter Law (Mr. Lynde), Florence w ibe they sal Rath i or d rea be a otel or val ck During the Martin (Barbara Reynolds), Wynne Hope Allen (Mrs. Lynde), Alphonse S¥UDSequent ie ’ had les and ruins her sane on she oan Clark, Ethier (William Sinclair), Lisle Leigh (Mrs. Byrne), Reba Porter Who loves his children, to agree to confess to Anthony's frame-up.

(Tessie Byrne). Afterward, Anthony and Ruth are reunited. District attorneys. Frame-ups.

Drama. Mary Lynde agrees to pose as a madonna for Greenwich Village Reformers. Reputation. Scandal. Secretaries. Self-sacrifice. Confession artist Felix Benavente and soon becomes romantically involved with his (law). Contractors. Dismissal. Fishing. Newspapers. Photographs. Police

wealthy friend, Robert Sinclair. Robert lives with Mary for a time, but chiefs. Sexual harassment. Trials. .

turns her out when their child is born. Although a poor family pities her FE Note: The scenario included in the copyright descriptions was entitled “The

ara ge ; ETR 15 Mar 1919, p. 1135. MPW 15 Mar 1919, pp. 1524-25.

and takes her in, the baby grows sick and dies. Several years later, Felix ramers:

finds Mary living in a Tenderloin dive and asks her to model for a portrait MPN 15 Mar 1919, p. 1702. Var 21 Mar 1919, p. 54.

entitled “End of the Forbidden Path.” Through Felix, Mary forces Robert to give her money and threatens to expose him publicly unless he breaks

off his engagement to Barbara Reynolds marries her instead. Dist At theAssociated THE FORBIDDEN THING . F1.1446 ; ; Allanand Dwan Productions. Producers, Inc. ,Nov 1920 altar, however, Mary turns to the congregation and passionately discloses [©Allan Dwan: 4 Nov 1920: LP15761]. 6 reels

the entire story of their sordid past. Desertion. Models. Upper classes. Di “AI Dy Asst di r kW Se, Allan D Story M Blackmail. Churches. Infants. Marriage-Forced. New York City- ,, ir Con Tony Gan di in lack wagner. ocen Allan wan. otory mary Greenwich Village. Weddings. ears. Sam tony au:by “ ,Mary 4g Mears ; ; , , ; Source: BasedPortraits. on the short story ““The Forbidden Thing”

Note: Copyright records credit E. Lloyd Sheldon with the scenario. The scenario . . .

for this film included in the copyright descriptions is entitled “From the Depths.” in Metropolitan Magazine (Apr 1920).

ETR 9 Feb 1918, p. 838. MPW 2 Feb 1918, p. 718. Cast: James Kirkwood (Abel Blake), Helen Jerome Eddy (Joan), MPN 9 Feb 1918, p. 799. MPW 16 Feb 1918, p. 1003. Marcia Manon (Glory Prada), King Baggot (Dave), Gertrude Claire

MPN 16 Feb 1918, p. 1014, 1031. (Mrs. Blake), Jack Roseleigh (Jose), Arthur Thalasso (Joe Portega), Newton Hall (The boy), Harry Griffith (Ryan), Katherine Norton

FORBIDDEN PATHS F1.1444 (Mrs. Ryan), J. Montgomery Carlyle.

Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 5 Jul Drama. Puritanical Abel Blake is planning to marry the domestically

1917 [©Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co.; 9 Jul 1917; LP11064]. 5 reels. oriented Joan when she is called away to a neighboring fishing village to Dir Robert T. Thornby. Asst dir Harry B. Haskins. Scen Beatrice C. de care for her sick uncle. In her absence, Abel falls under the corrupting Mille and Leighton Osmun. Story Eve Unsell. Cam James C. Van Trees influence of some friends who take him to Ryan’s, a notorious dance hall,

and/or Paul Perry. where he meets seductress Glory Prada. Glory determines to make a Cast: Sessue Hayakawa (Sato), Vivian Martin (Mildred Thornton), conquest of Abel, who gradually falls under her spell and finally marries Tom Forman (Harry Maxwell), Carmen Phillips (Benita Ramirez),James her. After learning of the news, Abel’s mother dies of grief and Joan

Neill (James Thornton), Ernest Joy (American ambassador), Paul Weigel —s marries Dave, a fisherman. Abel is ostracized by the townspeople because

(Luis Valdez). of their animosity towards his wife, who soon tires of him and elopes with Drama. When Mildred Thornton’s father dies, he leaves the girl in the —_ Jose Silva, proprietor of a traveling circus. Several years pass, during which

care of Sato, a Japanese who enjoyed his fullest confidence during their time Glory is shot to death by Jose and Dave drowns in a storm, leaving business partnership. Although Mildred feels the deepest friendship behind Joan and their two children. Abel agrees to care for Joan’s son, but towards Sato, she does not return the love he feels for her, preferring —_in a fit of despondency decides to drown himself. As he enters the water, instead a young man named Harry Maxwell, who has been appointed _ his ward cries after him and Abel regains his will to live. Later, when Joan ambassador to Mexico. In Mexico, Harry is roped into a hasty marriage comes to visit her son, she and Abel reunite and start life anew. Dance hall by adventuress Benita Ramirez. Soon discovering his wife’s true nature, —_ girls. Fishing villages. Infidelity. Moral corruption. Ostracism. Puritanism.

however, he actualy Milered Soon afterHarry Benitareturns comes home to seekand herrealizes revengethat on Harry. Sato,loves knowing that Vamps. Widows.Circus managers. Dance halls. Drowning. Fishermen. Murder. he can never have Mildred and that Benita stands in the way of her Note: Associated Producers, Inc. was comprised of seven. famous directors, Dwan happiness, invites the adventuress on a boating trip. In midocean, Sato among them. This was Dwan’s first production for them. Some scenes in this film were

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE FORFEIT shot near Oxnard and Hueneme, CA. Production was delayed because of scheduling Cast: Clara Kimball Young (Diane Sorel), Conway Tearle (Malcolm conflicts with James Kirkwood, the leading player, and illness to cameraman Tony Kent), Jiquel Lanoe (Andrew De Clermont), Kathryn Adams (Madame De

Gaudio and milena 3609 NYMT 14 Nov 1920 Clermont), Winter Hall (Edward Harding), Milla Davenport (Luisa),

MPN j Now 1920, OP. 3475-78. NYR 31 Nov 1920. Stanton Williams (Jimmy), John MacKinnon (The butler). MPW 27 Nov 1920, p. 509. Wid’s 21 Nov 1920, p. 7. Drama. Diane Sorel, the toast of the Paris stage, is driven to America by the scandal created when Andrew De Clermont, one of her admirers,

FORBIDDEN TRAILS F1.1447 | commits suicide in her apartment. Requiring a period of solitude before Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. May 1920 [©William Fox; 16 May making her debut on the New York stage, Diane rents a house in the 1920; LP15135]. 5 reels. country where she meets and falls in love with her neighbor, Malcolm Kent, Dir Scott Dunlap. Scen Scott Dunlap. Cam Vernon Walker. a writer. When Diane discovers that Kent is the brother of De Clermont’s Source: Based on the short story by “Forbidden Trails” by Charles Alden Widow, she recounts the scandal that drove her from Paris and Kent

Seltzer in Argosy Magazine (18 Jan 1919). repudiates her. Their relationship is restored when Kent $ sister, Madame

Cast: Buck Jones (Quinton “Squint” Taylor), Winifred Westover De Clermont, arrives from Paris and declares that Diane was guiltless in (Marion Harlan), Stanton Heck (William Carrington), William Elmer het husband's suicide. Actors and actresses. Authors. Reputation. (Davis), George Kunkel (Sheriff Danforth), Harry Dunkinson (Henry Scandal. Neighbors. New York City. Paris. Suicide. Parsons), Fred Herzog (Larry Harlan), Edwin Booth Tilton (Judge C Note: A news item stated that the film was based on “the book by Leonore J.

. . , ‘ offee,” but no information to confirm this has been located. Some exterior scenes

Butterfield), Silver, a horse (Taylor's horse). a were filmed in San Francisco. The film had its premiere in Milwaukee on 15 Feb Western. While on his deathbed, rancher Larry Harlan begs his partner 1920. It opened in New York on 22 Feb 1920.

Quinton “Squint” Taylor to locate and protect his daughter Marion. ETR 21 Feb 1920, p. 1233. MPW 17 Jan 1920, pp. 450-51. Squint journeys to Kansas City, searching for Marion, but fails to find her. MPN 3 Jan 1920, p. 444. MPW 21 Feb 1920, p. 1291.

On the train trip home, Squint overhears two men plotting to appropriate NPN n ae ren P- toon Wis iy Fe i900 P- na

Squint and Harlan’s land and correctly surmises that the young woman MPN 6 Mar 1920, 2399. ° pe seated with them is Marion. When Squint thwarts an attempted robbery

during the trip, he meets Marion and wins her respect. Upon arriving home, FORCED TO WED F1.1450 Squint learns that he has been elected sheriff, but his election is invalidated 1919? 5 reels

when William Carrington, one of the consipirators from the train, bribes Drama? a judge. Carrington then tries to ensnare Marion, who flees to Squint for Note: This film was presented to the Pennsylvania censors by an organization protection. In revenge, Carrington frames Squint for his partner’s death by designated as “Hatch” and was rejected by them on 31 Oct 1919. It is unclear whether

bribing a Mexican to testify against him. Carrington then attempts to the film is American or foreign, or whether it was released under a different title. It kidnap Marion, but Squint rescues her and kills his rival. After the is possible that Hatch was the state rights distributor J. Frank Hatch.

Mexican confesses to perjury, Squint carries out his promise to his partner .

by marrying Marion. Land rights. Mexicans. Perjury. Political corruption. FOREST RIVALS F1.1451 Ranchers. Abduction. Bribery. Frame-ups. Judges. Kansas City. World Film Corp. Dist World Film Corp. 15 Sep 1919 [OWorld Film

~ Partnerships. Sheriffs. Trains. Corp.; 15 Sep 1919; LU14201]. 5 reels.

Note: Buck Jones severely injured his foot while attempting a stunt in this film, Dir Harry O. Hoyt. Scen Harry O. Hoyt. Story Charles Sarver. Cam according to news items. Eddie Horn.

‘aR > May re P. 440s ue W wey ren P a Cast: Dorothy Green (Julie Lamont), Arthur Ashley (Tom King), Jack

MPW 3 Apr 1920, is 117. Wid's 73 May 1920, p. 13. Drumier (Henri Lamont), Kempton Greene (Harry Reynolds), Clay Clement (Jean Dubois), John Davidson (Pierre Dubois), Frank

FORBIDDEN VALLEY F1.1448 keeomeny (Andre), Evelyn Axzel (Marie), Madge Lee (Isabel

J. Stuart Blackton Feature Pictures, Inc. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc. 10 Ne th td Julie L t is the only whi ‘ath f

Oct 1920 [©Pathé Exchange, Inc.; 28 Aug 1920; LU15465]. 5 reels, 5,217 orthwest drama. Julie -amont is the only white woman in the area 0

ft. the French Canadian woods in which she lives. Her uncle Henri, a trader Prod J. Stuart Blackton. Dir J. Stuart Blackton. Story Randolph Lewis. veo smuggles whiskey to the Indians, is pursued by brothers Pierre and Cam William S. Adams. ean Dubois, suppliers of Henri’s whiskey, who want to marry Julie even

Cast: M McA (Morni Glory), B Gord (Jack though she is revolted by them. After Pierre beats Jean in a fight over Julie,

ast: ay CAWOY Orning Ory), pruce orden ae sheCharles flees to theKent cave in(Ben the Haunted Rock from which keeps Winslow), R. Dunn (Dave), Warren ; , ofsuperstition a ;William men away. American engineer Tom King,Lee), leading a party surveyors,

Chandler (Dominie Jones), Nellie Anderson (Aunt Endor), Gene Layman finds Julie sleeping near the cave and they fall in love. Meanwhile, Pierre

(Sentimental Joe), Emil Mink (Calofficers Mitchell), Harry (His When son). he , ping | ey and ; .; informs revenue on Jean, whoKiefer is arrested. escapes

Drama/ Rural. In the forbidden valley of the Kentucky hills, a feud has learns of Julie’s affection for Tom, Jean follows him, but mistakenly kills been raging between the Lee and Mitchell families. The lone survivors are Pierre, also pursuing Tom. Although Tom is wounded, he struggles with B on Lee, his granddaughter Morning Glory and a young Mitchell boy who Jean atop a cliff, until he pushes Jean to his death. Tom and Julie marry Is given refuge by minister Dominie Jones. Fifteen years pass and Jack and prepare to return to civilization. Brothers. French Canadians. Murder. Winslow, a surveyor, comes to the valley and falls in love with Morning —Rivaig- Smugglers. Americans in foreign countries. Caves. Engineers. Glory. Their romance is opposed by Dave, a young half-wit who also loves Eatig from heights. Fights. Indians of North America. Liquor. Revenue Morning Glory and, out of jealousy, makes several attempts on Jack’s life. agents. Superstition.

When Jack is suspected of being the last surviving Mitchell, Morning ETR 27 Sep 1919, p. 1477. NYMT 14 Sep 1919. Glory, acting in accordance with her family code of honor, shoots and MPN 20 Sep 1919, p. 2475. Wid's 21 Sep 1919, p. 17. wounds him. Soon after, Jones reappears and explains that Dave is the real MPW 20 Sep 1919, p. 1867.

Mitchell heir, thus clearing the path for Jack and Morning Glory’s

reconciliation. Feuds. Kentucky. Mentally handicapped persons. THE FORFEIT F1.1452 Mountaineers. Parentage. Attempted murder. Clergy. Gunshot wounds. Sunset Pictures Corp. Dist W. W. Hodkinson Corp. through Pathé

Jealousy. Mountain life. Surveyors. Exchange, Inc. 10 Mar 1919. 5 reels.

Nete: This was British actor Bruce Gordon’s first American film. Pres Frank Powell. Dir Frank Powell. Scen Frank Powell. Cam Percy

ETR 6 Nov 1920, p. 2391. MPW 16 Oct 1920, p. 996. Higginson and Arthur Boeger. MPN 16 Oct 1920, p. 3079. Wid's 10 Oct 1920, p. 17. Source: Based on the novel The Forfeit by Ridgwell Cullum (Philadelphia, 1917).

THE FORBIDDEN WOMAN F1.1449 Cast: House Peters (Jeffrey Masters), Jane Miller (Elvine Van Garson Studios, Inc. Dist Equity Pictures Corp. Feb 1920 [OEquity Blooren), William Human (Bob Whitstone), Hector V. Sarno (Sikem

Pictures Corp.; 28 Feb 1920; LP15234]. 6 reels, 5,663 ft. Bruce), L. H. Welles (Bud Tristam), Blanche Abbott (Nan Tristam), Pres Harry Garson. Supv Harry Garson. Dir Harry Garson. Adapted George Murdock (Dug McFarlane). by Charles E. Whittaker. Story Lenore J. Coffee. Cam Arthur Edeson. Western. Disinherited by his father, Jeffrey Masters leaves his New York

Tech dir John M. Voshell. home and amasses a fortune in Texas cattle country. When his younger 299

THE FORGED BRIDE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG brother Bob marries Elvine Van Blooren, known as Effie, contrary to his Sir Horace Welby, a former lover, falsely informs her that Benedetto has father’s wishes, he also is disinherited. Like Jeffrey, Bob goes West, but been freed and is seeking her life. Terrified, Stefanie disappears and leaves turns to rustling and becomes the leader of a gang. When Effie, who knows the Verneys in peace. Adventuresses. Fortune hunters. Infidelity. nothing about Bob’s involvement with the gang, learns about their hiding Opportunists. Revenge. Brothers. Fishermen. France. French. Gambling place, she informs on them for a much needed $10,000 reward. Only after houses. Murder. Nobility. Suicide.

Bob is hanged does she learn that she caused his death. Jeffrey, searching ETR 14 Apr 1917, p. 1322. NYDM 14 Apr 1917, pp. 26-27.

for Bob, arrives to find him hanging. He cuts the body down and vows Motog —31 Mar 1917, p. 689. Var 6 Apr 1917, p. 22. vengeance on his betrayer. Four years later, Jeffrey and Effie meet at a New a ar i917 P4467, 492. Wid's 12 Apr 1917, pp. 232-33. cattle convention, fall in love, and marry, but when he learns about her from Sikem Bruce, an ex-member of Bob’s gang, Jeffrey tells her to forget FORGIVE AND FORGET see WOULD YOU FORGIVE their marriage. After Effie is wounded attempting to save Jeffrey from Sikem’s ambush, Jeffrey bests Sikem, and seeing Effie unconscious,

realizes his love for her. Brothers. Cattlemen. Informers. Marriage. FORGIVEN; OR, THE JACK OF DIAMONDS F1.1455 Revenge. Rustlers. Texas. Disinheritance. Executions. Gangs. Stellar Photoplay Co. Dist State Rights. Apr 1914. 6-7 reels. Note: The book was published in England under the title The Purchase Price. This Dir William Robert Daly. Adapted by Bennett Musson. was the first film of the Sunset Pictures, Inc. Frank Powell was vice-president and Source: Based on the play Forgiven; Or, The Jack of Diamonds by Clay director-general of the company which was located in San Antonio, TX. The film was M. Greene (New York, 8 Mar 1886).

shot near San Antonio, and partly at the King Ranch in Kingville, TX, which was Cast: Edwin Forsberg (John Diamond), Frederick Burton (Willard

the largest ranch in the world. Graham), Luke J. Loring (Denver Dan), Hector Dion (Frank PW 5 var ite, p rs Var 7 Mar 1919, p. 67. Popham), Caroline French (Annie Dennison), Ricca Allen (Aunt Cordelia Dennison), Fritzi Brunette (Leone Diamond), Lois Alexander (Little Leone), Daniel Bertona (Mexican).

rt FORGED BRIDE Co. Dist Uni | Film Mfe. Co. 8 Me te50 Drama. On a riverboat, gambler John Diamond befriends Willard

niversat em we 0 is niversa AN eae ar Graham, who has become the prey of cardsharps. John wins back

[©Univeral Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 9 Feb 1920; LP14734], 5 reels. Graham’s money, but incurs his enmity over the love of fellow passenger Dir Douglas Gerrard. Scen Hal Hoadley. Story J. G. Hawkes. Annie Dennison. John and Annie marry and move to Jacksonville and then Cast: Thomas Jefferson (Bill Butters), Mary MacLaren (Pegay ), Harold Graham sends Annie an anonymous note describing John’s past. A. Miller (Dick Van Courtland), Dorothy Hagan (Dick’s mother), J. Confronted with the truth, John decides to get an honest job to support Barney Sherry (Clark Farrell), Dagmar Godowsky (Clara Ramerez), Annie and their daughter Leonie, but Graham causes John to be fired and

Frances Raymond. , . . oo. he must become a night watchman. One night, Graham visits Annie,

Drama. When forger Bill Butters realizes that the police are on his tail, claiming that John is out gambling and when John returns home, he thinks

he urges his da ughter Peggy to flee. Soon after, Bilt is arrested and that she has been unfaithful. John goes to Texas and becomes a cattle sentenced to jail by Judge Farrell. Meanwhile, Peggy accepts a job at a baron. Ten years later, he saves a young woman from being raped by Pedro beach resort where she meets and marries Dick Van Courtland, the son of Sanchez unaware of the fact that she is Leonie. Meanwhile. Graham a wealthy society matron and ward of Judge Farrell. Clara Ramerez, who discovers, through Sanchez, that Annie has become a schoolteacher in the planned to marry Dick, decides to break up the marriage by revealing the same town. Various obstacles finally are overcome, and the Diamonds are true profession of Peggy's father. When Bill learns of Clara's plans, he reconciled after Graham confesses on his deathbed to his wrong-doings. breaks out of jail and forges a document that declares that Peggy is the Confession. Desertion. Marriage. Reunions. Revenge. Rivalry. Attempted missing daughter of Judge Farrell. The judge, who has learned to love rape. Cattlemen. Father-daughter relationship. Gambling. Jacksonville Peggy, lets the deception stand and accepts Peggy as his daughter and (Florida). Letters. Schoolteachers. Texas

Dick’s wife. Father-daughter relationship. Forgers. Forgery. Judges. M 38 N 191 4 0.732 y, 34 Apr 1914. 0. 22

Parentage. Prison escapes. Documents. Fugitives. Resorts. Socialites. one o told sol,26aJun Mola MPW 25 Apr 1914, p. 501, 582.6Var 1914,5p.00 20.

Wards and guardians. NYDM 15 Apr 1914, p. 40. ETR 7 Feb 1920,1920, p. 1005. Feb 1920. MPN 7 Feb p.NYMT 1533.1Wid's 1 Feb

1920, p. 13. THE FORGOTTEN WOMAN F1.1456

Mem 7 Reb 1920, p. 941. P. D. Sargent Productions. 1920? 5? reels.

Dir Park B. Frame. Scen Catherine Carr. Story Evelyn Campbell.

FORGET-ME-NOT . . F1.1454 Cast: Pauline Starke (Dixie LaRose), J. Frank Glendon (Julian

World Film Corp.; Peerless. Dist World Film Corp. 16 Apr 1917 LaRose), Allan Forrest (Keith Demming), Laura Winston (‘“Sis”

[OWorld Film Corp.; 3 Apr 1917; LU10569}. 5 reels. . Maloney), Roy Coulson (Joe Maloney), L. M. Wells (Colonel Pres William A. Brady. Dir Emile Chautard. Scen Frances Marion. Demming).

Cam Lucien Tainguy. Drama. Dixie, a waif of the Southern waterfronts, is taken in by “Sis” Source: Based on the play Forget-Me-Not by Herman Merivale and F. —_— gaioney and her son Joe, who make her life miserable. She is tricked into

C. Grove (London, 21 Aug 1879). a marriage with Joe, but he is arrested on their wedding night and jailed. Cast: Kitty Gordon (Stefanie Paoli), Montagu Love (Gabriel Barrato/ _ Dixie eventually finds romance with Keith Demming, who takes her to her

Benedetto Barrato), Alec B. Francis (Marquis de Mohrivart), George first dress-up party. Joe, however, chooses that night to return, and Dixie MacQuarrie (Sir Horace Welby), James Furey (Sir Donald Verney), is saved from a life with him only by the unexpected appearance of her Norma Phillips (Rose Verney), Lillian Herbert (Alice Verney), Henrietta wealthy father. Joe’s accidental death frees Dixie to marry Keith.

Simpson (Mrs. Foley). Parentage. Southerners. United States-South. Waifs. Waterfronts. Drama. Adventuress Stefanie Paoli foresakes her lover, humble Accidents. Marriage-Forced. Parties.

fisherman Gabriel Barrato, for the arms of a nobleman, the Marquis de Note: The film was underway in Dec 1919, but there is no evidence that it was Mohrivart. Upon learning that Stefanie has wed another, Gabriel kills released in 1920. It is listed in the AF/ Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30 (F2.1923) himself and his brother Benedetto swears revenge. Stefanie goes to France as a 1921 release, distributed by Pioneer Film Corp. MPW states that the film is with the Marquis where they run an exclusive gambling club. Years pass — “about five reels.”

and they have a son, Charles, who is sent to England for his education. MPN 6 Dec 1919, p. 4124, 4125. MPW 4 Feb 1922, p. 552. Charles, ignorant of his parent’s method of living, marries Rose Verney,

the daughter of an upper class British family. Meanwhile, Benedetto has THE FORTUNATE YOUTH F 1.1457 acquired wealth and visits the Mohrivart tables in Paris. Although Ocean Film Corp. Dist State Rights; Raver Film Corp. Mar 1916. 5 enthralled with Stefanie’s beauty, he attacks the woman on whom he has reels.

sworn revenge. In attempting to save his wife, the Marquis is killed. Dir Joseph Smiley. Benedetto is sentenced to life in prison, and soon after, Stefanie, learning Source: Based on the novel The Fortunate Youth by William J. Locke

that her son is dying, visits his family in England. After Charles death, she (New York, 1914). refuses to leave, threatening to invoke an old French law which would Cast: Wilmuth Merkyl (Paul Kegsworthy), William Cohill (Silas declare her granddaughter’s birth illegitimate unless the Verney family Finn), John A. Smiley (Barney Bill Simmons), G. Davison Clark | supports her. Stefanie is prevented from victimizing her son’s family when (Colonel James Winwood), Charles Graham (Mr. Buttons), Lilie Leslie

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE FORTUNE TELLER (Princess Sophie Zobraska), Rita Fitzgerald (Polly Gordon), Sue Balfour Comedy. When perpetual failure Nathaniel Dunham is fired from yet (Ursula Winwood), Marguerite Forrest (Jane), Betty Holton (Maisie another job, his successful friend Harry Kellogg offers him $500 if Nat will

Shephard). move to a small town, change his ways and marry a rich heiress. Nat

Drama. In England, Paul Kegsworthy, whose real father was thrown in agrees, moves to Radville and accepts a job in Sam Graham’s dilapidated jail years before, runs away from his cruel stepfather and, after arriving drug store. Taking an interest in the business, Nat surprises himself by in London, assumes the name of Paul Savelli. The Princess Sophie turning it into a financial success. On the verge of accomplishing his goal Zobraska takes Paul in and educates and encourages him until he feels of marrying Josie Lockwood, a wealthy banker’s daughter, Nat recognizes ready to run for parliament. His older, established opponent, Silas Finn, — that he is in love with Graham’s daughter Betty. Realizing that he has demands that Paul drop out of the race, and when he refuses, Silas reveals achieved contentment, Nat entreats Harry to cancel their agreement and - that he is really Paul’s father, but had taken a new name and started a new _ Settles down to a life of happiness with the druggist’s daughter. Business. life after his parole. Paul still refuses to withdraw and is voted into office. | Drugstores. Fortune hunters. Friendship. Heiresses. Pharmacists. Small

On election night, however, Paul gets word that Silas is critically ill. He town life. goes to the old man and tells him, just before he dies, that he, Silas, has _ Note: John Barrymore starred in the stage version of the play. Some scenes in the

been elected. Soon after his father’s death, Paul and the princess make film were shot in Farmingdale, Long Island and Sheepshead Bay, NY. For : . , . information on other film versions of Smith’s play, see listing above for the 1914 plans for their marriage. England. Father-son relationship. Impersonation version.

and imposture. Parentage. Political campaigns. Elections. Ex-convicts. ETR 21 Feb 1920, p. 1227. NYMT 7 Mar 1920.

Parliament. Royalty. Stepfathers. MPN 6 Mar 1920, p. 2394. Wid’s 22 Feb 1920, p. 3.

Note: According to Var, publicity material for this film stated that it was re-edited MPW 21 Feb 1920, p. 1287. and had new titles furnished under the personal supervision of Harry B. Raver. Sources disagree concerning the director of this film. Wid’s lists Joseph Smiley, while NYDM credits John A. Smiley, who acts in the film.

Motog 1 Apr 1916, p. 764. NYDM 25 Mar 1916, p. 32. THE FORTUNE HUNTERS F1.1460 MPN 1 Apr 1916, p. 1919. Var 24 Mar 1916, p. 25. Blaché Features, Inc. 15 Dec 1913 [OBlaché Features, Inc.; 15 Dec 1913; MPw | Apr 1916, p. 18, 103. Wid’s 23 Mar 1916, pp. 458-59 LP1842]. 4 reels.

MP prior Bees Prod Herbert Blaché.

Drama. Even though she loves a hydroplane pilot named Jack, the

THE FORTUNE HUNTER F1.1458 cantankerous Burton wishes his granddaughter Vinnie to marry his

Lubin Mfg. Co. Dist General Film Co.; Special Features Dept. Oct —_ncighbor Harris, unaware that the latter merely hopes to secure the old

1914 [OLubin Mfg Co.; 17 Sep 1914; LU3372]. 6 reels. scientist’s wealth. When Burton becomes gravely ill, he decides to draw up

Dir Barry O'Neil. Adapted by Clay M. Greene. Cam Fred Chaston. a new will leaving all to Harris unless Vinnie marries him within three

Source: Based on the play The Fortune Hunter by Winchell Smith (New years. Meanwhile, Harris, posing as a physician, tends to Burton as his

York, 4 Sep 1909). condition steadily deteriorates. Harris tampers with Vinnie’s canoe, but Cast: William Elliott (Nat Duncan), George Soule Spencer (Harry Jack rescues her in his hydroplane and then, with the aid of a real doctor,

Kellogg), Charles Brandt (Sam Graham), Ethel Clayton (Betty he devises a plan to expose the villain. Informed that Burton has expired, Graham), Rosetta Brice (Josie Lockwood), Joseph Kaufman (Roland Harris goes mad when he sees the old man rise from the bed. Jack calls Barrett), Florence Williams (Mrs. Lockwood), James Daly (Blinky the police, who promptly arrest Harris, after which Burton expresses his Lockwood), Gaston Bell (Willie Bartlett), Ruth Bryan (Angie Smith), hearty approval of his granddaughter’s choice. Aviators. Fortune hunters. Frank Backus (Pete Willing), Clara Lambert (Mrs. Willing), Ferdinand = Granddaughters. Impersonation and imposture. Wills. Canoes. Death and

Tidmarsh (George Burnham), Alen Quinn (Tracy Tenner), Edwin dying. Hydroplanes. Insanity. Neighbors. Physicians. Police. Scientists.

Barbour (Old Hi), Richard Wangermann (Watty, the tailor), Bernard MPW 3 Jan 1914, p. 50. NYDM 14 Jan 1914, p. 73.

Siegel (Mr. Lee), Mrs. George W. Walters (Mrs. Whitmarsh). Comedy. Nat Duncan, formerly a rich wastrel, falls on bad financial times after his father dies bankrupt and he enters into several unsuccessful

business ventures. His old college friend, the industrious Harry Kellogg, ©. THE FORTUNE TELLER F1.1461

hires him, but he is soon dismissed for overextending his expense account. Albert Capellani Productions. Dist Robertson-Cole Distributing Corp.; In desperation, Harry proposes a bargain to Nat: Harry will give him $500 Special. 16 May 1920. 7 reels. capital if Nat will move to a small town, give up all of his vices and marry Pres Albert Capellani. Dir Albert Capellani. Scen George D. Proctor. a rich woman. Nat goes to Radville where he becomes a model citizen and © Cam Jacques Monteran. Art dir John D. Braddon. helps to make pharmacist Sam Graham, also an inventor, a rich drug store Source: Based on the play The Fortune Teller by Leighton Osmun (New owner. Nat falls in love with Graham’s daughter Betty, but only after he | York, 27 Feb 1919).

has become engaged to Josie and has experienced many misadventures. In Cast: Marjorie Rambeau (Renee Browning), Frederick Burton the end, Nat is freed from his engagement to Josie, Betty accepts his | (Horatio Browning), E. Fernandez (Tony Salviatti), Raymond McKee proposal, and he and Graham invent a successful incendiary device which (Stephen Browning), Franklin Hanna (Governor Leonard), Virginia Lee

can be dropped from airplanes. Bankruptcy. Businessmen. Dismissal. (His daughter), T. M. Koupal (Jim the strong man), Cyprian Giles

Friendship. Transformation. Wastrels. Bombs. Fortune hunters. (Lottie).

Pharmacists. Inventors. Small town life. Drama. When Renee Browning is falsely accused of having an illicit

Note: Smith’s play was filmed twice more: by Vitagraph in 1920 (see below), and affair with circus manager Tony Salviatti, her jealous husband Horatio by Warner Bros. in 1927, with Syd Chaplin starring and Charles F. Reisner directing divorces her and takes custody of their little boy Stephen, to whom she had

(see AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30, F2.1928). been devoted. Renee accepts a position as a circus fortune-teller, where she Motog 3 Oct 1914, pp. 457-58. NYDM _30 Sep 1914, p. 32. gradually deteriorates into drunken degradation. Twenty years later, MPW 7 Nov 1914, p. 844. Var 10 Oct 1914, p. 25. Stephen, discouraged and down on his luck, comes to have his fortune told. Upon learning his name, Renee encourages him without revealing her true

THE FORTUNE HUNTER F1.1459 ~— identity. With the fortune-teller’s inspiration, Stephen becomes a

Vitagraph Co. of America; Special Production. Dist Vitagraph Co. of — successful political candidate and becomes engaged to the governor’s America. Feb 1920 [©Vitagraph Co. of America; 16 Jan 1920; LP14648]. daughter. Inspired by Stephen’s success, Renee reforms and finally wins

7 reels. the respect and recognition of her son. Alcoholics. Alcoholism. Circuses. Dir Tom Terriss. Scen Graham Baker. Titles Don Bartlett. Cam Tom Fortune-tellers. Mother-son relationship. Regeneration. Child custody.

Malloy. Ed Don Bartlett. Circus managers. Divorce. False accusations. Jealousy. Political Source: Based on the play The Fortune Hunter by Winchell Smith (New candidates.

York, 4 Sep 1909). Note: Marjorie Rambeau also starred in the Broadway production of the play. The Cast: Earle Williams (Nathaniel Dunham), Jean Paige (Betty film was shot at the Solax studios in Fort Lee, NJ and was originally to be released Graham), Van Dyke Brooke (Sam Graham), Nancy Lee (Josie by Pathé Exchange, Inc. It opened for a special run in New York on 9 May 1920.

vay: . ome reviews give the length as five reels.

Lockwood), William Holden (Banker Lockwood), Charles Trowbridge ETR 2? May 1920, p. 2854 MPW 22 May 1920, p. 1107 (Harry Kellogg), Frank Norcross (Sheriff Pete Willing), Billy Hoover ETR 29 May 1920. p. 7966. Var 14 May 1920. p. 34.

(Tracey), Louise Lee (Angie), Earl Metcalfe (Roland Barnett). MPN 22 May 1920, p. 4401. Wid’s 16 May 1920, p. 13. 301

FORTUNE’S CHILD AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG FORTUNE’S CHILD F 1.1462 Comedy. When lightweight boxer Kid Burns learns that his old friend Vitagraph Co. of America; A Blue Ribbon Photodrama. Dist Vitagraph Tom Bennett has inherited a fortune from his rich Uncle Castleton, he sets Co. of America; A Star Series release. 10 Feb 1919 [OVitagraph Co. of out for New Rochelle to congratulate him. Upon arriving at the family

America; 25 Jan 1919; LP13325]. 5 reels. mansion, the Kid meets Mary, the housemaid, and the two fall in love. Tom Pres Albert E. Smith. Dir Joseph Gleason. confesses to the Kid that he has become enamored of ex-chorus girl Flora Source: Based on the short story “Beth” by Lawrence McCloskey Dora Dean, who is coming to visit with her mother. When Kid meets the

(publication undetermined). women, he suspects them of being fortune hunters and informs Tom of his Cast: Gladys Leslie (Beth), Kempton Greene (Jimmie Vernon), Stanley opinion. The Kid’s accusation infuriates Tom, who orders his friend out of

Walpole (Bob Wynne), Frances Mann (Mrs. Wynne), Fred Smith the house. During a party later that night, the boxer’s instincts prove _ (Carter Demarest), Jessie Stevens (Mrs. Gamp), Denton Vane correct when he discovers Flora’s mother and Cronin, Mary’s guardian, (‘“‘Superstitious” Louie), Frank Norcross (Gallagher), Miriam Miles attempting to rob the safe. With the arrest of the unscrupulous pair, the

(Clarice), Shirley Brule. Kid returns to his room and discovers a copy of the will that names Mary Drama. Beth, accused of stealing at the cheap New York boarding house heiress to the Castleton fortune. The Kid, feeling unworthy of marrying an

where her only relief from drudgery are the fairy tales she reads, is heiress, presents the document to Mary who, choosing love over money, threatened with being sent to the House of Corrections. She escapes and, tears it up. Boxers. Friendship. Heiresses. Housemaids. Inheritance. after running all day, collapses on the doorstep of Jimmie Vernon, an artist Chorus girls. Fortune hunters. New Rochelle (New York). Robbery. Wills. who has become a prizefighter out of necessity. Meanwhile, the real thief, Note: Some scenes in this film were shot in Del Monte, CA. This was Charles Ray’s boarder ‘“‘Superstitious” Louie, steals little Bob Wynne, the baby of a first independently produced picture. NBC-TV aired a television adaption of Cohan’s

wealthy family, but when he loses the child during a raid on a gambling play in 1959.

house, Jimmie takes Bob home. Meeting Beth, Jimmie puts her up to care LN é se 1990 a NPN ” So 1990. . a0

for Bob, and soon they fall in love. When Jimmie is taken to the hospital MPN 7 Aug 1920, pp. 1092-93. MPW 11 Sep 1920, p. 245.

after a fight, Louie and Jimmie’s ex-girlfriend steal Bob back. After MPN 21 Aug 1920, p. 1547. Wid's 5 Sep 1920, p. 5. obtaining work with the Wynnes, Beth recovers Bob from Louie’s room at

the boardinghouse. In gratitude, the Wynnes give Jimmie money for art 749.917 F1.1465 lessons, and take Beth in as one of the family, until she and Jimmie are Universal Film Mfg. Co.; A Butterfly Picture. Dist Universal Film Mfg. ready to marry. Artists. Boxers. Drudges. False accusations. Infants. Co. 15 Oct 1917 [OUniversal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 5 Oct 1917; LP11510].

Kidnapping. Gambling houses. Police raids. Thieves. 5 reels.

ETR 8 Feb 1919, p. 781. MPW 15 Feb 1919, pp. 947-48. Dir Ruth Ann Baldwin. Scen Ruth Ann Baldwin.

PW iene ole is 304, Var 31 Jan 1919, p. 52. Source: Based on the short story “The Old West Per Contract” by

oo William Wallace Cook in Argosy Magazine (publication date undetermined).

THE FORTUNES OF FIFI , F1.1463 Cast: Joseph Girard (Judge Brand), Leo Pierson (Tom Robbins), Mrs. Famous Players Film Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 26 Feb Witting (Ma Bobbett), George Pearce (Pa Bobbett), Donna Drew

1917 [©Famous Players Film 20 Bobbett), Feb 1917; Jean LP10230]. 5 reels. (Lady AnnJim Bobb ; , lyCo.; Ann Hersholt (Gentleman Rayner), Harry

Pres Daniel Frohman. Dir Robert G. Vignola. Scen Eve Unsell. Cam Rattenb Col. Hd William Marshall. attenberry (Col. Hungerford). ,;

S - Based on the play The Fort if Fifi by Molly Elliot Seawell Western. Judge Brand, one of the pioneers of the gold rush of °49, has

ource: based on the play five Hortunes of CUT By MONY RATOE Sea’ become bored with the quiet of civilization and decides to recreate the old

(Indianapolis, 1903). mining camp of Nugget Notch where he and his partners made their Cast: Marguerite Clark (Fifi), William Sorelle (Cartouche), John f 8 h P d die hes hi Tom R 0b

po , he camp which Robbins accomplishes by hiring a bankrupt theatrical

Sainpolis (Duvernet), Yvonne Chevalier (Julie), Kate Lester (Madame ortune. The juege spate es Ts secretary, OM TRODDINS, to reestablish

Bourcet), Jean Gauthier (Louis Bourcet), J. K. Murray (The general). t P le th Robbins falls in | ‘th Ann Bobb h Drama. When Cartouche, an old soldier, falls in love with the actress Fifi, troupe to settle the town. Robbins falls in love with Ann Bobbett, the he determines to protect the woman he loves. After Fifi wins the lottery daughter of Pa Bobbett, the proprietor of the general store, but is rivaled

; wos : ; . for her affections by “Gentleman Jim” Rayner, a professional gambler. To

with a ticket that Cartouche gave her, it is decided that she should live with dj f his rival. R drop Robb; liff. and

the Bourcet family in order to be educated. Believing Fifi to be quite spose of his rival, Rayner arranges to drop Kobbins over a steep cilll, an wealthy, attorney Louis Bourcet proposes to the actress, and she accepts. while climbing his way out, Robbins discovers gold. The discovery turns Later she realizes that she really loves Cartouche and decides to break the Nuggett Notch into a real boom ik and Rayner, seeing that he is

engagement by squandering her money. She then returns to Cartouche who defeated, holds up the camp, taking all the money as well as Ann wi th him

refuses to marry her because he believes himself too old, at which point Robbins and the townspeople pursue the gambler, finally capturing him Napoleon intervenes and decrees that they should marry, thus forcing and rescuing Ann. Ann and Robbins are then married and settle down in Cartouche to accept Fifi’s love. Old men. Self-sacrifice. Actors and the town of Nugget Notch to spend the rest of their days. Boom towns. : actresses. Engagements. Lawyers. Lotteries. Napoleon |, Emperor of the Mining camps. Theatrical troupes. Abduction. Gamblers. Gold. Judges.

French, 1769-1821. Soldiers. Rescues. Rivals. Robbery. Secretaries.

Note: The first theatrical showings of the Prizma color films were on the same bill Note: The original title of this film was The Old West Per Contract.

with The Fortunes of Fifi at the Strand Theatre in New York. Motog = 27 Oct 1917, p. 887. MPW 20 Oct 1917, p. 436. Moto 10 Mar 1917, p. 534. NYDM 3 Mar 1917, p. 26. MPN 27 Oct 1917, p. 2900, 2950. MPW 27 Oct 1917, p. 521. MPN 10 Mar 1917, p. 1573. Var 2 Mar 1917, p. 29.

MPW 10 Mar 1917, p. 1590, 1674. Wid’s 1 Mar 1917, pp. 142-43. THE FOUNDLING F1.1466 Famous Players Film Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 3 Jan 1916

FORTY-FIVE MINUTES FROM BROADWAY F 1.1464 [©Famous Players-Mary Pickford Co.; 30 Aug 1915; LU6222. O©Famous Charles Ray Productions, Inc.; Arthur S. Kane Pictures Corp. Dist Players Film Co.; 30 Dec 1915; LU7324]. 5 reels. Associated First National Pictures, Inc. 30 Aug 1920 [OCharles E. Ray, Pres Daniel Frohman. Dir John D. O’Brien. Scen Frances Marion. Art

Jr.; 22 Nov 1921; LP17226]. 5-6 reels, 5,548 ft. dir John K. Holden.

Pres Arthur S. Kane. Dir Joseph De Grasse. Scen Isabel Johnston and Cast: Mary Pickford (Molly O), Edward Martindale (David King), Bernard McConville. Cam Chester Lyons. Ed Harry Decker. Art dir Maggie Weston (Mrs. Grimes), Mildred Morris (Jennie), Marcia Harris Clarence DeWitt. Tech dir Robert Bennett. Chief elec George E. (Julia Ember), Tammany Young (Crook). MacCormack. Studio mgr Wesley G. Gilmour. Prints Rothacker Film Drama. After his beloved wife dies in childbirth, David King scorns his

Mfg. Co. newborn daughter and leaves for Italy to pursue his artistic career. While

Source: Based on the musical comedy Forty-Five Minutes from King becomes a prominent painter, his child, called Molly O, grows up in

Broadway, book, lyrics and music by George M. Cohan (New York, | Jan an orphanage, unaware of her father’s identity. When fame and fortune fail

1906). to bring him happiness, King fills with remorse and yearns for his forgotten Cast: Charles Ray (Kid Burns), Dorothy Devore (Mary Jane daughter. Upon his return to New York, he inquires after Molly O at the

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Jenkins), Hazel Howell (Flora Dora Dean), Eugenie Besserer (Mrs. David orphanage, but is tricked into taking the director’s illegitimate niece Dean), May Foster (Mrs. Purdy), Donald McDonald (Tom Bennett), instead. Molly O now resides with Mrs. Grimes, a cruel boardinghouse

Harry Myers (Daniel Cronin), William Courtright (Andy Gray). mistress, who treats her more as a servant than a daughter. When Molly

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE FOURTH ESTATE O tries to save her brood of puppies from the dog catcher, she meets King Romez’s good graces by entertaining him lavishly on the life savings he in the street, and he, taken with her charm, brings her to his home to live. cajoles from bookkeeper Ford and by impressing Romez with his phony Following a series of incidents involving the impostor daughter and her company, F. F., Inc., or Four Flusher, Inc., located in a ritzy hotel. After thieving mother, King discovers Molly O’s real identity and happily two weeks of spending at cabarets, boxing matches, and horse races, Lon reunites with her. Father-daughter relationship. Foundlings. Fraud. is broke. When he convinces members of the hotel staff to contribute to his Impersonation and imposture. Parentage. Boardinghouse mistresses. company, the hotel detective arrests him. Suzanne and Romez straighten

Childbirth. legitimacy. Italy. Mother-daughter relationship. New York things out, and Romez, impressed by Lon’s hustling, hires him as his

City. Orphanages. Painters. Swindlers. American representative, which leaves him and Suzanne happy. Ambition. Note: According to pre-release articles, this film was scheduled to open on 6 Sep —- Clerks. Hoaxes. Importers. Boxing. Cabarets. Detectives. Horseracing.

1915 with a supporting cast that included Frank Mills, Harry Ham, Gerturde Hotels. Millionaires. South Americans. Norman, Donald Crisp and Edith Chapman, but it actually opened later ETR 30 Augplot. 1919, p. 1081 MPW 30 v. 1371 with completely different supporting players andfour a months somewhat altered According u Aug »P.1919. Ug 7s P to modern sources, H. J. Siddons was the cameraman on this production. This film MPN 30 Aug 1919, p. 1869. NYMT 17 Aug 1919. was also advertised under the title Miss Jenny. This was the only film copyrighted

by the Famous Players-Mary Pickford Co., which was incorporated in Jan 1915. It THE FOURTEENTH MAN F1.1469

was rumored in MPW that the company may have been formed to distribute Mary Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.;

Pickford’s films distinct series of releases. p t aramoun Pict Sep 1920Sep [OF PI Lasky 22 Jun Motog 22 Jan 1916,as pp.a192-93. MPW 28 Aug 1915, p. 1498. rerures. amous Players:Corp: Lasky \orp., MPN 28 Aug 1915, p. 55. MPW 8 Jan 1916, p. 260, 308-10. 1920; LP15316]. 5 reels.

MPN 27 Nov 1915, p. II. NYDM $15 Jan 1916, p. 28. Pres Jesse L. Lasky. Dir Joseph Henabery. Asst dir Richard Johnson.

MPN re re ole p. oe vee a ne le p. ro, Scen Walter Woods. Cam Karl Brown. Art dir Wilfred Buckland.

AN NTISs Pe ON a an PO Source: Based on the play The Man from Blankley’s by F. Anstey (pseud. of Thomas Anstey Guthrie) (New York, 16 Sep 1903).

Dir J. Searle Daw!

a arian C tM P; C 54 M carer Cast: Robert Warwick (Captain Douglas Gordon), Bebe Daniels

Met Pi rt Fi C. ny en 315. LP6adel eke ay(Jenks), (Marjory Seaton), Walter HiersSylvester), (Harry Brooks), [©Metro Pictures Corp.; ay 1915; ]. 55reels. Norman Selby (Dwight SylviaRobert AshtonMilash (Mrs.

° , ’ Dawes).

ir J. searle Lawley. Tidmarsh), James Farley (Monk Brady), C. H. Geldart (Major

Source: Base on the novel The Four Feathers by A. E. W. Mason McDowell), Viora Daniel (Mrs. McDowell), Robert Dudley (random dean L Davenport (General Faversham), Fuller Mellish (Tidmarsh), Lucien Littlefield (Wesley Colfax Winslow), John McKinnon

i eutenant Sure). Peden one Jr. arr Paversham. Bye Comedy. During a quarrel at a Scottish inn, Captain Gordon wounds fe Ca teen), J "L D sta G (Cap Me “ary F Past s am). Art W. eld another officer and flees to New York with detective Jenks on his trail.

( Eun, OO ae wrranee)s rand oss (Mr. Eustace), Irene Warfie Once there, he meets Marjory Seaton, an heiress whom her Uncle

( D ne ustaee). | avi 7 a F h th f Lj , Tidmarsh is trying to marry to the profligate Winslow. Marjory, however, fri htened h nh “he. off rah tbl dy at oF @ genera mn “lin the is interested in Sylvester, a fashionable sportsman. One night while at a ce on W. a“ © hiv, «in bed th i a Ton we me late when his ball, Gordon spies Jenks following him and, in the course of his escape, nm vont ; ned de africa y eg tat ne hi en years later Ww ot nis accepts refuge from a fight promoter named Brooks. At Brook’s request, reéimen’ Is ordered £0 Aitiea, tarry resigns his commission as a captain, Gordon substitutes for Sylvester’s opponent, burglar Monk Brady, at a

fearing he will be a coward. After three fellow officers each send him a . 1: , , . at athe Tidmarsh’s, Gordon is mistaken for aagrees lord and, when him fourth, Harry consults Sutch, who his , ; called, , the real er , ; nobleman appears,Lieutenant is violence denounced asheanhas impostor. Thethat police are and supposed cowardice is a repulsion to that not overcome. ; vs , ; ; . while awaiting their arrival, Gordon prevents Brady’s attempt to rob the Determined to make the others take back their feathers, Harry goes to Ti ; . er . idmarsh safe. With the appearance of Jenks, who discloses that the quest Africa, disguised as an to Arab musician, saves the regiment led Marjory ..... : ; ,where, . .former for his search was deliver a largehean inheritance Gordon, by Ethne’s suitor, Captain Durrance, rescues officer fromtoprison , Burglars. . ; / declares her love for the Scotsman and all ends happily. Boxers. and retrieves lost dispatches. Back in Ireland, the feathers are taken ; ,Heiresses. ;; os Detectives. Mistaken identity. Scots. Boxing.back, Escapes. ‘ - me ;ofcharity bout, and the real pugilist out. Later, during a dinner party white feather, symbolic cowardice, and his knocks fiancée, Ethne Eustace, gives . ; Ser

and Durrance, to whom Ethne became engaged out of pityPolice. since he Scotland. was . . - , , Inheritance. New York City. Nobility.

Uncles.

blinded by the desert sun, releases her so that she can love Harry. Africa. Note: This film was also known as Hunting Trouble, The Trouble Hunter and The Cowardice. Great Britain. Army. Heroism. Phobias. Blindness. Disguise. Romantic Meddler during its production. Several contemporary sources list 25 Jul Impersonation and imposture. Ireland. Military officers. Rescues.. Self- 1920 as its release date, but reviews did not appear until Sep 1920. The actor Norman

sacrifice. Selby, also known as Kid McCoy, was the former middleweight boxing champion. Note: This film was the first that Dyreda Art Film Corp. released through Metro Paramount studio records list Helen Dunbar in the role of Mrs. Tidmarsh, but all Pictures Corp. Irvin Willat was the head of Dyreda’s camera department at the time contemporary reviews credit Sylvia Ashton with the role. Contemporary reviews also of the shooting of this film. Mason’s novel was remade many times, including a 1921 differ from Paramount records in listing character names as Major McDowell instead

British version, directed by René Plaissetty and starring Harry Ham; a 1929 of Major MacDonald, Mrs. McDowell instead of Mrs. MacDonald, and Monk Brady Paramount production, starring Richard Arlen, Fay Wray and William Powell (see instead of Deacon. Anstey’s play was filmed twice again: in 1930 by Warner Bros. AFI Catalog of Feature Films,John 1921-30; F2.1936); a 1938 British version, eee ftan from rating GeAFI 5, win dohn of BaFeature ore andFilms, Loretta Young starring and by Zoltan Korda and starring Clements and Ralph Richardson; and a directed 1956 red8E. Green directing (see Catalog 1921-30, F2.3370); an British production, directed by Zoltan Korda and Terence Young and starring in 1934 in Great Britain as Guest of Honour, with George King directing.

Anthony Steel. ETR 12 Sep 1920, p. 1718. MPN 11 Sep 1920, p. 2136. Motog 5 Jun 1915, p. 928, 953. MPW 12 Jun 1915, p. 1856. MPN 10 Apr 1920, p. 3130, 3310. MPW 25 Sep 1920, p. 533. MPW 5 Jun 1915, p. 1621. NYDM 26 May 1915, p. 28. MPN 24 Jul 1920, p. 772. Wid's 12 Sep 1920, p. 13.

THE FOUR-FLUSHER : F 1.1468 THE FOURTH ESTATE - F1.1470 Metro Pictures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 18 Aug 1919. 5 reels, Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 16 Jan 1916 [William Fox; 16 Jan

4,400 ft. 1916; LP7430]. 5 reels.

Supvy Maxwell Karger. Dir Harry L. Franklin. Scen A. S. Le Vino. Dir Frank Powell. Scen Frank Powell.

Story Izola Forrester and Mann Page. Cam R. J. Bergquist. Source: Based on the play The Fourth Estate by Joseph Medill Patterson

Cast: Hale Hamilton (Lon Withers), Ruth Stonehouse (Suzanne and Harriet Ford (New York, 6 Oct 1909). '

Brooks), Harry Holden (Josiah Brooks), Ralph Bell (Penington Cast: Clifford Bruce (Noland), Ruth Blair (His wife), Victor Benoit Crane), Robert Badger (Jimmie), Louis Fitzroy (Ford), Frederic | (Brand), Alfred Hickman (Judge Bertelmy), Samuel J. Ryan (The Malatesta (Sefor Emanuelo Romez), Effie Conley (Sefiora Flora political boss), Aline Bartlett (The orphan), Stacey Van Patten, Jr.

Romez). (Noland’s son).

Comedy. Lon Withers, a bored clerk for an exporter, annoys his Drama. When Noland, the leader of a city-wide strike, is imprisoned on

sweetheart, Suzanne Brooks, his employer’s daughter, with his get-rich- a trumped-up charge, Brand, a newspaper reporter, discovers that Judge

Pp Pp y ger, g Pp g

quick schemes. To teach him a lesson, Suzanne has South American Bertelmy had ordered the arrest. The judge then orders the newspaper millionaire importer Sefior Romez cable Lon that he will be arriving soon editor to fire Brand, while Noland, bailed out of jail but still aware that to look for an American representative. Lon attempts to bluff his way into he is in danger, goes to Canada. His wife had planned to go with him, but

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THE FOURTH FACE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Bertelmy, hoping to seduce her, makes it impossible for her to leave the Cast: George Fawcett (Luke Simms), Maude George (Florida country. She resists Bertelmy for two years, and then Noland, having made Everett), Harry Carter (Richard Sears), Albert McQuarrie (Ned a fortune in Canada, returns to her with a plan to ruin the judge. The first Harter), Olive Fuller Golden (Nell Harter), Lule Warrenton (Sears’ step is buying a newspaper. Then, he hires Brand as his managing editor, housekeeper). and the two men begin a crusade against Bertelmy. They uncover a murder Drama. Richard Sears, “The Power” of the city, arranges for alderman that he committed years before, and their newspaper stories about the Luke Simms to be elected mayor so that he can control him, but Simms

crime are responsible for Bertelmy’s arrest. Frame-ups. Judges. refuses to go against the public interest. After Sears sends his mistress, Newspapers. Social reformers. Editors. Imprisonment. Labor leaders. Florida Everett, who secretly longs for a wholesome man, to seduce Simms,

Murder. Reporters. Revenge. they marry and live happily. Meanwhile, Nell Harter, Sears’s Motog 29 Jan 1916, p. 266. MPN 29 Jan 1916, p. 561. stenographer, gives birth to Sears’s child which soon dies. After Nell MPN 4 Dec 1915, p. 55. MPW 5 Feb 1916, p. 795. disappears, Simms catches her distressed brother Ned attempting to rob his house, and he employs him as his secretary. When Florida refuses to

THE FOURTH FACE F1.1471 help Sears, he traps her in his country home for a night and tries to Dist State Rights; Fidelity Pictures Co.; Climax Film Corp. Sep-Oct blackmail Simms. Nell returns and tells Ned about Sears. Ned breaks into

1920. 5 reels. Sears’s home and hides when he sees Simms struggle with Sears. Ned’s shot Story Marjorie Van Beuran. kills Sears, although Simms believes he is the murderer. At the trial,

Mystery. A young woman is found murdered in a deserted mansion. Florida bares her past, and the sympathetic jury acquits Simms. Thinking

Suspicion is cast on four different people before a newspaperwoman that he does not deserve Florida, Simms leaves, but Ned confesses, discovers that the crime was committed by a jealous woman. Jealousy. whereupon Simms and Florida are reunited. Aldermen. Mistresses. Moral

Murder. Newspaperwomen. reformation. Murder. Political bosses. Blackmail. Brother-sister Note: The Fourth Face is probably the same film as The Mystery of Washington _ ‘@lationship. Burglars. Confession. Political corruption. Revenge.

Square, which Fidelity announced in a 7 Aug 1920 trade article as a six reel detective Seduction. Stenographers. Trials. story set in Greenwich Village and almost ready for state rights release. Trade articles Note: This was the first film in which George Fawcett appeared. According to on The Fourth Face began to appear in late Aug 1920, when Climax announced that Var, the story of this film is almost identical to that of an unidentified play that was it had purchased the film and gave its length as five reels. Its plot bears a considerable presented some years earlier at the Savoy Theatre.

resemblance to that of the 1921 Fidelity film The Invisible Web, written and directed Motog 13 Nov 1915, p. 1027. MPW 6 Nov 1915, p. 1155. by Beverly C. Rule, whom a contemporary source cites as the director of The Mystery MPN 13 Nov 1915, p. 89. Var 5 Nov 1915, p. 23.

of Washington Square. The Invisible Web is listed in the AFI Catalog of Feature MPW 23 Oct 1915, p. 544. Films, 1921-30; F2.2728. One contemporary source lists the Clark-Cornelius Corp. as the distributor of The Fourth Face, but this is probably an error.

MPN 7 Aug 1920, p. 1151. MPN _16 Oct 1920, p. 2997, 3006. THE FRAME UP F1.1474 MPN 21 Aug 1920, p. 1517. MPN 23 Oct 1920, p. 3208. American Film Co. Dist Mutual Film Corp. 7 May 1917. 5 reels. MPN 28 Aug 1920, p. 1692. Wid'sY 1920, p. 355. Dir Edward Sloman. Scen Jules Furthman. Adapted by Jules Furthman.

Cast: William Russell (Jeffrey Claiborne), Harvey Clark (Avery

THE FOX WOMAN F1.1472 Claiborne), Lucille Ward (Mother Moir), Francelia Billington (Jane The Majestic Motion Picture Co.; A Majestic Masterpicture. Dist ame), Aree rereison (Bue eager), hanes Newton j im pance). Mutual Film Corp.; A Mutual Masterpicture. 15 Jul 1915. 4 reels. Comed ur fre ( Cl. Get Brod erie ), Manuel Sampson, John un

Dir Lloyd Ingraham. Tech dir Henry Kotani. omedy. Je rey aiborne, the son of the wealthy Avery Claiborne,

Source: Based on the novel The Fox-Woman by John Luther Long rejects his father’s offer of a position in the firm in favor of the life of

(Philadelphia, 1900). adventure. While driving his father to the office one day, Jeffrey overtakes

Cast: Signe Aiien (The Fox Woman, Alice Carroway, also known as a taxi driver who is annoying a young girl. After Jeffrey rescues Jane Anne, Ali-San), Elmer Clifton (Marashida), Teddy Sampson (Jewel), Bert the girl, her mother, Mrs. Moir, a former underworld figure and now owner

Hadley (Yasakuji). ofa taxi company, offers Jeffrey a job. When some well-known crooks take

Drama. Marashida, a hunchbacked Japanese artist with a gentle soul, refuge in her home, Mrs. Morr, fearing CXPOSUTe, does not dare give them marries Jewel, the daughter of Yasakuji, the jinricksha man. Their happy away, and Jeffrey’s love for Jane leads him to defend her mother for which

. married life is destroyed when the daughter of an American missionary, he is arrested. He escapes, clopes with Jane and is again arrested after the Alice Carroway, known as Ali-San, persuades Marashida to pose for her wedding ceremony. Through his acquaintance with the chief of police, sculpture of the deformed god Ni-O. While Marashida’s character Jeffrey is able to exonerate both himself and his mother-in-law. He then gradually deforms, Yasakuji recognizes in Ali-San the traits of the takes his bride to his father’s house where they are welcomed by the senior legendary Fox Woman, who because she had no soul of her own, stole those Claiborne, who believes that now that his son has taken a wife, he will of others, sometimes turning warriors into insane beasts. After Jewel, to finally settle down. Blackmail. Criminals. Father-son relationship.

please Marashida, obliges Ali-San’s demand that she be her “playmate,” Elopement. Mothers-in-law. Police. Taxi drivers. Taxis. . she suffers further humiliation when Ali-San makes her the servant in her Co trey r n 1931 “Willies Spenon’s na ne soncared in cast hate at the f we me father’s mission. Finally, Jewel discards the American clothes she is made AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.2483.)

to wear and, dressed in her wedding robes, goes to her ancestors’ tomb to ETR 19 May 1917, p. 1683. MPW 12 May 1917, p. 1017. commit hara-kiri. When Yasakuji climbs up Ali-San’s balcony, and she Motog 19 May 1917, p. 1069. MPW 19 May 1917, p. 1142. sees his face in her mirror, she accidently falls off the balcony to her death. MPN 26 May 1917, p. 3314. Var 22 Jun 1917, p. 24. - Released from Ali-San’s spell, Marashida takes Jewel’s dagger from her,

and they live happily again. Artists. Fidelity. Japan. Moral corruption. FRAMING FRAMERS F1.1475 Vamps. Americans in foreign countries. Attempted suicide. Falls from Triangle Film Corp. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 30 Dec 1917. 5 heights. Hunchbacks. Missionaries. Myths. Rickshaw drivers. Sculpture. reels, 4,065 ft.

Servants. Dir Ferris Hartman or Henri D’Elba. Co-dir Philip J. Hurn. Scen Philip Note: Signe Atien later changed her name to Seena Owen. J. Hurn. Picturized by George du Boise Proctor. Story Mildred Considine.

Motog 24 Jul 1915, p. 158, 185. MPW 24 Jul 1915, p. 666, 726. Cam Elgin Lessley. |

MPN 2 Jul i915. 5 67 var 16 Jul 1915, p. 18. Cast: Charles Gunn (Gordon Travis), Edward Jobson (Addison

Hale), George Pearce (Harrison Westfall), Laura Sears (Ruth Westfall), Edward Martin (Sylvester Brandon), Lee Phelps (Lonnie

THE FRAME-UP F1.1473 Gorman), Mildred Delfino (Grace Garwood), Eugene Burr (J. A. Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co.; A Broadway Kingston), Anna Dodge (Mrs. O’Mears), Verne Peterson, Leo Willis Universal Feature. 8 Nov 1915 [OUniversal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 23 Oct (Gunmen), Arthur Millet (John Cameron), A. C. Lamsay (Arthur

1915; LP6769]. 5 reels. Kingston), John Lince.

Dir Otis Turner. Scen Otis Turner. Adapted by Otis Turner. Cam Steve Comedy-drama. Gordon Travis, a young and ambitious reporter on Rounds. Settings designed by John Coakley. Tech dir John Coakley. Sylvester Brandon’s newspaper, gets mixed up in the political rivalry Costumes Mme. Coulter. Wigs by L. Sainty. Props Dallas Maclish. between two candidates for mayor when he covers the aborted wedding of Loc Robert Ross. Musical accompaniment arranged by M. Winkler. Ruth Westfall, the daughter of candidate Harrison Westfall. Because

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH Gordon uncovers potentially damaging information about Westfall, the witnesses Marshall inadvertently kill Belle as he clasps her throat to stop politician sends two thugs to beat him senseless. Dazed and dishevelled, he her from shrieking. During Marshall’s trial, Margaret admits that she is picked up by Brandon, Westfall’s rival, who has bet that any tramp, when married Marshall, but a young mulatto woman testifies that she is really properly attired, can win acceptance into society — even to the point of Marshall’s wife, and a black woman reveals that she is his mother. Lowell, marrying a blue blood. Gordon, playing along with the scheme, courts and horrified to learn of Marshall’s marriage to Margaret, throws the book he wins Ruth Westfall, which Brandon hopes will spell political ruin for his had been writing, which advocates full equality, into the fire. Marshall is

rival. After compelling both of these corrupt schemers to drop their taken to prison, where he madly clutches the bars. Blacks. Marriagemayoral bids, Gordon decides to seek the office himself and wins the Mixed. Race relations. Abolitionists. Bigamy. Brothels. Impersonation and

election and a wife. Political campaigns. Political candidates. Political imposture. Judges. Manslaughter. Mulattoes. Secretaries. Trials. corruption. Reporters. Clothes. Elections. Fistfights. Tramps. Upper — !uskegee Insitiute.

classes. Weddings. Note: According to a news item in Photoplay, Apr 1918, this film was produced Note: Working titles for this film were External Circumstances, A Made-to-Order by Thomas H. Ince at the Triangle studios in the summer of 1917. Ince, the item Derelict and Easy Money. Sources vary in crediting Ferris Hartman or Henri D’Elba noted, did not want to release the film because it was not complimentary to blacks, as director. so he let stage producer A. H. Woods exhibit it in Los Angeles in 1918. The news item further states that during the brief exhibition, the city authorities began litigation

ETR 5 Jan 1918, p. 451. NYDM 5 Jan 1918, p. 20. against the film. It was shelved until the Frequal Company, in which Woods was MPN 12 Jan 1918, p. 292. Var 4 Jan 1918, p. 43. financially interested, presented it at the Astor Theatre in New York on 19 Apr 1925.

MPW 12 Jan 1918, p. 276. Wid's 3 Jan 1918, pp. 850-51. (See AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.1960.) This presentation included a staged prologue and epilogue written by Willard Mack. In the prologue, Jack

FRECKLES F1.1476 Richardson, who played Alexander Marshall in the film, exhorts black singers and Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 28 May dancers by a levee to assert themselves as equals to whites. In the epilogue, it is revealed that the preceding film was Richardson’s dream; he awakens and says that 1917 [Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co.; 16 May 1917; LP10776]. 5 reels. Booker T. Washington was right in stating that the Negro should stay in his place. Dir Marshall Neilan. Asst dir Dudley Blanchard. Scen Marion Fairfax. The story by R. Cecil Smith was copyrighted in 1917 by Thomas H. Ince. Some of

Cam Walter Stradling. the story varies from the plot as reported by reviewers of the film in 1925. The film

Source: Based on the novel Freckles by Gene Stratton Porter (New York, __ WaS not well received by critics in New York; NYT noted: “The story is as distasteful

1904). as it is ridiculous,” while Var stated that it “is just so much junk.

Cast: Jack Pickford (Freckles), Louise Huff (Angel), Hobart Bosworth Phono * a 18 P. 104. mr FAO PS

(John McLean), Lillian Leighton (Bird Woman), Billy Elmer (Black Jack), Guy Oliver (Duncan).

Drama. Freckles, a little one-armed waif living at the orphanage, has no FREE RUSSIA F1.1478

remembrance of either his father or mother. The butt of the other 1919? 4 reels. , children’s jokes, Freckles finally runs away and after many struggles meets Documentary? The film examines Russian history, including the John McLean, the boss of the lumber camp who, admiring the boy’s spunk, Petrograd provisional government of Alexander Kerensky, and makes appoints him watchman of Limberlost, a valuable timber swamp. There reference to international political figures Arthur Henderson, Albert Freckles meets Angel, who is spending the summer with the Bird Woman, — Thomas, and Elihu Root and to Russian military figures Prince Kuropatkin an enthusiastic naturalist. Angel falls in love with Freckles, but he believes = and General Brusilov. [No other information concerning the film’s content that her feelings for him spring from pity. While they are in the swamp one has been discovered.] Alexander Kerensky. Russia—History-1917-1921

day, a huge tree topples, imperilling Angel's life. Freckles throws himself = Revolution. Alexei Alexeevich Brusilov. Arthur Henderson. Alexei in the path of the tree which falls across his chest. Thinking that he is just Nikolaievich Kuropatkin. Elihu Root. Albert Thomas. a waif and therefore unworthy of Angel’s love, Freckles does not care to Note: It is unclear whether this film was ever released to theaters under this or any live. As he lies near death, his English grandfather dies, leaving a portion other title. The records of the Community Motion Picture Bureau list “Moe” as its of his estate to his grandson. Solicitors finally trace the lost child to distributor, but it is unclear whether Moe distributed the film nationally or locally. Freckles in the hospital. The news of the good fortune is told to Angel, who _!t is possible that Moe was the state rights distributor Moe Streimer. goes to tell the dying boy. The realization that he is now on the same social scale with Angel brings back his ebbing life, and the two face a happy life

together. Children. Inheritance. Self-sacrifice. Waifs. Disabled persons. © THE FREEDOM OF THE WORLD see FOR THE FREEDOM OF

Grandfathers. Lumber camps. Missing persons. Naturalists. Runaways. THE WORLD Note: Eve Unsell wrote an early scenario that was replaced by Fairfax’s. FBO Pictures released a film based on the same source on 21 Mar 1928. It was directed

1921.30: FS 1987) starred John Fox Jr. (see AFI Catalog of Feature Films, FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH F1.1479 ETR o_o 6 May 1917, p. 1749 NYDM 26 May 1917, p. 28 World Film Corp.; Peerless. Dist World Film Corp. 18 Sep 1916 Motog _—‘9. Jun 1917, p. 1230. NYDM _‘9 Jun 1917, p. 31. [World Film Corp.; 13 Sep 1916; LU9096]. 5 reels.

MPN 2 Jun 1917, p. 3460. Var 8 Jun 1917, p. 21. Dir Emile Chautard. Asst dir George Archainbaud. Scen Frances MPW 2 Jun 1917, p. 1457, 1500. Wid's 24 May 1917, p. 321. Marion. Cam Lucien Tainguy. . Source: Based on the novel Friday the Thirteenth by Thomas William

FREE see THE UPLIFTERS Lawson (New York, 1907).

Cast: Robert Warwick (Robert Brownley), Clarence Harvey (Peter

FREE AND EQUAL F1.1477 Brownley), Charles Brandt (Judge Lee Sands), Gerda Holmes (Beulah Thomas H. Ince. Dist A. H. Woods. 1918. 5 reels? Sands), Montagu Love (Count Varneloff), Lenore Harris (Simone). . Dir R. William Neill. Story R. Cecil Smith. Drama. When Judge Lee Sands, an aristocratic Southern gentleman, is

Cast: Charles K. French (Judge Lowell), Gloria Hope (His daughter ruined by high-powered Wall Street tycoon Peter Brow nley, his daughter Margaret), Jack Curtis (Her fiancé), Lydia Knott (Mrs. Lowell), Jack Beulah tries to retaliate by getting a job in Peter’s office. She manages to Richardson (Alexander Marshall), Thomas J. Guise (Prosecuting obtain secret information from Peter, which her father then tries to use to

attorney), J. J. Dowling (The Colonel). rebuild his own fortune and make Peter S collapse. At the office, Beulah Melodrama/Social. Judge Lowell creates The Society for the Uplift of meets Peter's son Robert, and they fall in love at first sight. In spite of the the Negro to satisfy his passion for the equality of the races and to further romance, Beulah still , makes © landestine phone calls to her father, his own political ambitions. At Tuskegee Institute, Lowell meets Alexander providing him with privileged information. When Robert catches her, Marshall, an extremely bright mulatto student. As Marshall shares however, he locks her in the closet until the stock market Closes. Later, Lowell’s dream to see the intermarriage of the races result in equality, he when he lets her out, she apovogizes and he forgives her. They then begin

becomes Lowell’s private secretary and passes for the son of a wealthy panning ther marriage, which a S nee Men VOk ead ha an

; . — . evenge. Stock market. Judges. Southerners. Tycoons.

Creole abolitionist in order to raise money for their organization. Lowell’s Ro, Judge. Father-daughter relationship. New York City-Wall Street. daughter Margaret falls in love with Marshall, who satisfies his lustful Note: The film was also called Friday the 13th

“instincts” in brothels. After Margaret recoils from his advances, Marshall Mot ° 30 Sep 1916. p. 785 » Var 8 Sep 1916. v.20 encounters Belle Andrews, a good-looking maid who earlier flirted with MPN. 33 Sep 1916, 5. 1890. Wid’s 14 Sep 1916, is 909. him, and kisses her against her will. Margaret comes to apologize and MPW 23 Sep 1916, p. 1959, 2031.

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FRIEND HUSBAND AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG FRIEND HUSBAND F 1.1480 Pres Adolph Zukor. Dir Edward Dillon. Scen Lawrence McCloskey.

Goldwyn Pictures Corp. Dist Goldwyn Distributing Corp. 11 Aug Cam George Folsey. 1918 [OGoldwyn Pictures Corp.; 6 Aug 1918; LP12725]. 5 reels, 4,925 ft. Source: Based on the play The Frisky Mrs. Johnson by Clyde Fitch Dir Clarence G. Badger. Scen Edfrid Bingham. Story Lois Zellner. (New York, 9 Feb 1903).

Cam Ned Van Buren. Art dir Hugo Ballin. Cast: Billie Burke (Belle Johnson), Ward Crane (Jim Morley), Jane Cast: Madge Kennedy (Dorothy Dean), Rockliffe Fellowes (Don Warrington (Grace Morley), Lumsden Hare (Frank Morley), Huntley Morton), George Bunny (Judge Roan), Paul Everton (Henry Morton), Gordon (Sir Lionel Heathcote), Jean de Briac (Max Dendeau), Robert

William Davidson (John Sparr), Jean Armour (Mary Sparr). Agnew (Lal Birkenread), Leonora Ottinger (Mrs. Birkenread), Emily Comedy-drama. Dorothy Dean, a wealthy young woman with modern Fitzroy (Mrs. Chardley). ideas, abhors the institution of marriage but discovers that she must be wed Comedy. Belle Johnson, a flirtatious widow in Paris for the carnival in order to receive a wealthy relative’s inheritance. Through Judge Roan, _ season, finds that the marriage of her sister Grace and Frank Morley is the family lawyer, Dorothy meets Don Morton, who agrees to accept a _ headed for trouble. Frank is very absorbed in his business, thus Grace has $10,000 check to marry her and then leave her in peace. After the begun an affair with the handsome Sir Lionel Heathcote. Belle tries to save ceremony, however, Dorothy’s new husband takes her to a lonely island her sister from eloping with Heathcote by making him promise to drop the retreat where he tries unsuccessfully to win her love. Defeated, he leaves affair and return to England. Finding them going ahead with their plans, the island. In his absence, she is attacked by thieves and is fighting for her however, she steps in, at the risk of losing the respect of Jim Morley, life when Don returns and rescues her. Dorothy now realizes that she is Frank’s brother, who has just returned from South America to ask Belle happy to have a husband, and the two embark on a real honeymoon. to marry him. Discovering Belle at Heathcote’s apartment, Frank leads Inheritance. Marriage of convenience. Upper classes. \slands. Judges. _Jim to believe that she has been entirely too frisky, but Grace confesses the

Rescues. Thieves. truth to her husband, rather than see her sister lose the man she loves.

rR 4 Ate ole P. M9 eM 4 Aue re p. 3 Finally, Belle and Jim go off on their honeymoon. /nfidelity. Marriage. MPW 3 Aup 1918 i 195.26. Wid's It Aug 1918 Op. 39-30. Neglected wives. Self-sacrifice. Sisters. Brothers. Businessmen. MPW 17 Aug 1918, pp. 1016-17. Carnivals. Confession. Elopement. English. False accusations. Nobility. Paris. Widows.

ETR 1 Jan 1921, p. 399. MPW 29 May 1920, p. 1176. FRIENDS AND FOES F1.1481 MPN 18 Dec 1920, p. 4683. MPW 26 Feb 1921, p. 1094. The American Correspondent Film Co. 1915? [©The American

Correspondent Film Co.; 8 Oct 1915; LU6580]. 4 reels. FRIVOLOUS WIVES see THE MARRIED VIRGIN Story Edward Lyell Fox. Compiled and assembled by Edward Lyell Fox

and A. K. Dawson. , _ | FROM BROADWAY TO A THRONE F1.1484 Documentary / World War I. According to a Synopsis in the copyright Universal Film Mfg. Co.; Red Feather Photoplays. Dist Universal Film descriptions, the film was about the treatment of war prisoners inGerman — gry, Co, 31 Jul 1916 [©Universal Film Mfg. Co, Inc.; 30 Jun 1916: military camps, with extensive coverage of prisoners at Zossen, near Berlin, LP8624]. 5 reels. and the operation of captured industries. Medical attention given to injured Dir William Bowman. Scen E.J. Clawson. Story William Bowman. prisoners in German military hospitals was also shown. Germany. M ilitary Cast: Carter De Haven (Jimmie), Walter Belasco (The king), Marvel camps. Military occup ation. Prisoners of war. World War |. Factories. Spencer (Bess), Yona Landowska (Princess Corinne), Frank MacQuarrie

Hospitals. WarMalcolm injuries. Zossen (Germany). ;; , pes ; , (Heldone), Blevins (Herman Marlex), Albert MacQuarrie,

in release charts. a ee ; f . ; . Note: No information has been located concerning this film’s release. It is not listed William Canfield, T. D. Crittenden (Emissaries)

Comedy. Just before a big bout, Jimmie, a New York prize fighter, gets a lucky medal from his friend Billy. Herman Marlex, a chronic teller of

THE FRINGE OF SOCIETY | F 1.1482 tall tales informs Jimmie that the medal is really a royal one, worn by the George Backer Film Corp. Dist State Rights; M. H. Hoffman, Inc.; infant Prince of Magonia when he was kidnapped years before. Then, on

Foursquare Pictures. | Nov 1917. 7 reels. fight night, Jimmie is knocked senseless. On his way home, Magonian Dir Robert Ellis. Scen Pierre V. R. Key. Cam George K. Hollister, emissaries see him wearing the medal, and so haul him back to the

Edward Wynard and H. J. Butler. “homeland.” Despite his insisting that he is merely a boxer, Jimmie is

Cast: Ruth Roland (Esther Drake), Milton Sills (Martin Drake), Leah hailed as the returning prince. As a result, Heldone, a pretender to the Baird (Myra Strang), J. Herbert Frank (Ned Medford), George Larkin throne who now can make no claim to being Magonia’s ruler, organizes a (Tip O'Neill), Tammany Young (Scrap Blinn), Ollie Kirkby (Min palace revolt. Just as the mob is about to kill Jimmie, however, he wakes

Manning), Jules Cowles (Nigger Mike). up and hears the fight referee finish the ten-count. After the combination

Drama. Martin Drake, the publisher of the influential newspaper, The knockout-nightmare, Jimmie decides to give up boxing and to settle down Record, supports Prohibition because of his own secret battle with alcohol. with Bess, his sweetheart. Boxers. Boxing. Dreams. Mythical kingdoms. Ned Medford, a powerful politician who represents the liquor interests, is Talismans. Mistaken identity. Mobs. New York City. Palaces. Revolts. infatuated with Martin’s wife Esther, and when Martin enters the room as Royalty. Storytellers. Usurpers.

Medford is seizing her in his arms, he mistakenly believes that she is being MPN 22 Jul 1916, p. 454, MPW 5 Aug 1916, p. 991.

unfaithful to him and goes on a drinking spree. One of Medford’s MPW 22 Jul 1916, p. 651. Wid's 13 Jul 1916, p. 710. henchmen kidnaps Martin to prevent him from publishing information that

would implicate Medford in a plot to destroy the publisher. Reporter Tip FROM DUSK TO DAWN F1.1485 O’Neill rescues Martin and writes up the story, while Martin goes to Occidental Motion Picture Co. of California. Dist Ernest Shipman. Sep? Medford’s apartment, just as Medford is attacking Esther, who had gone 1913. 4 reels. there to plead her husband’s case. After a furious fight in which Medford Dir Frank E. Wolfe. Scen Frank E. Wolfe. is soundly defeated, Esther explains everything to her husband, and his Cast: Clarence Darrow (Dan’s lawyer). shadows of doubt are dispelled. Alcoholics. Politicians. Prohibition. Drama /Social. The manager of a large iron works fires employee Daniel

Publishers. Abduction. Attempted rape. Reporters. Grayson, whom he believes is a dangerous agitator. Afterwards, Dan’s Note: According to the MPSD, Louis De Klade worked on the film in some friend, young Freddy Wayne, is killed in an explosion at the iron works,

capacity. and Dan is arrested during the resulting riot. At the police station, he MPN 8 Dec 1917, p. 3616, 3664. NYDM 17 Nov 1917, p. 19. befriends Freddy’s sister Carlena, who has been arrested for picketing, and

PW ONS i917 P ee on 2 a i917 a3 1-32. when Dan is persuaded to run for governor on the Working Class ticket,

MPW 18 May 1918, p. 1039. Carlena takes an active part in the campaign. Fearing defeat, Dan’s

opponents bring charges of conspiracy against him, but a famous labor attorney convinces the jury of Dan’s innocence. Consequently, he wins the

THE FRISKY MRS. JOHNSON F1.1483 election but later faces a crisis with the introduction of a “right to work” Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; bill. Despite powerful opposition to the bill, Dan heeds Carlena’s pleas and Paramount Pictures. 21 Nov 1920 [OFamous Players-Lasky Corp.; 12 Nov signs it, thereby winning her hand in marriage. Dismissal. Iron foundries.

1920; LP15796). 5 reels, 5,586 ft. Labor agitators. Labor unions. Political campaigns. Trials. False arrests. 306

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governors. PHILIPPINES

Conspiracy. Explosions. False accusations. Lawyers. Riots. State FROM SAVAGES TO CITIZENS see NATIVE LIFE IN THE Note: The film was also known as Labor vs. Capital and was listed in one review as five reels in length. Clarence Darrow, the famous criminal lawyer, probably played

himself in this film. Darrow, a noted labor attorney, defended two brothers named FROM SAVAGES TO CIVILIZATION see NATIVE LIFE IN THE

McNamara in 1911 for bombing the Los Angeles Times building. Because of the PHILIPPINES confessions of the brothers during their trial, Darrow was then repudiated by American labor leaders and never again represented labor interests. This film was FROM THE DISASTER OF CAPORETTO TO RESCUE OF

made more than a year after the trial, and its surrounding publicity had already TRENTINO AND TRIESTE F1.1488

Motog _15 Nov 1913, p. 369. MPW _.20 Sep 1913, p. 1323. Oct 1919? 4 reels. . —

MPW 13 Sep 1913, p. 1185. Documentary? [No information on the contents of this film has been found.] Caporetto (Italy). Trentino (Italy). Trieste (Italy). World War 1. Note: This film was “disapproved” by the Pennsylvania Censorship Board on 31

FROM HEADQUARTERS F1.1486 Oct 1919.

5 reels. WEST

Vitagraph Co. of America. Dist Vitagraph Co. of America; A Vitagraph Special. 10 Mar 1919 [©Vitagraph Co. of America; 1 Apr 1919; LP13584]. © FROM THE GOLDEN WEST see THE MAN FROM THE GOLDEN Dir Ralph Ince. Story David Sonnenblick. Ed George Randolph Chester.

Cast: Anita Stewart (Rose Peters), Earle Williams (William Brown), FROM THE MANGER TO THE CROSS F1.1489 Anders Randolf (Sergeant Bill Peters), Templer Saxe (Edward Kalem Co. Dist State Rights. Jan-Feb 1913 [OKalem Co.; 23 Oct 1912:

Temple), Ruth Edwards (Belle Waring). LU56. ©Kalem Co.; 2 Dec 1912; MP20]. 5 reels.

Drama. Stern Detective Sergeant Bill Peters, who believes there is no Prod Frank J. Marion. Dir Sidney Olcott. Scen Gene Gauntier. Cam excuse for crime, deeply loves his innocent, motherless daughter Rose. George K. Hollister. Art dir Henry Allen Farnham. When Peters forbids Rose to date her employer, William Brown, a libertine Cast: Robert Henderson-Bland (Jesus, the man), Percy Dyer (Jesus, as stockbroker whom she loves, Brown provokes her jealousy until she lies to a youth), Gene Gauntier (Mary), Alice Hollister (Mary Magdalene), her father and sees Brown clandestinely. While Rose happily daydreams Samuel Morgan (Pilate), James D. Ainsley (John the Baptist), Robert G. about intimately taking Brown’s dictation, Brown, whose interest in women Vignola (Judas), George Kellog (Herod), J. P. McGowan.

is piqued by a challenge, begins to flirt with Belle Waring, a new Drama/Historical. The life of Christ is depicted in scenes including the stenograpiet: hares the clerks nidieuie Rowe s devotion, she complains to Annunciation, the flight of Joseph and Mary into Egypt, the period of

browns fim orang Bll Afr Brown tat Be fret Jsurist’s youth the eraling of Crs Joh the Bap the cang ’ isciples, thesysmiracles, last days, theby last supper, andohhis a suspicions aboat Rose's wu case, Rose conceals her involvement. Once crucifixion and death. ess Christ. Betnvenem Christianity. Crucifixion. ’ Egypt. John the Baptist, Saint. Joseph, Saint. Apostles. Mary, Blessed

her when word arrives from headquarters that Brown has dropped the Virgin Saint. P P P Y

charges. Later, Brown visits to apologize and Peters nearly chokes him to Note: The film was shot in Egypt and Palestine, sometimes in actual locations death. After Rose separates them, Peters reluctantly consents to their mentioned in Biblical literature. According to the copyright entry and an ad for the marriage. Attempted murder. Detectives. Father-daughter relationship. film, the full title of the film was From the Manger to the Cross; or Jesus of Libertines. Secretaries. Flirtation. Jealousy. Knife wounds. Stockbrokers. Nazareth. One review of the film referred to it as The Life of Christ. The film was Note: This film is a re-edited version of a three reel film which Vitagraph released shown on 3 Oct 1912 in London at Queen's Hall to an audience of clergy. The film on the General Film Co. program on 16 Mar 1915. It was produced by Broadway Star had its premiere in New York ata special screening, also to an audience of clergy, Features and opened in New York at the Vitagraph Theatre on 7 Feb 1915. A modern on 14 Oct 1912 at Wanamaker s Auditorium. The film’s first public exhibition was source lists Donald Buchanan as the scenarist of the 1915 version. The original version in Jacksonville, Florida in either Jan or Feb 1913. The Vitagraph Co. of America

was copyrighted by The Vitagraph Co. of America; 15 Feb 1915; LP4464 acquired Kalem’s properties in Feb 1919 and, according to a modern source, released

ETR 8 Mar 1919, »P p. 1078 MPW 30 Feb p 1150 a six reel re-edited version the film. According to a modern source, theoffilm was e »PP ,re-issued in1915 1938 with a musical score andof narration, and with the addition faked

MPN ” ve io > P. 950-51 pw 0 ee ile P- nen close-ups. Louis Heck, the U. S. Consular Representative in Palestine, assisted the

MPN 8 Mar 1919. PP Alo : 4 »P. company. According to producer Frank J. Marion, the company hired nine or more

P. English players for the films they made in the Middle East, including Robert Henderson-Bland, Percy Dyer, and Montague Sidney. Marion mentioned that the costumes were based on Tissot (James Joseph Jacques Tissot’s Vie de Notre Seigneur,

FROM NOW ON F1.1487 Jesus Christ, studies for a series of 300 watercolors exhibited in 1894). According to

Fox Dist Fox C 26 Lorp. Sep 1920 [OWilli Fox: NYDM , the temple scenes were designed accordance thetogreat of Dr. Ox Film FilmCVorp. Uist Film Fox Film ep Nam FOX, ep26S Schick.” Sidney Olcott and Gene Gauntier left“inKalem in Decwith 1912 formworks the Gene

1920; LP15622]. 5 reels. Gauntier Feature Players. Most of the titles in the film are quotations from the Bible. Dir Raoul Walsh. Scen Raoul Walsh. Story Frank L. Packard. Cam The following information comes from modern sources: The cast included Helen

Joseph Ruttenberg. Lab work by Ben Bail. Lindroth as Martha, Jack J. Clark as John, J. P. McGowan as Andrew, Sidney Baber Cast: George Walsh (Dave Henderson), Regina Quinn (Teresa as raz din Ravin yee Sid ey 8 J ph. Gene Gaunt d Jack Clark

° : : as Lazarus, an ontague sidney as Josepn. Uene Uauntier an ac arK were

Capriano), Mario Majeroni (Capriano), Paul Everton (Bokky Mot 2 Oct 1912 "08 é. MPW 19 Oct 1912. 0. 233

Sharvan), J. A. Marcus (Martin Tydeman), Tom Walsh (Detective Motog 15 Mar 1913, 194. MPW 26 Oct 1912. 324, Barjan), Cesare Gravina (Tony Lomazzi), Robert Byrd (Millman). MPW 20 Apr 1912, p. 208. MPW 1 Mar 1913, p. 866. Drama/Crime. Dave Henderson, an orphan who has become the MPW 1 Jun 1912, pp. 819-20. NYDM 23 Oct 1912, p. 28. beneficiary of a rich man’s will, falls in with race-track crooks Martin pW 5 on ole OD. toa, NY DM " pee tote . e

Tydeman and Bokky Sharvan who bilk him out of his $100,000 u_ o_o inheritance. In retaliation, Dave steals the money from Tydeman’s safe, but |

is caught and sentenced to five years in jail. In prison, Dave becomes FROM THE VALLEY OF THE MISSING 9 vue FI.1490

friendly with Millman, who is about to be released, and reveals the money’s Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. Mar 1915 [OWilliam Fox; 29 Mar hiding place to him, arranging to rendezvous at the end of Dave’s term. 1915; LP6037]. 5 reels. Once released, Dave is hounded by members of Tydeman’s gang as well Pres William Fox. Dir Frank Powell. Scen Clara S. Beranger. as the police, who are waiting for him to retrieve his bounty. While taking Source: Based on the novel From the Valley of the Missing by Grace

refuge at the house of Capriano, an old bombmaker, Dave falls in love with Miller White (New York, 1911). . the old man’s daughter Teresa. However, Capriano sets a trap for Dave, Cast: Jane Miller (Anne Shellington), Vivian Tobin (Flea), Harry who awakens in a drugged state to find the $100,000 missing. With the help Spingler (Horace Shellington), W. N. “Bill” Bailey (Everett of Millman and Teresa, Dave recovers the money, turns it over to the police Brinbecombe), William Riley Hatch (Lon Cronk), Robert Cummings

and resolves to go straight. Criminals—Rehabilitation. Heirs. Inheritance. (Lem Cr abbe), Kate Cummings (Cronk’s wife), Arline Hackett Prison. Swindlers. Theft. Bombmakers. Gangs. Orphans. Racetracks. (Crabbe S wife), Clifford Bruce (Governor Vandecar), Catherine Calhoun

Wills. (Mrs. Vandecar), George Tobin (Flukey). ETR 11 Sep 1920, p. 1619. NYDM __ 25 Sep 1920, p. 563. Drama. When Lem Crabbe, a thieving scow captain, threatens his wife, MPW 2 Oct 1920, p. 688. Wid's 19 Sep 1920, p. 31. she gives their baby to a sympathetic-looking woman on a yacht and pleads 307

FROM THE WEST AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG that she save the child. Years later, the child, now named Everett Cast: Maude Fealy (Frou Frou), Phyllis Bostwick (Louise), Harry Brinbecombe, is engaged to his neighbor, Anne Shellington. Meanwhile, Benham (Henri de Sartorys), James Cruze (Comte Paul de Valreas), The

Crabbe’s partner, Lon Cronk, kidnaps the twin children of District Kidlet (Georges). Attorney Vandecar, who, years earlier, sent Cronk to prison and would not Melodrama. Comte Paul de Valreas is attracted to Frou Frou, the let him stay with his sick wife, who then died. Cronk and Crabbe name the frivolous wife of Henri de Sartorys and the indifferent mother of their twins Flukey and Flea. After suffering years of abuse, they escape and are young son Georges. Paul persuades Frou Frou to bring her somber sister cared for by Anne and her brother Horace. Both Horace and Everett fall Louise, who secretly loves Henri, into the household, thus freeing her from in love with Flea, who repulses Everett’s forced kisses. After Crabbe any domestic duties. Frou Frou returns Paul’s affections and neglects her threatens to kill Horace and Flukey if Flea does not return with him, the husband and son even more than before. Louise quickly assumes direction

Shellingtons and Flukey ask Vandecar, now the Governor, for help. of Henri’s home and innocently supplants Frou Frou in the eyes of her Vandecar realizes that Flukey is his son. After Everett and Crabbe, his husband and child. Sensing that her presence is no longer needed at the father, kill each other fighting over Flea, Vandecar convinces Cronk that Sartorys estate, Frou Frou bitterly denounces Louise and then elopes with he tried to help Cronk’s wife and then adopted their daughter. Flea is Paul to Venice. Henri pursues them and slays his rival in a duel. Alone in

restored to her parents and the Shellingtons. Battered children. Venice, Frou Frou becomes gravely ill. She is found on her deathbed by Kidnapping. Parentage. Revenge. Sea captains. Battered women. Louise, who summons Henri and Georges. As she dies, Frou Frou gives the

District attorneys. Escapes. Filial relations. Foundlings. Infanticide. three her blessing. Family life. Infidelity. Marriage. Rivalry. Sisters.

Lechery. Patricide. State governors. Twins. Desertion. Duels. France. Nobility. Venice (Italy). Note: Some sources refer to the tile of the film as Valley of the Missing. George Note: A 1917 version of the story was produced by Peerless and released under the and Vivian Tobin were twins. title A Hungry Heart. A 1938 M-G-M version of the story, The Toy Wife, was Motog 10 Apr 1915, p. 588. MPN 10 Apr 1915, p. 56. directed by Richard Thorpe and starred Luise Rainer.

MPN 20 Mar 1915, pp. 10-11. MPW 3 Jan 1914, p. 94. MPW 17 Jan 1914, p. 276. FROM THE WEST see THE TORCH BEARER FROU FROU (World Film Corp.; Peerless) see A HUNGRY HEART

FROM TWO TO SIX F1.1491 THE FROZEN WARNING F1.1494 | Triangle Film Corp. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 17 Feb 1918. 5 Commonwealth Pictures Corp. Dist State Rights. 22 Dec 1917 [OH. A. reels. Spanuth; 28 Jan 1918; LU12011]. 6 reels. Supv Allan Dwan. Dir Albert Parker. Asst dir Thomas F. Tracey. Dir Oscar Eagle. Scen Robert Morton Lee. Cam Jackson T. Ross.

Cam Roy Vaughn. | Cast: Charlotte Hayward (Charlotte), Jack Meredith (Robert Vane),

Source: Based on the short story “The Button Thief” by Arthur Stringer Seymour Rose (Philip Korel), Ralph Johnson (Capt. Fredericks),

(publication undetermined). Courtlandt J. Van Deusen (Emil Clupper), Charles Gardner, Esther Lynn,

Cast: Winifred Allen (Alice Stevens), Earle Foxe (Howard Skeele), Gerald Kaehm. Forrest Robinson (John Stevens), Robert Fischer (Baron Kuno Von Drama/World War I, Espionage. Charlotte stumbles upon the secret

Wiederholtz), Margaret Greene (Madame Elsa), Clarence Handyside workshop of Robert Vane, an inventor, who is perfecting an anti-submarine (Richard Skeele), Charles B. Wells (George Worth), Madeline Marshall torpedo under the watchful eyes of German spies. Robert and Charlotte (Margaret Worth), Amy Somers (French maid), Riley Hatch (House soon fall in love. During a skating exhibition at a Red Cross bazaar,

detective). Charlotte sees the spies while she is performing, and vainly attempts to

Comedy-drama/World War I, Espionage. During World War I, John warn Robert by carving a message in ice. Later, the conspirators steal the

Stevens invents an anti-submarine device, but the plans are stolen by two torpedo, resulting in a complex chase which ends with the spies in the arms

German spies, the Baron von Wiederholtz and Madame Elsa, who flee to of the secret service, and Charlotte in the arms of Robert. Germans. ‘a New York hotel. Stevens’ daughter Alice pursues the spies hoping to Inventors. Secret Service. Spies. Torpedoes. Chases. Ice skating. Red

retrieve the plans. Also lodging at the hotel are Howard Skeele and Cross.

Margaret Worth, childhood friends whose parents are forcing them to Note: Charlotte Hayward was a famous ice-skating star during the teens. This was marry with threats of disinheritance. In attempting to escape, Howard her first film. This film was also reviewed under the title Charlotte. It was shot in finds himself in the baron’s suite just in time to spy the German in the act Chicago.

of hiding the plans. Howard directs Alice to the plans, and then, because ew " May i918 P ore We 9 Nee 117 P 30. he must be wed before six o’clock that evening or lose his inheritance, he MPW 5 Oct 1918, p. 136. proposes to her. They marry with Margaret’s blessing, the spies are

arrested, and Alice returns home with the plans and a husband. Inventions. FRUITS OF DESIRE F1.1495 Marriage-Forced. Sp es. Theft. World War |. Disinheritance. Escapes. William A. Brady Picture Plays, Inc. Dist World Film Corporation. 31

Germans. Hotels. Nobility. Secret plans. Jan 1916 [©World Film Corp.; 29 Jan 1916; LU7559]. 5 reels.

he » re ole is oe, Wa ie Fe tole . oe Dir Oscar Eagle. Asst dir Harry Weir. Cam Sol Polito.

MPW _-23 Feb 1918, p. 1137, 1140. o_o Source: Based on the novel The Ambition of Mark Truitt by Henry Russell Miller (Indianapolis, 1913).

FRONTIER DAYS F1.1492 Cast: Robert Warwick (Mark Truitt), Madeline Traverse (Kazia), Hall’s Western Productions. 4 Jul 1920 [©Hall’s Western Productions; Dorothy Fairchild (Unity), Robert Cummings (Thomas Henley), Alec B.

30 Oct 1920; MU1826]. 5 reels. Francis (Jeremiah Quimby), Ralph Delmore (Roman Androskia), D. J. Cam P. D. Hall and Glenn L. Hyder. Flannigan (Blair), James Mack (Piotr), James Ewens (Gracy), Adolphe

Cast: Mr. Tom L. Burnett, Mrs. Tom L. Burnett, Bryan Roach, Tommy _—_Lestina (Rev. Courtenay), Philip Basi (Dr. Graham), George Moss Kirnan, Bey Kirnan, Fog Horn Clancy, Hugh Strickland, Leonard Stroud, (S/mon Truitt), Harry Weir (Bill Slocum). Documentary, Western. A roundup held in Tarrant County, Texas is Drama. Mark Truitt dreams of becoming a steel magnate, so he leaves shown in this documentary. Contestants are shown participating in roping, 5/8 home in the country, as well as his sweetheart Unity and settles in riding and other events. Indians perform native dances in authentic dress, Pittsburgh. He starts out as a laborer in the steel mill, but soon becomes Cowboys. Rodeos. Roundups. Tarrant County (Texas). Folk dancing. a foreman and then a superintendent. Mark lives with the shop foreman,

Indians of North America. whose daughter Kazia falls in love with him. Truitt, however, returns alone Note: All of the persons in the film were actual contestants in the roundup. to his home town and builds his own mill. Wealthy now, he marries Unity, but money changes her, and so the couple gets a divorce. In the end, Mark

, goes back to Pittsburgh, finds Kazia, who has never stopped loving him,

FROU FROU , F1.1493 and marries her. Ambition. Pittsburgh. Steel mills. Wealth, City-country Thanhouser Film Corp. Dist Mutual Film Corp. | Jan 1914. 4 reels. contrast. Divorce. Fidelity. Steel magnates. Steel workers.

Adapted by Lloyd F. Lonergan. . . . Note: This film was also known as The Ambition of Mark Truitt. lt was remade Source: Based on the play Froufrou by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic in 1919 as Fruits of Passion, by McClure Productions, Inc. (see below listing).

Halévy (Paris, 30 Oct 1869) and the play Frou-Frou by Augustin Daly MPN 22 Jan 1916, p. 353, 363. MPW 5 Feb 1916, p. 792, 848.

(New York, 15 Feb 1870). MPN 29 Jan 1916, p. 561. 308

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 FULL OF PEP FRUITS OF PASSION F1.1496 Motog 12 Aug 1916, p. 394. MPW 2 Sep 1916, p. 1599. McClure Productions, Inc. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 9 Aug New rs Ae ole . roo. Waren M4 Ae i916 if soa.

1919. 5 reels.

Dir George Ridgwell. Scen L. Case Russell. Story George Ridgwell. A FUGITIVE FROM MATRIMONY F1.1499 Source: Based on the novel The Ambition of Mark Truitt by Henry Jesse D. Hampton Productions. Dist Robertson-Cole Distributing Corp.

Russell Miller (Indianapolis, 1913). 23 Nov 1919. 5 reels, 4,979 ft.

Cast: Alice Mann, Frances Mann, Emilie J. De Varny, Colin Campbell, Supv Jesse D. Hampton. Dir Henry King. Scen Fred Myton. Story Fred Philip Yale Drew, Donald Hall, John L. Russell, Harry Fischer, Charles Myton. Cam Victor Milner.

Robbins. Cast: H. B. Warner (Stephen Van Courtlandt), Seena Owen

Drama. [The plot of this film revolves around the self-sacrifice of a man (Barbara Riggs), Adele Farrington (Mrs. E. Elmer Riggs), Walter Perry for his younger brother whose rash actions bring tragedy to his family and (Zachariah E. Riggs), Christine Mayo (Edythe Arlington), Matthew other loved ones. No further plot information is available.] Brothers. Family Biddulph (Maurice Bradford), John Gough (Chimmy the Cricket), Lule

life. Self-sacrifice. Warrenton (Mother Kelly). Note: Scenes for this film were shot in the Adirondack Mountains, NY. Although Comedy. The Riggs family, newly wealthy from Oklahoma oil, move to

it was scheduled for release on a state rights basis in Mar 1919, the film was picked an estate in Ossining, New York, adjoining that of eligible bachelor up by Triangle and was not distributed until Aug 1919. A 1916 film, Fruits of — Stephen Van Courtlandt, who wants to avoid marriage. Mrs. Riggs

Desire (seeplot. above listing),to was basedinto on the same source, a significantly . >, , different anxious break society, wants but herincluded daughter Barbara to 0marry ETR 8 Mar 1919, p. 1075. MPN | Mar 1919, p. 1356. Stephen. While Stephen is fishing, an escaped convict from Sing Sing,

, Chimmy the Cricket, convinces him to exchange clothes so that he can escape the pursuing guards. Pursued, Stephen climbs into Barbara’s THE FUEL OF LIFE oo, F1.1497 bedroom window, and Barbara, excited to be able to reform a criminal, Triangle Film Corp. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 18 Nov 1917.5 gives Stephen her butler’s clothes to wear. When Mrs. Riggs enters and reels. Stephen explains who he is, she says that they must announce their Dir Walter Edwards. Scen Grant Wallace. Story Maude Reeves White. engagement immediately to protect Barbara’s reputation, which they do,

Cam Gus Peterson. although Barbara still believes that Stephen is a convict. After Stephen is

Cast: Belle Bennett (Angela De Haven), F. H. Newburg (Bob suspected of stealing Mrs. Rigg’s jewels, the Cricket helps Stephen expose Spalding), J. Barney Sherry (Bragdon Brant), Texas Guinan (Violet the real thief and Barbara and Stephen, who have fallen in love, prepare Hilton), Lee Hill (Roger De Haven), Margaret Shillingford (Mrs. Van Der to marry. Bachelors. Impersonation and imposture. Mistaken identity.

Croot), Alberta Lee (Mrs. Spalding), Lee Phelps (Leonard Durant), Nouveaux riches. Social climbers. Engagements. Fishing. Jewelry. Eugene Burr (Rader), Edward Hayden (Old Creede), Thomas S. Guise Ossining (New York). Prison escapees. Reputation. Sing Sing Prison.

(Goldman), Estelle La Cheur (Mrs. Goldman). Thieves.

Drama. Finding that her husband Roger has been unfaithful to her, ETR 6 Dec 1919, p. 61. MPW 6 Dec 1919, p. 672.

Angela De Haven sets out to make all men pay for his perfidy. Roger, MPN 13 Dec 1919, p. 4331. Wid's 7 Dec 1919, p. 21. despairing of ever winning back his wife, sails for the South Sea islands and

is lost during the voyage. Meanwhile, Angela establishes a salon where THE FULL CUP see THE GILDED SPIDER prominent men vie for her attentions. One of the members of her court,

Bragdon Brant, controls the Bob Cat mine, but not the railroad extending A FULL HOUSE F 1.1500

to it which is owned by Bob Spalding. Brant sends Angela West to buy the Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; controlling interest in the railroad and she meets Bob, who falls in love with Paramount-Artcraft Pictures. 24 Oct 1920 [©OFamous Players-Lasky her. Angela refuses to marry him and flees after securing control of the Corp.; 31 Jul 1920; LP15411]. 5 reels, 4,200 ft. road through Bob’s partner, Durant. She returns to New York, intent upon Pres Jesse L. Lasky. Dir James Cruze. Scen Alice Eyton. Cam H. Kinley ruining Brant, but is prevented from carrying out her plans when Bob = Martin. Art dir Una Nixon Hopkins.

appears and forces her to realize the destructive path that her life has Source: Based on the play A Full House by Fred Jackson (New York,

taken. Angela then restores the railroad shares to Bob, and thus reconciled, 10 May 1915). . .

they travel West to spend the rest of their lives together. Infidelity. Moral Cast: Bryant Washburn (George Howell), Lois Wilson (Ottilie reformation. Revenge. Mines. Missing persons. New York City. Railroads. Howell), Guy Milham (Ned Pembroke), Hazel Howell (Daphne), Vera

Vamps. Lewis (Aunt Penelope), Beverly Travers (Vera Vernon), Lottie Williams Motog 8 Dec 1917, p. 1211. NYDM 17 Nov 1917, p. 19. (Susie), John Wild (Parks), Z. Wall Covington (Mooney), Frank Jonasson MPN 24 Nov 1917, p. 3616, 3665. Var 16 Nov 1917, p. 51. (King), Lillian Leighton (Mrs. Fleming). MPW 24 Nov 1917, p. 1187. Wid's 15 Nov 1917, p. 735. Comedy. Lawyer George Howell leaves his bride Ottilie on their wedding

MPW 1 Dec 1917, p. 1386. day, having promised client Ned Pembroke that he would procure some old love letters from Vera Vernon, a chorus girl with whom Ned was formerly THE FUGITIVE F1.1498 infatuated. George is detained for three days, and when he returns, Ottilie Thanhouser Film Corp. Dist Pathe Exchange, Inc.; Gold Rooster Plays. finds jewels and burglar’s tools in her husband’s suitcase which leads her

13 Aug 1916. 5 reels. to suspect that he is a thief. Susie, the maid, sees the jewels and decides Dir Frederick Sullivan. Scen Philip Lonergan. Cam Charles W. to earn the reward for their return. In the meantime, King, the real thief,

Hoffman. turns up with George’s grip, the latter having taken his by mistake. Susie

Cast: Florence La Badie (Margery Carew), Ethyle Cook (Anna calls the police, who refuse to allow anyone to leave the house. King is

Prentice), George Marlo (James Gray), Hector Dion (William Cleves), J. detained along with everyone else, and after a series of misadventures, the H. Gilmour, Samuel N. Niblack, Robert Vaughn, Dorothy Benham. real thief is apprehended, Ottilie is convinced of her husband’s innocence,

Drama. When Margery Carew and her widowed sister, Anna Prentice, the letters are restored to Ned and all ends happily. Burgiars. False find work in a brokerage firm, James Gray, the junior partner, falls in love | @CCusations. Gems. Newlyweds. Chorus girls. Housemaids. Lawyers.

with Margery, while his boss, William Cleves, does his best toseduce Anna. _—L€tters. Police. .

,ETR . Wallace, not by p. Beverly Travers. , ; ; ? 25 Sep 1920, 1844. Var 17 Sep 1920, p. 36. which she gets married and begins a new life. Following a lengthy search, MPN 18 Sep 1920, p. 2313. Wid's 12 Sep 1920, p. 29.

In fighting off William’s advances, Anna kills him, but Margery, hoping Note: One contemporary review states that Vera Vernon was played by Catherine to protect Anna’s child, takes the blame and then escapes to the West, after

the police manage to track her down, but Margery still refuses to save MPW 18 Sep 1920, p. 390. herself by telling the truth about the murder, even though Anna and her

child died several years before in a car crash. Finally, however, because he FULL OF PEP | F1.1501 still loves her and because he has been stricken by a deadly disease that will Metro Pictures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 26 May 1919 [©Metro kill him in a few months, James confesses to the murder, thereby freeing Pictures Corp.; 31 May 1919; LP13770]. 5 reels. Margery to return to her husband. Attempted rape. Fugitives. Murder. Supv Maxwell Karger. Dir Harry L. Franklin. Asst dir James J. Dunne

Self-sacrifice. Sisters. Brokers. Incurable illness. Partnerships. Police. and Dave Thompson. Scen A. S. Le Vino. Story Robert F. Hill. Cam

United States-West. Rudolph J. Bergquist. 309

THE FURNACE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Cast: Hale Hamilton (Jimmy Baxter), Alice Lake (Felicia Bocaz), Alice Susie, resentful, leaves, resolving to acquire the social graces she so sorely

Knowland (The duenna), Fred Malatesta (General Lopanzo), Charles Hill lacks. She employs the dishonest but polished J. Wells Stanton as an Mailes (Escamillo Gomez), Victor Potel (Beanpole), R. D. MacLean etiquette instructor but soon dismisses him for rudeness. On the road,

(President Bocaz). Stanton beats and robs Ledyard’s son Robert, who had been turned out of

Comedy. Returning from a selling trip, Jimmy Baxter, the fastest his home and told to make something of himself. The Baldwins nurse him salesman at his father’s munitions company, notices a pretty girl smiling back to health and engage him to replace Stanton. Mrs. Ledyard, hearing at him in the station. Since her train soon leaves, all Jimmy learns about that her son is in Susie’s clutches, comes to rescue him, but when she learns her is information on her luggage: her initials and destination, the Central that the girl who loves her son also saved his life, she finally accepts the

American republic Santo Dinero. When Jimmy’s father wants a delivery Baldwins. Class distinction. Etiquette. Prospectors. Upper classes. of munitions to be taken secretly to the president of Santo Dinero, so that Brokers. Filial relations. Mining camps. Nursing back to health. Rescues.

they are not appropriated by the many revolutionaries there, Jimmy Robbery. volunteers, and under the cover of selling patent medicine called “Pep,” in ETR 14 Dec 1918, p. 145. NYDM _21 Dec 1918, p. 918.

reality, whiskey, he finds that the president is the father of the girl in the NeW iu oe i918. . ay, 1253, Wis i Oe i918 are 6.

station, Felicia Bocaz. After Felicia’s suitor, General Lopanzo, who

secretly leads the revolutionary forces, discovers Jimmy’s real purpose, he ,

calls for an uprising. Jimmy, having earlier endeared himself to the natives THE GADABOUT see HER HUSBAND'S HONOR when he first sold, then gave away “Pep,” now tries it on the soldiers. He

wins their favor and also Felicia’s love, as her father returns to power. THE GALLEY SLAVE F1.1504 Imaginary republics. Latin America. Patent medicines. Salesmen. War Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 29 Nov 1915 [O©William Fox; 28 materials. Father-son relationship. Liquor. Military officers. Presidents. | Nov 1915; LP7070]. 5 reels.

Railroad stations. Revolutionaries. Pres William Fox. Dir J. Gordon Edwards. Scen Clara S. Beranger.

Note: Some scenes in this film were shot aboard the freighter Richard Morgan. Source: Based on the play The Galley Slave by Bartley Campbell (New

ETR 31 May 1919, p. 2025. Var 20 May 1919, p. 76. York, 1879). MPN 7 Jun 1919, p. 3853. Wid’s 1 Jun 1919, p. 17. Cast: Theda Bara (Francesca Brabaut), Claire Whitney (Cecily

MPW 7 Jun 1919, p. 1533. Blaine), Lillian Lawrence (Mrs. Blaine), Ben Hendricks (Mr. Blaine), Stuart Holmes (Antoine Brabaut), Jane Lee (Dolores Brabaut), Hardee

THE FURNACE F1.1502 Kirkland (Baron le Bois), Henry Leone, A. H. Van Buren.

Realart Pictures Corp.; William D. Taylor Productions. Dist Realart Melodrama. Francesca Brabaut, who married an artist against her Pictures Corp. Nov 1920 [©Realart Pictures Corp.; 23 Sep 1920; father’s advice, regrets her decision when her husband Antoine, in debt,

LP15602]. 7 reels. sends her to his misanthropic uncle to plead for money. After Francesca

Mer of production George Hopkins. Dir William D. Taylor. Asst dir refuses the uncle’s offer to change his will if she will have sex with him,

Frank O’Connor. Scen Julia Crawford Ivers. Cam James C. Van Trees. Art __ the uncle, declaring that he has misjudged women, decides to leave money

dir Wilfred Buckland. Tech dir Rev. Neal Dodd. to provide for Francesca and her child but dies of heart failure first. Source: Based on the novel The Furnace by Pan (pseud. of Leslie Antoine inherits a castle and title and deserts Francesca. Later, while

Beresford) (London, 1920). posing in Florence for an American artist, Francesca meets the artist’s

Cast: Agnes Ayres (Folly Vallance), Jerome Patrick (Anthony sweetheart, American heiress Cecily Blaine, whose mother wants her to Bond), Theodore Roberts (General Archibald Foulkes-Brent), Betty marry someone with a title. When Francesca learns that Antoine plans to Francisco (Patricia Brent), Milton Sills (Keene Mordaunt), Helen Dunbar marry Cecily, she threatens to expose him, but he convinces Cecily that

(Lady Foulkes-Brent), Fred Turner (Albert Vallance), Mayme Kelso Francesca and the artist are married. Cecily then consents to marry (Mrs. Vallance), Lucien Littlefield (Bert Vallance), Robert Bolder Antoine. After Francesca and the artist are sent to the galleys unjustly for (Solomon Bassbridge), Edward Martindel (Count Svenson). theft, Antoine is exposed. When he tries to kidnap their child, Francesca Drama/Society. Folly Vallance weds millionaire Anthony Bond solely shoots him, whereupon Cecily marries the artist. Artists. Desertion. out of love for his money. When he realizes this, Bond insists upon a Heiresses. Inheritance. Models. Americans in foreign countries. Duplicity. marriage in name only. Folly, out of exasperation, plunges into the social Extortion. False arrests. Galley slaves. Kidnapping. Misanthropes. whirl where Bond’s close friend, Keene Mordaunt, befriends her. When Manslaughter. Moral reformation. Nobility. Social climbers. Count Svensen attempts to blackmail Folly into running away with him, _ Note: Although the play was produced in New York in 1879, it is uncertain whether

Keene pursues them to a country house where they meet Anthony, who “een in that year. The play was later called No Escape; or, The Galley

accuses his friend of treachery. Folly finally recognizes her love for her Motog 11 Dec 1915, p. 1246. MPW I1 Dec 1915, p. 2024. husband and explains the cause of her actions; Bond forgives her and the MPN 11 Dec 1915, p. 86. Var 3 Dec 1915, p. 21. two are reconciled. Betrayal. Blackmail. Gold diggers. Marriage.

mnonalres. vopety: in Socialites ofoO Promt THE F1.1505 ote: is 11imerases. Was aavertised some acesbreach as reacn romise, or eGALLOPER 4, ‘ ° 4, .

Furnace. Rev. Neal Dodd, whom director Taylor engaged as technical director to Pathe Exchange, Inc. Dist Pathe Exchange, Inc.; Gold Rooster Plays. 10 oversee the details of the elaborate high church wedding scenes, was known in Sep 1915 [©Pathe Freres; 6 Oct 1915, LU6565]. 5 reels.

Hollywood as the “chaplain of the movies.” Dir Donald MacKenzie. Asst dir Thomas C. Regan. Scen George ETR 4 Dec 1920, p. 19. MPW 20 Nov 1920, p. 387. Brackett Seitz. MPN 27 Nov 1920, p. 4046, 4105. Wid's 28 Nov 1920, p. 8. Source: Based on the play The Galloper by Richard Harding Davis (New MPN 4 Dec 1920, p. 4345. York, 22 Jan 1906).

Cast: Clifton Crawford (Copeland ‘‘Cope’’ Schuyler), Melville Stewart

FUSS AND FEATHERS F1.1503 (Kirke Warren, “The Galloper’’), Fania Marinoff (His divorced wife),

Thomas H. Ince Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Artcraft Jessie Ralph (Sybil), Sam Ryan (Colonel of the Foreign Legion), Rhye Pictures. | Dec 1918 [OThomas H. Ince Corp.; 16 Nov 1918; LP13060]. Alexander (Grace Whitney), David Burton (The unknown).

5 reels, 4,476 ft. Comedy, Adventure. When the war between Turkey and Greece breaks

Pres Thomas H. Ince. Supy Thomas H. Ince. Dir Fred Niblo. Asst out, Kirke Warren, a famous war correspondent who uses the

dir Doran H. Cox. Scen Julien Josephson. Story Julien Josephson. Cam nom-de-plume “The Galloper,” leaves for Athens to escape his creditors Robert Newhard. Film ed Duncan Mansfield. Art dir G. Harold Percival. and the grasp of Sybil, a wealthy brewer’s widow to whom he proposed

Art titles Irvin J. Martin. when his ex-wives’ demands for alimony became pressing. Young

Cast: Enid Bennett (Susie Baldwin), Douglas MacLean (Robert American millionaire Copeland Schuyler, sailing to Africa to hunt big

Ledyard), John P. Lockney (Pete Baldwin), Charles K. French (Martin game to relieve his ennui, falls in love with Grace Whitney, who as a Red

Ledyard), Sylvia Ashton (Mrs. Ledyard), Robert McKim (J. Wells Cross nurse is going to Greece to find a hidden treasure for which her

Stanton), Lucile Young (“High Bow”’ Flow). father, an archaeologist, was searching when he died. To escape a group Comedy-drama. After living in a mining camp for many years, Peter of colonels of the Foreign Legion, whom he insulted, as well as his last exBaldwin and his daughter Susie finally strike it rich and head for San wife, Kirke relinquishes his role as The Galloper to Cope, who needs a Francisco to sell their claim. Martin Ledyard, a mining broker, asks them journalist’s identity to be near Grace at the front. After Cope experiences to dine at his home, but when Mrs. Ledyard sneers at their rough manners, difficulties due to Kirke’s past, and both he and Kirke are nearly executed

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE GAMBLERS because the Greeks did not appreciate The Galloper’s reporting of their last A GAMBLE IN SOULS F1.1508 war, Cope and Grace become engaged, while Kirke and his ex-wife are New York Motion Picture Corp.; Kay-Bee. Dist Triangle Film Corp. 3

reunited. Americans in foreign countries. Balkan Peninsula—History—War Dec 1916. 5 reels.

of 1912-1913. Impersonation and imposture. Journalists. Millionaires. Prod Thomas H. Ince. Dir Walter Edwards. Scen Lanier Bartlett. Nurses. Archaeologists. Athens. Divorcées. France. Army-Foreign Cam J. D. Jennings. Art dir Robert Brunton. Legion. Greece. Mistaken identity. Re-marriage. Red Cross. Treasure. Cast: William Desmond (Arthur Worden, Evangelist), Dorothy Dalton

Turkey. Widows. (Freda Maxey), P. D. Tabler (Gus Hanson), Charles K. French (Tom Note: Raymond Hitchcock starred in the play. A musical comedy entitled The Leonard), Jack Vosburgh.

ramce Tow a based on the pray i ries by vaneopened music by oon Drama. Arthur Worden, . Robyn, ha erome anwitean wartz in INe€w York on uwho : : runs : : a mission on San Francisco’s Barbary Raymond Hitchcock, Flora Zabelle, Wallace Beery and Phillips Smalley appeared Coast, is derided by chorus girl Freda Maxey when he asks her to attend in the musical. The film was the first “Gold Rooster Play,” which was the trademark services. These two meet again on board a ship when Freda is bound for

for Pathé Features. Europe and Warden is on his way to the Orient to “save souls.” There is Motog 11 Sep 1915, p. 532, 549. MPW 25 Sep 1915, p. 2248. a shipwreck and both are washed ashore on a distant and isolated island.

MPN 5 Jun 1915, p. 41. NYDM I Sep 1915, p. 30. Many days of close companionship erases the antagonism between the self-

New 1 Se i918 es Var 17 Sep 1915, p. 25. righteous preacher and the brazen dancer, and finally love blossoms between them. The preacher, believing it to be nothing more than primitive

passion, fights an inward struggle, until the appearance of another castaway forces him to recognize the pure love that has developed between

aa GALLOPING DEVIL , F1.1506 them. Castaways. Chorus girls. Clergy. Islands. Love. Jealousy. Missions.

; eligiousity. San Francisco. Shipwrecks.

ist Canyon Pictures Corp.; State Rights. Nov 1920 [©Canyon Pictures Religiousi ;

Corp.; 20 Nov 1920; LU15815]. 6 reels, 5,500 ft. Note: This film was re-issued on 25 Jan 1920 by Triangle

Prod William N. Selig. Dir Nate Watt. Scen W. E. Wing. ETR 9 Dec 1916. v. 58 MPN oT - 1920. p. 3564

Source: Based on the novel The Happy Family by B. M. Bower (pseud. Motog 9 Dec 1916, e. 1295. oMPwW 3 Jen 1920, . ——e

of Bertha Muzzy Sinclair) (New York, 1910). MPN 9 Dec 1916, p. 3669. MPW 9 Dec 1916, p. 1508.

Cast: Franklyn Farnum (Andy Green), Genevieve Berte (Elsie Gray), MPN 31 Jan 1920, p. 1169. Wid's 7 Dec 1916, pp. 1157-58.

(“Pink’’). THE GAMBLER OF THE WEST F1.1509 Bud Osborne (Chip), Joseph Chatterton (“The Kid’), Vester Pegg :

Western. Andy Green, a colorful cowboy, finds work at the Flying U Biograph Co. Dist General Film Co. 17 Nov 1915 [©Biograph Co.; 10 cattle ranch, owned by Chip. Chip’s foreman Dunk, who is Elsie Gray’s Nov 1915; LP6939]. 4 reels. guardian, attempts to force her to sign papers releasing him, but she refuses Source: Based on the play The Gambler of the West by Owen Davis because he has stolen some of her money. Chip fires Dunk, who buys an (New York, 28 Jul 1906). adjoining sheep ranch, cutting off Chip’s water supply and endangering his Cast: W. J. Butler (Tom Grey), Violet Reed (Mrs. Grey), Charles Perley cattle. When Chip breaks a leg, Andy is made foreman and, in the clash (Lucky Jack Gordon), Robert Drouet (Mike Clancy), John Brammall between the cattlemen and the sheepmen, proves himself to be a brave man (Richard Kent, Jr.), Charles H. West (Dan Reardon), Master A. Short despite his tall tales. Andy succeeds in preventing Elsie from signing away (Little Bear), A. Hollingsworth (Kansas Joe), Linda Arvidson (Mabel her claims on Dunk in order to get water for the ranch and, after a hard Grey), Gertrude Robinson (Cactus Kate), Alfred Paget, Walter Lewis, fight, beats Dunk. Elsie, no longer in love with her suitor Pink, has fallen Charles Gorman, E. Stone, Clara T. Bracey, George Pearce. for Andy, who loves her as well. Andy will marry Elsie and stay on at the Western. While traveling west from Wyoming with his family, Tom Flying U as foreman. Braggarts. Cattlemen. Cowboys. Embezzlement. —_ Grey, a prospector, is killed by Indians and his son is taken captive. The Ranch foremen. Ranchers. Ranches. Range wars. Sheepmen. Wards and widow remarries and inherits a stepson, Dick, who, at the urging of his half

guardians. Documents. Water rights. sister Mabel, sets off to find the missing son. Falling under the bad Note: The working title of this film was Andy of the Flying U. This was the first influence of Mike Clancy, the weak-willed Dick gambles away his release of Canyon Pictures Corp. allowance and tries to finagle money out of Mabel, who has joined Dick MPN x nn 1990 is O76 Ver v a May 19OL a a in the search. Taken with her earnest gentility, Jack Gordon, an honest

MPN 2 Oct 1920, p. 2519. Wid’s 29 May 1921, p. 18. gambler, aids Mabel in locating her lost brother, now called Little Bear.

MPN 6 Nov 1920, p. 3618. Dick also hears of Little Bear’s identity and attempts to kill him to secure a larger share of the family inheritance, but Jack saves the Indian and foils

the plot. Before Mabel and her brother are reunited, however, Dick and

GAMBIER’S ADVOCATE F1.1507 Mike kidnap each sibling separately and Jack, Mabel and Little Bear must Famous Players Film Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 17 Jun then execute heroic rescues and battle angry Indians. Brother-sister

1915. 5 reels. relationship. Gamblers. Indians of North America. Missing persons. Moral

Pres Daniel Frohman. Dir James Kirkwood. corruption. Attempted murder. Fights. Greed. Inheritance. Kidnapping.

Source: Based on the novel Gambier’s Advocate by Ronald McDonald Massacres. Rescues. Prospectors. Stepsons. Wyoming.

(London, 1914). Motog 20 Nov 1915, p. 1099. MPW 13 Nov 1915, p. 1358. Cast: Hazel Dawn (Clarissa), James Kirkwood (Stephen Gambier), MPN 13 Nov 1915, p. 108. MPW 27 Nov 1915, p. 1664. Fuller Mellish (Cyrus Vane), Dorothy Bernard (Gene Vane), Robert MPN 4 Dee 1918.5. 105. NYDM AT New 315, B32.

Broderick (Mr. Muir), Maude Odell (Mrs. Muir).

Drama. Clarissa returnsVane from has boarding school finds that her THEGene. GAMBLERS widowed father Cyrus married his and young stenographer . , . , F1.1510

: ; , : May 1914 [©Lubin Mfg. Co.; 9 Mar 1914; LU2343]. 5 reels.

After overcoming her initial dislike for her stepmother, Clarissa becomes Lubin Mfg. Co. Dist The General Film Co.; Special Features Dept. 4

friends with Gene until one day when Clarissa catches her in the arms of Dir G W. Terwilli Cam Fred Chast

Stephen Gambier, a young lawyer who had saved Gene from drowning. Sou Bre d, the Th nC bl by Ch. les Klein (New York Cyrus also witnesses the embrace, and so, in order to spare her father 31 Oct 191 0). on the play The Gamblers by Charles Klein (New York,

further humiliation, Clarissa extracts a marriage proposal from the lawyer Cc +t G ). Soule S Wilbur E ), Willi HOT

and introduces him to her father as her fiancé. Gambier tries to win J hn EK corge "Ga t ee Bell 44 ur Comper , Lil a“ lie Usabel Clarissa’s love, but fails until Gene explains that the embrace was an ne n merson), Mote af F ( Orn . ran aidan Cla, es C herin

§ »?P »P ‘

innocent display of gratitude to the man who saved her life. Further emerson). are Kan © ( Gree amin), ‘Gilb eh ( ire erick complications arise when Gambier is accused of murdering his former ah ker) Jack, m. ail Rav ( t). s), Gilbert Ely (Frederic benefactress, Mrs. Muir. Clarissa manages to secure proof of Gambier’s D er), Jack Ridgeway (Giles aymond). , innocence and saves his life. False accusations. Father-daughter rama. Although Catherine Spencer loves banker Wilbur Emerson, she

relationship. Lawyers. Murder. Stepmothers. Proposals. Stenographers. Marries James Darwin, an attorney, who becomes insanely Jealo us when

Note: This film was also known as Clarissa, he learns of his wife’s affection for the other man. Wilbur, intent on

Moto 10 Jul 1915. v.93, NYDM 30 Jun 1915. 0. 28. amassing a fortune, speculates with bank funds, but an investigation of the MPN 3 Jul 1915, p. 71. NYDM 7 Jul 1915, p. 38. bank conducted by James, as well as false evidence planted by cowardly

MPW 10 Jul 1915, p. 321. stockholder George Cowper, lead to his incrimination. Wilbur obtains a 311

THE GAMBLERS AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG confession from Cowper, but when he attempts to regain the true evidence Story John Philip Quinn. from James’s study, where Cowper had hidden it, he finds Catherine. Cast: John Philip Quinn (Himself). James interrupts them and thinks that they have been having a rendezvous. Drama / Biographical, Social. In the 1850’s in Moberly, Missouri, John In the end, Wilbur agrees to accept responsibility for the bank’s financial Philip Quinn grows up in a household where card games are played after losses, and Catherine, assuring him of her love, promises to divorce James = dinner. When John receives a severe reprimand for quarreling during a and wait for Wilbur while he is imprisoned. Bankers. Embezzlement. game, he steals a horse and leaves home. After he is fleeced in a “Three Greed. Jealousy. Lawyers. Confession (law). Evidence. Frame-ups. Card Monte” game, John returns home and finds his sister dying. Although

Marriage. Stockholders. he promises never to gamble again, John moves to the city where soon he

Note: In addition to Vitagraph’s 1919 version (see below), Klein’s play was remade neglects his work as he is drawn towards gambling. After suffering losses in 1929 by Warner Bros., directed by Michael Curtiz and starring H. B. Warner and for a few years, John sets up his own crooked gambling den and becomes

Lois Wilson (see AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.2009). known as the best faro dealer in the world. When he is arrested on a false

Motog 2 May 1914, pp. 291-92. NYDM 15 Apr 1914, p. 40. charge, his child dies. John’s hair turns white in one night from grief, and

NYDM 21 Jan 1914, p. 29. he turns to God. When the governor pardons him, John returns to find that his wife has deserted him. He then devotes the rest of his life to lecturing

THE GAMBLERS F1.1511 and demonstrating the evils and futility of gambling. Cardsharps.

Vitagraph Co. of America. Dist Vitagraph Co. of America. 11 Sep = Gambling. Moral reformation. John Philip Quinn. Religious conversion. 1919 (©Vitagraph Co. of America; 31 Jul 1919; LP14014]. 6 reels. Brother-sister relationship. Card games. Desertion. False arrests. Grief. Pres Albert E. Smith. Dir Paul Scardon. Scen Sam Taylor and Lucien Lecturers. Moberly (Missouri). Pardons (legal).

Hubbard. Cam Robert Stewart. Note: The Welfare Exhibit Co. was located in Cleveland, Ohio. The film purported Source: Based on the play The Gamblers by Charles Klein (New York, to tell the life story of John Philip Quinn, once a gambler, later an anti-gambling

31 Oct 1910). missionary, Quinn playing himself. In that the MPW reviewneeded of thetofilm, it was . that with the film existed in a rough state: some scenes be cut and noted others

Cast: Harry T. Morey (Wilbur Emerson), Charles Kent (John added, and that the film’s owner, Quinn, was looking for sufficient backing to finish

Emerson), Agnes Ayres (Isabel Emerson), Helen Ferguson (Catherine the film. No information was located to determine if and how the film was eventually

Ames), Eric Mayne (James Darwin), George Majeroni (George released.

Cowper), George Backus (Giles Raymond). MPW 29 May 1915, p. 1441. Drama. Catherine Ames impulsively marries district attorney James Darwin after suffering Wilbur Emerson’s neglect. Emerson turns to a THE GAME see GATES OF BRASS

career of high finance, but borrows unlawfully on notes to avoid disaster.

Darwin prosecutes the investigation case. One of Emerson’s business associates, George Cowper, gives a signed confession to Darwin. Emerson THE GAME IS UP see THE GAME’S UP breaks into Catherine’s room to obtain the confession, but is caught by Darwin, who accuses his wife of unfaithfulness. Catherine retaliates by

taking the confession to Emerson where it is burned in front of Darwin. THE GAME OF THREE F1.1514 Darwin begins divorce proceedings, and Catherine vows to wait for Sterling Camera and Film Co. Dist State Rights. 1 Sep 1915 [©The Emerson who is led off to prison. District attorneys. Divorce. Financiers. Store oon Wann Co.; 11 Aug 1915; LU6074]. 5 reels.

Fraud. Burglary. Confession (law). a , , , ; Note: Some sources list the film at five reels. For information on remakes, see listing Cc ast: Barney Gilmore (Detective O'Bry an), Roy Gahris (Jim

above for 1914 version of The Gamblers. O'Bryan), Grace Norman (Mary O'Bryan), Lillian Niederaur (Mazie MPN 2 Aug 1919, p. 1133. Var 3 Oct 1919, p. 28. King), E. F. Roseman (Bill Travis), John Sharkey (Tom Ryan), Violet MPW 2 Aug 1919, p. 717. Wid’s 27 Jul 1919, p. 19. Stuart (Molly Ryan), George Henry (Mr. Blake), Mabel Wright (Mrs. Blake), George Stone (Mr. Neil), Roy Applegate (Bud, assistant

GAMBLING IN SOULS F1.1512 detective), Richard Lysle (Police commissioner). Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 9 Mar 1919 [©William Fox;9 Mar | _Drama/Crime. Adventuress Mazie King secures an invitation from 1919: LP13491]. 6 reels. . society man Mr. Neil to the anniversary celebration of wealthy Mr. and Dir Harry Millarde. Scen Denison Clift. Story S. J. Warshawsky. Mrs. Blake. After Mazie and her underworld partner, Bill Travis, overhear

Cam Harry Gersted. Molly, the wife of reformed convict Tom Ryan, give Jim O'Bryan, the Cast: Madlaine Traverse (Marcia Dunning, alias Madame Rouge), wayward son of a detective, money to go straight, they talk Jim into helping

Herbert Heyes (“Duke” Charters), Murdock MacQuarrie (Thomas Mazie rob the guests. During the party, Jim overpowers a servant. Mazie Philborn), Lew Zehring (Dick Philborn), Mary Mclvor (Edith steals Mrs. Blake’s diamond necklace and leaves it for Jim, now dressed

Dunni , . ; , Henry as the servant. When Mrs. Blake discovers the loss and screams, Detective unning), Barrows (Latimer), Marion Skinner (Mrs. Caldwell), ;... William Clifford (Robert Dunning). O Bryan shoots and wounds the fleeing Jim. Later, after an argument, Bill

, : . Dunning . . ; ejects commits Jim from suicide their rendezvous spot. Jim financially goes for refuge to Tom Drama. Robert ruined . .in. and ; olly’s, and while she after batheshehisiswound, he places theMolly’ necklace her

by a crafty Wall Street broker. Marcia Dunning vows revenge for her pocket. Because Jim dropped a photograph of Tom and Molly, detectives husband's death, and becomes a roulette operator in a gambling house trace him there. After a fight, Tom and Molly are arrested. When the where the broker’s son often Visits. She uses a magnetized finger ring to jewels are found in Molly’s pocket, Jim staggers in, and to his father’s cheat the son, who then robs his father and causes the man 8 financial ruin. shock, confesses and clears the Ryans. Adventuresses. Detectives. Moral

When Marcia learns that her daughter has secretly married the broker's corruption. Theft. Thieves. Confession (law). Ex-convicts. False arrests. son, she appeals to the gambling house partners to return the young man’s_—_—_Eather-gon relationship. Fights. Gunshot wounds. Impersonation and

losses. One partner refuses, another partner, who is in love with Marcia, imposture. Jewelry. Parties. Servants. stakes his share of the business against the others and loses. Marcia stakes Note: According to news items, scenes of this film were shot at midnight in New herself against the winning partners, is prevented from using her magnet York City streets, and the story was based on a contemporary sensational jewel ring, but wins everything nevertheless. Marcia returns the stolen funds for mystery. One source lists Frank Stone as a cast member rather than George Stone. the sake of her daughter, and then marries the partner who loves her. One source refers to the character played by Violet Stuart as “May Ryan” or “Mary

Cheating. Gambling houses. Mother-daughter relationship. Revenge. 4".

Roulette. Father-son relationship. Magnetism. Marriage-Secret. Robbery. CW a te 91 .. eine vw is Sey ots asa Stockbrokers. Suicide.

as a six-reeler. A GAME OF WITS F1.1515 Note: The working title for this film was Madame Rouge. Some sources list the film

MPN 22 Mar 1919, p. 1856. Var 21 Mar 1919, p. 55. American Film Co. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; A Mutual Star Production.

MPW 22 Mar 1919, p. 1700. Wid's 16 Mar 1919, p. 13. 5 Nov 1917. 5 reels.

Dir Henry King. Scen Daniel F. Whitcomb.

4 reels. Caldwell).

GAMBLING INSIDE AND OUT F1.1513 Cast: Gail Kane (Jeanette Browning), George Periolat (Cyrus Welfare Exhibit Co. 1915? [©John Philip Quinn; 26 Apr 1915; LU5925]. Browning), Spottiswood Aitken (Silas Stone), Lewis J. Cody (Larry

312

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE GANGSTERS Comedy-drama. Jeanette overhears Stone, an Wall th Nore: re working ue S Cnaracter this Mar was Home James. with It was also reviewed under : : : :Browning : , e€ titie e@Silas Game ISaged . sources diller on the names, some relerrin Street wolf, demanding her as his wife in payment for saving her father to Ruth Clifford's character as Constance Elliott, Mildred Lee’s as Winnie Colburn, from financial ruin. Upon her acceptance of Stone’s proposal, her father Margaret Cullington’s as Mrs. Hyland and John Cossar’s as P. Van Ressler Neyland.

receives a check to cover his shortage. She then conceives of a plan to make ETR 25 Jan 1919, p. 651. MPW 25 Jan 1919, p. $39.

Stone break their engagement so that she can sue him for breach of MPN 4 Jan 1919, p. 113. MPW 8 Feb 1919, p. 807. promise. Stone is invited to the mountains to visit the Brownings, and MPN 18 Jan 1919, p. 447. Wid's 19 Jan 1919, p. 11. Jeanette pairs her youthful strength against the old man’s advanced age. MPN 25 Jan 1919, p. 606. After tiring him out with dances, midnight suppers, swims and horseback

riding, Jeanette plays her trump card when she introduces Stone to her = =.THE GAMEST GIRL see THE LOVE FLOWER | brother Larry, the shame of the family because of his insanity which she

claims to have inherited as well. Horrified, Stone attempts to steal away THE GAMESTERS F1.1518 | but is caught by Larry. Jeanette feigns despair at the loss of his love and American Film Co.; A “Flying A Special.” Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc. threatens to sue for breach of promise. After Stone patches her broken Nov? 1920 [OAmerican Film Co., Inc.; 20 Sep 1920; LP15559]. 6 reels. heart with a check for $100,000, Jeanette confesses to her father that Dir George L. Cox. Asst dir Sidney H. Algier. Story Lois Zellner. Tech “brother Larry” is actually her sweetheart whom she pressed into service dir Sidney A. Baldridge. Musical accompaniment prepared by Henry to frustrate the crafty old man. Breach of promise. Impersonation and Purmort Eames and Walter J. Goodell.

imposture. Lawsuits. Libertines. Marriage-Forced by circumstances. Cast: Margarita Fisher (Rose), Hayward Mack (Jim Welch), L. C.

Checks. Finance-Personal. Hereditary tendencies. Shumway (Marshall Andrews), P. Dempsey Tabler (Brad Bascom), Evans Motog 10 Nov 1917, p. 997. MPW 17 Nov 1917, p. 1036. Kirk (Paul Rosson), Joseph Bennett (Harvey Blythe). pW ID Ne ory oe 3308. Wid's 15 Nov 1917, p. 733. Drama. Brad Bascom, part-owner of a gambling parlor in Nevada,

oo suspects his wife Rose of having an affair with his partner, Jim Welch. Jealousy drives him to challenge Welch to a game of poker in which the

A vaue wien ce erica: A Blue Ribbon Feature. Dist pore loser must leave town. Welch loses but abducts Rose, who is about to give Vita . P Inc 3 Jun 1918 [Ovi tagraph Co. of America: 74 May 1918: birth. When Bascom discovers their whereabouts, he shoots Welch and

PLD 4 67 5 reels P , , Rose dies in childbirth, leaving the paternity of her baby daughter Rose

Pres Albert E. Smith. Dir Paul Scardon. Scen Garfield Thompson and Ney veh and. usin cats tater, pascom unsuspecting game eee Whey

Pawar lary Money (Robert Harwe Il), Betty Blythe (Elaine Marshall Andrews, a man protective of Rose, takes her to visit a grief-

(Harwell’s lawyer). B . - oa °

Hun tington) Denton Vane (Henry Dawson) Percy Standing (Richard stricken mother whose only son Paul has been losing heavily due to his

Shields) Robert Gaillard (Chief Inspect 2B ke), Stanley Walpol infatuation with Rose, the girl decides to redeem herself. Staking herself

, PEOOE OIE SAY NAP ONS against a newcomer at the table, Jim Welch, who does not recognize her

Mystery. After Henry Dawson and Robert Harwell quarrel at Elaine Rose loses and just as Welch is to claim his prize, Bascom announces that

:; ; ; ,; Rose is his daughter. Welch denies her illegitimacy, and a fight ensues

Huntington's garden party, Henry disappears and Robert is accused of between the two men. Marshall intercedes and rescues Rose from her

murder. Although Robert is found guilty and sentenced to death, Elaine, did life. Casino own rs. Gambling houses. Jeal Parent who loves him, believes he is innocent and does everything in her power to Darth hin Wa Abdu P Chibi th Fic hts Gungh C nde

help him. Robert did not kill Henry, but had merely wagered that he could alinersnips. Nvagers. UCHON. UMGDIIn. FIQNts. AUNSNOt WOUNGS.

get himself convicted of murder on circumstantial evidence. As the Nevada. New York City. Poker. Resorts.

execution date approaches, Henry wires Robert that he is sailing for Ma PW 7 Neg rn r so. va - Na 1920, p 4

America, but enroute, his steamer is torpedoed. Elaine asks Robert’s oa ee

supposed friend Richard Shields for papers outlining the wager, but

because she refuses to marry him, he burns the documents As Robert is THE GANGSTERS . F 1.1519

being led to the electric chair, Henry appears, having been rescued from Reliance Motion Picture Co. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; Continental the U-boat attack, and Robert’s life is spared. Circumstantial evidence. Feature Film Corp. Feb 1914. 4 reels.

Executions. Missing persons, assumed dead. Wagers. Documents. Supy D. W. Griffith. Dir James Kirkwood. .

Parties. Revenge. Sea rescue. Steamboats. Torpedoes. Unrequited love. Cast: Henry B. Walthall (Porky Dugan), Consuelo Bailey (Cora ETR 18 May 1918, p. 1930. MPW 15 Jun 1918, p. 1613, 1619. Drew), Jack Dillon (Biff Dugan), Ralph Lewis (Spike Golden), C.

ETR 1 Jun 1918, p. 2032. Var 14 Jun 1918, p. 29. Lambert (Kerrigan), R. Riley (Billy Drew), Jack Pickford (Spot, the ETR 8 Jun 1918, p. 48. Wid's 16 Jun 1918, pp. 29-30. spy), Alice Horine (Jessie Dugan), Master Ogden Child (Jimmie

MPN 22 Jun 1918, p. 3740. Dugan), F. Herzog (Hennessy), Miss B. Craig (Mrs. Murphy). Drama/Crime. Biff Dugan, the eldest son of a poor family living in a THE GAME’S UP F1.1517 tenement on the squalid East Side of New York, leads a gang of hoodlums, Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. 20 Jan 1919 = among whose members is his brother Porky. Their sister Jess is a [©Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.; 9 Jan 1919; LP13253]. 5 reels. consumptive whose health was ruined in a sweatshop. During a melee in Dir Elsie Jane Wilson. Scen Catherine Carr. Story Gladys E. Johnson. a mission run by reformer Henry Davis, the Dungan gang encounters Billy

Cam Alfred Gosden. Drew and his sister Cora, newcomers to the city. Porky saves Cora from

Cast: Al Ray (Peter Neyland), Ruth Clifford (Ruth Elliott), Mildred the unwelcome attentions of Biff's rival, Spike Golden, and the two fall in

Lee (Mildred Colburn), Harry Holden (McQuade), Margaret Cullington _ Jove. Later, when Spike is killed in a gang war, Biff is wrongfully convicted (Mrs. Peabody Jones), Clifford Gray (Ted Latham), John Hay Cossar of the murder and executed in the electric chair. Porky, who served a short

(P. Van Rennselear Neyland). term in prison for his part in the crime, comes back to the city to find that

Comedy. Struggling young painter Ruth Elliott has written her Eastern Jess has died and Cora has returned to the country. When his gang delivers friend Mildred Colburn that she has gained fame in the West as an artist. the man who betrayed Biff, Porky, whose heart has been softened by Cora When Mildred stops to visit on her way to Honolulu, Ruth hires Peter ang Billy, lets the man go. Finally, Porky retires to the country to lead the Neyland to pose as her chauffeur for five hours. Peter is actually a wealthy quiet life of a farmer with Cora as his wife. City-country contrast. young man who accepts the offer as a lark. He chauffeurs the two women Criminals—Rehabilitation. Farm life. Gang wars. New York City-East Side. from the train station to a tea house. Mildred’s chaperone Mrs. Peabody Betrayal. Charity. Executions. Imprisonment. Missions. Sweatshops. Jones, arrives with the news that the boat has been delayed and the two Tenements. Tuberculosis. must stay with Ruth for a week. Without divulging his identity and aware Note: This film was also called The Gangsters of New York. Some sources list of Ruth’s predicament, Peter places his uncle’s apartment at Ruth’s different character and actor names, as follows: Henry B. Walthall (Biff Hogan), disposal. When Mrs. Jones demands to meet celebrities, Peter’s valet Jack Dillon (Tom Hogan), Alice Horine (Jessie Hogan), Ralph Lewis (Hennessy), McQuade and his friend Ted Latham are put into service. The uncle and P. Riley (Jack Drew), F. Herzog (Spike McGee), O. Child (Jimmie Hogan). Modern butler are later arrested as burglars. Meanwhile, Peter has fallen in love Sources list James Kirkwood and Anita Loos as scenarists. Because the facility where

. . . . . this film was made was commonly known as the Reliance-Majestic studio, some

with Ruth. Ted has fallen in love with Mildred and double weddings follow. sources have referred to the production company’s name as “Reliance-Majestic.” Chauffeurs. Friendship. Impersonation and imposture. Painters. Burglars. Although D. W. Griffith was listed in ads and reviews as having supervised all films

Chaperons. Tea houses. Uncles. Valets. Weddings. made at this studio, his actual participation in this film is unknown. 313

THE GANGSTERS OF NEW YORK AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG MPW 21 Feb 1914, p. 932. NYDM 4 Mar 1914, p. 42. Note: Two plays were based on the novel by Justus Miles Forman. Sydney Grundy MPW 4 Apr 1914, p. 78. Var 13 Mar 1914, p. 23. adapted it for a production that opened in New York on 4 Sep 1904; and George H.

MPW 17 Apr 1914, p. 424. Broadhurst wrote a play founded on the book, which opened in Los Angeles on 28

May 1910. It is uncertain if either play served as the basis for the film. This film,

originally shot in 1914 by the All Star Feature Corp., to be released by the Alco Film

THE GANGSTERS OF NEW YORK see THE GANGSTERS Corp., was later released by Universal Film Mfg. Co. after Alco went bankrupt. This was Jane Cowl’s first film. Some scenes were shot in Southern Louisiana, on the

THE GARDEN OF ALLAH F1.1520 shores of the Gulf of Mexico, and in Jacksonville and St. Augustine, FL. Selig Polyscope Co. Dist State Rights. 25 Dec 1916 [©Selig Polyscope Motog 19 Dec 1914, p. 852. MPW 3 Jul 1915, p. 76. Co.; 29 Nov 1916; LP9668]. 10 reels. _ Motog 16 Jan 1915, p. 84. MPW 10 Jul 1915, p. 384,

Supv William N. Selig. Dir Colin Campbell. Asst dir Al Green. Scen one 6 a 91s . nal va 3 nA i918 is ne

Gilson Willets. Art dir Gabriel Pollock. MPN 3 Jul 1915, p. 76. Source: Based on the novel The Garden of Allah by Robert Smythe

Hichens (London, 1904). . _ THE GARTER GIRL F1.1522 Cast: Helen Ware (Domini Enfilden), Thomas Santschi Bons Vitagraph Co. of America. Dist Vitagraph Co. of America. May

Androvsky), Will Machin (Capt. De Trevignac), Matt B. Snyder 4999 [©The Vitagraph Co. of America; 10 Apr 1920; LP15006]. 5 reels, (Count Anteoni), Harry Lonsdale (Father Roubier), Eugenie Besserer 4.975 ft (Lady Rens), James Bradbury (The sand diviner), Al W. Filson (Lord "Pres Albert E. Smith. Dir Edward H. Griffith. Asst dir Jack Evans.

Rens), Cecil Holland (Hadj), Frank Clark (Father Beret), Billy Jacobs 4:Hubbard. . . Scen William B. Courtney and Lucien

(Child), Pietro Sosso (Batouch), Camille Astor (Suzanna). , , Source: Based on the short story “The Memento” by O. Henry (pseud Drama. When her mother elopes with a lover and her father dies cursing of William Sydney Porter) in The Voice of the Cit (New York, 1908) :

the name of God, Domini Enfilden attempts to forget her pain in Beni Cast: Conn ne Griffith (Rosalie Ray). Sallie Crute (Lyne tte) Earl

Mora, an oasis in the Sahara. At the desert hotel, she meets and falls in , ; ¥)s y ,

love with Boris Androvsky, a tormented man of mystery. Abruptly Metcalfe (Brad Mortimer) » Rod La Rocque (Arthur Lyle), James Tarbell. announcing his departure one day, Boris bids farewell to Domini in the Drama. Vaudeville dancer Rosalie Ray, disgusted by the advances of her Garden of Allah, but passion overwhelms them, and after making love, they admirers, quits the stage and retires to the anonymity of a small town. At

are married by Father Roubier. The two are happy until Capt. De her roominghouse she meets young minister Arthur Lyle who proposes to Trevignac, a dinner guest, recognizes Boris as the former Father Antoine, het. Soon after, Rosalie learns of a mysterious woman in Lyle’s past and a priest whose irrepressible lust forced him to leave the monastery. De decides to investigate. Learning that Lyle keeps a cherished memento of Trevignac says nothing, but after his departure, Boris confesses to Domini, _ this femme fatale in his room, Rosalie determines to unearth it. Locating who urges him to return to the monastery. The years pass, and Domini the box, she opens it, only to discover her own garter inside. Rosalie is SO rears her son Boris in the Garden of Allah. Lust. Monasteries. Priests. repulsed at the revelation that when her former manager, Brad Mortimer,

Sahara Desert. Desertion. Hotels. Military officers. appears to offer her his hand in marriage and a professional engagement, Note: The exterior scenes were filmed in the gardens of the Santa Barbara Mission she accepts both and returns to the stage. Clergy. Dancers. Vaudeville. and in California’s Mojave Desert. The picture was copyrighted as twelve reels in Boardinghouses. Garters. Theatrical managers. length, and some reviewers described it as nine reels long. Mary Anderson and Robert Note: The working title of this film was The Memento. Some scenes were shot in Hichens adapted the novel into a successful stage play that opened in New York 21 the Irving Park Theatre in New York City and at Saugerties, NY. According to news Oct 1911. The film had its world premiere in Indianapolis on Christmas Day, 1916. items, Lucien Hubbard wrote the scenario for the vaudeville scenes, William B. Hichens’ novel was filmed again in 1927 by M-G-M, with Alice Terry starring and Courtney did the same for the small town scenes, and Corinne Griffith took dancing Rex Ingram directing; and in 1936 by Selznick International, with Marlene Dietrich lessons from Alexis Kosloff, a famous Russian dancing instructor, for two weeks

and Charles Boyer starring and Richard Boleslawski directing. before this production.

ETR 4 Aug 1917, p. 715. MPN 18 Aug 1917, p. 1150. ETR 15 May 1920, p. 2741. NYMT 9 May 1920. Motog 11 Aug 1917, p. 320. NYDM 13 Jan 1917, p. 28. MPN 22 May 1920, p. 4404. Var 14 May 1920, p. 35. MPN 17 Apr 1915, p. 61. NYDM __20 Jan 1917, p. 22. MPW 15 May 1920, p. 984. MPN 23 Dec 1916, p. 3990. NYDM 11 Aug 1917, p. 12.

GATES OF BRASS F1.1523

MPN 4 Aug 1917, p. 827.

THE GARDEN OF LIES F1.1521 Frank Keenan Productions, Inc. Dist Pathe Exchange, Inc. 6 Jul All Star Feature Corp. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co.; A Broadway my patos ixctange, ues 24 ue Weide Seek » reels. ‘agh

Universal Feature. 12 Jul 1915 [©Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 28 Jun Mpy frank seenan. Mir Sinest ©. NWwarde. ocen Jack Cunningham.

1915; LP5685]. 5 reels. Story Kate Corbaley. Cam Charles Kaufman. Dir John H. Pratt. Scen Louis Reeves Harrison. Cam William C Cast: Frank Keenan (Jim Blake, also known as J. Hatfield Blake), Lois

Thompson Art dir Allen Farnham Wilson (Margaret Blake), George Fisher (Dick Wilbur), Clyde Benson Source: Based on the novel The Garden of Lies by Justus Miles Forman (Dave Strohnheim), Edwin Tilton (John Wilbur), Lillian Langdon

(New York, 1902) (Mrs. Wilbur), Frank De Loan (Ole Swanson), Tula Belle (Margaret Cast: Jane Cowl (Princess Eleanor), William Russell (Dennis Blake, as a chi id), Bobbie” Mack. ; to,

Mallory), Philip Hahn (Prince Carl), Violet Horner (Jessica Drama/Crime. Jim Blake, a master of the shell game, practices his skills Mannering) Ethelbert Hale (Von Aldorz) David Wall (Dr. at country fairs, circuses and carnivals until he becomes “J. Hatfield Mackenzie), Claude Cooper (Baron Von Steinberck), Adele Carson Blake,” the promoter of phony stock and land deals which provide his

(The maid). beloved daughter Margaret with luxuries. Margaret falls in love with Dick

Drama. On a honeymoon excursion, American Eleanor Mannering, who Wilbur but Dick leaves her because Blake swindles his father out of has chosen Prince Carl of Novodna for her husband, develops aphasia $100,000 and Margaret sides with Blake. When Margaret meets a poor resulting from an auto wreck. In delirium, she calls Carl, who had to leave widow with starving babies to whom Blake sold some worthless desert land,

because his father was dying. Her doctor, who believes that she will die She leaves him, saying she will not return until he rectifies his wrongunless her husband comes, finds Dennis Mallory, an American adventurer, 40ings. She marries Dick, while Blake, shaken by her words, repays to pose as the prince. They fall in love, and Eleanor recovers, but when everyone who suffered from his dishonesty after he legitimately strikes oil. Carl, now the king, returns unexpectedly and sees them embracing, he | Alone on Christmas Eve, Blake invites some barroom characters to his challenges Mallory toa duel. After Mallory disarms him, Carltells Eleanor © ™ansion for a drunken dinner, after which, at his urging, they take his that Mallory is an impostor, and even though the physician explains that _‘ Silverware and paintings. Blake continues to drink and when Margaret and

the ruse was necessary, Eleanor sends Mallory and Carl away. When Dick arrive to surprise him, they find him dead. Confidence men. FatherNovodna’s prime minister, Baron Von Steinberck, abducts Eleanor, daughter relationship. Land promoters. Loneliness. Moral reformation. Mallory, followed by Carl, finds them in a deserted castle. Although | SWindlers. Christmas. Drunkenness. Hunger. Infants. Oil. Poverty. Steinberck wounds Mallory and kills Carl, Eleanor is freed. When Mallory, | Widows. near death, deliriously calls for Eleanor, she kneels beside him and Note: Working titles of this film were The Game and Emanuel Blake. \t was filmed embraces him. Adventurers. Aphasia. Impersonation and imposture. ane Rover Brunton Studios in Los Angeles, where a preview showing was held on

Newlyweds. Royalty. Americans in foreign countries. Automobile te Any ee NYMT 28 Jun 1919 accidents. Castles. Duels. Honeymoons. Kidnapping. Murder. Mythical MPN 5 Jul 1919. is 387. Var 18 Jul 1919, p. 44. kingdoms. Physicians. Prime ministers. Rescues. MPW 5 Jul 1919, p. 115. Wid's 29 Jun 1919, p. 9. g 314

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE GAY LORD QUEX THE GATES OF DOOM F1.1524 Holmes (Mrs. Roger Leeds), Baby Joan (Roger’s little boy), Mrs. Stuart Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co.; Red Feather Robson (Norah). Photoplays. 5 Mar 1917 [OUniversal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 24 Feb 1917; Drama. Myron Leeds and his brother Roger are both in love with Mary,

LP10257]. 5 reels. but when Myron wins her, his father disowns him. While Myron struggles Dir Charles Swickard. Scen J. Grubb Alexander. Cam Harry MacGuire. as an artist to support his wife and little daughter Beth, Roger marries and

Cast: Claire McDowell (Indore), Claire McDowell (Agatha), L. C. settles into his father’s sumptuous estate. Roger’s maid Norah, concerned Shumway (Francis Duane), Jack Connolly (Terence Unger), Mark Fenton when the death of his little boy causes him and his wife to shut themselves (Sir Ethelbert Duane), Tommie Dale (Florence Duane), Alfred Allen off from all society, invites Beth to visit the estate posing as her niece. Beth

(Grand Duke Alexis), Francis MacDonald (Jang Sattib), Lena Baskette endears herself to the couple, but Myron, driven to desperation by his

(Agatha as a child). poverty and his wife’s ill health, decides to rob the estate. Roger hears that Drama. Indore, an Indian woman married to the English Captain someone is breaking in, but in attempting to shoot the intruder, he wounds Terence Unger is imprisoned by the prince after she gives birth to a baby Beth instead. As a result of this unhappy incident, Roger resolves to share daughter named Agatha. On his deathbed, Unger beseeches his friend his fortune with his brother, and the family is reunited. Brothers. Children. Francis Duane to care for Agatha which Duane does, returning to England Poverty. Upper classes. Artists. Disinheritance. Father-son relationship.

with the infant. Years later, Duane, Agatha, and the Grand Duke Alexis Grief. Gun accidents. Housemaids. Impersonation and imposture. return to India where Agatha learns that her mother is imprisoned in the Robbery.

prince's harem. the prince demandIndore her mother’s Aut San re Hate a tna Agatha suffersConfronting a similar fate as hertomother. hears release, a woman’s ; ; Seecharacter, a screams, enters the room and, recognizing her daughter, stabs the prince. weete Roger ee oS. is caleg as Colton by NYDM 26 Jan 1918. p. 20

Both women escape, Agatha aided by the hunchback Jang Sahib, who MPN 2 Feb 1918, if 736. Var 18 Jan 1918, is 39. demands that she marry him in return. On her wedding day, Agatha chokes MPW 2 Feb 1918, p. 686. the hunchback to death and is condemned to die on a funeral pyre. On the

day of the execution, Duane leads his troops into the walled city, thus THE GAUNTLET F1.1527 rescuing Agatha from certain death. East Indians. Harems. Imprisonment. Vitagraph Co. of America; Star Production Series. Dist Vitagra h Co Long-lost relatives. Marriage-Forced by circumstances. Mother-daughter of America Jul 1920 [OVi tagraph Co. of America: 28 fi n F930.

relationship. Murder. Rescues. English. Execution. Hunchbacks. Wards LP15319] 5 reels. 4.629 ft , ,

and guardians. Prod Albert E. Smith. Dir Edwin L. Hollywood. Scen Fred Schaef Note: According to Wid’s, this production made use of the large exterior sets from Cam Robert Stuart. + ATEN Bee ROBY WOO. COM BTCE SENAANT.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. ; cays

MPW 10 Mar 1917, p. 1589, 1664. Wid's | Mar 1917, p. 133. Source: Based ona short story by Lillian Bennett-Thompson and George

Var 2 Mar 1917, p. 28. Hubbard (publication undetermined).

Cast: Harry T. Morey (Roderick Beverly), Louiszita Valentine

THE GATES OF EDEN F1.1525 (Nessy Worthing), Frank Hagney (Buck Higby), Walter Horton (Dan

LP9433]. 5 reels. sheriff). a .

Columbia Pictures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp.; A Metro 247row), Charles Eldridge (Dave Worthing), Arden Page (Ham

Wonderplay. 30 Oct 1916 [OColumbia Pictures Corp.; 31 Oct 1916; Worthing), Eleanor Barry (Sally Worthing), Robert Gaillard (The Dir John H. Collins. Scen John H. Collins. Story Rev. William E. Drama. Dispatched to Tennessee to investigate the sudden interest that

Danforth. Cam John Arnold. a large syndicate is exhibiting in a Piece of land owned by his father, Cast: Viola Dana (Eve/Evelyn), Augustus Phillips (Joseph), Robert Roderick Beverly meets and falls in love with Nessy Worthing, the Walker (William Bard), Edward Earle (Rodney), Grace E. Stevens daughter of one of the local clans who has returned home after a six-year

(Eldress Sarah), Fred Jones (Huxley), Harry Linson (A Shaker absence in boarding school. Met by suspicion by the local moonshiners,

brother), George “Melville (William’s father). Rod is accused of slaying one of the clan members. A lynching party is

Drama. Evelyn and her sweetheart William Bard horrify their Shaker gathering when Nessy , desperate to save her lover, promises to marry community, which does not believe in marriage or in the perpetuity of the former Sultor puck ysteey if ne saves Row Meantim e, while imprison

race, by wanting to get married. As a result, the Shakers drive William out od alscovers that the ceputy Sm a Barrows, las conceal’ valua -

of town, but not before Evelyn gives birth to a daughter named Eve. Evelyn mineral deposits on his father’s land. The two men fight, and in making his

soon dies, and after the Shakers inform William that Eve has died also, Worthing slaving mistaken or Ree and ine, freeing Newsy tomar to ene even though she is actually still living among them, he vows revenge on the Lynching. Mineral rights. Moonshiners. Tennessee. False arrests. Fights

entire community. Years later, now a wealthy businessman and determined Murder. Self-sacrifice. Sheriffs. Syndicates

to ruin the.Shakers Williamas changes name and to Note:was The story that d h basispublished of thi fil ‘inal ;in . . . : yfinancially, that served the his basis of returns this film originally

a

the community with his adopted son Rodney. Rodney meets Eve and they magazine. The working title of this film was The Gauntlet of Greed. Some scenes were

fall in love, but William remains relentless in his desire to destroy the shot near Asheville, NC, in the Tennessee mountains, and in Saugerties, NY.

community. Just as he is about to succeed, however, he finds out that Eve MPN 1 May 1920, p. 3852. MPW 31 Jul 1920, p. 636. is really his daughter. His attitude softens instantly, and he finally approves MPN 22 May 1920, p. 4320. Var 23 Jul 1920, p. 33. of Rodney’s romance with Eve, while also deciding to build a new and MPN 21 Aug 1920, p. 1583. Wid's 25 Jul 1920, p. 8. better home for the Shakers. Parentage. Religiousity. Revenge. Shakers.

Tolerance. Businessmen. Duplicity. Impersonation and imposture. THE GAUNTLET OF GREED see THE GAUNTLET Marriage. Note: The source for this film may have been a published story by Danforth rather

than an original screen story, but its exact origin is unknown. According to a news GAY AND FESTIVE CLAVERHOUSE F1.1528 item, the film was shot in one of the few Shaker villages remaining in the United Metro Pictures Corp. 1918? 5 reels. States. Dir Charles J. Brabin. Asst dir Bernard J. Durning. Adapted by June

ait i NY le P. soy NYA * .e oe p. ae Mathis and Katharine Kavanaugh. Cam Frank Williams.

MPW 11 Nov 1916, is 914. Var 3 Ney 1916. is 38, Source: Based on the novel The Gay and Festive Claverhouse by Anne MPW 18 Nov 1916, p. 997. Wid's 9 Nov 1916, p. 1094. Warner French (Boston, 1914). Cast: Francis X. Bushman (Ernest Claverhouse), Beverly Bayne.

GATES OF GLADNESS F1.1526 Drama. [No information concerning the plot of this film has been World Film Corp. Dist World Film Corp. 28 Jan 1918 [OWorld Film _!ocated.] | a ae Corp. (Julia Burnham, author); 18 Jan 1918; LU11960]. 5 reels. Note: No further ormation is available on this title, which may have been a Pres William A. Brady. Dir Harley Knoles. Asst dir Nelson Minnerly. Production abandoned before filming commenced.

Cam René Guissart. THE GAY LORD QUEX F1.1529 Cast: Madge Evans (Beth Leeds), George MacQuarrie (Roger Goldwyn Pictures Corp. Dist Goldwyn Distributing Corp. 30 Nov

Scen Virginia Tyler Hudson. Story John B. Clymer and Harry O. Hoyt.

Leeds), Niles Welch (Myron Leeds), Rosina Henley (Mary Leeds), Gerda 1919 [O©Goldwyn Pictures Corp.; 25 Sep 1919; LP14222]. 5 reels.

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THE GAY LORD WARING AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Dir Harry Beaumont. Scen Edfrid Bingham. Cam George Weber and fiancée Emily Harrison fail to find husbands for the sisters, Jimmy lets

Norbert F. Brodin. Emily go and she marries another. After many years of complaints, two of Source: Based on the play The Gay Lord Quex by Sir Arthur Wing the sisters marry and the third goes to work at a settlement house. Because

Pinero (London, 8 Apr 1899). of the war, Jimmy’s leather business becomes very profitable. When he is Cast: Tom Moore (The Marquis of Quex), Gloria Hope (Muriel courting flashy young women, his sisters condemn him for being a “gay old

Eden), Naomi Childers (The Duchess of Strood), Hazel Daly (Sophie dog,” but Jimmy realizes that his romantic efforts are pitiful and Fullgarney), Sydney Ainsworth (Sir Chichester Frayne), P. H. unfulfilling. He is deeply moved when he sees Emily’s boy going off to war McCullough (Captain Bastling), Arthur Housman (“Valma’”’, also known ina parade. When his sisters reproach him again, he tells them to leave and

as, Frank Pollitt), Kate Lester (Lady Owbridge), Henry Miller, Jr. not return, blaming them for the loss of Emily and the child that might

(Jack Eden), Kathleen Kirkham (Mrs. Jack Eden). have been his. Filial relations. Loneliness. Men-about-town. Self-sacrifice. Drama/Society. Having followed the road of romance through many Sisters. Wealth. ingratitude. Leather industry. Nouveaux riches. Parades. countries, Lord Quex finally falls in love with Muriel Eden. After resisting Settlement workers. World War |. Lord Quex because of his reputation, Muriel finally capitulates to his Note: This was Hobart Henley’s first independent production. The film was charms and agrees to marry him. In her heart, however, Muriel still originally scheduled to be distributed by the Independent Sales Corporation.

treasures an affection for Caption Bastling, a fortune hunting womanizer, ETR 22 Nov 1919, p. 2145. NYMT 9 Nov 1919.

and when Muriel is told of Lord Quex’s continuing contact with the PW 5 No 18 if ve Wid's 9 Nov 1919, p. 21.

Duchess of Dowager, a situation brought about through the scheming of oe.

the Duchess, Muriel turns to Bastling and agrees to meet him at her friend

Sophie Fullgarney’s manicurist shop. There, Sophie, who has discovered m eileen ~ avery tual Film C 19 Feb 1917.5 8 Bastling’s true nature, exposes the captain by flirting with him as Muriel Dir Jame Kirk sod s Clift d i vad © > > Feels. arrives for her rendezvous. Seeing Bastling faithlessness makes Muriel Cae Man Miles Mi oe (Sy ] ia) Genre Fj her (Arnold), E .

realize that Quex is the man for her. Fortune hunters. Philanderers. b 4c i Mrs. B ter) Han Clack (Mr B ter) Fracklic Ritchie

Reputation. Flirtation. Manicurists. Nobility. (The count ) axter), Watvey iarke (ir. Baxter), rrankin Nilcnie

di Note: Pinero’s play had been filmed in England in 1917, with Maurice Elvey Drama Upon his death, Sylvia’s uncle leaves his fortune to her with the

ver 20 Dec 1919, p. 273. MPW 3 Jan 1920, p. 147. stipulation that her inheritance be administered by his attorney, Mr. Baxter. Baxter, who is struggling under the burden of supporting his social

THE GAY LORD WARING F1.1530 oumbingSylvia wile andaccepts auger decides to appropriate the funds on Baxter humselt ; , o earn her living, a domestic position in the opi. ene ot rn } " re pr 1916. PgOOdl S reel, 24 Apr 1916 household where her gentle influence gradually brings Arnold Baxter back Dir Otis Turner Scen F McGrew Willis Musica ] accompanimen , from his road to dissipation. Finally cognizant of his family’s shallowness

selected and arrange d by M. Winkler and F Rehsen and selfishness, Arnold discovers that his father has been living on Sylvia’s Source: Based on the novel The Gay Lord Waring by Houghton Townley funds. He forces his father to give Sylvia what is rightfully hers, and the

(New 1910) Ganter family,Kindhearted horror strieken a a thought of losing theirher jortune, beg ; , York , , . . ylvia’s forgiveness. Sylvia insists upon sharing property Von ool. Beran: Grassy tae Weng. Me son Soaree with them, forcing the Baxters to confront their own shortcomings, and all (Countess Olga Imani), H. Holland (O'Grady) Duke Worne (Von ends happily as Sylvia not only reforms the Baxters but becomes one of

Gerold) 7 , them herself with her marriage to Arnold. Dissipation. Executors. Family Drama. . oyLord sone gs , life. Inheritance. Moral reformation. Social climbers. Theft. Wills. Lawyers. Arthur Waring’s only asset is his title, so when he seriously Nieces. Servants. Uncles

injures Helene Von Gerold in a riding accident, he borrows money from M 4 F » 1917 406 MPW 94 Feb 1917. v. 1248

his wealthy, unscrupulous younger brother Mark in order to pay for her MPN 3 Mat 1917, pp. 1421-22. ° Poe

medical treatment. Mark drives a hard bargain, however, and makes Arthur agree to commit suicide in six months, thus allowing Mark to

inherit the title, if he cannot pay back the loan. Toward the end of the ee ee Dieta aia gk Poet Prevares Corp. 25 Nov 191 510) C.

allotted time, Arthur still has not been able to raise the money. Then, just Ivers: 3 Nov 1915: LP6896]. 5 reels P. co as Arthur is about to kill himself, Helen’s father overturns a lamp and sets Dir Frank Llo d Cam Fred Dobson Tech dir Earl Sibley. Musical fire to his house, and Arthur, hearing the alarm, rushes to the scene. Mark accompaniment lec ted and arranged by George W. Beynon y:

also hurries to the Von Gerold’s house, but he dies en route when he is Source: Based on the novel The Gentleman from In diana by Booth thrown from his horse. Arthur rescues Helen, and then, having inherited Tarkington (New York, 1899) Mark’s fortune, he confidently begins a romance with her. Brothers. Loans. Cast: Dustin Farnum ( John Harkless), Winifred Kingston (Helen Nobility. Social climbers. Attempted suicide. Fires. Inheritance. Rescues. Sherwood), Herbert Standing (Joe Fisbee), Page Peters (Lige Willets),

Riding accidents. Howard Davies (Rodney McCune), Signor Juan de la Cruz (Tom MPN 22 Apr 1916, p. 2388, Var «14 Apr 1916. p23, Meredith), Joe Ray (Skillett), Elsie Cort (Skillett's girl), C. Norman MPW __22 Apr 1916, p. 642. Wid's 13 Apr 1916, p. 505. Hammond (Judge Briscoe), Helen Eddy. Drama. After a spectacular college football career, John Harkless leaves

THE GAY MISS FORTESQUE see WHAT EVERY WOMAN the university to pursue a place in Indiana politics. He buys: the failing

LEARNS Plattville Herald and, using the newspaper to expose various illegal activities, sets out to rid the county of all mobsters and corrupt officials. When a traveling circus comes to town, he uncovers a crooked gambling

THE GAY OLD DOG . . F1.1531 ring and drives away the fleecers. That night, returning from his

Hobart Henley Productions, Inc. Dist Pathe Exchange, Inc.; A Pathe — sweetheart’s house, he is badly beaten and left for dead by a gang of men. Special. 2 Nov 1919 [©Pathe Exchange, Inc.; | Nov 1919; LU14362].6 —_ Believing that John has been murdered, vigilantes gather to avenge his

reels, 5,130 ft. . death, but the identity of the perpetrators is in question. The evidence

Prod Hobart Henley. Dir Hobart Henley. Scen Mrs. Sidney Drew. finally points to the White Caps, a band of thugs allied with Rodney

Cam William Crolly. Art dir Edward D. Venturini. McCune, a notorious local politician opposing John in an upcoming _ Source: Based on the short story “The Gay Old Dog” by Edna Ferber = Congressional race. Before the angry mob clashes with the White Caps,

in Metropolitan Magazine (Oct 1917). John is located in a hospital emergency room. While he recovers, his Cast: John Cumberland (Jimmy Dodd), Mary Chambers (Mrs. Dodd, _girifriend, Helen Sherwood, takes over the newspaper and cleverly concocts

his mother), Emily Lorraine (Eva, his sister), Inez Marcel (Carrie, his 4 way for John to win the election. Gangsters. Indiana. Newspapers. sister), Frances Neilson (Stella, his sister), Gertrude Robinson (Emily Political campaigns. Reformers. Athletes. Circuses. Confidence men.

Harrison), Nell Tracy (Ethel Hastings). | Elections. Gambling. Hospitals. Political corruption. Vigilantes.

Drama. Hard working Jimmy Dodd, the main support for his widowed Note: The film was re-released on 18 May 1919. Pre-release articles list Virginia mother and three unwed, bickering sisters, promises his mother on her Foltz in the cast and Dal Clawson a chief cameraman. A replica of an entire Indiana death bed that he will not marry before his sisters. When Jimmy and his town was built for the production. In order to stage a rainstorm, 14,000 gallons of

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE GERMAN CURSE IN RUSSIA water were carted from a well three miles away. The midnight scene of the vigilante 1923. The remake was directed by Joseph Henabery and starred Jack Holt (see AF/

committee was filmed at night using fifty radium flares and ten Windfield Koerner Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.2038). The actor, Mr. Machin, may be lamps. Some Paramount records list Herbert Standing as Judge Briscoe; however, all William Machin.

reviews agree with the credits above. Motog 13 Mar 1915, p. 426. MPW 20 Mar 1915, p. 1840.

Motog 23 Oct 1915, p. 837. MPN 20 Nov 1915, pp. 78-79. MPN 27 Feb 1915, p. 51. NYDM _10 Mar 1915, p. 33. Motog 4 Dec 1915, p. 1211. MPN 4 Dec 1915, p. 71. MPW 20 Feb 1915, p. 1155. NYDM _28 Oct 1916, p. 42. MPN 14 Aug 1915, p. 74. MPW 30 Oct 1915, p. 945. MPW 13 Mar 1915, p. 1619. Var 5 Mar 1915, p. 21. MPN 11 Sep 1915, p. 79. MPW 27 Nov 1915, p. 1679, 1732.

MPN 2.04 1915, 0.68 NYDM —@Nov 1918, p. 30. A GENTLEMAN OF QUALITY F1.1536

MPN 9 Oct 1915, p. 74. NYDM 27 Nov 1915, p. 28. Vitagraph Co. of America. Dist Vitagraph Co. of America. 17 Mar

MEN s ot i918 P 0 Wid's ee Ne ioe p. II. 1919 [©Vitagraph Co. of America; 15 Feb 1919; LP13404]. 5 reels.

Dir James Young. Cam Max DuPont. Source: Based on the novel A Gentleman of Quality by Frederic Van

A GENTLEMAN FROM MISSISSIPPI . . F1.1534 Rensselaer Dey (New York, 1909).

William A. Brady Picture Plays, Inc. Dist World Film Corp. 5 Oct Cast: Earle Williams (John Ashton/Lord John Hertford), Katherine 1914 [©World Film Corp.; 21 Sep 1914; LU3524]. 5 reels. Adams (Lady Mercy Covington), Joyce Moore (Hope Hollister), James Prod William A. Brady. Dir George L. Sargent. Asst dir Harry Weir. Carpenter (Harry Hollister), Robert Bolder (Robert), George Pierce Source: Based on the play A Gentleman from Mississippi by Thomas A. (Dean Douglas), Ronald Byram (Richard Hertford).

Wise and Harrison Rhodes (New York, 28 Sep 1908). Drama. John Ashton quarrels with his stepfather and runs away to Cast: Thomas A. Wise (Senator William H. Langdon). London. At the same time, Lord John Hertford marries Lady Mercy Drama. William H. Langdon, a widower and naive junior Senator from Covington, but he disappears on the wedding night. Ashton is injured in Mississippi, moves to Washington, D.C. with his daughters, Caroline and ag traffic accident in London, and is believed to be Hertford, even by Lady Hope, and his son Randolph. Without Langdon’s knowledge, his children Mercy. Ashton’s memory is jarred and he marries Lady Mercy in another have become the prey of the unscrupulous Congressman Norton, who is ceremony. Meanwhile, her cousin locates Lord John in India and leaves engaged to Caroline. Using money given to him by Caroline and Randolph, —_ him in a doctor's care after receiving a cable from Lady Mercy that her Norton secretly buys marshland property and proposes it as a site for a new husband has been found. The cousin is shipwrecked for seven years, during naval base in Mississippi, planning to sell it at a highly inflated price to the which time it is discovered that Ashton and Lord John are twin brothers,

federal government. When Langdon learns about the plan and his separated and abducted because of Sicilian vengeance. While reading mail children’s part in it, he exposes it on the Senate floor. The speech routs accumulated over seven years, the cousin discovers that Lord John died Norton and restores the confidence of Budd Haines, a former investigative soon after leaving for England. Amnesia. India. Mistaken identity. reporter for The Washington Post and Langdon’s secretary, who resumes Shi nwrecks. Twins. Abduction. Automobile accidents. Cousins. London.

. . ; Pp. . ar ar , p. 66.

his courtship of Hope. Filial relations. Fraud. Mississippi. Moral Nobility. Sicilians. Stepfathers.

corruption. United States. Congress. Washington (D.C.). Land ETR 15 Mar 1919 1139 y, 7 Mar 1919. v. 66

speculation. Naval bases. Reporters. The Washington Post. Widowers. MPN 15 Mar 1919, p. 1713. Wid’s 9 Mar 1919, p. 11. Note: Thomas A. Wise created the role of Senator Langdon on the Broadway stage. MPW 15 Mar 1919, p. 1527. According to a news item in MPW, the first negatives and prints of this film were

destroyed ina ire at the Eclair Studios in Fort Lee, NJ in Apr of 1914. A GENTLEMAN’S AGREEMENT F1.1537 MEN 30 Jan i918 is 30, NY DM 0 Sep Vola a Vitagraph Co. of America; A Blue Ribbon Feature. Dist Greater MPW 4 Apr 1914, p. 45. Var 26 Sep 1914, p. 22. Vitagraph, Inc. 29 Jul 1918 [©Vitagraph Co. of America; 20 Jul 1918;

MPW 3 Oct 1914, p. 40. LP12705]. 5 reels, 4,266 ft.

Pres Albert E. Smith. Dir David Smith. Scen F. R. Buckley. Cam

A GENTLEMAN OF LEISURE F1.1535 Charles R. Seeling.

Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. | Mar Source: Based on the short story “Gentleman’s Agreement” by Wallace 1915 [©Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co.; 2 Mar 1915; LU4581]. 5 reels. Irwin in McClure’s Magazine (Sep 1914).

Pres Jesse L. Lasky. Dir George Melford. Cam Walter Stradling. Cast: Alfred Whitman (Allen Spargo), Nell Shipman (Theresa Source: Based on the play A Gentleman of Leisure by John Stapleton and Kane), Juan de la Cruze (Lemuel Antree), Jake Abraham (Professor

P. G. Wodehouse (New York, 24 Aug 1911). Kane), Hattie Buskirk (Mrs. Kane), Jack Wetherby (Jerry Pitkin), Al Cast: Wallace Eddinger (Robert Edgar Willoughby Pitt), Sydney Deane Garcia (Manager of mine), Patricia Palmer (Kate Leonard).

(Sir Thomas Blunt), Gertrude Kellar (Lady Julia Blunt), Tom Forman Drama. Allen Spargo, a mining engineer who is betrothed to Theresa (Sir Spencer Dreever), Carol Hollaway (Molly Creedon), Frederick Kane, goes West to make his fortune and is seriously injured in an accident. Montague (“Big Phil” Creedon), Billy Elmer (Spike Mullins), Frederick Kate Leonard, who falls in love with him while nursing him to recovery, Vroom (Macklin, Pitt’s friend), Francis Tyler (Willett, Pitt’s friend), jealously intercepts his fiancée’s letters and then writes Theresa that Allen Monroe Salisbury (Stutten, Pitt’s friend), Mr. Machin (Fuller, Pitt’s is dead. Paralyzed by grief for a time, Theresa finally agrees to marry her friend), Florence Dagmar (Kate), Larry Peyton (Ole Larsen), Robert former suitor, Lemuel Antree, but soon after the ceremony, Allen returns.

Dunbar (Jeweler), Lucien Littlefield (Clerk). Assuming she no longer loves him, Allen leaves for the West, but Theresa

Comedy. Robert Edgar Willoughby Pitt, arriving on ship too late to get follows him. Lemuel pursues the couple intending to kill them, but learns a first class stateroom from London to New York, travels with immigrants that Allen had once saved his life. Since Lemuel believes that his life, in on the lower deck. Noticing Molly Creedon on the upper deck, Robert must effect, belongs to Allen, he drowns himself to allow the couple to marry. flirt long distance as regulations forbid their meeting. Later, in his New Duplicity. Jealousy. Self-sacrifice. Accidents. Engineers—Mining. Grief. York club, Robert wagers he can rob a house without being arrested. That Letters. Nursing back to health. Suicide. United States-West.

night, after Robert subdues professional burglar Spike Mullins who is ETR 27 Jul 1918, p. 624. NYDM _10 Aug 1918, p. 203.

attempting to rob him, Robert proposes that they join forces. Spike ETR 3 Aug 1918, p. 749. Var 2 Aug 1918, p. 37. suggests the home of Molly’s father, Deputy Police Commissioner “Big oy i Ae i918 e. 100. Wid's 28 Jul 1918, pp. 19-20. Phil” Creedon. After Molly apprehends them, Creedon, known to accept

gral meets Robert the next day and receives hush money but warns THE GERMAN CURSE IN RUSSIA F1.1538

obert to keep away from Molly. When; onald Spike,C.now Robert’s valet, steals D ;Exchange, ,. Thompson Film Co. Dist Pathé Inc. 13 Jan and secures their release. Molly discreetly returns the pearls and marries , ‘Im ed C in Donald C Robert. Creedon, accepting this, vows not to take bribes anymore. Cam Captain Donald C. Thompson. Film ed Captain Dona Bur | Police commissioners. Upper classes Thompson. a pearl necklace at a house party, Robert threatens Creedon with exposure 1918. 5 reels

glars. Moral reformation. ; ; , , ,

Wagers. Bribery. Father-daughter relationship. Graft. Immigrants. pocumentary yore vor I. Serle Russia pom August neato the Jewelry. New York City. Ocean liners. Parties. Theft. Valets. revolution 0 are shown. Subtitles relate that “serman treachery was

pyrig ong pie

Note: Copyright records list Cecil B. DeMille along with Stapleton and Wodehouse responsible for food riots, street fighting, overcrowded hospitals, shortages

as one of the authors of the work. This was Wallace Eddinger’s first film. Henry of war materials and surgical necessities, and ; the overthrow of the Woodruff was originally slated to star in the film, but because of illness he was Kerensky government. Scenes include a sea battle in which 14 boats in the repalced with Eddinger. This film was remade by Famous Players-Lasky Corp. in Turkish fleet and a German U-boat are destroyed by Russia’s Black Sea

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THE GERMAN SIDE OF THE WAR AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Fleet; battle scenes on the Dvinski front; a gas attack; a machine-gun Comedy. Mary Bussard is momentarily freed from the confines of her attack that virtually wipes out a Russian detachment sent “over the top”; stuffy stepfather’s wealthy New York home when he falls down an elevator loyal Cossack troops in the Carpathian mountains; Czar Nicholas II and shaft and dies. Sadly, she chooses further submission to convention after Grand Duke Nicholas conversing; wounded in hospitals; the Duma and the she learns that the only way she can get her inheritance to repay a poor Council of Workmen and Soldiers in session; Nikolai Lenin speaking in the widow cheated by her stepfather, is by living one year without getting streets of Petrograd; Leon Trotsky; the attack on the Duma; a march of married with the prissy Bussards of Boston. To enable them to collect the 15,000 anarchists; Alexander Kerensky, Elihu Root, and Root’s American inheritance themselves, the Bussards try to make Mary’s life unbearable,

commission; David R. Francis, U.S. Ambassador to Russia; and Mrs. but wealthy bachelor Jimmy Winthrop falls in love with Mary to the Emmaline Parkhurst, an English suffragette and her daughter Christabel dismay of the Bussards who want him for their daughter. The lovers meeting Mme. Yasha Bochkareva, leader of the women’s “Battalion of overcome the Bussards’ obstacles by having Jimmy’s friend Ted Barnacle Death,” who are seen in battle. Russia—History-1917-1921 Revolution. pose as Mary’s new suitor. After arranging a wedding ceremony so that World War I. Anarchists. Combat. Cossacks. Duma. English. David R. Ted can marry Mary “to protect her name,” the Bussards finally get their Francis. Gas warfare. Germany. Navy. Alexander Kerensky. Nikolai Lenin. long-awaited inheritance, which turns out to be $1.30 and a War Savings

Nicholas ll, Czar of Russia, 1868-1918. Revolutionaries. Elihu Root. Stamp, when Mary marries Jimmy. Boston. Inheritance. Snobbery. Russia. Navy. Suffragettes. Leon Trotsky. Turkey. Navy. United States- Bachelors. Elevators. Falls from heights. Impersonation and imposture.

Diplomatic and Consular Service. War injuries. Women soldiers. Stepfathers. Widows. Note: In a four reel version, this film opened for a week at the Strand Theater in ETR 12 Apr 1919, p. 1447. MPW 26 Apr 1919, p. 478. New York on 9 Dec 1917 as Bloodstained Russia, German Intrigue, Treason and MPN 19 Apr 1919, p. 2531. Var 11 Apr 1919, p. 55. Revolt before Pathé Exchange, Inc. arranged to distribute it in a longer version. MPW 19 Apr 1919, p. 427. Wid’'s 6 Apr 1919, p. 25. Captain Donald C. Thompson, war photographer for Leslie’s Weekly, spent eleven

months in Russia 1916. THE GHOST BREAKER F1.1541 ETR filming 22 Dec 1917,beginning p. 294.Nov MPW 26 Jan 1918, p. 571. ,,.

TR S Jan 1918, is 449 NYDM 15 Dec 1917. is 6. Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 7 Dec _

ETR 12 Jan 1918, p. 489. NYDM 22 Dec 1917, p. 19. 1914 [OJesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. (James Montgomery and Cecil ETR 2 Feb 1918, p. 715. NYDM __ 29 Dec 1917, p. 26. B. DeMille, authors); 20 Nov 1914; LU3795]. 5 reels.

MPN 29 Dec 1917, p. 4535. NYDM 5 Jan 1918, p. 20, 26. . ' : MPW 22. Dec 1917, p. 1805. NYT 10 Dec 1917, p. 15. if res esse L. Lasky. Dir Cecil B. DeMille and scar v ae d MPW 12 Jan 1918, p. 240. ource: Based on the play The Ghost Breaker by Paul Dickey an Charles W. Goddard (New York, 5 Mar 1909).

Cam Edwin F. Weigle. , ; ,

THE GERMAN SIDE OF THE WAR F1.1539 Cast: H. B. Warner (Warren Jarvis), Rita Stanwood (Princess Maria

Th , , , Theresa), Roberts (Prince of Aragon), Betty Johnson e Chicago Tribune.Theodore Dist Rights. 20 Luis), Sep 1915. 6 reels. ; ; (Carmen), JodeState Mullally (Don Horace B. Carpenter (Carlos, Duke

,War . D’Alva), Jeanne McPherson (Juanita, Carmen's rival), Mabel Van:Buren Documentary /WorldBilly I. Germany during the La first year of(Maximo, World .the ; ; , . é . (Delores), Elmer (Robledo), Dick Strange War I is shown. At the Reichstag in Berlin, a conductor leads singers in ; , «Wacht +95Am. Rhein.” ghost), Fred Montague ghost), Lucien Littlefield (Judge Thousands in aBurton square before(Gaspart, the Emperor’s .the we , ~, Kaiser Jarvis), J.mass W. (Rusty), J.the W. Johnsongeneral (Markam). edifice. Wilhelm bids good-bye to Austrian staff. ,to. the Revi . aa, Aragon . ; Drama, Adventure. Carmen, a maid, steals a locket belonging egiments drill to evade detection by airships. Soldiers march in the Alps. . ;New f , York princess Maria Theresa and sells it to Gaines, a art The large centimeter guns are fired.that Maneuvers are shown, but nothe actual . . to the Aragon . ; collector, not knowing the locket contains clue skirmishes are fought, and the enemy is not seen. Germany. Germany. ; ; ae ;

Propaganda. Soldiers. . ;

Army. ,; ; -World ; family fortune’s whereabouts. Carmen is killed by Juanita, War |. Alps. Austria. Army. Berlin. Military life. Ordnance. , a. love ; rival, and confesses the theft toLater, her mistress before she dies. Maria Theresa

; , , ; then goes to New York accompanied by her brother Don Luis to search

Note: Cameraman Edwin F. Weigle lectured when the film showed in New York for the locket. Duri sadvent hich lead them to Kentuck

in Sep 1915. An ad in Nov 1915 referred to the film’s title as The Chicago Tribune's or the locket. During many misadventures, whicn lea em to Kentucky German Side of the War Pictures, and said that fifty percent of the proceeds were and back to Spain, Maria and Don Luis are aided by Warren Jarvis in to go to the Blinded and Crippled Soldiers Fund. According to the Var review, Weigle uncovering the secret of the Aragon family castle. Finally, Warren and

used a telephoto lens to shoot from a long range, and received permission to travel Maria Theresa fall in love, and the Aragon family is reunited. with the German troops. The review also states that a slide in the film says that eight Chambermaids. Jewelry. Royalty. Spain. Theft. Treasure. Aragon (Spain).

scenes were not shot by Weigle. Modern sources state that war cameraman Donald “ej , C. Thompson contributed footage to the film. This film was probably the same as The Art collectors. Brother sister relationship. Castles. Confession. Murder. German War Pictures, which was copyrighted by the Indian Film Co.; 10 Sep 1915; New York City. Rivalry.

MU416. Edwin F. Weigle is mentioned in the copyright descriptions as the Motog 19 Dec 1914, p. 834, 869. MPW 19 Dec 1914, p. 1692, 1747. cameraman, and the Indian Film Co. was the owner and distributor of the Chicago MPN 19 Dec 1914, p. 62. NYDM 9 Dec 1914, p. 38.

Tribune’s war films. A similarly titled film, the 5,500 foot N. Y. Staats= Zeitung MPN 9 Jan 1915, 57. Var 11 Dec 1914, p. 28.

German Side of the War, was distributed by B. S. Moss Reliable Feature Film Co.,

and was advertised in Jan 1915 as the “First and only Official Motion pictures taken THE GHOST FLOWER F1.1542

the same as the Tribune film. reels. NYW 21 Sep 1915. : Cam Jack McKenzie. Asst to the dir Amy E. Sacker.

of German cities and German armies permitted by the German War Board censors Trianele Film C Dist Triangle Distributing C ISA 1918 5 to enter America or any other country.” (Var 23 Jan 1915, p. 42). This film was not rangle Film Corp. Uist triangle Listriouting Corp. ug °

MPN 13 Nov 1915, p. 75, 113. Var 8 Oct 1915, p. 21. Dir Frank Borzage. Scen Catherine Carr. Story Madeline Matzen.

SUCCESS .

Cast: Alma Rubens (Giulia), Charles West (La Farge), Francis

THE GERMAN WAR PICTURES see THE GERMAN SIDE OF THE = McDonald (Tony Cafarelli), Dick Rosson (Paola), Emory Johnson

WAR (Duke De Chaumont), Naida(Ercolano). Lessing (La Serena), Tote Ducrow

GERMANY IN WAR TIME see SYSTEM, THE SECRET OF Drama. Giulia, the daughter of a wine merchant, is loved by Tony

Cafarelli, an agent for the dreaded secret society, the Camorra. Giulia goes

to her lover Paola for protection, but when Tony kills him, she flees in

terror. In Naples, she is adopted by La Farge, a French poet, who gives her

GET THE BOY see A YOUTH OF FORTUNE an education and trains her for the stage. On the night of her debut, she

meets the Duke De Chaumont, and the two fall deeply in love. Tony,

GETTING MARY MARRIED — oo F1.1540 however, finally traces her to Naples, kills La Farge and fights with De Cosmopolitan Productions; Marion Davies Film Co. Dist Select Pictures Chaumont. To protect her fiancé, Giulia claims that she loves Tony and Corp. 13 Apr 1919 [©Marion Davies Film Co.; 3 Apr 1919; LP13566]. 5 returns home, only to discover that De Chaumont has preceded her. Tony

reels. dies from the wounds inflicted by De Chaumont during their struggle, Prod Allan Dwan. Dir Allan Dwan. Story John Emerson and Anita leaving the young couple in peace. Camorra. Italy. Murder. Unrequited

Loos. Cam H. Lyman Broening. love. Actors and actresses. Education. Fights. French. Naples (italy). Cast: Marion Davies (Mary Bussard), Norman Kerry (James Winthrop, Nobility. Poets. Self-sacrifice. Wine merchants. Jr.), Matt Moore (Ted Barnacle), Frederick Burton (Amos Bussar d), Note: According to a news item, the film included an elaborate Naples street scene Amelia Summerville (Mrs. Bussard), Constance Beaumar (Matilda set. Amy E. Sacker, who was familiar with Italian life, assisted director Borzage in

Bussard), Elmer Grandin (John Bussard). these scenes. 318

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 GHOSTS ETR 24 Aug 1918, p. 958, 1017. NYDM 7 Sep 1918, p. 370. along with a key, $2, and instructions to clean the Du Vivier mansion each

PW x Ae le is 38. 1159 Ms 3 Ae ior mer week. When the penniless Rhoda learns that Rosy is dead, she cleans the

MPW 31 Aug 1918, p. 1302. oo home herself, and all is well until Jacques Le Clerc, Mrs. Du Vivier’s brother, mistakes her for a thief and sends her to a reformatory. Rhoda,

THE GHOST HOUSE F1.1543 however, escapes and returns to the house. Upon discovering that Rosy has Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 1 Oct been dead for weeks, Jacques and his sister catch the mysterious 1917 [OJesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co.; 27 Sep 1917; LP11467]. 5 reels housekeeper once again. Through the efforts of Jacques, who has fallen in

Dir Willi ye yon P ‘ ; _ love with her, Rhoda is united with her rich uncle, and to demonstrate her ir William C. de Mille. Asst dir Ernest Traxler. Story Beulah Marie gratitude, she accepts the young man’s marriage proposal

pm can ar ai aarire iat and Paul re Ty. Huff (Lois Atwell). Ol Note: This film was also reviewed as The Ghost of Rosie Taylor. Several sources ast: ack Pickfor (Te awson), ouise Huff (Lois Atwell), Olga credit Henry King as director. The British Film Institute print credits Marian Lee Grey (Alice Atwell), James Neill (Jeremy Foster), Eugene Pallette with the role of Mrs. Herriman-Smith. This film was distributed in 1920 by Hallmark

(Spud Foster), Mrs. Lewis McCord (Dido), Horace B. Carpenter Pictures Corp. (James Clancy), Edythe Chapman (Mrs. Rawson), Lillian Leighton ETR 6 Jul 1918, p. 361, 400. .NYDM 13 Jul 1918, p. 52.

(Mary Ellen Clancy). MPN 13 Jul 1918, p. 207, 253. Var 26 Jul 1918, p. 31.

Comedy. The old Atwell home is said to be haunted, and Jeremy Foster, pW 3 a 1920, is Wid's 14 Jul 1918, pp. 19-20.

the gardener, who is actually the head of a band of thieves that use the

house for a hideout, does his best to keep the superstition alive. Despite the THE GHOST OF THE RANCHO F1.1546 rumors, impoverished sisters Lois and Alice Atwell decide to move into the Anderson-Brunton Co. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc. 11 Aug 1918 [©Pathé empty family house. They take possession the same night that Ted Rawson Exchange, Inc.; 23 Jul 1918: LU12672]. 5 reels. 4.625 ft is ordered to explore the place as an initiation rite by his fraternity. That Dir William Worthington. Scen Jack Cunningham. Story Arthur Henry same night, Spud Foster, a member of his uncle’s gang hides there with his Gooden. Cam Charles Kaufman. stolen loot. In the middle of the night, Lois apprehends Ted and, believing Cast: Bryant Washburn (Jeffrey Wall), Rhea Mitchell (Mary Drew), J.

him to be a burglar, takes him captive. The noise awakens Spud who, J. Dowling (Jeffrey’s grandfather). mistaking Lois for a ghost, flees the house. After much confusion, Lois’ Comedy-drama. Jeffrey Wall, the dissipated grandson of a wealthy man, fears about Ted’s character are allayed when he helps fight off the thieves, —_—_ requests that a farewell party be given in his honor before he is disinherited.

and relieved, she confesses her love to the fraternity boy. Burglars. Ghosts. During the wild banquet, a Mexican dancer assaults Mary Drew and then Haunted houses. Hazing. Thieves. Fraternities. Gardeners. Mistaken —_ shoots a man, but suspicion is cast on Jeffrey. At the death of her father,

identity. Sisters. Superstition. Mary is called home to her little village on the Mexican border but is ETR 13 Oct 1917, p. 1510. MPW 20 Oct 1917, p. 397, 444. followed by the lecherous dancer, who soon becomes the head of a gang of

one 6 On ry is ey 3772 Var 12 Oct 1917, p. 39. bandits. Jeffrey traces him and learns that the outlaws have taken control

es of a small rancho, shot its owner and kidnapped Mary. Jeffrey visits the rancho disguised as a ghost, and as the outlaws are fleeing in terror, the

THE GHOST OF FEAR see THE BONDAGE OF FEAR sheriff and his men arrive and arrest them all. Wall, Sr., pleased with the

improvements in his son’s character, comes West to bless the marriage of

THE GHOST OF OLD MORRO F1.1544 = Jeffrey and Mary. Hoaxes. Kidnapping. Mexicans. Murder. Upper

Thomas A. Edison, Inc. Dist K-E-S-E Service. 25 Jun 1917[©Thomas __ classes. Bandits. Banquets. Dancers. Disinheritance. Disguise. Ghosts.

A. Edison, Inc.; 26 May 1917; LP.10857]. 5 reels, 4,402 ft. Grandfathers. Lechery. Mexican border. Rescues. Sheriffs. Dir Richard Ridgely. Story James Oppenheim. Cam George W. Lane. Note: This film was also known as Range Rider.

Cast: Helen Strickland (Mother Morro), Herbert Prior (Pasito), Robert ETR 10 Aug 1918, p. 840. NYDM 24 Aug 1918, p. 274.

Francisco Castillo.

Conness (Capt. Jose), Mabel Trunnelle (Mercedes), Marie La Corio MPN 10 Aug 1918, p. 873. Var 2 Aug 1918, p. 39. (Annetta), Dorothy Graham (Rosetta), Bigelow Cooper (Amadio), ooWw iD Ne lore °. heen Wid's 4 Aug 1918, pp. 7-8.

Drama. The nefarious Mother Morro is a disreputable innkeeper who GHOSTS F1.1547

charges smugglers protection money. After she procures an innocent young Majestic Motion Picture Co.; A Majestic Masterpicture. Dist Mutual

girl for Capt. Jose’s pleasure, the girl’s father puts a curse on the old Film Coro: A Mutual Masterpicture Jun 1915. 5 reels —

woman. Soon after, Morro’s beloved convent reared daughter Mercedes Prod Dw Griffith. Dir G ee ge Ni cholls. § cen Russell E. Smith falls in love with the lecherous Jose. To avenge her daughter's stolen Source: Based on the play Genganere (Ghosts) by Henrik Ibsen (Chicago, innocence, Morro arranges for Amadio to kill Jose, but Mercedes overhears 20 May 1882)

the plan and offers her life to save Jose’s. Upon learning that her daughter’s Cast: Henry Walthall (Captain Arling/Oswald), Mary Alden (Helen

body has been thrown over the cliff, Morro becomes demented and falls to Arling), Loretta Blake (Regina). , her death. On moonlit nights her ghost haunts Morro Castle. Curses. Drama /Social. Helen’s parents object to her love for Manders, a poor Ghosts. Mother-daughter relationship. Revenge. Self-sacrifice. Falls from pastor, and induce her to marry Captain Arling, a notorious rake, for his

heights. Innkeepers. Lechery. Pimps. Smugglers. money, even though the family doctor warns that Arling may pass a Note: This picture was shot in Cuba. venereal disease onto their children. After Helen discovers Arling’s affair EPR au lor p. 3 ete im ne or p. ton 136. with a neighbor’s wife, Manders instructs her to remain with Arling, and

MPN 7 Jul 1917. is 18. as mn ee PE the physician keeps the parentage of Regina, the product of the affair, secret. Arling dies when Helen’s child Oswald is nine. Years later, Oswald, in Paris studying art, begins to have fits of insanity. Helen, seeking a clean

me raaeaad c oy ton Film C 8 Jul 1918. 5 phe girl for him, introduces Oswald to Regina. They plan to marry, but the rt merican Film Co. Dist Mutual Film Corp. © Ju » > Feels, %, physician arrives to stop the wedding by revealing the truth about Regina’s

a , birth. Embittered, Oswald goes beyond his father’s excesses, while his brain

s, ir Pawar’ . Sloman. Seen angela aeed “of Rosy Tavlor” b rots. Regina goes to a convent. When Helen finds Oswald on the floor sohing ack a rh Sue 4 € Ghost of Rosy Taylor Dy playing with sunbeams, she goes for the doctor, but in her absence, Oswald

Josep ine Das am Bacon in The Saturday Evening Post (17 Nov 1917). swallows poison. Helen finally finds consolation with the doctor. /nsanity. Cast: Mary Miles Minter (Rhoda Eldridge Sayles), Alan Forrest — \yarriage—Forced. Moral corruption. Parentage. Venereal disease. Artists. (Jacques Le Clerc), George Periolat (Charles Eldridge/Joseph Sayles), Clergy. Convents. Infidelity. Paris. Physicians. Rakes. Suicide. Weddings.

Helen Howard (Mrs. Jeanne Du Vivier), Emma _ Kluge (Mrs. Note: The play was published in 1881. Its first production was in Chicago in

Herriman-Smith), Kate Price (Mrs. Sullivan), Ann Schaefer (Mrs. Norwegian. In the film, John Emerson was originally scheduled to play Oswald.

Marian Watkins). According to modern sources, Emerson, who was also going to direct the film, adapted

Drama. Rhoda Eldridge, who lives in the Paris Latin Quarter, learns at it from the play. Also according to modern sources, Erich von Stroheim was the the death of her father Charles that her real name is Sayles and that she — W@"drobe assistant to director George Nicholls and also played a bit part in the film;

hashannA . Sh | he S George Seigmann was an assistant director; and Nigel de Brulier was in the cast. This uncie somewhere In America. © travels to the States as a film was re-issued under the title The Curse, in a reconstructed version with new titles, nursemaid but is discharged soon after her arrival. In the park, she finds in 1919 to the state rights market by Exhibitor’s Film Exchange. The pre-release title

an envelope containing a letter to Rosy Taylor from a Mrs. Du Vivier, for the re-issued version was The Wreck.

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THE GHOSTS OF YESTERDAY AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG

p 1919, p. 1954. , ; , :

Motog 5 Jun 1915, pp. 923-24, 953. MPW 29 May 1915, p. 1510. marquis sends Rokaia to the boy in hopes that she will reform him. True

i ae tote Pos Var 11 Jun 1915, p. 19. to his father’s wishes, Marcel treats Rokaia with great respect and falls in

: love with the girl. His happiness is threatened when Malec arrives to forcibly take Rokaia home, but Marcel and his fellow students fend the

THE GHOSTS OF YESTERDAY , . F 1.1548 merchant off and all ends happily with the union of Rokaia and Marcel.

Norma Talmadge Film Corp. dist Select Pictures Corp. Jan 1918 Arabs. Father-son relationship. Marriage-Arranged. Moral .reformation. [©Norma Talmadge Film Corp.; 29 Dec 1917; LP11891]. 6 reels. Muslims. Runaways. College students. Merchants. Orphans. Paris. Pres Joseph M. Se henck. Prod Joseph M. Schenck. Dir Charles Miller. Note: The synopsis included in the copyright descriptions was originally entitled

Scen Mildred Considine. Cam Edward Wynard. ‘“Marcel’s Birthday Present” or “The Mistress.”

Source: Based on the play Two Women by Rupert Hughes (New York, ETR 10 Mar 1917, p. 975. MPW 31 Mar 1917, p. 2160. 29 Nov 1910). Motog 7 Apr 1917, p. 74. NYDM 10 Mar 1917, p. 26.

Cast: Norma Talmadge (Ruth Grahame/Jeanne La Fleur), Eugene MPN 17 Mar 1917, pp. 1716-17. Var 9 Mar 1917, p. 22.

O’Brien (Howard Marston), Stuart Holmes (Count Pascal de MPW 17 Mar 1917, p. 1758. Wid's 8 Mar 1917, p. 154.

Fondras), John Daly Murphy (Duc de Lissac), Henry J. Hebert tn

(Roger Stearns), \da Darling (Mrs. Whitaker), Blanche Douglas GIFT O GAB ; F1.1551 (Marie Calleaux). Essanay Film Mfg. Co.; Perfection Pictures. Dist George Kleine System. Drama. Dissipated New York artist Howard Marston decides to have 26 Nov 1917 [©Essanay Film Mfg. Co.; 17 Nov 1917; LP11736]. 5 reels.

one final fling before committing suicide in the park. Ruth Grahame, a Dir W.S. Van Dyke. Scen H. Tipton Steck. .

toiling dressmaker, saves Howard and they marry. Howard gets a job in Source: Based on the short story “Gift O° Gab” by H. Tipton Steck in

an engraving plant and paints Ruth’s portrait. She dies of illness before its Ainslee’s Magazine (publication date undetermined). completion on the day that Howard receives a fortune for inventing a Cast: Jack Gardner (Tom Bain), Helen Ferguson (Peggy Dinsmore), colormaking process. Disconsolate, Howard moves to Paris, where he meets rank Morris (Chub Dinsmore), John Cossar (Mr. Dinsmore), Mrs.

the notorious cabaret singer Jeanne LaFleure, who resembles Ruth. Margaret A. Wiggin. —

Howard convinces Jeanne to pose for Ruth’s portrait, and Ruth’s sweet Comedy. Tom Bain discovers that he must have something more than a nature develops in Jeanne. She and Howard fall in love, but when Howard, fine record at football to provide for the needs of Peggy Dinsmore, the sister feeling that he is betraying Ruth’s memory, tells Jeanne that he loves her of his college chum. Riding up and down the grades on a railroad train gives

only because of the resemblance, she slashes the portrait and leaves. Tom the idea of inventing a machine to bore tunnels through the hills. He Howard then realizes that he loves Jeanne for herself. He finds her with interests local capital through his sales pitch, sells his machine with more her former suitor, Count Pascal de Fondras, who is forcing his affections talk, but the machine is a glorious failure. The president of the railroad on her. During a struggle, the count slashes Howard’s eyes and jumps to COM Ppany Is so impressed with his gift of gab, however, that he gets a job his death. When Howard learns that he will be blind, he sends Jeanneaway, 28 2 Salesman and is thus able to claim Peggy as his bride. Inventions. but she returns, overjoyed that he now loves her. Grief. Models. Painters. 'Nventors. Salesmen. Finance-Personal. Railroad magnates.

Portraits. Attempted rape. Attempted suicide. Blindness. Cabaret Note: The film was also reviewed under the title The Gift of Gab.

performers. Dressmakers. Engravers. Inventions. Jumps from heights. wos Se toy P hot NeDM fe De tly P ee Knife wounds. New York City. Nobility. Paris. MPW 24 Nov 1917, p. 1230. Wid's 6 Dec 1917, p. 782. ETR 19 Jan 1918, p. 598. MPW 19 Jan 1918, p. 383, 410. MPW 8 Dec 1917, p. 1481. MPN 19 Jan 1918, p. 446, 452. Wid's 10 Jan 1918, pp. 860-61.

THE GIFT OF LIFE F1.1552

THE GIANTS-WHITE SOX TOUR F1.1549 1920? [©American Social Hygiene Assn.; 15 Oct 1920; MP1783]. 4 Eclectic Film Co. 12 Apr 1914 [©John J. Gleason (Francis McGlynn, reels. author); 7 May 1914; MU166. ©Eclectic Film Co.; 20 Aug 1914; MU229]. Documentary. The principles of reproduction in amoebae, plants,

6 reels. animals and human beings are presented. The film asserts that, while Pres John J. Gleason. plants depend on the circumstances of nature and animals follow their

Cast: Christopher Mathewson (Himself), Charles A. Comiskey instincts in mating, man can exercise the gift of choice, which marks him (Himself), Herman A. “Germany” Schaefer (Himself), John Bernard as master. Animal life. Reproduction. “Hans” Lobert (Himself), Members of the Chicago White Sox baseball Note: Copyright records give partial information only on the final reel of the film. team, Members of the New York Giants baseball team.

Documentary. Baseball team managers John J. McGraw of the New THE GIFT SUPREME F1.1553 York Giants and Charles A. Comiskey of the Chicago White Sox conduct C. R. Macauley Photoplays, Inc. Dist Republic Distributing Corp. Apr their teams on a world tour. Accompanied by an enthusiastic fan, they visit 1920 [OC. R. Macauley Photoplays, Inc.; 30 Mar 1920; LU14996]. 6 reels.

many countries throughout the world, from the Far East to Europe. Among Dir Ollie L. Sellers. Asst dir Justin H. McCloskey. Cam Jack the dignitaries who honor the teams are Pope Pius X and King George V MacKenzie. of England. Players “Hans” Lobert and “Germany ” Schaefer are seen 1n Source: Based on the novel The Gift Supreme by George Allan England action during the tour. Baseball. Chicago White Sox. New York Giants. (New York, 1916).

World tours. Americans in foreign countries. Charles A. Comiskey. Cast: Bernard Durning (Bradford Chandler Vinton), Seena Owen George V, King of England, 1865-1936. John Bernard Lobert. John J. (Sylvia Alden), Melbourne McDowell (Eliot Vinton), Tully Marshall

McGraw. Pius X, Pope. Herman A. Schaefer. (Irving Stagg), Eugenie Besserer (Martha Vinton), Lon Chaney MPW 4 Jul 1914, p. 122. Var 17 Apr 1914, p. 21. (Merney Stagg), Jack Curtis (Rev. Ebenezer Crowley Boggs), Dick Morris

(Dopey Dan), Anna Dodge (Mrs. Wesson), Claire McDowell (Lalia Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. 26 Mar Drama /Social. To gather material for a novel, Bradford Vinton, the son 1917 [©Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.; 2 Mar 1917; LP10285]. 5 reels. of wealthy Eliot Vinton, foresakes his life of luxury to experience life in the Dir Rupert Julian. Scen E. J. Clawson. Cam Stephen Rounds. London slums where he meets and falls in love with mission singer Sylvia Source: Based on the play Marcel’s Birthday Present by H.R. Durant} — Alden. Upon hearing of Brad’s romance, Eliot threatens to disown his son,

(publication undetermined). and to further insure that Brad will never have Sylvia, frames the girl with Cast: Louise Lovely (Rokaia), Emory Johnson (Marcel), Rupert Julian false charges of prostitution. Sylvia, ashamed, disappears, but Brad (Malec), Wadsworth Harris (Marquis de Tonquin), Frederick Montague remains true. Disowned by his father, Brad establishes a cheap restaurant (Dr. D’Eglantine), Winter Hall (Usun Hassan), Rex Roselli (Major for the poor where Stagg, the crook who framed Sylvia, stabs him. His life

Smyrthwaite Abercrombie). in danger, Brad is rushed to the hospital where Sylvia, now a nurse, offers Drama. Rokaia, an orphaned English girl, has been brought up among to give her blood to save his life. When Eliot learns of the girl’s devotion, the Mohammedans. Ordered to marry Malec, a fat merchant, she ignores all is forgiven, and the young lovers are reunited. Authors. Disinheritance. their restrictive marriage codes and flees to Paris where she meets the Father-son relationship. Fidelity. Missions. Self-sacrifice. Slums. Blood

Marquis de Tonquin, an old roué who offers her shelter. When his son transfusions. Frame-ups. Hospitals. Knife wounds. London. Nurses. Marcel begins to ignore his college studies in favor of the fast life, the Restaurants. Sisters. 320

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE GILDED YOUTH ETR 1 May 1920, p. 2518. MPW 1 May 1920, p. 767. Comedy-drama. Because his mother is deathly ill, poor country clerk:

MW Y Ane 1900 is se? nine s Mey 1990 . Chauncey Short appeals to his wealthy Uncle Dan, but learns that Dan is

: abroad. Chauncey struggles to earn enough money to send his mother away

for treatment, but fails. The day of her death, Chauncey learns that Dan World Film Corp.. Peerless. Dist World Film Corp. 9 Oct 1916 [World died and left him five million dollars. Embittered because the money

Film Corp; 2 Oct 1916; LU9228]. 5 reels. arrived too late, Chauncey, during the next five years, becomes a gilded Pres William A. Brady. Dir Harley Knoles. Scen Frances Marion. fool,” spending extravagantly with no purpose other than indulgence in the

Story J. 1. C. Clarke. Cam Arthur Edeson. offerings of Broadway. After Chauncey meets Margaret Ruthven, a Cast: Alice Brady (Princess Honore), Alec B. Francis (King Comus), banker's daughter, he romances her and Proposes, but she refuses him Gerda Holmes (Queen Vesta), Montagu Love (Baron Stefano), Arthur because of his idleness. Strange, Margaret's father's partner, who has Ashley (Captain Kassari), Sidney Dalbrook (Nickolai), Clara Whipple invested and lost Ruthven’s funds without his consent, convinces Chauncey

(Lesbia, the goose girl), Irving Cummings (Prince Boris). to join the firm to cover the loss, but when Margaret discovers that the firm Drama. After the assassination of her parents, the king and queen of is bankrupt, she rebukes Chauncey for acting out of sympathy. After Balkany, Princess Honore becomes the new monarch, although she is Chauncey, by clever investments, doubles in profits Ruthven’s loss, Strange completely dominated by her prime minister, the Baron Stefano. Hoping is unmasked by a Scotland Yard detective as a wanted swindler, and to learn more about her discontented subjects, Honore goes out among Margaret agrees to marry Chauncey. Disillusionment. Inheritance. them disguised as a peasant and soon falls in love with Prince Boris, who Poverty. Regeneration. Swindlers. Bankers. Bankruptcy. Clerks. has renounced his title in order to become the leader of the people. Then, Detectives. Extravagance. Idle rich. Mother-son relationship. New York fearing the prince’s power, Stefano has him thrown in jail, along with the City-Broadway. Partnerships. Scotland Yard. Speculation. — disguised queen. Honore manages to escape, but can do nothing to stop Note: The play opened in Brooklyn several weeks before its New York opening; its Boris’ execution, which Stefano has ordered. Just as Boris is about to be premiere may have been held either there or in Providence, RI. Nat C. Goodwin

: ’ ; ; ; ; ; ‘ starred in the stage production. Some sources refer to the film as The Gilded

killed, however, a people’s rebellion begins. The revolutionaries save Boris Fool. Carey Lee is listed as the author of this film in the 1921 MPSD. As Edgar Lewis and kill Stefano, and then support Honore when she regains the throne and is credited as the scenarist in reviews and the film was based on a play and novel by

announces her engagement to Boris. Mythical kingdoms. Political Henry Guy Carleton, Lee’s contribution is unclear.

corruption. Prime ministers. Reformers. Royalty. Assassination. Escapes. MPN 13 Feb 1915, pp. 20-21. MPN 17 Apr 1915, p. 5.

Impersonation and imposture. Imprisonment. Peasants. Political MPN 20 Feb 1915, p. 49. MPW 20 Feb 1915, p. It4l. prisoners. Revolutionaries. Uprisings.

Motog 4 Nov 1916, p. 1038. NYDM 7 Oct 1916, p. 27. THE GILDED SPIDER F1.1557 MPN 14 Oct 1916, p. 2396. Var 29 Sep 1916, p. 27. Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. 8 May 1916

eye On One ang Wid's 12 Oct 1916, p. 1028. [©Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.; 15 Apr 1916; LP8083]. 5 reels.

ype Dir Joseph De Grasse. Scen Ida May Park.

THE GILDED DREAM F1.1555 W: ‘ori Cast: Louise Lovely (Leonita/Elisa), Lon Chaney (Giovanni), Lule

Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co.; New Star Series. Filicon (Mrs Kirkham). Hayward Mack ores smitage) jay Belssce

oor Nov 1920 [OUniversal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 26 Oct 1920; LP15741]. (Paul Winston).

, . , Drama. While traveling in Italy, Cyrus Kirkham, a dissolute American,

iin He oT nmi. Dir Rollin Sturgeon. Scen Doris Schroeder. Tech kidnaps Leonita, but she kills herself rather than let him seduce her. Fifteen ‘Source: Based on the novelette The Gilded Dream by Katherine Leiser years later, Giovanni, Leonita’s husband, arrives in the United States

Robbins in Young's Magazine (Mar 1920). accompanied by his teenage daughter Elisa. Giovanni holds a grudge Cast: Carmel Myers (Leona), Thomas Chatterton (Jasper Halroyd) against Americans that began with Leonita s death, so when Elisa falls in Elsa Lorimer (Geraldine) Fola Claire (Sara), May McCulley (The love with Paul Winston, an American artist, her father disapproves of the

aunt), Boyd Irwin (Frazer Boynton), Eddie Dennis (Alex), Maxine Elliott romance. When Cyrus sees Paul's portrait of Elisa, he decides to track her

Hicks. down and then brings her toa high society party. Giovanni finds out and

Drama. Leona Williard works in a millinery shop in a small town while breaks into the party Intent on killing Cyrus. As soon as Cyrus sees him, dreaming of going to New York and marrying a wealthy man. An however, and recognizes him as Leonita’s husband, he drops dead from the inheritance of five thousand dollars turns her dream into a reality, and shock. Then, convinced that his daughter s good name has been ruined, Leona goes to the city where she meets Mrs. Geraldine De Forest, an old Giovanni kills himself, thus finally allowing Elisa and Paul to get married. friend of her mother’s who introduces Leona to a wealthy widower named Father-daughter felationship " italians. Rakes. Rep utation. Suicide. Frazer Boynton. Boynton proposes to the girl, but Leona refuses because Americans in foreign countries. Artists. Death by shock. Immigrants. Italy. she is in love with Jasper Halroyd. Mrs. De Forest, who is secretly in love Kidnapping. P arties. Portraits. Recognition. with Jasper, lies to Leona that he is her lover. Horrified, Leona accepts Note: The title of the film was changed from The Full Cup.

Boynton’s proposal, but later, after Jasper saves Leona from drowning, she NeW : May iole . has Ma 5 ae tole if 3%

realizes that she still loves him. Confused, Leona determines to return MPW 13 May 1916, p. 1228. oo home, even though she has discovered Mrs. De Forest’s lie. Jasper follows

and is waiting on the platform to declare his love when Leona’s train arrives THE GILDED YOUTH F1.1558 Drowning, Inheritance. Miners. Trains Wreoole ihe city. Saleswomen. American Film Co. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; Mutual Star Productions. 1 Jan 1917. 5 reels.

nore Some scenes in ms iim were shot in ania Barbar’. en 4469 Dir George L. Sargent. Scen Anthony Coldeway. Titles Al Santell.

MPN 24 Jul 1920p. 772. MPW 3 Oct 1920. p. 1156. Story Aaron Hoffman. MPN 28 Aug 1920, p. 1720. Wid's 24 Oct 1920, p. 23. Cast: Richard Bennett (John Slocum), Rhea Mitchell (Mary), Adrienne

MPN 23 Oct 1920, p. 3273. Morrison, George Periolat, Alfred Hollingsworth, Charles Newton, Teddy, the dog.

A GILDED FOOL F1.1556 Comedy. Mary, the maid in a boardinghouse, falls in love with boarder William Fox Vaudeville Co.; Box Office Attraction Co. Dist Box Office | John Slocum. Planning to marry, the couple jointly opens a savings Attraction Co.; Fox Film Corp. Feb 1915 [©OWilliam Fox; | Feb 1915; account. In order to increase the account, John deprives himself of the

LP5968]. 5 reels. barest necessities until he realizes that his scraggly appearance is making Pres William Fox. Dir Edgar Lewis. Asst dir George De Carlton. him the laughing stock of his office. After winning a lottery, John takes his Scen Edgar Lewis. winnings and invests them in fine clothes which allow him entry into Source: Based on the play A Gilded Fool by Henry Guy Carleton (New exclusive restaurants where he eavesdrops on the brokers for stock tips. York, 7 Nov 1892) and his novel of the same name (New York, 1906). Meanwhile, Mary, suspicious of John’s new raiment, believes that he is Cast: William Farnum (Chauncey Short), Maude Gilbert (Margaret having an affair, but is pleasantly surprised when the tips pay off, making

Ruthven), Margaret Vale, Charles Guthrie, Harry Spingler, George De John a_ millionaire. Clothes. Stockbrokers. Bank accounts.

Carlton. Boardinghouses. Housemaids. Lotteries. Restaurants. 321

GINGER AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Motog 13 Jan 1917, p. 100. MPN 27 Jan 1917, p. 595. THE GIRL AND THE CRISIS F1.1561

MPN 6 Jan 1917, p. 11, 81. MPW 27 Jan 1917, p. 942. Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co.; Red Feather Photoplays. 26 Feb 1917 [©Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 20 Feb 1917;

GINGER F1.1559 LP10231]. 5 reels. World Film Corp. Dist World Film Corp; Cinema Distributing Corp. 5 Dir William V. Mong. Story William V. Mong. Cam Gus Petersen.

May 1919 [©Cinema Distributing Corp.; 8 Apr 1919; LU13599]. 5 reels, Cast: Dorothy Davenport (Ellen Wilmot), Charles Perley (Oliver 4.760 ft. Barnitz), Harry Holden (Jacob Wilmot), William V. Mong (The

Cam Freddie Brace. Seaberry (John). Cast: Violet Palmer (Ginger Carson), Raymond Hackett (Tim Drama/Social. Lieut. Governor Oliver Barnitz accedes to the

Dir Burton George. Scen Raymond L. Schrock. Story Burton George. Honorable Peter Barnitz), Alfred Hollingsworth (David Houston), Forrest

Mooney), Paul Everton (Judge Trowbridge), Garreth Hughes (Bobby governorship when his predecessor, failing to call out the militia during a

Trowbridge). riot at the Wilmot plant, is shot and killed by terrorist Oliver Poole. Faced

Drama. Twelve-year-old Ginger receives many beatings from her father, with the dilemma of whether or not to commute the assassin’s death a small-time crook, in their East Side tenement. Her only respite is going sentence, Barnitz falls into a troubled sleep and dreams of being forced to to the movies with newsboy Tim Mooney, who fights for her against other cast judgement on his father in a similar position. Rather than sentence his children. After her father forces her to rob a house, Ginger is arrested, but father to death, Barnitz takes his own life. Awakening from what has been

the sympathetic Judge Trowbridge adopts her and sends her father to a dream, Barnitz decides, urged on by his fiancée, Ellen Wilmot, to prison. While remaining loyal to Tim, Ginger becomes friends with the commute the murderer’s sentence to life imprisonment. He does so at the judge’s son Bobby. When she returns a beautiful woman after five years last minute, but the strain has been too great and the condemned man dies education, both boys want to marry her. After her father, now released, from heart failure. Assassination. Dreams. Executions. Heart disease.

spreads a rumor about her relations with the judge, Bobby and Tim Labor violence. National Guard. State governors. quarrel, but soon war is declared and they go to France, while Ginger joins ETR 24 Feb 1917, p. 838. MPW 3 Mar 1917, p. 1372, 1405. the Red Cross. Bobby and Tim meet during the attack at Chateau Thierry, MPN 3 Mar 1917, p. 1422. Wid's 22 Feb 1917, p. 117. where Ginger’s father confesses his lie. Risking his life, Bobby carries the

wounded Tim to a hospital where he dies in Ginger’s arms. She and Bobby THE GIRL AND THE HORSES see THROUGH EYES OF MEN then marry. Adoption. Battered children. Father-daughter relationship.

Heroism. New York City-East Side. Newsboys. Rivals. Chateau Thierry THE GIRL AND THE JUDGE F1.1562 (France). Fights. Judges. Moral reformation. Motion pictures. Red Cross. Empire All Star Corp. Dist Mutual Film Corp. 18 Mar 1918. 5 reels.

ote: € titie 0 1S tum, according to copyri records, iS Ginger, @ pride o ° ; ’

nop bery. Slander. Tenement. War Meee von ay the Bride of Dir John B. O’Brien. Scen Marc Edmund Jones. Cam William S. Crolly. Chateau Thierry. This film includes trench combat scenes of Us” Marines which yaaee: Bases on the play The Girl and the Judge by Clyde Fitch (New

were obtained with the sanction and assistance of Brigadier General Doyen, U.S.M.C. Ork, ee 1901). _. .

ETR 3 May 1919, p. 1675. Var 25 Apr 1919, p. 83. Cast: Olive Tell (Winifred Stanton), David Powell (George Chartris), MPN 3 May 1919, p. 2904. Wid’s 27 Apr 1919, p. 9. Charlotte Granville (Mrs. Stanton), Eric Mayne (Mr. Stanton), Marie

MPW 3 May 1919, pp. 710-11. Reichert (Mrs. Chartris), Paul Stanton (Walter Stuyvesant), Marie Burke (Emily Lorimer), Thomas Curran (Frank Lorimer).

GINGER, THE BRIDE OF CHATEAU THIERRY see GINGER Drama. Mrs. Stanton, the wife of a prominent broker, confesses to her daughter Winifred that she is a kleptomaniac. One of her escapades results

| in her arrest, and although she is released through the influence of wealthy

LA GIOCONDA see THE DEVIL’S DAUGHTER friends, the scandal is printed in the newspapers and her husband’s business

is ruined. Hoping to start a new life, the family moves to a small New England town, and an attachment soon develops between Winifred and

THE GIRL ALASKA F1.1560 George Chartris, a young judge. When Mrs. Chartris discovers that her

Al Ira Smith. Dist World Film Corp. 18 Aug 1919 [(©George Kleine; 10 jeweled pin is missing after a visit to the Stanton home, Winifred is

Sep 1919; LUI4157]. 5 reels, 4,600 ft. unjustly arrested but accepts the blame in order to save her mother further Dir Al Ira Smith and/or Henry Bolton. Cam Al Ira Smith. embarrassment. George, who is presiding over the trial, refuses to believe Cast: Lottie Kruse (Mollie McCrea, Alaska”), Henry Bolton (Phil that Winifred is guilty and after some digging, discovers that the real thief

Hadley), C. Edward Cone (Sandy Allen). . is Mrs. Stanton’s landlady. Through her daughter’s sacrifice, Mrs. Stanton Drama. Motherless Mollie McCrea, whose father is in the Yukon, is cured of her vice and reconciled to her husband. George and Winifred disguises herself as a boy named Alaska and hides on a steamer bound become engaged. Kleptomania. Mother-daughter _ relationship. for that territory. Discovered, she is made to wash the decks until Phil Regeneration. Self-sacrifice. Upper classes. Bankruptcy. Brokers. Hadley, a lad of her age, Pays her way, and they go together as pals to look Judges. Landladies. New England. Newspapers. Scandal. Small town life. for gold. When Phil becomes sick as they reach the cabin of an old timer, Theft. Trials Mollie nurses Phil to health. They work the old timer’s mine which proves N te: Wi d's credits the adaptation to Harry R. Durant

to be rich, and telling Mollie he is MPW her father. plans PTR Ppp. y™ . . .he. dies . 16after Mar 1918, p. that 1191. 30Phil Mar 1918,

1866-67.

to go back to his sweetheart, but takes ill again and is again nursed to ETR 23 Mar 1918, p. 1309. Wid’s 11 Apr 1918, p. 1074. health by Mollie. After suffering when he finds out that his sweetheart has MPW 23 Mar 1918, p. 1710.

wed another, Phil happily discovers Molly’s true sex when she disrobes to

bathe. A minister marries them, and they return to civilization, wealthy §=THE GIRL ANGLE F1.1563 from her father’s mine. Alaska. Friendship. Gold mines. Long-lost Horkheimer Studios. Dist Mutual Film Corp. 5 Oct 1917. 5 reels.

relatives. Male impersonation. Nursing back to health. Steamboats. Prod &. D. Horkheimer. Dir Edgar Jones. Scen Julian Lamothe.

er » (SIC mitn...accompanie IS wife and two prolessiona ayers, nienr : ° . ° :

ete Pot con concerning an cirector of ws film. fa news item states that Story L. V. Jefferson.

Bolton and Lottie Kruse” went to Alaska after Smith, a cameraman who had made Cast: Anita King (Maud Wainwright), Robert Ensminger (Steve previous trips to Alaska, conceived the idea to film on location in Alaska. ETR’s Kennedy), Ruth Lackaye (Mrs. Millikin), Joseph Ryan (“Three Gun

review, however, credits only Bolton for producing and directing. According to Smith), Frank Erlanger (Village storekeeper), Daniel Gilfether publicity, this was the first film ever made in Alaska. A letter from Smith in the (Proprietor of gambling house), William Reed (Degenerate), Gordon George Kleine Papers indicates that he and his company of players left Los Angeles Sackville (Proprietor of dance hall), Mollie McConnell (Maua’s aunt).

to go to Alaska in Jun 1917, and that scenes were shot in Ketchikan, Juneau, West Jilted h ddi d Maud Wai ‘oht b

Skagway, Cordova, Miles Glacier, Childs Glacier, Seward, Anchorage, Fairbanks estern. Jilted on her wedding day, Mau ainwright decomes a

and other places in Alaska, and in Pasadena, CA. Working titles for the film were confirmed man-hater. Homesteading in the Southwest, she ignores the Goldie of the Yukon, Maid and the Man, An Alaskan Romance, and The House of attentions of both bandit “Three Gun Smith” and Sheriff Steve Kennedy. Alaska. World Film Corp. secured this film from George Kleine, who purchased it When Smith’s gang accidently knocks over Maud’s cabin, the men take her

in Jun 1918 from Smith. to Smith’s cabin while they rebuild her dwelling. There, Maud discovers ey 3 Ae i919. P oor. yr Ae 1919, 37. a mail pouch and believing that it was stolen by Smith, reports him to the MPW 12 Jul 1919, p. 272. Wid’s 17 Aug 1919, p. 7. sheriff, who persuades her to assist him in arresting the bandit. After Smith MPW 23 Aug 1919, p. 1180. is captured, Maud discovers papers that prove he is actually a secret service 322

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE GIRL FROM BEYOND agent and that the sheriff is the real bandit. Riding to Smith's rescue, Drama. Unknown to Judith Ralston, her brother Budd and his wife Vera Maud prevents him from being lynched at the hands of vigilantes and then are counterfeiters. In order to escape Fayban, a secret service agent, they proclaims her love for him. /mpersonation and imposture. Man-haters. leave Judith at a little town in Virginia. One day while out horseback Personality changes. Documents. Government agents. Lynching. riding, Judith is injured and rescued by Boone Pendleton, who takes her

Outlaws. Rescues. Sheriffs. Vigilantes. to his cabin. Later, she receives instructions from her brother to go to the

ETR 20 Oct 1917, p. 1592. MPN 13 Oct 1917, p. 2531. Ralston house and destroy anything that she sees. Fayban, suspicious of the Motog —- 20 Oct 1917, p. 830. MPW 13 Oct 1917, p. 265. girl, wires Washington to shadow her. Meanwhile, Fayban has arrested Budd, who escapes and returns to the house where he meets Judith.

A GIRL AT BAY F1.1564 Learning of her brother’s true occupation, Judith extracts a promise of Vitagraph Co. of America. Dist Vitagraph Co. of America. 28 Jun reform from him before he eludes the secret service agent once again. 1919 [©Vitagraph Co. of America; 23 Jun 1919; LP13889]. 5 reels. Judith then informs Boone that she had no knowledge of her brother’s

Dir Tom Mills. Scen Katherine S. Reed. Cam Tom Malloy. business, and the two are married. Brother-sister relationship. Source: Based on the short story “Hunt the Woman” by Joseph Gollomb Counterfeiters. Moral reformation. Escapes. Secret Service.

(publication undetermined). Note: Vanardy’s novel was filmed in 1920 as The Girl in the Rain (see below). Cast: Corinne Griffith (Mary Allen), Walter Miller (Bruce Craigin), ETR 5 Jan 1918, p. 450. MPW 5 Jan 1918, p. 97, 136, 236. Harry Davenport (Frank Galt), Denton Vane (Thomas Gray), Walter MPN 12 Jan 1918, p. 296. NYDM 5 Jan 1918, p. 21. Horton (Detective Hooker).

Mystery. Mary Allen drops a blood-stained knife. Judge Robert THE GIRL DODGER F 1.1567

Craigin’s dead body lies next to her. Mary secures a secretarial position Thomas H. Ince Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Paramount with Judge Bruce Craigin, the dead man’s younger brother. Professor Galt, Pictures. 9 Feb 1919 [O©Thomas H. Ince Corp.; 30 Jan 1919; LP13353]. 5

a criminal psychologist, and Detective Hooker believe Mary to have reels. committed the crime. Craigin and Mary fall in love and are married. Galt Pres Thomas H. Ince. Supy Thomas H. Ince. Dir Jerome Storm. persuades Craigin to let Mary furnish their new home because a clue to Story J. G. Hawks. Cam Chester Lyons. the solving of the murder is the artistic furnishings of the room in which Cast: Charles Ray (Cuthebert Trotman), Doris Lee (Anita Graham), the murder victim was found. The similarity between the decor of the house Hal Cooley (Harry Travistock), Jack Nelson (Billy), Leota Lorraine and the crime room convinces Craigin that Mary murdered his brother. (Pinkie le Rue). Thomas Gray confesses to the crime, however. He had been in the room Comedy. Cuthebert Trotman, an absent-minded college student known waiting to avenge his wife’s wrongs on Craigin. When Craigin attacked as “the girl dodger,” is evicted from his room and moves into Harry Mary, she lifted her paper-knife and fainted, and Gray killed Craigin, Travistock’s home. When Harry receives word that he must meet his leaving the murder weapon in Mary’s hand. Mary and Bruce find mother and his fiancée Anita Graham at a dinner, Cuthebert agrees to take happiness together. Frame-ups. Interior decorators. Murder. Confession — Harry’s place with chorus girl Pinkie le Rue. Anita arrives instead of

(law). Detectives. Judges. Psychologists. Revenge. Secretaries. Pinkie, and Cuthebert, pretending to be Harry and not knowing of the ETR 28 Jun 1919, p. 319. MPW 28 Jun 1919, p. 2005, 2007. substitution, tells her that he is only attracted to his fiancée’s money. Anita

MPN 28 Jun 1919, p. 237. Wid's 22 Jun 1919, p. 11. and Cuthebert are attracted to each other. Cuthebert later realizes the mistaken identity when he goes to the theater to find Pinkie. Anita

THE GIRL AT HOME F1.1565 anonymously invites Cuthebert to a hotel dance where he loses his pants, Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 26 Apr _is misapprehended as a burglar, fights with Harry, and wins Anita’s love. 1917 [©Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co.; 27 Apr 1917; LP10718]. 5 reels. College students. Impersonation and imposture. Mistaken identity. Dir Marshall Neilan. Asst dir William Horwitz. Scen Beulah Marie Dix. Burglars. Chorus girls. Dances. Eviction. Fights.

Story George Middleton. Cam Walter Stradling. Note: Some sources list the film at six reels.

Cast: Vivian Martin (Jean Hilton), Jack Pickford (Jimmie Dexter), ETR 30 Nov 1918, p. 2080. MPW 8 Mar 1919, p. 13.

James Neill (Squire Padgate), Olga Grey (Diana Parish), Edythe PN 3 Mie i919 . joan ae , re i919. . $7 59. Chapman (Mary Dexter), Billy Elmer (Detective Hagen). MPN 8 Mar 1919, p. 1543. Wid's 2 Mar 1919, p. 23. Drama. Wealthy orphan Jean Padgate is in love with Jimmie Dexter,

with whose mother she lives. Mrs. Dexter is about to send her son to college THE GIRL FROM ALASKA F1.1568 when she loses her small Income, So Jean induces Mrs. Dexter to accept Lubin Mfg. Co.? Rel date undetermined. Length undetermined. Padgate money, and Jimmie goes off to school. There he meets Diana Dir John Pratt. Cam Harry Keepers

; ast: E. K. Lincoln, Violet Horner.

Parish, a young cabaret singer and, becoming infatuated, writes her a Cast: . vary Pers.

check for $25.00. Diana, however, adds another zero to the amount and the Drama. Alaska.

check bounces due to insufficient funds. As Diana implores Jimmie to save Note: Although this film is listed in the 1918 MPSD, the only other information

her, Mrs. Dexter and Jean arrive and inform him that he has been located concerning it is a news item from Feb 1915 stating that E. K. Lincoln and

squandering Jean’s money. Enraged at being treated like a child, Jimmie his company left for Saranac Lake, NY to take Alaskan scenes for the production of vows to make it on his own. After working at hard physical labor, Jimmie caries Tayoor’s The Gir Srom dasha. Taare was a Playwright and scenarist named

returns home and all is forgiven. Checks. Forgery. Heiresses. Infatuation. artes “A. Faytor at this time, Dut no information nas been locate ermine |

Loans. College students. Orphans. singers. Wards and guardians. . me Leih or the fils ew not been determined. referred’ to ts aga baupin tm. Note: This film was also reviewed under the title The Girl Back Home and The Girl NYDM 24 Feb 1915, p. 25. from Home.

ETR 5 May 1917, p. 1537. NYDM 5 May 1917, p. 30.

MPN 12 May 1917, p. 3017. NYT 30 Apr 1917, p. 11. THE GIRL FROM BEYOND F1.1569

MPW 12 May 1917, p. 979. Var 4 May 1917, p. 26. Vitagraph Co. of America; A Blue Ribbon Feature. Dist Greater

MPW 19 May 1917, p. 1182. Vitagraph, Inc. 15 Apr 1918 [©Vitagraph Co. of America; 8 Apr 1918; LP12290]. 5 reels.

THE GIRL BACK HOME see THE GIRL AT HOME Pres Albert E. Smith. Dir William Wolbert. Scen Donald I. Buchanan. Story Cyrus Townsend Brady. Cam Reginald E. Lyons and Charles R.

THE GIRL BY THE ROADSIDE F 1.1566 Seeling.

Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. 31 Dec 1917 Cast: Nell Shipman (Cynthia Stewart), Alfred Whitman (Geoffrey

{©Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.; 13 Dec 1917; LP11841]. 5 reels. Hampden, later known as George Hammond), Bob Burns (Dick

Dir Theodore Marston. Scen John C. Brownell. Stewart), Hattie Buskirk (Mrs. Stewart), Ed Alexander (Philip

Source: Based on the novel The Girl by the Roadside by Varick Vanardy Armond), Patricia Palmer (Rose), A. W. Wing (Sing).

(pseud. of Frederic Van Rensselaer Dey) (New York, 1917). Drama. Geoffrey Hampden, a Texas oil millionaire living in New York, Cast: Violet Mersereau (Judith Ralston), Cecil Owen (Budd seeks revenge against Philip Armond, the man who caused his sister to Ralston), Ann Andrews (Vera Ralston), Allen Edwards (Boone commit suicide. His attempt on Philip’s life is unsuccessful, but he is sent Pendleton), Robert F. Hill (Fayban), Royal Byron (Billy Cartwright), to prison for five years, after which he returns to Texas using the name

Kenneth Hall (Constable), Sam B. Minter (Jake). George Hammond. He moves into a cabin with his business partners, Dick 323

THE GIRL FROM BOHEMIA AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Stewart, whose sister Cynthia is abducted by business rivals. In a rescue Motog 31 Jul 1915, p. 205, 233. MPW 7 Aug 1915, p. 1074.

attempt, Dick is mortally wounded, and on his deathbed he asks George ew 1 we ole Ps 832-33 Var 13 Aug 1915, p. 18.

to protect Cynthia. Although she agrees to the marriage, Cynthia does not _ love George, and immediately after the ceremony, she moves to New York

to break “nto society with ‘her husband’s money. There she becomes HE GIRL FROM HOME see THE GIRL AT HOME engaged to Philip, and the two return to Texas to ask for a divorce. Philip has heart failure when he recognizes George, and Cynthia, learning the THE GIRL FROM MACY’S see THE SALESLADY

truth about her lover’s past, returns to her husband to start a new life.

Attempted murder. Impersonation and imposture. Marriage. Oilmen. THE GIRL FROM NOWHERE F1.1572 Revenge. Brother-sister relationship. Heart disease. Imprisonment. National Film Corp. Dist Pioneer Film Corp.; State Rights. Sep Kidnapping. Millionaires. New York City. Recognition. Rescues. Texas. 1919 [©Pioneer Film Corp.; 9 Jun 1919; LU13806]. 5-6 reels. Note: The pre-release title of this film was A Texan Romance. Scenes were shot Dir Wilfred Lucas. Story Bess Meredyth and Wilfred Lucas. Art

the La Brea oil fields near Los Angeles. titles Frank W. Jameson

aR x apr i918 is lees NYY x Ape i918 . 00. Cast: Cleo Madison (“‘Gal’’), Wilfred Lucas (Diamond Terry), Frank MPW 20 Apr 1918, p. 436. Wid’s 25 Apr 1918, p. 1094. Brownlee (Klondyke Jim), Val Paul (John Waterman), Mary Talbot

MPW 27 Apr 1918, p. 587. (Lizzie Lou), John Cook (Dr. Ferguson).

Northwest drama. Beautiful “Gal,” her memory blotted out, lives under

THE GIRL FROM BOHEMIA F1.1570 the protection of dance hall owner Diamond Terry in the Northwest woods Astra Film Corp. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc. 25 Aug 1918 [©Pathé town that sprang up when John Waterman struck gold nearby. Three

Exchange, Inc.; 4 Sep 1918; LU12811]. 5 reels, 4,723 ft. strangers at the hall watch Gal with interest: Klondyke Jim, Dr. Ferguson,

Dir Lawrence B. McGill. Scen Lois Zellner. and a pale, emaciated man. Gal rebuffs Jim’s advances, but she is Cast: Irene Castle (Alice Paige). mysteriously affected by a diamond necklace he has. When the necklace Comedy-drama. Alice Paige lives the Bohemian life in New York’s is missing from Terry’s safe, Jim accuses Gal and then threatens to ruin

Greenwich Village until she receives a letter informing her that she soon —_— Terry unless Gal will marry him. Gal consents, to save Terry, but during

will inherit a fine country estate, provided that she live on the property with the ceremony, the emaciated stranger, in reality John Waterman, her maiden aunt. Alice reluctantly leaves New York for the provincial — +emembers that Jim stole that same necklace years ago from Waterman's Southern town of Mayport, where she shocks the local inhabitants with her —_ pride and left Waterman dying. The bride, in reality Gal, fled, having lost unconventional ways. She does, however, succeed in winning the friendship her memory, while Waterman was saved by Dr. Ferguson. After a fight in of the saloon keeper’s little daughter and in captivating the owner of alarge which Terry and Jim are killed, the necklace is found on Jim. Gal’s memory shipyard, Canton Leigh. When the little girl becomes trapped on the rocks _ ig restored and she and Waterman travel to civilization. Amnesia. Jewelry.

by the high tide, Alice rescues her and returns to town just as a strike on gng-iost relatives. Mining towns. Self-sacrifice. Strangers. Dance halls. the shipyard, incited by the saloonkeeper, Is mushrooming into a riot. Alice False accusations. Fights. Physicians. Safes. Theft. Weddings. climbs onto the roof, and unfurling the American flag, reminds the strikers Note: Copyright records say the film was “written and directed by Bess Meredyth that the government is in dire need of the ships they are building. Their and Wilfred Lucas” whereas news items and the pressbook for the film list only Lucas

patriotism aroused, the men cheer for Alice, and Canton takes her in his as the director.

arms. Bohemians and Bohemianism. Patriotism. Propriety. Ship owners. ETR 7 Jun 1919, p. 45. MPW 7 Jun 1919, p. 1523.

Strikes. United States-South. Aunts. Children. Inheritance. New York

City-Greenwich Village. Rescues. Riots. Saloon keepers. Shipyards. THE GIRL FROM OUTSIDE F1.1573

World War I. Eminent Authors Pictures, Inc.; A Rex Beach Production. Dist Goldwyn MPN 24 Aue. 1918) 6 121 Var 16 Aw 1918 38 Distributing Corp. 1 Sep 1919 [Rex Beach; 24 Jul 1919; LP14005]. 7 MPW 24 Aug 1918, p. 1154. Wid’s 18 Aug 1918, pp. 9-10. reels, 6,157 ft.

MPW 28 Sep 1918, p. 1924. Pres Rex Beach and Samuel Goldwyn. Dir Reginald Barker. Cam Oliver T. Marsh and Percy Hilburn.

THE GIRL FROM HIS TOWN F1.1571 Source: Based on the short story ‘““The Wag Lady” by Rex Beach, in his American Film Mfg. Co. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; A Mutual The Crimson Gardenia: and Other Tales of Adventure (New York, 1916). Masterpicture. 5 Aug 1915 [OAmerican Film Mfg. Co.; 4 Aug 1915; Cast: Clara Horton (June Campbell), Cullen Landis (The Curly

LU6020]. 4 reels. Kid), Sydney Ainsworth (Spencer), Hallam Cooley (Harry Hope), Colin

Dir Harry Pollard. Kenny (The Magpie), Walter McNamara (Mike), Ernest Spencer (Indianapolis, 1910). Sprotte (The marshal), Billie Bennett (Mamie), Gus Saville. Source: Based on the novel The Girl from His Town by Marie Van Vorst (The Swede), Wilton Taylor (Jim Denton), Louie Cheung (Chow), Bert

Cast: Margarita Fischer (Sarah Townley, also known as Letty Northwest drama. June Campbell, alone in Nome, Alaska in 1900 after Laney), C. Elliott Griffin (Dan Blair), Beatrice Van (Duchess of her father dies en route from Seattle, is befriended by the Curly Kid and Breakwater), Joseph Harris (Prince Ponitowsky), Joseph Singleton his four friends “The Wags.” They help her open a hotel through dishonest (Lord Galore), Fred Gamble (Joshua Ruggles), Robyn Adair means, but she is unaware they are crooks. The owner of the hotel property,

(Malcolm Blair). Harry Hope, the manager of a trading company, falls in love with her, as

Drama. Dan Blair, a retired cattle magnate’s son, is one of the many — do the Wags, who steal furnishings and a cow for her. Gambler Jim youths of Red Rock, Montana who is attracted to soda water-stand Denton, the owner of the leading saloon, desiring June, forges a codicil to operator Sarah Townley. One day, Dan partakes of six chocolate sodas in —_—_an option on Harry’s profitable gold mine. The Curly Kid, realizing his love

succession. When an operatic impresario, forced to stay in town overnight, for June is hopeless since she loves Harry, destroys the option but is killed hears Sarah sing at a church social, he signs her to be trained to become _ by Denton. The Kid’s Chinese cook Chow coolly knifes Denton before the

a diva. Three years later, after Dan’s father has died, Dan visits Lord Wags arrive to take revenge. Through June’s influence, the Wags reform Galore, a family friend, in London and becomes involved with the Duchess and Harry and June are happily united. Criminals—Rehabilitation. of Breakwater, who, although she loves the lord, needs Dan’s money. Dan _ Friendship. Nome (Alaska). Self-sacrifice. Chinese. Cooks. Forgery. hears the famous Letty Lane sing and recognizes Sarah. Although Dan Gamblers. Gold miners. Murder. Theft. Traders. courts Sarah, when he thinks that she loves Prince Ponitowsky of Russia, Note: This was the first film produced by Eminent Authors Pictures, Inc. It was he proposes to the duchess. After he sees the duchess embrace Lord Galore, shot at the Goldwyn Studios.

however, he breaks the engagement, to Sarah’s relief. Joshua Ruggles, the ETR 22 Nov 1919, p. 2139. NYT 10 Nov 1919, p. 18. friend and partner of Dan’s father, arrives to look after Dan. After he MPN 22 Nov 1919, p. 3792. Var 14 Nov 1919, p. 61. falsely tells Sarah that Dan is broke and proposes to Sarah himself, he sees MPW 22 Nov 1919, p. 454. Wid's 24 Aug 1919, p. 7. Sarah’s true love for Dan and allows them to marry. Gold diggers. Heirs. NYMT 16 Nov 1919.

Infidelity. Nobility. Opera singers. Cattlemen. Duplicity. English.

Impresari. London. Montana. Royalty. Russians. Soda clerks. THE GIRL FROM RECTOR’S F1.1574 Note: Scenes in this film representing the Gaiety Theater in London were shot in Mutual Film Corp. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; Mutual Star Productions.

the Republic Theater in Los Angeles. 5 Mar 1917. 5 reels. 324

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE GIRL IN NUMBER 29 Source: Based on the play The Girl from Rector’s by Paul Potter (New A GIRL IN BOHEMIA F1.1577

York, | Feb 1909). Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 2 Nov 1919 [©OWilliam Fox; 2 Nov Cast: Ruth MacTammany (Loute Sedaine), Lillian Concord. 1919; LP14377]. 5 reels, 4,800 ft.

Drama. Loute Sedaine, a French dancer known along Broadway as “the Dir Howard M. Mitchell. Scen Denison Clift. Cam Frank Good.

girl from Rector’s,” attracts the attention of man-about-town Andy Tandy, Source: Based on the play A Girl in Bohemia by H. B. Daniel who has little regard for her reputation. Richard Lawrence also meets (publication undetermined). Loute and, thinking that he is in love with her, protects the dancer from Cast: Peggy Hyland (Winifred Bryce), Josef Swickard (Professor Tandy’s advances. After many complications, it is disclosed in the end that Bryce), L. C. Shumway (Richard Huldane), Betty Schade (Cleo Tandy has a wife and daughter and that the girl from Rector’s is a happily Merrill), Edward Cecil (De Lancy Danforth), Melbourne MacDowell married woman who has become a dancer only because of her love of art (Police inspector), Winter Hall (McMain, publisher), J. Montgomery and thirst for adventure. Adventures. Impersonation and imposture. Carlyle.

Playboys. Showgirls. New York City-Broadway. Drama. Desiring to be a novelist, Winifred Bryce goes to live in New

Motog —10 Mar 1917, p. 531. MPW 10 Mar (917, p. 1462, 1666. York’s Greenwich Village after her father, a college professor, her fiancé,

best-selling author Richard Haldane, and a publisher all reject her manuscript on Bohemian life because it does not seem realistic. In the THE GIRL FROM THE SEA see THE AWAKENING OF RUTH Village, Winifred is befriended by futurist poetess Cleo Merrill and fourth-

. rate actor De Lancy Danforth who continually borrow her money. After THE GIRL FROM THE SKY see TRUMPET ISLAND Winifred elopes with De Lancy, who is scheming with Cleo to get her money, she discovers that Cleo has drawn all of her money from her bank account with the blank rent check Winifred left. During a quarrel with De

THE GIRL GLORY -«*FL1575 Lancy, Cleo falls on his knife and dies. Winifred, whose forged check is New York Motion Picture Corp.; Kay-Bee. Dist Triangle Distributing found, is accused of murder and given the third degree. After Richard

Corp. 10 Jun 1917. 5 reels, 4,603 ft. makes De Lancy confess, Winifred awakens to discover she has been

Pres Thomas H. Ince. Supv Thomas H. Ince. Dir R. William Neill. dreaming. She marries Richard and her novel A Girl in Bohemia becomes

Scen C. Gardner Sullivan. Cam L. Guy Wilky. a success. Bohemians and Bohemianism. Dreams. False accusations.

Cast: Enid Bennett (Glory Wharton), Walt Whitman (Jed Wharton), Fraud. New York City-Greenwich Village. Novelists. Actors and William Warters (Bruce Crawford), Margery Bennett (Sally Barton), actresses. Elopement. Forgery. Futurists. Interrogation. Poets.

Darrell Foss (“Sport’’ Morgan), J. P. Lockney (Jake Morgan). ETR 15 Nov 1919, p. 2053. Var 7 Nov 1919, p. 100. Comedy-drama. The only cloud in the bright existence of Glory Wharton MPN 15 Nov 1919, p. 3640. Wid's 9 Nov 1919, p. 13. and her grandfather Jed, a veteran of the Civil War, is the old man’s NYMT 2 Nov 1919. drinking problem. After Jed disgraces himself by stumbling along in a

drunken state during the Decoration Day parade, Glory decides to take THE GIRL IN HIS HOUSE F1.1578

action. Learning that the only way to cure her grandfather is to rid the town Vitagraph Co. of America; A Blue Ribbon Feature. Dist Greater of its one saloon, Glory tricks the innkeeper’s son “Sport” Morgan into Vitagraph, Inc. 24 Jun 1918 [OVitagraph Co. of America; 15 Jun 1918; taking her there. Here she feigns intoxication and acts in such a disgraceful LP12543]. 5 reels, 4,256 ft. manner that the authorities are aroused and Morgan’s license revoked. Pres Albert E. Smith. Dir Thomas R. Mills. Scen Katharine Reed.

When the truth is discovered, Glory is proclaimed a heroine, her | Cam Fred Held. grandfather is reformed and Glory’s happiness is made complete when she Source: Based on the novel Girl in His House by Harold MacGrath marries the town minister, Bruce Crawford. Alcoholics. Alcoholism. (New York, 1918).

Grandfathers. Saloons. Temperance. Drunkenness. Innkeepers. Cast: Earle Williams (James Armitage), Grace Darmond (Doris

sisters. Burlington).

Ministers. Parades. Regeneration. Veterans. Athelstone), James Abrahams (Samuel Bordman), Irene Rich (Betty Note: The working title of this film was Glory. Margery and Enid Bennett were Burlingham), Margaret Allen (Clare Wendell), Harry Lonsdale (Bob

ETR 16 Jun 1917, p. 123. MPW 23 Jun 1917, p. 1992. Drama. In order to forget Clare Wendell, the girl who jilted him, the NeW Ve ue i917 is ie NYDM ——9 Sun 1917, p. 28. wealthy James Armitage turns his estate over to his lawyer and journeys to Burma. Six years later, he learns that Clare is a widow, but upon returning home, he discovers that he no longer loves her; moreover, his

THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME F1.1576 lawyer has absconded with half of his fortune. James is attracted to Doris Box Office Attraction Co. Dist Box Office Attraction Co. Jan 1915 Athelstone, a strange girl who, in his absence, has settled into his home.

[OWilliam Fox; 21 Jan 1915; LP5182]. 5 reels. Doris believes that the estate belongs to her father, whom she has never Pres William Fox. Dir Lloyd B. Carleton. Asst dir Arthur Shaw Clifton. seen, and that James is an intruder. Further investigation reveals that Source: Based on the play The Girl I Left Behind Me by David Belasco Doris’ father is, in fact, James’s wayward lawyer, who, although he could

and Franklyn Fyles (New York, 25 Jan 1893). not bear to see his daughter because his wife had died in childbirth, wished Cast: Robert Edeson (Lieutenant Hawkesworth), Stuart Holmes to provide the girl with every luxury. After promising the lawyer that he (Lieutenant Parlow), \Irene Warfield (Fawn Afraid), Claire Whitney will never reveal this secret to Doris, James marries the girl in his house. (The general’s daughter), Walter Hitchcock (The general), J. Albert Hall. Father-daughter relationship. Lawyers. Parentage. Upper classes. Western. At a lonely army post in the West, a dance marking the Mistaken identity. Widowers. engagement announcement of the general’s daughter to Lieutenant Note: The novel first appeared as a serial in Ladies’ Home Journal, Sep-Dec 1917.

Hawkesworth is interrupted when word arrives that the hostile Blackfoot ETR 22 Jun 1918, p. 150. MPW 6 Jul 1918, p. 109. tribe is on the warpath. Hawkesworth and the rival for his fiancée’s ETR 29 Jun 1918, p. 323. NYDM 6 Jul 1918, p. 964.

affection, Lieutenant Parlow, are sent with the regiment to quell the pW 0 a i918 is re97. 3951. Was , uw i918 rar uprising. Parlow turns out to be a coward at a critical moment, and after the regiment is routed, he blames Hawkesworth for the defeat. The general

then orders his daughter to break her engagement and become Parlow’s THE GIRL IN NUMBER 29 . F1.1579 fiancée. The Blackfeet surround the fort, and Hawkesworth makes a daring Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co. 17 May 1920 ride through them to a neighboring fort. He brings the U.S. 6th Cavalry, [©Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 30 Apr 1920; LP15077). 5 reels, 4,775

who subdue the Blackfeet. Parlow’s cowardice is then learned, and it is also ft. .

revealed that earlier he eloped with the wife of an officer and then Dir Jack Ford. Scen Philip J. Hurn. Cam John Brown. © abandoned her. Hawkesworth and the general’s daughter finally marry. Source: Based on the novel The Girl in the Mirror by Elizabeth Jordan

Blackfoot Indians. Cowardice. Military officers. Military posts. Rivalry. | (New York, 1919). - .

United States. Army. Duplicity. Father-daughter relationship. Forts. Cast: Frank Mayo (Laurie Devon), Elinor Fair (Barbara Devon), Claire

Heroism. United States. Army. Cavalry. Uprisings. Anderson (Doris Williams), Robert Bolder (Jacob Epstein), Ruth Royce Motog 13 Feb 1915, p. 266. MPW 20 Feb 1915, p. 1140. (Billie), Ray Ripley (Ransome Shaw), Bull Montana (Shaw's MPN 6 Feb 1915, p. 46. Var 29 Jan 1915, p. 24. secretary), Arthur Hoyt (Valet), Harry Hilliard (Rodney Bangs). 325

THE GIRL IN THE CHECKERED COAT AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Drama. After turning out a successful drama, young playwright Laurie but had been stolen by Lois’ father. Chinese. Gangs. Jewelry. Secret Devon settles down to a life of idleness. Alarmed and disgusted, his friends societies. Theft. Fights. Kidnapping. Long-lost relatives. Police chiefs.

make every effort to get him to work again, but he refuses. One evening, Rescues. Servants. . while glancing into his mirror, Laurie sees a beautiful girl in the apartment ETR 9 Mar 1918, p. 1142. MPW 16 Mar 1918, p. 1556.

across the way, holding a revolver to her head. Dashing out of his MEN 7 tae tore p. Ieee in e tone p. 41.

apartment house, he prevents her from pulling the trigger. He learns that MPW 9 Mat 1918, ans as 14 Mar 1918, p. 1000. her name is Doris Williams and discovers that her plight is caused by a man named Shaw. Soon after, Shaw and his thugs abduct her, and Laurie comes

to her rescue, shooting her tormentor. Returning home, he confesses his

crime to his sister and friends, and learns that the whole incident was a trick THE GIRL IN THE RAIN F1.1582 to restore his interest in life. The plot succeeds and Laurie writes another Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co.; Star Series Plan. hit play in which his new wife Doris is the star. Apartments. Friendship. 12 Jul 1920 (OUniversal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 17 Jul 1920; LP15376]. 5 Idlers. Neighbors. Playwrights. Theater. Abduction. Attempted suicide. reels, 4,455 ft.

Gangs. Gunshot wounds. Dir Rollin Sturgeon. Scen Doris Schroeder. Cam Alfred Gosden.

Note: The working title of this film was The Girl in the Mirror. Some reviews list Source: Based on the novel The Girl by the Roadside by Varick Vanardy the character played by Bull Montana as “Strangler Abdullah” and the character (pseud. of Frederic Van Rensselaer Dey) (New York, 1917).

played by Claire Anderson as “Miss Mayo.” Cast: Anne Cornwall (Judith), Lloyd Bacon (Walter), Jessalyn Van ae 1 el 900 P. eg Ne MT 3 ner Ioo0 p. 138. Trump (Vera), James Farley (Max Williams), George Kunkel (Jim MPN 3 Apr 1920, n. 3172. Var 14 May 1920, p. 37. West), James Liddy (Boone), Neal Hardin (Bill Cortwright). MPW 7 Feb 1920, p. 920. Wid’s 4 Apr 1920, p. 7. Drama. A man and two women, suspected of stealing bonds, are traced

to a country hotel. While Judith, one of the women, is out horseback riding,

THE GIRL IN THE CHECKERED COAT F1.1580 —« the other two, Walter and Vera, are arrested. When, during a storm, Judith Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. 23 Apr 1917 _ is injured in a fall from her horse, Boone Pendleton comes to her rescue.

[©Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.; 23 Mar 1917; LP10433]. 5 reels. Soon the river becomes impassable, and they are trapped in Boone's cabin, Dir Joseph de Grasse. Scen Ida May Park. Story E. M. Ingleton. where the two fall in love. Because of her plight, Judith refuses Boone’s

Cam King D. Gray. proposal of marriage, though, and after the river recedes, when detectives

Cast: Dorothy Phillips (Mary Graham/“Flash” Fan), Mrs. A. E. come for her, she escapes and then aids Walter and Vera in breaking out Witting (Ann Maitland), Lon Chaney (Hector Maitland), William of jail. Taking refuge at Walter’s country estate, they are again intercepted Stowell (David Norman), David Kirby (Jim), Jane Bernoudy (Sally), by the detectives. It is then revealed that Judith is Walter’s sister and that Nellie Allen (Hector’s lady friend). Countess Du Cello (Landlady). tO eweape tu his first offense: Judith and his wife Vera were ones nim

Drama/Crime. When Mary and Fannie Graham, daughters of a goo aned ete

mother but a father with criminal instincts, are left motherless, Mary flees cropped and Judith is free to marry Boone. Brother-sister relationship. from her unhappy surroundings while Fannie, inheriting her father’s ugitives. Theft. Bonds. Hotels. Prison escapes. Riding. Riding accidents.

disposition, remains and is raised as a thief. Years later, the sisters come Rivers. a, ,

into contac again when Flash Fan, attempting to divert the police, who are Noe, Yanardy’s novel was fimed in 1917 under the ile The ie by the

following her for purse snatching, ducks into an apartment building where ETR- 3 Jul 1920, p. 489. NYMT 27 Jun 1920. , Mary is sleeping. Fan puts her checkered coat on Mary and then escapes MPN 15 May 1920, p. 4199. Var 23 Jul 1920, p. 34. out the back of the building, leaving Mary behind to be arrested. At the MPN 3 Jul 1920, p. 319. Wid's 27 Jun 1920, p. 23. station house, Mary is befriended by attorney David Norman, who MPW 3 Jul 1920, p. 119. establishes her innocence and introduces her to wealthy spinster Ann Maitland. Miss Maitland adopts Mary as her ward, arousing the ire of her

nephew, Hector Maitland, who has designs on his aunt’s fortune. Hector, THE GIRL IN THE WEB F1.1583 who has met Fan when she attempted to pick his pocket, enlists the thief’s Jesse D. Hampton Productions; Robert Brunton Productions. Dist Pathé

aid in discrediting Mary. After securing a position as a servant in the Exchange, Inc. 15 Aug 1920 [©Pathé Exchange, Inc.; 6 Aug 1920:

Maitland house, Fan steals Miss Maitland’s jewels and tries to frame Mary LUI 5408]. 6 reels. , , ,

for the crime. However, Mary is vindicated by David, who, after exposing Pres Jesse D. Hampton. Prod Jesse D. Hampton. Dir Robert Thornby.

Fan’s work, confesses his love for Mary. Frame-ups. Hereditary Scen Waldemar Young. Cam Charles Kaufman. tendencies. Sisters. Thieves. Lawyers. Nephews. Pickpockets. Spinsters. Source: Based on the novel Miss Maitland, Private Secretary by

Wards and guardians. Geraldine Bonner (New York, 1918).

Note: This film was also known as The Girl with the Checkered Coat. Cast: Blanche Sweet (Esther Maitland), Nigel Barrie (Dick

ETR 7 Apr 1917, p. 1252. MPN 14 Apr 1917, p. 2363. Ferguson), Thomas Jefferson (Samuel Van Zile Janney), Adele Mone 3 ay i916 i" 4007 NYDM T Apr 1917, p. 26. Farrington (Mrs. Janney), Hayward Mack (Chapman Price), Christine Mayo (Mrs. Price), Peaches Jackson (Bebita).

THE GIRL IN THE DARK F1.1581 Mystery. When Mrs. Chapman Price, the daughter of wealthy socialite Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. 4 Mar 1918 Mrs. Janney quarrels with her husband over her mounting gambling debts,

[©Bluebird Photoplays Inc.: 20 Feb 1918; LP12095] F reels. he packs his suitcase and moves out. Desperate to pay off her debts, Mrs. Dir Stuart Paton Adap ted by Albert G. Kenyon. Cam B.C. “Duke” Price rifles her mother’s safe but discovers that its contents are missing.

Hayward , ‘ The blame points to Chapman Price and Esther Maitland, Mrs. Janney’s Source: Based on the novel The Green Seal by Charles Edmonds Walk private secretary. When the Price baby is kidnapped and held for ransom, (Chicago. 1914) Esther is suspected of that crime, too. Only Dick Ferguson, a neighbor, Cast: Carmel Myers (Lois Fox), Ashton Dearholt (Brice Ferris), Frank believes in Esther's INNOCENCE. After several misadventures, Esther Tokanaga (Ming), Frank Deshon (Lao Wing), Harry Carter ( Ss trang) discovers that the kidnapping was perpetrated by the detective whom Mrs.

Alfred (Stchief b hi lice), Bett Serty hade (Sally) , Price hired to unravel burglary, which committed byher, Ferguson’s re enAllen ( ruber, of police), scnace ( ayy servant. Thus cleared,the Esther joins the manwas who believed in and the Mystery. Lois Fox, upon whose shoulder is branded a Chinese idiograph Prices are reconciled. Debt. Gamblers. Neighbors. Socialites. Theft. resembling the letters “A. Y.,” is rescued from a gang of Chinese ruffians Detectives. Infants. Kidnapping. Secretaries. Separation. Servants. by Brice Ferris. His servant Ming, in attempting to steal from her finger Note: The working titles of this film were Shadowed and Miss Maitland, Private a ring that bears a mysterious green seal, is killed, and soon afterwards a Secretary. The film had a pre-release showing in New York during the week of 18 stranger named Strang arrives, also in search of the girl. Despite Brice’s —_—_ Jul 1920. A pre-production news item noted that Tom Guige and J. P. Lockney were

efforts to protect her, Lois is abducted and taken to the headquarters of to be in the film, but no other mention of their participation has been located.

Lao Wing, the leader of a secret Chiense society known as the Tong. Ferris ETR 31 Jul 1920, p. 946. MPN 4 Sep 1920, pp. 1904-05.

and chief of police Struber finally infiltrate the gang’s headquarters and MEN : re 1900 P. se, mew ;; nf to00 P. $0. after a furious battle, Lois and Strang are freed. Strang, actually Lois’ MPN 31 jul 1917, is 1013. Wid's 75 jul 1920. if 1. uncle, reveals that the sacred ring had belonged to an ancient Chinese order MPN 7 Aug 1920, p. 1129.

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE GIRL OF MY HEART A GIRL LIKE THAT F1.1584 island. Phillip clothes and shelters Norma, whose mind has become Famous Players Film Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 18 Jan childlike from shock, and uses her as a model for his sculptures. Through 1917 [OFamous Players Film Co.; 15 Jan 1917; LP9990]. 5 reels. Phillip’s friend Jack, a photo of one of the sculptures travels to America, Pres Daniel Frohman. Dir Del Henderson. Scen Paul West and Roswell where LeRoy sees it and subsequently finds his way to Phillip’s island.

Dague. Cam Lewis W. Physioc. LeRoy tries to rape Norma, and in the ensuing struggle LeRoy is killed and Cast: Irene Fenwick (Ne/l Gordon), Owen Moore (Jim Brooks), Tom Norma recovers her adult personality. Phillip, who is in love with Norma, O’Keefe (Bill Whipple), Edwin Sturgis (Joe Dunham), Harry Lee sorrowfully returns her to the United States, but Norma does not board the (John Gordon), Jack Dillon (Tom Hoadley), Olive Thomas (Fannie boat, and Phillip, finding her posing as one of his statues when he returns

Brooks), William Butler (Clergyman). to his hut, finally declares his love. Castaways. Islands. Millionaires. Drama/Crime. Nell Gordon, the daughter of a reformed burglar, is Models. Sculptors. Attempted rape. Cads. Ocean liners. Photographs. persuaded by her father’s old gang to rob the bank in the town of Wheaton Ship fires. Statues. Widows. in order to procure funds for the ailing old man. Hired as a stenographer, Note: The film is mentioned on the credit lists of several of its actors in the 21 Oct Nell learns the combination to the safe but resolves not to go through with 1916 MPSD, but no information has been located concerning its release at that time. the plan when she falls in love with bank cashier Jim Brooks. The crooks It was copyrighted as a five-reeler in late 1918, but again it is unclear whether it was

P . i . released at that time.

try to pressure her father into writing a letter urging her to complete the job, but he refuses and is shot for his obstinacy. When Nell learns this, she

agrees to help the robbers and while they are opening the safe, she sounds THE GIRL OF MY DREAMS _ F1.1587 the alarm which brings the sheriff. After the crooks are safely locked away National Film Corp. of America. Dist Exhibitors Mutual Distributing

in jail, Nell and Jim decide to get married. Bank robberies. Father- | Corp.; Robertson-Cole Co. 15 Dec 1918. 6 reels. daughter relationship. Robbers. Self-sacrifice. Traps. Bank tellers. Dir Louis William Chaudet. Asst dir Scott Beal. Cam Walter L. Griffin.

Letters. Old men. Safes. Secretaries. Art dir Martin L. Doner. Musical accompaniment composed and Note: The synopsis in the copyright descriptions and some reviews erroneously list CO"piled by George Beynon.

the actress playing “Fannie Brooks” as Alice Thomas. Source: Based on the musical comedy The Girl of My Dreams, book by ETR 27 Jan 1917, p. 574. NYDM 27 Jan 1917, p. 49. Wilbur D. Nesbit and Otto Hauerbach, music by Karl L. Hoschna (New

Motog 10 Feb 1917, p. 314. Var 9 Mar 1917, p. 22. York, 7 Aug 1911). PW ; ae ey P. ae 748 Wid's 25 Jan 1917, p. 58. Cast: Billie Rhodes (“The Weed’), Jack MacDonald (George

poe Bassett), Lamar Johnston (Kenneth Stewart), Golda Mawden (Madelin Stewart), Jane Keckley (Ma Williams), Frank MacQuarrie

A GIRL NAMED MARY ; F1.1585 (Pa Williams), Benjamin Suslow (Jed Williams), Leo Pierson (Ralph Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Long)

aaa inne Ueaase 5 ee 1919 [©Famous Players-Lasky Drama. A young girl nicknamed “The Weed” lives with her foster Dn W It Ed rd Ss 1. Ee Cam Willi Marshall parents in their mountain cabin and frequently visits a nearby health resort So, a Ba don tf cen , td Gol N aed M Sb Jak ‘ Wilb to sell milk and eggs. On one of her excursions, she befriends a T kin, Ind; on i . 19. i 3) ire ivame ary by vulre mor cantankerous old millionaire, George Bassett, who later bequeathes to her omen n ‘erite Cl k (M Healy), Kathlyn Willi (M his entire estate. Ralph Long’s car plunges down an embankment, and he ashy Mareueriie war ary Trea yy), Natyn tans rs. is dragged from the wreckage and looked after by the Weed, who soon

Jaffrey), Wallace MacDonald Martin), Aggie Herring (Mrs. ; he ; ; .is; in ia the f nae ; captivates him(Henry with charm and ingenuousness. While Healy), Charles Clary (Hugh Leher Baron), Lillian Leighton (Hannah), .; . hospital, however, the lecherous Kenneth Stewart snaps a photo of the girl Pauline Pulliam (May Laguna), Eddie Sutherland (Mr. Peavy), Helene ‘mming in the nude j ; land hanes , tjit Sullivan (Mona Molloy). swimming in the nude in a mountain pool and hangs anshe enlargement of ; ; in his club. He once attempts to enter her room but bolts him out. Drama. For fifteen years, Marise wealthy searched , tsfather, , Through Jaffrey, a neighbor,aRalph learns widow, that Stewarthas is actually the girl’s for her daughter, Mary, abandonment who was takenof away an soon infantafter by her and birth or SL:led to the . . . ., . whose his as wife thefather Weed’s

subsequently disappeared when he was killed in a train accident. Mary > death. Raloh fronts St t. and the latter. deeply ashamed

Healy, a stenographer who has helped in the search, learns that Mrs. Healy Ieoves to R ‘ . P Wve to ke the t ’ th f c th Ww ae y dc ame’ is not her real mother. At the same time, Mary’s resemblance to the missing oh, s oink " P Mou, tai SN emu back ' . h ath P ntane. girl leads Mrs. Jaffrey to investigate further and discover that Mary is her Nn ' er. bi en de, ' “Ch be. D serticn a ' O Mea te Hos te daughter. Mary then goes to live in the Jaffrey home, but runs away - hery Milhonay so N di u Ph onra he Rice i" Swim Ss. Hospitals. because of the snobbish attitudes of Mrs. Jaffrey’s friends. Henry Martin, eonery. Nimionaires. Nu ity. Photographs. esor{s. owimmiIng.

P , 1, oy . bathing scene before approving the film for that state.

a printer’s foreman, tells Mrs. Jaffrey of his love for Mary. Mary’s mother Note: The Pennsylvania State Board of Censors eliminated several shots of the

. . ; ct 1918, p. 1458. MPW 14 Dec 1918, p. 1248.

and foster mother reconcile themselves when they see Mary’s happiness ETR 50

over her forthcoming marriage. Foster mothers. Long-lost relatives. ETR 14 Dec 1918, p. 151. MPW 4 Jan 1919, p. 91. Mother-daughter relationship. Parentage. Printers. Snobbery. Upper MPN 14 Dec 1918, p. 3600. Var 6 Dec 1918, p. 39.

classes. Widows. MPN 25 Jan 1919, p. 557.

Note: The novel on which this film is based was serialized in Metropolitan Magazine between Mar and Jul 1918. THE GIRL OF MY HEART F1.1588

ETR 31 Jan 1920, p. 897. Var’ 31 Jan 1920, p. 54. Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. Nov 1920 [OWilliam Fox; 24 Oct MPW 17 Jan 1920, p. 467. Wid's 25 Jan 1920, p. 6. 1920; LPI 5747]. 5 reels, 4,340 ft. Pres William Fox. Dir Edward J. Le Saint. Scen Edward J. Le Saint and

THE GIRL NEXT DOOR see THE WOMAN NEXT DOOR Mildred Considine. Cam Friend Baker.

Source: Based on the novel Joan of Rainbow Springs by Frances Marian

THE GIRL O’ DREAMS F 1.1586 Mitchell (Boston, 1911). American Film Co. 1916? [©American Film Co.; 31 Dec 1918; Cast: Shirley Mason (Joan), Raymond McKee (Rodney White), Martha LP13225]. 5 reels. Mattox (Prudence White), Al Fremont (Major Philips), Cecil Van Auker

Story William Pigott. . (Dr. Norman), Calvin Weller (Mona), Hooper Toler (Chawa), Alfred

Cast: Audrey Munson (Norma Hansen), Nigel de Brullier (Phillip Weller (Pedro). Fletcher), Eugenie Forde (Mrs. Hansen), William Stowell (Harry Adventure. On Christmas Eve, Joan runs away from a cruel woman who LeRoy), Josephine Phillips (Gladys), William Carroll (Jack Leonard), had taken her from an orphanage and finds shelter at the White’s mansion.

Margaret Nichols (Mrs. Leonard), Roy Stewart (Foreman of the Joan saves Rodney White from killing himself because he is a victim of the

island). white plague. Impressed with Joan’s faith, Rodney adopts her, taking her Drama. After the death of his young wife, Phillip Fletcher, a millionaire out West with his aunt in hopes of recovering his health. There, at an

and sculptor, makes his home on an uncharted desert island. Harry LeRoy, Indian settlement, they discover that Major Philips is selling whiskey to the a cad who is courting the widow Mrs. Hansen, desires the widow’s convent- Indians; Philips retaliates by hiring the Indian Chawa to kill Rodney and

_ bred daughter Norma and persuades mother and daughter to accompany kidnap Joan. Rodney is only injured, however, and with the aid of the him on a sea cruise. When the ship catches fire, Norma, abandoned by hermit Dr. Norman, recovers. They eventually rescue Joan from her LeRoy and her mother in the confusion, is washed ashore on Phillip’s kidnapper, Rodney learns that he is cured, and he and Joan fall in love.

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THE GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Adoption. Attempted suicide. Indians of North America. Orphans. Drama. When Jude Clark falls in love with Vaughan McAndrews, a Runaways. Tuberculosis. Abduction. Attempted murder. Christmas. wealthy visitor to Lost Lake, she breaks her engagement to Dave Bean,

Faith. Hired killers. Hermits. Liquor. who, smarting from the rejection, starts spreading gossip about her. He

Note: The working title of this film was Joan of Rainbow Springs. insists that she posed nude for an artist, and Vaughan, believing Dave,

MPN 14 Aug 1920, p. 1373. MPN 18 Dec 1920, p. 4677. decides to return to the city. Then, furious at Dave, Jude’s father Abner

ON 6 SP loon P. see ve 5 rep 1920 P. a gets in a fight with him, and both men die when they fall off a cliff. Jude MPN 20 Nov 1920, is 3883. ypu is taken in by Judge West, who makes her a partner in his mining operation.

They find gold and splurge on a vacation in the city, where they

THE GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST F 1.1589 accidentally meet Vaughan. After Jude convinces him that Dave had been

; , lying, Vaughan begin their romance all over again, soon marry. Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play she Co.and Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 4Reputation. Jan ; and False accusations. Partnerships. Revenge. Falls from

1915 [©Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co, Inc.; 30 Dec 1914; LU4071]). 5 ,

reels. reigns. Father-daughter relationship. Fights. Gold mines. Judges. Pres Jesse L. Lasky, in association with David Belasco. Dir Cecil B. Lakes. Vacations. ; ; , , ogy MPN 26 Aug 1916, p. 1246. Var 18 Aug 1916, p. 26. penne Seen Cecil B. DeMille. Cam Alvin Wyckoff. Art dir Wilfred MPW 26 Aug 1916, p. 1393, 1452. Wid's 17 Aug 1916, p. 790. uckland.

(New Yark. Id on Wd08) The Girl of the Golden West by David Belasco GIRL OF THE SEA F1.1591 Cast: (The Girl), Theodore (Jack10 Rance) Submarine & orp. Dist Republic Dagar 5,608 Corp. Marft. 920 ° Mabel waarVan ° ,Buren ©Submarine FilmRoberts Corp.; Mar 1920;umLU14875]. 6 reels, House Peters (Ramerrez), Anita King (Wowkle), Sydney Deane | Supv J. Ernest Williamson. Dir J Winthrop Kelley. Scen E. Lloyd (Sidney Duck), Billy Elmer (Ashby), Jeane McPherson (Nina), Raymond Sheldon. Cam Jay Rescher and Harold Sintzenich.

Hatton (Castro), Dick Le Strange (Sefora Slim), Tex Driscol (Nick, the Cast: Betty Hilburn (Girl of the Sea), Chester Barnett (Lieut. Tom

a tender ), an Once (amon). an oreo (Stagecoach driver), _ Ross), Kathryn Lean (Kate Ross), Alex Shannon (Matt Cuttle). “Western. In ne wold ). days of 49 an orpha e). saloonkeeper in the Drama. Stephen Verrill dies, leaving the deed to a valuable gold mine to

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California mining town of Cloudy, likes big-hearted sheriff Jack Rance, — gperate the mine, sails aboard the steamer Caribee bound for New York. formerly a New Orleans gambler, better than any of her many suitors. With the aid of Allen, the mate, Cuttle, a notorious trader, scuttles the ship After Ramerrez, the notorious head of a Mexican outlaw band, who really — gn a wild coastline. As the lifeboat drifts towards a small island, it is is a city-bred man named Johnson, is slightly wounded while robbing a overturned by a giant octopus, and the baby is washed ashore, the mine stage, the Girl rides by and binds his wound with her bonnet string. Later, deed tied to her neck. As Verrill apparently has no heirs, his property Ramerrez refrains from robbing her saloon, where she keeps the miners reverts back to the state and Cuttle buys it. Ten years later, Tom Ross, the gold hidden, when he learns that she is the owner. After she dissuades son of the Caribee’s captain, determines to prove his father’s innocence and

aus ’ to adulthood. After obtaining proof of his father’s murder, Tom returns Rance shoots Ramerrez when he leaves. After the Girl offers to play cards home with Mimi where they fight to reclaim the mine. After many arduous wa nance ror hamerrez reecom. wien the understanding that if she —_ confrontations with Cuttle, the villain is devoured by a shark, Mimi regains

oses, Rance will win her, she wins by cheating and nurses Kamerrez to her claim to the mine and marries Tom. Castaways. Deeds. Gold mines. health. He is later captured and about to be hanged when the Girl tells the —/s/ands. Mine claims. Shipwrecks. South Sea Islands. Traders. Infants.

townsfolk of the card game and wins his freedom. Rance becomes a Octopi. Sharks. Steamboats. Widows. drunkard and the Girl leaves town with Ramerrez to begin a new life. Note: This film was also known as The Girl of the Sea. Williamson produced California—History—1846-1850. | Criminals—Rehabilitation. | Outlaws. several other underwater pictures. The Williamson Submarine Corp., operated under

Saloon keepers. Sheriffs. Card games. GoldCamera, rushes. Gunshot the wnamson brothers, loneered underseailiamson, Photography the with their Williamson : FBlizzards. : submarine tube wWnicn was Invente y aries father of the

wun Mining towne Wagers Imprisonment. Jealousy. Williamson brothers. Many scenes in the film were shot in the West Indies. The company was located in Nassau in the Bahamas. Note: Blanche Bates and Frank Keenan starred in the stage production. Much of ETR 17 Apr 1920, p. 2283. MPW 7 Feb 1920, p. 828. the film was shot at the then-new Lasky ranch. DeMille wrote in his autobiography ETR 17 Jul 1920, p. 735. MPW 27 Mar 1920. p. 2173. that the film was shot in eight days, and that some filming was done near Mt. Palomar MPN 6 Mar 1920, p. 2241. MPW 24 Jul 1920, p. 507. in San Diego County. According to modern sources, DeMille was the film editor, as MPN 3 Apr 1920, p. 3288. Var 9 Jul 1920, p. 28. well as the director. The film was re-released by the Famous Players-Lasky Corp. in their Success Series on 15 Sep 1918. Giacomo Puccini composed an opera based on

the play, entitled La Fanciulla Del West, with libretto by Guelfo Civinini and Carlo THE GIRL OF THE SUNNY SOUTH F1.1592 Zangarini, which premiered on 10 Dec 1910 in New York. Associated First National American Kineto Corp. Dist State Rights. 25 Oct 1913 [OAmerican Pictures released a film with the same title from the same source on 3 May 1923. Kineto Corp.; 18 Nov 1913; LU1614]. 4 reels.

Edwin Carewe directed, and Sylvia Breamer, J. Warren Kerrigan and Russell Scen Travers Vale

Simpson starred in it (see AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.2098). First . ° .

National Pictures released a sound film with the same title from the same source on Cast: Louise Vale (Grace Merridew).

12 Oct 1930, directed by John Francis Dillon and starring Ann Harding, James Drama. Harry Searelle and Raymond Webster vie for the hand of a

-G-M released an operetta with the same title from the same source in Mar , ; i

Rem anc Hany Bannister (see Arr Catalog of Feature Films, 1921 Seaveeerets Southern belle named Grace Merridew, and when she chooses the former, directed by Robert Z. Leonard, and starring Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy and Ray mond plots his revenge. The Civil War breaks ou i, and Harry finds

Walter Pidgeon. himself serving under Col. Webster, who, with the aid of his confidante, Motog 2 Jan 1915, p. 12. MPN 16 Jan 1915, p. 43. Gustave Le Roy, forges a letter informing Harry that Grace is dying. Motog 16 Jan 1915, p. 96. MPW 16 Jan 1915, p. 381, 432. Caught leaving the fort, Harry is accused of desertion and shot just as

one 3 na le p. ve MOM F nae ole p. ae Union troops take the post. Wounded and suffering from amnesia, Harry MPN 9 Jan 1918, 51.57. ” an Ber Pe ee becomes a tramp after the war. Eventually, he wanders back home, arriving

just as Raymond, determined to acquire the Merridew estate, murders

THE GIRL OF THE LOST LAKE F1.1590 Grace’s father. Harry and Le Roy are sentenced for the crime, but they Bluebird Photoplavs. Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplavs. Inc 18 Aug soon escape, stowing away on a steamer which Le Roy accidentally sets

roroplays» , prays, afire. Moved byInc.; Harry’s5bravery saving both their lives,5Lereels. Roy exposes 1916 [©Bluebird Photoplays, Aug in1916; LP8876]. ; :; , Dir Lynn Reynolds. Scen Lynn Reynolds. Cam Clyde R. Cook Raymond’s treachery, and Harry, his memory restored, is reunited with

Cas t y M le Gonzalez ( Jud y Clark) Mar y Du Cello (Mrs Grace. Amnesia. Deserters-Military. Rivals. Southern belles. United Me “Andrews) Ruby Cox (Vietoria Har lowe) val Paul (Vaughan States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865. False accusations. Fires. Forgery.

McAndrews), Fred Church (Dave Bean), George Hernandez (Judge retters, Steamboals. stowaways. amps: d by ol: f he Pil

West), Jack Curtis (A bner Clark), Bertram Grassby (Wallace Fil Co ne reviewer noted that Miss Vale was supported by players from the Puot

Harrison), Jack Connelly (Wainwright McAndrews), Bobby Mack Motog. 1 Nov 1913, p. 324. MPW 25 Oct 1913, p. 403.

(Sim Perkins). MPN 1 Nov 1913, p. 11, 44. MPW 1 Nov 1913, p. 532. 328

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE GIRL PHILIPPA THE GIRL OF THE TIMBER CLAIMS F1.1593 A GIRL OF YESTERDAY F1.1595 Fine Arts Film Co. Dist Triangle Film Corp. 11 Feb 1917. 5 reels. Famous Players Film Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 7 Oct 1915. 5

Dir Paul Powell. Scen Mary H. O’Connor. Cam John Leezer. reels. Cast: Constance Talmadge (Jess), A. D. Sears (Francis Ames), Clyde Pres Daniel Frohman. Dir Allan Dwan.

Hopkins (Bob Mullen), Beau Byrd (Cora Abbott), Wilbur Higby Cast: Mary Pickford (Jane Stuart), Jack Pickford (John Stuart), (Senator Hoyle), Bennie Schuman (Eddie Stanley), Joseph Singleton Gertrude Norman (Aunt Angela), Donald Crisp (A. H. Monroe), Marshall (Leather Hermit), F. A. Turner (Jess’s father), Mrs. Talmadge (Mrs. Neilan (Stanley Hudson), Frances Marion (Rosanna Danford), Lillian

Kiesey), Charles Lee (A homesteader). Langdon (Mrs. A. H. Monroe), Claire Alexander (Eloise Monroe), Glenn

Northwest drama. Jess Vance has been reared in a settlement in the Martin (The aviator). :

Northwest where her father holds a homesteader’s cabin. Now grown, she Comedy. Jane Stuart is brought up with her brother John by their poor is determined that no claim jumper sent by the timber trust headed by Aunt Angela to appreciate old-fashioned customs and ways. After Stanley Senator Hoyle will seize possession of her property. When Francis Ames, Hudson, visiting Jane’s wealthy neighbors, the Monroes, who shun the a lawyer sent by the government to investigate, is prevented from doing so Stuarts, sees Jane over the garden wall, Stanley’s visits increase and he by the manipulation of the senator, he infiltrates the claim jumpers being initiates a friendship with Jane. When the Stuarts inherit a fortune, they sent to gain control of the township. Mistaking him for a claim jumper, Jess suddenly find themselves much sought after socially. At her first reception, shoots Ames, and while nursing him back to health begins to fall in love Jane, wearing her grandmother’s old-fashioned gown, makes a welcome with him. Meanwhile, Hoyle has dispatched Cora Abbot, an old friend of contrast to the more contemporarily dressed girls and attracts a coterie of

Ames’s, to discredit the agent. Ames refuses to fall for Cora’s tricks, and male admirers. Jane later attempts tennis and golf and accepts an sends her away. In anger, she bribes two forest guards to burn down Ames’s invitation to go yachting from Stanley, who, hoping to win Jane, has cabin, but Ames, hearing of an attempt to burn out jumpers, goes to attempted to introduce John to luxurious living. Jealous Rosanna Danford Portland to investigate, leaving his cabin in charge of a half-breed. The arranges for an aviator to take Jane flying, however, so that she will miss

next morning, a charred body is found in the smoking remains of Ames’s the outing, and in Stanley’s eyes be compromised. Although a cabin, and Jess assumes that he has perished. Heartbroken, she goes to misunderstanding follows, Jane later accepts Stanley’s belated proposal. Portland to see if she can settle the homesteader’s upheaval. Granted an Nouveaux riches. Social customs. Upper classes. Aunts. Aviators. interview with the government agent in charge of the territory, Jess is Duplicity. Golf. Inheritance. Jealousy. Snobbery. Tennis.

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overjoyed to discover that Ames is alive and she forsakes her homestead Note: This film was the first in which actual brother and sister, Mary and Jack rights to marry the agent. Claim jumpers. Government agents. Land Pickford, appeared in roles as brother and sister, and was famous aviator Glenn rights. Lumber industry. Mistaken identity. Political corruption. Arson. Martin’s screen debut. The yacht appearing in the film belonged to sugar Forest rangers. Lawyers. Missing persons, assumed dead. Portland — Tultimillionaire John D. Spreckles of San Francisco.

Motog 9 Oct 1915, 754. MPW 1915, 632, (Oregon)., United States-Northwest. Motogp. _30 Oct 1915, p. 922,23 937.Oct NYDM 23 Octp. 1914, p. 36.688. Note: Parts of this picture were shot in the Santa Cruz mountains, CA. It was also MPN 9 Oct 1915, p. 65. NYT 11 Oct 1915, p. 9.

known as The Girl of the Timberlands. MPN 23 Oct 1915, p. 82. Var 15 Oct 1915, p. 21. ETR 27 Jan 1917, p. 574. MPW 17 Feb 1917, p. 1082.

Motog 3 Feb 1917, p. 264. NYDM _13 Jan 1917, p. 30. MPN 3 Feb 1917, p. 763. NYDM 27 Jan 1917, p. SO.

MPW 3 Feb 1917, p. 704. Wid's 25 Jan 1917, p. 59.

THE GIRL OUT OF THE SKY see TRUMPET ISLAND |

TIMBER CLAIMS THE GIRL PHILIPPA F 1.1596

THE GIRL OF THE TIMBERLANDS see THE GIRL OF THE

Vitagraph Co. of America; A Blue Ribbon Feature. Dist Greater

Vitagraph (V-L-S-E, Inc.). 21 Jan 1917 [OVitagraph Co. of America; 12 Jan 1917; LP9996]. 8 reels.

THE GIRL OF TODAY F1.1594 Supv Albert E. Smith. Dir S. Rankin Drew. Cam Arthur T. Quinn.

Vitagraph Co. of America; A Blue Ribbon Feature. Dist Greater Source: Based on the novel My Girl Philippa by Robert W. Chambers Vitagraph, Inc. 23 Sep 1918 [©Vitagraph Co. of America; 16 Sep 1918; | (New York, 1916).

LP12879]. 5 reels, 4,329 ft. oo Cast: Anita Stewart (Philippa), S. Rankin Drew (Warner), Frank Pres Albert E. Smith. Dir John Robertson. Scen John Robertson and Morgan (Halkett), Miss Curley (Sister Ella), Billie Billings (The Harry O. Hoyt. Story Robert W. Chambers. Cam Charles Davis. countess), Captain Eyerman (General Delisle), Ned Hay (Gray), Stanley Cast: Corinne Griffith (Leslie Selden), Marc MacDermott (Dr. Dunn (Schmidt), Alfted Rabock (Hoffman), Jules Cowles (Asticot), Betty Wolff), Charles A. Stevenson (Mr. Norris Wynn), Ida Darling (Mrs. Young (Madame Arlone), L. S. Johnson (Esser), Anders Randolf

Norris Wynn), Webster Campbell (Jack Wynn). | (Wildresse), Frank Crayne.

War drama/World War I. During World War I, the beautiful and Drama. Philippa is raised in Ausone by her guardian Wildresse. As a

patriotic Leslie Selden is courted by two ardent admirers: Jack Wynn, a | Young woman, she becomes a dancer at the Cafe de Biribi where Wildresse young man not yet taken by the draft, and Dr. Wolff, a Danish scientist @Sks her to spy on an Englishman. Warner, an American artist who is in

who, in reality, is a German agent. When Jack learns that Wolff is love with Philippa, becomes acquainted with the Englishman, named masterminding a plot to bomb several munitions factories and destroy the | Halkett, and through this relationship introduces Halkett to Philippa. The water system in New York City, he goes to the spy’s home and confronts three become close friends. After many adventures, Halkett is able to save him. Wolff locks him up and then forges a note to Leslie claiming that the his country’s secrets from Wildresse, who is a German spy, and Philippa young man has run away to escape the draft. Her suspicions aroused, Leslie falls in love with Warner. In the end, it is revealed that Philippa is actually alerts the authorities and plants a dictograph in Wolff’s house, through 4 Balkan princess who was stolen at birth. Americans in foreign countries. which she learns of the scheduled bombings. Accompanied by the police, English. Espionage. Friendship. Germans. Artists. Balkans. Cafés. she arrives at Wolff's residence just in time to prevent the destruction of | Dancers. Parentage. Royalty. Spies. Wards and guardians. the city and Jack’s murder..Bombs. Impersonation imposture. ; Note: Champers’ nove was serialized (osmopolivan in sr os The film, : oO news items,and Oroke a revious world-wide records torin 00x oOrfice receipts in according a single

Recorders. sabotage. we les. Mor Me . mares pase penne day when it took in $3,471 at the Rialto Theater in New York City. Other cities

orgery. Munitions factories. New York City. Police. Rivals. scientists. reported record-breaking earnings as well when the film opened in Jan 1917 across

Note: The film’s working title was New York, or Danger Within. It was produced the country. This film was released 21 Jan 1917 in the East and 28 Jan 1917 in the with the cooperation of the State Defense Council of New York and filmed at various West. The NYT noted that the film displayed an unusual effect by the use of two locations in the state of New York, including the Erie Canal and the State Capitol projectors used simultaneously, projecting both a proclamation of war and scenes of at Albany. According to a news item, the film reproduced scenes of “thwarted mobilization, to create an effect similar to that of double exposure.

outrages” as reported in official records of New York State, and Governor Charles ETR 13 Jan 1917, p. 422. NYDM 13 Jan 1917, p. 26.

S. Whitman of New York was to appear in it. Motog _—27: Jan 1917, p. 208. NYDM 20 Jan 1917, p. 29. ETR 21 Sep 1918, p. 1285. NYDM 12 Jan 1918, p. 14. MPN 30 Dec 1916, pp. 4087-90. NYDM 27 Jan 1917, p. 55. ETR 28 Sep 1918, p. 1413. NYDM 2 Mar 1918, p. 21. MPW 20 Jan 1917, p. 356. NYT 1 Jan 1917, p. 10. MPW 21 Sep 1918, p. 1774. NYDM 2 Nov 1918, p. 662. MPW 27 Jan 1917, p. 588. Var 5 Jan 1917, p. 27. MPW 5 Oct 1918, p. 119. Wid's 22 Sep 1918, pp. 23-24. NYDM 6 Jan 1917, p. 33. Wid’s 14 Jan 1917, p. 5. 329

THE GIRL PROBLEM AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG THE GIRL PROBLEM F 1.1597 Comedy. Peggy Brockman’s idyllic life with her oil magnate father is Vitagraph Co. of America. Dist Vitagraph Co. of America. 3 Mar disrupted when he remarries and arrives home with his bride and her two 1919 [©Vitagraph Co. of America; 5 Feb 1919; LP13375]. 5 reels, 4,330 snobbish daughters. The new Mrs. Brockman reads that Lord George

ft. Raleigh is anchored off shore in his yacht, and regarding him as a possible Dir Kenneth Webb. Scen Graham Baker. Story Joseph Franklin Poland. conquest for one of her daughters, issues him an invitation to a garden

Cam Tom Malloy. party. In quest of his seclusion, his Lordship sends his butler Wiggins to

Cast: Corinne Griffith (Erminie Foster), Agnes Ayres (Helen attend in his place. Peggy is banned from the party, and in revenge, sneaks Reeves), Walter McGrail (Ernest Sanford), William David (Monte aboard the yacht where she meets the real lord who is enchanted by her. Ralston), Julia Swayne Gordon (Mrs. Reeves), Eulalie Jensen (Aunt For her prank, Peggy is banished to college and the lord enrolls also. One Julia), Frank Kingsley (Eric Garland), Harold Foshay (Hasbrook). night by mistake, Peggy climbs into the boy’s dormitory and finds herself Drama. A model by day and a short story writer by night, Erminie Foster in Raleigh’s room. To prevent a scandal, they elope, but on the way from is insulted when novelist Ernest Sanford visits her display room to study the justice’s house are arrested and thrown in jail. Peggy’s horrified family her as a “flapper” type. Later, Erminie attends a reception uninvited to arrives just in time to witness Lord Raleigh disclose his true identity and

gather atmosphere for a story. Sanford saves her from being thrown out announce that Peggy is his bride. Impersonation and imposture. by saying that she is his cousin. When her prudish aunt forbids herentrance | Matchmakers. Social climbers. Stepmothers. Stepsisters. Butlers. at three in the morning, Sanford offers her lodgings under the protection | College students. Elopement. Nobility. Oil magnates. Parties. Yachts. of his housekeeper and soon persuades her to stay for inspiration. He writes Note: This picture was also known as The Girl Who Wouldn't Grow Up.

a satire on women that is turned down, while hers on men sells. After Motog 6 Oct 1917, p. 738. NYDM 29 Sep 1917, p. 18. Erminie overhears Monte Ralston, who loves Sanford’s fiancée Helen MPW = 22 Sep 1917, p. 1893. Wid's 27 Sep 1917, p. 620. Reeves, threaten Sanford with Helen’s incriminating letters, Erminie

sacrifices her reputation to retrieve the letters. When the engagement is = =_THE GIRL WHO DARED F1.1600 broken and Helen and Monte explain Erminie’s behavior to Sanford, he Republic Pictures. Dist Republic Distributing Corp. Aug 1920 loses his smugly superior attitude and confesses he loves Erminie. Authors. [©Republic Distributing Corp.; 7 Jun 1920; LP15283}. 5 reels, 4,780 ft.

Flappers. Reputation. Self-sacrifice. Aunts. Letters. Models. Propriety. Dir Cliff Smith. Scen Alvin J. Seitz.

ETR 1 Mar 1919, p. 991. Var 21 Feb 1919, p. 67. Cast: Edythe Sterling (Barbara Hampton), Jack Carlyle (Joe

MPW 1 Mar 1919, p. 1241, 1384, Wid’'s 23 Feb 1919, p. 5. Knowles), Steve Clemento (Ramez), Yakima Canutt (Bob Purdy), Gordon Sackville (Jud Hampton).

THE GIRL SHERIFF see BY RIGHT OF POSSESSION Western. When Barbara Hampton, a rancher’s daughter, is elected sheriff of a small Western town, she earns the enmity of her father’s foreman, Joe Knowles, who is in league with a band of rustlers headed by

Te IRE Players-Lacky Corp Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp. the outlaw Ramez. Plotting against Barbara, Knowles discharges all the Paramount Picrures 8 Sen 1918 [OFamous Players-Lasky Corp.; 19 Aug honest ranch hands and replaces them with Ramez’ men. Then he frames

1918: LP12765]. 5 reels P ° Hampton for cattle rustling, thus forcing Barbara to jail her own father.

P , Jj L L k Di Robert G. Vignola. Asst dir Louis A. Howland In the meantime, Knowles and Ramez drive off hundreds of cattle in the

res Jesse 1. Lasky. AUP Novert bs. Vignola. Asst dir Louis A. Tiowland. direction of the Mexican border. Setting out to prove her father’s Adapted by Beulah Marie Dix. Cam Charles Edgar Schoenbaum. Art innocence, Barbara trails the rustlers to their lair, captures them and brings

dir Wilfred Buckland. them to justice, thus clearing her father’s name. Her task accomplished, Source: Based on the play Leah Kleschna by C. M.S. McLellan (New Barbara settles down with Bob Purdy, the son of a neighboring rancher. York, 12 Dec 1904). . , Father-daughter relationship. Frame-ups. Ranch foremen. Rustlers. Cast: Ethel Clayton (Lois Hartner), Elliott Dexter (State Senator Rustling. Sheriffs. Mexican border. Ranchers.

George Bayard), Theodore Roberts (Michael Hartner, Lois’ father), ETR 21 Aug 1920, p. 1296. Wid's 22 Aug 1920, p. 7.

James Neill (Governor Burton), Charles West (Ralph Burton, his son), Var 13 Aug 1920, p. 34.

Marcia Manon (Dorothy Burton, his daughter), Jack Brammall (Doyle, a crook), Jane Wolff (Mrs. Walters), John McKinnon TH GIRL WHO DARED (D. W. Griffith) see THE LOVE FLOWER

(Bayard’s butler), Pansy Perry (Burton’s maid). Drama. Lois Hartner, the daughter of crook Michael Hartner, is well trained in the art of burglary and takes pride in it until she is saved from THE GIRL WHO DID NOT CARE see THE SEX LURE drowning by an unidentified man. Although her deep admiration for the

man has awakened in her a sincere desire to reform, she reluctantly agrees § THE GIRL WHO DIDN’T THINK _ __ F1.1601

to help her father steal a set of pearls that State Senator George Bayard Creative Film Corp. Dist State Rights. Feb 1917 [OCreative Film Corp.; plans to give to his fiancée, Dorothy Burton. George catches Lois at his 5 Jan 1917; LU9904]. 6 reels. safe, and, recognizing him as the man who saved her life, she confesses her Dir William Haddock. Scen Violet Stuart. mission. During their conversation, Ralph Burton, the governor’s wayward Cast: Jane Gail (Lucille Ryan), Stanley Walpole (James Lambert), son, enters the house and steals the jewels, and although Lois is accused William Manderville (Mr. Ryan), Agnes Nielson (Mrs. Ryan), May of the theft, George believes her innocent. Because of George’s involvement Simon (May Chambers), Helen Milholland (/rene), William Butler

with Lois, Dorothy breaks off their engagement. George finally extricates (Her father). ; . ;

a confession from Ralph and goes in search of Lois, who has disappeared. Drama/Social. Shopgirl Lucille Ryan is an easy target for the wolfish He finds her leading a reformed life on a friend’s farm and takes her to his Wiles of playboy James Lambert. Succumbing to Lambert’s promises to heart. Burglars. Criminals-Rehabilitation. Politicians. Confession (law). ake her his wife, Lucille soon finds herself pregnant. Soon after, Lambert

Drowning. False accusations. Farms. Father-daughter relationship. Casts her aside for socialite Irene Wallace. Lucille, reading the

Pearls. Rescues. State governors. Theft. announcement of Lambert’s wedding in the paper, rushes to the altar and Note: The picture was also reviewed as The Woman Who Came Back. Famous denounces him as the father of her child. The ceremony Is halted an d later Players Film Co. released another version of the story, entitled Leah Kleschna, in Lambert accepts his responsibilities by marrying Lucille. illegitimacy.

1913. Famous Players-Lasky produced yet another version of McLelian’s play, The Infidelity. Playboys. Pregnancy. Saleswomen. Socialites. Weddings. Moral Sinner, in 1924, with Dorothy Dalton starring and Ralph Ince directing. (See Note: Leon Wagner was the president of the Creative Film Corp., and although he

AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30, F2.3694.) is listed in Wid's as the cameraman for this film, no confirming evidence of this has

ETR 7 Sep 1918, p. 1178. MPW 14 Sep 1918, p. 1612. been located. MPN 7 Sep 1918, p. 1594. NYDM 21 Sep 1918, p. 444. ETR 10 Feb 1917, p. 705. MPW 3 Mar 1917, p. 1409. MPW 7 Sep 1918, p. 1457. Wid's 1 Sep 1918, pp. 27-28. MPW 10 Feb 1917, p. 870. Wid's 1 Feb 1917, p. 74.

THE GIRL WHO COULDN’T GROW UP F1.1599 THE GIRL WHO DOESN’T KNOW F1.1602 Pollard Picture Plays Co. Dist Mutual Film Corp. 17 Sep 1917. 5 reels. B. S. Moss Motion Picture Corp. Dist State Rights. Dec 1916. 5 reels. Dir Harry Pollard. Scen Harry Pollard. Dir Charles E. Bartlett. Scen John E. Lopez. Cast: Margarita Fischer (Peggy Brockman), John Stepling (Herbert Cast: Marie Empress (Ze/ma), R. Henry Grey (Reverend Martin), Zada Brockman), Jean Hathaway (Mrs. Brockman), Jack Mower (Lord George Barlow (His sister Ruth), Henry Stanley (Deacon Brown), Ruth White

Raleigh), Joseph Harris (Wiggens), Lule Warrenton (Tia Ana), Leota (His daughter Amy), George Theilan (Jack Rance), Robyn Adair

Lorraine (/ris Stanley), Marjorie Blinn (Bertha Stanley). | (Paul Jerome). | 330

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE GIRL WITH NO REGRETS Drama. When she leaves her home in the slums, Zelma finds work with boy, runs away. Learning that Mrs. Walsh has tired of the novelty of _ Paul Jerome, a casino owner who uses her to fleece his customers. Unable having a baby, Nancy goes to the Walsh house and steals Ellen away, but to tolerate the job, Zelma tries to kill herself, but Martin, a young minister, the fugitives are found by the police and returned to the orphanage. manages to stop her. Martin lets her stay at his home, and he and Zelma Desperate, Nancy goes to Chester and confesses all, and the young attorney soon fall in love. Paul tracks her down, however, and then, while romancing agrees to help her. After sending Nancy to his parents in the South, Chester Martin’s sister Ruth, tells Martin about Zelma’s past. Martin, initially, is intervenes and convinces the court to put the sisters in the custody of his

stunned, but then, after Zelma convinces Ruth to end her relationship with parents, and thus Ellen and Nancy are finally reunited. Adoption. Paul, he forgives her and makes plans to marry her. Casino owners. Orphans. Orphanages. Sisters. Abduction. Judges. Lawyers. Male Clergy. Reputation. Swindlers. Attempted suicide. Casinos. Sisters. impersonation. Runaways.

Slums. Note: Willis Brown was a former judge of the juvenile court.

MPN 16 Dec 1916, p. 3824. MPN 30 Dec 1916, p. 4170. Motog 20 Oct 1917, p. 832. MPW 13 Oct 1917, p. 294.

MPN 23 Dec 1916, p. 3958, 4050. MPW 23 Dec 1916, p. 1815, 1821. MPN 20 Oct 1917, p. 2717, 2771. MPW 20 Oct 1917, p. 396.

LADY COULDN’T GROW UP

THE GIRL WHO LIVED IN THE WOODS see THE LITTLE ‘FRAID THE GIRL WHO WOULDN’T GROW UP see THE GIRL WHO

THE GIRL WHO STAYED AT HOME F1.1603 9 =THE GIRL WHO WOULDN'T QUIT F1.1605 D. W. Griffith. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Artcraft Pictures. 23 Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co. 25 Mar 1918 Mar 1919 [OD. W. Griffith; 10 Mar 1919; LP13496]. 7 reels, 6,672 ft. [©Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 13 Mar 1918; LP12179]. 5 reels. Prod D. W. Griffith. Dir D. W. Griffith. Story S. E. V. Taylor. Cam G. Prod Louise Lovely. Dir Edgar Jones. Scen Doris Schroeder. Cam Jack

W. Bitzer. MacKenzie.

Cast: Adolphe Lestina (Monsieur Le France), Carol Dempster Source: Based on the short story “The Quest of Joan” by James Oliver (Mademoiselle Blossom), Frances Parks (The chum), Richard Curwood (publication undetermined). Barthelmess (Ralph Grey), Syn De Conde (Count de Brissac), Robert Cast: Louise Lovely (Joan Tracy), Henry A. Barrows (Roscoe Harron (Jim Grey), George Fawcett (The elder Grey), Kate Bruce = Tracy), Mark Fenton (Joshua Siddons), Charles H. Mailes (Robert (Jim’s mother), Edward Peil (The Turnverein terror), Clarine Seymour Carter), Gertrude Astor (Stella Carter), William Chester (Joe (Cutie Beautiful), Tully Marshall (Cutie’s old friend), David Butler = \forgan), Philo McCullough (Jim Younger), Clyde Benson.

(August Kant). . a Western. Roscoe Tracy, the foreman of a large mining camp, is unjustly War drama/World War I. Ralph Grey visits France with his father, a sentenced to life in prison for robbery and murder. In his absence, his little shipbuilder, and falls in love with Blossom, the granddaughter of his daughter Joan is raised by mine superintendent Robert Carter. Many years father’s friend, although Blossom is engaged toa French nobleman. Known _ after her father’s conviction, Joan receives an anonymous note advising her

as Monsieur Le France, the friend is a Civil War veteran not reconciled —_ tg examine the contents of a chest that is stored in a certain warehouse. with the Union. When the war breaks out, Ralph enlists, while his brother —_ Carter, alarmed by this development, tries to secure the trunk himself, but Jim, a heartbreaker known as Oily, is drafted. After trying to get out of pot before it is purchased at an auction by Jim Younger and his friends. serving, Jim gets a promise of faithfulness from his sweetheart, cabaret —_ Joan, who loves Jim, informs the young man of the chest’s value, and when dancer Cutie Beautiful, and goes to a training camp where he matures. — Carter and his men steal the box, Jim pursues them and retrieves it. The

Ralph and Jim, in the same regiment, serve admirably, with Ralph trunk contains a note revealing that Carter, with his accomplice Joe receiving honors for his heroism in the Lost Battalion. When Blossom S Morgan, the mine’s telegrapher, framed Tracy for the crimes that they had chateau is attacked, her fiancé dies, and after she saves a German officer, committed. Tracy finally is released from prison, and Joan weds Jim.

he kills another German about to attack her and then dies himself. Frame-ups. Mine foremen. Trunks. Auctions. Foster fathers. Blossom S grandfather welcomes the Americans by flying the stars and Imprisonment. Mining camps. Telegraph operators. Theft. Warehouses. stripes, and since Cutie remained faithful despite many temptations, the Note: MPW states that the film was based on a novel by Doris Schroeder. Var calls two couples marry. Americans in foreign countries. Brothers. Fidelity. Gertrude Astor’s character Stella Ramson. Curwood’s story was remade by Universal France. Manhood. Soldiers. War heroes. World War |. Dancers. Flags. in 1926 as Prisoners of the Storm, directed by Lynn Reynolds (see AFI Cartalog of

Rescues, Sipbulers cm eee Kw See Note: This was the first time that Richard Barthelmess or Clarine Se r Pr »P. a arae 7p:

Germany. Army. Grandfathers. The Lost Battalion. Philanderers. Feature Films, 1921-30, F2.4359).

appeared in a Griffith film. This was Carol Dempster's first major role. The film MPW 30 Mar 1918, p. 1874. Wid's 11 Apr 1918, p. 1075. included footage shot at the war front and also in the U.S. House of Representatives

in Washington, D.C. Provost Marshal General E. H. Crowder, General Peyton THE GIRL WITH A PAST see THE UPHILL PATH Conway March and Secretary of War Newton Baker appear in the film.

MPC un 1919, pp.46-a7. Var. 28 Mar 1919, p93. THE GIRL WITH NO REGRETS F1.1606 MPN 5 Apr 1919, p. 2188. Wid's 30 Mar 1919, p. 9. Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 26 Jan 1919 [OWilliam Fox; 26 Jan MPW 5 Apr 1919, pp. 77-78, 121. 1919; LP13342]. 5S reels. Pres William Fox. Dir Harry Millarde. Scen Raymond L. Schrock.

THE GIRL WHO WANTED TO LIVE see HER LIFE AND HIS Story Evelyn Campbell. Cast: Peggy Hyland (Signa Herrick), Charles Clary (Olney French),

THE GIRL WHO WON OUT F1.1604 Gene Burr (Jim Durling), Betty Shade (Janet Durling), Jack Nelson

Universal Film Mfg. Co.; A Butterfly Picture. Dist Universal Film Mfg. | (Dale Morgan), Al Fremont (Detective Haggard), Harry Von Meter Co. 8 Oct 1917 [OUniversal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 27 Sep 1917; LP11473]. (Gerald Marbury), Beverly Travers (Mrs. Marbury), William Ellingford

5 reels. (Banker Osborne).

Dir Eugene Moore. Scen Charles J. Wilson, Jr. Story Judge Willis Drama. Signa Herrick, a not very competent stenographer, leaves her Brown. small Wisconsin town when she learns that her boss, a friend of her

Cast: Violet MacMillan (Nancy Grimm), Barbara Conley (Ellen), P. L. deceased father, keeps her employed only out of sympathy. She comes to Pembroke (Chester Noble), Mrs. A. E. Witting (Mrs. Harvey), Charles New York to her sister Janet Durling, who has been taught to shoplift by Hill Mailes (Mr. Wicks), Gertrude Astor (Mrs. Walsh), L. M. Wells her husband, Jim, a burglar. After learning the truth about Janet, Signa

(Mr. Noble), Sherman Bainbridge (Jack Beal). lies to protect Jim from Detective Haggard and then moves to a mission

Drama /Social. Orphaned after the death of their mother, Nancy Grimm house. When Signa becomes the secretary to young millionaire Olney and her baby sister Ellen are taken to the country where Ellen is adopted French, who collects rare Oriental gems, Jim discovers this and sends Janet by the wealthy Walsh family. Nancy keenly feels the loss of her sister, and to investigate. French, who previously hated women, falls in love with

when the judge rules that she cannot visit Ellen without permission, she Signa. French’s half sister Mrs. Marbury and her husband Gerald resent throws herself onto a bench, winning the sympathy of young attorney Signa because she has succeeded in curing French’s alcoholism, which the

Chester Noble. Nancy is then placed in the Wick’s home where she is Marburys have encouraged because they stand to inherit his fortune. treated as a servant. Miserable, Nancy cuts off her hair and, dressed as a French’s proposal to Signa is interrupted when Jim attempts to steal a ©

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THE GIRL WITH THE CHAMPAGNE EYES AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG jewel. Haggard arrives and, although the Marburys insist on Signa’s THE GIRL WITH THE JAZZ HEART F1.1609 complicity, Janet’s confession exonerates her. French, whose faith in Signa Goldwyn Pictures Corp. Dist Goldwyn Distributing Corp. Oct? 1920 never wavered, orders the Marburys out and embraces Signa. Faith. {©Goldwyn Pictures Corp.; 14 Aug 1920; LP15436]. 5 reels. Secretaries. Sisters. Alcoholism. Burglars. Detectives. Gems. Inheritance. Dir Lawrence C. Windom. Scen Philip Lonergan and George Mooser.

Misogynists. Missions. New York City. Shoplifting. Wisconsin. Cam George Peters. Note: One source lists Denison Clift as co-scenarist but his name is crossed off from Source: Based on the short story “The Girl with the Jazz Heart” by the copyright descriptions and no other source mentions him. A pre-release news item Robert Terry Shannon in A/ll-Story Magazine (6 Mar 1920).

lists Gordon Zacksville in the cast. The story by Evelyn Campbell in the copyright Cast: Madge Kennedy (Miriam Smith/Kitty Swasher), Joe King descriptions is entitled “The Haunted Heart,” the working title of the film. . . . 1) “ne MPN 25 Jan 1919, p. 539. NYMT 26 Jan 1919. (Miles Sprague), Leon Pierre Gendron (Tommie Fredericks), William

MPN 8 Feb 1919, p. 924. Var 31 Jan 1919, p. 53. Walcott (Miriam’s uncle), Helen Du Bois (Miriam’s aunt), Robert

MPW 1 Feb 1919, p. 676. Wid’s 16 Feb 1919, p. 11. Vaughn (Simeon Althoff), Emile Hoch (Detective Quinn), Lillian Worth

MPW 8 Feb 1919, pp. 803-04. (Camille), Robert Tansey (Jimmie), Dorothy Haight (Mamie).

Comedy-drama. When Miriam Smith’s devoutly religious aunt and uncle

insist that she marry pious Simeon Althoff, Miriam answers an ad in a

THE GIRL WITH THE CHAMPAGNE EYES F1.1607 matrimonial newspaper and runs away to New York to meet her Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp.; A Fox Special Feature. 3 Mar ©Frespondent. Upon learning that Miles Sprague, the man in the ad, is

1918 [OWilliam Fox: 3 Mar 1918; LP12161]. 5 reels. coming to claim her, Miriam gets cold feet and begs her experienced friend

Pres William Fox. Dir C. M. Franklin. Scen Bernard McConville. Kitty Swasher, the hotel telephone operator, for help. When Miles arrives,

Story Bernard McConville. Kitty pretends that she is Miriam and the three go to a cabaret. Meanwhile, Cast: Jewel Carmen (Nellie Proctor), L. C. Shumway (James Blair), the detectives employed by -Miriam’s aunt and uncle to bring her home Charles Edler (Milligan), G. Raymond Nye (Warren McKenzie), Alfred appear and, thinking that Kitty is Miriam, arrest her. Simeon arrives soon Padget (Matt), Charles Gorman (Baptiste), Eleanor Washington (Mrs. after and identifies the real Miriam who is then taken home and locked in Thompson), Francis Carpenter, Gertrude Messinger, Carmen De Rue, her room. Kitty and Miles follow and rescue Miriam, who realizes that she

Lloyd Perl (The miner’s children). has fallen in love with the man from her ad. Advertisements. Drama. On a boat to San Francisco, Nellie Proctor is nearly caught | /™personation and imposture. Marriage. Matrimonial agencies.

stealing a man’s wallet, but because she slips it into James Blair’s pocket, Telephone operators. Aunts. Cabarets. Detectives. New York City.

he is arrested for the crime and sentenced to two years on the chain gang. _-Religiousity. Runaways. Uncles.

Nellie, ashamed at having sent an innocent man to prison, convinces her D nae The film played in 08 ange en oh ARI Ca “log Fear nee vs

friend Milligan to help James escape, after which all three goto an Alaskan 19: > P. i y Fo. 2111) under the title The Gir! wit i a Jazz Heart of Feature Films

mining town to begin a new life. While James prospects for gold, Nellie ETR 18 Dec 1920, p. 195. MPW 13 Nov 1920, p. 247.

and Milligan find work in a local saloon, and Nellie takes charge of four orphaned children. Warren McKenzie, the saloon owner, is also the sheriff,

and when he discovers James’s identity, he threatens to turn the young man Te ORY Witwer pe Moto Pictures Corp.: A Metro Wo rte over to the law unless Nellie visits him in his cabin. To save James, with 13 Aug 1917 [©Met P Pict Corp: 14 A 7. LP11248] "5, ane

whom she has fallen in love, from a second prison term, Nellie consents, P ea A. Rolf Di John H Col Ss Sy h Hi Colli C Toh but James and the children come to her rescue. Blackmail. Criminals- Arnold 7A INOMG. ATP SOND EES OMINS. ocen Sonn 1h Solis. Cam Jonn

Aig Frameups. Galt. Orph Jism ospect ees. SeIr'Sa . inna Cast: Viola Dana (Unity Beaumont/Priscilla Beaumont), Robert Walker

Francisco. Theft. (Hiram Miller), Fred Jones (Ivor), Henry Hallam (Dominic Note: MPW attributes the role of Matt to Charles Gorman. Beaumont), Margaret Seddon (Henrietta Hateman), Margaret Vaughan ETR 2 Mar 1918, p. 1068. MPW 9 Mar 1918, p. 1413. (Louise). - ae MPN 9 Mar 1918, p. 1468. Wid's 4 Apr 1918, p. 1059. Drama/Rural. Dominic Beaumont, a mender of violins in a country

village, is proud of his daughter Priscilla, who has inherited her mother’s musical ability. His other daughter, Unity, capably runs the household, but

Dominic calls her a “girl without a soul’ because she lacks Priscilla’s THE GIRL WITH THE CHECKERED COAT see THE GIRL IN THE talent. Ivor, a traveling musician, who previously seduced and abandoned

CHECKERED COAT a young girl after promising to make her famous, tells Priscilla that with

money she could be a success. When Priscilla learns that Unity’s sweetheart Hiram Miller, the village blacksmith, has been entrusted with

THE GIRL WITH THE GREEN EYES F1.1608 funds for the new church organ, Ivor persuades her to take the money. Popular Plays and Players, Inc. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc.; Gold Rooster After Hiram is arrested, Unity masquerades as Priscilla to elope with Ivor

Plays. 15 May 1916 [©Popular Plays and Players, Inc.; 4 May 1916; and denounces him when he asks for the money. Priscilla gives the money

LP8221]. 5 reels. to Unity, who then is suspected of the theft, because she refuses to squeal Dir Herbert Blache. on Priscilla. After Priscilla appears at court and denounces Ivor, Hiram, Source: Based on the play The Girl with the Green Eyes by Clyde Fitch on horseback, overtakes Ivor in an auto and drags him to court. Priscilla

(New York, 25 Dec 1902). then convinces Dominic that he has misjudged Unity. False accusations. Cast: Julian L’Estrange (Edward Travers), Katherine Kaelred Father-daughter relationship. Musicians. Opportunists. Sisters. Theft.

(Helen Travers), Edith Lyle (Elsie Travers). Blacksmiths. Impersonation and imposture.

Drama. After his sister Elsie has been deserted by her lover and left with MPN 1 Sep 1917, pp. 1443-44. Var 24 Aug 1917, p. 26.

a small child, Edward Travers puts her up in an apartment, but tells no one, We Y Sep ory . Feo Wid's 30 Aug 1917, p. 557.

not even his wife Helen, about the arrangement. As a result, Mrs. Travers ae

becomes jealous when Mansfield, an acquaintance of Travers, tells her that

her husband has been visiting a young woman. For revenge, Mrs. Travers eee ee rica. Dist Vitagravh Co. of America en begins an affair with Mansfield. She quickly breaks it off, however, which 1919 [Ovi AC cA 7. A 8 1519: LP14033 5 el 4aia results in Mansfield spreading gossip about her. Then, when Travers visits ft agraph Xo. of America, us , J. 5 reels, 4,

Elsie, Mansfield and Mrs. Travers, who has followed her husband, also : . ; .

enter the apartment, and Elsie discloses that it was Mansfield who had Ss P res Avert smn een sR. ‘rs Seen cea Montagne. deserted her. Despite this revelation about Mansfield’s character, Travers Rowe and Jules Cronjager - Cam Robert W. stevens, Frank Feats, Arthur

still believes the gossip about his wife, but finally reconciles with her after ; he , ,

she unsuccessfully tries to commit suicide. Brother-sister relationship. Cast: Gladys slic (Belinda). Maurice Costello (Sanford). Priestley

False accusations. Gossip. Jealousy. Rakes. Attempted suicide. Morrison (Judge Lee), William E. Lawrence (Bob), Joe Burke

Desertion. Infidelity. Revenge. (Hobbs), Frank Norcross (Wingate), Julia Swayne Gordon (Laura

Motog _.20 May 1916, p. 1165 NYDM 20 May 1916, p. 30. Hobbs), Walter Horton (Prentice). MPN 27 May 1916, p. 3142, 3266. Var 7 Jul 1916, p. 24. Drama. Although she is seventeen, Belinda is treated as a child in the

MPW 27 May 1916, p. 1529, 1581. Wia's 11 May 1916, p. 570. Southern village where she lives with her supposed father, Judge Lee. 332

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 GIVING BECKY A CHANCE Frustrated, she arranges a ‘““growing-up” party and appears, to her guests’ Note: According to both the 1921 MPSD and The American Cinematographer astonishment, as a young woman ina long dress and with her hair up. That listed onk C re pt). Hugh C. McClung co-directed this film, although reviews

. ; . . ETR 11 Sep 1920, p. 1616. NYMT 5 Sep 1920.

night, escaped convict Sanford goes to Judge Lee’s home for revenge iste’ only Fred ©. puller.

because the judge had ruled against him. When Sanford discovers that MPW 11 Sep 1920, p. 248. Wid’s 5 Sep 1920, p. 16. Belinda is his child, he convinces her that, although convicted, he is

. ; . p.; e : ]. 5 reels.

innocent of murdering a bank employee. Belinda, with the help of her A GIRL’S FOLLY F1.1614 sweetheart Bob, hides him when the police come and then goes to New = pagon Films, Inc. Dist World Film Corp. 26 Feb 1917 [©World Film York with him to track down the lover of the bank president. After Belinda Corp. 7 Feb 1917: LU10167 arranges for detectives to overhear the lo vers confession that the bank Pres William A. Brady. Dir Maurice Tourneur. Asst dir Clarence L. president is the murderer, Sanford is acquitted and Belinda returns to Bob. Brown. Scen Frances Marion and Maurice Tourneur. Story Frances Adolesc ents. False accusations. Long-lost relatives. Prison escapees. Marion and Maurice Tourneur. Cam John van den Broek. Ed Clarence L. Detectives. Judges. New York City. Parties. Revenge. United States- Brown aie The copyright record and some reviews for this film hyphenated the title Cast: Doris Kenyon (Mary Baker), Robert Warwick (Kenneth while other reviews did not. The title of this film was changed from Belinda Puts Her Driscoll), Chester Barne tt (Johnny App lebloom), Jane Adair (Mr S. Hair Up. According to news items, this was the first of a number of serious roles for Baker), June Elvidge (Vivian Carleton), Johnny Hines (Hank), Leatrice

Gladys Leslie, who previously played in only comedies and light drama. Joy.

ETR 9 Aug 1919, p. 799. Var 8 Aug 1919, p. 48. Comedy-drama. Mary Baker, who lives with her widowed mother in the MPW 9 Aug 1919, p. 881,1325. Wid's 10 Aug 1919, p. 7. country and is bored with her rustic suitor, Johnny Applebloom, longs to be in the city. When a motion picture company comes to Mary’s New

GIRLS F1.1612 Jersey town to film a Western, Mary’s fright at seeing “Indians” ruins a

Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; take, but serves to introduce her to leading man Kenneth Driscoll. After Paramount Pictures. 29 Jun 1919 [OFamous Players-Lasky Corp.; 13 Jun Driscoll invites Mary to the studio, Mary’s attractiveness lands her the role

1919; LP13873]. 5 reels, 4,459 ft. of ingenue, but she fails her screen test and disconsolately prepares to Dir Walter Edwards. Scen Clara Beranger and Alice Eyton. Cam Hal return home. Driscoll, who earlier evaded his long-time lover, actress

Young and James C. Van Trees. Vivian Carleton, for the company of a younger minor actress, now offers Source: Based on the play Girls by Clyde Fitch (New York, 23 Mar to support Mary in the city. When she reluctantly agrees, Driscoll arranges

1908). a wine party to celebrate. During the party, Mary’s mother arrives, as

Cast: Marguerite Clark (Pamela Gordon), Mary Warren (Violet), Mary, drunk for the first time, is the gayest. Driscoll succeeds in keeping Helene Chadwick (Kate West), Harrison Ford (Edgar Holt), Lee Hill Mary’s mother unaware of his intentions toward Mary, and suggests that (Frank Loot), Thomas D. Persse (George H. Sprague), Tom Ricketts Mary return home. Johnny meets her at the station, while Driscoll and (Mr. Dennett), Clarisse Selwyn (Mrs. Dennett), Arthur Carewe Vivian are reconciled. Actors and actresses. Country girls. Lure of the city. (Wilbur Searles), Virginia Foltz (Lucille), Myrtle Richelle (Nina Motion pictures. Motion picture studios. Drunkenness. Mother-daughter

Levering). relationship. Parties.

Pamela Gordon, and Kate West, th Note: we wong title 1 ws film was A Movie Romance. Modern sources :Comedy. ° : : Man-haters : at Jose! von Violet ernoerg an each aurice tourneur appeared in € ium an asayen

disappointed mn love, vow never to marry, and room together with a sign Carré was the art director. A viewing of a print of the film strongly supports claims above their door reading “No man shall cross this threshold.” When Edgar of von Sternberg’s participation, playing the part of the cameraman who shoots the

Holt enters their room to escape an irate husband whose jealousy he film-within-the-film. In early 1917, von Sternberg was Brady’s advisor and also mistakenly aroused, he falls in love with Pamela, but she makes him leave worked as a film editor and assistant director at World Film Corp. Viewing the film through a window across an ironing board over a courtyard. Edgar woos also brought up the possibility that Emilé Chautard, a director at World, played a Pamela but he is unsuccessful in breaking down her resolve, even though bit part in the movie-within-the-movie.

. ETR 24 Feb 1917, p. 835. MPW 3 Mar 1917, p. 1369, 1410.

she privately softens and develops a love for him. To help her, Edgar Motog 3 Mar 1917, p. 479. Wid's 1 Mar 1917, p. 137. secretly gets her a position as a confidential secretary with his firm. When Pamela discovers that Kate had been married for some time and that Violet GISMONDA see LOVE’S CONQUEST

is engaged, she finally succumbs to Edgar when she rescues him in his attempt to enter her apartment through the courtyard window, and yields

to his embrace. Man-haters. Pledges. Roommates. Duplicity. GIVE AND TAKE F1.1615 Engagements. Jealousy. Marriage-Secret. Rescues. Secretaries. Wyndham Gittens Productions. 1919? 7 reels.

ETR 12 Jul 1919, p. 469. NYMT 6 Jul_ 1919. Dir Wyndham Gittens.

MPN 12 Jul 1919, p. 601. Var 4 Jul 1919, p. 43. Cast: Edward Hearn, Ray Eberle, Hector V. Sarno, Vera Sisson, John MPW 12 Jul 1919, p. 279. Wid's 6 Jul 1919, p. 7. Hays, Josephine Crowell, William Ellingford, Sylvia Edney, Rosebud Castlewood.

GIRLS DON’T GAMBLE F1.1613 Drama. [No information on the plot of this film has been located.] D. N. Schwab Productions, Inc. Dist State Rights. Sep 1920. 5 reels. Employer-employee relations. Thieves. Bolshevism. Profiteers.

Dir Fred J. Butler and Hugh C. McClung. Cam Bob Martin. Prostitutes. Socialites. Source: Based on the short story “Girls Don’t Gamble Anymore” by Note: No reviews were found for this film. The only sources located were a news George Weston in The Saturday Evening Post (24 Apr 1920). article which described the film as dealing with capital versus labor, and containing Cast: David Butler (James Fisher), Wilbur Higby (Mr. Fisher), Elsie a romance between a thief and a girl who nearly becomes a thief; an ad (Var 14 Mar Bishop (Mrs. Fisher), Harry Todd (Wilbur Rathbone), Eleanor Field a girl of the streets and a social butterfly, and Bolshevism and bloodless revolution; (Madge Rathbone), Rhea Haines (Ethel Rathbone), Alice Knowland and two listings in the 1920 MPSD. The news item from Mar 1919 notes that the film (Eunice Rathbone), William De Vaull (Mr. Cassidy), Rex Zane will have its first showing in Los Angeles soon. No indication was found that the film (Herbert Smythe), Elmer Dewey (Stanley Marr), R. J. Davenport was ever released. The production company was located in Los Angeles.

. . . . 1919, p. 49) which tells of the contrasts in the story between a burglar and a profiteer,

(Silas Peckert). MPW 8 Mar 1919, p. 1329. Var 14 Mar 1919, p. 49. Comedy. When James Fisher, a young farmer with an ambition to be a

mechanic, smashes up the truck that he has purchased with his savings, he GIVING BECKY A CHANCE F 1.1616 decides to leave the farm for the city. Once there, he finds a job driving Oliver Morosco Photoplay Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 7 Jun a department store truck and one day, while on his rounds, he meets and 1917 [©Oliver Morosco Photoplay Co.; 23 May 1917; LP10823]. 5 reels.

falls in love with Madge Rathbone. Although Madge’s father Wilbur Dir Howard Estabrook. Scen Edith Kennedy. Story Lois ‘Zellner. approves of James, her sisters’ boyfriends are appalled that she is dating Cam James Van Trees. a lowly truck driver. To break up the romance, they get James fired by Cast: Vivian Martin (Becky Knight), Jack Holt (Tom Fielding), Jack framing him for thievery. After he saves his former employer from a Richardson (Ross Benson), Pietro Sosso (Mr. Knight), Alice Knowland robbery, however, James is awarded $10,000 with which he starts his own (Mrs. Knight). trucking business and marries Madge. Department stores. Farmers. Truck Drama. Becky Knight’s parents, simple shopkeepers, have denied drivers. Automobile accidents. Frame-ups. Heroism. Rewards. Robbery. themselves necessities so that their daughter can attend an exclusive

Trucking agencies. boarding school. Becky, ashamed of her parents’ background, pretends that 333

GLADIOLA AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG she is as wealthy as her classmates. At Christmas she is invited to the home Dir Hobart Henley. Cam J. C. Bitzer. Art dir Hugo Ballin. of one of the girls where she meets Dr. Tom Fielding who proposes to her. Source: Based on the serialized short story “When Carey Came to Town”

Tom discovers the truth about Becky’s parents when, on a hunting by Edith Barnard Delano in Ladies’s Home Jounal (Apr-Aug 1915). expedition in a nearby town, he is called to care for Becky’s sick mother. Cast: Mae Marsh (Carey Wethersbee), Wyndham Standing (Hiram A. After chiding Becky for her deceit, Tom leaves, and Becky, learning of her Ward), Sara Alexander (Lucretia Wethersbee, Carey's aunt), Paul father’s desperate financial position, is forced to accept a jobas the masked Stanton (Bob Williamson), Alec B. Francis (Scott, the butler), Mabel dancer at Ross Benson’s roadhouse. On the last night of her engagement, Ballin (Lucretia as a girl), A. Voorhees Nood (Cabman), Ivan Christy Tom discovers Becky struggling with Benson and learns that she had been (Joe), Mammy Lou (Old servant), Gladys Wilson, Irene Blackwell. forced to dance in order to save her father. Becky’s sacrifice overcomes Drama. Carey Wethersbee and her aunt Lucretia live in an old Southern Tom’s misgivings and the two are married. Finance-Personal. Parentage. | ™ansion, which through their quaint manners and outmoded costumes, Self-sacrifice. Snobbery. Boarding schools. Dancers. Physicians. they imbue with an atmosphere of the antebellum South. After her aunt’s

Storekeepers. death, Carey decides to “go visiting” in the North, journeys to a small town

ETR 9 Jun 1917, p. 56. Var 27 Jul 1917, p. 27. and announces her intention to install herself in the home of wealthy mill MPN 16 Jun 1917, p. 3792. Wid’s 7 Jun 1917, p. 359. owner Hiram Ward. The young bachelor is shocked at first, but his friends

MPW 16 Jun 1917, p. 1799, 1840. convince him to allow her to stay. Carey visits Hiram’s mill, where she is shocked and saddened by the miserable conditions under which the

GLADIOLA F1.1617 employees labor. Her distribution of money among the workers fails to Thomas A. Edison, Inc.; Special. Dist General Film Co. 15 Oct 1915 avert a strike, but when the mill is blown up, she staunchly defends the

[©Thomas A. Edison, Inc.; | Oct 1915; LP6546]. 4 reels. accused man. Through her influence, Hiram’s attitude towards his Pres Thomas A. Edison. Dir John H. Collins. Story Mary Rider. employees softens, and he agrees to improve conditions. He grows to love

Cam Ned Van Buren. the unspoiled girl, and she eventually returns his affections. EmployerCast: Viola Dana (Gladiola Bain), Charles Sutton (Tracy Bain), Jessie employee relations. Labor activists. Mill owners. Southerners. United Stevens (Maria, the housekeeper), Robert Conness (Ned Williams), Pat States—North. Aunts. Explosions. Mansions. Mills. Sabotage. Social

O'Malley (Abner), Eldean Steuart (Gladiola’s child). customs. Strikes. United States-South.

Drama/Rural. Although she has a strong friendship with Abner, a hand Note: According to publicity for the film, some scenes were shot at the famous on her father’s farm, saucy Gladiola Bain loves only her father, until she Hermitage asia U wear Savan ran. GA nan people living on the estate, including

meets vacationing Ned Williams, a self-described “idler” from the city. pw 0 jul 318. p. 463. Ver 16 Aug 1918, p. 38. When their seemingly harmless flirtation develops into love, Gladiola NYDM 27 Jul 1918, p. 126. Wid’s 18 Aug 1918, pp. 29-30. refuses to obey her father’s wishes that she give Williams up, and when

Williams, after some hesitation, offers her a beautiful home and clothes, THE GLORIOUS LADY F1.1620 they elope to the city, where Williams arranges a mock marriage. After a Selznick Pictures Corp. Dist Select Pictures Corp. 19 Oct 1919 few months of happiness, Williams’ real wife appears. Gladiola tells [©Selznick Pictures Corp.; 7 Oct 1919; LP14275]. 5 reels, 4,539 ft. Williams that she despises him and returns to her welcoming father. Amid Dir George Irving. Scen George M. Arthur. Story Edmund Goulding. much gossip in the town, Gladiola gives birth to a child, while Williams, Cam Lewis Physioc.

whose wife has refused to divorce him, has gone abroad. When he learns Cast: Olive Thomas (/vis Benson), Matt Moore (The Duke of that his wife has died, he returns repentantly to Gladiola’s farm, but Loame), Evelyn Brent (Lady Eileen), Robert Taber (Dr. Neuman), although she is touched by his concern, her love has died, and she refuses Huntley Gordon (Lord Chettington), Marie Burke (Dowager Duchess), his entreaties. At the end, Gladiola and her child stroll in the gladiola fields Mrs. Henry Clive (Hilda Neuman), Mona Kingsley (Babette). with the faithful Abner. Farmers. Idle rich. Infidelity. Loyalty. Marriage- Drama. During the annual English celebration in which peasants and Fake. Childbirth. Elopement. Father-daughter relationship. Gossip. aristocrats mingle, the Duke of Loame, a contestant in the “point-to-point”

legitimacy. horse race, is thrown from his horse and saved by Ivis Benson, a tenant Note: Some scenes in this film were shot at the Cowie gladiola fields in Berlin, NY. farmer’s daughter, who was leading the race. Both are injured and they fall

Motog 9 Oct 1915, pp. 753-54. MPW 9 Oct 1915, p. 315. in love during the duke’s visits while Ivis recovers, to the dismay of his Motog —16 Oct 1915, p. 824. MPW 23 Oct 1915, pp. 628-29. mother and Lady Eileen, his mother’s choice for his bride. After the duke

MPN 16 Oct 1915, p. 87. Var 22 Get 1915, p. 24. and Ivis marry, the Dowager Duchess and Lady Eileen have Lady Eileen’s

brother, Dr. Neuman, tell the duke that because of Ivis’ injuries she will

GLORIANA F1.1618 not be able to perform the most important duty of a duchess—bearing an Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. 6 Nov 1916 heir. Ivis, overhearing, attempts to get a divorce by feigning drunkenness

[©Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.; 21 Oct 1916; LP9365]. 5 reels. in public to disgrace the duke. When this fails, she leaves, but a maid tells Prod E. Mason Hopper. Dir E. Mason Hopper. Scen W. H. Lippert. _ the duke of the scheme, and he brings Ivis home where she does bear a son.

Story E. Mason Hopper. Cam S. S. Norton. Childlessness. Class distinction. Duplicity. Great Britain. Heirs. Marriage.

Cast: Zoe Rae (Gloriana), Virginia Foltz (Her mother), William Nobility. Horse races. Maids. Mothers-in-law. Physicians. Rescues. Rites Canfield (Dr. Manning), Clarissa Selwynne (Mrs. Manning), Gordon and ceremonies.

Griffith (Blake Manning), Irene Hunt (Miriam), Mary Talbot (Her ETR 8 Nov 1919, p. 1983. Var 7 Nov 1919, p. 97.

mother), John J. Cook (Her father), Buddie Messenger. MPN 15 Nov 1919, p. 3641. Wid's 9 Nov 1919, p. 11. Drama. Dr. Manning dotes on Gloriana, his young, newly adopted MPW 8 Nov 1919, p. 246.

daughter, but Mrs. Manning, who directs overseas charity projects, has as little concern for Gloriana as she does for the poverty-stricken people in her GLORIOUS YOUTH see YOUTHFUL FOLLY own city. Then, after listening to her new mother philosophize about the

importance of charity, Gloriana takes some money from Mrs. Manning’s GLORY F1.1621

desk and gives it to Miriam, her impoverished governess. Mrs. Manning M.L. B. Film Co. Dist State Rights; Unity Sales Corp. 15 Jan 1917. 7

at first accuses Miriam of theft, but when Gloriana confesses, Mrs. reels. Manning suddenly realizes that she has been blind to the poverty that Prod Burton King and Francis Grandon. Dir Maud Lillian Berri. surrounds her, and she vows to start channelling her energy into helping | Scen Aaron Hoffman. Cam Arthur Powelson. those who are closer to home. Charity. Charity workers. Foster daughters. Cast: Juanita Hansen (Glory), William Kolb (Louis Bohn), Max Dill

Mother-daughter relationship. Confession. False accusations. Father. (Mike Plotts), May Cloy (June), Wellington Playter (James Strong),

daughter relationship. Governesses. Physicians. Alan Forest (Tom Strong), William Lampe (Richard Graham), Doris MPN 11 Nov 1916, p. 3019. Var 3 Nov 1916, p. 28. Baker (Glory, the child), Frank Mayo.

MPW 11 Nov 1916, p. 844, Wid's 2 Nov 1916, p. 1078. Comedy-drama. Unknown to the residents of Glory, their town is situated

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MPW 18 Nov 1916, p. 1066. on a valuable oil deposit. Oil magnate James Strong dispatches his attorney, Richard Graham, to Glory to secure the rights to the property

THE GLORIOUS ADVENTURE F 1.1619 and while there, Graham marries and then deserts June, a young girl.

Goldwyn Pictures Corp. Dist Goldwyn Distributing Corp. 14 Jul Discovering that she is pregnant, June goes to the neighboring town where 1918 (OGoldwyn Pictures Corp.; 6 Jul 1918; LP12640]. 5 reels, 4,951 ft. she gives birth to a daughter. Unable to support the child, June abandons

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 GO WEST, YOUNG MAN the baby on the doorstep of the hotel owned by Louis Bohn and Mike Plotts GO AND GET IT F1.1624 who adopt the infant and name her Glory. Years pass, and Glory, now Marshall Neilan Productions. Dist First National Exhibitors Circuit. 26 grown to womanhood, meets and falls in love with Strong’s son Tom. When Jul 1920 [(OMarshall Neilan Productions; 22 Aug 1920; LP17195]. 7 reels.

Strong’s oil company decides to take possession of the property at Glory, Dir Marshall Neilan and Henry Symonds. Story Marion Fairfax. a fight ensues, resulting in Tom siding with the residents of Glory. The case Cam David Kesson. Art dir Ben Carré.

is brought to trial before Richard Graham, who has risen to the post of Cast: Pat O’Malley (Kirk Connelly), Wesley Barry (Dinty), Agnes judge. Graham dismisses the case, but Tom decides to intervene and steals Ayres (Helen Allen), J. Barney Sherry (“Shut the Door” Gordon), Charles papers relative to the trial. This forces Graham and Strong to reconsider Mailes (J. L. Rich), Noah Beery (Doctor Ord), Bull Montana (Ferry, the

and make restitution to the people of Glory. Their property restored, the gorilla), Walter Long (Jim Hogan, the gangster), Lydia Yeamans Titus residents of Glory, including Glory and her new husband Tom, settle down (Lilly Doody), George C. Dromgold (Thomas Hickson), Ashley Cooper to a peaceful life. Land rights. Oil lands. Oil magnates. Waifs. Adoption. | (W. W. Crocker), Charles West (“Slim” Hogan), Samuel G. Blythe,

Desertion. Documents. Judges. Lawyers. Theft. Trials. Myles Lasker, Ring Lardner, Irvin S. Cobb, Arthur Brisbane, Robert Note: Kolb and Dill were well-known vaudeville comedians who often performed Edgren, Fred L. Wilson. with eau Lillian Berri. This was the first film of her own company, the M. L. B. Comedy-drama. Newspaper publisher “Shut the Door” Gordon conspires

ETR 7 Jan 1917, p. 574 NYDM 27 Jan 1917, p. 50 with the publisher of a rival sheet to wreck the paper entrusted to Gordon MPN 3 Feb 1917, p. 762. Wid's 1 Mar 1917, p. 139. so that he can obtain full control. The owner, Helen Allen, who inherited

MPW 3 Feb 1917, p. 704, 743. the paper from her father, suspects foul play, and to investigate, obtains

a job on the journal under an assumed name. Her quest is aided by reporter Kirk Connelly, who is tired of being scooped by other papers. When a series of brutal murders occur, including the death of renowned surgeon Dr. Ord,

THE GLORY OF YOLANDA F1.1622 Kirk starts on the trail of the assassin. After many wild adventures, which Vitagraph Co. of America: A Blue Ribbon Feature. Dist Greater include a chase by airplane and seaplane after a missing witness, Kirk Vitagraph (V-L-S-E, Inc.). 20 Jan 1917 [©The Vitagraph Co. of America: solves the mystery by discovering that the culprit was a gorilla into whose

20 Jan 1917: LP10049]. 5 reels. skull Dr. Ord had transplanted the brain of a murderer. Kirk writes the Dir Marguerite Bertsch. Story Maibelle Heikes Justice. Cam Fred Held. | St0ry and scoops his competitors, the plotters are exposed and Helen Cast: Anita Stewart (Yolanda), John Ardizoni (Grand Duke Boris), marries her star reporter. Conspiracy. Gorillas. Newspapers. Publishers. Denton Vane (Prince Drolinski), Evart Overton (Alexander), Mr. Turin Reporters. Airplanes. Chases. Impersonation and imposture. Murder.

(Serge), Bernard Seigel (Pau/), Madam Roimonda (Olga). Hydroplanes. Surgeons.

Drama. Yolanda, the daughter of a poor Russian peasant, by chance Note: Marshall Neilan secured the services of a number of journalists to appear in meets Duke Boris, who is enchanted by her beauty. Upon discovering the film, including Samuel G. Blythe, Myles Lasker, Ring Lardner, Irvin S. Cobb,

, 8 rthur Brisbane and Robert Edgren.

Yolanda’s longings to become a dancer, the duke offers to defray all ETR 21 Jul 1920, p. 943. NYT 19 Jul 1920, p. 76. expenses for the girl to come to Petrograd, chaperoned by her mother and MPN 5 Jun 1920, p. 4658. Var 23 Jul 1920, p. 33. enter the Russian ballet. While in the Russian capitol, she meets the artist MPW 31 Jul 1920, p. 641. Wid's 25 Jul 1920, p. 11. Alexander and a mutual love springs into being. After her success as a NYMT — 25 Jul 1920.

dancer, the duke forces his attentions upon Yolanda, and during the scuffle,

Serge, her brother, interferes and the duke is killed. Prince Drolinski, a © GO GET ‘EM GARRINGER F 1.1625 lifelong friend of the duke’s and an ardent admirer of Yolanda, discovers Astra Film Corp. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc. 23 Mar 1919 [©Pathé the murder, but moved by Yolanda’s pleas, allows Serge toescape. Yolanda — Exchange, Inc.; 27 Feb 1919; LU13444]. 5 reels.

then accompanies Alexander into exile until the prince can secure a pardon Dir Ernest Traxler. Scen Frank Smith. Story John Clymer. Cam Harry for them. Ballerinas. Nobility. Patrons. Peasants. Russians. Artists. Exiles. D. Harde.

Murder. St. Petersburg (Russia). Cast: Helene Chadwick (Wilma Wharton), Franklyn Farnum Note: Some sources call the actress portraying “Olga,” Madame Rofimoda or (“Drive’’ Garringer), Joseph Rickson (‘‘Bull’’ Ross), Dick Loreno

Madam Rofimonda. This film was recalled by the Ontario, Canada Board of Censors (“Red’” McCarty).

because, accoraing toa vile dan the showing the banishment of innocent Western. “Drive” Garringer is hired by the Parsons Land Reclamation

eR fos) Srp oiT Gia country ina NY ign. 37 Jan 1917. 0. 50 Company to rid the Arizona-Mexican border area of the Triple Arrow

MPN 3 Feb 1917, . 759, Nae ) Mar i917 28. gang, who have been attacking their workmen. In Puma City, he discovers MPW 3 Feb 1917, p. 703, 744. Wid's 25 Jan 1917, p. 56. that the sheriff and leading citizens protect the outlaws. Meanwhile,

Wilma Wharton, the daughter of an aged prospector, hoping to put an end to the advances of the gang leader, agrees to go through a fake marriage ceremony with another gang member, but later discovers that the marriage

THE GLORY OF YOUTH F1.1623 was performed by a bonafide minister. Drive falls in love with Wilma when Kalem Co. Dist General Film Co. 13 Dec 1915. 4 reels. she hides him and gets a physician to attend to the wounds he received Dir Robert Ellis. Scen Louis B. Gardner. fighting the gang, but he leaves her when he learns that she is married. Cast: Inez Bauer (Gay Raydon), Robert Ellis (Hal Crofton), Walter During a fight, both the gang leader and Wilma’s husband are killed, and McEwen (Cyrus Cairns), Nat Sack (Zarth), Agnes Mapes (Dolores). after she explains the reason for the marriage and the fact that she was Drama. Cyrus Cairns, an elderly, crippled millionaire who is a keen |‘ ™@rried in name only, Wilma and Drive marry. Gangs. Marriage-Forced admirer of dancers, brings Gay Raydon, a young ballerina, to live with him. by circumstances. Nursing back to health. Arizona. Boundaries. Fights. Also in residence is Hal Crofton, an athlete hired by Cairns to be his | ‘and developers. Mexico. Physicians. Sheriffs.

physical therapist. Cairns soon falls in love with the beautiful Gay, who en IR we ole P. Woy mew ne le P. rae

does not reciprocate his affections but loves Hal instead. Dolores, Gay’s MPN 22 Mar 1919, .. 1864. 7p benefactress and a devoted friend of Cairns, forces her to marry Cairns,

however, and Hal, devastated by the marriage, vows to leave the mansion. GO WEST, YOUNG MAN F1.1626

ay announces her desire to go with him, but Zarth, the valet and another Gold Pict Cc Dist Goldwyn Distributing Coro. 29 Dec admirer of Gay, overhears her declarations and reports the news to Cairns, 1918 wyn 1 tetures SOrp. fs y runing Sore:

. ; ; [OGoldwyn Pictures Corp.; 20 Dec 1918; LP13177]. 5 reels.

who, in a fit of jealous fury, locks the couple in a room to starve them to Pres S i Gold Dir B S Willard Mack

oe . ; Theos tory Willard Mack. Cam George Webber.

death. Cairns leaves for his townhouse but after a few days has a change Ss res samuel woldwyn. Mir tarry Deaumont. ocen Willar ack. of heart and notifies the police. The miserable old man kills himself, and Cast: Tom Moore (Dick Latham), Ora Carew (Rosa Crimmins)

the authorities overpower Zarth as he struggles with Hal for possession of Melb ° MacDowell (4 L h Jack Richard H h Gay. Ballerinas. Disabled persons. Jealousy. Marriage-Forced. elbourne MacDowell (Amos Latham), Jack Richardson (Hug

Millionaires. Athletes. Conscience. Imprisonment. Physical therapists. Go dson), Mollie McConnell (Mrs. Latham), Edward Coxen (Dandy

Police. Suicide. Valets. Jim), Robert Chandler (Crimmins), Hector V. Sarno (Joe). .

Motog 18 Dee 1915, p. 1305, MPW 4 Dec 1915, p. 1889. Comedy-drama, Western. Wealthy Easterner Dick Latham, determined MPN 11 Dec 1915, p. 102. MPW 25 Dec 1915, p. 2389. to disprove his father Amos’ accusation that he is an idler, rides the rails MPN 18 Dec 1915, p. 91, 96. NYDM 4 Dec 1915, p. 28, 31. West to the mining town of Twin Bridges. Hugh Godson, the town’s

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THE GOAT AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG . canta A . MPN 23 Dec 1916, p. 3936. NYDM 27 Jan 1917, p. 49.

corrupt political boss, appoints Dick sheriff, supposing him an easily ETR 27 Jan 1917, p. 564. MPW 27 Jan 1917, p. 543.

manipulated tenderfoot. To Godson’s dismay, Dick proceeds to clean up MPN 30 Dec 1916, p. 4208. Wid's | Feb 1917, pp. 72-73.

Twin Bridges, closing the saloons and gambling dens, and forcing even the MPW 20 Jan 1917, p. 422. most hardened miners to attend church. Godson schemes to cheat Rosa

Crimmins and her ailing father out of their ranch, which is rich in gold THE GODDESS OF LOST LAKE F1.1629 deposits, but Dick foils the plot and makes Rosa his deputy. When Dick Louise Glaum Organization; Robert Brunton Productions. Dist W. W. learns that some rich Easterners are gambling in the hotel, he arrests them Hodkinson Corp. 14 Oct 1918. 5 reels. all, despite the fact that his father is among them. Amos, proud of his son’s Prod Robert Brunton. Dir Wallace Worsley. Scen Jack Cunningham. newfound manliness, buys the Crimmins ranch and gives his hearty Story M. Van de Water. Cam L. Guy Wilky.

approval to Dick and Rosa’s romance. Father-son relationship. Mining Cast: Louise Glaum (Mary Thorne), W. Lawson Butt (Mark towns. Reformers. Self-reliance. Swindlers. Churches. Gambling houses. Hamilton), Hayward Mack (Chester Martin), Joseph J. Dowling Gold. Political bosses. Ranchers. Saloons. Sheriffs. Upper classes. (Marshall Thorne), Frank Lanning (Eagle).

ETR 8 Feb 1919, p. 777. Var 31 Jan 1919, p. 54. Drama. Mary Thorne, a quarter-breed Indian, returns home from the ey a yee re is ry Wid's 2 Feb 1919, p. 17. East with a college degree and an air of refinement, although she relishes

the freedom of her father Marshall’s mountain cabin. When Mark

THE GOAT F1.1627 Hamilton and Chester Martin visit the cabin ona hunting expedition, , Mary, in a spirit of mischief, dons her Indian clothing and convinces them

Famous Players-Lasky Corp.Mark Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; .;;; , ; that she is full-blooded. falls deeply in love with the girl, ,while

LP12897]. 5 reels, 4,691 ft. decides ; . ;

Artcraft Pictures. 22 Sep 1918 [©Artcraft Pictures Corp.; 21contemptuous Sep 1918; ChIndian ; background, though attracted to her, ester, of her

, , vay: . ecides to possess her. While her father is hunting for gold at Lost Lake, _Scen PresFrances Jesse L. Lasky. Dir Frances Donald,Marion. Crisp. Asst dirandWilliam Chwhich ’, ester enters Mary’s attacks her. Mark rescues her, after Marion. Story Camroom Henry Kotani.Horwitz. Art .;

dir Wilfred Buckland. ae

Says he realizes, by the modern decor of her room, that Mary is a cultured young og:McCarthy), lady. Later, Marshall is killed by an Indian at Lost Lake, Cast: Fred Stone (Chuck Fannie Midgely (Mrs.guard McCarthy, . ,but . . Mary . hi her), Charles McHugh (Mr. McCarthy, his father), Rhea Mitchell inherits the gold he discovered and marries Mark. Impersonation and

pales er). ‘ 'S " ne Ackt ( (Th A h, y is fi " Phil Mec ilo oh imposture. Indians of North America. Mountain life. Racial prejudice. (Bijou Lamour), Sylvia Ashton eee aay ele ee eee UN Ous Attempted rape. Gold. Hunting. Inheritance. Prospectors. Rescues. (Marmaduke X. Caruthers), Winifred Greenwood (Molly O’Connors), Note: Var calls this a Paralta film

: . . ct 1918, p. 1705. MPW 26 Oct 1918, p. 542.

Noah Beery (Director Griffin), Raymond Hatton (Jimmy Quicksilver, ETR 190

assistant director), Charles Ogle (Director Graham), Ernest Joy MPN 5 Jun 1920, p. 4682. MPW 2 Nov 1918, p. 626. (Studio manager), Clarence Geldart (Casting director). MPN 19 Oct 1918, p. 2598. NYDM _28 Dec 1918, p. 998. Comedy. Chuck McCarthy, an intrepid young ironworker, longs to MPW 28 Sep 1918, p. 1899. Var 18 Oct 1918, p. 38. become an actor, despite the protests of his girl, Molly O’Connors, and his

family. In dashing up the frame of a building to catch actress Bijou GODLESS MEN . F1.1630

Lamour’s runaway pet monkey, he attracts the attention of the studio Reginald Barker Productions; Goldwyn Pictures Corp. Dist Goldwyn managers, who make him a stuntman. For a time Charles is happy Distributing Corp. Nov 1920 [O©Goldwyn Pictures Corp.; 25 Sep 1920; executing life-risking feats and strutting around in new clothes, although LP15584]. 7 reels, 6,367 ft. .

the company laughs at him behind his back. When leading man Prod Reginald Barker. Dir Reginald Barker. Scen J. G. Hawks and

Marmaduke X. Caruthers refuses to perform a particularly dangerous Edfrid A. Bingham. Story Ben Ames Williams. Cam Percy Hilburn. stunt in a war film, Chuck doubles for him and is seriously injured. The = Ed J. G. Hawks. studio manager, who recognizes in the incident an opportunity to promote Source: Based on the short story “Black Pawl” by Ben Ames Williams his star, quickly wraps Marmaduke in bandages and sends him to the in The Saturday Evening Post (publication date undetermined). hospital, while Chuck is secretly removed through the back door. The next Cast: Russell Simpson (‘‘Black” Pawl), James Mason (“‘Red” Pawl), day, the Filmcraft Company sends Chuck a check for $1,000 to keep quiet Helene Chadwick (Ruth Lytton), John Bowers (Dan Dorrin), Alec B. about the accident. He and Molly use the money on their honeymoon to __ Francis (Rev. Sam Poor), Robert Kortman (Speiss), Irene Rich, Lionel

Niagara Falls. Ambition. Motion picture actors and actresses. Motion Belmore.

picture stuntmen. Motion pictures. Accidents. Bribery. Foundry workers. Drama. “Black” Pawl, a sea rover, returns from a cruise with his young

Monkeys. Motion picture crews. Publicity. son, “Red,” to find that his wife has left him for another man. He tries to Note: This was the first film of Fred Stone, a musical comedy star who earlier instill in his son a hatred for humanity resulting in an emnity between

starred as the scarecrow in the stage production of The Wizard of Oz. father and son so great that Black fears that his son may kill him. Years

ETR 12 Oct 1918, p. 1551, 1615. NYDM 5 Oct es p. 516. later, Black puts ashore at a South Sea Island, and Red is approached by

MPN 5 Oct 1918, p. 2261. Var 4 Oct 1918, p. 50. a lovely young girl and a missionary, Reverend Poor, begging to be taken PW 3 oct i918 p a3 278. Wid's 29 Sep 1918, pp. >-6. aboard. Red, his lust aroused, consents. When Dan Darrin, the second mate, also is attracted to Ruth, there ensues between Black and his son a

GOD OF LITTLE CHILDREN F1.1628 fight during which the girl s locket reveals that she is Black S daughter.

, Black relates the story of his life Inc. to the who instill in Apollo Pictures, Inc. Dist Artfor Dramas, 18missionary, Jan 1917. 5Misanthropes. reels.tries . ; toParentage. . bp: , him a love God. Father-son relationship. PresM. Harry R. Raver. Dir RichardFights. Ridgely. Story Harry Chandlee. ; Religious . lo. i a Cam W. Hall Sailors. Desertion. Infidelity. Lust. Missionaries. am Ww Na ; conversion. South Sea Islands. Cast: Alma Keene), (John Ingalls), N ; , , title ae . vay: Hanlon ° ote: The(Mary story was publishedBigelow as a novelCooper in New York in 1922. The working

Charles Hutchinson (Robert Moran), William Hartman (“Hard of the film was Black Paw.

Tack”), Blanche Burns (“Sunshine”), Jack Burns (Judkins), William ETR 8 Jan 1921, p. 571. MPN 18 Dec 1920, p. 4555.

Miller (Waters), James O’Neill (Father Farley). MPN 7 Aug 1920, p. 1173. MPW 5 Feb 1921, pp. 730-31. Drama. Mary Keene, in the power of crook Robert Moran because of his MPN 25 Sep 1920, p. 2435. MPW 26 Feb 1921, p. 1033.

8 P ’ MPN 30 Oct 1920, p. 3402. NYT 31 Jan 1921, p. 11.

knowledge of a crime she committed in a moment of desperation, is forced MPN 23 Oct 1920, p. 3223. NYDM —_ 18 Dec 1920, p. 1147.

by Moran to obtain employment in the office of wealthy attorney John MPN 6 Nov 1920, p. 3558. Var 4 Feb 1921, p. 43. Ingalls. When the two fall in love and marry, Mary is blissfully happy until MPN 27 Nov 1920, p. 4062. Wid's 6 Feb 1921, p. 4. Moran demands that she run away with him. Made desperate by his threat,

Mary is contemplating suicide when she sees an assassin hired by Moran GOD’S COUNTRY AND THE WOMAN F1.1631 creeping towards her husband’s house. Forgetting her troubles in the Vitagraph Co. of America; A Blue Ribbon Feature. Dist V-L-S-E, Inc. danger that threatens her husband, Mary rushes into the house in time to 24 Apr 1916 [OThe Vitagraph Co. of America; 15 Apr 1916; LP8141. save his life. Moran and his accomplice are killed by their own weapons, ©The Vitagraph Co. of America; 16 Jul 1920; LP15362]. 8 reels.

and Mary is freed from the menace that had threatened to destroy her Dir Rollin S. Sturgeon. Scen Agnes C. Johnston. happiness. Blackmail. Criminals. Marriage. Assassination. Lawyers. Source: Based on the novel God’s Country—And the Woman by James

Note: This film was Apollo Pictures’ first film. Oliver Curwood (Garden City, NY, 1915). 336

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 GOD’S MAN Cast: William Duncan (Philip Weyman), Nell Shipman (Josephine Motog 26 Aug 1916, p. 503. NYDM _19 Aug 1916, p. 27.

Adare), George Holt (Arnold Lang), William Brainbridge (John v PW *° Ae i916 A. oor ve 5 Ae ioe is a3.

Adare), Nell Clark Keller (Miriam Adare), Edgar Keller (Jean MPW 26 Aug 1916, p. 1394, 1451.

Croisset), George Kunkel (Thoreau). Northwest drama. In the Far North, while her husband John is away for GOD’S LAW see THE PEOPLE VS. JOHN DOE a year, Miriam Adare is raped by Arnold Lang. She has a child as a result,

then her grown daughter Josephine, wanting to protect her mother’s honor, ; ; convinces Philip Weyman to marry her, under the stipulation of sleeping GOD'S LAW AND MAN'S F1.1634 in separate rooms, and claims the baby as her own. The child soon dies, and Columbia Pictures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 23 Apr 1917 Arnold returns to the Adare’s land, this time to terrorize Josephine. He | [©Metro Pictures Corp.; 2 May 1917; LP10701]. 5 reels. kidnaps her, and threatens to tell John the true story of the child’s identity Dir John H. Collins. Scen John H. Collins. Cam John Arnold. if she refuses to make love to him. Philip, however, who has always loved Source: Based on the novel A Wife by Purchase by Paul Trent (London,

Josephine, goes after them, and during a fight between the two men, 1909).

Arnold is eaten by a pack of sled dogs. Later, Josephine tells Philip that Cast: Viola Dana (Ameia), Robert Walker (Dr. Claude Drummond), she loves him, and thus, months after their marriage, they finally begin Augustus Phillips (Jack Alston), Henry Hallam (Kunda Ram), Frank living as husband and wife. Family honor. Kidnapping. Marriage of | Currier (Maj.-Gen. Dennison), Marie Adell (Olive Dennison), George A. convenience. Rape. Self-sacrifice. Blackmail. Death by animals. Dogs. | Wright (Earl of Hetherington), Floyd Buckley (Lord Charles

Fights. Mother-daughter relationship. Drummond).

Note: This film was re-released in a five reel version by Vitagraph in 1920. Warner Drama. Dr. Claude Drummond, a young English doctor in India, saves Bros. produced a film based on the same source in 1936, directed by William Keighley Ameia, a young girl, from being sacrificed to the priests of the temple of and starring George Brent. In 1946, Screen Guild Productions released a film entitled Krishna by buying her as his wife. Returning to England upon the death

God’s Country based on the same source, produced by Action Pictures, directed by . . . . Robert Tansey and starring Buster Keaton. of his elder brother, who was the heir to the estate, Claude finds that his Motog 6 May 1916, p. 1051. MPW 20 May 1916, p. 1404. father has arranged a marriage between himself and Olive Dennison, the MPN 29 Apr 1916, p. 2529. NYDM ___29 Apr 1916, p. 29. daughter of the Major-General. To please his father, Claude is about to MPN 6 May 1916, p. 2724. NYT 17 Apr 1916, p. 9. submit to the marriage, although neither he nor Olive love each other, when

MPW 6 May 1916, p. 989. Var 28 Apr 1916, p. 28. Ameia arrives from India. Discovering that her existence is a barrier to her

, husband’s advantageous alliance, Ameia takes poison but is saved by an

GOD'S CRUCIBLE F1.1632 antidote administered by Claude. It is then discovered that Ameia is Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. 22 Jan 1917 actually the daughter of Major-General Dennison, by a native wife whom

los Imebird Fo lays mes a . ~ mine 5 reas R. Cook he had deserted. Thus, Claude finds it possible to be true to his love and Cast: George Hernandez (Lorenzo Todd), Val Paul (Warren Todd) to his father’s wish that he marry the general's daughter. Marriage—

se ° res Arranged. Parentage. Paternity. Self-sacrifice. Attempted suicide.

Frederick Montague (Dudley Phillips), Myrtle Gonzalez (Virginia Bigamy. English. Father-son relationship. Human sacrifice. India

Phillips), Jack Curtis (Oracle Jack), Edward J. Brady (Wilkins), Francis Ph sicians gust. Lee (Bobby), Harvey Griffith (ira Todd). ere 1 May 1917, p. 1606 MPW 28 Apr 1917, p. 681

Drama. Lorenzo Todd, an embittered old man, cares for only three Motog 12 May 1917, p. 1016. NYDM 5 May 1917, p. 30. people: his son Warren, his childhood friend Dudley Phillips and Dudley’s MPN 21 Apr 1917, p. 2461. Var 4 May 1917, p. 26. daughter Virginia. Virginia and Warren are engaged, but when Warren MPN 12 May 1917, p. 3013. Wid's 10 May 1917, pp. 300-01. has one last fling with a chorus girl, the incident destroys the fathers’

friendship. Lorenzo orders Warren from his house, and the boy drifts to GOD’S MAN F1.1635

Arizona. Soon after, Lorenzo becomes seriously ill and his doctor orders Frohman Amusement Corp. Dist State Rights. Apr 1917. 9 reels. him to the Grand Canyon. While snowbound in a trapper’s cabin at Prod William L. Sherrill. Dir George Irving. Scen Anthony P. Kelly. Christmas, a little boy restores Lorenzo’s faith in mankind. Fate then Cam William Reinhart. restores Warren to his father, and when Dudley and Virginia arrive, the Source: Based on the novel God’s Man by George Bronson Howard (New reconciliation is complete. Faith. Friendship. Old men. Reunions. Arizona. York, 1915).

Chorus girls. Engagements. Grand Canyon. Infidelity. Cast: H. B. Warner (Arnold L’Hommedieu), Kate Lester (Mrs. rate: God sor vain Mas Timed eee cnd ten at the Grand Canyon, AZ. L’Hommedieu), Albert Tavernier (Richard L’Hommedieu), Stanhope

ETR 6 30 Jan 1917. v. 491 MPN 57 Jan 1917. 0. 596 Wheatcroft (Paul L’Hommedieu), Barbara Castleton (Berthe), Sydney MPN 23 Dec 1916, 4051. MPW 27 Jan 1917, is 542, $91. Vorzimer (Hans), Edward Earle (Archie Hartogensis), Harry Eytinge

(Hartogensis, Sr.), Marion Fouche (Carol Caton), Walter Hiers (Hugo

GOD’S HALF ACRE F1.1633 Waldemar), William Frederics (John Waldemar), Betty Bellairs Rolfe Photoplays, Inc. Dist Metro Pictures Corp.; A Metro Wonderplay. (Bobbie), Tom Burroughs (The philosop her), Jack Sher rill (Pink), Bob

7 Aug 1916 [ORolfe Photoplays, Inc.; 7 Aug 1916; LP8884]. 5 reels. McMillan (Harvey Quinn), Ricca Allen (Mrs. Pickens), Marion Dir Edwin Carewe. Scen June Mathis. Story Shannon Fife. Cam Mr. Cumming (The philosopher's niece), Maud de Vere (Mother Mybus), Martinelli. Jean Stuart (Sonia), Dan Jarrett (Beau), Sydney D’Albrook (Quimby Cast: Mabel Taliaferro (Blossom), J. W. Johnston (Henry Norman), Q¥ivvers), Barbara Gilroy (Eunice), Yona Landowska, Alfred Heming, Helen Dahl (Rose Norman), Lorraine Frost (Bess Norman), Richard Neill | Charles Halton, Arthur Lavigne, H. D. Southard, John Milton, Jack

(Perry Westley), John Smiley (Professor Sterling), Daniel Jarrett | Macklin, O. G. Putnam.

(Parker), Miriam Hutchins (Lucy). Drama. Arnold L’Hommedieu, who was to have succeeded his father as Drama. Leaving his wife Rose for a few weeks and eager to do research _the pastor of the church of Havre de Grace, is expelled from college for for his new novel about the elderly, Henry Norman goes to live in a home protecting one of the students from a crooked bookmaker. This marks the for the aged, where Blossom, the home’s young maid, falls in love with him. beginning of a sad disillusionment for Arnold, for he is forced to give up When she lets him know how she feels, however, Henry tells her that he the hope of succeeding his father and leaves for New York where a good has a wife, and then, his research over, he returns to her. He discovers, position on the city newspaper is lost to him when he comes to the aid of however, that Rose has eloped with his friend, Perry Westley, and that they Hugo Waldemar, one of his friends. This is followed by a series of other both have been killed by a lightning bolt that struck Perry’s car. While trials which completely shake Arnold’s faith in human nature. However, Henry recovers from this double shock, Blossom quits her job and finds he decides to make one more attmept to lead a decent life when his aid is

work at God’s Half Acre, an orphanage. While on a picnic with the asked for by two friends and he enters into a deal to smuggle opium into children, she once again meets Henry, who realizes that he loves Blossom, the country. The plot is exposed and Arnold, facing a prison term, and then marries her. Fidelity. Housemaids. Infidelity. Novelists. surrenders himself to the authorities and loses all the ideals which he held Accidental death. Aged persons. Desertion. Lightning. Orphanages. so dear. Disillusionment. Faith. Idealists. Clergy. Expulsion from school.

Orphans. Picnics. Retirement homes. Opium. Smuggling.

Note: The film was copyrighted at six reels. The “Mr. Martinelli” credited by Note: This picture was re-released in some territories through Metro Pictures Corp.

Wid’s as cameraman may have been Arthur Martinelli. in Jul 1918. 337

GOD’S MESSAGE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG ETR 14 Apr 1917, p. 1322. MPW 28 Apr 1917, p. 680. GOD’S WITNESS F1.1638

Motog 21 Apr i917 is 347 Var 6 Ar i917 . 38 Thanhouser Film Corp. Dist Mutual Film Corp. A Mutual MPN 21 Apr 1917, p. 26. Wid's 12 Apr 1917, pp. 238-39. Masterpicture. 20 May 1915. 4 reels.

MPW 21 Apr 1917, p. 380, 449. Pres Edwin Thanhouser. Dir Eugene W. Moore. Source: Based on the novel At the Mercy of Tiberius by Augusta Jane Evans Wilson (New York, 1887).

GOD’S MESSAGE see REVELATION Cast: Florence La Badie (Bery/), Harris Gordon (Lennox Dunbar), Arthur Bauer (General Darrington), Morris Foster (Bertie), Mary Elizabeth Forbes, A. O’Connor, Sidney Bracy, J. Williams.

THE GODS OF FATE F1.1636 Drama. When General Darrington’s wife dies from shock after their

_ Lubin Mfg. Co. Dist V-L-S-E, Inc. 24 Jan 1916. 5 reels. daughter Ella elopes, he disinherits Ella. Years later, after her husband

Dir Jack Pratt. Scen Daniel Carson Goodman. dies, Ella is taken ill and can only be saved by an expensive operation.

Cast: Richard Buhler (Gordon), Rosetta Brice (Jane), Arthur Housman — When her entreaties to her father for money return unopened, she sends (Kent), William H. Turner (John M iller), Francis Joyner (George hey daughter Beryl South. Beryl’s pleas soften her grandfather, who gives

Estey), Inez Buck (Mrs. Miller), her gold and a necklace. After the general is found dead from an andiron

. Drama. When George Estey dies just after completing an important blow, and the will, which favored lawyer Lennox Dunbar, cannot be found, invention, his friend, John Miller, steals the plans and makes a fortune Beryl is arrested. Her brother Bertie arrives unexpectedly, however, and selling them. Then, stricken by a guilty conscience, he adopts Jane, testifies that when he argued with the general, a lightning bolt caused the George’s orphaned child and the rightful owner of the invention. Years old man to fall and drop the andiron he was raising, which then hit him, later, after having raised Jane as his own daughter, John dies. In his will, while the will flew into the fire. Lennox, who believed Beryl innocent, he discloses his theft of the plans and reveals Jane’s true identity. He then rushes in with a photograph imprinted on a window which occurred when leaves all of his money to Kent, his worthless son, provided that he marry the lightning struck, proving Bertie’s story. After Beryl tries to give the his “sister.” Jane, however, wants to marry Gordon, her other ‘brother, inheritance to Lennox, they discover that they love each other. Accidental who is determined that Jane get all of the money from George’s invention. —_ earth. False arrests. Father-daughter relationship. Grandchildren. Wills.

Furious, Kent tries to murder both Jane and Gordon, but he fails, and the Andirons. Disinheritance. Elopement. Lawyers. Lightning. Military police quickly arrest him. Jane is then awarded the rights to George’s officers. Photographs. Pseudoscience. Surgery. invention, after which she and Gordon plan their life together. Foster Note: Some scenes in this film were shot in Georgia. Evans’ novel was also the basis daughters. Inventions. Stepbrothers. Theft. Wills. Adoption. Attempted for the 1920 Samuelson production, The Price of Silence (see below).

Police. MPN 29 May 1915, p. 69.

murder. Guilt. Inheritance. Inventors. Parentage. Plans (documents). Motog 29 May 1915, pp. 875-76, 909. MPW 22 May 1915, p. 1336. | Motog 12 Feb 1916, p. 374. MPW 5 Feb 1916, p. 795, 844, 979.

MPN 5 Feb 1916, p. 717. NYDM 22 Jan 1916, p. 31. GOING SOME F1.1639 Eminent Authors Pictures, Inc. Dist Goldwyn Distributing Corp. Jul ’ 1920 [©Rex Beach; 19 Jun 1920; LP15287]. 6 reels, 5,453 ft. “ons OUTLAW ; ; FI.1637 Pres Rex Beach and Samuel Goldwyn. Dir Harry Beaumont. Scen

Metro Pictures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 7 Jul 1919 [OMetro Laurence Trimble. Story Rex Beach. Cam Norbert Brodin

Pictures Corp.; 4 Jul 1919; LP13944), 5 reels. . Source: Based on the play Going Some by Rex Beach and Paul Dir William Christy Cabanne. Scen William Christy Cabanne. Cam Armstrong (New York, 12 Apr 1909)

‘wm i " Fild x Bush (And Craig), Beverly B (Ruth Cast: Cullen Landis (J. Wallingford Speed), Helen Ferguson (Jean

ash Praneis: A. Susiman \aindrew &raig), beverly payne u Chapin), Lillian Hall (Helen Blake), Lillian Langdon (Miz Gallagher), Heatherly), Helen Dunbar (Mrs. Heatherly), Samuel Framer (Rufus Kenneth Harlan (Donald Keap), Ethel Grey Terry (Mrs. Roberta Sanborn) vharles A. ie: eo g). Bele Bruce erin), Nalentine Keap), Willard Louis (Larry Glass), Walter Hiers (Berkeley Fresno), ott (Percy Smallwood), Emily Chichester ( onesome ©12210). . Frank Braidwood (Culver Covington), Nelson McDowell (Still Bill Western, Comedy-drama. In the small town of Quinine, Andrew Craig, Stover), Snitz Edwards (Willie), Hayward Mack (Laden). M. B. Flynn

the sheriff, and Rufus Sanborn, the blacksmith, both love Mary Mason. (S kinner) , pM BIN he eres mays Angrew buys a new van Hotes, but his choice amuses Comedy. Upon observing the adoration that track star Culver Covington

a , ; 8); y eb © Sincerely touche receives, his friend, J. Wallingford Speed, decides to impress Helen Blake

by his effort. Mary’s mother encourages Percy Smallwood, who expects to by also posing as a sprinter. Meanwhile, when Roberta Keap decides to inherit a fortune, to court Mary. After Mary turns down Andrew’s proposal retire to her Western ranch while awaitin her divorce, Speed, Helen and because of her mother, Percy is falsely accused of fathering the child of a various friends accompany her while na husband , Donald takes up cabaret girlina neighboring village. When Mary, who is protecting Percy, residence at the neighboring Gallagher ranch. A rivalry springs up between promises to wed Andrew if he lets Percy escape, Andrew accepts, but when the two ranches, and Helen persuades Speed to challenge the Keap ne earns oF perey’s innocence, he | ones t on release mary irom ane homestead in a footrace. Matters become serious when Roberta and Mrs.

ine d Aft h thrashes Sanb p hom M “sone t lov Gallagher bet their entire holdings on the race. It begins to look ominous Allows he, er ne “th Nn dre orn, Perey, Whom mary Pie d s for the Keaps when their star sprinter develops a lame foot, thus placing

allows der romance with “Andrew to continue uninterrupted. r'eages. the burden of winning on Speed. Miraculously, the intense competition of Rivals. Sheriffs. Blacksmiths. Clothes. False accusations. Fights. Mother- the race spurs Speed to win both his match and Helen’s love, while also

daughter relationship. om ; . — accomplishing the reconciliation of Donald and Roberta. Athletes. Some scenes inuntil this1919, filmwhen were shot intitles Enfield Falls, NY.mpersonation This film and wasimposture. shot | titrack. di t Wagers. Track. Uivorce. W. Di manches. R hes. Rival in Note: 1917, but was not released humorous were added which Rivalry. kidded the original film’s seriousness, and the heroics of Francis X. Bushman. In the ETR 31 Jul 1920, p. 948. Var 23 Jul 1920, p. 33. film, as originally shot, Andrew is a young lawyer who is intensely religious. He vows MPN 31 Jul 1920, p. 1009. Wid's 25 Jul 1920, p. 9.

never to enter a church again after his mother dies and his sweetheart becomes MPW 31 Jul 1920, p. 637. engaged to another. He leaves town and becomes a sheriff in another town. After the

events in the mopsis film,unconscious Andrew brings Percy toshrine, mary where, Ruth and STRAIGHT F1.1640 oes 0 Orelated bear NIS grielsyalone. Heoy 1S this Carried tO a wayside * : GOING .°:

after praying for God's assistance, he sees Ruth and believes that she is a vision. They Fine Arts Film Co. Dist Triangle Film Corp. 4 Jun 1916. 5 reels. are reunited after she convinces him that she is real. A news item appearing in 1917 Dir C. M. Franklin and S. A. Franklin. Asst dir Millard Webb. Scen said that Charles Brabin was the director while a 1919 review states that Cabanne Bernard McConville. Cam F. B. Good. directed the film several years earlier. The film was originally scheduled to be released Cast: Norma Talmadge (Grace Remington), Ralph Lewis (John in Dec 1917. One source lists the name of the actor who played “Rufus Sanborn” as Remington), Nino Fovieri, Francis Carpenter, Fern Collier (Their

Samuel Kramer, while other sources list the name as Samuel Framer. children), Ruth Handforth (Mrs. Remington’s maid), Eugene Pallette

NON ms Sen oly p. 2173 ve W ” nf le is a (Jimmy Briggs), George Stone (The ragged waif), Kate Toncray (Mrs.

MPN 5 Jul 1919, p. 345. os Van Dyke), Carmen De Rue, Violet Radcliffe (Her children).

Drama. Years after having gone straight, former criminals John Remington and his wife Grace are respected, affluent members of their

GOD’S TO-MORROW see RESTITUTION community. Then, Jimmy Briggs, a former member of their gang, finds 338

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE GOLDEN FETTER John and threatens to tell the police about Grace’s past if he refuses to help Uncles. Alcoholics. Automobile accidents. Detectives. Disguise. him pull one more heist. Without telling his wife, John agrees, and the date Physicians. Sanitariums. is set for an evening when Grace will be staying at Mrs. Van Dyke’s house, Note: The film’s working title was Oh, Annice!

which turns out to be the one that Jimmy and John have decided to rob. ETR 12 Oct 1918, p. 1623. MPW 11 Jan 1919, p. 251, 386. Grace hears them sneak inside, and when she starts fighting with Jimmy, MPN 18 Jan 1919, p. 452. Var 10 Jan 1919, p. 44. John knocks him out. Jimmy escapes after Grace tells Mrs. Van Dyke that MPW 28 Sep 1918, p. 1897. Wid's 12 Jan 1919, pp. 7-8. it was he alone who tried to rob her, but later, in a shoot-out, John kills him before he can tell anyone about Grace’s past. Blackmail. Criminals- THE GOLD DINNER BALL see A KISS FOR SUSIE

Robbery. THE GOLDEN CHANCE F1.1643

Rehabilitation. Reputation. Robbers. Escapes. Fights. Gunfights.

Note: The working title for the film was Playmates. Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 13 Jan Motog 3 Jun 1916, p. 1280. NYDM 27 May 1916, p. 34. 1916 [OJesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co, Inc.; 24 Jan 1916; LU7488]. 5

MPN 27 May 1916, p. 3234. Var 26 May 1916, p. 20. reels.

MPW 17 Jun 1916, 6, 1708, 2063, Midis 8 May 1916. B. 297 Prod Cecil B. DeMille. Dir Cecil B. DeMille. Scen Jeanie MacPherson.

2112. Cast: Cleo Ridgely (Mary McCall Denby), Wallace Reid (Roger

DESTINY Rat).

Manning), Horace B. Carpenter (Steve Denby), Edythe Chapman GOING STRAIGHT (Jesse D. Hampton Productions) see DICE OF (Mrs. Hillary), Ernest Joy (Mr. Hillary), Raymond Hatton (Jimmy the Drama. After she marries the alcoholic and chronically unemployed

GOLD AND THE WOMAN F1.1641 Steve Denby, Mary takes a job as a seamstress for the wealthy Mrs. Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 13 Mar 1916 [©William Fox; 12 Hillary. Impressed with Mary's beauty, Mrs. Hillary decides to dress her

Mar 1916; LP7811]. 6 reels. up, make her pose as unmarried and introduce her to Roger Manning, a

Dir James Vincent. Scen Mary Murillo. travel-prone young millionaire whom Mr. Hillary wants to keep in town

Cast: Theda Bara (Juliet De Cordova), Alma Hanlon (Hester Gray), H. for business reasons. Roger instantly falls in love with Mary, and when Cooper Cliffe (Colonel Ernest Dent), Harry Hilliard (Lee Duskara), Steve finds out, he decides to use the relationship to get some money out

Carleton Macy (Dugald Chandos), Chief Black Eagle (Chief °f Roger. When that plan fails, Steve decides to kill him. Roger gets the Duskara), Julia Hurley (Duskara’s squaw), Carter B. Harkness (Leelo better of a fight between the two men, however, and then, when the police Duskara), Caroline Harris, Ted Griffin, Louis Stern, James Sheehan, arrive, they kill Steve as he tries to escape. Now that Mary really is single,

Frank Whitson, Pauline Barry. she realizes that she loves Roger, and so quickly marries him. Alcoholics. Drama. Generations after Dugald Chandos, an early settler, stole a Impersonation and imposture. Marriage. Millionaires. Seamstresses.

thousand acres from Chief Duskara, Hester Gray, Dugald’s descendant, | Blackmail. Escapes. Fights. Police. Women in business. is about to inherit the land. She wants to marry Lee Duskara, the chief’s Note: According to modern sources, Wilfred Buckland was the art director, Alvin reat-sreat-srandson. and so restore at least half the land to its rightful Wyckoff was the camerman, and Cecil B. DeMille co-wrote the scenario with Jeanie owner. Hester’s guardian, Colonel Ernest Dent, has come under the notes that during the filming, he directed two films at the same time. In the day he influence of Juliet De Cordova, a Mexican adventuress, however, and she directed The Cheat, while at night he directed The Golden Chance.

g g 8 ’ - 8 MacPherson, and edited the film as well directed it. In DeMille’s autobiography, he convinces Ernest to marry Hester himself, then shift the deed to the land MPN 15 Jan 1916, p. 252. NYDM ___29 Jan 1916, p. 50. from his wife to Juliet. Ernest forces Hester into the marriage but continues MPW 8 Jan 1916, p. 255. NYT 17 Jan 1916, p. 20.

his affair with Juliet and keeps on taking orders from her. Finally, Hester MPW 22 Jan 1916, p. 674. Var 31 Dec 1915, p. 25.

discovers Ernest’s double-cross and tries to commit suicide, but Lee saves

her. Dent soon dies of dissipation, and Hester marries Lee, who in court, © THE GOLDEN CLAW F 1.1644

has been awarded the rights to the land. Adventuresses. Duplicity. Indians New York Motion Picture Corp.; Kay-Bee. Dist Triangle Film Corp. 5 of North America. Land rights. Marriage-Forced. Ancestry. Attempted § Dec 1915 [©Triangle Film Corp.; 5 Dec 1915; LP10758]. 5 reels, 4,618 ft. suicide. Dissipation. Infidelity. Inheritance. Marriage-Mixed. Mexicans. Supv Thomas H. Ince. Dir Reginald Barker. Scen C. Gardner Sullivan.

Military officers. Settlers. Theft. Wards and guardians. Cast: Bessie Barriscale (Lillian Hillary), Frank Mills (Bert Werden), MPN 4 Mar 1916, p. 1285. NYT 13 Mar 1916, p. 5. Wedgewood Nowell (Graham Henderson), Truly Shattuck (Lucy

MPW 1 Apr 1916, p. 99, 105. a Puppy.

ON 3 Mer Ite P Ig. yar . xn Mer ere P 9 Hillary), Robert N. Dunbar (Alec Werden), J. Barney Sherry, Typsy, the Drama/Society. After the death of her father and the loss of the family fortune, Lillian Hillary, encouraged by her mother to marry a rich man,

ae ee tures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 6 Jan 1919 OMe chooses Bert Werden, who is more wholesome than her other wealthy

Pictures Corp.; 11 Jan 1919; LP13277]. 5 reels. suitor, financier Graham Henderson. When Werden loses his fortune, Supv Maxwell Karger. Dir John H. Collins. Asst dir Albert H. Kelley. Lillian’s goading causes him to work night and day dealing in the stock

Adapted by John H. Collins. Cam John Arnold. market. Although he regains his fortune, Werden’s health suffers and he Source: Based on the short story “Oh, Annice!” by Alexine Heyland in develops an obsessio n with making money. Werden neglects Lillian, who

Woman's Home Companion (Jun-Jul 1918). misses his attentions. After Werden forgets their third wedding Cast: Viola Dana (Annice Paisch), John McGowan (Vance Duncan), anniversary, he responds to Lillian s displeasure by coldly handing her a Elsie MacLeod (Edna Lawson), Howard Hall (Doctor Rodney Paisch), $50,000 check. When Henderson tries to gain control of a syndicate to Fred Jones (Robert Cord), William B. Davidson (Michael Darcy), bankrupt Werden so that Lillian will leave him, Werden, to save himself , Franklyn Hanna (Michael Connors), Ed Mack (The gardener), Julia asks her to give the check back, but she refuses. Thinking that Lillian is Hurley (The gardener’s wife), Georg e Dowling (Dr. Dumbbell). , going to accept Henderson, Werden is about to shoot himself when he Comedy. Annice Paisch and her friend, Edna Lawson, almost despair of overhears her tell Henderson that she refused Werden’s request so that he finding husbands in their dull home town until Annice is struck with the would go broke and forget abo ut greed, Werden sends Henderson away and idea of strewing tacks over the heavily traveled road that passes her house. is reconciled with his wife. Financiers. Greed. Marriag e. Neglected wives.

New Yorker Vance Duncan promptly has an accident and is forced to Rivalry. Attempted suicide. Bankruptcy. Gold diggers. Stock market. recuperate in the home of Annice’s father, the local doctor. Vance sends Note: Typsy was Bessie Barriscale’s pomeranian puppy.

Annice to the telegraph station to wire his uncle, Mike Darcy, and there Mote r Ne ole e. hie tN 3 Nee tole is oO

she meets detective Robert Cord, who informs her that Vance is a hopeless Motog 11 Dec 1915, p. 1263. MPW 6 Nov 1915, p. 1157. alcoholic. Uncle Mike arrives and Annice immediately falls in love with MPN 14 Aug 1915, p. 64. MPW 27 Nov 1915, p. 1730.

him, while Edna longs for Vance. Cord has Vance imprisoned in Dr. MPN 21 Aug 1915, p. 50. Var 5 Nov 1915, p. 22. Dumbbell’s Sanitarium for Drunkards, but Annice, masquerading as a

patient, smuggles him out. They arrive home to find someone else’s “Uncle THE GOLDEN FETTER F1.1645 Mike” chastising the detective for tracking down the wrong man, and the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 25 Jan four young lovers finally are left in peace. Friendship. Small town life. 1917 [©Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co.; 20 Jan 1917; LP10051]. 5 reels.

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THE GOLDEN FLEECE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Dir Edward J. LeSaint. Asst dir Capt. Ford. Scen Charles Maigne. Richard Walton, who frequents the slums in search of excitement. Beatrice

Cam Allan N. Davey. has John hired at her father’s estate, but despite her flirtatious behavior

Source: Based on the short story ““The Golden Fetter” by Charles Tenney towards him, she fires the sailor when he reveals his affections for her. Jackson in Collier’s National Weekly (publication date undetermined). Determined to win her love and respect, John secures a job in the Talbot

Cast: Wallace Reid (James Roger Ralston), Anita King (Faith shipbuilding yards. With the encouragement of stenographer Laura Miller), Tully Marshall (Henry Slade), Guy Oliver (Edson), Walter Long Brooks, he educates himself and is soon made foreman of the workers and (McGill), Mrs. Lewis McCord (Big Annie), C. H. Geldert (Flynn), Larry a leader of the union. Mr. Walton, who wishes to acquire the Talbot yard

Peyton (Buck Hanson), Lucien Littlefield (Pete). as a part of his trust, convinces Beatrice to lure John to the estate, where Western. Years of teaching school in Massachusettes has broken Faith he offers him $15,000 to ruin Talbot. John accepts the bribe and organizes Miller’s health. On the advice of her doctor, she goes West to the mine in a strike that nearly shuts down the plant, but he repents in time to prevent which she has bought a half interest from Henry Slade, an unscrupulous _ irreparable damage. Talbot and the workingmen forgive John, and he

speculator. Her health improves, but Faith finds that her mine is worthless. returns to the source of his inspiration, Laura. Class distinction. The townspeople take pity on her and appoint her as the schoolmistress, Dockworkers. Labor leaders. Shipbuilders. Stenographers. Bribery. but there are only two pupils: a half-witted boy and James Ralston,a young — Education. Missions. Shipyards. Slums. Strikes. Traps. Trusts.

mining engineer who is suspected of train robbery. Ralston, accused ETR 18 May 1918, p. 1876. MPW 1 Jun 1918, p. 1330. because he was seen with some disreputable characters before the hold up, ETR 2s May Ite P. on NYDM 2s Me 1918. P. 700.

falls in love with Kate. However, when he shelters Edson and McGill, the »P- r » iP. Jan 1918, p. 95. Wid's 27 Dec 1917, p. 828. Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Jewel Productions, Inc. Jan 1918 [©Jewel Productions, Inc.; | Feb 1918; LP12008]. 7 reels.

GRAFTERS F1.1671 Dir \da May Park. Scen Ida May Park. Cam King Gray. Tech dir Milton Triangle Film Corp. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 26 Aug 1917. 5 Moore.

reels, Source: Based on the short story “The Boss of Powderville’” by Thomas Supv Allan Dwan. Dir Arthur Rosson. Scen James W. Adams. Cam Roy Addison in Adventure (Oct 1916). Overbaugh. Cast: Dorothy Phillips (Viola Argos), Jack Mulhall (Jack Ripley), Lon

Cast: Jack Devereaux (Jack Towne), Anna Lehr (Doris Ames), Frank Chaney (Paul Argos), William Stowell (Dick Evans), Bert Appling Currier (Mark Towne), Irene Leonard (Mrs. Ames), George Siegmann — (Red Pete Jackson), Evelyn Selbie (Boston Kate), Alfred Allen (Ben

(The Menace), Robert Crimmins (“Laughing Louie’). Mackey).

Drama/Crime. Jack Towne, who has just inherited one million dollars, Western. Dick Evans is the corrupt boss of a rough-and-tumble is warned by his Uncle Mark to beware of strangers. Heedless of his uncle’s_ munitions town called Powderville. He hires his friend, Jack Ripley, to

advice, Jack becomes involved with Doris Ames whom he casually meets establish a newspaper, intending merely to further his own financial in a café. Unknown to Jack, Doris, who is in desperate need of money to ambitions; however, Jack envisions The Trumpet as an instrument of good pay the mortgage on her mother’s house, is working for Mrs. Ames, The —_ and soon persuades Dick to clean up Powderville. Both men fall in love with

Menace and Laughing Louie, a gang of grafters hired by Uncle Mark to Viola Argos, and both rush to her rescue when she is abducted by Red Pete teach Jack a lesson. With the aid of the gang, Doris traps Jack in a _—_and locked ina brothel run by Boston Kate. With the help of Mackey, Dick compromising situation and then threatens blackmail. She refuses to go and Jack remove Viola to the print shop, but Red Pete’s followers soon through with the scheme however, when she falls in love with Jack and —_— overpower them. With most of the town on fire, Dick urges Jack and Viola

realizes that the gang is out to blackmail him in earnest. Jack then proves to escape. Viola, realizing her love for Dick, returns, and he dies in her the most cunning by hiring his own detectives to ensnare the grafters. Thus, arms. Friendship. Moral reformation. Munitions factories. Newspapers. he demonstrates to his uncle that he can handle his own affairs while also — Political bosses. Rescues. Self-sacrifice. Abduction. Brothels. Fires.

freeing Doris from the clutches of the crooks. Blackmail. Criminals. Rivals. Inheritance. Nephews. Uncles. Detectives. Frame-ups. Mortgages. Note: Wid’s names Joseph De Grasse, Ida May Park’s husband, as the director.

Strangers. Some sources list this film as a “Bluebird Special Release.’ The working title of this 345

THE GRANDEE’S RING AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG film was The Boss of Powderville. According to a news item, superintendent of the night hiding in her bedroom. When Yetive’s other suitor, Prince

photography Eddie Ullman also worked on this film. Gabriel, accuses her of shielding Lorry, Lorry offers to be executed if

ETR 5 Jan oe P. soy ve W 4 ner le P. io. Lorenz’s father will postpone collection of the debt. After Anguish

Mp 12 fan 918 p x4, 293. Wid's 27 Dec i957 is 829, discovers that Gabriel killed Lorenz, Asphain signs an alliance with

Graustark, and Yetive weds Lorry, who is crowned. Americans in foreign

countries. Assassination. False arrests. Imaginary kingdoms. Political

me OR ANDERS gO Co. Dist Pict Plavh Fil pe alliances. Princesses. Self-sacrifice. Mining towns. Prison escapes. nterstate Feature Film Co. Mist Picture Playhouse Film Co. Nov Rescues. Trains. War debt. Washington (D.C.).

1915. 5 reels. Note: G. M. “Broncho Billy” Anderson supervised the scenes shot in California. Cast: Helene Wallace (Shirley Saunders), Kenneth MacDougall Some scenes in this film were shot in New York City and Washington, D.C., including

(Carlos DeLaBarra), Earl Beebe, A. Sears Pruden, H. Tudor Morsell. shots taken at sunset of the Potomac River from the top of the Washington Drama. While Professor Sinclair of Watson College in New England Monument. Most of the film was shot in and around Chicago. First National Pictures Visits David Saunders and his daughter Shirley on their ranch at the M. Schenck Productions. Dimitri Buchowetzki directed the film which starred Norma Mexican border, the adventurous Shirley, despite warnings, rides near the = Talmadge and Eugene O'Brien (see AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30:

a . . . . released a film based on the same source on 30 Aug 1925 which was made by Joseph

Rio Grande and is captured by marauding Mexican bandits. After another F2.2213).

prisoner, Carlos DeLaBarra, the scion of an old Castilian family, escapes EssN 24 Apr 1915. MPN 8 May 1915, p. 66. from the bandits and rescues Shirley, an attachment develops between Motog 19 Dec 1914, p. 842. MPW 8 May 1915, p. 918, 988. them. When Shirley and her father return East, they arrange for Carlos Motog 8 May 1915, p. 742. NYDM 5 May 1915, p. 26. to be enrolled in Watson College, where, during the next four years, he and

his roommate, Jack Foster, become baseball heroes and fall in love with THE GRAY BROTHER > F1.1677

Shirley. Although Jack bats in the winning run in the championship game, MacManus Film Corp. 1920? 8 reels.

Shirley, who loves them both, is won by Carlos, because of a dream in on. od Edward * Den ee a Sieney oot Scen Thomas Mott which she learns about true love and the true character of both boys. Cast: Jos hM Iekey The bi h Bov) Sidn DAIL, k (The P Aristocrats. Baseball players. College life. Dreams. New England. ast: Joseph Marquis (The Rich Boy), Sidney rook (The Poor

; : : ;Baseball. ; Boy),Heirs. Helen Ferguson (Theborder. Poor Boy’s sweetheart), Elsie Bandits. Kidnapping. Mexican Professors. 4 _ ‘Ann Esl Th Bov’McLeod h Hel Rescues. Rio Grande River. Roommates. Spaniards. (T e Poor Boy's sister), ann Eg eston (The Poor oy 5 mother ), He en Note: The Interstate Feature Film Co. was located in Middletown, CT Lindroth (The Rich Boy’s mother), Edwards Davis (The Rich Boy’s

Ofer ine intersiate Peature 6 a father), Vivienne Osborne (The Rich Boy’s sweetheart), Tammany Young

MPW 20 Nov 1915, p. 1502, 1506-07. MPW 4 Dec 1915, p. 1912. (The Smiler), Thomas Brooks (The new warden), Cecil Kern, Harold Thomas, Ralph Delmore, John B. Cooke.

THE GRASP OF GREED F1.1675 Drama/Social. With the intention of contrasting older, harsh methods

Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. 17 Jul 1916 of treatment of prisoners with the reforms advocated by the Mutual {©Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.; 21 Jun 1916; LP8549]. 5 reels. Welfare League (a prisoners’ organization based on the honor system), the

Dir Joseph De Grasse. Scen Ida May Park. story is told of two boys—one poor and one rich—and their prison

Source: Based on the novel Mr. Meeson’s Will by H. Rider Haggard experiences. The Poor Boy, a victim of his slum environment, goes to a

(New York, 1888). reformatory for a minor offense and there learns to become a perfect crook. Cast: C. N. Hammond (John Meeson), Jay Belasco (Eustace), Louise Thanks to a stool pigeon, he is eventually sent to a prison, which is Lovely (Alice Gordon), Gretchen Lederer (Lady Holmhurst), Lon Chaney conducted under traditional methods of lockstep, prison labor, silence,

(Jimmie). contract labor, brutal punishment and torture. Meanwhile, The Rich Boy Drama. When novelist Alice Gordon has an argument with her publisher, 'S Sentenced to the same prison——now under a newer, more humane John Meeson, she leaves for Australia to accept another publisher’s offer. "e8ime—for roreing his father’s Soa He becomes friends with The During the argument, Eustace, John’s nephew, sided with Alice, so John Foor Boy, who S vil releaset an retuned 10 prison yor assaulting the

cuts him out of his will. Then, John sails on the same boat as Alice, stoo ee ond c I to oh ane hi "for the ° de i th Sool pine IS determined to keep her from signing with the Australian firm. The ship is Unjusly Concemned to electrocution for the murder of the stool pigeon.

Although theyare arestranded trusted on members of the Mutual League, the wrecked, however, and, .;John and Alice anevidence island. John soon bWelfare ; . . but they ; ; oys escape and find that clears The Smiler; are too late, has second about Eustace, andissoexecuted. makes yetFor another leaving ,; . , ; thoughts ay and an innocent man theirwill, efforts, however, the boys are him everything. As there is no paper on the island, however, the will is paroled, to the joy of their waiting sweethearts. Capital punishment.

tattooed on Alice’s back. Eventually they are rescued, and after John dies, — Convicts. informers. Penology. Prison life. Executions. Forgery. Gangs.

Alice must expose her back in court to let all of the lawyers and jurors Parole. Prison escapes. Reformatories. Slums. Torture. scrutinize it, before Eustace can be named John s heir. Then, after the Note: This film was completed in Dec 1919 or Jan 1920, but no evidence that it hearing, Eustace, who has always loved Alice, marries her. Castaways. was ever released under the title The Gray Brother has been located. It is listed in

Nephews. Novelists. Publishers. Wills. Courts. Disinheritance. the AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30 (F2.4621) as The Right Way, under

Inheritance. Islands. Ships. Shipwrecks. Tattoos. which title it was distributed by Producers Security Exchange in 1921. It was also

reviewed in 1921 as Making Good. A re-edited version of the film was re-issued in

pw R “i le ron Van 4 nf i916 . oor 1928 under the title Within Prison Walls. Thomas Mott Osborne, who was a warden of Sing Sing Prison and of the U.S. Naval Prison, is credited as producer in the AFI Catalog listing for The Right Way and as personal supervisor in reviews of the film’s

GRAUSTARK F 1.1676 general release in Nov 1921, but only as a writer by sources from 1919 and 1920.

Essanay Film Mfg. Co. Dist V-L-S-E, Inc. 16 Apr 1915 [©Essanay Film Actress Ann Egleston’s name is spelled Annie Ecleston in reviews of the film’s 1921

Mfg. Co.; 26 Apr 1915; LP5579]. 6 reels. release.

Dir Fred E. Wright. Scen H. Tipton Steck. Cam Jackson J. Rose. ETR ETR 20 10 Dec Jan 1919, 1920, p. p. 265. 607 MPW MPW 27 17 Dec Jan 1919, 1920, p. p. 1172. 427, Source: Based on the novel Graustark by George Barr McCutcheon ETR 24 Jan 1920, p. 799. MPW 12 Nov 1921. p. 218.

(New York, 1901). ETR 12 Nov 1921, p. 1668. MPW 19 Nov 1921, p. 288. Cast: Francis X. Bushman (Grenfall Lorry), Beverly Bayne (Princess MPN 20 Dec 1919, p. 4480, 4492. MPW 26 Nov 1921, p. 397.

Yetive), Edna Mayo (Countess Dagmar), Thomas Commerford (Uncle MPN 3 Nee rn sol ya x Sep ror if 8.

Caspar), Helen Dunbar (Aunt Yvonne), Albert Roscoe (Harry MPW 20 Dec 1919, p. 979. Wid's 13 Nov 1921, p. 9.

Anguish), Lester Cuneo (Prince Gabriel), Bryant Washburn (Prince

Lorenz), Ernest Maupain (Prince Bolarez). THE GRAY HORIZON F1.1678

Adventure. Wealthy young American Grenfall Lorry meets a girl on a Haworth Pictures Corp. Dist Robertson-Cole Co. through Exhibitors train from Denver to Washington, D.C. When the train leaves them behind Mutual Distributing Corp. 18 Aug 1919 [OThe Haworth Pictures Corp.: in a mining town, they race in a coach through the mountains and finally 5 May 1919; LUI3671]. 5 reels.

catch it. They part after sightseeing in Washington, but meet again in Dir William Worthington. Scen Clifford Howard. Story Clifford Graustark, a Balkan country, where Lorry and his friend Harry Anguish Howard. Cam Frank D. Williams.

save the girl, who is really Graustark’s Princess Yetive, from being Cast: Sessue Hayakawa (Yano Masata), Bertram Grassby (John abducted. After Yetive becomes engaged to Prince Lorenz of Asphain to Furthman), Eileen Percy (Doris Furthman), Mary Jane Irving save Graustark, which owes an enormous war debt, Lorenz is slain and (Kenneth Furthman), Tsuru Aoki (O Haru San), Andrew Robson Lorry imprisoned for the murder. He escapes with Yetive’s help and spends (Robert Marsh).

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE GREAT ACCIDENT Drama. Yano Masata, a struggling Japanese artist living in a throws himself over a gorge and June and Billy marry. False arrests. Land mountainous area in America, refuses to tint counterfeit bonds for wealthy rights. Murder. Ranches. Sheriffs. The West. Chicago. Cousins. Falls from John Furthman. Yano’s sister, O Haru San, comes from Japan to look for heights. Firearms. Gunshot wounds. Indians-Mixed blood. Inheritance. her husband who deserted her, and with the aid of a woman in the Japanese Jails. Jealousy. Orphans. mission, finds Yano. When she recognizes Furthman as her husband, Note: The title of the film was changed from Fate in the Balance.

Furthman and Yano fight until Furthman’s gun goes off, killing O Haru ETR 25 Oct 1919, p. 1799. Var 17 Oct 1919, p. 63. San, and Yano throws Furthman off a cliff. Later, Yano thanks the woman MPN 25 Oct 1919, p. 3201. Wid's | 2 Nov 1919, p. 11. in the mission, and after they develop a friendship, he agrees to paint her MPW 27 Dee 1919, p. 1192.

husband’s portrait from a photograph. The husband is Furthman and his |

wife thinks that his fall was an accident. After Yano paints the portrait, . THE GRAY WOLF’S GHOST F1.1681 he destroys it in a moment of wrath and confesses the killing to Mrs. Jesse D. Hampton Productions. Dist Robertson-Cole Distributing Corp.;

Furthman’s financial adviser. Later, Yano burns the evidence of | Superior Pictures. 26 Oct 1919. 5 reels. Furthman’s crimes so that Mrs. Furthman and her son will remain Dir Park Frame. Scen Fred Myton. unaware of Furthman’s treachery and not be disgraced. The police then Source: Based on the novel Maruja by Bret Harte (Boston and New

arrest Yano. Brother-sister relationship. Counterfeiters. Fights. York, 1885). Friendship. Japanese Americans. Painters. Confession. Desertion. Cast: Lurline Lyons (Dona Maria Saltonstall), Rita Stanwood

Evidence. Falls from heights. Missions. Murder. (Senorita Maruja Saltonstall), Hector V. Sarno (Pereo), Violet Schram Note: This was partly filmed in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of CA. (Pequita), H. B. Warner (Doctor West/Harry West), Lloyd Whitlock

ETR 16 Aug 1919, p. 905. Var 22 Aug 1919, p. 76. (Jim Prince), George Field (Miquel).

MPW 16 Aug 1919, p. 1019. Wid's — .- 7 Sep 1919, p. 23. Western. The unscrupulous attempts by speculators Dr. West and Jim Prince to have a railroad pass through lower California are met with

THE GRAY MASK F1.1679 ~— opposition by Spanish landowners led by Dona Maria Saltonstall, who tries Shubert Film Corp. Dist World Film Corp. 13 Dec 1915 [©World Film _ flirting with West to restore their property. Pereo, a religious fanatic who

Corp.; 9 Dec 1915; LU7176]. 5 reels. works for Dona Maria, believes in the curse of the Gray Wolf’s Ghost, that Dir Frank Crane. Scen Charles Wadsworth Camp. | if a member of Dona Maria’s family mates with an alien, fortune and life

Source: Based on the short story “The Gray Mask” by Charles will be lost. Meanwhile, West’s son Harry, whom West deserted at age ten,

Wadsworth Camp in Collier's National Weekly (7 Aug 1915). comes to avenge the wrong done to his mother. After West refuses to Cast: Edwin Arden (Jim Garth), Barbara Tennant (Nora), Frank recognize Harry and publicly denounces him as a blackmailer, West is Monroe (Silas Howlett), Georgio Majeroni (Foreign agent), Buckley murdered and Harry is accused of the crime by Prince, who wants the West

Starkey, Hugh Jeffrey (Burglars), John Hines. fortune. Harry is about to be hung when the first train the lynchers have Drama/Crime. Jim Garth, a police inspector, investigates the murder of —eyer seen passes by. Pereo, thinking the train is a god, confesses that he Joe Kridel, another inspector, who had been tracking the Hennions, a gang —_ki{led West and is dragged to death after lassoing the locomotive. Harry of thieves plotting to steal the formula for a dangerous explosive from an restores compromising letters to Dona Maria and receives her consent to old inventor. As Jim uncovers the Hennions’ plans to procure the formula marry her daughter Maruja. California. Curses. Land rights. Railroads. and sell it to an agent of an unfriendly foreign power, he encounters Nora, — gnaniards. Speculators. Confession (law). False accusations. Fanatics.

the former lover of Joe, who has sworn revenge for the killing and has Father-son relationship. Lynching. Murder ingratiated herself with the Hennions in order to discover the identity of Note: H. B. Warner an d Rita Stanwood were marri ed. Some reviews refer to the

the murderer. Although he assumes Nora is one of the thieves, Jim falls title of this film as The Grey Wolf's Ghost. in love with her anyway, but she firmly rejects his advances. Disguised in ETR 8 Nov 1919, p. 1979. Var 31 Oct 1919, p. 57. a grey mask similar to the one worn by one of the gang members, Jim

infiltrates the organization and foils the plot. With Joe’s murderer in jail, GREASED LIGHTNING F1.1682 a grateful Nora finally accepts Jim’s affection. Detectives. Gangs. Thomas H. Ince Corp. Dist Famous Plavers-Lasky Corp.: Paramount Impersonation and imposture. Murder. Revenge. Disguise. Espionage. Pictures. 20 A + 1919 [Thos H. Ince Cor 1A y 191 9: LP13565] 5

Explosives. Inventors. Mistaken identity. Police. Secret formulas. Thieves. reels. 4 5 55 ft P Ps P ,

con The film also appeared under the title The Grey Mask in some contemporary Supv Thomas H. Ince. Dir Jerome Storm. Story Julien Josephson.

Motog 11 Dec 1915, p. 1247. MPW 4 Dec 1915, p. 1848, 1910. Cam Chester Lyons.

MPN 27 Nov 1915, p. 114. MPW 11 Dec 1915, p. 2033. Cast: Charles Ray (Andy Fletcher), Wanda Hawley (Alice Flint), MPN 18 Dec 1915, p. 4, 86. NYDM 11 Dec 1915, p. 30. Robert McKim (Alden J. Armitage), Willis Marks (Laban Flint), Bert

MPW 13 Nov 1915, p. 1328. Woodruff (Grandpa Piper), John P. Lockney (Milt Barlow), Otto Hoffman (Rufus Shadd).

THE GRAY PARASOL see THE GREY PARASOL Comedy. When Andy Fletcher, the inventive village blacksmith of Pipersville, demonstrates his automatic “Little Giant Potato Slicer” for a

THE GRAY TOWERS MYSTERY F 1.1680 committee of skeptics, including banker Laban Flint, the machine works Vitagraph Co. of America. Dist Vitagraph Co. of America. 25 Oct well until it begins to deposit peelings in the faces of the onlookers. Later, 1919 [©Vitagraph Co. of America; 13 Sep 1919; LP14188]. 5 reels. Flint, an enemy of new inventions, tells Andy that he cannot continue to

Dir John W. Noble. Scen Sam Taylor and John W. Noble. court his daughter Alice if he spends all his money to buy a car. Andy Source: Based on the novelette Fate in the Balance by Seward W. trades his potato machine for a dilapidated auto, but when it breaks down

Hopkins (publication undetermined). on the way to the Chautaugua picnic, Alice and her father ride away with Cast: Gladys Leslie (June Wheeler), Frank Morgan (Billy Durland), Andy’s rival] from the city, Alden J. Armitage, in his new car. Andy then

Warner Richmond (Jean Bautiste), Warren Chandler (Tom converts his old auto into a racing car and, christening it “Greased Makinnon), Charles Craig (Sam Bigby), George Henry (Mr. Orchard), _ Lightning,” he enters the country fair race. Learning that Armitage is Marie Burke (Mrs. Bigby), Cecil Kern (Miss Sutherland), Miss robbing the bank’s safe, Andy gives up his lead to capture the crook. Flint

Christensen (Marie). agrees to Andy and Alice’s marriage and gives them a new car. Automobile Western. Orphan June Wheeler leaves Chicago when she inherits a vast —_—_ racing. Inventors. Village life. Bankers. Blacksmiths. City slickers. Fairs.

ranch in the West. At the ranch, her foreman, half-breed Jean Bautiste, Picnics. Rivals. Robbery. falls in love with her, while she falls in love with her wealthy neighbor, Billy ETR 24 May 1919, p. 1935. NYT 28 Apr 1919, p. 13.

Durland, who later is elected sheriff and accepts the position for the fun MPN 10 May 1919, p. 3096. Var 2 May 1919, p. 59. of it. June’s cousin, Tom Makinnon, arrives claiming the rights to half the MPW 10 May 1919, p. 934. Wid's 4 May 1919, p. 15. land. While they examine the estate on horseback, June slaps Makinnon

after he gets aggressive with her and rides off, dropping her revolver. When THE GREAT ACCIDENT F 1.1683 Makinnon is found dead with June’s gun nearby, she is arrested and sent Goldwyn Pictures Corp. Dist Goldwyn Distributing Corp. Jun 1920 to jail. Billy burns down the jail so that June can investigate the murder [©OGoldwyn Pictures Corp.; 4 Jun 1920; LP15216]. 6 reels, 5,613 ft. and while helping her, he is shot in the arm by Bautiste. After June forces Pres Samuel Goldwyn. Dir Harry Beaumont. Scen Edfrid A. Bingham.

Bautiste to confess that her murdered Makinnon out of jealousy, Bautiste Cam Norbert Brodin. 347

THE GREAT ADVENTURE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Source: Based on the novel The Great Accident by Ben Ames Williams which had been lost by Mason’s sweetheart, Beryl Caruthers, Van Arland

(New York, 1920). induces Mason to show him the route that the plane with the gold takes Cast: Tom Moore (Wint Chase), Jane Novak (Joan Caretall), Andrew in return for the cross. Mason’s friend and fellow Mail Service flyer, Larry Robson (Winthrop Chase), Willard Louis (Amos Caretall), Lillian Cassidy, learns about the hold-up plans and chases the plane. After Mason Langdon (Mrs. Winthrop Chase), Ann Forrest (Hetty Morfee), Philo dies in a crash, Larry pursues Van Arland, who has kidnapped Beryl. McCullough (Jack Routt), Otto Hoffman (V. R. Kite), Roy Laidlaw Climbing in mid-air into Van Arland’s plane up a rope ladder dropped by (Peter Gergeu), Edward McWade (Williams), Don Bailey (Sheriff), Lefty Beryl, Larry subdues Van Arland, retrieves the gold and wins Beryl as his

Flynn (Sam O’Brien). sweetheart. Aerial combat. Aviators. Postal service. Airplane accidents. Drama. Winthrop Chase is running for mayor on the prohibition ticket Gangs. Gold. Kidnapping.

in a town where his irresponsible son Wint is infamous for his drunken Note: The title of the film was changed from Cassidy of the Air Lanes. Lieut. sprees. Wint is in love with Joan Caretall, whose father Amos is a big Locklear, the star of the film, was famous for his dare-devil feats as an aviator in the

ws . ; . . U.S. Army Service. He died in a plane accident during the filming of The

political boss. Amos fears Winthrop’s power and decides to stalemate him = — sx ywayman, made in 1920 (see above). Scenes in the film were shot above the Grand

by substituting Wint’s name on the ballot for that of his father. The Canyon, AZ. The film opened in Los Angeles on 28 Dec 1919 and was tried out in morning after the election, Wint awakens from a drunken stupor and finds various cities before opening in New York on 23 Feb 1920.

himself the mayor. With Joan’s support, Wint reforms and begins to clean ETR 0 Jan 1920, p. 703. NYT 16 Feb 1920, p. 8.

up the town. Wint’s actions earn the enmity of the town saloon owners who an eee De 7 ar c »P

induce Hetty Morfee, an old schoolmate, to frame him with a fake er 0 nae toon pp. 300-01. Wid's 4 Jan 1920, p. 27. paternity suit. At the crucial moment, however, Hetty admits the truth,

thus clearing Wint, who is reconciled with his father and wins Joan’s love. THE GREAT BRADLEY MYSTERY F1.1686 Drunkenness. Irresponsibility. Mayors. Moral reformation. Political Apollo Pictures, Inc. Dist Art Dramas, Inc. 19 Apr 1917 [©Apollo candidates. Temperance. Elections. Frame-ups. Lawsuits. Paternity. Pictures, Inc.; 30 Jun 1917; LU11024]. 5 reels.

Political bosses. Prohibition. Saloon keepers. Dir Richard Ridgley. Scen Edward Ellis. Cam George W. Lane.

Note: The novel was serialized in The Saturday Evening Post, Sep-Nov, 1919. Cast: Alma Hanlon (Mary), Edward Ellis (Bradley), Edward Earle

ie ae 1990 P ae will T 4 ne 1990, 0. 35. (Collier), Bigelow Cooper (Tony), Florence Short (Lola), Andy Clark

MPW 16 Jun 1920, p. 1634. Wid's -27 Jun 1920, p. 16. (Billy). Mystery. After betraying Lola, his stenographer, Bradley succeeds in casting guilt on his partner Collier, thus destroying Collier’s romance with

THE GREAT ADVENTURE . FI.1684 Mary. After Mary refuses to see him again, Collier goes West, and

Pathé Exchange, Inc. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc. 10 Mar 1918 [©Pathe Bradle kine to ensnare the girl. sends himself a fake telegram savin Exchange, Inc.; 4 Mar 1918;has LU12129]. 5 reels.Shortly Tagicy: after SCEKINE BI" © he weram saying , ; that Collier been killed. Mary. ©marries Bradley, he is Dir Madame Alice Blache. Scen Agnes C. Johnston. Cam George K. found dead, after which Lola’s father Tony is arrested for the crime. Soon

Hollister and John G. Haas. , ” , after the arrest, Collier reappears and testifies that Bradley died by his own Source: Based on the short story “The Painted Scene” by Henry Kitchell hand when, in combat with Collier, his gun accidently fired. Tony is freed,

Webster i The Painted Scene, and Other Stories of the Theater and Mary, having discovered Collier’s innocence, pursues her interrupted

(Indianapolis, 1916). anos , romance. Betrayal. False arrests. Frame-ups. Missing persons, assumed Cast: Bessie Love (Ragna Jansen, “Rags”), Flora Finch (Her aunt), — qeaq_. Partnerships. Secretaries. Self-defense. Telegrams. Donald Hall (Mr. Sheen), Chester Barnett (Billy Blake), Florence Short Note: The original title of this film was Whose Hand? In one pre-production news

(Hazel Lee), John W. Dunn, Walter Craven. item, Charles Seay is credited as a co-scenarist.

Comedy-drama. Ragna Jansen, affectionately called “Rags” by her high ETR 31 Mar 1917, p. 1176. MPW 21 Apr 1917, p. 493. school chums in Middletown, is assured that she will win instant fame and ETR 28 Apr 1917, p. 1462. MPW 28 Apr 1917, p. 638. fortune on Broadway, but when she and her aunt arrive in New York, they Motog 5 May 1917, p. 963. Var 20 Apr 1917, p. 22. find that success does not come so easily. Billy Blake, who is an understudy MPN 28 Apr 1917, p. 2688. Wid's 19 Apr 1917, p. 243. for Sheen, the leading man in a Broadway show, takes an interest in Rags

and helps her to secure a position in the chorus. When Sheen and his wife, THE GREAT DIAMOND ROBBERY F1.1687 the leading lady, quarrel, the wife quits the show and Rags is given the part. Playgoers Film Co. 23 Mar 1914. 6 reels. a She captivates the audience and attracts the leading man, but Billy and Supv Daniel V. Arthur. Dir Edward A. Morange. Picturized by Herbert

actress Hazel Lee, aware of the shallowness of Sheen’s character, conspire Hall Winslow.

to prevent the romance. Rags, however, witnesses Sheen’s foolishness Source: Based on the play The Great Diamond Robbery by Edward M.

herself. On a canoeing jaunt, Sheen’s inability to swim leads to his public Alfriend and A. C. Wheeler (New York, 4 Sep 1895). humiliation when Rags, in an impulsive publicity stunt, throws herself in Cast: Wallace Eddinger (Dick Brummage), Gail Kane (Maria), Elita the water, only to find herself forced to rescue the drowning actor. Sheen, _ Proctor Otis (M other Rosenbaum), Charles J. Ross (Mr. Bulford), Martin disgusted, leaves the show, and Billy wins the leading role as well as Rags’s._ —_-J- Alson (Count Garbiadoff), Purnell B. Pratt (Maria's brother), Stapleton

heart. Actors and actresses. Infatuation. New York City-Broadway. Aunts. Kent (Don Plon), Frank Hardy (Mother Rosenbaum’s son), Herbert

Canoes. Chorus girls. Drowning. Publicity. Barrington (Frank Lavelot), Dorothy Arthur (Mary Lavelot), R. E. Note: The story first appeared in Collier’s National Weekly on 4 Apr 1914. The Graham (Grandfather Lavelot), Phillip Sheffield (Clerk), Edward film’s pre-release title was Spring of the Year. Gillespie (Senator McSorker), Percy Standing (Crimp). ETR 2 Mar 1918, p. 1065. MPW 16 Mar 1918, p. 1561. Drama. While stealing the fabulous Romanoff diamonds, Brazilian

MPN 9 Mar 1918, p. 1448, 1467. NYDM 2 Mar 1918, p. 18. adventuress Maria is surprised by her former accomplice Don Plon, who MPW 9 Mar 1918, p. 1409. Wid's 28 Feb 1918, pp. 975-76. takes the jewels from her. Some time later, Maria marries wealthy New York banker Bulford whom Plon writes in the hopes of returning the

THE GREAT AIR ROBBERY F 1.1685 diamonds to their rightful owner before his death. Accompanied by Dick Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co.; Jewel Brummage, a detective, Bulford rushes to Plon’s apartment but finds him Productions, Inc. 28 Dec 1919 [©Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 30 Dec dead, and the jewels gone. Without Bulford’s knowledge, Maria has

1919; LP14611]. 6 reels. secured the jewels, but when he finds incriminating letters in Plon’s

Dir Jacques Jaccard. Scen George Hively. Story Jacques Jaccard and apartment, he confronts her. During his rage, he has a seizure, which Maria George Hively. Cam Milton Mark Moore. Film ed Frank Lawrence and pretends to calm with wine, actually laced with poison. She blames her

Lloyd Nosler. husband’s death on Frank Lavelot, a dismissed employee, whom she

Cast: Lieut. Ormer Locklear (Larry Cassidy), Allan Forrest (Wallie further implicates by kidnapping him with the help of her brother. Mary, Mason), Ray Ripley (Chester Van Arland), Francelia Billington (Beryl Frank’s sister and Dick’s fiancée, obtains proof of Maria’s guilt when she

Caruthers), Carmen Phillips (Viola Matthews). enters her employ disguised as a maid. Frank escapes, and Mary, whose Adventure, Science Fiction. In the future year of A. D. 1925, the Death life is jeapordized by Maria, is saved by Dick. At a reception, Maria Head Aerial Squadron, a gang of aerial pirates, cause trouble for the U. triumphantly wears the stolen diamonds, but when confronted by Dick, she S. Mail Service. Gang leader Chester Van Arland learns that a $20,000 drinks poison and dies. Diamonds. Frame-ups. Murder. Suicide. Theft. shipment of gold will be sent on a midnight flight to Washington. After he Bankers. Disguise. Housemaids. Kidnapping. Letters. Poisoning. Private obtains the war cross won in France by Mail Service aviator Wallie Mason, detectives. Rescues. Romanoff. South Americans.

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE GREAT LOVE Note: This was the first production of the Playgoers Film Co. by Provis, who has grown rich herding sheep in the penal colony, Pip Motog 4 Apr 1914, p. 238. NYDM 25 Mar 1914, p. 36. despairs that Estella will leave him. Contrary to his fears, Estella continues

MP , Aer i914 is 47. 86 var r May i914 p 0 to love him and later when Provis, escaped from prison, seeks refuge,

a Estella attempts to aid the convict. When Provis is shot in his attempt at

freedom, the two lovers pledge their love over their friend’s dead body.

ee Co Dn V-L-S-E, Inc. 20 Dec 1915 [©Lubin Mf pees Prison escapees. Revenge. Runaways. Wards and _ guardians.

B . a B05 Blacksmiths. Cemeteries. Inheritance. Penal colonies. Reunions. Dec 1915; LP7267]. 5 reels. Sheepherders Dir Edgar Lewis. Scen Anthony P. Kelly. Cam Edward C. Earle. re 03 1917. ». 490 NYDM 18 Nov 1916. p. 33 Source: Based on the play The Great Divide by William Vaughn Moody Motog 20 Jan 1917, is 53, NYDM 6 Jan 1917. ro

(New York, 3 Oct 1906). MPN 20 Jan 1917, p. 433. NYDM _13 Jan 1917, p. 28. Cast: Ethel Clayton (Ruth Jordan), House Peters (Stephen Ghent), MPW 20 Jan 1917, p. 357, 420. Wid's 11 Jan 1917, p. 31.

Marie Sterling (Mrs. Jordan), Hayden Stevenson (Phil Jordan), Mary Moore (His wife), Warner P. Richmond (Dr. Newberry), Ferdinand GREAT GREEN EYE see HIS FATHER’S SON O’Beck (Dutch), Ray Chamberlain (Pedro).

Western. The Jordan family is forced to leave its conservative Eastern THE GREAT LEAP: UNTIL DEATH DO US PART F1.1690 home and move to Arizona. Alone one night in their new shack, Ruth Reliance Motion Picture Co. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; Continental Jordan is threatened with rape by three drunken men, including Stephen Feature Film Corp. Apr 1914. 4 reels Ghent, from whom Ruth finally begs protection. After killing one of his Supv D. W Griffith Dir W Christ Cabanne companions in a duel and buying off the other, Pedro, with a necklace of Cas t: Mae “Marsh (Mar Gibbs) Robert Harron (Bobby Dawson)

nuggets, Ghent takes Ruth to find a preacher. Married in name only, Ghent Ralph ‘Lewis Eagle Eye Do nald Crisp Raoul Walsh y , leaves his bride alone for several weeks, but while on a drunken spree, Drama While the home of the mountaineering Gibbs family is besieged violates his promise not to molest her. Budding love turns to hate, and Ruth by th D. wson clan. Marv Gibbs rushes to the side of her lover. Bobb resolves to work selling baskets until she can buy back her freedom. Pedro Dawson Pursued by Mary’s father and brother, the lovers attempt to leap attacks her, but she throws him off a cliff and regains possession of the across a vast chasm astride a horse. Although ‘the horse falters and they nugget necklace. As she climbs back up the cliff, a landslide starts, and a fall into the river below, Bobby and Mary swim to safety. Impressed with Rath: tant Orent struggles to save his wie, then ‘ imsell. eraem plating their courage, Mr Gibbs finally accepts their marriage ‘Courage FatherMarriage. Moral reformation. Rape. Basket sellers. Bribery. Drunkenness. daughter relationship. Feuds. Love. Chases. Falls from heights. Horses.

uth’s new y discovered pregnancy, the couple reconciles. Arizona. oo ° ; ,

Duels. Falls from heights. Jewelry. Landslides. Preachers. Mountaineers. .

Note: Exteriors for the film were shot at the Grand Canyon. Gallup and Note: Contemporary sources note that this was the first Mutual film produced

Albuquerque NM and in Georgia, where seven hundred pounds os dynamite were under the supervision of D. W. Griffith. Because the facility where this film was made

used to create a mountain landslide. A pre-release article lists Arthur E. Matthews the conmon'y known as the paapeinerire nena some sources have referred to as a cast member. Metro-Goldwyn Pictures made a film based on the same source, the production company's name as “Reliance- Majestic.

entitled The Great Divide in 1925. It was directed by Reginald Barker and starred Motog 7 Feb 1914, p. 104. NYDM 14 Jan 1914, p. 58. Alice Terry and Conway Tearle. (See AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; MPW 18 Apr 1914, p. 424. Var 15 May 1914, pp. 23-24. F2.2222.) In 1929, First National Pictures made a film also entitled The Great

Divide based on the same source, which also was directed by Reginald Barker and

starred Dorothy Mackaill and lan Keith. (See AFI Catalog of Feature Films, NW Gath bes F PI Lasky C - Artcraft Pi vanes 1921-30; F2.2223.) In 1931, First National released Woman Hungry in Technicolor 7 W. UTI, Dist Famous Flayers-Lasky Uorp., Artcralt rictures. based on the same source. It was directed by Clarence Badger and starred Lila Lee Aug 1918 [©David W. Griffith; 3 Aug 1918; LP12720]. 7 reels, 7,048 ft.

and Sidney Blackmer. Pres D. W. Griffith. Dir D. W. Griffith. Scen Captain Victor Marier.

Motog 1 Jan 1916, pp. 35-36. MPN 25 Dec 1915, pp. 8-9. Story Captain Victor Marier. Cam G. W. Bitzer and George MPN 9 Oct 1915, p. 67, 75. MPN 1 Jan 1916, p. 91, 111. ; MPN 16 Oct 1915, p. 64 MPW 18 Dec 1915, p. 2199. Scpmeierman. Musical accompaniment arranged by Louis F. Gottschalk

MPN 30 Oct 1915, p. 66. MPW 25 Dec 1915, p. 2391. > ENNOP.

MPN 6 Nov 1915, p. 49. MPW 8 Jan 1916, p. 304. Cast: Lillian Gish (Alice Susanna “Susie’’ Broadplains), Robert Harron MPN ; NY lore p. 47. NYDM 25 Dec 1915, p. 40. (James Young of Youngtown, Pa.), Henry B. Walthall (Sir Roger MPN ta Dec ole P0021, 81. Var 7 Jan 1916, p. 24. Brighton), Gloria Hope (Jessie Lovewell), Maxfield Stanley (John Broadplains), George Fawcett (Rev. Josephus Broadplains), Rosemary

THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR sce HISTORY OF THE GREAT Brae Corintee, a dancer), George Siegmann (Mr. Seymour of

ndon ; ; y

EUROPEAN WAR War drama/World War I. During World War I, American James Young

enlists in the Canadian army and is sent to London, where he falls in love

GREAT EXPECTATIONS F1.1689 with Alice Susanna “Susie” Broadplains, the daughter of the Reverend Famous Players Film Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 8 Jan 1917 —Jogenhus Broadplains. Meanwhile, in a small European village, Sir Roger

[©Famous Players Film Co.; 3 Jan 1917; LP9897]. 5 reels. Brighton makes love to Jessie Lovewell but soon returns to London for

Pres Daniel Frohman. Dir Robert G. Vignola. Scen Paul West. Adapted meetings with pacifists and Bolsheviks, leaving her alone, brokenhearted

by Doty Hobart. Cam William Marshall. . and pregnant. Because Susie has inherited a large sum of money, Brighton Source: sel) on the novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens courts her ardently, even though he is involved in an intrigue with Mile.

aaa Corintee, a dancer. Reverend Broadplains, eager to end Susie’s romance

Mone pause Huff (Estee W Beene (Pip), Frank Losee (Abel with Jim, convinces her to wed Brighton. Jessie and her baby then arrive Me G » alas crovis). "oo yn ac Woe vareery area Harris in London. She is sent away from Susie and Brighton’s wedding, and later c rs. Gargery), Grace Barton (Miss Havisham), Herbert Prior (Mr. she is killed in an air raid. Brighton reluctantly agrees to help the Germans,

aggers). Runni ¢ hj d si h husband j and one night, he and Mlle, Corintee drive along an outer London road,

rama. Nunning away trom his enragec sister, whose husband Is a flashing a light to the enemy zeppelins above them, directing them to an blacksmith, Pip hides in the graveyard, only to find that he has fallen into important munitions plant. Jim sees them, smashes the searchlight and the hands of Provis, an escaped convict. The orm inal threatens him with then, with his own lights flashing, directs the zeppelins to an empty field, death unless he gets him food and a file to sever hi s shackles. Pip complies, which is promptly bombed. Brighton shoots himself, and after Susie serves and when he returns to the blacksmith shop, he finds that Provis has been as a nurse in an English hospital, she and Jim are reunited Canada. Army captured, but the convict keeps Secret the aid that Pip gave him. Not long Desertion. London. Nobility. Treason. World War |. Aerial bombardment. after, Pip is selected by the eerie Mrs, Havisham as a companion for her Bolshevists. Clergy. Dancers. Father-daughter relationship. Germany. ward, Estella. Bitter against all men for an indignity suffered at the hands Army. lllegitimacy. Inheritance. Munitions factories. Nurses. Ostracism

of one, Mrs. Havisham plans to have Pip fall in love with Estella and then Pacifism and pacifists Suici de Weddings Zeppelins separate ue out .. ner ine romance hv res Pip receives an Note: Captain Victor Marier, the author of the story, was the pseudonym of D. W. Income which he thinks . as : cen es owet ¥ NETS. FLAVIS am in reparation Griffith and S. E. V. Taylor. Also appearing in the film in behalf of war charities were

for the wrong that she did him. While living as a gentleman in London, Pip Queen Alexandra of England, Lady Diana Manners, the Princess of Monaco, is reunited with Estella but when he discovers that the money has been sent Elizabeth Asquith (the daughter of the former English Prime Minister), the Countess

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THE GREAT LOVER AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG of Drogheda, the Countess of Massarene, Lady John Lavery, Hon. Mrs. Montague, men and lets the bullet hit her. Bill forgets all about vengeance after Miss Violet Keppel and Miss Bettina Stuart-Wortley. Other notables in British = Wounding his daughter, and then, when Peggy recovers, George marries society appearing in the film were Sir Frederick Treves, the Baroness Rothschild, Sir ar , ; , ‘ , Henry Stanley and Mrs. Buller, also known as Lily Elsie. Griffith appears as an extra her. District attorneys. Pickpockets. Social reformers. Wards and in a crowd scene staged in front of a Paris cafe. A copy of the musical arrangement guardians. Father-daughter relationship. | Gunshot —_ wounds. was sent with every print to exhibitors. Several scenes were filmed at the convalescent Imprisonment. Revenge. Self-sacrifice. Weddings. hospital on the estate of Lady Diana Manners. Many scenes were shot in England. Note: The original title of the story of this film was “The Experiment.” According The film opened in New York on I1 Aug 1918. Reviewers describe the film’s length —_—_ tg news items, this film embodied the theories of American penologist Thomas Mott

as ranging between five to eight reels. It was copyrighted at seven reels. Some Osborne, the chairman of the New York State Commission for Prison Reform (1913) reviewers name Henry Walthall’s character “Giovanni Alighieri,” Gloria Hope’s and warden of Sing Sing prison in New York State (1914-16). Osborne assumed a character “Jessie Holloway,” and Rosemary Theby’s character “Mile. Gabrielle.” false name and secretly served a week at Auburn prison to learn of conditions there. Modern sources credit James Smith as film editor. According to Karl Brown’s At the time of this film’s release, Osborne was vindicated in court of one set of writings, he shot some scenes in Griffith Park, and set designer Charlie Baker worked =~ charges, and awaiting trial on further indictments. Sources conflict concerning the on the film. One modern sources states that the character of Sir Roger Brighton was name of the actress playing Mrs. Devereaux. Reviews credit Mrs. J. J. Brundage, based on Roger Casement, an Irish rebel hanged for treason after a controversial trial while the synopsis in the copyright descriptions credits Mrs. J. H. Brundage.

during the war. According to a modern source, Nellie Slattery played a housekeeper and Louis Stern ETR 22 Jun 1918, p. 167. MPW 24 Aug 1918, p. 1155. played “James Carlton.”

rh MoM 2¢ Aig a8 Motor 2A 16 97, Mew 22a 1169

ETR 3 Aug 1918, pp. 715-16, 730, NYDM _10 Aug 1918, p. 200.

ETR 17 Aug 1918, pp. 907-13. NYT 12 Aug 1918, p. 7. MPN 15 Apr 1916, p. 2211. Wid's 13 Apr 1916, p. 503. ETR 24 Aug 1918, p. 1018. NYTr 23 Jun 1918, p. 8. MPW 15 Apr 1916, p. 459. MPC Oct 1918, p. 77. Var 31 May 1918, p. 33. MPN 24 Aug 1918, p. 1211, 1232. Var 26 Jul 1918, pp. 32-33.

MPN 31 Aug 1918, p. 1425. Var 16 Aug 1918, p. 36. THE GREAT REDEEMER F1.1694 MPW 27 Jul 1918, p. 593. Wid's 18 Aug 1918, p. 1D. Maurice Tourneur Productions, Inc. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 18 Oct 1920 [©Maurice Tourneur Productions, Inc.; 15 Feb 1920; LP15207]. 6 THE GREAT LOVER F1.1692 reels.

Goldwyn Pictures Corp.; Frank Lloyd Productions. Dist Goldwyn Supv Maurice Tourneur. Prod Maurice Tourneur. Dir Clarence Brown. Distributing Corp. Nov? 1920 [©Goldwyn Pictures Corp.; 12 Nov 1920; Scen H. H. Van Loan. Adapted by Jack Gilbert and Jules Furthman.

LP15794]. 6 reels, 5,202 ft. Story H. H. Van Loan. Cam Charles Van Enger. Art dir Floyd Mueller. Dir Frank Lloyd. Scen J. E. Nash. Cam J. D. Jennings. Cast: House Peters (Dan Malloy), Marjorie Daw (The girl), Jack

Source: Based on the play The Great Lover by Leo Ditrichstein, Frederic MacDonald (The sheriff), Joseph Singleton (The murderer).

Hatton and Fanny Hatton (New York, 10 Nov 1915). Drama. Holdup man Dan Malloy is unable to reform for the girl he loves. Cast: John Sainpolis (Jean Paurel), Claire Adams (Ethel), John The sheriff, his rival for the girl’s affections, arranges a robbery in which Davidson (Sonino), Alice Hollister (Bianca), Lionel Belmore Dan is trapped and sentenced to ten years in jail. Languishing in prison, (Impresario), Rose Dion (Sabotini), Richard Tucker (Ward), Tom Dan makes use of his artistic ability to sketch a figure of Christ on the wall Ricketts (Potter), Frederick Vroom (Doctor), Jean Corey (Secretary). of his cell. The next day, as a blasphemous murderer is lead to the gallows, Drama. Ethel Warren returns from studying in Europe to make her he passes the drawing and is miraculously offered a vision of salvation debut in New York with the opera company in which Jean Paurel, world- —_— through Christ. Dan sees the miracle and feels himself an instrument in famous baritone, is the star. Carlo Sonino, also a member of the company, God’s hands. He begins to read the Bible, and as visiting artists view the

falls in love with Ethel and warns her against becoming infatuated with the portrait, they are astonished at the workmanship. Finally, a amorous singer. Paurel becomes enchanted with Ethel, arousing the recommendation for Dan’s pardon goes to the governor, and soon jealousy of the company’s prima donna, Sabotini. When, after the first act, afterward, the reformed bandit steps out into the light a free man. Dan goes

Ethel hears that Paurel has suffered an attack of the throat, she rushes back to the girl who loves him, at last worthy of her love. Christianity. backstage. Carlo, urged by Sabotini, follows and makes a scene, whereupon — Criminals—Rehabilitation. Convicts. Jesus Christ. Moral reformation.

Ethel indignantly announces her engagement to Paurel. Paurel is unable — Painters. Portraits. Prison. Religious conversion. Robbers. Bible. to perform in the second act, and Carlo, taking his place, is vaulted to Execution. Rivalry. Sheriffs. stardom. After Paurel is diagnosed as never being able to sing again, Note: This film had its premiere in Los Angeles on 15 Aug 1920. According to an Bianca, a retired singer and Paurel’s first love, reveals that Carlo is their interview with Clarence Brown, he and John Gilbert wrote the scenario for the film.

son and pleads with the singer to give up Ethel for the boy’s sake. After ETR 4 Sep 1920, p. 1575. NYDM _28 Aug 1920, p. 384.

much soul-searching, Paurel refutes his selfish ways and agrees, thus MPN 4 Sep 1920, p. 1943. NYT 25 Oct 1920, p. 18.

freeing Ethel from her pledge to marry him. Opera. Parentage. PW i Se 1900 p. er Wid's 29 Aug 1920, p. 2. Philanderers. Singers. Understudies. Disease. Jealousy. New York City. o_o Self-sacrifice.

Note: Another film based on the play was made by M-G-M in 1931, with Adolphe THE GREAT ROMANCE . . F1.1695

Menjou and Irene Dunne starring and Harry Beaumont directing. Yorke Film Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp.; Screen Classics, Inc. 19

ETR 4 Dec 1920, p. 19. NYMT 28 Nov 1920. Jan 1919 [©Metro Pictures Corp.; 31 Dec 1918; LP13266). 6 reels. MPN 27 Nov 1920, p. 4351. Wid's 5 Dec 1920, p. 21. Dir Henry Otto. Managing dir Edwin Carewe. Scen Finis Fox. Story

MPW 4 Dec 1920, p. 644. Finis Fox. Cam Rudolph Bergquist.

Cast: Harold Lockwood (Rupert Danza), Ruby de Remer (Althea

THE GREAT PROBLEM F 1.1693 Hanway), Joseph Granby (Prince Boris), Frank Currier (King Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. 17 Apr 1916 Rudolph), Helen Lindroth (Olga Marie), Franklyn Hanna (John P. [©Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.; 27 Mar 1916; LP7932]. 5 reels. Hanway), Clare Grenville (Mrs. Hanway), Louis Stern, Morgan Thorpe, Dir Rex Ingram. Scen Rex Ingram. Musical accompaniment selected J. P. Laffey.

and arranged by M. Winkler and F. Rehsen. Adventure. King Rudolph of Rugaria sends his son, Prince Boris, to Cast: Violet Mersereau (Mary Carson), Violet Mersereau (Peggy America to marry into wealth so that the country can recover from its

Carson), Dan Hanlon (Bill Carson), Lionel Adams _ (George financial difficulties. Rich Mrs. Hanway, eager to have her daughter Devereaux), Kittens Reicherts (Peggy as a child), William J. Dyer Althea become a princess, takes her with Boris to Rugaria. Meanwhile, (Skinny McGee), Mrs. J. J. Brundage (Mrs. Devereaux), Howard Rupert Danza, a Columbia University student, is told by a mysterious

Crampton (Joseph). envoy that he is needed in Rugaria to lead a revolution. Although he laughs

Drama. After her father, Bill Carson, is imprisoned, and her mother at first, he follows, when he learns that his sweetheart Althea has gone Mary dies, Peggy becomes a pickpocket. When she is caught, a reform- there. While Rupert’s knowledge of democracy inspires the revolutionaries, minded district attorney, George Devereaux, decides to take her in as his his sword play enables him to rescue Althea from Boris. After an anarchist ward and “civilize” her. George’s experiment is a success, and Peggy is wounds the king, Rupert is arrested, but as a firing squad prepares to soon engaged to one of his friends. At the wedding, however, she realizes execute him, Countess Olga reveals that he is really the king’s son who was that she really loves George, so she runs away and becomes a thief once kidnapped as a child and sent to America to absorb democracy for the again. Meanwhile, Bill has been released, and he is determined to kill coming revolution. After Rudolph dies, Rupert declines the crown, but is George, who had him convicted. When Peggy, who secretly has been elected president of the newly-created republic. Althea then becomes his watching George, sees Bil] pull a gun on him, she jumps between the two First Lady. Americans in foreign countries. Democracy. Filial relations.

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE GREAT VICTORY, WILSON OR THE KAISER? Imaginary kingdoms. Long-lost relatives. Royalty. Anarchists. College wages are to be increased to reflect the cost of living, and leaders are to students. Columbia University. False arrests. Firing squads. Presidents. work out a common plan for their mutual advantage. The strikers now

Rescues. Revolutionaries. Sword fights. realize that they have been pawns of the Bolsheviks and call off the strike, Note: This was the last production that Harold Lockwood, who died during the agreeing to the plan. Anarchists. Bolshevism. Employer-employee influenza epidemic in 1918, completed. His death occured during the filming of his relations. Labor leaders. Labor unions. Mobs. Shipyards. Strikes.

next Production 919. ». $79 upw 95 Jan 1919. 0, $95, $46 Accidents. Bolshevists. Children. Plant foremen. an 0707 Peo’? AN 1717s Pe 2699 80. Note: Some of the subplots of the film cannot be summarized, as copyright

MPN 25 Jan 1919, p. 609. Var 28 Mar 1919, p. 92. information has deteriorated and reviews are inconclusive. mepyne MPN 6 Mar 1920, p. 2337. Var 21 May 1920, p. 34.

THE GREAT RUBY F1.0015 MPW 6 Mar 1920, p. 1656. Lubin Mfg. Co. Dist V-L-S-E, Inc. 10 Sep 1915 [OLubin Mfg. Co.; 6

Sep 1915; LP6316]. 5 reels. THE GREAT VICTORY, WILSON OR THE KAISER? THE

Dir Barry O’Neil. Scen Clay M. Greene. Cam Fred Chaston. FALL OF THE HOHENZOLLERNS F1.0017

Source: Based on the play The Great Ruby by Cecil Raleigh and Henry Screen Classics, Inc. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. Jan 1919 [©Metro

Hamilton (London, 1898). Pictures Corp.; 20 Dec 1918; LP13176. ©Metro Pictures Corp.; 31 Dec Cast: Beatrice Morgan (Lady Garnett), Octavia Handworth 1918; LP13265]. 5-7 reels.

(Countess Mirtza Charkoff), Eleanor Barry (Mrs. Elsmere), Frankie Supv Maxwell Karger. Dir Charles Miller. Asst dir Edward Lawrence. Mann (Brenda Elsmere), Jeanette Hackett (Louise Jupp, clerk at Scen June Mathis and A. S. Le Vino. Story Maxwell Karger. Cam George hotel), Miss Nordine (Lady Garnett’s maid), George Soule Spencer K. Hollister. (Prince Kassim), Peter Lang (Sir John Garnett), Chauncey Keim Cast: Creighton Hale (Conrad Le Brett), Florence Billings (Vilma, his (Captain Dalrymple), Walter Hitchcock (Lord George Hartopp), sister), E. J. Connelly (Paul Le Brett), Helen Ferguson (Amy Gordon), Ferdinand Tidmarsh (James Brett), Howard M. Mitchell (Longman -The Frank Currier (William Gordon, her father), Fred C. Truesdell Diamond Gang), Charles Brandt (Andrews—The Diamond Gang), James (Woodrow Wilson), Henry Kolker (Kaiser Wilhelm II), Joseph Kilgour

Farrell (Trent—The Diamond Gang), Douglas Sibole (Duval—The (General Von Bissing), Margaret McWade (Nurse Edith Cavell), Earl Diamond Gang), Richard Wangemann (Bentley, Sir John’s manager), Schenck (Lieutenant Ober/Crown Prince), H. Carvill (Count von , William H. Turner (Gooch, Sir John’s clerk), George S. Trimble Bismarck), Florence Short (Elaine, a Belgian woman), Baby Ivy Ward (Cornish, proprietor of hotel), Bernard Siegel (Hans, a porter), Alan (Her child), Andrew Clarke (Francois), Mrs. Hunt (Marie, serving Quinn (Landlord of inn), Clarence Jay Elmer (Jack Chandler, a tout), woman), J. A. Furey (Priest), Fred R. Stanton (Sergeant Gross), Leo James Cassady (Connor, Dalrymple’s man), Walter Law (Duke of St. Delaney (Frederick II]), Fanny Cogan (Empress Victoria), Emil Hoch Edmunds), Ruth Bryan (Moya), George Clark (Montyghall), Edith (General von Hindenburg), Charles Edwards (Rev. Joseph Wilson), May

Ritchie (Princess Wadin). Allen (Mrs. Joseph Wilson), Carl Dane (Von Bethmann Hollweg), Carl Drama/Crime. In a prologue, the greatest ruby in the world is stolen from De Mel (Count von Moltke), John McCabe (Von Tirpitz), Frank

Prince Kassim’s great-grandfather’s bride by a marauding Rajah. Two Harkness (Hugo Ballin), Robert Harvey (Grand Duke Franz generations after the English conquer India, the ruby is offered for sale Ferdinand), Jane McEachern (His consort), W. W. Cohill (Assassin), through wealthy London jeweler, Sir John Garnett. In the main story, Sir William Busby (Franz), Count De Planter (Capt. Schweiger, of the John employs detective James Brett to investigate the numerous jewel U-53), Grace Marceau (Babette), Frances Cornell (Fraulein Stahl), thefts from his wife, who actually hides the jewels while sleepwalking. Pauline Dempsey (Colored mammy), Capt. Van Bausen, Herbert E. Jelley After Longman, who heads the Diamond Gang with his lover, Countess (German lieutenants), Herman Gerold (Marshal Foch), William Gaffney Mirtza Charkoff, acquires the ruby by posing as a bargaining agent of the (King George V), J. H. Forsell (Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig), J. C. Tsar, he hides it in the countess’ chocolate box. Lady Garnett takes the box Dunn (David Lloyd George), Frank Mood (Premier Clemenceau), while sleeping, and later it is mistakenly packed into the belongings of | William Willis (Admiral Sims), Aubrey Lowell (Admiral Wemyss), Captain Dalrymple, an army balloonist. The countess, who loves Prince Raymond Hayes (King Albert of Belgium), Fred T. Des Bresney (King Kassim, arranges for the prince to get the ruby after Longman recovers it, Victor Emmanuel), Antonio Vitolli (Premier Orlando), John Laffey but Brett chases Longman and the prince to Dalrymple’s balloon. Longman (Ambassador Gerard), William Smith (Col. E. M. House), Raymond

is thrown out and killed, and later, the prince is mortally wounded during | Hayes (King Ferdinand of Bulgaria), Louis Stern (Matthias a horse race. Lady Garnett recovers the jewel, and taking pity on the | Erzberger), Richard Dorsey (American attaché in Brussels), Harry

countess, prevents her arrest. Detectives. London. Royalty. Rubies. Pettibone (Sultan's representative), Richard Walton (Joseph Thieves. Balloons. East Indians. Falls from heights. Horse races. 7umulty), T. Tamamoto (M. Matsui, Japanese ambassador). Impersonation and imposture. Jewelers. Murder. Nobility. Somnambulists War drama/World War I. In a prologue, Wilhelm II is born into

and somnabulism. opulence to continue the Hohenzollern dynasty of his father Frederick III, Note: The London production was a Drury Lane melodrama. It was produced in while Woodrow Wilson is born into the modest manse of his father, a New York by Augustin Daly and opened 9 Feb 1899. Beatrice Morgan was in the Presbyterian reverend who tells his wife that the boy must be brought up New York production. According to a news item appearing at the beginning of the —“‘in the fear of the Lord.”’ Conrad Le Brett from Alsace-Lorraine is forced film’s production, Josephine Parks, Mildred Gregory and Percy Winter were in the to fight for Germany because his land has been conquered. Conrad, seeing

cast. . other soldiers take girls into a church to rape them, kills one who murders MPN 13 May 915, P 50. pw 8 Sep 1915, p 2076. a baby, and is then shot and taken to a Brussels hospital run by famous

MPN 11 Sep 1915, p. 55. nurse Edith Cavell. He and his American nurse, Amy Gordon, fall in love. After Cavell helps Amy escape the pursuance of General von Bissing, the THE GREAT SHADOW F1.0016 German governor, Von Bissing has Lieutenant Ober execute Cavell. Adanac Producing Co. Dist Republic Distributing Corp. Mar 1920 Learning of the Kaiser’s order that all unmarried women be given to

[©Republic Distributing Corp.; 21 Apr 1920; LU15067]. 6 reels. soldiers so they can bear sons for the army, Ober returns to Alsace-

Dir Harley Knoles. Story Rudolph Berliner. Lorraine, where he earlier insulted Conrad’s sister Vilma. Ober kills

Cast: Tyrone Power (Jim McDonald), Donald Hall (Donald Conrad’s grandfather and rapes Vilma. Conrad honors her dying request Alexander), Dorothy Bernard (Elsie Alexander), John Rutherford that he go to America and defend Alsace-Lorraine’s reputation. He marries (Bob Sherwood), Louis Stern (Klimoff), E. Emerson (Greek leader), E. Amy and convinces President Woodrow Wilson that Alsatians should be

Hornbostell (Frank Shea). allowed to enlist. Fighting with the “doughboys, Conrad kills Ober, and Drama. Jim McDonald, the foreman of a shipbuilding plant and head of after the armistice, returns to Amy ¥ Alsace-Lorraine. Edith Cavell.

the labor union, strives to combat the anarchistic propaganda being put permany Army ' Murder. ape. “i ‘itp nl ne ooarow ll re ner forth by Klimoff, the leader of a Bolshevik gang whose goal is to disrupt : cutions. Hh soitels vinta ts N orn SI nan van nen Wilhelm i the country with strikes and anarchy. Despite McDonald’s efforts, a strike Germ: y En foe. 1859 1044 S. Nurses. olavery of women. Wilneim tl,

is called, resulting in chaos. McDonald’s child is knocked down by runaway erman Mperor, rae

. . ; . . ilson or the Kaiser and The Fall of the Hohenzollerns. The film was copyrighted

horses abandoned by their striking driver, and dies. Mob scenes take place Wi This film was also listed in ads, release charts and reviews under the titles in America, as well as in Russia. Eventually, the unrest is quelled with an first under the title The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the armistice called between Capital and Labor for a year, during which time Hohenzollerns on 20 Dec 1918, and later, on 31 Dec 1918, under the title Why

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THE GREAT WHITE DARKNESS AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Germany Must Pay, a title under which the film was reviewed a few wecks later. It makes the acquaintance of Laberge, who tells her that Cort shot Jimmy. is unclear whether the film was actually exhibited under both titles, and if the two Barbara insists upon fighting a duel with Cort, who fires into the air and versions had any differences between them. Sources conflict concerning the film’s . ; , . length, which is listed variously as five, six and seven reels. The actor listed as Capt. is wounded by Barbara’s bullet. Just as the shots are fired, Tully appears

Van Bausen may in fact have been the actor Henry Van Bousen. An earlier Screen with the news that Seattle Lou has just arrived in town with her new Classics, Inc. production, released by Metro Pictures Corp. on 30 Jun 1918, entitled husband, Jimmy Henderson. Brother-sister relationship. Missing persons,

To Hell with the Kaiser, included some of the same actors as in The Great — assumed dead. Revenge. Duels. Klondike. Murder. Prospectors. United Victory playing the same historical characters. It is possible that some scenes from States—Northwest. the earlier release were incorporated into The Great Victory. British nurse Edith . . oo, .

Cavell was executed on 12 Oct 1915 by a German firing squad for aiding Allied Note: This production was filmed on location in the Sierras at Truckee, CA.

soldiers trying to cross enemy lines into Dutch territory. ve ; 4 i Ory 4 700, NC PM n fue ere P a7.

cre Nees og MEN Meta pas Mow? Bea Bin pas a ae ETR 4 Jan 1919, p. 423. - MPW 4 Jan 1919. p. 113. MPN 4 Aug 1917, p. 890. Wid's 19 Jul 1917, p. 460.

ETR 25 Jan 1919, p. 635. MPW 25 Jan 1919, p. 539. MPW 28 Jul 1917, p. 654. MPN 4 Jan 1919, p. 153. MPW 1 Feb 1919, p. 676. MPN 11 Jan 1919, p. 214. Wid's 19 Jan 1919, p. 27. THE GREATER LOVE see HEART AND SOUL

THE GREAT WHITE DARKNESS see THE BLINDING TRAIL GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN F1.1701

. Popular Plays and Players, Inc. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 5 Jul 1915 THE GREAT WHITE TRAIL F1.1699 = [©Metro Pictures Corp.; 5 Jul 1915; LP6505]. 5 reels. Wharton, Inc. Dist State Rights. Jun 1917. 7-8 reels. : Dir Herbert Blaché. Cam Alfred Ortlieb and John William Boyle.

Wharton. | Packard (New York, 1913). Cast: Doris Kenyon (Prudence Carrington), Paul Gordon (George Cast; Emmett Corrigan (Varge), Crauford Kent (Harold), Thomas Pres The Whartons. Dir Leopold D. Wharton. Scen Leopold D. Source: Based on the novel Greater Love Hath No Man by Frank L.

Carrington), Thomas Holding (Rev. Arthur Dean), Hans Roberts Curran (Dr. Merton), Mabel Wright (Mrs. Merton), William Morse (Charles Ware), Louise Hotelling (Marie), Richard Stewart (“The (Warden Rand), Mary Martin (Janet Rand), Lawrence Grattan

Vulture’), Edgar Davenport (Donald Ware). (Randall), Albert Lang (Keeper Wenger), Edward Hoyt (Dr. Krelan).

Drama. Prudence Ware chooses to marry George Carrington instead of Drama. Varge, taken from an orphanage and reared by Dr. and Mrs. the Reverend Arthur Dean. The birth of their baby daughter completes the Merton, assumes the blame when Harold, his stepbrother, kills his natural

Carrington’s happiness until Prudence’s scapegrace brother Charles comes father in a fit of anger, so that his foster mother’s grief will not be to visit. Seeing his wife in her brother’s arms, George accuses Prudence of multiplied. In prison, Varge becomes a tr ustee and the war den’s gardener

infidelity and casts her out of the house with her baby. Partially demented after he protects a guard whom other convicts try to kill to make their by the shock, Prudence places the baby in a basket in the woods where she — escape. When the warden’s daughter Janet learns about Varge’s innocence, is discovered by Arthur Dean’s dog who brings the basket home. Prudence _— She begs for him to tell the truth, but he refuses. After he rescues Janet

is found unconscious in the woods and taken to a hospital while Dean from a fire, he escapes because he is afraid of loving her. When a schooner adopts the baby. Upon recovering, Prudence discovers that she has lost her 0" which Varge sails is struck by lightning, he comes to shore and finds memory and so travels to the Klondike to serve as a nurse, arriving at the | Janet vacationing. Although she wants to elope, he returns to prison. When

same town where Dean has gone to teach the gospel. Meanwhile, Mrs. Merton is dying, Varge visits. After her death, Harold is overheard Carrington, convinced by Charles of Prudence’s innocence, has traced his Pleading with Varge not to tell about the murder. Harold kills himself by wife to the Klondike. There he, too, loses his memory when he is knocked | tumbling down steps, and Varge, now free, marries Janet. Imprisonment.

senseless by a bandit known as The Vulture. After Dean is accidentally Mother-son relationship. Murder. Self-sacrifice. Stepbrothers. Fires. slain by a stray bullet, the Carrington family is reunited when a baby shoe Foster parents. Prison escapes. Prison guards. Prison trustees. Prison in Marie’s possession is matched with one owned by Carrington. The shoe | Wardens. Rescues. Schooners. Suicide.

sparks Carrington’s memory and, with the reconstitution of the family, all Mone 0 wu i918 P 139. NY DM ee i918 P rear ends happily. Amnesia. False accusations. Foundlings. Infidelity. MPW 10 Jul 1915, p. 322. Var 16 Jul 1915, p. 18. Brothers. Clergy. Dogs. Insanity. Klondike. Nurses.

Note: Originally eight reels in length, the im was later cut to seven feels. This was GREATER NEW YORK BY DAY AND BY NIGHT; THE

a8 Wee im ependent production made by the Whartons, whose studio was locate WONDER CITY OF THE WORLD F1.1702 ETR 9 Jun 1917, p. 56. MPW 30 Jun 1917, p. 2112. Dist Charles Post Mason Enterprises; State Rights. Jul? 1916 [©Charles Motog 23 Jun 1917, p. 1341. NYDM 9 Jun 1917, p. 28. Post Mason; 9 Jan 1917; MU868]. 4 reels.

MPN 16 Jun 1917, p. 3785. Var 8 Jun 1917, p. 23. Prod Charles Post Mason. Ed Charles Post Mason. MPW 16 Jun 1917, p. 1754. Wid's 14 Jun 1917, p. 374. Documentary. Starting in the Battery section of New York, this film journeys uptown, taking in Wall Street, the Stock Exchange, Trinity and

THE GREATER GLORY see A COMMON LEVEL St. Paul’s churches and the Tombs. Also shown are the mansions on Fifth

Avenue and Riverside Drive, Times Square, the Brooklyn Bridge, and the

THE GREATER LAW F1.1700 city’s parks. New York City.

Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. 16 Jul 1917 Note: The film was sometimes known as The Wonder City of the World. Producer

[©Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.; 14 Jun 1917; LP10951]. 5 reels. Mason lectured at some of the screenings for this film.

Dir Lynn F. Reynolds. Scen Lynn F. Reynolds. Cam Clyde R. Cook. MPN 22 Jul 1916, p. 456. MPW 22 Jun 1916, p. 652. Source: Based on the short story “The Code of the Klondyke” by Charles

J. Wilson, Jr. (publication undetermined). THE GREATER SACRIFICE see WHO WAS THE OTHER MAN? Cast: Myrtle Gonzalez (Barbara Henderson), Gretchen Lederer

(“‘Seattle” Lou), Maud Emory (Anne Malone), G. M. Rickerts THE GREATER SINNER F1.1703 (Jimmy Henderson), Lawrence Peyton (Cort Dorian), George Hernandez Rivoli Film Producing Co. Dist State Rights; First National Exhibitors (Tully Winkle), Jack Curtis (Laberge), Jean Hersholt (Basil Pelly). Circuit in many territories. Jul 1919. 5 reels. Northwest drama. Failing to hear from her brother Jimmy after his Pres Lloyd Willis. Dir A. J. Bloome. departure for the Klondike, Barbara Henderson goes in search of him. Cast: James K. Hackett, Ormi Hawley, Irving Cummings, John Shine, Arriving in the frozen North, Barbara learns that her brother has been Eric Mayne. murdered and vows vengeance. Because the town’s small hotel is filled to Drama. An aggressive, unscrupulous promoter and Wall Street capacity, Barbara accepts an offer of lodging from old Tully Winkle in speculator wins the love of a Southern beauty who has inherited a desire return for her keeping house for him and his prospecting partner, Cort to drink alcoholic beverages. He takes her from her peaceful country home Dorian. Barbara and Cort fall in love, but Barbara refuses to marry Cort and forces her to partake of the fast life of the younger set in New York until she solves the mystery of her brother’s death. From various sources City. After both suffer, the girl’s battle against her inherited tendency is she learns that Jimmy’s disappearance was preceded by a shoot-out won. Alcoholism. City-country contrast. Hereditary tendencies. New York between him and prospector Laberge over Seattle Lou. Barbara then City. Southerners. Speculators.

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE GREATER WOMAN Note: In Jul 1920, the Board of Censors of Pennsylvania passed this film after loans. After he is forced to work, he is soon discharged for incompetency. earlier rejecting it as immoral, when two subtitles were changed and a flashback cut Meanwhile, Ted becomes a factory superintendent. After Bill kills the man

out. According to modern sources, Forrest Halsey wrote the story. No reviews were ° . . . .

located for this film. The working title was The Question. who has always been his tempter for trying to take his last five dollars, he MPN 1 Feb 1919, p. 738. MPW 19 Jul 1919, p. 406. is about to be executed, when he awakens from a dream. He then decides

MPN 10 Jul 1920, p. 466. to take the vocational course. Now the girl he loves forgives him and

promises to marry him when he makes good. Disabled persons. Dreams.

GREATER THAN FAME F1.1704 Moral reformation. Veterans. Vocational schools. War injuries. Bars. Selznick Pictures Corp. Dist Select Pictures Corp. Jan 1920 [©Selznick | Baseball players. Boardinghouses. Drunkenness. Executions. Factory

Pictures Corp.; 5 Jan 1920; LP14618]. 5 reels. management. Mechanics. Murder. World War I.

Dir Alan Crosland. Asst dir William J. Scully. Scen Katherine Reed. C Note:Iurnishe This an was€made in conjunction wun ine US. Vocational Education : ommission witn money S ub. INO reviews were located for tnis Story S. Jay Kaufman. Cam Jules Cronjager. Second cam Harold film. Although the film was viewed by one source in Jul 1919, which mentioned that

Sintzenich. Ed Cyril Gardner. Arrow Film Corp. was handling it, no indication has been found that the film was Cast: Elaine Hammerstein (Margaret Brooke), Walter McGrail released theatrically.

(Jack Martin), W. H. Tooker (Philip Waring), Julia Swayne Gordon (Mrs. Waring), Albert Roccardi (Prof. Guerdet), Cora Williams (Mrs. THE GREATER WAY see DAUGHTER OF DESTINY Guerdet), John Walker (Clarence), Arthur Donaldson (Saxer), Flora

(Oneanyt) Prudence), Eugenie Woodward (Aunt Mercy), J. Furey THE GREATER WILL | F1.1707 Drama. With only a card of introduction to a music impresario, singer Premo Film Co. Dist Pathe Exchange, Inc.; Gold Rooster Plays. 10 Dec Margaret Brooke goes to the city to establish her career. Once there, she 1915 [©Pathe Freres; 30 Dec 1915; LU7319]. 5 reels.

meets Jack Martin, a young violinist, who falls in love with her. The Dir Harley Knoles. Scen Harley Knoles. . . . impresario introduces her to art patron Mrs. Philip Waring, whose husband Cast: Cyril Maude (Professor Cornelius Sloane), Lois Meredith

offers her an apartment under the pretext that it belongs to a traveling (Peggy Sloane), Montague Love (Stuart Watson), H. J. Carvill friend. After Philip makes advances to Margaret, she realizes her naiveté, (*@ther Malone), William T. Carleton (Edward Carson), Charles Francis, but Jack refuses to believe her story. She then appeals to the impresario Margot Williams, Lionel Belmore, Walter Craven, Mrs. Cooper Cliffe.

for help, who also attempts to take advantage of her. After finally Drama. While playing chess with Father Malone, Cornelius Sloane, a persuading Jack of her innocence, he writes an opera which catapults retired antique dealer, relates the following story of how his daughter Margaret to success, and as the curtain rings down, the two new stars on Peggy died seven years before at the hands of Stuart Watson, a millionaire

the operatic horizon announce their marriage. /mpresari. Opera. art dealer: Introduced to Peggy by a mutual acquaintance, Watson, a

Seduction. Singers. Violinists. Composers. Patrons. master of hypnotism, puts her under his control and forces her to go Note: The working title for this film was Love or Fame. Since this title appears in through a mock marriage ceremony with him. A week later, Peggy staggers

release charts in Jun 1919, the film may have been released then under that title. home, pregnant and alone. Watson flees to Europe, ignorant of Peggy's

ETR 24 Jan 1920, p. 813. Var 16 Jan 1920, p. 61. condition and subsequent death in childbirth. Having sworn revenge, MPN 24 Jan 1920, p. 1133. Wid's 18 Jan 1920, p. 10. Sloane arranges to meet Watson after hearing of his return to America.

MPW 24 Jan 1920, p. 636. Sloane confronts the millionaire with his deed, and Watson tries to hypnotize the old man, but Sloane’s mental powers prove the greater. After

GREATER THAN LOVE F1.1705 hypnotizing Watson, Sloane tells him that every night at eleven o’clock he

Trojan Film Corp. 1920? [©Trojan Film Corp.; 15 Mar 1920; LP14932]. —_will be visited by the spirit of his dead daughter. This curse finally drives

6 reels. Watson to suicide. Curses. Father-daughter relationship. Hypnotism. Dir John M. Stahl. Scen Paul Bern. Story Robert F. Roden. Rakes. Revenge. Antique dealers. Art dealers. Childbirth. Hypnotists. Cast: Mollie King (Grace), Louise Glaum, Donald MacDonald. Marriage-Fake. Pregnancy. Priests. Spirits. Suicide.

Mystery. Faced with deciding between two suitors, James Brunton and Note: The working title of this film was The Antique Dealer. Bob Standing, Grace chooses James. Aristocratic Mr. Brunton gives his Motog 18 Dec 1915, p. 1294, 1310. MPW 11 Dec 1915, p. 2086, 2088.

son James a sumptuous wedding at home, which is interrupted when the MPN 23 Oct 1915, p. 46. MPW 18 Dec 1915, p. 2204. father is suddenly shot through a window. Before he dies, Mr. Brunton MPN 30 Oct 1915, p. 96. MPW 6 Nov 1915, p. 1160, 1216.

speaks with James, making him promise not to apprehend the murderer. NPN 3 Be rn ae ie POM 4 ie lols ,. re Later, the marriage is troubled when Grace is led to believe that James is

involved with another woman, Helen, and is giving her money. Crushed, :

Grace leaves home and has a miscarriage after settling in another town. THE GREATER WOMAN . , Fi 708 Meanwhile, James believes that she has run off with Bob. One day, James Frank Powell Producing Corp. Dist Mutual Film Corp. 26 Feb 1917 has a car accident and is taken to Grace’s house nearby, where she cares [©Frank Powell Producing Corp. (Charles S. Beranger, author); 26 Feb for him. The mystery is solved with the arrivals of Helen and Bob, when lOl7, LP10971]. 5 reels. eae it is revealed that Helen is actually James’s sister, and that Mr. Brunton Dir Frank Powell. Cam William Wagner. had abandoned Helen’s mother Alice years before. Mr. Brunton knew that Source: Based on the play The Greater Woman by Algernon Boyesen

it was Alice who had shot him, and he wanted James to try to make up for (production undetermined). ,

his neglect of the mother and daughter. Bob then becomes interested in Cast: Marjorie Rambeau (Aur iole Praed), Aubrey Beattie (Leo Helen, and James and Grace are reconciled. Marriage. Miscarriage. Bannister), Hassan Mussalli (Otto Bettany ), Sara Haidez (/da Murder. Separation. Weddings. Automobile accidents. Desertion. 4”8/ey), Frank Ford (Eustace Praed), Josephine Park (Fanny Praed),

Infidelity. Neglected wives. Parentage. Rivalry. Upper classes. Margaret Grey, H. H. Pattee, Louis Stern.

Note: The only information located concerning this film was the copyright material Drama. Auriole Praed IS much admired by neighboring farmer Leo and listings in the MPSD. No information has been located concerning the film’s Bannister, but she finds his brash tactics bewildering. She reluctantly

distribution and release. leaves him to join her brother in Paris where she marries Otto Bettany, a young artist. Upon their return home, Bannister, who has neither forgotten

THE GREATER VICTORY F1.1706 nor forgiven Auriole, plans Otto’s downfall through the medium of Ida B.P.O.E. (Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks). Dist Arrow Film Angley, the season’s stage success. After insuring that Otto is ensnared of

Corp. Jul 1919? 5 reels. Ida’s charms, Bannister uses every cajolery to regain Auriole’s love.

Drama/Social. Ted and Bill, two young small town baseball players who Auriole has implicit faith in her husband, however, thus proving herself to board with a widow and her two daughters, are drafted to fight in the war. be the greater woman and recapturing her husband’s love. Faith. Infidelity. Ted is eager to serve, while Bill, who has a weakness for barroom company Revenge. Temptresses. Actors and actresses. Artists. Farmers. Paris. and flattery, goes regretfully. During the war, Ted loses an arm and Bill Note: Information in the copyright descriptions notes that Boyesen’s play was a leg. After they return as heroes, Ted takes a government vocational shown extensively on the continent. The listing in the copyright statement of Charles course in mechanics, while Bill instead resumes frequenting bars. One S. Beranger as author is probably an erroneous reference to Clara S. Beranger, who night, he arrives late and drunk to the boardinghouse girls’ party. Feeling Marjorie Rambeau’s first film and the first production made by the Frank Powell that the world owes him for his suffering, Bill refuses work and accepts Producing Corp.

- : . " ‘ wrote other films for the Frank Powell Producing Corp. This was Braodway star

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~ THE GREATEST LOVE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Motog 3 Mar 1917, p. 481. MPW 3 Mar 1917, p. 1406. Pres D. W. Griffith. Dir D. W. Griffith. Story William Hale. Cam G.

MPM 0 Dee ie . p07 NV OM 4 ee ney ,. 3 W. Bitzer. Musical accompaniment Arranged by Albert Pesce.

MPN 10 Mar 1917, p. 1571. Wid’s 29 Mar 1917, p. 204. Cast: Lillian Gish (Nellie Jarvis), George Fawcett (John Hilton), Eugenie Besserer (Mrs. Hilton), Robert Harron (Jimmie Hilton), Ralph

THE GREATEST LOVE F1.1709 Graves (John Hilton, Jr.), George Nichols (Martin Cain), Josephine Select Pictures Corp. Dist Select Pictures Corp. Dec 1920/Jan 1921 Crowell (Mrs. Cain), Tom Wilson (Uncle Zeke).

[©Select Pictures Corp.; 28 Dec 1920; LP15978]. 6 reels, 5,520 ft. Drama. Four-year-old Nellie Jarvis witnesses the murder and burial of Pres Lewis J. Selznick. Supv Harry Rapf. Dir Henry Kolker. Scen 2 8itl by a man and his wife, but as she grows older, her memory of the Edward J. Montagne. Story Edward Dowling. Cam Jules Cronjager, event becomes vague. Nellie goes to live with the poor Hilton family after

Alfred Gandolfi and Philip E. Rosen. her parents die, but when John, the eldest son, goes to war, Nellie goes to

Cast: Vera Gordon (Mrs. Lantini), Bertram Marburgh (Mr. Lantini), work for the brutal Cains, who, unknown to her, murdered the girl. After Yvonne Shelton (Francesca Lantini), Hugh Huntley (Lorenzo Lantini), John dies and Mrs. Hilton has a vision of him at the moment of death, the William H. Tooker (Mr. Manton), Ray Dean (Dorothy Manton), Donald Hiltons, on the verge of selling their farm, go to John’s grave where his

Hall (Richard Sewall), Sally Crute (Mrs. Sewall), Jessie Simpson ghost advises them to keep it. The next day oil is found on their land. The

(Mrs. McCarthy). youngest Hilton son, Jimmie, who loves Nellie, goes to tell her the news Drama. In 1905, the Lantinis and their children, Lorenzo and Francesca, 4d rescues her just as Mrs. Cain, who discovered her husband trying to emigrate to New York. Though poor, the family’s situation begins to | ‘ape Nellie, is about to murder her because Nellie now remembers them improve when Mr. Manton, a wealthy contractor, offers to provide Lorenzo _—«-8 murderers. The Cains are arrested and Nellie and Jimmie look forward

with the opportunity for advancement, in gratitude for his having saved his t© 4 happy future. Family life. Ghosts. Memory. Murder. Recognition.

daughter Dorothy in an accident. Fifteen years later, the Lantinis have Visions. Attempted murder. Attempted rape. Children. Farms. Oil.

advanced: Lorenzo is a successful architect, in love with Dorothy. At the | Rescues. War victims. = _ Manton’s party, Lorenzo and Francesca meet Richard Sewall, a theatrical Note: The subtitle of this film given in a continuity was “a story of the strange ; “ae meandering river of life.” The continuity also gives the names of the character played

magnate, for whom Lorenzo has designed a building. When Francesca by George Nichols as “Martin Cain” and that played by Josephine Crowell as ““Mrs. meets with Sewall regarding some costumes, he seduces her. Lorenzo Cain,” while reviews call them “Mr. and Mrs. Scrubble.” Wid’s credits D. W. Griffith learns what has happened and goes to Sewall’s office, only to find him dead, with the scenario. Modern sources credit S. E. V. Taylor as the scenarist and James just as the police arrive. He is convicted of the crime, but his mother never — Smith as editor.

doubts his innocence and seeks to prove it. By coincidence, she meets ON 0 ne ton Pp. OF hoo 29 Dee Oe p. y Sewall’s wife, who confesses that she murdered Sewall because of his MPW 10 Jan 1920, pp. 598-99. Var 2 Jan 1920, i" 74,

cruelty. Lorenzo 1s free, and the family reunited. Architects. Immigrants. NYMT 4 Jan 1920. Wid's 4 Jan 1920, p. 5. Italians. Murder. Seduction. Contractors. False arrests. Mother-son

relationship. New York City. Theater Owners. THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH see THE BIGGEST SHOW ON Note: The working title of this film was Mother Love. EARTH ETR 29 Jan 1921, p. 856. Var 25 Feb 1921, p. 42. MPN 2 Oct 1920, p. 2661. Wid's 30 Jan 1921, p. 3.

MPW 29 Jan 1921, p. 594. THE GREATEST THING IN LIFE F1.1712 D. W. Griffith. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Artcraft Pictures. 8

THE GREATEST POWER F1.1710 Dec 1918 [ODavid W. Griffith; 15 Nov 1918; LP13064). 5-7 reels.

Rolfe Photoplays, Inc.; Metro Pictures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp.; Pres D. W. Griffith. Dir D. W. Griffith. Scen Captain Victor Marier. A Metro Wonderplay. 18 Jun 1917 [©Metro Pictures Corp.; 21 Jun 1917; | Story Captain Victor Marier. Cam G. W. Bitzer.

LP10973]. 5 reels. Cast: Lillian Gish (Jeanette Peret), Robert Harron (Edward Pres B. A. Rolfe. Dir Edwin Carewe. Scen Albert Shelby Le Vino, Livingston), Adolphe Lestina (Leo Peret), David Butler (Monsieur Le

Story Louis R. Wolheim. Cam Arthur Martinelli. Tech dir Edward J. Bebe), Elmo Lincoln (American soldier), Edward Peil (German

Shulter. officer), Kate Bruce (Jeanette’s aunt), Peaches Jackson (Mlle. Cast: Ethel Barrymore (Miriam Monroe), William B. Davidson Peaches), Ernest Butterworth. . (John Conrad), Harry S. Northrup (Albert Bernard), Frank Currier War drama/World War I. Edward Livingston is the selfish, pampered (Randolph Monroe), William Black (Bradford Duncan), Cecil Owen scion of a wealthy New York family. To his chagrin, he finds that he is

(Eric Johansen), Fred C. Truesdell (Prof. Poole), Redfield Clark falling in love with the vivacious Jeanette Peret, who sells cigars in her (Major General Foster), Rudolph de Cordova (Williams), W. M. father’s Greenwich Village tobacco shop. Jeanette is attracted to Edward

Armstrong (Capt. Herbert). but soon becomes disillusioned by his condescending manner and his dislike

Drama/War preparedness. Miriam Monroe and John Conrad are two of children. Jeanette’s father Leo longs to visit his native land of France, young scientific workers who, independently of each other, have discovered | and when Edward anonymously sends him a check for $1,000, he and his a chemical called exonite. Miriam discovered it while searching fora cure | daughter make the journey to a small village on the Marne River. The for cancer, while Conrad used it as a basis for a powerful explosive. When young man follows, but because he cannot comprehend Jeanette’s fondness Conrad points out to her that its use could bring about world peace, Miriam for Monsieur Le Bebe, a common but goodhearted man, he returns to New

works with him to perfect the formula. After Miriam’s father, the head of | York. With the outbreak of World War I, Edward fights with the a great corporation, receives news that the country is threatened by war, | American forces in the trenches of Europe, where he repeatedly witnesses he and his partner, Albert Bernard, consider exonite for government use __Selfless acts of courage. He is deeply moved when a young black soldier but Conrad, still professing peace, refuses to give up his formula for the — Offers him his last drop of water. Soon afterwards, the soldier is shot, and purposes of war. Miriam, refusing to take no for an answer, steals into the as he lays dying and calling for his mammy, Edward kisses his cheek. Le lab to procure the formula, where she finds Bernard, actually a German Bebe is killed defending Jeanette, whose father’s secret telephone has been spy, attempting to obtain the chemical for his government. After astruggle, traced by the Germans, and they are narrowly rescued by a detachment Bernard is captured by secret service agents, and Conrad agrees to give the | Of Americans led by Edward. Having learned understanding and courage, formula to his country. Chemical formulas. Impersonation and imposture. | Edward is united with Jeanette. Courage. France. French Americans. Scientists. Spies. Cures. Explosives. Germans. Pacifism and pacifists. Heirs. Snobbery. World War |. Blacks. Cigar stores. Espionage. FatherNote: The alternate title for this film was Her Greatest Power. According to news daughter relationship. Germany. Army. Marne River (France). New York items, the gun crew of the first Battery Field Artillery, of the New York National City. Soldiers. Telephones. Trench warfare. United States. Army. Guard assisted in the production of scenes in which a village was blown up by shell Note: The working title of this film was The Cradle of Souls. Modern sources credit

fire on Long Island. James Smith as film editor and give a length of 6,062 ft. Lengths noted in ETR 7 Jul 1917, p. 341. Var 29 Jun 1917, p. 30. contemporary sources vary from five to seven reels. Some of the scenes were shot MPN 14 Jul 1917, p. 281. Wid’s 28 Jun 1917, pp. 413-14. along the Marne River and Chateau Thierry in France. Captain Victor Marier,

MPW 16 Jun 1917, p. 1838. credited as the film’s author, was the pseudonym of D. W. Griffith and S. E. V. Baylor In her Gish. states who calls sone ofthe Me oritith’s best films andautobiography, one of his mostLillian neglected,” that the she film suggested film’s title.

THE GREATEST QUESTION ; _. . F171 Modern sources state that the original title was Cradle of Souls. Gish also relates that

D. W. Griffith. Dist First National Exhibitors Circuit, Inc. 28 Dec portrait photographer Henrik Sartov shot close-ups of her for the film. According to 1919 [OD. W. Griffith; 16 Dec 1919; LP14554]. 6 reels, 6,224 ft. modern sources, Griffith produced a stage prologue for the film’s Los Angeles

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE GREEN FLAME opening, which was directed by George Fawcett and featured, among others, Rudolph Dir J. Gordon Edwards. Scen Mary Murillo. Cam Arthur D. Ripley and

Valentino, Clarine Seymour and Carol Dempster. Philip E. Rosen. ah Ml pec ore P aS Nee om ae ire. P. X 15. Cast: Robert Mantell (Raimond de Mornay), Genevieve Hamper MPN 4 Jan 1919, p. 149. Var 3 Jan 1919, p. 38. (Claire), Stuart Holmes (Louis de Mornay), Miss Barry (The MPW 28 Dec 1918, p. 1558. Wid’s 5 Jan 1919, p. 23. governess), Henry Leone, Charles Davidson.

Drama. Raimond de Mornay loves his cousin Claire, but it is his brother Louis who finally marries her. Hoping that a change in locale will cheer

GREED F1.1713 him up, Raimond leaves for India. Then, after many years, he returns, McClure Pictures. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp.; Superpictures, Inc. believing that he no longer loves Claire. Soon, however, becoming

12 Feb 1917 [©McClure Publications, Inc.; 8 Feb 1917; LP101 76). 5 reels. uncontrollably jealous, he poisons Louis and hides his body in a large chest.

Dir Theodore Marston. Cam Charles Gibson. Posing as a grieving brother, Raimond moves in with Claire, while the

Cast: Nance O'Neil (Alma), Shirley Mason (Eve Leslie), Alfred memory of the murder slowly drives him insane. Then, when she refuses Hickman (‘Jimmie” Hobson), Harry Northrup (“Doc” Denton), Robert tq marry him, he opens the chest in front of Claire, and she dies of shock

Elliott (Richard Cole), George Le Guere (Adam Moore). when she sees Louis’ body. Years later, Raimond is living with Claire and Drama. When Eve Leslie and Adam Moore decide to increase their —_{_guis’ son. Still brooding over the past, he tells his nephew the whole story, fortunes by trading in the stock market, Eve becomes obsessed with greed — gnens the chest to show him the body, and then dies. Corpses. Guilt. and plunges into reckless speculation. As Eve’s fortunes dwindle, she goes jnganity. Jealousy. Murder. Brothers. Cousins. Death by shock. Nephews. to great lengths to cover her losses. Eve meets Alma, a young woman who Poisoning. was formerly in the same financial situation as herself and, as a result, Note: Motog says that the film is “by” Nixola Daniels, but no other source

entered into illegal stock transactions. At a party given by Denton, who was (including the copyright materials) lists her. : blackmailing Alma, Eve and Adam and Alma and Denton enter into a Motog 15 Jan 1916, p. 138. MPW 15 Jan 1916, p. 436. game in which couples are given a dime and expected to spend the money MPN 15 Jan 1916, p. 256. NYT 3 Jan 1916, p. 22. adventurously in the city and then tell of their experiences to other party MPW 8 Jan 1916, p. 310. guests. During the adventure, Eve, who is paired with Denton, is trapped

by her partner and must be rescued by Alma and Adam. During a struggle, GREEN EYES F1.1716

Denton is killed and Alma is wounded, causing her to become temporarily Thomas H. Ince, Inc. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Paramount deranged. Adam is arrested for Denton’s murder, but eventually Alma Pictures. 26 Aug 1918 [OThomas H. Ince, Inc.; 6 Aug 1918; LP12726]. recovers her senses and is able to clear Adam. Finally, Eve renounces greed 5 reels.

and Adam returns to her. Blackmail. Greed. Insanity. Murder. Games. Supv Thomas H. Ince. Dir R. William Neill. Scen R. Cecil Smith.

Parties. Speculation. Stock market. Story John Lynch and Ella Stuart Carson. Cam John S. Stumar. Art Note: This film was the third of the Seven Deadly Sins series produced by McClure. dir G. Harold Percival. Art titles Irvin J. Martin. Special effects Irvin J.

The entire series was re-issued in two reel versions in 1918. All of the films were based Martin. ,

on stories from The Ladies World. Cast: Dorothy Dalton (Shirley Hunter), Jack Holt (Pearson Hunter),

Motog re i916 P 1031-32 NY DM io re i917 ,. oa 1083. Emory Johnson (Morgan Hunter), Doris Lee (Margery Gibson), Robert

Motog 17 Feb 1917, p. 370. Wid’s 8 Feb 1917, p. 89. McKim (Alexander Chapman), Clyde Benson (Jim Webb), Charles

MPN 17 Feb 1917, p. 1089. French (Rev. Doctor Gibson).

Drama. Pearson Hunter, a jealous Southern plantation owner, returns home with his new wife Shirley, a Northerner. Shirley’s socializing enrages

THE GREEN CLOAK F1.1714 Pearson when he finds her in the company of Alexander Chapman, a George Kleine. Dist Kleine-Edison Feature Service. 20 Oct 1915 drunken wastrel, but after a bitter quarrel, they reconcile. Pearson's

[©George Kleine; 2 Oct ql 5; LP6778]. 5 reels. younger brother Morgan soon arrives accompanied by his fiancée, Margery Pres George Kleine. Dir Walter Edwin. Scen Owen Davis and Henry K. Gibson. Shirley befriends Morgan, creating jealousy in Margery, who goes

Webster. to Pearson for consolation and advice, but instead rekindles Pearson’s own Cast: Irene Fenwick (Ruth McAllister), Blanche Aimee (Kate jealousy. Later, at a dance in the Hunter home, Chapman reappears

McAllister), Della Connor (Ella Lenox), Kathryn Brook (Mrs. Lenox), uninvited. Morgan, aware of the situation, removes Chapman to the garden Anna Reader (Jane), Roland Bottomley (John Gilbert), John Davidson — where the latter says insulting things about Shirley. Morgan knocks

(Paul Duncan), Frank Belcher (Sergeant Sims), Richie Ling Chapman out, then returns to the house just as Jim Webb, a poor man with

(Wilkins), William Anker (The professor). consumption enters the garden. Upon seeing Chapman, Webb kills him in Mystery. After returning from a trip West with her father, Ruth revenge of a past confict, but when a servant discovers the body, Morgan

McAllister behaves strangely toward her lover, John Gilbert, rejecting his assumes that he is guilty and seeks council from Shirley. Pearson breaks marriage proposal without an explanation. A stranger then calls on the in on them and, assuming a romance between them, despondently goes to family and insists on talking with Ruth, making John furious with jealousy. the garden where he overhears Webb’s confession which results in a Ruth’s father, a professor and expert hypnotist, intercedes and engages the reconciliation among all the parties. Brothers. , Jealousy. Murder. stranger, Paul Duncan, in probing conversation. At the appearance of the pyantations. United States-South. Alcoholics. Confession (law). Dances.

butler, Duncan is visibly disturbed, a fact that leads the professor to Fistfights. Northerners. Revenge. Servants. Tuberculosis. encourage his guest to stay and linger in the libra ry, where he is found dead Note: Sources differ concerning the author of the story. Some sources credit John

a few hours later, a green tassle clutched in his hand. Because the tassle Lynch, while others credit Ella Stuart Carson.

is part of Ruth’s green cloak, she is arrested for Duncan’s murder, but her ETR 24 Aug 1918, p. 1015. NYDM 24 Aug 1918, p. 275. father hypnotizes the maid and unravels the truth. A tattoo similar to one MPN 24 Aug 1918, p. 1213. Var 16 Aug 1918, p. 35. on the maid’s arm is discovered on the corpse’s arm, and the maid confesses MPN 31 Aug 1918, p. 1426. Wid's 18 Aug 1918, p. 19. to belonging to the same Denver gang as the dead man. Duncan, who had MPW 24 Aug 1918, p. 1162. married and then deserted Ruth, double-crossed the gang, and the butler

and maid were sent to kill him. Cleared of all charges, Ruth returns home THE GREEN FLAME F1.1717 to marry John. Circumstantial evidence. Gangs. Hypnotism. Murder. Robert Brunton Productions. Dist W. W. Hodkinson Corp. through Professors. Betrayal. Butlers. Desertion. Housemaids. Jealousy. Libraries | Pathé Exchange, Inc. 18 Jul 1920. 5 reels.

and librarians. Tattoos. Dir Ernest C. Warde. Scen Jack Cunningham. Story Raymond G. Hill. Motog _30 Oct 1915, p. 937. MPN 30 Oct 1915, p. 89. Cam Arthur Todd.

Motog 6 Nov 1915, p. 973, 993. MPW 30 Oct 1915, p. 986, 1030. Cast: J. Warren Kerrigan (Frank Markham), Fritzi Brunette (Ruth

MeN - Sen le p af NY DM 3 eee ioe is oa Gardner), Jay Morley (Dan Lantry), Claire DuBrey (Lou Tremaine),

MPN _25 Sep 1915, p. 15, 59. Var 22 Oct 1915, p. 26. Myles McCarthy (Truman Hardy), Edwin Wallock (Roger Lulay), William Moran (Julius Block). Drama/Crime. Country bumpkin Frank Marham comes to New York

THE GREEN-EYED MONSTER F1.1715 City to work in a world-famous jewelry store. At the hotel where he lives, Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 2 Jan 1916 [OWilliam Fox; 2 Jan Frank meets Ruth Gardner, a newspaper reporter who is investigating the

1916; LP7343]. 5 reels. operations of a gang of jewel thieves, as is also her admirer, detective Dan 355 \

THE GREEN GOD AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Lantry. The store’s manager, Roger Imlay, is a member of the gang which in love, and Celia quickly marries the flesh and blood version of her is planning to steal the famous emerald known as the “Green Flame,” fictional sweetheart. England. Hoaxes. Marriage. Sisters. Social customs. owned by the proprietor. Capitalizing on Frank’s naiveté, Imlay tricks him Hosiery. Letters. Military officers. into bringing the gem to the gang’s headquarters, but Frank, actually a Note: The play had its premiere in New York under the title Green Stockings. member of the Jeweler’s Protective Association, surprises the crooks. At Stanley Dark appeared in the Broadway production. The film opened at the

_ that moment, Lantry arrives and, mistaking Frank for the leader of the wnagraph mae ae ven on 2 Jan en ow 92 Jan 1916. 0.617

crooks, is about to arrest him when the owner of the store arrives and or0g an Po an oa pon

explains that he had hired Frank to watch Imlay. The mystery MEN 0 we i918 . 05. Nei eel ile is oO 9.

satisfactorily solved, Ruth and Frank fall into each other’s arms. Country MPW 8 Jan 1916, p. 306. Var 14 Jan 1916, p. 19. boys. Emeralds. Jewelry stores. Reporters. Secret agents. Thieves.

Detectives. Gangs. Jewelers. New York City. THE GREEN SWAMP F1.1720 ETR 17 Jul 1920, p. 734. MPW 24 Jul 1920, p. 505. New York Motion Picture Corp.; Kay-Bee. Dist Triangle Film Corp. 30

MPN 24 Jul 1920.5, 987, Wits Jat W920, Jan 1916 [©Triangle Film Corp.; 27 Jan 1916; LU7512]. 4 reels. Dir Scott Sidney. Scen C. Gardner Sullivan. Musical accompaniment

THE GREEN GOD F1.1718 arranged and selected by William Furst and C. Herbert Kerr. Vitagraph Co. of America; A Blue Ribbon Feature. Dist Greater Ca st: Bessie Barriscale (Margery Allison), Bruce McRae (Dr. War d Vitagraph, Inc. 2 Sep 1918 [OVitagraph Co. of America; 24 Aug 1918: Allison), J. Barney Sherry (Dr. Jim Hendon), Milton Ross (Detective

LP12778]. 5 reels. Bryan), Lola May (Edna), Louise Brownell (Miss Miller). . Pres Albert E. Smith. Dir Paul Scardon. Scen Garfield Thompson. Drama. The majority of Dr. Ward Allison’s patients are women, and his

Cam Robert A. Stuart. | wife Margery cannot help being jealous of all the time he spends taking Source: Based on the novel The Green God by Frederic Arnold Kummer care of them. Then, after Ward has told her that he has been called out (New York, 1911). of town, she hears that he really is staying nearby with his friend, Dr. Jim Cast: Harry T. Morey (Owen Morgan), Betty Blythe (Muriel Hendon. Margery guesses that the two men are planning an orgy, so she Temple), Arthur Donaldson (Major Temple), George Majeroni goes to Jim’s house to catch them. When she arrives, however, she finds (Robert Ashton), Bernard Siegel (Li Min), Robert Gaillard Out that Ward has come to Jim for lockjaw treatments, and that he lied

(McQuade), Joseph Burke (Priest of Buddha). to her only to keep her from worrying about his health. After hearing Jim’s

Mystery. When Major Temple, an antique fanatic, vainly tries to explanation, a repentant Margery vows never to be jealous again. Jealousy. purchase a green Buddha idol on a visit to China, he commissions Robert Marriage. Physicians. False accusations. Tetanus.

Ashton to steal the idol in return for the hand of his daughter, Muriel. After Moe en ieee 389 NYP edn dete on Ashton’s successful return, he demands a cash bonus of $50,000 as well as MPW 22. Jan 1916p. 670. Var 7 Jan 1916 33 Muriel’s hand. Temple refuses and vows that Ashton shall not leave alive until he delivers the idol. That evening, Owen Morgan, an artist, arrives

at the house seeking shelter from a rain storm and soon develops an interest aire RL CANS TERY ‘ca: A Blue Ribbon Feat Dist Pale in Muriel. Later, Muriel visits Ashton’s room hoping to dissuade him from Vita raph (Vv Is E) oN 1917 ovit oh Cc “a nA, is 10 Now

marrying her, but to no avail. The next morning Ashton is found dead in , 917: LPI 17 071. 5 al ov Magraph \o. of america, ov his room, with the doors bolted from the inside, an unfired revolver and i J. 5 reels. Muriel’s handkerchief on the floor; Major Temple, Morgan and Muriel are Dir Paul Scardon. Scen Graham Baker. Cam Robert A. Stuart.

all suspects. After an adventurous chase in a Buddhist temple, all are eerie Based on the novel The Grell Mystery by Frank Froest (London,

cleared when Temple’s servant confesses having startled Ashton in his slee " vane -_

while peering into his window, resulting in Ashton accidentally impaling Cast: Earle Williams (Heldon Foyle), Miriam Miles (Helen himself on an ornamental sword. Antique collectors. China. Murder. er edith), Jean Dunbar (Eileen Meredith), Denton Vane (Robert Grell/ Religious objects. Theft. Accidental death. Artists. Buddhism. Chases. #@7ry Goldenberg), Mabel Trunnelle (Lola), Frank Crayne (Ralph Confession (law). Evidence. Father-daughter relationship. Firearms. 4/rfield), Bernard Siegel (/van), Robert Gaillard (Detective Green).

Marriage-Forced. Servants. Swords. Temples. Mystery. Eileen Meredith receives word from an unknown friend to

ETR 31 Aug 1918, p. 1036. MPW 14 Sep 1918, p. 1607. call at the house of her fiancé, Robert Grell, where she will discover ETR 7 Sep 1918, p. 1178. NYDM 28 Sep 1918, p. 482. something of great importance. Unable to go, Eileen sends her sister Helen

MPN 7 Sep 1918, p. 1602. Wid's 1 Sep 1918, pp. 11-12. in her place. Helen enters the library where she finds a dead body

MPW 31 Aug 1918, p. 1305. resembling Grell. The real Grell then enters and, seeing Helen holding the dagger, mistakes her for Eileen and flees, hoping to cast suspicion on

GREEN MAGIC see NEW LOVE FOR OLD : himself. Criminologist Heldon Foye takes the case. Foyle is in love with Helen, and when he finds her prints on the dagger, finds himself in a

GREEN STOCKINGS F1.1719 struggle between love and duty. Meanwhile, Grell locates the real Vitagraph Co. of America; A Blue Ribbon Feature. Dist V-L-S-E, Inc. murderer, a woman who clears up the mystery by explaining that the 10 Jan 1916 [OThe Vitagraph Co. of America; 5 Jan 1916; LP7378]. 5 murdered man was Harry Goldenberg, her husband and Grell’s dissolute

reels. brother who had come to blackmail him. In a struggle, she had stabbed Supv Albert E. Smith and J. Stuart Blackton. Dir Wilfrid North. Goldenberg, but because she had worn gloves, no fingerprints were visible

Scen Eugene Mullin. on the dagger. The mystery thus resolved, Grell marries Eileen while Helen Source: Based on the play Colonel Smith by A. E. W. Mason (London, forgives Foyle for misjudging her. Mistaken identity. Murder. Blackmail. 23 Apr 1909). Brothers. Criminologists. Sisters. Cast: Lillian Walker (Celia Faraday), Frank Currier (Henry Note: The actress who played Eileen Meredith was listed variously as Jean Dunbar

Faraday), Louise Beaudet (Ida Faraday), Adele De Garde (Phyllis and Jean Dumar. Faraday), Lillian Burns (Madge Rockingham), Stanley Dark (Colonel MPW 1 Dec 1917, p. 1338, 1387. Var 23 Nov 1917, p. 45. Smith), Charles Brown (Robert Tarver), John T. Kelly (Admiral NYDM — 24 Nov 1917, p. 18. Wid's 22. Nov 1917, p. 747. Grice), Denton Vane (Jim Raleigh), Robert Vivian (Martin), Charles

Wellesley (Colonel Rockingham). GRETCHEN, THE GREENHORN F1.1722

Comedy. It is a tradition in a certain section of England that an unwed, Fine Arts Film Co. Dist Triangle Film Corp. 3 Sep 1916. 5 reels. eldest daughter must wear green stockings whenever a younger sister gets Dir C. M. Franklin and S. A. Franklin. Scen Bernard McConville. married. Celia Faraday has gone through this humiliation once, but refuses Cast: Dorothy Gish (Gretchen), Ralph Lewis (John Van Houck), Frank

to endure it again when yet another younger sister, Phyllis, threatens to Bennett (Pietro), Eugene Pallette (Rodgers), Kate Bruce (Widow marry Robert Tarver. Instead, Celia makes up a fiancé for herself, calls Garrity), George Stone, Violet Radcliffe, Carmen De Rue, Beulah Burns, him Colonel Smith, and even writes to him. Then, by accident, one of the Francis Carpenter, Tom Spencer (The Garrity kids).

letters gets mailed. It is delivered to an actual Colonel Smith, who, Drama. When John Van Houck and his daughter Gretchen come to the understandably intrigued by reading the plans for his upcoming marriage, United States from Holland, he resumes his profession as an engraver, decides to introduce himself to his “fiancée.” When he meets her, they fall while she falls in love with Pietro, an Italian immigrant living in their

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE GRIM GAME tenement. Recognizing John’s skills, Rodgers, a criminal, tricks him into delivered to U.S. government officials, Hamilton and Estelle turn to more engraving a plate from which counterfeit money, indistinguishable from romantic pursuits. Brother-sister relationship. Secret formulas. Spies. the real thing, can be made, and then convinces Gretchen to pass the phony Treason. World War |. Coal. Germans. Government agents. Hoodlums. bills. When Gretchen and John realize how they have been used, they make Impersonation and imposture. Rescues. Trusts. Umbrellas. plans to expose Rodgers, but when he finds out, he drags them to his Note: This film was also reviewed as The Gray Parasol.

hideout and locks them in. The Garrity children, however, who live ETR 21 Sep 1918, p. 1288. NYDM 26 Oct 1918, p. 627.

alongside Gretchen, witness the abduction and so alert Pietro. With the pW " On ole un 4 ae le or help of the police, he captures Rodgers and then frees his sweetheart and MPW 12 Oct 1918, e. 275. Wid's 29 Sep 1918, °. 18. her father, after which he and Gretchen get married. Counterfeiters.

Duplicity. Engravers. Immigrants. Kidnapping. Children. Dutch. Father- THE GREY WOLF’S GHOST see THE GRAY WOLF’S GHOST daughter relationship. Italians. Police. Tenements.

Motog 1916, p. 562. 25 Aug 1916, p. 23.24 THE GREYHOUND F1.1725 MPW22Sep Sep 1916, p. Var 1533, 1599. Wid's Aug 1916, p. 808. .

NYDM __ 26 Aug 1916, p. 26. Life Photo Film Corp. Dist State Rights. 29 May 1914 [©Life Photo Film Corp.; 12 Jun 1914; LP2849]. 5 reels.

GRETNA GREEN F1.1723 Dir Lawrence McGill. Adapted by Louis Reeves Harrison.

Famous Players Co. Dist Paramount Corp. 15 Mar woouree: vas Ne ine Pg Feb 1915. 4 Film reels. ilsonPictures Mizner (New York, eIR), by Paul Armstrong and Pres Daniel Frohman. Dir Thomas Heffron. Cast: William H. Tooker (Louis “The Greyhound” Fellman), Elita

ew York, 5 Jan 1903). , | e ’ ge

nee Based on the lay Gretna Green by Grace Livingston Furniss Fellman), Harty Suingler (Whispering llex"). Geo ‘ee De Cnire Cast: Marguerite Clark (Dolly Ershine), Arthur Hoops (Sir William | (“The Pale-Face Kid"), David Wall (McSherry), Lillian Langdon Chetwynde), Helen Lutrell (Lady Chetwynde), Lester Chambers (Lord (Mrs. Foster Allen), Victor Benoit (Porter Allen), Anna Laughlin Trevor), W. Merkyl (Earl of Basset), G. A. Stillwell (Captain (Bess Allen), Rex Tompkins (Bob Meade), Philip Robson, Harry Cowley. Cardiff), J. A. Hall (Colonel Hooker), Martin Reagan (Innkeeper), Julia Drama/Crime. When Louis “The Greyhound” Fellman’s gambling

Walcott (Innkeeper’s wife). house is raided, ““Deep Sea Kitty” Doyle convinces him that his wife Claire

Comedy /Historical. In the early eighteenth century, flirtatious Dolly _ tipped off the police. Wanting revenge, Fellman returns home to find that = Erskine, the ward of an English estate owner, must marry someone titled Claire, despondent over his criminal activities, 1s about to kill herself. to gain her inheritance, but seeing her sister’s loveless marriage to Sir Fellman then makes a suicide pact with her but does not drink his share William Chetwynde, Dolly refuses to let her brother-in-law choose her Of the poison. A short time later, the unconscious Claire is found and husband. Dolly falls in love with her riding master, Richard Murray, really revived by McSherry 7a reformed gambler, who buys two steamship tickets the Earl of Basset, who is trying to escape the designing matrons’ scheming to England to lift her spirits. Aboard the same ship, Fellman, Kitty, and

0 have him marry their daughters. A‘ter pearing him wager he will win their cronies, wealthy Alten family. MeSherty uncovers the about to husband’s brutality, leaves with Captain Cardiff for Gretna Green, an however, and exposes the entire gang, after which Fellman, thinking that

er, however, Dolly resolves to fool him. After her sister, to escape her n a . r ve eme,

idyllic haven in northern Scotland where eloping couples traditionally go, he sees Claire’s ghost, falls overboard to his death. Once they arrive in Dolly follows with Richard to stop them. When Sir William arrives, Dolly, England, McSherry and Claire make plans for a new life together.

to protect her sister, says she and Richard were eloping, without realizing Betrayal. False accusations. Gamblers. Revenge. Suicide pacts. that, according to Scottish law, her announcement makes them married. aninalers. Falls from heights. Ghosts. Informers. Police raids. She resolves to divorce Richard, but eventually tears up their separation teamboats. papers, and Richard reveals his identity. Gretna Green (Scotland). Note: Portions of this production were filmed in Palm Beach, FL. Elita Procter Otis Impersonation and imposture. Laws. Marriage. Nobility. Wards and recreated her Broadway stage role for the film. Philip Robson and Harry Cowley were

; ; y. ror only listed in pre-production press releases and may not actually have appeared in the

guardians. Aristocrats. Battered women. Elopement. Great Britain- completed film.

History-18th century. Inheritance. Riding instructors. Sisters. Wagers. Motog 16 May 1914, p. 5. NYDM 29 Apr 1914, p. 28.

Motog 27 Mar 1915, p. 509. MPW 3 Apr 1915, p. 69. Motog 13 Jun 1914, p. 7. NYDM 6 May 1914, p. 37. MPN 6 Mar 1915, p. 68. NYDM 24 Mar 1915, p. 28. MPN 12 Sep 1914, p. 15. NYDM 3 Jun 1914, p. 36.

reels. ° ’ :

MPN 3 Apr 1915, p. 69. Var 26 Mar 1915, p. 24. MPW 30 May 1914, p. 1316. Var 5 Jun 1914, p. 19. MPW 13 Jun 1914, pp. 15-18.

THE GRIM GAME F 1.1726 REY PARASOL F1.1724 . [OFamous Players-Lasky me G , , ; «teeth gs Paramount-Artcraft Pictures. 12 Oct 1919 THE GREY MASK see THE GRAY MASK

Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.;

riangle Film Corp. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 22 Sep 1918. 5 Corp.: 16 Sep 1919: LP14193]. 5 reels

. . Pres Jesse L. Lasky. Dir Irvin Willat. Asst dir Roy H. Marshall.

Childs). " a ,

NO a awrence Windom. Scen Charles J. Wilson, Jr. Cam Steve S. Scen Walter Woods. Story Arthur B. Reeve and John W. Grey. Cam J.

. Source: Based on the short story “The Gray Parasol” by Fred Jackson 0 1ay Mary aes (Horrey “Hanford). Thomas. setferson (Dudley

moe seers oan nl (Estelle Redding), Wellington Cross Cameron), Ann Forrest (Mary Cameron), Augustus Phillips (Clifton (Hamilton Hill), Joe Bennett (Edward Burnham) Ed Bred (Rodger Allison), Tully Marshall (Richard Raver), Arthur Hoyt (Dr. Harvey

; , ae . y & Tyson), Mae Busch (Ethel Delmead), Ed. Martin (Police reporter), Jane

Irwin), Frank Thorne (Bud Ralston), William Quinn (Farraday Wolf (Hannah)

. , . Drama. Young newspaper reporter Harvey Hanford is in love with Mary

Roan drama/ World War I, Espionage. Hamilton Hill meets Estelle Cameron, the ward of his rich, eccentric Uncle Cameron, who opposes the edding in an umbrella repair shop and rescues her from two thugs soon match. Harvey agrees to a newspaper scheme to plant evidence for a-fake afterwards. Estelle has hidden in the handle of her grey parasol the formula mur der of his uncle, implicating himself, in order to argue against or woalex, vt from peachi Su stitte or coal wach the coal ser the circumstantial evidence. The uncle is actually killed, however, and Harvey rying TO Prevent (rom reaching jae market. heward burniam, one ol the is arrested for the murder. Harvey then has a series of remarkable escapes thugs, tells Hamilton that Estelle is a German agent, but the infatuated from handcuffs, chains and a straightjacket, culminating in a mid-air young bachelor fails to believe the story. Estelle entrusts Hamilton with the airplane collision. Finally, Harvey is vindicated and reunited with Mary.

parasol, but when Burnham, who is revealed as Estelle’s brother, finally Circumstantial evidence. Frame-ups. Murder. Reporters. Airplane snatches it away from him, they discover that the formula has been accidents. Eccentrics. Escapes. Handcuffs. Reporters. Uncles. Wards removed and that she has outwitted them all. Two German agents, posing and guardians. as representatives of the United States government, nearly obtain the Note: Scripts in Paramount studio records disagree with contemporary reviewers formula from her, but Hamilton, accompanied by Burnham, who has _in giving the character names of Mary Wentworth instead of Mary Cameron, David experienced a change of heart, rescue her in time. With the formula safely Allison instead of Clifton Allison, and Nick Raver instead of Richard Raver. Publicity

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THE GRINGO AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG for the film centered on an accidental plane crash that was recorded on film and Drama. Donald Graham, imprisoned for a crime that actually was necessitated a change of endings. Jane Wolf is probably the same as the actress Jane committed by John Cabin Branch, the man who stole Donald’s acquisitive

wen. 6 Sep 1919, p. 1181 NYT 6 Aug 1919, p. II wife Corinne, joins a southern surveying team upon his release and becomes ETR 13 Sep 1919, pp. 1212-16, 1291. Var 29 Aug 1919, p. 66. known as “the grouch.” Following his dismissal, he works in a clubhouse

MPN 13 Sep 1919, p. 2293. Wid's 7 Sep 1919, p. 11. situated on the edge of Okefenokee Swamp, and there he meets Fleurette,

MPW 6 Sep 1919, p. 1525. who has escaped from a band of pirates. Donald, who has become soured and misanthropic through his misfortune, treats Fleurette gruffly at first THE GRINGO F1.1727 but finally softens towards her, marries her and takes her to the city. Upon Overland Feature Film Corp.? 1916? [©Overland Feature Film Corp.; learning that he has inherited a fortune, Donald uses the money to ruin

8 Sep 1916; LU9067]. 7 reels. Branch on the stock market, whereupon Corinne offers to return to him.

War drama. A wealthy young American joins the army and is shipped Fleurette sets fire to Branch’s house, but Donald arrives in time to save to Mexico where civil war is imminent. When the American intercedes on — them both. Cured of his desire for revenge, Donald begins a new life with

behalf of the battered wife of a Mexican renegade leader, the abusive his beloved’ Fleurette. Disillusionment. Ex-convicts. Marriage. husband swears revenge. While on a scouting mission with another soldier, | Misanthropes. Revenge. Arson. Dismissal. False arrests. Imprisonment.

the American is overtaken by the renegades, and his companion is shot. The Inheritance. Okefenokee Swamp (Florida). Pirates. Stock market. American carries his wounded friend to the house of a sefiorita, who offers Surveyors. refuge and falls in love with the gringo. Eventually, the Mexicans capture Note: Several sources credit Corinne Branch’s role to Florence Billings. The title the American and storm his jail cell. Saved from a lynching mob by the was changed from Pirates’ Gold. \t originally was scheduled for release 28 Oct 1918.

sefiorita, the American escapes to the hills, followed by the Mexicans and pes ic x i918. if soo aia 09 pec 18. if a

the sefiorita. Exhausted from the chase, the American collapses, but the MPN 16 Nov 1918, p. 2991. Wid's 1 Dec 1918, pp. 19-20. sefiorita finds him and drags him to her house. When the American learns MPW 23 Nov 1918, p. 862.

of his mother’s death, he leaves the sefiorita for the United States. Heartbroken, the sefiorita drowns herself. On his way home, the American

witnesses many battles and meets several Mexican generals, including THE GUARDIAN F1.1730 Pancho Villa. Mexico—History-1910-1919. Mexicans. Renegades. World Film Corp.; Peerless. Dist World Film Corp. | Sep 1917 [© World Revenge. United States. Army. Battered women. Chases. Gunshot Film Corp.; 17 Aug 1917; LU11257]. 5 reels. wounds. Imprisonment. Jailbreaks. Mexico. Army. Mobs. Mother-son Pres William A. Brady. Dir Arthur Ashley. Story W. B. M. Ferguson.

relationship. Soldiers. Francisco ‘‘Pancho’’ Villa. Cam Jacques Monteran.

Note: The Overland Feature Film Co. was based in Salt Lake City, UT. Breant S. Cast: Montagu Love (James Rokeby), June Elvidge (Marie Dacre), Young and Harold Young are listed as authors in the copyright entry. No further Arthur Ashley (Fenwick Harvey), William Black (William Donavan), information on the release date or on production credits has been located. The Robert Broderick (Chief Conlin). copyright, plot cynopsis suggests the possible inclusion of documentary war footage Drama /Crime. When Marie Dacre, the war d of James Rokeby, falls in love with blackmailer Fenwick Harvey, she ignores Rokeby’s advice to stop seeing the rogue. Rokeby, a respected bank president, has a past as a thief,

iplucbird Photopinys. Ine. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. 28 ce doa which Harvey soon discovers with the services of ex-detective Donavan. His

: 7 . past exposed, Rokeby flees in disgrace, thus forcing Marie to recognize

[OUniversal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 31 Jan 1916; LP7535). 5 reels. Harvey’s villainy. While searching for Rokeby, Marie is led into a trap by Dir Joseph De Grasse. Seen Ida May Park. Musical accompaniment Harvey and Donavan from which she is rescued by Rokeby. Learning that

selected and arranged by M. wi nk ler. his past misdeeds have been pardoned by the governor, Rokeby returns to Cast: Louise Lovely (Virginia Grant), Grace Thompson (Beth his post with Marie as his wife. Blackmail. Wards and guardians. Bank

Grant), Jay Belasco (Harry Grant), Hayward Mack (Phillip Grant), Colin presidents. Pardons (legal). Thieves. Traps.

Chase (Hugh Morey), Harry Hamm (Jack Morey), Lon Chaney (Silas Motog 8 Sep 1917, p. 531. NYDM 25 Aug 1917, p. 20.

Lacey), Mr. Neff (Harvey Lacey), Walter Belasco (Uncle Jeff), Marcia MPN 1 Sep 1917, p. 1444, 1490-91. Var 17 Aug 1917, p. 25. Moore (Lynda), Dixie Carr (Cora). Drama /Historical. In the deep South, before the Civil War, Lynda, a

white girl, has been raised as a slave because she is believed to be the THE GUARDIAN OF EL DORADO see THE MEDICINE MAN daughter of a black woman and Silas Lacey, the plantation owner who raped her. Only Virginia Grant knows that her sister Beth, who died in

childbirth, is really the mother, and that the father is Jack Corey, who ran GUARDING OLD GLORY F1.1731 off with Beth and never returned. Virginia incorrectly believes, however, F. O. Nielsen. Dist State Rights. 19 Sep 1915. 5 reels. that Beth and Jack did not get married, and so she conceals Lynda’s true Pres F. O. Nielsen. Dir F. O. Nielsen. identity in order to protect her sister's good name. Then, even though she Documentary /War preparedness. The strengths and weaknesses of the loves Hugh Corey, Jack’s brother, Virginia agrees to marry Harvey, Silas U.S. armed forces are portrayed in plotless episodes to encourage loathsome son, as part of a deal in which Silas will free Lynda. Just before continued vigilance, preparedness, patriotism and pride. The film shows, the wedding, however, Jack finally returns and discloses the true story of among its many sequences, the training of cadets at West Point, recruits Lynda’s birth, thereby freeing her from slavery and alleviating Virginia’s at Jarge army stations, the evolutions of heavy field artillery and mountain fears about Lynda’s legitimacy. As a result, Virginia walks out on Harvey batteries, the Signal Corps using field wireless, the laying of mines in

and marries Hugh instead. Family honor. Parentage. Plantations. Slaves. harbors and their destructiveness, the call to arms and movement to

United States-South. Brothers. Marriage-Forced. Rape. destinations, General Funston and his men off Veracruz, 12-inch mortars Note: The original title of this film was Love Thine Enemy. Some exterior scenes and 12-inch rifles, marines and sailors landing from a battleship, supported

were shot in San Chee Players this is a Bluebird Production, Motog refers to by armored launches and covered by giant guns, and a submarine Motog 25 Dec 1915, p. 1356. MPW 4 Mar 1916, p. 1413, 1487. submerging. United States. Army. United States. Navy. Battleships. Mines

Motog 25 Mar 1916, p. 722. Var 18 Feb 1916, p. 22. (war explosives). Ordnance. Patriotism. Sailors. Soldiers. Submarines. MPW 26 Feb 1916, p. 1372. Wid's 9 Mar 1916, p. 427. United States Military Academy. Veracruz (Mexico). Note:endorsements This film was shown io reviewers in Jun 1915. Its re ease heldatupthe to secure from leading military figures. After the film waswas shown

THE GROU CH . . F1.1729 War Department in Jul 1915, the film was endorsed by the following people: Lindsey World Film Corp. Dist World Film Corp. 25 Nov 1918 [©World Film M. Garrison, Secretary of War; Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy; Hugh Scott,

Corp.; 24 Oct 1918; LU13009]. 5 reels. Major General, Chief of Staff; Leonard Wood, Major General, U.S. Army and W. Dir Oscar Apfel. Scen Clara S. Beranger. Story Forrest Halsey. Cam S. Benson, Rear Admiral and Chief of Naval Operations, U.S.N. Quotations from

Alfred E. Gandolfi. all of the above were used in subsequent advertising of the film. Official motion Cast: Montagu Love (Donald Graham), Dorothy Green (Fleurette), pictures were used in the aim. The ie was released in New york on 19 SeP 1915. Albert Hart (Captain of Okfees), John Davidson (Narciso), Margaret © dale OF release in other parts ol the country nas not been determined.

Linden (Corinne Branch), Arda La Croix (Curé), George De Carlton Motos 28 May Oe’ P BOn nN aaa ee Bae

Motog 12 Jun 1915, p. 975. MPW 12 Jun 1915, p. 1785. (John Cabin Branch). MPN 12 Jun 1915, p. 75. 358

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE GULF BETWEEN THE GUESTS OF HERCULES see PASSION’S PLAYGROUND GUILTY OF LOVE F1.1734 Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; THE GUIDE see THE STRENGTH OF DONALD MCKENZIE Paramount-Artcraft Pictures. 22 Aug 1920 [OFamous Players-Lasky Corp.; 10 Aug 1920; LP15445]. 5 reels, 4,989 ft.

THE GUILT OF SILENCE F1.1732 Hae Aeolpn Zukor. Dir Harley Knoles. Scen Rosina Henley. Cam Philip Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. 13 May Source: Based on the play This Woman—This Man by Avery Hopwood 1918 [©Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.; 3 May 1918; LP12380]. 5 reels. (New York, 22 Feb 1909).

Dir Elmer Clifton. Cam Virgil E. Miller. ee , Cast: Dorothy Dalton (Thelma Miller), Julia Hurley (Aunt Martha),

Source: Based on the short story “Silent Smith” by Ethel Hill Henry J. Carvil (Dr. Wentworth), Augusta Anderson (Mrs. Watkins),

(publication undetermined). Org , Edward Langford (Norris Townsend), Charles Lane (Goddard

Cast: Monroe Salisbury (Mathew ‘Silent’ Smith), Ruth Clifford Townsend), Douglas Redmond (David), Ivy Ward (Mary), Lawrence

(Mary), Alfred Allen (Harkness), Betty Schade (Amy), Sam De Grasse Johnson (Bob).

(Gambler Joe). Drama. When governess Thelma Miller falls in love wtih her employer’s

Northwest drama. During the Alaskan gold rush, two unscrupulous —_hrother, Norris Townsend, they have a brief affair. Soon after, Thelma

fortune-seekers, Amy and her husband Gambler Joe, rob Mathew Smith, —_qiscovers that she is pregnant and demands that Norris marry her so that who has offered them shelter from a snow storm. Mathew pursues them their child can have a name. Norris’ wealthy family objects to the marriage but loses his way, and by the time Harkness finds him, he is nearly dead on the grounds of social equality, but Thelma forces the union at gunpoint. from exposure. Mathew, nicknamed “Silent” Smith because the storm has —_ fter the ceremony, Thelma leaves her husband and seeks employment in robbed him of his voice, lives in friendship with Harkness until the latter 4 country town. Years pass as Norris searches for his wife and son. When marries Amy, who has found employment in a local dance hall. After the he finally locates them, Thelma consents to a reconciliation for the sake cermeony, Harkness is called away to protect his mining interests, and in of their child. After living together, they discover their love for each other his absence, his daughter Mary arrives for a visit. Silent and Mary fallin and become a real family. Class distinction. Desertion. Marriage-Forced. love, but Mary’s suspicions are aroused when Amy gives birth to a child. — Upper classes. Brothers. Children. Governesses. Pregnancy. Weddings. Shortly afterwards, Harkness returns. Amy insists that Silent is the baby’s Note: The working title of this film was This Woman—This Man.

father, whereupon Harkness shoots his friend, wounding him in the ETR 11 Sep 1920, p. 1616. MPW 11 Sep 1920, p. 249.

shoulder. Smith regains his voice, and through the help of an Indian who MPN 9 Oct 1920, p. 2893. Wid’s 19 Sep 1920, p. 11. is familiar with Amy and Joe’s treachery, reveals that she was a married MPW 4 Sep 1920, p. 103. woman long before she met Harkness. Mary returns to Smith, and the two

settle down with Harkness. Alaska. False accusations. Friendship. Gold THE GUILTY WIFE F 1.1735 diggers. Mutes. Bigamy. Chases. Dance hall girls. Gamblers. Gold Triumph Film Corp. Dist General Film Co. | Aug 1918 [OTriumph Film rushes. Gunshot wounds. Indians of North America. Infants. Paternity. Corp.; 21 Dec 1916; LP9810]. 5 reels.

Snow storms. Theft. Cast: Jane Grey (Shirley Ford). Note: Some scenes in this film were photographed in Big Bear Valley in the San Drama. Having learned that her sweetheart is engaged to another Bernardino Mountains of Southern California. woman, Celia Ford marries Jerome Duncan, whom she does not love.

ETR 25 May 1918, p. 2002. MPW 1 Jun 1918, pp. 1331-32. Shortly after the ceremony, the new husband finds his wife in her former

PN " Way ele P. soe wae s wis ile P. eta lover’s arms and divorces her. Later, Celia gives birth to a little girl, who MPW 25 May 1918, p. 1193. * PP. is left homeless when she and her sweetheart are killed in an automobile accident. Shirley Ford, Celia’s sister, takes the child to her home in the city, where she meets Jerome, who has come East under an assumed name to

THE coy AN Dist Paramount Pictures Corp.: Famous Players f ind his daughter. Shirley and Jerome fall in love, but when by chance she Lasky Corp 18 Feb 1918 [OA H. Woods: 10 Jan 1918: LPI 1924]. 5 reels discovers his real identity, she denounces him, having been led to believe

5, ;144 ee , °whereupon ; , at he aserted “ela sreabout pallyJerome’s fearns of character her sister §disappear. guilt ne a ; , ,ftetter, her doubts D , rent Warren vt dir ‘s Bees nee: Dir Irvin V. Willat. Cam intigejity, Marriage. Sisters. Automobile accidents. Divorce. Father-

Source: Based on the play The Guilty Man by Ruth Helen Davis and dananter relationship. Foster mothers. Impersonation and imposture. Charles Klein (New York, 17 Aug 1916,) as adapted from Le Note: The film was originally titled Would You Forgive? Triumph copyrighted it

Coupable by Francois Coppée (Paris, 1896). in 1916 under the title Her Sister's Guilt, but the film does not appear to have been Cast: Vivian Reed (Marie Dubois), Gloria Hope (Claudine released until 1918 as The Guilty Wife.

Flambon), William Garwood (Claude Lescuyer), J. P. Lockney MPN 24 Aug 1918, p. 1214. Var 16 Aug 1918, p. 37. (Lescuyer, Senior), Charles French (Flambon), Hal Cooley (Gaston

Marceau), John Steppling (Jean Michaud), Hayward Mack (Jacques THE GULF BETWEEN F1.1736

Ristac). . . . Technicolor Motion Picture Corp. 25 Feb 1918 [©Technicolor Motion

Drama. Marie Dubois, deeply in love with young lawyer Claude Picture Corp.; 6 Feb 1918; LU12026]. Color. 7 reels. Lescuyer, entrusts her honor to him, but shortly before the birth of their Supv C. A. Willat. Dir Wray Physioc. Scen Anthony P. Kelly. child, he abandons her. In order to legitimize her daughter Claudine, Marie Cast: Grace Darmond (Marie), Niles Welch (Richard Farrell), Herbert weds Flambon, the brutal owner of a Paris café. Eighteen years later, Fortier (Robert Farrell), Charles C. Brandt (Captain Flagg), George De

Flambon orders Claudine to work in the café, where she falls in love with Carlton (Dutch), Joseph Dailey (Cook), Caroline Harris (Mrs. Gaston, a waiter. Because Flambon owes a large sum of money to Jean, Farrell), Virginia Lee (Millicent Dunston), Violet Axzell (Marie, as a the café’s former proprietor, he promises him the hand of his daughter in child), J. Noa (Pete), Louis Montjoy. marriage. Claudine refuses to part with Gaston, which so enrages Flambon Comedy-drama. A child who wanders away from her parents is reared that he beats the girl and nearly kills Marie. To save her mother’s life, on board ship by a kindly old sea captain. She falls in love with a wealthy Claudine shoots her stepfather and is subsequently tried for murder. The young man, but his parents scorn her as a “wharf rat” and forbid the prosecutor, Claude Lescuyer, learns to his shame that the defendant is his —_— marriage. After she is revealed as the long-lost daughter of their wealthy

own child, and in the courtroom, he names himself as the guilty man. The friends, however, the young man’s parents willingly accept her into the jury exonerates Claudine, and she is united with Gaston. Battered women. _ family. Class distinction. Foster daughters. Long-lost relatives. Sea

Desertion. Guilt. Manslaughter. Marriage-Forced by circumstances. captains. Upper classes. Paris. Cafés. Debt. Illegitimacy. Lawyers. Parentage. Trials. Waiters. Note: A private showing was given in Aeolian Hall in New York on 21 Sep 1917. Note: A. H. Woods produced the play on Broadway. After the initial trade showings This was the first Technicolor motion picture utilizing the two-color additive process. of the film, changes were made at the insistence of the Pennsylvania censor board. The process was developed by Herbert T. Kalmus, Daniel F. Comstock and W. Burton

In the new version, Claude marries and then divorces Marie. Wescott under the firm of Kalmus, Comstock and Wescott, Inc. The Technicolor ETR 26 Jan 1918, p. 632. NYDM 9 Feb 1918, p. 26. Motion Picture Co. was located in Boston. Copyright records list J. Parker Read, Jr. ETR 16 Feb 1918, p. 913. NYDM 16 Feb 1918, p. 20. as author. The film was produced in Jacksonville, FL. Louise DeCosta and Evelyn MPN 19 Jan 1918, pp. 328-29. Var 8 Mar 1918, p. 42. Axzell were also listed in the cast in a pre-production news item. The film’s initial MPN 23 Feb 1918, p. 1186. Wid's 21 Feb 1918, pp. 951-53. public showing was in New York on 25 Feb 1918. Touring companies under the

MPW 23 Feb 1918, p. 1135. / direction of C. A. Willat exhibited the film elsewhere. 359

THE GULF BETWEEN AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Motog 6 Oct 1917, p. 738. MPW 30 Dec 1916, p. 1943. THE GUN WOMAN F1.1739 MPN 7 Feb 918, PI ! ! 5. MP Bs Son ey P Triangle Film Corp.; Kay-Bee. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 27 Jan

, . , Horne.

1918. 5 reels, 4,523 ft. Dir Frank Borzage. Story Alvin J. Neitz. Cam C. H. Wales and Pliny

THE oF ue va NORTH, Lewis Producing Co.) see JACQUES Cast: Texas Guinan (The Tigress), Edward Brady (The Bostonian),

Francis McDonald (The Gent), Walter Perkins (Sheriff Joe Harper),

Thornton Edwards, George Chase (The Vultures).

, Western. The declining Western mining town La Mesa is plagued by a

GUMSHOES 4-B see BAB’S CANDIDATE mysterious masked holdup man called The Collector. The Bostonian, who

rides into La Mesa on a stage robbed by The Collector, becomes a town deputy and is attracted to The Tigress, a tough dance hall owner who in

THE GUN FIGHTER F1.1737 turn falls in love with a stranger called The Gent. Taking The Tigress’ New York Motion Picture Corp.; Kay-Bee. Dist Triangle Distributing = money on the pretext of finding them a place to settle down, The Gent buys Corp. 11 Feb 1917. S reels. himself a casino in the boom town of Bravos. When The Tigress discovers Supv Thomas H. Ince. Dir William S. Hart. Scen Monte M. Katterjohn. The Gent’s deception, The Bostonian reveals himself a detective who has Story Monte M. Katterjohn. Cam Joe August. Art dir Robert Brunton. finally found proof that The Gent and The Collector are the same. The Cast: William S. Hart (Cliff Hudspeth), Margery Wilson (Norma _ Tigress journeys to Bravos to confront The Gent, and in the ensuing quarrel

Wright), Roy Laidlaw (El Salvador), J. J. Dowling (“Ace High’ — she shoots him and causes his casino to burn. Unable to accept The Larkins), Milton Ross (“Cactus” Fuller), J. P. Lockney (Col. Ellis Bostonian’s love, the grieving Tigress departs alone. Dance hall owners.

Lawton), George Stone (Jimmy Wright). Detectives. Impersonation and imposture. Robbers. Swindlers. Casino Western. Cliff Hudspeth, the leader of a band of outlaws in Arizona,has_ — owners. Disguise. Fights. Fires. Gunshot wounds. Mining towns. Sheriffs.

earned an infamous reputation as a gun fighter. Cliff's dominion is being Stagecoach robberies. Unrequited love. challenged, however, by El Salvador, an outlaw half-breed and his gang. Note: Contemporary reviews state that the characters of The Tigress and The At the Golden Fleece saloon, Cactus Fuller, El Salvador’s henchman, Bostonian are united at the ending, but an existing print ends with the two separating.

challenges Cliff to a shootout in which Cactus forfeits his life. Norma ETR 2 Feb 1918, p. 762. Var 1 Feb 1918, p. 19.

Wright, the town milliner, witnesses the gunfight and denounces Cliff as MPW 2 Feb 1918, p. 684, 718-19. Wid's 24 Jan 1918, p. 895.

a cold-blooded murderer. Angered at Norma’s accusation, Cliff seizes the girl and takes her to his cabin. There, drugged by whiskey, Cliff reviews THE GUTTER see THE VIRTUOUS MODEL his life and, confronted by the shades of his victims, he pledges to Norma that he will never kill again. Soon after, Cliff is offered a pardon if he will

rid Arizona of El Salvador. Infuriated with Cliffs new appointment, El A GUTTER MAGDALENE F 1.1740

Salvador burns the town and drags Norma away to the mountains where Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 4 Jun Cliff rescues her and kills El Salvador, receiving a mortal wound in the 1916 [OJesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co.; 16 May 1916; LP8296]. 5 reels. battle. As Norma rides to safety, Cliff dies, consoled in the knowledge that Pres Jesse L. Lasky. Dir George H. Melford. Asst dir C. H. Mitchell. his last killing was in her defense. Gunfighters. Outlaws. Regeneration. Scen Clinton H. Stagg. Cam Percy Hilburn. Self-sacrifice. Abduction. Arizona. Gunfights. Indians—Mixed blood. Source: Based on the short story ““A Gutter Magdalen” by Willard Mack

, p. 869. . . . .

Milliners. Pardons (legal). Rescues. ‘(publication undetermined).

ETR 10 Feb 1917, p. 705. MPW 17 Feb 1917, p. 1082. Cast: Fannie Ward (Maida Carrington), Jack Dean (Steve Boyce), Motog —17 Feb 1917, p. 373. NYDM 3 re 1917, p. . Charles West (Jack Morgan), Billy Elmer (Halpin), Gertrude Kellar vw io ne ore Pp. ion Wid's | Feb 1917, p. 72. (Helen), Robert Bradbury (Sheriff Barrett), James Neill (Goodwin). Drama. Maida, a country girl, comes to the city with Jack Morgan, an

unscrupulous gambler, but runs away after he robs Steve Boyce of $40,000

A GUN FIGHTIN’ GENTLEMAN F1.1738 during a poker game. Maida takes a job with the Salvation Army and once

é ; , , again meets Steve, who,Universal now penniless, has come looking for a;handout. Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Film Mfg. Co. 29 Nov 1919 ,; ; They fall in love, but when Steve proposes, Maida insists that shetyistenot [©Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 28 Nov 1919; LP14483]. 5-6 reels. , nee ; good enough for him because of her past relationship with Jack. Then, Dir Jack Ford. Hal Hoadley. Harry CareyMaida and Jackgoes Ford.to hovi helpand S Maid Jackhim and asks hi Cam John W.Scen Brown. opingStory to elp teve, Jack asks to return at least Cast: some ofCarey Steve’s money. When he refuses, they start to struggle, and Maida Harry (Cheyenne Harry), J. Barney Sherry (John ; one f shoots him with his own gun. Sheriff Barrett, who knows all about Jack,

Merritt),ae Kathleen O’Connor (Helen charge, Merritt), Harry Meter (Earl returns of ; ; the stolen ;Lydia clearsTitus Maida of a murder and then, afterRegan), Maida Jollywell), (Helen’s aunt), Duke Lee (Buck Joe . ; ; Harris (S ur), Johnnie Cooke (Old sheriff), Ted Brooks (The money to Steve, she finally agrees to marry him. Country girls. Gamblers.

NESTEL ; Salvation Army. Sheriffs. Western. Ranchman Cheyenne Harry refuses to sell hisstory landwas to the , : ,for . . . . Note: Contemporary sources disagree about whether Mack’s written

“Woun st ”y. Our), © ery)» . Reputation. Self-sacrifice. Theft. Fights. Gunshot wounds. Poker.

neighboring Merritt Packing Company, owned by crooked cattle baron the screen or another medium.

John Merritt, despite offered deals and attempts on Harry’s life. Harry is Motog 17 Jun 1916, p. 1396. NYT 5 Jun 1916, p. 9. dispossessed, however, when Merritt’s attorneys find a flaw in Harry’s title. MPW 17 Jun 1916, p. 2058. Var 2 Jun 1916, p. 17. Harry goes to Merritt’s mansion in Chicago and, after surviving the NYDM 10 Jun 1916, p. 28. Wid's 8 Jun 1916, p. 631. attempts of Merritt’s daughter Helen to ridicule his Western clothes and

manners at a plush dinner party where Harry displays impeccable

etiquette, Merritt refuses to settle with him, so Harry vows to get even. THE GUTTER ROSE see THE WICKED DARLING Periodically Harry then robs Merritt’s payroll, each time sending Merritt

a receipt for the amount taken to be credited to his account. When Helen THE GYPSY TRAIL F1.1741 visits the ranch, Harry abducts her and sends Merritt a receipt marked Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; “paid in full.” Harry’s aggressive tactics gradually win Helen’s heart and — Paramount Pictures. 17 Nov 1918 [©Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; 14 Sep when Merritt and a posse arrive, her confession of love causes Merritt to 1918; LP12888]. 5 reels.

settle with Harry. Chicago. Courtship-Aggressive. Land rights. Pres Jesse L. Lasky. Dir Walter Edwards. Scen Julia Crawford Ivers. Ranchers. Abduction. Etiquette. Lawyers. Mansions. Parties. Posses. Cam James C. Van Trees.

Robbery. Source: Based on the play The Gipsy Trail by Robert Housum (New Note: Some reviews refer to the film as The Gun-Fighting Gentleman, while other York, 4 Dec 1917).

was one of many featuring the character of Cheyenne Harry. ° y . , y ETR 39 Nov 1919. , 2247 y 19 Dec 1919. v. 44 (Frances Raymond), Casson Ferguson (Michael Rudder), C. H. Geldart reviews and the copyright records refer to it as A Gun Fightin’ Gentleman. This film Cast: Bryant Washburn (Edward Andrews), Wanda Hawle

MPN 6 Dec 1919. a4, Wid's 30 Nov 1919. is 1. (Frank Raymond), Georgie Stone (John Raymond), Edythe Chapman NYMT 23 Nov 1919. (Grandma). 360

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 HALF A ROGUE Comedy. Edward Andrews, a generous but faint-hearted young man, HAIRPINS F1.1744

loves Frances Raymond, who fancies herself an incurable romantic. Thomas H. Ince Productions. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Edward realizes that Frances would love to be whisked off and romanced, Paramount-Artcraft Pictures. 29 Aug 1920 [OThomas H. Ince; 14 Jun but because he is too timid to abduct her himself, he hires Michael Rudder, 1920; LP15263]. 5 reels.

a breezy young Irish reporter, to do the deed. Michael’s dashing manner Pres Thomas H. Ince. Supvy Thomas H. Ince. Prod Thomas H. Ince. entrances Frances, but the Irishman prefers the unencumbered life of a Dir Fred Niblo. Scen C. Gardner Sullivan. Story C. Gardner Sullivan. rover to that of a husband, and after he delivers her to the home of Cam George Barnes. Ed Duncan Mansfield. Art dir W. L. Heywood. Tech Edward’s grandmother, he wanders away to a gypsy camp. Frances is so dir Harvey C. Leavitt. Art titles F. J. Van Halle, Carl Schneider and Leo

downhearted from losing Michael that the kindly Edward finds the Braun. reporter and convinces him to propose to the girl. Frances, however, moved Cast: Enid Bennett (Muriel Rossmore), Matt Moore (Rex by Edward’s goodness, decides that he is the man she really loves and Rossmore), William Conklin (Hal Gordon), Margaret Livingston returns to him. Abduction. Reporters. Timidity. Grandmothers. Gypsies. (Effie Wainwright), Grace Morse (Mrs. Kent), Al Filson (John

Irish Americans. Proposals. Burman), Aggie Herring (The maid).

Note: The film was also reviewed as The Gipsy Trail. The Var reviewer credits Comedy-drama. When Muriel Rossmore begins to pay more attention to Frank Garbutt as cameraman, but materials in Paramount studio records credit Van her household duties than to her appearance, her husband Rex begins to

Trees. seek the attentions of his attractive young secretary. Upon discovering his ETR 26 Oct 1918, p. 1771. NYDM 23 Nov 1918, p. 774. flirtation, Muriel contemplates suicide; but when she notices her reflection

uPw 2 No i918 P 622. Var 20 Dec 1918, p. 37. in the bathroom mirror, she determines to glamorize herself. Once

Beem transformed, Muriel enters the social whirl and draws the interest of playboy Hal Gordon. Rex becomes alarmed at his wife’s newfound HABIT F1.1742 popularity, and realizing Muriel’s importance to his life, gives up his Chaplin-Mayer Pictures Co. Dist Associated First National Pictures, outside interests for a reconciliation with his wife. Drudges. Marriage. Inc. Jan? 1921 [©Chaplin-Mayer Pictures Co.; 14 Feb 1921; LP16137]. Transformation. Flirtation. Playboys. Secretaries. Socialites.

6 reels. Note: Director Fred Niblo was married to Enid Bennett during the production of Pres Louis B. Mayer. Prod Louis B. Mayer. Dir Edwin Carewe. Scen this film. The film opened in New York early in Aug 1920.

Madge Tyrone. Cam Robert B. Kurrle. Ed Edward McDermott. Tech ETR 14 Aug 1920, p. 1156. NYT 2 Aug 1920, p. 12.

dir Rex Weston. Prints Rothacker Film Mfg. Co. MPN 14 Aug 1920, p. 1409. Var 6 Aug 1920, p. 26. Source: Based on a play by Tom Barry (production undetermined). MPW 4 Aug 1920, p. 934. Wid's 8 Aug 1920, p. 19. Cast: Mildred Harris (/rene Fletcher), William Lawrence (John

Marshall), Ethel Grey Terry (Mary Chartres), Walter McGrail HALF A CHANCE : F1.1745

(Charles Munson), Emmet C. King (Richard Fletcher). Jesse D. Hampton Productions; Special. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc. 24 Drama /Society. Irene Fletcher, the pampered daughter of a Long Island Oct 1920 [©Pathe Exchange, Inc.; 2 Oct 1920; LU15598}. 6-7 reels. millionaire on the brink of bankruptcy, has two suitors—struggling Miles Robert Thornby. Scen Fred Myton. Cam Lucien Andriot and Victor

architect John Marshall, and wealthy clothing designer Charles Munson. ;

Scorning her father’s plea for her to curb her passion for beautiful clothes Source: Based on the novel Half a Chance by Frederic Stewart Isham

and live more modestly, she trips and is knocked unconscious. In a dream, (Indianapolis, 1909). . uC pe Irene’s father goes to Munson for financial assistance and Munson agrees, Meant Manon H jamilton ( Sailor aurkerionn Steele), Mary in exchange for her father agreeing to try to influence Irene to marry him. © an (voce yn ray, 0 years old), Lillian Rich (Jocely " Wray, 20

When it is announced at Irene’s birthday party that she and Marshall have Wear ° o. y ed : insworth (ack Ronsdare). ey hi 6 nage secretly married, Munson refuses to lend the money to Irene’s father, who wan Lion West Tom Ross) ° Jose ‘hive (ono ( Me

then kills himself with a pistol. After a series of tragic events, Irene Rogers) Bers), P

awakens, and decides to marry Marshall. Debt. Dreams. Extravagance. Oe ama “Sailor” Burke, en route to prison for a murder he did not

Father-daughter relationship. Millionaires. Architects. Birthdays. we o_ . a .

Couturiers. Falls. Long Island (New York). Marriage-Secret. Suicide. ” Commit, escapes Ant takes a joo asa stoket . a ship ‘he sent om ed Once Note: Although this film was first listed in release charts at the end of Jan 1921, hoards the ship with Jack Ronsdale, who recognizes the fugitive Ronsdale the release date is uncertain as it was advertised in Nov 1920 in MPN. It was reviewed . eee . . .- . ; . in both Apr and Nov 1921. identifies Burke, who is then imprisoned on the ship, but escapes during a MPN 27 Nov 1920, pp. 4048-49. Var 9 Sep 1921, p. 45. violent storm. After saving the judge’s daughter Jocelyn, who was swept MPW 9 Apr 1921, p. 626. overboard, Burke is cast off by Ronsdale and left to drown. Swimming to

a nearby island, he discovers some law books cast adrift in the wreckage,

THE HABIT OF HAPPINESS F1.1743 and begins to study them. Ten years pass and Burke reappears in San Fine Arts Film Co. Dist Triangle Film Corp. 12 Mar 1916 [©Triangle Francisco as John Steele, criminal lawyer. He meets Jocelyn again, and the

Film Corp.; 21 Feb 1916; LP8343]. 5 reels. two fall in love. Ronsdale also reappears in Steele’s life and, after

Dir Allan Dwan. Scen Allan Dwan and Shannon Fife. recognizing him, has Jim Gillett, a detective, follow him. Steele eludes

Cast: Douglas Fairbanks (Sunny Wiggins), George Fawcett Gillett and uncovers Tom Rogers, a witness who clears him of the crime (Jonathon Pepper), Macey Harlam (Mr. Forster), Dorothy West (Miss while indicting Ronsdale as the true criminal. Jocelyn then seeks out the Pepper), George Backus (Mr. Wiggins), Grace Rankin, William Jefferson. exonerated Steele and forgives his past, thus offering him another chance

Comedy. When Sunny Wiggins brings derelicts home, feeds them, gives icl ue wan the Lawvers he owes. Castaways. raise arts gnves.

them a place to sleep and bathes them, his wealthy, incredulous father a - ne os So w Francieco Stokers So mation: etectives. throws him out. Unperturbed, Sunny takes up residence in a flophouse and rh oon 1990 3077 MPW ‘6 Nov 1920. v. 108 teaches the men there how to laugh. Hearing of Sunny’s success, a doctor MPN 16 Oct 1920, is 3017. NYMT 240190. asks him to cure his old, millionaire patient, Jonathon Pepper, of chronic MPN 30 Oct 1920, p. 3447. Wid's 24 Oct 1920, p. 2. grouchiness. The task is too great even for Sunny, but while staying with Jonathon, he falls in love with his daughter and uncovers a plot to abduct HALF-A-MINUTE KENDALL see MILE-A-MINUTE KENDALL the old man. When the kidnappers arrive, Sunny fights them off, but is shot

in the head during the struggle. Then, when Jonathon sees his wounded HALF A ROGUE F1.1746 guest, he laughs for the first time in years. After Sunny recovers, he Universal Film Mfg. Co.; Red Feather Photoplays. Dist Universal Film becomes Jonathon’s partner, marries his daughter and is finally welcomed Mfg. Co. 22 May 1916 [©Universal Film Mfg., Inc.; 2 May 1916:

back by his father. Cynics. Father-son relationship. Good Samaritans. LP8207]. 5 reels. , , ,

Kidnapping. Optimism. Derelicts. Fights. Flophouses. Gunshot wounds. Dir Henry Otto. Asst dir Bennett Molter. Scen Henry Otto.

Millionaires. Partnerships. Physicians. Source: Based on the novel Half a Rogue by Harold MacGrath Motog 25 Mar 1916, p. 713. NYDM 25 Mar 1916, p. 28. (Indianapolis, 1906).

PW 05 ar i916 e. 5008 ih ya ee ole e 5. Cast: King Baggot (Richard Warrington), Lettie Ford (Anna MPW 22 Apr 1916, p. 688. Wid’s 23 Mar 1916, p. 454. Warrington, his aunt), Clara Beyers (Katherine Challoner), Joseph 361

HALF AN HOUR AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Castellanos (John Bennington), Mathilde Brundage (Mrs. Bennington), to die. He is able to save Teresa, whom he later marries. Fugitives. Indians-

Edna Hunter (Pattie Bennington), Howard Crampton (Daniel Mixed blood. Indians of North America. Ostracism. Parentage. False

McQuade), Henry Otto (Ex-Senator Henderson). accusations. Fires. Forests. Racial prejudice. Rescues. Sheriffs.

Drama. When New York playwright Richard Warrington returns to his Note: The working title for this film was Jn the Carquinez Woods. Some reviews home town, Republican bosses nominate him for mayor. The Democrats, refer to the film’s title as The Halfbreed. Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. produced a film alarmed at Richard’s popularity, decide to unearth a scandal that will ruin 28d on the same source in 1918 entitled Tongues of Flame (see below).

his chances of winning, and quickly discover that, months before, actress None ro 4 role P. 45. MYR io I tole P. a Katherine Challoner had spent the night in Richard’s apartment. Although MPW 22 Jul 1916, is 649. Var 14 Jul 1916, is 19. it simply had been the result of Katherine’s fainting spell, the home-town MPW 5 Aug 1916, p. 1002. Wid's 3 Jul 1916, p. 708. Democratic newspaper turns the overnight visit into an illicit rendezvous between two lovers. Concerned, Richard quickly explains the whole story

to Katherine’s husband, John Bennington, and then beats up the man THE HALF MILLION BRIBE F1.1749 responsible for printing the lie. The public, however, had never believed the Columbia Pictures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp.; A Metro newspaper story about Richard, and overwhelmingly elects him. False | Wonderplay. 10 Apr 1916 [©Columbia Pictures Corp.; 18 Apr 1916;

accusations. Newspapers. Political campaigns. Political candidates. -P8097]. 5 reels. ,

Reputation. Actors and actresses. Democratic Party. Elections. Fights. Dir Edgar Jones. Scen Harry O. Hoyt. Cam Rudolph J. Bergquist.

Playwrights. Republican Party. Source: Based on the novel The Red Mouse: A Mystery Romance by Note: Some scenes in the film were shot in Savannah, GA. It is unclear whether William Hamilton Osborne (New York, 1909). ; Bennett Molter served on the film as an assistant director or an actor. Cast: Hamilton Revelle (J. Lawrence Challoner), Marguerite Snow

MPN 13 May 1916, p. 2897. NYDM | Apr 1916, p. 25. (Miriam Challoner), Carl Brickert (William Murgatroyd), Walter

MPW 27 May 1916, p. 1568. Hitchcock (Graham Thorne), Fred C. Williams (Colonel S. F. Hargraves), Fred Heck (Broderick), John Smiley (Pemmican), Ferdinand HALF AN HOUR F1.1747 Tidmarsh (Merrick), Carol Seymour (Shirley Bloodgood), Diane Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; | D’Aubrey (Letty Love). Paramount Pictures. 19 Sep 1920 [OFamous Players-Lasky Corp.; 24 Aug Drama. When her unfaithful playboy husband, J. Lawrence Challoner,

1920; LP15490]. 5 reels, 4,667 ft. is accused of murder, Miriam gives William Murgatroyd, the district Pres Adolph Zukor. Dir Harley Knoles. Scen Clara S. Beranger. attorney, her entire fortune of $500,000 in exchange for a guarantee of an

Cam Philip Hatkin. acquittal. Even after taking the bribe, however, William prosecutes hard Source: Based on the play Half an Hour by James M. Barrie (New York, and obtains a conviction. Later, another man confesses to the murder, and 25 Sep 1913). Lawrence is released, but he and his wife are now penniless because of the Cast: Dorothy Dalton (Lady Lillian), Charles Richman (Richard size of the payoff to William. They live in the slum, where Lawrence tries

Garson), Albert Barrett (Hugh Paton), Frank Losee (Dr. George hard to reform himself of all his bad habits. After he has succeeded,

Brodie), H. Cooper Cliffe (Earl of Westford). William confesses that he double-crossed Miriam so that an impoverished Drama. In order to help her father, Lord Dartmouth, out of financial Lawrence would be compelled to make himself into a “‘new man.” Satisfied

difficulties, Lady Lillian agrees to marry the wealthy Richard Garson, that Lawrence has done precisely that, he returns the money. District whose love she does not reciprocate. After a bitter scene with Richard, attorneys. Moral reformation. Murder. Playboys. Tests of character. Lillian consents to elope with her former suitor, Hugh Paton, leaving her Bankruptcy. Bribery. Confession (law). Imprisonment. Marriage. Slums. jewels and a letter of explanation behind. Arriving at Paton’s rooms, Lillian "als.

is told by his maid, Susie, that he is a womanizer. Just then, Dr. George Mere omy oe P. 3995 whe y may role P. 1 Brodie arrives, carrying the body of Paton who was killed by a taxi. Lillian MPW 29 Apr 1916, is 870. Wid's 20 Apr 1916, if 516.

returns and tries to retrieve her note, but finds the drawer locked. When she appears at dinner, she finds Dr. Brodie, coincidentally invited to dinner

by Richard, relating the strange story of that afternoon. Richard speculates THE HAND AT THE WINDOW F1.1750

on the woman’s identity, but the doctor keeps Lillian’s secret. Lillian later Triangle Film Corp. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 21 Apr 1918. 5 is able to recover her note and Richard begs her pardon for any suspicions reels. which he had about her. Finally, realizing her husband’s love, Lillian Dir Raymond Wells. Scen John A. Moroso. Cam C. G. Peterson. confesses all. Automobile accidents. Desertion. Elopement. Letters. Source: Based on the short story “In the Spring” by John A. Moroso in Philanderers. Physicians. Finance—Personal. Maids. Nobility. Taxis. Collier’s National Weekly (12 Jan 1918). Note: Barrie’s play was filmed again by Paramount in 1929 as The Doctor's Cast: Joe King (Roderick Moran), Margery Wilson (Laura Bowers),

pecret, with Ruth Chatterton starring ane in < de Mille eee several Francis McDonald (Tony Brachieri), rene Hunt (The Calabrian Kid), oreign-language versions 0 Is Thim, including e rrenc ~ anguage Le ecre u Aaron Edwards (O’Brien), Arthur Millett (Inspector). Dowtenr. 380) also released. (See AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.1378 Mystery. New York police detective Roderick Moran interrupts the

ETR 6 Nov 1920, p. 613. Wid's 5 Dec 1920, p. 12. wedding of counterfeitor Tony Brachieri with a warrant for the notorious

MPW 6 Nov 1920, p. 109. criminal’s arrest. As Tony is being locked up, he swears that he will exact

vengeance when Roderick marries. Roderick later proposes to the

THE HALF-BREED F1.1748 mysterious but beautiful Laura Bowers, and although he is jittery before Fine Arts Film Co. Dist Triangle Film Corp. 30 Jul 1916. 5 reels. the wedding, his fears are quelled by the news that Tony has been killed

Dir Allan Dwan. in an attempted prison break. Soon after the newlyweds move into their Source: Based on the novel Jn the Carquinez Woods by Bret Harte cottage, however, Roderick is nearly killed by a shot fired through the (London, 1883). window. The police are baffled when they find only Tony’s fingerprint on

Cast: Douglas Fairbanks (Lo Dorman), Alma Reuben (Teresa), Sam De the sill. After Roderick’s recovery, he learns that Laura, actually a Secret

Grasse (Sheriff Dunn), Tom Wilson (Curson), Frank Brownlee Service agent, has tracked down the culprit: Tony’s wife, the Calabrian (Winslow Wynn), Jewel Carmen (Nellie), George Beranger (Jack Kid, who had sworn to her husband on their fateful wedding day that she

Brace). would obtain revenge. Counterfeiters. Detectives. Pledges. Revenge.

Drama. Ostracized from white society, Lo Dorman, a half-breed, lives Weddings. Gunshot wounds. Jailbreaks. New York City. Newlyweds.

in the forest on the outskirts of town with his adopted Indian grandfather. Police. Secret Service. —

While there, he meets another outcast, Teresa, who has run away from noe The worsing uit oan film was The Fingerprint hor 918. 9.

authorities after stabbing her unfaithful lover. Seeing her from a distance, Pr nate nega” ar Pree

Sheriff Dunn mistakes Teresa for Nellie, his sweetheart, and, believing that pw ) Ma inn is moe 2720. Wid's 25 Ape 1918, pp. 110405.

she has begun an affair with Lo, decides to kill him. Because she has gone through some of Lo’s possessions, Teresa knows that Dunn is really his

father, but as she tries to explain this to the sheriff, a forest fire breaks out. THE HAND INVISIBLE F1.1751

Lo tries to rescue both Teresa and Dunn, but finally must make a choice World Film Corp. Dist World Film Corp. 17 Mar 1919 [OWorld Film between them, and, unaware of their relationship, decides to leave Dunn Corp.; 24 Mar 1919; LU13530]. 5 reels, 4,793 ft.

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 HANDS UP! Dir Harry O. Hoyt. Scen Clara S. Beranger. Story Wallace C. Clifton. Note: According to modern sources, Ben Carré was the art director of this film.

Cam Alfred Moses. Motog 1 Apr 1916, p. 766. NYDM 15 Apr 1916, p. 31.

Cast: Montagu Love (Rodney Graham), Virginia Hammond (Alice PW Abr ile . 377. 338. nee 3 ver ioe e 45.

Graham), William Sorrelle (Arthur Haynes), Marguerite Gale (Ruth

Haynes), Martha Mansfield (Katherine Dale), Kate Lester (Mrs.

Dale), George Le Guere (Dick Allen/Rodney Graham, Jr.), Muriel THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE . , FL.V754

Ostriche (Helen Haynes). Universal Film Mfg. Co.; Special Feature. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co.; Drama. Rodney Graham, a steel magnate, divorces his wife Alice State Rights. 13 May 1917 [OUniversal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 10 May 1917; because of an accident that makes her unable to bear him an heir. He LP10746]. 6 reels, “ae , , “ae pursues debutante Katherine Dale, whose lover, Dick Allen, a civil Prod Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley - Dir Lois Weber and Phillips engineer, dies on the eve of their wedding, and with the help of Katherine’s Smalley. Seen Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley. Cam Allan Siegler. ,

ambitious mother, Graham persuades her to marry him. When Katherine Cast: Phillips pnaliey (Or Broan’). Lois Weber (His wife), ees

dies after giving birth to Rodney, Jr., Graham’s stepbrother, Arthur age ae Gravam). oubeweo ae (Mr. Graham), Evelyn Selbie

Haynes, angrily prophesies Graham’s eventual demise. After Graham (Sarah), Harry De More (Her husband). . , ,

centers his life on his son’s development, Rodney, Jr. falls in love with Dra ma. Although she has been warn ed by the police chief to stop hand Ing Haynes’ daughter Ruth. Graham objects to the match because of his out literature on birth control, the wife of Dr. Broome remains committed

antagonism to Haynes, unti! Alice persuades him to allow it. Graham then to the cause. Visited by her former nursemaid Sarah, who is now discovers that Rodney, Jr. was actually Dick Allen’s child, but in the act overburdened by a oem family and a limited income, Mrs. Broome of changing his will, Graham becomes paralyzed and is forced to watch the provides h er with in Feri: tion Se birth contro The spectacle of a

wedding helplessly in a wheel chair, then dies soon afterward. Father-son consumptive woman sullering under the burden o' too many pregnancies relationship. Heirs. Illegitimacy. Paralysis. Parentage. Steel magnates. compels Mrs. Broome to address a public gathering on birth control. The

Childbirth. Childlessness. Debutantes. Divorce. Engineers-Civil. Police raid the meeting and arrest both Mrs. Broome and Sarah for

Infidelity. Stepbrothers. Weddings. Wills. spreading propaganda in violation of state laws. After serving a short Note: This film marked the directorial debut of Harry O. Hoyt who previously was sentence, they are finally pardoned by the governor and hopefully await the a scenarist for World Film Corp. enactment of new legislation permitting the dissemination of birth control ETR 15 Mar 1919, p. 1133. Var 7 Mar 1919, p. 66. information. Birth control. Laws. Police raids. Social reformers. MPN 15 Mar 1919, p. 1710, 1715. Wid's 9 Mar 1919, p. 31. Imprisonment. Lectures. Nursemaids. Pardons (legal). Physicians. Police

MPW 15 Mar 1919, p. 1524. chiefs. Tuberculosis.

Note: This film, advocating birth control, was banned by the commissioner of

THE HAND OF DESTINY F1.1752 licenses in New York.

Jun 1914 [©Eclectic Film Co. (F. Wolff, author); 17 Jun 1914; ETR 26 May 1917, p. 1748. NYDM __26 May 1917, p. 28. LU2872]. 4 reels. MPN 2 Jun 1917, p. MPW 3462. Var 18 May 1917, p. 26. 2 Jun 1917, p. 4458, 1501. Wid's 31 May 1917, pp. 349-50.

Drama. Robert Rogers, a bank employee, purchases counterfeit currency from Phony Bill in order to cover gambling debts. When he switches the

bogus dollars for real ones in the bank’s vault, however, the switch is HANDS see PLEASURE SEEKERS detected and Hartley, the cashier, is sent to prison. While Hartley is in jail,

unable to support his wife and daughter Ethel, Rogers becomes rich and HANDS DOWN F1.1755

raises his son Stephen in luxury. Years later, Stephen employs Ethel as his Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. 11 Feb 1918 secretary, but when he attempts to force himself on her, she repulses him | [©Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.; 28 Jan 1918; LP12002]. 5 reels. and flees. Unable to find shelter, and despairing, Ethel attempts suicide but Dir Rupert Julian. Story Elliott J. Clawson. Cam Steve Rounds.

is rescued by kindly Chester Thorne, with whom she falls in love. Cast: Monroe Salisbury (Dago Sam), W. H. Bainbridge (Dan Meanwhile, in rifling through Ethel’s belongings, Stephen discovers her Stuyvesant), Ruth Clifford (Hilda Stuyvesant), Rupert Julian (Tom family’s secret and tries to destroy her relationship with Chester by Flynn), Rita Pickering (Marina), Al Filson (Jack Dedlow). revealing her father’s past. To his indignation, however, Phony Bill, now Western. Miner Dan Stuyvesant finally strikes it rich, but on his way to reformed and one of Chester’s employees, confronts him with his father’s | teport his claim, he is shot. When Jack Dedlow, the head of a gang of crime and exonerates Hartley. Bankers. Counterfeiters. Criminals- outlaws, hears this news, he rides to Stuyvesant’s cabin intending to secure Rehabilitation. Frame-ups. Reputation. Theft. Attempted rape. Attempted the claim for himself. There the outlaws find Stuyvesant’s daughter Hilda,

suicide. Debt. Gambling. Imprisonment. Secretaries. the sweetheart of Tom Flynn, and are about to draw cards for her when Note: Modern sources list Donald MacKenzie as the film’s director. F. Wolff was Dago Sam pulls out his guns and spirits her out the door. Because Tom is

the head of the Eclectic Film Co. in the United States. his only friend, Sam determines to protect Hilda from the gang, but when

MPW 6 Jun 1914, p. 1460. Tom suspiciously questions his intentions toward Hilda, Sam decides to live up to the town’s poor opinion of him. Hilda saves herself by declaring her

THE HAND OF PERIL F1.1753 faith in Sam and, his spirits restored, he returns her to Tom. Dedlow is

Paragon Films, Inc. Dist World Film Corp. 27 Mar 1916 [©World Film killed in a fight at Sam’s cabin, and Tom and Sam renew their friendship.

Corp.; 27 Mar 1916; LU7913]. 5 reels. Attempted rape. Friendship. Loyalty. Murder. Outlaws. Card games. Dir Maurice Tourneur. Asst dir Clarence L. Brown. Scen Maurice Claim jumpers. Fights. Miners.

Tourneur. Ed Clarence L. Brown.:Note: ins mayasoriginally been uted Highest Fim which wasr, announced recentlypave completed in ae late De inCard, tradeapapers. e aire Source: Based on the novel The Hand of Peril: A Novel of Adventure by scenarist and principal actors are the same, and the plot of Hands Down seems to fit

Arthur Stringer (New York, 1915). . the title The Highest Card.

Cast: House Peters (James Kestner), June Elvidge (Maura Lambert), ETR 16 Feb 1918, p. 912. MPW 23 Feb 1918, p. 1141. : Ralph Delmore (Frank Lambert), Doris Sawyer (“Bull's Eye” Cherry), MPN 16 Feb 1918, p. 1034. Wid’s 2 Feb 1918, p. 947.

Ray Pilcer (Tony Morello). MPW 16 Feb 1918, pp. 1002-03.

Drama/Crime. When Secret Service agent James Kestner gets caught by :

Frank Lambert’s gang of counterfeiters, whom he has been trailing, HANDS UP! F1.1756 Frank’s daughter Maura, impressed by James’s bravery, convinces her Fine Arts Film Co. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 29 Apr 1917. 5 father to let him go. James later kills gang member Tony Morello for trying reels.

to rape Maura, but before he dies, Tony tells her that she is not really Dir Tod Browning and/or Wilfred Lucas. Scen Wilfred Lucas. Story Al Frank’s daughter but had been kidnapped by him when she was a baby. Jennings.

As a result, Maura realizes that her profession was not biologically Cast: Wilfred Lucas (John Houston), Colleen Moore (Marjorie determined. Instead, she had been trained to be a criminal. James finally Houston), Monte Blue (Dan Tracy), Beatrice Van (Elinor Craig), Rhea arrests Frank, but instead of handing Maura over to the police, he keeps Haynes (Rosanna), Bert Woodruff (Tim Farley), Kate Toncray (Mrs. her for himself, as the couple makes plans to get married. Counterfeiters. Farley).

Criminals. Father-daughter relationship. Parentage. Secret Service. Western. Railroad president John Houston, along with his daughter

Attempted rape. Heredity. Justifiable homicide. Police. Marjorie and his fiancée, Elinor Craig, are aboard the express train when 363

HANDS UP! AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG it is held up by a gang of outlaws. Outlaw Dan Tracy is attracted to a divorce and Barbara, not wishing to keep him against his will, acquiesces. Marjorie, who, filled with dreams of romance, returns his interest. They They arrange for Barbara to catch Richard in a phony tryst with another exchange rings and later meet secretly in the city. When Houston learns woman who turns out to be exceedingly ugly. While they wait three months

that his daughter’s new suitor is an outlaw, he hires a detective to until the divorce is final, Barbara discovers that Dorothy is planning to investigate. The investigation indicates that Tracy is Houston’s son by a marry Richard, and playing “the other woman” role herself, Barbara former marriage, and Houston, mortified, allows the outlaw to escape. | succeeds in breaking up that romance and winning her husband back. Tracy then persuades Marjorie to elope with him and takes her to hisshack © Adventuresses. Divorce. Marriage. Newlyweds. Frame-ups. Neglected in the hills where she is rudely awakened to the realities of outlaw life. | husbands.

Houston arrives to save his daughter, and after Tracy is killed by Rosanne, ETR 28 Jun 1919, p. 311. NYMT 15 Jun 1919.

the woman he betrayed, it is revealed that Tracy was not his son but an vw 5 ue Is PP os Wid's 15 Jun 1919, p. 9.

offspring of his former wife and an outlaw. Father-daughter relationship. Outlaws. Parentage. Detectives. Elopement. Executives. Incest. Murder. Railroads. Train robberies.

Note: The author of the story, Al Jennings, was actually a former bandit and train THE HAPPINESS OF THREE WOMEN F 1.1759 robber who was pardoned by President Theodore Roosevelt. Some contemporary Oliver Morosco Photoplay Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 18 Jan sources give Browning sole directing credit, while others give Browning and Lucas 1917 [OOliver Morosco Photoplay Co.; 26 Dec 1916; LP9857]. 5 reels.

joint credit, Scenes were Aneclen the Santa Ynez Canyon in California and in the Prod William D. Taylor. Dir William D. Taylor. Scen Adele Harris. Cam Homer Scott.

PN x va i917 is soon NEM 8 ie 1917 sO Source: Based on the short story “The Happiness of Three Women” by

MPN 5 May 1917, p. 2859. Tri 21 Apr 1917, p. 4. Albert Payson Terhune in The Red Book Magazine (Oct 1914). MPW 31 Mar 1917, p. 2089. Var 27 Apr 1917, p. 24. Cast: House Peters (Billy Craig), Myrtle Stedman (Constance Barr), L. MPW 3 May 1917, p. 809. Wid's 26 Apr 1917, pp. 268-69. W. Steers (Mark Barr), Daisy Robinson (Myrtle Gale), William Hutchinson (Judas Fletcher), Lucille Ward (Mary Fletcher), Milton

HANDS UP! (Universal Film Mfg. Co.) see COME THROUGH Brown (Monck).

Drama. Billy Craig, who has promised his fiancée that she will be the first

HAPPINESS F 1.1757 to ride in his new car, and Constance Barr, whose husband Mark is insanely New York Motion Picture Corp.; Kay-Bee. Dist Triangle Distributing jealous of her, meet at the railroad station and, upon finding that the Corp. 13 May 1917. 5 reels. passengers they were expecting did not arrive, take a drive in the country. Supv Thomas H. Ince. Dir Reginald Barker. Scen C. Gardner Sullivan. Becoming lost, they are unable to return until after midnight. On their

Cam Robert Newhard. Art dir Robert Brunton. journey, they meet Judas Fletcher, an old friend who works at the bank. Cast: Enid Bennett (Doris Wingate), Charles Gunn (Robert Lee The following day, the night watchman accuses Fletcher of robbing the

Hollister), Thelma Salter (Dolly Temple), Andrew Arbuckle bank, and Mrs. Fletcher appeals to Craig to help her husband. Realizing (Nicodemus), Gertrude Claire (Miss Pratt), Adele Belgrade (Priscilla that providing an alibi for the cashier would expose Constance and

Wingate), Jack Gilbert (Richard Forrester). endanger his relationship with his sweetheart, Craig is unsure what to do.

Comedy-drama. Doris Wingate is featured in a Sunday magazine In a quandary, he cross examines the night watchman and discovers that supplement as the most snobbish girl in America. In reality, Doris is | the watchman committed the crime, thus saving the happiness of three loveable and eager for friends, and it is her Aunt Priscilla who deliberately Women. Bank robberies. False accusations. Integrity. Reputation. cultivates the false impression. Realizing this, her uncle ships Doris off to Automobiles. Bank clerks. Jealousy. Watchmen.

a co-educational college, but unfortunately, her reputation preceeded her hen ; ne i917 P wee NORM ooo} i917 P ane and she is snubbed by the other students. However, in Robert Lee Hollister, MPN 27 Jan 1917, p. 588. Wid's 18 Jan 1917, p. 42. a fellow student who takes in washing to earn his tuition, and his little helper Dolly Temple, Doris finds true friends. Entering into a business partnership with her new friends, Doris spends her happiest hours sorting

linen until her Aunt Priscilla arrives to break up the match. Doris defies HAPPY THOUGH MARRIED F1.1760

her aunt and elopes with Bob, thus shattering her image as a snob, and the Thomas H. Ince Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Paramount two settle down to a happy life together. Aunts. False accusations. Pictures. 23 Feb 1919 [OThomas H. Ince Corp.; 31 Dec 1918; LP13272].

Friendship. Snobbery. Students. College life. Elopement. Launderers. 5 reels, 5,128 ft. ;

Magazines. Ostracism. Partnerships. Reputation. Pres Thomas H. Ince. Supv Thomas H. Ince. Dir Fred Niblo. Asst

Note: In 1919 an injunction restraining the use of the title “Happiness” as the title dir Doran H. Cox. Scen C. Gardner Sullivan. Story Lois Zellner and of any film was issued by a United States Court in response to the application of J. Arthur J. Zellner. Cam Robert Newhard. Film ed Duncan Mansfield. Art

Hartley Manners, the author of the play Happiness, who started his suit after dir G. Harold Percival. Art titles Irvin J. Martin. Triangle released this film. The stories of the film and the play were not similar. Cast: Enid Bennett (Millicent Lee), Vola Vale (Diana Ramon), Douglas

ETR 12 May 1917, p. 1608. NYDM 5 May 1917, p. 31. MacLean (Stanley Montjoy), Hal Cooley (Jim Montjoy), Philo

PW 9 May rey is ' 8 ae M " May orn is McCullough (Bob Davis), Lydia Yeamans Titus (Aunt Mattie), Charles MPW 2 Jun 1917, p. 1498. Wid’s 10 May 1917, pp. 299-300. French (Diana’s uncle), Norine Johnston (Bob's wife).

MPW 12 Apr 1919, p. 197. Comedy-drama. Stanley Montjoy and his brother Jim journey to examine their mining property in South America, where a dark-eyed beauty named

HAPPINESS A LA MODE F1.1758 Diana Ramon assists them in their financial dealings. Stanley returns to

Select Pictures Corp. Dist Select Pictures Corp. 15 Jun 1919 [©Select the United States to marry his sweetheart, Millicent Lee, while Jim lingers

Pictures Corp.; 5 Jun 1919; LP13803]. 5 reels. on with Diana. As a joke, Bob Davis gives Stanley and Millicent a cynical Pres Lewis J. Selznick. Dir Walter Edwards. Scen Alice Eyton. Cam __ treatise on marriage entitled “How to Be Happy Though Married,” which

James C. Van Trees. poisons the young bride’s thoughts with doubts about her husband’s past.

Source: Based on the short story “Happiness A La Mode” by Edwina _ Her suspicions turn to rage when she discovers a photograph of Diana in Levin (pseud. of Edwina Le Vin Dickerson MacDonald) (publication | Stanley’s trunk. Jim and Diana wire Stanley that they have married and

undetermined, Jan 1919). are returning home, but when Stanley meets them at the station, Jim Cast: Constance Talmadge (Barbara Townsend), Harrison Ford becomes lost in the crowd. Diana, dropped at the house to await Jim and (Richard Townsend), Betty Schade (Dorothy Mitchell), Myrtle Richelle | Stanley, shocks Millicent by her presence, and although neither can speak

(Eileen), Paul Weigel (Attorney Logan), Thomas D. Persse the other’s language, a furious battle ensues. When the husbands return

(Thompson), A. Fremont (Greenburg). home, the situation is explained and the two women become friends.

Comedy. Believing that a wife should not impinge upon her husband’s Brothers. Marriage. Books. Fights. Mines. Photographs. Practical jokes. freedom, newlywed Barbara Townsend refuses to act jealous or question | South America.

her husband Richard’s comings and goings, which causes him to doubt her he * re 1919) P nr ew » er i918 P ; aa

concern and love for him. Convinced by adventuress Dorothy Mitchell that MPN 8 Feb 1919, p. 788. Wid's 16 Feb 1919, p. 7. Barbara is neglectful and indifferent to their marriage, Richard asks for MPN 22 Feb 1919, p. 1221.

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 HAS MAN THE RIGHT TO KILL? HARD BOILED F1.1761 Margaret Landis (Nina Carter), Byron Munson (Ward Carter), Loyola Thomas H. Ince Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Paramount O’Connor (Mme. Carter), Irving Cummings (Anthony Pope), Barbara Pictures. 2 Feb 1919 [OThomas H. Ince Corp.; 23 Dec 1918; LP13213). Lamarr Deely (Tam O'Shanter girl).

5 reels, 4,851 ft. Drama. Living the Bohemian life in Greenwich Village, Harriet Field is Pres Thomas H. Ince. Supv Thomas H. Ince. Prod Thomas H. Ince. entrapped into a mock marriage with the unscrupulous Royal Blondin. She

Dir Victor L. Schertzinger. Asst dir Bert S. Siebel. Scen R. Cecil Smith. leaves him and later accepts a job as companion to Nina Carter, the Story John Lynch. Cam John S. Stumar. Ed Duncan Mansfield. Art daughter of a wealthy family. At a masquerade ball thrown by the Carters,

dir G. Harold Percival. Art titles Irvin J. Martin. Blondin reappears and begins making advances to Nina. Harriet warns Cast: Dorothy Dalton (Corinne Melrose), C. W. Mason (Billy Blondin to leave Nina alone, but he threatens to expose her past if she Penrose), Billy Courtwright (Deacon Simpson), Gertrude Claire (Aunt interferes. Meanwhile, Carter’s wife Isabelle has been having a clandestine Tiny Colvin), Walter Hiers (Hiram Short), Nona Thomas (Daisy affair with Anthony Hope, and later that night, when the couple elope, they

May). meet their death in an auto accident. After the tragedy, Richard Carter

Comedy-drama. A musical-comedy troupe headed by prima donna then persuades Harriet to marry him for the sake of the children. When

Corinne Melrose is stranded in the little town of Nilesburg, Arizona, when Blondin asks Richard for Nina’s hand in marriage, Harriet reveals all to the show’s manager leaves town with all the money. When Corinne spends her husband, who forgives her. Richard offers Blondin a large sum of her last cent on a train ticket for one of the girls, she is advised by the money to stay out of Nina’s life, but he is shot by a life-long enemy before

station agent to seek assistance from a kindhearted old lady called Aunt he can spend it. Blackmail. Marriage-Fake. Automobile accidents. Tiny Colvin. Aunt Tiny takes Corinne in but confesses that she, too, isin | Bohemians and Bohemianism. Chaperons. Desertion. _ Infidelity. dire financial straits because the moneylender to whom she owes $200, | Masquerades. New York City-Greenwich Village. Deacon Simpson, has demanded repayment. The deacon, a married man, Note: The novel originally was serialized in Pictorial Review, Jan-Apr 1920.

becomes enamored of Corinne and makes improper advances towards her. ETR 30 Oct 1920, p. 2278. MPW 16 Oct 1920, p. 996.

Corinne threatens to expose his behavior to his wife and the townspeople MPN On 1900, P ene Wide oa On 1920, 0.9.

unless he surrenders Aunt Tiny’s bank notes, and to avoid the scandal, he MPN 30 Oct 1920, p. 3449. complies. Billy Penrose, a tenor who is in love with Corinne, arrives in

Nilesburg enchante with news of vuelittle openings Newconvinces York, pat one nas to THE HARVEST MOON become the towninand him settle there wit as . F1.1764 ; her. Arizona. Deacons. Musical reviews. Self-sacrifice. Small town life. Deitrich-Bec k, Inc. for Gibraltar Pictures. Dist W. W. Hodkinson Corp. , through Pathé Exchange, Inc. 25 Apr 1920. 6 reels. Finance-Personal. Moneylenders. Singers. Theatrical managers. Pres Theodore C. Deitrich and Arthur F. Beck. Prod Arthur F. Beck and

. Cam Burt Dawley.

;ilbert . Vavi rofessor Warrenton. . aie 3 re i919) is toy. ee 8 rr i919) merer Theodore C. Deitrich. Dir J. Searle Dawley. Scen J. Searle Dawley.

THE HARD ROCK BREED F1.1762 (Now Vark, Is On 1909). The Harvest Moon by Augustus Thomas

eae Film Corp. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 10 Mar 1918. 5 Cast: Doris Kenyon (Dora Fullerton), Wilfred Lytell (Willard G ra Raymond Wells. Scen George Elwood Jenks. Cam Pliny Horne and i llertony Groree “ane t Judec Elliot). Mario "Shotwell ve Source: Based on the novel The Hard Rock Man by Frederic R. Bechdolt (Comnehy rah orton), Robson Aora an ( H omy ome aries

(New York, 1910). . . (Madame Mercier), Ellen Olesen (Marie).

Cast: Jack Livingston (Donald Naughton), Margery Wilson (Shiela Drama. When Madame Vavin, whose marriage to her second husband

Dolan), Jack Curtis (Lynch Dolan), J. Barney Sherry (Bill Naughton), in England was not recorded in France, dies alone in a small French village, Marion Skinner (M other Kelly), Lee P helps (Jim Smith), George Chase her divorced husband James Fullerton and his tyrannical sister Cornelia

(Bunny Case), Louis Durham (Mike Carney), Thornton Edwards take custody of Dora, the young daughter that she left behind. Fullerton

(Greek Louis), Aaron Edwards (Jerry Shea). te takes Dora to America and raises her as his natural daughter, Drama. Donald Naughton, the lazy son of a self-made millionaire named indoctrinating her with the belief that she has inherited her mother’s Bill Naughton, is sent to his father S rock quarries to replace the crooked irresponsible nature. When Dora decides upon a theatrical career, superintendent, Mike Carney. The job at first proves difficult for Don, who Fullerton considers his fears justified. On stage, Dora meets and falls in does not know how to handle the rock drillers, but is made somewhat more love with playwright Willard Holcomb, but the fears implanted by

pleasant by the presence of Shiela Dolan, the pretty daughter of | Futterton and his sister make Dora incapable of romantic fulfillment. As Naughton’s old friend Lynch, an alcoholic. Don hires a new gang of Dora despairs of her fate, Professor Vavin, who has spent years searching workmen, but they prove to be anarchists secretly in Carney s employ. The for Dora, discovers his daughter and exonerates her mother’s besmirched young boss earns the respect of the regular hands by beating Jerry Shea character. Her confidence thus restored, Dora is able to continue with her ina fight, but Carney and his partner, Greek Louis, succeed in stirring up life. Actors and actresses. Children. Father-daughter relationship. Foster

a strike. After Don and his men defeat Carney’s agitators in a brawl, Don fathers. Heredity. Orphans. Child custody. France. Parentage.

. . . “ae . . pr , Pp. . pr , p. .

saves Carney from a lynch mob. The men return to work with a new respect Playwrights. for their boss, and Don wins Shiela’s love. Idlers. Labor agitators. Quarries. Note: This film was shot at the Leah Baird studios in Cliffside, NJ.

Transformation. Alcoholics. Anarchists. Employer-employee relations. ETR 17 Apr 1920. 0. 2289 MPW 54 Apr 1920. p, 506

Father-son relationship. Fights. Millionaires. Mobs. Strikes. MPN 10 Apr 1920, p. 3376. NYMT 4 Apr 1920.

Note: Contemporary sources note that the short story ‘““The Hard Rock Breed” was MPW 10 Apr 1920, p. 302. Wid’s 11 Apr 1920, p. 9.

published in The Saturday Evening Post.

MPN 16 Mar 1918, p. 1611. Wid's 21 Mar 1918, p, 1028. THE HARVEST OF SHAME see A MAN'S FIGHT

1562-63. HAS MAN THESphinx. RIGHT TO KILL? F1.1765 Dist State Rights; American Standard Motion Picture Corp.

MPW 16 Mar 1918, pp. 1556-57,

HARRIET AND THE PIPER F1.1763 Mar? 1917 [©The Popular Film Co.; 3 Mar 1919; LP15666]. 5 reels.

Louis B. Mayer Productions; Anita Stewart Productions, Inc. Dist Drama/Social. Russell Robbins, in agony from a long-standing and Associated First National Pictures, Inc. 13 Sep 1920 [OAnita Stewart incurable illness, pleads with Dr. Lawrence Manning, his life-long friend,

Productions, Inc.; 29 Sep 1920; LP15805]. 6 reels, 5,954 ft. to end his suffering by administering a fatal drug. Manning refuses, but Pres Louis B. Mayer. Dir Bertram Bracken. Asst dir Jack Lavor. after a night of Robbins’ pleadings, he reluctantly complies and Scen Monte M. Katterjohn. Cam René Guissart. Prints Rothacker Film administers an anesthetic. After Manning’s nurse tells her sweetheart,

Mfg. Co. Detective Ravin, about the death, Ravin obtains a warrant for Manning’s Source: Based on the novel Harriet and the Piper by Kathleen Norris arrest. Manning leaves town pursued by Ravin and, after crossing the

(New York, 1920). border, sees Ravin’s motorcycle fall from an open drawbridge into the Cast: Anita Stewart (Harriet Field), Ward Crane (Royal Blondin), water. Manning struggles within himself, but rescues Ravin. After

Charles Richman (Richard Carter), Myrtle Stedman (/sabelle Carter), Manning saves a woman from a fire and is overcome with smoke, Ravin

365

HASHIMURA TOGO AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG discovers him in the next hospital bed. Ravin and Robbins’ sister Virginia, MPW 16 Jun 1917, p. 1181. Var 22 Jun 1917, p. 24. who believes in Manning’s innocence, resolve to fight for him, but Manning MPW 30 Jun 1917, pp. 2036-37. Wid's 9 Aug 1917, pp. 508-09. is found guilty of premeditated murder. After Virginia’s pleadings to the

Governor convince him to decide that the anesthetic was administered to THE HATER OF MEN _ FL1768 quiet the patient’s nerves, and that the death was due to natural causes, New York Motion Picture Corp.; Kay-Bee. Dist Triangle Distributing

Manning is free to marry Virginia. Conscience. Detectives. Euthanasia. Corp. 10 Jun 1917. 5 reels.

Physicians. Trials. Chases. Drugs. Fires. Incurable illness. Motorcycle Supv Thomas H. Ince. Dir Charles Miller. Scen C. Gardner Sullivan.

accidents. Nurses. Rescues. State governors. Cam Clyde De Vinna. Art dir Robert A. Brunton.

Note: This film was first listed on a release chart of 31 Mar 1917 under the state Cast: Bessie Barriscale (Janice Salsbury), Charles K. French rights company American Standard Motion Picture Corp. According to information (Phillips Hartley), Jack Gilbert (Billy Williams). in the copyright descriptions for this film, dated 19 Oct 1920, the Popular Film Co. Comedy-drama. While covering a sensational divorce case, reporter

€ fl n e€ negative were so Oo an nglisn concern. e rennsyivania : > : : : “hh:

had purchased re film three years carer In mee » the British einpire rights of Janice Salsbury becomes disillusioned with the institution of marriage. Censorship Board viewed the film between Jan and Jun 1918. No other information Convinced that her impending marriage to fellow reporter Billy Williams

was located concerning the film. will result in a loss of her freedom, Janice breaks her engagement and ETR 31 Mar 1917, p. 1190. enters a period of Bohemian living. Her mentor, elderly Phillips Hartley, sadly watches as Janice’s friends lose all respect for her and finally succeeds

HASHIMURA TOGO F1.1766 in effecting a reconciliation between Billy and Janice. Disillusionment.

jesse , ;L.;Lasky Marriage. Reporters. Bohemians and Bohemianism. Divorce. Old men. Feature Play Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 19 Aug Reputation. Teachers

1917 [©Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co.; 1 Aug 1917; LP11164]. 5 reels. in RNG Jon 1917 123 uew tage 1917. 0. 293 Dir William C. de Mille. Asst dir E. Traxler. Scen Marion Fairfax. Motog 30 Jun 1917. . 1396. NYDM 16 Jun 1917, ,. 59.

Cam Charles Rosher. | MPN 23 Jun 1917, p. 3951. Var 22 Jun 1917, p. 27. Source: Based on the novel Hashimura Togo by Wallace Irwin (New MPW 23 Jun 1917, p. 1951. Wid's 21 Jun 1917, p. 394.

York, 1914).

Cast: Sessue Hayakawa (Hashimura Togo), Florence Vidor (Corinne THE HAUNTED BEDROOM F1.1769

Reynolds), Mabel Van Buren (Mrs. Reynolds), Walter Long (Carlos Thomas H. Ince Productions. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Anthony), Tom Forman (Dr. Garland), Raymond Hatton (Reporter), Paramount Pictures. 25 May 1919 [©Thos. H. Ince; 12 May 1919; Ernest Joy (District Attorney), Margaret Loomis (O. Noto San), LP13722]. 5 reels, 5,092 ft. Kuwuhara (full name unknown) (Awoko), Horin Konishi (Nichi). Supv Thomas H. Ince. Dir Fred Niblo. Scen C. Gardner Sullivan. Comedy. Bearing the burden of an accusation of a breach of diplomacy § Story C. Gardner Sullivan. Cam George Barnes.

committed by his brother, Hashimura Togo leaves Japan in disgrace for Cast: Enid Bennett (Betsy Thorne), Dorcas Matthews (Dolores the United States where he enters the employ of Mrs. Reynolds asa butler. | Arnold), Jack Nelson (Daniel Arnold), Lloyd Hughes (Roland Togo soon learns that Mrs. Reynold’s daughter Corinne, although in love | Dunwoody), William Conklin (Dr. James Dunwoody), Harry Archer with Dr. Garland, is being coerced into marrying Carlos Anthony who, (John Wells), Otto Hoffman (Managing editor), Joe Anthony (Uncle having appropriated all of her deceased father’s funds, now promises to | Moseby Adams).

save the family from financial ruin in return for Corinne’s hand in Drama/Horror. New York reporter Betsy Thorne is sent to Virginia to marriage. Enlisting the aid of a reporter, Togo succeeds in proving investigate the disappearance of Daniel Arnold at a supposedly haunted Anthony’s duplicity in time to stop the marriage, thus freeing Corinne to estate. She dons a maid’s uniform to gain entrance and meets Daniel’s marry Garland, and after a series of misadventures, returns home, hisname __ sister Dolores, Dr. James Dunwoody, a neighbor who loves Dolores, and

cleared, to his sweetheart in Japan. Japanese. Marriage-Forced. his son Roland, who is suspect. When Betsy sees a ghost emerge from the Reputation. Self-sacrifice. Upper classes. Brothers. Butlers. Duplicity. | chapel, she screams provoking Dolores to lock her in at night. The next

Immigrants. Japan. Physicians. Reporters. night, Betsy climbs out of her window and sees the ghost in the graveyard. ETR 25 Aug 1917, p. 940. MPW 1 Sep 1917, p. 1386. She then discovers that chords played on the chapel organ will open a door MPN 25 Aug 1917, p. 1275. NYDM _25 Aug 1917, p. 20. leading to a passage that goes to a tomb. Following the passage, Betsy MPN 1 Sep 1917, p. 1491. Var 17 Aug 1917, p. 25. confronts the ghost who reveals himself to be Daniel, in a demented state,

who is really a wanted international forger. Dolores, really his wife,

HATE F 1.1767 attacked him and left him to die. Betsy, now in love with Roland, quits her

Fairmont Film Corp. Dist State Rights. Jun 1917 [©Fairmont Film job and stays in Virginia. Ghosts. Haunted houses. Impersonation and

Corp; 11 Jun 1917; LP11049]. 7 reels. . imposture. Reporters. Virginia. Forgers. Graves. Insanity. Tombs.

Pres William A. Mooney and Robert Bolling. Dir Walter Richard Stahl. Note: The working title of this film was The Ghost of the Whispering Oaks.

Story J. Walter Meade. Cam George Coudert. ETR 14 Jun 1919, p. 139. NYMT 8 Jun 1919.

Cast: Adelaide Holland (Ruth Shelton), Morgan Jones (Jack MPN 21 Jun 1919, p. 4214. Var 27 Jun 1919, p. 45. Bradley), Norman Acker (Tom Leighton), Jack McLean (Howard MPW 14 Jun 1919, p. 1689. Wid's 8 Jun 1919, p. 5.

Bradley), T. Henderson Murray (Big Jim Garvan), Mae MacAvoy

(May Garvan). THE HAUNTED HEART see THE GIRL WITH NO REGRETS Drama/Social. In order to give Ruth Shelton’s infant son a name, |

newspaper reporter Jack Bradley marries the young woman, who has been THE HAUNTED MANOR F1.1770 betrayed and discarded by another man. Years later, as an editor of a Gaumont Co. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; Mutual Masterpictures De Luxe powerful metropolitan newspaper, Bradley is waging a campaign against Edition. 3 Apr 1916. 5 reels.

“Big Jim’ Garvan, the corrupt political boss of the town. Ruth’s son Dir Edwin Middleton. Scen C. A. Nelson. Howard, who bears Bradley’s name, is in love with Garvan’s daughter Cast: Earl Schenck (Craig Pitcairn), \va Sheppard (Zoe Trevor), May. While attempting to uncover some scandal that would destroy Mathilde Baring (Mary Travis), Gertrude Robinson (Edith), Olive Trevor Bradley, Garvan finds Tom Leighton, Howard’s real father. Garvan uses (Celeste), Henry W. Pemberton (Rajah), William H. Hopkins (Singh), Leighton to blackmail Bradley, and as the election draws near, Howard —_ Robert Klugston (Khula), Joseph Levering (Crazy Calvert), Mary G. discovers the truth of his parentage and, overcome with hate, kills hisown | Davis (Ada), John Mackin (Ross), Harry Chira (Dexter), Martha

father. At the trial, Howard is acquitted on the grounds that he was Franklin (Swe). suffering from an inherited instinct of hate and was justified in the murder Drama. Fresh from having been a rajah’s kept woman, American of his mother’s persecutor. Bradley then defeats Garvan, and all ends adventuress Zoe Trevor marries Craig Pitcairn. Soon, however, she comes happily as Howard marries May. Blackmail. Parentage. Patricide. Political to consider herself unworthy of him because of her less than scrupulous

| bosses. Reformers. Elections. Hereditary tendencies. Illegitimacy. past, and she is convinced that her cousin’s daughter Edith would make a Justifiable homicide. Marriage. Political campaigns. Political corruption. | much better match for him. As a result, Zoe arranges a mock accidental

Trials. death for herself. Most people, however, suspect murder, and a mob soon Note: The Fairmont Film Corp. was located in Philadelphia. forms to lynch Craig. Just as they are about to hang him, Zoe, who has

ETR 30 Jun 1917, p.270. MPW 7 Jul 1917, p. 77. heard of the trouble, leaves her hideout and appears before the crowd, MPN 7 Jul 1917, p. 1154. NYDM _30 Jun 1917, p. 29. thereby clearing Craig of the murder charge. Craig then tells her that he 366

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 HAWTHORNE OF THE U.S.A. has neither an interest in her past, nor in Edith, so he and Zoe resume their Drama. When railroad executive Richard Craig marries Kate, his life together as husband and wife. False accusations. Hoaxes. Lynching. stenographer, he insists that his young associate, Paul Hessert, whom he

Marriage. Reputation. Adventuresses. Cousins. Mistresses. Mobs. would like to see settle down to a less hectic lifestyle, move in with them.

Rajahs. Soon, however, Richard starts spending all of his time at the office, and Note: The film was shot at Jacksonville and St. Augustine, FL. Kate and Paul fall in love. When Richard finds out, he agrees to a divorce,

Motog 8 Apr 1916, p. 826. NYDM 15 Apr 1916, p. 30. but then, even after Kate and Paul have gotten married, he tries hard to MPN 8 Apr 1916, p. 2067. Wid's 30 Mar 1916, p. 470. break up their relationship. At the office, he virtually invites Paul to steal

MPW 25 Mar 1916, p. 2080. company funds. When Paul finally does, Richard forces him to confess to

Kate, and then, instead of having him arrested, he makes him leave town.

THE HAUNTED PAJAMAS FI.A771 Afterward, a remorseful Kate goes back to work for Richard as his Yorke Film Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 11 Jun 1917 [©Metro stenographer. Divorce. Executives. Marriage. Neglected wives. Traps.

Pictures Corp.; 12 Jun 1917; LP10940]. 5 reels. Confession. Infidelity. Railroads. Stenographers. Theft.

Dir Fred J. Balshofer. Scen Fred J. Balshofer. Cam Antonio Gaudio. Motog _25 Mar 1916, p. 727. MPW 25 Mar 1916, p. 2091.

Source: Based on the novel The Haunted Pajamas by Francis Perry Motog 1 Apr 1916, p. 759. MPW 8 Apr 1916, p. 278.

Elliott (Indianapolis, 1911). MPN 26 Feb 1916, p. 1128. NYDM 1 Apr 1916, p. 29.

Cast: Harold Lockwood (Richard Hudson), Carmel Myers (Frances MPN 8 Apr 1916, p. 2063. Wid's 30 Mar 1916, p. 469.

Kirkland), Edward Sedgwick (Jack Billings), Lester Cuneo (Judge

Billings), Paul Willis (Francis Billings), Harry de Roy (Jenkins), Helen THE HAWK F1.1774 Ware (Elizabeth Billings), William De Vaull (Colonel Kirkland), Gordo Vitagraph Co. of America. Dist Greater Vitagraph (V-L-S-E, Inc.). 23

Kino. Apr 1917 [©Vitagraph Co. of America; 18 Apr 1917; LP10593]. 5 reels.

Comedy-drama. When Richard Hudson receives a pair of silk pajamas Dir Paul Scardon. Scen Garfield Thompson. Cam Robert A. Stuart. from a friend in China, he is unaware that they are bewitched and that Source: Based on the play L’Epervier by Francis de Croisset (pseud. of whoever wears them will be transformed into someone else. Richard puts Frantz Wiener) (New York, 29 Sep 1914). them on and is transformed into a fierce Chinese warrior, causing his butler Cast: Earle Williams (Count George De Dazetta), Ethel Grey Terry

Jenkins to quit drinking. The next night, Richard’s close friend Jack (Marina), Denton Vane (Rene De Tierrache), Julia Swayne Gordon Billings sends his brother Francis to spend the night, and upondonning the (Mme. De Tierrache), Mario Majerone (Marquis De Sardaloup), pajamas, Francis becomes Jack’s sweetheart, Frances Kirkland, giving Katherine Lewis (Jeannine Duperre). Richard a series of shocks. Next, Jack becomes a victim of the pajamas, Drama. Count George De Dazetta, known as The Hawk, preys upon is locked up as a burglar, and his own father gives him a black eye for society with the aid of his beautiful wife Marina. On the gaming tables, “impersonating his son.” Complications pile up until Colonel Kirkland, the the couple separates the rich from their wealth until Marina meets young friend who sent the pajamas, arrives from China and clears up the mystery. French nobleman Rene De Tierrache and falls in love. The Hawk, learning

Clothes. Curses. Transformation. Burglars. Butlers. Chinese. | that Rene has broken with the young aristocrat whom his mother had Drunkenness. Female impersonation. Mistaken identity. Regeneration. chosen for him to marry, accuses Marina of infidelity and then leaves her.

Soldiers. Under French law, a wife may procure a divorce as long as she has the

Motog 26 May 1917, p. 1105. MPW 4 Aug 1917, p. 809. consent of her husband, and to facilitate this, Rene attempts to locate the

MPN 30 Jun 1917, p. 4113. Var 22 Jun 1917, p. 22. gambler to gain his consent. He finds The Hawk destitute, having spent

MPW 9 Jun 1917, p. 1669. Wid's 21 Jun 1917, p. 388. his last cent on Marina, and having turned to drugs for comfort. Seeing The Hawk in such a wretched state, Marina’s heart goes out to him, and she

HAUNTING SHADOWS | F1.1772 foresakes Rene to return to her husband. /nfidelity. Marriage. Jesse D. Hampton Productions. Dist Robertson-Cole Distributing Corp.; Regeneration. Swindlers. Upper classes. Dissipation. Divorce. Drug Superior Pictures. 11 Jan 1920. 5 reels. abuse. France. Gambling. Laws. Nobility. Prod Jesse D. Hampton. Dir Henry King. Scen Eugene B. Lewis. ETR 28 Apr 1917, p. 1463. NYDM __28 Apr 1917, p. 30. Cam Victor Milner. MPN 5 May 1917, p. 2859. Var 11 May 1917, p. 34.

Source: Based on the novel The House of a Thousand Candles by MPW 5 May 1917, p. 652, 806. Wid's 3 May 1917, pp. 275-76.

Meredith Nicholson (Indianapolis and New York, 1905).

Cast: H. B. Warner (John Glenarm), Edward Peil (Arthur HAWTHORNE OF THE U.S.A. F1.1775

Pickering), Charles Hill Mailes (Bates), Frank Lanning (Morgan), Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Florence Oberle (Sister Theresa), Marguerite Livingston (Marian | Paramount-Artcraft Pictures. 30 Nov 1919 [©Famous Players-Lasky Deveraux), Harry Kendall (Rev. Paul Stoddard), Patricia Fox (Gladys | Corp.; 3 Nov 1919; LP14409}. 5 reels, 4,780 ft.

Armstrong), Charles French (John Glenarm, Sr.). Pres Jesse L. Lasky. Dir James Cruze. Asst dir Cullen Tate. Scen Walter Comedy-drama. To comply with the stipulations of his wealthy Woods. Cam Frank Urson, William Marshall and/or Charles F. grandfather’s will, John Glenarm must reside in his purportedly haunted § Schoenbaum. Art dir Wilfred Buckland. estate for a period of one year, or forfeit the estate to Marian Deveraux, Source: Based on the play Hawthorne of the U.S.A. by James B. Fagan a young schoolteacher. John is ill prepared for the mysterious events that | (New York, 4 Nov 1912).

occur, but perseveres until he begins to fall in love with Marian, whom he Cast: Wallace Reid (Anthony Hamilton Hawthorne), Lila Lee fails to recognize as his rival. When she leaves for the city, John follows, | (Princess Irma), Harrison Ford (Rodney Blake), Tully Marshall and upon his return, is informed by his grandfather’s attorney, Arthur (Nitchi), Charles Ogle (Colonel Radulski), Guy Oliver (Count Pickering, that he must forfeit the estate. Just at that moment, the very | Henloe), Edwin Stevens (Prince Vladimir), Clarence Burton alive John Glenarm Sr., appears and admits that his death was a ruse to (Fredericks), Theodore Roberts (Senator Ballard), Ruth Renick (Kate

test his grandson’s character. John, Jr., having passed the trial, inherits Ballard), Robert Brower (King Augustus III), Frank Bonner (De both the estate and Marian’s love. Grandfathers. Haunted houses. Witz).

Inheritance. Wills. Lawyers. Schoolteachers. Comedy, Adventure. American law clerks Anthony Hamilton Hawthorne Note: For information on other film versions of Nicholson’s novel, see listing below and Rodney Blake are nearly broke in Monte Carlo when Hawthorne

for The House of a Thousand Candles. breaks the bank. While driving through the impoverished kingdom of

ETR 24 Jan 1920, p. 811. MPW 24 Jan 1920, p. 632. Bovinia, Hawthorne falls in love with a woman he meets when he retrieves MPN 24 Jan 1920, p. 1129. Wid's 18 Jan 1920, p. 20. his blown-off cap. Deciding to stay, Hawthorne is persuaded to finance a revolution until he learns that the woman he loves is Princess Irma and that

THE HAVOC F1.1773 she is in danger of being assassinated. After Hawthorne is jailed, accused Essanay Film Mfg. Co. Dist V-L-S-E, Inc. 20 Mar 1916 [©Essanay Film of attempted assassination, he bribes the guards to let him escape with

Mfg. Co.; 23 Mar 1916; LP7896]. 5 reels. money hidden on himself. He then stops the mob from burning the palace Dir Arthur Berthelet. Cam Jackson J. Rose and Arthur E. Reeves. by giving the soldiers their back pay. Because he establishes a thriving Source: Based on the play The Havoc by H.S. Sheldon (New York, 9 business at the country’s medicinal springs, Bovinia greatly prospers. When

Jan 1911). the king declares the country a republic and abolishes all titles, Irma is free Cast: Gladys Hanson (Kate Craig), Lewis Stone (Richard Craig), to marry Hawthorne. Adventurers. Americans in foreign countries.

Bryant Washburn (Paul Hessert). Democracy. False arrests. Imaginary kingdoms. Princesses. Revolutions. 367

HAY FOOT, STRAW FOOT AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Bribery. Gambling. Jails. Law clerks. Mobs. Monte Carlo. Palaces. Source: Based on the play He Comes Up Smiling by Byron Ongley and

Soldiers. Springs. Emil Nyitray (New York, 16 Sep 1914) and the novel of the same name Note: Sources conflict concerning the cameraman for this film. Reviews list Frank by Charles Sherman (Indianapolis, 1912).

Urson, while the continuity in Paramount studio records lists Charles F. Schoenbaum, Cast: Douglas Fairbanks (Jerry Martin), Herbert Standing (Mike), and another source lists William Marshall. Douglas Fairbanks starred in the stage Marjorie Daw (Billy Bartlett), Frank Campeau (John Barlett), Bull

production of Hawthorne of the U.S.A.. , ° . ,

ETR 29 Nov 1919, p. 2247. NYT 17 Nov 1919, p. 20. Montana (Baron Bean), Albert McQuarrie (Batchelor), Kathleen MPN _-29 Nov 1919, p. 3974. Var 21 Nov 1919, p. 55. Kirkham (Louise), Jay Dwiggins (The general), Billy Elmer.

MPW 29 Nov 1919, p. 536. Wid's 30 Nov 1919, p. 13. Comedy. Jerry Martin is a bank clerk whose chief responsibility is to care

NYMT —_23 Nov 1919. for Agamemnon, the vice-president’s canary. One day the bird escapes, and Jerry frantically pursues it until he meets up with a group of hoboes who

HAY FOOT, STRAW FOOT | F 1.1776 suggest that both he and the bird enjoy their freedom. Fascinated by the Thomas H. Ince Productions. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; idea, Jerry lives the carefree life of a wanderer with Baron Bean, a tramp, Paramount Pictures. 22 Jun 1919 [OThomas H. Ince; 4 Jun 1919; until his clothes are stolen while he is swimming and he is forced to don

LP13809]. 5 reels, 5,097 ft. the apparel of Batchelor, a stockbroker. With Batchelor’s consent, Jerry,

Supv Thomas H. Ince. Dir Jerome Storm. Story Julien Josephson. in the guise of the financier, lives for several weeks at the home of wealthy Cam Chester Lyons. Film ed Ralph H. Dixon. Art dir C. Tracy Hoag. Art businessman John Bartlett and his pretty daughter Billy. When he

titles Irvin J. Martin. discovers that Batchelor is trying to ruin Bartlett, Jerry comes to the old

Cast: Charles Ray (Ulysses S. Grant Briggs), Doris Lee (Betty man’s rescue and is offered a partnership in the business. Jerry’s former Martin), William Conklin (Harry Weller), Spottiswoode Aitken employer leaves him a substantial inheritance for treating the canary so

(Thaddeus Briggs), J. P. Lockney (Jeff Hanan). kindly, and the bank clerk-turned-hobo-turned-millionaire wins Billy’s Comedy/Rural. Ulysses S. Grant Briggs, raised by his grandfather heart. Bank clerks. Businessmen. Hoboes. Impersonation and imposture. Thaddeus, who served under General Grant, grows up with the General as Rewards. Birds. Clothes. Executives. Inheritance. Partnerships. his hero even though his neighbor, former Confederate soldier Jeff Hanan, | Stockbrokers. Theft. argues that General Lee was the better man. When war is declared, Note: Wid's credits Joe August with photography. The New York pre-release

Thaddeus and Jeff forget their differences and train Ulysses for military Showing was 8 Sep 1918. Some sources give the release date as 9 Sep 1918 and 29

. . . Sep 1918. Fairbanks starred in the Broadway farce. According to publicity for the

service. At the camp amateur show, Ulysses falls in love with dancer Betty film, Fairbanks’ palatial home and grounds in Beverly Hills, CA, and director Allan Martin, but remembering Thaddeus’ admonition to “watch out for play Dwan’s home in the Sierra Madre Mountains in California are shown in the film.

actresses,” Ulysses avoids her. When dissolute Harry Weller lures Betty Some scenes were shot in Bear Valley, CA.

to a notorious roadhouse, Ulysses follows, knowing he can be court- ETR 21 Sep 1918, p. 1333. NYT 9 Sep 1918, p. 9. martialled. Hearing Betty struggle, Ulysses fights Weller and keeps the NeW a Sey i918 is 72, 1776. Wid's 13 Sep i918 PP 31-2. military police from entering until Betty can escape through a window. NYDM 21 Sep 1918, p. 445.

Ulysses then is sent to the guardhouse where Thaddeus and Jeff

unsuccessfully try to convince him to talk. After Betty confesses, the HE FELL IN LOVE WITH HIS WIFE F1.1779 commanding officer, Thaddeus and Jeff agree that Ulysses did what both Bosworth, Inc.; Pallas Pictures. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 17 Feb Grant and Lee would have done. Civil War veterans. Courts-martial. 1916 [OJ. C. Ivers; 27 Jan 1916: LP7550]. 5 reels. Grandfathers. Self-sacrifice. Soldiers. Dancers. Fights. Roadhouses. Dir William D. Taylor. Scen Julia Crawford Ivers. records for this flr ee ake hte ne Mavfoot. Sthanoot this film. The copyright Source: Based on the novel He Fell in Love with His Wife by E. P. Roe

ETR 5 Jul 1919, p. 391. NYMT 28 Jun 1919. (New York, 1886).

MPN 28 Jun 1919, p. 184. NYT 23 Jun 1919, p. 10. Cast: Florence Rockwell (Alida Armstrong), Forrest Stanley (James

MPN 5 Jul 1919, p. 389. Var 27 Jun 1919, p. 45. Holcroft), Page Peters (Wilson Ostrom), Lydia Yeamans Titus MPW 5 Jul 1919, p. 109. Wid's 29 Jun 1919, p. 22. (Bridget Malony), Howard Davis (Tom Watterly).

Drama. When she discovers that her husband Wilson Ostrom already

HAZEL KIRKE F1.1777 had a wife when he married her, Alida Armstrong leaves him and accepts Wharton, Inc. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc.; Gold Rooster Plays. 28 Jan an offer from James Holcroft to be his housekeeper. Before she takes the

1916 [©Pathé Freres; 8 Feb 1916; LU7581]. 5 reels. job, however, she makes James marry her in order to prevent gossip about Source: Based on the play Hazel Kirke by Steele MacKaye (New York, a man and woman living together. At first, their relationship is purely a

4 Feb 1880). business one, but they slowly come to love each other. Then, when Wilson Cast: Pearl White (Hazel Kirke), Allen Murnane (Arthur arrives to claim Alida, he starts fighting with her new husband, and dies

Carringford), William Riley Hatch (Dunstan Kirke), Florence Edney when James throws him off a cliff. Afterwards, James and Alida, who is (Dorothy Wetherby), Bruce McRae (Squire Rodney), Creighton Hale finally certain of having a husband who loves her unreservedly, settle down

(Pittacus Greene), Eddie O’Connor, Mary Martin. to a happy married life. Housekeepers. Marriage of convenience. Bigamy. Drama. While Hazel Kirke, a miller’s daughter, is away at school, she Falls from heights. Fights. falls in love with and quietly marries, Arthur Carringford, a young Note: An ad for the film states that it is based on Roe’s novel “and the play by H. millionaire. Arthur’s mother, however, who disapproves of Hazel’s lower S. Sheldon.” No information has been located concerning Sheldon’s play.

class background, tells her that the marriage is not a legal one, because a Wines i rep ile P Be MDM x Mie isle P ran servant, always aware of the family’s best interests, hired a fake minister MPN 26 Feb 1916, p. 1175. NYT 28 Feb 1916, p. 7. to perform the ceremony. Despondent, Hazel returns to her parents’ home MPW 26 Feb 1916, p. 1310. Var 10 Mar 1916, p. 29. and then tries to drown herself. Arthur, however, having come after Hazel,

rescues her and tells her that the servant made a mistake. The minister was HE WHO RETURNED see CIVILIZATION indeed a real one, so Arthur and Hazel have always been and will continue

to be, husband and wife. Class distinction. Duplicity. Lower classes. HEAD AND SHOULDERS see THE CHORUS GIRL’S ROMANCE Marriage. Millionaires. Attempted suicide. Mother-son relationship. Servants.

Motog 19 Feb 1916, p. 427. MPW 12 Feb 1916, p. 970. THE HEAD HUNTERS see NATIVE LIFE IN THE PHILIPPINES MPN 12 Feb 1916, p. 863. NYDM 26 Feb 1916, p. 32.

MPW 5 Feb 1916, p. 842. Var 4 Feb 1916, p. 25. HEADIN’ HOME F1.1780 A Kessel & Baumann Production. Dist Yankee Photo Corp.; State

HE COMES UP SMILING F1.1778 Rights. Sep 1920. 5-6 reels.

Douglas Fairbanks Pictures Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Supv R. A. Walsh. Prod William A. Shea. Dir Lawrence Windom. Artcraft Pictures. 15 Sep 1918 [OFamous Players-Lasky Corp.; 17 Sep Titles Arthur “Bugs” Baer. Story Earle Brown.

1918; LP12865]. 5 reels, 4,876 ft. Cast: George Herman “Babe” Ruth (Babe), Ruth Taylor (Mildred

Dir Allan Dwan. Scen Frances Marion. Scen ed Theodore Reed. Tobin), William Sheer (Harry Knight), Margaret Sedden (Babe's

Cam Hugh McClung. mother), Frances Victory (Pigtails), James A. Marcus (Cyrus Tobin), 368

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 A HEART IN PAWN George Halman (The dog catcher), Ralph Harolds (John Tobin), Charles one field, and puts just enough energy into his work to hold a job. After Hurt (David Talmadge), George Halpin (Doc Hedges, the constable), he is turned down in his application for a better position, he argues with William J. Gross (Ebenezer), Walter Lawrence (Tony Marino), Anne his boss and loses his job. With his little daughter seriously ill, and his bills Brodie (Mrs. Tony Marino), Ricca Allen (Almira Worters), Sam Blum piling up, James gets back his old place at the lathe just as his funds become

(Jimbo Jones), Ethel Kerwin (Kitty Wilson), Thomas Cameron used up. His wife, whose love has never strayed, encourages James to study

(Deacon Flack). at home. James’ work improves. His studying proves useful to his fellow Comedy-drama. Babe, a consummate failure, has only one goal in life— workmen. When the mechanism of the city’s most important swinging to be a baseball player. Stymied in his ambition by John Tobin, the owner bridge is damaged, James discovers the problem, fixes it and averts a crisis.

of the local team, who refuses to allow Babe to play, he signs on with a rival Because of his studying, James is soon promoted to assistant club and defeats his home team with a homer in the ninth inning. superintendent. Ambition. Education. Electricians. Transformation. Ostracized for his act of treachery, Babe journeys to New York, joins the Bridges. Dismissal. Fatherhood. Yankees and returns a hero. Babe enhances his standing even more when Note: Harry Levey was the manager of Universal’s Educational Department. The he prevents the team’s pitcher, Knight, from embezzling bank funds and film was made by Levey for the International Correspondence Schools and distributed wins the banker’s daughter Mildred. Athletes. Baseball. New York to exhibitors as a special feature on the basis of a contract between that company and

Yankees. Embezzlement. New York City. Ostracism. the Motion Picture Exhibitors of America, whereby the exhibitors received direct payments from the company and the company received a substantial percentage of Note: Kessel & Baumann may have had some involvement with the film’s the gross. According to a contemporary news item, the film was the first five reel qistribution as wer its production. Most cred! contemperary sources st Windom irector an alsn aS as Supervisor, Out some aisn as director, one source as educational drama ever made.

credits Walsh as writer. 19 Sep 1920 was the date of the film’s New York premiere MPN m ne iol 5, aS MEN 1 Jan 1920. at Madison Square Garden. Contemporary sources disagree as to whether the film

is five or six reels long. George Halman and George Halpin may have been the same

actor. Babe Ruth received only $15,000 of the $50,000 he was promised for the film, HEAR YE, ISRAEL F1.1783 and he is said to have kept on his person for years, as a conversation piece, a worthless Boris Thomashefsky Film Co. Dist Boris Thomashefsky. 1915? Length

$35,000 check from the producers. undetermined.

ETR 2 Oct 1920, p. 1944. MPW 11 Sep 1920, p. 212. Sidney M. Golden ETR 9 Oct 1920, p. 2020. NYT 20Dir Sep 1920, p. 13. irereney Ma, , , MPN 2 Oct 1920, p. 2703. Var 24 Sep 1920, p. 42. Source: Based on a Yiddish play (production undetermined). MPW 21 Aug 1920, p. 1008. Wid’s 26 Sep 1920, p. 4. Cast: Boris Thomashefsky. Drama”

HEADIN’: SOUTH Pars The Boris Thomashetsky wasitem, located in New Yor’ aewho and made : . . ilmsF1.1781 based on Yiddish plays. According am to aCo. news Thomashefsky, was A ouelas Fanrbank 5 ee 8 TO nrtcralt Pictures Cor m2 “y ae g. called “perhaps the best known Yiddish actor in the world,” opened the fi rst Yiddish . "9 ’ theater in America some thirty years earlier. Although the news item stated that this LP12093]. 5 reels. film had been made, no information has been located concerning its release or length. Supv Allan Dwan. Dir Arthur Rosson. Asst dir James P. Hogan. MPW 30 Jan 1915, p. 757. MPW 6 Feb 1915, p. 809.

Scen Allan Dwan. Cam Harry Thorpe, Hugh McClung, Len Powers,

Glenn McWilliams, Charles Warrington and Connie De Roo. Chief HEART AND SOUL F1.1784

carpenter Billy Emerson. Props Billy Emerson. Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 21 May 1917 [©William Fox; 20 Cast: Douglas Fairbanks (Headin’ South), Frank Campeau (Spanish May 1917; LP10790]. 5 reels.

Joe), Katherine MacDonald (The girl), James Mason (Aide), Johnny Pres William Fox. Dir J. Gordon Edwards. Scen Adrian Johnson.

Judd, Tommy Grimes, Art Acord, Hoot Gibson, Ed Burns. . Cam Philip E. Rosen.

Western, Comedy-drama. “Headin’ South” earns a reputation as a Source: Based on the novel Jess by Sir Henry Rider Haggard (London,

notorious outlaw on his ride from Canada to Mexico. After he crosses the 1887).

border, he joins Spanish Joe’s gang of marauders, but soon a rivalry Cast: Theda Bara (Jess), Edwin Holt (John Croft), Claire Whitney develops between the two men. Spanish Joe s band has captured a lavish (Bess), Walter Law (Drummond), Harry S. Hilliard (John Neil), Glen hacienda, and both Joe and Headin’ fall in love with the ranch owner’s White (Pedro), Alice Gale (Mammy), John Webb Dillon (Sancho), pretty daughter. In a drunken revelry, Joe’s men decide to attack the Margaret Laird, Kittens Reichert. women of the ranch, but while the men are preoccupied by a horse race Drama. Since the death of her mother, Jess has always had the care of scheduled by Headin’, he spirits the women off to a nearby town. When her younger sister Bess as her primary consideration. Years later, the two the outlaws raid the town, Headin’, who has allied himself with the sisters are living with their uncle on his plantation in Puerto Rico when they townspeople, holds them off until help arrives. Headin’ captures Spanish meet John Neil, who immediately falls in love with Jess. Upon realizing Joe and then reveals himself as an officer of the North West Mounted that Bess is in love with the same man, Jess sacrifices her own happiness Police. Accompanied by the girl, he returns to Canada to claim his reward for that of her sister. Soon after, Drummond, a corrupt planter, starts a

ane vee SOON oe a sonation ar : mposin % Mexico. Now revolution against the United States government, and in the ensuing war

Ranchers. Reputation ds. Rivalry the plantationfor and aid, all its but inhabitants are the captured. escapes and rides a i, to“Rewar the American garrison during fightJessshe is mortally

Note: In a modern interview, Allan Dwan included Jack Holt and Marjorie Daw . . . .

in the cast. After Harry Thorpe was ordered by Washington to report to the Aerial wounded. Her dying words are a blessing upon Neil and her sister Bess. School of Photography in San Antonio, Hugh McClung, who had been part of the Puerto Rico. Revolts. Self-sacrifice. Sisters. Escapes. Forts. Orphans. camera crew, took charge of the photography. Some scenes in the film were shot near Plantations. Planters. Revolutionaries. Sieges. Uncles. Tucson and Ft. Lowell, AZ. According to a news item, John Fairbanks was the Note: The original title of this film was Jess. The continuity included in the business manager, and Harry Tenbrook and Bennie Zeidman were publicity copyright descriptions was entitled “The Greater Love.”

representatives. ETR 9 Jun 1917, p. 55. MPW 9 Jun 1917, pp. 1622-23. ETR 26 Jan 1918, p. 659. MPW 23 Mar 1918, p. 1592. Motog 2 Jun 1917, p. 1175. Var 25 May 1917, p. 22. ETR 2 Feb 1918, p. 786. NYDM 9 Feb 1918, p. 20. MPW 26 May 1917, p. 1342. Wid's 14 Jun 1917, p. 376. ETR 9 Mar 1918, p. 1143. NYDM 9 Mar 1918, p. 20.

MPN 16 Mar 1918, p. 1609. Var 1 Mar 1918, p. 43.

MPW 2 Mar 1918, p. 1272. Wid's 21 Mar 1918, pp. 1016-17. A HEART IN PAWN F1.1785 MPW 16 Mar 1918, p. 1557. Haworth Pictures Corp. Dist Robertson-Cole Co. through Exhibitors Mutual Distributing Corp. 10 Mar 1919 [OThe Haworth Pictures Corp.;

HEADS WIN F1.1782 5 Dec 1918; LU13103]. 5 reels.

Universal Film Mfg. Co. Educational Department. Dist International Dir William Worthington. Scen Frances Guihan and Thomas J.

Correspondence Schools. May 1919? [©Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 7 Geraghty. Cam Dal Clawson.

Apr 1919; LP13899]. 5-6 reels. Source: Based on the play Shadows by Sessue Hayakawa (production Supv Harry Levey. Dir Preston Kendall. Story G. Lynn Sumner. undetermined).

Cast: Baby Ivy Ward. Cast: Sessue Hayakawa (Toyama), Vola Vale (Emily Stone), Tsuru Drama/Social. James Godfrey, a lathe hand in a large electrical Aoki (Sada).

company, holds the view that success depends on luck rather than on Drama. Toyama’s wife Sada secretly earns money as a Geisha girl to concerted effort. He has drifted from position to position without pursuing finance his studies in America, but she says that the money comes from her

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HEART O’ THE HILLS AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG deceased grandfather. In America, Toyama becomes an assistant to Dr. Drama. Sally Snape, a gifted dancer from London’s poverty-stricken Stone, studying cures for inherited vices. When Toyama learns that Sada Limehouse district, is on her way home from her company picnic when she

has been sentenced to death for murdering a prominent banker who is struck by a car driven by Lady Dorothea. Desirous of compensating Sally attacked her, Toyama disappears and gives in to his hereditary tendency for her injuries, and recognizing her natural grace, Lord Kidderminster, to drink until Dr. Stone cures him. Unknown to Toyama, Sada’s sentence a passenger in the offending vehicle, secures the waif a job as a model. Her

is commuted to life imprisonment when she gives birth to their daughter. graceful antics excite the attention of a theater manager who, with Meanwhile, Toyama marries Stone’s half-Japanese daughter Emily to Kidderminster’s financial backing, makes her the leading lady of his show. fulfill Stone’s dying request. In Japan, after Toyama lectures women Soon the Lord begins to become infatuated with his protégé, arousing Lady prisoners and recognizes Sada, he discovers that the child he and Emily | Dorothea’s jealousy and the disdain of his parents, Lord and Lady Fortive. adopted is really his own daughter. When Sada escapes and finds Toyama, _— Dorothea plots to break up the burgeoning romance by placing Sally in a he decides to commit harakiri, but as the prison guards approach, Sada compromising situation with Kidderminster, but her plan backfires when drowns herself to save him. Bigamy. Geishas. Hereditary tendencies. he proposes instead. After meeting Sally, Lord and Lady Fortive recognize

Japanese. Parentage. Self-sacrifice. Suicide. Alcoholism. Drowning. her purity and innocence, her “heart of a child,” and offer the pair their

Escapes. Murder. Prison escapees. Students. blessings. Dancers. English. Jealousy. Nobility. Theatrical backers.

Note: The copyright records for this film are listed under the title Shadows. This. | Automobile accidents. London-Limehouse. Models. Picnics. Theater. title was not used because of another film made around the same time with that title. Theatrical managers. Sessue Hayakawa also starred in the stage production of Shadows. Some scenes were Note: Some scenes in this film were shot at Silver Lake, CA, outside of Los Angeles.

shot in the Japanese tea garden at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. Danby’s novel was also the basis for a 1915 British production directed by Harold

ETR 15 Mar 1919, p. 1139. MPW 15 Mar 1919, p. 1529. Shaw. MPN 8 Mar 1919, p. 1533. Var 28 Feb 1919, p. 56. ETR 17 Apr 1920, p. 2282. NYT 12 Apr 1920, p. 13.

MPN 15 Mar 1919, p. 1708. MPN 17 Apr 1920, p. 3489, 3555. Var 16 Apr 1920, p. 36.

MPW 17 Apr 1920, p. 458. Wid's 11 Apr 1920, p. 12.

HEART 0’ THE HILLS Fi.17g6 “YM 4 Apr 1920. Mary Pickford Co. Dist First National Exhibitors Circuit; A First

National Special. 17 Nov 1919 [OMary Pickford Co.; 10 Nov 1919; THE HEART OF A GIRL , F1.1788

LP14406). 6 reels, 6,329 ft. World Film Corp. Dist World Film Corp. | Jul 1918 [OWorld Film Dir Sidney A. Franklin. Asst dir Alfred L. Werker. Scen Bernard Corp.; 19 Jul 1918; LU12666]. 5 reels, 4,330 ft. McConville. Cam Charles Rosher. Film ed Edward McDermott. Art Dir John G. Adolfi. Adap ted by George D. Proctor. Story Maravene

, Thompson. Cam Sol Polito.

dir Max Parker. Cast: Barbara Castleton (Betty Lansing), Irving Cummings (Brandon

mae K ; ger).

Source: Based on the novel The Heart of the Hills by John Fox, Jr. (New Kent), Charles Wellesley (Francis Oa k land), Kate Lester (Mrs.

York, 1913). . ; Lansing), Ricca Allen (Mrs. Ogden), W. T. Carleton (Senator

Cast: Mary Pickford (Mavis Hawn), Allan Sears (Jason Honeycutt), Murray), Gladys Valerie (Helen Murray), Florence Coventry (Mrs. Clare McDowell (Martha Hawn), Fred W. Huntley (Grandp q Jason Oakland), Clay Clement, Jr. (Drake), Anthony Byrd (Abe), Inez Shannon

Hawn), Sam De Grasse (Steve Honeycutt), William Bainbridge (Mrs. Murphy), John Tansey (Jack), J. Blake (Johnson), L. Canfield (Colonel Pendleton), Jack Gilbert (Gray Pendleton), Betty Bouton (Johnson's manager), Joseph Smiley (Kent’s manager) (Marjorie Lee), Henry J. Herbert (Norton Sanders), Fred Warren Drama. In Washington, D.C., Betty Lansing renews her acquaintance

(John Burnham), Harold Goodwin. with young Congressman Brandon Kent and a romance blossoms. Betty Comedy-drama/Rural. Wild thirteen-year-old Mavis Hawn of the and her mother conduct whist games at their home, the proceeds of which Kentucky hills practices sharpshooting with her chum, Jason Honeycutt, — are donated to charity, but at one of these parties, Drake, an embezzler, to avenge the death of her father, shot by an unknown man. When city _ ig arrested. Because Kent arrived during the party, Oakland, a rival for capitalists, assisted by Jason’s stepfather, try to rob Mavis’ mother and Betty’s heart, visits the campaign headquarters of Johnson, who is running

others of their coal-rich lands, Mavis joins the Night Riders to drive the against Kent for the gubernatorial nomination, and reports that the outsiders away. Honeycutt accuses Mavis of murdering the leader, but her congressman was involved in a gambling raid. When it becomes clear at case is dismissed when the jury and some of the spectators all plead guilty the state convention that few delegates plan to vote for Kent, Betty, with to the crime. After Honeycutt marries Mavis’ mother, Mavis and Jason _the aid of suffrage leader Mrs. Ogden, mounts the platform and delivers leave the hills to be educated. Mavis goes with a coal magnate whose son a rousing speech exposing Oakland as a liar. Exonerated, Kent wins the tries to court her, while Jason goes to the city where he has the chance to. — nomination. Conventions. Political campaigns. Political candidates.

marry a cultured city girl. After six years, they return and overhear Mavis’ Rivalry. Slander. Card games. Embezzlement. Speeches. State mother accuse Honeycutt of killing Mavis’ father. After they rescue her governors. Suffragettes. United States. Congress. Washington (D.C.). from Honeycutt’s brutal attack by simultaneously shooting him, their Note: Wid’s includes Albert Hart in the cast and lists Max Schneider as the reunion turns to love. Adolescents. Education. Kentucky. Mountain life. cameraman.

Reunions. Revenge. Capitalists. City-country contrast. Coal. False ETR 6 Jul 1918, p. 400. MPW 6 Jul 1918, p. 117. accusations. Land rights. Secret societies. Stepfathers. Trials. MPN 8 Jun 1918 P 3873-7 43048. Va oh Jun 1918. P 8 Note: Some scenes in the film were shot in the San Bernardino mountains near MPW 29 Jun 1918, p. 1891. Wid's 7 Jul 1918, pp. 25-26.

Redlands, CA. It is unclear whether Alfred L. Werker served as assistant director, casting director, or both.

ETR 13 Dec 1919, p. 169. NYT 1 Dec 1919, p. 9. THE HEART OF A GYPSY F1.1789

MPN 13 Dec 1919, p. 4329. Var 5 Dec 1919, p. 61. Charles Miller Productions. Dist Hallmark Pictures Corp.; Famous MPW 13 Dec 1919, p. 853. Wid's 7 Dec 1919, p. 7. Directors’ Series. Nov 1919 [©British-American Pictures Finance Corp.;

NYMT — 7 Dec 1919. 12 Nov 1919; LP14424]. 5 reels.

Supv Charles Miller. Dir Henry McRae Webster or Charles Miller.

THE HEART OF A CHILD F1.1787 = Cam Edward C. Earle. Art dir Charles Chapman.

The Nazimova Productions; Metro Pictures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Source: Based on the short story ‘““The Romany Call” by Elizabeth Ethel Corp. Apr 1920 [©Metro Pictures Corp.; 19 Apr 1920; LP15027]. 6-7 Donoher (publication undetermined).

reels. Cast: Florence Billings (Rosalind Dana), Aida Horton (Patty, her Prod Nazimova. Dir Ray C. Smallwood. Scen Charles Bryant. Cam — daughter), Mathilda Brundage (Mrs. Morton Hilliard), Fay Evelyn Rudolph J. Bergquist. Art dir Allen Ruoff. (Margery Fields), Josephine Wehn (Rowena), Bradley Barker (Ralph

Source: Based on the novel The Heart of a Child by Frank Danby (pseud. Dane), Corliss Giles (Ben Galli), Franklyn George (Mario), Herbert

of Mrs. Julia Davis Frankau) (London and New York, 1908). Wilkie (Dr. Rupert Allen), Sara Biala (Marcia), Gaston Bell (Secret

Cast: Nazimova (Sally Snape), Charles Bryant (Lord agent).

Kidderminster), Ray Thompson (Johnny Doone), Nell Newman (Mary Drama. Believing her husband to have died on an allied mission to Murray), Victor Potel (Charley Peastone), Eugene Klum (Alf Russia, wealthy Englishwoman Rosalind Dane devotes her life to her threeStevens), Claire Du Brey (Lady Dorothea), Jane Sterling (Lady year-old daughter Patty. When a gypsy band arrives, Rosalind is strangely Fortive), John Steppling (Joe Mosenstein), William J. Irving (Perry), attracted to them and permits them to camp on her estate. She falls in love Myrtle Rishell (Miss Baine), Joseph Kilgour (Lord Fortive). with one of them, Ben Galli, and throws a lawn fete, during which Rowena, 370

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE HEART OF EZRA GREER a fortune-teller, predicts that there will be a tragic death in her family and and after Barney extracts revenge by killing Tex, he settles down to a life that she will leave with the gypsies. During the party, Rosalind’s husband of peace with Margaret. Brothers. Moral corruption. Self-sacrifice.

Ralph returns with a man who is a secret agent for the Soviets. Ralph Transformation. United States-West. Clergy. Debt. Farms. Lumber threatens to divorce Rosalind and take custody of Patty when he learns of | camps. Manslaughter. Nurses. Physicians. Revenge. Spendthrifts. her love for Ben, but Rosalind, who by an overheard conversation has Unrequited love. learned that Ralph is in the pay of the Bolsheviks, says that she will kill Note: This production was filmed at the Fox studios in Fort Lee, NJ and at Sag him before allowing him to have their daughter. Ralph is murdered by the Harbor, NY.

. : . op an 1918, p. 239.

agent for refusing to carry out instructions from the Soviets, and because ETR 5 Jan 1918, p. 451. Var 1 Feb 1918, p. 43.

of Rosalind’s threat and circumstantial evidence, she is about to be pw oe 1918, p. 131. Wid's 27 Dec 1917, pp. 832-33. convicted, when Mario, a gypsy brought to the trial by Ben, testifies to the

agent’s guilt. Rosalind, who had learned from Rowena, really her

grandmother, that her mother was a gypsy, leaves with Ben and the band. THE HEART OF A PAINTED WOMAN F1.1792 False arrests. Gypsies. Missing persons, assumed dead. Parentage. Popular Plays and Players, Inc. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 19 Apr. Traitors. Bolshevists. Circumstantial evidence. Fortune-tellers. Great 1915 [©Metro Pictures Corp.; 19 Apr 1915; LP6480)}. 5 reels.

Britain. Murder. Parties. Secret agents. Prod Alice Blache and Herbert Blaché. Scen Aaron Hoffman. Cam

director. Cast: Olga Petrova (Martha Redmond). ETR 13 Dec 1919, p. 173. Var 5 Dec 1919, p. 61. Drama. Martha Redmond leaves her poor parents’ home to attempt a Note: Sources vary in crediting either Henry McRae Webster or Charles Miller as Alfred Ortlieb.

MPN 13 Dec 1919, p. 4329. Wid's 30 Nov 1919, p. 25. singing career in New York. Failing this, she becomes an artist’s model and

MPW 13 Dec 1919, p. 856. soon his mistress. After he abandons her to marry a wealthy man’s daughter, Martha becomes a “fallen woman” of notoriety. She meets

THE HEART OF A HERO F1.1790 ~~ Barrett, a millionaire’s son, who tries to win her in a card game. When she World Film Corp.; Peerless. Dist World Film Corp. 6 Nov 1916[©World _jeaves disgusted, Barrett offers her a large sum of money for sex, which

Film Corp.; 16 Oct 1916, LU9348}. 6 reels. Martha tears up, saying that she would accomplish something if she had Pres William A. Brady. Dir Emile Chautard. Asst dir George his opportunity. Humiliated, Barrett sends her a check for $100,000. A Archaindaud and M. N. Litson. Scen Frances Marion. Cam Lucien year later, after Barrett has been ruined financially by Martha’s former

Tainguy. lover and his father-in-law, Martha shows Barrett a hospital she has built Source: Based on the play Nathan Hale by Clyde Fitch (New York, 2 to care for orphans with the money. Barrett proposes, but Martha refuses. Jan 1899). After the father-in-law, enraged because of the artist’s treatment of his Cast: Robert Warwick (Nathan Hale), Gail Kane (Alice Adams), Alec daughter, kills him, Barrett, in a drugged state, is arrested for the murder,

B. Francis (Colonel Knowlton), George McQuarrie (Guy Fitzroy), but Martha obtains a dictograph confession from the father-in-law. She Clifford Gray (Tom Adams), Henry West (Cunningham), Charles then accepts Barrett’s love. Artists. Millionaires. Models. Money. Moral Jackson (Thomas Jefferson), Clara Whipple (Widow Chichester), corruption. Philanthropy. Bankruptcy. Card games. Confession (law).

Mildred Havens (Amy Brandon). False arrests. Hospitals. Murder. New York City. Recordings. Revenge. War drama / Historical. When the Revolutionary War begins, Nathan Note: Some reviews refer to Olga Petrova’s character as “Selma.”

Hale joins the militia and quickly rises through the ranks. Then, Nathan Motog 17 Apr 1915, p. 598. MPW 1 May 1915, p. 739. volunteers for an important spy mission even though his sweetheart, Alice Motog 24 Apr 1915, p. 682. Var 23 Apr 1915, p. 18. Adams, implores him not to go. Guy Fitzroy, who loves Alice and supports MPW 17 Apr 1915, p. 472, 474, the British, learns of the mission and uses Alice herself to betray Nathan.

He invites her to an inn where Nathan, posing as a British loyalist, is THE HEART OF A WOMAN F1.1793

staying along with a group of. British soldiers. When Alice, a known Peerless Pictures Co. Dist State Rights. Nov 1920. 5 reels. revolutionary sympathizer, embraces Nathan, it is a sign that he himself Pres Jerome Lewis. Dir Jack Pratt. Story Albert J. Hall. is fighting for the Americans. The British immediately arrest Nathan and Cast: Mignon Anderson (Mrs. Robinson), Jack Richardson (Bull then hang him, but not before he gives the results of his espionage to Alice, Robinson), George Fisher (Bob Brown), Clara Horton (Lily), Pat so she can take them to the American high command. Betrayal. Espionage. O’Malley (Harry Dunton), Francis Brainard (‘Spike’).

Great Britain. Army. Nathan Hale. Tories. United States—History- Drama. What the heart of a woman can endure is evident in the life of Revolutionary War, 1776-1783. |Impersonation and imposture. Inns. Bull Robinson’s wife. Aware soon after her marriage that she is condemned

Revolutionaries. Soldiers. Traps. Whigs. to endure the brutalities of a bestial foundryman, she puts up with his

Motog 25 Nov 1916, p. 1196. NYDM 4 Nov 1916, p. 26. actions because she has taken him for better or worse. The birth of their

PW 7 NO i916 p 0. Mas » Ne i916 p 057. daughter Lily makes very little difference, her only consolation being the

MPW 18 Nov 1916, p. 1067. noble friendship of Bob Brown whose compassion goes so far as to shield her and advance the interests of her husband for more than seventeen years.

THE HEART OF A LION F1.1791 Lily, now grown, is attracted to young engineer Harry Dunton, although Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 15 Dec 1917 [©William Fox; 12 her father favors a young foundry hand for his daughter. When Dunton

Dec 1917; LP11770]. 5 reels. invites Lily on a date, she and her mother scrape together their savings in Dir Frank Lloyd. Scen Frank Lloyd. Cam Billy Foster. order to purchase the girl a new dress, only to have her father forbid her Source: Based on the novel The Doctor: A Tale of the Rockies by Ralph to wear it. Lily, angered, accuses Bull of not being her father, an accusation

Connor (pseud. of Charles William Gordon) (New York, 1906). which arouses his suspicions regarding Bob Brown’s devotion to the Cast: William Farnum (Barney Kemper), Mary Martin (Margaret Robinson family. Tormented by his jealousy, Bull attacks Brown and is Danforth), William Courtleigh, Jr. (Dick Kemper), Wanda Petit (Jola badly worsted in a fierce struggle. He staggers home to be cared for by his Hamilton), Walter Law (Tex), Marc Robbins (Hiram Danforth, M. wife and daughter, causing him to finally realize that he has given them

D.), Rita Bori (Dolly). little in return for their long years of devotion. Battered women. Family

Drama. Although he has aspirations of becoming a doctor, Barney life. Father-daughter relationship. Foundry workers. Jealousy. Marriage. Kemper slaves away on the farm so that his younger brother Dick can Moral reformation. Engineers. Fistfights. Mother-daughter relationship.

attend college. Dick, having no appreciation of his brother’s sacrifice, MPN 28 Aug 1920, p. 1594. MPW 13 Nov 1920, p. 251.

recklessly squanders the hard-earned money. Although Margaret MPN 20 Nov 1920, p. 3987. NYMT — 3: Oct 1920. Danforth, the town doctor’s daughter, loves Barney, he falls in love with

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lola Hamilton, one of her girl friends. While visiting Dick to investigate THE HEART OF EZRA GREER F1.1794

his growing debts, Barney discovers Jola in his brother’s arms and finally Thanhouser Film Corp. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc. 7 Oct 1917. 5 reels. realizes his utter weakness and selfishness. Disgusted, Barney goes West Dir Emile Chautard. Story Lloyd Lonergan. Cam Jacques Bizeul. to become a doctor in a lumber camp. Meanwhile, Dick repents, becomes Cast: Frederick Warde (Ezra Greer), Leila Frost (Mary Greer), George a minister and is assigned to a ministry in the lumber town. Margaret, now Forth (John Denbeigh), Lillian Mueller (Amy Le Vere), Gerald Badgley a nurse, accompanies him to start a hospital. Together the three face the (Baby), Carey Hastings (Denbeigh’s housekeeper), Thomas A. Curran forces of immorality led by Tex. In the struggle, Dick is mortally wounded, (Denbeigh’s guardian), Helen Badgley (Poor girl).

HEART OF GOLD AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Drama. Ezra Greer, a kindly old butler, has scrimped and saved to send killed is somewhat diminished by the birth of John and Nanette’s son; but his daughter Mary to college. While at school, Mary meets and falls in love when the boy reaches the age of two, the young mother leaves him in the

with wealthy student John Denbeigh, who proposes to her. Before care of his grandmother and journeys to Flanders to care for children left marrying, however, John must win the consent of his guardian, who homeless by the war. After his three remaining brothers fall in battle, John refuses, leading John to foresake Mary. Mary, now pregnant, is ashamed is captured by the enemy but soon escapes in the guise of a German Officer.

to return to her father, and so supports herself by sewing. Meanwhile, Ezra Lieutenant Von Eberhard, a German who had once befriended John, leaves his employer to look for his daughter and, in his wanderings, takes discovers Nanette in the orphanage and brutally attacks her. Interrupted a job as John’s butler, unaware that John is Mary’s betrayer. After the by the wailing of a baby on the other side of the room, Von Eberhard throws baby is born, Mary reads that John is involved with vamp Amy Le Vere, the baby out the window and continues his attack on Nanette, who loses and deposits the infant on his father’s doorstep. Ezra cares for the child, _ her reason. John bursts in and kills Von Eberhard, but Nanette, believing and instills John in John a senseforesakes of responsibility to find the infant’s mother. to be of iheher sneny, stabs who, hesseltbysme andisisdeciared, sent homehas to been await Gradually, reforms, the vamp and discovers that the tneum arrival husband, therecovers time peace foundling is none other than his own child. When John proposes to Mary, decorated as a hero. Brothers. Canadians. Insanity. War victims. Widows. the family is happily reunited with the addition of Grandpa Ezra. Class World War |. Attempted suicide. Children. Flanders (Belgium). Germans. distinction. Desertion. Father-daughter relationship. Illegitimacy. Moral irantic™ pepmanages. Rape. Rocky Mountains. War atrocities. War reformation. Aged persons. Butlers. College life. Foundlings. Parentage. eroes. Wards and guardians. Pregnancy. Students. Upper classes. Vamps. Wards and guardians. Note: The pre-release title of this film was The Dawn of Reckoning. Director Allen

Pp. ’ . ar ct 1917, p. 29. . . : :

Motog Holubar wife Dorothy Phillips, the star of the1917, film, appeared New York 27 and Octhis1917, p. 890. NYDM 6 Oct p. 18.at. the . . wet, ..

MPN 13 Oct 1917. p. 2530. 2583 V, 6 O premiere on 22 Dec 1918. The film opened in several cities, including Washington, MPW 13 Oct 1917, p. 246, 292. Wid’s 4 Oct 1917, p. 636. D.C., Baltimore, Cleveland, Denver and Chicago before its 15 Feb 1919 national

, release. MPN noted that the film presented “3,000 soldiers, Marines, refugees,

civilians, etc.”” Some sources give a length of nine or ten reels. Modern sources list

HEART OF GOLD F1.1795 Erich von Stroheim as technical advisor and include Tom London in the cast; others

World Film Corp. Dist World Film Corp. 27 Jan 1919 [OWorld Film give the name of the character played by von Stroheim as Oscar Strang, though

. . existing prints give the character’s name as Eric Von Eberhard. The film also was

corps 2 Jan VAL So | win » ree’ >, 134 Mo L S C reviewed as Hearts of Humanity. Secretary of War Newton D. Baker praised the film 4ir Travers Vale. ocen Clara 9. beranger. tory Lucy sarver. Cam after a National Press Club showing on 20 Jan 1919.

Philip Hatkin. a | ETR 4 Jan 1919, p. 419. NYDM __ 28 Dec 1918, p. 1000. Cast: Louise Huff (Annie Wilkes), Grace Barton (May Weatherbee), MPN 4 Jan 1919, p. 116. NYT 22 Dec 1918, p. 17. Marion Barney (Madame Estelle), Johnny Hines (Mike Monahan), Oe EN - an tots PP. ake 295. Mr 2 yan tole Pp. 8. Robert Fischer (Jack Levinsky), Anthony Merlo (Harry Collins), William MPW 5 Jan 1919 . a. Wid's 5 Jan 1919, . 19.

Williams (Madame Estelle’s husband), Peggy Vaughan (Fleurette of the Follies), Louis Rheinhardt (Don Dargent).

Comedy-drama. After her mother dies, art student Annie Wilkes moves ue ey oF eA ene Dist Paramount Pictures Cor NO Ane

to New York from the country to seek fame and fortune. Penniless, she 1915.5 reel ay um Oi a P. 8 takes a job in the dressmaking establishment of the avaricious Madame P 5 Daniel Frohman. Dir James Kirkwood. Story Edith Barnard

Estelle and enters a contest to design a standardized outfit for American Delano " : y }

called “Heart of Gold,”Howley submitted on the shop’sRussell letter-head, wins the wae . .and . becomes Murray), Murray), Bassett (Jennifer's $5,000 prize the rage of|Irene the city, but Madame Estelle (Agnes claims . ,; ., ; ; , , father), Harry Brown (Stephen Weldon). credit for it and fires Annie. Annie’s sweetheart, impertinent, lively Mike é women to wear during the war to help the conservation effort. Her design, Cast: Hazel Dawn (Jennifer Hale), James Kirkwood (James

.; . Northwest drama. When Jennifer Hale refuses to marry wealthy Stephen

Monahan, hires a lawyer to help, but the lawyer steals her original drawing Weld hough he had d her father f fi ‘al crisi

d becomes Madame Estelle’s partner. After Annie goes to jail under an ergon even t ough ne nace saved her father trom a lnancial Crisis,

an d for attemotine to retr; her drawing. Mike. with the hel Weldon tries to ruin the Hales. They leave for their summer home in the ‘tthe x name for altemp how 0 re When he locates A 7 ante ©" P woods where Jennifer falls in love with wealthy James Murray, a lumber

oF the vrpenied ane “I case. “4 © 10ca " , stud e. Clo hos. camp foreman. After Weldon finds them and threatens Hale with exposure

C ntests. Dre y k cr a aim as Li, oe the it s Dien S. | Y) Ie unless Jennifer marries him, Murray marries Jennifer. Weldon then oss ny, Mn City Noweoy " = Worl d W. ‘ y. Lismissal. vails. convinces him that Jennifer and he had a secret romance, and that she

ayers. CW FOrK Uily. ook dosing or ar f married Murray for his money. Murray’s sister Agnes becomes Weldon’s

Felon one fim, which was started during World War I, had the support of the lover, and when he prepares to leave, she kills him. After Jennifer takes the

, blame to save p. Murray fromNYMT learning of 2 Agnes’ ETR 25 Jan 1919, 637. Febdisgrace, 1919.Murray, ; although MPN 25 Jan 1919, p. 612. Var 17 Jan 1919, p. 53. he now hates her, takes Jennifer to the mountains to escape the law. Just MPW 25 Jan 1919, p. 526. Wid's 2 Feb 1919, p. 15. as the posse overtakes them, a man rides up with the news that Agnes fell Pp

MPW 8 Feb 1919, p. 807. over a cliff and confessed before she died. With renewed love, the couple are reunited. False accusations. Lumber camp foremen. Murder.

THE HEART OF HUMANITY F 1.1796 Revenge. Self-sacrifice. | Bankruptcy. Blackmail. Brother-sister

Universal Film Mfg. Co.; A Universal Special. Dist Jewel Productions, relationship. Confession (law). Falls from heights. Forests. Fugitives. me 15 Feb 1919 [OJewel Productions, Inc.; 16 Jan 1919; LP13278]. 8 Posses. Reputation. Pres Carl Laemmle. Dir Allen Holubar. Scen Allen Holubar and Olga Motog 18 Sep 1915, p. 577. MPW 11 Sep 1915, p. 1844. Scholl. Story Allen Holubar and Olga Scholl. Cam Fred Leroy Granville, MPN 11 Sep 1915, p. 81. MPW 18 Sep 1915, p. 2076.

reels. Note: This film’s pre-release title may have been The Dainty Boss. Harold Janes, King Gray and A. McClain. Ed Frank Lawrence and Viola

Mallory. Asst tech dir Sergeant Sidney Flowers. Musical accompaniment THE HEART OF JUANITA F1.1798

arranged by James C. Bradford. California Motion Picture Corp. Dist Robertson-Cole Co. Dec 1919. 5 Cast: Dorothy Phillips (anette), William Stowell (John Patricia), reels, 4,970 ft. Robert Anderson (Paul Patricia), Walt Whitman (Father Michael), Dir George E. Middleton. Story Capt. Leslie T. Peacocke and Earle

Margaret Mann (Widow Patricia), Erich von Stroheim (Eric Von Snell.

Eberhard), Lloyd Hughes (Jules Patricia), Frank Braidwood (Maurice Cast: Beatriz Michelena (Juanita), Albert Morrison (Jim Brandt),

‘Clana Welth psofficer), (LouisLieutenant Wot Pat Smit rasan endrew Mobson tts Tn PikePike tC ee) (Rev. Daniel (Clancy),pense illiam els russian tiggens), Irene Outtrim ner (Jrene), William (Calvert). (Canadian officer), Joseph Girard (Canadian colonel), Valerie Western. In an early California settlement, Juanita, a dance hall queen

Germonprez, Gloria Joy. of Castilian ancestry, knifes her lover, Jim Brandt, the dance hall owner, War drama/World War I. Nanette, the French ward of Father Michael, when she catches him embracing a new dancer. She hides in the cabin of marries John Patricia, the eldest of widow Patricia’s five sons, only a few hermit trapper Calvert and falls in love with him, but Calvert loves the hours before World War I is declared. All five eventually enlist and leave parson’s daugther Irene. After Juanita proves to Calvert that Irene and their home town in the Canadian Rockies to fight on the battlefields of Sheriff Tanner are about to be engaged, Calvert reproaches Irene. Insulted, Europe. The widow’s sorrow upon hearing that one of her sons has been she tells Brandt where Juanita is, and tells Tanner that Calvert attacked

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 a THE HEART OF PAULA her. Tanner rides to Calvert’s cabin with a posse just after Calvert has Brown has hired a man to kill him. The gunman arrives while Bill argues . knocked Brandt out. While Juanita holds the posse back with a rifle, with Phineas’ son Victor, who once tried to seduce Mary. The gunman Tanner fights a knife duel with Calvert until he discovers from Calvert’s accidentally kills Victor, and when Phineas finds out, he dies of a heart locket that Calvert is really his son. Because of her crime, Juanita is taken attack. Then, after he and Mary become engaged, Bill wins the nomination

to Mexico, where Calvert, now in love, joins her. Dance hall girls. Hermits. for district representative. Hired killers. Political bosses. Political Long-lost relatives. Sheriffs. Dance hall owners. Father-son relationship. corruption. Social reformers. Editors. Gun accidents. Heart disease.

Jealousy. Knife fights. Posses. Trappers. Lawyers. Newspapers. Political candidates.

Note: This film was produced in 1916 under the title The Passion Flower. When Note: The original title of the film was Human Cargoes. The Heart of New the Robertson-Cole Co. obtained it in the spring of 1919, the film’s title was The York was Claridge Films’ first release.

Specific. | Motog 4 Mar 1916, p. 531. MPW 4 Mar 1916, p. 1552. ETR 13 Dec 1919, p. 171. MPW 13 Dec 1919, p. 855. MPN 4 Mar 1916, p. 1321.

. MPW 23 Dec 1916, p. 1876. Var 5 Dec 1919, p. 62.

MPW 3 May 1919, p. 700. Wid's 7 Dec 1919, p. 27. THE HEART OF NORA FLYNN FL1801 Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 24 Apr

THE HEART OF KIKU-SAN see THE UNWRITTEN CODE 1916 [©Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co.; 13 Aug 1916: LP8066]. 5 reels. Prod Cecil B. DeMille. Dir Cecil B. DeMille. Scen Jeanie MacPherson.

THE HEART OF MARYLAND F1.1799 Story Hector Turnbull.

Tiffany Film Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 20 Mar 1915 [©Metro Cast: Marie Doro (Nora Flynn), Elliott Dexter (Nolan), Ernest Joy

Pictures Corp.; 22 Sep 1915; LP6440). 6 reels. (Brantley Stone), Lola May (Mrs. Stone), Charles West (Jack Dir Herbert Brenon. Cam Philip Rosen. Murray), “Little Billy” Jacobs (Tommy Stone), Peggy George (Anne Source: Based on the play The Heart of Maryland by David Belasco Stone), Mrs. Lewis McCord (Maggie).

(New York, 22 Oct 1895). Drama. When Brantley Stone hears that his wife is seeing her lover, he

Cast: Mrs. Leslie Carter (Maryland Calvert), William E. Shay (Alan tells Nolan, his chauffeur, to rush him back home. When Mrs. Stone sees Kendrick), J. Farrell MacDonald (Colonel Thorpe), Matt Snyder her husband arrive, she orders her children’s nursemaid, Nora Flynn, to tell (General Hugh Kendrick), Raymond Russell (Floyd Calvert), Marcia _ Brantley that the man, Jack Murray, is really her own sweetheart. This lie Moore (His sweetheart), Vivian Reed (Dolly Grey), Doris Baker (True eases Brantley’s mind, but it so infuriates Nolan, who loves Nora, that he Blue), Herbert Brenon (Lloyd Calvert), Joe Hazelton (The sexton), Bert shoots and wounds Jack. Nevertheless, Nora keeps Mrs. Stone’s secret, but

Hadley (Private Boone). she finally prevails upon her to tell Nolan the true story. After Nolan and War drama/Historical. In war-torn, divided Maryland, Maryland Nora reconcile, however, Brantley dismisses both of them because of their

Calvert unsuccessfully tries to convince her fiancé Alan Kendrick, whose recent conduct. Before they leave, Nolan makes Mrs. Stone promise never father is a Confederate general, not to enlist in the Northern army. After to see Jack again, and Nora realizes that, even though it cost her her job,

Alan is taken prisoner, he is sent to Charlesville by Colonel Thorpe, a it was worth keeping the secret because it preserved the happiness of the former Union officer discharged because of Alan’s testimony, who now, as ~— Stone family. Duplicity. Infidelity. Marriage. Nursemaids. Self-sacrifice.

a Federal spy, sees his chance for revenge, as Charlesville is about to be Chauffeurs. Dismissal. Gunshot wounds. Jealousy. attacked. When Union forces rout the Confederates, Alan tries to visit Note: According to modern sources, Wilfred Buckland was the art director, Alvin Maryland, but he is captured and sentenced to death before his father. Wyckoff was the cameraman, and Cecil B. DeMille edited the film, as well as directed After Maryland bravely reaches General Hooker to get a request for a stay it.

of execution, she returns to find General Kendrick dead and Thorpe in mos e Mey ole P. 00, N yt iv Aer ole P. 78. command. When Thorpe tries to rape her in front of the bound Alan, MPW 6 May 1916, ., 984. Var >I Apr 1916, is 28. Maryland bayonets Thorpe and frees Alan, who escapes as she muffles the

church bell clapper, rung as an alarm. Alan returns leading Union troops THE HEART OF PAULA F1.1802 and stops Maryland’s execution. After Thorpe is relieved of command, Pallas Pictures. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 3 Apr 1916 [©J. C. Ivers:

Alan grants the Confederates a truce to cover their retreat, and leaves with 18 Mar 1916: LP7844] 5 reel P. 2 AP a , Maryland. Maryland. Military officers. Prisoners of war. Revenge. United Di Will , Tavlor an a /or y lia Crawford Ivers. Scen Julia Crawford

States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865. Attempted rape. Escapes. Father- I in Ss Th i C ford | 0 C a J C \ “T ula rawtor son relationship. Pardons (legal). Rescues. Self-defense. Spies. vers. ; fory Julia ~rawlord Ivers. am James & van 'Tees. .

Note: This was the first film produced by the Tiffany Film Corp. It was also the Cast: Lenore Ulrich (Paula Figueroa), Velma Lefler (Claire

first feature shown at New York’s Hippodrome, called the largest playhouse in the Pachmann), Jack Livingstone (Stephen Pachmann), Forrest Stanley world, which seated 5,400 people. Mrs. Leslie Carter starred in the original stage (Bruce McLean), Howard Davies (Emiliano Pacheco), Herbert Standing production almost twenty years earlier, and had played the role nearly 3,500 times (Mr. Adams).

errormance in the tilm. Vitagra 0.0 meric roquced a n S : : °

in productions j{hroughout the country. Joe Hazelton also recreated ns stage Drama. When Bruce McLean arrives in Mexico on a mining expedition, source in 1921, which was directed by Tom Terriss and starred Catherine Calvert: he meets Paula Figueroa, and they quickly fall in love. Because he also Warner Bros. Pictures produced a film based on the same source in 1927, which was loves her, revolutionary outlaw Emiliano Pacheco kidnaps Bruce when he directed by Lloyd Bacon and starred Dolores Costello. (See AFI Catalog of Feature hears about the relationship. For a ransom, Emiliano demands one night

Films, 1921-30; F2.2370 and F2.2371.) with Paula, terms to which she agrees. As soon as Bruce has been released Motog 3 Apr 1915, pp. 530-31. MPW 27 Mar 1915, p. 1945. and is safely across the border, however, Paula kills herself rather than

i mn Apr i918 i" oe wrote i918 p. a. 1, p.12, S'eep with Emiliano. [In the alternate ending, Bruce rounds up some MPW 13 Mar 1915, p. 1588. Var 26 Mar 1915, p. 24. cowboys after his release, and then returns with his posse to Emiliano’s

camp, where they save Paula and kill Emiliano and his men.] Kidnapping.

THE HEART OF NEW YORK F1.1800 Mexico. Outlaws. Prospectors. Ransom. Revolutionaries. Suicide. Equitable Motion Pictures Corp. Dist State Rights; Claridge Films, Inc. Cowboys. Expeditions. noses: nescues. of Paula, a happy one and a tragic Feb 1916 [©Equitable Motion Pictures Corp.; 10 Jan 1916; LU7402]. 5 one, and exhibitors were given the choice of which one to show. Seones from the fim

reels. were shot in Tijuana, Mexico. Wid’s lists William Taylor as the film’s director, but Dir Walter MacNamara. Scen Walter MacNamara. the film’s titles contain the credit “Produced under the direction of Julia Crawford

Cast: Robert T. Haines (Bill Madden), Isabelle MacGregor (Mary Ivers.” Handwritten notes on the shooting script in the Paramount studio records, Madden), Thomas Morrisary (John Madden), Laura Macklan (Mrs. many of which are partial or contradictory, give the following additional cast

Madden), Willis Granger (Phineas Brown), C. E. Kimball (Victor members: Mather as Adams messenger; “Juarez” as Moso; F. Del Rio as the . prison attendant; “Pascal” as the Mexican who plays guitar; Joe Ray as the bandit

Brown), Blanche Davenport (Mrs. Brown), F. M. McQuirk (Eustace who serves as a guide; “Preston” as a Mexican officer; “Dillon” as Pacheco's mistress; Miles), Bess Sankey (Mary Miles), Miss Hill (Her mother), Mrs. Vernon, “Siliera” as the Mexican subaltern; Mrs. Rosa Robles as the duenna; “Mendez” as

William :Evans. piegue7: - Steele. Ramere?,“Espinosa,” Mean A. Renee, A. and Boreno. 7 Marical ohti : sae F. Callas, J. nta, Fo P. Martinez, “Valdez” “Hill”Rios. as soldiers; an Drama / Social. By fighting for the rights of the underprivileged, lawyer tari Ants Pete Loftus, Earl Garber and Charles Carter as cowboys. Bill Madden has become friends with reform-conscious newspaper editor

; , ; ; Motog 8 Apr 1916, pp. 825-26. NYDM _25 Mar 1916, p. 25.

Eustace Miles, and has fallen in love with Eustace’s daughter Mary. MPN 1 Apr 1916, p. 1881. NYDM 1 Apr 1916, p. 28. Meanwhile, growing wary of Bill’s increasing power, political boss Phineas MPN 8 Apr 1916, p. 2072. NYT 3 Apr 1916, p. 11. 373

THE HEART OF RACHAEL AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG MPW 8 Apr 1916, p. 281. Wid's 16 Mar 1916, p. 439. angered over the loss of Tara to the Englishman, sees a chance for complete

MPW 22 Apr 1916, p. 696. revenge. He kidnaps both Delmar and Dorothy, planning to make the latter

his wife and throw the former to the lions. Just before the forced marriage,

THE HEART OF RACHAEL F1.1803 however, Lieutenant Grey, who has accompanied the Delmars to India and

Bessie Barriscale Productions; Paralta Plays, Inc. Dist W. W. Hodkinson who is engaged to Dorothty, enlists the aid of Soma, the current favorite

Corp., through General Film Co. exchanges. 14 Oct 1918. 5 reels. of Selim’s harem. Jealous of Dorothy, she tells Grey where the Delmars Mgr of production Robert Brunton. Dir Howard Hickman. Scen Jack _ have been hidden, after which Grey kills the lions and Selim, and rescues

Cunningham. Cam Clyde de Vinna. . Dorothy and her father. English. Harems. India. Rajahs. Revenge. Source: Based on the novel The Heart of Rachael by Kathleen Norris — Jealousy. Kidnapping. Lions. Marriage—-Forced. Military officers. Rescues. (Garden City, New York, 1916). Motog _18 Mar 1916, p. 650. NYDM _18 Mar 1916, p. 33. Cast: Bessie Barriscale (Rachael), Herschel Mayall (Clarence MPN 18 Mar 1916, p. 1617. Var 10 Mar 1916, p. 30.

Breckenridge), Ella Hall (Billy), Herbert Heyes (Dr. Warren Gregory), MPW 4 Mar 1916, p. 1544. Wid's 9 Mar 1916, p. 421. Gloria Hope (Magsie Clay), Ben Alexander (Jim), Edward Coxen (Joe

Pickering), Mary Jane Irving (Rachael’s daughter). THE HEART OF TEXAS RYAN F 1.1806 Drama. Rachael marries Clarence Breckenridge, whose daughter Billy Selig Polyscope Co.; Red Seal Plays. Dist K-E-S-E Service. 26 Feb is only a few years younger than she. Clarence, an alcoholic, is devoted to 1917 [©Selig Polyscope Co.; 10 Feb 1917; LP10173]. 5 reels. Billy, but because both father and daughter are indifferent to Rachael, she Dir E. A. Martin. Scen Gilson Willets. finally divorces Clarence to wed her old friend, Dr. Warren Gregory. Soon Cast: George Fawcett (Col. William Ryan), Bessie Eyton (Texas, his

after the marriage, Rachael learns to her distress that Warren is no longer daughter), Frank Campeau (“Dice’ McAllister), Tom Mix (Jack the home-loving man she had befriended, but a social “high-stepper,” Parker), William Rhino (Antonio Moreno), Charles Gerrard (Senator J. much like her first husband. Several years pass, during which Billy elopes Murray Allison), Goldie Colwell (Marion Smith). with Joe Pickering, a worthless pleasure-seeker, which leads Clarence to Western. Until he met Texas Ryan, the Eastern-bred daughter of rugged kill himself. Warren, meanwhile, develops an attachment to Magsie Clay, cattle king William Ryan, Jack Parker was just a straight-shooting, hardan actress. Magsie admits to Rachael that she loves Warren, and the young riding cowboy. Hoping to see Texas again, Parker accepts a job on the wife agrees to a divorce, but Warren, unwilling to leave Rachael and his Ryan ranch. While there, he succeeds in upsetting the designs of Mexican children permanently, departs for Europe. When their little son Jim is bandit Antonio Moreno to kidnap Texas, and foils the plans of Dice severely injured, Rachael begs Warren to save the boy, and through this McAllister, Moreno’s accomplice, to steal Ryan’s herds. The distance hardship, the couple’s love is renewed. Marriage. Accidents. Actors and between a cowboy and that of a wealthy rancher’s daughter finally proves actresses. Alcoholics. Children. Divorce. Elopement. Father-daughter too great for Parker, however, who leaves for Mexico. A few days later, relationship. Infidelity. Libertines. Neglected wives. Physicians. Texas learns that Parker is being held prisoner by Moreno. Enlisting the

Separation. Social climbers. Suicide. aid of the U.S. Cavalry, Texas arrives just in time to free Parker and award Note: This film was shot at the Brunton studios in Los Angeles. him the heart of Texas Ryan. Bandits. Cattlemen. Class distinction.

ETR 2 Nov 1918, p. 1815. NYDM 2 Nov 1918, p. 662. Cowboys. Kidnapping. Mexicans. Mexico. Ranches. Rescues. Rustlers.

MPN 12 Oct 1918, p. 2447. Var 4 Oct 1918, p. 47. United States. Army. Cavalry.

New 3 ot ole es Wid's 6 Oct 1918, pp. 27-28. Note: The working title for this film was probably The Light of Western Stars, a

, Selig production started in 1916, which was based on a Zane Grey novel (New York,

1914) of the same name. Production news items for The Light of Western Stars

THE HEART OF ROMANCE F1.1804 reported that the film was shot at Mix’s ranch in Newhall, CA and included Victoria

Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp.; Fox Special Features. 3 Feb Forde and Vivian Reed in the cast. According to modern sources, an injunction

1918 [OWilliam Feb 1918; LP12027]. against the use of Zane story forced Selig rewrite and in recut thesynopsis 1916 film. . , Fox; The3 character played5 reels. by William Rhino isGrey’s called “Lagos de toMoreno” the Dir Harry Millarde. Scen Adeline Leitzbach. Story Frances Crowley. included in the copyright descriptions, while other sources list him as “Antonio Cast: June Caprice (Eloise Jackson), Bernard Thornton (Harvey Moreno.” In 1918, Sherman Productions, Inc. produced a film based on the novel.

Greyson), George Bunny (Judge Stafford), Joseph Kilgour (Jerry (See below.)

Gray), Lilian Page (Mrs. Kibbie), Jack Martin (Joe Bernheim), Jack PTR - re lore p. 886. ‘you x0 oe tole p. 8

Raymond (Jack Dearborn). MPN. 3 Mar 1917, p. 1421. NYDM 13 Jan 1917, p. 32. Comedy-drama. Eloise Jackson, the ward of her wealthy uncle, Judge MPW 26 Aug 1916, p. 1230. NYDM 17 Mar 1917, p. 26.

Stafford, spends thousands of dollars on extravagant parties for her friends. MPW 24 Feb 1917, p. 1151, 1369. Wid's 22 Feb 1917, p. 122. Harvey Greyson is a young and penniless writer struggling for recognition. MPW 3 Mar 1917, p. 1369. When they meet at a party and fall in love, the judge, certain that Harvey

is only enamored of Eloise’s fortune, announces that he is bankrupt. Of all ©THE HEART OF THE BLUE RIDGE F1.1807

her friends, only Harvey sticks by her, offering his manuscripts to the World Film Corp.; A Shubert Feature. Dist World Film Corp. 17 Oct deputy sheriff as security on the family’s debts. Through his repeated 1915 [OWorld Film Corp.; 30 Oct 1915; LU6925]. 5 reels. efforts to secure money and employment for Eloise, Harvey convinces Dir James Young. Asst dir Edwin L. Hollywood. Judge Stafford that his love for the girl is true, and Eloise learns to curb Source: Based on the novel The Heart of the Blue Ridge by Waldron her lavish spending. The judge sends Harvey’s works to a publisher, and Baily (New York, 1915). Harvey and Eloise become engaged. Authors. Extravagance. Loyalty. Tests Cast: Clara Kimball Young (Plutina), Chester Barnett (Zeke), Robert of character. Upper classes. Generosity. Judges. Manuscripts. Parties. Cummings (Dan Hodges), Edwin L. Hollywood (Marshall Stone).

Poverty. Wards and guardians. Melodrama/Rural. Plutina, an illiterate mountain girl who lives with her Note: The scenario included in the copyright descriptions was originally entitled grandfather, refuses to marry moonshiner Dan Hodges, preferring instead

“Her Father’s Money.” Zeke, a young farmer. When Zeke learns that Dan, in revenge, shot ETR 23 Feb 1918, p. 990. MPW 23 Feb 1918, p. 1137. Plutina’s pet trained bear, Zeke vows to kill him. After a revenue officer,

PW 5 re le P. a. Var 8 Feb 1918, p. 41. shot by Dan, is cared for by Zeke’s mother, Dan vows to kill Zeke. Dan

° ype and Zeke fight, and although Dan is beaten, he escapes into the mountains.

Sometime later, the revenue officer secures for Zeke the position of

THE HEART OF TARA F1.1805 overseer of government timber lands. As Zeke waits for a train after Centaur Film Co. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; Mutual Masterpictures De missing the first one, he learns that Dan, who has threatened to kill Luxe Edition. 4 Mar 1916. 5 reels. Plutina’s grandfather and sister and set fire to their house unless Plutina Prod David Horsley. Dir William J. Bowman. Scen Theodosia Harris. marries him, has abducted her. Zeke arrives at a secluded cave where Dan

Cast: William Clifford (Captain Delmar), Sherman Bainbridge has taken Plutina just as she is about to jump from a cliff. The ensuing (Rajah Selim), Marie James (Tara), Margaret Gibson (Soma), Marvel brawl ends when Dan is plunged over the cliff. Finally, Zeke and Plutina Spencer (Dorothy Delmar), Walter Spencer (Lieutenant Grey), Edward — marry. Blue Ridge Mountains. Country girls. Farmers. Moonshiners. Alexander (Singh), Edward Roberts (Sahan), Gordon Russell (Timur). Revenge. Attempted rape. Bears. Caves. Falls from heights. Fistfights. Drama. When he learns of her love affair with British officer Captain Gunshot wounds. Kidnapping. Mountain life. Revenue agents. Delmar, Rajah Selim kills his harem favorite, Tara. Twenty years later, Note: Some reviews called the character played by Robert Cummings, “Dan Delmar has returned to India with his daughter Dorothy, and so Selim, still Hughes.” Some scenes in the film were shot in the Blue Ridge Mountains, according

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE HEART OF WETONA to publicity for the film. The film was re-issued on 19 Feb 1917 by World Film Corp. HEART OF THE WILDS F1.1810 as The Savage Instinct. It was copyrighted under this title by World Film Corp. on Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.;

8 Feb 1917, copyright number LU10137. oo Artcraft Pictures. | Sep 1918 [OFamous Players-Lasky Corp.; 31 Aug Mace 23 041915 864882, MP 300 15.9 JOM Gee 1918" L 12802), 5 reel, 4,380 fe MPN 3 On 1915, .. 88. NYDM _23 Oct 1915, p. 35. Pres Adolph Zukor. Dir Marshall Neilan. Scen Charles Maigne. MPW 23 Oct 1915, p. 628. Var 29 Oct 1915, p. 23. Cam Walter Stradling.

Source: Based on the play Pierre of the Plains by Edgar Selwyn (New York, 12 Oct 1908) and the short story “She of the Triple Chevron,” by

THE HEART OF THE DESERT see THE RED, RED HEART Gilbert Parker in Pierre and His People (London, 1892). Cast: Elsie Ferguson (Jen Galbraith), Thomas Meighan (Sergeant Tom

: Gellatly), Joseph Smiley (Peter Galbraith), Matt Moore (Val

THE HEART OF THE HILLS F1.1808 Cloud Escamilo Fernandez (Pierre), Sidney D’Albrook (Grey a eomas * Fe 39 Sep 19162 LP9233. 5 necks. 30 Oct 1916 [©Thomas Northwest drama. In the Canadian Northwest, Jen Galbraith lives in a

Dir Richard Ridgely. Cam George Lane. tavern with her brother Val and her father Peter, a bootlegger who sells Source: Based on the novel The Girl from the East by David Whitelaw whiskey to the Indians. Val’s friend Pierre resolves to win Jen, even though

(publication undetermined) she is in love with Sergeant Tom Gellatly of the Mounted Police. When Val Cast: Mabel Trunnelle (He ster), Conway Tearle (Redgell), Bigelow tries to retrieve some liquor sold illegally by the elder Galbraith to an Cooper (Sir Christopher Madgwick) Ray McKee (Eric) Marie LaCorio Indian named Grey Cloud, the Indian insults Jen and Val shoots him. Tom

(Edith), Herbert Prior (Ali) George Wright (Sani) Robert Conness is assigned to track down the murderer, but after he arrives at the tavern, (Kara i) Edith Strickland (Natali) Crawford Kent (Mclnnes) Charles Galbraith and Pierre drug him. Jen delivers the papers he is carrying to

Sutton (Dr Petti ), Henry L , (Darton) , police headquarters, but when she discovers that they contain orders to grew), trenry eon Usarton). ; arrest her brother, she shoots Tom to prevent him from going after Val. Drama. Years after she is kidnapped in India, Hester is sent by a group Pierre appears and attacks Jen, and soon after, Val returns, followed of revolutionaries to England to recover a sacred ruby from her father, Sir closely by a squad of police Val and Jen force Pierre to confess that he Christopher Madgwick. Soon after arriving, however, she falls in love with killed” Grey Cloud, and Tom tells the police that he shot himself Redgell, Sir Christopher's estate manager, and decides to disavow her accidentally. Brother-sister relationship. Canadian Northwest. Murder. allegiance to the revolutionaries. Then, Sir Christopher dies, and when his North West Mounted Police. Bootleggers. Chases. Confession (law)

son Eric, looking for the ruby, breaks into the coffin, he discovers that his Drugging. Gunshot wounds. Indians of North America. Taverns. father had been poisoned, and ACCUSES Hester of murder. A servant Clears Note: Edgar Selwyn’s play was based on Gilbert Parker’s story. Elsie Ferguson her, however, by detailing Sir Christopher’s obsessive fear of premature starred in the 1908 Broadway production with Edgar Selwyn. According to publicity burial, which, finally, had been realized, and then by describing how, as for the film, some scenes were shot in Cody, WY and in Yellowstone National Park, a precaution against being buried alive, Sir Christopher long ago had left also in Wyoming. For information on other films based on the source material, see instructions to have a vial of poison placed in his coffin. Scotland Yard then _ listing below for Pierre of the Plains.

rounds up the revolutionaries who followed Hester to England, after which ETR 31 Aug 1918, p. 1090. NYT 19 Aug 1918, p. 7.

she and Redgell make plans for their marriage. East Indians. England. New * Ae ole D eat in ne Ae oe Pa. False accusations. Revolutionaries. Rubies. Brother-sister relationship. NYDM 31 Aug 1918, pp. 319-20.

Servants. THE HEART OF TWENTY F1L.A8t1 Coffins. India. Kidnapping. Nobility. Phobias. Poison. Scotland Yard.

Note: The working title of this film was The Girl from the East. Brentwood Film Corp. Dist Robertson-Cole Distributing Corp. 20 Jun Motog 4 Nov 1916, p. 1038. MPW 28 Oct 1916, p. 536, 607, 693. 1920. 5 reels.

MPN 0 ae le a. roth yoM 3 On le o . Dir Henry Kolker. Story Sarah Y. Mason. Cam John Leezer.

, —— Cast: ZaSu Pitts (Katie Abbott), Jack Pratt (J. W. Wiseman), Percy Challenger (Henry Higginbotham), Hugh Saxon (J. Dale Briggs), Tom Gallery (A nice young man), Aileen Manning (Aunt Lucy), Billie Lind

Roe Beach Pictures Co. Di st Goldwyn Distributing Corp.; A Rex Beach (Alma Dale Briggs), Verne Winter (Rusty Higginbotham). .

Special. Mar 1918. 7 reels ° ° Comedy-drama. Katie Abbott, despairing of being a wallflower, is about P Dir Frank Powell A dar ted by Frederic Chapin. Titles Rex Beach to attempt suicide in the village pond when she is rescued by a young Cam William Fild " P y pin. stranger. Following his heroic feat, the young man accepts a job in the

an NNAT BUCEW. town’s automobile factory. Meanwhile, Henry Higginbotham, a clerk in Source: Based on the novel Heart of the Sunset by Rex Beach (New the same factory, resigns when he suspects that the manager, J. W.

York, 1913). , Wiseman, is running an auto theft ring. After Wiseman announces his Cast: Anna Q. Nilsson (Alaire Austin), Herbert Heyes (Dave Law), mayoral candidacy, Katie urges Higginbotham to oppose him.

Robert Tab or (Ed Austin) » E. L. Fernandez (Longorio), Jane Miller Higginbotham fails as an orator, but just as it appears that he will lose the (Rosa), William Frederic (Blaze Jones), Irene Bo yle (P aloma) " election, the nice young man reveals himself to be an undercover newspaper Western. With her dissolute husband Ed, Alaire Austin runs a cattle reporter and exposes Wiseman’s corruption. As a result, Wiseman is ranch on the Texas-Mexican border. After Dave Law, a Texas ranger, arrested, Higginbotham is elected mayor and Katie marries her hero. saves her from dying of thirst in the desert, the two fall in love. Longorio, Attempted suicide. Automobile factories. Elections. Political campaigns. a Mexican bandit who longs to possess the beautiful Alaire, orders his men Political candidates. Reporters. Shyness. Factory workers. Rescues. to kill her husband and take control of the ranch. The bandit captures Theft. Alaire and then forces an old priest to marry them, but before the ceremony Note: Pre-release news items list Pearl Lindner in the cast, but her name does not is performed, Dave arrives and secretly marries her himself. The couple appear in any reviews. Wid’s incorrectly lists Billie Lind as Billie Dale.

escapes and seeks refuge in a little house just inside the Mexican border, ETR 3 Jul 1920, p. 487. NYMT 27 Jun 1920.

but Longorio’s men pursue them and set the building on fire. Just in time, MPN 28 Aug 1920, p. 1759, 1764. Var 25 Jun 1920, p. 35. a force of United States cavalrymen arrives and conducts the couple across MPW 3 Jul 1920, pp. 118-19. Wid's 27 Jun 1920, p. 25. the Rio Grande to safety. Bandits. Kidnapping. Ranchers. Rescues. Texas

Rangers. Arson. Deserts. Escapes. Marriage—-Forced. Marriage-Secret. THE HEART OF WETONA F1.1812 Mexican border. Mexicans. Murder. Rio Grande River. Texas. United Norma Talmadge Film Corp. Dist Select Pictures Corp. 5 Jan 1919

States. Army. Cavalry. {ONorma Talmadge Film Corp.; 13 Dec 1918; LP13144]. 6 reels, 5,265 ft. Note: MPW records a length of five reels for the film. Rex Beach directed the film’s Prod Joseph M. Schenck. Dir Sidney A. Franklin. Scen Mary Murillo. editing, according to a news item. One source notes that the novel was written in serial Story George Scarborough. Cam David Abel.

form. Much of the film was shot at Eagle Pass and Corpus Christi, TX, according Cast: Norma Talmadge (Wetona), Fred Huntley (Chief Quannah),

oneal “mm eb 1918. 0.743 upw 90 Apr 1918. po. 432-33. 435 Thomas Meighan (John Hardin), Gladden James (Tony Wells), Fred

i PT. Pr 1718) PP. B2en 22s 820. Turner (Pastor David Wells), Princess Uwane Yea (Nauma), Charles ETR 20 Apr 1918. 1604, Var 12 HL 98 34 Edler (Comanche Jack), White Eagle (Nipo), Black Wolf (Passequa), MPN 20 Apr 1918, p. 2420. Wid's 18 Apr 1918, p. 1092. Black Lizard (Eagle). 375

THE HEART OF YOUTH AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Western. When Wetona, the half white, half Indian daughter of Chief she had deserted as a child, she becomes conscience stricken, gives up the Quannah of the Blackfoot tribe, tells her father that she would be an young man and begs forgiveness. In remorse, Dr. Gerald leaves for Europe, inappropriate choice to be the tribe’s Vestal Virgin at the Corn Dance, the and Johanna learns to love Dr. McLean, the man who had watched over furious chief vows to kill her white lover. She goes to Government agent her since she was a baby. Foster daughters. Moral reformation. Parentage. John Hardin for help, but her father sees them together and, speculating § Physicians. Vamps. Desertion. Guilt. Imprisonment. Mother-daughter that Hardin has wronged her, demands that he marry her. Hardin agrees relationship. Theft.

to the marriage to save her lover, whom he does not know is his friend and ETR 20 Jan 1917, p. 491. MPW 27 Jan 1917, p. 544, 582. assistant Tony Wells. After Wetona learns that Tony was never sincere, MPN 27 Jan 1917, p. 593. she sees his cowardice during the Indian raid on Hardin’s house. When the

chief learns the truth, he stops the raid, apologizes to Hardin and shoots HEART STRINGS F1.1815 Tony as he flees. Quannah tells Wetona he will take her back, but since Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 18 Jan 1920 [©William Fox; 18 Jan she and Hardin are now in love, they remain together. Indians—Mixed 1920; LP14658]. 6 reels.

blood. Indians of North America. Marriage-Forced. Virginity. Cads. Dir J. Gordon Edwards. Scen E. Lloyd Sheldon. Story Henry Albert

Cowardice. False accusations. Government agents. Rites and Phillips. Cam John W. Boyle. Note: ral ones. th ddauahter onegranadaau of the chiefserwho William ote: Pring Frincess Uwane Yea wasofthe or defeated one o e Cast: Ccniels whoFarnum deleate(Pierre | ; Fournel), Gladys Coburn (Kathleen Gen. George Custer. White Eagle, Black Wolf and Black Lizard were genuine chiefs aed es), Betty ake) (Gabrielle). Paul Cazenenve a Touche) Boe ;

during the filming. (Mrs. Noyes). ETR 28 Dec 1918, p. 345. NYT 6 Jan 1919, p. 11. Melodrama. On the eve of his departure for New York, gifted violinist of the Comanche tribe. Norma Talmadge was made an honorary Comanche princess ain (Ruper ake), Nowlan . wards (Rouget), Kate Blancke

MPN 4 Jan 1919, p. 146. Var 10 Jan 1919, p. 45. Pierre Fournel learns that his sister Gabrielle, who has inspired him to MPW 4 Jan 1919, p. 114. Wid's 29 Dec 1918, p. 15. greatness, has been impregnated by the village scoundrel, Rouget. After

MPW 11 Jan 1919, pp. 252- 93. relinquishing his life savings to clear Rouget of a robbery charge so that

he can take care of Gabrielle, Pierre departs for the city. Once in New

THE HEART OF YOUTH F1.1813 York, his playing attracts the attention of wealthy socialite Kathleen

Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Noyes, thus sparking the jealousy of her fiancé, Rupert Blake. Blake

Paramount Pictures. 24 Aug 1919 [©Famous Players-Lasky Corp.,;15 Aug determines to ruin Pierre, and joins forces with the embittered Rouget to

1919; LP14113]. 5 reels, 4,119 ft. frame his rival for the theft of Katherine’s jewels. Upon discovering that

Pres Jesse L. Lasky. Dir Robert G. Vignola. Asst dir Philip Carlbeck. — Rouget never married Gabrielle, Pierre confronts the miscreant, who Scen Beulah Marie Dix. Story Beulah Marie Dix. Cam Henry Kotani. reforms and exposes Blake’s plot. Katherine then recognizes her fiancé’s Source: Based on the novel Friends in the End by Beulah Marie Dix _ corruption and her love for Pierre and the two reconstituted couples—

(publication undetermined). Katherine and Pierre, Gabrielle and Rouget—make plans to marry.

Cast: Lila Lee (Josephine Darchat), Tom Forman (Russ Brother-sister relationship. Libertines. Violinists. Frame-ups. Jealousy.

Prendergast), Buster Irving (Jimmy, her brother), Charles Ogle (Os — Jewelry. Moral reformation. New York City. Pregnancy. Socialites. Theft. Whipple), Fanny Midgley (Mitty Whipple), Guy Oliver (Calvin Note: According to publicity items, William Farnum was a trained violinist and

Prendergast), Lydia Knott (Mrs. Prendergast), Fay Lemport used his own musical skills in this film. (Mildred), Gertrude Short (Cora), Cameron Coffey (Dickey), Vera Sisson ETR 10 Jan 1929, p. 61 7 Mew 10 Jan 1920, p. 299.

(Evie Atherton), Lewis Sargent (Lorenzo), Sylvia Ashton (The cook), . an 172u) Pp. 72. ry an 172u. Robert Brower (The squire), Ed Alexander (Abner). MPN 7 Feb 1920, p. 1377. Wid's 4 Jan 1920. p. 25. Comedy-drama/Rural. Josephine Darchat, living with her grandparents,

the Whipples, in the country, loves Russ Prendergast, the son of wealthy HEARTACHES F1.1816 Calvin Prendergast, despite the dispute between the families over a spring Lubin Mfg. Co. Dist General Film Co.; Lubin Unit Program. 20 Dec between their two properties. The feud intensifies when children from the 1915. 4 reels. camp situated on the Prendergast land mess the Whipples’ kitchen making Dir Joseph Kaufman. Story Daniel Carson Goodman. molasses candy. After the children substitute an old cook’s false hair for Cast: June Daye (Kate Merry), Jessie Terry (Mrs. Merry), Francis flowers left by Russ with a love note to Josephine, she stops speaking to Joyner (Will Cairns), Helen Greene (Marion Nelson), Arthur Forbes him. When the younger Prendergast children hide the Whipple cat, (Philip Nelson), Eleanor Barry (Mrs. Nelson). Josephine destroys the dam which brings spring water to the Prendergast Drama. Kate Merry, the well-bred daughter of a washerwoman, regrets property. In the middle of a large fight involving thugs hired by the her marriage to Will Cairns, whom she wed even though she did not love Prendergasts and neighbors supporting the Whipples, Josephine tries to him, because he claimed that he had a good position and a lot of money. save a young Prendergast child from drowning and, in turn, is saved by After suffering from Cairns’s abuse, Kate leaves and gets work in a Russ. The families reconcile, the lovers reunite, and the cat, hidden in a department store, where she becomes friends with wealthy Marion Nelson. well, returns to the rejoicing. Feuds. Land rights. Rescues. Rural life. Marion invites Kate to live with her, and Marion’s brother Philip falls in Springs. Camps. Candy. Cats. Children. Dams. Drowning. Grandparents. love with Kate. After Cairns, who secured a divorce for desertion, saves Note: Some scenes of the film were shot in Big Bear Valley, CA. The working title Marion from an automobile accident, he woos her, posing as society

of this film was Cock O° the Walk. gentleman Stuyvesant Holland, and she falls in love with him. When Kate MPN 20 Sep 1919, p. 2467. Wid's 14 Sep 1919, p. 11. and Cairns meet at a party, Cairns denounces Kate, and Marion breaks off

MPW 17 Jan 1920, p. 470. their friendship. To show Cairns’s true character, Kate invites Cairns to her room one evening and convinces Marion to hide there. After the

HEART STRINGS F1.1814 drunken Cairns, enticed by Kate, embraces her, Philip enters and Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co.; Red Feather denounces Kate, but when Marion convinces him of Kate’s virtuousness, Photoplays. 22 Jan 1917 [©Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 11 Jan 1917; he and Kate are reconciled. Battered women. Fidelity. Impersonation and

LP9964]. 5 reels. imposture. Rakes. Upper classes. Automobile accidents. Department Dir Allan Holubar. Scen Fred Myton. Story E. M. Ingleton. stores. Divorce. False accusations. Love tests. Marriage. Washerwomen. Cast: Allan Holubar (Dr. John McLean), Francelia Billington Note: This film was part of the first Lubin Unit Program, which in addition,

(Johanna), Paul Byron (Gerald), Maude George (Leonie), Irene Hunt included a one reel comedy. This was the first film in which June Daye used that (Sue), Charles Cummings (Hartley), Mrs. Witting (Housekeeper), | "ame. She previously was known as Vinnie Burns.

Virginia Corbin (Johanna as a child), Zoe Rae. Lubin 10 Dec 1915. MPN I Jan 1916, p. 82.

Drama. Hartley, fascinated by the vampish Leonie, steals and serves a Mone >» Nee 91s. PP BO. 1359. Mew is Dee lore is oes. 2234. term in prison. Not satisfied with this downfall, Leonie again works her womanly charms upon Dr. Gerald, who is engaged to Johanna, the adopted

daughter of Dr. McLean. Learning of the woman’s designs on the young HEARTS ADRIFT F1.1817 doctor, Hartley denounces her in Gerald’s presence. In response, Gerald Famous Players Film Co. Dist State Rights. 10 Feb 1914. 4-5 reels.

foolishly renounces Johanna and his friendship with Dr. McLean. Pres Daniel Frohman. Dir Edwin S. Porter.

However, when Leonie discovers that Johanna is her own daughter whom Cast: Mary Pickford (Nina). | 376

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 HEARTS ARE TRUMPS Drama. Nina, a twelve-year-old girl, is the sole survivor of a Spanish HEARTS AND THE HIGHWAY | F 1.1820 shipwreck. She lives for five years on a South Sea island with a gentle wolf Vitagraph Co. of America; Blue Ribbon; A Broadway Star Feature. as her only companion until John Graham, another shipwreck victim, Dist V-L-S-E, Inc. Jun 1915 [OVitagraph Co. of America; 26 Jan 1915;

arrives. Not knowing that his wife has been rescued and returned to LP4298]. 5 reels. civilization, John pursues Nina and they fall in love. They perform a Dir Wilfred North. Scen Colonel Jasper Ewing Brady. primitive marriage ceremony, and sometime later Nina gives birth to a Source: Based on the novel Hearts and the Highway by Cyrus Townsend child. John is unable to forget the memory of his wife, however, and one Brady (New York, 1911). day, when a ship arrives on the island carrying a rescue party, they are Cast: Lillian Walker (Lady Katherine), Darwin Karr (Sir Harry reunited. Nina, seeing their embrace, runs in despair to the edge of the Richmond), Donald Hall (King James II), L. Rogers Lytton (Lord

island’s volcano where, clutching her baby to her, she jumps into the Jeffries), Charles Kent (Earl of Clanranald), Charles Eldridge bubbling lava. Bigamy. Castaways. Infanticide. Lovelorn. Reunions. (Master Dunner), Charles Wellesley (General Ramesey), Anders Randolf

Suicide. Lava. Memory. Rescues. Shipwrecks. South Sea Islands. (Chief Justice of Scotland), Ned Finley (General Feversham), Harry

Wolves. Northrup (Lord Stenwold), William Gilson (Alison McLeod), Rose Note: MPW calis Hearts Adrift the “first production of the Famous Players on the Tapley (Dame McLeod).

West Coast.” Modern sources also list Harold Lockwood in the cast. Drama/Historical. After the Earl of Clanranald is arrested for MPW 21 Feb 1914, p. 927, 1024. NYDM 18 Feb 1914, p. 36. conspiracy, his daughter, Lady Katherine, pleads in court to save him from

NYDM — 28 Jan 1914, p. 37. Var 20 Feb 1914, p. 36. the block. Failing this, she dons male clothing, a mustache, and goatee to

intercept the King’s messenger, Sir Harry Richmond, who is carrying the death warrant. After they drink ale together at an inn, she is forced, to keep

HEARTS AFIRE see HEARTS IN EXILE up appearances, to share his room. Failing to get the papers that night, she waylays Sir Harry the next morning, stuns him with a bullet, and takes the warrant. When Sir Harry awakens, he finds his assailant unconscious from

HEARTS AFLAME F1.1818 a sword wound, and discovers that she is a woman. In love, Sir Harry 1915? [©Abraham Bloom; 26 Oct 1915; LU7183]. 4 reels. reports that the warrant was stolen. When he is not believed and is Story Herman Wolkof. subsequently arrested, Lady Katherine, disguised as a man, offers the King Drama. George Nicol, a famous lawyer in Warsaw, lives happily with his ten thousand pounds for her father’s pardon and Sir Harry’s release. The wife Muriel and seventeen-year-old daughter Louise, until Louise’s King releases them, but discovering Lady Katherine’s sex, he abducts her. departure for college greatly upsets Muriel. After six months,- Muriel, Sir Harry then saves her and they sail to freedom. Death warrants. heartbroken, suffers a severe attack of melancholia and experiences strange England. Male impersonation. Nobility. Abduction. Capital punishment. delusions. Her busy husband’s neglect causes Muriel to magnify trifles and Inns. Trials. become jealous of his actions. Imagining that George embraces his women Note: This film opened 17 Jan 1915 at the Vitagraph Theatre in New York. In Jun clients, Muriel insults and drives them away. George consults the family 1915, it was released elsewhere by V-L-S-E, Inc.

physician, who advises him to spend more time with Muriel and to bring Motog 19 Jun 1915, p. 999. MPW 19 Jun 1915, p. 1953. Louise home at once. After Louise, intending to surprise her mother, sends MPN 13 Feb 1915, p. 46. NYDM — 27 Jan 1915, p. 55. a telegram asking George to meet her at the railroad station at one in the MPW 30 Jan 1915, p. 682. morning, Muriel finds the telegram and suspects a romantic rendezvous. She follows George, and when she sees him embrace Louise, she does not

realize that the woman is her own daughter, and shoots her. Jealousy.

Mental iliness. Mother-daughter relationship. Murder. Neglected wives. | HEARTS ARE TRUMPS . F1.1821 Lawyers. Mistaken identity. Physicians. Railroad stations. Telegrams. Metro Pictures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 13 Dec 1920 [©Metro Warsaw. Pictures Corp.; 13 Dec 1920; LP15920]. 6 reels. Note: The only information located concerning this film was the synopsis in the Dir Rex Ingram. Scen June Mathis. Cam John Seitz. Film ed Grant copyright descriptions. Because thirty-eight stills from the film were deposited with Whytock. Art dir Arthur Ruada.

the copyright material, it is likely that the film was produced. However, no Source: Based on the play Hearts Are Trumps by Cecil Raleigh (New information has been located to determine if the film was released or produced in the York, 21 Feb 1900).

United States. Cast: Winter Hall (Lord Altcar), Frank Brownlee (Michael Wain), Alice Terry (Dora Woodberry), Francelia Billington (Lady Winifred), Joseph Kilgour (Lord Burford), Brinsley Shaw (Maurice Felden), Thomas

pars Feature Film Corp Dist Alliance Films Corp. 30 Ne lord Jefferson (Dyson), Norman Kennedy (John Gillespie), Edward Connelly

{©Cosmos Feature Film Corp.; 2 Nov 1914; LP3804]. 5 reels. Barley Christopher), Bull Montana (“Jake”), Howard Crampton

Dir Joseph A. Golden. Adapted by Joseph A. Golden. , Drama. Hearts are trumps when Lady Winifred secretly marries Source: Based on the play Hearts and Flowers (production gamekeeper Michael Wain. The discovery of the union by her father Lord

undetermined). Altcar, who is bent on trading his daughter to Lord Burford in order to Cast: Mrs. Thomas Whiffen, Beulah Poynter. So. cover his losses at cards, causes Altcar to have Wain horribly beaten and

Drama. New England farmers Martha and Jacob Landers’ spoiled son gicmissed with a warning never to return. Years later when Wain returns, Joseph is bored by rural life and so runs away to the city. To cover heavy embittered and bent upon revenge, he buys up the mortgages on Altcar debts that Joseph has incurred, Jacob mortgages the farm, then dies, manor and is arranging for foreclosure when he learns an astounding fact: leaving Martha penniless and unable to save their land from foreclosure. Lady Winifred’s convent-raised daughter Dora is engaged to American She writes to Joseph, OW a prosperous businessman, but he ignores her artist John Gillespie, but her hand is sought by the same Lord Burford who

letters. When she visits him, he sends her away, ashamed of her sought that of her mother. Conspiring to destroy Dora’s love for John, appeareance, and tells Elsie, the socialite with whom he is in love, that his Burford attempts to disgrace the girl by having a nude body attached to mother is dead. Unknown to Joseph, Martha has become a cleaning woman the portrait that Gillespie painted of her. Shamed and brokenhearted, Dora in Joseph’s office building, and is befriended by Elsie. One Christmas, after runs away to the convent in the Alps, causing her father to accept his Joseph and Elsie are married, Martha becomes ill. Elsie visits her, and paternal responsibility and reconcile himself with Lady Winifred. Burford, under the pretext of taking her for a drive, brings the old woman to her having discovered Dora’s destination, attempts to have her abducted, but estate. Shocked by Martha’s sudden appearance, Joseph exclaims, her Jover, father and mother follow in pursuit and, after many tribulations, Mother! Elsie, now realizing her husband S deception, plans to leave him, the four are reunited during a blinding snowstorm. Gamekeepers. Nobility.

but Martha intercedes and the family is reconciled. Charity. Debt. portraits. Reputation. Revenge. Abduction. Alps. Card games. Chases. D uplicity -__ Mother-son _relationship. Recognition. Snobbery. Class distinction. Debt. English. Mortgages. Nudity. Snow storms. _ Businessmen. Charwomen and cleaners. Christmas. Farmers. Note: Some scenes in this film were shot at Huntington Lake, San Rafael, and San

Foreclosure. Letters. Lure of the city. Socialites. Juan Capistrano, CA, where the San Juan Mission was filmed.

Note: Sources conflict on some plot points. ETR 18 Dec 1920, p. 194. MPN 11 Dec 1920, p. 4505. Motog 12 Dec 1914, p. 828. MPW 28 Nov 1914, p. 1285. MPN 29 May 1920, p. 4521. MPW 13 Dec 1920, p. 768. MPN 9 Jan 1915, p. 57, 89. MPW 26 Dec 1914, p. 1748. MPN 12 Jun 1920, p. 4826. Wid’s 12 Dec 1920, p. 21.

MPW 31 Oct 1914, p. 715. MPN 17 Jul 1920, p. 620. | 377

HEARTS ASLEEP AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG HEARTS ASLEEP F1.1822 Drama. Hope Ivanovna, devoted to helping the poor, marries wealthy B. B. Features, Inc. Dist Robertson-Cole Co. through Exhibitors Mutual Serge Palma so that she can continue her work, after refusing a poor

Distributing Corp. 31 Mar 1919. 5 reels. medical student, Paul Pavloff, whom she loves. The head of the secret

Dir Howard Hickman. Scen Fred Myton. Story Maie B. Havey. service, Count Nicolai, who desires Hope, sends Serge to Siberia for fifteen Cast: Bessie Barriscale (Nancy), Vola Vale (Virginia Calvert), Frank years, and Paul to the provinces for five years, on trumped up charges. Whitson (John Lewis), George Fisher (Randolph Lee), Henry Woodward Because he loves Hope, Paul changes identities with Serge so that Serge (Gentleman Chi), Tom Guise (Andrew Calvert), Anna Dodge (Mother can serve the lighter sentence, but Hope, learning where Serge was to be

Hawkins). sent, goes and finds Paul, now a prison doctor. They live together to avoid

Drama/Society, Crime. Nancy, a scrub girl in a fashionable residence, discovery, and when they hear that Serge was killed trying to escape, they remains honest and law-abiding despite being raised by Mother Hawkins, perform their own marriage ceremony. When Serge arrives, he learns that the fence for many of the city’s criminals. She befriends wealthy John Hope loves Paul. After an officer overhears them, they subdue him and Lewis, who argues with his neighbor, Southern gentleman Andrew Calvert, escape in a sled. Serge is killed in the ensuing chase, but after the pursuing that a lady is made, not born. After Mother Hawkins takes $100 from men and horses plunge through a hole in the ice, Hope and Paul are free visiting crook, Gentleman Chi, for Nancy’s help in robbing a safe, Nancy to pursue their love. Exile. Marriage-Companionate. Marriage-Forced by

leaves her look-out post and Chi, arrested, vows revenge. For protection, circumstances. Russia. Self-sacrifice. Chases. Escapes. Good Nancy goes to Lewis who sees an opportunity to prove his theory. Five Samaritans. Ice floes. Impersonation and imposture. Missing persons, years of wealth and education turn Nancy, now introduced as Lewis’ niece, assumed dead. Nobility. Physicians. Prisons. Russia. Secret Service.

into a woman of refinement and grace. After she befriends Calvert’s Siberia. daughter Virginia, Chi returns. He pursues Virginia, planning to elope with Note: This film was shot at the Peerless studio and at Saranac Lake, NY. The her after she has stolen the family jewels, but Nancy, drawing on her actress “Bliss Setwynne | may have Deen Carissa Seuwynne. According to modern upbringing, steals them back. When Nancy is caught, Virginia confesses, 1917 by World Film Corp. with new subtitles under the title Hearts Afire. Another and Lewis, in love with Nancy, proposes to her. Adolescence. Social _ version of this novel was filmed in 1929 by Warner Bros., directed by Michael Curtiz,

: : : ste sources, ben Carre was ear irector 0 is lilm. iS film Was re-1ssue an

conformity. Thieves. Transformation. Education. Fences. Jewelry. and starring Dolores Costello. (See AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30;

Revenge. Scrubwomen. Wealth. F2.2390.)

Note: Bessie Barriscale was married to director Howard Hickman. The film was Motog 17 Apr 1915, p. 634. NYDM 14 Apr 1915, p. 28.

shot at the Robert Brunton studios in Los Angeles. MPN 4 ner lore p. o3 » YDM dan tole Pp. 3s

ETR 5 Apr 1919, p. 1365. NYMT 30 Mar 1919. ane ae ar PrBA On Be 20. MPN 5 Apr 1919, p. 2186. Var 28 Mar 1919, p. 92. MPW 17 Apr 1915, p. 401.

HEARTS OF LOVE F1.1825 , Dir J. Charles Haydon. F1.1823 Scen Thomas HEART’S DESIRE aeBedding. MPW 12 Apr 1919, p. 274.

A HEART’S CRUCIBLE see HER BITTER CUP American Feature Film Corp. Dist General Film Co. Nov-Dec 1918. 6 reels.

Famous Players Film Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 30 Apr Cast: Edna May o (Virginia Rutledge), Gladden James (Capt. Bernard

Tyler), Frederick Truesdell Rutledge), Lillian Snyder (Mrs. Adair 1917 [©Famous;Victor Players Film Co.; 25 (Adair AprRandolph), 1917; LP10671]. 5 Hearn reels. ,(Jim .. . . .Francis Rutledge), Dougherty (Curtis Frederick Dir J. Grandon. Scen Eve Unsell. Story Shannon Fife. Cam ‘ . nade we “ay: Rabun), Lottie May Blair (Rose Neville), William S. Christian Lawrence E. Williams. (Thomas Rutledge)

Cast: Marie Doro (Fleurette), Albert Roscoe (Paul Le Roque), Mario” Wat drama/Historical. When the Civil War breaks out, United States Majeroni (Henri Harry Le Roque), Jean Gauthier Helen A . .ee.but stays , Lee rmy (Le Captain Bernard Tyler(Jacques), elects to remain loyalDahl to .the Union (Helen St.; ,Simon), Roque’s secretary), Gertrude Norman . Looe in the South long enough to bid farewell to his fiancée, Virginia Rutledge. (Mother Mathilde), \da Sturgis. : causes oe, the / ;Henri er , Bernard is ledDarling, toarrival believeEdwin that Virginia, who. supports South, Drama. Le Rocque’s in an island village much , ; has , oe betrayed him to the Confederates, but she later proves her innocence. consternation when he insists upon advanced rental for the land he owns. O Jim Rab h Ity to her father’s sl led Virgini Accompanying Le Rocque is his nephew Paul, recovering from the effects verseer Jim Kadun, whose cruelty to her father s slaves led Virginia to

¢ fortunate | fair. One dav. the |i ttl fl “| Fleurette visit request that he be dismissed, defects to the enemy camp. Upon attaining th “Te Rox una tate te vak ne eay, oe Fs . ou gir dic chot as s a position of authority, he tries to harm Virginia, but at the war’s end, the Le She estate tba a reat ° he ma ower nd Ps - lle in Bernard comes to her rescue. Betrayal. Military officers. Rescues. United trespasser. She is nursed back to health at the mansion, and Paul lallsin — rateg_History—Civil War, 1861-1865. United States-South. Plantation

love with her. However, her former sweetheart, Jacques, appears and overseers. Slaves persuades Fleurette to run away. As Fleurette returns to the village, she MPW 53 Nov 1918, p. 796. MPW 21 Dec 1918, p. 1385.

learns that the villagers are planning to storm the mansion and, realizing that she loves Paul, rushes back to warn him. This endears her to Henri,

who urges Fleurette to marry his nephew and bring happiness into their pares rans EN Feat Film Co. Dist World Film C sanaes lives. Fidelity. Flower vendors. Land rights. Landlords. Village life. 15 $ [Worl 4 File, Corp. 3 Dec | 915. “a 4 SI 4 veels orp. ov ee Gunshot wounds. Islands. Mansions. Mobs. Nursing back to Dir Perry N. Vekroff. Asst dir Eddie James. Scen Charles K. Harris. Note: This picture was filmed in Florida. It’s working title was Fleurette. can lar seus Maer School Bells by Charles K. Harris (New York

ETR 5 May 1917, p. 1535. MPW 19 May 1917, p. 1182. ource: Based on the play School Bells by Charles K. Harris (New York,

Motog _19 May 1917, p. 1066. NYDM 5 May 1917, p. 29. 1915). MPN 12 May 1917, p. 3015. Wid’s 3 May 1917, p. 283. Cast: Arthur Donaldson (Fritz Wagner), Beulah Poynter (Hilda

MPW 12 May 1917, p. 979. Wagner), Frank Longacre (Hans Wagner), Ethelmary Oakland (Amy

Rapp), Nicholas Long, Jr. (Bad little boy), Robert Fisher (Adolph

HEARTS IN EXILE F1.1824 Rapp), Jack McCauley, Florence (full name unknown) (School World Film Corp.; A Shubert Feature. Dist World Film Corp. 12 Apr children), Gladys Peck. 1915 [OWorld Film Corp.; 12 Apr 1915; LU4992. ©World Film Corp.; Drama. Fritz Wagner develops a formula for a new scent in the German

2 Jan 1917; LU9905]. 4-5 reels. perfume factory where he and his best friend work. Slipping into the Dir James Young. Asst dir Edwin L. Hollywood. Scen Owen Davis. factory one night, the friend steals the formula and then disappears from Cam Arthur Edeson. the area. Years later, Fritz takes his family to America and sends his young Source: Based on the novel Hearts in Exile by John Oxenham (New son to a local school. Unable to speak proper English, Hans 1s aided in class

York, 1904). by Amy, and the two children soon become close companions. By chance, Cast: Clara Kimball Young (Hope Ivanovna), Montague Love Fritz meets up with his false friend, now a prominent figure in the

(Count Nicolai), Claude Fleming (Serge Palma), Vernon Steele (Paul American perfume business, and accuses him of the theft. During the Pavloff), Fred Truesdell (Captain Sokaloff), Paul McAllister (/van ensuing argument, Fritz discovers that Amy is his rival’s daughter and Mikhail), Bert Sharkey (Victor Rasloff), Miss Selwynne (Madame upon her next visit, he sends her away from his gate. On her way home,

Romanoff). she is kidnapped by gypsies, but disobeying his father’s orders, Hans takes 378

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 HEARTS OF THE WORLD off to find his friend and rescues her from her captors. The innocent HEARTS OF THE WORLD F1.1829 bravery of the children finally reconciles the two fathers, restoring D. W. Griffith. Dist State Rights; Road Show. 12 Mar 1918 [©David harmony in the hearts of men. Betrayal. Children. Friendship. Thettt. W. Griffith; 12 Mar 1918; LP12521]. 13 reels.

Factories. Germany. Gypsies. Immigrants. Kidnapping. Perfume. Prod D. W. Griffith. Dir D. W. Griffith. Scen M. Gaston de Tolignac;

Rescues. Schools. Secret formulas. translated into English by Captain Victor Marier.

Note: The film was first titled School Bells and was made at the Kinemacolor Cam G. W.. Bitzer. Second cam Karl Brown. Musical

studio in Whitestone, NY. accompaniment arranged by Carli D. Elinor.

Motog 20 Nov 1915, p. 1088. MPW 14 Aug 1915, p. 1183. Cast: Lillian Gish (The girl, Marie Stephenson), Robert Harron

PW 0 NO i918 is "03. NY DM 0 SP i918 ra (The boy, Douglas Gordon Hamilton), Dorothy Gish (The Little

MPW 27 Nov 1915, p. 1732. Var 12 Nov 1915, p. 22. Disturber), Adolphe Lestina (The grandfather), Josephine Crowell (The mother), Jack Cosgrove (Douglas’ father), Kate Bruce (Douglas’

HEARTS OF MEN F1.1827 mother), Ben Alexander (The littlest brother), Marion Emmons, Francis A Hiram Abrams Production. Dist State Rights; Hiram Abrams. 27 Apr Marion (Douglas’ other brothers), Robert Anderson (Monsieur

1919. 6 reels. Cuckoo), George Fawcett (The village carpenter), George A. Siegmann Pres Hiram Abrams. Prod George Beban. Dir George Beban. Scen (von Strohm), Fay Holderness (The innkeeper), L. Lowry (A deaf and Harvey Thew and Helen Filson. Story William M. McCoy. Cam William blind musician), Eugene Pouyet (4 poilu), Anna Mae Walthall (A French

M. McGann. peasant girl), Yvette Duvoisin (A refugee), Herbert Sutch (A French Cast: George Beban (Nicolo Rosetti), Sarah Kernan (Maria major), Alphonse Dufort (4 poilu), Jean Dumercier (A poilu), Jules Rosetti), George Beban, Jr. (Beppo), Mabel Van Buren (Tina Lemontier, Gaston Riviere (Stretcher bearers), Georges Loyer (A Ferronni), Harry Rattenbury (Judge Newcombe), George Pierson poilu), George Nichols (A German sergeant), Mrs. Mary Gish (A refugee

(Steve, the clerk), Clarence Burton (Buck Hughes), Hop Sing mother), Mrs. Harron (Woman with daughter), Mary Harron

(Himself). (Wounded girl), Jessie Harron (A refugee), Johnny Harron (Boy with Drama. Nicolo Rosetti leads a happy, if poor life growing flowers which barrel), Noel Coward.

his mother sells. When she becomes ill and the doctor prescribes a better War drama/World War I. After a prologue which shows director D. W. climate, Nicolo buys land in Arizona which he finds is arid wasteland. A Griffith setting up a camera in the British front lines under the auspices

railroad construction gang, thinking that Nicolo is the forerunner of an Of the British War Official Cinematograph Committee, meeting war influx of cheap Italian labor, tries to make him leave, but they aresoon won CF respondents and shaking hands with David Lloyd George, Prime over by Nicolo’s motherless son Beppo and help Nicolo build a shack. Minister at No. 10 Downing Street in London, the Story begins. In a little When his mother dies, the men encourage Nicolo to remarry so that Beppo village in northern France, Marie Stephenson falls in love with Douglas

can have a mother. After he writes to a cousin in Italy, a bride, Tina Gordon Hamilton, the eldest of an American artist’s four sons. The Ferronni, arrives. Disappointed, Tina takes Beppo to Italy, ostensibly to romance is threatened when Marie sees a Street singer called the Little visit his dying maternal grandmother, but in reality she is eloping with a Disturber embracing Douglas, but he soon explains that his heart really clerk. After she writes that Beppo has died, the men in Arizona secretly belongs to Marie and the two are reunited. The Little Disturber finally pay for an investigation. The day that Beppo returns, the grieving Nicolo 2¢cepts the attentions of Monsieur Cuckoo, while Douglas and Marie strikes oil. Nicolo joyously receives Beppo and shares his newly found become engaged. With the outbreak of World War I, Douglas, Monsieur wealth with his friends. Arizona. Duplicity. Father-son relationship. Cuckoo and the village carpenter join the French army, and while they Friendship. Italian Americans. Land sales. Mother-son relationship. fight on a nearby battlefield, the village is shelled and occupied by the

Clerks. Elopement. Flower vendors. Oil. Railroad workers. Separation. Germans. After the deaths of her mother and grandfather, Marie, Note: This film, the first Hiram Abrams production, was George Beban’s first film demented, wanders through the ruined village in her wedding gown until

as producer, director and star. she finds Douglas lying wounded and unconscious on the ground. Although

ETR 19 Apr 1919, p. 1519. Var 11 Apr 1919, p. 55. Marie believes him dead, he eventually regains his health at the Red Cross MPN 19 Apr 1919, p. 2535. Var 20 Jun 1919, p. 53. hospital and later infiltrates the German lines as a spy. In the village, the MPW 19 Apr 1919, p. 426. Wid's 13 Apr 1919, p. 11. Germans brutally mistreat the townspeople, and Douglas’ mother finally

MPW 26 Apr 1919, pp. 480-83. collapses and dies. Douglas returns to the village and hides in Marie’s room,

but is discovered by a German sergeant, who reports his presence to the

HEARTS OF OAK F1.1828 brutal and lecherous von Strohm. The Germans are about to enter the room

Mohawk Film Co. May 1914. 5 reels. when the French retake the village and rescue Douglas and Marie. France.

Dir Wray Bartlett Physioc. France. Army. Germany. Army. Military occupation. World War I. Source: Based on the play Hearts of Oak by James A. Herne (New York, — Americans in foreign countries. Artists. Brothers. Carpenters. Combat.

29 Mar 1880). Espionage. Lechery. Red Cross. Rescues. Street musicians. Village life. Cast: Ralph Stewart (Terry Dennison), Wilbur Hudson (Owen), War atrocities. War injuries. War victims. Frederick Roland (Ned Fairweather), George W. Middleton (Uncle Note: D. W. Griffith sailed to England on 17 Mar 1917 after accepting a

David), Del De Lewis (Old Luke), James Fitzgerald (The stranger), David commission from Great Britain to depict in motion pictures “‘an authentic history of

Turner (A beachcomber), Violet Horner (Crystal), Mary Navarro the World War,” according to a news item. Cameraman G. W. Bitzer and actors

° . riftitn stayed in Europe until ic shooting scenes wi € cooperation 0 €

(Aunt Becky), Ardine Stark (Crystal, as a child), Baby Gorman CTO Dorothy oish and Eee arrived in Pngland on 8 jun ran (Child of Terry and Crystal), Joseph Moore (Li tile N ed). . British War Office and the French government in France, Belgium and Great Britain,

Drama. When Old Luke, a Maine fisherman, is stricken with smallpox, some of which were incorporated into Hearts of the World. Modern sources state that

only Terry Dennison, the owner of a gristmill, and Owen, a fellow Bitzer, because of his German ancestry and name, was not allowed in France and that fisherman, will care for him. After Luke dies, Terry adopts his tiny Griffith used an Army cameraman instead. Most of Hearts of the World was shot daughter Crystal and then, so that she will not be lonely, he adopts orphan after Griffith's return to the United States at the D. W. Griffith Studio in Hollywood.

Ned Fairweather as well. Years later, Crystal marries Terry out of The film had a pre-release showing under the title Love's Struggle on 15 Feb 1918, gratitude, even though she loves Ned. Terry and Crystal have a daughter, in New York on 4 Apr 1918 and was later released on a road show basis, with up to and then Ned goes to sea. When Terry learns, after Ned’s return, that his twenty-five touring companies, under the management of Elliott, Comstock and Gest. adopted children have sacrificed their love for his happiness, he makes Ned After this, the film was released on a state rights basis. Because the Pennsylvania promise that he will marry Crystal in five years if Terry does not return Board of Censors ordered that seven scenes which depicted brutality be cut, the from sea. Five years later, an old sailor is washed ashore and takes refuge Philadelphia opening was cancelled. A “peace edition” of the film, containing several ina churchyard. There the man, actually Terry, talks with a little girl who, D. W. Griffith Repertory Season at the George M. Cohan Theatre. M. Gaston de unknown to him, is his own daughter. As Owen leaves the church with Ned Tolignac and Captain Victor Marier were pseudonyms for D. W. Griffith. The film and Crystal, he recognizes Terry and takes him home. On his deathbed, included shots of Rene Raphael Viviani, the French premier and minister of foreign

. and had its premiere at Clune’s Auditorium in Los Angeles on 12 Mar 1918. It opened

. . . . additional scenes, opened in New York on I1 Aug 1919 as the third offering in the

. ee £; aaaressin tneir respective paritiaments in u . ccordin re) ¢

Terry is joined by Ned and Crystal whose union he blesses. Adoption. anaits, and Sir Edward rey: ne British “rey or oe jor foreign altars. Marriage. Recogn ition. Self-sacrifice. Castaways. Churches. Foster MPSD, Erich O. H. Von Stroheim was involved in this film in some manner. Modern

fathers. Maine. Mill owners. Orphans. Sailors. Smallpox. sources credit him with technical supervision. According to modern sources, Famous Note: This was the first production of the Mohawk Film Co. Players-Lasky Corp. financed the film. Modern sources add the following credits: MPW 23 May 1914, p. 1119. NYDM 13 May 1914, p. 40. European photography, D. P. Cooper; film editors, James and Rose Smith; music MPW 30 May 1914, p. 1314. Var 15 May 1914, p. 22. arrangements, Carli Elinor and D. W. Griffith; additional cast members, Mary Hay

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HEARTS OR DIAMONDS? AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG as a dancer and Erich von Stroheim as a German soldier. Var noted that Lillian Gish’s HEARTS UNITED F1.1832

authentic peasant dress was created by Nathan of London. Dist Sawyer, Inc. Oct 1914. 4 reels.

cre Oe es wry, ghaeiremvesl. Caste Edward Booth Tilton, | Life 18 Apr 1918, p. 642. NYDM _ 13 Apr 1918, p. 513. Drama. Professor Dodd, an anthropologist, hopes that his daughter Alma MPC Jul 1918, pp. 18-19. NYDM 20 Apr 1918, p. 552. will marry Robert Harris, the son of a college friend, despite the fact that

aN 20 ner ion p. ote Nye re Ape 18 P. ne . Alma loves Joe, the family chauffeur. Dodd invites Robert to visit, but

MPW 13 Apr 1918 if 338. Photo Tun 1918, 48. 111. unknown to the professor, Robert has died of heart failure and his place MPW 20 Apr 1918, pp. 369-70. Var 15 Mar 1918, p. 47, 49. is taken by a gambler named Haines who is his exact double. Haines MPW 11 May 1918, p. 835. Var 29 Mar 1918, p. 49. insinuates to Alma that Joe is married, after which the spurned Joe goes

PW I yy ole P veen on " ner ile one 43. to the Northwest. When Alma discovers Haines’s deception, she and Dodd MPW 26 May 1917, p. 1289. Wid’s 12 May 1918, pp. 31-32. follow Joe to the Northwest where the anthropologist intends to study

MPW 23 Jun 1917, p. 1946. Indians. Haines pursues them, disguised as a professor, and abducts Alma. Joe, having saved the Indian princess Water Lily, enlists her help and HEARTS OR DIAMONDS? F1.1830 | rescues Alma. In a final confrontation, Haines is killed. Abduction. William Russell Productions, Inc. Dist Mutual Film Corp. 29 Apr Chauffeurs. Impersonation and imposture. Professors. Rescues.

1918. 5 reels. Anthropologists. Doubles. Gamblers. Heart disease. Indians of North Dir Henry King. Scen William Parker. America. United States—Northwest.

Source: Based on the short story “Adrienne Gascoyne” by William Motog —-26 Dec 1914, p. 916. MPN 9 Jan 1915, p. 57. Hamilton Osborne in ///ustrated Sunday Magazine (\ Aug 1915).

Cast: William Russell (Larry Hanrahan), Charlotte Burton HEARTS UP F1.1833

(Adrienne Gascoyne), Howard Davies (Col. Paul Gascoyne), Carl Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dec 1920-Jan Stockdale (Bewley), John Gough (Wintermute), Robert Klein 1921 [OUniversal Film Mfg. Co. Inc.; 16 Dec 1920; LP15943]. 5 reels.

(Hoskins). Dir Val Paul. Scen Val Paul. Story Harry Carey. Cam Harry Fowler. Mystery/Crime. Wealthy diamond collector Larry Hanrahan is given Cast: Harry Carey (David Brent), Arthur Millett (Jim Drew), Charles

the opportunity to assist the beautiful, jewel-bedecked woman he admires | Le Moyne (Bob Harding), Frank Braidwood (Gordon Swayne), Mignonne in a Broadway café when she and her guardian are attacked by robbers. | Golden (Lorelei Drew). Larry is invited to visit the grateful pair, Col. Paul Gascoyne and his ward Western. Coming upon a burning cabin, David Brent discovers the body

Adrienne, at the colonel’s laboratory, where he is introduced to of Jim Drew, who had been killed in a fight with a drunken Indian. Brent Wintermute, a chemist who produces imitation diamonds. In return, Larry finds in Drew’s pocket a letter announcing the impending arrival of Drew’s asks them to view his priceless diamond collection. Although he has fallen | daughter Lorelei. Feeling an obligation to Drew, who once saved his life, in love with Adrienne, Larry is forced to believe that she is a thief when Brent journeys to San Francisco to meet Lorelei, who mistakes him for her he is robbed by a woman wearing Adrienne’s scarf. Larry finds his jewels father. Brent cannot bring himself to break the bad news to her, and does in Gascoyne’s house, but before he can escape, a group of thugs overpowers not correct her false assumption. Intending to send her to finishing school,

him. Adrienne assists him in contacting the police, who arrive in time to he takes her back to his ranch, where he incurs the suspicion of Bob capture Gascoyne and his gang. Badly wounded, the colonel confesses that Harding, a neighbor who covets Brent's land, and Gordon Swayne, a young Adrienne has been his innocent dupe, whereupon Larry happily takes her | ©Mgineer attracted to Lorelei. Harding discovers Brent’s deception and to his heart. Diamonds. Robbers. Robbery. Cafés. Chemists. Confession reveals the suspicious-looking situation to Swayne. After beating Harding

(law). Laboratories. New York City-Broadway. Police. Wards and for his suggestion that Brent has indecent designs on Lorelei, Brent, who

guardians. has fallen in love with the girl, resolves to leave the house. Lorelei, learning Note: One reviewer assigns the role of Col. Gascoyne to Carl Stockdale, Bewley to Of Brent’s charade before his departure, tells him that she loves him too,

John Gough, Wintermute to Robert Klein, and Hoskins to Howard Davies. The and the two are united. /mpersonation and imposture. Mistaken identity. working title of the film was Adrienne Gascoyne. This was the first picture made by Ranches. Engineers. Fires. Fistfights. Indians of North America. Letters.

William Russell Productions, Inc. Neighbors. San Francisco.

ETR 27 Apr 1918, p. 1647. MPW 11 May 1918, p. 893, 902. Note: Some sources list the film’s title as Hearts Up! Shot under the working title ETR 4 May 1918, p. 1771. Wid's 2 May 1918, p. 1122. Burning Embers, the film opened in Los Angeles on 2 Jan 1921 and was reviewed in early Jan 1921 by most trade journals.

A HEART’S REVENGE F1.1831 ETR 22 Jan 1921, p. 756. MPN I Jan 1921, p. 449. “fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 20 Jan 1918 [©William Fox; 20 Jan MPN 27 Nov 1920" 5. 4096 Wits Dan Ih Pres William Fox. Dir O. A.C. Lund. Scen O. A. C. Lund. Story George Scarborough. Cam Joseph Ruttenberg. HEARTSEASE ; ty F1.1834 Cast: Sonia Markova (Vera Sabouroff), David Herblin (Jim Goldwyn Pictures Corp. Dist Goldwyn Distributing Corp. 17 Aug

Harding), Frank Goldsmith (Baron Eugene Drako), Eric Mayne 1919 [©Goldwyn Pictures Corp.; 8 Aug 1919; LP14063]. 5 reels, 4,950 ft. (Count Alexis Sabouroff), Bradley Barker (Dr. Wu Ching), Helen Long Dir Harry Beaumont. Scen Edfrid A. Bingham. Cam Samuel Landers. (Wu Soy Fa), Stanley Heck (Capt. Nils), Fred Ratcliffe (Capt. Mills), J. Source: Based on the play Heartsease by Charles Klein and Joseph I. C.

Alling (Lieut. Crossby). Clarke (New York, 11 Jan I 897). Drama. Jealous because American army lieutenant Jim Harding has won Cast: Tom Moore (Eric Temple), Helene Chadwick (Margar et

the heart of Vera Sabouroff, the daughter of Count Alexis Sabouroff of Neville), Larry Steers (Captain O'Hara), Alec B. Francis (Lord the Russian foreign office in America, Baron Eugene Drako formulatesa Neville), Sydney Ainsworth (Sir Geoffrey Pomfret), Herbert Pryor vengeful plan. After persuading Jim to visit the home of his associate, Dr. (“aor Twombley), William Burress (Peter Padbury), Rosemary Theby

Wu Ching, the baron pours a noxious drug into the young man’s ear and ——- (L44 Neville), Mary Warren (Alice Temple). places him on a ship bound for China. Drako tries to convince Vera that _Drama/ Society. When impoverished composer Eric Temple BOeS with Jim has committed suicide, but she becomes suspicious and investigates. his sister Alice to visit her fiance's aunt in Ireland, he falls in love with By a ruse, Vera forces a confession from the baron and then, with the help Margaret Neville, who lives on an adjoining estate with her father and of Wu Soy Fa, Dr. Wu’s daughter, she sets out in search of Jim. She soon young stepmother. Lord Neville wants Margaret to marry Sir Geoffrey finds him, but because the drug has driven him insane, he fights the officers Pomfret, a wealthy amateur musician, but she prefers Eric, who has accompanying her. A blow on the head restores his sanity, and he returns dedicated the Song Heartsease from his new opera to her. After Lady home with his fiancée. Drugging. Duplicity. Jealousy. Russians. United Neville, who likes Eric, secretly pays some debts incurred by his deceased States. Army. Chinese Americans. Fights. Insanity. Military officers. father and promises to submit his score toa producer, Pomfret obtains the Nobility. Physicians. Rescues. Russia-Diplomatic and Consular Service. Score and tells Lord Neville about his wife’s payments. Calling Eric an

Ships. adventurer, Lord Neville orders him out. Margaret, believing that Eric Note: According to the scenario included in the copyright descriptions, Eric Mayne desires Lady Neville, refuses to see him. After Eric is beaten by Pomfret's

was originally scheduled to play the role of “Baron Eugene Drako.” cohorts, his memory becomes foggy until, at the opening of Pomfret’s

ETR 2 Feb 1918, p. 765. MPW 26 Jan 1918, p. 572. opera, he and Margaret hear “Heartsease” and realize that the opera is MPN 9 Feb 1918, p. 888. MPW 9 Feb 1918, p. 866. Eric’s. Pomfret is reduced to a social outcast, while Eric and Margaret 380

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE HEIRESS AT COFFEE DAN’S marry. Composers. Ireland. Memory. Opera. Songs. Brother-sister Cast: House Peters (Hugh Payne), Eugene Pallette (Larry Payne), Nina

relationship. False accusations. Fights. Frame-ups. Theft. Byron (Abby Hope), John Burton (Her father), Henry A. Barrows ETR 6 Sep 1919, p. 1175. NYT 25 Aug 1919, p. 8. (Kearney), Adele Farrington (‘“The Duchess’’). MPN 6 Sep 1919, p. 2055. Var 29 Aug 1919, p. 68. Drama. When the world was young, two brothers lived together. The MPW 6 Sep 1919, p. 1526. Wid's 14 Sep 1919, p. 21. woman, taken by the stronger one, preferred the weaker brother, and the stronger sacrificed his life to save the weakling from the flood. The woman

HEDDA GABLER F1.1835 then chose to die with the stronger brother rather than live with the weaker Frank Powell Producing Corp. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; A Mutual Star one. In modern times, Hugh Payne Owns and operates a mine in the West, Production. 7 May 1917. 5 reels. supporting his brother Larry s luxurious life Style. Hugh has nurtured Pres Frank Powell. Dir Frank Powell. Abby Hope, a young girl with whom he has fallen in love. When Larry

Source: Based on the play Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen (Munich, 31 comes to visit, he and Abby decide to get married, and to spare Abby’s

Jan 1891). feelings, Hugh pretends that he is infatuated with another woman. When Cast: Nance O'Neil (Hedda Gabler), Aubrey Beattie (George the building in which they are staying breaks out in flames, Hugh rescues Tesman), Lillian Paige (Aunt Julia), Einar Linden (Ejlert Lovberg), Ruth Larry and Abby from the fire. Larry, finally realizing that Abby really Byron (Mrs. Thea Elvsted), Alfred Hickman (Judge Brack), Edith loves his brother, confesses that her love is returned by Hugh, and the two

Campbell Walker (Mlle. Diana), Frank Ford. are united. Brothers. Rivalry. Self-sacrifice. Extravagance. Fires. Floods. Drama. Hedda Gabler, the degenerate daughter of a drunken, dueling Mine owners. Rescues.

father, has just returned with her husband, George Tesman, from their PN x0 ue ory P. ND ee 0 ue ory P. sy

honeymoon. Hedda, who possesses an uncanny affection for her father’s MPW 30 Jun 1917, . 2112, 2160. Wid's 28 Jun 1917, is 409. pistols, lives in jealous watchfulness over Ejlert Lovberg, a former lover who, in her imagination, she often pictures in Tesman’s place. Lovberg,

while under the positive influence of Thea Elvsted, has written an

important book, and Hedda, learning this, sets out to recapture Lovberg’s THE HEIR TO THE HOORAH F1.1838 affection, whereupon he takes to drinking, loses the manuscript and is cast Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 26 Oct into despair. Tesman finds the manuscript, which Hedda then obtains from 1916 [©Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co.; 13 Oct 1916; LP9301]. 5 reels. him. Lovberg then breaks with Thea and goes to Hedda. She shows him Dir William C. de Mille. Scen Beatrice C. de Mille and Leighton Osmun.

her pistols, he takes one and goes to Thea’s home where, in her arms, he Cam Charles Rosher. |

shoots himself. Hedda, after burning the manuscript that she regards as Source: Based on the play The Heir to the Hoorah by Paul Armstrong the child of Lovberg and Thea, shoots herself as well. Disillusionment. (New York, 10 Apr 1905). Jealousy. Marriage. Suicide. Authors. Drunkenness. Firearms. Libertines. Cast: Thomas Meighan (Joe Lacy), Anita King (Geraldine Kent),

Manuscripts. Newlyweds. Edythe Chapman (Mrs. Kent), Horace B. Carpenter (Bud Young), Note: The play was written and published in 1890. Nance O’Neil earlier portrayed Charles Ogle (Bill Ferguson), Ernest Joy (Mr. Marshall), Joane Hedda Gabler on stage. Among the other film adaptations of Ibsen’s play are the 1924 Woodbury (Mrs. Marshall)

German production, starring Asta Nielsen and directed by Franz Eckstein, and the " J, . .

1975 British production, starring Glenda Jackson and directed by Trevor Nunn. Comedy. The Hoorah mine in California has turned Joe Lacy, Bud and

ETR 5 May 1917, p. 1536. MPW 12 May 1917, p. 1017. Bill into millionares, but they all lament that, as single men, they have no Motog 5 May 1917, p. 966. MPW 19 May 1917, p. 1142. children to whom they can leave their money. As a result, Bud and Bill

MPN 12 May 1917, p. 3018. convince Joe to get married. He makes only half-hearted attempts, however, until he falls in love with Geraldine Kent, whose social climbing mother hates Joe’s bad breeding but adores his bank account. Soon after

THE HEIGHTS OF HAZARD F'1.1836 the wedding, Joe learns that Geraldine, at her mother’s urging, married Vitagraph Co. of America; A Blue Ribbon Feature. Dist V-L-S-E, Inc. him only for his money, and so he leaves her. Then, a year later, he decides

ot 1915 [©The Vitagraph Co. of America; 27 Oct 1915; LP6880].5 9 track her down when he discovers that she has had a child. Because she

: ; has come to love him during their separation, Geraldine reconciles with Joe

Pres J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith. Dir Harry Lambart. 4. soon as he finds her and then presents him with the heir he had wanted

Scen Eugene Mullin. Story Cyrus Townsend Brady. so badly. Gold diggers. Heirs. Marriage. Millionaires. Mother-daughter Cast: Eleanor Woodruff (Olivia Martindale), Charles Richman relationship. California. Mines. Separation. Snobbery.

(Billy Williams), Charles Kent (Mr. Martindale), Hattie de Lara Motog ' Nov 1916, p. 1095 NYDM 4 Nov 1916, p. 26 (Mrs. Martindale), Frank Holland (The Duke of Trottenham), J. Bloomer MPN 11 Nov 1916, p. 3017. Var 3 Nov 1916, p. 30.

(Bobby McCleve), Miss Alexander (His wife), George De Beck (Owner of MPW 11 Nov 1916, p. 842, 914. Wid’s 2 Nov 1916, p. 1075. boat).

Drama. At a dinner celebrating her betrothal, Olivia Martindale’s lament that romance no longer exists draws forth rousing tales from the

male guests about their romantic quests. After Olivia, whose engagement THE HEIRESS AT COFFEE DAN’S F1.1839 has been arranged against her will by her parents, says she wishes to be Fine Arts Film Co. Dist Triangle Film Corp. 23 Dec 1916. 5 reels. wooed by a man who, like those of the chivalrous past, has to scale “the Dir Edward Dillon. Scen Bernard McConville.

heights of hazard” to win a woman, she is abducted by a masked man to Cast: Bessie Love (Waffles), Frank Bennett (Carl Miller), Max an apartment where he reveals himself to be a handsome gentleman. After Davidson (Shorty Olson), Lucille Younge (Clara Johnstone), Alfred Paget giving her a whistle and a pistol, he asks her to listen to his story. He has (Bert Gallagher), Alva Blake (Slim Magee). her telephone her father to come without the police, and relates how he met Comedy-drama. When they hear about a fortune being held for a missing

her in Colorado, lost her trail, and after striking gold, came East to beneficiary, Bert Gallagher and Clara Johnstone, a pair of crooks, convince continue his search. When he read about her engagement, he kidnapped Waffles, a waitress at Coffee Dan’s who never knew her parents, that she

her out of desperation. They are kissing when her father arrives. After is the rightful heiress. Waffles claims her fortune and then moves to a asking his name, Olivia introduces the man as her future husband. mansion with Clara as her guardian. When she tries to help her friends with Abduction. Disguise. Marriage-Arranged. Apartments. Colorado. Father- her money, Clara stops her and then insists that Waffles’ sweetheart, Carl

daughter relationship. Firearms. Gold. Prospectors. Storytellers. Miller, stay away from the mansion. With Carl out of the picture, Clara Motog 27 Now 1915, p Ml 37. MPW 20 Now 915, p. ! 508. badgers Waffles into marrying Bert, so he can get her fortune. Just before

lov 1915, p. 70, 102. ar 12 Nov 1915, p. 23. the ceremony, however, the real heiress appears, and Waffles finally MPW 6 Nov 1915, p. 1208. Wid's 25 Nov 1915. realizes that she has been used. As a result, she turns Bert and Clara over

to the police and then gets her job back at Coffee Dan’s, along with a

THE HEIR OF THE AGES F1.1837 $1,500 reward and a marriage proposal from Carl. Fraud. Heiresses. Pallas Pictures. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 21 Jun 1917 [©J. C. inheritance. Swindlers. Waitresses. Mansions. Police. Rewards. Ivers; 2 Jun 1917; LP10912]. 5 reels. Ce 7 Oy Pe a? an on Pe Meee

Dir Edward J. Le Saint. Scen William Addison Lathrop. Story William Mone e ae i916 is 3870. Ware y De i916 5. 99.

Addison Lathrop. Cam Allen N. Davey. MPN 23 Dec 1916, p. 4051. 381

HEIRESS FOR A DAY AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG HEIRESS FOR A DAY F 1.1840 Drama. Unknown to her, Mary Manchester is a double for the ailing Triangle Film Corp. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 3 Mar 1918. 5 Mrs. Adelaide Rutherford, a wealthy woman who has been driven insane

reels. | by her husband’s cruelty. Rutherford is in league with Jasper Haig and Dr.

Dir Jack Dillon. Scen Robert F. Hill. Story Henry Albert Phillips. Babcock. Together these men hold in trust sixty million dollars which upon

Cam Steve S. Norton. . Adelaide’s death will revert to her brother Stanford Gorgas. Fearful of Cast: Olive Thomas (Helen Thurston), Joe King (Jack Standring), Adelaide’s imminent death, the conspirators plan to substitute Mary in her

Eugene Burr (Spindrift), Graham Pette (Old Hodges), Lillian Langdon place, thus preventing Gorgas from inheriting the money. After (Mrs. Standring), Mary Warren (Grace Antrim), Anna Dodge (Mrs. imprisoning Mary in Adelaide’s house, their plan backfires when Gorgas

Rockland). meets her and, suspecting something is wrong, learns of Mary’s plight.

Comedy-drama. Helen Thurston, a manicurist at the Ritz, isin love with | After Gorgas helps Mary escape, she is recaptured by Haig, who decides her wealthy patron, Jack Standring, but the young man’s mother wants he must now eliminate Gorgas. Assuming that a fluttering behind the him to marry a rich debutante. Helen is informed that she has inherited | curtain is his adversary, Haig takes aim and shoots, only to kill Rutherford her grandfather’s millions, and she proceeds as quickly as possible to instead, thus freeing Mary to spend her future with Gorgas. Abduction. acquire expensive clothing and jewelry on credit. Jack, however, is not Conspiracy. Doubles. Fraud. Inheritance. Escapes. Insanity. Murder.

impressed. Soon Helen learns that she has inherited only $1,000, the ‘ae 4 AUB loot p. ey 35 ne Aue Ion p. 1065. remainder of the fortune having gone to her cousin Spindrift. The creditors MB OP . OB oan

hound her for their money, and at a grand ball at the Standring home, a MPN 21 Aug 1920, p. 1983. Was I> Aug 1920, p. >. detective threatens to arrest her. Touched by her poverty, Jack decides to elope with her. Finally Spindrift violates the conditions of the will, and © HELEN GARDNER IN CLEOPATRA see CLEOPATRA

Helen inherits the entire fortune. Class distinction. Debt. Inheritance.

Manicurists. Upper classes. Balls (parties). Credit. Detectives. . HELENE see THE CABARET Elopement. Extravagance. Wills.

Note: Some reviews call Eugene Burr’s character Spendthrift. HELENE OF THE NORTH F1.1843

ETR 2 Mar 1918, p. 1068. NYDM _30 Mar 1918, p. 23. Famous Players Film Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 19 Aug

MPN 9 Mar 1918, p. 1466. Var 1 Mar 1918, p. 42. 1915. 5 reels.

Broening.

MPW 9 Mar 1918, p. 1410, 1412. Wid's 28 Feb 1918, p. 979. Pres Daniel Frohman. Dir J. Searle Dawley. Cam Henry Lyman THE HEIRS OF HATE see THE BLOOD OF HIS FATHERS Cast: Marguerite Clark (Heléne Dearing), Conway Tearle (Ralph Connell, also known as Lord Traverse), Elliott Dexter (Pierre), Robert

HELD BY THE ENEMY F1.1841 Rogers (Captain Westforth), Katherine Adams (Miss Cadwell), Frank Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Losee (John Dearing), David Wall (Father Duvall), Ida Darling (Mrs. Paramount Pictures. 24 Oct 1920 [OFamous Players-Lasky Corp.; 31 Jul O'Neill), Theodore Guise (Colonel O'Neill), James Kearney (Philip

1920; LP15412]. 6 reels. Brookes), Brigham Royce (Wild Buffalo), Eleanor Flowers

Pres Jesse L. Lasky. Dir Donald Crisp. Asst dir Wilton Welch. Scen (Whispering Grass). Beulah Marie Dix. Cam C. Edgar Schoenbaum. Art dir Wilfred Buckland. Northwest drama. While waiting for the detained Lord Traverse, the Source: Based on the play Held by the Enemy by William Gillette (New guest of honor at an English society party, the guests play a game wherein

York, 16 Aug 1886). each must tell a complete story before a cigarette burns out. Heléne

Cast: Agnes Ayres (Rachel Hayne), Wanda Hawley (Emmy Dearing relates that her proud father John left England after being exposed McCreery), Josephine Crowell (Sarah Hayne), Lillian Leighton as a card cheat and became a whiskey runner near a Canadian lumber (Clarissa), Lewis Stone (Capt. Gordon Hayne), Jack Holt (Col. Charles camp. John and his partner Pierre, a half-breed, escape jail, and with Prescott), Robert Cain (Brigade Surgeon Fielding), Walter Hiers — Heléne, are pursued by Ralph Connell, a young Canadian Mounted (Thomas Beene), Robert Brower (Uncle Rufus), Clarence H. Geldart Policeman, whom Heléne loves. John, wounded before they can reach the

(Major-General Stanton). border, gives Pierre permission to marry Heléne, but a sympathetic curate War drama/Historical. During the Civil War, Rachel Hayne, a young reads the ceremony in Latin and has Ralph, as the witness, take the groom’s widow, is among those “held by the enemy” when her old family home is marriage vows. After Pierre is captured and Heléne learns the truth about within the lines occupied by the Northern troops. Protected by Colonel the marriage, Ralph leaves on a secret government mission. Heléne, who Prescott from looters and the unwelcome attentions of Surgeon Fielding, has since inherited a fortune, confides to the guests that she never saw Rachel begins to fall in love with the gallant Yankee officer. Their romance Ralph again. After Lord Traverse arrives and turns out to be Ralph, he and

is disrupted when Rachel’s husband Gordon, long reported dead, is Heléne leave the party to begin their belated honeymoon. Marriage. captured as a spy and condemned to death. When Gordon is wounded Nobility. North West Mounted Police. Smugglers. Storytellers. Canada. during an attempted escape, Rachel’s loyalty impels her to try to save him Cardsharps. Clergy. England. Father-daughter relationship. Indians_ by feigning his death. As Gordon’s stretcher is carried through the hospital, Mixed blood. Inheritance. Impersonation and imposture. Jailbreaks. Fielding demands an examination of the body, charging that Prescott is Lumber camps. Missing persons. Parties. Weddings. involved in a plot to smuggle the spy out of the hospital alive. General Motog 11 Sep 1915, pp. 525-26, 548. MPW 11 Sep 1915, p. 1845.

Stanton lifts the cover from the body, only to find that death has really MPN 4 Sep 1915, p. 67. NYDM 1 Sep 1915, p. 35.

come, freeing both Rachel and Prescott. Military occupation. Military MPW 4 Sep 1915, p. 1742. officers. United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865. United States-

South. United States. Army. Escapes. Executions. Hospitals. Spies. © HELIOTROPE F1.1844 Surgeons. Widows. Cosmopolitan Productions; International Film Service Co. Dist Famous

ETR 9 Oct 1920, p. 1998. MPW 9 Oct 1920, p. 834. Players-Lasky Corp.; Paramount Pictures. 12 Dec 1920 [©International MPN 9 Oct 1920, pp. 2724-25, 2889. NYDM 2 Oct 1920, p. 606. Film Service Co., Inc.; 10 Nov 1920; LP15786]. 7 reels.

MPN 6 Nov 1920, p. 3587. Wid's 3 Oct 1920, p. 13. Dir George D. Baker. Scen George D. Baker. Titles George D. Baker. Cam Hal Rosson. Ed George D. Baker. Casting George D. Baker.

HELD IN TRUST F1.1842 Source: Based on the short story “A Whiff of Heliotrope” by Richard Metro Pictures Corp.; Screen Classics, Inc. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. Washburn Child in Hearst’s Magazine (Nov 1919).

2: Aug 1920 [©Metro Pictures Corp.; 26 Aug 1920; LP15453]. 6 reels. Cast: Wilfred Lytell (Jimmie Andrews), Ben Hendricks (Sol Dir John E. Ince. Scen Sarah Y. Mason. Titles Bayard Veiller. Cam Goldman), Julia Swayne Gordon (Josephine Hasdock), Betty Hilburn

William Edmond. Ed Robert De Lacy. (Mabel Andrews), Diana Allen (Alice [Hale] Hasdock), Fred Burton Source: Based on the short story “Held in Trust” by George Kibbe (Heliotrope Harry Hasdock), Clayton White (George Andrews), William

Turner in The Red Book Magazine (Mar-May 1920). B. Mack ( “Spike” Foley), William H. Tooker (Governor Mercer), Thomas Cast: May Allison (Mary Manchester), Darrell Foss (Stanford J. Findlay (Warden Michael Pyne). Gorgas), Walter Long (Hasbrouck Rutherford), John H. Elliott Drama. While spending her vacation at the home of her friend Mabel (Jasper Haig), Lawrence Grant (Dr. Babcock), G. Burnell Manly (Dr. Andrews, the daughter of millionaire George Andrews, convent-educated

David Kirkland), Teddy Whack (The dog). Alice Hale meets Mabel’s brother Jimmie and they become engaged. 382

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 HELL ROARIN’ REFORM Unknown to Alice, who believes that she is an orphan, her father feet. To protect Pancha, Jack claims that he killed the outlaw and then Heliotrope Harry Hasdock, so named for his fondness for the perfume proposes to her. Abduction. Indians of North America. Outlaws. Sheriffs. named heliotrope, is serving a life sentence in the penitentiary. When Unrequited love. Arson. Chases. Cheyenne (Wyoming). Irish Americans. Heliotrope learns that his wayward wife Mollie intends to blackmail Alice Posses. Ranchers. Ranches. Self-defense. Self-sacrifice. and her fiancé with this revelation, he pleads for a leave of absence, Note: According to publicity, the entire production of this film was shot in swearing to return to prison after he has thwarted his wife’s schemes. The | Wyoming near Cody. Some sources list the length as five reels. William B. Laub, a

ts Heliot his | ‘th th ‘so that he will not h cinematographer who worked in the Goldwyn photographic department, is credited

governor grants rlehotrope nis leave, WI © proviso that ne will not harm in a news item as having assisted in the production of this film. He may have worked

Mollie. Instead, Heliotrope clandestinely trails her from one place to in a capacity other than assistant cameraman.

another, always keeping her appraised of his presence by the scent of ETR 7 Dec 1918, p. 65. NYDM 7 Dec 1918, p. 847.

; ; , MPW 7 Dec 1918, p. 1118. Var 29 Nov 1918, p. 41.

heliotrope, until, fearing for her life, he allows her to catch a glimpse of MPN 14 Dec 1918, p. 3606. NYT 25 Nov 1918, p. 11.

him, knowing that she will shoot to kill. Mollie does so, and for her MPW 14 Dec 1918, p. 1253. Wid's 8 Dec 1918, p. 3. husband’s murder, is sentenced to life in prison, thus preventing her from

carrying out the scheme to injure Alice. Blackmail. Convicts. Father-

daughter relationship. Perfume. Prison. Self-sacrifice. Murder. HELL HATH NO FURY F 1.1847 Parentage. State governors. Vacations. Anchor Film Corp. Dist State Rights. 20 Mar 1917? 6 reels.

Note: The working title of this film was A Whiff of Heliotrope. Child’s story was Prod James A. Stiles. Dir Charles Earl Bartlett. Story James A. Stiles.

the basis for three other films; the 1928 Paramount film Forgotten Faces, starring Cast: Grace Davison, Melbourne McDowell, Joseph King, Robert

Clive Brook and directed by Victor Schertzinger (see AFI Catalog of Feature Films, . :

1921-30, F2.1921); the 1936 Paramount film Forgotten Faces, starring Herbert Warwick, Reeves Eason, Cora Drew, Corinne Johnson.

Marshall and directed by E. A. Dupont; and the 1942 United Artists release A rama. ae ; ;

Gentleman After Dark, starring Brian Donlevy and Miriam Hopkins and directed by Note: This was the first film of Anchor Film Corp., whose main offices were in

Edwin L. Marin. Freeport, Long Island. The film was shot at the Signal Film Corp. studios in Los Angeles, and in Santa Cruz, Big Bear Valley and Pasadena, CA. No reviews have

hey 9 ne 000 is ‘eg, NBM ) 5 1990 P. ae0 been located for this film, and although it was completed and was to be released 20

MPN 27 Nov 1920, pp. 4006-07. Wid’s 28 Nov 1920, p. 3. Mar 1917, no confirmation of its actual release has been found. It is possible that this

MPN 4 Dec 1920, p. 4343. is the same film as When Destiny Wills, which was released to the state rights market in Mar 1918. All the cast members listed for When Destiny Wills were also listed for Hell Hath No Fury. No information about the exact nature of the plot is known.

HELL BENT . . F1.1845 MPN _18 Nov 1916, p. 3129. MPW 7 Apr 1917, p. 122. Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co.; A Universal MPW 16 Dec 1916, p. 1669.

LP12517]. 6 reels, 5,540 ft. ; Dir Jack Ford. Scen Jack Ford and Harry Carey. Story Jack Ford and HELL MORGAN S GIRL , , F1.1848

Special. 6 Jul 1918 [©Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 6 Jun 1918;

Harry C Cam Id Bluebird Photoplays, Dist1917. State Rights; Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.; YN LLBen oeF.R Special Feature. 5 Inc. Mar 5 reels

(Beau Ross). : " aay “ye befri . ; , Chaney (Sleter Noble), Lilyan Rosine (Olga), Joseph Girard (Oliver Cast: Harry Carey (Cheyenne Harry), Duke Lee (Cimmaron Bill), Neva ir J ca hD G S, id : Mav Park. St H Gat

Gerber (Bess Thurston), Vester Pegg (Jack Thurston), Joseph Harris Cam King D Gray rasse. ocen Ma May bark. ofory tlarvey ates.

Western. Cheyenne Harry arrives in the town of Rawhide, where he Cast: Dorothy Phillips (Lola), William Stowell (Roger Curwell), Lon

d ; Curwell), Alfred Allen (‘‘Hell’’ Morgan). he refuses to abandon efriends cowboy Cimmaron Bill and Bess Thurston, who works in the local ‘ r» ance hall in order support her sick mother. Ross, the leader ,, — ;to, Drama. Disowned byBeau his wealthy fatherofbecause

a gang ofLoa outlaws, is infatuated withcareer Bess,for andone after convinces her hj . 7 ; , Roger isjoin pursuit of anheartistic in he business, San Franciscan brother Jack to his gang, abducts her. Beau captures Cheyenne, but Cc ;; . .; ae urwell descends into a state of drunkenness. After he is knocked senseless the latter escapes by overpowering his clothes. Disguised ,1; . . in aJack fight atand Hell stealing Morgan’s infamous Barbary Coast saloon, Morgan’s as Jack, Cheyenne .catches Beau, and the pity two on embark on aunder fifty-mile walk ., , Roger gradually . daughter Lola takes him, and her influence,

across the desert. When they finally reach the nearest water hole and find frains f drinki d tak ob plavi ,; inM sd it dry, Beau expires, while Cheyenne is rescued by Cimmaron Bill Be Seg ane ee ol) Paying piano wm Morgan's dance Abd i n. Cowb 3. Im nation and i ture. Outl R hall. Lola’s concern earns Roger the enmity of crook Sleter Noble, who B the (or cl ty ho. Cloth 0 D: shal ile De ots. Dicquise considers the girl to be his property. One night, a slumming party of Fee er ~'Mothe “dauchte, lationahi Thi : GINS. VESEMs. VISQUISE. Roger’s former friends visits the dance hall and informs him that he has Note ty sponse t ne Ohio Cay sor Board’ in i to th “Hell” in th inherited his father’s millions. Soon after, Sleter appears and threatens to

e: in re se to 1 nsor ards oojection to tne wor e In tne on i :

title, a Universal executive renamed this film, The Three Bad Men. MPN reviewed shoot Roger. To save Roger S life, Lola agrees to accompany Sleter to his it under the latter title, crediting the scenario to E. B. Lewis. Modern sources include | oom. Morgan, hearing his daughter’s screams, rushes to aid her and is shot

M. K. Wilson and Steve Clemento in the cast. by Sleter. The two then flee from the building just as the great earthquake

ETR 29 Jun 1918, p. 324. MPW 6 Jul 1918, p. 110, 115. occurs. Seeking refuge in a park, Lola and Morgan are reunited with Motog 6 Jul 1918, pp. 10-11. NYDM 13 Jul _ 1918, p. 53. Roger. Alcoholics. Disinheritance. Hoodlums. Regeneration. San MPN 29 Jun 1918, p. 3949. Wid's 23 Jun 1918, pp. 23-24. Francisco-Barbary Coast. Attempted rape. Dance halls. Earthquakes. Father-son relationship. Fights. Gunshot wounds. Inheritance. Jealousy.

THE HELL CAT a _ F1.1846 Millionaires. Pianists. Self-sacrifice.

Goldwyn Pictures Corp.; Diva Pictures, Inc. Dist Goldwyn Distributing Note: Although distributed by Bluebird, this film was handled independently of Corp. | Dec 1918 [©Diva Pictures, Inc.; 25 Nov 1918; LP13070]. 6 reels. their program features. Instead, it was distributed along state rights lines as a special Dir Reginald Barker. Scen Willard Mack. Story Willard Mack. Cam ature. The original screen story by Harvey Gates was entitled “The Wrong Side of

Percy Hilburn. Asst cam William B. Laub. “ETR 5} Mar 1917. ». 906 NYDM 3 Mar 1917.0. 26

Cast: Geraldine Farrar (Pancha O’Brien), Tom Santschi (Jim Dyke), Motog 31 Mar 1917, is 697, Var 9 Mar 1917, is 78.

Milton Sills (Sheriff Jack Webb), William W. Black (Pancha’s father), MPN 10 Mar 1917, p. 1566. Wid's 15 Mar 1917, p. 174. Evelyn Axzell (Wan-o-mee), Clarence Williams, George Hopkins, MPW 10 Mar 1917, p. 1590, 1668. Clarence Snyder, Raymond Wallace, Monte Jarrett, Pete Nordquist, Ammy Tutt Dudley Smith, Charlie Black, Bryan Wangoman, Tommy HELL ON EARTH see THE UNDERCURRENT Western. Pancha O’Brien, the beautiful and spirited daughter of an Irish

ranch owner, is loved by two men, Sheriff Jack Webb, whom she loves, and HELL ROARIN’ REFORM F1.1849 outlaw Jim Dyke, whose attentions she repeatedly rebuffs. Jim and his men Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp.; Victory Pictures. 16 Feb 1919 attack Pancha’s ranch, burning it to the ground and killing her father. The [OWilliam Fox; 16 Feb 1919; LP13398]. 5 reels. outlaw carries her to his cabin, where Wan-o-mee, his jealous squaw, tries Pres William Fox. Dir Edward J. LeSaint. Scen Charles Kenyon. to stab the girl. Pancha explains that she does not love Jim and sends Wan- Story Joseph A. Roach. Cam Friend Baker. o-mee to find Sheriff Jack. Stalling for time, Pancha agrees to marry Jim, Cast: Tom Mix (Tim), Kathleen Connors (Doris Jenkins), George and the two set out for Cheyenne. Jack and his posse overtake them on the Berrell (Jenkins, her father), B. M. Turner (Minister), Jack Curtis road, but Pancha has already stabbed Jim, and he falls dead at the sheriff's (Baxter), Cupid Morgan (Bartender).

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THE HELL SHIP AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Western. Tim, a good-hearted cowboy, stirs up the townspeople to donate THE HELLION F 1.1852 to the Belgian Babies’ Milk Fund, but on his way to the nearest post office, American Film Co. Dist Pathe Exchange, Inc. Oct 1919 [OAmerican a gang robs him of the money collected. After escaping, he trails them and Film Co., Inc.; 29 Sep 1919; LP14225]. 5 reels.

rescues Doris Jenkins from a runaway stagecoach after the gang robs her. Dir George L. Cox. Scen Daniel F. Whitcomb. Story Daniel F. When Tim meets a minister whom the gang had ejected from Tarantula, Whitcomb. Cam S. A. Baldridge. where Doris lives, Tim goes there as a new preacher to clean up the town. Cast: Margarita Fisher (Mazie Del Mar/Blanche Harper), Emory Baxter, the sheriff and gang leader, has his men pull the flimsy church Johnson (George Graham), Charles Spere (Larry Lawson), Henry down during Tim’s first embarrassed attempt at sermonizing. Tim gets Barrows (Joseph Harper), Lillian Langdon (Helen Harper), George even by riding up stairs to the balcony of a building, jumping to the roof —_ Periolat (Signor Enrico), Frank Clark, Bull Montana.

°about Banter saloon, and crashing tneDoris, oor After anBaxter s captures ane Bhan! Sortety. Joseph worry and rele who havewealthy Spe {heir niece to be hung, he escapes and to saves whom had abducted. anche’s inheritance, thaBere anche’s fiancé, George He makes Baxter witness their marriage, and forces him to write a check | Graham, will no longer want her when he finds out that she has gone insane

for a new church. Clergy. Cowboys. Impersonation and imposture. — from grief after hearing a report of his death in the war. When George Sheriffs. Abduction. Charity. Churches. Escapes. Gangs. Rescues. returns and learns of the situation, he hires detectives to investigate. The

Robbery. Saloons. Stagecoaches. Harpers convince cabaret dancer Mazie Del Mar, who resembles Blanche, ETR 22 Mar 1919, p. 1217. Var 21 Feb 1919, p. 67. to impersonate her and marry George. Mazie, wanting to escape from MPN 1 Mar 1919, p. 1379. Wid's 16 Feb 1919, p. 5. cabaret owner Signor Enrico, called “The Hellion,” who uses hypnosis to

MPW | Mar 1919, pp. 1245-46. control her, agrees, but she falls in love with George and feels deceitful. After Enrico kidnaps Blanche, thinking she is Mazie, and unsuccessfuly

THE HELL SHIP F1.1850 tries to hypnotize her, they fight and Blanche is killed. George tells Mazie, Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. Feb 1920 [©William Fox; 22 Feb about to confess, that his detectives told him who she was, but that he loves 1920; LP14788]. 5 reels. her anyway. He forgives the Harpers, since their scheme resulted in love Pres William Fox. Dir Scott Dunlap. Scen Denison Clift. Cam George for him and Mazie. Cabaret performers. Hoaxes. Hypnotists.

Schneiderman. | Impersonation and imposture. Mistaken identity. Detectives. Grief. Cast: Madlaine Traverse (Paula Humphrey), Albert Roscoe (John Insanity. Kidnapping. Murder. Nieces. World War |.

Hadlock), Betty Bouton (Glory, Paula’s sister), Dick La Reno ETR 11 Oct 1919, p. 1658. Var 3 Oct 1919, p. 57. (“‘Satan” Humphrey, their father), Jack Curtis (Jaeger), Fred Bond MPW 20 Dec 1919, p. 1013. Wid's 5 Oct 1919, p. 21.

(Thorpe), William Ryno (Brabo). NYMT 5 Oct 1919.

Drama. When “Satan” Humphrey, the commander of the tramp ship Glory Ann, is killed during a mutiny, his daughter Paula takes command HELLO BILL see THE FIXER of the ship, holding the crew at bay with a pistol. Soon after, the schooner

picks up John Hadlock, the survivor of a shipwreck, and Paula nurses him HELL’S CRATER F1.1853

back to health, falling in love with him in the process. John helps her in Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co. 14 Jan 1918 quelling the crew’s rebellion and later goes ashore at San Francisco to [©Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 4 Jan 1918; LP11908]. 5 reels. retrieve Paula’s sister Glory, from whom she has been separated since birth. Prod W. B. Pearson and Grace Cunard. Dir W. B. Pearson. Scen W. B. After setting sail for the South Seas, the crew again mutinies and sets fire Pearson. Story W. B. Pearson.

to the ship. John and the women escape in a raft and Paula, believing that Cast: Grace Cunard (Cherry Maurice), George McDaniel, Ray John prefers her more feminine sister, is about to kill herself when she is Hanford, Eileen Sedgwick. rescued by her discovery of John’s love. Attempted suicide. Castaways. Western. During the days of the California gold rush, Jim Shamrick toils Mutiny. Rafts. Schooners. Sea captains. Sisters. San Francisco. Ship _—on his claim, Hell’s Crater, for two years and then decides to enjoy himself

’ . eli. ¢€ . .

fires. South Seas. in a nearby mining camp. Bill Gordon, the owner of the local dance hall, Note: According to production news items, William Fox chartered an Alaska gets Jim drunk and then, with the aid of Cherry Maurice, robs him. When Packers Association sailing vessel for the filming, and some scenes were shot on the the prospector realizes what has happened, he abducts Cherry and forces

boat between San Francisco and Los Angeles. her to labor in his mine for a year. Though nearly broken by the hard work, ie a re i900 P. aren . NOM T rs re 1920 p. 1288. Cherry comes to love Jim and eventually marries him. California—History-

M PN 2 Fe 920 p21 3, Yar 2 Fe 920 ; “0 : nad 850, Gold rushes. Prospectors. Revenge. Theft. Abduction. Dance Note: One review notes that some scenes in the f ilm were shot in Death Valley, CA.

HELL-TO-PAY AUSTIN F1.1851 Bileen Sedgwick Changed her name to Greta Yoltz in the late 1920's.

. ” | » ; , ; HELL’S END F1.1854

Fine Arts Film Co. Dist Triangle Film Corp. 20 Aug 1916. 5 reels. ‘ha

(Bill). ° , ; Dir Paul Powell. Scen Mary H. O’Connor. Cam J. W. Leezer.

Cast: Wilfred Lucas (‘‘Hell-to-Pa Austin), Bessie Love (Briar ; ; ; ; oo, Valentine), Eugene Pallette (Harry Tracey), James O’Shea (Jack ° . .

Rose), Ralph Lewis Dad Dawson, her vather) Mary Alden (Dont ee Film Corp. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 14 Jul 1918. 5

Dale), Clyde Hopkins (Daniel Marston), Marie Wilkinson (Old Dir - W. ver agenin. Scen Charles J. Wilson, Jr. Story Anna Steese Sallie), A. D. Sears (Fred), William H. Brown (Peter), Tom Wilson Richardson. Cam aha 2 Wack Donovan), Josie Sedgwick (Mary

Comedy-drama. After the death of her father, little Briar Rose is taken myn. Dorian Vinnie Plan) Dorothy Hagar (Belle Burns),

in by the men at a lumber camp. The girl shows a definite preference for Drama. Flynn becomes v nillionaire and moves his family out of the one of the lumberjacks, “Hell-to-Pay” Austin, so he becomes her new tough New York tenement known as “Hell’s End.” As the years go by father. J ust as much as Hell-to-Pay takes care of Briar, she watches Over Mary Flynn and her brother Jimmie lose track of their childhood friend, him, and it is largely through her influence that he gives up hard drinking Jack Donovan, but on a slumming expedition, Mary renews her and needless fighting. Then, when Briar is old enough, she goes away to acquaintance with Jack, now the leader of a notorious group of gangsters school and quickly falls in with the Wrong crowd. Hell-to-Pay comes after and crooked politicians. Their conversation arouses the jealousy of Belle her and takes her away from Doris Valentine, an adventures who had been Burns, who ts infatuated with him. She incites a fight between Jack and teaching Briar the tricks of the trade. When they are reunited, Hell-to-Pay Hank Dillon, who is jealous of Jack’s power, and in the brawl, Jack is and Briar realize that they are in love, so they decide to change their seriously injured. After his release from the hospital, he helps Mary with relationship from guardian and ward to husband and wife. Lumberjacks. _ er Red Cross work, and the two fall in love. Jack defeats his rival in a fight

Moral corruption. Regeneration. Wards and guardians. Adventuresses. and regains his prestige, but soon he abandons the gangsters and finds

Boarding schools. Lumber camps. Orphans. happiness with the girl he loves in working to better the conditions in Hell’s Wis ié Aug le P. vos Ny 2 Aug ole P. a End. Criminals—Rehabilitation. Gangsters. Political corruption. Slums. MPW 19 Aus 1916, , 1235. Var 11 Aus 1916, i" 2%. Social reform. Fights. Hospitals. lrish Americans. Jealousy. Millionaires. MPW 26 Aug 1916, p. 1444. Wid’s 10 Aug 1916, p. 775. New York City. Politicians. Red Cross. Tenements. 384

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 HELP WANTED—MALE Note: One source lists A. Steve Richardson as the author of the story. Dir Edward Dillon. Scen Raymond Schrock. Story Irving McDonald.

MPN 20 Jul 1918, p. 361. NYDM 3 Aug 1918, p. 164. Cast: George Walsh (George Welston), Eric Mayne (Edward P.

. pW 0 4 le . nea 458 Was v i ore. . ° Welston), Henry Hallam (Judson Pendleton), Marie Burke (Mrs. MPW 27 Jul 1918, p. 588. o—" Pendleton), Alice Mann (Eve Pendleton), Alan Edwards (Arthur Trask), Evelyn Brent (Marian Trevor), Joseph Burke (The judge).

HELL’S HINGES F1.1855 Comedy. George Welston, vacationing with his father Edward at a Palm New York Motion Picture Corp.; Kay-Bee. Dist Triangle Film Corp. 5 Beach _ hotel, becomes smitten with Eve Pendleton, the daughter of Mar 1916 [©Triangle Film Corp.; 15 Feb 1916; LU7636. ©Triangle Film Edward’s business rival Judson. After George prevents Pendleton from

Corp.; 5 Mar 1916; LP10792]. 5 reels. getting an option on a deal by racing in his car with his father’s $100,000 Prod Thomas Ince. Dir Charles Swickard. Scen C. Gardner Sullivan. deposit, Pendleton favors Eve's other suitor, Arthur Trask, whose

Cam Joseph August. gentlemanly manner conceals his intent to rob Eve and her wealthy friends. Cast: William S. Hart (Blaze Tracy), Clara Williams (Faith When George sees Trask climb into Eve’s window, he follows and is

Henley), Jack Standing (Reverend Robert Henley), Alfred Hollingsworth apprehe nded by a detective, who reluctantly releases George in Fesponse (“‘Silk” Miller), Louise Glaum (Dolly), Robert McKim (Clergyman), J. to Eve’s pleas. Later, Trask binds, gags and robs society belle Marian Frank Burke (Zeb Taylor), John Gilbert, Jean Hersholt, Robert Kortman, Trevo r. After Trask’s dropped cigaret te starts a fire, George rescues

Leo Willis. Marian, who upon reviving, accuses him of theft, arson and abduction.

Western. When the weak-willed Reverend Robert Henley arrives in George's father puts up $100,000 needed for an important deal for Hell’s Hinges on a mission to clean up the town, gunslinger Blaze Tracy SeOre & Pa nen Dcorge chasts Trask, ye has stolen aoe eee and “Silk” Miller, the town saloon keeper, decide to give him a hard time. wale h 4c oron pu d up for ie eh “th, el a NB) t felted. After Blaze falls in love with Robert’s sister Faith, however, he ends up Pondleton nd: Welston become part eerore ae Georee end Eve marry.

Miller kes it upon spreat ie Bospel ene st ae ‘Dolly. one of his Businessmen. Filial relations. Palm Beach (Florida). Rivals. Robbery. Bail dance hall girls, get Robert drunk and seduce him and then lets the public Cigarettes. Detectives. False accusations. Fights. Fires. Hotels. Rescues.

discover him in her bed. Later, Miller’s henchmen set fire to the church, hapN 0 May 1919 e. soo Ma a Ma i910 . > and Robert is killed when shooting breaks out. To avenge Robert’s death, MPW 10 May 1919, pp. 933-34. Blaze burns down the saloon, but allows Miller and his boys to escape.

Finally, with all of Hell’s Hinges up in flames, Blaze rescues Faith, buries HELP WANTED F1.1858

her brother and rides with her to a new life. Clergy. Frame-ups. Oliver Morosco Photoplay Co., in association with Bosworth, Inc. Gunfighters. Reformers. Revenge. Arson. Brother-sister relationship. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 29 Apr 1915 [©Oliver Morosco Photoplay Burial. Churches. Dance hall girls. Drunkenness. Fires. Gunfights. Moral Co.; 26 Apr 1915; LU5131]. 5 reels.

reformation. Religiousity. Saloon keepers. Saloons. Seduction. Dir Hobart Bosworth. Scen Elmer Harris. Props W. H. Carr. Note: Modern sources indicate William S. Hart was a co-director on this film and Source: Based on the play Help Wanted by Jack Lait (New York, I1 Feb that Thomas Ince directed, or at least closely monitored, the scene depicting the 1914).

oe of sie rel sources also aha Mon alia ne art titles, Cast: Lois Meredith (Gertie Meyers), Lillian Elliott (Mrs. Meyers), MPW 19 Feb 1916. .. 1146. Var i Feb 1916, n. a1. Hobart Bosworth (Jerrold D. Scott), Owen Moore (Jack Scott), Adele

MPW 26 Feb 1916, p. 1366. Farrington (Mrs. Jerrold Scott), Helen Wolcott (Josephine Scott), Carl

Von Schiller (Paul Montgomery), Myrtle Stedman (Miss Wiggins),

HELL’S OASIS F1.1856 Herbert Standing (Crane).

Pinnacle Productions, Inc. Dist Independent Films Association. 1 Oct Drama. Jerrold D. Scott, a New York importer, has his stepson Jack, who

1920. 5 reels. has just returned from college, adopt his name and become his partner. On

Dir Neal Hart. Scen W. C. Tuttle. his first day of work, Jack has a friendly conversation with Gertie Meyers,

Source: Based on the play The Fighting Parson by William L. Roberts 2 P0or laundry woman's daughter who is one of many applicants for a

(New York, 24 Jan 1908). stenographer’s position. Scott hires her for her looks and pays her more

Cast: Neal Hart (Bob Spaulding), William Quinn (Wolf Sims), Hal than she asks. His fatherly comforting when she gets upset at her inability

Wilson (James Hardy), Betty Brown (Mary Hardy), John Tyke to take dictation, soon leads to unwanted advances, while Jack’s interest

(Hawk Allen), Inez Gomez (Luna), Allen Smith (Dick). develops into a proposal of marriage. That night, Scott keeps Gertie after Western. James Hardy and his daughter Mary, both devoted Salvation hours and attacks her, but her screaming causes J ack to break through th © Army pioneers, are crossing the desert accompanied by Dick, a small boy, glass door and stop the assault. Scott, not knowing of Jack's love, angrily and his mother, when they are attacked by Hawk Allen and his lawless orders him out of the office and the business, but after Scott learns that band. They are rescued by cowboy Bob who leads them Jack to the wack pertie retrained vom reine tand Seoul's wires Soot resolves to a aSpaulding, vee change, takes backandand consents to Jack Gertie’s marriage.

pail the citizenry. The flardye take ver an veandoned eed ae Mary Father-son relationship. Importers. Partnerships. Sexual harassment. attracts the attention of dance hall owner Wolf Sims who, perceiving Stenograp City, Storathare ttempted rape. Infidelity. Moral reformation. Spaulding as a threat, determines to eliminate the cowboy. One night the Note: Lois Meredith and Lillian Elliott played the same roles in the stage church is burned and Hardy is shot. Finding Spaulding’s hat nearby, Sims production. The play opened in Chicago. This film was shot at the Bosworth studio

and his gang accuse the cowboy of the crime, after which he is imprisoned. in Los Angeles. Aided by the dancer, Luna, Spaulding escapes in time to rescue Mary from Motog 15 May 1915, pp. 787-88, 807. NYDM 5 May 1915, p. 26.

Sims’s assault. In the battle between the two men, Sims is mortally beaten MPN 8 May 1915, p. 71. Var 7 May 1915, p. 17. and on his death bed confesses that he was responsible for the fire and MPW B May 1915, p. 921, 988. Hardy’s death, as well as revealing that he is little Dick’s father. Thus

cleared, Spaulding becomes the leader of the new church, aided by Mary, HELP WANTED—MALE . F1.1859 his new bride. Churches. Cowboys. Dance hall owners. Frontier and Jesse D. Hampton Productions. Dist Pathe Exchange, Inc. 26 Sep pioneer life. Religion. Salvation Army. Arson. Attempted rape. Dancers. 1920 [©Pathe Exchange, Inc; 28 Aug 1920; LU15464]. 6 reels.

Fires. Gangs. Murder. Outlaws. Parentage. Pres Jesse D. Hampton. Dir Henry King. Scen George H. Plympton. Note: Hell’s Oasis was advertised as the first release in an eight-film series Story Edwina Levin. Cam Lucien Andriot. Ed K. E. Anderson.

featuring Neal Hart and produced by Pinnacle Productions. Cast: Blanche Sweet (Leona Stafford), Henry King (“Tubbs’’), Frank ETR 30 Oct 1920, p. 2305. MPW 4 Sep 1920, p. 115. Leigh (Clerk), Mayme Kelso (Mrs. Dale), Thomas Jefferson (Harris), Jay MPN 4 Sep 1920, pp. 1781-83. MPW 23 Oct 1920, p. 1155. Belasco (Lieutenant), Jean Acker (Ethel), “Kid” (Toodles, the dog).

MPN 9 Oct 1920, p. 2883. Comedy. Leona Stafford receives a legacy of $1000 and invests it in a . scheme to catch a rich husband. After purchasing a new wardrobe, Leona HELP! HELP! POLICE! F 1.1857 goes to a fashionable resort hotel where she poses as a widow with a Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp.; Victory Pictures. 27 Apr 1919 mysterious past. She arouses the suspicions of the hotel clerk, a

{OWilliam Fox; 27 Apr 1919; LP13661]. 5 reels. correspondence school sleuth, who suspects that she has kidnapped Captain 385

HELP YOURSELF AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Cromwell, a wealthy aviator who has been missing for several days. Note: This film was also known as Mr. Butterfly. Several scenes were filmed in the Desperate, Leona appeals for help to Tubbs, whom she believes to be an —-J@PAanese Gardens, San Diego, CA.

idle tramp. Tubbs wins her love before he discloses himself as the missing NY DM x re ite P1920. Wi 7 nae ile og

aviator, causing Leona to heave a sigh of relief that her search for a _ , ao" husband has ended. Aviators. Fortune hunters. Hotels. impersonation and

imposture. Missing persons. Resorts. Clothes. Correspondence courses. HER AMERICAN PRINCE F1.1862 Detectives. Hotel clerks. Inheritance. Tramps. Widows. Kinemacolor Co. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; Mutual Masterpictures De

Marriage. Cam Harold Louis Miller. ty me Me ron p. toe, i , i 8 ren i000 p. a 516 Source: Based on the novel Her American Prince by Carl Herbert (place Note: The working titles of this film were Leona Goes A-Hunting and Object, Luxe Edition. 13 Jul 1916. 5 reels.

MPN 25 Sep 1920. p. 2450 (ad Var 20 Aug 1920, p35. of publication undetermined, 1906).

insert). Wid's 22 Aug 1920, p. 16. Cast: Ormi Hawley (The princess), Bradley Barker (The prince/The American physician), Arthur Donaldson (Baron Von Blumberg, the

HELP YOURSELF F1.1860 revolutionary leader), Ruby Hoffman (The vampire), J. Frank Glendon

Goldwyn Pictures Corp. Dist Goldwyn Distributing Corp. Sep 1920 (Juvenile lead), John Webb Dillon, D. H. Turner. [©Goldwyn Pictures Corp.; 21 Sep 1920; LP15627]. 5-7 reels. Drama. When a young American physician and his brother have an auto

Dir Hugo Ballin. Cam J. Roy Hunt. accident in a foreign country, the doctor catches a glimpse of a beautiful

Source: Based on the novel Trimmed with Red by Wallace Irwin (New princess, whose uncle rules the country, and falls in love. In another

York, 1920). country, the prince, who looks just like the doctor, chases a seductress.

Cast: Madge Kennedy (Emily Ray), Joseph Striker (Oliver After the doctor overhears officers of a revolutionary army plot to put the Browning), Mrs. David Landau (Aunt Carmen), Helen Greene prince on the throne, the revolutionaries mistake the doctor for the prince, (Rosamonde Vallant), E. J. Ratcliffe (Merlin Vallant), Sidney Vautier and he agrees to kill the king and take the throne. After the doctor subdues (Professor Syle), Nellie Beaumont (Mrs. Finnessey), Roy Applegate the king with a drug injection, he tricks guards of the supposed body and

(Alfonso), Edward Bernard (Epstein), Renault Tourneur (Ordor hides the king in a monastery. When the doctor is captured and tortured

Oskavitsch). by the revolutionaries, the princess rides to rescue him, but she is herself

Comedy /Society. Emily Ray, who works in a department store, is taken imprisoned in a hunting lodge. The doctor, in turn, rescues the princess in by her wealthy Aunt Carmen. Emily falls in love with Oliver Browning, after fighting a large group of men. When the revolutionaries learn that but her aunt dismisses him as a nobody and a fortune hunter. Emily’s the real prince died while fighting over the seductress, they plan to burn wealthy married cousin, Rosamonde Vallant, always trying to keep up with the palace, but the doctor kills two revolutionary leaders, and the revolt is the latest fads, gives a party in honor of Professor Syle, a distinguished stopped. The King, absicates, are country pecomes a republic, and ine radical who lectures her guests in “parlor Bolshevism,” then takes them to Mistaken identity Mythical kingdoms. Royalty Usurpers. Ab ication Greenwich Village to meet his comrades. Emily attends the gathering, as Automobile accidents. Drugging. Guards. Imprisonment. Monasteries.

does Aunt Carmen, who later invites the Bohemians to her home. There, Mythical republics. Physicians. Rescues. Revolutionaries. Torture

overindulging in vodka, they become wild and disorderly. Oliver arrives just Vamps

in time, and, with the servants’ help, gets the guests under control. Note: Althou h reviews state that the source was both a novel and a play, there is

Eventually Emily marries Oliver, and society girl Vera Ballymore marries evidence thar theno le oduced. There id h Story poy. was . : play was everno produced. ere is evidence thati the Professor Syle, launching him into a successful career as a lecturer in polite published as a novel; however, the scenario of the play was published according to the

circles. Bohemians and Bohemianism. Bolshevists. New York City- National Union Catalog. The film was shot at the Colonial studio in New York.

Greenwich Village. Socialites. Aunts. Cousins. Department. stores. Motog 11 Dec 1915, p. 1230. MPW 15 Jul 1916, p. 479.

Drunkenness. Lectures. Professors. Salesclerks. MPW 18 Dec 1915, p. 2206. Wid's 3 Aug 1916, p. 765. Note: The wasusing made under tile Trimmed with Red; film i r film 1920 thisthetitle, and releas rtsadsi jfori the 1920 ist Trimmed with Red asa seven-reeler. It is unlikely, however, that the fim was: HER ATONEMENT F1.1863 released under this title. Trade articles from Feb 1920 list three additional cast Dist Associated Film Sales Corp. 20 Sep 1915 [©David Lewis Burke; 22 members: Ada Shartle as viiss Driggs. Dorothy Millette asJ. Edna, George DSBols 1915; LU7200]. 4-5 reels. as Ordor oral O90} ; : as Tony. These articles also credit L. ane Leonard, notNovRenault Tourneur,

Oskaviseh, win's novel was serialized in The Saturday Evening Post before it was ( Phyl ALG acieue ny poe 5 ne wae ene Phyllis oe ETR 9 Oct 1920, p. 1999. MPN 31 Jul 1920, p. 889. Western. John De Forrest lures wealthy men to his fashionable gambling MPN 7 Feb 1920, p. 1488. MPW 31 Jan 1920, p. 755. house with an alluring but heartless blonde named Lil. Jack Bryce, upon MPN 3 Apr 1920, p. 3013, 3133. Var 24 Sep 1920, p. 43. losing his fortune there, leaves his fiancée Phyllis and goes West. After De Forrest tells Phyllis that Jack eloped with Lil, whom he pays to leave,

HER AMERICAN HUSBAND F1.1861 Phyllis succumbs to his advances and marries him. Lil becomes a singer

Triangle Film Corp. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 27 Jan 1918. 5 in a gambling den in the mining town where Jack lives, and after De Forrest reels. refuses to send more money, she informs the police, who raid his joint. Dir E. Mason Hopper. Scen E. Magnus Ingleton. Cam Friend F. Baker. Phyllis flees to the same town as Jack and Lil and finds work where Lil

Costumes J. S. Fishenden. Casting Arthur Hoyt. sings. When Jack discovers Phyllis, he shows her a newspaper notice of De Cast: Teddy Sampson (Cherry Blossom), Darrell Foss (Herbert Forrest’s death. They marry, but after their child is born, De Forrest Franklyn, “Mr. Butterfly”), Leota Lorraine (Miriam Faversham), arrives and attempts to have Lil, now a charity worker, help him blackmail Thomas Kurihara (Tokimasa), Misao Seki (Yoshisada), Jack Abbe Phyllis and Jack. Lil refuses, and when De Forrest accidentally kills (Kato Nakamura), W. A. Jeffries (Mason), Arthur Millet (Abott), himself during their subsequent struggle, she feels she has atoned for her

Ludwig Lowry (Jessop), Kathleen Emerson (Dolly Varden). earlier wicked ways. Bigamy. Gambling houses. Mining towns. Moral Drama. Herbert Franklyn, the son of a wealthy imported goods dealer, reformation. Temptresses. Accidental death. Blackmail. Duplicity. Fights. refuses to curb his appetite for gaiety and women after his engagement, | Missing persons, assumed dead. Singers. Social workers. Vice raids. with the result that his fiancée. Miriam Faversham. breaks off their Note: This film was the first feature release of the Associated Film Sales Corp., a relationship. On the firm s annual trip to Japan, Herbert meets Cherry copyrighted under the title Lillian’s Atonement. The production company may have

. . or 4 . ° manufacturer’s combine, also known as the Associated Service. The film was

Blossom, whose father Tokimasa wishes her to marry a Westerner. Despite been the Burke Film Mfg. Co., located in Los Angeles, which released through the her love for Kato Nakamura, Cherry Blossom complies with her father’s Associated Service. David Lewis Burke, the president, was the copyright claimant for

wishes and departs for New Rochelle with her new husband. Soon after _ the film.

their arrival, Herbert resumes his old habits, neglecting his lonely bride. wong is =? ole P. eg ue ", - ne tore PP. 1904-05.

Kato has a vision of Cherry Blossom’s unhappiness and comes to America MPW 4 Sep 1915, . 1740. ype

with Tokimasa, who strangles Herbert and later commits suicide. Japanese. Marriage-Arranged. Murder. Neglected wives. Playboys.

Americans in foreign countries. Importers. Japan. New Rochelle (New HER AVIATOR F 1.1864 York). Strangulation. Suicide. Visions. Dist Arrow Film Corp.; State Rights. Oct-Nov 1918. 5 reels. 386

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 HER BITTER CUP Cast: Arthur Chatterdon (Arthur Dore), Pearl Lewis (Edith HER BELOVED VILLAIN F 1.1867 Vandiwert), Baby Pogue. Realart Pictures Corp. Dist Realart Pictures Corp. Dec 1920 [(©ORealart Comedy-drama. Edith Vandiwert visits Atlantic City in the company of Pictures Corp.; 23 Sep 1920; LP15603]. 5 reels. her aunt and soon excites the admiration of a fortune hunter masquerading Dir Sam Wood. Scen Alice Eyton. Cam Alfred Gilks. as a count. Edith snubs the count, preferring the attentions of Arthur Dore, Source: Based on the play La Veglione (Le Bal masque) by Alexandre a wealthy young man whose hobby is hydroplaning. The count steals a Bisson and Albert Carré (Paris, 1893).

necklace and places the blame on Arthur, after which he abducts Edith. Cast: Wanda Hawley (Susanne Bergomat), Ramsey Wallace (Paul Arthur pursues them in his hydroplane, rescues the girl, and proves that Blythe), F. Templar Powell (Louis Martinot), Tully Marshall (Doctor the count is the real necklace thief. The count is arrested, and Arthur and Joseph Poulard), Lillian Leighton (Madame Poulard), Gertrude Claire

Edith resume their courtship. Abduction. Atlantic City (New Jersey). (Susanne’s aunt), Robert Bolder (Monsieur Bergomat), Margaret Aviators. Fortune hunters. Frame-ups. Aunts. Hydroplanes. § McWade (Madame Bergomat), Harrison Ford (Martinot), Irma Coonly

Impersonation and imposture. Nobility. Rescues. Theft. (Rose, the maid), Jay Peters (Casimer).

Note: According to a review, some scenes in this film were shot in Atlantic City, Comedy. When Louis Martinot, an aristocratic young French lawyer, is NJ. Although no producing organization is mentioned in sources, Arrow Film Corp., called away on business, he asks his friend Paul Blythe to investigate the

which released the film also was producing at the Thanhouser Film Corp. studios in back dofS B t. If her famil ‘table. Paul j

- New Rochelle, NY in 1918, and thus, may have made the film. W. E. Shallenberger, ackground of susanne bergomat. er family seems suita €, Paul is to the president of Arrow, also managed the Thanhouser studios. The Community tender a proposal on Louis’ behalf. Blythe, after seeing Susanne, finds Motion Picture Bureau records state that its representatives viewed this film in 1919 himself so in love that he proposes to her himself and lies to Martinot that

or 1920 under the title The Love That Wins, with “Acme” listed as the film’s her mother is a cabaret singer and her father a drunkard—a trait that distributor. The acting credit for Baby Pogue comes from these records. Susanne has inherited. Thus informed, Martinot loses interest, and Blythe

MPW 16 Nov 1918, p. 762. marries Susanne, taking her to live in another city. A year later he finds himself in a predicament when Martinot comes to visit. Attempting to hide

his wife from his friend, Blythe arranges for Dr. Poulard, an elderly

HER BARGAIN F1.1865 business partner, to take Susanne to visit her parents. After a series of David Horsley Productions. Nov 1917? 6 reels comic misadventures, Martinot meets Susanne in Nice, and upon Cast: Mary MacLaren (irma Stan ton). discovering the contents of Blythe’s report, she determines to teach her

Drama. Irma Stanton, whose mother spends more than she can afford husband a lesson. Returning home, she feigns a flirtatious drunken Spree, on Irma’s wardrobe, visits her wealthy aunt, and they go to the seashore which reduces her husband to tears. Finally, Susanne decides that her where they meet actress Estelle Hutton and her theatrical backer, Vincent beloved villain has been punished enough and informs him that her Henderson. After Irma’s aunt discovers that Irma is acting in an amateur behavior was all a hoax. Dupiicity. France. Hoaxes. Marriage. Aristocrats. show, she sends the girl home. Later, determined to become an actress, Lawyers. Nice (France). Old men. Physicians. Proposals.

Irma takes a position in Henderson’s office and accepts his bargain that LPN if De rey P. hess Nya Nee 900 p. 1072.

if he makes her a success she will give him sexual favors. When rehearsals MPW 4 Dec 1920, . 644,

for a play begin, Estelle, jealous of Henderson’s attention to Irma, warns ; her about Henderson’s past. Because Irma disregards the admonitions, HER BETTER SELF F1.1868 Estelle destroys her wardrobe, but dies accidentally while trying to escape Famous Players Film Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 21 May from the theater. Meanwhile, Irma’s father and former sweetheart search 1917 [©Famous Players Film Co.; 14 May 1917; LP10759]. 5 reels.

for her and overhear Henderson arranging to meet her at the Hilltop Inn. Dir Robert G. Vignola. Asst ‘dir William Scully. Story Margaret After Irma’s father and sweetheart chase Henderson and Irma in an auto, Turnbull. Cam Ned Van Buren.

Henderson crashes to his death over a cliff and Irma is saved. Actors and Cast: Pauline Frederick (Vivian Tyler), Thomas Meighan (Robert actresses. Ambition. Jealousy. Rakes. Theatrical backers. Accidental Keith), Alice Hollister (Aggie May) Maude Turner Gordon (Mrs. death. Aunts. Automobile accidents. Chases. Clothes. Falls from heights. Tyler), Charles Wellesley (Mr. Tyler), Frank De Rheim (Count Father-daughter relationship. Inns. Resorts. Theater-Amateur. Belloto), Armand Cortez (“Dopey”).

Motog 24 Nov 1917, p. W114. Drama. When Vivian Tyler, a society debutante engaged to marry Count Belloto, meets Dr. Robert Keith, whose work in uplifting the poor has

attracted wide attention, she is strongly attracted to him and asks

HER BELOVED ENEMY F1.1866 permission to work in his sanitarium, where the poor of the city receive Thanhouser Film Corp. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc.; Gold Rooster Plays. treatment free of charge. There she meets Aggie May, a woman arrested

4 Mar 1917. 5 reels. as a streetwalker, and because she wears a locket bearing Dr. Keith’s Dir Ernest Warde. Scen Lloyd Lonergan. picture, Vivian assumes that the doctor has been responsible for the

Cast: Doris Grey (Sylvia Leigh), Wayne Arey (The man), J. H. Gilmour woman’s downfall. Later, Aggie kills herself, and although Vivian

(Sylvia's father), Gladys Leslie (Dorothy). witnesses the act, to avoid a scandal she hurries away before the police Mystery. Sylvia, upon her return from boarding school after a long come. Dr. Keith is arrested for Aggie’s death, the locket providing evidence absence, is informed by her father that a man exists whose death would be oie the ust as he ny toe convicted vivian Tunes into the courtroom and

re ark sedan her father secs the man prt attempte to shoot ea Prostitutes. Reputation. Social reformers. Circumstantial evidence. has a heart attack and dies. Her heart filled with revenge, Sylvia decides Somession a Jewelry. Nobility. Physicians. Police. Sanitariums. to carry out her father’s plan by killing the man herself. While visiting a ETR , 19 Ma 1917. p. 1682 MPW > Jun 1917. v. 1499 notorious part of town, Sylvia is attacked by thugs, but a young fellow Motog 3 Jun 1917, is 1173. NYDM _26 May 1917. is 34. rescues her. Later, she meets the same man at a dance and discovers that MPN 26 May 1917, p. 3312. Var 25 May 1917, p. 22. he is her father’s bitterest enemy. One night, after the opera, she follows MPW 26 May 1917, p. 1300. Wid's 17 May 1917, pp. 316-17. the man and learns that he has rifled a safe. Sylvia turns him over to the

authorities, and it is then that she learns that the man is actually a Secret HER BITTER CUP F1.1869 Service agent and that her father was a spy. Discovering the truth, Sylvia Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co.; Red Feather relinquishes all thoughts of revenge and finds happiness with her Secret Photoplays. 17 Apr 1916 [OUniversal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 21 Mar 1916; Service agent. Attempted murder. Father-daughter relationship. Loyalty. LP7877]. 5 reels. Revenge. Heart disease. Hoodlums. Opera. Rescues. Safes. Secret Dir Cleo Madison. Scen Cleo Madison. Story Kathleen Kerrigan.

Service. Spies. Cast: Cleo Madison (Rethna), Adele Farrington (Mary McDougal),

Note: According to a news item, Doris Grey came into prominence when she was William Mong (Henry Burke), Edward Hearn (Walter Burke), Ray chosen as the most beautiful girl at the Moving Picture Exhibitors’ ball in Dec 1915 Hanford (Factory foreman), Lule Warrenton (Boardinghouse woman),

held in Boston, her home town. Willis Marks.

apN 33 fe le i" OG pW i ver re P. ; aoe Drama/Social. Rethna works hard to organize her fellow factory MPN 3 Mar 1917, p. 1420. NYDM 26 Aug 1916, . 9. employees against the miserly, uncaring owner, Henry Burke. Then,

MPW 17 Feb 1917, p. 1041. NYDM 24 Feb 1917, p. 26. realizing that she needs money to fight Burke, she begins an affair with his 387

HER BLEEDING HEART AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG unscrupulous son Harry. After a year she breaks up with him to marry his Source: Based on the short story “Conscription” by W. Carey Wonderly kindly brother Walter, and so continues to use Burke funds to aid Burke in Snappy Stories (18 Oct 1917).

employees. Walter truly loves Rethna, but when he finds out that she Cast: Effie Shannon (Helen Morrison), Niles Welch (David married him only for his money, he leaves her. Then, while she is at the Morrison), Pauline Curley (Virginia Gordon), James T. Galloway (Col. factory pleading with Henry for better conditions, a fire breaks out. Walter Danby Gordon), Pat O’Malley (Charlie Turner), William A. Bechtel rescues Rethna from the flames, and during her convalescence she (Oscar Schultz), Charles W. Sutton (Dr. Swift), Charles Riegel (Rev. Mr. discovers that she really does love him. She and Walter reconcile, and then, Kimberly), Violet Axzell (Gretchen), Robert Chandler (Abner Turner), as a result of the fire, Henry decides to spare no expense in improving Ferike Boros (Mrs. Schultz), Anthony Byrd, S. McAlpin, J. C. Bates, factory conditions. Employer-employee relations. Factories. Labor Edmund Wright, George F. Demarest.

activists. Marriage-Forced by circumstances. Separation. Brothers. Drama/World War I. When the United States enters World War I, Convalescence. Factory owners. Factory workers. Fires. Rescues. Helen Morrison, a widow, worries that she will lose her only son David, who

Safety. has just reached the age of twenty-one. Although David patriotically urges Note: MPN lists Joe King as co-director. The original title for this film was A the employees at his factory to enlist, he reluctantly gives in to his mother’s

Heart’s Crucible. pleas to remain at home with her. When David is drafted, his mother, MPN 8 Apr 1916, p. 2050, 2062. MPW 29 Apr 1916, pp. 855-56. panic-stricken, alters the date on his birth certificate, even though the later

MPW 25 Mar 1916, p. 2038. Wid's 30 Mar 1916, p. 472. birthdate implies that he is illegitimate. Disgusted, David enlists under an assumed name, thus shaming Helen, who confesses her dishonesty to the

HER BLEEDING HEART F1.1870 ~~ townspeople. Her son, now in uniform, then forgives her. Military draft. Lubin Mfg. Co. Dist V-L-S-E, Inc. 28 Feb 1916. 5 reels. Military enlistment. Mother-son relationship. World War |. Confession

Dir Jack Pratt. Scen Daniel Carson Goodman. Tech dir Allen Farnham. (law). Forgery. Guilt. Impersonation and imposture. Patriotism. Soldiers.

Cast: Rosetta Brice (Marion Lane), Richard Buhler (Doctor George Widows. ;

Page), Crauford Kent (Allen Craven), Inez Buck (Lucy Mallory), Karva Note: Some of the scenes were shot at Camp Joseph W. Johnson in Jacksonville,

(Mrs. Lane) ere deine as yew sere Poloskova (Sonia Crator), William Turner (Mr. Lane), Mrs. Carr FL with several soldiers taking minor parts.

Drama. When Allen Craven leaves her pregnant and unwed, Marion ETR 9 Feb 1918, p. 836. ar aeLaaS

Lane marries Doctor George Page, who believes that she is a widow. After mew Feb 1918, p. 870. Wid's 14 Feb 1918, pp. 939-40. accidentally seeing Allen, however, Marion breaks down and, without

naming Allen, tells George al! about her past. Then, George bumps into HER CODE OF HONOR , , . F1.1873

Allen, an old friend he had not seen for a long time, and invites him to the Aribune Froductions, ne pst United Picture Theatres of America, Inc.

house. Allen brings along Sonia Crator, his mistress, and the two friends 6 a 1 ut SL I ne 1 Reals. Cam H Fishbeck speak amicably until Marion enters. Then, her reaction and Allen’s make Cas a a“ rats len/; lice’ ” Willi “De is ai

George realize that it was his friend who betrayed Marion. The men begin ast: Florence Reed (He en/ Alice), William esmon (Eugene La to fight, and both struggle for a revolver. Finally, George shoots and kills Salle), Robert Frazer ; (Richard Bentham), Irving , Cummings Allen, but when the police come to investigate, Sonia, who was astonished (Jacques), Alec B. Francis (Tom Davis), Marcelle Roussillon (Jane),

, Pouce , , are George Stevens.

to hear of her sweetheart’s unscrupulous past, clears George by insisting D Hel Ameri t student living in Paris’ Latin Quart that Allen committed suicide. Betrayal. Manslaughter. Marriage. rama, meen, an “American art stucent living in tars: Latin Nuarter,

ysicians. Rakes e g Ss s. Po gnancy

Physicians. Rakes. Confession. Fichts. Mistresses. Police. Preanancy. turns down her friend Tom Davis marriage proposal because she is in love

Moto 4 Mar 1916. 0, $52, MPW 3 Feb 1916. v. 1370. with Jacques, who keeps his wife and son secret from her. After Jacques

8 *P °P rejects Helen, she dies giving birth to his child. Tom decides to raise the baby, named Alice, as his own daughter and, after he inherits a fortune,

HER BODY IN BOND F1.1871 they move to Long Island where Alice grows up in luxury. When she falls Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co. 20 Jul 1918 in Jove with Eugene La Salle, Tom gives her a letter and a ring from Helen

[Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 29 May 1918; LP12485]. 5 reels. explaining about Jacques and warning her that anyone having the same Dir Robert Leonard. Scen H. Sheridan Bickers. Story H. Sheridan ring would be either Jacques or his descendant. On the eve of her marriage

Bickers. Cam Fred L. Granville. to Gene, she discovers that Gene has the same ring and she fears that they

Cast: Mae Murray (Peggy Blondin), Kenneth Harlan (Joe Blondin), are brother and sister. Though they plan a double suicide, Gene relates that Albert Roscoe (Harlan Quinn), Joseph Girard (Benjamin Sleeth), Paul Jacques was his stepfather, not his real father, and they then are free to

Weigel (Emmett Gibson), Mabelle Harvey (Betty Coates). marry. Childbirth. Infidelity. Parentage. Americans in foreign countries. Drama. The cabaret act of husband-and-wife dancing team Peggy and _ art students. Attempted suicide. Inheritance. Jewelry. Long Island (New Joe Blondin is broken up when Joe becomes consumptive and is ordered York). Paris. West to recuperate. Peggy remains in New York to maintain the couple’s Note: The title of this film was changed from The Call of the Heart.

income but gradually becomes desperate when letters sent her by her ETR 15 Mar 1919, p. 1145. MPW 15 Mar 1919, p. 1530. husband request more and more money. Joe’s letters actually are being MPN 1 Mar 1919, p. 1330. Var 7 Mar 1919, p. 66. intercepted and rewritten by millionaire Harlan Quinn, who has designs on MPN 15 Mar 1919, p. 1705. Wid's 4 Mar 1919, p. 3. Peggy and wishes to portray Joe’s situation as hopeless. After receiving a particularly alarming letter, Peggy consents to sell her honor to Harlan, but HER CONDONED SIN see JUDITH OF BETHULIA Joe arrives, fully recovered, just as the villain knocks on her door. The two

men fight until Peggy’s stepfather, a drug addict who has been acting as HER COUNTRY FIRST F1.1874

Harlan’s dupe, shoots Quinn. The police arrive and shoot the old man, after Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.: which Peggy and Joe begin a new life together. Dancers. Duplicity. Paramount Pictures. 22 Sep 1918 [OFamous Players-Lasky Corp.; 16 Aug Lechery. Millionaires. Tuberculosis. Cabarets. Convalescence. Drug 1918; LP12773]. 5 reels, 4,232 ft. addicts. Father-daughter relationship. Fights. Letters. Murder. New York Pres Jesse L. Lasky. Dir James Young. Adapted by Edith Kennedy.

City. Police. The West. Cam Frank E. Garbutt. Art dir Wilfred Buckland.

Note: The working title of this film was The Eternal Columbine. Its pre-release title Source: Based on the short story “The G. A. C.” by Mary Roberts was The Morals of an Actress. Some reviews call this a Bluebird feature, but it is Rinehart (publication undetermined).

listed in release charts as released by Universal. aie . . ETR 22 Jun 1918, p. 325. NYDM 27 Jul 1918, p. 127. Cast: Vivian Martin (Dorothy Grant), John Cossar (Franklin Grant),

Motog 6 Jul 1918, p. 8. Var 21 Jun 1918, p. 28. Florence Oberle (Mrs. Grant), J. Parks-Jones (Craig Allison), Larry MPN 22 Jun 1918, p. 3689. Wid's 23 Jun 1918, p. 18. Steers (Dr. Barnes), Brydine Zuber (/sabelle Grant), Louis Willoughby

MPW 6 Jul 1918, p. 110. (William, the butler), James Farley (Henry, the chauffeur), Lillian Leighton (Lena, the cook), Jack McDonald (Farmer), Audrey Chapman HER BOY F1.1872 (Jane), Marcella Daly (Lucie). Metro Pictures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp.; Metro All Star Series. Comedy-drama/World War I. Dorothy Grant returns home from

28 Jan 1918 [©Metro Pictures Corp.; 21 Jan 1918; LP11979]. 5 reels. finishing school determined to contribute to the American effort in World Supv Maxwell Karger. Dir George Irving. Asst dir Leander De Cordova. War I. To the amusement of her parents, she organizes a Girls’ Aviation

Scen Albert Shelby Le Vino. Cam Harry B. Harris. Corps., ordering uniforms and arranging for drills with a veteran of the 388

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 HER ELEPHANT MAN Spanish-American War. Dorothy’s father, Franklin Grant, owns a health. Orphans. Allowances. Attempted rape. Documents. Guilt. munitions factory, where he has posted a sign warning “Beware of Spies.” incurable illness. Indian reservations. Indians of North America. Parties. Dorothy assumes that William the butler is a spy because of the odd way Note: MPW 5 Feb 1916 calls the film The Debt of Honor. The film was copyrighted

he cuts his grapefruit, but actually he is a Secret Service agent. Lena, the 48 4 Debt of Honor.

cook, and Henry, the chauffeur, learn that Dorothy knows the password motos pe ile P 200 Me OM : re tole i" ie 848. to the factory, and in order to force the secret from her, they imprison her. MPW 15 Jan 1916, p. 494. Var 4 Feb 1916, p. 25. Hearing that they plan to blow up the factory, Dorothy staunchly refuses to divulge the password, even though her life Is in danger. Eventually, she HER DEBT OF HONOR (Fox Film Corp.) see THE DEBT OF

is rescued by William and proclaimed a heroine, which so impresses her HONOR

boyfriend, Craig Allison, that he enlists. Debutantes. Heroism. Patriotism.

Spies. World War |. Butlers. Chauffeurs. Cooks. Impersonation and : imposture. Imprisonment. Military enlistment. Munitions factories. HER DECISION re F1.1877 Rescues. Sabotage. Secret Service. Veterans. manele Film Corp. reels. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 12 May 1918. 5 MPN 4 Sep i918, ° 1763 Var T Nor i918. 5. a Dir Jack Conway. Scen Charles J. Wilson, Jr. Cam Elgin Lessley. MPW 14 Sep 1918, p. 1607. Wid's 1 Sep 1918, pp. 13-14. Source: Based on the short story “Her Decision” by Lotta Gannet.

MPW = 21 Sep 1918, p. 1780. Cast: Gloria Swanson (Phyllis Dunbar), J. Barney Sherry (Martin Rankin), Darrell Foss (Bobbie Warner), Ann Kroman (/nah Dunbar).

HER COUNTRY’S CALL F1.1875 Drama. Martin Rankin is in love with his stenographer, Phyllis Dunbar, American Film Co. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; A Mutual Star Production. _ but she is engaged to Bobbie Warner, a dancer. Phyllis’ sister Inah learns

1 Oct 1917. 5 reels. that she is pregnant, and after her lover Billy abandons her, Inah attempts Pres Samuel S. Hutchinson. Dir Lloyd Ingraham. Scen Charles T. suicide. Phyllis asks Bobbie for enough money to send Inah away quietly

Dazey. and after he refuses, she appeals to Martin, offering to marry him in Cast: Mary Miles Minter (Jess Slocum), George Periolat (Jim exchange for the money. Martin marries her but insists that they live Slocum), Alan Forrest (Capt. Earle Neville), Harry A. Barrows (Col. together merely as friends until she learns to love him. Later Phyllis asks Tremaine), Margaret Shelby (Marie Tremaine), Ashton Dearholt her husband for permission to visit Bobbie, but when she realizes that the (John Reynolds), Nellie Widen (Miss Neville), Spottiswoode Aitken young man spends much of his time drinking and philandering, she returns

(Dr. Downie). to the husband whom she has come to love. Ashamed of his behavior, Billy Drama. Jess Slocum lives with her father Jim in a cabin on the returns to Inah and marries her. Dancers. Marriage. Self-sacrifice. Sisters.

mountainside above an army camp. When his daughter questions his Stenographers. Attempted suicide. Desertion. Guilt. Libertines. hatred of soldiers, Slocum admits to having been drummed out of an army Pregnancy.

camp years earlier for the crime of bootlegging. Slocum, still continuing ETR 18 May 1918, p. 1935. . MPW 25 May 1918, p. 1186. his profession of moonshining, is tracked to his cabin by revenue officers, MPN 25 May 1918, p. 3096. Var 17 May 1918, p. 46.

who fire their guns at him. Jess is hit and her father is sent to prison. MPW 18 May 1918, p. 1038. Wid's 12 May 1918, p. 2. Wounded, Jess is cared for by Captain Neville and his sister, but the

ostracism of the neighborhood children sends Jess running back to her HER DOUBLE LIFE . F1.1878 cabin. On the way home, she overhears Mexican bandits planning to seize Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 11 Sep 1916 [©William Fox; 10 Sep

the ammunition depot of the militia. Rushing back, Jess warns the camp 1916; LP9097]. 6 reels. .

in time to save the depot. Slocum then confesses that Jess is really Col. Dir J. Gordon Edwards. Scen Mary Murillo. Cam Philip E. Rosen. Tremain’s daughter, whom the moonshiner had stolen as a baby in revenge Cast: Theda Bara (Mary Doone), Stuart Holmes (Lloyd Stanley), A. H. for being thrown out of camp. Jess is then reunited with her family and the | Yan Buren (Elliot Clifford), Madeleine Le Nard (Ethel Wardley), Walter

young captain asks her to marry him. Father-daughter relationship. Law (Mary's foster father), Katherine Lee (Mary as a girl), Janey Lee, Heroism. Military camps. Military officers. Moonshiners. Ammunition. ©atey Lee, Lucia Moore. Bandits. Children. Gunshot wounds. Imprisonment. Mexicans. Mountain Drama. In England during World War I, Mary Doone becomes a nurse

life. National Guard. Ostracism. Parentage. Revenue agents. at the front after Lloyd Stanley tries to seduce her. Because Lloyd is there

Note: The working title of this film was The Call to Arms. too, as a War correspondent, Mary tries to get away by taking on the Motog 20 Oct 1917, p. 830. MPW 13 Oct 1917, p. 251. identity of Ethel Wardley, who had been on her way to visit her seldom seen MPN 6 Oct 1917, p. 2344. NYDM 25 Aug 1917, p. 18. aunt, Lady Clifford, but who was apparently killed during a bombardment.

MPN 3 Nov 1917, p. 3130. Posing as Ethel, Mary goes to Lady Clifford, who welcomes her MPW 6 Oct 1917, p. 43 (ad enthusiastically. Mary soon falls in love with Lady Clifford’s cousin, Elliot insert), 126. Clifford, but then Lloyd appears once again, bringing with him the real

| Ethel Wardley, who has recovered from her wounds. Lloyd is determined

HER DEBT OF HONOR F1.1876 to expose Mary’s deception, but before he can do so, Mary herself tells

Columbia Pictures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 24 Jan 1916 Lady Clifford and Elliot the true story. They forgive her instantly, and then

[©Metro Pictures Corp. 25 Jan 1916, LP7499]. 5 reels. Elliot and Mary make plans for their marriage. England. Impersonation

Dir William Nigh. Scen William Nigh. and imposture. Missing persons, assumed dead. Rakes. World War |.

Cast: Valli Valli (Marian Delmar), William Davidson (John Cousins. Journalists. Nobility. Nurses. Seduction. Hartfield), William Nigh (Olin Varcoe), J. H. Goldsworthy (Crawford Motog 23 Sep 1916, p. 734. Var 29 Sep 1916, p. 26.

Granger), Frank Bacon (Doctor Glade), Mrs. M. Brundage (Mr. MPN 23 Sep 1916, p. 1894. Wid's 5 Oct 1916, p. 101. Varcoe), lean Hume (Niatana), Frank Montgomery (Kalatin), David H.

Thompson (Pierre Leroux), R. A. Bresee (Old Wolf), Jack Murray HER ELEPHANT MAN F1.1879

(Swiftwind). Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. Feb 1920 [OWilliam Fox; 1 Feb

Drama. After her architect father dies, Marian Delmar receives a 1920; LP14739]. 5 reels. monthly allowance from Varcoe, another architect, until his own death. Pres William Fox. Dir Scott Dunlap. Scen Isabelle Johnston. Cam Then, over the objections of John Hartfield, her sweetheart, Marian George Schneiderman. decides to repay Varcoe’s charity by nursing back to health his dissolute Source: Based on the novel Her Elephant Man by Pearl Doles Bell (New

son Olin, who is dying from hard living. While staying with Olin, she York, 1919). discovers papers explaining that her father had been the brains behind Cast: Shirley Mason (Joan), Albert Roscoe (Col. Philip Dorset), Henry

Varcoe’s architectural success. Marian then realizes that the monthly J. Hebert (Blake), Ardito Mellonino (The bride), Harry Todd payments had indicated Varcoe’s thanks as well as his guilty conscience. (Jerimy), Dorothy Lee (Trixie). Marian also discoveres that Olin’s mother had been an Indian. Then, Drama. After discovering that his bride has married him only for his sensing that his various illnesses are irreversible, Olin throws one last wild money, Philip Dorset journeys to Africa in hopes of putting the past behind party and tries to seduce Marian. John saves her, however, and while Olin him. In the jungle, he teams up with a party of American circus men on

returns to the Indian reservation to die, Marian and her sweetheart make an elephant hunt. Their expeditions take them to a native village where plans for their marriage. Architects. Debt. Dissipation. Nursing back to they discover Joan, an orphaned white girl whose missionary father has

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HER EXCELLENCY, THE GOVERNOR AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG recently died. The group, now enhanced by Dorset’s addition as the HER FATHER’S KEEPER F 1.1882 elephant trainer, takes the waif back to America with them. Years pass and Fine Arts Film Co. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 2 Apr 1917. 5 reels.

Joan becomes an accomplished bareback rider in the circus, while her Dir Arthur Rosson and Dick Rosson. Scen Robert Shirley. Cam Roy affection for Dorset deepens into love. Recalling his earlier unhappy Overbaugh. experience, Dorset tries to discourage the girl, and upon failing decides to Cast: Irene Howley (Claire Masters), Jack Devereux (Ralph

leave the circus. Soon after his departure, he discovers that his wife has Burnham), Frank Currier (William Masters), Jack Raymond divorced him and rushes back to Joan. That night, a terrific storm strikes (Business manager), John Hanneford (Detective), Walter Bussell the circus tent and out of the cataclysm the lovers are reunited. Africa. (Butler).

Animal trainers. Circus performers. Circuses. Orphans. Divorce. Drama. Claire Masters, the daughter of a wealthy financier, has Elephants. Fortune hunters. Horsemen. Hunting. Jungles. Storms. inherited her father’s strong will, and so upon the death of her mother, Note: Up to five cameras were used to record the sequences shot under the big top. defies her father’s edict against women working, leaves home and ventures Sun arc lights of 150 amps were used to light the tent interior, a relatively new —_ into the business world. In her endeavor, she is helped by Ralph Burnham,

technique for this time. George Schneiderman supervised the camera work. the son of a rival brokerage house owner, and the two fall in love. Under

MPN ; re 1900 p er wail mi aa 1990 p. 40. an assumed name, Claire secures a job in her father’s offices and discovers MPW 7 Feb 1920, pp. 1836-37, 903, Wid’s 1 Feb 1920, p. 5 that he is involved in a crooked deal to destroy the Burnham’s brokerage

941. house. Claire secures evidence that would convict her father in a court of law and confronts him with it, along with a letter written by her late mother entreating Claire to guard her father against his ambition. Confronted with

HER EXCELLENCY, THE GOVERNOR F1.1880 these facts, Masters then realizes the error of his ways, forgives his Triangle Film Corp. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. | Jul 1917. 5 reels. daughter and blesses her marriage to Burnham, changing his firm’s name Supv Allan Dwan. Dir Albert Parker. Scen Robert Shirley. Cam Roy to Masters, Burnham and Burnham. Ambition. Business ethics. Father-

Vaughn. daughter relationship. Rivalry. Women in business. Brokers. Financiers. Cast: Wilfred Lucas (James Barclay), Elda Millar (Sylvia Impersonation and imposture. Partnerships. Pledges. Swindlers.

Marlowe), Joseph Kilgour (Joe Keller), Regan Hughston (Governor's Note: This film was shot at the Eastern Fine Arts studio located at Yonkers, NY. secretary), Walter Walker (Capitalist), Edith Speare (Lieut. governor’s oon wan was [he supervising director OF unis studio. Some reviews credit Arthur

secretary), Albert Perry (Reform senator). ETR 94 Mar 1917. b. 1109 8 NYDM 34 Mar 1917. v.26

Drama. James Barclay is elected to the office of governor on the machine Motog 31 Mar 1917, . 694. Var 33 Mar 1917, . 30. ticket. Sylvia Marlowe, a lawyer whom Barclay has loved for years, refuses MPN 31 Mar 1917, p. 2031. Wid's 22 Mar 1917, p. 182. to marry him because she fears that Barclay’s ambition is causing him to MPW 7 Apr 1917, p. 158.

disregard ethics and justice. When he is persuaded by the political boss to

veto a child labor measure, Sylvia determines to run for the office of HER FATHER’S MONEY see THE HEART OF ROMANCE lieutenant governor and is elected. After war is declared, the political boss

is bought by a German agent to kill an army appropriation bill, even though HER FATHER’S SON F1.1883 the money is urgently needed. Barclay lacks the courage to defy the boss, Oliver Morosco Photoplay Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 12 Oct so Sylvia arranges to have him leave the state, and during his absence, she 1916 [©Oliver Morosco Photoplay Co.; 22 Sep 1916; LP9182]. 5 reels. signs the bill. At first Barclay is angered, but soon he is reconciled, and his Dir William D. Taylor. Scen L. V. Jefferson. Story Anna Fielder Brand.

next proposal to Sylvia is accepted. Ambition. Ethics. State governors. Cam Homer Scott.

Treason. Women in public office. Child labor. Elections. Foreign agents. Cast: Vivian Martin (Frances Fletcher), Alfred Vosburgh

Germans. Laws. Lawyers. Political bosses. . (Lieutenant Richard Harkness), Herbert Standing (William Fletcher), Note: According. tod S, sim was produced at Triangle’s Eastern studio, Helen Jerome Eddy (Betty Fletcher), Joe Massey (John Fletcher), Jack

which was , vyDM Jul 1917, anton (Willard Gordon), Lucille Ward (Mammy Chloe), Tom Bates MPN 14evoJulers.1917, p.1280. Varp15. 6 Jul 1917, p. 22. MPW 23 Jun 1917, P 1992. Wid's 5 Jul 1917, is 422. Comedy /Historical. In the South just before the Civil War, a

MPW 14 Jul 1917, p. 255. conciliatory William Fletcher, believing that his long-estranged brother John has a son, offers to make an heir of his nephew. Because he needs the money, John disguises his only child, Frances, as a man, and sends her to

HER FAMILY’S HONOR see MARRIAGE FOR CONVENIENCE stay with William. The masquerade works, but, for a party, Frances once again puts on her crinolines and begins a romance with Northern lieutenant

Richard Harkness. Politics soon come between them, however, as it is

HER FATHER’S GOLD F1.1881 announced at the party that the South has seceeded from the union. Once Thanhouser Film Corp. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; Mutual Masterpictures more dressed as ‘intl Richard con stund it, no Loner and. demands

elaine ead W. Eugen e Moore. Story Crittenden satisfaction in a duel. Just before the pistols are fired, however, Frances

Mariott. Cam George Weber. reveals herself to be a woman, and, putting politics aside, she and Richard

Cast: Harris Gordon (The reporter), Barbara Gilroy (His make plans for their marriage. Brothers. Inheritance. Male impersonation.

sweetheart) William Burt (The crook), Louise Emerald Bates (The lady Nonhermers. Soutemers One - ne tn ve History_ Civil War a see.

, Drama. When a reporter goes to Florida to investigate a man-eating United States-South. a. dang: . alligator that has been terrorizing a lakeside town, he falls in love with a Note: The original story on which this film was based was entitled ““Miss Nancy.

woman whose father’s fortune in gold bullion has been stolen and buried one 1 On tole on whales M x oct tole . a by a gang of crooks. The reporter locates the map showing where the gold MPW 21 Oct 1916, p. 380, 449. Wid's 28 Sep 1916, p. 994. has been hidden and goes with his sweetheart to recover it. After they dig

it up, however, the last surviving member of the gang, having followed HER FIGHTING CHANCE F1.1884 them, pulls his gun and tells them that they have only a few minutes left A. H. Jacobs Photoplays, Inc. Dist State Rights; Frank G. Hall. May-

to live. Just as he is ready to shoot, however, the alligator, which had been Jun 1917. 5 reels. , ,

lurking hidden nearby, decides to make a meal out of him. With the crook Dir Edwin Carewe. Cam Arthur Martinelli. eaten, the woman not only gets the gold, she also gets a proposal from the Source: Based on the short story “The Fiddling Man” in Back to God’s reporter, which she readily accepts. Alligators. Florida. Gangsters. Gold. Country and Other Stories by James Oliver Curwood (New York, 1920).

Reporters. Maps. Theft. — Cast: Jane Grey (Marie), Thomas Holding (Jan Thoreau), Percy G.

Note: The working title for this film was The Water Devil. The film was shot in Standing (Corporal Blake), Edward Porter (Sergeant Fitzgerald), Fred

Fonds. 95 Mar 1916. 0. 716 MPW 13 May 1916. 0. 1221 Jones (Francois Breault), William Cohill (Pastamoo). Motog 20 May 1916, p 1173. Var 12 May 1916, P 20. Northwest drama. Corporal Blake is sent to apprehend the murderer of MPN 20 May 1916, p. 3092. Wid's 11 May 1916, p. 568. Francois Breault. All evidence points to Jan Thoreau as the guilty man.

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 HER GAME Blake arrives at Thoreau’s cabin while he is away and is greeted by his wife questionable reputation. Their wealthy family, the Vardens, threaten to Marie. Posing as a friend of her husband, Blake learns that Thoreau and disinherit Gerald if he keeps up with Lotta, so Christina goes to call on Breault had quarreled shortly before the murder. This, together with Lotta at her island cottage to see for herself what is going on. Meanwhile,

Breault’s dying accusation that Thoreau was his murderer, seems Adrian Maitland arrives in order to persuade Lotta to leave his younger undeniable evidence. Blake, fascinated by Marie, agrees to let Thoreau brother Ted alone. When Lotta is not at home, Adrian mistakes Christina escape, providing that she become his mistress. After much anguish, she for Lotta, and she goes along with it for fun. He gets Christina on his yacht, consents. When Thoreau arrives, Blake arrests him but during the night intending to compromise her, but falls in love with her instead. After telling Marie helps him escape. Blake goes in pursuit. In the meantime, officers him who she really is, Christina and Adrian decide to marry. Meanwhile,

at the post have received the dying confession of Pastamoo that he Lotta has seen the pair on board, and she intends to win Gerald and his committed the murder. They hurry to Thoreau’s cabin where the chase has money, or ruin Christina’s reputation with this evidence. The plan led pursuer and pursued around in a circle and back to the cabin. Blake backfires, however, when the marriage is revealed, and Gerald refuses to mistakes another officer for Thoreau and fires at him. The officer returns have anything more to do with Lotta. Exotic dancers. Mistaken identity. the shot, killing Blake. Thoreau and Marie then learn that they are free Cousins. Disinheritance. Fortune hunters. Yachts. from suspicion. Chases. Detectives. Murder. North West Mounted Police. Note: The novel previously appeared in Ainslee’s Magazine.

Confession (law). False accusations. Gunfights. Impersonation and ETR 5 Feb 1921, p. 948. MPW 14 May 1921, p. 149.

imposture. Mistresses. MPN 25 Dec 1920, p. 158. Var 21 Jan 1921, p. 42. Note: Although the film was originally seven reels long, it was released at five reels. v PWay *1921, an p.1921, p. 1084. Wid's 23 Jan 1921, p. 16. 88.

ETR 26 May 1917, p. 1748. MPW 2 Jun 1917, p. 1457.

Motog 2 Jun 1917, p. 1173. NYDM 26 May 1917, p. 28. MPN 2 Jun 1917, p. 3459. Var 18 May 1917, p. 1748. HER FIVE-FOOT HIGHNESS F 1.1887 MPN 16 Jun 1917, pp. 3694-95. Wid's 16 Aug 1917, p. 522. Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co. Apr 1920 [©OUniversal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 2 Apr 1920; LP14977]. 5 reels.

HER FINAL RECKONING F 1.1885 Dir Harry L. Franklin. Scen Hal Hoadley. Story Tarkington Baker. Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Cam Roy Klaffki.

Paramount Pictures. 9 Jun 1918 [O©Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; 29 May Cast: Edith Roberts (Ellen), Virginia Ware (Lady Harriet), Ogden

1918; LP12478]. 5 reels. Crane (Lesley Saunders), Harold Miller (Sir Gerald Knowlton), Stanhope

. (Williams).

Pres Adolph Zukor. Dir Emile Chautard. Scen Charles E. Whittaker. Wheatcroft (Lord Pomeroy), Kathleen Kirkham (Lady Clara), Rudolph

Cam Jacques Bizeul. Christians (Solicitor), Hugh Saxon (English butler), Leota Lorraine sa Based on the play Le Prince Zilah by Jules Claretie (Paris, Feb (Chorus girl), Leonard Clapham (Slim Higgins), Henry Woodward Cast: Pauline Frederick (Marsa), John Miltern (Prince Zilah), Robert Drama. When Texas ranch owner Ellen inherits the estate of her longCain (Count Menko), Warren Cooke (Count Varhely), Joseph Smiley —_jost_ uncle, the Duke of Wilshire, her unscrupulous attorney, Wesley (Doctor Forg), James Laffey (Doctor Charcot), Karl Dane (Prince Saunders, who has been plotting to seize control of her ranch, decides to Tcheretoff), Florence Beresford (Marquis de Nati), Louis Reinhart capitalize on the opportunity. Confiscating Ellen’s identification papers,

(Marsa’s butler), Edith Ellwood (Marsa’s maid). oo, Saunders journeys to England, accompanied by a chorus girl who is

Drama. Marsa, a spirited, beautiful and wealthy young Parisian, is the —_ impersonating Ellen. When Ellen appears at the estate, her British relatives illegitimate daughter of a gypsy mother and a Russian prince. At a young are appalled by her rough-and-tumble manners, and with the subsequent age, she becomes entangled in an affair with Count Menko, a married man, _ arrival of Saunders and his protégé, Ellen is treated as an impostor. Now but later forgets this unhappy incident and falls in love with Prince Zilah stranded, Ellen is forced to sell Saunders an option on her ranch in return of Hungary. When Count Menko threatens to give the prince certain —_for a ticket back to Texas. Lady Harriet and Sir Gerald, two of her English compromising letters unless she agrees to resume their affair, she sets her _ relatives, discover Saunders’ treachery and follow Ellen back West. Thus, wolfhounds on him, disfiguring him permanently. The letters are sent to _ Elen is finally accorded her ranch and her British estate, and she happily Zilah on the night he and Marsa are married, and he immediately leaves marries her foreman, Slim Higgins. Americans in foreign countries. her, causing her to go insane. Count Varhely, Prince Zilah’s oldest friend, Cu/tural_ conflict. England. Impersonation and imposture. Inheritance. challenges Menko to a duel and kills him, after which he convinces the — / awyers. Treachery. Chorus girls. English. Finance-Personal. Long-lost prince to forgive Marsa. At the sight of her husband, Marsa regains her _ relatives. Nobility. Ranch foremen. Ranchers. Texas. sanity and leaves the sanitarium to live with him in Hungary. Blackmail. Note: The working title of this film was The Daring Duchess.

Infidelity. Nobility. Paris. Royalty. Disfiguration. Dogs. Duels. Gypsies. ETR 10 Apr 1920, p. 2139. NYMT 4 Apr 1920. Hungarians. Illegitimacy. Insane asylums. Insanity. Letters. Russians. MPN 21 Feb 1920, p. 1948. Var 9 Apr 1920, p. 60. Note: The play was based on the novel by Jules Claretie, Le Prince Zilah, published MPN 10 Apr 1920, p. 3375. Wid's 28 Mar 1920, p. 12. in Paris, 1881. Claretie’s play and novel have been the basis for several European MPW 10 Apr 1920, p. 302. films, including the 1918 Italian film // Principe Zilah, directed by Ugo De Simone,

and the 1927 French film, Le Prince Zilah, directed by Gaston Roudés. HER FLING see THE RISKY ROAD . ETR 15 Jun 1918, p. 126. NYDM 29 Jun 1918, p. 925. MPN 22 Jun 1918, p. 3689, 3738. NYT 24 Jun 1918, p. 9.

MPW 15 Jun 1918, p. 1622. Var 28 Jun 1918, p. 31. HER GAME F1.1888 MPW 22 Jun 1918, p. 1755. Wid's 9 Jun 1918, pp. 21-22. Tribune Productions, Inc. Dist United Picture Theatres of America, Inc. NYDM 22 Jun 1918, p. 887. 19 Oct 1919. 5 reels.

Supv A. J. Bimberg. Dir Frank H. Crane. Story John K. Holbrook. HER FIRST CONSIGNMENT see UNDER COVER Cam John K. Holbrook. ;

Cast: Florence Reed (Carol Raymond), Conway Tearle (Alan

HER FIRST ELOPEMENT F 1.1886 Rutherford/Bruce Armitage), Jed Prouty (Bobby McAllister), Florence Realart Pictures Corp. Dist Realart Pictures Corp.; A Star Production. Billings (Mildred Manning), Mathilda Brundage (‘‘The Dragoness’’).

Dec 1920 [©ORealart Pictures Corp.; 16 Nov 1920; LP15809]. 5 reels. Drama. After her family is financially ruined in a lawsuit by John Dir Sam Wood. Asst dir Bob Lee. Scen Edith Kennedy. Cam Alfred Rutherford of Wall Street, Carol Raymond leaves Virginia to set matters

Gilks. Art dir Una Nixson Hopkins. straight. Three weeks later, after marrying Bruce Armitage, the now

Source: Based on the novel Her First Elopement by Clara Bartram deceased Rutherford’s nephew and heir, Carol tells her father the story in (pseud. of Alice Duer Miller) in Ainslee’s Magazine (New York, 1915). a letter: When she arrived, she succeeded in making Armitage fall in love

Cast; Wanda Hawley (Christina Elliott), Jerome Patrick (Adrian with her. However, Armitage’s twin brother, Alan Rutherford, and an Maitland), Nell Craig (Lotta St. Regis), Lucien Littlefield (Ted adventuress lured her to a roadhouse. After she drank much champagne,

Maitland), Jay Eaton (Gerald Elliott), Helen Dunbar (Letitia Rutherford, appearing as Armitage, attempted to assault her until she Varden), Herbert Standing (John Varden), Edwin Stevens (Mr. Maitland, threatened to jump from a balcony. When she saw both Rutherford and

Sr.), Margaret Morris (Bettie Carlisle), Ann Hastings (Trixie), John Armitage together, she learned that it was the disinherited twin brother

MacKinnon (Captain Hardy). who pursued the suit. She then married Armitage. As she finishes the

Drama. Christina Elliott is concerned over her cousin Gerald Elliott, who letter, Rutherford, after binding Armitage in the cellar, enters her | has fallen desperately in love with Lotta St. Regis, a snake dancer of bedroom, but Armitage escapes just in time to save Carol from 391

HER GOD AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Rutherford’s embrace. Brothers. Impersonation and imposture. Lawsuits. Drama. Because he is convinced of Nan Perrine’s innocence, District Letters. Twins. Adventuresses. Attempted rape. Champagne. Heirs. Attorney Robert Kirby drops the theft charge made against her and brings

Marriage. Rescues. Roadhouses. her home to be the secretary for his wife Violet. Then, while Robert is ETR 18 Oct 1919, p. 1729. NYMT 5 Oct 1919. away, Violet has a fight with one of her lovers and kills him, after which MPN 25 Oct 1919, p. 3202. she charges Nan with the murder. Nan runs away and is taken in by Ralph Barrett, another of Violet’s lovers. Robert then finds evidence exonerating

HER GOD see THE RED WOMAN Nan and firmly implicating Violet. Before she can be arrested, however, Violet goes to visit Ralph and drops dead when she sees Nan with him. A

HER GOOD NAME F1.1889 few months later, Robert once again takes Nan into his home, but as his

Van Dyke Film Production Co. Dist Art Dramas, Inc. 25 Jan 1917. 5 wife instead of as a secretary. District attorneys. False accusations. reels. Infidelity. Murder. Death by shock. Secretaries. Dir George Terwilliger. Scen E. A. Bingham. Story Horace Hazeltine. Note: This film marked the screen debut of Molly McIntyre, who, according to an

Cam Louis H. Dunmyre. ad, was Scotland’s greatest actress. One source referred to the film’s title as Her Great Cast: Jean Sothern (Nan Floyd), William H. Turner (Dan Floyd), Earl = #0ur of Triumph.

Metcalfe (Vincent Schuyler), Ethel Tully (Ethel Schuyler), Arthur ons 5 ne ile P. 309. ane 3 nae ole P. a

Housman (Bert Tyler), Barbara Castleton (Agnes Gurnee), Nellie Parker MPW 15 Jan 1916, is 435, 498. VP. &.

Spaulding (Mrs. Raines).

Drama/Rural. Country girl Nan Floyd is greatly attracted to artist Vincent huyler, who comes to the countryside to saint. The attraction HER GREAT HOUR OF TRIUMPH see HER GREAT HOUR is mutual, but when Vincent announces his engagement to a society girl,

Nan turns in rejection to Bert Tyler, the most eligible young man in town. HER GREAT MATCH F1.1892 One night while out for a drive, Nan and Tyler are detained and arrive Popular Plays and Players. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 30 Aug 1915 home quite late. Nan’s father Dan, in a drunken frenzy, believes that his [©Metro Pictures Corp.; 30 Aug 1915; LP6524]. 5 reels. daughter has been violated and shoots and kills Tyler. Dan is brought to Dir Rene Plaisetty. Cam John W. Boyle. trial for murder, and it falls within Nan’s power to save her father by Source: Based on the play Her Great Match by Clyde Fitch (New York, testifying that Tyler had compromised her. Nan resolves to sacrifice her 4 Sep 1905). reputation to save her father, but when Dan dies of a heart attack, the truth Cast: Gail Kane (Jo Sheldon), Vernon Steel (Prince Adolph), Ned wins out and Nan’s name Is cleared. Vincent, hearing of the trial, returns Burton (Mr. Bote), Clarissa Selwynne (Mrs. Sheldon), Lawrence Grattan and is reunited with Nan. Country girls. Father-daughter relationship. (Mr. Sheldon), Julia Hurley (The Duchess Louise). Murder. Reputation. Self-sacrifice. Artists. Automobiles. Drunkenness. Drama /Social. While vacationing in America, Prince Adolph of Syravia Engagements. False accusations. Heart disease. Socialites. Trials. meets Jo Sheldon, and after they meet again at a charity fete, they fall in

EIR i re lore p. 63? NORM a Fe rr p. $82. love. Wealthy Mr. Bote, a friend of Jo’s family whose ambition is to become ol0g . 7p. 2. i" . 7 P. = Anstruther), Joseph Dowling (Hamid-Ali), Kathlyn Williams (Diana

Popular Plays and Players, Inc. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 31 May Vane), Stanhope Wheatcroft (George Vincent), Irene Rich (Marda), 1915 [©Metro Pictures Corp.; 31 May 1915; LP6467]. 5 reels. Henry Kolker (Duke of Wryden), Wedgewood Nowell, Una Trevelyn.

Dir Herbert Blache. Drama. Hamid-Ali, an Arab chieftain and bandit, captures an English

Source: Based on the play Her Own Way by Clyde Fitch (New York, 28 baby during a raid on a caravan and, naming her Sheka, puts her in a

Sep 1903). harem to be prepared for the slave auction. At the auction, Sir Derek Cast: Florence Reed (Georgiana Carley), Blanche Davenport (Mrs. Anstruther, who has fallen in love with Sheka, disguises himself as an Arab

Carley), Clarissa Selwynne (Mrs. Steven Carley), Robert H. Barrat and bids for her. After a fight, he kidnaps her and marries her at the (Lieutenant Richard Coleman), Fraunie Fraunholz (Steven Carley), English consulate. In England, Sheka has embarrassing moments William A. Morse (Sam Coast), John Karney (Moles), James O’Neill conforming to British customs of dress and manner, which are intensified

(Grand Duke Vladimir). by the plottings of Derek’s former sweetheart. When Derek neglects her

Melodrama/Society. Although Georgiana Carley and Richard Coleman because of financial worries, Sheka decides to sell herself to the libertine have known each other since childhood, they do not realize their love for Duke of Wryden for the amount that Derek needs. Derek rushes to the each other until Dick is about to go to fight in the Philippines. Wealthy = duke’s home when he hears of Sheka’s plan, but after he learns that the former miner Sam Coast, whose proposal was earlier refused by Georgiana, duke investigated her and discovered she was his niece and an heiress to

interrupts Dick’s proposal and then tells him that he and Georgiana are a large estate, Derek and Sheka are reunited. Arabs. Cultural conflict. engaged. Coast sends his butler with Dick’s regiment to make sure that no — English. Long-lost relatives. Marriage. Nobility. Prostitution. Slave letters go between Dick and Georgiana. After Coast induces Georgiana’s = markets. Abduction. Bandits. Caravans. Etiquette. Harems. Heiresses. brother Steven to gamble his wife’s and Georgiana’s fortunes on stocks that Impersonation and imposture. Libertines. Sieges. fail, Steven’s wife goes to the Grand Duke Vladimir's house to begin an Note: ETR stated that director Howard Hickman, Barriscale’s husband, wrote the affair. Georgiana detains her suspecting brother and gets there first, thus continuity, while other sources indicated that Harvey Thew wrote it.

staining her own reputation. Coast discovers Georgiana’s ruse, and when ETR 6 Sep 1919, p. 1179. NYMT __31 Aug 1919. he threatens to tell Steven, she agrees to marry him. Meanwhile, Dick, MPN 6 Sep 1919, p. 2053. Wid's 31 Aug 1919, p. 17. taken prisoner, blows up the hut in which he is confined, and escapes. He

returns just in time to stop the wedding and marries Georgiana himself. HER RECKONING F1.1916

Blackmail. Duplicity. Reputation. Rivalry. Soldiers. Brother-sister Rolfe Photoplays, Inc. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. | Nov 1915 [©Metro relationship. Butlers. Nobility. Philippines. Prisoners of war. Prison Pictures Corp.; 28 Oct 1915; LP6791]. 5 reels. escapes. Proposals. Self-sacrifice. Speculation. Stocks. United States- Dir Charles Horan.

History-War of 1898. Weddings. Cast: Emmy Wehlen (Ethel Stratton), J. Frank Glendon (Howard Note: Some scenes in this film were shot in Pinehurst, NC and at a home near Sherbrooke), Leslie Austin (Dick Leslie), Walter Hitchcock (Stanley

Tarrytown ne 915. 0. 967 NYDM > Jun 1915. v.28 Grant), Jeannette Horton (Beatrice Ford), H. Cooper Cliffe (Rudolph olog un 171d, Pp. 707. un T7td, P. 28. Ford), Edgar L. Davenport (John Sherbrooke). ene ” May i918 is a8. Var IT Jun 1915, p18. Drama. Howard Sherbrooke and Dick Leslie, seniors in law school, are

MPW 12 Jun 1915, p. 1785, 1856, both in love with Ethel Stratton. Preferring the wealthy Howard, Ethel

1858. accepts his proposal, unaware of Mr. Sherbrooke’s plans to marry his son

into a prosperous family. Because he owes Howard tuition money, Dick

HER PRICE F1.1914 agrees to aid his schoolmate in a mock marriage ceremony. On the day of Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 14 Jul 1918 [OWilliam Fox; 14 Jul the wedding, however, Dick changes his mind and delivers an authentic

1918; LP12660]. 5 reels, 4,644 ft. minister to perform the rites. Months later, Mr. Sherbrooke arranges for Dir Edmund Lawrence. Scen Adeline Leitzbach. Story George Howard’s wedding with Beatrice Ford, and Howard, believing that he is

Scarborough. Cam Frank Kugler. not legally married, deserts Ethel. Devastated, a pregnant Ethel upbraids Cast: Virginia Pearson (Marcia Calhoun), Edward F. Rosen (Philip Dick for his supposed part in the deed, but after he tells her the truth, she Bradley), Victor Sutherland (John Bradley), Henri Leone (Professor rushes to the church in hopes of stopping the unlawful union. Arriving too Didot), Charles H. Martin (Weston King), Paul Stanton (Robert late, Ethel then goes with Dick to the Sherbrooke home where Dick reveals

Carroll), Mrs. Allan Walker (Mrs. Page). to the new father-in-law his friend’s crime. Mr. Sherbrooke denounces

Drama. Marcia Calhoun, a talented but penniless singer, leaves her Howard as a bigamist and threatens him with prison. Faced with the Southern home hoping to study opera in New York. Her instructor, possibility of jail, Howard commits suicide and Dick marries Ethel. Professor Didot, promises her a contract on the condition that she receive Bigamy. Desertion. Law students. Marriage-Arranged. Marriage-Fake.

formal training in Italy for one year. Didot introduces Marcia to Class distinction. Clergy. Debt. Father-son relationship. Pregnancy. millionaire Philip Bradley, who offers to pay for her studies if she will Suicide. Weddings. accompany him to Italy as his mistress. Desperate for money, she agrees, Note: The film was also known as The Tables Turned. According to contemporary but several months later, Philip abandons her. Marcia continues her sources, some of Emmy Wehlen’s gowns cost over $5,000 each.

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HER REDEMPTION AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Motog 6 Nov 1915, p. 971, 993. MPW 30 Oct 1915, p. 814, 864. HER SECRET F1.1920 PN * Ne ole re ae NYDM 30 Oct 1915, p. 35. The Vitagraph Co. of America. Dist Greater Vitagraph (V-L-S-E, Inc.).

. oe 30 Apr 1917 [©The Vitagraph Co. of America; 24 Apr 1917; LP10647]. 5 reels.

HER pepe io FI1917 Dir Perry N. Vekroff. Scen Perry N. Vekroff. Cam Arthur T. Quinn. one i uate Rents: Authors’ Film Co. Mar 1916. 4 reels. Cast: Alice Joyce (Clara Weston), Harry Morey (Rex Fenton), Robert Drama. Little information about the plot has been located. An ad for the (Cha 5). Pateey De wary (Den oy). ae Aces ‘tlie se

film stated that the shipwreck scene of the Lusitania, of which actress Rita Anders on. , , rescue. Shipwrecks. position, is delayed along the road and forced to spend the evening at a

Jolivet was a survivor, was “graphically re-enacted.” SS. Lusitania. Sea Drama. Clara Weston, on her way back East to accept a secretarial Note: Although the Authors’ Film Co., which handled the state rights sales of Her ft ontier hotel and dance hall. During the night, while a fight is in progress Redemption, distributed some foreign films on a state rights basis in 1916, the country . . . , of origin of Her Redemption is unknown. It may be foreign as Jolivet filmed in Italy in the saloon downstairs, Clara is raped by a drunken surveyor who enters

during this period. her room with the belief that it is the apartment of a dance hall girl with MPN 18 Mar 1916, p. 1633. MPW 26 Feb 1916, p. 1257. whom he had arranged a clandestine rendezvous. The next morning, Clara

resumes her trip to the city where she learns that she is pregnant. By

HER RIGHT TO LIVE F1.1918 coincidence, she becomes secretary to Rex Fenton, her assailant, but does

Vitagraph Co. of America; A Blue Ribbon Feature. Dist Greater not recognize him because he has shaved his beard. They fall in love and Vitagraph (V-L-S-E, Inc.). 22 Jan 1917 [©Vitagraph Co. of America; 9 are married, and Fenton unknowingly adopts his own child. Later, Fenton

Jan 1917; LP9950]. 5 reels. discovers Clara’s past and renounces her for not being truthful with him. Dir Paul Scardon. Scen Paul West. Cam Robert A. Stuart and William However, when a scar on his wrist inflicted by his victim betrays that

T. Stuart. Fenton was Clara's attacker, he begs her forgiveness, which Clara grants

Hoadley). ,

Cast: Peggy Hyland (Polly Biggs), Antonio Moreno (John Oxmore), for the sake of their child. Marriage. Parentage. Pregnancy. Rape. Dance Mrs. Costello (Mrs. Biggs), Bobby Connelly (Jimmy Biggs), Helen halls. Drunkenness. Fights. Hotels. Scars. Secretaries. Surveyors. United

Connelly (Janet Biggs), Mildred Platz (Alice Biggs), John Robertson States—West. oo,

(Daniel Hoadley), Jack Ellis (Hawkins), Julia Swayne Gordon (Mrs. Thind Parte film was also known as Northward Ho! and had a working title of The

Drama. After the death of their mother, Polly Biggs and her younger None is May i917 so1y woe 3 Ma i917, P 784-85.

brother and sisters go to live with their uncle, Mayor Hoadley, a crooked MPW 12 May 1917, p. 976, 1022. politician who takes them in for the sake of appearances. Polly and the

children are treated so badly by the Hoadleys that they run away to the HER SHATTERED IDOL F1.1921 poorhouse. After a fire destroys their sanctuary, the children wander to a Majestic Motion Picture Co. Dist.Mutual Film Corp.; A Mutual bungalow in the woods owned by John Oxmore, whose father is running Masterpicture. 10 Jun 1915. 4 reels.

against Mayor Hoadley. Learning of the children’s predicament, John Dir John D. O’Brien. Story Ella Woods. Cam Harry B. Harris. allows them to spend the night. In the meantime, Hawkins, a ward boss, Cast: Robert Harron (Robert), Mae Marsh (Mae Carter), Elmo Lincoln is murdered by Mayor Hoadley, who uses John’s cane to implicate him in (Ben), Spottiswoode Aitken (Colonel Nutt), Jennie Lee (Ben’s mother). the crime. Fearing that he will compromise Polly, John refuses to tell where Comedy. Mae Carter, the wealthy ward of Colonel Nutt, a lovable bug he was on the night of the crime, and is arrested for the murder. When Polly hunter, teases her uncle’s nephew Robert but finally accepts his

learns of the false accuSations, she testifies on John’s behalf. His alibi engagement ring. After Mae is impressed by the physique of Ben the established, John is freed and Hoadley is arrested for the murder. Frame- blacksmith, she dreams that she is Robert’s cave woman. While eating ups. Mayors. Murder. Runaways. Self-sacrifice. Battered children. Fires. shrubs, she is carried off by a giant and rescued by Ben, who then fights _ Orphans. Political bosses. Political campaigns. Poorhouses. Reputation. —_ Robert and wins. The next morning, Mae gives back Robert’s engagement

Trials. ring and plans to elope with Ben, when Colonel Nutt, to whom Robert Note: Some sources credit the role of Mrs. Hoadley to Eulalie Jensen. confides his troubles, banking on his experience with women, tells Mae to

ETR 20 Jan 1917, p. 491. MPW 27 Jan 1917, p. 542, 589. invite Ben to live with them for a month. During an engagement party, Mae

nies » rep Oly i" ae Wee ” yn Oly i" ae is disgusted by Ben’s stupidity, rude manners and his pipe-smoking mother. She breaks the engagement and plans again to marry Robert, but during the ceremony, Ben steals her to marry her in another town. After a number

HER ROMANCE see SILKS AND SATINS of escapades, Robert saves Mae and Ben from drowning in quicksand, and finally marries Mae. Blacksmiths. Entomologists. Love tests. Rivalry.

HER SECOND HUSBAND . F1.1919 = Wards and guardians. Abduction. Cave dwellers. Dreams. Elopement. Mutual Film Corp. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; Mutual Star Productions. Etiquette. Giants. Parties. Quicksand. Rescues. Weddings.

31 Dec 1917. 5 reels. Note: In a news item for this film, Elmo Lincoln is called Elmo Linkenhelt. His real Dir Dell Henderson. Scen Hamilton Smith. Cam Sol Polito. name was Otto Linkenhelt and it is unclear which name was his preferred credit at

Cast: Edna Goodrich (Helen Kirby), William B. Davidson (John this time. Kirby), Richard R. Neill (Richard Stone), Miriam Folger (Celeste Motog 26 Jun 1915, pp. 1055-56. MPN 26 Jun 1915, p. 72.

Valdane). MPN 15 May 191s, p. 45. io MPW 19 Jun 1915, p. 1946, 2012. Drama. Engrossed in his business affairs, John Kirby fails to assess the MeN > dun 1919. pp. 99-97.

seriousness of his wife Helen’s objections to the constant parade of business |

chums and their mistresses who come to dinner. When Kirby gives Helen HER SILENT SACRIFICE ; F1.1922 the ultimatum of accepting the status quo or filing for divorce, she divorces Select Pictures Corp. Dist Select Pictures Corp. Nov 1917 [©Select him and obtains a position as a stenographer in the office of one of her Pictures Corp.; 28 Nov 1917; LP11762]. 5 reels. , husband’s friends, but leaves after he makes advances toward her. Finding Dir Edward Jose. Scen Eve Unsell. Cam Benjamin Struckman. employment as a model in a dress shop, Helen is invited by one of the girls Source: Based on the play The Red Mouse by Henry J. W. Dam

to attend a masquerade ball with two gentlemen friends. Helen agrees and (P hiladelphia, 21 Sep 1903). . . discovers that her escort is her ex-husband. Although he cannot identify Cast: Alice Brady (Arlette), Henry Clive (Richard Vale), R. Payton Helen because they are masked, Kirby suspects that his date is his ex-wife Gibbs (Prince Boissar d), Edmund Pardo (Sarthe), Blanche Craig and arranges for another meeting in which he asks Helen to remarry him, (Countess Coralie), Arda LaCroix (Chaupin).

and she agrees to make him her second husband. Divorce. Marriage. Re- Drama. In the French town of Savenay, d well Arlette and her marriage. Balls (parties). Businessmen. Disguise. Mistresses. Models. 8f@ndfather Chaupin, the proprietor of the inn. Richard Vale, an

Modistes. Recognition. Sexual harassment. Stenographers. impoverished young American artist, comes to Savenay to sketch and MPN 29 Dec 1917, p. 4586. Var Ii Jan 1918, p. 44. lodges at the inn where he meets Arlette and induces her to pose for him. MPW 12 Jan 1917, p. 240, 277. Wid’s 10 Jan 1918, p. 862. During this period, Arlette falls deeply in love with Richard, who is on the

NYDM $15 Dec 1917, p. 19. , brink of starvation. When wealthy libertine and art connoisseur Prince 398

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 HER SURRENDER Boissard arrives in Savenay and lusts after Arlette, he proposes to help HER STORY F1.1925

Richard in return for the girl’s consent to become his mistress. Arlette Samuelson Film Manufacturing Co. Dist Second National Pictures agrees, and Boissard, feigning an interest in Richard’s work, sends the Corp.; State Rights. 1920? [©Second National Pictures Corp.; 30 Mar young artist to Italy to continue his education. A year passes and Richard 1922; LP17707]. 5 reels.

returns, now a celebrated artist. Boissard then demands payment of Prod G. B. Samuelson. Dir G. B. Samuelson and Allyn B. Carrick. Arlette, who reluctantly agrees to honor her debt. Before she can be Scen William B. Laub. Story Dion Titheradge. dishonored, however, Boissard’s servant Sarthe, who is devoted to Arlette, Cast: Madge Titheradge (Betty Ashlyn), C. M. Hallard (Ralph stabs his master, thus freeing the girl to marry her artist. Artists. France. Ashlyn), Campbell Gullan (Oscar Kaplan). Lechery. Models. Poverty. Americans in foreign countries. Art patrons. Drama/Society. Shocked by a newspaper account of an escaped convict

Grandfathers. Inns. Libertines. Murder. Royalty. Servants. being discovered in his wife Betty’s room, steel magnate Ralph Ashlyn Note: The film was also known as The Red Mouse. hears, at her request, the story of her past. Alone in Russia after her father, ETR 8 Dec 1917, p. 57. MPW 15 Dec 1917, p. 1677. a ship captain, dies at sea, the young Betty marries Russian agent Oscar

Mote an ory P nore yom 0 yee rr P vi Kaplan and moves to New York with him. Soon Kaplan begins to treat MPN 8 Dec 1917, p. 4042. Wid's 17 Jan 1918, p. 883. Betty cruelly and abandons her after taking up a life of crime. Betty takes

MPW 8 Dec 1917, p. 1482. a job in a department store that leads her to employment as a governess for Ashlyn’s little girl. She sorrowfully declines Ashlyn’s proposals of HER SISTER F1.1923 |‘ Marriage until she discovers that her marriage to Kaplan was a fraud, after Empire All Star Corp. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; Mutual Star Production. | Which she is finally persuaded to marry Ashlyn and enjoys five years of

24 Dec 1917 [©Empire All Star Corp. (Capt. Robert Marshall, happiness. On a visit to Sing Sing prison, Betty recognizes Kaplan, now a

author); 24 Dec 1917; LP12029]. 5 reels. convict. Later that weekend, Kaplan escapes and attacks Betty in her room Dir John B. O’Brien. Cam William S. Crolly. at the country home at which she is a guest. Saved by the police, who chase Source: Based on the play Her Sister by Clyde Fitch and Cosmo Gordon- Kaplan away, Betty rushes to her husband to explain. As Betty finishes her

Lennox (New York, 25 Dec 1907). story, Ashlyn takes her in his arms. Convicts. Governesses. MarriageCast: Olive Tell (Eleanor Alderson), David Powell (Ernest Bickley), Fake. Reputation. Russia. Attempted rape. Department stores. New York Eileen Dennes (Jane Alderson), Anita Rothe (Miss Minty), Mrs. Clarat- City. Prison escapes. Salesclerks. Sea captains. Sing Sing Prison. Steel

Bracy (Mme. Blowsky), Harriet Thompson (Millie), Martha Dean ™agnates. (Tessie), Eileen Errol (Mrs. Herriard), Madeline Meredith (Mrs. Note: British producer Samuelson made this film in America in the first half of Bickley), Charles Edwards (Arnold Cullingworth), Sidney Blair 1920. It was released in England in mid-1920 but was probably not shown publicly ; in America until late 1921 or early 1922, when it was distributed by Second National. (George Saunders), Herbert Evans (Charles L. Hamilton), Eleanor A mid-production trade article stated that Samuelson was directing the film, but a

Seybolt (Mrs. Hamilton). 1921 review lists Carrick as director, and several modern sources call Alexander Drama/Society. After the death of their mother, Eleanor Anderson has Butler the director. A modern source states that the film was shot at Universal City. to function as a parent to her younger sister Jane. Answering an ad for One contemporary trade article states that the film was adapted from a novel of the

. cre ‘3 same name, but no evidence of the novel’s existence has been discovered.

employment in the paper, Eleanor becomes “‘Isis the seeress.”” One Sunday Bio I Jul 1920, p. 43 MPW 4 Mar 1922, p. 85

in the country, Eleanor meets Ernest Bickley, the profligate son of a MPN 14 Feb 1920, p. 1722. Var 1 Sep 1921, p. 42.

wealthy family, and he begins to pay frequent visits to have his fortune told.

Meanwhile, one of Jane’s escapades with the married Charles Hamilton HER STRANGE WEDDING F1.1926 results in her being ‘hi ce ck a oerespone - a divor ce Case. This Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 25 Jun he uces “Mes. He m td Ie h has de s rat re an Jane's picture is run In 1917 [©OJesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co.; 5 Jun 1917; LP10892]. 5 reels. the paper. Nits. rerriard, who has designs on Ernest, tries to upset matters Dir George H. Melford. Asst dir Roy Marshall. Scen Charles Maigne. by showing a group of friends the item in the paper. To save her sister, Cam Percy Hilburn. Eleanor takes the blame for being the woman in the case. Her innocence Source: Based on the short story “Her Strange Wedding” by George is proved, however, as well as Jane’s, when Mrs. Herriard herself is shown Middleton (publicati determined

; publication undetermined).

to be the woman. All ends well as Eleanor and Ernest marry. Divorce. Cast: Fannie Ward (Coralie Grayson), Jack Dean (Dr. Max Reputation. Self-sacrifice. Sisters. Upper classes. Duplicity. Fortune- Brownell), Tom Forman (Lee Brownell), Billy Elmer (Peters).

tellers. Infidelity. Newspapers. Orphans. Photographs. Drama. After embezzling a large sum of money from a Chicago firm, Lee

vie 0 De ior p 1447 i PW Ie ole P. a Brownell pays an unexpected visit to his brother, Dr. Max Brownell, MPN. 5 Jan 1918, p. 127. Wid’s 3 Jan 1918, 846. offering the excuse that he needs a rest. Soon, Lee wins the affections of

MPW 29 Dec 1917, p. 1998. Coralie Grayson, whom Max had long wished to marry. On the night

before Coralie and Lee’s wedding, Max discovers his brother’s crime, but

HER SOUL’S INSPIRATION F1.1924 for Coralie’s sake arranges to repay the stolen money. Max is too late, Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. 15 Jan 1917 however, because Lee has stolen again. Coralie learns of her husband’s true

[©Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.; 3 Jan 1917; LP9892]. 5 reels. nature after the wedding. On their honeymoon cruise, they accidently meet

Dir Jack Conway. Scen Maie Havey. Cam Ed J. Kull. Max, who is traveling on the same boat. As the days pass, Lee becomes Source: Based on the short story “Mary Keep Your Feet Still’ by Harris more depraved until, in a jealous pique, he shoots Max. Max, wounded,

Anson (publication undetermined). crawls to his brother’s room, and Lee, confronted by his victim, dies of Cast: Ella Hall (Mary Weston), Marc Robbins (Daddy Weston), shock, thus freeing Max and Coralie to begin a new life together. Brothers. Richard Ryan (Philip Carstairs), Edward Hearn (Silent Bob), Marcia Honeymoons. Jealousy. Self-sacrifice. Thieves. Boats. Chicago. Death by Moore (Zell/a), Margaret Whistler (Madame La Rue), Alice May Youse, | Shock. Embezzlement. Gunshot wounds. Physicians. Weddings.

Ray Whittaker. ETR 30 Jun 1917, p. 269. NYDM ___ 23 Jun 1917, p. 29.

Drama. Mary was born with music in her feet: she danced at school, work pw 0 ne i917, is * 12. 3160. Ws n me i917, P395-96 and play, and was known as the girl who couldn’t keep her feet still. After NYDM 16 Jun 1917, p. 34.

her mother’s death, Mary’s grandfather, Daddy Weston, bought a

traveling dance show to give Mary a chance to showcase her talents. When HER SURRENDER F1.1927 Daddy dies, Mme. La Rue, the show’s wardrobe mistress, and her daughter Ivan Film Productions, Inc. Dist Ivan Film Productions, Inc. Oct Zella go to Mary’s guardian and try to claim her inheritance, asserting that 1916 [©lvan Film Productions, Inc.; 25 Sep 1916; LU9167]. 5 reels. Zella is really Mary. After much adversity, Mary finds a friend in “Silent Dir lvan Abramson. Scen Ivan Abramson. Cam Marcel A. Le Picard.

Bob,” finally proves her identity, and all ends well. Dancers. Fraud. Cast: Anna Nilsson (Rhoda Cortlandt), William H. Tooker

Inheritance. Theatrical troupes. Dancing. Friendship. Mother-daughter (Theodore Cortlandt), Wilmuth Merkyl (Webster Stuyvesant), Rose

relationship. Wardrobe mistresses. Wards and guardians. — Coghlan (Madeline Stuyvesant), Harry Spingler (Burton Woodrow), Note: The original title of this film was Mary Keep Your Feet Still. Frankie Mann (Clarice Lee).

x | : na ory is a NCAA M a na Ory P. oa Drama. Only a massive blood transfusion can save Rhoda Cortlandt after MPN 20 Jan 1917, p. 434. Wid's 11 Jan 1917, is 26. she has been stabbed. Her fiancé, Webster Stuyvesant, wants to be the

MPW 20 Jan 1917, p. 356. donor, but Theodore, Rhoda’s father, who has never approved of Webster, 399

HER TEMPTATION AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG refuses to allow it. Instead, he offers $500 to anyone but Webster who will EN » re fore p. 38. prom 7 Fe Iolo p. 28.

give blood. Burton Woodrow, who has always loved Rhoda and who has MPW 20 Feb 1915. 1122. ° Po

just gotten out of jail after stealing $250 from Theodore in order to pay his mother’s medical bills, decides to accept the offer. After the transfusion,

Rhoda recovers but starts having visions of Burton, and she realizes that HER UNWILLING HUSBAND F1.1930 having his blood in her veins has made her love him. Rhoda breaks her Jesse D. Hampton Productions. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc. 21 Nov engagement to Webster, and then she and Burton decide to get married. 1920 [OPathé Exchange, Inc.; 20 Oct 1920; LU15687]. 5 reels. Once again, Theodore disapproves, but a magnanimous Webster convinces Pres Jesse D. Hampton. Dir Paul Scardon. Story Kenneth B. Clarke. the old man to relent and to accept Burton as a son-in-law. Blood donors. Cam Victor Milner.

Blood transfusions. Ex-convicts. Father-daughter relationship. Love. Cast: Blanche Sweet (Mavis), Albert Roscoe (Homer Owen), Edwin

Knife wounds. Rewards. Self-sacrifice. Stevens (John Jordan).

Motog 7 Oct 1916, p. 835. MPW 30 Sep 1916, p. 2101, 2167. Comedy. Bachelor John Jordan goes to look up his old pal Gilbert Lenox,

MPN 30 Sep 1916, p. 2053. Wid's 26 Oct 1916, p. 1056. but upon arriving at his house discovers that his friend is away, and that

in his place is an attractive young actress named Mavis Jerome whom

HER TEMPTATION F1.1928 Jordan assumes is Lenox’s wife. Their conversation is interrupted by the Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 9 Apr 1917 [©William Fox; 8 Apr 4Ppearance of Homer Owen, and when Mavis introduces Jordan to Owen

1917; LP10535]. 5 reels. as Mr. Lenox, the bachelor is dumbfounded. To accommodate Mavis, Pres William Fox. Dir Richard Stanton. Scen Ben Cohn. Story Norris Jordan continues the deception, causing comic misunderstandings. Finally,

Shannon. Cam J. D. Jennings. when the situation demands an explanation, Mavis relates that she was Cast: Gladys Brockwell (Shirley Moreland), Bertram Grassby ce engaged to Owen, but had second thoughts and broke the

(Gerald Halsted), Ralph Lewis (Ralph Stuart), Beatrice Burnham engagement. Discovering that Jordan is not Lenox, Owen kidnaps Mavis

(Helen Moreland), James Cruze (Walton Maynard). and takes her to his yacht where he succeeds in convincing the actress that Drama. Shirley Moreland, born and raised in the lap of luxury, suddenly her misgivings were baseless. /mpersonation and imposture. Abduction.

finds that she has not been living upon the income left to her by her late Actors and actresses. Bachelors. Yachts. father, but upon the generosity of Ralph Stuart, a life-long friend of her Note: The working title of this film was Port O° Caprice.

father’s. Discovering that it was her father’s wish that she should marry on 1 bee 1990 P4108-09, 4159. Wie No 1920. is ie

the aged Stuart, Shirley consents, although she does not love him. Soon MPW 27 Nov 1920, p. 512. after, she encounters Gerald Halsted, her former sweetheart, and the old love is rekindled. With the power of hypnotism, Halsted forces Shirley to

disobey her marriage vows and poison her husband. She does so, and after HERE COMES THE BRIDE F1.1931 the reading of the will in which Stuart leaves the bulk of his estate to Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp., Shirley’s sister Helen, Halsted foresakes Shirley for her sister. As the Paramount Pictures. 19 Jan 1919 [©Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; 8 Jan

marriage ceremony is about to take place, Walton Maynard, a young 1919, LP13252). 5 reels, 4,436 ft.

doctor who understands hypnotic powers, forces Halsted to confess to the Pres Adolph Zukor. Dir John S. Robertson. Scen Charles E. Whittaker.

crime and thus frees Helen from the fate that befell her sister. Fortune ©am Hal Young.

hunters. Hypnotism. Marriage—Arranged. Murder. Sisters. Aged persons. Source: Based on the novel Are You My Wife? by Max Marcin (New Confession (law). Infidelity. Inheritance. Physicians. Poisoning. Upper Yk, 1910) and the play Here Comes the Bride by Max Marcin and Roy

classes. Weddings. Wills. Atwell (New York, 25 Sep 1917).

Note: According to a scenario included in the copyright descriptions, Gladys Cast: John Barry more (F rederick Tile), Frank Losee (Robert Brockwell was originally going to play both Shirley and Helen Moreland. The Sinclair), Faire Binney (Ethel Sinclair), Frances Kaye (Nora

scenario was originally entitled “A Sister’s Silence.” Sinclair), Alfred Hickman (James Carleton), William David (Thurlow ETR 28 Apr 1917, p. 1462. MPW 28 Apr 1917, p. 636. Benson), Leslie King (Ashley), Harry Semmels (Sevier). Motog 14 Apr 1917, p. 793. Wid's 10 May 1917, p. 294. Comedy. Frederick Tile, a poor young lawyer, and Ethel Sinclair, the daughter of a wealthy corn magnate, want to marry, but her father refuses

HER TRIUMPH F1.1929 his consent until Frederick makes good on his own. In South America,

Famous Players Film Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 8 Feb Maria Tile divorces her husband Frederick, who is no relation to the poor

1915. 4-5 reels. lawyer, and because her father’s will specifies that Maria’s husband will Cast: Gaby Deslys (Gaby), Harry Pilcer (Claude Devereux). lose his inheritance if he remarries, Maria’s lawyer searches in New York Drama. Gaby, a Parisienne chorus girl, supports her aged, sick mother for someone bearing the same name. They contact Frederick, the lawyer, and two sisters, one of whom is blind. After the manager of the show, seeing | Who agrees, for $100,000, to marry “in name only” an ugly four-time Gaby’s great ambition, makes her the understudy to the star, Mlle. Helene | Widow. Meanwhile, Ethel takes her money and goes to elope with Simonde, Gaby becomes infatuated with the leading man, comedian Frederick. After he puts her off without telling of the marriage, her father, Claude Devereux, who loves her and imagines his picture of Gaby stepping to legitimize their supposed elopement, places wedding announcements in from its frame to dance on a table. When Helene sees them together, she the newspapers. When the widow reads these and demands more than her jealously refuses to appear unless Gaby is fired. The manager refuses, and payment of $500, Frederick confesses the marriage. Ethel despairs, but after Helene leaves, Gaby triumphantly debuts. Although Helene, hidden | When the widow’s real husband turns up, just released from Sing Sing, in a theater box, shoots Claude, the bullet strikes his cigarette lighter and Frederick and Ethel are free to marry, after a twelve month delay. Divorce. only slightly wounds him. Gaby’s subsequent nursing increases their love. Elopement. Hoaxes. Marriage-Arranged. Wills. Bigamy. Corn magnates. She becomes the rage of Paris and moves to a beautiful villa with her Father-daughter relationship. Lawyers. South Americans.

family. Helene threatens to stop giving money to her lover, a penniless PN I re i919. is re wie iy ee 1919 . ie

count named Victor, unless he seduces Gaby. Victor hires two Apaches to MPW 1 Feb 1919, p. 674. Wid's 26 Jan 1919, p. 20. bring her to his villa, but Claude learns of the abduction from Gaby’s blind MPW 15 Feb 1919, p. 948. sister, and with the police, rescues her. Actors and actresses. Comedians.

Extortion. Jealousy. Paris. Apaches-Paris. Blindness. Chorus girls.

Gunshot wounds. Kidnapping. Rescues. Theater. Theatrical managers. HEREDITY , , F1.1932

Note: This film, which was produced in Paris by the Famous Players Film Co., was World Film Corp. Dist World Film Corp. 5 Aug 1918 [©World Film smuggled out of Paris at the outbreak of World War I. According to a news item, the Corp.; 19 Jul 1918; LU12673]. 5 reels. filming began in Jul 1914 in London, and the working title was The Triumph. The Dir William P. S. Earle. Scen George Du Bois Proctor. Story Maravene original story was written for Gaby Deslys, the famous French dancer. This was her Thompson. Cam Jacques Monteran.

fre fm arty Pier wos fe dancing partner The supporting cx of tem Cast: Madge Evans (Nedda Trevor, as a child), Barbara Castleton including the “Dance Deslys,” and the dance of the Apaches. The film opened in New (Nedda Trevor, as an adult), Jennie Ellison (Nedda 5 mother), Anne

York on 7 Feb 1915. Warrington (Nedda’s grandmother), Jack Drumier (Ralph Edgars), John

, 400

Motog 6 Feb 1915, p. 200. NYDM 12 Aug 1914, p. 24. _ Bowers (Paul Winslow), Joseph Smiley (Jim Blake), George MacQuarrie

: Motog 20 Feb 1915, pp. 304-05. NYDM 14 Oct 1914, p. 25. (Frank Graves).

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE HERO OF THE HOUR Drama. Nedda Trevor, a little street urchin from New York’s Lower Dir Burton George. Scen E. J. Clawson. Story Walter Woods. Cam Jack West Side, is hit by Paul Winslow’s car. Paul takes the shaken but unhurt Mackenzie.

girl for a ride through the countryside to make amends, and Nedda soon Cast: Roberta Wilson (Roberta), William Quinn (Bradley), Lillian

develops a crush on him. Ralph Edgars, Nedda’s cruel and dissolute Concord (Mrs. Bradley), Eileen Sedgwick (Ellen), Alfred Wertz stepfather, plots to swindle Paul in connection with the accident, but Nedda (Richard Brockton), Betty Schade (Christine), Paul Byron (Orloaf), Betty

foils his plans. Years later, Nedda, who still loves Paul, refuses the hand Hart (Myra). of her wealthy employer, Frank Graves. Edgars kills Nedda’s mother in a Drama. After watching her mother die gradually from a broken heart, drunken rage and Nedda is falsely accused. Paul reads of the arrest and, Roberta, an illegitimate child, decides to seek vengeance from her father recognizing Nedda through the Trevor family ring she has worn since Bradley, who ran away before she was born. Bradley is wealthy now, and childhood, he comes to her rescue. Edgars is arrested and Paul marries so Roberta secures a job as his secretary and schemes to ruin his financial Nedda. Murder. New York City. Stepfathers. Waifs. Alcoholics. Automobile | empire. Meanwhile, she becomes friends with the hunchback Orloaf. accidents. Battered children. False arrests. Infatuation. Jewelry. Because of his physical deformity, however, Orloaf feels that he cannot tell

Swindlers. Upper classes. her he loves her, and because she was born out of wedlock, Roberta believes

Note: The title was changed from The Blood of the Trevors. that she is not good enough for him. Then, carrying out her plan, Roberta ETR 13 Jul 1918, p. 470. MPW 17 Aug 1918, p. 1023. burns down Bradley’s riverfront warehouses. Full of remorse afterward, she

ETR 3 Aug 1918, p. 748. NYDM 10 Aug 1918, p. 200. writes Orloaf a note that expresses her love and then tries to kill herself.

ue W 3 ae ioe p. oa ne 0 mu ile P. - 0 When he finishes reading the note, however, Orloaf rushes to Roberta and 3 Aug 1918, p. 719. a Be es PP te revives her, and then the couple begins making plans for their life together. Businessmen. Father-daughter relationship. Hunchbacks. Illegitimacy.

HERITAGE F1.1933 Revenge. Arson. Attempted suicide. Desertion. Guilt. Mother-daughter

reels. : MPW 18 Nov 1916, p. 1064.

29 Jul 1915 [©Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 20 Jul 1915; LP5871]. 4 MPN 11 Nov 1916, p. 3022. Wid's 9 Nov 1916, p. 1088. Dir Robert Leonard. Scen H. G. Stafford. Story Robert Leonard. Cast: Ella Hall (Kate), Robert Leonard (Big Bill McMahon), May THE HERMIT DOCTOR OF GAYA see STRANGER THAN DEATH Talbot (His mother), Marc Fenton (His father), Allan Forrest (Guy

Melton), Anne Lehr (Marion Melton), Helen Wright (Mrs. Melton). THE HERO OF SUBMARINE D-2 F1.1936

Drama/Society, Social. Kate, whose father, a university graduate, died ; , ;

when she was very young, is adopted by her tenement neighbor, Mrs. Vitagraph Co. of America, A Blue Ribbon Feature. Dist V-L-S-E, Inc. McMahon, after her mother, a woman of refinement, dies. At ten, the ill- ear 1916 [©The Vitagraph Co. of America; 29 Feb 1916; LP7738}. 5 nourished girl, who has grown up watching her drunken foster father fight Dir Paul Scardon. Picturized by Jasper Ewing Brady. Story Cyrus

with her overworked foster mother, to work in a factory Mr. T ; ,; .; ; ownsend Brady.goes Gown designed by after M. Maurice.

, ; .Bill Cast:Morrison Charles(Gilman Richman (Lieutenant Commander Colton),;James Big becomes her friend, sweetheart protector. . , ; . ,;McMahon, Austen), Anders Randolphand (J. F. Austin), ;Charles McMahon loses his job. During the next eight years, Kate’s stepbrother, . . .

Meanwhile, Marion Melton, the daughter of a wealthy, high society ,

. . ;concerning . Wellesleythe(Captain McMasters), Thomas; Mills (James Archer), L. woman, develops a theory influence heredity. Marion ye , Rogers Lyttonof(the Ruanian ambassador), Eleanor Woodruff

and, to test her theory, becomes Kate’s friend. Invited to live . _meets : the . Kate . , Melton (Caroline Austen), Zena Keefe (Ethel McMasters), Commander in mansion, Kate acquires polish and, to the McMahon’s ; , . ; , R. K. ; ; , Crank, Captain Louis M. Milton, Lieutenant Roger K. Welles, Lieutenant disappointment, marries Marion’s brother Guy. When Guy neglects her, ; ; ;apreparedness. Commander Franck Taylor Evans. however, Kate hurls curio at him and returns toLieutenant the McMahons. Bill , ; . Drama/War When Commander an advises Guy that he must win her by force using Bowery gangster tactics, ;Colton, ; wae official at the Naval Academy, refuses to reinstate Gilmani .Austen, who rather than kindness. This works, and after a reconciliation, Kate goes to . ; _ . . . oe school , flunked out, Gilman’s political boss J. F. Austen, has Colton boarding and inharsher herfather, studies. Class distinction. Hereditary ;;;. , ; ; ; reassigned toexcels a much job, that of submarine commander. While

tendencies. Marriage. Neglected wives. Upper classes. Adoption. . . .

. ; women. in charge Child of Submarine D-2, ColtonFactories. learns of aFoster Ruanian, ,plot Alcoholics. Battered labor. Etiquette. , to blow up the United States fleet. To foil the plan, Colton, working alone, detonates

parents. Mansions. Stepbrothers. Tenements. ; ; ., MPN 31 Jul 1915, p. 73. MPWeek 24 Jul 1915, p. 32. peemrass

the Ruanian mines before the fleet passes through them, but he sustains

MPW 24 Jul 1915, p, 666, 716. serious injuries in the process. He is rescued, however, by Seaman Gilman

Austen, who joined the Navy after his dismissal from Annapolis. With the

HERITAGE F1.1934 fleet now safe, Colton marries Caroline, Gilman’s sister, and Gilman Matty Roubert Productions. Inc. Dist State Rights. Aug 1920. 5 reel himself, because of his heroism, is allowed to re-enter the Academy. Pros William L Roubert. D . Willian, L. Rob " Se. Will L Heroism. Military officers. Sabotage. Sailors. Submarines. United States.

Roubert. Stor Will: od M ck C NC T Vj err. ocen a Navy. Conspiracy. Explosions. Father-son relationship. Mines (war ore y a ae GT IN: Ne Tals: explosives). Mythical republics. Political bosses. Rescues. Revenge. Cast: Matty Roubert (Jit), Herbert Standing (Charles Suydam), ye United States Naval Academy. Augusta Perry (Mrs. Suydam), Joseph Burke (Edward Brackett), Philip Note: Th kine title of the fj / SN. This film j

Sanford (Tony), Fitzallen (Tony’s mother) ote: Thebattleships, working title of the ilm was Colton, N. three This film includes under scenes ’ yAdelaide : . of fleet maneuvers by fifteen four torpedo boatsU.S. and colliers, Drama. When Tony, an unscrupulous stable hand, is fired from his job, command of Vice-Admiral Henry T. Mayo, U.S.N., and the landing of 280 marines he decides to wreak vengeance upon his employer, theatrical producer and their advance against a supposed enemy. These scenes were shot at Newport, RI. Charles Suydam, by kidnapping Suydam’s infant son Jit. After suffering The film also includes scenes shot at Annapolis, MD showing the Naval Academy and years of abuse and overwork, Jit, who has been raised as Tony’s son, decides naval cadets.

to run away. He is befriended by Edward Brackett, an old actor who ithe i ie ite P. Mee ns Np y ; ve rote P. igen

teaches the boy his craft. One day Jit reads for the juvenile lead in a play MPN 33 Oct 1915, . 62. MPW 35 Mar 1916, 5023, and, after many trials, is awarded the role. Charles Suydam, the manager MPN 13 Nov 1915, p. 65. NYDM 18 Mar 1916, p. 30. of the company, recognizes Jit’s talent and his long-lost son, and after many MPN 27 Nov 1915, p. 83. Var 10 Mar 1916, p. 31.

misfortunes the boy finally attains his birthright. Battered children. MPN 18 Mar 1916, p. 1586. ,

Children. Kidnapping. Parentage. Stableboys. Theater. Theatrical

producers. Actors and actresses. Foster fathers. Long-lost relatives. . THE HERO OF THE HOUR F1.1937

Revenge. Runaways. Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co.; Red Feather

ETR 14 Aug 1920, p. 1296. MPW 21 Aug 1920, p. 1070. Photoplays. 23 Apr 1917 [©Universal Film Mfg. Co. Inc.; 12 Apr 1917;

MPN 21 Aug 1920, p. 1466. Wid's 15 Aug 1920, p. 19. LP10566]. 5 reels.

MPN 28 Aug 1920, p. 1761. Dir Raymond Wells. Scen Eugene B. Lewis. Story Raymond Wells. Cam Pliny W. Horne. |

THE HERITAGE OF HATE F1.1935 Cast: Jack Mulhall (Billy Brooks), Wadsworth Harris (Brooks, Sr.), Universal Film Mfg. Co.; Red Feather Photoplays. Dist Universal Film Fritzie Ridgeway (Mildred Nebeker), Eugene Owen (Nebeker), Fred

Mfg. Co. 13 Nov 1916 [©Universal Film Mfg. Co. Inc.; 1 Nov 1916; Burns (Foreman), M. K. Wilson (Mexican), Grace MacLean

LP9441]. 5 reels. (Juanita), Noble Johnson (/ndian). 401

HEROIC FRANCE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Comedy-drama. Billy Brooks, who exhibits an effeminate personality, Mudjekeewis. After Wenonah’s death, her mother Nakomis adopts the leaves his Wall Street magnate father and goes on the road as a perfume child, announcing that he is the long-awaited prophet. Iagoo teaches salesman. In an effort to cure his son of his womanly ways, Brooks, Sr. Hiawatha to master the bow and arrow, and after he has slain his first deer, wires Nebeker, an old rancher friend, to kidnap Billy from the train and Hiawatha visits the arrow-maker across the lake. Smitten by the old man’s “make a man of him.” Billy gets wind of the trick and, enlisting the daughter Minnehaha, Hiawatha soon marries her, and they live together cowboys on his side, pretends to become a lawless bandit. After faking a happily until famine strikes the village. Following Minnehaha’s death and few killings, Billy kidnaps Nebeker’s daughter Mildred. Brooks, Sr. is burial, lagoo announces the arrival of white men and tall ships. Hiawatha summoned, and when he arrives, he learns that it was all a ruse to prove then greets the pale-faced Black Robe and proclaims that the real prophet that his son was a “real man.” His manhood no longer in question, Billy has finally arrived. As the priest begins to preach, Hiawatha disappears

pr »?p. . . .

is forgiven and marries Mildred. Father-son relationship. Hoaxes. into the sunset. Christianity. Indians of North America. Prophets. Impersonation and imposture. Manhood. Tests of character. Bandits. Adoption. Famine. Hunters. Priests. Cowboys. Kidnapping. Perfume. Ranchers. Trains. Traveling Note: The film was copyrighted under the title Hiawatha; the Indian Passion

salespersons. play. i featured a cast or he Aunerican nian ork, Canada and betore ane akotas, and it wasfrom fumed InNew ew or ate and near Lake ouperior. aR se ar ory P. neon MPW 28 Apr 1917, p. 637, 675. producing the film, F. E. Moore directed an open-air production of Hiawatha at parks and private estates throughout the United States.

1] Mar 1913, p. 15. MPW 8 Mar 1913, p. 962, 980. HEROIC FRANCE F1.1938 MPW 1 Mar 1913, ad MPN following p. NYDM 2 Apr 1913, p. 27.

Rothacker Film Mfg. Co. Dist Mutual Film Corp. 4 Jun 1917. 8 reels. 906. NYDM 9 Apr 1913, p. 26, 31.

Dir Merl La Voy. Cam Merl La Voy. Documentary /World War I. Mer! La Voy, the only civilian cameraman THE HICK see PLAIN JANE to reach the French front during the first two months of the war, presents

footage of the city of Verdun under German bombardment, aerial views HIDDEN CHARMS F1.1941

of the Somme drive and scenes of famous American aviator Raoul Argus Motion Picture Co. Dist State Rights; Film Market, Inc. Lufberry in action, as well as close-ups of ex-Prime Minister Aristide 1920. 5 reels. Briand, ex-Premier Georges Clemenceau, President Raymond Poincaré, Dir Samuel Brodsky. Scen Robert McLaughlin. Story Robert

Lord Herbert Kitchener, General Joffre, Georges Carpentier, the French McLaughlin. Cam Ernest Reynolds. heavyweight boxing champion and other notables. Also shown are soldiers Source: Inspired by the poem “Believe Me If All Those Endearing Love in their camps, army hospitals, ambulance corps and battlefield scenes. Charms” by Thomas Moore in /rish Melodies, music arranged by Sir John France. France. Army. Germany. Army. Great Britain. Army. World War 1. Stevenson (London, 1807).

Ambulance drivers. Aviation. Bombardment. Combat. Hospitals. Raoul Cast: Daniel Kelly (Daniel Manning), Mrs. Charles Willard Lufberry. Military posts. Motion picture cameramen. Soldiers. Verdun (Margaret Manning), Florence Dixon (Mary Manning), William

(France). Mortimer (Judge Burke), Robert Adams (Jerry Burke), Cecil Owens

Note: According to news items, a large percentage of the proceeds from this film (James Lacey), George Fox (Ryan, the gardener). were donated to the American Relief Clearing House in Paris, under whose authority Drama. Influenced by American politician James Lacey, Daniel and

the film was made, for the relief of wounded soldiers. M Manning f, ke Dublin for the United States. di dine th ETR 5 May 1917, p. 1536. MPW _23 Jun 1917, pp. 1951-52. argaret Manning foresake Dublin for the \nited States, disregarding the

MPW 16 Jun 1917, p. 1805. NYDM 9 Jun 1917, p. 22. protests of their daughter Mary who is forced to leave her sweetheart Jerry Burke behind. Under Lacey’s patronage, the Manning Contracting

; ; ; ; aryCo. refuses his offer, andRibbon soon Feature. after, Jerry arrives from Vitagraph of America; A Blue Dist V-L-S-E, Inc. arIreland. wefamily, . ; : . In . ; retaliation, the politician ruins Manning, and in order to save her 31 JulWilfrid 1916 [OVitagraph Co. ofJoseph America; Jul 1916;Cam LP8790]. 5areels. M , , turn . / ,of wes ary agrees to the marriage. The engagement brings startling Dir North. Scen F.24Poland. Thomas Molloy.

HESPER OF THE MOUNTAINS F1.1939 Company flourishes until the politician demands Mary’s hand in marriage. Source: Based on the novel Hesper: A Novel by Hamlin Garland (New events, because Mary, wh ° knows that Lacey is attracte d by phy sical

York. y charms becomeshis plainer in appearance. AfterMary an accident disfigures ane| 903) | herper. face, Laceyonly, foresakes fianceé, thus freeing to wed Jerry. Cast: Lillian Walker (Ann), Donald Hall (Barnett), Evart Overton However, the accident was all a ruse and Mary appears on her wedding day (Rob Ray mond), Donald MacBride (Baker), Denton Vane (Munro), as beautiful as ever. Immigrants. Patrons. Transformation. Accidents. Robert Gaillard (Kelly), Rose E. Tapley (Nora), Templer Saxe — Contractors. Disfiguration. Dublin. Politicians.

(Mackay), Josephine Earle (Cl aire). . Note: This film was shot in Cleveland, OH and had a special premiere there on 7

Drama. When Ann, a confirmed New Yorker, reluctantly accompanies Dec 1919. Although news items suggest that the production was completed and ready her sickly brother on a convalescent trip to the West, she meets ranch for distribution in Jan 1920, its general release date has not been determined. Some

foreman Rob Raymond. Even though her father had nicknamed her scenes for this film were shot at the estate of W. G. Marshall in Shaker Heights, “Hesper of the Mountains,” Ann feels so out of place in the West that she Cleveland and inside the home of Horace Andrews. The offices of the Cleveland Plain

treats Rob coldly when he tries to romance her. Even after Rob ea/er were also used as a setting.

singlehandedly prevents a potentially violent encounter between striking rR sy Pee 900 aT MPN 1 May 1920 . 3365,

miners and a sheriff’s posse, Ann remains unimpressed and soon returns ao a

to New York. She begins to yearn, however, not only for the rougher, rustic

lifestyle she had once hated, but also for Rob. Finally, she contacts him, m ieraree peeled on Pj Coro: A M Wond er and he instantly agrees to her plan of coming to get her and bringing her orke 7 m Corp. Lust etro ictures OrPs ctro Wonderplay. back to the West. City-country contrast. New York City. Ranch foremen. Mar 1917 [©Yorke Film Corp.; 28 Mar fae LP10469]. 5 reels. United States—West. Brother-sister relationship. Convalescence. Labor Dir Oscar C. Apfel. Scen Oscar C. Ap! el. Cam Antonio Gaudio.

Violence. Miners. Posses. Sheriffs. Strikes. Source: Based on the novel The Hidden Children by Robert W. Motog _ 12 Aug 1916, p. 397. MPW 12 Aug 1916, p. 1099. Chambers (New York, 1914).

MPN 29 Jul 1916, p. 600. NYDM 5 Aug 1916, p. 22. Cast: Harold Lockwood (Evan Loskiel), May Allison (Lois de MPN 12 Aug 1916, p. 945. Var 4 Aug 1916, p. 28. Contrecoeur), Lillian West (Jeanne de Contrecoeur), Henry Herbert

MPW 5 Aug 1916, p. 1006. (Mayaro), George MacDaniel (Amochol), Lester Cuneo (Lieut. Boyd), A.

B. Ellis (Calvert), Lillian Hayward (Mrs. Rannock), Howard Davies

HIAWATHA F1.1940 (General Sullivan), Daniel Davies (Hiatowoc), Clara Lucas (Marie

Frank E. Moore. Dist State Rights. Mar? 1913 [OF. E. Moore; 2 Apr Loskiel), A. Allardt (Capt. Jean de Contrecoeur), Charles Cummings 1913; LPS86]. 4 reels. (Guy Johnson). Pres The Indian Players. Cam Victor Milner. Drama /Historical. To save her son Evan from the St. Regis Indians, a Source: Based on the poem “The Song of Hiawatha” by Henry dying Marie Loskiel, gives her little boy to English officer Guy Johnson

Wadsworth Longfellow (Boston, 1855). who, with the help of Mayaro, Chief of the Mohicans, raises the boy. Cast: Soon-goot (Minnehaha). Similarly, Lois Contrecoeur becomes a “hidden child” when her mother Drama. Years after Gitche Manito proclaims that a prophet will come Jeanne, held captive by the Indians, sends her daughter to a colonist named to unite the Indian warriors, Hiawatha is born to Wenonah and the fickle Calvert in order to prevent the child’s sacrifice. Each year, her mother

402

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 HIDDEN PEARLS sends Lois a little pair of moccasins, and when she reaches adulthood, the THE HIDDEN LAW F1.1945 girl becomes determined to locate her mother. Learning that her mother Centaur Film Co. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; Mutual Masterpictures De is in the village of Catherines-town in Iroquois territory, Lois follows Luxe Edition. 25 Mar 1916. 5 reels. Morgan’s riflemen on their mission into the territory, hoping that they will Scen Theodosia Harris. blaze a trail to her mother. On her journey, Lois meets Evan Loskiel, who Cast: William Clifford (John Carlton), Margaret Gibson (Wanda has become the chief scout for the division. Evan falls in love with Lois and Holmes), John Oaker (Dick Arliss), Frederick Montague (Henry

eventually wins her confidence. They reach Catherines-town just in time Richter), Robert Kenyon (Carl Holmes), Mae Adams (Mildred to witness the execution of the White Sorceress, Jeanne de Contrecoeur, Holmes), Marie Gavette (Kara), Doris Baker (Wanda as a child), Pauline for interpreting ill fortune. Evan and Mayaro intervene and rescue Jeanne, Williams (Mrs. Arliss). finally reuniting mother and daughter. Foundlings. Great Britain. Army. Drama. Embittered because he has been cheated out of his royalties by Iroquois Indians. Mother-daughter relationship. United States—History— the producer of his play, John Carlton burns his unpublished novel and goes Colonial Period, ca. 1600-1775. Colonists. Executions. Indian Territory. out West to be a bandit. In the wilderness, he finds a young orphan, Wanda Military officers. Missing persons. Mohican Indians. Rescues. Scouts- Holmes, whom he raises as his own daughter. Years later, however, he loses

Frontier. Seers. her to Dick Arliss, an Easterner who, while on a hunting trip, falls in love

ETR 14 Apr 1917, p. 1321. MPW 31 Mar 1917, p. 2166. with Wanda and then takes her home to marry her. Soon afterward, John

mes 7 ne ory P. es NC DM i" Ar orn P. oa reads in the newspaper that he has been sought in the East for years. He

MPW 10 Me 1917, 504, Var 6 Apr 1917, is 35, learns that his landlady recovered his novel before it burned, and succeeded MPW 24 Mar 1917, p. 1854 (ad Wid’s 5 Apr 1917, p. 222. in publishing it. The book was an instant success, thus a fortune in royalties

insert). awaits John, who goes to New York to claim his money. When he arrives,

he is reunited with Wanda, and soon moves into a house with her, her

THE HIDDEN CODE F1.1943 husband and her baby. Authors. Foster fathers. Manuscripts. Orphans.

Sulmac Production Co. Dist Pioneer Film Corp.; State Rights. Jul United States—West. Bandits. Fraud. Hunting. Landladies. New York City.

1920 [©Pioneer Film Corp.; 1 Apr 1920; LU14938]. 5 reels. Theatrical producers. Supv Norman Harsell. Dir Richard Lestrange. Story Norman Harsell. MPN 8 Apr 1916, p. 2068. MPW 25 Mar 1916, p. 2082. Cam Harry Fischbeck.

Cast: Grace Davison (Grace Lamont), Ralph Osborne (Eben THE HIDDEN LIGHT F1.1946

Lamont), Richard Lestrange (Richard Leslie), Clayton Davis (August Schomer-Ross Productions, Inc. Dist Commonwealth Film Corp.; State

Mason). Rights. Nov 1920? [©Schomer-Ross Productions, Inc.; 15 Jun 1920; Adventure/Espionage. Eben Lamont, an eccentric chemist who has LU15247]. 6 reels.

discovered a powerful new explosive, wants to turn his discovery over to the Dir Abraham S. Schomer. Scen Abraham S. Schomer. Story Abraham government, even though he has been approached by Richard Leslie, the S. Schomer.

president of an explosives company. Fearing that his secret will be stolen, Cast: Dolores Cassinelli (Cynthia Holmes), J. Brennan (Robert Lamont tattoos part of the formula in invisible ink on his daughter Grace’s Holmes), Arthur Donaldson (Detective Hayden), Ben Taggart (Victor

shoulder. Learning of this, August Mason, a secret agent for a foreign Bailey), Walter Downing (Jerome Clemens), Henry Sedley (Harry nation, kills Lamont, kidnaps Grace, and hypnotizes her. Though rescued Warren). by Leslie, Grace is then kidnapped by Tony, another member of the gang. Drama. After screams from a beautiful house draw neighbors and the After a series of dangerous turns, in which Grace is the pawn of various police, Victor Bailey is shot and wounded while leaving the premises. groups, she is rescued by Leslie, with whom she falls in love. Mason is Investigation reveals that an unknown assailant attacked Cynthia Holmes, annihilated by an explosion, and the secret formula is safely given to the a blind musician, and her secretary, killing the latter. Despite Cynthia’s government. Chemical formulas. Chemists. Explosives. Foreign agents. objections, Bailey, who claims to have been investigating the scream, is

Inventors. Invisible ink. Kidnapping. Rescues. Tattoos. Explosions. arrested, convicted, and sentenced to death. To keep Cynthia’s mind

Hypnotism. Murder. Secret agents. occupied, her friends persuade her to give a benefit recital at the house;

Note: Contemporary reviews call the production company Sulmac Production Co., there, she shakes hands with music critic Harry Warren, whom she but the copyright register gives the company’s name as Sullmack Productions Co. instantly accuses of the murder, having recognized his touch. Warren

ETR 11 Sep 1920, p. 1620. MPW 31 Jul 1920, pp. 640-41. escapes but is pursued by Detective Hayden, who tricks him into a MPN 3Y Jul 1920, p. 1009. Var 23 Jul 1920, p. 34 confession. Bailey is freed and marries Cynthia, and the birth of their first child restores her sight. Blindness. Childbirth. Critics. Cures. Detectives.

HIDDEN FIRES , . ae F1.1944 Execution. Murder. Musicians. Concerts. Confession (law). False arrests.

Goldwyn Pictures Corp. Dist Goldwyn Distributing Corp. 7 Oct 1918 Gunshot wounds. Hands. Secretaries. [Goldwyn Pictures Corp.; 25 Sep 1918; LPI 2917}. 5 reels. . Note: An early trade article announced that Mabel McQuade would appear in the Dir George Irving. Scen J. Clarkson Miller. Story J. Clarkson Miller. film, but no later sources confirm her participation in the production.

Cam Oliver T. Marsh. Art dir Hugo Ballin. MPN 3 Apr 1920, p. 3107. MPW 23 Apr 1921, p. 877. Cast: Mae Marsh (Peggy Murray/Louise Parke), Rod La Rocque MPN 4 Sep 1920, p. 1882. Var 19 Nov 1920, p. 34.

(George Landis), Florida Kingsley (Mrs. Treadway Parke), Alec B. MPW 28 Aug 1920, p. 1165. Wid's 26 Sep 1920, pp. 31-32. Francis (Dr. Granville), Jere Austin (Stephen Underwood). Comedy-drama. Louise Parke runs away to Paris with her lover Stephen THE HIDDEN PATH see THE DISCARDED WOMAN Underwood, but because her mother, Mrs. Treadway Parke, misses her so

deeply, she sends a wire announcing her return home. When the boat on HIDDEN PEARLS F1.1947 which she is scheduled to sail is torpedoed, Mrs. Parke’s physician, Dr. Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; A Granville, becomes concerned for Mrs. Parke’s sanity and asks Peggy Paramount Picture. 18 Feb 1918 [OJesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co., Inc.; Murray, a newsstand girl who bears a remarkable likeness to Louise, to 4 Feb 1918; LP12023]. 5 reels. pose as the missing girl. At first the masquerade is successful; Mrs. Parke Pres Jesse L. Lasky. Dir George H. Melford. Asst dir Claude Mitchell. is happy and Peggy falls in love with George Landis. Soon, however, Louise Scen Beulah Marie Dix. Story Beulah Marie Dix. Cam Paul Perry.

returns unharmed, and Peggy slips away quietly. George finds Peggy Cast: Sessue Hayakawa (Tom Garvin), Margaret Loomis (Tahona), working in the department store owned by his father and proposes. On their Florence Vidor (Enid Benton), Theodore Roberts (John Garvin), James honeymoon cruise, the couple is surprised to encounter two more newly Cruze (Koro Leon), Noah Beery (Teariki), Clarence Geldart (Capt. A. married couples: Stephen who has wed Louise, and Mrs. Parke who has = 7oqq), Jack Holt (Robert Garvin), Gustav von Seyffertitz (Senator accepted Dr. Granville. Doubles. Impersonation and imposture. Missing Joseph Benton), Henry F. Woodward (Ensign Brooks), John Burton.

persons. Mother-daughter relationship. Newlyweds. Boats. Department Drama. The son of an American pearl trader and a Hawaiian island stores. Elopement. Honeymoons. News vendors. Paris. Physicians. princess, knows nothing about life on his mother’s island, having been

Telegrams. Torpedoes. reared and educated in America. He and Enid Benton are engaged, but ve ie No re Pp. sone MoM " No oe p. a when word comes that he has lost his family fortune, she informs him that MPW 12 Oct 1918, is 80. Wid's 24 Nov 1918, is 5 she will not marry a poor man. In Honolulu, Tom’s uncle, John Garvin, tells

MPW 16 Nov 1918, p. 759. him that there is a rich store of pearls hidden on his mother’s island, and 403

THE HIDDEN SCAR AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG the young man, now the island’s rightful king, sails there immediately, ETR 4 Aug 1917, p. 712. Var 27 Jul 1917, p. 26. where he is warmly greeted by the natives. The beautiful Tahona falls in Mew i Ne i917 is oes, Wid's 2 Aug 1917, pp. 492-93. love with Tom and shows him where the pearls are hidden. He escapes from

the angry islanders with the pearls, but after his return to Honolulu, Enid’s HIDDEN TREASURE see THE LITTLE PIRATE cold manner and his own conscience effect a change in him, and he soon catches a steamer back to the island. He and Tahona wed and rule the

islanders as king and queen. Hawaiian Islands. Pearls. Poverty. Theft. THE HIDDEN TRUTH F1.1950

Tribal life. Guilt. Half-castes. Honolulu. Royalty. Steamboats. International Film Service Co. Dist Select Pictures Corp.; A Select Note: Many of the scenes were filmed in Hawaii. The Paramount press book credits Special. 20 Jan 1919 [©International Film Service Co., Inc.; 28 Dec. 1918; John Burton with the role of Capt. Todd and lists Charles H. Geldert as Senator LP13205]. 5 reels, 5,050 ft.

Benton. Dir Julius Steger. Scen S. M. Weller. Story S. M. Weller. Cam William

MPN 23 Feb 1918, p. 1181. NYDM _16 Feb 1918, p. 18. Crolly. ue yn x Fe lore P. rt | Wid's 7 Feb 1918, pp. 930-31. Cast: Anna Case (Helen Merrill), Charles Richman (Charles

° ‘Pho Taylor), Emma Campbell (Mrs. Collins), Forrest Robinson (Judge . Blake), Grace Reals (Mrs. Blake), Thomas McGrane (Bill Sheridan),

THE HIDDEN SCAR F1.1948 John Charles (George Reed), Frank Wonderly (Jake Codby), Fred G. World Film Corp.; Peerless. Dist World Film Corp. 16 Oct 1916 Hearn (‘“‘Snipe” Roach), Madelyn Clare (Myrtle Cadby), William Black

[OWorld Film Corp.; 26 Sep 1916; LU9227]. 5 reels. . (The sheriff), D. L. Don (The lumberman). Pres William A. Brady. Dir Barry O'Neil. Scen Frances Marion. Drama. Helen Merrill sings and dances in the rough Western mining

Story Mrs. Owen Bronson. Cam Max Schneider. town of Nugget City, where she befriends Myrtle Cadby, whose husband Cast: Ethel Clayton (Janet Hall), Holbrook Blinn (Stuart Doane), Jake cruelly abuses her. After a particularly vicious beating, Myrtle, Irving Cummings (Dale Overton), Montagu Love (Henry Dalton), Madge _ seriously injured, shoots Jake. As she lies dying, she gives Helen a letter

Evans (Dot), Edward M. Kimball (Reverend James Overton), Mrs. of introduction to a man she was to have married in the East, urging her

Woodward (Mrs. Overton). to leave Nugget City. Before she leaves, Helen overhears Bill Sheridan and Drama. After the death of Henry Dalton, with whom she had an “Snipe” Roach scheming to sell Charles Taylor, a wealthy New Yorker, illegitimate child, Janet Hall begins a romance with Dale Overton, a small a salted mine, with the assistance of George Reed, Taylor’s mining agent. town minister. At first, because of her past, she refuses to marry him, but Helen goes East and learns that Taylor is the man whom Myrtle was to

then, after listening to his sermons about forgiveness, she consents, have married, but because she immediately falls in love with him, she although she makes sure that he knows nothing of her history. Finally, conceals her own identity and masquerades as Myrtle. Reed returns East however, he does find out about her relationship with Henry, and just as — and discloses her identity to Taylor, who denounces her, but when she Janet feared he might, he renounces his wife. Defending Janet, Dale’s _ prevents him from being swindled, he begs her forgiveness and asks her for

friend, Stuart Doane, accuses the minister of spreading the word about her hand in marriage. Battered women. Fraud. Impersonation and tolerance without actually believing it himself. Dale realizes his hypocrisy, imposture. Mining towns. Singers. Letters. Miners. Murder. New York

and then, after forgiving Janet, sees through her recovery from a City. breakdown brought on by the sudden disclosure of her past and by the Note: The working title of this film was The Golden Hope. This marked the motion

subsequent strain on her marriage. Clergy. Hypocrisy. Marriage. picture debut of Anna Case, a well-known opera singer.

Reputation. Tolerance. \llegitimacy. Nervous breakdown. Sermons. ETR 1 Feb 1919, p. 709. Var 24 Jan 1919, p. 45.

Note: The original title of this film was The Scorching Way. Oy I ee or9 if ioe Wid's 2 Feb 1919, p. 19. Motog 11 Nov 1916, p. 1092. NYDM 14 Oct 1916, p. 27.

MPN 21 Oct 1916, p. 2557. Var 6 Oct 1916, p. 26.

MPW 21 Oct 1916, p. 378. Wid’s 5 Oct 1916, p. 1012. HIDDEN VALLEY F1.1951

MPW 28 Oct 1916, p. 605. Thanhouser Film Corp. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc.; Gold Rooster Plays. 5 Nov 1916. 5 reels. THE HIDDEN SPRING F1.1949 Dir Ernest Warde. Scen Emmett Mix. Cam John M. Bauman.

Yorke Film Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp.; A Metro Wonderplay. 16 Cast: Valkyrien (The captive), Boyd Marshall (The divinity student), Jul 1917 [©Metro Pictures Corp.; 19 Jul 1917; LP11104]. 5 reels. Ernest Warde (The chieftain), Arthur Bower (The uncle). Dir E. Mason Hopper. Scen Fred J. Balshofer and Richard V. Spencer. Drama. Hoping to get over a broken romance, a young divinity student

Cam Antonio Gaudio. goes to Africa in search of ostrich plumes, but when he arrives in the Source: Based on the novel The Hidden Spring by Clarence B. Kelland Hidden Valley, the natives hail him as a white god. Then, he meets a white (New York, 1915). woman whom the natives have captured, and whom they plan to sacrifice Cast: Harold Lockwood (Donald Keeth), Herbert Standing (Quartus to the water god in order to end a long drought. The student, however,

Hembly), Lester Cuneo (Bill Wheeler), H. F. Crane (Daniel Kerston), _ develops a system for irrigating the valley, thereby saving the white woman.

Arthur Millette (Olaf Erickson), Vera Sisson (Thora Erickson), They then make plans to go back to the United States and get married, but

Mirabeau, the dog (Himself), Billie West. before they leave, the student makes the natives promise to abandon their Drama. Quartus Hembly, a man without a conscience, is the ruler of the pagan gods and accept Christianity, and to open the valley to the influence

town of Copper City, having made himself rich at the expense of his of Western civilization. Africa. Divinity students. Paganism. Religious workers. When Donald Keith, a young lawyer, arrives in town, a hidden conversion. Tribal life. Drought. Human sacrifice. Irrigation. Rescues. spring within him is touched after Hembly viciously kicks his dog. Keith Rites and ceremonies. refuses to leave town and warns Hembly that he will fight to see that the Note: Much of the film was shot in Florida.

people get their rights. Keith’s only ally is Thora Erickson, the daughter Motog 11 Nov 1916, p. 1091. NYDM 4 Nov 1916, p. 26.

of Hembly’s henchman. Keith’s opportunity to topple Hembly presents MPN 11 Nov 1916, p. 3011. Var 27 Oct 1916, p. 28. itself when he rescues Bill Wheeler, who, out of gratitude, confesses that MPW 11 Nov 1516, p. 841. Wid's 30 Nov 1916, p. 1143. it was Hembly who dynamited the log jam years earlier. With the lawyers

and the courts in the palm of his hand, Hembly is acquitted, but the HIGH FINANCE -_ F1.1952 townspeople are so outraged that they capture Hembly and tie him to the Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 26 Mar 1917 [©William Fox; 25

whipping post. He is rescued by Keith, who forces a full confession for all Mar 1917, LP10447). 5 reels.

Hembly’s crimes and then allows him to leave town. Keith is then made Pres William Fox. Dir Otis Turner. Scen Anthony F. McGrew Willis.

district attorney, Thora becomes his bride and Copper City becomes a Sfory Larry Evans. Cam Charles Kaufman. -

decent place in which to live. Conscience. Copper magnates. Injustice. Cast: George Walsh (Preston Platt), Doris Pawn (Patricia West), Lawyers. Social reform. Confession (law). Copper mines. District Willard Louis (Pringle), Charles Clary (7. Morgan Jenks), Herschel

attorneys. Dogs. Employer-employee relations. Miners. Mobs. Rescues. Mayall (Jonathan Platt), Rosita. Marstini (Mrs. Mathilda

Trials. | Vanderpool), William Marr (Ethelbert Vanderpool).

Note: The alternate title for this film is The Secret Spring. According to Drama. When Preston Platt, the thrill-secking son of millionaire

contemporary news items, this production was shot in Jerome, AZ where hundreds stockbroker Jonathan Platt, is disowned by him, Preston determines to

of copper miners were used as extras in the mob scenes. prove to his father that making money is not so difficult. Assuming the 404

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE HIGH ROAD name of William Black, Preston obtains the position of guide and valet to Realizing that they have lost their wealthy prey, Elaine and her father Ethelbert Vanderpool, an effeminate youth, and goes West with him to determine to catch John again. Meeting him at a restaurant one night, inspect the Free Booter mine in which Ethelbert is interested. Free Booter Elaine contrives to have John take her home, planning to trap him in a stock has been the joke of the stock market, and when Preston recalls that | compromising position. Becoming aware of their ploy, John escapes onto his former valet Pringle owns some shares, he conceives of a plan. After the fire escape from which he sees Jim Hammond shot by Gautier Brooks,

instructing Pringle to approach the elder Platt and purchase more Free Hammond’s blackmail victim. When Brooks threatens to ruin Elaine’s Booter stock, Jonathan salts the mine with ore, stages a fake explosion, and reputation if John turns him over to the police, John’s sense of honor forces a rich deposit is discovered. Preston’s father and his business rival rush to him to remain silent. Justice is served however, when the police come to buy a controlling interest in the mine and, as a result, Pringle makes a arrest Brooks for a speeding ticket, and assuming that John has testified handsome profit on his shares. Preston then reveals that the strike isa fake, 4gainst him, he confesses all. Bankers. Blackmail. Fortune hunters. but having made good on his boast, is reinstated into the good graces of Murder. Self-sacrifice. Bank failures. Confession (law). Father-daughter

his father. Disinheritance. Father-son relationship. Hoaxes. Self-reliance. ‘Clationship. Frame-ups. Gambling houses. Police. Reputation. Stockbrokers. Guides. Impersonation and imposture. Millionaires. Mines. Restaurants.

Stocks. Valets. Motog 7 Apr 1917, p. 743.Wid's MPW1921Apr Apr1917, 1917,p.p.249. 446. . . , MPN 21 Apr 1917, p. 2519.

“Alias Black and White.” insert), 323. ETR 7 Apr 1917, p. 1253. MPW 14 Apr 1917, p. 281.

Note: The scenario included in the copyright descriptions was originally entitled MPW 14 Apr 1917, p. 214 (ad

Mace TAR IT 1S, Wa, RAMIVR 2 | MIGH POCKETS RLsss

MPW 31 Mar 1917, p. 2045, 2162. Betzwood Film Co.; Louis Bennison Star Series. Dist Goldwyn Distributing Corp. 15 Aug 1919 [OBetzwood Film Co.; 13 Aug 1919; LP14078]. 5 reels.

THE HIGH FLAME see WHEN FATE DECIDES | Dir Ita M. Lowry. Scen Gil Spear.

THE HI GHH AND. | | | F1.1953 ure: eo Sep 19 3 High Pockets by William Patterson White Favorite Players Film Co. Dist Alliance Films Corp. Mar 1915. 6 reels. Cast: Louis Bennison (“High Pockets” Henderson), Katherine

Dir William D. Taylor. Scen Richard Willis. MacDonald (Joy Blythe), William Black (Jim Stute), Frank Evans Source: Based on the novel The High Hand by Jacques Futrelle (Bull Bellows), Edward Roseman (Max Manon), Francis Joyner

(Indianapolis, 1911). (Tony), Sam Ryan (Mike Flynn), Neil Moran (Henry Allison).

Cast: Carlyle Blackwell (Jim Warren), Neva Gerber (Edna Western. U.S. Marshal ‘“‘High Pockets” Henderson discovers the body

Tillinghast), William Brunton (Big Tom Simmonds), Douglas Gerrard _ of Bud Blythe near the town of Farewell. After leaving his fingerprints on (Francis Everard Lewis), John Sheehan (Franques), Henry Kernan a photograph of Blythe’s sister Joy, who traveled West with Blythe to start

(Dwight Tillinghast), Richard Willis (Shop foreman). a ranch, High Pockets informs the sheriff. As Joy packs to go East, cattle Drama. Jim Warren rises through the ranks in a steel mill to become the thief Max Manon enters her home. After Joy forces him out, she goes to superintendant. His sympathies remain with the workers, however, and town, where Max’s partners, Jim Stute and Bull Bellows, try to get her to with their encouragement, he runs for assemblyman to unseat the corrupt drink. Recognizing her from the photograph, High Pockets intercedes and incumbent, Francis Everard Lewis. When Jim helps Edna Tillinghast, a takes her to a hotel. When Manon climbs to her window, High Pockets politician’s daughter whom he met once in the mill, to fix her stalled car, lassoes him and drags him down. After High Pockets convinces Joy to stay he discovers to his dismay that she is Lewis’ fiancée. After Lewis’ secretary and gets her work at the general store, the sheriff tries to arrest High Franques gives Jim evidence to incriminate Lewis for graft, and Lewis Pockets for Blythe’s murder because of the fingerprints, but High Pockets withdraws from the race, Edna believes that Jim forced him out unfairly. imprisons the sheriff and his aides. When Blythe’s twin brother arrives, Jim next runs for governor against Edna’s father. Edna soon realizes Jim’s High Pockets makes Manon’s sweetheart believe that the brother is integrity and breaks her engagement with Lewis against her father’s Blythe’s ghost. She screams that Manon was the murderer. High pockets wishes. After Jim receives bribes from various sources, Lewis tries to have stops Manon’s escape, rounds up the others, and marries Joy. Murder. Jim arrested, but Jim leads investigators to his bank, where he reveals the United States. Marshals. False accusations. General stores. Ghosts. untouched, sealed bribes. Jim’s fame is spread by the newspapers, and —__ Hotels. Photographs. Rustlers. Sheriffs. Twins.

when he is nominated for governor, Edna consents to be his wife. /ntegrity. ETR 21 Dec 1918, p. 226. MPW 7 Jun 1919, p. 1542.

Political campaigns. Political corruption. Politicians. Reformers. Banks. HR 30 Aug 1919. MPW 26 Jul 1919, p. 584. Bribery. False accusations. Graft. Secretaries. Steel mills.

Note: The author of The High Hand, Jacques Futrelle, died when the Titanic sank. THE HIGH ROAD F 1.1956

Some scenes in this film were shot at the State Capitol in Sacramento, CA and in the Rolfe Photoplays, Inc. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 26 Apr 1915 [(OMetro

Alexandria Hotel in Los Angeles. Pictures Corp.; 22 Sep 1915; LP6441]. 5 reels.

Motog 13 Feb 1915, p. 244. MPN 3 Apr 1915, p. 70. Dir John W. Noble. Cam Herbert Oswald Carleton.

Mone ver ils rae pw x we iors . ae 1680. Source: Based on the play The High Road by Edward Sheldon (New

MPN 16 Jan 1915, p. 31. York, 19 Nov 1912). Cast: Valli Valli (Mary Page), Frank Elliott (Allen Wilson), C. H. Brenon (Barnes), Fred L. Wilson.

senmerican PLAY ; Film , : . FI.1954 Drama/Social. On Corp.; a long road overlooking the town of her Mary Co. Dist Mutual Film Mutual Star Productions. re ,birth, , 9 Apr 1917. 5 reels. Page recalls scenes from her life: After refusing the marriage proposal of

Dir Edward SI Scen Jules Grinnell Furth Barnes, Mary goes to New York with writer Allen Wilson, a summer

Fare ean. COT ones ee man(John , borderSevier), whom sheFrancelia fancies, to escape her father’s brutality. Cast: William Russell ”,She Pilives ps ywith , ; Wilson forLeonard), three years untilBillington she decides Young that(Marion her life(Elaine is an; offense toysociety. Leonard), Ashton Dearholt (Tom Lucille . , ; .y . . , MaryClarence finds workBurton at a shirtwaist factory, but after she Thompson organizes the(Jim women Morier), (Gerald Morier), Frank ;' Hammond), Edward Peil (Gautier Brooks), Robert Klein (James workers to strike because of a wage cut, the owner, Maddox, who is Collins) friend, thugs to cause trouble. Mary complains to Onn). , ,, ,, ,Wilson’s the mayor, who,hires she discovers, is Barnes, the Because women are allowed to keep

, Drama. John Se vier, Vice President of the International Trust Company , their former wage. One night, the manager locks them in to force them to Is engaged to Elaine Morier who, with her father Gerald, runs a fashionable work overtime. Several women die in a fire, and Mary, badly burned, is gambling salon. While at the club one night, John intervenes in a fight cared for by the mayor and his sister. After Maddox threatens to reveal between Jim Hammond, an employee of Morier’s, and Tom Leonard, a Mary’s past if he is prosecuted, Mary leaves, but Barnes pursues her, and wealthy young patron. John takes Tom home where he meets Marion, the they marry. Employer-employee relations. Garment workers. Labor young man’s sister. The next day, it is disclosed that the bank’s president, — activists. Mayors. Strikes. Battered children. Blackmail. Fires. Hoodlums. Jim Collins, has invested in too many worthless securities and the bank is New York City. In danger of failing. When John pledges his own personal funds to save the Note: This was Valli Valli’s first film. Incidents in the film were probably based bank, Elaine, angered, denounces him and returns his engagement ring. In on the Triangle shirtwaist factory fire, which occurred in New York City in Mar 1911

contrast, Marion and Tom congratulate him for his gallant stand. and resulted in the deaths of many women workers.

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THE HIGH SIGN AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Motog 8 May 1915, pp. 749-50, 765. MPW 8 May 1915, p. 917. driver, is injured in an accident and Billy foils a subsequent attempt to

MPN 8 May 1915, p. 72. NYDM 5 May 1915, p. 26. sabotage the car, Rhoades begins to revise his opinion of the young man. When Emma, Edith’s older sister, finally confesses that Billy had suffered

THE HIGH SIGN ; , F 1.1957 the phony bribery charge in order to protect her husband, he is exonerated. Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co. 31 Dec 1917 _ Billy then enters the race wearing the Rhoades’s colors, winning both the

[©Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 22 Dec 1917; LP11869]. 5 reels. contest and Edith’s love. Automobile racing. Bribes. Chauffeurs. False Prod Herbert Rawlinson. Dir Elmer Clifton. Scen J. Grubb Alexander — accusations. Fixed automobile races. Racecar drivers. Reputation.

and Waldemar Young. Automobile accidents. Automobile manufacturers. Sabotage.

Cast: Herbert Rawlinson (D onald Bruce), Brownie Vernon (H ulda Note: Some scenes for the film were shot at the Sheepshead Bay Race Track in Maroff), Hayward Mack (Prince Arnoff), Nellie Allen (Vonia Sheepstead Bay. According to a publicity news item, Ralph DePalma, a well-known Grayley), Ed Brady (Hugo Mackensen), Marc Fenton (/van Posloff), race car driver, participated in one of the racing sequences.

Frank McQuarrie (Metwer), Al McQuarrie (Nickelob). ETR 17 Jan 1920, p. 705. MPW 3 Jan 1920, p. 33, 84. Drama. In order to be admitted to his school fraternity, David Bruce is MEN 4 re 1900 Pp. ine NOMT H ne 00 p. 467.

told to impersonate a Balkan prince. In that guise, Bruce leaves for the MPN 94 Jun 1920, . 1137. Wid's 11 Jan 1920, p. 26. prince’s tiny municipality. En route, he becomes involved with a gang of

anarchists who order him to kill the prince he is supposed to be ;

impersonating. After escaping from the anarchists, Bruce arrives at the HIGH SPEED (Fox Film Corp.) see THE SPEED MANIAC Balkan state and learns that he is to marry a princess from a neighboring

land. Bruce willingly agrees to the ceremony when he learns that the HIGH STAKES F1.1960 princess is Hulda Maroff, the college coed with whom he fell in love back Triangle Film Corp. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 26 May 1918. 5 home. After the marriage, the anarchists arrive to kill Bruce and his bride, _ reels, 4,923 ft.

but they escape. At that moment, the telephone rings and awakens Bruce Supv H. O. Davis. Dir Arthur Hoyt. Scen Alvin J. Neitz. Adapted from his dream. On the line is Hulda, calling for help. Bruce rounds up his = 4y Julian Johnson. Cam Elgin Lessley. college chums, goes to Hulda’s rescue and the two are married. Anarchists. Source: Based on the short story “High Stakes” by Andrew Soutar in

Dreams. Impersonation and imposture. Mythical kingdoms. Students. The Red Book Magazine (Oct 1917).

Balkans. Escapes. Fraternities. Marriage—Arranged. Royalty. Cast: J. Barney Sherry (Ralph Stanning), Jane Miller (Marie ETR 29 Dec 1917, p. 372. MPW 5 Jan 1918, p. 92. Stanning), Harvey Clark (Inspector Reginald Culvert), Ed Washington MPW 29 Dec 1917, p. 1869. NYDM _ 29 Dec 1917, p. 16. (Chakiff), Myrtle Rishell (Lady Alice), Ben Lewis (Clyde Harrison), J. P. Wild (Janitor), Dick Rosson (Jimmy).

HIGH SPEED F1.1958 Mystery. Ralph Stanning, a gentleman crook, is suspected of having Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co.; Butterfly stolen several famous gems from London’s Kensington Museum. Scotland Pictures. 16 Jul 1917 [OUniversal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 14 Jul 1917; Yard assigns Inspector Reginald Culvert to the case, but the detective

LP11090]. 5 reels. never marshals enough evidence against Standing to convict him. One day Dir George L. Sargent and Elmer Clifton. Scen Tom Bigson and H. B. Standing rescues a woman named Marie who had jumped from the docks

Pearson. Story Helen Starr and Leo Sargent. intending to kill herself. He then marries her and settles down in a small Cast: Jack Mulhall (‘“Speed” Cannon), Fritzi Ridgeway (Susan), Harry _ English village. He and his wife have a son, and the family is so happy that Ratteberry (Father), Lydia Yeamans Titus (Mother), Albert MacQuarrie = Standing forsakes his shady occupation to earn an honest living. After

(Count Englantine), J. Morris Foster (Count's friend). Lady Alice’s pearls are stolen, Culvert lays a trap for Standing and is about Comedy. Father made his millions in pork and was proud of the fact, but — to arrest him when the embarrassed woman reports that the jewels had his social climbing wife wanted to forget that there was ever such a thing _ merely fallen through a crack in the sofa. Chagrined, Culvert and his men

as a pig. Consequently, she sends her daughter Susan to finishing school finally agree to leave Standing in peace. Criminals. Criminalswhere the girl adopts a sophisticated, blasé manner. Displeased with the — Rehabilitation. Marriage. Scotland Yard. Theft. Attempted suicide. change in his daughter, Father introduces Speed Cannon, a rapid-fire — Detectives. England. Gems. Jewelry. London. Nobility. Rescues. Traps. young businessman, to Susan, in the hope that he will succeed in diverting —_village life.

the girl’s attention away from the superficial. Speed becomes enamored of MPN 8 Jun 1918, p. 3399, 3596. NYDM 8 Jun 1918, p. 811.

Susan, but her mother insists upon her marrying a count. Mother nags MPW 1 Jun 1918, p. 1338. Var 31 May 1918, p. 29. Susan, wearing down her resistance, until she agrees to the wedding. Just MPW 8 Jun 1918, p. 1471. Wid's 26 May 1918, pp. 9-10. as the ceremony is about to take place, Susan experiences second thoughts

and calls Speed to save her. True to his name, Speed whisks Susan from HIGH TIDE F1.1961 the altar and carries her away to elope. Businessmen. Father-daughter Triangle Film Corp. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 18 Aug 1918. 5 relationship. Marriage-Arranged. Mother-daughter relationship. Social reels, 4,095 ft. climbers. Elopement. Finishing schools. Nobility. Pork magnates. Dir Gilbert P. Hamilton. Scen Catherine Carr. Continuity writer Jay

Snobbery. Weddings. Dwiggins. Story B. D. Carber. Cam Gilbert Warrenton.

Note: Var states that according to studio gossip, this film was started by George Cast: Harry Mestayer (Hudson Newbrook), Yvonne Pavis (Polly

Sargent and completed by Elmer Clifton. Staire), Jean Calhoun (Barbara Edwards), Frederick Vroom (Dr.

cre MI TRG 2 I Tt Temple Graham Pete. (Heggins) alia Tackgon (Grandma MPW 7 Jul 1917, p. 10. Var 27 Jul 1917, p. 28. Edwards), Leo Pierson (Richard Reed), Jack Rollens (Bob Edwards).

Drama. Famed writer Hudson Newbrook indulges in the good life so

HIGH SPEED F1.1959 heavily that he contracts a persistent cough. At a Greenwich Village café, Hallmark Pictures Corp. Dist Hallmark Pictures Corp. 17 Jan 1920 Hudson meets aspiring writer Barbara Edwards, and the two fall in love,

[OHallmark Pictures Corp.; 2 Jan 1920; LP14606]. 5 reels. much to the chagrin of his former sweetheart, Polly Staire. After following Supv Leon Miller. Dir Charles Miller. Asst dir Albert Cowles. Scen John _ Barbara to her New England home town with the intention of proposing,

J. Glavey. Cam Roy Vaughn. Hudson visits his doctor, who informs him that the children of such a Source: Based on the novel High Speed by Clinton H. Stagg (New York, marriage would inherit his illness. Learning that Polly shares his disease,

1916). Hudson bids farewell to Barbara and returns to New York to face the

Cast: Edward Earle (Billy Brice), Gladys Hulette (Edith Rhoades), future with the woman who truly loves him. Authors. Disease. Hereditary Roger Lytton (Rhoades), Charles Husted (Dan), Fay Evelyn (Emma tendencies. Cafés. New England. New York City-Greenwich Village. Hanford), Aida Horton (Baby Hanford), Jack Edwards (Burke), Matthew Physicians.

L. Betts (Kelly), Ralph DePalma. MPN 31 Aug 1918, p. 1366. Var 30 Aug 1918, p. 37.

Drama. When down-on-his-luck race car driver Billy Brice rescues Edith MPW 24 Aug 1918, p. 1138, 1159. Wid's | Sep 1918, pp. 7-8. Rhoades from a dispute with her chauffeur, Edith offers him the job.

Edith’s father, head of the Rhoades auto company, is upset when he learns THE HIGHEST BID F1.1962 that Billy has been disqualified from racing for allegedly accepting a bribe, American Film Co. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; A Mutual Star Production. but he accedes to his daughter’s wishes. After Johnson, the Rhoades’s race 6 July 1916. 5 reels.

406

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 HINTON’S DOUBLE Dir Jack Prescott and William Russell. Scen J. Edward Hungerford. face the disgrace of marrying a saloon girl, Steve decides to take poison,

Story Arthur H. Gooden. but Lou discovers the potion and, thinking that it was planted for her,

Cast: Charlotte Burton (Elise Burleigh), Marie Van Tassell (Her feigns drinking it and falls dead. Believing that Lou is dead, Steve mother), William Russell (Oliver Strong), Harry Keenan (Addison disappears to wander the country as a tramp. Meanwhile, Garst, a

Grey), William S. Hooser (Uncle Jerry). promoter, recognizes the value of the claim and helps Lou develop it. Five

Drama. Elise Burleigh is doubly delighted when Oliver Strong proposes; years later, Lou has become a woman of wealth and, while dining at the not only does she love him, but he is wealthy enough to please her gold hotel, sees Steve working as a waiter. They are finally reunited when Steve digging mother. When Addison Grey ruins Oliver’s financial empire, | saves Lou from Garst’s advances and at last face a happy life together.

however, Elise, at her mother’s urging, breaks off the engagement. Barmaids. Class distinction. Marriage. Prospectors. Attempted rape. Brokenhearted, Oliver goes West to mine for gold, while Addison, with Attempted suicide. Brokers. Disinheritance. Drunkenness. Father-son Elise’s mother’s encouragement, starts courting her. As part of their felationship. Gold mines. Hotels. Poison. Tramps. Waiters. romance, she and Addison take a trip to the mountains where Oliver has _ Note: This was Estabrook’s directorial debut for Paramount. The film’s working

just discovered gold. Then, when a fire breaks out, Addison becomes title was Lonely Lou.

petrified with fear while Oliver helps put out the flames. Embarrassed by Mote " way ory . een iid » we tory is ae

Addison’s cowardice and impressed with Oliver’s heroism, Elise returns to MPN 26 May 1917, p. 3310. Wid's 24 May 1918, pp. 332-33. her old sweetheart and then, with the blessing of her mother, who is thrilled MPW 26 May 1917, p. 1300.

by the gold strike, she and Oliver decide once again to get married. Cowardice. Gold diggers. Gold mines. Heroism. Rivalry. Businessmen.

Engagements. Fires. Mother-daughter relationship. Mountain life. United THE HILLCREST MYSTERY F1.1965

States-West. Astra Film Corp. Dist Pathe Exchange, Inc. 24 Mar 1918 [(©Pathe Note: Var and MPW call the character Elise Burleigh, Elsie Burleigh. Exchange, Inc.; 29 Mar 1918; LU12229]. 5 reels. . Motog 8 Jul 1916, p. 98. MPW 15 Jul 1916, p. 526. Dir George Fitzmaurice. Scen Ouida Bergere. Story Ouida Bergere.

MPN 8 Jul 1916, p. 106. Var 30 Jun 1916, p. 19. Cam Arthur C. Miller. Art titles Hy Mayer.

MPW 8 Jul 1916, p. 266. Cast: Irene Castle (Marion Sterling), J. H. Gilmour (Thomas

Sterling), Ralph Kellard (Gordon Brett), Wyndham Standing (Hugo

THE HIGHEST CARD see HANDS DOWN Smith).

Mystery/Espionage. At a party held in honor of his daughter Marion,

THE HIGHEST TRUMP F1.1963 Thomas Sterling announces that he will turn over his shipbuilding plant to Vitagraph Co. of America. Dist Vitagraph Co. of America. 3 Feb the United States government for the duration of World War I. Sterling

1919. 5 reels, 4,316 ft. wants Marion to marry his partner, Hugo Smith, but she prefers Gordon

Pres Albert E. Smith. Dir James Young. Story H. H. Van Loan and Brett, who proposes to her after the party. Marion’s father catches the two

Earle Williams. in an embrace and orders Gordon out of the house. Later that night, Cast: Earle Williams (John Paget/Richard Paget), Grace Darmond Sterling is found murdered. Gordon is the principal suspect, but Marion

(Lois Graham), Robert Byrem (Klassig), John Cossar (General refuses to believe he is guilty and hides him in the house. Later she Graham), C. H. Geldart (Von Klem), Robert Bolder (Bickers), Miles discovers Smith sending a message to the Germans on a wir eless hidden

McCarthy (Anson Dyke). | in the attic. The message reveals that Smith had Sterling killed in order

War drama/World War I, Espionage. Secret Service officer Richard to prevent the plant from passing into the hands of the aviiidar oe Marion Paget receives a letter from his twin brother John imploring him to take is rescued by a Secret Service agent, who arrests Smith and exonerates over his identity after he commits suicide, so that Richard can subvert the Gordon. Esp lonage. Father-daughter relationship Murder. Shipbuilders. plans made by the airplane company which John had financed, to make Traitors. Factories. Parties. Partnerships. Secret Service. Telegraph. defective planes for the United States to use in the war. The company, World War |.

John’s letter relates, is run by German spies. Richard assumes John’s orp x0 we 91 is Ger NOM 0 ver i918 is ~

identity, enlists in the aviation corps, and goes to France where he is MPN 6 Apr 1918, p. 2036, 2092. Var 5 Apr 1918, p. 43. followed by John’s fiancée, Lois Graham, a Red Cross nurse. After MPW 30 Mar 1918, p. 1870. Wid's 11 Apr 1918, p. 1071.

Richard is shot down over German lines, according to plan, he receives the Iron Cross even though his false information concerning troop movements leads to an Allied victory. Richard marries Lois, but on their wedding night THE HILLMAN see IN THE BALANCE she discovers his Iron Cross, and although she is unable to kill him, she has

him arrested. After he turns over German secrets he learned behind enemy ,

lines, and explains his mission, Richard and Lois take off in an airplane for HINTON’S DOUBLE ; F1.1966 their honeymoon. Aviators. Espionage. Impersonation and imposture. Thanhouser Film Corp. Dist Pathe Exchange, Inc. 6 May 1917. 5 reels. Marriage. Sabotage. Secret Service. Twins. World War |. Airplanes. Dir Ernest Warde. Story Lloyd Lonergan. Cam William M. Zollinger.

France. Germans. Nurses. Red Cross. Suicide. Cast: Frederick Warde (Joshua Stevens/John Evart Hinton), Kathryn

Note: Airplane scenes in this film were shot above San Diego. Adams (His widowed daughter), Eldean Steuart (Little Marie), Wayne

ETR 1 Feb 1919, p. 709. MPW 8 Feb 1919, p. 808. Arey (Detective Clancy).

MPN 1 Feb 1919, p. 763. Var 24 Jan 1919, p. 46. Drama/Crime. Get-rich-quick promoter John Evart Hinton, sentenced MPN 8 Feb 1919, p. 881. Wid's 26 Jan 1919, p. 11. to prison for a crooked stock deal, avoids incarceration by paying his

MPW I Feb 1919, p. 674. double, Joshua Stevens, to serve his sentence. Stevens agrees with the understanding that his widowed daughter and her child will be paid a

THE HIGHGRADER see FIGHTING FOR GOLD monthly allowance by Hinton. Released from prison for saving Detective Clancy’s life, Stevens discovers that Hinton has violated his part of the

THE HIGHWAY OF HOPE F1.1964 bargain, but Hinton’s attorney makes amends by sending the family to the Oliver Morosco Photoplay Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 17 May countryside to live, intending to use Steven’s resemblance in future 1917 [©Oliver Morosco Photoplay Co.; 28 Apr 1917; LP10698]. 5 reels. emergencies. Involved in another crooked deal, Hinton tries to make a

Dir Howard Estabrook. Scen Harvey Gates. Story Willard Mack. getaway by writing Clancy that the fugitive can be found on the Steven's

Cam James Van Trees. farm. Arriving at the farm to make an arrest, Clancy succumbs to the

Cast: House Peters (Steve King), Kathlyn Williams (Lonely Lou), James _ daughter’s pleadings that her father is innocent, finds Hinton and unmasks

Farley (Missouri Joe), Harry Devere (Philip Garst). him as the real crook. Doubles. Father-daughter relationship. Western. Steve King, cast out by his father because of his wild escapades, | /personation and imposture. Self-sacrifice. Swindlers. Allowances.

goes West to hide. There he drowns his sorrows in drink, and one night Detectives. Farms. Frame-ups. Fugitives. Imprisonment. Lawyers. while drunk, he marries Lonely Lou, a slavey who works in the saloon. | Rescues.

Awakening to find his life seemingly destroyed, Steve takes his burro and apy - ver Ory p. ser nile na loly P. a

miserable wife into the mountains to prospect for gold. When Steve MPW 5 May 1917, 805. Wid's %6 Apr 1917, Bo. 70-71.

discovers a strike, Lou suggests that they return to his family. Unable to MPW 12 May 1917, p. 1018.

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THE HIPPOPOTAMUS PARADE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG THE HIPPOPOTAMUS PARADE see WHAT’S YOUR HURRY Comedy-drama. Doris Morse, the daughter of wealthy copper magnate Digby Morse, is eager to escape the unwelcome attentions of the many - fortune hunters who pursue her, so she steals away to Atlantic City for a

THE HIRED MAN F1.1967 vacation. There she falls in love with Philip Hazard, an earnest and hard Thomas H. Ince Productions, Inc. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; working young man, but because his income is so meager, she poses as a Paramount Pictures. 28 Jan 1918 [OThomas H. Ince Productions, Inc.; 12 Macy’s counter girl to avoid wounding his pride. When, by accident, he

Jan 1918; LP11937]. 5 reels, 4,439 ft. finally learns of her wealth, the two quarrel. In order to save the romance, Pres Thomas H. Ince. Supv Thomas H. Ince. Dir Victor L. Schertzinger. her father pretends to disown her, but at the wedding, he secretly gives her Scen Julien Josephson. Cam Chester Lyons. Art dir G. Harold Percival. a large sum of money in bonds. Doris soon wearies of her modest home and

Cast: Charles Ray (Ezry Hollins), Charles K. French (Caleb begins to spend the money on furniture and servants, which so piques her Endicott), Gilbert Gordon (Walter Endicott), Doris Lee (Ruth husband that he decides to steal the bonds from her safe. Doris is awakened Endicott), Lydia Knott (Mrs. Endicott), Carl Ullman (Stuart Morley). by the noise and fires a shot, wounding Philip. The shock of injuring her Comedy-drama. Ezry Hollins, a hired hand on Caleb Endicott’s New _ husband brings Doris to her senses, and she agrees to live solely on his England farm, dreams of going to college and spends his evenings studying — income. Heiresses. Lower classes. Marriage. Wealth. Atlantic City (New

by the light of the barn lantern. Caleb’s daughter Ruth, who has just Jersey). Bonds. Copper magnates. Father-daughter relationship. returned from boarding school, helps Ezry with his lessons, and he soon = Gunshot wounds. Hoaxes. Impersonation and imposture. Saleswomen. falls in love with her. Ruth’s brother Walter has been embezzling funds Theft. Vacations. Weddings.

from the town bank in order to get himself out of debt, but when he learns ETR 19 Oct 1918, p. 1670. MPW 19 Oct 1918, p. 449. that the bank’s records are to be examined, he begs Ezry, who is about to ETR 30 Nov 1918, p. 2073. Var 22 Nov 1918, p. 41. depart for college, for a loan. Ezry gives Walter his savings and returns to MPN 23 Nov 1918, p. 3131. Wid's I Dec 1918, pp. 23-24. work with no explanation, which causes the Endicotts to lose their respect

for him. When Walter accidentally sets the barn on fire, Ezry heroically HIS BRIDAL NIGHT F1.1970

rescues him, and out of gratitude, young Endicott finally explains to the Select Pictures Corp. Dist Select Pictures Corp. 14 Jul 1919 [©Select family how Ezry saved him from disgrace. Ezry defeats Stuart Morley, a Pictures Corp.; 20 Jun 1919; LP13879]. 5 reels. pompous rival for Ruth’s affections, in a fight, and she accepts his proposal. Dir Kenneth Webb. Scen Kathryne Stuart. Cam Jacques Monteran and Education. Farmers. Generosity. Heroism. Hired hands. Banks. Debt. George Folsey. Embezzlement. Fights. Fires. Loans. New England. Rescues. Rivalry. Source: Based on the play His Bridal Night by Lawrence Irving Rising Note: Material in the copyright descriptions credits Robert Gordon with the role (New York, 16 Aug 1916).

of “Walter Endicott.” Cast: Alice Brady (Tiny Playfair/Vi Playfair), James L. Crane (Lent aie ; re oe cp.»s3P." 89>. YDMar> ar re lone p. p. a 26. (Joe Damorel), Daniel Pennell (Algernon), Daisy 0718) ©.Trevett), BelmoreEdward (Aunt Earle Julie), Mrs. Stuart Robson (S/oan). PW Shee i918 if on Wid's 31 Jan 1918, pp. 910-11. Comedy. On her wedding eve, Vi Playfair confesses to her twin sister Tiny that she is planning secretly to meet Lent Trevett, who loves her, to

say goodbye. Tiny, who herself loves Lent, meets him instead and

HIS BIRTHRIGHT F1.1968 passionately kisses him, leaving Lent, who thinks that Tiny is Vi, to assume Haworth Pictures Corp. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; Mutual Star that Vi loves him. The next day, after the marriage ceremony, Lent

Productions. 8 Sep 1918 [OThe Haworth Pictures Corp.; 4 Sep 1918; convinces the flighty Vi that her husband Joe is a bully and that she should

LU12808]. 5 reels. leave with him. Tiny sees them embrace, and to teach Vi a lesson, she

Dir William Worthington. Scen Frances Guihan. Story Sessue impersonates her sister and goes with Joe on their honeymoon. Vi, now

Hayakawa and Denison Clift. Cam Robert Newhard. Art dir Milton jealous, follows, and in turn is followed by Lent. At the honeymoon cottage,

Menasco. Vi proves to Joe, by a mole on her leg, that she is his wife, and promises

Cast: Sessue Hayakawa (Yukio), Marin Sais (Edna Kingston), Howard Tiny that she will give up flirting. After Tiny convinces Lent that it was Davies (Admiral John Milton), Mary Anderson (Helen Milton), Tsuru she that he kissed, the couples are happily reunited. Flirts. Honeymoons. Aoki (Saki San), Sydney De Grey (James Barnes), Harry Von Meter Impersonation and imposture. Sisters. Twins. Bullies. Kisses. Weddings. (Admiral Von Krug), Mayme Kelso (Mrs. Harland Smith). Note: Some exteriors were filmed on the grounds of Alice Brady’s summer home Drama /Espionage. Yukio, the son of an American father, Admiral John at Allenhurst, NJ. Exteriors were also filmed in Tarrytown, NY. George Folsey, Milton, and a Japanese mother, Saki San, is reared in Japan by an old man originally the assistant cameraman on this film, took over from cameraman Jacques

. . . . ; Monteran when Monteran was called to France on business. The Dolly sisters

who tells him that Milton was responsible for . Saki San’s suicide. appeared in the original stage production. Alice Brady and James L. Crane were Determined to avenge her death, Yukio sails to America, where he becomes married during the production period of this film.

involved with a beautiful adventuress named Edna Kingston. Edna asks ETR 2 Aug 1919, p. 717. NYMT 27. Jul 1919. Yukio to obtain some papers from Milton in return for her love, but after MPN _—_—9- Aug 1919, p. 1319. NYR 16 Aug 1919.

he gives her the documents, she rejects him. His shame is heightened when MPW 9 Aug 1919, p. 880. Wid's 27 Jul 1919, p. 2. he discovers that she heads a gang of German spies, and, in a furious

struggle with the entire group, he retrieves the papers. Milton bursts into HIS BROTHER’S WIFE F1.1971 the room with the police and rescues his son, after which he welcomes the Premo Feature Film Corp. Dist World Film Corp. 5 Jun 1916 [OWorld young man into his home. Milton explains that he always loved Saki San, Film Corp. (Er Lawshe, author); 24 May 1916; LU8344]. 5 reels.

and Yukio joins the army to fight for the American cause. Adventuresses. Pres William A. Brady. Dir Harley Knoles. Scen Harley Knoles.

Father-son relationship. Half-castes. Japanese. Spies. Documents. Cam Arthur Edeson. Germans. Japan. Military officers. Police. Rescues. Suicide. World War I. Cast: Carlyle Blackwell (Howard Barton), Ethel Clayton (Helen Note: This was the first release of Hayakawa’s production company, Haworth Barton), Paul McAllister (Richard Barton).

Pictures Corp. Some news items state that the film was released 1 Sep 1918. Drama. When Richard Barton’s health fails, his wife Helen, desperate

ae AB ite PP. ns-06, 1018. NOM 0 Sep ioe p. an for money to pay the medical bills, agrees to spend the night with the

UB ey Pe ar ep 1709) PO: wealthy Howard Barton, without knowing that he is Richard’s long-absent

PW 7” Sen i918 is ae Wid's 15 Sep 1918, pp. 25-24. brother. However, after she tells Howard that she is selling herself in order to help her husband, he calls off the rendezvous and sends her home with enough money to pay for Richard’s convalescence. Then, when the brothers

HIS BONDED WIFE F1.1969 are reunited, Howard and Helen are shocked to see each other and to:

Metro Pictures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp.; All Star Series. 14 Oct discover that they are in-laws. Richard hears them talking about their first

1918 [©Metro Pictures Corp.; 24 Nov 1918; LP13167]. 5 reels. meeting and, assuming that they slept together, throws Helen out of the Supv Maxwell Karger. Dir Charles J. Brabin. Asst dir Alfred Raboch. house. She becomes an actress and soon stars in a play that precisely Scen June Mathis. Story Lois Zellner and Arthur Zellner. Cam R. J. matches the situation of the real life triangle of Howard, Richard and

Bergquist. herself. Seeing the play makes Richard realize his mistake, and also

Cast: Emmy Wehlen (Doris Morse), Frank Currier (Digby Morse), prompts him into reconciling with Helen. Brothers. False accusations.

Creighton Hale (Philip Hazard), John Terry (Tom Lloyd), Warda Self-sacrifice. Separation. Theater. Actors and _ actresses.

Howard (Kate), William Frederick. Convalescence. Debt. Long-lost relatives. Reunions. 408

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 HIS FATHER’S SON Note: The working title of this film was The Woman of It. Dir Douglas Gerrard. Asst dir Rex Hodge. Scen F. McGrew Willis. Motog 10 Jun 1916, p. 1333. NYDM 10 Jun 1916, p. 28. Cam Roy Klaffki. Film ed Viola Mallory.

PW 0 un i916 p rea nn 6 jun i916 e. an Source: Based on the short story “An Altar on Little Thunder” by MPW 17 Jun 1916, p. 2054, 2114. Elmore Elliott Peake in Harper’s Monthly (Feb 1912).

Cast: Monroe Salisbury (Asa Whipple), Charles West (Rufus

HIS DAUGHTER PAYS F1.1972 Couch), Charles Le Moyne (Luke Andrews), Alfred Allen (Jethro Piedmont Pictures Corp. Dist State Rights; Piedmont Pictures Corp. 23 44ws), Alice Elliott (Nance, his daughter), Raymond Gallagher

Mar 1918 [©Piedmont Pictures Corp.; 24 Nov 1917; LUI1790]. 7 reels. (Sandy Orr), Pat Moore (The little boy). . -

Dir Paul Trinchera. Cam Richard Fryer. Drama/ Rural. In an Eastern Kentucky mountain town, illiterate Asa

Source: Based on the play La Baccarat by Frederick H. James Whipple, the village blacksmith, marries beautiful Nance Haws over the

(production undetemined). opiections of her rather A former aristocrat whe was financially runes

Cast: Gertrude McCoy (Louise La Tour, later known as “La ethro Haws wanted Nance to marry lawyer Kulus Couch. Alter sandy Baccarat”), Pauline Curley (Margery La Tour), Charles Graham Orr, an escaped convict employed by the kind-hearted Asa, kills Luke (Armand La Tour), Henry Sedley (Sedley), Barry Whitcomb (Ben Anerews for implying that ances expected child is “ouch 6, Asa takes

Hassan), Johnny Walker. ° the blame. He is convicted by Couch, now district attorney, who destroye

| assan)s To ay off his extensive debts, Armand La Tour agrees to sell the confession Orr left before running away. In prison Asa meets Orr again government secrets to a gang of spies, but when he fails to produce any and they prove Asa’s innocence, but when he returns, Asa finds that Nance information, Ben Hassan, the ring leader, kidnaps Louise, La Tour’s eldest has divorced him and is about to marry the now wealthy Couch for the sake daughter, and forces her to perform Turkish dances in his cabaret. Louise, of her child’s education. Asa decides to leave, but Couch engages him in

now called “La Baccarat,” remains a captive in the seamy club until a duel and shoots him in the back before his own death after his horse Sedley, a gambler, sees her dancing and offers Hassan 70,000 francs for throws him down a cliff, Asa and Nance now start their marrage anew. her. On the same night, La Tour happens into the club and spots Louise, Blacksmit hs. Divorce. Kentucky. Marriage. Mountain life. Re-marriage. but threatened with exposure by Hassan, reluctantly leaves without her. Sell-sacritice. District attorneys. Duels. Evidence. Falls from heights.

After hearing her sad tale, Sedly nobly marries the resigned, hapless literacy. Murder. Prison aon Louise. By chance, Margery, La Tour’s other daughter, finds her sister and pN r Ne i910 . 03 3641. ne 8 NY i910 5 ne then relates the story to her fiancé, who, shocked, rejects her. Determined NYMT 2 Nov 1919. to clear Louise’s name and save her engagement, Margery begins an investigation, which results in Sedley’s death and her own capture by HIS DOUBLE see THE PURSUING SHADOW Hassan. In a fit of conscience, La Tour confesses to the police, who rescue.

Margery from Hassan’s hideout. Reconciled with her fiancé, Margery HIS ENEMY. THE LAW F1.1975 marries, and Louise returns to her father. Father-daughter relationship. Triangle Film Corp. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 16 Jun 1918 5

Kidnapping. Sisters. Treason. Turks. Blackmail. Cabarets. Confession reels , (law). Debt. Exotic dancers. Gamblers. Guilt. Marriage. Police. Rescues. Dir Raymond Wells. Asst dir R. M. Donaldson. Scen George E. Jenks. ee According to publicity articles, twelve Oriental dancers were used as extras Story Lillian Ducey. Cam G. C. Peterson. in this film, which was made at the Kalem studios in New York. This film was the Cast: Jack Richardson (Captain Jack Rogers/John Rogers), Irene Hunt

first, and probably last, production of the Piedmont Pictures Corp. whose prior (Sally Randolph/Sarah Catherwood), Jack Livingston (Arthur corporate title was the Hawk Film Co. The synopsis included in the copyright Mason), Graham Pette (Jim Dawson), Dorothy Hagar (Jane Allen), Walt

descriptions was originally entitled “La Baccarat.” Whitman (Mr. Catherwood), May Giraci (Girl of six).

ETR 23 Mar 1918, p. 1268, 1278. MPW 30 Mar 1918, p. 1841. Drama. Captain Jack Rogers returns home from the Civil War to find MPN 6 Apr 1918, p. 2004. MPW 13 Apr 1918, p. 260. that his fiancée’s father has broken his engagement to Sarah Catherwood because Jack’s income is so low. Jack goes West to earn his fortune but soon

HIS DEBT , F1.1973 hears that Pamela has wed her former suitor, Randolph. Heartbroken, Jack

Haworth Pictures Corp. Dist Robertson-Cole Co. through Exhibitors proposes to a widow, but their marriage is so unhappy that he leaves, taking Mutual Distributing Corp. 25 May 1919 [©The Haworth Pictures Corp.; his son John with him. In the town of Ten Strike, Jack robs a stage and

8 Apr 1919; LU13575]. 5 reels, 4,800 ft. is shot by a posse. The sheriff adopts little John, who grows to manhood

Dir William Worthington. Scen Frances Guihan. Story L. V. Jefferson. —_ nurturing such an intense hatred for the law that in his renowned law

Cam Frank D. Williams. practice, he intentionally helps notorious criminals escape justice. Sarah’s

Cast: Sessue Hayakawa (Goro Mariyama), Jane Novak (Gloria daughter, Sally Randolph, begs John to defend her lover who has been

Manning), Francis MacDonald (Blair Whitcomb), Fred Montague (J. P. _ charged with murder, and John succeeds in winning his freedom, but upon

Manning). the young criminal’s release from prison, he is shot and killed. When John

Drama. Goro Mariyama, who uses the profits from his high-class —_ and Sally discover that their parents were in love, they marry and begin

honestly-run gambling house to help the poor, is shot by Blair Whitcomb, _a_ new life together. Criminals. Disillusionment. Father-son relationship. who earlier had accused Goro of cheating and then lost $10,000 to him over Law. Lawyers. Adoption. Marriage. Murder. Posses. Separation. Sheriffs.

a cut of cards. Goro’s lung is pierced and it is only through the efforts of Stagecoach robberies. Veterans. United States-West. Widows.

nurse Gloria Manning, Blair’s fiancée, that Goro pulls through. Goro tells ETR 6 Jul 1918, p. 400. NYDM 10 Aug 1918, p. 201.

Gloria that he loves her and is shocked to hear of her engagement. MPN 29 Jun 1918, p. 3949. Var 21 Jun 1918, p. 29. Demanding revenge, Goro forces Blair to come to his house to make good Ow o ne re P. lees Wid's 16 Jun 1918, pp. 11-12.

on his bounced $10,000 check. When Blair does this, Goro sends for the mn police. Gloria comes and pleads for Blair telling Goro that she loves Blair ,

even though she knows he attempted murder and that she can never love HIS FATHER’S SON ; F1.1976 Goro because of their difference in race. Goro lets Blair escape saying he Rolfe Photoplays, Inc. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 19 Mar 1917 [©Rolfe

is paying his debt to Gloria, whom he loves, for saving his life. Debt. Photoplays, Inc.; 17 Mar 1917; LP10401]. 5 reels.

Gamblers. Japanese Americans. Nursing back to health. Racial Dir George D. Baker. Asst dir Charles Hunt. Scen June Mathis. prejudice. Unrequited love. Attempted murder. Charity. Gambling Sten . harhiet Barrymore (J. Dabney Barron) enn Ae y (Betty

houses. Gunshot wounds. Nurses. Revenge. ° ’ Owicy (We

Note: While reviews call this film His Debt, the copyright records refer to it as The Arden), Frank Currier (John ; Arden), Charles Eldridge (Adam Debt. The film was shot in the Brunton studios by Hayakawa’s own production Barron), George A. Wright (Perkins), Phil Sanford (Jim Foley), Walter

company. Horton (Lord Lawrence), Hugh Jeffrey, Florence Natol, Ilean Hume, ETR 31 May 1919, p. 2021. Wid's 25 May 1919, p. 19. Marien Dennis.

MPN 31 May 1919, p. 3669. Comedy-drama. When J. Dabney Barron fails all of his college exams, his father, wealthy gem connoisseur Adam Barron, cuts off his monthly

HIS DIVORCED WIFE | F1.1974 allowance and bets his son that the youth is unable to hold a sixty-dollarUniversal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co. 26 Oct 1919 a-month position. Finding employment at a detective agency, Dabney is [©Universal Film Mfg. Co.; 4 Nov 1919; LP14387]. 5-6 reels. appointed to protect a valuable emerald in the home of John Arden. Posing

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as a butler in the Arden household, he successfully guards the gem for the Peggy’s father, Judge Winters, before he can block a crooked deal in city month-long period it takes to win his bet. At the end of the month, Dabney council. Heroism. Murder. Reputation. Self-sacrifice. Slums. False proclaims his love to Arden’s daughter Betty, but when her father discovers arrests. Gangsters. Imprisonment. Judges. Nobility. Political corruption.

them in a fond embrace, he fires his butler. Preparing to take his leave, Tenements.

Dabney surprises house guest Lord Lawrence opening the safe in Arden’s Note: The film was also called Notorious Gallagher, and was copyrighted under library. Dabney overpowers the thief, wins the bet as well as Betty’s love, _ the title Notorious Gallagher; or, His Great Triumph.

and proves himself to be his father’s son. Detectives. Father-son hee 7 yun tole p. ren wr ° May te p. °

relationship. Impersonation and imposture. Self-reliance. Wagers. mee Pe a eee does

dealers. Nobility. Safes. Theft. ,

Allowances. Butlers. Emeralds. Father-daughter relationship. Gem mew 24 Jun 1916, p. 2302. Wid's | Jun 1916, p 616. Note: The pre-release titles of this film were The Great Green Eye and Making HIS HARVEST see LOVE'S HARVEST

Motog 1 Mar 1917, p. 697. ar troy Be 20. VATICAN F1.1979 ETR 3! Mar 1917, p. \ 180. NYDM 30 Dec 1916, p. 28 HIS HOLINESS, THE LATE POPE PIUS X, AND THE

MPW 20 Jam 1917, 389. Wii's 22 Mar 1917 BS. James Slevin. Dist Sacred and Historic Film Co. Oct? 1914 [©Sacred

MPW 31 Mar 1917, p. 2121. and Historic Film Co.; 19 Oct 1914; MU233]. 6 reels. Pres Harry Raver.

HIS FATHER’S WIFE F1.1977 Cast: Pope Pius X, Cardinal William Henry O’Connell, Cardinal John World Film Corp. Dist World Film Corp. 8 Sep 1919 [©World Film | Murphy Farley, Pope Benedict XV, Merry Del Val.

Corp.; 6 Sep 1919; LUI4150]. 5 reels, 4,885 ft. Documentary. This documentary exhibits newsreel footage of Pope Pius Dir Frank Crane. Scen Philip Lonergan. Story Helen Christine Hoerle. X at the Vatican and at his summer residence. Many scenes of ancient and

Cast: June Elvidge (Patrica “Patty” Hudson), Sam B. Hardy (Lieut. modern Rome are included, among them the ordination of several James “Jim” Winthrop, Jr.), Malcolm Fassatt (Walter Kirkwood), W.T. | Cardinals. The film was reviewed in Var as Pope Pius X and the Carleton (James Winthrop, Sr.), Marion Barney (Mrs. Harrison Vatican. Pius X, Pope. Rome (Italy). Vatican. Cardinals. Catholic Church. Tyler), Virginia Valli (Sally Tyler), William Parke (Dr. Pollard), Lou Ordination. Gorey (Mamie O’Brien), David Davies (The butler), Clio St. Bau (The Var 31 Oct 1914, p. 27. housekeeper), Ann Eggleston (Miss Grimsby), J. W. Jenkins (Mose), Jack

McLean (Fred), Julie Dempsey (Colored maid). HIS HOUSE IN ORDER F1.1980 Drama /Society. When Patricia “Patty” Hudson, a struggling New York Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.;

writer becomes ill, her doctor, advising a restful occupation, arranges for Paramount-Artcraft Pictures. Mar 1920 [©Famous Players-Lasky Corp.;

her to be the private secretary to the aged James Winthrop, Sr. The 27 Jan 1920; LP14684]. 5 reels. closeness of their resulting relationship disturbs Winthrop’s relatives, Mrs. Pres Adolph Zukor. Dir Hugh Ford. Scen Hugh Ford. Cam Arthur Harrison Tyler and her daughter Sally, who hope to inherit his fortune. Miller. Mrs. Tyler writes slanderous letters about Patty to Winthrop’s son Jim, in Source: Based on the play His House In Order by Sir Arthur Wing the aviation corps in France, and the rumors she spreads cause Patty to Pinero (London, Feb 1906). decide to leave. Winthrop, however, will not hear of it and proposes that Cast: Elsie Ferguson (Nina Graham), Holmes E. Herbert (Filmer they marry to quell the talk. Patty agrees but renounces all claims to hiss Jesson), Vernon Steele (Hillary Jesson), Margaret Linden (Annabelle inheritance. After they marry, Winthrop dies from shock when he hears — Jesson), Marie Burke (Geraldine Ridgley), Lawrence Johnson (Derek a false report of Jim’s death. When Jim returns, he treats Patty with = Jesson), William P. Carlton, Forrest Robinson, Jane Jennings, Lewis insolence, but after Patty sacrifices her reputation to protect Sally, the — Sealy, Regis Collins, Inez Borrero. butler and his wife tell Jim the truth about Patty. Jim’s subsequent Drama. Nina Graham, left penniless after the sudden death of her father,

proposal is accepted by Sally. Marriage. Reputation. Secretaries. Self- accepts a position as governess to Derek Jesson, the young son of sacrifice. Slander. Authors. Aviators. Butlers. Death by shock. parliament member Filmer Jesson. When Annabelle, his wife, is killed in

Inheritance. New York City. Physicians. an auto accident on the eve of her elopement with an army officer, Filmer,

MPN 13 Sep 1919, p. 2289. ; , ,

Note: Charles J. Duprez was the publicity photographer on this production. observing Derek’s fondness for his governess, proposes to Nina. While

ETR 13 Sep 1919, p. 1277. MPW 20 Sep 1919, p. 1866. honeymooning in Paris, Filmer becomes outraged when his wife insists upon attending a fancy dress ball, and begins to compare Nina unfavorably

to his first wife. When they return to England, Nina overhears Filmer

HIS FIGHTING BLOOD see FIGHTING BLOOD confiding to his brother Hillary that he has made a mistake in marrying

her, and she prepares to leave. Luckily, before her departure, Filmer HIS FRIEND AND HIS WIFE see MIDSUMMER MADNESS discovers some old love letters which betray Annabelle’s infidelity, and he finally realizes that with Nina his house is truly in order. England.

HIS GREAT TRIUMPH F1.1978 Governesses. Honeymoons. Marriage. Politicians. Automobile accidents.

Columbia Pictures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 22 May 1916 Balls (parties). Children. Infidelity. Letters. Paris. [©Columbia Pictures Corp.; | Jun 1916; LP8403]. 5 reels. Note: A Parisian ballroom set was built at the then-defunct Triangle studios in

Dir -William conkers, ens Pee ection. scenes were shotPinero’s i ans around Newwas York Wilh Nigh. : ity Scen andWilliam at the Nigh. home eorgeNhe Marsha en in ner Convent, NJ. play

‘ , . : Oo NS EM directed by Randle Ayrton.

Gallacher), ‘Roy Applepate. aden nes be) i. A Brwsee (Gus also the basis for a 1928 British film starring Tallulah Bankhead and lan Hunter and

Ewing), Robert Elliott (Robert Ewing), Martin J. Faust (Count Carl), ETR 6 Mar 1920, p. 1445. NYMT 14 Mar 1920.

David Thompson (Detective Cody), Victor De Linsky (Lefty Jake), Frank MPN 6 Mar 1920, p. 2391. Var 12 Mar 1920, p. 53.

Montgomery (Frank the Mex), Marguerite Snow (Peggy Winters), MPN 20 Mar 1920, p. 2783. Wid's 14 Mar 1920, p. 13. Florence Vincent (Florence Maddern), Cecelia Griffith (Mrs. MPw 13 Mar 1920, p. 1838.

Sue). HIS LAST DOLLAR F1.1981 Maddern), Cita Cameron (The pest), Mrs. William Nigh (S/oppy

Drama. When Buttsy Gallagher is accused of a high society murder he Famous Players Film Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 29 Oct did not commit, he is suddenly elevated from tenement dweller to local 1914. 4 reels. hero, as women send him flowers and men admire his grit. Buttsy himself Pres Daniel Frohman. loves the attention and looks forward to execution as a way out of the slums. Source: Based on the play His Last Dollar by David Higgins and Just before he is to die, however, Peggy Winters risks her reputation to Baldwin G. Cooke (New York, 7 Nov 1904). clear him. During a romantic rendezvous with her secret lover, Count Carl, Cast: David Higgins (Joe Braxton), Betty Gray (Eleanor Downs), Hal she witnessed the murder, but had been fearful of exposing her affair with Clarendon (Linson), E. L. Davenport (Colonel Downs), Wellington Playter the count. Finally, she names the real killer, and after Buttsy’s release, and (Broker), Jack Pickford (Jockey Jones), Nat Deverich (Jockey Ross).

his subsequent loss of celebrity status, Buttsy legitimately earns a hero’s Comedy-drama. Joe Braxton, a former newsboy and jockey, decides to recognition when he fights off a band of gangsters who are trying to capture visit New York after he becomes a millionaire rancher in the West. In the

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city, he becomes the prey of swindler Tom Linson and socialite Viola unknown mother and learn the source of the mysterious payments that Grayson. Linson defrauds Braxton’s old employer, Colonel Downs, and support him. In Alaine, Billy is pleasantly surprised to find the country in attempts to corrupt Eleanor, the colonel’s daughter. When Eleanor learns political turmoil. After Billy subverts the plot of the king’s minister of war that Linson intends to destroy Joe on the stock exchange, she warns him, to overthrow the king, and leads the cavalry to stop the people’s uprising, disregarding Linson’s threat to ruin her reputation. Eleanor is too late, but Billy discovers that the king’s daughter is his mother, and that the king’s Joe recovers his losses by riding Mongrel to victory in the Kentucky ward is the countess with whom he has fallen in love. After marrying her, Futurity, after having stacked his last dollar on the horse’s success. Fraud. Billy makes the country a republic. Adventurers. Democracy. Imaginary Horseracing. Millionaires. New York City. Swindlers. Wagers. Jockeys. kingdoms. Long-lost relatives. Millionaires. Thrill-seeking. Uprisings.

Kentucky. Ranchers. Reputation. Stock market. Cavalry. Fire departments. Mexico. Mother-son relationship. New York

Note: David Higgins portrayed Joe Braxton in the Broadway production of his own City. Police. Royalty. Francisco “‘Pancho”’ Villa. Wards and guardians. play. Some parts of the picture were filmed on location at Saratoga, NY during the Note: Elton Banks, credited as assisting director Joseph Henabery with the

racing season. scenario, was the pseudomyn of Douglas Fairbanks. This was the first film to be

Motog 29 Aug 1914, p. 302. Var 6 Nov 1914, p. 23. released by United Artists Corp. The film had a pre-release date showing in Chicago

Motog 31 Oct 1914, p. 612. on 31 Aug 1919. According to modern sources, Boris Karloff was an extra in this film. ETR 13 Sep 1919, p. 1283. NYMT 26 Oct 1919. MPC Jan 1920, p. 57. Photo Dec 1919, p. 117.

HIS LOST SELF see THE LOST BRIDEGROOM MPN 27 Sep 1919, p. 2659. Var 31 Oct 1919, p. 57. MPW 8 Nov 1919, p. 245. Wid's 28 Sep 1919, p. 2.

HIS MAJESTY, BUNKER BEAN F1.1982

The Oliver Morosco Photoplay Co.; Famous Players-Lasky Corp. HIS MAJESTY, THE SCARECROW see HIS MAJESTY, THE

Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Paramount Pictures. 8 Apr 1918 SCARECROW OF OZ [©Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; 7 Mar 1918; LP12184]. 5 reels.

Pres Jesse < Lasky. Dir William D. Taylor. Scen Julia Crawford Ivers. HIS MAJESTY, THE SCARECROW OF OZ F1.1984

can e: Be ro h | Bunker Bean bv H Leon Wil N Oz Film Manufacturing Co. Dist Oz Film Manufacturing Co.; Alliance

’ co . . . Dir L. Frank Baum. Story L. Frank Baum.

Yor 1913) on the novel Bunker Bean by Harry Leon Wilson (New Films Corp. 7 Dec 1914. 5 reels.

Beek act wenrore {ounser Bean). souls. Huff Ce F vapper Source: Based on the novel The New Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum ree e), Jac micVona (Jim Breede), Frances Clanton (His wife), Peggy (Chicago, 1903) and the play, The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, Paul

O’Connell (His oldest daughter), Edythe Chapman (Old Mrs. Breede), ae

HW Hoxie (Th toh G Sevfferti P Tietjens and A. B. Sloane (New York, 20 Jan 1903).

Balrh *) E ‘ WM Lain Pee er), Cusan von Seyffertitz (Prof. Cast: Violet Macmillan (Dorothy), Frank Moore (Scarecrow), Pierre

ce asar), B Ae B essing ( nes rach, va). ks f Ith Couderc (Tin Woodman), Raymond Russell (King Krewl), Todd Wright b omecy: Nim Br de br dn s yen of, hist P ;B Nhas y (Pon), Mildred Harris (Button Bright), Vivian Reed (Princess Gloria), ho convine "B that & the y MB ti Ne leon 4 asar, May Wells (Old Mombi), Fred Woodward.

wio convinees pean tat fe Is ie reincarnation oF Napoleon ane, more Fantasy. In Oz, Dorothy is enslaved by Old Mombi, a witch who uses her

remotely, of the great king When Ramses. His courage bolstered .. . , , asEgyptian a kitchen maid. Princess Gloria, themuch daughter of King;Krewl, falls

by revelation, Bean begins to deport himself with unaccustomed ..,_. 7, .this ; inand lovebecomes with Pon, a gardener’s boy, the king implores Mombi dignity a regular visitorAided to old Breede’s where heto . undermine . , , ;concocts . , “ ML Ce the relationship. by the devil andestate, two sister witches, Mombi successfully courts the boss’s daughter, “The Flapper.” With his $10,000 a brew and pours it on Gloria’s breast and thus turns her heart into ice . oria then rejects Pon, who is comforted by Dorothy. Later, in a cornfield,

inheritance, Bean invests in a financial venture that nets him millions and Glorj pe , ; aa purchases thebefriends alleged mummy of Ramses fromthe thehelp professor. ; Dorothy the Scarecrow and with of Pon,After puts his him; .back marriage to The Flapper, Bean learns that the professor is a fraud and tovether after Mombi t hi LO “adi d. th t realizes that it is the belief in one’s own strength of character that leads Batt Ba he th Ti Wood m sea th C a dh Le “Th. ai th,

to success. Charlatans. Self-confidence. Shyness. Theosophy. 4 T th i 4 Oo wh man, an MI Obi y Gre Kine K "

Transformation. Businessmen. Flappers. Inheritance. Millionaires. ATE OF ENG NN IZATE OF SE) WO Tmprisons Momo in a fin can. Ning Arew Mummies. Ramses, |, King of Egypt, 1292-1225 B.C. Reincarnation. is deposed, the Scarecrow is crowned, and Mombi removes the spell she has

Stenographers _ cast on Gloria. Mythical kingdoms. Scarecrows. Spells. Witchcraft. Note: The novel was adapted for the stage by Lee Wilson Dodd under the title His Drudges. Gardeners. Royalty. Sorcerers. Witches. oo

Majesty, Bunker Bean, and had its premiere in New York, 2 Oct 1916. The novel was Note: This was the second of the Oz films made by L. Frank Baum. The film is serialized in The Saturday Evening Post. Warner Bros. Pictures produced a remake called His Majesty, the Scarecrow in some reviews. Re-issues of the film occurred of this film released 19 Sep 1925, which was directed by Harry Beaumont and starred in 1919 and 1920. The 1920 re-issue was re-cut and shown with a companion stage Matt Moore (see AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.2523); RKO made show as a “movical” with new songs by Hopp Hadley and Sol Levy. Alternate titles another version, entitled Bunker Bean, in 1936, starring Owen Davis, Jr. and directed of the film are The New Wizard of Oz and The Scarecrow of Oz. Frank Moore and

by William Hamilton and Edward Killy. Pierre Couderc appeared in the Broadway production of The Wizard of Oz. For other ETR 13 Apr 1918, p. 1538. NYDM 13 Apr 1918, p. 527, 529. versions of the Oz books, see entry below on The Patchwork Girl of Oz.

MPN 12 Jan 1918, p. 251. Var 12 Apr 1918, p. 42. Motog 20 Feb 1915, p. 304. MPN 6 Feb 1915, p. 60, 68, 72-73. MPN 20 Apr 1918, p. 2355, 2416. Wid's 18 Apr 1918, pp. 1088-89. MPN 24 Oct 1914, p. 61. MPW 20 Mar 1915, p. 1781.

MPW 20 Apr 1918, p. 432. MPN 31 Oct 1914, p. 5. HIS MAJESTY, THE AMERICAN F1.1983 HIS MOTHER'S BOY F1.1985

7,832 ft. LP11825]. 5 reels. :

Douglas Fairbanks Pictures Corp. Dist United Artists Corp. 1 Sep Thomas H. Ince Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Paramount

1919 [ODouglas Fairbanks Pictures Corp.; 1 Sep 1919; LP14608]. 8 reels, | Pictures Corp. 24 Dec 1917 [OThomas H. Ince Corp.; 12 Dec 1917;

Dir Joseph Henabery. Asst dir Albert McQuarrie. Scen Joseph Supv Thomas H. Ince. Dir Victor L. Schertzinger. Scen Ella Stuart

Henabery, assisted by Elton Banks. Scen ed Theodore Reed. Cam Vic Carson. Cam Chester Lyons. Art dir G. Harold Percival.

Fleming and Glen McWilliams. Art dir Max Parker. Backdrop Source: Based on the short story “Where Life is Marked Down” by

painting Ferdinand Earle. Rupert Hughes in The Saturday Evening Post (2 Jun 1906).

Cast: Douglas Fairbanks (William Brooks), Marjorie Daw (Felice, Cast: Charles Ray (Matthew Denton), Doris Lee (Mabel Glenny),

Countess of Montenac), Frank Campeau (Grand Duke Sarzeau), Sam William Elmer (Banty Jones), Joseph Swickard (Tom Glenny), Jerome Sothern (Phillipe the Fourth), Jay Dwiggens (Emile Meitz), Lillian Storm (Jimmie Noonan), Gertrude Claire (Mrs. Denton), Lydia Knott

Langdon (Margeurita, Princess of Alaine), Albert McQuarrie, Bull (Mrs. Glenny).

Montana, Will Gillis, Phil Gastrox. Drama. Angered by the assertions of the townspeople that his late father Adventure. For excitement, millionaire William Brooks assists the New swindled them in an oil well proposition, Matthew Denton finally breaks York fire department, using both a fire alarm and pole in his home. He also away from the apron strings of his mother and leaves for Texas to look into helps the police department, but when the District Attorney cracks down the matter. Pretending to be a laborer in the oil fields, Matthew discovers on crime, Billy goes to Murdero, Mexico to look for thrills. There, after a that the superintendent of the wells, Banty Jones, has been tapping the visit by Pancho Villa quells the fighting Billy enjoyed, he welcomes a cable main pipeline and selling the oil on his own accord, hence the shortage in urging him to come to the small European kingdom of Alaine to find his the stockholder’s dividends. However, Matthew is afraid to confront Jones

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HIS OFFICIAL FIANCEE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG until the superintendent insults Mabel Glenny, the pretty daughter of the HIS OWN HOME TOWN F 1.1988 town drunk. His manhood aroused, Matthew regains the missing funds, as Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; well as winning Mabel as his bride, and proves that he is not his mother’s Paramount Pictures. 27 May 1918 [OThomas H. Ince Corp.; 17 May 1918;

boy. Cowardice. False accusations. Manhood. Oil wells. Swindlers. LP12429]. 5 reels. Impersonation and imposture. Laborers. Oil fields. Stockholders. Texas. Pres Thomas H. Ince. Supv Thomas H. Ince. Dir Victor L. Schertzinger.

ETR 12 Jan 1918, p. 522. MPW 12 Jan 1918, p. 242. Scen Larry Evans. Cam Chester Lyons. Art dir G. Harold Percival. Art

PN I na ole P os, ve 8 na ioe is 23 titles Irvin J. Martin. Special effects Irvin J. Martin.

MPW 5 Jan 1918, p. 133. Wid's 3 Jan 1918, p. 841. Cast: Charles Ray (Jimmy Duncan), Katherine MacDonald (Carol Landis), Charles K. French (7. Elihu Banks), Otto Hoffman (Tivotson), Andrew Arbuckle (Rev. John Duncan), Carl Formes (David Landis), Milton Ross (Justice Jameson).

HIS OFFICIAL FIANCEE F1.1986 Drama. When Jimmy Duncan, a struggling playwright, returns home on Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp; 2 freight train, his father, Rev. John Duncan, is ashamed to receive him, Paramount-Artcraft Pictures. 11-16 Oct 1919 [OFamous Players-Lasky 2"d the town officials, most of whom are corrupt, treat him coldly. Only

Corp.; 16 Sep 1919; LP14211]. 5 reels. David Landis, the editor of a newspaper dedicated to the eradication of Pres Jesse L. Lasky. Dir Robert G. Vignola. Scen Edith M. Kennedy. corruption in Warchester, and his daughter Carol treat him with kindness

Cam James C. Van Trees. and respect. Jimmy leaves town and becomes a famous playwright under Source: Based on the novel His Official Fiancée by Berta Ruck (New an assumed name, while Carol becomes the toast of the New York Stage.

York, 1914). When Landis dies, Carol returns home and learns that her father has willed Cast: Vivian Martin (Monica Trant), Forrest Stanley (William “Still” the Chr onic le to Jimmy, who uses it to expose the gangsters and rout them

Waters), Vera Sisson (Cicely Harradine), Hugh Huntley (Sydney out of office. Carol discovers that Jimmy wrote the play that made her a

Vandeleur), Mollie McConnell (Mrs. Waters), Kathryn Sohn (Theo Star and accepts his proposal of marriage. Actors and actresses. Waters), Tom Ricketts (Major Montressor), Bobbie Bolder (Uncle Albert Newspapers. Playwrights. Reformers. Small town life. Clergy. Editors. Waters), James Neill (Mr. Dundonald), Katherine Van Buren (Odette Father-son relationship. Impersonation and imposture. Inheritance. New

Charrier), Virginia Foltz (Miss Robinson). York City. Ostracism. Political corruption. Poverty. Trains.

Comedy. Without explanation, William “Still” Waters, the head of a ETR 1 Jun 1918, p. 2085. Var 24 May 1918, p. 34. London business, asks stenographer Monica Trant to be his “official NVM a tore if a 1335. le 19 May 1918, pp. 15-16.

fiancée” for 500 pounds. Monica agrees in order to help support her o_O his mother and other relatives, and even wins over the reserved Waters, but HIS OWN LAW ae F1.1989 brother. Monica is introduced to Waters’ family at his home. She charms

she soon resents the business nature of their proposition and returns to J. Parker Read, Jr. Productions. Dist Goldwyn Distributing Corp. Oct London. Waters then explains the reason for the strange request. A foreign 1920 [©Goldwyn Pictures Corp.; 1 Sep 1920; LP15544]. 7 reels.

business client had selected him for the husband of his daughter and in Pres J. Parker Read, Jr. Supv J. Parker Read, Jr. Dir J. Parker Read, order to secure the business deal Waters thought a prior engagement was ‘JT. Asst dir Scott R. Beal. Scen E. Magnus Ingleton. Story Frank

the easiest way out. Monica forgives him and agrees to be his fiancée in Brownlee. Cam J. O. Taylor. Ed Ralph H. Dixon. Tech dir earnest. Businessmen. Engagements. Impersonation and imposture. %chitecture Charles Kyson and decoration W. L. Heywood. Tech dir,

London. Secretaries. Family life. technical Harvey C. Leavitt. Art titles F. J. van Halle, Carl Schneider and Note: One release chart incorrrectly lists this film as Her Official Business. Leo H. Braun. ETR 18 Oct 1919, p. 1727. Var 10 Oct 1919, p. 61. Cast: Hobart Bosworth (J. C. MacNeir), Rowland Lee (Jean Saval), MPN 18 Oct 1919, p. 3045. Wid's 12 Oct 1919, p. 5. Jean Calhoun (Sy/via).

MPW 20 Dec 1919, p. 1014. Drama. Wealthy contractor J. C. MacNeir becomes greatly attached to young French engineer Jean Saval, whom he meets during the course of one of the drunken sprees in which he indulges between jobs. After a night spent in cheap lodgings, MacNeir offers Saval employment and they both

HIS OLD-FASHIONED DAD F 1.1987 start on a construction job in Chinook where the Frenchman falls in love

Falcon Features. Dist General Film Co. Dec 1917 [OGeneral Film Co., with Sylvia Harris. Soon after, he is called to defend France during World

Inc.; 16 Nov 1917; LP11714]. 4 reels. War I, but before leaving extracts a promise from MacNeir to look after

Supv H. M. Horkheimer and E. D. Horkheimer. Sylvia. When word comes of Saval’s death, and Sylvia discovers that she

Cast: Daniel Gilfether (Dr. Silas Morton), Mollie McConnell is pregnant, MacNeir offers to marry her. Four years later, Saval returns (Mandy Morton), Richard Johnson (Emory Morton), Lucy Payton after his release from a German prisoner-of-war camp and accuses his (Nettie Wright), Dan Bailey (Mr. Wright), Alice Smith (Mrs. Wright), friend of treachery. MacNeir finally convinces the Frenchman that he has

Emil Roe (Surgeon). only acted as Sylvia’s guardian. It is then left to Sylvia to choose her Drama. Emory Morton, the son of an old-fashioned country doctor, is husband, and she picks Saval, leaving MacNeir to accept defeat gracefully. able to attend medical school only through the sacrifices of his parents. Contractors. Engineers. French. Friendship. Pregnancy. Prisoners of war. Emory’s gambling extravagances force his parents to sell their livestock, Soldiers. Construction. Drunkenness. Pledges. World War |. and when yet another request for money is received from Emory, Dr. Note: The working title of this film was Mister MacNeir.

Morton goes to investigate. He finds Emory gambling with his friends, and ETR 11 Dec 1920, p. 106. MPW 20 Nov 1920, p. 385. after he is accused of being old-fashioned by his son, he departs, stricken. MPN 25 Sep 1920, p. 2378. Wid's 6 Feb 1921, p. 21. On the way home, the doctor is injured in an auto collision and taken to

the hospital. Placed next to a dying patient in the hospital ward, he switches HIS OWN PEOPLE F1.1990 identities so that his family can collect his life insurance. Now living alone, Vitagraph Co. of America; A Blue Ribbon Feature. Dist Greater his widow becomes obsessed with a fear of tramps, and when the doctor Vitagraph. 31 Dec 1917 [©Vitagraph Co. of America; 22 Dec 1917; wanders through the door of his house, she kills him in terror. Meanwhile, LP11878]. 5 reels. Emory has used the insurance funds to develop an important medical Dir William P. S. Earle. Story William Addison Lathrop. Cam Jack discovery and, upon finding success and financial security, he finally Brown.

develops into a respected doctor. Father-son relationship. Impersonation Cast: Harry Morey (Hugh O'Donnell), Gladys Leslie (Molly and imposture. Physicians. Self-sacrifice. Transformation. Automobile Conway), Arthur Donaldson (Shamus Reilly), William Dunn (Percival

Widows. (Patrick McCormack).

accidents. Gambling. Life insurance. Manslaughter. Medical students. Cheltenham), Betty Blythe (Lady Mary Thorne), Stanley Dunn Note: H. O. Stechhan is credited as author in the copyright entry. Stechhan was Drama. Hugh O’Donnell, who is the town blacksmith and leader among

the publicity and advertising director at the Balboa studio, where this film was made, the people, is very much in love with Molly Conway, who shows her love and although he wrote scenarios and playlets, the author credit in this case may have wt, . , .

been assigned only for copyright claimant reasons. for Hugh in mischievous pranks at his expense. Lord Percival Cheltenham ETR 8 Dec 1917, p. 59. MPN 8 Dec 1917, p. 4044. owns most of the village and is hated for his war on poachers. One day, MPN 24 Nov 1917, p. 3616. MPW 1 Dec 1917, p. 1383. Lady Mary Thorne, who is visiting Cheltenham, stops at the blacksmith 412

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS shop to have her horse shod and, impressed by Hugh’s rugged manliness, Note: One review referred to the title of this film as The Parisian Wife.

invites him to visit. Molly, overhearing the conversation, follows Hugh to ETR 25 Jan 1919, p. 643. NYT 20 Jan 1919, p. 13.

the manor, where she is seen by Cheltenham, who has been drinking, and PW . ne iol9 e. oO 677 Ws 9 na its , +>.

dragged inside. That night, Cheltenham’s gamekeeper shoots a poacher, NYMT >Feb 1919. — and the peasants storm the manor in revenge. Hugh holds them at bay and

promises to turn the culprit over to the law. Searching the manor for its

master, Hugh breaks into the library and finds Cheltenham with Molly. Fine Arts Film Co. Dist Triansle Film Corp. 13 Feb 1916 oTrienele Believing that they are having an affair, the blacksmith attempts to choke Film Corp: 7 Feb 19] 6; LP8071]. 5 reels ‘ the lord until Molly explains that she had flirted with Cheltenham in order Dir Joke Emerson Seen John Emerson and Anita Loos

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to arouse Hugh’s jealousy, and all is forgiven. Blacksmiths. Nobility. Cast: Douglas Fairbanks (Pete Prindle) Clarence Handvside Peasants. Poachers. Village life. Drunkenness. England. Flirtation. ( Proteus Prin dle), Rene Boucicault (Pansy Prin dle), Jean Temple Samekeepers. Jealousy. Manors. Practical jokes. Revenge. Sieges. (Pearl Prindle), Charles Butler (Christopher Cadwalader), Loretta Blake

ETR $ Jan 1918, p. 450. NYDM 5 Jan 1918, p. 18. (Christine Cadwalader), Homer Hunt (Melville). MPN 5 Jan 1918, p. 9, 88. Var 4 Jan 1918, p. 41. Comedy. Meat-eating Pete Prindle has always been an embarrassment

MPN 12 Jan 1918, p. 294. Wid’s 3 Jan 1918, p. 848. to his wealthy vegetarian father, Proteus Prindle. Asa result, when railroad

MPW 12 Jan 1917, p. 240, 273. baron Christopher Cadwalader insists that, in order to marry his daughter

Christine, Pete must have a half-interest in Proteus’ health food empire,

HIS PAJAMA GIRL F1.1991 Pete’s continued bachelorhood seems assured. Proteus gives in somewhat, Southern California Production Co. Dist State Rights; C. B. Price Co. however, and, after admiring the testimonial given to vegetarianism by his

10 May 1920. 5 reels. daughters Pansy and Pearl in the Vegetarian Gazette, he tells Pete that he Dir Donald Edwards. Story W. Scott Darling and C. A. Griffen. can have the half-interest if he manages to get his picture in the papers.

Cam Bert Wright and Ross Fisher. Pete then swims to shore from a steamer, wrecks his car and beats up a Cast: Billie Rhodes (Dorothy Dodd), Harry Ham (Harry), Nigel de champion boxer, but he can never get the publicity he wants. Then, when Brullier (Manuel Lopez), Harry Edwards (Blackie Blaisdell), Harry he preventsa train from being derailed by a gang of thugs, the media make Rattenbury (Henry Dodd), Eddie Barry (Peter Potts), George French _ him a national hero. As a result, he gets his picture in the papers, he gets

(The deacon). his half-interest, and he gets married. Father-son relationship. Health food

Comedy. Planning to fleece wealthy Henry Dodd, Blackie Blaisdell and ——_jnqustry. Heroism. Publicity. Tests of character. Automobile accidents.

his band of crooks convince the millionaire that they have located the Boxers. Boxing. Hoodiums. Newspapers. Railroad magnates. Sabotage. deposed president of San Salvador, a country in which Dodd holds mining Steamboats. Trains. Vegetarians. interests. Meanwhile, Harry, a secret service agent on Blackie’s trail, learns Note: According to a modern source Erich von Stroheim was an assistant director of the scheme and falls in love with Dodd’s daughter Dorothy. Dodd objects and played the role of a gangster in this film. Also, Emmett Flynn was an assistant to the courtship until Harry prevents Blackie and his pals from carrying director, George Hill was the cameraman, and Nick Thompson was in the cast.

out their scheme. Out of gratitude, Dodd approves of Harry and Dorothy’s Matos 1) pee are p. eo Wee ¥ re tole p. a

marriage. All goes well until their wedding night when, as a practical joke, 010g © > P. ob". . VP. ©. Dorothy's girl friends lock her in Harry’s folding bed and deliver it to Peter, MPW 12 Feb 19160973, Var 4 Feb 1916, p. 24. her former suitor. Harry follows and in the ensuing chase, runs into Blackie

who has escaped from jail. After Harry arrests the crook, Dorothy’s HIS ROBE OF HONOR F1.1994 practical joke is explained, and the lovers kiss and make up. Beds. Chases. Paralta Plays. Inc. Dist W. W. Hodkinson Corp. 15 Jan 1918. 7 reels

Confidence men. Practical jokes. Secret Service. Fraud. Gangs. 6.224 ft YS, ine. oo" P. , Imaginary republics. Millionaires. Presidents. Prison escapees. , Dir Rex Ingram. Scen Julian Louis Lamothe. Cam Carl Widen. Art Note: This film was re-issued on 21 May 1921. It was included in the AFI Catalog , ; ‘ ‘ of Feature Films, 1921-30 (F2.2530). An early pre-release news item lists Neil Barrie dir R. Paul Holmes. ; and George Fischer in the cast as well. Source: Based on the novel His Robe of Honor by Ethel and James

MPN 8 May 1920, p. 3967. MPN 6 Nov 1920, p. 3589. Dorrance (New York, 1916). MPN 12 Jun 1920, p. 4753. MPW 15 May 1920, p. 943. Cast: Henry B. Walthall (Julian Randolph), Mary Charleson MPN a Mu i000 P. a MPW 21 May 1921, p. 321. (Roxana Frisbee), Lois Wilson (Laura Nelson), Noah Beery (‘‘Boss”

eames Poss Nordhoff), J. J. Dowling (Bruce Nelson), Roy Laidlaw (Robert

Partland), Fred Montague (Million Mulligan), Eugene Pallette

HIS PARISIAN WIFE F1.1992 (Clifford Nordhoff), Guy Newhard (“Carrots’’).

Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Drama/Crime. Unscrupulous attorney Julian Randolph, whose specialty Arteraft Pictures. 19 Jan 1919 [©Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; 31 Dec ig furnishing phony jurors, is offered a judgeship if he clears Clifford

1918; LP13271]. 5 reels, 4,823 ft. Nordhoff, the brother of powerful politician “Boss” Nordhoff, of a murder Pres Adolph Zukor. Dir Emile Chautard. Scen Eve Unsell. charge. With the aid of his usual tools, Randolph succeeds and is given a Source: Based on the novel The Green Orchard by Andrew Soutar position on the bench. Here he is expected to obey the commands of the

(London, 1916). ; men who secured his appointment, but Ranoldph falls in love with Laura Cast: Elsie Ferguson (Fauvette), David Powell (Martin Wesley), Nelson, a girl of upstanding social position, and resolves to follow the Courtney Foote (Tony Rye), Frank Losee (Thomp son Wesley ), Co ra straight path. He breaks off with Roxana Frisbee, an adventuress who had Williams (Mrs. Wesley), Captain Charles (Minister), Louis Grizel assisted him in his crooked schemes, and refuses to hand down a decision

remy er). Soci In Paris. Ameri Martin Wes! in favor of the political machine. In the end, Randolph upholds justice, wins

rama /Society. n aris, American lawyer Martin Wesicy mects Laura as his wife and has the satisfaction of seeing Roxana also go straight. Fauvette, a reporter, in a rainstorm. They share an umbrella, have tea, then Bribery. Criminals-Rehabilitation. Judges. Political corruption dinner, and by eleven that night Martin proposes. After he brings his bride Adventuresses Brothers Lawyers Murder Political bosses Upper

to live with his parents, a cold New England couple who hate anything from classes ,

Paris, their disapproval gradually infects Martin. When his friend Tony ETR > Feb 1918. 0. 762 MPW > Feb 1918. 0. 685. 719 Rye comes to dinner and Fauvette appears in a low-cut gown, Martin Motog 27 Oct 1917, . 862. MPW 9 Feb 1918, if 846. upbraids her. Their subsequent separation causes Martin to drink, while MPN 1 Dec 1917, p. 3752. Var 18 Jan 1918, p. 41. Fauvette thrives in New York as a famous author. When Martin hears this MPN 2 Feb 1918, p. 734. Wid's 31 Jan 1918, p. 908. and also learns that Tony’s sympathetic concern is becoming romantic, he

smashes his liquor decanter and proves himself as a successful lawyer. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS F1.1995 After deciding to win Fauvette back, but then tell her to go to Tony, Martin World Film Corp. Dist World Film Corp. 25 Feb 1918 [©World Film sees her and realizes he loves her. When he pays off her money lender, Corp.; 11 Feb 1918; LU12047]. 5 reels. Fauvette thinks he is trying to humiliate her, but soon he begs forgiveness Pres William A. Brady. Dir Carlyle Blackwell. Scen Raymond L. and they start a new married life. Lawyers. Marriage. New England. Schrock. Cam Albert Moses and Lucien Tainguy. Parisians. Separation. Snobbery. Americans in foreign countries. Authors. Cast: Carlyle Blackwell (Jack Christie), Evelyn Greeley (Princess Diana

Drunkenness. Friendship. Paris. Reporters. Rain storms. of Terresta), Kate Lester (Her aunt), Bert Honey (Victor Borden), Lionel 413

HIS SISTER’S CHAMPION AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Belmore (General Malcoff), Kitty Johnson (Lisette), Herbert Barrington wife. Annabelle, in dire poverty, answers the ad and agrees to marry Arthur

(Prince Ferdinand), A. Black (Capalette), George Morgan. in name only. Once the ceremony is over, Arthur comes to appreciate the Adventure. Jack Christie, a football star, accompanies his college contrast between Annabelle’s sweetness and Verna’s greed, and finally roommate, Victor Borden, to France, where the latter becomes attached realizes that he wants Annabelle for more than a temporary wife. When to Lisette, a gangster’s daughter. In trying to save her from a forced the sixty days are up, Annabelle discovers that she has been awarded the marriage, Victor is injured, and while he is confined in a hospital, he reveals old man’s fortune, and Arthur discovers that he has made the right choice.

to Jack that he is actually the Prince of Wallarya, a small country inthe Advertisements. Inheritance. Marriage-Companionate. Nurses. Wills. Balkans. Because Prince Ferdinand, who wishes to seize the throne, has Fortune hunters. Poverty. convinced the king of Terresta to declare war on Wallarya, Jack agrees to Note: This film was the debut release of Joseph Levering Productions.

take Victor’s place temporarily at the head of the army. Posing as the ETR 31 Jan 1920, p. 905. MPW 31 Jan 1920, p. 757, 778.

prince, Jack foils Ferdinand’s attempts to assassinate him and then MPN 3! Jan 1920, P. 131%. MPw 2 Feb loot p. ran revents war by agreeing to marry the king of Terresta’s daughter Diana. » Pe 2028 a UB Ora BP. 28. Victor wires Jack that he plans to settle permanently in America with MPN 12 Jun 1920, p. 1317. Wid's 25 Jan 1920, p. 8. Lisette, leaving the football hero to rule Wallarya with his bride.

Americans in foreign countries. Impersonation and imposture. Mythical HIS TURNING POINT ; 7 F1.1998 kingdoms. Royalty. Students. Assassination. Balkans. Football players. Nola Film Co. Dist Associated Film Sales Corp.; A Big “A” Feature.

France. Gangsters. Hospitals. Immigrants. Marriage-Arranged. Dec 1915. 5 reels. oo

Marriage-Forced. Political alliances. Rescues. Usurpers. Cast: Leatrice Joy (Mrs. Carey), Andrew A. Rogers, Micheline Ragep.

ETR 23 Feb 1918, p. 991. Var | Mar 1918, p. 43. Drama. At a reception, Mrs. Carey hears her husband, a noted engineer, MPN 2 Mar 1918, p. 1317. Wid’s 7 Mar 1918, p. 984. comment that he would divorce her if he ever learned that there was a thief

NYDM —_23 Feb 1918, p. 20. in the family. The next evening, after her husband leaves, Mrs. Carey puts her three-year-old daughter to bed and thinks about her father, who lost

HIS SISTER’S CHAMPION see ROSIE O°GRADY his fortune and died, and her brother, who later was arrested for burglary. Just then, a masked man breaks in and awakens the child while he searches

HIS SIXTEENTH WIFE see THE SIXTEENTH WIFE for plans for an invention. When Mrs. Carey enters with a revolver, the burglar reveals himself to be her brother. Mrs. Carey puts the gun down,

HIS SWEETHEART F1.1996 and when the child puts it into her mouth, the brother calms her and The Oliver Morosco Photoplay Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 29 retrieves the gun. After Carey arrives and shoots the fleeing man, the Jan 1917 [©Oliver Morosco Photoplay Co.; 13 Jan 1917; LP9991]. 5 reels. wounded brother is arrested. The brother’s gang later breaks in and steals Pres Oliver Morosco. Dir Donald Crisp. Scen George Beban, Lawrence _ the papers, but the brother, now released, returns them. When a gang

McCloskey and John B. Clymer. Story George Beban and Lawrence member tries to kidnap the child, the brother wounds him and grabs a

McCloskey. Cam J. O. Taylor. motorcycle to retrieve the runaway buggy carrying the child. Mrs. Carey

Cast: George Beban (Joe, the Iceman), Helen Jerome Eddy (Trina confesses, and Carey gives the brother a good position at his South Capino), Sarah Kernan (Joe’s mother, Mama Mia), Harry De Vere American plant after he promises never to return. Brother-sister (Godfrey Kelland), Kathleen Kirkham (Mrs. Kelland), Peaches Jackson, relationship. Burglars. Criminals—Rehabilitation. Engineers. Disguise.

Robert E. Rolson, J. N. Leonard, Cecil C. Holland, Charles Yorba. Firearms. Gangs. Gunshot wounds. Infants. Inventions. Kidnapping. Drama. Joe’s sweetheart, his mother, comes to the United States from Motorcycles. Rescues. Secret documents. Italy expecting her son to be a wealthy American. Finding instead that he Note: Some sources refer to this film as The Turning Point, and actress Leatrice is a poor iceman, Mama Mia takes a position as a laundress for district Joy as Leatrice Zeidler, or Leatrice Joy Zeidler, her real name. It is unclear which attorney Kelland. As a prank, the Kelland’s baby hides a valuable pin in name she preferred at this time.

a laundry basket and Mama Mia is arrested for theft. Under the district MPN 25 Dec 1915, p. 126. attorney’s prosecution, Mama Mia is sent to prison, incurring Joe’s wrath. MP 18 rie Pp. 2163, 2206,

Kelland’s political enemies seize upon Joe’s anger and involve him in a plot

to kill the D. A. Joe is to substitute Kelland’s golf ball with one filled with |

nitroglycerine. As Kelland is about to strike the ball, Joe watches in horror HIS WIFE F1.1999

as the D. A.’s wife and daughter walk into range of the explosive. Rushing Thanhouser Film Corp. Dist Mutual Film Corp; A Mutual

onto the course, Joe throws himself in front of the ball, saving Kelland. | Masterpicture. 28 Oct 1915. 5 reels. Mrs. Kelland then confesses her baby’s part in the theft, Mama Mia is Pres Edwin Thanhouser. Dir George Foster Platt. Cam Lawrence E.

freed, and the family is happily reunited. Attempted murder. False arrests. Williams. .

Immigrants. Mother-son relationship. Revenge. Children. Confession Source: Based on the novel My Poor Wife by Bertha M. Clay (pseud. of (law). Conspiracy. District attorneys. Explosives. Golf. Icemen. Italians. Charlotte M. Brame) (publication undetermined).

Practical jokes. Cast: Geraldine O’Brien (Nora), H. E. Herbert (John Dennys), Lorraine

Note: The working title of this film was Just an Old Sweetheart. John B. Clymer Huling (Edith Danvers), Inda Palmer (Aunt Nancy), Theodore Von Eltz is listed as author of a scenario for this film which was included in the Paramount (Harry Dennys).

studio records. His name was not included in the cutting continuity. Drama. John and Harry Dennys, brothers froma wealthy English family,

ETR 3 Feb 1917, p. 634. NYDM 20 Jan 1917, p. 30. both love Edith Danvers, but when John goes off to fight in India, Harry

one s eb le 4008 Wile fe Ore . 0 marries her and then flees to Australia to escape his creditors. Upon MPW 10 Feb 1917, p. 868, 910. oe returning home, John finds Edith alone and renews his courtship, but is

mysteriously rejected by her. In his despair, John moves to a fishing village

HIS TEMPORARY WIFE F1.1997._~Where he falls in love with Nora, a local girl. The couple returns to the Joseph Levering Productions. Dist W. W. Hodkinson Corp. Feb 1920 Dennys estate, and Edith seeks out John, eventually confessing the truth

[©Gaumont Co.; 7 Jan 1920; LP 14685]. 6 reels. about Harry. Spying her husband in an apparent intimate embrace with Dir Joseph Levering. Cam Walter Pritchard. Edith, Nora becomes suspicious, and when Harry shows up and insists on Source: Based on the short story “His Temporary Wife” by Robert Ames 4 _midnight meeting with his wife, Nora mistakes him for John and is

Bennet in All-Story Weekly (24 Feb-24 Mar 1917). overcome with jealousy. Attempting to drown herself, she is rescued by Cast: Rubye de Remer (Annabelle Rose), Edmund Breese (Judge smugglers and taken to a convent. Years later, Nora, now a novice, goes Laton), Eugene Strong (Arthur Eliot), Mary Boland (Verna Devore), W. to Australia to work in a leper colony and accidentally encounters her

T. Carleton (Howard Eliot), Armand Cortes (Leonard Devore). husband at her tombstone, still mourning her “passing.” Comedy. Wealthy old Howard Eliot is so pleased with his young nurse Misunderstandings are finally corrected, and Nora gives up her habit to

Annabelle Rose that on his deathbed he bequeaths her an envelope with reunite with John. Attempted suicide. Brothers. English. Jealousy. the caveat that it not be opened for sixty days. The remainder of his fortune Mistaken identity. Australia. Confession. Convents. Debt. Desertion. is left to his son Arthur with the stipulation that he must marry anyone Fishing villages. Grief. Leprosy. Novices (religious). Smugglers. Upper except his current girl friend, the fortune-hunting Verna Devore. In order classes. to meet the requirements, Arthur places an advertisement for a temporary Note: This film was also reviewed under the title My Wife.

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD’S GREATEST WAR mone 30 ae ole p. ne 993. NYDM 23 Oct lore’ p. * Cast: Eugene O’Brien (Richard Flint), Zena Keefe (Marion

MPW 30 Oct 1915, . 147, 808, 854. Pe oe Phillips), Ned . Hay (Bob Uppington), Louise Prussing (Eva

Uppington), Cyril Chadwick (James Cardwell), Dorothy Kent (Mrs. Ralph).

HIS WIFE FROM ARIZONA see HUNGRY EYES Drama. While lost in the woods, Marion Phillips finds refuge in Richard Flint’s hunting lodge, and the two instantly fall in love. Richard proposes

HIS WIFE’S DOUBLE see THE DEAD ALIVE without realizing that his beloved is a wealthy heiress, a complication that

. jeopardizes their marriage when Marion insists upon living in lavish style. HIS WIFE’S FRIEND F1.2000 Embittered by the cutting remarks made by his wife’s snobbish friends, Thomas H. Ince Productions. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Richard leaves Marion to seek his fortune in the mines. Marion follows but, Paramount-Artcraft Pictures. 21 Dec 1919 [©Thos. H. Ince; 8 Dec 1919; | growing bored, is soon persuaded by James Cardwell to go back to her

LP14539]. 6 reels, 5,613 ft. : glamorous friends in the city. Meanwhile, Richard strikes ore and

Pres Thomas H. Ince. Supv Thomas H. Ince. Dir Joseph De Grasse. determines to have his revenge upon Cardwell. Returning to New York, Scen R. Cecil Smith. Cam John S. Stumar. Ed Ralph Dixon. Art titles he crushes his opponent on Wall Street, obliterating his wife’s wealth in

Irvin J. Martin. the process. The barrier that existed between them thus resolved, the lovers Source: Based on the novel The White Rook by John Burland Harris- are reconciled. Heiresses. Marriage. Revenge. Social customs. Forests.

Burland (New York, 1918). Lodges. New York City. Prospectors. Snobbery. Stock market.

Cast: Dorothy Dalton (Lady Marion Grimwood), Warren Cook (Sir Note: Sources conflict on various credits and cast names. One production news item Robert Grimwood), Henry Mortimer (John Heritage), Richard Neil credits Ouida Bergere with the writing, and one review lists E. Lord Corbett as a CO: ; scenarist with R. Cecil Smith. The name of Eugene O’Brien’s character is listed as (Lord Waverly), Paul Cazeneuve (Ling Foo), Tom Cameron (Nind), S. Richard Harlow, Robert Harlowe and Ralph Barlow, as well as Richard Flint. Cyril

Barrett (Inspector Marsh), William Williams (Dr. Larner). Chadwick’s character is called James Caldwell and Leroy Cadwell, in addition to Mystery. Unhappily married to Sir Robert Grimwood, an older man James Cardwell. The production company attempted to shoot some scenes at Lake whose only passion is chess, Lady Marion finds solace in the arrival of her Saranac, NY, but had to relocate to the studio because of severe winter weather.

old suitor, John Heritage. Soon after Heritage’s departure, Sir Robert's hapN Y Mer 1990. . pe NOMT o ee 000 p. 1679. body is found floating in the lake. Subsequently, a suicide note is delivered MPN 28 Feb 1920, p. 2121. Var 27 Feb 1920, p. 47.

to Lady Marion, charging that her husband’s death was caused by MPN 6 Mar 1920, p. 2395. Wid's 29 Feb 1920, p. 7. Marion’s love for Heritage. Lord Waverly, the owner of an adjacent estate,

orders his servant Ling Foo to steal the letter, and then demands that HIS WORD OF HONOR see THE DESPERATE HERO Marion meet him or he will expose the scandal behind her husband’s death.

Arriving at the appointed rendezvous, Marion is assaulted by Waverly. HISTORY OF THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR F1.2003 Heritage comes to her rescue and Waverly, in a dazed state, falls to his Dist The Picture Playhouse Film Co. Apr 1915. 8 reels. death over a cliff. Through a series of deductions, Heritage discovers that Documentary /World War I. The film consists of scenes taken during the the bizarre deaths were caused by Ling Foo who years earlier had sworn _first few months of World War I. Czar Nicholas II of Russia, King George revenge on Sir Robert for the death of his son. Lady Marion then burns V of England and President Raymond Poincare of France review their the incriminating letter, destroying the last barrier between herself and _ troops. Kaiser Wilhelm consults in the field. The Emperor of Austria is Heritage. Chinese. Marriage. Murder. Revenge. Servants. Suicide notes. shown in Vienna. King Albert of Belgium, King Peter of Serbia, the king

Blackmail. Chess. Falls from heights. Neglected wives. Neighbors. of Montenegro and other personages are also shown. Armies mobilize, a

Nobility. German zeppelin flies over Brussels, the Belgian army retreats from

Note: The working title of this film was The White Rook. Antwerp, German machine guns fire on the Yser Canal, the Allies’ fleet ETR 31 Jan 1920, p. 501. Mew d Jan 1520, pp. 466-67. and the German warships are shown, and the towns of Paula and Cattaro PN ec 1919, p. 4113. rh e are bombed. World War |. Aerial bombardment. Antwerp (Belgium). MPN 21 Feb 1920, p. 1975. Wid's 15 Feb 1920, p. II. Battleships. Belgium. Army. Brussels. Combat. France. Army. Germany Army. Great Britain. Army. Royalty. Russia. Army. Vienna. Yser Canal

HIS WIFE’S GOOD NAME F1.2001 (Belgium). Zeppelins.

Vitagraph Co. of America. Dist V-L-S-E, Inc. 4 Sep 1916 [©Vitagraph Note: When World War I began, the Picture Playhouse Film Co., which was the

Co. of America; 2 Sep 1916; LP9056]. 5 reels. sole American agent of the Pasquali Co. of Turin, Italy, and distributor of films from Dir Ralph Ince. Scen Edward J. Montagne. Story Josephine Lovett. other European companies, instructed their connections in Europe to send authentic

Cam Jules Cronager peti pre cea eset ootene peer peso ope

Cast: Lucille Lee Stewart (Mary Ellen McKay), Jessie Miller (Kate theaters in two sets of four reels each. War correspondent Edward Emerson vouched

Weld), Huntley Gordon (Harry Weatherby), Frank Currier (His for the authenticity of the footage. This film was also called European War father), John Robertson (Doctor Cameron), William Lytell, Jr. (Silk Pictures and The Great European War.

Harrington). MPN 17 Apr 1915, p. 76. MPW 17 Apr 1915, p. 399. Drama. When Harry Weatherby’s millionaire father discovers that his MPW 20 Feb 1915, p. 1121. son secretly has married country girl Mary Ellen McKay, he decides to , break them up. Feigning enthusiasm for the marriage, he throws a party THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD’S GREATEST WAR F 1.2004 for the newlyweds, but also hires some of his underworld cronies to get Hearst newspapers in conjunction with the Selig Polyscope Co. Dist Mary Ellen drunk. Harry arrives at the party late, and, when he sees an General Film Co. Jan 1915. 5 reels. inebriated Mary Ellen in another man’s arms, he walks out on her. Documentary /World War I. Events of World War I, from its outbreak Despondent, Mary Ellen tries to commit suicide, but Doctor Cameron until early in December 1914, are presented. In August, troops mobilize, saves her. Then, Harry finds out about his father’s trick and, returning to and King Albert of Belgium takes the field as the head of his army to meet Mary Ellen, begs her for a reconciliation. At first Mary Ellen refuses him, the German advance. Belgian refugees flee and are fed at palaces in Ostend but finally she agrees to take Harry back. Country girls. Duplicity. Father- and Ghent. German troops march victoriously through Brussels, while on son relationship. Frame-ups. Marriage. Attempted suicide. Drunkenness. the Eastern front, ruined towns of East Prussia are shown and Russian

Hoodlums. Millionaires. Parties. Physicians. Separation. prisoners of war are marched to camps. The French and British armies Motog 23 Sep 1916, p. 736. NYDM 16 Sep 1916, p. 25. retreat to the Marne. German troops march through Louvain after its MPN 23 Sep 1916, p. 1890. Var 22 Sep 1916, p. 41. destruction. Canadian troops are reviewed before they leave for the front. MPW 23 Sep 1916, p. 1961, 2034. Wid's 14 Sep 1916, p. 911. The battle of Liibeck is fought. Red Cross nurses care for wounded in a Belgian hospital, while Princess Alexandra visits German wounded in

HIS WIFE’S MONEY F 1.2002 Berlin. Prison camps in England and Germany are shown. The damage to

Selznick Pictures Corp. Dist Select Pictures Corp. Feb 1920 [©Selznick the cathedral at Rheims is exhibited. The battle at Antwerp is fought.

Pictures Corp.; 6 Feb 1920; LP14724]. 5 reels, 5,192 ft. Combat. Prisoners of war. Soldiers. War refugees. World War |. Albert |, Dir Ralph Ince. Scen R. Cecil Smith. Story May Tully and Du Vernet King of Belgium, 1875-1934. Princess Alexandra (Russia). Antwerp

Rabbell. Cam William J. Black and Charles Levine. Ed Duncan (Belgium). Belgians. Belgium. Army. Brussels. Canada. Army. France.

Mansfield. Army. Germany. Army. Great Britain. Army. Hospitals. Louvain (Belgium). 415

THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD’S GREATEST WAR AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Ltibeck (Germany). Marne River (France). Military camps. Red Cross. Corp. Some scenes were shot in the New York subway at the 145th Street station after

Rheims (France). Russians. War injuries. rk ois Jun 1918 111-13, 128 NYDM 29 Jun 1918, p. 29 Note: According to some sources, the full title of this film was The History of the aoe Poe ne un tt 8s Peo? World’s Greatest War Told in Five Reels of Motion Pictures. The film wae ah by pw 5 ne ite . ee 1760 Viel i uw ole e. 0

Selig cameramen with the assistance of Hearst newspaper correspondents. Sources NYDM >? Jun 1918, p. 888. Wid's 9 Jun 1918. pp. 31-32. noted that although this production came from the same source as the Hearst-Selig

News Pictorial, this film was not to be identified with it. The Selig publicity

department claimed that this was the first and only film to contain real battle footage HITCHIN’ POSTS F1.0021

of the World War. Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co. Sep 1920

Motog 2 Jan 1915, p. 12. MPW 2 Jan 1915, p. 88, 124-25. [©Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 8 Sep 1920; LP15528]. 5 reels. Dir Jack Ford. Scen George C. Hull. Story Harold M. Shumate. THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD’S GREATEST WAR TOLD IN Cam Ben H. Kline. FIVE REELS OF MOTION PICTURES see THE HISTORY OF Cast: Frank Mayo (Jefferson Todd), Beatrice Burnham (Barbara

THE WORLD’S GREATEST WAR Brereton), Joseph Harris (Louis Castiga), J. Farrell McDonald (Joe Alabam), Mark Fenton (Colonel Brereton), Dagmar Godowsky

HIT OR MISS F1.0019 (Octoroon), C. E. Anderson (Captain of steamer), Duke Lee (Colonel World Film Corp. Dist World Film Corp. 24 Mar 1919 [©World Film Lancy), M. Biddulph (Major Grey).

Corp.; 13 Mar 1919; LU13547]. 5 reels, 4,893 ft. Drama. After the Yankees confiscate his land at the end of the Civil War, Dir Dell Henderson. Scen Clara S. Beranger. Story Harry O. Hoyt. Jefferson Todd, a young Southerner, takes up gambling on a Mississippi

Cam Lucien Tainguy. - riverboat. During a card game, Jefferson wins four race horses, the last Cast: Carlyle Blackwell (J. Butterfield “Butts” Conroy), EvelynGreeley _ possessions of Colonel Brereton. Crushed by the loss, the colonel drowns

(Mary Bruce MacDowell), Charles Sutton (Thaddeus Tabor), Jack himself later that night. News of her father’s death reaches Barbara Drumier (Professor Angus MacDowell), Richard Neal (Frank Brereton at the family home, which she is now about to lose. Todd goes Morrison), Escamillo Fernandez (Ybor Cavallo), Joel Day (Si there, full of remorse, only to find himself preceeded by his unscrupulous

Martin). brother-in-law, Louis Castiga, who has poisoned Barbara’s mind against

Comedy. Press agent J. Butterfield Conroy, known affectionately as _ him. Barbara, who is now penniless, decides to seek her fortune in the West, “Butts,” is left only five hundred dollars when his wealthy father dies until —_ where the government is offering free land. Todd and Castiga also go West,

he can show he has been “of service to humanity” in a scientific capacity. and learning of valuable oil deposits on a certain parcel of land, all three In a New York restaurant, Butts meets Mary Bruce MacDowell when her _ race to make the claim. Todd and Barbara, riding the colonel’s race horses, uncle Angus, an entomologist, chases a butterfly around his table. Smitten win, but are met by Castiga and his men who have occupied the territory with love, Butts follows Mary to Bug Hollow, a resort where the professor illegally. A fight ensues between Castiga and Todd, terminating in is searching for a rare insect. After losing all his money playing poker, — Castiga’s death. Barbara finally realizes her misjudgement of Todd, and

Butts Starts to walk to Manhattan, when he meets Frank Morrison, an the two stake their claim and their lives together. Brothers-in-law. acquaintance, who hires Butts to invent a reputation for him as a scientist Gamblers. Land rushes. Southerners. United States-South. United so that the professor will allow him to cour t Mary. Although Butts is States—West. Card games. Fights. Horses. Land rights. Mississippi River. successful, Mary, loving Butts, refuses Morrison. After Butts rescues the Oil lands. Riverboats. Suicide. United States-History—Civil War, 1861-

professor from his burning laboratory, set on fire by Brazilian swindler 1865 ) , Ybor Cavallo, the professor consents to Butts’ and Mary’s marriage and ETR 4 Sep 1920, p. 1513 NYMT 29 Aug 1920 Butts is awarded the rest of his father’s estate. Entomologists. Press MPN 4 Sep 1920, p. 1945. Wid's 29 Aug 1920, p. 25.

agents. Resorts. Wills. Brazilians. Fires. Laboratories. New York City. MPW 4 Sep 1920, p. 114. Poker. Rescues. Restaurants. Swindlers. Uncles.

ETR 22 Mar 1919, p. 1205. Var 14 Mar 1919, p. 48. HITTING THE HIGH SPOTS F1.0022 MPW 22 Mar 1919, p. 1699. Wid's 21 Mar 1919, p. 7. Metro Pictures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp.; All-Star Series. 9 Dec 1918 [©Metro Pictures Corp.; 16 Dec 1918; LP13161]. 5 reels.

HIT-THE-TRAIL HOLLIDAY F1.0020 Supv George D. Baker. Dir Charles Swickard. Scen Bert Lytell and Famous . Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; George D. Baker. Story Bert Lytell. Cam Robert Kurrle. Artcraft Pictures. 16 Jun 1918 [OFamous Players-Lasky Corp.; 4 May Cast: Bert Lytell (Bob Durland), Eileen Percy (Alice Randolph), Winter

1918; LP12497]. 5 reels. | Hall (Morgan Randolph), Helen Dunbar (Mrs. Randolph), Gordon

Walter Stradling. Neilan. Scen John Emerson and Anita Loos. Cam Griffith (Jack Randolph), Fred Goodwins (Harold Blake), lean Hume Source: Based on the play Hit-the-Trail-Holliday by George M. Cohan (Tonia), Stanton Heck (Von Holke), Al Edmundson (Lopez), William (New York, 13 Sep 1915) as suggested by George Middleton and Guy Eagle Eye (Jose), William Courtright (Felipe). ,

Bolton , : : y } Comedy-drama / Adventure. Engineer Bob Durland, a rival of the wealthy

; , , , ys Harold Blake for the hand of Alice Randolph, goes to Mexico during its

Cast: George M. Cohan (Billy Holliday), Marguerite Clayton (Edith luti M Randolph f losing his oil , , Harold accompanies but whenBarthelmess the Mexican insurrectionists Wurst), Russell Bassett (Burr Jason),him, Richard (Bobby threaten ;

Jason), Robert Broderick (Otto Wurst), Pat O’Malley (Kent B. revolution to prevent Morgan Kandolph trom losing his ot! concession.

Mae the two Americans, he becomes frightened and leaves. Upon his return, he

Jason), William Walcott (Rev. Holden), Estar Banks. reports that while he himself heroically fought off th lati es. Bob

Comedy-drama. Billy Holliday, a New York bartender, loses his job “ports tat wie © ims© heroically rougit om tie revors lonaries, 0

when he refuses to serve liquor to minors. He is offered a position in a small died a coward’s death, and Alice, believing her true sweetheart to be dead,

. er agrees to marry Harold. Meanwhile, Bob saves Randolph’s mines despite town run by brewer Otto Wurst and, upon his arrival in town, lodges at a al: his life and th the United S ot, hotel operated by Burr Jason. Billy falls in love with Jason’s pretty several attempts on his vile and then returns to the United states, just in daughter Edith and resolves to help the father and daughter in their pro- time to prevent his girl from marrying the wrong man. After evening the temperance campaign. After resigning from his job, he joins forces with Score with Harold ina fight, Bob takes his place beside Alice at the altar. Jason to market the latter’s new non-alcoholic drink “Bevo” and delivers Cowar dice. Duplici ly. Heroism. Mexico-H istory-1910-1919. Rivalry. an impassioned address at a prohibition rally. The speech is so successful Americans in foreign countries. Engineers. Fights. Mexicans. Missing

that most of the townspeople join the temperance movement, and the Persons, assumed dead. Oil. Revolutionaries. Weddings.

employees of Wurst’s brewery, fearful for their jobs, decide to attack Billy. hen y Oe ole P. ea NYA M ny pee tote P. yo. He disperses the crowd with rockets, however, and offers the men jobs in MPW 7 Dec 1918, 1125. Wid's 8 Dec 1918, is 13. the Bevo bottling works. Billy and Edith marry and together continue their

fight for prohibition. Brewers. Prohibition. Reformers. Temperance. HITTING THE TRAIL F1.0023 Bartenders. Dismissal. Hotels. New York City. Small town life. Speeches. World Film Corp. Dist World Film Corp. 2 Dec 1918 [©Worl d Film Note: The play was first presented fora try-out on 6 Sep 1915 in Long Branch, NJ. Corp.; 18 Nov 1918; LU13123]. 5 reels The film may have been made by Cohan’s own company, which was called variously Dir Dell Henderson. Adapted by Harry O. Hoyt. Story Roy Somerville. Cohan Feature Film Co., Cohan Feature Film Corp. and the George M. Cohan Film Cam Louis Ostland and/or Lucien Tainguy.

According to publicity, Cohan, in the play and film, imitates evangelist Billy Sunday. e ’ ° : .

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 HOME JAMES Cast: Carlyle Blackwell (Kid Kelly), Evelyn Greeley (Flo Haines), Millionaires. Mine owners. Mines. Rivalry. Twins. Brothers. Disguise. Joseph Smiley (Joe Carelli), George MacQuarrie (Rev. Thomas Impersonation and imposture. New Mexico. Nobility. Tungsten. Roberts), Mabel Bunyea (Mamie), Muriel Ostriche (Annie), Walter Note: Stephen Fox was a pseudonym for Jules Furthman.

Green (Tony), Edward Elkas (Goldberg). . ETR 12 Oct 1918, p. 1611. NYDM 19 Oct 1918, p. 590. Drama. Kid Kelly, a gangster in New York’s Lower East Side, turns MPN 12 Oct 1918, p. 2454. in son 1918, p. 49. himself over to the law to save Flo Haines from being convicted of a crime NeW x On ire e 00, .° © Oct 1918, p. IS.

that he himself had committed. After his release, he again meets Flo, who

works by day in an artifical flower factory and by night, in Reverend Roberts’ relief mission, and soon falls in love with her. The Kid’s jealous THE HOLLOW OF HER HAND see IN THE HOLLOW OF HER

sweetheart Mamie tricks Flo into coming to her apartment, where she HAND drugs the girl and turns her over to Joe Carelli, the lustful owner of the flower factory. The Kid saves Flo, but when Carelli is found murdered the

next day, he is arrested for the crime. The confession of Annie, who had HOLLYHOCKS see INTO THE LIGHT stabbed Carelli in a jealous rage, frees The Kid, who reforms himself and

marries Flo. Ex-convicts. Factory workers. Jealousy. Lechery. Murder. HOME F1.2012

Clergy. Confession (law). Criminals-Rehabilitation. Factory owners. False New York Motion Picture Corp.; Kay-Bee. Dist Triangle Film Corp. 27 arrests. Gangsters. Missions. New York City-Lower East Side. Rescues. = Ayp 1916. 5 reels.

Senote: sacrtice. Traps. th Inf ‘on in th oh Dir Information Raymond B.inWest and C. Gardner sources vary ‘ne concernin e cameraman. the copyright ° | | ; Sullivan. Taine and the E TR review credits Louis Ostland, while Wid's credits Lucien Wheaton) Clara Wiliam (nes Wheaton, Gsge ik ~ lan elby), Agnes Herring (Clara Wheaton), Thomas S. Guise (Jeremia

PN 0 NO i918 ao Was * ne il . > Wheaton), Louise Glaum (Daisy Flores), Joseph J. Dowling (Count

NYDM 14 Dec 1918, p. 880. d’Orr). Comedy-drama/Society. When Bessie Wheaton returns from Europe,

HOARDED ASSETS F1.2010 she finds that her nouveau riche family has adopted and magnified the

Vitagraph Co. of America; A Blue Ribbon Feature. Dist Greater worst characteristics of the upper class. Her father spends all of his time Vitagraph, Inc. 23 Dec 1918 [©Vitagraph Co. of America; 11 Dec 1918; at the club, her mother cultivates snobbishness, and her sister thinks only

LP13136]. 5 reels. of marrying into royalty. To shake them out of their aristocratic poses,

Pres Albert E. Smith. Dir Paul Scardon. Scen Edward J. Montagne and Bessie decides to reflect all of their faults, becoming as lazy as her father

Garfield Thompson. and as status conscious as her mother. She even rejects her own sweetheart,

Source: Based on the short story “Hoarded Assets” by Raymond Smiley Allan Shelby, to lure Count d’Orr away from her sister. Finally, the

Spears in Scribner’s Magazine (Jun 1918). members of the family confront Bessie, and she angrily tells them that she Cast: Harry T. Morey (Jerry Rufus), Betty Blythe (Claire Dawson), was only mirroring their behavior. Bessie then runs away, but Allan, with George Majeroni (James Barr), Robert Gaillard (Detective Ryan), Jean | Whom she quickly reconciles, brings her back, just as her family

Paige (Patsy), Bernard Siegel. acknowledges its recent burlesque of the upper crust. Family life. Hoaxes.

Drama. Jerry Rufus, a river pirate, loves Claire Dawson, an actress, but Nouveaux riches. Transformation. Clubs. Idlers. Nobility. Snobbery. Social because she has so many wealthy suitors, he incorrectly believes she plans Climbers.

to marry for money. Jerry learns that a large gold shipment secretly stored one 0 Ate ole P. a Nia i ‘Me ile P. ct in nail kegs is to be delivered to a certain dock, and by substituting kegs MPN 19 Aue 1916, is 1096. Var 4 Aug 1916, is 28.

of sand for the ones containing gold, he succeeds in obtaining the treasure MPW 26 Aug 1916, p. 1445. Wid's 10 Aug 1916, p. 771. and sinking it near the shore. When he proposes to Claire, he is astonished to learn that she has always loved him, and the two marry. Soon, however,

Detective Ryan, who has been trailing Jerry for some time, convinces HOME ; F1.2013

Claire to badger her husband for money. Anxious to please her, Jerry digs Lois Weber Productions; Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Jewel up the kegs, and as he is about to open one, Ryan appears. Ryan is Productions, Inc. through Universal Film Mfg. Co.; Universal Special discouraged and Jerry relieved to find that the barrel contains only sand, Jewel. 31 Aug 1919 [©Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 11 Jun 1919;

the pirate having stolen the wrong kegs. Detectives. Marriage. Pirates. LP13815]. 6 reels.

Theft. Actors and actresses. Gold. Rivers. Traps. Dir Lois Weber. Scen Lois Weber. Story Lois Weber. _ ETR 21 Dec 1918, p. 17. MPW 14 Dec 1918, p. 1254. Cast: Mildred Harris (Millicent Rankin), Frank Elliott (Elmer ETR 28 Dec 1918, p. 339. MPW 28 Dec 1918, p. 1553. Lacy), John Cossar (John Deering), Clarissa Selwynne (Mrs. Deering), MPN 28 Dec 1918, p. 3955. Var 20 Dec 1918, p. 35. Dwight Crittenden (William Rankin), Lydia Knott (Mrs. William Rankin), Helen Yoder (Beatrice Deering), Al Ray (Tom Wallace).

HOBBS IN A HURRY F1.2011 Drama /Rural. Envious of the wealth of her classmates at the fashionable William Russell Productions, Inc.; American Film Co. Dist Pathé boarding school to which her parents struggled to send her, Millicent Exchange, Inc. 6 Oct 1918 [©American Film Co., Inc.; 13 Oct 1918; Rankin hides the fact that her father is a plumber. She invites her friend

LP12979]. 6 reels. Beatrice Deering to her home, which she describes as lavish, for the Dir Henry King. Scen Stephen Fox. Story George Lee McCandless. vacation, but thinks that Beatrice will refuse. The embarrassment Millicent

Cast: William Russell (J. Warren Hobbs, Jr.), Henry Barrows (J. feels when she receives a wire that Beatrice is coming causes her mother Warren Hobbs, Sr.), Winifred Westover (Helen Renshaw), Richard pain, but when Millicent’s sister becomes ill with scarlet fever, Millicent Morris (Rufus Renshaw), Hayward Mack (Lord Willoughby/Louis goes instead to Beatrice’s country residence where she hopes to meet a rich

Willoughby), Carl Stockdale (Angus MacDonald). husband. At the Deering’s, Millicent soon is disappointed in society mores. Comedy-drama. Millionaire J. Warren Hobbs, Sr., sends his lively young After almost succumbing to the advances of Elmer Lacy, who secretly is son to New Mexico to buy back a mine he previously had thought worthless carrying on an affair with Beatrice’s stepmother, Millicent protects Mrs. but since has discovered is rich in tungsten deposits. Lord Willoughby, the | Deering’s reputation by humiliating herself. When she learns that her

mine owner’s twin brother, suggests to Hobbs’s business rival, Rufus mother is ill, Millicent rushes home and discovers happiness with her Renshaw, that he buy the mine, after which Willoughby, Renshaw and family and her old sweetheart. Boarding schools. Class distinction. Envy.

Renshaw’s daughter Helen, the sweetheart of Hobbs, Jr., catch a Family life. Self-sacrifice. Friendship. Infidelity. Reputation. Scarlet fever. westbound train. Angered when Helen scorns his advances, Lord Note: In Lois Weber’s 1921 MPSD listing, this film is called There’s No Place Like Willoughby disguises himself as his brother and sells Renshaw the mine; Home. Some reviews credit William Crittenden with the role of “William Rankin” meanwhile, Hobbs, Jr. purchases it from its real owner, Louis Willoughby. rather than Dwight Crittenden.

Soon after Renshaw discovers that Lord Willoughby tricked him, Hobbs, haeN 0 Ae i910 .. rey, MONT (LF Ae Ie Jr. learns that the mine is worthless after all and sells it to Renshaw in

return for the old man’s permission to marry Helen. Having successfully

tricked the whole party, Hobbs and his fiancée make a quick exit. HOME JAMES see THE GAME’S UP 417

HOME, SWEET HOME AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG HOME, SWEET HOME F1.2014 took in on a large sale, because he has not received a deserved raise. After Majestic Motion Picture Co.; Reliance Motion Picture Co. Dist John loses the money, he disappears, leaving a note to Jellaby saying that Continental Feature Film Corp.; Mutual Film Corp. May 1914. 6 reels. his pocket was picked, but that he will repay the money. When detectives Dir D. W. Griffith. Scen D. W. Griffith and Harry E. Aitken. Cam G. visit Nell, she goes to New York, works for Jellaby, and searches for John

W. Bitzer. at soda fountains throughout the city. After she catches stenographer Nan Source: Inspired by the song “Home, Sweet Home,” words by John Powderly opening a letter from John with twenty dollars enclosed, Nell Howard Payne, music by Sir Henry Rowley Bishop, from the opera, Clari; traces him. Although she is disappointed to learn that he lost the money

or, The Maid of Milan (London, 8 May 1823). gambling after John confesses, both Nell and Jellaby give him another Cast—Prologue and Epilogue: Henry B. Walthall (John Howard chance. Embezzlement. Salesmen. Soda clerks. Antique dealers. Payne), Josephine Crowell (His Mother), Lillian Gish (His Detectives. Dismissal. Gambling. New York City. Secretaries. Sweetheart), Dorothy Gish (His Sister), Fay Tincher (The Worldly Note: The working title for this film was You Just Can't Wait.

Woman). ETR 31 May 1919, p. 2023. NYR 31 May 1919. Cast—First Episode: Mae Marsh (Apple Pie Mary), Robert Harron MPN 7 Jun 1919, p. 3848, 3858. Var 13 Jun 1919, p. 50.

(The Easterner), Spottiswoode Aitken (Mary’s Father), Miriam Cooper MPW 31 May 1919, p. 1393. Wid's 25 May 1919, p. 11. (The Fiancee).

Cast—Second Episode: Mary Alden (The Mother), Donald Crisp, James © =.THE HOME TRAIL F 1.2016

Kirkwood, Jack Pickford (Her Sons). Vitagraph Co. of America; A Blue Ribbon Feature. Dist Greater Cast—Third Episode: Courtenay Foote (The Husband), Blanche Sweet — Vitagraph, Inc. 25 Mar 1918 [©Vitagraph Co. of America; 18 Mar 1918;

(The Wife), Owen Moore (The Tempter), Edward Dillon (The —LP12192]. 5 reels. Musician), Betty Marsh (The Baby), George Berringer (The Accordion Pres Albert E. Smith. Dir William Wolbert. Scen George H. Plympton. Player), Teddy Sampson (The Maid), Ralph Lewis, Irene Hunt, John Cam Reginald Lyons.

Dillon, Earle Foxe, W. H. Long, George Siegmann. Cast: Nell Shipman (Clara), Alfred Whitman (Tom Evans), Joe

Drama, Allegory. Over the protests of his mother and sweetheart, writer Rickson (Blackie), Patricia Palmer (Elsie), Hal Wilson (Higgins), S. E.

John Howard Payne leaves home seeking adventure. In England, he Jennings (Sheriff). becomes involved with The Worldly Woman who rebukes him after he Western. Tom Evans, the fearless range boss of the Double X Ranch, returns penniless from debtors’ prison. He travels to France and then Tunis, falls in love with a romantic schoolteacher from the East named Clara. where he dies, leaving only the song “Home, Sweet Home” as his legacy. They marry and for a time are happy, but in Tom’s absence, his partner In another story, Apple Pie Mary, a cook in a mining camp, loves a young Blackie persuades the restless young wife to run away with him. Blackie man who goes East to marry a wealthy woman. He hears the song, however, soon deserts Clara, and she is forced to earn her keep at a disreputable and returns to Mary. The next story concerns a widow with three sons. dance hall. After robbing a stage, Blackie returns, and Tom, who has been When one son kills another over money, the grief-stricken widow wants to waiting for his former friend, goes after him. In a gun battle with Tom and commit suicide, but she hears the song and decides to live for the sake of his posse, Blackie kills Clara and escapes, but Tom follows him into the her third son. The final story involves a young wife who plans to leave her desert and takes his horse, leaving him to die of thirst. Tom returns to Elsie, older husband for a younger man. As she hears the melody played by a the girl who had secretly loved him all along, and marries her. Desertion. violinist in another apartment, she decides to stay with her husband and Marriage. Partnerships. Ranch foremen. Revenge. Dance hall girls. Dance the two raise a family. Finally, Payne is seen in a pit, imprisoned by Lust halls. Deserts. Escapes. Gunfights. Posses. Schoolteachers. Stagecoach

and Greed. His sweetheart appears as an angel in the sky and Payne is robberies. Thirst. finally free to join her because of the good that has resulted from “Home, Note: Some scenes were shot in the Mojave Desert in CA.

Sweet Home.” Adventurers. Conscience. Fratricide. Marriage. Mother- ETR 23 Mar 1918, p. 1259. MPW 6 Apr 1918, p. 129. son relationship. John Howard Payne. Playwrights. Songs. Songwriters. ETR 30 Mar 1918, p. 1387. NYDM _30 Mar 1918, p. 18. Afterlife. Angels. Cooks. Debt. France. Great Britain. Greed. Lust. Mining MPN 13 Apr 1918, p. 2255. Wid's 4 Apr 1918, pp. 1055-56. camps. Poverty. Tunis. Violinists. Widows.

Note: Because the facility where this film was made was commonly called the HOME WANTED F1.2017

Reliance-Majestic studio, some sources have referred to the production company’s World Film Corp. Dist World Film Corp. 30 Jun 1919 [©World Film nameLOS as «Reliance. Majestic. some ° The {i'msouces opened on i1St 4 May holt at © five Tune’s reels Auejtorium 1919; LU13937].to 5 reels, 4,900 F. ft. A. . sa: : In Angeles. Il aS in Corp.; len 2. Jul ACcording an ad,

Turner and W. E. Lawrence were in the film. Modern sources credit Howard Gaye Dir Tefft Johnson. Story Lucy Sarver. Cam Philip Hatkin. ;

as an additional cast member, James Smith and Rose Richtel with editing, Karl Cast: Madge Evans (Madge Dow), W. T. Carleton (Major Brown as assistant cameraman, and Ralph DeLacy as the property man. According Amesworth), Anna Lehr (Letty Thompson), Jack Drumier (Pierre), Hugh to NYDM, “This wonderful reel will be available at $10 a day to exhibitors in towns Thompson (Dick Washburn), Charles Sutton (Jonathan Eastern), Maude

of less than and at $20 in larger cities.” Motogan cited Home, Sweet Turner Home as10,000 the first filma day ever to assemble “all-star” cast. . Gordon (Mrs. William Thompson), Winifred Leighton

Motog 4 Apr 1914, p. 238 NYDM _18 Mar 1914, p. 30 (Martha), Michael J. Hanlon (Spotty). Motog 2 May 1914, p. 318. NYDM 20 May 1914, p. 32. Comedy. Every night, Madge Dow of the Middleport Orphanage,

MPW 30 May 1914, pp. 1234-35, 1312. Var 22 May 1914, p. 22. imagines herself in the lighted room in the house across the way, being

MPW 20 Jun 1914, p. 1652. tucked into bed by a beautiful mother. After Madge and her friend Spotty _ escape to visit settlement worker Letty Thompson, and Letty encourages

THE HOME TOWN GIRL F1.2015 them to investigate the house, they find a grumpy, gout-ridden old Major Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; there, still irritated over his daughter’s marriage years ago without his Paramount Pictures. 11 May 1919 [©Famous Players-Lasky Corp.;16 Apr —_ consent. After the Major explodes when Spotty raids the jam jars, Madge

1919; LP13626]. 5 reels. takes the Major for a wheel-chair ride, but loses control on a hill and runs

Dir Robert G. Vignola. Scen Edith Kennedy. Cam Frank E. Garbutt. away, leaving the Major soaked in a storm. Fortunately, Dick Washburn, Source: Based on the short story “You Just Can’t Wait” by Oscar Graeve a physician engaged to Letty, rescues the Major and cures his gout.

in Collier’s National Weekly (22 Jun 1918). Because Dick does not know his parentage, Letty’s mother will not allow

Cast: Vivian Martin (Nell Fanshawe), Ralph Graves (John Stanley), their marriage. When Madge endears herself to the Major, however, he Lee Phelps (Frank Willis), Carmen Phillips (Nan Powderly), Stanhope _ reveals that Dick is his grandson. When Dick and Letty marry, Madge lives

Wheatcroft (Steve Ratling), Herbert Standing (Peter Jellaby), Pietro with them in the Major’s home. Engagements. Orphans. Parentage. Sosso (Mr. Fanshawe), Edythe Chapman (Mrs. Fanshawe), William — Settlement workers. Grandfathers. Orphanages. Rain storms.

Courtwright, Tom D. Bates (Ryder brothers), Thomas Persse ETR 5 Jul 1919, p. 387. NYR 28 Jun 1919.

(Manager). MPN 5 Jul 1919, p. 393. Var 27 Jun 1919, p. 44. Comedy-drama/Rural. Although a young bank clerk wants to marry her, MPW 5 Jul 1919, p. 117, 119. Wid's 29 Jun 1919, p. 14.

Nell Fanshawe decides that soda clerk John Stanley is the one for her.

Because John does not have enough money to marry, however, Nell THE HOMEBREAKER F1.2018

encourages him to go to New York, where he becomes a successful antique Thomas H. Ince Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Paramount

salesman for Jellaby and Co. Steve Ratling, a vindictive discharged Pictures. 20 Apr 1919 [OThos. H. Ince Corp.; 4 Apr 1919; LP13582]. 5 salesman, convinces John to gamble the three hundred dollars which John reels.

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 HONEST HUTCH Pres Thomas H. Ince. Supv Thomas H. Ince. Dir Victor L. Schertzinger. Drama. Caleb Webster, a stern farmer who will not sanction the presence Scen R. Cecil Smith. Story John Lynch. Cam John S. Stumar. Ed Duncan of a “fool lawyer” in his household, turns his son Joel from his house, after

Mansfield. Art dir C. Tracy Hoag. Art titles Irvin J. Martin. which Joel settles in Gatesville. There he meets Beulah Rogers, the Cast: Dorothy Dalton (Mary Marbury), Douglas MacLean daughter of newspaper editor Pliny Rogers. When Rogers forces Hilary (Raymond Abbott), Edwin Stevens (Jonas Abbott), Frank Leigh Rose, the Republican nominee for district attorney, to withdraw from the (Fernando Poyntier), Beverly Travis (Marcia Poyntier), Nora Johnson _race because of his shady past, Joel is induced to run and wins the election.

(Lois Abbott), Mollie McConnell (Mrs. White). Rose, brooding over his disgrace, shoots himself in a drunken rage. Joseph Comedy /Society. Traveling saleswoman Mary Marbury thrashes a — Hargan, a discharged printer, witnesses the incident and, in an attempt to masher on a train when he tries to kiss a young girl in a tunnel. After he —_—_get even for his firing, accuses Rogers of the shooting. Joel is called upon

and his woman companion are escorted off, Mary meets them in New York to prosecute the father of the girl he loves but just before trial learns attempting to marry the children of her wealthy employer, Jonas Abbott, = tyargan’s motive, thus obtaining Roger’s release. This infuriates the and pose as cubist art instructors Fernando Poyntier and his sister Marcia. political bosses, who decide to tar and feather Joel. Before they can carry Because Abbott worries that his son Raymond, whom Mary loves, is living gut their plan, Beulah forces Hargan at gunpoint to confess his act of frivolously, Mary plots with him to make Raymond jealous by appearing perjury. The mob then releases Joel, who is forgiven by his stern father and to be an adventuress leading Abbott astray. When the crooks see that the Wing the consent of Rogers to marry Beulah. District attorneys. Editors. Abbott fortune could go to Mary instead of to them, they rob Abbott's safe Father-son relationship. Mobs. Political bosses. Political candidates. and hide the money on his yacht on which they plan to escape. After Mary Revenge. Elections. Farmers. Lawyers. Perjury. Printers. Republican and Abbott, exhausted from dancing the fox-trot, rest on the yacht, she Party. Suicide discovers the money. When the crooks are captured, Raymond, realizing Note: Associate d Producers was comprised of 1 Marshall Neilan. Mack

. . . . ; { prised oO nce, arsna cian, ac

his love for Mary, proposes. Father-son relationship. Impersonation and Sennett, George Loane Tucker, Allan Dwan, Maurice Tourneur and J. Parker Read, imposture. Saleswomen. Adventuresses. Art teachers. Cubism. Fortune Jr. Homespun Folks, which was originally scheduled as a Famous Players-Lasky

hunters. Gold diggers. Jealousy. Safecrackers. Trains. Yachts. release, was bought by Associated Producers in Aug 1920, and was its debut release. Note: The working title for this film was Miss Marbury and Others. Modern Contemporary sources speculated that Associated Producers was willing to pay

sources state that Rudolph Valentino appeared in the production. Famous Players considerable money for the distribution rights because they believed

ETR 10 May 1919, p. 1769. MPW 10 May 1919, p. 932. it would be strong competition for Griffith’s Way Down East. The working title of MPN 26 Apr 1919, pp. 2679-81. Var Hl Jul 1919, p. 57. the film was Wheelbarrow Webster, which was the title of Julian Josephson’s story. MPN 17 May 1919, p. 3267. Wid’s 4 May 1919. p. 5. Josephson wrote another story entitled “Homespun Folks” which was not the basis

MPN 17 May 1919, p. 3272. for this film, although the title was used for this film.

ETR 11 Sep 1920, p. 1617. MPW 11 Sep 1920, p. 168, 249-50.

MPN 1 May 1920, p. 3870. NYMT 5 Sep 1920. HOMER COMES HOME F1.2019 MPN 11 Sep 1920, p. 2135. NYT 4 Oct 1920, pp. 80-81. Thomas H. Ince Productions. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; MPN 16 Oct 1920, p. 3043. Wid's 5 Sep 1920, p. 2.

Paramount-Artcraft Pictures. Jul 1920 [OThomas H. Ince; 18 May 1920;

LP15160]. 5 reels, 4,566 ft. THE HOMESTEADER F1.2021 Pres Thomas H. Ince. Supv Thomas H. Ince. Dir Jerome Storm. Micheaux Book and Film Co.; Western Book Supply Co. Mar-Apr

Scen Agnes Christine Johnston. Story Alexander Hull. Cam Chester 1919. 7-8 reels. Lyons. Ed Harry L. Decker. Art dir W. L. Heywood. Tech dir Harvey C. Prod Oscar Micheaux. Dir Oscar Micheaux and/or Jerry Mills. Scen Leavitt. Art titles F. J. Van Halle, Carl Schneider and Leo H. Braun. Oscar Micheaux. Cast: Charles Ray (Homer Cavender), Otto Hoffman (Silas Prouty), Source: Based on the novel The Homesteader by Oscar Micheaux (Sioux

Priscilla Bonner (Rachel Prouty), Ralph McCullough (Arthur City, 1917). Machim), Walter Higby (Old Machim), John H. Elliot (Mr. Bailly), Cast: Charles D. Lucas (Jean Baptiste), Evelyn Preer (Orlean), Iris Hall

Harry Hyde (Mr. Kort), Gus Leonard (The grocer), Joe Hazelton (Agnes Stewart), Inez Smith (Ethel), Vernon S. Duncan (N. Justine (The shoe store man), Bert Woodruff (Farmer Higgins), Lew Morrison McCarthy), Charles S. Moore (Jack Stewart), Trevy Woods (Glavis),

(Old Tracey). William George (Agnes’s white lover). Comedy-drama. Ne’er-do-well Homer Cavender ventures to the city Drama. Agnes Stewart, a Scottish girl who has come to South Dakota

from Mainsville in an effort to find fame and fortune. Both elude him, and — with her father, takes refuge in an isolated house during a blizzard. after clerking for two years, Homer returns home for a vacation. Impressed Hearing cries outside, she rescues Jean Baptiste, a black man who was in by his flashy clothes, the townspeople assume that Homer has achieved — danger of freezing to death. Baptiste, who owns the house, falls in love with success. Attempting to win Rachel Prouty from his rival, Arthur Machim, — Agnes but despairs of overcoming the social barriers that prevent their Homer continues the deception by announcing that his employer, Kortand union. He returns East to his people and marries Orlean, the daughter of

Bailly, has dispatched him to enroll stockholders for a proposed new plant preacher N. Justine McCarthy, a vain man who soon takes offense at to be built in Mainsville. Machim discovers the sham and denounces _Bantiste’s refusal to praise him. Enlisting the aid of Orlean’s sister Ethel Homer as a crook. Meanwhile, Homer returns to New York, convinces his and brother-in-law Glavis, McCarthy begins a campaign of persecution employers of the merits of his plan and comes home triumphant, with a asainst Baptiste that Orlean is too weak-willed to battle. Finally Orlean proposal for both the new plant and for Rachel’s hand in marriage. —_goe¢ insane, kills her father, and commits suicide. Baptiste returns to South Duplicity . Impersonation and imp osture. Lure of the city. Small town life. Dakota and meets Agnes, who has discovered that she is really black. The

Businessmen. Clerks. Factories. New York City. Rivalry. Vacations. two find happiness together at last. Blacks. Fathers-in-law. Marriage. Note: According to the 1921 MPSD, Wilbur Higby, an actor and director, worked = yjgcegenation. Patricide. Racial prejudice. South Dakota. Suicide. on the film in some capacity. Bii ds. Eaotists. Father-d ht lationship. | ty. P h ETR 10 Jul 1920, p. 629. NYT 28 Jun 1920, p. 75. izzards. Egotists. Father-daughter relationship. Insanity. Preachers.

MPN 10 Jul 1920, p. 515. Var 2 Jul 1920, p. 20. Scottish Americans. NYMT 4 Jul 1920. Contemporary sources disagree on whether Micheaux or Jerry Mills was the director.

MPW 10 Jul 1920, p. 145, 252-53. Wid’s 4 Jul 1920, p. 17. Note: This black independent production was Oscar Micheaux’s first film. One contemporary source ue prackSfilm pioneer Company William Foster as oun aetatiee service on the production. icneaux production IS alternately Calle €

HOMESPUN FOLKS . . . F1.2020 Micheaux Book and Film Co. and the Micheaux Film Co. in ads. Modern sources call

Thomas H. Ince Productions. Dist Associated Producers, Inc. 12 Sep Evelyn Preer’s character Orleans instead of Orlean. Some information in the plot 1920 [OThomas H. Ince; 14 Sep 1920; LP15542]. 6 reels, 5,803 ft. synopsis comes from a 1927 interview with Preer. The film is listed in the AF/ Catalog

Supv Thomas H. Ince. Dir John Griffith Wray. Scen Julien Josephson. of Feature Films, 1921-30, F2.2566. Micheaux’s 1948 film The Betrayal is Story Julien Josephson. Cam Henry Sharp. Tech dir architecture Charles sometimes described as a loose remake of The Homesteader.

H. Kyson and decoration W. L. Heywood. Tech dir, technical Harvey C. ChiDef 22 Feb 1919, p. 14. NYA 25 Dec 1920, p. 6. Leavitt. Art titles F. J. Van Halle, Carl Schneider and Leo H. Braun.

Cast: Lloyd Hughes (Joe! Webster), Gladys George (Beulah Rogers), HONEST HUTCH F 1.2022

George Webb (Tracy Holt), Al W. Filson (Pliny Rogers), Fred Gamble Goldwyn Pictures Corp. Dist Goldwyn Distributing Corp. Sep 1920 (Gabe Howard), Charles Mailes (Caleb Webster), Lydia Knott (Sarah [©Goldwyn Pictures Corp.; 14 Sep 1920; LP15551]. 5 reels. Webster), Gordon Sackville (Watt Tanner), Willis Marks (Joseph Dir Clarence G. Badger. Scen Arthur F. Statter. Cam Marcel Le Picard. Hargan), James Gordon (Hilary Rose), Edith Yorke (Widow Stinson), Source: Based on the short story “Old Hutch Lives Up to It” by Garret

Jeff Osborne (Nat Orinley), Jess Herring. Smith in The Saturday Evening Post (28 Feb 1920). 419

AN HONEST MAN AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Cast: Will Rogers (Ort Hutchins, also known as Honest Hutch), Mary fight. While watching the bout, Hilda is so overcome by the brutality of Alden (Mrs. Hutchins), Priscilla Bonner (Ellen), Tully Marshall Blink’s profession that she flees to London after receiving a telegram from (Thomas Gunnison), Nick Cogley (Hiram Joy), Byron Munson Doreyn. He begs Hilda not to compromise her name, but her dilemma is (Thomas Gunnison, Jr.), Eddie Trebaol, Jeanette Trebaol, Yves Trebaol ended when a cable arrives announcing the death of Doreyn’s wife and

(Children). freeing the lovers to wed. Boxers. Boxing. Infants. Paris. Women in Western, Comedy. Ort Hutchins is a confirmed loafer who spends all of | business. Americans in foreign countries. London. Vacations.

his time fishing while his wife toils over the washtub. One day, while ETR 17 Apr 1920, p. 2286. MPW 21 Feb 1920, p. 1233. digging for worms, Hutch uncovers a box containing $100,000 in bills, the MPN 27 Mar 1920, p. 2843, 2930. MPW 28 Feb 1920, p. 1492.

loot of a bank robbed in the next town. Realizing that he cannot spend the pw ? my 1990 if 308 917, i , W te Ar 1920 is om money without arousing suspicion, Hutch resigns himself to taking a job

for cover. Accepting an offer from banker Hiram Joy to work his

abandoned farm in exchange for a share of the land, Hutch finds himself THE HONEYMOON F1.2025 successful and the farm prospering. Returning to retrieve his treasure, Select Pictures Corp. Dist Select Pictures Corp. 22 Dec 1917 [©Select Hutch is sickened when he finds the box gone and in its place a note from Pictures Cor pi | Dec 1917; LPI 1784). 5 reels. the robber. However, Hutch makes an abrupt recovery when he is offered Pres Lewis J. Selznick. Dir Charles Giblyn. Scen E. Lloyd Sheldon.

$10,000 for his share of the farm, an offer that forces him to realize that Cast: Constance Talmadge (Susan Lane), Earle Foxe (Richard he has become a self-made man. Employment. Farmers. Farms. Idlers. [7eer), Maude Turner Gordon (Mrs. Lane), Russell Bassett (Uncle Jimmy

Treasure. Bank robberies. Bankers. Fishing. Washerwomen. Lane), Harris Gordon (Philip Lane), Lillian Cook (Marion Starr), Julia Note: The working title of this film was Old Hutch. The film opened in New York Bruns (Maizie Middletown), Sam Coit (Robert Moody). ; the week of 18 Sep 1920. Smith’s story was also the basis for the 1936 M-G-M film Comedy. Immediately after Susan Lane becomes Mrs. Richard Greer,

Old Hutch, starring Wallace Beery and directed by J. Walter Ruben. she grows jealous when she sees her husband talking to Marion Starr, one

ETR 25 Sep 1920, p. 1843. NYDM 18 Sep 1920, p. 517. of her bridesmaids. Susan’s brother Phil wishes to marry Marion, but is

ve i Sey 000 P330-3 Wid's . Sey i900 Mele 2. entangled with actress Maizie Middleton. Consequently, Dick Greer

uo , oe agrees to see Maizie, whose troupe is playing Niagara, and attempts to buy her off. Susan follows Dick to Marion’s dressing room, returns to the hotel

AN HONEST MAN , , Loe F1.2023 and wires her Uncle Jimmy to file for divorce. Uncle Jimmy, resolved to ene Film Corp. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 5 May 1918. 5 cure Susan of her jealousy, intends to allow Susan to believe that she has

. \ . been divorced, without actually filing. His law partner rushes the case

Dir Frank Borzage. Scen George Elwood Jenks. Cam Pliny Horn ae through the courts, however, and the divorce is granted. Susan suffers such

Source: Based on a story by Henry Payson Dowst (publication despair at the news of her separation from Dick that Uncle Jimmy rushes

undetermine). D d B M Ww out and secures a minister, the couple are remarried and begin their Burnett) Ann Kroman ( Rup Cus hing), wary Pete. ( on ee honeymoon again. Divorce. Jealousy. Marriage. Newlyweds. Re-marriage.

Cus hing) y §), Actors and actresses. Bribery. Clergy. Lawyers. Niagara Falls. Theatrical Comedy-drama. Benny Boggs, a good-natured hobo, is rejected at a US. rroupes. uncles. 1917. v. 175 MPW 99 Dec 1917. v. 1874 (ad

Army recruiting station. Arriving at Old Man Cushing’s, Benny decides Motog 2 Dec 1917, . 1307. insert). rP. (a to overcome his aversion to work and help the old farmer for a few days. MPN 5 Jan 1918, p. 10. NYDM 15 Dec 1917, p. 19.

Cushing falls seriously ill and, believing that he is about to die, asks Benny MPW 22 Dec 1917, p. 1801, 1844. Var 7 Dec 1917, p. 49. to deliver a package to his daughter Ruby, who has run away from home

to pursue an acting career. Benny soon learns that the package contains A HONEYMOON FOR THREE see LET’S ELOPE | $50,000 but resolves, despite his poverty, to live up to the old man’s trust.

In the city, Benny rescues Beatrice Burnett from an attacker, and the two HONEYMOON RANCH F1.2026 become friends. Later Beatrice takes Benny to visit her ailing friend, who Bert Lubin. Dist State Rights. Oct 1920. 5 reels.

identifies herself as Old Man Cushing’s long-lost daughter. After Dir Robert Townley. Scen Robert Townley. Story Tex O'Reilly. Cam delivering the money to Ruby, Benny accompanies her back to the farm, Arthur Boeger. where Cushing, having recovered, happily greets them. The army finally Cast: Allene Ray (Blue Bonnet), Harry McLaughlin (Tom Van Ness accepts Benny, and Ruby promises to marry him when he returns from Creighton), John Hagin (John Lawhorn), Tex O'Reilly (“Wild Bill” active duty overseas. Hoboes. Honesty. Money. Pledges. Attemptedrape. — peyin), Sam White (Shorty), Margaret Davis (Ruth Lawhorn). Farmers. Father-daughter relationship. Friendship. Long-lost relatives. Western. Tom Creighton, one of New York’s idle rich, inherits his uncle’s

Military enlistment. Poverty. Rescues. United States. Army. ranch and goes West, determined to become a cowboy. Upon arriving at

YN ig May ole ,. ase 3008 NY DM Ig May le is nee the ranch, he finds himself embroiled in the feud in which his uncle lost MPW 11 May 1918, p.899.. Var 10 May 1918, p. 42. his life. Two factions are fighting for control, one led by Lawhorn, out to abolish lawlessness, the other led by “Wild Bill” Devlin, a believer in the

THE HONEY BEE | F1.2024 free range. Tom refuses to take sides but falls in love with Devlin’s daughter American Film Co.; “Flying A” Special. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc. Apr Blue Bonnet. Learning that his daughter has spent the night with Tom,

1920 [©American Film Co., Inc.; 12 Feb 1920; LP14737]. 6 reels. Devlin, unaware of their love affair, forces a shotgun wedding and gives Dir Rupert Julian. Scen Rupert Julian. Cam Jack Mackenzie. Art the Easterner until noon to get out of town. A fence-busting raid follows

interiors S. A. Baldridge. in which Lawhorn tells Tom that Devlin shot his uncle, but Tom remains Source: Based on the novel The Honey Bee by Samuel Merwin (New unmoved until Lawhorn’s wife Ruth accuses Tom of being a yellow dog.

York, 1901). Enraged, Tom goes to the saloon and, as noon approaches, waits for Devlin Cast: Marguerita Sylva (Hilda Wilson), Thomas Holding (Harris to appear. Meanwhile, Blue Bonnet rushes in and pleads with her father

Doreyn), Nigel Barrie (Blink Moran), Albert Ray (Will Harper), George to save the man she loves. As the clock strikes twelve, the saloon door opens Hernandez (Ed. Johnson), Harvey Clark (Dr, Jules Garceau), Dell Boone and a gun barrel sticks out. Tom flinches and waits for Devlin to shoot, but (Mrs. Harris Doreyn), Ethel Ullman (Adele Rainey), Charlotte Merriam instead, Blue Bonnet runs out with the happy news that the feud has been

(Blondie), Ruth Maurice (Juliette), Harry Tenbrook (Apache), Kid settled and peace will follow on “Honeymoon Ranch.” Feuds. Gunfights.

McCoy (Carpentier). Inheritance. Ranches. Range wars. Socialites. Cowardice. MarriageDrama. Refusing to yield to her love for Harris Doreyn, a married man Forced. New York City. Saloons.

with an uncaring, frivolous wife, Hilda Wilson departs for Paris where she ETR 30 Oct 1920, p. 2306. _MPW 30 Oct 1920, pp. 1292-93. becomes a successful businesswoman. During a vacation, she meets some MPN 23 Oct 1920, p. 3271. Wid's 24 Oct 1920, p. 13. American show people, and when one of the women falls ill, Hilda cares

for her baby, becoming strongly attached to the infant. While taking care HONOR BOUND F 1.2027

of the child, Hilda is effected by the kindness and devotion of Blink Moran, Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co. Nov 1920 an American pugilist on the brink of a fight with the French champion. In [©Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 6 Nov 1920; LP15769]. 5 reels. response to his proposal, Hilda promises to give him an answer after the Dir Jacques Jaccard. Story Jacques Jaccard. Cam Ben Kline.

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 HONOR THY NAME Cast: Frank Mayo (Billy Thorpe), Edward Coxen (James Ellison), THE HONOR OF THE FAMILY see THE CORSICAN BROTHERS Dagmar Godowsky (Koree), Nick De Ruiz (Santos Cordero), Irene

Blackwell (Mary), Helen Lynch (Claire Vincent), Gordon Sackville = THE HONOR SYSTEM F1.2030

(George K. Vincent), Max Willink (Lord Stanlaw Maitland), C. W. Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp.; Special Release. Feb 1917

Herzinger (Captain Barnett). [OWilliam Fox; 4 Dec 1916; LP9660]. 10 reels.

_Drama. Irresponsible Billy Thorpe is sent to South America by his Prod William Fox. Dir Raoul A. Walsh. Asst dir J. Gordon Cooper. financée Claire’s father, George Vincent, the rubber king, in order to S¢en Raoul A. Walsh. Titles Hettie Gray Baker. Story Henry Christeen reform. Upon arriving, Billy goes to work for the plantation foreman, Warnack. Cam Georges Benoit, George Richter and Len Powers. Settings Vincent s son-in-law, James Ellison, who is having an affair with a native designed by George Grenier. girl named Koree. When the Vincent yacht unexpectedly arrives, bringing Cast: Milton Sills (Joseph Stanton), Mrs. Cora Drew (His mother), Vincent, Claire and Ellison’s wife Mary, Billy induces Ellison to behave James A. Marcus (Governor John Hunter), Arthur Mackley (Steven respectably, and the two go on board. That evening, Koree swims to the Holt), Miriam Cooper (Edith), George Walsh (Jack Taylor), Charles yacht, and Ellison allows the party to suspect that she Is Billy’s sweetheart. Clary (Crales Harrington), Gladys Brockwell (Trixie Bennett), Roy Rice

Billy keeps silent for Mary’s sake, but after a fight with Santos Cordero, (“Three Fingered” Louis), Pomeroy J. Cannon (James Phelan), Johnny

Koree’s former lover, he becomes so disgusted with Ellison’s treachery and Reese (Mugsey).

the others’ suspicions that he swims ashore, wounded, and is nursed by Drama /Social. Convicted of murder for killing a man in self-defense,

ree acre Lonows and, after earning the rah rom nore, is reconciled Joseph Stanton is sentenced to life imprisonment. By circumstances, Miscegenation “plantation overseers. Plantations. South America, Fighte Stanton is enabled to 5 end ap lea to the governor asking him to investigate

rnin m the deplorable conditions in the prison, and the governor institutes

Irresponsibility. R ubber magnates. South Americans. Yachts. legislation establishing the honor system in the prison and improving the Note: The working title of this film was The Throw Back. living conditions. This does not please Senator Harrington, a crooked

ON | , On i900. r 3088 Wid'e Now 1900 5. 386. politician who refuses to pardon Stanton in spite of the recommendation

MPN 13 Nov 1920, p. 3817. ao of officials. Harrington agrees to give Stanton three days leave from prison, however, on the condition that if he fails to return on time, the honor system

THE HONOR OF HIS HOUSE F1.2028 shall be abolished. Harrington schemes to kidnap Stanton and hold him Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; until after the deadline, but Stanton escapes in time to save the system. The Paramount Pictures. | Apr 1918 [©Famous Players-Lasky Corp.;25 Mar Senator is then exposed and sent to jail, and Stanton—his innocence

1918; LP12217]. 5 reels. established—is free to marry the warden s daughter Edith. /mprisonment. Dir William C. de Mille. Asst dir John Brown. Scen Marion Fairfax. Laws. Political corruption. Prison life. Social reform. Escapes.

Story Marion Fairfax. Cam Charles Rosher. Kidnapping. Pardons (legal). Politicians. Prison wardens. Self-defense.

Cast: Sessue Hayakawa (Count Ito Onato), Florence Vidor (Lora State governors. a . .

Horning), Jack Holt (Robert Farlow), Maym Kelso (Mrs. Note: The prison scenes in this film were shot at the Arizona State Prison. This

Proudweather),’Tom Kurahara (Sato), for Forrest Seabury (Mr. picture was by claimed Fox in 1920. that According letters included in the was copyright ’ descriptions this film, Emma delre-released Pierson ThetoHonor System an

Proudweather). infringement of her unpublished scenario entitled ““Wizards Love” and planned to Drama. While marooned on a desert island, Dr. Robert Farlow and take legal action against William Fox. According to the story included in the

wealthy toxicologist Count Ito Onato both fall in love with Lora, a copyright descriptions, many oy tHe words attributed to the Governor in the story were

beautiful Japanese-American girl. Lora prefers Robert but decides to on New York an 6 Feb Tol? at the Uvrie theater L. Rotha ‘el st'ced this reject him because of his excessive fondness for drinking. After their production, which was divided into three acts, and arranged the incidental music. The rescue, Lora marries Count Ito, but Robert, still in love and resolving to 1918 MPSD lists Henry 1. MacMahon as the film’s press representative. Raoul win her, abandons his drinking, and soon attains a reputation in medicine Walsh, in his autobiography, relates that Governor Hunt sent a convict serving a life equalled only by the count’s. When Robert again encounters Lora, he asks sentence to the premiere, who afterward escaped, heading for Canada. Walsh also her to elope with him, but she refuses. The count, however, suspects that mentions that John Twist, who later headed the story department at RKO, helped

his wife has been unfaithful and poisons her. Upon learning that she is win the idea vor the am. 33 w 7 7 innocent, the count decides to give Lora a massive transfusion of his own Motog a Feb i917 if toa NY DM 7 Me i917 if ts. °

blood, knowing that the operation will be fatal to him. Lora survives to give MPN 23 Dec 1917, p. 3984. NYDM 17 Feb 1917, p. 32.

birth to Ito’s son, and later, she marries the repentant Robert. A/coholics. MPN 3 Mar 1917, p. 1418. Wid's 3 May 1917, pp. 274-75. Fidelity. Physicians. Regeneration. Self-sacrifice. Blood transfusions. Castaways. Islands. Japanese Americans. Nobility. Poisoning. Rescues. HONOR THY FATHER AND THY MOTHER see THE FOLKS

Toxicologists. FROM WAY DOWN EAST ETR 13 Apr 1918, p. 1538. MPW 20 Apr 1918, p. 430.

MPN 20 Apr 118, P 2420, Wid’s 18 Apr 1918, pp. 1090-91. HONOR THY NAME F1.2031 New York Motion Picture Corp.; Kay-Bee. Dist Triangle Film Corp. 6

1916. 5 reels. THE HONOR OF MARY BLAKEAugF1.2029 ; ; ope Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. 18 Dec 1916 Dir Charles Giblyn. Asst dir Billie Carr. Scen J. G. Hawks. Cam Dal

[©Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.; 8 Dec 1916; LP9683]. 5 reels. Clawson. Art dir Robert Brunton. .

Dir Edwin Stevens. Scen John C. Brownell. Cam Lewis Ostland. Art Cast: Frank Keenan (Colonel Slocum Castleton), Louise Glaum

staff Thomas O'Neill. (Viola Bretagne, “the moth’’), Charles Ray (Rodney Castleton), Blanche

Cast: Violet Mersereau (Mary Blake), Tina Marshall (Flossie White (Rosalee Carey), Gertrude Claire (Mr s. Carey), George Fisher Payton), Caroline Harris (Mrs. Hardy), Sidney Mason (Kirk Hardy), (Jack Deering), Dorcas Matthews (Rosita), Agnes Herring (Viola’s

James O'Neill (Richard Kearney). mother), Harvey Clarke (Uncle Tobey), Jack Vosburgh.

Drama. Mary Blake falls in love with Kirk Hardy after she arrives in his Drama. Colonel Slocum Castleton of Virginia sends his son Rodney to town with a theatrical troupe. She tries to tell him that, a short time before, New York to get an education, but instead he marries Viola Bretagne, who she had been tricked into marrying Richard Kearney, a theatrical producer SUCcessfully plays the ingenue for her new husband but cannot keep Slocum who already had a wife, but Kirk refuses to listen. Then, after she and Kirk | from recognizing her as a vamp. When the couple comes to Virginia, have gotten married, Richard locates Mary, and tries to seduce her. Mary | Slocum offers to pay Viola to leave Rodney, but she always refuses. Then,

manages to fight him off, but Kirk’s prudish mother witnesses the after announcing that she is pregnant, Viola suggests that Slocum give her encounter and is scandalized by it. When she tells Kirk that his wife has | 20,000 in exchange for a separation of indeterminate length. From this cheated on him, he throws Mary out of the house, but then, after Kirk badly ffer, Slocum realizes that there is only one way to get rid of Viola wounds Richard in a fight, Mary is able to explain everything, and the | Permanently, and as part of his plan, he agrees to pay the money. The next

couple is reconciled. Marriage. Mothers-in-law. Theatrical troupes. 4ay, he asks her to accompany him to the bank to make the withdrawal,

Bigamy. Fights. Seduction. Theatrical producers. and then, while they are riding together in his carriage, Slocum drives the

ETR 23 Dec 1916, p. 206. MPW 23 Dec 1916, p. 1816, 1858. horses off a cliff and sacrifices his own life in order to kill Viola. Extortion.

MPN 23 Dec 1916, p. 4039. Wid's 14 Dec 1916, p. 1169. Father-son relationship. Marriage. Self-sacrifice. Vamps. Bribery. 421

THE HONORABLE ALGY AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Carriages. Falls from heights. Military officers. New York City. Pregnancy. Warren works hard at his job, but instead of weakening Winnie’s devotion

Virginia. to Frederick, he himself falls in love with her. Needing the money, however, Motog 29 Jul 1916, p. 30. NYT 17 Jul 1916, p. 9. he boasts to Frederick of having seduced Winnie. Suddenly, Frederick MPN 29 Jul 1916, p. 629. Var 4 Aug 1916, p. 30. becomes jealous, and after calling off the deal with Warren, he goes to NYDM 39 ful 916 P 24. mes 27 Sat THE Pe TAS. Winnie and tells her that he loves her. Duplicity. Fidelity. Marriage. Playboys. Businessmen. Jealousy.

THE HONORABLE ALGY —FL2032otog 25 Mar 1916. p. 717 NYT 14 Feb 1916,p.11.

New York Motion Picture Corp.; Kay-Bee. Dist Triangle Film Corp. 19 MPW 19 Feb 1916, p. 1193. Var 17 Mar 1916, p. 32. Nov 1916. 5 reels. MPW 26 Feb 1916, p. 1366.

dir Robert Brunton. HONOR’S CROSS F1.2035 Dir Raymond B. West. Scen J. G. Hawks. Cam Dal Clawson. Art

Cast: Charles Ray (The Honorable Algy), Margaret Thompson Selexart Pictures, Inc. Dist Goldwyn Distributing Corp. May 1918. 6 (Grace Dryker), Howard Hickman (Lord Rockmore), Margery Wilson reels. (Patricia), Albert Cody (Lon Bassett), Jerome Storm (Bud Harvey), Mer of production Robert A. Brunton. Dir Wallace Worsley. Story H.

Charles French (James Dryker), Louise Brownell (Mrs. Dryker), Thomas — B Daniel. Cam L. Guy Wilky.

S. Guise (The Marquis of Monteith), Katherine Kirkwood (Belle Cast: Rhea Mitchell (Jane Cabot), Herschel Mayall (Thomas Delmore), Walt Whitman (The Vicar of Hadleigh). — Dolan), Edward Coxen (Lee Stevens), Joseph J. Dowling (David Comedy-drama. Algy S parents send him away from England, as well as Stevens), Roy Laidlaw (Jim Cabot), Adele Farrington (Marion Cabot), from his sweetheart Patricia, with orders to marry an American heiress and Clifford Alexander (Spike Grimes). so restore the family fortune. On the steamship to the United States, Algy Drama /Social. Jane Cabot, a working girl whose mother Marion sings meets the perfect matrimonial candidate, Grace Dryker, and endears in a cabaret and whose father Jim simply loafs, dreams of leaving the slums himself to her by recovering her stolen jewels. As thanks, Grace does the for a new life. After Jane’s mother is discharged, however, Jane is forced next best thing to marrying him: she has her sweetheart, a Wall Street to take her place in McGann’s saloon, where she attracts the attention of broker, make an Investment for Algy, through which he earns $50,000. political boss Thomas Dolan and his young assistant, Lee Stevens, who has Grace then brings Patricia to America, and Aley, having secured the recently come to New York from the mountains of the West. When Dolan family fortune without giving up his bachelor’s status, marries her. English. ‘asults Jane. she throws wine in his face. which infurjates Dolan but deeol

Fortune hunters. Heiresses.Theft. Stockimpresses market. England. Jewelry. subs aolan’s ‘i ‘4 listic W D on are an Sutcauses eeeply Steamboats. Stockbrokers. the idealistic Westerner. systematic harrassment Jane to lose every position she secures, but Lee, believing her unfaithful, Motog 11 Nov 1916, p. 1094. NYDM 4 Nov 1916, p. 26. ; ; , ,; ; nae MPN 11 Nov 1916, p. 3010. Var 3 Nov 1916, p. 29. returns to the mountains. Meanwhile, Jane’s father is convicted of killing

MPW 11 Nov 1916, p. 844. Wid's 2 Nov 1916, p. 1071. a policeman, and on the day he is imprisoned, her mother commits suicide.

MPW 25 Nov 1916, p. 1232. Lee learns that Jane still loves him and returns to New York just as Dolan is taking the dazed girl to his apartment. The two men engage in a fierce

THE HONORABLE FRIEND F1.2033 struggle until the police, who have discovered the politician’s corruption, Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 24 Aug enter and arrest Dolan. New York City. Political bosses. Sexual 1916 [OJesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co.; 9 Aug 1916; LP8894]. 5 reels. harassment. Slums. Cabarets. Dismissal. Idlers. Murder. Police. Political

: Dir Edward J. Le Saint. Asst dir B. L. Howard. Scen Eva Unsell. corruption. Singers. Suicide.

Story Elizabeth McGaffey. Cam Harold Rosson. ETR 11 May 1918, p. 1847. NYDM 6 Jul 1918, p. 963.

Cast: Sessue Hayakawa (Makino), Tsuri Aoki (Toki-Ye), Raymond MPN 18 May 1918, p. 3000. Var 28 Jun 1918, p. 28. Hatton (Kayosho), G. Kino (Goto), M. Matsumato (Hana), Billy Elmer NBM 7 May i918 P oF Wid's 2 May 1918, p. 1120.

(Murphy).

Drama. When Kayosho, a wealthy curio dealer in California, sees a photograph of Toki-Ye, the niece of Goto, his general manager, he forgets THE HONOURABLE GENTLEMEN see PAGAN LOVE all about his engagement to Hana, Goto’s daughter. He sends to Japan for

Toki-Ye, but pretends that he is bringing her to California to marry THE HOODLUM F 1.2036

Makino, who runs Kayosho’s nurseries. When Toki-Ye arrives, she and Mary Pickford Co. Dist First National Exhibitors Circuit. 1 Sep

Makino fall in love and are married in an American ceremony. Kayosho, 1919 [OMary Pickford and First National Exhibitors Circuit; 18 Aug however, soon discloses his intention of making Toki-Ye his wife and claims 1919; LP14081]. 7 reels, 6,462 ft. that only a Japanese marriage can be a legal one. Then, when Kayosho is Dir Sidney A. Franklin. Asst dir Alfred L. Werker. Cam Charles Rosher. found murdered shortly after making Toki-Ye a prisoner in his house, both Film ed Edward McDermott. Art dir Max Parker. she and Makino, each believing the other to be guilty, confess to the crime. Source: Based on the novel “Burkeses Amy” by Julie Mathilde Lippman Finally, however, it is discovered that Goto killed Kayosho because he had (New York, 1915).

broken his engagement with Hana, and then, cleared of the murder charge, Cast: Mary Pickford (Amy Burke), Ralph Lewis (Alexander Toki-Ye and Makino begin living as husband and wife. Duplicity. Guthrie), Kenneth Harlan (John Graham), Melvin Messenger (Dish Japanese Americans. Marriage. Murder. Self-sacrifice. California. Curio Lowry), Dwight Crittenden (John Burke), Aggie Herring (Nora), Andrew

dealers. Engagements. Father-daughter relationship. Imprisonment. Arbuckle (Pat O’Shaughnessy), Max Davidson (Abram Isaacs), Paul

Photographs. Revenge. Social customs. Weddings. Mullen (The pugilist), Buddie Messenger.

Motog 9 Sep 1916, p. 611. NYT 28 Aug 1916, p. 7. Comedy-drama. Pampered Amy Burke lives ina New York mansion with

PW ; Seo i916 is es M's i Ae ioe . a0, her wealthy grandfather, Alexander Guthrie. She upsets him when, on the

NYDM 2 Sep 1916, p. 26. eve of their planned trip to Europe, she decides instead to live with her returning father, a sociologist, in an East Side slum, where he can make HONOR’S ALTAR F1.2034 observations for a book. Although at first she is disgusted with her new New York Motion Picture Corp.; Kay-Bee. Dist Triangle Film Corp. 13 surroundings, Amy gradually learns the joys of shooting craps, dancing the Feb 1916 [OTriangle Film Corp.; 15 Feb 1916; LU7633. ©Triangle Film | shimmy, and escaping from the cops. After she befriends John Graham,

Corp.; 13 Feb 1916; LP10705]. 5 reels. and learns that he had gone to jail because financiers headed by her

Dir Walter Edwards. Scen C. Gardner Sullivan. Cam Otis Grove. grandfather made him the scapegoat for their improprieties, she disguises Musical accompaniment composed and selected by Louis F. Gottschalk. herself as a boy and with John breaks into her grandfather’s safe. They are

Cast: Walter Edwards (Frederick Mallery), Bessie Barriscale caught after finding papers which clear John’s name. Amy’s grandfather, (Winnie Mallery), Lewis S. Stone (Warren Woods), Lola May (Dolly), who earlier, disguised himself to check on Amy and softened while

Robert McKim (Paul). observing her, promises to right the wrong. Amy and John marry and Drama. After building a financial empire, Frederick Mallery feels escape rice-throwing well-wishers by switching autos. Disguise.

shackled to his wife Winnie, who stood by him during the years of poverty. Grandfathers. Male impersonation. Scapegoats. Slums. Sociologists.

As a result, he offers Warren Woods, a down-and-out former playboy, Father-daughter relationship. Mansions. New York City-East Side. $50,000 to seduce Winnie, so that he will have an excuse for a divorce. Safecrackers. 422

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 A HOOSIER ROMANCE | Note: It is unclear whether Alfred L. Werker served as assistant director, casting Dir Herbert Blaché. Story Francis Worcester Doughty.

director, or both. Drama/Crime. Millionaire banker Hartman is unaware that his wife is ON 5 Seo als P soe, Nelel : Seo ioe P a the indulgent mother of ne’er-do-well Philip Sleek, a man who is conspiring MPW 13 Sep 1919, p. 1701. Wid’s 7 Sep 1919, p. 17. with “Hook and Hand,” a handicapped criminal, to rob him. Through

Sleek’s machinations, William, Hartman’s personal secretary and the

HOODMAN BLIND F1.2037 fiancé of his adopted daughter Margaret, is blamed for the theft. Later, Pilot Films Corp. Dist State Rights. 22 Dec 1913. 5 reels. Mrs. Hartman persuades her husband to take Sleek, whom she says is a

Dir James Gordon. distant relative, into his firm as a partner. Meanwhile, Margaret hires Fox, Source: Based on the play Hoodman Blind by Henry Arthur Jones and a wiley detective, to exonerate William whose innocence is confirmed by

Wilson Barrett (London, 18 Aug 1885). Hook and Hand's deathbed confession. Unaware that his innocence has

Cast: Wilson Barrett (Lennon), Betty Harte (Jess), Betty Harte been proven, William escapes his guards on the way to the state

(Nance), Herbert Barrington (Jack Yeulett), James Gordon (Tom, the penitentiary, jumping into the river from a train. In the end, Margaret, who

Romany). has been abducted by Sleek, is rescued by Fox, William is freed, and Sleek

Drama. Lennon suffers amnesia after an accident on the road, leaving Nd_ his gang are arrested while their hideout is set on fire. Bankers. his wife and twin daughters, Jess and Nance, to fend for themselves. The | C/iminals. Frame-ups. Mother-son relationship. Robbery. Abduction.

dying Mrs. Lennon entrusts Nance to her old friend Lezzard, while Jess Confession (law). Duplicity. Escapes. Disabled persons. Private is adopted by gypsies, and each twin grows to adulthood unaware of the detectives. Rescues. Secretaries. other’s existence. Lezzard, now old, wishes Nance to marry his son Mark, MPW 28 Feb 1914, p. 1166. NYDM 14 Jan 1914, p. 73. but she loves and finally marries farmer Jack Yeulett. Meanwhile, Jess

falls in love with a gypsy named Tom, and when Mark, bitterly jealous of HOOP-LA | F 1.2040

Jack, sees Jess, he pays her to enact a love scene with Tom in Jack’s National Film Corp. of America. Dist Robertson-Cole Co. through presence. Thus, Jess unwittingly destroys Nance’s marriage. Rejected, Exhibitors’ Mutual Distributing Corp. 26 Jan 1919. 5 reels. Nance and her daughter Kit go to the city, but after Tom deserts Jess, she Dir Louis W. Chaudet. Cam Harry Fowler. assures Jack of Nance’s fidelity. Lennon’s memory is restored, and upon Cast: Billie Rhodes (Hoop-La Charters), Bertram Grassby (Tony his return home, he entrusts Mark with an inheritance for his daughters. Barrows), John Cooke (Old Toodles), Val Paul (Joe McGee). _ Mark keeps the money but is discovered by the police, while Nance is Comedy. Hoop-La, the beautiful star of Minor’s Mammoth Circus, a joyfully reunited with her husband and twin sister. Amnesia. Gypsies. one-ring affair which tours county fairs and small towns, delights crowds

Jealousy. nevenge. Sisters. Twins. Accidents.of Adoption. Desertion. with Toodles her bare-backthe riding, trapeze in acts,accordance and clowning. Reared the armers. Inheritance. confines the circus by—Old clown, withinher

Note: A modern source includes Violet Stewart and Mrs. Guy Standing in the cast. father’s dying request, Hoop-La naively accepts the attentions of goodThe story was filmed by Fox in 1916 as A Man of Sorrow with William Farnum. looking Joe McGee, a cheap horseman, after winning a race for him as a

Mew 27 Mog P. 1602, 1604, jockey. Tony Barrows, the foppish scion of a wealthy family, falls in love

with Hoop-La, but she resents his snobbery and makes faces at him. When Hoop-La learns that her father was wealthy, she secretly marries McGee

ae xe Co. Dist Triangle Film Corp. 26 Mar 1916 [ OT vicnele to save herself from a dull society life, but when she discovers McGee’s true

Film Corp.: 14 Feb , 916; LP8298]. 5 reels P- character, she promises to keep him supplied with money if he leaves. After Supv Dw Griffith Dir Lloyd Ingraham Scen Granville Warwick Hoop-La goes to live in her own luxurious home, McGee plans to make the Cast: Mae “Marsh (Hoo doo Ann) Robert Harron (Jimmie Vance) marriage known and live with her, but he dies in a tent fire caused by his William H. Brown (Wilson Vance), Wilbur Higby (Samuel Knapp), own drunken debauchery. Hoop-La marries Tony, who has matured and Loyola O’Connor (Elinor Knapp), Mildred Harris (Goldie), Pearl Elmore Clow back irom the war, Cirous p ns rformers. Marriage-Secret. Snobbery. (Miss Prudence Scraggs), Anna Hernandez (Sarah Higgins), Charles Lee OWNS, LTUNMENNESS. THES. VOCKEYS. ar

. er . . Note: The working title for this film was The Springtime of Youth. The Robertson-

Con Higgins), Carl men Einaie camier on Robert Lawler Cole Co.America. was a banker and exporter for the producer, the National Film Corp. of onStabie Drake), oradon Sanderson). Comedy-drama. Her head filled with the forboding pronouncements of MPN 15 Feb 1919, p. 1061. MPW 22 Mar 1919, p. 1703.

Black Cindy, the orphanage cook, Ann, an innocent young orphan, believes MPN 22 Feb 1919, p. 1234.

herself “hoodooed.” Spurned by everyone at the orphanage and on her way

to fulfilling Black Cindy’s prophecies through her participation in a series A HOOSIER ROMANCE F1.2041 of unlucky events, Ann finally vindicates herself by rescuing Goldie, the Selig Polyscope Co. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; Mutual Star Productions.

orphanage favorite, from a raging fire. Her selfless deed attracts the 18 Aug 1918. 5 reels. attention of Samuel and Elinor Knapp, who later adopt her. Now a young Pres William N. Selig. Dir Colin Campbell. Scen Colin Campbell. woman, Ann studies the pages of Vogue in her new home and begins a Cam Harry Neumann. romance with Jimmie Vance, a handsome neighbor. After a night at the Source: Inspired by the poem “A Hoosier Romance, 1868” by James movies with Jimmie, Ann is inspired to imitate the film’s Western hero and, Whitcomb Riley (New York, 1910).

while playing with a gun, accidentally fires into her neighbors’ house. Cast: Colleen Moore (Patience Thompson), Thomas Jefferson (Jeff When Bill Higgins, the neighbor, vanishes, Ann is convinced that her stray Thompson), Harry McCoy (John), Edward Jobson (The squire), Eugenie re age ache citiunoreenan ros'ns wits ogune, PERT TA see's me, Fran Hayes (The wider. ily ecb

. omedy-drama. Pretty Patience Thompson, a “girl with a singing soul,” Cleared of the murder charge and rid of the “hoodoo” forever, Ann then _jives with her cold-hearted and avaricious father, Jeff Thompson, on their

marries Jimmie. Gun acciaents. Neighbors. Orphanages. Orphans. Indiana farm. Her life of drudgery is brightened by John, the hired hand, Venue Mag Adoption. ©00 s. Fires. Marriage. Motion pictures. Rescues. —_ byt when he asks for her hand in marriage, the old man flies into a rage Note: Granville Warwick was the pseudonym of D. W. Griffith, who, according to ane althouch . im. Soon an aged Mod verry wieower ; . to marry "he

contemporary sources, took an unusually active interest in the making of this film. . . , os . Modern sources state that the role of “Black Cindy” was played by Madame Sul-Te- widower, claiming that a father’s will is the law. Aware of her unhappiness,

Wan. the kindly squire and his wife arrange for John to hide in the Thompson Motog 25 Mar 1916, p. 1741. MPW 1 Apr 1916, p. 154. home on the day of the wedding. With all of the guests assembled, Patience Motog 15 Apr 1916, p. 879. MPW 15 Apr 1916, p. 458. runs from the room and pretends to escape on a horse, and while the two

MPN - Apr le ay Nala M 7 Abr ole is is old men search the fields for her, she quietly marries John. Farmers. MPW 25 Mar 1916, p. 2020. Wid’s 6 Apr 1916, p. 486. Father-daughter relationship. Hired hands. Marriage-Forced. Drudges. Hoaxes. Indiana. Old men. Squires. Weddings. Widowers.

HOOK AND HAND F1.2039 ETR 10 Aug 1918, p. 835. MPW 31 Aug 1918, p. 1301.

Blaché Features, Inc. Dist Solax Co.; Blaché Features, Inc. Feb 1914 ‘oN - A iol is re wie i Ae ile. mane

[©Blaché Features, Inc.; 31 Jan 1914; LP2065]. 4 reels. MPW 24 Aug 1918, p. 1157. 423

THE HOOSIER SCHOOLMASTER AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG THE HOOSIER SCHOOLMASTER F 1.2042 and so arranges with one of his clients, the Duchess of Remington, to Masterpiece Film Manufacturing Co. Dist Alliance Films Corp. 9 Nov sponsor the girl in return for cancelling her debt. Olive meets Captain

1914. 5 reels. Hector Grant, who is in love with Lady Brenda Carylon but nevertheless Prod M. De la Parelle. Dir Max Figman. Cam Georges Rizard. Asst courts the moneylender’s daughter for her money. Upon inheriting his prod Elliott Clawson. baronetcy, Grant jilts Olive and then convinces Lady Brenda that her Source: Based on the novel The Hoosier Schoolmaster by Edward fiancé, the Earl of Ingestre, is Olive’s betrayer. Olive, now pregnant, runs

Eggleston (New York, 1871). away to Italy, sending a letter to her father begging for his forgiveness. Cast: Max Figman (Ralph Hartsook), Lolita Roberts (Hannah Lady Brenda, the earl, Waltburn and Grant rush to Olive in order to clarify

Thompson). the situation, arriving in the midst of an earthquake in which Grant is

Drama /Historical. In 1831, Ralph Hartsook goes to rural Flat Creek, killed. After Olive absolves the earl of guilt, Lady Brenda forgives him, and Indiana hoping to establish a school, but meets with opposition by the Olive returns home with her father. Debutantes. Earthquakes. Fortune hostile townspeople and their children who have driven off every aspiring hunters. Nobility. Pregnancy. Seduction. England. English. Italy. schoolmaster thus far. His leading opponents are politician Pete Jones and Moneylenders. Social climbers.

Bud Means, a local bully. Ralph falls in love with Hannah Thompson, an ETR 11 Sep 1920, p. 1618. MPW 4 Sep 1920, p. 113. educated young woman indentured to the Means family. Unaware that MPN 21 Aug 1920, p. 1518. Var 28 May 1920, p. 44. Ralph loves Hannah, Mrs. Means tries to interest him in her daughter Sis. MPN 11 Sep 1920, p. 1959, 2053. When Jones accuses the schoolmaster of a crime, Bud comes to Ralph’s

defense, and the guilty party is proven to be Jones himself. Hannah is THE HOPE CHEST F1.2045

reunited with her brother Shocky and freed from bondage. False New Art Film Co. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Paramount

accusations. Indentured servants. Schoolteachers. Small town life. Pictures. 29 Dec 1918 [©Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; 19 Nov 1918;

Bullies. Indiana. Politicians. LP13063]. 5 reels, 4,686 ft.

Note: This was the first film made by Max Figman for Alliance. It was re-issued Dir Elmer Clifton. Scen M. M. Stearns. Cam John Leezer and Lee

by The America Motion Picture Corp. in 1924. Garmes.

Motog 7 Nov 1914, p. 646. MPW 26 Sep 1914, p. 1727. Source: Based on the novel The Hope Chest by Mark Lee Luther

MPN 10 Oct 1914, p. 5. MPW 24 Oct 1914, p. 550. (Boston, 1918). MPN - nt ole .. - 39 Var 13 Nov 1914, p. 25. Cast: Dorothy Gish (Sheila Moore), George Fawcett (Lew Moore),

ae Richard Barthelmess (Tom Ballantyne), Sam De Grasse (Ballantyne,

,; , ; ertram Grassby (Stoughton Lounsbury).

HOP, THE DEVIL'S BREW F1.2043 er). Kate Toncray (Mrs. Ballantyne), Carol Dempster (Ethel Hoyt), Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplay Ss, Inc. 14 Feb 1916 Comedy-drama. Sheila Moore, the daughter of impoverished vaudeville [©Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 18 Jan 1916; LP7443}, > reels. , actor Lew Moore, works as a waitress in a chocolate manufacturer’s candy Dir Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley. Scen Lois Weber. Cam Al Siegler shop, where she delights the customers with her tomboyish antics. The and Frank Williams. Musical accompaniment selected and arranged by proprietor’s son, Tom Ballantyne, realizing that Sheila is excessively fond

M. Winkler. ; , , of dancing, asks her out without the benefit of a proper introduction, and Source: Based On a Series of articles by Rufus Steele in The Saturday she indignantly refuses. Soon afterwards, however, the two fall in love and

Evening Post (publication date undetermined). , secretly marry. Sheila’s father insists that Tom’s parents be informed, but Cast: Phillips Smalley (Ward Jansen), Lois Weber (Lydia Jansen), when the young groom breaks the news, they react with such anger that Marie Walcamp (Jane Leech), nae Hammond (William Waters), Tom leaves home. Meanwhile, Sheila remains with the Ballantynes as their

Juan De La Cruz (Con Leec ), nthe eber. . , ward on the condition that she keep her marriage and her lineage a secret. , Dram a. While customs officia Ward Jansen works m the Orient One evening, Sheila decides to visit her father’s theater but is discovered investigating opium smuggling, his wire ie ta, alone nan Francisco and there by the Ballantynes. Exasperated, she vents her anger at the snobbish

Ponce d cet the eeath of he . noe beh icted i “de rug. family and returns home with her father, but Tom follows her, and in the en Ward returns. he notices lydia s strange behavior, but does not end, all of the parties are reconciled. Class distinction. Marriage-Secret. attribute it to opium. Then, Ward cracks down on a local gang of opium Upper classes. Vaudevillians. Waitresses. Candy stores. Etiquette. smugglers, and when he raids an opium den which the gang supplies with Snobbery. Vaudeville. Wards and quardians

“hop,” Lydia among thewas addicts, and learns that herHome father, N Y: a. gt ,Feb-Mar . vay . .he . . finds ote: The Hope Chest serialized in Woman's Companion, William Waters, a respected city councilman, is the head of the smuggling 1918. operation. When William discovers that he has contributed to his own ETR 14 Dec 1918, p. 162. MPW 4 Jan 1919, p. 114. daughter’s dependence on drugs, he kills himself, after which, with Ward’s ETR 11 Jan 1919, p. 515. NYT 6 Jan 1919, p. 11. support, Lydia successfully rehabilitates herself. Customs officers. Drug MPN 4 Jan 1919, p. 151. Var 10 Jan 1919, p. 44.

. ; an 8 Dec 1918, p. 1558.

addicts. Opium. Politicians. San Francisco. Smuggling. Vice raids. eee Ee tote res Wid's 12 Jan 1919, p. 12. Gangs. Political corruption. Regeneration. Smugglers. Suicide.

Note: The film was made with the assistance of the United States Customs Service,

and was shot primarily in San Francisco. According to an announcement in the THE HOPPER F 1.2046

copyright descriptions, “every episode of smuggling and distributing opium shown in. Triangle Film Corp. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 3 Feb 1918. 5 reels, this picture is based upon actual happenings since the law of 1909 went into effect.” 4,727 ft.

On 9 Feb 1909, Congress passed an act prohibiting importation of opium. Dir Thomas N. Heffron. Scen Jack Cunningham. Cam William

MPN 13 Nov 1915, p. 72. NYDM 5 Feb 1916, p. 25. Reinhart. ew 6 re i916 i" 96. MOM 1 Mer i916 . o Source: Based on the short story ““The Hopper” by Meredith Nicholson

MPW 26 Feb 1916, p. 1308. in Collier’s National Weekly (30 Dec 1916). Cast: Walt Whitman (John Wilton), George Hernandez (Wilbur THE HOPE F1.2044 Talbot), Irene Hunt (Muriel Wilton), William V. Mong (The Hopper), Metro Pictures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 7 Sep 1920 [©OMetro Eugene Corey (Roger Livingston Talbot), Thomas Kurahara (Mang),

Pictures Corp.; 28 Aug 1920; LP15477]. 6 reels. Peaches Jackson (Roger Livingston Talbot, Jr.), Lillian West (Mary), Supv Maxwell Karger. Dir Herbert Blaché. Asst dir Marcel De Sano. —__ Louis Durham (Humpy).

Scen A. Shelby Le Vino. Comedy-drama/Crime. Antique collectors Wilbur Talbot and John Source: Based on a play by Cecil Raleigh and Henry Hamilton (London, Wilton are friends until Wilbur secures a Chinese vase that John had long

1911). coveted. The enmity that then grows up between them is so fierce that when

Cast: Jack Mulhall (Harold, Lord Ingestre), Marguerite de la Motte their children, Roger and Muriel, marry, the young people are disinherited. (Lady Brenda Carylon), Ruth Stonehouse (Olive Waltburn), Frank Elliott On a farm near the Talbot home live The Hopper, a reformed crook, his (Hector Grant), Lillian Langdon (Countess Ingestre), Maym Kelso wife Mary, and their friend Humpy. One afternoon, The Hopper, believing (Duchess of Remington), Arthur Clayton (Captain Jamison), J. P. Morse that a detective is after him, appropriates Roger’s car for his escape, but

(Orderly), Bobby Mack (Lyddon), Herbert Grimwood (Michael). when he discovers little Roger, Jr. on the rear seat, he returns the child. Drama/Society. Michael Dudley, an English moneylender known as There he encounters Muriel, who, hoping to end the feud, asks him to steal Michael Waltburn, is anxious that his daughter Olive be received in society the Ming vase from Wilbur and an equally valuable piece from John. The

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 A HOUSE DIVIDED two old men then accuse each other of robbery and kidnapping until The Drama / Detective. Prof. Wallace, an inventor, threatens to disinherit his Hopper enters with the china and the child. Watching their grandson romp son Richard unless the young man ends his romance with chorus girl Violet about the room with the antiques clutched precariously in his little hands, Dane. When the professor is found dead in his observatory one morning, they agree to shake hands and reunite the two families. Antique collectors. Richard is arrested for murder, but detective Kate Kirby suspects Violet Ex-convicts. Hoaxes. Rivalry. Children. Detectives. Disinheritance. and decides to investigate. Joining the cast of Violet’s show, Kate becomes

Escapes. Farms. Theft. intimate with the dancer and one day overhears her praying for Richard’s

ETR 9 Feb 1918, p. 834. NYDM 9 Feb 1918, p. 20. release. Finally convinced of Violet’s innocence, Kate is shocked when she MPN 9 Feb 1918, pp. 887-88. — Var I Feb 1918, p. 45. turns herself in with a confession of guilt. Kate then enlists the aid of her

MPW 9 Feb 1918, p. 866, 870-71. Wid’s 2 Feb 1918, pp. 920-21. ; ; paralytic father, an ex-detective, and in reading the professor’s notebooks,

they learn that he was killed by his own invention, an explosive known as

THE HORNET’S NEST F1.2047 the “infra red ray.” Chorus girls. Disinheritance. False arrests. Inventors. Vitagraph Co. of America. Dist Vitagraph Co. of America. Jul 1919 Murcer. Women detectives. Confession (law). Explosives. Filial relations.

[©Vitagraph Co. of America; 12 Jul 1919; LP13942]. 5-6 reels. Impersonation and imposture. Paralytics. Prayer.

Dir James Young. Scen James Dayton. Note: The picture was also described as three reels in length. It was the sequel to

Source: Based on the novel The Hornet’s Nest by Nancy Mann Waddel Chelsea 7750, a ate Biey aetective film release 20 sep Nes ota 532. $34

Woodrow (Boston, 1917). . , . MPW 18 Oct 1913, p. 312. NYDM 29. Oct 1918.33. Cast: Earle Williams (Ashe Colvin), Brinsley Shaw (“The Hornet’), MPW 25 Oct 1913, p. 360. Vola Vale (Muriel Fletcher), Ogden Crane (Mr. Whitefield), Kathleen

Drama. Nineteen-year-old Muriel Fletcher suspects her severe guardians, William and Freda Whitefield, of trying to rob her and her

cousin, Fletcher Hempstead, of their inherited estate. For romance, and to A HOUSE BUILT UPON SAND ; F1.2050 find someone to help her, Muriel decides to drop her purse with a note Fine Arts Film Co. Dist Triangle Film Corp. 31 Dec 1916. 5 reels.

inside inviting the retriever to return it, but when she sees Ashe Colvin Dir Edward Morrissey. Scen Mary H. O’Connor. helping an elderly lady across a busy street, she puts the purse in his hands. Cast: Lillian Gish (Evelyn Dare), Roy Stewart (David Westebrooke), When Ashe meets Freda, he recognizes the woman who years earlier ruined William H. Brown (Samuel Stevens), Bessie Buskirk (Josie), Jack

his career as district attorney in a scandal. Muriel’s lost cousin Fletcher, Brammall (Ted), Josephine Crowell (Mrs. Shockley), Kate Bruce

who was driven to forgery by the Whitefields and is now a burglar known —- (David's housekeeper).

as the “Hornet,” takes refuge from the police with Ashe, who gets him to Comedy-drama. Evelyn Dare’s wealthy parents decide to include her in rob the Whitefield’s safe of documents clearing Ashe’s name of scandaland _ their will only if she marries millionaire David Westebrook. Both Evelyn confirming Muriel and Fletcher’s inheritance. After the police arrest Ashe, | 29d David approve of the match, but David, who is as interested in disguised as Fletcher, for the robbery, Fletcher makes Whitefield confess. Sociology as matrimony, decides that Evelyn must get rid of her frilly Upon his release, Ashe embraces Muriel. Burglars. Good Samaritans. Clothes and live with him “among the people” in a factory town. Shortly

Impersonation and imposture. Scandal. Wards and guardians. after the wedding, Evelyn rebels against her new lifestyle and leaves David.

Documents. Forgers. Inheritance. Safecrackers. Finally, however, she recognizes the worth of David’s rejection of luxury

ETR 19 Jul 1919, p. 567. MPW 19 Jul 1919, p. 419, 421. and, deciding to devote her life to social work, returns to him. Marriage-

MPN 19 Jul 1919, p. 785. Wid’s 13 Jul 1919, p. 13. Arranged. Millionaires. Separation. Social consciousness. Wills.

Inheritance. Note: Lillian Gish, in an autobiographical book, identified her cousin Clay

THE HOSTAGE F1.2048 McConnell in a photograph from the film.

Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 10 Sep ETR 30 Dec 1916, p. 276. MPW 6 Jan 1917, p. 100.

1917 [OJesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co.; 13 Aug 1917; LP11268]. 5 reels. Motog 13 Jan 1917, p. 100. MPW 13 Jan 1917, p. 282.

Pres Jesse L. Lasky. Dir Robert Thornby. Asst dir Harry Haskin. MEN ° pee iol? Nee Wid's Jan 1917, p. 42.

Scen Beulah Marie Dix. Story Beulah Marie Dix. Cam Henry Kotani. a Cast: Wallace Reid (Lieut. Ivo Kemper), Dorothea Abril (Nathalia), ;

Gertrude Short (Sophia, her sister), C. H. Geldert (Brigadier THE HOUSE CAT see MAN'S WOMAN Kemper), Guy Oliver (Vanvoyd), Camille Ankewich (Eunice), Noah

Beery (Boyadi), Georgie D. Spaulding (Ragnor), Lillian Leighton A HOUSE DIVIDED F1.2051

(Marienka), Lucien Littlefield (Pau/). J. Stuart Blackton Productions, Inc. Dist Independent Sales Corp.

Drama. The Highlanders and Lowlanders are sworn enemies until through the Film Clearing House, Inc. 27 Apr 1919. 5-6 reels. Lieutenant Kemper, the son of Brigadier Kemper, the leader of the Pres Frank G. Hall. Dir J. Stuart Blackton. Scen Anthony Paul Kelly. militaristic Lowlanders, is held hostage by the Highlanders until his Source: Based on the novel The Substance of His House by Ruth Holt

father’s army has retreated to its own boundaries. Much to his surprise, the Boucicault (Boston, 1914).

lieutenant is treated with kindness and consideration by his captors, Cast: Sylvia Breamer (Mary Lord), Herbert Rawlinson (Philip especially by Boyadi and his beautiful daughter Nathalia, whom he learns | Carmichael), Lawrence Grossmith (Ben Baldwin), Shirley Huxley to love. Thus, instead of obeying his father’s command to escape at an _— (Jessie Baldwin), Sally Crute (Sheelah Delayne), William Humphrey appointed time when the Lowlanders plan to violate their pledge and storm = (Sir Arthur Stanhope), Eric Mayne (Duke of Northland), Marie Burke the fortress, he keeps his promise to his captors and remainsa prisoner. The | (Duchess of Northland), Charles Stuart Blackton (Charles), Violet Highlanders, inflamed by the Lowlander’s broken word, are about to kill Blackton (Violet), Baby Ivy Ward (Michael Carmichael). the lieutenant when news comes of the approach of another foe and, hailing Drama/Society. Orphan Mary Lord, the ward of Sir Arthur Stanhope the Kempers as saviors, the two former enemies unite to defeat this new Of Parliament, is attracted to Philip Carmichael, a young politician, who foe. Military officers. Mythical republics. Prisoners of war. War. ignores her and goes through a supposedly mock marriage at a wild party

Fortresses. Pledges. Sieges. War heroes. with actress Sheelah Delayne. Years later, Philip falls in love with Mary,

Note: The original story by Beulah Marie Dix from which this film was based was now married to Sir Arthur, who dies from a stroke when he sees Philip and entitled “We and They.” According to Wid’s, the cameraman on this film was Henry Mary together. Remorseful, they try to keep apart but eventually marry

Krondale, but this is most likely Henry Kotani. in France. Later, Sheelah confronts Philip with their son and proof that

MPN 15 Sep 1917, p. 1811. NYDM 22 Sep 1917, p. 25. they are married. When Philip is arrested for bigamy, Mary testifies, to

PW 2 Sep ory . ate Ms Sep ry is ae her humiliation, that she and Philip are not married, and then disappears. MPW 29 Sep 1917, p. 2005, 2049. _ After her son dies, Sheelah goes to France as a canteen worker and finds

Mary wandering in a daze. Feeling pity, Sheelah has her marriage annulled and sends for Philip. When Mary hears soldiers sing a song she used to sing

AN HOUR BEFORE DAWN F 1.2049 to Philip, she recognizes Philip and they resume their marriage. Bigamy. ' Famous Players Film Co. Dist State Rights. 20 Oct 1913. 4 reels. England. Marriage. Marriage-Annulment. Marriage—Fake. Separation.

Dir J. Searle Dawley. Scen J. Searle Dawley. Songs. Actors and actresses. France. Orphans. Parliament. Parties.

Cast: Laura Sawyer (Kate Kirby), House Peters (Kate's father). Politicians. Strokes. Wards and guardians. World War |. 425

THE HOUSE IN THE MIST AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Note: The working title for this film was Love, Marriage and Divorce. Some scenes by Mrs. Wallace Reid and directed by Arthur Lubin, which was a spy story that had

were shot in the Criterion Theatre in New York. little similarity to the original novel. ETR 3 May 1919, p. 1681. MPW 10 May 1919, p. 936. Motog 28 Aug 1915, p. 415. MPW 14 Aug 1915, p. 1234. MPN 3 May 1919, p. 2901. Var 6 Jun 1919, p. 29. MPN 14 Aug 1915, p. 50. MPW 21 Aug 1915, p. 1327.

MPN 21 Aug 1915, p. 83. NYDM _18 Aug 1915, p. 34.

THE HOUSE IN THE MIST see THE EYES OF MYSTERY

THE HOUSE OF A THOUSAND SCANDALS F 1.2054

THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR F1.2052 American Film Co. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; Mutual Masterpictures. 23 Lubin Manufacturing Co. Dist General Film Co.; Special Features Dept. | S¢P 1915 [©American Film Co., Inc.; 24 Sep 1915; LU6455]. 4 reels.

Oct 1914 [©Lubin Mfg. Co.; 18 Aug 1914; LU3216]. 5 reels. Dir Thomas Ricketts. Story Theodosia Harris. .

Dir Barry O’Neil. Adapted by Clay M. Greene. Cast: Harold Lockwood (John Wright), May Allison (Martha

Source: Based on the play The House Next Door by J. Hartley Manners Hobbs), Josephine Ditt (Greta Carr), Hal Clements, William Ehfe, Bessie

(New York, 12 Apr 1914). Banks, Perry Banks. Cast: Edwin Barbour (Sir John Cotswolt), Mrs. George W. Walters Drama. John Wright, who has inherited his grandfather’s estate, rides

(Lady Cotswolt), Gaston Bell (Cecil Cotswolt), Ethel Clayton (Ulrica through a wooded area and sees Martha Hobbs struggling with Ralph, the Cotswolt), George Soule Spencer (/saac Jacobson), Florence Williams man whom her heartless father wants her to marry. John thrashes Ralph (Rebecca Jacobson), Joseph Kaufman (Adrian Jacobson), Frankie Mann and returns Martha to her squalid home. After Martha’s mother dies, (Esther Jacobson), Ferdinand Tidmarsh (Hon. Clive Trevor), Peter Lang Martha goes to the city and is befriended by an aged woman. When (Mr. Sharp, solicitor), Edwin Booth Tilton (Vining, a butler), George Wright, investigating his inherited property, finds the women living in a

Trimble (Operatic agent Lewis). shabby tenement, he builds the Wright Industrial Home, an ideal Drama. English aristocrat Sir John Cotswolt forbids his children, Cecil community-oriented workplace. After Wright hears Greta Carr lecture and Ulrica, to play with Adrian and Esther, the children of Jewish — about ancient Greek life, he convinces Carr to create with him a modern furniture-maker Isaac Jacobson. Fifteen years later, Cotswolt is bankrupt, Grecian colony on his estate. The villagers are shocked by the colony’s while Jacobson has become rich. Now neighbors, Cecil courts Esther and _ scantily clad dancers. Learning that Martha lives there, Hobbs and Ralph

Adrian and Ulrica fall in love. The romances flourish, despite their lead a mob to destroy the house. John catches Ralph setting off dynamite families’ opposition, Cecil’s two-year absence to study music in Italy and and after knocking him cold, warns everyone to leave. After the explosion,

Cotswolt’s attempt to marry Ulrica to the Hon. Clive Trevor, a frivolous the mob sobers upon finding Ralph’s body. Now tolerated, the colony dandy. When Cecil returns to England, his triumphant appearance at the — constructs new buildings, and John and Martha marry. Manors. Mobs. Grand Opera House reconciles the two families except for Cotswolt. — jyodei communities. Propriety. Social reformers. Accidental death. Cotswolt Ss ire is further incurred when Jacobson hires men to repair the Attempted rape. Explosions. Father-daughter relationship. Greecefaltering foundation of his neighbor’s house. During a party at the ancient. Inheritance. Sabotage. Tenements. Village life. Jacobson s, however, Cotswolt s house crumbles and he is injured. D uring Note: After the film’s release, the title was changed to The House of Scandals, his recuperation he makes his peace with Jacobson and gives his blessing because the Supreme Court of New York granted an injunction sought by the Selig to the marriages of their children. Anti-Semitism. Aristocrats. Charity. Polyscope Co., who complained that the title under which the film was released, was Jews. Neighbors. Bankruptcy. Craftsmen. English. Filial relations. Opera Similar to that of one of its own recent productions, The House of a Thousand

singers. anares.

Note: According to the NYT, the play The House Next Door was “from the Motog 2 Oct 1915, p. 692, 713. MPW 2 Oct 1915, p. 93. German.” However, review and literary sources indicate that this is an original work. Pw i oc 1915, p. 79. MPW 9 Oct 1915, p. 253. ep 1915, p. 2247. Motog 5 Sep 1914, pp. 325-26. NYDM 9 Sep 1914, p. 28.

MPW 24 Oct 1914, p. 556. Var 23 Jul 1915, p. 19.

THE HOUSE OF ALASKA see THE GIRL ALASKA

THE HOUSE OF A THOUSAND CANDLES F1.2053

Selig Polyscope Co.; A Red Seal Play. Dist V-L-S-E, Inc. 23 Aug THE HOUSE OF BONDAGE F 1.2055

1915 [©Selig Polyscope Co.; 31 Jul 1915; LP6039]. 5 reels. Photo Drama Motion Picture Co. Jan 1914 [OPhoto Drama Motion

Dir Thomas N. Heffron. Scen Gilson Willets. Picture Co.; 15 Jan 1914; LU2078]. 6 reels.

Source: Based on the novel The House of a Thousand Candles by Dir Pierce Kingsley. Scen Pierce Kingsley.

Meredith Nicholson (Indianapolis and New York, 1905). Source: Based on the novel The House of Bondage by Reginald Wright Cast: Harry Mestayer (Jack Glenarm), Grace Darmond (Marian Kaufmann (New York, 1910). Evans), John Charles (Arthur Pickering), George Backus (John Marshall Cast: Lottie Pickford (Mary Denbigh), Armand F. Cortes (Max “Squire” Glenarm), Forrest Robinson (Bates), Edgar Nelson (Larry = Crossman), Sue Willis (Rose Legere), Robert Lawrence (Wesley Donovan), Emma Glenwood (Theresa Evans), Gladys Samms (Olivia — Dyker), Herbert Barrington (Angel), Vivian De Wolfe (Katie

Evans), Mary Robson (Carmen), Effingham Pinto (Don Jose). Flannigan), Miss Bancroft (Mrs. Denbigh), Brian Darley (Owen Drama/Mystery. The eccentric millionaire John Marshall Glenarm, Denbigh), C. Morris (Philip Beekman), Amelia Badarracco (Carrie lovingly known as “Squire,” lives in a mysterious house with secret Berkowitz), C. Shropshire (Herman Hoffman), Anna Jordan (Mrs. passageways and hidden panels and vaults. Squire wants his grandson Jack, = Chamberline), Julia Walcott (Big Lou), Katherine Vaughn (Vivian De who lives in New York, to marry his neighbor’s daughter, Marian Evans, _— Pere), Gertie Miller (Sallie Denbigh), Marion Coleman (Cisse, Rose’s

but Jack, infatuated with Carmen, a Spanish cabaret dancer, cancels a maid), De Forrest Dawley (Dyker’s clerk), Fred Nicholls (District planned visit to remain near her. Squire goes to Italy and, two months later, attorney), Della Buckridge (Mrs. Foot), Gerald King (Bill Stevens), Mr. his butler returns with the news that Squire has died in an earthquake. The McPhee (Michael), George Moss (Evangelist), Mrs. Cortes (Mission executor of Squire’s will, Arthur Pickering, who loves Marian, notifies Jack lady), George Ricketts (Doctor), Miss Nelson (Fritzie), Miss Crane that by the terms of the will, he must live in the house one year without (Wanda), Miss Earl (Celeste), Miss Gormely (New girl). leaving the grounds in order to receive the million dollar inheritance. Jack Drama. Mary Denbigh leaves her Pennsylvania working-class family moves in and falls in love with Marian, while Pickering plots with Carmen with Max Crossman, who promises to marry her, but soon discovers that against him. After Jack goes toa masquerade ball at the Evans’ residence Crossman is a procurer for a house of ill-repute. Forced to work as a and Carmen exposes him, Jack discovers Pickering trying to locate the _ prostitute in Rose Legere’s New York City brothel, Mary soon escapes but hidden inheritance. As Jack and Pickering struggle, a secret panel opens. — discovers that all other forms of work are now unavailable to her. She Squire steps out and reveals that he schemed to force Jack to fallin love returns home, but her father drives her out, after which Mary again goes

with Marian. Deception. Grandsons. Inheritance. Millionaires. _ to the brothel. Seeing Mary’s physical deterioration, Rose now refuses to Neighbors. Rivalry. Balls (parties). Butlers. Cabaret performers. admit her. Eventually, Mary collapses on the street, where she is found by

Earthquakes. Italy. New York City. a kindly man. Brothels. Innocents. Lower classes. New York City.

Note: A playin by Seog One The ni on theon movel ine same Ostracism. Reputation. White-slave :traffic. opened INew York anand.gay e ing fim wasoe snot inPimps. e€ Prostitutes. sell 1cago Studios, : Cityond at a private home in Wheaton, IL. Nicholson’s novel was filmed by Jesse D. country contrast. Escapes. Father-daughter relationship. Good Hampton Productions in 1920 under the title Haunting Shadows (see above). In 1936 Samaritans. Pennsylvania.

Republic Pictures Corp. produced a film titled The House of a Thousand Note: This film was released simultaneously with a Broadway production of the Candles, based on the same novel, starring Irving Pichel and Mae Clarke, supervised story based on Kaufmann’s novel.

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE HOUSE OF INTRIGUE MPW 17 Jan 1914, p. 276. NYDM 14 Jan 1914, p. 60. New York’s Tombs Prison, but because she cannot find employment in the

NYDM ——_7 Jan 1914, p. 38. months following her release, she breaks parole and settles in the West. There she meets and marries Harvey Lake, a railroad agent. After Harvey

HOUSE OF CARDS F1.2056 is offered a promotion, the couple returns to New York, where Margaret, U.S. Amusement Corp. Dist Art Dramas, Inc. 25 Jun 1917. 5 reels. having been recognized by a detective, reveals the story of her past to her Pres Herbert Blaché. Dir Alice Guy Blaché. Scen Alice Guy Blaché. husband. Through the efforts of Harvey and the railroad’s lawyer,

Cast: Catherine Calvert (Mrs. Manning), Frank Mills (Mr. McClellan, the governor finally grants Margaret a full pardon. ExManning), Kittens Reichert (Louise Manning), James O'Neill convicts. False arrests. Marriage. Pardons (legal). Parole. Detectives. (Norton), Yolande Doquette, Howard Small, Katherine Kaelred. Lawyers. Police. Railroad workers. Recognition. Robbers. State Drama. Mrs. Manning is engrossed in her medical career while her — governors. Stenographers. Tombs Prison (New York). United States-

husband is equally absorbed in his law practice. The couple are so West.

preoccupied with the pursuit of their careers that they neglect their little Note: Norman Selby was more popularly known as Kid McCoy, a prize fighter. daughter Louise, leaving her in the care of the servants. Louise, feeling According to a news item, some New York City landmarks appearing in the film

7 ; copyri Catalog States a € obertson-Cole proguction e Lure oO

unwanted and unhappy, decides to run away with a little newsboy, and her include Jererson Market, Penn Sao packwell®. and ane the rs ey, cisappearance leads to wre ee NE of her parents. The Mannings Jade (see AFI Cutalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.3306) is also based on Marcin’s

parate, and soon after, Mrs. Manning suffers a nervous play, but this appears to be an error. breakdown. Mr. Manning undertakes a long standing investigation of child ETR 9 Mar 1918, p. 1141. MPW 16 Mar 1918, p. 1555. labor practices, and while at the factory one day, he meets Louise who has MPN 12 Jan 1918, p. 251. NYDM 9 Mar 1918, p. 18.

come in search of work. Elated, Mr. Manning brings the child to his wife MPN 16 Mar 1918, p. 1608. Var 1 Mar 1918, p. 41.

who, upon seeing her daughter alive, undergoes a miraculous recovery. The MPW 9 Feb 1918, p. 871. Wid's 7 Mar 1918, pp. 990-91.

couple then decide to reconcile with the understanding that their child is

more important than their careers. Ambition. Neglected children. | THE HOUSE OF GOLD F'1.2059

Parentage. Runaways. Child labor. Factories. Lawyers. Nervous Metro Pictures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 17 Jun 1918 [©Metro breakdown. Newsboys. Separation. Servants. Women doctors. Pictures Corp.; 13 Jun 1918; LP12533]. 5 reels, 4,595 ft.

ETR 23 Jun 1917, p. 192. MPW 30 Jun 1917, p. 2114. Supv Maxwell Karger. Dir Edwin Carewe. Scen June Mathis. Story Motog 7 Jul 1917, p. 48. NYDM 23 Jun 1917, p. 28. Katharine Kavanaugh. Cam Eugene Gaudio.

MPN 30 Jun 1917, p. 4108. Cast: Emmy Wehlen (Pamela Martin), Joseph Kilgour (Douglas Martin/Gilbert Martin), Hugh Thompson (Frank Steele), Helen Lindroth

THE HOUSE OF FEAR F 1.2057 (Mrs. Stanley Cartwright), Maud Hill (Mrs. Alicia Temple).

Pathé Exchange, Inc. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc.; Gold Rooster Plays. 3 Drama. After Pamela Martin’s fiancé, lawyer Frank Steele, leaves for

Dec 1915 [©Pathé Freres; 3 Dec 1915; LU7112]. 5 reels. South America on business, her mother and another suitor, Douglas

Dir Arnold Daly and Ashley Miller. Martin, trick her into marrying Douglas by telling her that Frank is a thief.

Source: Based on the short story “House of Fear” by John T. McIntyre Douglas commonly hosts Bacchanalian parties at the couple’s home, and

in Ashton-Kirk: Investigator (Philadelphia, 1910). after one of these revelries, during which Pamela explained the reason for Cast: Arnold Daly (Ashton Kirk), Sheldon Lewis (Charles Cramp), her marriage to Frank, who had recently returned from South America, Jeanne Eagels (Grace Cramp), Ina Hammer (Miss Hohenlo), Charles her husband in a drunken rage insults and then attempts to embrace her. Laite (Harry Pendleton), Charles Kraus (Alva), William Bechtel, Martin Pamela reaches for a knife, but at that instant, she faints and awakens to

Sabine. find Douglas dead and herself charged with murder. Through Frank’s

Mystery. On the advice of his friend Pendleton, Ashton Kirk, a scholar skillful defense, she is acquitted, and the two again become engaged. On and amateur detective, pays a visit to a house whose occupants, Charles the eve of the wedding, however, Douglas appears in her room, explaining Cramp and his sister Grace, complain of strange happenings involving that on the night of his supposed death, he had actually murdered his twin Mexicans. Discussions with Ashton’s agent in Mexico reveal that Cramp’s brother Gilbert. Frank rushes into the room, and in his struggle to get father was once an engraver, who, in desperate need of cash, had agreed away, Douglas falls from the balcony to his death. Duplicity. Lawyers. to supply Alva, a notorious thief, with forged currency plates. After a Libertines. Murder. Brothers. Drunkenness. Falls from heights. Marriage. change of heart, Cramp refused to deliver the plates to Alva, and now ___- Parties. Trials. Twins. Cramp’s aunt, Miss Hohenlo, has come to her brother’s home to find them ETR 22 Jun 1918, p. 162, 196. NYDM ‘13 Jul 1918, p. 52.

y y, . .

herself. The clever Ashton realizes that the Mexicans are cohorts of Alva’s PW 0 yun i918 .. ib Ws io a i918 P99-30. and eventually uncovers an elaborate signalling and tunnel system used by Miss Hohenlo and Alva to locate the missing plates. Deciphering a message

announcing the time and place of the arrival of the Mexicans, Ashton and THE HOUSE OF INTRIGUE wp: F 1.2060 his aides hide themselves in the house cellar, capture the thieves and Haworth Pictures. Dist Robertson-Cole Co. through Exhibitors Mutual destroy the plates. Codes. Counterfeiting. Detectives. Brother-sister D'stributing Corp. 21 Sep 1919 [©Haworth Studios; 15 Sep 1919;

relationship. Engravers. Mexicans. Scholars. Tunnels. LU14180]. > reels. . : Note: This was the third film in a series directed by Arnold Daly, the first of which Dir Lloyd Ingraham. Scen E. Richard Schayer. Cam Sam Landers.

was titled An Affair of Three Nations, the second, The Menance of the Mute. Source: Based on the novel The House of Intrigue by Arthur Stringer Motog 11 Dec 1915, pp. 1246-47, 1262. MPW 4 Dec 1915, p. 1845, 1907. (Indianapolis, 1918).

MPN 6 Nov 1915, p. 65. NYDM 4 Dec 1915, p. 35. Cast: Mignon Anderson (Clarissa Rhinelander Bartlett), Helene

MPN 11 Dec 1915, pp. 10-11, 92, NYDM 11 Dec 1915, p. 29. Sullivan (Kitty La Verne), Peggy May (Barbara Pretlow), Bert Hadley

100. NYDM 30 Oct 1915, p. 30. (Bud Griswold), Lloyd Bacon (Pinky McClone), Donald McDonald

(Wendy Washburn), Josephine Crowell (Aunt Betsy), Alfred Fisher

THE HOUSE OF GLASS F 1.2058 (Ezra Bartlett), Virginia Boardman (Nurse Ledwidge).

C. K. Y. Film Corp. Dist Select Pictures Corp.; A Select Star Picture. Drama/Crime. Aspiring actress Barbara Pretlow, evicted from her Feb 1918 [OC. K. Y. Film Corp.; 20 Feb 1918; LP12098]. 5 reels. Manhattan room because she cannot pay the rent, innocently agrees to help Dir Emile Chautard. Scen Charles E. Whittaker. Cam Jacques Bizuel. divert attention from pickpocket Pinky McClone. Meanwhile, heiress Source: Based on the play The House of Glass by Max Marcin (New Clarissa Rhinelander Bartlett, who frequently becomes infatuated with

York, | Sep 1915). men of suspect character, falls in love with a lifeguard who is one of Pinky’s

Cast: Clara Kimball Young (Margaret Case), Pell Trenton (James cohorts. When Clarissa’s guardian, Wendy Washburn, investigates the Burke), Corliss Giles (Harvey Lake), Edward Kimball (Lawyer lifeguard, he falls in love with Barbara. Because Wendy convinces Barbara, McClellan), James T. Laffey (Director Atwood), Josie Sadler in the midst of a jewel heist, that her colleagues are criminals, she escapes, (Landlady), Norman Selby (Detective Carroll), William Waltman but afterwards she cannot find a job. When an old man offers her one (Detective Crowley), Peggy Burke (Nellie, the maid), Doris Field thousand dollars to impersonate Clarissa, Barbara, hungry and despairing,

(Edith, the maid). accepts, but after she is asked to sign Clarissa’s name to a will, she thwarts Drama. Unaware that he is a thief, stenographer Margaret Case becomes the crooks who, coincidentally, are robbing Clarissa’s house. Wendy, who

engaged to James Burke. Just before the wedding, the police arrive, and planned the thousand dollar offer as a test of Barbara’s honesty, now they are both sent to prison for robbery. Margaret serves several years in accepts her, while Clarissa falls in love with the policeman arresting the

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THE HOUSE OF LIES AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG crooks. Criminals. Criminals—Rehabilitation. Heiresses. Poverty. Tests of Cast: Katherine Harris Barrymore (Lily Bart), Henry Kolker character. Actors and actresses. Eviction. Impersonation and imposture. (Lawrence Selden), Christine Mayo (Bertha Trenor-Dorset), Joseph Infatuation. Jewelry. Lifeguards. New York City. Pickpockets. Policemen. Kilgour (Augustus Trenor-Dorset), Lottie Briscoe (Gertie Farish),

Robbery. Wards and guardians. Wills. Edward Abeles (Simon Rosedale), Maggie Western (Mrs. Haffen), Note: The novel, The House of Intrigue, first appeared in serial form in The Pauline Welch (Nettie Struthers), Nellie Parker-Spaulding (Mrs.

Saturday Evening Post. Penniston), W. D. Fichter (Ned Silverton), Sidney Bracy (Percy ETR 27 Sep 1919, p. 1481. MPN 27 Sep 1919, p. 2655. Gryce), Kempton Greene (Jeff Wade), Morgan Jones (Butler), William A. Sullivan.

THE HOUSE OF LIES F 1.2061 Drama. Lily Bart loves Lawrence Selden, a lawyer of moderate means, The Oliver Morosco Photoplay Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 14 but she is also pursued by Simon Rosedale, a wealthy businessman, and Sep 1916 [©Oliver Morosco Photoplay Co.; 23 Aug 1916; LP9008]. 5 reels. Augustus Trenor-Dorset, a married man. When Dorset’s wife Bertha

Dir William D. Taylor. Scen L. V. Jefferson. Cam Homer Scott. announces that she is going to the country (although she really plans to Cast: Edna Goodrich (Edna Coleman), Juan de la Cruz (Marcus meet Ned Silverton, with whom she is having an affair), Dorset asks Lily Auriel), Kathleen Kirkham (Dorothy), Lucille Ward (Mrs. Coleman), to dine at his home. Alone with him at the house, she rejects his advances, Harold Holland (Winthrop Haynes), Herbert Standing (Dr. Barnes). but when Mrs. Dorset returns, she publicly insults Lily, forcing her to move Drama. With her late husband’s legacy dwindling, Mrs. Coleman decides to another town. Lily’s aunt dies and leaves her penniless, whereupon she that her daughter Dorothy and her stepdaughter Edna must marry wealthy reluctantly begins to seek employment. She is about to kill herself when men. Refusing to trade her beauty for a rich husband, however, Edna Selden, who has never stopped loving her, enters the room and convinces purposely disfigures herself with acid. For ruining much of Mrs. Coleman’s her to marry him. Fidelity. Infidelity. Poverty. Reputation. Attempted

master plan, the family ostracizes Edna, who watches as her stepmother suicide. Aunts. Businessmen. Duplicity. Lawyers. Rivalry. snares the wealthy poet, Marcus Auriel, for Dorothy. Edna, who has Unemployment. always loved Marcus, gets a job as his secretary, and then exposes Dorothy Note: Wharton’s novel was adapted for the stage by Clyde Fitch, along with and Mrs. Coleman as matrimonial cutthroats. Impressed by her concern, | Wharton, and was produced in Detroit, 11 Sep 1906. Some reviews give a length of

Marcus asks Edna to marry him despite her scars. Then, on the wedding __ five reels.

day, Edna appears as she did before her “disfigurement,” and discloses that TR 9 Ae 918 . joe, nile M i te i918 a the acid had not been real, and that her “scars” were the product of grease MPN 24 Aug 1918, p. 1212. Wid’s 11 Aug 1918, p. 31. paint. Disfiguration. Disguise. Fortune hunters. Acid. Poets. Scars. MPW 10 Aug 1918, p. 886. Secretaries. Steomothers. Stepsisters. Widows.

Note: The title of the original scenario was “Body or Soul.” THE HOUSE OF MYSTERY F1.2064

mores 3 SP re p. Tab yom 3 Sep one PP. 2429. William Steiner Productions. Dist Arrow Film Corp. Sep 1920-Sep cP oe Pe ee? ar cP? Pe oe 1921 [OWilliam Steiner; 3 Aug 1920; LU15392]. 5 reels. MPW 23 Sep 1916, p. 1958. Wid's 21 Sep 1916, p. 975. Story Alexander F. Frank. Cast: Glen White (Tex), John Costello (John Raby), Ethel Russell

THE HOUSE OF MIRRORS F'1.2062 (Alice Raby), Cecil Kern (Marion Lake), Harold Vosburgh.

Rialto Film Corp. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; Mutual Masterpictures De Mystery. When cardsharp Ellis Gale threatens to disclose that Charles

Luxe Edition. 10 Aug 1916. 5 reels. , , Dunn forged his uncle John Raby’s name on a check to pay for losses at

Dir Marshall Farnum. Scen James Ormont. Story Frederick Chapin. cards, Dunn promises to repay Gale after he marries Raby’s daughter

Cam Marcel A. Le Picard. - Alice, but Alice, who loves Ralph Crane, refuses Dunn’s proposal. After Cast: Frank Mills (Fred Probert), Lillian Kemble (Blanche Probert), J. Dunn learns that Raby is attempting to communicate with his dead wife Frank Glendon (Edward Martindale), Jack Curtis (Fred Probert, Jr., age Miriam through a medium, Madame Kautsky, Dunn bribes Kautsky, and 7), Runa Hodges (Edith Probert, age 5), Harry Spingler (Fred Probert, during a séance a vision of Miriam tells Raby that Alice must marry Dunn. Jr., age 21), Bliss Milford (Edith Probert, age 19), Rudolph Cameron —_ feanwhile, Gale, who has stolen love letters from Marion Lake, Ralph’s

(Tom Martindale). married sister, to Dunn, is murdered. After Marion’s husband, Dr. Lake,

Drama. When Blanche Probert, a neglected wife, reminds her husband _ ig accused, Tex, “Elucidator of Mysteries,” investigates and learns that a Fred of their theater engagement one evening, he insists that he must work, veiled woman was seen at the murder site. During a séance, he captures and she invites his friend Edward Martindale to take his place. Later that the veiled woman, who looks like Miriam, and reveals that the woman night, Edward tries to kiss Blanche just as Fred returns home, and although really is Dunn, Miriam’s nephew, who killed Gale when he went to retrieve she is innocent of any wrongdoing, her outraged husband divorces her. Fred the forged check. Dr. Lake and Marion are reconciled, while Raby agrees rears his son, Fred, Jr., while Blanche takes custody of little Edith, and to Alice’s marriage to Ralph. Detectives. Female impersonation. Forgery.

there is no contact between them for fourteen years. Having run out of —etters. Murder. Nephews. Séances. Visions. Bribery. Brother-sister money, Blanche is forced to become the proprietor of an elegant gambling —_— relationship. | Cardsharps. False accusations. _ Father-daughter establishment, ““The House of Mirrors,” which is frequented by Fred, Jr., relationship. Mediums. Physicians. Proposals. as well as Edward’s son, Tom Martindale. The young men are introduced Note: This film was part of the “Tex, Elucidator of Mysteries” series. It was to Edith as “Mr. Brown and Mr. Jones,” and soon, both are in love with included on a list of releases between | Sep 1920 and | Sep 1921, and was reviewed her. When Fred asks Blanche for Edith’s hand, she recognizes his ring as in a British trade paper in 1922.

the one she had given her husband years before. Fred visits Blanche, who KW. 28 Sep 1922, p. 80. still maintains her innocence, and after Edward confirms her story, the Probert family is reconciled and Edith becomes engaged to Tom. Child THE HOUSE OF SCANDALS see THE HOUSE OF A THOUSAND

custody. Divorce. Gambling houses. Family life. Jewelry. Neglected SCANDALS wives.

Note: This film was re-edited and re-issued on a state rights basis under the title THE HOUSE OF SILENCE F1.2065

was directed by Farnum and James Ormont. . ;

My Husband's Friend in Aug 1918. In a 1918 news item, MPW notes that the film Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.:

Motog 19 Aug 1916, p. 449, MPW 3 Aug 1918, p. 724. Paramount Pictures. 8 Apr 1918 [OFamous Players-Lasky Corp.; | Apr MPN 19 Aug 1916, pp. 1096-97. Var I1 Aug 1916, p. 25. 1918; LP12271]. 5 reels. MPN 19 Oct 1918, p. 2545. Wid’s 10 Aug 1916, pp. 779-80. Pres Jesse L. Lasky. Dir Donald Crisp. Asst dir Nat Deverich. Scen

MPW 19 Aug 1916, p. 1238, 1293. Margaret Turnbull. Cam Henry Kotani.

Source: Based on the novel Marcel Levignet by Elwyn Alfred Barron

THE HOUSE OF MIRTH F 1.2063 (New York, 1906).

Metro Pictures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp.; All-Star Series. 5 Aug Cast: Wallace Reid (Marcel Levington), Ann Little (Toinette 1918 [©Metro Pictures Corp.; 9 Aug 1918; LP12740]. 6 reels, 5,640 ft. Rogers), Adele Farrington (Mrs. Clifton), Winter Hall (Dr. Henry Supv Maxwell Karger. Dir Albert Capellani. Asst dir Leander De Rogers), Ernest Joy (Leroy), H. A. Barrows (Carter). Cordova. Scen June Mathis and Albert Capellani. Cam Eugene Gaudio. Mystery. A young woman, disheveled and greatly distressed, stops Source: Based on the novel The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton (New criminologist Marcel Levington on the street and begs him to find a doctor

York, 1905). for a man who is dying inside a nearby house of ill repute. Marcel and his 428

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE HOUSE OF WHISPERS friend, Dr. Rogers, enter the house and find the man, a prominent lawyer, appear dead. After Dolores tricks Nina into writing a confession, Anthony dead, his heart pierced by a hatpin that the doctor recognizes as the one professes his love for Dolores. Attempted suicide. Brothers. England. he recently gave his daughter Toinette. Rogers announces that the man has Frame-ups. Fugitives. Americans in foreign countries. Battered women. died of heart failure, returns home and demands an explanation from his Blackmail. Confession (law). Drugs. Gondolas and _ gondoliers. daughter, who explains that she was lured into the house and attacked by Imprisonment. Manors. Monte Carlo. Potions. the man. Realizing that Toinette killed the lawyer to defend her honor, Note: This film was the first Edison feature to be released on a program other than ] Rogers and Marcel agree to protect her. Marcel retrieves Toinette’s its own. The few earlier features produced by Edison were released through the

oe ; -10. ay 1915, p. 28.

pocketbook from the proprietor of the house, Mrs. Clifton, who had General Film Co. planned to blackmail the girl, and then returns to Toinette, with whom he Motog = 29 wy a Pp. 888-89, OM B we 1915, p. 1692. has fallen in love. Attempted rape. Brothels. Criminologists. Self-defense. MPN 29 May 1915, p. 39, 72. Var 14 May 1915, p. 19. Blackmail. Evidence. Father-daughter relationship. Lawyers. Madams.

Physicians. | | THE HOUSE OF THE TOLLING BELL F1.2068 Note: Although reviews call Wallace Reid’s character “Marcel Levignet,” the J. Stuart Blackton Feature Pictures, Inc. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc. 5

continuity in the Paramount studio records lists the name as “Marcel Levington.” . : ,

ETR 20 Apr 1918, p. 1607, Var 26 Apr 1918, p. 41. Sep 1920 [©Pathe Exchange, Inc.; 6 Aug 1920; LU15406]. 6 reels.

MPN _20 Apr 1918, p. 2354, 2416. Wid’s 18 Apr 1918, p. 1091. Dir J. Stuart Blackton. Cam William S. Adams.

NYDM 27 Apr 1918, p. 598. Source: Based on the novel The House of the Tolling Bell by Edith Sessions Tupper (publication undetermined). THE HOUSE OF TEARS F 1.2066 Cast: May McAvoy (Lucy Atherton), Bruce Gordon (Richard Rolfe Photoplays, Inc. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 13 Dec 1915[©Metro Steele), Morgan Thorpe (Anthony Cole), Edward Elkas (Ducros, the

Pictures Corp.; 11 Dec 1915; LP7197]. 5 reels. innkeeper), Eulalie Jenson (Lola), William R. Dunn (Jules La Dir Edwin Crane. Scen Frank Dazey. Rocque), Edna Young (Aunt Stella), William Jenkins (Old George). Cast: Emily Stevens (Mrs. Alice Collingwood/Gail Collingwood), Henri Mystery. According to the will of old Anthony Cole, his heir must live

Bergman (Robert Collingwood), Walter Hitchcock (Henry Thorne), for one year in the spooky residence known as “the house of the tolling George Brennan (John), Madge Tyrone (Nurse), Bernard Randall. bell.” The dread of the house and the superstitions enshrouding it are so Drama. After deserting her husband and daughter Gail, Alice great that only two people consent to undergo the ordeal. They are Cole’s Collingwood leaves New York to marry Henry Thorne. Fifteen years later, grandson Richard Steele, who had been disinherited when his mother ran

Thorne, a financial failure, suddenly wins $15,000 in a game of faro. away with a dance teacher, and Lucy Atherton. Jules La Rocque, a distant Thorne announces his intention of leaving with the money but is threatened __ relative, plots to obtain both Lucy and the Cole millions. One night, La at gunpoint by Alice who demands her share. Wounded in the ensuing | Rocque storms the house but is thwarted in his plan when Anthony Cole struggle, Alice is left for dead as Thorne heads for New York under an _— rises from his hiding place in the cupola of the house where his body had

assumed name. With his winnings, he prospers in the stock market and lain in state. Cole announces that the challenge had been a test of virtue becomes a prominent Wall Street figure. Gail Collingwood, now a reporter 2nd that Lucy and Richard emerged victorious. Thus reinstated as Cole’s

for a daily newspaper writing under the name of Alice Gail, interviews heir, Richard marries Lucy. Grandsons. Haunted houses. Heirs. Wills. Thorne and then falls in love with him. Recovered from her wounds, Alice _—_ Disinheritance. comes to New York and runs into Gail. When Alice finds out about Gail’s Note: An early production news item lists the following additional cast members: involvement with Thorne, she insists on confronting the man with the truth. Louis Dean, Herbert Fayjans and Nick Marsacca. William R. Dunn, who played the

, _—e . role of “Jules La Roque,” was the studio manager of Blackton’s company.

Stunned by the appearance of his wife, Thorne runs from Gail’s house and ETR 18 Sep 1920, p. 1718. MPW 11 Sep 1920, p. 250.

dies in a car crash. Desertion. Infidelity. Mother-daughter relationship. MPN 11 Sep 1920, p. 2137. NYMT 5 Sep 1920. Reporters. Stock market. Automobile accidents. Faro. Gunshot wounds. MPN 2 Oct 1920, p. 2609. Wid's 5 Sep 1920, p. 13. Impersonation and imposture. New York City-Wall Street.

Note: It is unclear whether Bernard Randall served on the film as an assistant THE HOUSE OF TOYS F 1.2069

director or an actor. American Film Co.; ‘Flying A” Special. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc. May None iN Be ioe P. Mates PW ~ pee ole p. 028 9032 1920 [OAmerican Film Co., Inc.; 10 May 1920; LP15103]. 6 reels.

7. NYDM 18 Dec 1915, . 8 OOCO Dir George L. Cox. Asst dir Sidney Algier. Scen Daniel F. Whitcomb. MPN 18 Dec 1915, p. 54, 86. Var 10 Dec 1915, p. 21. Tech dir S. A. Baldridge.

MPN 25 Dec 1915, p. 100. Source: Based on the novel The House of Toys by Henry Russell Miller (Indianapolis, 1914).

THE HOUSE OF THE GOLDEN WINDOWS see THE HOUSE Cast: Seena Owen (Shirley Lord), Pell Trenton (David Quentin), Helen

WITH THE GOLDEN WINDOWS Jerome Eddy (Esther Summers), Lillian Leighton (Aunt Clara), George

Hernandez (Jonathan Radbourne), Stanhope Wheatcroft (Richard

THE HOUSE OF THE LOST COURT F1.2067 Holden), Henry Barrows, Marian Skinner, William Buckley, Perry Banks. Thomas A. Edison, Inc. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 6 May 1915 Drama. Shirley Ward’s wealthy Aunt Clara’s admonition against [©Thomas A. Edison, Inc.; 12 May 1915; LP5486]. 5 reels. marrying a poor man comes true when, after several years of marriage,

Pres Thomas A. Edison. Dir Charles J. Brabin. Shirley separates from her husband David Quentin, a struggling architect. Source: Based on the novel The House of the Lost Court by Alice Muriel Shirley returns to the luxury of her aunt's lodgings, and Quentin,

(Livingston) Williamson (New York and London, 1908). relinquishing his aspiration to be an architect, accepts a job asa draftsman. Cast: Robert Conness (Sir Anthony Elliott), Duncan McRae Receiving the encouragement of his new employer and the support of his (Honorable Captain Paul Elliott, D. S. C.), Helen Strickland (Lady °0-Worker Esther Sommers, Quentin finally achieves success as an Rosamund), Sally Crute (Nina Desmond), Viola Dana (Dolores architect. Meanwhile, Shirley recognizes her selfishness and her love for Edgerton), Mrs. Wallace Erskine (Mrs. Edgerton), Gertrude McCoy her husband. Esther, although she loves Quent in, selflessly urges him to

(Elinore Vane), William West (The butler). return to his wife and assists in their reconciliation. Architects. Draftsmen. Drama. Sir Anthony Elliott, the young lord of Whitehall Manor, secretly Marriage. Separation. Aunts. Self-sacrifice.

becomes engaged to Elinore Vane, but she marries his brother Paul. After oN y wn 1990 is 7030. NEMT 0 May 1920 p. 190? Anthony, embittered, prepares to go to America, Nina Desmond, whom he MPN § Jun 1920, p. 2930, 4687. Var 28 Apr 1920, p. 42.

earlier rescued from a fall, asks to go with him, but he refuses. Nina MPW 17 Apr 1920, p. 437. Wid's 30 May 1920, p. 11. overhears him also refuse Elinore, whom Paul mistreats. After Nina sees

Elinore stab herself, she threatens to accuse Anthony of murder unless he THE HOUSE OF WHISPERS F 1.2070 takes her, but still he refuses. The morning after Anthony is sentenced to Robert Brunton Productions. Dist W. W. Hodkinson Corp. through hang, he is found dead in his cell. Five years later, Paul, living with Nina Pathé Exchange, Inc. Oct 1920. 5 reels. in Monte Carlo, hopes to get money from the manor’s new tenants, Mrs. Pres Robert Brunton. Dir Ernest C. Warde. Scen Jack Cunningham. Edgerton, a wealthy American, and her daughter Dolores. After Dolores Cam Arthur L. Todd. sees a mysterious gondola, she discovers Anthony living in a secret room. Source: Based on the novel The House of Whispers by William Andrew He explains that while in jail his mother gave him a potion which made him Johnston (Boston, 1918).

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THE HOUSE WITH THE GOLDEN WINDOWS AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Cast: J. Warren Kerrigan (Spaulding Nelson), Joseph J. Dowling Birth control. Childlessness. Illegitimacy. Marriage. Motherhood. (Rufus Gaston), Fritzi Brunette (Barbara Bradford), Marjorie Wilson Parentage. Pregnancy. Engineers. Inheritance. Sisters-in-law. (Clara Bradford), Myrtle Rischel (Mrs. Bradford), Herbert Prior Note: The film was produced in Cleveland, where its initial showing coincided with (Edward Thayer), Myles McCarthy (Henry Kent), Claire Du Brey a stage presentation of the play elsewhere in the city, also starring Richard Travers.

(Nettie Kelly), Fred C. Jones (Roldo). This was the first production of Argus Enterprises, Inc.

Mystery. Spaulding Nelson moves into an apartment after his uncle has oN : Sep ‘ole P. eee niall iS Ave tote 69

been driven from it by the sounds of screams and whispers. Upon MPW 73 Aue 1919. BD. 1176-77. Wid's 10 Aue 1919. if 3. undertaking an investigation, he meets neighbor Barbara Bradford, whose sister Clara is being tormented by the recurring sounds of her dead husband Roldo’s voice. Roldo is actually alive and an accomplice of Henry Kent who

built “the house of whispers” and riddled it with secret passageways which HOW CISSY MADE GOOD F1.2073 enabled him to gain entry to the apartments. Spaulding locates the secret Vitagraph Co. of America; Broadway Star Features. Dist General Film panel doors, but is arrested on suspicion of murdering actress Daisy Luton, | C0. by arrangement with Broadway Star Features Co. 2 Feb 1915 a victim of Roldo. Eluding the detectives, Spaulding escapes through the [©Vitagraph Co. of America; 12 Jan 1915; LP4178]. 3-4 reels.

panel and down a secret passageway where he corners Kent, Roldo and Dir George D. Baker.

Nettie Kelly, Roldo’s first wife. After Nettie confesses, Clara is freed to Cast: Cissy Fitzgerald (Cissy), Flora Finch (Herself), Mary Maurice marry her fiancé and Barbara accepts Spaulding’s proposal. Apartments. (Herself), Bobby Connelly (Himself), Edith Storey (Herself), Dolores

False arrests. Haunted houses. Neighbors. Actors and actresses. Costello (Herself), Helene Costello (Herself). oo, Confession (law). Detectives. Murder. Widows. Comedy. Cissy, an aspiring scenarist, submits a movie script to the editor ETR 2 Oct 1920, p. 1925. MPW 2 Oct 1920, p. 691. of Motion Picture Magazine, but it is rejected. Feeling sorry for the MPN 27 Mar 1920, p. 2954. NYMT 26 Sep 1920. impoverished writer, the editor offers her a chance to prove herself in

MPN 2 Oct 1920, p. 2705. Wid's 26 Sep 1920, p. 13. another capacity by interviewing the leading actors and directors of the

MPN 16 Oct 1920, p. 2944. Vitagraph company. At the Vitagraph studios in Brooklyn, New York,

Cissy meets comedienne Flora Finch, who introduces her to the various

THE HOUSE WITH THE GOLDEN WINDOWS F 1.2071 celebrities. The victim of the stars’ practical jokes, Cissy goes from one Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 3 Aug mishap to the next during her tour of the studio, which includes the 1916 [OJesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co.; 24 Jul 1916; LP8789]. 5 reels. dressing rooms, the costume department and the camera section. In Dir George Melford. Asst dir C. H. Mitchell. Scen Charles Sarver. unwitting retaliation, Cissy bursts into the middle of a scene in progress,

Story L. V. Jefferson. Cam Percy Hilburn. ruining a hundred feet of film stock and infuriating the director. After she Cast: Wallace Reid (Tom Wells), Cleo Ridgely (Sue Wells), Billy falls into a tank, Cissy is finally befriended by the kind-hearted Mary Jacobs (Billy Wells), James Neill (James Peabody), Mabel Van Buren Maurice, and her troubled tour is salvaged when the other stars, feeling (Mrs. Peabody), Marjorie Daw (A fairy), Bob Fleming (Peabody’s guilty about their cruel tricks, write their own interviews for her. Cissy is

overseer). offered a position on the magazine and then faints with joy. Interviews.

Drama. Sue Wells, whose husband Tom works as a shepherd, is fed up Motion picture actors and actresses. Motion picture scriptwriters. Motion with being poor and living in the shadow of Mr. and Mrs. James Peabody’s picture studios. Vitagraph Co. of America. Editors. Flora Finch. Mary palatial estate. Then, when the Peabodys go away on vacation, Sue and Maurice. Motion picture crews. Motion picture directors. Motion Picture Tom carry out a check fraud scheme and take advantage of a loophole in Magazine. New York City-Brooklyn. Practical jokes.

the Peabody’s lease, with the result that they become the owners of the Note: This film opened as a “special” four-reeler at the Vitagraph Theater in New estate. Living in the mansion does little to make Sue happy, however, and York on 21 Dec 1914 but was cut to three reels before its general release on 2 Feb then, when James returns and discovers what she and her husband have 1915. Reviews and news items stated that most of the Vitagraph stock company,

° . . including directors, were featured in the film, as was the new Vitagraph publication,

done, he kills Tom. He is about to murder Sue, too, when she wakes up, Motion Picture Magazine. According to modern sources, comedian John Bunny, who

and realizes that her life as a wealthy landowner has been only a dream. was a Vitagraph star, made his final screen appearance in this production. The James then enters, and announces that he has made Tom the estate copyright synopsis lists “The Answer Man” as author, but this writer’s true identity overseer, which forever ends Sue’s worries about money. Dreams. Envy. is unknown.

Wealth. Fraud. Murder. Shepherds. MPW 30 Jan 1915, p. 754. NYDM __ 23 Dec 1914, p. 28. Note: The film was also called The House of the Golden Windows. MPW 2 Jan 1915, p. 51. NYDM 30 Dec 1914, p. 26.

Motog 26 Aug 1916, p. 498. NYDM __ 12 Aug 1916, p. 22. .

MPN 19 Aug 1916, p. 1092. Var 4 Aug 1916, p. 30. .

MPM NAB IN TST HOW COULD YOU, CAROLINE? F1.2074 Pathé Exchange, Inc. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc. 5 May 1918 [(©Pathe

_ ‘ ; er an ann Page.

are hy Eneer wrises, Inc. Dist Film Market Inc.; State Rights \O Aue Exchange, Inc. 7 May 1918; LU12374], 5 reels.

191 0” 6-7 vecls. 2 es oo Bns. OM Frederick Thompson. Scen Agnes C. Johnston. Story Izola Forrester Dir Samuel Brodsky: cam E. “ pide ar da ‘ Morach- Cast: Bessie Love (Caroline Rogers), James Morrison (Bob Worth), Mel aughlin (Cleveland Or). e House Without Children by Kobert Dudley Hawley (Reginald Van Alden), Henry Hallam (Mr. Rogers), Edna

Cast: Richard Travers (Richard Walker), Gretchen Hartman Earl (Ethel Rogers), Amelia Summerville (Mrs. Rogers).

° oo , ape Comedy-drama. Caroline Rogers, a spirited young girl with a taste for

(Margaret, his wife), George Fox (Manley Phillips, their butler), Helen highly romantic novels, comes home from boarding school to attend her De Biytho, Jack Lew (Lan voice Branford): Edith Siockton (Dolly sister Ethel’s wedding. Having read a particularly lurid novel entitled Twin

Faraewo rt h). George Hayes (Archibald Ponsonb ) y Souls recently, she arrives at the rehearsal wearing a daring gown in the

D S >. , Ri h aw Iker | f “ t his wife M ‘ hope of ensnaring a “soul mate.” Because of his poetic name, Caroline

rama / ocral. Nenar aixer tongs for a son, Dur lis wile margare becomes involved with Reginald Van Alden, a married fortune-seeker. On argues for birth 60 ntrol. They live with Richard's sister Florence, the morning of the wedding, she abandons her old sweetheart, Bob Worth, M argarets Cousin Jim, and Richard s secretary Lawrence Branford, who to take a ride with Reginald, but when he takes her to a disreputable

isn love with Florence. Alter Richard and Jim leave for a year on an roadhouse, she escapes and then tries to commit suicide by drinking engineering Project, Florence confesses to Margaret that she is pregnant cologne. Later she becomes engaged to Bob and attends his bachelor party

with Jim’s child. Margaret's recommendation of an abortion is disguised as a cabaret dancer. At the party, the two are married in a mock unacceptable to Florence, so after the birth, Margaret passes the sickly ceremony, but the next day Bob reveals that the friend who presided at the child off as her own to protect Jim and Florence, and to please Richard, “wedding” is a real judge, and that he and Caroline are legally married

who is elated when he returns. After Jim learns that Florence is about to Hoaxes. Ingenues Attempted suicide. Bachelor parties Dancers.

inherit a fortune, he proposes, but when she discovers the reason, she Disguise Escapes Fortune hunters Marriage-Fake Novels.

confesses that the child is theirs. Richard upbraids Margaret for being a Roadhouses Sisters. Weddings , ““modern woman” whose aversion to motherhood is criminal. After Jack ETR 4 Ma 1918. 1771 NYDM 4 May 1918. p. 632 leaves and the baby dies, Richard, seeing that Margaret’s maternal instinct MPN 18 May 1918, e 3001. Var 74 May 1918, e. 40.

has been sparked, forgives her, and Florence marries Lawrence. Abortion. MPW 11 May 1918, p. 900. Wid's 2 May 1918, p. HILL. 430

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 HOW UNCLE SAM PREPARES HOW COULD YOU, JEAN? F 1.2075 HOW MOLLY MALONE MADE GOOD F 1.2078 A Mary Pickford Production. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Photo Drama Co. Dist Kulee Features, Inc. Nov 1915 [©Kulee Features, Artcraft Pictures. 23 Jun 1918 [©Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; 4 Jun Inc.; 9 Oct 1915; LU6640]. 6 reels.

1918; LP12496]. 5 reels, 4,750 ft. Pres Lee Kugel. Prod William Steiner. Dir Lawrence B. McGill. Dir William D. Taylor. Asst dir Frank Richardson. Scen Frances Scen Burns Mantle.

Marion. Cam Charles Rosher. Cast: Marguerite Gale (Molly Malone), Helen Hilton (Hilton, a Source: Based on the novel How Could You, Jean? by Eleanor Hoyt reporter), John Reedy (Reedy, a photographer), William H. Tooker, W.

Brainerd (Garden City, NY, 1917). A. Williams, Armand Cortes, James Bagley, Edward Sullivan, Madame Cast: Mary Pickford (Jean Mackaye), Casson Ferguson (Ted Burton, _ Fjorde, Lulu Glaser, May Robson, Henry Kolker, Cyril Scott, Julian Jr.), Spottiswoode Aitken (Rufus Bonner), Herbert Standing (Burton, _ Eltinge, Charles J. Ross, Mabel Fenton, Robert Edeson, Leo Ditrichstein,

Sr.), Fanny Midgley (Mrs. Bonner), Larry Peyton (Oscar), Zasu Pitts Julia Dean, Henrietta Crosman (Themselves). (Oscar's sweetheart), Mabelle Harvey (Susan Cooper), Lucille Ward Melodrama. America-bound Molly Malone, from Ireland, strikes up an (Mrs. Kate Morley), Emma Gerdes, Wesley Barry, Burwell Hamerick, — acquaintance with opera singer Madame Fjorde on the ocean liner the Althea Worthley, Dorothy Rosher, Jack Herbert, Valeria Traxler (The Adriatic. Upon landing, Molly learns that her brother, a New York

Morley kids). Tribune reporter, went to the war two weeks earlier. After her request to Comedy-drama. When Jean Mackaye, a pretty and resourceful young — work as a reporter is ridiculed, she hears Hilton, a woman reporter, refuse

woman, uiscovers that she has Lest ner ortune, she resses in Salvation an interview assignment by claiming that Madame Fijorde was not on the

any one Bo secures r ie I int 7 onner home as th th, is dy f Adriatic. When Molly proves her abilities by getting the reclusive singer’s wir an rs. busy to an ¢€ hat heir Se ich hited wr Os: © 7 if 0 interview, the impressed editor sends her to interview ten stage stars in their

ee ath anne noe att Te d BL te the man f scar 1s ks ld country homes in only three days for the Sunday magazine section. First, in love wi ean. Soon, however, fed purton, the son o! a cranky 0 she is to interview Lulu Glaser, from her get the next star’s address and

millionaire, falls so deeply in love with her that he convinces Oscar to resign ; : .;

; a , continue to allhimself. ten. Although Hilton and Reedy, a discharged and applies for the on position Burton, anxious tothings, discover the . her , ; his , . photographer, try to stop Molly by,Sr., among other steaiing reason for son’s odd behavior, becomes a boarder in the house. . ; , , , , : . 4: interview cards and causing car and train wrecks, Molly travels throughout Following .a. series of adventures in and which Jean saves thelast oldinterview, man’s life, . . . an 4 . ” suburban New York succeeds. From her she hires Burton blesses the union of his son and the “Swedish cook.” Aged persons. airplane to h the office by the deadline. Reedy and Hilt ted Cooks. Hired hands. Impersonation and imposture. Millionaires. Lodgers. Inplane bo reach Me obllee by te deadline. Reedy ane tiimon are arrested, and MollyArmy. falls in love with a helpful actresses. Rescues.; Salvation Swedes. Intervi irish. reporter. New YorkActors Trib Rand ' Adriati i Note: Sources call this a Mary Pickford production without specifying the exact n CrViews. trISN). cw OF FUNG. NEPoners. natic (ocean liner).

name of her company. During 1918, Pickford’s production company was called Airplanes. Automobile accidents. Editors. Immigrants. New York (State). variously the Mary Pickford Film Co., and Pickford Film Corp. The novel How Could Opera singers. Photographers. Train wrecks. You, Jean? originally appeared in serial form in a popular magazine. Sources conflict Note: This film was also reviewed under the title How Molly Made Good. This was concerning the name of the character played by Mabelle Harvey. According to the first film released by Kulee Features. Burns Mantle, the scenarist, was at the time reviews and Paramount publicity, the character was named “Susan Trent.” However, the dramatic critic for the New York Evening Mail. The film had its premiere on | the continuity in the Paramount studio records lists the character name as “Susan Nov 1915 at the Metropolitan Opera House in Philadelphia. This was Marguerite

Cooper.” Gale’s first film. Madame Fjorde was a singer with the Royal Opera of Berlin. Some

ETR 29 Jun 1918, p. 322. NYT 1 Jul 1918, p. 9. scenes in the film involving the famous stage stars who played themselves were shot MPN 29 Jun 1918, p. 3874, 3945. Var 5 Jul 1918, p. 31. at their summer houses in the following places: Mt. Vernon, NY, Sheepshead Bay,

MPW 29 Jun 1918, p. 1888, 1899. Wid's 16 Jun 1918, pp. 23-24. NY, Westchester County, NY, Bayside, Long Island, Harmon-on-the Hudson, NY,

NYDM 29 Jun 1918, p. 927. Edgecliff, NJ, Asbury Park, NJ, Sag Harbor, Long Island, Stamford, CT, and Wilton, CT. According to the scenario in the copyright descriptions, George M. Cohan was to be the final star interviewed, and Mrs. Kugel, the wife of Lee Kugel, owner of Kulee Features, was to play Henry Kolker’s maid. Charles J. Ross and

1918? 4 reels. appeared in the film.

HOW FRANCE CARES FOR WOUNDED SOLDIERS F 1.2076 Mabel Fenton were married. The families and pets of some of the stage stars also

| Motog 13 Nov 1915, p. 1000. MPW Oct1915, 1915, 626, 640, MPN.23 16 Oct p. 68.p.672-73. Documentary /World War I. France. Red Cross. War injuries. World War Motog =—.23 Oct 1915, pp. 863-64, 882. MPN 27 Nov 1915, p. 87.

Note: This picture was included on the Pennsylvania Censor Board review list for MPN 23 Oct 1915, p. 46, 83. Var 15 Oct 1915, p. 21. Jan-June 1918. It was reviewed for the Red Cross. A modern source states that the MPN 6 Nov 1915, p. 117. Wid's 14 Oct 1915. film was an official French film and was released in Apr 1918. Contemporary

evrwenes contin ams ues ‘ HOW UNCLE SAM PREPARES F1.2079 idence confirming this has not been located.

Hanover Film Co. Dist State Rights. Apr 1917. 4-5 reels. _ Dir S. Grant and Charles E. Kimball.

HOW LIFE BEGINS _ F 1.2077 Documentary /War preparedness, World War I. The film opens with a

Dist State Rights; Exhibitors Booking Agency. Dec 1916? [OGeorge E. _ brief allegorical prologue in which Uncle Sam discusses the European War Stone; 18 Oct 1916; MU751. OGeorge E. Stone; 19 Nov 1916; MP1392]. — with Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Woodrow Wilson and awakens to

3-4 reels. the crisis after learning of the sinking of the Laconia and other misdeeds Prod George E. Stone and J. A. Long. committed by the Prussians. Scenes showing American prosperity before Documentary/Instructional. The film illustrates the prenatal the declaration of war are followed by shots of citizens, including Southern

development and birth of various types of organisms, including a flower, _ blacks, rallying to battle. The mustering of these raw recruits to the daily a frog, a rat, a butterfly, and microscopic organisms found in pond water. tasks of the seasoned soldiers are then depicted as the soldiers go through

Butterflies. Childbirth. Flowers. Frogs. Rats. . bayonet exercise, the maneuvers of field artillery and signal practice, and Note: The film was copyrighted twice in 1916, in three reel and one reel versions, — the basics of making camp. Also pictured are all-black regiments drilling and was also shown in a four-reel version. According to a Dec 1918 news item, the in the same manner as the white regiments. The tasks of Navy seamen are exhibited in schools, colleges, museums, and military training camps, was then going reproduce as well. Various government 0 icials, including Woodrow to be released for general distribution. George E. Stone was associated with the Wilson, appear in the film. Defense—National. United States. Army. United University of California at Berkeley, and J. A. Long was Assistant Professor of States. Navy. World War |. Blacks. Military enlistment. Sailors. Soldiers. Embryology of the University of California. Carter Cinema Co. released How Life Southerners.

film, which had been in circulation almost constantly for at least two years and d . ffici . .

Begins in 1920, according to Wid’s Year Book, 1920-21. Stone copyrighted a film Thief wo World incorporated footage from How Life Begins or was a re-issue of the earlier film reels, the film was later cut to four reels. According to a news item, it was produced g " under United States military supervision. In Jun 1917, Francis Holley, of the

entitled The Living World (see below) in 1920. It is possible that The Living Note: This film was also known as Uncle Sam Prepares. Originally released as five

MPW 14 Oct 1916, p. 221. MPW 7 Dec 1918, p. 1087. National Defense Division of the Bureau of Commercial Economics, Department of

MPW 23 Dec 1916, p. 1821. Public Instruction, requested that the film be shown in Washington, D.C. to various government officials and members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. Modern sources state that immigrant soldiers are featured in the film as well as black recruits.

HOW MOLLY MADE GOOD see HOW MOLLY MALONE MADE ETR 21 Apr 1917, p. 1362, 1391. MPW 28 Apr 1917, pp. 634-35.

GOOD Motog 28 Apr 1917, p. 905. MPW 5 May 1917, p. 750. 431

HUCK AND TOM AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG MPN 28 Apr 1917, p. 2685. Var 20 Apr 1917, p. 23. Note: According to a news item, Mark Twain’s daughter Mrs. Ossip Gabrilowitsch

MPN 23 Jun 1917, p. 3916. viewed this film in a private Detroit screening. A special edition of the novel with stills

. a ne oy was published by ee &22Bros. _ opened " New Fe . Among The the many other film versions of Twain’s nove : eT HUCK AND TOM; OR THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF Paramount-Publix production Huckleberry Finn, starring Junior Durkin and directed TOM SAWYER . F1.2080 by Norman Taurog; the 1939 M-G-M production The Adventures of Huckleberry

Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Oliver Morosco Photoplay Co. Dist Finn, starring Mickey Rooney and directed by Richard Thorpe; the 1960 M-G-M Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Paramount Pictures. 4 Mar 1918 [©Oliver release The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, starring Eddie Hodges and directed by

Morosco Photoplay Co.; 22 Jan 1918; LP12003]. 5 reels. Michael Curtiz, and the 1974 United Artists release Huckleberry Finn, starring Jeff Pres Jesse L. Lasky. Dir William D. Taylor. Scen Julia Crawford Ivers. East and directed by J. Lee Thompson.

Cam Homer Scott. ETR 24 Jan 1920, p. 807. MPW 21 Feb 1920, pp. 1290-91. Source: Based on the novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark MPN - van 1990, . son Wie 3 re 1990, ne

Twain (pseud. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (San Francisco, 1876) and MPW 17 Jan 1920, p. 323. his novel Huckleberry Finn (New York, 1884).

Cast: Jack Pickford (Tom Sawyer), Robert Gordon (Huck Finn), HUGON. THE MIGHTY . F1.208

George Hackathorne (Sid Sawyer), Alice Marvin (Mary Sawyer), Edythe Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. 23 Now Chapman (Aunt Polly), Frank Lanning (/njun Joe), Clara Horton 1948 f@Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.; 25 Sep 1918; LP12907]. 5 reels

(Becky Thatcher), Tom Bates (Muff Potter), Helen Gilmore (Widow Dir Rollin S. S P . ’ Willi P Wj , Cam ; H ,

Douglas), Antrim Short (Joe Harper), Jane Keckley (Mrs. Thatcher), in ; onin ©. Sturgeon. ocen Wiliam E. Wing. Cam Marry Marrs. |

John Burton (Judge Thatcher). Cast: Monroe (Hugon), Margery Bennett . . Short (Gabriel), ThomasSalisbury H. Pearse (Priest), George Holt (Marie), (Roque),Antrim Mrs.

Comedy-drama. Intending to try out a magical cure for warts, Tom an

Sawyer and Huck Finn steal into a graveyard late one night carrying a dead Kernan (Gabriel's mother), Tote Du Crow, Roy Watkins. cat. There they witness the murder of a grave robber, and although the boys Northwest drama. Hugon, a Canadian backwoodsman who is respected swear an oath of secrecy to each other, Tom later testifies against Injun for his strength both of limb and of character, falls in love with Marie even Joe, the murderer, in order to save the falsely accused old derelict, Muff though she has another sweetheart, a young man named Gabriel. Realizing Potter. Injun Joe escapes, but the boys discover him in an old haunted that Marie favors Gabriel, Hugon good-naturedly offers to help the boy house as he is making plans to hide a chest of stolen money. A short time develop muscles and stamina but soon abandons the hopeless task. later, Becky Thatcher, with whom Tom is in love, gives a birthday picnic Meanwhile, Roque and his group of crooked surveyors have made plans to for her friends near the Painted Cave. While she and Tom are exploring, swindle the woodsman out of his property. Hugon’s discovery of the plot they become lost in the dark cavern, but Tom catches sight of Injun Joe __ leads to a brutal fight in which he is seriously injured. Deeply ashamed, just before a rescue party arrives. The following week, Tom learns that the — he hides himself in a lonely cabin. Seeking to console Hugon, Marie cave has been sealed up and that Injun Joe has lost his life. Huck and Tom reminds him of the strength of the spider, which continually rebuilds its

return to the cave, dig up the treasure, and then do their best to escape the broken web. Gabriel proposes to Marie but later backs out, and she, doting attentions of the village ladies. Country boys. Fugitives. Money. realizing her love for Hugon, builds a home with him on his restored Murder. Rescues. Trials. Caves. Cemeteries. Derelicts. Escapes. False property. Canada. Pride. Rivalry. Swindlers. Woodsmen. Fights. Land arrests. Grave robbers. Haunted houses. Miraculous cures. Picnics. rights. Strongmen. Surveyors. Transformation.

Pledges. Theft. ETR 19 Oct 1918, p. 1697. Var 22 Nov 1918, p. 46. Note: Part one of this two-part series on Tom Sawyer also starring Jack Pickford MPW 26 Oct 1918, p. 543. Wid's 13 Oct 1918, pp. 5-6.

and directed by William D. Taylor was released by Paramount on 2 Dec 1917. It was NYDM 7 Dec 1918, p. 847. entitled Tom Sawyer. According to news item, some scenes were filmed in Hannibal,

MO, the setting of Mark Twain’s stories. For information on other film versions of HULDA FROM HOLLAND F1.2083 Twain’s novel, see listing below for Tom Sawyer. Famous Players Film Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 31 Jul 1916

wie ie ver i918 arieenl yom ane i918 is o [©Famous Players Film Co.; 14 Jul 1916; LU8683]. 5 reels.

MPW 9 Mar 1918, p. 1414. Wid's 14 Mar 1918, p. 1011. Dir John B. O’Brien. Scen Edith Barnard Delano. Cam Emmet

MPW 16 Mar 1918, p. 1558. Williams.

Cast: Mary Pickford (Hulda), Frank Losee (John Walton), John Bowers

HUCKLEBERRY FINN F1.2081 (Allan Walton), Russell Bassett (Uncle Peter), Harold Hollacher Famous Players-Lasky Corp. by arrangement with the Mark Twain Co.; (Little Yacob), Charles E. Vernon (The burgomaster). A William D. Taylor Production. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Mark Drama. When Uncle Peter goes to pick up his niece Hulda, newly arrived

Twain-Paramount-Artcraft Pictures. 29 Feb 1920 [O©Famous Players- in the United States from Holland, he is hit by a car and must be

Lasky Corp.; 30 Dec 1919; LP14604]. 7 reels. hospitalized. As a result, Hulda takes a room in a boardinghouse, where

Pres Jesse L. Lasky. Dir William D. Taylor. Scen Julia Crawford Ivers. _ she falls in love with Allan, the artist son of John Walton, a railroad

Cam Frank E. Garbutt. magnate who has been badgering Peter to sell him his land. Peter

Source: Based on the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by _ eventually recovers and Hulda goes to live with him, but Allan follows her Mark Twain (pseud. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (New York, 1884). —_ and, at his father’s request, keeps on suggesting that Peter sell his land to

Cast: Lewis Sargent (“Huckleberry” Finn), Katherine Griffith the railroad. Peter finally relents, after which Hulda and Allan get

(Widow Douglas), Martha Mattox (Miss Watson), Frank Lanning married. John attends the ceremony, and after the couple is married, there (Huck’s father), Orral Humphrey (The Duke), Tom D. Bates (The is a reconciliation between him and Peter. Artists. Boardinghouses. Dutch. King), Gordon Griffith (Tom Sawyer), Edythe Chapman (Aunt Polly), immigrants. Land sales. Railroad magnates. Uncles. Automobile

Thelma Salter (Becky Thatcher), George Reed (Jim), L. M. Wells accidents. Weddings. (Judge Thatcher), Harry Rattenbury (Uncle H arvey ), Esther Ralston Note: This film was re-issued by Famous Players-Lasky Corp. in their Success (Mary Jane Wilks), Fay Lemport (Johanna), Eunice Van Moore (Mrs. Series on 26 Apr 1919. The original title of the scenario was “Miss Jinny.”

Sally Phelps), Charles Edler (School teacher). Motog _—‘12 Aug 1916, p. 397. NYT 31 Jul 1916, p. 6. Comedy-drama/Rural. Huckleberry “Huck” Finn is adopted by the MPN 12 Aug 1916, p. 946. Var 4 Aug 1916, p. 29.

Widow Douglas, who tries to “civilize” him. With Tom Sawyer, he decides MPW 12 Aug 1916, p. 1102. Wid's 20 Jul 1916, p. 726. to start a robber gang, but before they can organize, Huck is kidnapped NYDM > Aug 1916, p. 22. by his shiftless father who is after the boy’s money. Spirited away down

the Mississippi in a raft, Huck finally escapes and is joined by Jim, a THE HUMAN BLOODHOUND F1.2084 runaway slave. They pick up two actors calling themselves the Duke and Mittenthal Film Co. Dist State Rights. Apr-May 1914. 4 reels. the King, who sell Jim to a man named Phelps. Huck comes to his rescue Drama. Brothers Bill and Tom Childs live in the timberlands with their and is aided by Tom, a relative of the Phelpses. Posing as Tom, Huck younger sister Tickey. They lose their property after a crooked lawyer and rescues Jim but Tom is shot in the leg during the escape. When the Phelpses _ his cohort, a grafter, use the latter’s innocent daughter Kate to lure Tom learn the truth, they care for Tom, release Jim and assist Huck’s return to and Tickey to the city and trick a drunken Tom into signing over the family

the Widow Douglas. Actors and actresses. Children. Etiquette. deed. When Kate learns of her father’s duplicity, she denounces him and Friendship. Mississippi River. Rafts. Slavery. Slaves. Abduction. returns to the woods with Bill, Tickey and Tom, who has proposed to her. Adoption. Father-son relationship. Foster mothers. Greed. Gunshot After driving the lawyer and Kate’s father from their log cabin, the Childs

wounds. Impersonation and imposture. Runaways. Widows. must then confront a raging forest fire that threatens their timber. Once 432

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 HUMAN PASSIONS Kate and Tickey have rescued Bill and Tom from a flaming bear pit, the Note: This film was also known as The Human Desire.

fire is subdued. Bill, calling himself the “human bloodhound,” then gathers ETR 6 Dec 1919, p. 69. MPW 27 Dec 1919, pp. 1191-92. evidence against the lawyer, who has succeeded in displacing the family.

Bill follows the lawyer to a hilltop and threatens to toss him from a cliff, HUMAN DRIFTWOOD F 1.2088

but Tickey arrives in time to prevent the murder, and eventually the lawyer Shubert Film Corp. Dist World Film Corp. 10 Apr 1916 [OWorld Film

is found guilty in a court of law. Brothers. Deeds. Duplicity. Forests. Corp.; 11 Apr 1916; LU8053]. 5 reels. Fraud. Lawyers. Brother-sister relationship. Evidence. Father-daughter Dir Emile Chautard. Scen Emmett Campbell Hall.

relationship. Forest fires. Rescues. Trials. Cast: Robert Warwick (Robert Hendricks), Frances Nelson (Velma),

MPW 18 Apr 1914, p. 374, 413. MPW 16 May 1914, p. 1018. Leonore Harris (Myra), Alec B. Francis (Father Harrigan), Albert S. Hart (Lief Bergson).

HUMAN CARGOES see THE HEART OF NEW YORK Drama. Years after a brief affair with Myra, who stole $20,000 from him, Robert Hendricks goes to Alaska to reform a lawless mining town.

THE HUMAN CHESS BOARD see DANGEROUS BUSINESS After failing to recognize Myra, who runs a dance hall there, Robert falls in love with her niece Velma, for whom Myra has already arranged a marriage with the wealthy, unscrupulous Lief Bergson. As a result, when

HUMAN CLAY F1.2085 Robert goes to Myra for permission to marry Velma, she reveals her own Ivan Film Productions, Inc. Dist State Rights. Mar 1918. 5 reels. true identity, and tells him that Velma is really the child born from their

Dir Wray Physioc. short romance. Then, after Lief comes to carry off Velma, he and Robert Cast: Mollie King. start shooting at each other. Myra is killed during the fight, but before she

Drama. A girl reared in luxury is forced by circumstances to adapt dies, she confesses that Velma really is not Robert’s daughter. Robert then herself to poverty. [No other information has been located concerning the kills Lief by throwing him into an icy river, and afterward, he and Velma

plot.] Poverty. Wealth. finally make plans for their marriage. Fortune hunters. MarriageNote: Very little information has been found on this film, although it was included Arranged. Mistaken identity. Paternity. Dance hall owners. Mining towns.

on state rights release charts beginning in Mar 1918. Theft.

ETR 9 Mar 1918, p. 1139. Note: The film was originally called Velma. 22 Apr 1916, p. 939. MPW 22 Apr 1916, p. 638, 694. HUMAN COLLATERAL F1.2086 MPN 22 AprMotog 1916, p. 2382. Var 7 Apr 1916, p. 24. Vitagraph Co. of America. Dist Vitagraph Co. of America. Jan 1920 MPW 15 Apr 1916, p. 404. Wid's 13 Apr 1916, p. 507.

[©OVitagraph Co. of America; 13 Jan 1920; LP14645]. 5 reels.

Dir Lawrence C. Windom. Scen Sam Taylor. THE HUMAN ORCHID F 1.2089

Source: Based on the short story “The Last Woman” by Frederic Van Field Feature Films Co. Dist State Rights; Florida Feature Films Co.

Rensselaer Dey (publication undetermined). Sep 1916? 5 reels. , Cast: Corinne Griffith (Patricia Langdon), Webster Campbell Prod C. C. Field. Dir C. C. Field. Scen C. C. Field.

(Roderick Duncan), Maurice Costello (Richard Morton), W. T. Carleton Cast: Irva Ross (Ruth Brooks), Charles Graham, Walter Miller, Julia (Stephen Langdon), Charles Kent (Malcom Melvin), Alice Calhoun Calhoun, Howard Hall, Noah Beery, Jean Armour.

(Beatrice Brunswick). Drama. Ruth Brooks is devoted to Colonel Troutwood, the wealthy Drama. Patricia Langdon is pursued by two men, wealthy young banker politician who adopted her, until she learns that he has been buying votes.

Roderick Duncan and brash interloper Richard Morton. Patricia favors Then, when he tries to seduce her, she leaves him. Eager now to expose Duncan until her father, finding himself in dire financial straits, appeals Troutwood, she goes to his political rival, District Attorney Sulfin, but to his prospective son-in-law for help. Patricia, believing that she is when she learns that he also is completely corrupt, she leaves him as well. regarded as mere human collateral, insists upon making a legal transaction | Then, Dr. Hilton, one of her dead mother’s old sweethearts, locates Ruth out of her engagement, with loan papers duly signed. Resentful, Patricia after years of searching. They soon fall in love, and Ruth, finally having begins to encourage Morton’s attentions, and when the two suffer an auto — found a man she can trust, agrees to marry him. Attempted rape. Political accident, they go to a country shack for the night. Meanwhile, Duncan, corruption. Wards and guardians. Physicians. fearful for Patricia’s safety, begins to search for his fiancée, arriving just Note: Shortly after the production of the film, the Field Feature Films Co. became in time to save her from Morton’s advances. The incident forces Patricia Florida Feature Films. The company was located in Miami.

to realize that Duncan’s intentions are truly honorable and that she is much Motog —15 Jul 1916, p. 156. MPW 2 Sep 1916, p. 1564.

more than human collateral to the man who loves her. Documents. MW ae tote: e. tee, var 23 Jun 1916, p. 19.

Finance-Personal. Loans. Attempted rape. Automobile accidents.

ease Frederic Van Rensselaer Dey’s story originally appeared in a magazine HUMAN PASSIONS . . F1.2090 ETR ° 7 Feb 1920. p. 1009 MPW y 31 Jan 1920. vp. 775-76 Tyrad Pictures, Inc. Dist Tyrad Pictures, Inc.; State Rights. Oct

—e an 82 PP- 1919? [©Tyrad Pictures, Inc.; 4 Oct 1919; LU14293]. 5-7 reels.

Jacques Tyrol. Dir Jacques Tyrol. Story Winifred Dunn. Ed HUMAN DESIRE F 1.2087 WinifredSupv Dunn.

Louis B. Mayer Productions; Anita Stewart Productions, Inc. Dist Cast: Lottie Tilford (Lola Warren).

Associated First National Pictures, Inc. Nov 1919 [©Associated First Melodrama. Alerted to his wife’s infidelity by his closest friend, Duncan

National Pictures Corp.; 16 Dec. 1920; LP15927]. 6 reels. Shields, Texas rancher Frank Warren shoots the lover and leaves. Sixteen

Prod Louis B. Mayer. Dir Wilfrid North. years later, Warren, living in an old castle in Cuba, sends his secretary

Source: Based on the novel Human Desire by Violet Irwin (Boston, Fernwald to take his daughter Lola from his wife’s influence. Lola and

1913). Shield’s son, Duncan, Jr., have fallen in love, but when Fernwald arrives,

Cast: Anita Stewart (Bernice), Conway Tearle (Robert Bruce), Robert = Duncan mistakenly believes that Lola’s warm greeting is symptomatic of Steele (Jasper Norton), Naomi Childers (Marguerite Hunt), Templer a promiscuity that characterized her mother. He is saved from suicide by Saxe (Paul Stapleton), Eulalie Jensen (Helen), Hattie Delaro (Miss sailors and becomes a member of their crew. Aboard the ship to Cuba,

March). Duncan rescues Lola from Fernwald’s attempted rape. After Fernwald Drama. Inspired by a statue of the infant Christ in the hands of the steals her papers, goes ashore, and watches as the boat bursts into flames

Madonna, Bernice who lives in a convent in Naples, Italy conceives of a and sinks, Lola and Duncan drift to an island. Meanwhile, Fernwald has deep passion for babies. Learning that there are infants dying of hunger his old sweetheart impersonate Lola to gain her inheritance. After Lola and and neglect in America, Bernice determines to come to their aid. Dressed Duncan are rescued and survive a wash-out on a mountain road, they are ~as a boy, she arrives in New York where destitute, Bernice meets artist taken to the castle, where Fernwald attempts to poison Duncan. They Robert Bruce who hires her to pose for a painting of the Madonna. The struggle, Duncan pushes Fernwald over a ledge, Lola and her father are two fall in love until one day, during Robert’s absence, his wife appears and reunited, and Lola and Duncan embrace. Attempted rape. Attempted drives Bernice into the streets. Bernice’s trials finally end when Mrs. Bruce suicide. Father-daughter relationship. Infidelity. Recluses. Rescues. dies in an automobile accident, freeing Robert to marry his model. Child Secretaries. Castles. Cuba. Falls from heights. Fires. Impersonation and welfare. Humanitarianism. Models. Painters. Automobile accidents. imposture. Inheritance. Islands. Poisoning. Ranchers. Sailors. Texans.

Convents. Male impersonation. Naples (Italy). New York City. Statues. MPN 28 Jun 1919, p. 156. MPN 7 Feb 1920, p. 1496. 433

HUMAN STUFF AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG HUMAN STUFF F1.2091 Comedy-drama. Hector Brown, affectionately nicknamed “‘Humdrum” Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co. 28 Jun 1920 by the residents of Norwalk because his life is so monotonous, wants to [©Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 16 Jun 1920; LP15267]. 5 reels, 4,785 marry Alicia Boothe. Humdrum’s brother-in-law, Ed Danforth, spends all

ft. of his money on get-rich-quick schemes, however, so the young bank clerk Dir Reeves Eason. Scen Reeves Eason and Harry Carey. Story is forced to support the entire Danforth family. After Danforth and bank

Tarkington Baker. Cam Roy Klaffki. president Carlos Tanner rob the bank in which Humdrum is employed, the Cast; Harry Carey (James “Jim” Pierce), Rudolph Christians bank is forced to close, and Humdrum goes to San Francisco to look for (“Washboard”’ Pierce), Charles Le Moyne (Bull Elkins), Joe Harris a job. In his absence, Alicia inherits a large sum of money and travels to (Ramer o), Fontaine La Rue (Boka), Ruth Fuller Golden (James's the city to find her fiancé. There she meets Tanner, who takes her money,

sister), Mary Charleson (Lee Tyndal), Bobby Mack (Butler). promising to invest it for her. Having been double-crossed by Tanner,

Western. Easterner Jim Pierce, the son of a wealthy manufacturer, Danforth tells Humdrum the truth about the bank robbery and then goes yearns for the romance of the West. Fulfilling his dreams, Jim buys a to the police. Humdrum catches the steamer on which Tanner is about to failing cattle ranch and reverses its fortunes when he begins to raise sheep, depart, holds the crook until the police arrive and returns to the Norwalk thus incurring the enmity of deposed foreman Ramero and cattle rancher hank with the stolen funds. He and Alicia marry following his appointment Bull Elkins. But success proves to be lonely, and so Jim requests that his a. president of the bank. Bank clerks. Bank robberies. Brothers-in-law. father find a suitable bride for him. When his sister’s friend, Lee Tyndal, ey ecutives. Heroism. Bank failures. Duplicity. Inheritance. Money. Police.

arrives in search of a ranch to buy, Jim assumes that she has been San Francisco. Small town life. Steamboats. Unemployment.

. ’ . oe . : g to one review, Humdrum’s town was called Fryeburg. The

dispatched by old man Pierce and treats her like his prospective bride. Lee Note: Accordin ‘ew. Humdrum’ led Fryeb Th

is greatly offended and flees to Ramero’s cabin where Elkins imprisons her. character of John Fryeburg is also named Jonathan Nerwalk, and Carlos Tanner is Jim comes to her rescue, and in the ensuing fight, Elkins is killed. Once called Winfield Tanner. Some sources credit Anna Mae Walthall with the role of the misunderstanding is cleared up, a perfect solution is reached when Lee Humdrum’s sister.

Fl ; i i 1 r » p. . ar r > p. .

secures her ranch by marrying the lonely Jim. Cattlemen. Mistaken ETR iS Apr 1318. p. 1459. MPw ic Apr 1918, p. 134, Kights. ranchers. Ranches. Sneepr on Brides. Father-son relationship. MPN 30 Mat 1918, p 1868. Wid's 18 Apt 1918, . 1089. MPN 20 Apr 1918, p. 2418. ETR 26 Jun 1920, p. 388. MPW 26 Jun 1920, p. 1792. MPN 17 Apr 1920, p. 3518. NYMT 20 Jun 1920.

MPN 22 May 1920, p. 4318. Var — ~—«-.25 Jun 1920, p. 33. HUMILITY F1.2095

MPN 26 Jun 1920, p. 80, 143. Wid's 20 Jun 1920, p. 21. Bernstein Film Productions. Dist State Rights; M. H. Hoffman, Inc.;

Oro Pictures Corp.; Maytrix Photo Plays, Inc. Jan 1918 [ORosalie Ashton;

Dist State Rights; Select Photoplay Co. May 1917. 6 reels. Supv Isadore Bernstein. Dir Jack Pratt. Scen Rosalie Ashton and

Cast: G. M. Anderson (Broncho Billy). Beatrice Morse. Story Rosalie Ashton and Beatrice Morse. .

Western. [No information concerning the plot of this film has been Cast: Betty Brice (Ruth Chandler), Murdock MacQuarrie (Stuart discovered.] Cowboys. Hamilton), Jay Morley, Charles Arling. Note: It is unclear whether the film was shot as a feature or whether it was a re- Drama. Ruth Chandler, a house guest of sculptor Tom Barnes and his

edited collection of earlier Broncho Billy shorts. wife, impresses them at first with her charm, but soon lashes out in rage

MPW 19 May 1917, p. 1087. MPW 26 May 1917, p. 1302, 1352. when she is criticized or feels neglected. Stuart Hamilton, a successful sculptor who witnesses a tantrum, tells the Barnes that Ruth needs a firm | hand rather than tolerance. Mrs. Barnes explains that Ruth, as an HUMANITY (C. R. Macauley Photoplays, Inc.) see WHOM THE orphaned child, was reared by an old relative who pampered her, and that

GODS WOULD DESTROY Ruth’s temper has caused her to lose the love of everyone dear to her. Later,

when Ruth feels neglected at Stuart’s studio tea, she starts to leave, and

HUMANIZING MR. WINSBY F1.2093 he tells her that she is acting childish. She apologizes and soon they fall

Dudley Motion Picture Mfg. Co. Dist State. Rights; Unity Sales Corp. in love and marry. When their daughter is two-years-old, Ruth’s anger at

15 Dec 1916. 5 reels. Stuart’s attention to the child leads him to take the child to his studio. Ruth Dir Julius Frankenburg. disappears after leaving a note saying that she is unfit to be a mother. Source: Based on the short story “Humanizing Mr. Winsby” by Peter Stuart hires detectives, but they fail to locate her. Under another name, B. Kyne in The Saturday Evening Post (publication date undetermined). Ruth does settlement work. After she selflessly nurses a sick girl rather Cast: George N. Chesebro, Julius Frankenburg, Arthur Millett, Alice than give in to her desire to visit Stuart, a friend sees her despair and effects

Neice. a reconciliation. Generosity. Missing persons. Sculptors. Self-reliance. Western. Mr. Winsby, by virtue of his money and the mortgage papers Transformation. Children. Detectives. Impersonation and imposture.

he holds, practically owns the people in his small California town, with the Jealousy. Marriage. Mother-daughter relationship. Nursing back to health. exception of Patty, an independent young woman. While on a trip to New Orphans. Settlement workers. York, the wealthy Westerner is robbed and left stranded, then forced to Note: According to the synopsis in the copyright descriptions, the story was sleep in the parks and walk the streets. In his wanderings, he meets the formerly entitled “The Christening.” The film was copyrighted under the title

Pronto Kid who believes that Mr. Winsby is crazed with his boasts of Hay ¢ Cardinal vue ure film was originally intended to part of a series wealth. When Mr - Winsby finally convinces the Kid to wire California with make. Director “Jack Pratt and actors Betty Brice, Murdock ‘MacQuarrle and Jay news of his predicament, however, the wealthy man showers his regained Morley worked on another film of the series, entitled Loyalty. According to ads in

wealth on the Kid. Upon his return home, the man who had wrung his Jun 1917, Humility was to be the first in Bernstein’s series and would be released fellow citizens of their last pennies has been humanized and Patty, realizing through M. H. Hoffman, Inc. A Nov 1917 item stated that Humilty would be the the change that has come over him, agrees to marry the humanized Mr. second release of Oro Pictures, following Loyalty. The film was in a list of available Winsby. Moral reformation. Mortgages. New York City. Robbery. Small Mumility ws mM ’ ace ot Maytrix Photo Plays, Ine. ad in Mar 1918 advertised

town life. Telegraph. , oe, ETR 19 May 1917, p. 1666. MPW 23 Jun 1917, p. 1874. Note: This was the first film produced by the Dudley Motion Picture Mfg. Co. ETR 16 Mar 1918, p. 1193. MPW 24 Nov 1917, p. 1195. ETR 16 Dec 1916, p. 118: MPW 30 Sep 1916, p. 2092. MPN 23 Jun 1917, p. 3877. Paralta Plays, Inc. Dist W. W. Hodkinson Corp. 15 Mar 1918. 6 reels.

Dir Rex Ingram. Scen R. B. Kidd. Story H. B. Daniel and M.G. Daniel. © HUMORESQUE F 1.2096

Cam Clyde R. Cook. Cosmopolitan Productions; International Film Service Co. Dist Famous

Cast: Henry B. Walthall (Hector ‘““Humdrum” Brown), Mary Charleson Players-Lasky Corp.; Paramount-Artcraft Pictures. 19 Sep 1920 (Alicia Boothe), Dorothy Love Clark (Grace Danforth), Howard [©International Film Service Co, Inc.; 29 Jun 1920; LP15323]. 6 reels, Crampton (Carlos Tanner), Kate Price (Cousin Kate), Joseph J. Dowling 5,987 ft. (John Fryeburg), Joe Harris (Ed Danforth), Ida Lewis (Aunt Elvira). Dir Frank Borzage. Scen Frances Marion. Cam Gilbert Warrenton.

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 HUNGRY EYES ° . icture S WOFrKIN Wie was £-4. was first snown 1c on a in

Source: Based on the story story ‘‘Humoresque” by Fannie Hurst in over from onlin’ Hearts Of ihe World. (see above) was used in the film. she

Cosmopolitan Magazine (Mar 1919). Pasadena, CA under the ‘itle The Enemy Within. This was the first Paramount. Cast: Gaston Glass (Leon Kantor, adult), Vera Gordon (Mama _arteraft Special.

Kantor), Alma Rubens (Gina Berg), Dore Davidson (Abraham ETR 18 May 1918, p. 1905. NYDM 7 Sep 1918, p. 371.

Kantor), Bobby Connelly (Leon Kantor, boy), Helen Connelly (Esther ETR 7 Sep 1918, p. 1166, 1177. NYT 26 Aug 1918, p. 9.

Kantor, girl), Ann Wallick (Esther Kantor, adult), Sidney Carlyle MPN 7 Sep 1918, p. 1599. Var 30 Aug 1918, p. 37. (Mannie Kantor), Joseph Cooper (Isadore Kantor, boy), Maurice Levigne PW 0 ae le P. tons 1459. Wid's | Sep 1918, pp. 21-22.

(Isadore Kantor, adult), Alfred Goldberg (Rudolph Kantor, boy), Edward Pee PEE

Stanton (Rudolph Kantor, adult), Louis Stearns (Sol Ginsberg), Maurice Peckre (Boris Kantor), Ruth Sabin (Mrs. Isadore Kantor), Frank Mitchell HUN WITHIN OUR DAYS see HUNS WITHIN OUR GATES (Baby Kantor), Miriam Battista (Minnie Ginsberg). Drama. Mama Kantor is overjoyed when her young son Leon exhibits a

great talent for playing the violin. After years of practicing, the adult Leon THE HUNGARIAN NABOB F1.2099 achieves fame and success as a violinist, enabling him to move his family Biograph Co. Dist General Film Co.; Special. 1 Dec 1915 [©Biograph

from the Jewish ghetto to fashionable uptown quarters. He also proposes Co.: 24 Nov 1915: LP7048]. 4 reels ° ,

to his former childhood playmate, Minnie Ginsberg, now known as Gina Di + Travers V ale ,

Berg. At the pinnacle of his career, war breaks out; Leon enlists in the army Source: Based on the novel Egy Magyar Nabob by Mor Jokai (Budapest

and is sent to France where he right arm is seriously wounded. Convinced 1889). ,

that he is crippled permanently and will never be able to play again, Leon Cast: Charles H. Mailes (Count John Karpathy, the “Nabob”), Franklin

breaks his engagement to Gina. Heartbroken, the girl faints and Leon, Ritchie (Count Bela Karpathy), Louise Vale (Fanny Meyer), Madge rushing to her side, scoops her up in his arms. Realizing that his strength Kirby, Irma Dawkins, Hector "Vv. Sarno. Laura LaVarnie. Herbert

has returned, Leon reaches for the violin and begins to play again. Cures. Barrington, Gus Pixley. ,

Jews. Mother-son relationship. New York City. Violinists. War injuries. Drama. After Count John Karpathy, belovedly known as the Nabob, falls

Children. Disabled persons. France. Soldiers. World War |. ill while entertaining the peasants of his estate, his dissolute nephew and Note: The film had a private showing in New York on 4 May 1920, and a pre- soe heir, Count Bela, comes home from Paris to acquire his inheritance.

release run beginning 30 May 1920 at the Criterion Theatre in New York. It played The Nabob d. after hearing Bela’s pl der th for twelve weeks there and broke attendance records. Warner Bros. loosely remade € INADOD recovers and, a ter caring bela s pian to squander the money,

Humoresque in 1947 with John Garfield and Joan Crawford in the lead roles. Clifford resolves not to give Bela a cent while he lives. In a neighboring town, Bela Odets and Zachary Gold re-adapted Hurst’s story, and Jean Negulesco directed it. and his cohorts flirt with the licentious Meyer girls. After Bela kisses their

ETR 15 May 1920, p. 2740. NYMT 9 May 1920. virtuous sister Fanny against her will, her aunt Teresa takes her away from Mie N Ie a) i900 P. ent , YT ; way ren P. her sisters’ influence. Meanwhile, the lonely Nabob, to forgive Bela, invites MPW 15 May 1920, is 982. 1073. Wid's 9 May 1920, is 3. him to his birthday party, but Bela sends a coffin as a gift. Bela follows Fanny and gives her housekeeper money to develop Fanny’s beautiful singing voice. After Teresa sends the money to a newspaper so that it will

A alec rt - 1920? L h und ‘ned F1.2097 be given to charity, the newspaper prints the story, and the Nabob, after Olesome Pum \Orp. - Length undetermined. reading it, convinces Fanny to marry him to end Bela’s persecutions. Fanny Cast: Dorphia Brown. i, , — and the Nabob have a son, and Bela, now disinherited, is ostracized because Fantasy? [No information is available on the plot of this film.] of his debts. Chastity. Heirs. Hungarians. Libertines. Sisters. Charity.

Note: According to various news items, this film, which was part of a “Mother = Debt Disinheritance. Housekeepers. Moral corruption. Newspapers. Goose” series, was near completion in Jan 1920. No information has been located .

regarding whether it was finished or released. Nobility. Peasants.

ETR 17 Jan 1920, p. 701. MPN 24 Jan 1920, p. 1063. Note: Egy Magyar Nabob was translated into English under the title An Hungarian

ETR 31 Jan 1920, p. 844. Nabob in 1898. Motog 4 Dec 1915, p. 1205. MPW 20 Nov 1915, p. 1503.

THE HUN WITHIN F1.2098 F-4 Picture Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; A Paramount-

MPN 11 Dec 1915, p. 93. MPW 27 Nov 1915, p. 1711.

Artcraft Special. 8 Sep an [OFamous Players-Lasky 6 Aug 1918; HUNGRY EYES LP12734]. 5 reels, 6,319 ft. Bluebird Photoplays,Corp.; Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.F1.2100 11 Mar Supv D. W. Griffith. Dir Chet Withey. Scen Granville Warwick and S. 1918 [©Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.; 16 Feb 1918; LP! 2080} 5 reels.

E. V. Taylor. Story S. E. V. Taylor. Cam David Abel. Dir Rupert Julian. Cam Edward Kull. Cast: Dorothy Gish (Beth), George Fawcett (Henry Wagner), Charles Source: Based on the novel His Wife in Arizona by Elliott J. Clawson Gerrard (Karl Wagner), Douglas MacLean (Frank Douglas), Bert Sutch (publication undetermined).

(Krippen), Max Davidson (Max), Lillian Clarke (Leone), Robert Cast: Rupert Julian (John Silver), Monroe Salisbury (Dale Revenal), Anderson (Krug), Eric von Stroheim (Von Bickel), Adolphe Lestina Ruth Clifford (Mary Jane Appleton), W. H. Bainbridge (Dudley

(Beth's father), Kate Bruce (Frank ‘Ss mother). Appleton), H. A. Barrows (Jack Nelda), Arthur Tavares (Scotty),

Drama/World War I, Espionage. After the death of her father, Beth is Gretchen Lederer (Bessie Dupont), George McDaniel (Pinto Dupont),

adopted by Henry Wagner, a German who has made his fortune in Rita Pickering (Nellie). America. Beth believes herself in love with Wagner’s American-born son Western. Ex-convict Dale Revenal arrives at Dudley Appleton’s ranch Karl, although Frank Douglas, her school friend, is also in love with her. bearing a letter of introduction from John Silver, Appleton’s old friend. Following the United States’ declaration of war against Germany, Karl Appleton hires Dale, who, through his winning manner, soon wins the returns home from Berlin where, in attending a German college, he had _ respect of the ranch hands and the love of the ranch owner’s daughter Mary developed a strong loyalty to the German cause. When Karl drinks tothe —_Jane. Believing himself unworthy of her, Dale tells Mary Jane that he has

Kaiser’s health, Henry denounces his son as a traitor, and later Beth a wife and child in Arizona, and she reluctantly agrees to marry Jack overhears Karl making plans with Krug, a German spy, to blow up an Nelda, a local rancher. Nelda realizes that Mary Jane is still in love with American troop transport. While Krug plants a bomb on the ship, Karl Dale and plots with Bessie Dupont and her brother Pinto to kill him. Bessie, imprisons Beth, but Frank, a Secret Service agent who has learned of the — however, warns Dale, but when he confronts Nelda at the saloon, Pinto plot, fights off the band of spies and rescues her. The two wire the ship just shoots him, wounding him in the shoulder. John Silver comes to Dale’s aid

in time to prevent the explosion, after which Karl and his cohorts are and Nelda is killed. Silver reveals that Dale’s “wife” in Arizona is really apprehended. Realizing that she has always loved Frank, Beth marries him. his sister, and Dale finally accepts Mary Jane’s love. Attempted murder. German Americans. Germans. Sabotage. Treason. World War |. Adoption. Ex-convicts. Jealousy. Ranchers. Self-sacrifice. Conspiracy. Cowboys. Bombs. Father-son relationship. Fights. Imprisonment. Loyalty. Rescues. Gunfights. Gunshot wounds. Ranches.

Secret Service. Ships. Spies. Note: The working title of this film was His Wife from Arizona. Clawson’s novel Note: Modern sources note that D. W. Griffith, under the pseudonym Granville may have been unpublished and written to be filmed.

Warwick, wrote the script with S. E. V. Taylor and set up an independent ETR 16 Mar 1918, p. 1230. Var 8 Mar 1918, p. 44.

organization called the F-4 Company in order to finance and produce it. After its MPN 16 Mar 1918, p. 1599, 1628. Wid’s 14 Mar 1918, p. 999.

completion, Griffith sold the film to the Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Footage left MPW 16 Mar 1918, p. 1557, 1562.

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A HUNGRY HEART AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG A HUNGRY HEART F1.2101 Cast: Derwent Hall Caine (Arthur Morgan), Mlle. Valda Valkyrien World Film Corp.; Peerless. Dist World Film Corp. 5 Feb 1917 [© World (Dorothy Waring), Harry Robinson (Judge Morgan), Robin Townley

Film Corp.; 10 Feb 1917; LU10162]. 5 reels. (Eli Brown), Bessie Wharton (Countess Von Shoenburg), Rover

Dir Emile Chautard. Scen Frances Marion. Cam Lucien Tainguy. (Himself). Source: Based on the play Froufrou by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Drama/World War I, Espionage. During World War I, Arthur Morgan, Halévy (Paris, 30 Oct 1869) and the play Frou-Frou by Augustin Daly an inventor from the South who has perfected a revolutionary airplane

(New York, 15 Feb 1870). engine, needs money to complete his work because his family fortune was

Cast: Alice Brady (Gilberte Brigard [Frou Frou]), Edward Langford lost during the Civil War. A German spy offers to buy his invention, but (Comte Paul de Valreas), George McQuarrie (Marquis Henri de Arthur refuses, after which the spy tries to capture Arthur’s sweetheart and Sartorys), Gerda Holmes (Louis Brigard), Alec B. Francis (M. then seduce him through the wiles of the Countess Von Shoenburg. When Brigard), John Dudley (Baron de Combri), Edna Whistler (Baronne de the spy finally resolves to destroy Arthur's workshop, Rover, the family Combri), Charles Hartley (Pitou), Josephine Earle (Pauline), Horace 40g, carries the bomb away and drops it by the tree behind which the agent Haine (Gaston), Ray Carrara (Georgie de Sartorys), Mrs. J. H. Brundage is hiding. The spy is killed and the ground opens, revealing Arthur's long-

(Mother of Comte de Valreas). lost family fortune. Germans. Inventions. Inventors. Spies. World War I. Drama. Comte Paul de Valreas and Marquis Henri de Sartorys are rivals Bombs. Buried treasure. Dogs. Explosions. Laboratories. Nobility. for the hand of the frivolous Gilberte Brigard. Gilberte’s elder sister Louise Seduction. Southerners.

selflessly agrees with*her: aiSo father that de Sartorys would beIn theunder most ee:the Thetitles rim was compere in July but Bot released an, aed Nave been reieas Commerctiai rirates an unaie Within

acceptable husband for Gilberte, even though she loves the marquis herself. Our Days. The film was edited and titled at the Thanhouser Film Corp. studios at Gilberte marries de Sartorys, five years pass, and the couple have a little New Rochelle, NY. Although no producing organization is mentioned in sources, son, but Gilberte is still the irresponsible butterfly that she was before Arrow Film Corp., which released the film, was also producing at the Thanhouser marriage. Consequently, Louise comes to live with her sister and gradually studios in 1918, and thus may have made the film. W. E. Shallenberger, the president takes charge of the child and the household. Paul reappears, and although of Arrow, also managed the Thanhouser studios.

Gilberte tries to resist her desire for him, she ends up joining him in Venice. MPW 26 Oct 1918, pp. 550-51. : De Sartorys follows and in a duel, shoots Paul dead. Gilberte, heartbroken

and ill, returns home, begs for her husband’s forgiveness and then dies, THE HUNTED WOMAN F1.2104 happy in the thought that Louise will be the guardian angel of her husband Vitagraph Co. of America. Dist V-L-S-E, Inc. 6 Mar 1916 [©Vitagraph and child. Infidelity. Irresponsibility. Marriage. Self-sacrifice. Sisters. Co. of America; 17 Feb 1916; LP7666]. 5 reels.

Duels. France. Nobility. Rivalry. Venice (Italy). Dir S. Rankin Drew. Continuity writer Bradley J. Smollen. Cam Arthur Note: The French version of the play opened in France in 1869. The original title T. Quinn.

of the film was Frou Frou. A 1914 film of that title, based on the same source, was Source: Based on the novel The Hunted Woman by James Oliver produced by Thanhouser. This film was copyrighted under the title The Hungry Curwood (New York, 1916).

Heart, fete 1917 film, which was, however, based on a different literary Cast: Virginia Pearson (Joanne Fitzhugh), S. Rankin Drew (John

" | Aldrous), Frank (Old Donald McDonald), ETR 10 Feb 1917, p.Currier 704. NYDM 3 Feb 1917, George p. 26. Cooper ..,. MPN 8 Dec 1917, p. 4043, 4247. NYDM 4 Aug 1917. p. 9. (Mortimer Fitzhugh), Charles Wellesley (Fitzhugh, Sr.), Ned Finley MPN 10 Feb 1917, p. 920. NYDM 8 Sep 1917, p. 26. (Bill Quade), Denton Vane (Slim Barker), Harold Foshay (Paul MPW 10 Feb 1917, p. 866. Wid's 25 Jan 1917, p. 63. Blackton), Mae Greene (Peggy, his wife), Billie Billings (Marie).

NYDM 13 Jan 1917, p. 23. : Drama /Adventure. Joanne Fitzhugh leaves her husband Mortimer when she learns that he has fathered a child with another woman. Then, when she gets word that he has died in British Columbia, she goes there to make

THE HUNGRY HEART | F1.2102 sure that he is, indeed, dead. After apparently locating Mortimer’s grave, Famous Players Film Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 5 Nov 1917 she falls in love with a novelist, John Aldrous, but also must fight off the

[©Famous Players Film Co.; 22 Oct 1917; LP11624]. 5 reels. advances of the unscrupulous Bill Quade. Determined to have Joanne, Bill Dir Robert G. Vignola. Scen Charles Maigne. Cam Ned Van Buren. gets one of his cronies, who is, in fact, Mortimer, to help him kidnap her. Source: Based on the novel The Hungry Heart by David Graham Phillips When they come for her, however, John starts shooting at them, and

(New York, I 909). . eventually kills both men, after which he and Joanne make plans for their

Cast: Pauline Frederick (Courtney Vaughan), Howard Hall (Richard life together. Desertion. Illegitimacy. Infidelity. Missing persons,

Vaughan), Robert Cain (Basil Gallatin), Helen Lindroth (Nanny), Eldean assumed dead. Attempted rape. British Columbia (Canada). Kidnapping.

Steuart (Winchie). _ . a Novelists. Self-defense. Drama. After their wedding, Richard Vaughan and his wife Courtney Note: According to a news item, because some of the characters in the novel and

take up residence in Richard’s ancestral home. Courtney, despised by film were based on real people, author James Oliver Curwood spent two weeks at the Nanny, the old housekeeper, and neglected by her husband, who buries Vitagraph studios assisting in selecting the cast.

himself in his chemical experiments, leads a lonely life. Consequently, Motos . Mer tote p. a yrDM " Mer ole p. 38 when experimental chemist Basil Gallatin pays a lengthy visit to the | ar Pee ar ar bios BP. ae.

Vaughan home, Courtney finds herself attracted to him. One day, during NYDM 4 wer i916 . en 1897. Wid's 7 Mar 1916, p. 421. Richard’s absence, a burglar alarm places Courtney and Gallatin in a

compromising situation. Witnessing their embrace, Nanny is struck THE HUNTING OF THE HAWK F1.2105 speechless, b ut when R ichard returns she recovers her speech and gives Astra Film Corp. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc.; Gold Rooster Plays. 22 Apr damning evidence against Courtney. Gallatin fees, and Richard, realizing 1917 [OPathé Exchange, Inc.; 24 Apr 1917; LU10626]. 5 reels. his culpability, gives his wife a divorce. Having read of the divorce, Gallatin Dir George Fitzmaurice. Scen George B. Seitz. Cam A. C. Miller.

returns and Courtney admonishes Richard to kill them both. Richard Cast: William Courtenay (Desselway), Marguerite Snow (Diana frightens Gallatin away with the threat of exploding one of his compounds, Curran), Robert Clugston (Wrenshaw). but Courtney defies death and remains. A reconciliation between husband Mystery. Desselway, a gentleman of leisure, falls in love with Diana and wife then follows. Chemists. Divorce. Fidelity. Marriage. Neglected Curran on their return voyage from Europe. Diana’s past, however, rises

wives. Explosives. False accusations. Housekeepers. to threaten her present happiness, for she is the wife of the notorious Note: World Film Corp. made a film in 1917 titled 4 Hungry Heart (see above), criminal Wrenshaw, known as The Hawk. whom she married in the belief which, although it was titleman. The She Hungry Heart, under was based on ° , .that she has a different source than thiscopyrighted film. that he under was anthe honest also suffers the delusion

Motog 8 Dec 1917 p. 1012. NYDM | Dec 1917 p. 18. killed a man. After they arrive in America, Desselway is invited to a house MPW 8 Dec 1917, p. 1479. Var 30 Nov 1917, p. 43. party given by the family for whom Diana works as a social secretary. Also

NYDM 24 Nov 1917, p. 26. Wia's 29 Nov 1917, p. 767. at the party is Wrenshaw, disguised as a detective in order to steal a

. valuable necklace. Because of his mysterious background, Desselway is ; thought to be The Hawk, but after Wrenshaw is shot by a former colleague,

HUNS WITHIN OUR GATES F1.2103 Desselway reveals himself to be the head of the Secret Service, and thus

Dist State Rights; Arrow Film Corp. Oct 1918? 6 reels. all impediments are removed from his romance with Diana. Criminals. Titles Madame Marie Genores and Jesse J. Goldburg. Stunt cam John Impersonation and imposture. Reputation. Secret Service. Secretaries.

K. Holbrook. Ed Madame Marie Genores and Jesse J. Goldburg. Duplicity. Jewelry. Murder. Ocean liners. Parties. 436

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 HYPOCRISY ETR 14 Apr 1917, p. 1321. NYDM 14 Apr 1917, p. 26. Harkness, one of her rejected suitors, warns Kent of Myra’s flirtatious and

Mone n Ae re mer 6-17 Mis 3 Apr Ory is a. fickle nature. Together they concoct a scheme to teach her a lesson. Kent

MPW 21 Apr 1917, p. 447, invites Myra home to meet his family, and she goes, expecting to find an MPW 28 Apr 1917, p. 534 (ad atmopshere of elegance and refinement. Instead, she is greeted by Kent’s

insert), 683. eccentric father, who affronts her with crude jokes; Kent’s mother is introduced reclining on a couch, surrounded by yapping dogs. Upon

HUNTING TROUBLE see THE FOURTEENTH MAN discovering that the evening was a ruse, Myra decides to retaliate. She hires a fake minister, pretends to marry Kent and then deserts him, leaving

A HUNTRESS OF MEN F1.2106 behind a message explaining that the ceremony was a farce. Kent pursues

Universal Film Mfg. Co.; Red Feather Photoplays. Dist Universal Film Myra and persuades her that a real marriage is in order. Flirts. MarriageMfg. Co. 8 May 1916 [OUniversal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 18 Apr 1916; Fake. Philanderers. Practical jokes. Socialites. Weddings. Clergy. Family

LP8099]. 5 reels. life.

Dir Lucius Henderson. Scen Catherine Carr. Story G. Vere Tyler. ETR 16 Oct 1920, p. 2089. NYMT 12 Sep 1920. Cast: Mary Fuller (The huntress), Joseph W. Girard (Fleming MPN 25 Sep 1920, p. 2497. Var 12 Nov 1920, p. 36.

Harcourt), Sydney Bracey (Ned Ashley). MPW 25 Sep 1920, p. 530. Wid's 5 Sep 1920, p. 25. Drama. In society circles, one woman has a spectacular reputation as the

“Huntress of Men.” Hearing about The Huntress, Fleming Harcourt,a © _ HUSBANDS AND WIVES F1.2109 mining magnate, decides to “domesticate” her. By mixing aloofness with Gaumont Co. Dist State Rights. Mar 1920 [OGaumont Co.; 3 Feb 1920; sudden bursts of passion, Fleming convinces her to marry him, and then —-LP14824]. 5 reels, 5,422 ft. takes her with him to live in a mining town. Rebelling against her new life, Dir Joseph Levering. however, she soon returns to society and once again hosts lavish parties full Source: Based on the novel Making Her His Wife by Corra Harris (New of dozens of adoring men. Fleming comes after her, and decides to get her York, 1918).

back by pretending to begin a flirtation with another woman. Hearing Cast: Vivian Martin (Olive Thurston), Hugh Thompson (John rumors of Fleming’s affair, The Huntress suddenly loses interest in all of Arms). her beaux and, consumed by jealousy and completely in love with Fleming, Drama. While visiting Atlanta, pampered Northern heiress Olive she returns to her husband. Marriage. Separation. Temptresses. Tycoons. Thurston meets and marries Southerner John Ames, a member of an

Mining camps. Flirtation. Jealousy. impoverished but old aristocratic family. John attempts to force his wife MPN 6 May 1916, p. 2722. MPW 13 May 1916, p. 1217. to conform to Southern ideals of womanhood, resulting in many conflicts

MPW 6 May 1916, p. 986. Wid's 27 Apr 1916, p. 536. between the newlyweds, but after a brief separation, Olive and John are reunited, resolving to look for each other’s virtues and forgive the faults.

HUSBAND AND WIFE F1.2107 = Atlanta (Georgia). Heiresses. Marriage. Southerners. Separation. Upper

World Film Corp; A Peerless Feature. Dist World Film Corp. 28 Aug classes. 1916 [OWorld Film Corp; 22 Aug 1916; LU8971]. 5 reels. Note: The copyright catalog lists the film’s length at six reels. The production was | Pres William A. Brady. Supv William A. Brady. Dir Barry O’Neil. filmed in and around Atlanta, GA, according to news items. It was the first feature

Scen Gardner Hunting. Cam Max Schneider. made by Gaumont in the United States after their resumption of production. Source: Based on the play Husband and Wife by Charles Kenyon (New MPN 3 Apr 1920, p. 3093. MPN 12 Jun 1920, p. 4871.

York, 15 Sep 1915). MPN 20 Mar 1920, p.MPN 2720. MPW 3 Apr 1920, p. 142. 14 Apr 1920, p. 1715. Cast: Ethel Clayton (Doris Baker), Holbrook Blinn (Richard Baker),

Madge Evans (Bessie), Montagu Love (Patrick Alliston), Emmett

Corrigan (Ralph Knight), Dion Titheradge (Porter Baker), Gerda Holmes THE HUSHED HOUR . . F1.2110 (Mrs. Prescott), Alec B. Francis (James Watson), Frank Beamish Harry Garson Productions. Dist State Rights. 18 May 1919. 5 reels.

(Fred Schrieber). Dir Edmund Mortimer. Scen Charles Maigne. Story Gertrude B. Drama. Doris Baker’s extravagances force her husband Richard to Hamilton. Cam Arthur Edeson.

speculate with bank funds. In order to make his scheme foolproof, Richard Cast: Winter Hall (Judge Robert), Lydia Knott (Mrs. Appleton), enlists the aid of the bank director, who demands in return that Doris Wilfred Lucas (Robert Appleton, Jr.), Blanche Sweet (Virginia Appleton receive his unpopular wife socially. Doris, however, is primarily concerned Blodgett), Milton Sills (Luke Appleton), Rosemary Theby (Daisy with young millionaire Patrick Alliston, and so, when she ignores the | 4Ppleton), Gloria Hope (Annie Vierge), Harry Northrup (Buck woman, the bank director backs out of the deal and leaves Richard Blodgett), Mary Anderson (Birdie Sankey), Wyndham Standing (Lord penniless. Then, while Doris prepares to accompany Patrick on a trip to George Daw), Ben Alexander (Gondy), L. T. Steers (Milton), Kid McCoy

Japan, Richard, despondent over his failed marriage and lost fortune, tries (Himself).

to kill himself. When Doris hears about the unsuccessful suicide attempt, Drama. After the death of Judge Appleton, his four grown children, she realizes that she is to blame for all of Richard’s problems and decides Robert, Virginia, Luke, and Daisy return home. In response to their to return to him, after which Richard’s financial situation quickly father’s last request, they have each promised to spend an hour of quiet improves. Debt. Infidelity. Moral reformation. Self-sacrifice. Spendthrifts. meditation beside the coffin. Each of the children have failed to achieve

Wives. Attempted suicide. Bankers. Speculation. their father’s high moral standards. Daisy has had a child out of wedlock.

Note: William A. Brady, who produced the movie, was one of the producers of the Luke, a wastrel, has deserted his young wife and child. Robert, a successful play in 1915. Montagu Love and Dion Titheradge appeared in the original production businessman, has compromised his secretary. Virginia has married a man

of the play. for money and leads a loveless life. As each of the characters sees their life Motog 2 Sep 1916, p. 555. Var 18 Aug 1916, p. 18. unfold before them during their hour of meditation, they resolve to follow

iin Sep ile is oe. 1603 Wid's 24 Aug 1916, 819. the high moral tenets held by their father. Filial relations. Moral

es reformation. Businessmen. Desertion. Gold diggers. lllegitimacy. Judges.

HUSBAND F1.2108 Seduction. | produced . . . ene ote:HUNTER This film, which was Marriage released on Secretaries. a state rights basis, was actually Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 19 Sep 1920 [© William Fox; 19 Sep in 1918. It had its first public presentation in Detroit on 18 May 1919, but was not

1920; LP15588]. 5 reels, 4,800 ft. reviewed in the trade papers until 1920. It was made at the Fine Arts studio in Dir Howard M. Mitchell. Scen Joseph Franklin Poland. Cam Walter Hollywood, CA. |

Williams. Ed Ralph Spence. ETR 28 Feb 1920, p. 1323. MPW 20 Mar 1920, p. 2007. Source: Based on the short story “Myra Meets His Family” by F. Scott MPN 23 Aug 1919, p. 1689. Fitzgerald in The Saturday Evening Post (20 Mar 1920).

Cast: Eileen Percy (Myra Hastings), Emory Johnson (Kent HYPOCRISY F1.2111

Whitney), Jane Miller (Lilah Elkins), Evans Kirk (Bob Harkness), Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 5 Jun 1916 [OWilliam Fox; 4 Jun

Edward McWade (Charles Mack), John Stepling (Kelly), Harry 1916; LP8426]. 6 reels.

Dunkinson (Arthur Elkins). Dir Keenan Buel. Scen Hugh C. Weir.

Comedy-drama. After wealthy young socialite Myra Hastings ensnares Cast: Virginia Pearson (Virginia Trent), Alfred Swenson (Warren her latest victim, Kent Whitney, the son of an “oil can millionaire,’ Bob Presby), John Webb Dillon (Morgan Hutchins), Ida Darling (Mrs.

437 ,

THE HYPOCRITES AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Gordon Trent), Henry Leone, Lydia Dickson, Adella Barker, Gladys released. Then, James himself is imprisoned for framing the reverend, and,

Morris. finally, Robert and Eloise marry. Frame-ups. Revenge. Rivalry. Clergy. Drama. Having maintained her social status by accruing huge debts, Father-daughter relationship. Judges. Pardons (legal). Trials.

Virginia Trent’s mother decides that her daughter must marry a wealthy Note: Some scenes in this film were shot in Jacksonville, FL. Sources conflict man, and arranges a wedding with millionaire Morgan Hutchins. Virginia, Concerning the identity of the actor playing “Harold Landman.” MPW credits Albert however, marries Warren Presby instead, despite the fact that he has lost Macklin, while WYDM lists Sydney Mason.

all of his money on the stock market. Desperate for cash, Virginia takes Wied ne ver i916 . 00, NV DM a ite is 0 a check from Morgan, but when Warren finds out, he suspects that Virginia has slept with Morgan to get the money, and so demands a

separation. To support herself, Virginia becomes a manicurist, and then I DIDN’T RAISE MY BOY TO BE A SOLDIER see (M GLAD MY _~

hears some customers plotting to implicate Warren in a fraudulent stock BOY GREW UP TO BE A SOLDIER scheme when, really, it is Morgan who is guilty. Virginia manages to clear her husband of the charge and have Morgan arrested, after which she and

Warren reconcile, and his once worthless stock skyrockets in value. False I LOVE YOU F1.2114

accusations. Fortune hunters. Frame-ups. Marriage-Arranged. Mother- Triangle Film Corp. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 13 Jan 1918. 7

daughter relationship. Debt. Manicurists. Millionaires. Separation. reels.

Socialites. Stocks. Dir Walter Edwards. Story Catherine Carr. Cam Gus C. Peterson.

Motog 17 Jun 1916, p. 1392. NYT 5 Jun 1916, p. 9. Cast: Alma Rubens (Felice), John Lince (Ravello), Francis McDonald MPN 17 Jun 1916, p. 3771. fa 16 Jun 1916, p. 25. (Jules Mardon), Wheeler Oakman (Armand de Gautier), Frederick MPW 24 Sun 1916, p. 2254. id's 8 Jun 1916, p. 634. Vroom (Prince del Chinay), Lillian Langdon (Princess del Chinay), Peaches Jackson (Boy).

THE HYPOCRITES F1.2112 Drama. Felice, a peasant girl who lives near Florence, Italy, is so Bosworth, Inc. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 20 Jan 1915 [©Bosworth, beautiful that the villagers call her the “Passion Flower.” Jules Mardon,

Inc.; 30 Sep 1914; LU3460]. 4 reels. a French artist traveling in Italy for his health, paints Felice, winning her Dir Lois Weber. Asst dir Nat Watt. Scen Lois Weber. Cam Dal Clawson love in the process. Upon the portrait’s completion, however, he abandons

and George Hill. Tech dir Frank Ormston. Felice and returns to Paris, where the painting earns him wealth and fame. Cast: Courtenay Foote (Gabriel), Herbert Standing (The abbot), Millionaire Armand de Gautier falls in love with Felice’s image, buys the Margaret Edwards (Truth), Myrtle Stedman (A nun), Adele Farrington _ portrait, and then seeks out and marries the model. Several years after the

(A queen), Dixie Carr (A magdalen). birth of the happy couple’s child, Armand commissions Jules to paint his

Allegory, Drama. Gabriel, a pastor, denounces hypocrisy from the pulpit, wife and son, whereupon the artist again tries to seduce her. When Felice thus incurring the enmity of his jaded, modern congregation. After — ljearns that Armand, assuming she has abandoned her plague-stricken child reprimanding a choir singer for reading a newspaper in church, Gabriel _to be with Jules, wants no more to do with her, she kisses her son and then, notices a reproduction in the paper of “Truth,” a painting by Faugeron, with the disease on her lips, searches for Jules and kisses him. The artist depicting truth in the image of a naked woman. Gabriel then falls asleep dies, but Felice and her son survive to be reunited with Armand. Beauty.

and dreams that, as an ascetic, he begins a difficult uphill path to French. Italians. Kisses. Marriage. Painters. Plague. Portraits. Seduction. righteousness. During the course of his dream, many of the hypocritical — Children. Florence (Italy). Millionaires. Murder. Paris. Peasants. images of society are revealed. Only the choir singer, who is clothed as a Note: The film was re-edited and re-released by Tri-Stone Pictures in 1923. (See nun, a fallen woman and a child are shown to be capable of gazing at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30, F2.2651.)

truth. Gabriel is found dead in his church after the dream, and only the ETR 5 Jan 1918, p. 408. MPW 26 Jan 1918, p. 571.

fallen woman and the choir singer mourn. The next day, the town’s en rae i918. ia 76-87 alae Whe i918 P rs newspaper reveals the parishioners’ shock at finding a newspaper—a MPW 19 Jan 1918, p. 379. Wia's 10 Jan 1918, p. 868. sacrilege on the Sabbath—in their dead minister’s lap. Clergy. Dreams. Hypocrisy. Sermons. Ascetics. Children. Choirs. Newspapers. Nuns.

Paintings. Prostitutes. I WANT TO FORGET F1.2115 Note: The Hypocrites was re-issued in 1916. After considerable attention was given Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 15 Dec 1918 [OWilliam Fox; 15

to this film by the press and local censorship boards, the nudity of Margaret Edwards Dec 1918; LP13140]. 5 reels. . in the role of “Truth” was deemed acceptable in most parts of the country. Pres William Fox. Dir James Kirkwood. Scen James Kirkwood. Cameraman Dal Clawson reportedly invented visual techniques used in the “Truth” . . scenes, which were filmed by George Hill. Story Harry O. Hoyt and Hamilton Smith. Motog 24 Oct 1914, p. $78. MPN 6 Feb 1915, p. 28. Cast: Evelyn Nesbit (Varda Deering), Russell Thaw (Chauffeur’s Motog 30 Jan 1915, p. 168. MPN 10 Apr 1915, p. 46. son), Henry Clive (Lieut. John Long), Alphonse Ethier (August Von Motog 6 Feb 1915, p. 204. MPW 6 Feb 1915, p. 832. Grossman), William R. Dunn (Helgar), Jane Jennings (Cordelia Motog 6 Mar 1915, p. 384. NYDM 14 Apr 1915, p. 24. Deering). MPN 10 Oct 1914, p. 45. Var 6 Nov 1914, p. 23. Drama/Espionage. Prior to the declaration of World War I, dancer

Motog 11 Sep 1915, p. 512. NYDM 1 Jul 1916, p. 26. . ;

MPN 23 Jan 1915, p. 32. Varda Deering was a member of the Austrian secret service, but later she

becomes a loyal citizen of the United States. In America, she captivates

1 ACCUSE F1.2113 many men but cares for none of them until she meets Lieut. John Long.

Gaumont Co. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; Mutual Masterpictures De Luxe The lieutenant regards Varda as little more than a social butterfly, but

Edition. 21 Feb 1916. 5 reels. gradually he comes to recognize her goodness and falls in love with her.

Dir William F. Haddock. Scen G. D. Proctor. Story Marjorie Howe. While John is away ona war-related diplomatic mission, Varda agrees to Cast: Alexander Gaden (Robert Gray), Charles W. Travis (Reverend aid the American secret service in procuring secret documents from August Morgan Landman), Helen Marten (Eloise Landman), Albert Macklin Von Grossman, an agent whom she had known in Austria. Von Grossman (Harold Landman), Henry W. Pemberton (James Harrison), John threatens to reveal Varda’s past unless she accepts his lecherous attentions,

Reinhard (Luke Harrison), John Macklin (Jake), W. J. Butler | and she pretends to accept his terms as she secures information for the (Banker Ward), |va Shepard (Alice Ward), James Levering (A government. When John finds Varda in the German’s arms, he dismisses

servant), Mary |. Davis (A servant). her as unfaithful, but later she helps him to penetrate the German spy Drama. When James Harrison loses Eloise Landman, whom he loves, to headquarters. As they are escaping with the secret papers, the car carrying newly appointed judge Robert Gray, he starts plotting revenge. He accuses _‘he pursuing spies is hit by an express train. Varda explains everything to Eloise’s father, the Reverend Morgan Landman, of murder, and then, by John, who proves most understanding. Austrian Americans. Blackmail. manufacturing evidence, he builds an ironclad case against him. Robert Secret documents. Secret Service. Spies. World War |. False accusations.

acts as presiding judge at the trial and, after finding Morgan guilty, Germans. Lust. Military officers. Train wrecks. sentences him to a long prison term. Despite the verdict, Eloise still loves Note: Russell Thaw was actress Evelyn Nesbit's son. The story included in the

. ; . copyright descriptions is entitled “The Fires of Redemption.

Robert, but refuses to marry him because her father’s newly-gained

criminal reputation might ruin the judge’s career. After Tan ete: B. 25. 4 Jan 1913) s, five MPNyears 4 JanaR1919, p. 144. VarMew 20 Dec 1918, p. pie 35. however, the “murdered” man reappears, and, as a result, Morgan is MPW 14 Dec 1918, pp. 1252-53. Wid's 29 Dec 1918, pp. 9-10. 438

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE IDOL DANCER

I WILL REPAY F1.2116 IDLE WIVES F1.2118 Vitagraph Co. of America. Dist Greater Vitagraph (V-L-S-E). 12 Nov Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist State Rights; Universal Film Mfg. Co. Sep 1917 [(©Vitagraph Co. of America; 6 Nov 1917; LP11689]. 5 reels. 1916 [OUniversal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 15 Sep 1916; LP9129]. 7 reels. Dir William P. S. Earle. Scen William Addison Lathrop. Cam Jack Dir Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley. Scen Lois Weber and Phillips

Brown. Smalley. Cam Allen Siegler.

Source: Based on the short story “A Municipal Report” by O. Henry Source: Based on the novel /d/le Wives by James Oppenheim (New York, (pseud. of William Sydney Porter) in Hampton’’s Magazine (Nov 1909). 1914).

Cast: Corinne Griffith (Virginia Rodney), William Dunn (Steve), Cast: Lois Weber (Anne), Phillips Smalley (John Wall), Mary George J. Forth (Roger Kendall), Mary Maurice (Azalea Adair), Arthur MacLaren (Molly), Edwin Hearn (Richard), Seymour Hastings (Billy

Donaldson (Caesar), Eulalie Jensen (Beulah). Shane), Countess Du Cello (Wall’s mother), Pauline Aster (Alberta),

Drama. Roger Kendall is sent to Nashville by the editor of his magazine Cecilia Matthews (Molly’s mother), Ben Wilson, Maude George, Neva to sign a contract for two cents a word with a woman writer named Azalea Gerber. Adair. Once there, Kendall realizes that Azalea is very poor and is also the Drama. John Wall meets his new sweetheart and takes her to the movies abused wife of Major Caswell, a drunkard who takes from Azalea every —_ while Anne, his neglected wife, follows them there. Molly, disobeying her cent she earns. Kendall is able to piece their story together by following the parents, meets her boyfriend at the same theater. A workingman with his movements of a torn dollar bill, which he gives to Azalea’s former slave —_— wife and children, all of whom are obséssed with the sordidness of their Caesar and which eventually winds up in Caswell’s hands. In order to help _|ives, also attend the movie, and so does an unscrupulous young man. They Azalea, Kendall convinces his editor to increase her stipend to eight cents watch a film called Life’s Mirror in which they see their own lives turned a word and also to advance her $30. At his hotel, Kendall meets Virginia into dramas, complete with possible “final curtains.” In one case, Molly, Rodney, the semi-invalid daughter of a local judge and a good friend of who refuses to listen to her parents, sees her motion picture surrogate give Azalea. Later, Caesar, seeing Caswell violently take Azalea’s advance from _pirth to an illegitmate child after she is abandoned by her boyfriend. In her, strangles the major. His part in the crime is covered up by Kendalland — another, Anne Wall, tired of the phoniness of John’s wealthy family and Virginia’s father, however. Now free, Azalea goes to live with Virginia, _ friends, deserts him and their children to return to the slums and do charity who becomes engaged to Kendall. Alcoholics. Authors. Battered women. work for the needy. After the movie, John, sadder but wiser, leaves his Magazines. Poverty. Blacks. Editors. Hotels. Invalids. Judges. Nashville sweetheart and goes home with Anne, Molly decides to apologize to her

(Tennessee). Strangulation. parents, the workingman’s family realizes that they must look to the future Note: Many contemporary sources refer to Mary Maurice as “Mother” Maurice — and the young man promises to lead a less profligate life. Infidelity. Moral

because she very frequently played the part of a mother in her films. corruption. Moral reformation. Motion pictures. \\legitimacy. Libertines.

Moog 24 No BIB 11 ae He ie i Neglected wives. Social consciousness. |

MPW 24 Nov 1917, p. 1186, 1228. Wid’s 15 Nov 1917, pp. 729-30. Note: Some sources credit only Lois Weber with the direction and scenario. The plot contained in the copyright descriptions differs significantly from the trade review

synopses in that the characters are not players in a movie-within-a-movie but are connected in a more conventional way. The copyright plot may have been taken from

THE ICED BULLET . F1.2117 the Oppenheim novel and altered later to fit the “‘movie” device.

; . cotrihuti MPN 7 Oct 1916, p. 2231. Var 22 Sep 1916, p. 36.

Corp 21 Jan NOL Picture Corp.; Kay-Bee. Dist Triangle Distributing MPW 7 Oct i916 . 65. Wid’s 28 Sep 1916, p 996. Pres Thomas H. Ince. Dir Reginald Barker. Scen C. Gardner Sullivan.

Cam Robert Newhard. Art dir Robert Brunton. THE IDLER _ F1.2119 Cast: William Desmond (The author/Horace Lee), Robert McKim Box Office Attraction Co.; William Fox Photoplays Supreme. Dist Box (Donald Greene), J. Barney Sherry (Richard Deering), Margaret Office Attraction Co. Dec 1914 [©William Fox; 13 Dec 1914; LPS181].

Thompson (Evelyn Deering), J. J. Dowling (The butler), Jerome Storm 5 reels. _ |

(Butler’s son), Louis Durnham (Joe), J. Frank Burke (The specialist), Pres William Fox. Dir Lloyd B. Carleton. Asst dir Arthur Shaw Clifton.

Reginald Barker (Himself), C. Gardner Sullivan (Himself). Source: Based on the play The /dler by Charles Haddon Chambers (New

Mystery Comedy. Seeking work, an amateur scenario writer climbs over York, [1 Nov 1890).

the wall of the Thomas H. Ince studio in Culver City, promptly falls asleep Cast: Charles Richman (Mark Cross), Catherine Countiss (Lady Helen

and dreams that New York banker Richard Deering is spending the Merryweather Harding), Walter Hitchcock (Sir John Harding), Claire holidays at his lodge in the Adirondacks with his daughter Evelyn and old Whitney (Kate Merryweather), Stuart Holmes (Simon Strong), Maude

friend Donald Greene. Deering refuses Greene’s request for Evelyn’s hand Turner Gordon (/nez), W. T. Carleton, Harry Spingler. in marriage, and the rejected suitor leaves for New York. That night, Drama. In England, the wealthy but lazy Mark Cross and one of his bank Deering is shot while asleep in bed, and the eminent New York detective Clerks, John Harding, both fall in love with Helen Merryweather, but Horace Lee is called in to solve the case. Lee discovers that Deering had _—‘ following a drunken spree, Mark marries a dancer named Inez. Learning

been shot by a gun that had been ingeniously arranged between the logs _ that Inez is having an affair with Marston, a gambler, Mark leaves for of the building so that the freezing temperature would release the trigger. America, where, in the Western goldfields, he encounters Simon and Frank

When Deering regains consciousness, he provides the motive for the | Strong. John, who also has come West to seek his fortune, accidentally shooting by telling of Greene’s inherited insanity, which was triggered by _Slays Frank, and then, hearing that he has inherited his uncle's title and his disappointment at losing Evelyn. The scenario writer awakens to find _ lands, he flees to England and marries Helen. Discovering that Inez has the studio closed. He is chased off the Ince lot by the night watchman and been killed, Mark returns to England in the company of Simon, who wishes loses parts of his precious manuscript as he runs down the road. Attempted to avenge his brother’s death. Mark is dismayed to find Helen married and murder. Detectives. Dreams. Insanity. Motion picture scriptwriters. |ures her to his flat in an effort to compromise her, but when the angry John Adirondack Mountains. Bankers. Culver City (California). Firearms. frives, she upbraids them both, and they finally shake hands. Simon falls

Gunshot wounds. Thomas H. Ince Studios. Lodges. New York City. in love with Helen’s sister and makes his peace with John, while Mark

Proposals. Watchmen. resumes his solitary wanderings. Desertion. Infidelity. Marriage. Rivalry.

Note: The opening of this film provides a mini-tour of the Ince studios in Culver Bankers. Dancers. England. Gold miners. Inheritance. Murder. Revenge. City, CA during which various Ince stars are shown and Reginald Barker directs a Wanderers.

scene. Motog 26 Dec 1914, p. 914. MPN 12 Jun 1915, pp. 10-11. ETR 6 Jan 1917, p. 356. MPW 13 Jan 1917, p. 244. MPN 26 Dec 1914, p. 38. MPW 2 Jan 1915, p. 84. Motog 13 Jan 1917, p. 99. MPW 20 Jan 1917, p. 319. MPN 2 Jan 1915, p. 44, 76. MPW 9 Jan 1915, p. 222. MPN 6 Jan 1917, pp. 76-77. MPW 3 Feb 1917, p. 745. | MPN 9 Jan 1915, p. 92. MPW 23 Jan 1915, p. 590. MPN 13 Jan 1917, p. 270. Wid's 1 Feb 1917, p. 79. MPN 16 Jan 1915, p. 7. NYDM 30 Dec 1914, p. 27. MPN 17 Apr 1915, p. 5. Var 1 Jan 1915, p. 29.

; THE IDOL DANCER F1.2120

THE IDEAL LOVE see DAD'S GIRL D. W. Griffith. Dist First National Exhibitors Circuit. 21 Mar 1920

| . {©David W. Griffith; 7 May 1920; LP1IS114]. 7 reels, 7,033 ft.

Dir D. W. Griffith. Scen S. E. V. Taylor. Story Gordon Ray Young.

IDLE HANDS see PLEASURE SEEKERS Cam G. W. Bitzer and Paul H. Allen. 439

THE IDOL OF THE STAGE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Cast: Clarine Seymour (Mary, also known as White Almond Dir Walter Edwards. Scen John Lynch. Story Monte M. Katterjohn. Flower), Richard Barthelmess (Dan McGuire), George MacQuarrie Cam Chester Lyons. (Rev. Franklyn Blythe), Creighton Hale (Walter Kincaid), Kate Bruce Cast: Louise Glaum (Viola Strathmore), George Webb (Curtis de (Mrs. Blythe), Thomas Carr (Donald Blythe), Anders Randolph (The Forest Ralston), Dorcas Matthews (Anita Carew), Lee Hill (Borul), T. S.

blackbirder), Porter Strong (The Rev. Peter), Herbert Sutch (Old Guise (Burr Britton), Hugo Koch (Druce Winthrope), Milton Ross

Thomas), Walter James (Chief Wando), Adolphe Lestina (Black (Oscar Brent).

Slave), Florence Short (Pansy), Ben Graver (Native boy), Walter Drama. When playwright Curtis de Forest Ralston becomes enamored

Kolomoku (Native musician). of actress Viola Strathmore, who is to appear in his play Vanity, Viola

Drama. Mary, a beautiful half-caste girl raised with the natives of a induces him to change certain parts and give her more lines. Curtis, who South Sea island, gradually arouses the passion of beachcomber Dan is not as talented as he believes himself to be, fails at his job but is saved

McGuire, a derelict and a drunkard. One day, Walter Kincaid, the by his wife Anita, a former actress, who has forsaken her career for consumptive nephew of the island’s missionary, comes to the island mission marriage. Anita and her old manager, Bruce Winthrope, succeed in in search of his health. Walter is attracted to Mary, who uses his fashioning the play to suit Viola, and Vanity becomes a huge success. The infatuation to inflame Dan’s jealousy. Walter’s sudden collapse brings both play’s triumph enlarges Curtis’ ego even further, and he deserts Anita for Mary and Dan to his bedside, and the two nonbelievers are so deeply moved Viola. When the play’s financial backer discovers the illicit relationship by Walter’s Christian spirit that Mary throws her wooden idol into the sea between the star and author, however, he withdraws his funds and the play

while Dan renounces alcohol. One day, while all of the island’s male closes. Curtis, still in love with Viola, attempts to continue their affair, but inhabitants except Walter are away on a fishing trip, a band of slave traders Viola, blaming the playwright for her downfall, kills him. Fearful of the attacks the village, and Walter beats the war drum, alerting the islanders. police, she takes refuge in a tenement, and when they finally track her Dan and the others rush back to the village and, after rescuing the women, down, Viola’s faithful servant Borul slays his employer rather than let her find Walter in the throes of death, having been felled by the slavers after perish at the hands of the law. Actors and actresses. Infidelity. Murder. a fierce hand-to-hand battle. His death sanctifies Dan and Mary’s love, and Playwrights. Theater. Desertion. Fugitives. Marriage. Police. Servants.

they are united in a Christian marriage. Beachcombers. Faith. Half- Theatrical backers. Theatrical managers. castes. Idolatry. Regeneration. Religious conversion. Alcoholism. Note: Wid’s lists Monte M. Katterjohn as author and John Lynch as scenarist, Christianity. Derelicts. Fights. Jealousy. Missionaries. Slave traders. while other reviews say only that the story was written by Katterjohn and Lynch. Note: This film was based on one or both of Gordan Ray Young’s stories entitled Motog 15 Sep 1917, p. 582. NYDM 8 Sep 1917, p. 19. “Heathens” and “Blood of the Covenanters” which were owned by Griffith’s MPN 15 Sep 1917, p. 1811, 1860. Var 7 Sep 1917, p. 32. production company. I1 is not known whether the stories were ever published. The MPW 15 Sep 1917, p. 1705, 1748. Wid's 13 Sep 1917, pp. 584-85. film’s subtitle is A Story of the Southern Seas. \ts pre-release title was Fires of

nove. Extetiorsin for he ee were era a prdanaten island or IDOLS ew Frovidence the banamas. Un aS ec »Fort UPriHhitn an € tim Ss crew, while : : ° ° ° F1.2123

traveling from Florida to the Bahamas, were caught in a storm at sea and were Equitable Motion Pictures Corp. Dist World Film Corp. 1916? missing for three days; speculations that the event was staged for publicity purposes [©Equitable Motion Pictures Corp.; 16 May 1916; LU8395]. Length were protested by Griffith and other members of the cast and crew. Modern sources undetermined.

state that Elmer Clifton worked as an assistant to Griffith on the production, and Dir Webster Cullison. some writers have speculated that Clifton rather than Griffith directed the film, Source: Based on the novel /do/s by William J. Locke (New York, 1911). though this claim seems unlikely. Modern sources also state that James Smith was Cast: Katherine Kaelred, Arnold Daly

the film’s editor. This was the last film appearance of Clarine Seymour, who died on ° : , ° . . 25 Apr 1920 at the age of twenty. Drama. Badly in debt, Hugh courts and secretly marries Minna Hart, ETR 3 Apr 1920, p. 2007. MPW 3 Apr 1920, p. 137. an heiress. When Hugh approaches her father with the news, they fight and MPN 28 Feb 1920, p. 2148. NYT 22 Mar 1920, p. 12. Hugh is thrown out of the house before he can reveal his secret. Convinced

ON 3 hal 000 P. x07 Ma ie ver i900 p. 3° now that the marriage will not work, Minna demands a separation that

MPN ; May 1920, BD. 3800-01. as ap hae Pe 9 night, but the next day, Mr. Hart is found murdered and Hugh is arrested. To protect her reputation, Minna refuses to supply Hugh with the necessary alibi in court. Near conviction, Hugh is saved by Irene, the wife

THE IDOL OF THE STAGE F1.2121 of Gerard, Hugh’s devoted childhood friend, who tells the judge she was Gaumont Co. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; Mutual Masterpictures De Luxe with Hugh during the hour in question. After the trial, Irene tries to

Edition. 31 Jan 1916. 5 reels. convince Gerard that she lied about Hugh, but he refuses to listen and Dir Richard Garrick. Scen Paul M. Bryan. deserts her. Crushed, Irene is comforted by Hugh, who eventually marries

Cast: Malcolm Williams (Philip Van Kortland), Charles W. Travis her. Years later, Minna tel ls Gerard the truth about her marriage, not (Van Kortland, his father), John Mackin (Morton), Lucille Taft (Doris mentioning Irene’s union with Hugh. Gerard locates Irene, but is shocked

Morton), Richard Garrick (Clark Porter), James Levering (Robert when he discovers she has wed Hugh and na fury, he tells Irene about Mitchell), Helen Marten (Marion Mitchell), Charles Winston Minna, Hugh's other wife. (The rest of this plot Is not known). Bigamy. (Edwin), Harry Chira (Convict camp superintendent), James Arbuckle, Desertion. Marriage-Secret. Murder. Self-sacrifice. Debt. Fortune

Jr. (Dr. Brown), Allan Robinson (Reporter). rete althench thee film appears to have been shot, no information on its openin . Drama. When actor Philip Van Kortland needs money to take care of his is available. Release charts and advertisements for the film give both 15 May | 1916 sick wife Doris, he leaves town for a job in a stock company. While touring, and 15 Jun 1916 as release dates. At this time, the World Film Corp. was being sued

Philip becomes a drug addict, and eventually is thrown in jail because of for breach of contract by its foreign distributors and several of its releases were his habit. Doris comes to get him upon his release, but she is kidnapped by postponed because of the law suit. It’s possible that /do/s was one of the contested another convict before Philip leaves the prison. Assuming that she has been titles and was not released as scheduled and may have been shelved altogether. unfaithful, Philip makes no effort to find Doris. Several years later, Philip Minough the faad Kength of the film is not known, the complexity of the plot suggest

5 . . . ar 12 May 1916, p. 19. Var 26 May 1916, p. 23, 26.

meets a young newsboy, and takes an interest in him. When he meets the Vy, P _

boy’s mother, he instantly recognizes Doris, and assumes that she had the child with another man. She assures him, however, that the son is his own,

and swears to her faithfulness during his imprisonment and _ their IDOLS OF CLAY Fi.2124 subsequent separation. Then, because he always loved Doris and has come Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; A George Fitzmaurice Production. Dist

to love the boy as well, Philip quickly decides to remain with them both. Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Paramount Pictures. 28 Nov 1920 False accusations. Fidelity. Long-lost relatives. Paternity. Actors and [@Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; | Dec 1920; LP15875]. 7 reels, 7,230 ft. actresses. Drug abuse. Imprisonment. Kidnapping. Separation. Wives. Pres Adolph Zukor. Dir George Fitzmaurice. Scen Ouida Bergere.

Note: This film was shot in Jacksonville, FL. Story Ouida Bergére. Cam Arthur Miller. .

MPN 5 Feb 1916, p. 716. NYDM 8 Jan 1916, p. 32. Cast: Mae Murray (Faith Merrill), David Powell (Dion Holme), MPW 22 Jan 1916, p. 668. Var 11 Feb 1916, p. 23. Dorothy Cummings (Lady Cray), George Fawcett (Jim Merrill), Leslie

MPW 5 Feb 1916, p. 799. King (Blinky), Richard Wangermann (Old master), Claude King (Doctor Herbert). Drama. Faith Merrill lives in the South Seas where she has been reared

IDOLATORS F1.2122 by her father Jim, a pearl-smuggling recluse who has kept his daughter

Triangle Film Corp. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 9 Sep 1917. 5 reels. completely innocent of the ways of the world. One day Faith finds Dion

440

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 PLL SAY SO Holme, a sculptor who left England after a devastating love affair with War drama. Life-long pacifist Margaret Ardrath falls into an uneasy Lady Cray, adrift on the beach, and brings him home. Under Faith’s sleep after hearing her fiancé Robert Ogden praised as the model of the influence, Dion is regenerated; he begins sculpting again and returns to modern fighting man. Years later, when war breaks out in Europe, her England, unaware of the girl’s love for him. Upon her father’s death, Faith fears are realized as Robert enlists in England, and then compounded when

follows Dion to London where he has become a famous sculptor. Lady her son Donald decides to join in the fighting along the United StatesCray, jealous of Faith’s youth and beauty, conceives a plan to destroy the Mexico border. To keep Donald from going, Margaret gives him a heart girl by introducing her to a life of dissipation and drug use. Lady Cray’s depressant, but his subsequent bad health not only prevents him from scheme works when at a banquet, Faith performs a risqué drug-induced _ joining the army, it also causes his sweetheart, Patricia Landon, to break dance that repulses Dion. After Lady Cray commits suicide, Faith, fearful up with him. Donald then swears off women and becomes an alcoholic, that she will be suspected of murder, flees to the Limehouse District where after which word comes that Robert has been killed in battle. Despondent,

she takes refuge in an opium den. Meanwhile, Dion, discovering that he Margaret takes a drug overdose, and then wakes up to discover that loves the girl, rescues her, and they return together to the paradise of the — everything about the future had been a dream. Dreams. Military South Seas. London. Moral corruption. Narcotics. Regeneration. enlistment. Pacifism and pacifists. Alcoholics. Drugging. Drug overdose.

Sculptors. South Sea Islands. Beachcombers. Father-daughter. MPW 16 Sep 1916, p. 1822. Wid’s 7 Sep 1916, p. 841. relationship. Jealousy. London-Limehouse. Opium dens. Recluses. MPW 30 Sep 1916, p. 2164.

Smugglers. Suicide.

ETR 27 Nov 1920, p. 2703. NYDM 20 Nov 1920, p. 968. IGNORANCE | F1.2127 MPN , NY 1990 is 439. Wid's 1 Ny 1990 o VI, p. 2. Private Feature Film Mfg. Co. Dist State Rights. Dec 1916. 6 reels.

MPW 27 Nov 1920, p. 512. Dir James A. Fitzgerald. Story Anthony P. Kelly.

Cast: Earl Metcalfe (The district attorney), Eleanor Black (The

victim), Ethel Tully (The society girl), Arthur W. Matthews (The leader

IF I WERE KING F1.2125 of the underworld), James A. Fitzgerald (Red, the peddler). Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. Jul 1920 [©William Fox; 14 Aug Drama /Social. District attorneys.

1920; LP15450]. 8 reels. Note: The Private Feature Film Mfg. Co. was located in Cleveland, OH. No Pres William Fox. Dir J. Gordon Edwards. Scen E. Lloyd Sheldon. reviews were located for this film. According to a news item, the film was a morality

play about “the need of insistent watchfulness in the home of every young girl.” In

Cam John W. Boyle. the film a girl is victimized due to her ignorance of “social evils.” An upright district

Source: Based on the play [f 1 Were King by Justin Huntly McCarthy attorney helps her. Sources conflict concerning the name of the actress playing the (New York, 14 Oct 1901) and his novel of the same name (London, 1901). victim. MPW identifies her as Eleanor Black, while the Community Motion Picture

Cast: William Farnum (Francois Villon), Betty Ross Clarke Bureau calls her Eleanor Mack. This film was listed by the Pennsylvania Censorship (Katherine), Fritz Lieber (Louis XI), Walter Law (Thibault), Harry B0ard as a “Disapproved Subject” in 1920.

Carvill (Triestan), Claude Payton (Montigney), V. V. Clogg (Toison MPW 2 Dec 1916, p. 1351. D’Or), Harold Clairmont (Noel), Renita Johnston (Hugette), Kathryn

Chase (Elizabeth). PLL GET HIM YET F1.2128

Drama /Historical. When vagabond poet Francois Villon learns of Grand New Art Film Co. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Paramount Constable Thibault’s conspiracy with the Duke of Burgundy to overthrow Pictures. 25 May 1919 (OD. W. Griffith; 6 May 1919; LP13702]. 5 reels, King Louis of France, the constable orders the poet imprisoned. Katherine, 4,555 ft. Louis’ ward, visits Villon and, upon hearing his tale of betrayal, procures Dir Elmer Clifton. Asst dir Leigh R. Smith. Story Harry Carr. Cam the poet’s release so that he may prove his charges. To accomplish this, | John Leezer and Lee Garmes. Tech dir Leigh R. Scott.

Villon returns to the Fircone Tavern, the site of the betrayal, to recite his Cast: Dorothy Gish (Susy Faraday Jones), George Fawcett verse entitled “If | Were King.” Louis, visiting the tavern in disguise, | (Bradford Warrington Jones), Richard Barthelmess (Scoop decides to appoint the poet constable in the place of Thibault, who deserted | McCreedy), Ralph Graves (Harold Packard), Edward Peil (Robert to the Burgundian forces. The poet’s term is to last one week, and at the | Hamilton), Porter Strong (William Craig). end of that period, if he fails to win Katherine’s love, he is to be hung. In Comedy /Society. Fearing high income taxes, Bradford Warrington seven days, Villon conquers the duke’s forces, foils a plot to abduct the king, Jones transfers ownership of an interurban line to his daughter Susy, who and is bravely about to ascend the scaffold when Katherine offers her life insists on running it herself. Bored by her suitors, Susy falls for reporter

for his, thus proclaiming the love that sets the poet free. Execution. Scoop McCreedy, but when Susy’s father throws him out, Scoop swears France-History-15th century. Louis XI, King of France, 1423-1483. Poets. | never to marry a rich girl. Undaunted, Susy pursues and finally persuades Treachery. Francois Villon. Abduction. Conspiracy. Disguise. Nobility. | him to marry her on the condition that they live on his salary. When Scoop

Prison. Royalty. Self-sacrifice. Taverns. Vagabonds. Wards and__is fired by his editor, one of Susy’s suitors, he and Susy join a citizens’ group

guardians. in the suburb where they live, that protests the trolley’s decision not to stop

Note: Many other versions of McCarthy’s story have been made, including The there. Susy keeps secret her ownership of the line, and when her old suitors Beloved Rogue (United Artists, 1927), directed by Alan Crosland and starring John visit on business, she makes up explanations to allay Scoop’s suspicions, Bartymore. and a musical, The Pagabona King (Par amount, » (sen APY Cn py until he catches three of them hiding in the house. After Susy confesses, of Feature Films. | 921-30: F2.0346 and F2.6005). In 1938. Frank Lloyd directed and Scoop becomes the railroad s general manager and learns to live with his Ronald Colman and Basil Rathbone starred in Paramount’s If | Were King, which wife’s millions. Marriage. Reporters. Streetcars. Suburban life. Wealth. boasted a screenplay by Preston Sturges. Paramount remade the musical in 1956, with Dismissal. Duplicity. Father-daughter relationship. Income tax.

udwi erger and Starring Jeanette MacVonald an nnis King (see atato . ° : : :

direction by Michael Curtiz. Note: According to the 1921 MPSD, Wilbur Higby, an actor and director, worked ETR 10 Jul 1920, p. 627. NYT 10 Aug 1920, p. 10. on the film in some capacity. MPN 10 Jul 1920, p. 511. Var 2 Jul 1920, p. 28. ETR 31 May 1919, p. 2021. NYT 19 May 1919, p. 20. MPN 21 Aug 1920, pp. 1452-53. Wid's 4 Jul 1920, p. 3. MPN 31 May 1919, pp. 3629-31. Var 23 May 1919, p. 59.

MPW 10 Jul 1920, p. 193. MPN 31 May 1919,MPW p.313660. Wid's 25 May 1919, p. 2). May 1919, p. 1381.

IF MY COUNTRY SHOULD CALL F 1.2126 PLL SAY SO F1.2129 Universal Film Mfg. Co.; Red Feather Photoplays. Dist Universal Film Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp.; A Fox Victory Picture. 22 Dec Mfg. Co. 25 Sep 1916 [OUniversal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 31 Aug 1916; 1918 [OWilliam Fox; 12 Dec 1918; LP13199]. 5 reels.

LP9032]. 5 reels. Pres William Fox. Dir Raoul A. Walsh. Scen Ralph H. Spence. Film Dir Joseph De Grasse. Scen Ida May Park. Cam King Gray. ed Ralph H. Spence.

Source: Based on a story by Virginia Terhune Van de Water (publication Cast: George Walsh (Bill Durham), Regina Quinn (Barbara

undetermined). Knowles), William Bailey (August Myers), James Black (Carl Vogel), Ed. Cast: Dorothy Phillips (Margaret Ardrath), Helen Leslie (Patricia Keeley (Judge). Landon), Adele Farrington (Mrs. Landon), Frank Whitson (Robert Comedy /World War I. Hearing that the United States has just declared

Ogden), Jack Nelson (Donald), Lon Chaney (Dr. George Ardrath), Albert war on Germany, Bill Durham hurries to a recruiting station to enlist, but

MacQuarrie (Colonel Belden), Carl Von Schiller (Zuroff), Gretchen because he has flat feet, he is rejected. He falls in love with Barbara

Lederer (Mrs. Ardrath), Gordon Griffith, Clyde Benson. Knowles, whose ,guardian, August Myers, unknown to Barbara, is a 44]

ILL STARRED BABBIE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG German agent. When Bill learns that Myers plans to stir up trouble on the I’M GLAD MY BOY GREW UP TO BE A SOLDIER F1.2132 border of the United States and Mexico, he catches the train to New Selig Polyscope Co.; A Red Seal Play. Dist V-L-S-E, Inc. 13 Dec Mexico and routs out Myers’ gang of bandits. Meanwhile, Myers has sent 1915 [©Selig Polyscope Co.; 16 Nov 1915; LP6998]. 4 reels.

Barbara back to New York to be married to German spy Carl Vogel. Bill Dir Frank Beal. Scen Gilson Willets. returns East and arrives at the church just in time to dispose of the German Source: Inspired by the song “I Didn’t Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier,” bridegroom and marry Barbara himself. Germans. Heroism. Mexico. words by Alfred Bryan, music by Al Piantadosi (New York, 1915).

Spies. Wards and guardians. Weddings. Bandits. Churches. Military Cast: Harry Mestayer (Jerry Warrington), Eugenie Besserer (Mrs.

enlistment. New Mexico. World War I. Warrington), Harry De Vere (James Warrington), Guy Oliver (Frank Note: George and Raoul Walsh were brothers. Archer), Anna Luther (Mercy Archer).

ETR 16 Nov 1918, p. 1923. NYDM _28 Dec 1918, p. 999. War drama. When architect James Warrington reads that war has been

ue of ie x ite P. ie Var 10 Jan 1918, p. 45. declared, he hides the newspaper, but after his partner, James Archer,

OV Es PU” volunteers, Warrington realizes it is his duty to enlist. His wife is saddened, while his little son Jerry, who upsets his mother by playing with toy soldiers,

ILL STARRED BABBIE F1.2130 is proud. When Warrington goes off, his wife, although crying, encourages Balboa Amusement Producing Co. Dist The Alliance Films Corp.7 Dec him. Archer returns without an arm, and with his little daughter Mercy,

1914, 5 reels. , tells Mrs. Warrington that her husband died heroically. Peace comes, but

Dir Sherwood MacDonald. Scen Will M. Ritchey - — seventeen years later, the coast is invaded, and war is declared. Against his

Source: Based on the novel /l/-Starred Babbie by William Wilfrid mother’s wishes, Jerry enlists, but when he goes off, she gives her blessing.

Whalen (Boston, 1912). Mercy, now Jerry’s sweetheart, becomes a Red Cross nurse. Mrs. Cast: Jackie Saunders. oo, Warrington finds Jerry’s war toys in the attic and fondles his little hat. Drama. The wife of Peter Conway, a coal miner in the Allegheny Mercy returns and describes Jerry’s bravery in battle, and his death in her

mountains, dies giving birth to their daughter Babbie. After a childhood hospital after saying “Mother.” Gazing into the fireplace, Mrs. nee with innocent pans Babbie mp eey nkenly a “kee wie later Warrington envisions a firing battleship dissolve into a harvesting machine.

abuses her. He dies of blood poisoning after he drunkenly strikes at her an She realizes that her sacrifice has been for the country’s good and is glad. crashes his arm through a window. Upon Babbie’s return, Ned Higgins, —_jyji/itary enlistment. Mother-son relationship. Patriotism. War. War heroes. whom Babbie’s older sister Hannah loves, falls in love with Babbie, but she = amputees. Architects. Nurses. Red Cross. rebuffs him for Hannah’s sake. After Dominick Kenelly, a drunken miner, Note: The working title of this film was I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a prepares strikers to clash with the company’s armed guards, Babbie brings Soldier.

a priest to quell the strikers. When Kenelly angrily attacks Babbie, Ned Motog 6 Nov 1915, p. 942. MPN 13 Nov 1915, p. 47. rescues her. After he nearly dies protecting her from being hit by a train, Motog 11 Dec 1915, p. 1245, 1263. MPN 25 Dec 1915, p. 124.

she almost accepts his proposal, until she remembers her sister’s face. NN M a lore is a pw De lore if x00, 2092

When Babbie learns that her father has been unjustly arrested and is to MPN 6 Nov 1915, p. 81. -

be executed, she rescues him and is shot. Before she dies, she tells Ned that

she does love him and pleads that he love Hannah in the same manner. THE IMAGE MAKER F1.2133 Confession. Father-daughter relationship. Prison escapes. Self-sacrifice. Thanhouser Film Corp. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc. 21 Jan 1917. 5 reels. Sisters. Strikes. Allegheny Mountains. Battered women. Childbirth. Coal Dir Eugene Moore. Scen Emmett Mixx. Cam George Webber.

miners. Drunkenness. Guards. Priests. Cast: Valda Valkyrien (Marion Bell), Harris Gordon (John Arden), NPN Oh ole . a MPN 3 way ole . a Arthur Bauer (Maxon), Inda Palmer (Mrs. Bell), Morgan Jones (The MPN 3 Apr 1915, p. 168. MPW 24 Jul 1915, p. 730. pharaoh).

MPN 10 Apr 1915, p. 50. Drama. While on a visit to Florida, Marion Bell, a young actress, and John Arden meet and find themselves strongly drawn to each other. They

THE ILLBORN see WHERE ARE MY CHILDREN? fail to understand the force propelling them together until they discover a volume of the Royal Romances of Egypt and realize that they are

THE ILLUSTRIOUS PRINCE F1.2131 reincarnated counterparts of Prince Isa and Ashubetis, the “image maker”. Haworth Pictures Corp. Dist Robertson-Cole Distributing Corp. 2 Nov _—‘ Thousands of years earlier, the pharaoh, the father of Prince Isa, who had

1919 [OThe Haworth Pictures Corp.; | Aug 1919; LUI4OI1]. 5 reels. planned a royal wedding, is enraged at his son’s love for the lowly image Dir William Worthington. Scen Richard Schayer. Cam Frank Williams. °F Pottery maker and orders her thrown to the crocodiles. The modern day

Source: Based on the novel The Illustrious Prince by E. Phillips lovers, also objects of parental opposition, find themselves forcefully

Oppenheim (Boston, 1910). separated when Marion must go to Egypt to join a film company. Arden

Cast: Sessue Hayakawa (Prince Maiyo), Mabel Ballin (Penelope follows, and on the anniversary of the prince’s death 5,000 years before, Morse), Harry Lonsdale (The Duke of Devenham), Beverly Traverse the couple meet at the prince s tomb and vow never to be parted again.

(The Duchess), Robert Lawler (Sir Charles Somerfield), Bertram Actors and actresses. Class distinction. Egypt-Ancient. Reincarnation.

Grassby (Count de la Mar), Toyo Fujita (Soto), Edward Peil Royalty. Crocodiles. Egypt. Father-son relationship. Florida. Motion

(Inspector Jacks). picture crews. Murder. Pledges. Pottery. Tombs. Drama/Society. The Japanese Prince Maiyo is in London to avenge the Note: Some scenes in this film were shot in Florida.

death of his father who years earlier committed hara-kiri because he had NPN 3 a ioe P- 400 NEDA M 6 na Orr P- oe 588. been financially ruined by an English swindler. The Prince warns his MPN 27 Jan 1917, . 592. Wid's 11 Jan 1917, D3 ' friend, the Duke of Devenham, that the Count de la Mar is attempting to

seduce the Duke’s bored American wife, and then is told by his servant Soto IMAR THE SERVITOR F1.2134 that the Count is the man who killed his father. During a foggy night, the Majestic Motion Picture Co. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; Continental

Count, planning to elope with the Duchess, is killed in a taxi with the sword Feature Film Corp. Apr 1914 4 reels °

that the Prince’s father used to kill himself. Although the American sister Scen Daniel Carson Goodman of the Duke, Penelope Morse, who loves the Prince, pleads with him to Cast: William Garwood (Imar)

leave before being arrested, he will not perform such a cowardly act. After Drama. Imar, an Arab trader’s slave, saves the life of John Raines, an

oa con the Prince is fraed, but becanee of the racial Bet as daugiiter American tourist lost in the desert, and the two men become fast friends. sad farewell to Penelope and leaves. False arrests. Father-son relationship. Berore john elurns si he eae . States, ne BS nt che photograph ol

Japanese. Miscegenation. Princes. Racial prejudice. Revenge. is Hancee, Dut upon his arriva! home, he learns that she has married a Americans in foreign countries. Elopement. Hara-kiri. London. Murder. brutal horse trader and journeyed with her husband to the Arabian desert.

Nobility. Servants. Swindlers Swo rds Taxis There the horseman meets Imar’s master, who attacks the American’s wife. Note: Sessue Hayakawa also appears as the Prince's father Misinterpreting the situation, the horseman accuses his wife of infidelity

ETR 15 Nov 1919, p. 2059 NYMT 9 Nov 1919 and beats her, whereupon Imar recognizes the distressed woman as John’s MPN 22 Nov 1919, p. 3790. Var 21 Nov 1919, p. 57. sweetheart and rescues her. Imar flees with the woman across the desert, MPW 15 Nov 1919, p. 363. Wid's 16 Nov 1919, p. 17. where they are met by John, who has been summoned by a telegram. In 442

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 IMPOSSIBLE CATHERINE a melee, Imar’s master and the horseman are slain. Americans in foreign Dir Ivan Abramson. Scen Ivan Abramson. countries. Battered women. False accusations. Recognition. Rescues. Cast: Maude Fealy (Ada Forbes), Charles Edwards (Stapleton), Joseph Arabs. Deserts. Friendship. Photographs. Slaves. Telegrams. Traders. Burke (James Forbes), Louise Guischard (Mrs. Forbes), James Cooley Note: The picture was re-released by Mutual on 7 Feb 1915 as a two reel short. (Eugene Cory), Paula Shay (Alice Woods), Edna Luby (Stella

A modern source lists the director as John B. O’Brien. Woods), Kittens Reichart (Beatrice), Willard Case (Stella's fiancé). MPN 20 Feb 1915, p. 58. ReelL 28 Feb 1914, p. 3. Drama. Even though Ada Forbes loves Eugene Cory, she marries

PW Ie An i914 if hoe Reel 4 we i914 pp aoe Stapleton, a political boss who promises Ada’s father a Senate seat in

return for his daughter. After several years of an unhappy marriage, Ada leaves Stapleton and returns to Cory, now married to Alice Wood, to be

IMMEDIATE LEE ; F1.2135 his mistress. Alice finds out about the affair and confronts Ada, who American Film Co. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; Mutual Masterpictures De promises never to see Eugene again. Then, Ada learns that her mother is

Luxe Edition. 16 Nov 1916. 5 reels. a ~ dying. The double shock of losing Eugene and her mother brings on a Dir Frank Borzage. Scen Kenneth B. Clarke. Cam Harry Wilkie. breakdown, and Ada is put under a doctor’s care. Her round-the-clock Source: Based on the short story Immediate Lee” by Kenneth B. Clarke nurse falls asleep, however, and a half-insane Ada wanders away, falls into

in The Saturday Evening Post (publication date undetermined). a river and drowns. /nfidelity. Nervous breakdown. Marriage of Cast: Frank Borzage (Jmmediate Lee), Anna Little (Beulah), Jack convenience. Drowning. Mistresses. Political bosses. Richardson (Kentuck Hurley), Chick Morrison (John Masters), William Motog I] Mar 1916, p. 590. MPW 18 Mar 1916, p. 1898.

Newton. MPW 11 Mar 1916, p. 1662.

Stowell (King), Harry McCabe, George Clark, John Smith, Charles MPN 11 Mar 1916, p. 1469. Var 10 Mar 1916, p. 31. Western. When Immediate Lee, a cowboy who draws his name from his

own quick draw with a gun, decides to go after some cattle rustlers, he THE IMP F 1.2138

discovers that Kentuck Hurley is one of the leaders of the gang. To Selznick Pictures Corp. Dist Select Pictures Corp. 15 Feb 1919 antagonize Kentuck, Immediate wins Beulah, his dance hall girl {©Selznick Pictures Corp.; 31 Dec 1919; LP14632]. 6 reels, 5,555 ft. sweetheart, away from him, after which Kentuck tracks Immediate down Dir Robert Ellis. Asst dir Reginald Hammerstein. Story Elsie Janis and

and disfigures him. Beulah nurses him back to health and, during his Edmund Goulding. convalescence, Immediate comes to love her. After recovering, he Cast: Elsie Janis (Jane Morgan), Joseph King (Leopard), Ethel Stewart relentlessly pursues Kentuck, who eventually is killed in a battle between (Jane’s mother), E. J. Ratcliffe (Jane’s father), Duncan Penwarden the rustlers and Immediate’s men. Then, after converting the dance hall (Dr. James), Arthur Marion (The butler), John Sutherland (The into a church for one day only, Immediate marries Beulah. Cowboys. deacon), William Fredericks (The warden), Edith Forrest (Maid), Joseph Dance hall girls. Disfiguration. Gunfighters. Gunfights. Rustlers. Chases. Granby (Hampden), Jack Ridgeway (Comedian).

Churches. Gangs. Nursing back to health. Weddings. Drama/Crime. After she is hit on the head with a golf ball, Jane Morgan,

ov 1916, p. 1183. . ge . . .

Motog 18 Nov 1916, p. 1147. NYDM _18 Nov 1916, p. 27. whose interest in criminals has led her to admire the notorious pickpocket

MPN 25 Nov 1916, p. 3327. Var 17 Nov 1916, p. 22. Annie Adams, comes out of a coma believing she is Annie. After her PW , NY 1916, p. 1065. Wid's 16 Nov 1916, p. 1105. father’s influence saves her, when, dressed as a man, she is caught robbing

: a bank, Dr. Gregory, a specialist, is called in and, to her parents’ dismay, . he recommends that she be given complete freedom of movement. Gregory

THE IMMIGRANT F'1.2136 then disguises himself as ““The Leopard,” whose creed of relieving the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 20 Dec public of its superfluous wealth, appeals to Jane. When her true sex is 1915 [©Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co., Inc.; 8 Dec 1915; LU7165]. 5 revealed during some rough-housing in a Chinatown den, she falls in love

reels. with him. After they rob her parents’ safe and the Leopard shoots the

Pres Jesse L. Lasky. Dir George Melford. Scen Marion Fairfax. _ intruding butler, Jane faints thinking that her love may be electrocuted. Cast: Valeska Suratt (Masha), Thomas Meighan (David Harding), When she awakens recovered and learns that the shooting was acted out Theodore Roberts (J. J. Walton), Jane Wolf (Olga), Hal Clements to shock her to health, she and Gregory marry. Amnesia. Crime. Hoaxes. .. (John), Ernest Joy (Walton's partner), Deane (full name unknown) — jmpersonation and imposture. Physicians. Pickpockets. Bank robberies. (Walton's secretary), Mrs. Lewis McCord (Stewardess), Bob Flemming — Butlers. +Chinatowns. Father-daughter relationship. Golf. Male

(Officer on board ship), Raymond Hatton (Munsing, Harding's impersonation. Safecrackers.

secretary), Gertrude Kellar (Walton’s housekeeper). ETR 1 May 1920, p. 2517. NYMT 9 May 1920. Drama. Masha, a young Russian emigrant traveling to America as a MPW 14 Feb 1920, p. 1120.

steerage passenger, is saved from an officer’s advances by David Harding, an American civil engineer and contractor riding in second class, who fights IMPERIAL INDIA see JAPAN the officer. J. J. Walton, a self-made political boss and contractor traveling

first class, notices Masha and, upon landing, pursues her to her sister THE IMPERSONATION F1.2139 Olga’s house. Olga’s brutish husband John forces Masha to accept El Dorado Feature Film Co. Dist State Rights. Mar 1916. 5 reels

Walton’s offer to be his maid. After Walton breaks into Masha’s room the Pres Bruce F. Bundy ,

first night, she leaves, but when Walton promises to marry and educate her, Cast: Neva Gerber (Rhoda Lyons), Lamar Johnstone, Rex Downs, May

Masha becomes his mistress. Meanwhile, David wins a government Cruze ° , , ,

contract over Walton’s company to build a large dam in Arizona. Walton War drama/World War I. Rhoda Lyons, an American studying in and his ring plan to dynamite it, and he USES Masha, by threatening to have Europe, finds herself involuntarily caught up in the conflicts that lead to

Olga arrested for murder, to lure David from the dam. The dam bursts, and are caused by, World War I. Americans in foreign countries. World but Walton dies when the subsequent flood destroys the house from which War I. he watches. After David is knocked UNCONSCIOUS trying to save a little girl, Note: This was the first film of the El Dorado Feature Film Co., which was located

Masha finds him, and they confess their mutual love. Contractors. in Pasadena, CA. Engineers—Civil. Immigrants. Mistresses. Sabotage. Arizona. Business MPN 26 Feb 1916, p. 1189. MPN 4 Mar 1916, p. 1529.

competition. Dams. Dynamite. Floods. Housemaids. Political bosses.

Mote This wes cues Nee Valeska Suratt’s first film. According to a news item IMPOSSIBLE CATHERINE FL.2140

: . ; , Virginia Pearson Photoplays, Inc. Dist Pathe Exchange, Inc. 5 Oct

she designed OMe Ios nk she wore in the nim. 25 Dec 1915, p. 2454 1919 [(OPathe Exchange, Inc.; 18 Mar 1920; LU14891]. 5 reels.

MPN 27 Nov 1915, p. 53, 79. MPW | Jan 1916, p. 92. Pres Louis Meyer. Dir John B. O’Brien. Scen Frank S. Beresford. MPN 18 Dec 1915, p. 68. NYDM 1 Jan 1916, p. 28. Story Frank S. Beresford. Cam Larry Williams. Titles and inserts

MPN 1 Jan 1916, p. 79. Var 31 Dec 1916, p. 24. photog Lawrence McCloskey.

Cast: Virginia Pearson (Catherine Kimberly), William B. Davidson

THE IMMORTAL FLAME _ F1.2137 (John Henry Jackson), J. H. Gilmour (Grant Kimberly), Ed Roseman Ivan Film Productions, Inc. Dist Ivan Film Productions, Inc. Feb (Rosky), James Hill (Kewpie), Mabel McQuade (Dorothy Kimberly), 1916 [©lvan Film Productions, Inc.; 11 Mar 1916; LU7893]. 5 reels. John Walker (Herbert Drake), Sheldon Lewis (White Cloud). 443

IMPOSSIBLE SUSAN AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Comedy-drama. Catherine Kimberly, the unruly and spoiled daughter of imposture. Mine owners. Social reformers. English. Father-son millionaire Grant Kimberly, has never learned the meaning of the word relationship. Miners. Mistaken identity. Nervous breakdown. Nobility.

“no.” One night, when she crashes a college banquet, John Henry Nurses. Soldiers of fortune. Strikes. Strokes. Yachts. determines to tame her. While holding her captive during an airplane ride, Note: This was the first film of musical comedy star Jose Collins. This film was John extracts a promise of marriage from the difficult Catherine. After the CoPyrighted under the title The Impostors.

ceremony, she attempts to run away but John abducts her and takes her Nene Hl Sey 91s ae 350. MM 6 Sen ile P oo to his lumber camp where he imposes every possible hardship upon her. MPW 11 Sep 1915, p. 1845. Rebellious Catherine retaliates by hiring Rosky, the town’s villain to beat

up her husband, but her plan backfires when he attacks her instead. John THE IMPOSTOR F1.2143 comes to her rescue and Catherine finally realizes that she has grown to Empire All Star Corp. Dist Mutual Film Corp. 14 Jan 1918 [©Empire love the man who has domesticated her. /rresponsibility. Lumber camps. All Star Corp.: 14 Jan 1918; LP11957]. 5 reels.

riage. Personality changes. Abduction. Airplanes. Banquets. Dir Dell Henderson. Scen Anthony P. Kelly. Cam Sol Polito. —meRescues. — — Source: Based on the play The Impostor by Leonard Merrick and Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. Some scenes were shot at Lake George, NY. Michael Morton (New York, 20 Dec 1910).

and at the Triangle studios in Riverdale, NY. Louis Meyer, president of Virginia Cast: Ann Murdock (Mary Fenton), David Powell (Blake Walford),

Photoplays, Inc. should not bebecame confusedthe with Louis Mayer, who was also Gionel Me Walford), Bley Seybolt ro itesEdy ao. Napetaee aPearson producer at this time and later head ofB. M-G-M. ranville (Mrs. Walford), eleanor seybo rs. (Min Fowler), atimer ETR 18 Oct 1919, p. 1725. MPN 18 Oct 1919, p. 3047. (Mrs. Owen), Charles Mussett (Mr. Hampton), Charles MacDonald

MPN 28 Jun 1919, p. 160. NYMT 12 Oct 1919. (Servant, Walford’s home), Anita Rothe (Mary’s aunt), George Abbott MPN 4 Oct 1919, p. 2795. Var 10 Oct 1919, p. 61. (Lem), Louise Hamilton (Jennie), Herbert Dansey (Davidson), Carew Grant (Mrs. Smith).

IMPOSSIBLE SUSAN F1.2141 Comedy-drama. Mary Fenton, the star singer in her small town church American Film Co. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; Mutual Star Productions. choir, is assured by a phony impresario that with six months of voice lessons

22 Jul 1918. 5 reels. at his New York school, she will become famous. When the hopeful young Dir Lloyd Ingraham. Scen Elizabeth Mahoney. Story Joseph Franklin girl arrives in New York, she finds the school closed, and is soon robbed

Poland. of all her money. Sitting on a park bench, broke and friendless, she attracts Cast: Margarita Fisher (Susan Gaskell), Jack Mower (Bernard the attention of Charles Owen, who lures her to his apartment with

Marshall), Lioyd Hughes (Ted Marshall), Hayward Mack (Henri promises of money and protection. When his wife’s friend drops by the Delafaire), Beverly Travers (Eva Thornton), L. M. Wells (Leon apartment, Charles introduces Mary as his wealthy sister-in-law, and soon

Gaskell), Anne Schaefer (Martha Brown). she is invited to visit the country home of his friends, the Walfords. After

Comedy-drama. Following the death of her grandfather, spirited young Owen’s wife returns, Mary is forced to confess everything to the Walfords, Susan Gaskell is placed in the charge of her cousin, Martha Brown, the but young Blake Walford, who has fallen in love with her, forgives her and housekeeper for wealthy bachelor Bernard Marshall. Distressed by his proposes. City-country contrast. Impersonation and imposture. Singers. brother Ted’s involvement with adventuress Eva Thornton, Bernard Confession. New York City. Parks. Sisters-in-law. Small town life. Theft. decides to divert the young man’s attention with Susan and hires Henri | Vocal instructors. Delafaire to dress the girl in modern clothing and educate her in _ Note: Merrick and Morton’s play was the basis for the 1922 Famous Players-Lasky deportment and manners. Henri is so successful that he, Ted, and Bernard un Cater et Fea ux ena Die nate does sn directed by Paul Powell. (See

. . Pp. . e » Pp. . .

all fall in love with Susan, although Bernard conceals his affection. In order ETR 36 Jan 1918. p. 681. — MPW 2 Feb 1918. 0. 686, 722

to please Bernard, with whom she is in love, Susan agrees to marry Ted, MPN 19 Jan 1918, p. 417. Var 25 Jan 1918, p. 43. but on the night before the wedding, the young man sends Bernard a MPN 2 Feb 1918, p. 735. Wid's 31 Jan 1918, p. 906. telegram stating that he has married Eva. Bernard finally confesses his love

for Susan, and they become engaged. Brothers. Etiquette. Rivals. | THE IMPOSTORS see THE IMPOSTOR (William A. Brady Picture

Adventuresses. Bachelors. Cousins. Housekeepers. Plays, Inc.) Note: This film was re-issued in 1920 by the Hallmark Pictures Corp.

ETR 20 Jul 1918, p. 589. MPW 3 Jan 1920, pp. 18-19. IN AGAIN—OUT AGAIN F1.2144 MPw 5 ang 918 p 38 ae Wide 3 ne i918 a. Douglas Fairbanks Pictures Corp. Dist Artcraft Pictures Corp. 30 Apr 1917 [©Artcraft Pictures Corp.; 24 Apr 1917; LP10650]. 5 reels. Dir John Emerson. Asst dir Jack Scott. Scen Anita Loos. Cam Victor

THE IM POSTOR , F1.2142 Fleming. Asst World film edFilm BillyCorp. Shay. 6Tech William A. Brady, ,Picture Plays, Inc. Dist Sepdir . : R. W. Nichols. Props James 1915 [OWorld Film Corp.: 8 Sep 1915: LU6324]. 5 reel P. Hogan. Loc Eric von Stroheim. [World Film OFP.s 9 SEP , |. Fee's. . Cast: Douglas Fairbanks (Teddy Rutherford), Arline Pretty (Janie Dir Albert Capellani. Scen E. M. Ingleton. Cam Lucien Andriot. Smith), Walter Walker (Her father), Arnold Lucy (Amos Jennings Source: Based on the play The Impostor by Douglas Murray (production Ford), Helen Greene (Pacifice), Homer Hunt (Henry Pinchit), Albert

undetermined). . . . Parker (Jerry), Bull Montana (The burglar), Ada Gilman (His

Cast: Jose Collins: (The ‘“Tearer’’), Alec B. Francis (Sir Anthony mother), Frank Lalor (The druggist), Betty Tyrel (The nurse), Spike

Gregson/Blink), Leslie Stowe (Gouger), Sumner Gard, E. M. Kimball, Robinson (The trusty).

Dorothy Fairchild. , , Comedy. Teddy Rutherford’s ideas about war preparedness cause his

Drama. After millionaire mine owner Sir Anthony Gregson tries to buy _pacifist fiancée, Pacifice Ford, to cast him aside for another. Vowing that us brother's shares of re ame estate, the brother, W soreret or rortune he is through with women forever, Teddy embarks upon a bout of drinking who has always been called “Blink,” goes to America. When Sir Anthony’s _ that lands him in jail for disorderly conduct. Teddy awakens to find himself

son Aubrey refuses to marry his father’s choice, Sir Anthony cuts off being nursed by ihe Jailer’s daughter Janie, which leads him to decide that

subrey § jmancial assistance. After Sir Anthony refuses ms ering his thirty-day sentence is a blessing in disguise. However, when the sheriff workers’ demands for better wages and safer conditions, he has a learns of his daughter’s budding romance, he secures a pardon for Teddy, breakdown and is ordered by his physician to take a sea voyage. His yacht who, discovering that he is no longer a welcome caller at the jail, proceeds

anchors on the coast where Blink lives, and during an argument in Blink’s to lead the life of an unlawful citizen. First, he tries speeding, only to hut, Sir Anthony has a stroke and dies. Blink impersonates his brother and, discover that he is in the wrong county and is sent to the wrong jail. This

with the “Tearer,” a social outcast whom Blink befriended, sails to tactic failing, he impersonates an arch criminal who has a mania for England. Blink agrees to the workers’ demands, improves his tenants’ blowing up munitions factories and comes very close to becoming entangled housing conditions and lowers their rent. After he agrees to Aubrey’s with the federal authorities when, by a strange turn of events, he captures marriage to his sweetheart, Blink’s friend Gouger, who upon discovering the real criminal and out of gratitude, the sheriff consents to the marriage

Sir Anthony’s body, thought that Sir Anthony murdered Blink, arrives. of his daughter to Teddy. Father-daughter relationship. Hoaxes. Although Aubrey overhears Blink identify himself, he allows Blink to Impersonation and imposture. Jails. Sheriffs. Automobiles. Defensecontinue as Sir Anthony. Finally, Blink marries the Tearer, who is now a National. Disillusionment. Drunkenness. Government agents. Heroism.

nurse. Brothers. Employer-employee relations. Impersonation and Imprisonment. Pacifism and pacifists. Pardons (legal). Saboteurs. 444

ut.

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 IN HONOR’S WEB — Note: This picture marked Fairbanks’ Artcraft debut and was the first film Cast: May Allison (Helen Corning), Robert Ellis (Brett Page), Maym produced by Fairbanks’ own company. The working title of this film was /n and Kelso (Mrs. Corning), Rex Cherryman (Count Dronsky), Jay Dwiggens

ETR $ May 1917, p. 1535. MPW 12 May 1917, p. 977. Judge caro. George Berrell (Homer Brown), Bull Montana (“Hot Motog 5 May 1917, p. 964. NYDM _‘31 Mar 1917, p. 30. tove” Kelly). MPN 5 May 1917, p. 2861. NYDM 28 Apr 1917, p. 33. Comedy /Rural. Helen Corning, a rich “Yankee” widow’s daughter, MPW 17 Mar 1917, p. 1783. NYDM 5 May ory p. 28. antagonizes her Southern neighbors when she speeds in her roadster. After

Mp , Mey 917 P £52. Wid's Moy i917 p 590. she causes Brett Page’s stalled Ford to overturn, Helen rams Judge

Carroll’s wagon, upsetting his eggs which fly into his whiskers. Furious, the

Judge sends Helen to jail for thirty days. Brett, taking advantage of the

IN AND OUT see IN AGAIN—OUT AGAIN town’s ancient law that allows townspeople to hire prisoners for twenty

cents per day, takes the uncooperative Helen into his home to cook and

IN BAD . | . F1.2145 clean. Learning to respect Brett who, she discovers, is an affluent author,

American Film Co. Dist Mutual Film Corp. 21 Jan 1918. 5 reels. Helen resists her mother’s efforts to get her released so that she can marry Dir Edward Sloman. Story Raymond L. Schrock. Cam Joe Morgan. the one hundred and fifteen pound Count Dronsky. After Mrs. Corning and Cast: William Russell (Monty Miles), Francelia Billington (Victoria Dronsky hire ““Hot Stove” Kelly to break Helen out and take her across Harrison), Harvey Clark (Richard Harrison), Bull Montana (Lefty state lines, Helen runs Kelly’s car into Brett’s bungalow. Brett thrashes

Ned), Fred Smith (Speed Armstrong), Lucille Ward (Aunt Kelly, and while Mrs. Corning and Dronsky pursue, he and Helen are

Theodosia), Carl Stockdale (Slick Edwards). married in the car, by a judge riding on the hood. Automobiles. Cultural

Comedy-drama. Worried that her nephew, Monty Miles, is interested conflict. Jails. Laws. Small town life. United States-South. Authors. only in fighting, Aunt Theodosia offers the young ruffian $50,000 to get Automobile accidents. Fights. Jailbreaks. Judges. Mother-daughter married and settle down, but he turns her down scornfully. Boxing with his relationship.

trainer, Lefty Ned, Monty is knocked over the bannister and lands at the ETR 25 Jan 1919, p. 639. Var 31 Jan 1919, p. 53. feet of Victoria Harrison, who regards him with disgust. Victoria’s father, Me a 3 aa ile P. el o Wid's 2 Feb 1919, p. 21.

archeologist Richard Harrison, wants Aunt Theodosia to join his party on Ree a Yucatan treasure hunt, and although Monty begs to go along so that he , might be near the radiant Victoria, he is excluded because of his boorish IN HIS BROTHER S PLACE F1.2148 manners. Undaunted, Monty follows the expedition to the ruins of Uxmal, Pee eiotures core. nD. eeem et corp. 14 Jul 1919 [©Metro where he learns that Slick Edwards and his gang plan to lock the party in Suen Moana i K u Dir H 7 Fra or Scen A. § Le Vi a tomb and then escape with the treasure. While Edwards locks the group Ss ner le Ha, 7 nC, R dolph, Be nist ne OCen A. SLE NINO. up, Monty discovers the secret door that leads to the treasure, and after fory Hale Hamilton. Cam Kudoiph bergquist.

, . . Cast: Hale Hamilton (Nelson Drake/J. Barrington Drake), Emmett C. dj i, (Jonathan Drake),the Ruby (Amanda Drake), Mary Mclvor imlyKing lit ruins. Approaching doorLa of Fayette the Snow tomb, MontyJudd), offers to free . , Jarnette Victoria j . . — : (Bessie Judd), Marguerite (Kitty Jessie De ictoria if she will marry him, and his Aunt Theodosia if she will renew _ vo, i” ; (Martha Judd), Howard Crampton (Abel Cruck), Ward Wing; (Abel her original offer. Archaeologists. Boxers. Expeditions. Treasure. Yucatan Cruck, Jr.) securing the gold, he defeats Edwards in a tremendous fight among the ;

(Mexico). Aunts. Father-daughter relationship. Fights. Gangs. Gold. . Comedy-drama. Twin brothers Nelson and J. Barrington Drake return

Ruins. Tombs. Traps. home to celebrate their parents’ fiftieth wedding anniversary. Barrington, LN Pare i918 0. ee iad “a ore i918 nae a successful oil magnate, suggests to Nelson, a quiet country parson

MPW 26 Jan 1918, p. 526. Wid’s 14 Feb 1918, p. 941. plagued with a dwindling flock of parishioners, that methods of salesmanship could successfully be applied to the ministry. To test this,

IN FOLLY’S TRAIL F1.2146 Barrington goes to his brother’s church posing as Nelson. Barrington’s Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co.; New Star Series. unorthodox kere to anne of rf jazz band win ie chon ae ah

6 Sep 1920 [©Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 25 Aug 1920; LP15474].5 Curlousity seekers to Till the normally vacant pews. Fie falls in love wit

reels. 4.825 ft Bessie Judd, the sister of Nelson’s fiancée Kitty, after kissing her by Pres 7 : Carl ; . , mistake. WhenDir the deacon the church,Scen Abel Cruck, his son attempt Laemmle. RollinofSturgeon. Doris and Schroeder. ;.,-

Cam Harry Harris to buy the church property because of oil underneath it, Barrington notifies

S y “ ; Based was . Nelson, who returns and exposes theKatherine Crucks’dq. plot to the community. Aththe the short story by “In Trail’ by Barri es Bess} d Nel Kj Leiource: Robbins in SonStories (4 Jan 1920) end,Folly’s arrington marries bessie, an clson marries Kitty, whoeswas theh

eiser Robbins in Snappy Stories an . ;

Cast: Carmel Myers (Lita O'Farrell), Thomas Holding (Charles only one in the town not fooled by the brothers’ ruse. Brothers. Howar d), Arthur GL ton (Ronnie) Georze B. Willi es (Max Impersonation and imposture. Oil magnates. Parsons. Small town life.

, ay on > Or’ Twins. Churches. Deacons. Jazz. Kisses. Sermons. Wedding

Goldberg), Viola Lind (Mavis), W. H. Bainbridge (Colonel Houston), anniversaries

Beth Ivans (Pattie Houston). yes ETR 26 Jul 1919, p. 633. Var 18 Jul 1919, p. 45. Drama. At a party thrown by millionaire Max Goldberg, Charles MPN 26 Jul 1919, p. 933. Wid’s 13 Jul 1919, p. 3.

Howard, an aristocratic young artist, succumbs to the charms of chorus girl MPW 26 Jul 1919, p. 581, 583.

Lita O’Farrell, Goldberg’s erstwhile girl friend. After a whirlwind

courtship, the two marry and then their incompatibilities begin to surface. IN HONOR’S WEB . F1.2149 Howard’s cold, superior attitude drives Lila back to Goldberg’s crowd, Vitagraph Co. of America. Dist Vitagraph Co. of America. Nov where Howard finds her. Confronted by Howard with the accusation of 1919 [©Vitagraph Co. of America; 6 Sep 1919; LP14153]. 5 reels, 4,542

wife stealing, Goldberg turns the tables by lecturing to the artist about the ft. , right way to treat one’s wife. Properly chagrined, Howard begs Lita’s Dir Paul Scardon. Scen Sam Taylor. Story Perry N. Vekroff.

forgiveness and the two are reconciled. Artists. Chorus girls. Marriage. Cast: Harry T. Morey (Frank Powell), Gladden James (Bert

Millionaires. Separation. Parties. Upper classes. Powell), George Backus (Carroll Carson), Agnes Ayres (/rene

ETR 28 Aug 1920, p. 1395. MPW 28 Aug 1920, p. 1215. Carson), Myrtle Stedman (Olive Meade), George Majeroni (Rodney

ep 1920, p. 1785. Turner)

MPN * qe 1920, p. 1693, 1751. Wid's 22 Aug 1920, p. 9. Foster), Bernard Siegel (Norman Cobb), Robert Gaillard (Matt Drama. Wealthy businessman Frank Powell falls in love late in life with

IN FOR THE NIGHT see SIC-EM Olive Meade, the sister of Governor Carroll Carson’s wife Irene. One day Frank sees Olive embracing his younger brother Bert. As he leaves

IN FOR THIRTY DAYS F1.2147 dejectedly, Frank discovers Irene, who is neglected by her busy and elderly Metro Pictures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 27 Jan 1919 [OMetro husband, with Rodney Foster, a society idler. Later Frank knocks Foster

Pictures Corp.; 27 Jan 1919; LP13362]. 5 reels. down after Foster insults Irene. After Frank overhears plans for Foster and Supv George D. Baker. Dir Webster Cullison. Scen Tom J. Geraghty and Irene to elope, he telephones Foster and demands that they meet that night

George D. Baker. Story Lieutenant Luther A. Reed. Cam William E. by 1:30, or else he will go to Foster’s place. When Frank arrives there at

Fildew. 2:05, he finds Irene and drives her home. After Foster’s body is found the 445

IN JUDGMENT OF AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG next morning, Frank is arrested, but because he believes that Irene killed Infatuation. Manslaughter. Reputation. Robbers. Sheriffs. Blacksmiths. Foster, he remains silent. Olive tries to save Frank by saying he was in her Bowling Green (Missouri). College students. Elopement. Letters. Missouri bedroom at the time, but when Foster’s valet confesses murdering Foster Pacific Railroad. Mobs. Train robberies.

and framing Frank, Frank is freed and discovers that Olive loves him. Fa/se Motog 10 Dec 1913, p. 22. MPW 4 Apr 1914, p. 124. arrests. Frame-ups. Self-sacrifice. Brothers. Businessmen. Elopement. MPW 28 Mar 1914, p. 1688. NYDM — 25 Mar 1914, p. 34. Idlers. Murder. Reputation. Valets.

ETR 15 Nov 1919, p. 2051. Var 21 Nov 1919, p. 57. IN MIZZOURA F1.2152 MPN 15 Nov 1919, p. 3645. Wid's 9 Nov 1919, p. 19. Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.;

MPW 15 Nov 1919, p. 363. Paramount-Artcraft Pictures. 5 Oct 1919 [©Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; 22 Sep 1919; LP14226]. 5 reels, 4,475 ft. IN JUDGMENT OF F1.2150 Pres Jesse L. Lasky. Dir Hugh Ford. Asst dir Joseph Boyle. Scen Beulah Metro Pictures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 12 Aug 1918 [OMetro Marie Dix. Cam William Marshall.

Pictures Corp.; 13 Aug 1918; LP12748]. 5 reels. Source: Based on the play /n Mizzoura by Augustus Thomas (Chicago,

Dir Will S. Davis. Scen George D. Baker. Story George D. Baker. 7 Aug 1893). |

Cam William C. Thompson. Cast: Robert Warwick (Jim Radburn), Robert Cain (Robert Cast: Anna Q. Nilsson (Mary Manners), Franklyn Farnum (Dr. John Travers), Noah Beery (Jo Vernon), Eileen Percy (Kate Vernon), Monte

O’Neill), Herbert Standing (Judge Brainard), Edward Alexander Blue (Sam Fowler), Milla Davenport (Mrs. Vernon), Gertrude Short (Robert Brainard), Lydia Knott (Mrs. Manners), Harry S. Northrup (Lisbeth Vernon), Hazel Brennon (Emily Radburn), Victor Potel (Andrew Vail), Spottiswoode Aitken (Mr. Manners), Katherine Griffith (Dave), Robert Morris (Colonel Bollinger), William Brown (Bill

(Mrs. Brainard), Robert Dunbar (7. A. Adams). Sarber), Ted Duncan (Clarke), Guy Oliver (Esrom).

Drama. Mary Manners, a debutante, has inherited the power of mind Western. After attending a fashionable seminary, Kate Vernon returns reading from her gypsy ancestors. On a lonely country road, Dr. John to “Mizzoura,” and looks down on her former suitor, sheriff Jim Radburn, O'Neill rescues Mary from a robber, and the two quickly become friends. | YO, unknown to Kate, paid for her education. When a highwayman robs John, whose father has supported but never identified himself to the young the train, Sam Fowler, an express messenger, Is arrested as being an physician, visits Mary’s home, where he meets Judge Brainard, the father accomplice. After Kate gently refuses Jim's marrage proposal, she plans of Mary’s fiancé Robert. When Robert jealously complains of the doctor’s to elope with handsome Robert Travers from St. Louis, whom she met at

presence, the judge admits that John is his son by a former marriage. school. When Sam, reed with Jim S hep. saves been Travers as the

Andrew Vail overhears the conversation and threatens to blackmail the old highway man, (Travers Kis a detective and escapes because Jim will not

, ; aspoil hisstruggle, record Judge of never killingpushes anyone. Travers Kate man.i In fierce Brainard Andrew overtells a cliff, butthat ; . . Jim ; has . : an — ; ; ; although he thinks that the mob should have him, he takes Travers to his

John is arrested for the crime on circumstantial evidence. Presiding over framed him, and she hides him. Jim tracks Travers to Kate's house, and the trial, the judge maintains his silence as the jury pronounces his son own house, to hold him for trial, out of respect for Kate and the law. When guilty, but when he looks into Mary 5 knowing eyes, he breaks down and the mob prepares to raid Jim’s house, Travers is killed trying to escape. confesses his guilt. Because he acted in self-defense, the judge 's acquitted, After Kate learns that Travers was already married, and that Jim paid for

whereupon he takes his son and new daughter-in-law into his heart. her education, her love for him returns and they marry. Highwaymen. Confession (law). Extrasensory perception. False arrests. Father-son —yiggouri. Sheriffs. Snobbery. Detectives. False accusations. Mobs. relationship. Guilt. Hereditary tendencies. Judges. Long-lost relatives. Murder. Seminaries. Train robberies. Tr ials. Blackmail. Circumstantial evidence. Debutantes. Falls from Note: Sources conflict concerning the spelling of the name of the actress playing heights. Fights. Gypsies. Jealousy. Physicians. Rescues. Robbers. Self- “Emily Radburn.”” Reviews and Paramount publicity refer to her as Hazel Brannon,

defense. Stepbrothers. while a continuity in the Paramount studio records refers to her as Hazel Brennon. Note: The picture’s working title was Judgment. ETR 25 Oct 1919, p. 1797. ParP 4 Sep 1919, p. 973. ETR 17 Aug 1918, p. 882. MPW 24 Aug 1918, p. 1154. MPN 25 Oct 1919, p. 3196. Var 17 Oct 1919, p. 63. ETR 24 Aug 1918, p. 1015. NYDM 7 Sep 1918, p. 371. NYDM 23 Oct 1919, p. 1677. Wid’s 19 Oct 1919, p. 17. MPN 24 Aug 1918, p. 1214. Var 30 Aug 1918, p. 38. NYT 13 Oct 1919, p. 16. MPW 17 Aug 1918, p. 1019. Wid’s 25 Aug 1918, pp. 23-24.

IN OLD KENTUCKY F1.2153

IN JUSTICE see INJUSTICE Louis B. Mayer Productions; Anita Stewart Productions, Inc. Dist First

,,,;r,

National Exhibitors’ Circuit, Inc. 15 Dec 1919 [©Associated First National Film Corp.; 1 Dec 1920; LP15856]. 7 reels.

IN LOVE see A STRANGER FROM SOMEWHERE Prod Louis B. Mayer. Dir Marshall Neilan. Asst dir Alfred Green.

IN MIZZOURA pansy Seam Geaeh, Cer Ton Gaul Arti Ben Care Masa All Star Feature Corp. Apr 1914. 5 reels. — Source: Based on the play In Old Kentucky by Charles Turner Dazey

ein. Cast: Anita Stewart (Madge Brierly), Mahlon Hamilton (Frank

on Lawrence B. McGill. Musical accompaniment composed by Manuel (Pittsburgh, 28 Aug 1893).

: eran on the play /n Mizzoura by Augustus Thomas (Chicago, Layson), Edward Coxen (Joe Lorey). Charles Arling (Horace Holten), Cast: Burr McIntosh (Jo Vernon), Raymond Bond (Jim Radburn), Aleathea), Vien Manon ( Barbara Holton), Frank Duffy (eddie

ug Edward Connolly (Col. Sandusky Doolittle), Adele Farrington (Aunt

William Conklin (‘“Travers’’), Francesca Rotoli (Kate Vernon), Gideon Lennhardt), John Currie (Uncle Neb).

oenon CC power). Neer Bollinger). Lambert (‘“Ma” Vernon), D. —vacationing Melodrama/Rural. Blue RidgeFrank Mountain girl Madge Brierly akemore (Colonel falls in loveH.with BlueIlliterate Grass aristocrat Layson, when he Drama. Sheriff Jim Radburn of Bowling Green, Missouri, is in love with stops Horace Holten from defrauding her of her coal-rich lands. For Kate, the daughter of village blacksmith Jo Vernon. Without Kate’s revenge, Holten tells moonshiner Joe Lorey, who loves Madge, that Frank knowledge, but with Vernon’s permission, Jim has financed Kate’s college _is a revenue officer. After Madge rescues Frank from Joe’s attack, they go education. Sam Fowler, an express messenger for the Missouri Pacific to Frank’s home, where he teaches her reading and writing, and she rescues Railroad engaged to Jim’s sister Emily, is wrongfully convicted of abetting his racehorse, Queen Bess, from a fire set by Holten. Because Frank has the robbery of the railroad, a crime actually committed by Robert Travers. nearly all of his family’s money riding on the big Kentucky race, Holten Kate becomes infatuated with Travers and when her mother intercepts a gets Frank’s jockey drunk. Madge, discovering this, disguises herself and letter from Travers proposing an elopement, she shows it to Radburn. The rides Queen Bess to victory. She leaves for home unnoticed, and comes

sheriff recognizes the handwriting as that of the hold-up man and his across the Night Riders chasing Lorey. After she persuades them that suspicions are confirmed when Fowler is released from jail and recognizes Holten killed her father years earlier, and was responsible for Lorey’s Travers as his assailant. Radburn pursues Travers to Kate’s house, but, attack, they chase Holten who falls from a mountain and dies. Years later, fearing for her reputation, the sheriff lets him escape. Later, Travers is Madge’s and Frank’s children play at feuding. Blue Ridge Mountains.

apprehended and killed by Radburn. The townspeople are angered by Horseracing. Illiteracy. Impersonation and imposture. Kentucky. Radburn’s actions and want to lynch him, but he and Vernon dissuade Mountain life. Arson. Coal. Falls from heights. Jockeys. Land rights. them. Finally, Kate realizes that she loves her benefactor. Frame-ups. Moonshiners. Rescues. Revenge. Revenue agents. Secret societies. 446

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 IN THE AMAZON JUNGLES WITH THE CAPTAIN BESLEY EXPEDITION Note: Scenes for the un were ae at the Churent racetrack bousvic IN SEARCH and at other Kentucky locations. Dazey’s play Downs was filmed againi in 1927 -G-M, ans . : OF . ARCADY F1.2156 with James Murray starring and John M. Stahl directing (see AFI Catalog of Feature E ra Mt itm ' Diet i amen. rn Shaina Co. through Films, 1921-30; F2.2688); and in 1935 by Fox, with Will Rogers starring and George xn itors Mutual Distri uting orp. Jun - 9 Feels.

Marshall directing. Dir Bertram Bracken. Asst dir H. A. (Jack) Laver. Scen John B. Clymer. ETR 20 Dec 1919, p. 273. NYMT 28 Dec 1919. Art dir Martin J. Doner.

MPN 3 Jan 1920, p. 484. Wid's 28 Dec 1919, p. 25. Source: Based on the novel In Search of Arcady by Nina Wilcox Putnam

MPW 3 Jan 1920, p. 145. | (Garden City, New York, 1912).

Cast: Billie Rhodes (Barbara Chichester), Wellington Playter (Earl of

IN PURSUIT OF POLLY F1.2154 Chamboyne), Tom Santschi (Lascho), Kathleen Kirkham (Barbara’s Paramount Pictures Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; aunt), Genevieve Blynn (Barbara’s mother).

Paramount Pictures. 19 Aug 1918 [© Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; 17 Aug Comedy-drama. To escape the title-hunting suitors with whom her

1918; LP12760]. 5 reels. mother and aunt have surrounded her, Barbara Chichester disguises

Pres Adolph Zukor. Dir Chet Withey. Scen Eve Unsell. Story Izola herself as a gypsy, and after buying a gypsy wagon, roams the countryside

Forrester and Mann Page. Cam William Marshall. “in search of Arcady.”” Meanwhile, the Earl of Chamboyne, beset by titleCast: Billie Burke (Polly Marsden), Thomas Meighan (Colby hunting women, has attired himself in the outfit of an itinerant peddler and Mason), Frank Losee (Buck Marsden), A. J. Herbert (Talbot Sturgis), set off for the country. After Barbara is told by a gypsy that she will marry William Davidson (Larry O'Malley), Alfred Hickman (O'Leary), Ben a traveling man, she meets the Earl when they both seek refuge from a

Deely (Emile Kremer). sudden storm in an abandoned hunting lodge. They have a series of

Comedy-drama. Polly Marsden, the daughter of wealthy cotton broker adventures together, and fall in love before they reveal their true identities Buck Marsden, is loved by three men: Talbot Sturgis, Larry O’Malley and to one another. Gypsies. Impersonation and imposture. Lure of the O’Leary. She becomes engaged to all three, and when her father orders her country. Mistaken identity. Nobility. Peddlers. Fortune hunters. Lodges. to make a final decision, she declares that the first suitor to overtake and Storms.

capture her in her racing car will be her husband. In the course of eluding ETR 17 May 1919, p. 1841. MPN 21 Jun 1919, p. 4212. her pursuers, Polly exchanges clothing with her maid and abandons her car MPN 17 May 1919, p. 3234. MPW 17 May 1919, p. 1057. for a boat. Her actions attract the attention both of Emile Kremer, a

German spy who has been ordered to deliver a set of documents to a IN SLUMBERLAND F1.2157 beautiful accomplice, and Colby Mason, a United States Secret Service Fine Arts Film Co. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 22 Jul 1917. 5 reels. Agent. After a series of adventures involving the three suitors and a gang Dir Irvin Willat. Scen L. V. Jefferson. Cam Dwight Warren. of spies, Mason arrests Polly, but her father soon arrives to clear her name. Cast: Thelma Salter (Eileen McCree), Laura Sears (Nora McCree), Because Mason was the first to “capture” her, Polly declares that she will § Jack Livingston (Patrick McCree), J. P. Lockney (Peter Kennedy), Walter

marry him, and he willingly complies. Automobile racing. Chases. Perry (Flynn, the Bog Man), Georgie Stone. Engagements. Secret Service. Boats. Cotton. Documents. False arrests. Drama. Peter Kennedy, a pernicious landlord who desires his tenant, Father-daughter relationship. Germans. Impersonation and imposture. | Nora McCree, realizes that the only way to possess Nora is to eliminate

industrialists. Maids. Spies. World War I. her husband Patrick. To accomplish this, Kennedy arranges a fight Note: Most of the exterior scenes were filmed at Oyster Bay on Long Island Sound, between Patrick and another man, in which the latter is badly wounded.

according to contemporary sources. The film was also known as The Pursuit of Patrick is told that his opponent has died, and at Kennedy’s suggestion,

Polly. joins the army and goes to Africa to fight the Boers. In his absence, aR y aus ioe p. ee Nia » on lore p. 319. Kennedy, unable to win Nora by fair means, does everything in his power

UB ee Pe to make her feel the pinch of poverty and thus capitulate to him. Things

mew TSep 1918, p. 1455. var 6 Sep 1918, p. 39. are at their worst for the McCree family when little Eileen, after listening

to fairy tales told to her by the Irishman Flynn, dreams of her father and

IN QUEST OF THE LATCH STRING see THE LOVE NET finds him the next day, unconscious under 4 large tree after having been waylaid by Kennedy upon his return home. With Patrick’s return,

IN SEARCH OF A SINNER F1.2155 == Kennedy’s plans are dashed, and the McCree family is united once again.

Constance Talmadge Film Co. Dist First National Exhibitors Circuit. Children. Duplicity. Fidelity. Landlords. Lechery. Dreams. Fights. Irish Mar 1920 [©Joseph M. Schenck; 27 Feb 1920; LU14791. ©Joseph. M. Americans. Poverty. Soldiers. Storytellers. Schenck; 2 Mar 1920; LP14803. O©Joseph M. Schenck; 5 Dec 1921; Note: This was Irvin Willat’s directorial debut. Previously he had been the head

LP17285]. 5 reels, 5,485 ft. of the photographic and titling departments at Triangle’s Culver City studio.

Dir David Kirkland. Scendir John Willard Emerson and Anita Loos. Cam Oliver EPR ‘8UB pul Ir p.Pee on yepM Pp. ° Marsh. Tech Reineck. 010g arsi ut0lorer Peo Source: Based on the play Jn Search of a Sinner by Charlotte Thompson PW Ps ie i917 .. a0 Wid's 7 Aug 1917, p. 903. (production undetermined).

Cast: Constance Talmadge (Georgiana Chadbourne), Rockcliffe IN THE AMAZON JUNGLES WITH THE CAPTAIN

Fellowes (Jack Garrison), Corliss Giles (Jeffrey), William Roselle BESLEY EXPEDITION F1.2158 (Sam), Marjorie Milton (Helen), Evelyn C. Carrington (Katie), Lillian Captain Besley Motion Picture Co. Dist Scenograph Feature Film Co.? Worth (Valeska), Arnold Lucy (Henry), Charles Whittaker (Roue), Ned 1915? [©OScenograph Feature Film Co., Inc.; 13 Nov 1915; MU4S51]. 12

Sparks (Waiter), William Boshell (Policeman). reels.

Comedy. After leading a life of boredom with her angelic first husband, Prod Captain J. Campbell Besley. Dir Franklin B. Coates. Cam J. K. young widow Georgiana Chadbourne begins her “search for a sinner” once Holbrook. her period of mourning ends. While staying at her brother-in-law Jeffrey’s Documentary. Scenes include crossing the Andes on foot between Puente apartment, she meets Jack Garrison in Central Park and, hoping to arouse ~— ge] Inca, Argentina and Juncal, Chile; the Chincha Islands off the coast the devil in him, poses as Jeffrey’s wife. Jack, an old friend of Jeffrey’s, is of Peru; Indian market scenes in La Paz, Bolivia; views of Lake Titicaca, shocked and telegraphs his pal to return immediately to watch his errant Tighuanaco, Veracocha, Cuzco, Ollanty Tambo, Machu Picchu and other wife. Jack is on the brink of yielding to his tormentor when Jeffrey returns J nca ruins in the interior of Peru; hacienda life in the Peruvian interior; the and explains that Georgiana is not his wife, but his sister-in-law. Thus, Jack — ggcoaq industry; St. Anne, Cerro de Pasco and Lima, Peru; the southern is relieved at the revelation, Georgiana is satisfied with Jack’s potential for railroad of Peru and Arequipa; llamas on a mountain trail; the source of

wickedness, and the content couple weds. Flirts. Impersonation and the Amazon; rafts and canoes on the Huallaga, Putumayo and Ucayali imposture. Seduction. Widows. Brothers-in-law. New York City-Central _ Rivers; the rubber industry in the Putumayo district; tortures practiced on

Park. the “‘peons”; the turtle industry at Para; a banquet on the Peruvian

Note: The play was copyrighted 16 Sep 1910; its first production date has not been battleship America given by the governor of the Iquitos province to determined. Reviews called the actor playing the male lead Radcliffe Fellows, rather members of the expedition; animal, bird and reptile life throughout South

, 447

than his correct name, Rockcliffe Fellowes. . . a eae ETR 20 Mar 1920, p. 1660. NYT 8 Mar 1920, p. 9. America, particularly in the Ucayali district, Pampas del Sacramento and

MPN 20 Mar 1920, p. 2785. Var 12 Mar 1920, p. 53. the upper reaches of the Amazon; and pictures of members of the MPW 20 Mar 1920, p. 2005. Wid's 14 Mar 1920, p. 26. expedition. Amazon River. Andes Mountains. Argentina. Bolivia. Chile.

IN THE BALANCE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Expeditions. Inca Indians. Indians of South America. Mountain climbing. Drama/Crime. Cruelly abused by the matron, Nance Olden decides to Peru. Ruins. Banquets. Battleships. Railroads. Rubber. Torture. Wild escape the Charity House. Pursued by the police, she by chance seeks

animals. refuge in the apartment of Tom Dorgan, a crook, and the two form a

Note: The sources for the following information concerning the expedition and the partnership in crime. They are successful until Nance, in eluding the police film were an interview with Franklin B. Coates in MPW 4 Apr 1914 and an interview after a jewel robbery, jumps into a bishop’s carriage. Eventually, a with Captain J. Campbell Besley in MPW7 Nov 1914. The information above about theatrical agent named Obermuller offers Nance a role on the stage and the film’s content was taken from the copyright descriptions. English explorer J. . Campbell Besley set out in 1913 from Lima, Peru with a party of eleven scientists and persuades her to go straight. Nance soon becomes a famous actress, and photographers, including director Franklin B. Coates and cameraman John K. her affections for her benefactor grow, but Tom struggles to retain her Holbrook, to explore and take films and photographs of the Chanchamayo district of loyalty until he is arrested and sent to Sing Sing. Tom later escapes and Peru. During this trip, one camera, 3,000 feet of film and a number of dry plates were attempts to reclaim his old partner, but Obermuller defeats his purpose, lost when a mule fell from a steep slope into a stream. After returning to Lima, Besley a nd he sails away to India for good. All temptation finally overcome, Nance and Coates journeyed to the “buried cities of the Incas” and decided to attempt a third . . ,

trip to traverse the continent from the source of the Amazon River to its mouth happily _ Marries Obermuller. Actor. s and actresses. Cr iminals— through uncharted regions from which no known white man had returned. Although Rehabilitation. Theatrical agents. Waifs. Battered women. Bishops.

President Guillermo Enrique Billinghurst of Peru attempted to dissuade them, Besley, Carriages. Jewelry. Marriage. Orphanages. Robbery. Sing Sing Prison. Coates, Holbrook and J. W. Dunne made the journey on horseback, foot, canoe and Note: One reviewer described the film as five reels long. Modern sources credit raft. Along the way, they found what they believed were the bones of missing Edwin S. Porter with the photography and include Louise Huff in the cast. This film American explorers Mirko Seljan and Patrick O'Higgins and gave them a Christian was remade in 1920 under the title She Couldn't Help It, by Realart Pictures Corp. burial. Upon returning to New York in Feb 1914 with 7,000 feet of film in “perfect” (see below).

condition from the Amazon trip, which he intended to cut to 5,000 feet and show on MPW 13 Sep 1913, p. 1186. NYDM 10 Sep 1913, p. 26. a lecture circuit, Coates discovered that the footage shot on the two earlier trips, MPW 20 Sep 1913, p. 1246, 1266. NYDM 17 Sep 1913, p. 28. which was shipped to New York before the Amazon trip, was stolen. He notified MPW 4 Oct 1913, p. 72. Besley, then in England, and in Apr 1914, they returned with Holbrook to reshoot this footage. During this expedition, they rescued American explorer William Carr,

whom they found unconscious in a snow drift. According to a news story in Nov 1914, IN THE CARQUINEZ WOODS (Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.) see Besley planned to cut the 16,000-18,000 feet with which he returned so that it would TONGUES OF FLAME

be ready shortly for presentation in a New York theater. No information has been located concerning any exhibition of the film. It was copyrighted at 12,000 feet in Nov

1915. The copyright catalog calls the film Jn the Amazon Jungle with the Captain IN THE CARQUINEZ WOODS (Fine Arts Film Co.) see THE HALF-

Besley Expedition but information from the Scenograph Feature Film Co. in the BREED copyright descriptions gives the title as listed above. William Besley was the president

of the Scenograph Feature Film Co., and Percy A. McCord, who was the secretary

of the expedition, was also the secretary of the company. A film entitled The Captain IN THE DAYS OF DARING see DAYS OF DARING Besley Expedition, copyrighted in May 1914, contained footage from the same

expedition (see listing above). IN THE DAYS OF THE HEAD HUNTERS see IN THE LAND OF MPW 4 Apr 1914, pp. 42-43. MPW 7 Nov 1914, p. 763. THE HEAD HUNTERS

IN THE BALANCE __ F12159 IN THE DAYS OF THE THUNDERING HERD F1.2161 Vitagraph Co. of America; A Blue Ribbon Feature. Dist Greater Selig Polyscope Co. Dist General Film Co.; Special Features Dept. 30 Vitagraph. 17 Dec 1917 [©Vitagraph Co. of America; 12 Dec 1917; Nov 1914 [©Selig Polyscope Co.; 12 Nov 1914; LP3756]. 5 reels.

LP11828]. 5 reels. . Dir Colin Campbell. Story Gilson Willets.

Dir Paul Scardon. Scen Garfield Thompson. Cast: Tom Mix (Tom Mingle), Bessie Eyton (Sally Madison), Wheeler

Source: Based on the novel The Hillman by Edward Phillips Oppenheim Oakman (Chief Swift Wing), Red Wing (Starlight).

(London, 1917). Western. In 1849, Tom Mingle, a pony express rider, saves his

Cast: Earle Williams (John Strangeway), Grace Darmond (Louise sweetheart, Sally Madison, from a buffalo stampede. Later, when Sally’s Maurel), Miriam Miles (Sophy Gerard), Denton Vane (Prince of brother refuses to accompany her through Indian territory to the California Seyre), Robert Gaillard (Stephen Strangeway), Templar Saxe gold fields to visit her ailing mother, Tom takes his place. The townspeople,

(Graillot), Julia Swayne Gordon (Lady Hilda Mullock). hoping to strike-it-rich, form a wagon train and appoint Tom wagonmaster. Drama. Actress Louise Martel, on her way to visit the Prince of Seyre When the train is attacked by Indians, only Sally and Tom survive. They at his country estate, is compelled to seek shelter at the home of brothers _are taken as prisoners to the Indians’ village where Chief Swift Wind falls John and Stephen Strangeway when her car breaks down. Louise accepts in love with Sally, and Starlight, Swift Wind’s sister, becomes infatuated

John’s warning not to visit the dissolute prince, and the next day she returns with Tom. Sally and Tom are able to escape to a buffalo hunter’s to the city. John, smitten with the actress, soon follows, even though he encampment after which Sally slips away and summons help. Finally, in believes in the family superstition that foretells that evil will befall all who California, Sally is reunited with her parents and promises to marry Tom. foresake the hills. The prince also returns to the city and continually seeks California. Gold rushes. Indians of North America. Massacres. Wagon

the companionship of Louise, but loses her affections to John. In an trains. Bison, American. Engagements. Escapes. Hunters. Rescues. attempt to break up the romance, the Prince tells John that Louise has been Reunions. Stampedes. his mistress. Crushed, John returns to the hills, but Louise follows and Note: Some of the film was shot on location at the ranch of Pawnee Bill at Pawnee, convinces him that the prince lied. The couple then marry and settle down OK. This film was re-issued in Aug 1915 under the title The Thundering Herd.

to a life in the hills. City-country contrast. Curses. Duplicity. Rakes. Motes 7S Dee told P bo MPW 12 Des 191d P Be Rivalry. Actors and actresses. Brothers. Royalty. Superstition.

Note: The film was at one time titled The Hillman. Vitagraph remade this film in

1924 in a version entitled Behold This Woman. J. Stuart Blackton directed, and Irene IN THE DEPTHS OF OUR HEARTS F1.2162 Rich starred. (See AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.0336.) Royal Gardens Film Co. of Chicago. Nov-Dec 1920. 7 reels. ETR 22 Dec 1917, p. 293. MPW 29 Dec 1917, p. 1954, 2003. Cast: Herman DeLavalade, Augusta Williams, Irene Conn, Virgil

Motog 29 Dec 1917, p, 1348. NYDM 22 Dec 1917, p. 28. Williams, Charles Allen. MPN 29 Dec 1917, p. 4588. Var 4 Jan 1918, p. 44. Drama. [According to contemporary ads, the film’s subject is “mother against son.” Modern sources describe the plot as follows: The mother of

IN THE BISHOP’S CARRIAGE F1.2160 a light-skinned black family raises her son and daughter to avoid the Famous Players Film Co. Dist State Rights. 10 Sep 1913. 4 reels. company of dark-skinned blacks. The son, who has a dark-skinned

Dir Edwin S. Porter and J. Searle Dawley. Scen Ben Schulberg. CamH. _ sweetheart, rebels, and his mother sends him to his uncle’s Wisconsin farm,

Lyman Broening. where he is mistreated. The boy flees to the city, where he prospers. On a

Source: Based on the novel Jn the Bishop's Carriage by Miriam _yisit to his home town, he meets his former sweetheart, who is a waitress

Michelson (Indianapolis, 1904). in a restaurant. The two embrace upon meeting, and the restaurant owner,

Cast: Mary Pickford (Nance Olden), David Wall (Tom Dorgan), House misinterpreting the gesture, fires the girl. Meanwhile, the boy’s mother’s Peters (Obermuller), Grace Henderson (Mrs. Ramsey), George Moss health has failed, and his sister has been made unhappy by her love for the (The bishop), Howard Missimer (Detective), Camille Dalberg (The restaurant owner. The boy manages to get his sweetheart’s job back and

actress), John Steppling (Mr. Ramsey). finally persuades his mother of the error of her ways.] Blacks. 448

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 IN THE LAND OF THE HEAD HUNTERS Employment. Mother-son relationship. Racial prejudice. Farms. Mother- Grant, heartbroken, allows himself to be drawn into an affair with daughter relationship. Restauranteurs. Uncles. Waitresses. Wisconsin. Margaret Muller, the town siren, with whom he has an illegitimate son. On Note: Scenes from this black independent production were shot on a Wisconsin the rebound, Laura marries VanDorn and Margaret weds attorney Henry

farm. Modern sources spell the cast member’s name as Agusta, not Augusta, Fenn. History repeats itself when Laura’s husband becomes infatuated

Williams. with Margaret, thus causing both marriages to break apart. Meanwhile,

ChiDef 6 Nov 1920, p. 7. | Grant has given up his newspaper to become a foreman in the mines. After

. he is injured in an explosion, Grant is taken to the Nesbit home and nursed

IN THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE | F1.2163 back to health by Laura. When, during a strike at the mines, Grant’s little

Quality Pictures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 16 Oct 1916[©Quality son is shot and killed, he becomes so overwrought with grief that he

_ Pictures Corp.; 20 Oct 1916; LP9361]. 5 reels. confesses the child’s parentage to Laura, who forgives his past, thus Dir Francis X. Bushman. Scen Francis X. Bushman. Story John B. allowing them to begin a new life together. Editors. Illegitimacy. Infidelity.

Clymer and Hamilton Smith. Cam R. J. Bergquist. Socialites. Vamps. Children. Explosions. Flirts. Lawyers. Mine foremen.

Cast: Francis X. Bushman (Dick Stansbury), Beverly Bayne (Beverly Mines. Physicians. Strikes. ,

Ryerson), Helen Dunbar (Mrs. Ryerson), Henri Bergman (Doctor Note: Some scenes in this film were made in Provincetown, MA, by Jack Wagner,

Montell), Belle Bruce (Helen Wardlow), Edmond Elton (Major according to a news item.

Blaine), Mrs. La Roche (Mrs. Blaine), William Davidson (Lynn ETR 6 Nov 1920, p. 2392. MPN 23 Oct 1920, p. 3275. Hardi), Charles Fang (Valet), Harry D. Blakemore (Butler), Liza Miller MPN 24 Jul 1920, p. 824. MPW 2 Oct 1920, p. 690.

(Mamny). MPN 9 Oct 1920, p. 2411, 2779. Comedy-drama/Espionage. At the urging of his uncle, who heads the

secret service, Dick Stansbury sets out to capture the elusive Dr. Montell, | IN THE HOLLOW OF HER HAND F1.2166 a foreign spy. To have access to Montell, Dick poses as the inventor of a Select Pictures Corp. Dist Select Pictures Corp. Dec 1918 [©Select new gun that will revolutionize warfare. Realizing the possibilities for the | Pictures Corp.; 13 Dec 1918; LP13157]. 5 reels.

weapon, the usually cautious Montell lets down his guard for a moment Dir Charles Maigne. Scen Charles Maigne. Titles Charles Maigne. and, while making an exorbitant offer for the gun on behalf of a hostile © Cam Leo Rossi. Ed Charles Maigne.

foreign government, asks for a demonstration. Dick gladly sets up the Source: Based on the novel The Hollow of Her Hand by George Barr weapon and, now armed with evidence that Montell works for an enemy McCutcheon (New York, 1912).

of the United States, threatens to use the gun on the doctor if he refuses Cast: Alice Brady (Hetty Castleton), Myrtle Stedman (Sara to give himself up. Having gotten his man, Dick then sells the gun, which Wrandall), Mrs. Louise Clark (Mrs. Wrandall), A. J. Herbert (Leslie

actually is completely useless, to a curio dealer for fifty cents. Wrandall), Harold Entwistle (Mr. Wrandall, Sr.), Percy Marmont Impersonation and imposture. Secret Service. Spies. Weapons. Curio (Brandon Booth), Henry Miller, Jr.

dealers. Inventors. Uncles. Mystery. Sara Wrandall, the wife of wealthy ladies’ man Challis

Note: This film marked Bushman’s debut as a director. Wrandall, is called to a roadhouse to identify her husband’s body and told MPN 28 Oct 1916, p. 2713. NYDM ___ 21 Oct 1916, p. 27. that he was murdered by an unidentified woman. On her way home, Sara

ew 4 oct ole P. ay nn - ah ole P. tos8 rescues a young woman who is about to drown herself. Believing the Ch NAS Pe 22K a oh han’ P. woman, Hetty Castleton, to be the murderer, Sara offers her employment in the Wrandall home as her companion. Because her husband and his

IN THE HANDS OF THE LAW F1.2164 family treated her so coldly during her married life, Sara seeks revenge by Balboa Amusement Producing Co.; B. S..Moss Motion Pictures Corp.; arranging a romance between her brother-in-law Leslie and Hetty, but the

Moss Films. Dist State Rights. Feb 1917. 5 reels. latter has fallen in love with artist Brandon Booth and refuses to marry Pres B.S. Moss. Prod H. M. Horkheimer and E. D. Horkheimer. — young Wrandall. Sara threatens to expose the girl, but just then a detective Source: Based on a novel by William O. H. Hurst (publication a nnears and accuses Sara of the crime. Hetty confesses, explaining to the

undetermined). family that Challis had lured her to the inn and attacked her. The Cast: Lois Meredith. . Wrandalls forgive her, and she leaves her home in Booth’s company.

Drama/Social. After a boy is wrongly convicted of a crime on the basis Attempted suicide. Companions. Murder. Philanderers. Revenge. Artists. of circumstantial evidence given by his fiancee, an old man Saves the boy's Attempted rape. Blackmail. Brothers-in-law. Confession (law). Detectives.

.tory. takes . . Pp. . an . Pp. . .‘i.

romance by telling of another case. The old man believed his own son to Drowning. False accusations. Rescues. Roadhouses. Snobbery. be guilty of bank robbery because of circumstantial evidence. The son’s Note: This film was also known as The Hollow of Her Hand.

career was ruined, and he suffered a long imprisonment and died ETR H Jan 1919. p. $15 MPW Hi Jan 1919. p. 245 miserably. Circumstantial evidence. Storytellers. Bank robbery. Father- MPN 11 Jan 1919, p. 298. Var 3 Jan 1919, p. 38.

son relationship. Imprisonment. MPW 28 Dec 1918, pp. 245-46. Note: Some scenes of this film were shot in St. Augustine, FL, where the original

ry aks place: Some ees were shot at the Hom retired covion king D: Ramsey [THE LAND OF THE HEAD HUNTERS FI.2167 in Jul 1916 to an invited audience which included the police commissioner, the Seattle Film Co. Dist World Film Corp. 7 Dec 1914 [OEdward Sheriff

secretary to the mayor, and various legislators. Curtis; 7 Dec 1914; LU3709]. 4 reels.

MPW 29 Jul 1916, p. 771. MPW 16 Sep 1916, p. 1843. Dir Edward S. Curtis. Scen Edward S. Curtis. MPW 5 Aug 1916, p. 968. MPW 17 Feb 1917, pp. 972-73. Drama, Documentary. In Northern British Columbia and Southern Alaska, Motana, the son of Chief Kenada, competes with the sorcerer for

IN THE HEART OF A FOOL F1.2165 the love of Naida. Waket, Naida’s father, fearing the power of the sorcerer Mayflower Photoplay Corp.; An Allan Dwan Production. Dist and his head-hunting warrior brother Yaklus, promises his daughter to the Associated First National Pictures, Inc. Oct 1920 [©Mayflower Photoplay = magician. In anger, Motana, Kenada, and their clan slay the sorcerer.

Corp.; 17 Mar 1921; LP16275]. 6 reels. Motana and Naida are married at a magnificent celebration. Seeking Prod Allan Dwan. Dir Allan Dwan. Scen Lillian Ducey. Cam H. Lyman revenge, Yaklus slays travelers, clam diggers, fishermen, and Kenada. He

Broening. Art dir Charles H. Kyson. also wounds Motana and abducts Naida. Restored to health by the Source: Based on the novel /n the Heart of a Fool by William Allen medicine man, Motana rescues his wife. Yaklus and his party are drowned

White (New York, 1918). when their canoe overturns as they pursue Motana and Naida through a Cast: James Kirkwood (Grant Adams), Anna Q. Nilsson (Margaret treacherous gorge. Abduction. Headhunters. Indians of North America.

Muller), Mary Thurman (Laura Nesbit), Philo McCullough (Tom Revenge. Sorcerers. Tribal life. Alaska. British Columbia (Canada). VanDorn), Ward Crane (Henry Fenn), John Burton (Dr. Nesbit), Canoes. Chases. Drowning. Rescues. Weddings. Margaret Campbell (Mrs. Nesbit), Percy Challenger (Daniel Sands), Note: According to contemporary news items about the film, Curtis’ research was

Arthur Hoyt (Moric Sands), Harold A. Mile. ee parma ue grmmaeteesren Moren, The in com Drama. Laura Nesbit, the daughter of old Dr. Nesbit and the belle of the title Jn the Days of the Head Hunters. The scenario of the film was published as

the younger social set in the town of Harvey, is planning to marry Grant a short book in 1915. Modern sources list Edmund August Schwinke as the Adams, the editor of the local paper, until Laura, to arouse her beau’s cameraman.

jealousy, flirts with Tom VanDorn, a rising but unscrupulous lawyer. Motog 14 Nov 1914, p. 658. MPW 19 Dec 1914, p. 1685. 449

IN THE LAND OF THE SETTING SUN AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Motog 2 Jan 1915, p. 42. MPW 26 Dec 1914, p. 1904. Edgard (Adonis), Lillian Drew (Dona Ana, Princess of Eboli), Nell Craig

Motog = 30 Jan 1915, p. 188. (Inez de Mendoza), Ernest Maupain (Mendoza), Thomas Commerford (Don Ruy Gomez de Silva), Sydney Ainsworth (Don Antonio Perez),

IN THE LAND OF THE SETTING SUN; OR, MARTYRS Charles J. Stine (Eudaldo), Harry Dunkinson (Priest).

OF YESTERDAY F1.2168 Drama/Historical. After defeating the Moors in battle, Don Juan of

Multnomah Film Corp.? 1919? [ORaymond Wells and Multnomah — Austria returns to Madrid a national hero. His half brother King Philip Film Corp.; 11 Aug 1919; LU14047). Length undetermined. suspects that Don Juan has designs on his throne and opposes his love affair

Dir Raymond Wells. Story Ray mond Wells. ; with Dolores of Mendoza. To thwart the budding romance, Philip pressures Drama/Historical. In 1831, four Indians from Oregon set out to find the Dolores’ father, the commander of the king’s guard, to halt the white race and bring back the “White Man’s Book of Heaven.” They are _ relationship. The loyal Mendoza entreats Dolores to desert Don Juan, and

entertained in St. Louis by General Clark, of the Lewis and Clark when she refuses to comply, he locks her up for shipment to a convent. Inez, expedition. After they return with gifts, but without their sought-after Dolores’ blind sister, changes clothing with the captive and helps her to Bible, Dr. Marcus Whitman of New York learns about their visit and escape. Fearing for Don Juan’s safety, Dolores flees to his home, where travels across the continent to establish a mission on the Walla Walla Philip shows up with Mendoza, demanding to see his daughter. Don Juan, River, where he teaches Christianity, agriculture, reading and writing. hiding Dolores, denies all charges and is stabbed and presumed dead by

Although the local war chief is interested in Christianity, Whitman’s Philip. Dreading that Don Juan’s death will cost Philip his throne, efforts at conversion are undermined by Joe Lewis, a Canadian half-breed, Mendoza nobly agrees to accept the blame for the murder but is saved who says that Whitman and the other emigrants want to take the Indians’ — when the court jester reveals that Don Juan is only wounded. Dolores of lands. In 1847, an emigrant train brings a measles epidemic. When Lewis Mendoza. Don Juan (Austria). Loyalty. Philip Il, King of Spain, 1556-1598. convinces the Indians that Whitman is deliberately killing them with his — Snain-History-16th century. Blind persons. Court jesters. Escapes.

medicine, they massacre Whitman and the other mission occupants, Father-daughter relationship. Half brothers. Impersonation and although the war chief stops Lewis’ murder of the children. The resulting —_imposture. Imprisonment. Knife wounds. Madrid. Moors. Self-sacrifice.

Cayuse Wars last for several years. After the war chief and three others Sisters. War heroes. surrender and are hanged, peace and prosperity are established. Bible. Note: Sets for this film were constructed from original drawings of the Palace of Canadians. Cayuse Indians. Indians—Mixed blood. Indians of North the Alhambra, Madrid. Several troops of the Illinois National Guard cavalry and America. Massacres. Missionaries. Missions. Oregon. Tribal chiefs. infantry were employed. One hundred dancers from Chicago were also used.

Marcus Whitman. Christianity. George Rogers Clark. Epidemics. EssN 25 Sep 1915. MPN 6 Nov 1915, p. 34. Executions. Gifts. Measles. Medicine. Religious conversion. St. Louis Motes sor i918 P ie NPWS leon ils P 400.

(Missouri). Walla Walla River. MPN 4 Sep 1915, p. 40. MPW _23 Oct 1915, p. 688.

Note: The working title of this film was Martyrs of Yesterday. A synopsis of the MPN 11 Sep 1915, p. 47. NYDM 22 Sep 1915, p. 32. film and 47 still photographs were deposited with the Copyright Office when the film MPN 25 Sep 1915, p. 46. NYDM 29 Sep 1915, p. 32. was copyrighted. Raymond Wells is listed in this material as the author. No other MPN 2 Oct 1915, pp. 47-48. NYDM 6 Oct 1915, p. 34. information has been located concerning this film. Raymond Wells directed films for MPN 9 Oct 1915, p. 35, 52. NYDM 16 Oct 1915, p. 28. various companies and organized the Historical Film Corp. of America to produce MPN 16 Oct 1915, pp. 36-38, 88. Var 1 Oct 1915, p. 21.

IN THE SHADOW F1.2171

a series of films depicting stories of the Bible.

IN THE NAME OF THE PRINCE OF PEACE F1.2169 Excelsior Feature Film Co. Dist Alliance Films Corp. 4 Jan 1915. 5 reels. Dyreda Art Film Corp. Dist World Film Corp. Dec 1914. 4 reels. Dir Harry Handworth.

Dir J. Searle Dawley. Scen J. Searle Dawley. Source: Based on the novel Jn the Shadow by John B. Hymer

Cast: Robert Broderick (Baron von Kraft), Laura Sawyer (Helena von (publication undetermined).

Kraft), George Stillwell (Waldo von Kraft), Arthur Evers (Captain Cast: Gordon De Maine, William A. Williams, Harry Handworth,

Bordeaux). Octavia Handworth, Marie Boyd, Henry Blossom, Victor Herbert.

War drama/World War I. When Waldo von Kraft comes home from Drama. While recuperating from a hunting accident, ne’er-do-well

college, his sister Helena and her friends borrow a skeleton froma medical § gambler Tom Ward falls in love with Grace Bell, the sister of his college

student and put it in Waldo’s room. He loses his mind when he sees itand _— friend Bob. During a masked boxing match at the college, Tom his hair turns white from fright. Waldo’s father, the Baron, will not forgive accidentally strikes what he thinks is a fatal blow to his opponent, who Helena, who goes to live in a convent. When war is declared, the Baron turns out to be Bob. Because of this and because he is falsely accused of joins his regiment. After the French violently take possession of the convent robbing the dean, Tom seeks shelter with Nellie, a fisher girl. Later, when

where Helena lives, the Germans battle to recapture it. The Baron Grace is bitten by a snake, Nellie comes to her aid. Meanwhile, Bob exchanges uniforms with a captured French spy, and enters the convent to recovers and, searching for Tom, meets Nellie and falls in love with her, get important information. After a wounded French soldier sees Helena =—s unaware that she has saved Grace. When Bob takes Nellie home to meet

address her father, the Baron is captured. Helena, forced to take anoath ~— his family, Grace is delighted to see her benefactress, and the Bells on the cross, reluctantly reveals that her father is German. As the Baron welcome her. The family is then visited by a mysterious nocturnal figure is executed on the altar steps, Helena rushes to him and is shot also. Their © known as the Shadow, whom they soon discover is Tom. Learning that he spirits and those of other dead soldiers rise and appeal to the Prince of is exonerated, Tom resumes his romance with Grace. False accusations.

Peace to end the war. Betrayal. Espionage. Executions. Father-daughter Fishermen. Friendship. Fugitives. Students. Boxing. Brother-sister relationship. Impersonation and imposture. World War !. Convents. relationship. Convalescence. Disguise. Gamblers. Gun accidents. Ne’erFrance. Army. Germany. Army. Insanity. Nobility. Practical jokes. Spirits. do-wells. Snakes.

War victims. Note: This production was filmed on location in the Adirondacks and at Lake Note: The U.S. Army Second Field Artillery appeared in several scenes of this film. Placid, NY. It was also known as Jn the Shadows.

Irvin Willat was the head of Dyreda’s camera department at the time of the shooting MPN 11 Jan 1915, p. 18. MPW 23 Jan 1915, p. 586. of this film. Robert Nicholls was in charge of stage carpentry. This film was reviewed

in Var under the title Prince of Peace. IN THE SHADOW OF THE DOME F1.2172 ong ” ret i918 e. a MM , De i914 . an . Fox- Fischer Masterplays, Inc. 1920? 8 reels. .

MPW 12 Dec 1914, p. 1526. Var 30 Apr 1915, p. 18. Prod Edmund K. Fox. Dir David G. Fischer. Cam William A. Reinhart.

MPW 19 Dec 1914, p. 1750. Cast: Donald Hall (The Congressman), Dixie Lee, William Parke, Jr., Eulalie Jensen, Marguerite Gale.

IN THE PALACE OF THE KING F1.2170 Drama. [No information on the plot has been located.] Politicians. United Essanay Film Mfg. Co. Dist V-L-S-E, Inc. 11 Oct 1915 [©Essanay Film States. Congress. Washington (D.C.).

Mfg. Co.; 22 Sep 1915; LP6466]. 6 reels. Note: The film, a drama of life in Washington, D.C., was shot in late 1920 and Dir Fred Wright. Costumes Van Horn. announced as being ready for a private pre-release screening in late Dec 1920, but Ssource : Based on the y novel the Palace of the King: Love Story Films, of it may never have been(F2.3890). released. It may The be the production same film as Not for Sale,shot listed in .& theJnAFI Catalog of AFeature 1921-30 was at

Old Madrid by F. Marion Crawford (New York, 1900). the Blackton Studios in Brooklyn, with exteriors photographed in Washington, D.C. Cast: E. J. Ratcliffe (Don Philip Il, King of Spain), Richard C. Travers MPN 16 Oct 1920, p. 3010. MPN 11 Dec 1920, p. 4436. (Don Juan of Austria), Arline Hackett (Dolores de Mendoza), Lewis. MPN 4 Dec 1920, p. 4255. 450

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE INCORRIGIBLE DUKANE IN THE STRETCH F1.2173 discovers her affair with Wilbur Darcey, and attempts to break up the Ramo Films, Inc. Dist State Rights. 31 Dec 1913 [ORamo Films, Inc.; liaison by vamping Darcey, thus incurring Dick’s disapproval. Driven back

29 Dec 1913; LU1962]. 4 reels. to the South by Dick’s reproaches, Mary takes refuge in an old shack. Soon Dir Will S. Davis. Story Phil Scovelle. after, Dick discovers Betsy’s true nature and, realizing his love for Mary,

Cast: Phil Scovelle (Himself), Stewart Holmes (Stewart Warner), rushes to her retreat and begs her forgiveness. /nfidelity. Southerners.

William S. Rising (Mr. Milton), Courtney Collins (Mary Stevens). Bachelor parties. Finance-Personal. New York City. Seduction. . Drama. Bookmaker Stewart Warner is so impressed with exercise boy Note: The working title of this film was Little Mother Hubbard.

Phil Scovelle that he promises to make him a jockey in exchange for future ETR 6 Mar 1920, p. 1441. MPW 6 Mar 1920, p. 1681.

favors. After winning his first race against big odds, Phil begins throwing MPN 6 Mar 1920, p. 2397. Var 12 Mar 1920, p. 53. , races for Warner, but the Jockey Club becomes suspicious, and Phil refuses Mew 1 ne 1920, road. Wid's 29 Feb 1920, p. 21. to cooperate further. Warner, desperate for cash to cover his bets, has the

horse doped, resulting in its death and Phil’s dismissal from racing. Jack IN WRONG F1.2176 Milton, the son of a minister, loses heavily to Warner while, at the same Jack Pickford Film Co. Dist First National Exhibitors Circuit Inc 19 time, fiancée Stevens, who Exhibitors is the daughter district on wy: ;. . , ; ,; his .; Oct 1919Mary [OFirst National Cir.;of6the Oct 1919;attorney, LP14249]. 5 reels.

is saved from a runaway by Phil. When the D. A.’s men raid a gambling Dir J Kirkwood. Scen J Kirkwood. S j Kirkwood parlor, they find Jack there, after which Jack is warned to stay away from ir James KIFKWOOG. ©cen “ames KIFKWOOd. Story James KITkwood. gambling. Phil meanwhile overhears a plot hatched by Warner to kill Cam Antonio Gaudio and Sol Polito. os ,

Stevens, and he goes to the D. A. to warn him. Stevens is then able to Cast: Jack Pickford (Johnny Spivins), Marguerite de la Motte position his men outside of a Chinese restaurant and capture the gang (Millie Fields), Clara Horton (Dolly Sheldon), George Dromgold before they kill him. Thus Phil is exonerated and reinstated as a jockey. (Morgan Coleman), Hardee Kirkland (Henry Wallace), Robin On the day of a big race, Jack steals money from his father to make one Williamson (Val Heaton), Lydia Knott (Johnny's ma), Jake Abrams

last bet to cancel his debts. When Mary learns that Phil will be riding (Nate Glazier). . ; , ;

another horse, the favorite, she borrows money to bet on his horse and wins. Comedy /Rural. Johnny Spivins, a grocery wagon driver, Is In love with Mary is then able to return the money to Jack’s father. They forgive Jack, Millie Fields, whose mother owns a boardinghouse. When Millie takes an who has learned his lesson, and Phil finds that he has plenty of friends as _—_—‘‘Mterest in Morgan Coleman from New York, vacationing at her home, the

well as favorites to ride. Bookies. District attorneys. Fixed horseraces. Jealous Johnny tries to get a job at the local bank, but retreats when the Gambling. Horseracing. Jockeys. Debt. Drugging. Gambling houses. livid bank president raves that his groceries have not been delivered.

Gangs. Loans. Murder. Restaurants. Theft. Vice raids. Although Johnny pretends an interest in visiting Dolly Sheldon, also from Note: According to MPW, Phil Scovelle was a well-known jockey of the time. the city, Millie seems unconcerned. One day, just as Johnny IS about to save

MPW 24 Jan 1914, p. 395. NYC 20 Dec 1913, p. 16. Millie from an overturned canoe, Morgan dives from a high bridge and MPW 10 Jan 1914, p. 224. NYC 17 Jan 1914, p. 16. rescues her. When the townspeople, including Johnny’s ma, plan a party MPW 17 Jan 1914, p. 337. Var 26 Jun 1914, p. 19. to honor Morgan, Johnny decides to leave town, but on his way he discovers

MPW 16 May 1914, p. 923. two bank robbers, and after he captures them and leads them back into

town with his pitchfork, the townspeople honor Johnny, the bank president

IN THE VALLEY OF THE GIANTS see THE VALLEY OF THE gives him a job, and Millie declares her love for him. Delivery boys.

GIANTS Heroism. Jealousy. Rivals. Small town life. Bank presidents. Bank robberies. Canoes. Rescues.

IN THE WEB OF THE GRAFTERS F1.2174 Note: The character “Millie Fields” was called “Millie Coleman” in one review. Signal Film Corp. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; Mutual Masterpictures De ETR 6 Dec 1919, p. 71. Var 19 Dec 1919, p. 45.

Luxe Edition. 13 Mar 1916. 5 reels. MPN 25 Oct 1919, p. 3203. Wid's 21 Dec 1919, p. 23. Dir Murdock MacQuarrie and Al V. Jefferson.

Cast: Edythe Sterling (Ethel Drew), Norbert A. Myles (Bruce THE INCORRIGIBLE DUKANE F1.2177 Kerrigan), Millard K. Wilson (J. Howard Bellaire), Francis J. MacDonald Famous Players Film Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 2 Sep 1915

(Whitey), Louise Hutchinson (Madam Adelaide). {©OFamous Players Film Co.; 26 Aug 1915; LU6200]. 4-5 reels. Drama/Crime. Frightened by the city’s new hardline stance against Pres Daniel Frohman. Dir James Durkin. Story George C. Shedd. criminals, Whitey and his gang kill the mayor and try to make it look as Cam William F. Wagner.

if Bruce Kerrigan, a policeman who has been particularly diligent in Cast: John Barrymore (James Dukane, Jr.), William T. Carleton rounding up crooks, committed the murder. Bruce manages to escape from (James Dukane, Sr.), Helen Weir (Enid Crofton), Stewart Baird the authorities, however, and then his sweetheart Ethel Drew, the mayor’s (Corbetson), William MacDonald (Enid’s father), William Meech daughter, decides to clear him by capitalizing on the crooks’ superstitions. (Lantry). Disguising herself as a fortuneteller and then summoning Whitey and his Comedy. Crofton, a Colorado rancher, and his daughter Enid visit New gang, she predicts nothing but bad luck if they refuse to admit to the Yorker James Dukane, Sr., whose dam construction project threatens to mayor’s murder. Unnerved, the criminals confess to the police, after which flood their land. James “Jimmy” Dukane, Jr. awakens at four one

Ethel and Kerrigan get married. Criminals. Frame-ups. Murder. afternoon after having been tossed from a few cafés the previous night. Policemen. Superstition. Confession (law). Fortune-tellers. Mayors. Dukane, Sr. sends Jimmy to be manager of the dam project hoping that Motog 18 Mar 1916, p. 647. MPW 25 Mar 1916, p. 2078. he will mature there. Jimmy meets Enid outside her father’s office, but her

MPN 18 Mar 1916, p. 1622. father whisks her away when he learns Jimmy’s identity. En route to

Colorado, Jimmy, while he sleeps, loses his money, letter of introduction

IN WALKED MARY . F1.2175 and clothes to a tramp. Corbetson, Dukane’s superintendent, puts Jimmy,

Albert Capellani Productions, Inc. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc. 7 Mar dressed in hobo rags, on the 4 a.m. work detail. After Jimmy saves Enid 1920 [OPathe Exchange, Inc.; 8 Mar 1920; LU14828]. 5 reels, 4,833 ft. from Corbetson’s advances, he discovers that Corbetson has been using Dir George Archainbaud. Scen George D. Proctor. Cam Lucien rock fill in the cement and selling the unused cement for his own profit.

Tainguy. After Jimmy organizes workers to fight Corbetson, Corbetson schemes to Source: Based on the play Liza Ann by Oliver Bailey (production blow up the dam to hide his crime. When a collie carries the dynamite to undetermined). the room where Corbetson is holding Jimmy and Enid, Jimmy captures Cast: June Caprice (Mary Ann Hubbard), Thomas Carrigan (Dick Corbetson. Jimmy then becomes superintendent and marries Enid.

Allison), Stanley Walpole (Wilbur Darcey), Vivienne Osborne (Betsy Construction foremen. Contractors. Dams. Manhood. Ranchers. Cement.

Caldwell), Frances M. Grant (Mammy). Colorado. Construction workers. Dogs. Dynamite. Father-son

Drama. When Dick Allison comes to the aid of dispossessed Southerner relationship. Fraud. Labor activists. Lechery. New York City. Theft. Mary Ann Hubbard, the two become close friends. After Dick’s departure Tramps. for the North, Mary falls upon severe financial difficulties and decides to Note: Some reviews refer to the source for this film as a play by George C. Shedd, appeal to her old friend in New York. Dick is flustered to see Mary, who but no information to support this has been located. The actor William MacDonald arrives on the eve of his bachelor party, but prevails upon his fiancée, Betsy is referred to as C. E. MacDonald in some reviews.

Caldwell, to offer the girl lodgings. While staying with Betsy, Mary Motog 18 Sep 1915, p. 599. MPW 11 Sep 1915, p. 1912. 451

THE INCUBUS AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG me 2? Sep tote’ P ei. NT DAE 8 Se lols aie Cast: Jean Paige (The girl), Carleton King (Dry Valley Johnson), Ann

MPN 11 Sep 1915, p. 44. Var 17 Sep 1915, p. 25. Brody (Her mother).

MPN 18 Sep 1915, pp. 86-87. Comedy. Dry Valley Johnson, a middle-aged cowboy tired of punching

cattle, sells his ranch and buys a strawberry farm in Connecticut where he

meets a spunky young girl with whom he immediately falls in love.

THE INCUBUS see HER HUSBAND'S FRIEND Surmising that she does not like his western dress, Dry Valley purchases a new wardrobe of city clothes, complete with patent leather shoes. As

THE INDESTRUCTIBLE WIFE F1.2178 uncomfortable as he is, Dry Valley courts her in his finery until he discovers Select Pictures Corp. Dist Select Pictures Corp. 26 Jan 1919 [©Select that the girl considers his outfit a joke, whereupon he feels irreparably hurt

Pictures Corp.: 23 Jan 1919; LP13312]. 5 reels. and vows to have nothing more to do with her. Once again dressed in his

Dir Charles Maigne. Scen Charles Maigne. western clothes, Dry Valley ts working around his farm when the girl

Source: Based on the play The Indestructible Wife by Frederic Hatton chances upon him and they are happily reunited. Clothes. Connecticut.

and Fanny Hatton (New York, 30 Jan 1918). Country girls. Cowboys. Disillusionment. Farms. Ranches.

Cast: Alice Brady (Charlotte Field Ordway), Saxon Kling (Jim MDM r On ory P. a NYDM —24 Nov 1917, p. 19.

Ordway), Sue Balfour (Mother), George Backus (Father), Roy Adams Ps

(Brandy), W. A. Williams (Peter Brooks), Anne Cornwall (‘‘Toots”’ Brooks), Percy Marmont (Schuyler Horne), Leonore Hughes (Julia 'NDIAN WAR PICTURES see THE INDIAN WARS Cleves), Thomas Donnelly (Butler).

Comedy. After a honeymoon filled with golfing, riding, boating, . THE INDIAN WARS F1.2181

swimming, polo, mountain climbing, and dancing in the evenings, Jimmy Col. Wm. F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) Historical Picture Co.; Essanay. Film Ordway, amazed at his wife Charlotte’s unending energy, is an exhausted Mfg. Co. Dist State Rights. Aug 1914. 5 reels. wreck. At the house party Charlotte throws the evening they return, Jimmy Dir Theodore Wharton and Vernon Day. Cam D. T. Hargan. Tech plots with his male friends to have them entertain Charlotte non-stop in adv Lieutenant General Nelson Appleton Miles.

shifts until she drops. After he convinces his old friend Brandy, a Cast: William F. Cody, Nelson Appleton Miles, Jesse M. Lee, Frank D. professional athlete, to participate, Brandy, on finding the only woman he Baldwin, Marion P. Maus, Charles King, H. G. Sickles, Short Bull, Dewey

has met who could keep up with him, tries to steal Charlotte away. When Beard. .

Brandy tells her of Jimmy’s infatuation with Julia Cleves, whose Documentary /Biographical. This film recreates four key battles fought consolatory attentions have taken his mind off his troubles, Charlotte sees by the United States Cavalry and various tribes of the Sioux Indians. The them blowing smoke kisses and upbraids Jimmy. To win her back, Jimmy, Battle of Summit Springs (1869), the Battle of Warbonnet Creek (1876),

taking the cue from Petruchio, a character in The Taming of the the Battle of the Mission (1890) and the Battle of Wounded Knee (1890) Shrew by Shakespeare, sets out to tame Charlotte by abducting her and are re-enacted along with the Campaign of the Ghost Dance or Messiah binding her in a boathouse. Charlotte secretly enjoys it, and when Brandy © Craze War (1890-91) and the capture of Chief Big Foot. In addition, war arrives to rescue her and attempts an undesired intimacy, she throws him —_ dances of the Indians, the burning of camps and tepees by the soldiers,

into the water. Jimmy happily embraces Charlotte, who then prepares horse rustling and scalping are also depicted. The end of the film includes dinner for their thirty friends. Marriage. The Taming of the Shrew. Wives. | Contemporary scenes of Indian children attending modern schools and

Abduction. Athletes. Honeymoons. Parties. Indian farmers bringing in their crops. Indians of North America. Sioux

MPN 1 Feb 1919, p. 689. MPW 8 Mar 1919, p. 1393. Indians. United States—History—Indian Campaigns. United States. Army.

MPN 1 Mar 1919, p. 1387. Cavalry. Chief Big Foot. Farmers. Farming. Folk dancing. Mission, Battle of the, 1890. Rustling. Schools. Summit Springs, Battle of the, 1869. Warbonnet Creek, Battle of, 1876. Wounded Knee, Battle of, 1890.

INDIA see JAPAN Note: According to contemporary news reports, William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) approached Secretary War Kinoley Mi film, Garrison and Sectetary or sites the interior Franklin K. Lane aboutofthe making of this which was shot at the of the

INDIAN LIFE . ; . F1.2179 original battles between 26 Sep 1913 and | Nov 1913. Garrison supplied Cody with Northwestern Film Corp. 1918? [©Northwestern Film Corp.; 24 Apr the necessary troops from the 12th U.S. Cavalry and Lane authorized the 1918; MP1207]. 4 reels. participation of over 1,000 Sioux Indians. Lieutenant General Nelson Appleton Miles

Dir Paul Powell. Cam John Leezer. Musical accompaniment Vern was hired as a technical consultant as well as a cast member and made sure that the

Elliott. recreated theiraT partsrecreated in the originaltheir battles parts of Wounded Warbonnet Creck in uKnee ee and and War reek,

Documentary. Contemporary Indian life on the Crow, Cheyenne and respectively. The production, which boasted over 30,000 feet of film shot from the Bad Pine Ridge reservations in Wyoming, Montana and South Dakota is Lands of South Dakota to the Black Hills of Wyoming, was plagued by blizzards and depicted. Indian farmers and ranchers are shown at work and play. In increasing costs and later required over six months of editing. On 27 Feb 1914, the addition, Indian traditonal customs, the home life of the Indians, an Indian finished film was screened for Secretary Lane and other members of Woodrow fair and an Indian vaudeville show are presented. Cheyenne Indians. Crow wilson s cabinet. the jim was released theatrically in Arg 1914, but according to Indians. Indian reservations. Indians of North America. Pine Ridge government forces, which disapproved of its content because it showed the Indians Reservation (South Dakota). Rites and ceremonies. Fairs. Farmers. in a somewhat favorable light. In early 1917, after Cody’s death, substantial footage

. . . . . : ° odern sources ayea on in enver an cw or ecause oO ressur r

Montana. Ranchers. South Dakota. Vaudeville. Wyoming. from this film was used in The Adventures of Buffalo Bill, an homage to the late Note: The Northwestern Film Corp. was located in Sheridan, WY. John E. Maple, Western figure. According to news items from 1917, the original film was titled Wars

the general manager of the company, obtained a special permit from the U.S. of Civilization and was eight reels long. Modern sources list alternate titles as The Department of the Interior to film on the Crow, Cheyenne and Pine Ridge Indian Wars Refought, The Last Indian Battles or From the Warpath to the Peace reservations. Maple assembled a technical staff in Los Angeles, and had a laboratory Pipe, The Wars for Civilization in America, Buffalo Bill’s Indian Wars, and Indian built in Sheridan, but the company had no studio. Maple, who was adopted as a War Pictures. The production was co-owned by Cody’s film company, by Essanay, member of the Crow tribe, brought six reels of film to New York and arranged several and by the Denver Post. Another 1917 film, The Buffalo Bill Show, directed by John

private showings around the time of Apr 1918. In addition to four reels of O’Brien and distributed by the Wild West Film Co., may have also used footage from documentary footage, Maple exhibited a two reel dramatic story, which was also this production. Modern sources credit Vernon Day as production manager and not copyrighted under the title Indian Life. MPW suggested that each reel of the co-director, Charles King as scenarist, and Conrad Luperti as co-cinematographer.

documentary footage might be exhibited separately. No information has been located MPW 25 Oct 1913, p. 362. MPW 15 Aug 1914, p. 849. concerning the release of this film. The Community Motion Picture Bureau viewed MPW 22 Nov 1913, p. 851. MPW 22 Aug 1914, p. 1039. the film on 12 Jun 1918. One modern source speculates that certain shots from the MPW 14 Mar 1914, p. 1370. MPW 12 Sep 1914, p. 1500. film were used in Maple’s 1920 feature Before the White Man Came (see above).

MPW 20 Apr 1918, p. 370. THE INDIAN WARS REFOUGHT see THE INDIAN WARS

THE INDIAN SUMMER OF DRY VALLEY JOHNSON F 1.2180 INDIANA F1.2182 Broadway Star Features Co., Inc. Dist General Film Co. 20 Oct Selig Polyscope Co. Jun 1916? 7? reels. 1917 [©Broadway Star Features Co., Inc.; 13 Oct 1917; LP11547]. 4 reels. Dir Frank Beal. Story Gilson Willets.

Dir Martin Justice. Scen Katherine Reed. Drama /Historical. The film presents the major events in the history of

Source: Based on the story “The Indian Summer of Dry Valley Johnson” Indiana from the state’s exploration by La Salle to 1916. [No other by O. Henry (pseud. of William Sydney Porter) in America (Feb 1907). information concerning the plot has been discovered.] /ndiana—History.

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE INFERIOR SEX Note: ware was mace uncer the titles une Bins of indiana and Historic THE showing INEVITABLE F1.2185 jana,TheWfilm, imarily inten r distribution within Indiana. Its first was ..

ont ta 1916 to a selected audience Which included the Governor of Indiana, the Erbograph Co. Dist Art Dramas, Inc. 12 Apr 1917 (©Erbograph Co.; 25 Indiana State Historical Commission, and other state officials. Pre-release trade May 1917; LP10834). 5 reels. articles state that the film was planned as a seven-reeler and that the filmmakers Dir Ben Goetz. Scen C. Doty Hobart. Cam James Robertson. planned to enlist the services of opera singer Marguerita Beriza as the female lead, Cast: Anna Q. Nilsson (Florence Grey), Albert Tavernier (Donald of James Whitcomb Riley to write the titles in verse, and of Meredith Nicholson, Grey), Wilson Reynolds (Decatur Burnham), Chester Barnett (Alan Booth Tarkington, George Ade,took Johnplace T. McCutcheon andstudios other and Indiana literaryWilliam Burnh Bailey Will; Bail L Lucile Dorrinet (Lucile Lucil figures to act as consultants. Filming in Selig’s Chicago at a urnham), (FrankFrank Lyons), Lucile Dorrington simulated frontier settlement and stockade built by the production at Lafayette, IN. Clark).

Gilson Willets may have written the scenario as well as the film’s story. Drama. Accused by his business partner, Decatur Burnham, of

MPW 18 Mar 1916, p. 1805. MPW » May 1916, p. 955. dishonesty, Donald Grey dies from shock. Grey’s daughter Florence MPW 15 Apr 1916, pp. 422-23. MPW un 1916, p. 2214. resolves that the best way to avenge her father’s death is to destroy the MP 22 Apr 1916, p. 632. NYDM 17 Jun 1916, p. 29. career of Burnham’s only son Alan. Becoming a siren, Florence succeeds in leading Alan into a life of degradation, and when his father begs him

INDISCREET CORINNE Doe, F1.2183 to leave the woman who is destroying his life, a fight ensues between the Triangle Film Corp. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 11 Nov 1917.5 two men in which Alan knocks his father unconscious and leaves.

reels. Meanwhile, Frank Lyon, the real swindler, watches the fight and, after Dir Jack Dillon. Scen George Elwood Jenks. Story H. B. Daniels. Alan leaves, kills Burnham. Lyon then goes to Florence’s apartment and

Cam Thomas Buckingham. in a drunken state, confesses that he killed Burnham and was guilty of the Cast: Olive Thomas (Corinne Chilvers), George Chesebro (Nicholas crime of which her father was accused. Just then, Alan returns after finding Fenwick), Joseph Bennett (Rocky Van Sandt), Josie Sedgwick (Pansy his father’s body and assuming that he is responsible. Florence hides Lyon Hartley), Annette DeFoe (Florette), Lillian Langdon (Mrs. Chilvers), and admits Alan, who tells her that she is the cause of his father’s death. Thomas H. Guise (M r Chi Ivers), Lou Conley (Aunt Theodor a), Thornton Florence then confesses her love for Alan, who almost believes her until he Edwards (“Live Wire” Dodge), Edwin J. Brady (P. A. Britton), Harry finds Lyon and accuses her of being unfaithful. Florence explains that she

Rattenberry (Mr. Cotter Brown), Anna Dodge (Mrs. Cotter Brown). was holding Lyon for the police, and Alan accepts the story as well as Comedy-drama. Bored with her life as the daughter of wealthy parents, —_ Figrence’s love. False accusations. Murder. Revenge. Swindlers. Vamps. Corinne Chilvers answers an ad in the paper for a woman witha lurid past. — Confession (law). Death by shock. Drunkenness. Father-son relationship. Hired to secure a declaration of marriage from South American millionaire Fistfights. Moral corruption. Partnerships.

Nicholas Fenwick, Corinne assumes the identity of a masked dancer to ETR 14 Apr 1917, p. 1323. MPW 21 Apr 1917, p. 450, 493. attract Fenwick’s attention. Competing with Corinne for Fenwick’s MPN 21 Apr 1917, p. 2519. Wid’s 12 Apr 1917, p. 233. affections is Pansy Hartley, a woman who actually does have a shady past.

After a series of misadventures, Fenwick falls in love with Corinne, whose INFATUATION F1.2186 parents, scandalized by their daughter’s escapades, disown her. Reporting American Film Co. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; A Mutual Masterpicture. to her employers that Fenwick has proposed to her, Corinne discovers that 2 Sep 1915 [OAmerican Film Co., Inc.; 13 Sep 1915; LU6364]. 4 reels.

the young man is not a millionaire, but rather the object of a publicity Dir Harry Pollard. Scen Mary O’Connor. stunt, which is aborted when Corinne and Fenwick really do get married. Source: Based on the novel Infatuation by Lloyd Osbourne (Indianapolis, Fenwick then approaches Corinne’s parents and persuades them to forgive 1909).

their daughter for her scandalous behavior. /mpersonation and imposture. Cast: Margarita Fischer (Phyllis Ladd), Harry Pollard (Cyril

Newspapers. Publicity. Upper classes. Vamps. Classified —_4qgir), Joseph E. Singleton (John Ladd), Lucille Ward (Mrs. advertisements. Disinheritance. Exotic dancers. Millionaires. Proposals. — Fensham).

Reputation. South Americans. Drama. Motherless Phyllis Ladd runs the household of her father John,

Note: Sources differ on the spelling of the last name of the actress who portrays a railroad president, who loves her but dreads the day that she will marry Aunt Theodora, some using Conley and others using Coonley. Some reviews list the . : . title of the film as Indiscreet Corrine. and leave. To make her social debut, Phyllis leaves her home town of

Motog 17 Nov 1917, p. 1056. MPW 24 Nov 1917, p. 1230. Carthage and accepts the invitation of Mrs. Fenshaw, a Washington social MPN 17 Nov 1917, p. 3444, 3488. NYDM _10 Nov 1917, p. 25. matron, to live with her. Phyllis soon tires of the stuffy life and boring

MPN 8 Dec 1917, p. 4065. Var 9 Nov 1917, p. 55. suitors and returns. At a matinee road-show performance, Phyllis becomes

MPW 17 Nov 1917, p. 1031. Wid's 8 Nov 1917, pp. 713-14. infatuated with actor Cyril Adair. When she invites him for tea, the vain actor accepts, hoping to seduce her. After more meetings, Cyril’s discarded

INDISCRETION F1.2184 lover informs Ladd, who demands that the romance cease. Phyllis elopes

Vitagraph Co. of America. Dist Greater Vitagraph (V-L-S-E, Inc.). 15 with Cyril, who, touched by her devotion, marries her. Although their life Jan 1917 [©The Vitagraph Co. of America; 22 Dec 1916; LP9800}. 5 reels. —_is plagued by Cyril’s alcoholism, firings and inability to get new roles

Dir Wilfrid North. Scen William Addison Lathrop. Cam Thomas F. because Ladd influences theater managers to reject him, Phyllis patiently

Molloy. tries to bring out the best in her husband. When Phyllis and Cyril refuse Cast: Lillian Walker (Penelope Holloway), Walter McGrail (Jimmy Ladd’s bribes to end the marriage, Ladd relents, backs a show in which

Travers), Richard Wangemann (Marcellus Holloway), Mrs. West Cyril is to star and is reconciled with the couple. Actors and actresses. (Mrs. Travers), Katharine Lewis (Margery Travers), Thomas R. Mills Aicoholics. Father-daughter relationship. Loyalty. Marriage. Bribery. (Reginald Rivers), Josephine Earle (Mrs. Rivers), Thomas Brooke — Debutantes. Dismissal. Elopement. Executives. infatuation. Socialites.

(Doctor McIntosh), Robert Gaillard (Harrigan). Theatrical backers. Theatrical managers. Theatrical troupes. Washington Drama. Having been raised by Marcellus, her widowed father, Penelope (D.C.). Halloway has never learned the dangers that may confront a young woman. Note: Lloyd Osbourne was the stepson of Robert Louis Stevenson. According to a Then, after Marcellus dies, it appears that yet another well-intentioned pre-production news item, William Carroll, Nan Christie and Robyn Adair were to

man will shelter Penelope when Jimmy Travers falls in love with her. be in this film. Penelope, however, does not feel like settling down, and so begins a Motog 11 Sep 1915, p. 525, 547-48. MPN 28 Aug 1915, p. 56, 159.

flirtation with Reginald Rivers, a married man, who easily tricks her into MeN 0 nae ore P- oy New rae tore P- a8 accompanying him to a roadhouse. Jimmy manages to prevent Penelope MPN 7 Aug 1915, is 81. Var 10 Sep 1915, is ae from spending the night, but when Reginald’s wife finds out about the

rendezvous, she names Penelope as a corespondent in a divorce case. When THE INFERIOR SEX F1.2187 she meets Penelope, however, she comes to realize the full extent of her Chaplin-Mayer Pictures Co. Dist First National Exhibitors Circuit. 8

innocence and naiveté, and so removes her name from the suit, after which Mar 1920. 5 reels. 5.685 ft , :

Penelope eagerly agrees to marry Jimmy. Chastity Divorce. ; False Prod Louis B. Mayer. Dir Joseph Henabery. Asst dir Millard Webb.

accusations. Flirtation. Ingenues. relationship. Infidelity. s WaldCam YdK Th CGaudio. T Gaudi Roadhouses. Widowers. cen Father-daughter Waldemar Young an eene Thompson. Tony ETR 30 Dec 1916, p. 274. MPW 6 Jan 1917, p. 98, 139. Prints Rothacker Film Mfg. Co. Motog 6 Jan 1917, p. 40. : Wid's 18 Jan 1917, p. 37. Source: Based on the play The Inferior Sex by Frank Slayton (New

MPN 6 Jan 1917, p. 115. York, 24 Jan 1910). 453

INFIDELITY AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Cast: Mildred Harris Chaplin (Ailsa Randall), Milton Sills (Knox scrubwoman in the cabaret, where she is discovered by her husband. He Randall), Mary Alden (Clarissa Mott-Smith), John Steppling (George carries her back to the ranch, where she finally dies. Desertion. Hereditary

Mott-Smith), Bertram Grassby (Porter Maddox), James O. Barrows tendencies. Infidelity. Marriage. Alcoholics. Battered women.

(Captain Andy Drake). Charwomen and cleaners. Mistresses. Ranchers. Socialites. Drama. When his honeymoon is over, Knox Randall shifts his attention Note: This picture was also known as Are Passions Inherited?

from his wife Ailsa to his business. Feeling neglected, Ailsa accepts her MPN 30 Sep 1916, pp. 2057-58. Var 2 Mar 1917, p. 25. sister-in-law Clarissa’s advice that a little jealousy might re-ignite her MPW 30 Sep 1916, pp. 2098-99. Wid's 21 Sep 1916, pp. 974-75. husband’s interest. Undertaking a harmless flirtation with playboy Porter

Maddox, Ailsa discovers that Clarissa has fallen madly in love with INJUSTICE F1.2190

Maddox, who is using her to accumulate confidential information Democracy Film Co. Dist Bookertee Film Exchange; L-Ko Pictures regarding Wall Street secrets. When Ailsa overhears Clarissa making Corp. 20 Jul 1919. 6-7 reels. plans to elope with Maddox, she hurries to save her sister-in-law. Rumor Dir Capt. Leslie T. Peacocke. Scen Capt. Leslie T. Peacocke. Story Capt. spreads that Ailsa is a faithless wife and, upon hearing the gossip, George Leslie T. Peacocke.

Mott-Smith, Clarissa’s husband, notifies Knox and the two set out to Cast: Thais Nehli-Kalini (/rene Waterloo), Maurice Stapler (Count intercept the guilty pair. Once they overtake the threesome, Ailsa tells all Bertrand Delande), Vera Lavassor (Gwendolyne Vanderbilt), Dorothy and Knox finally realizes the value of his wife. Marriage. Neglected wives. Yvonne Dumont (Minnie), Sidney Preston Dones (George Preston), Ovid

Playboys. Reputation. Sisters-in-law. Businessmen. Elopement. Flirts. Scott (Sgt. Chase), Mrs. Wilhelmina Owens, Mrs. Hamer Burrell, Mrs.

Gossip. Honeymoons. Jealousy. Stock market. Seith Webb, Margaret Grace-Boon, Mrs. W. W. E. Gladden, Gwendoline

€ titiing and Cutting o € tilm was done under € supervision o irector , ;

rte Some exterior scenes in the film were shot in San Francisco and Los Anges. Gordon, Mary Strange, Veronica Smith, Janette Criner, Mrs. James B.

Henabery and Billy Shea. This was to be the first Mildred Harris Chaplin film eeaeer wy wy tal Ree or Reed ws prey us ws. Otis panks: released by First National, but because of an accident occurring when heavy rains ap ain . oo adden, Kobert Fortson, leut. ournee hite,

washed out the wall of the Mayer studios’ temporary cutting room, almost half of the Eldridge Lee, Otis Banks, Robert C. Owens, Mr. Christian, Dr. W. A.

negative was damaged and re-takes were necessitated. Polly of the Storm Tarleton, Lieut. Clinton Ross, Lieut. Matthews, Lieut. Eugene Lucas, F. Country then became Chaplin’s first release. Sources conflicted in crediting L. Banks, J. B. Bass, Harry Jones, Herbert Bost, J. W. Coleman, Julia

Waldemar Young and Keene Thompson with the scenario. Stuart, Lieut. Hankin, Lieut. Jackson.

NPN 4 May 1900 i" hose. ry Me i900 r ao Drama/World War I. Wealthy society girl Irene Waterloo is courted by MPW 14 Feb 1920, p. 1080. Wid's 9 May 1920, p. 29. a designing nobleman, Count Bertrade Delande, who had previously

pledged himself to Gwendolyne Vanderbilt. Gwendolyne and her socially

INFIDELITY F1.2188 ambitious mother uncover evidence that Irene is really black, and Irene, Erbograph Co. Dist Art Dramas, Inc. 11 Jan 1917 [©Erbograph shocked by this revelation, goes to Europe. Eventually she finds happiness

Company; 15 Jan 1917; LP10026]. 5 reels. with George Preston, who was formerly her porter. [The film also treats Dir Ashley Miller. Scen Ashley Miller. the racism endured by blacks in Europe during World War I. No other Cast: Anna Q. Nilsson (Elaine Bernard), Eugene Strong (Ford verifiable information concerning the plot has been discovered.] Blacks.

Maillard), Miriam Nesbitt (Dorothy Stafford), Warren Cook Europe. Parentage. Porters. Racism. Mother-daughter relationship.

(Clifford Wayne), Fred Jones (Ali Delna), Elizabeth Spencer (Mrs. Nobility. Socialites. World War IL

Maillard), Arthur Morrison (John Griswold). Note: The Democracy Film Co. which changed its name to the Loyalty Film Co.

. . , sometime in 1919 or 1920, included both blacks and whites in its management and

Drama. When Clifford Wayne is found standing over the body of John produced films with black casts. During its opening run in Los Angeles, the film, Griswold, his wife Dorothy’s rejected suitor, he is sent to prison for murder. which may have been made under the title Democracy; or a Fight for Right, was

Years later, Dorothy is running a millinery shop when one of her patrons, advertised and reviewed as In Justice, but later Democracy ads and most

: . . . r Sev reels long a ime Its re . ale im een rence

Mrs. Maillard, notices her daughter Elaine’s artistic ability and insists contemporary sources failed them snjusti¢e. ts rer weer ae film was upon sponsoring her in art school. Elaine enrolls in a class taught by Frank Loyal Hearts, and it played in theaters under that title in late 1919 or early 1920, Mayne, who unknown to her, is actually Wayne, her father. Also in the advertised variously as a five-reeler or a six-reeler. At about this time L-Ko contracted class is Mrs. Maillard’s son Ford, who falls in love with Elaine, and Hindu with Democracy to distribute the film; it cut the film to five reels, added titles in student Ali Delna, who practices hypnotism on the girl. One evening, while dialect, possibly added additional footage, and advertised the result as a comedy. Mayne is away from the studio, Ali exerts his hypnotic influence over Democracy brought suit against L-Ko, but the outcome of the dispute is unclear. It Elaine and forces her to come to the studio. Ford discovers the two is also unclear whether Loyal Hearts was L-Ko’s title for the film, whether the film

. . «fey ge had already been titled Loyal Hearts when L-Ko acquired it, or whether L-Ko

struggling and accuses Elaine of infidelity. At that moment, Mayne returns released the film under yet another title. Modern sources state that Irene goes to and explains Delna’s hypnotic powers, freeing Elaine from all suspicion. Europe as a Red Cross nurse, is attacked and nearly raped by German soldiers there, Soon after, Elaine’s mother arrives and recognizes Mayne as her husband, and is saved by George, now a soldier who is wounded in the fight. Scenes from the

and thus the family is finally reunited. Art students. Art teachers. film may have been shot at the E&R Jungle Studio in Los Angeles.

Hypnotism. Infidelity. Parentage. Art patrons. Attempted rape. False wn - A 19 ww 0 yun to28 p. 1491.

accusations. Hindus. Impersonation and imposture. Imprisonment. LAT 41 Jur 1919. PS P »P.®Milliners. Murder. Recognition.

Motog 27 Yan 1917. p, 206. MPW 3 Feb 1917, p. 244, THE INN OF THE BLUE MOON F1.2191

MPN 23 Dec 1916, p. 3935. NYDM 20 Jan 1917, p. 26. De Luxe Pictures, Inc. Dist William L. Sherry Service. 17 Aug 1918. 6 MPN 27 Jan 1917, p. 595. reels. Dir John B. O’Brien. Scen Louis Joseph Vance. Cam William S. Crolly

INFIDELITY (Fox Film Corp.) see DR. RAMEAU and J. Badaracco.

Cast: Doris Kenyon (Justine Druce/Dorothy Druce), Harry C. Browne

INHERITED PASSIONS F1.2189 (Warde MacMahon), Crauford Kent (Charlton Sloane), William Walcott Century Film Co. Dist Warner’s Features. Sep? 1916. 7 reels. (Justus Druce), Harriet Ross (Dorothy Druce, Sr.), Lyn Donaldson

Dir Gilbert P. Hamilton. Scen Dorothea Farley. (Adelaide Druce), John Hopkins (Jeb Robbins).

Source: Based on the newspaper story “The Big Western Hat” by Jack Drama. When the marriage of Justus and Dorothy Druce fails, their

Wolf (publication undetermined). daughter Dorothy goes with her mother to the Catskills, while her twin Cast: Dorothea Farley (Masie Williams), William Conklin (Masie’s sister Justine settles in New York with Justus. Years later, Justine becomes

father), Beatrice Van, Mrs. Farley, Frank Newburg. engaged to Charlton Sloane, who offers to help Justus out of his financial Drama /Social. Williams, an alcoholic, beats his wife to death and is difficulties by pawning the Druce family jewels. Justus’ niece Adelaide, sentenced to fifteen years in prison, forcing his daughter Masie to earn her bitterly disappointed in her love for Charlton, convinces her uncle that the living in a cabaret. While working as a dancer, Masie meets a kind rancher young man stole the jewels, prompting Justine to seek the services of Warde whom she eventually marries. Soon, however, she tires of ranch life and MacMahon, a young lawyer vacationing in the Catskills. When Warde’s

deserts him during a roundup. Returning to the city, Masie becomes the car overturns, Dorothy tends to his injuries in her childhood hideaway, mistress of a wealthy socialite, but upon learning that he is married, she “The Inn of the Blue Moon,” and the two fall in love. Dorothy and Justine denounces and leaves him. Poor and dissolute, Masie becomes a finally meet, and following several adventures involving their identities,

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE INNOCENCE OF RUTH Charlton’s name is cleared, the daughters are married to their prospective Drama. When Mark Reid, a young man seeking his fortune in the gold suitors, and the long separated parents are reunited. Catskill Mountains. fields of California, discovers Mike O’Hara attempting to jump his claim, False accusations. Separation. Twins. Automobile accidents. Jewelry. he becomes violent. However, the Good Samaritan intervenes and prevents

Lawyers. Mistaken identity. New York City. Nieces. Nursing back to him from injuring O’Hara, Reid, ashamed of his behavior, offers his

health. Unrequited love. Vacations. adversary a share in the mine. Hearing of their good fortune, Morrison, a Note: This film was originally scheduled for release 11 Aug 1918. Doris Kenyon promoter from San Francisco, makes the partners an offer they cannot was the treasurer of De Luxe Pictures, Inc. Contemporary sources note that the story refuse. Reid goes to San Francisco to conclude the deal and while there,

was planned for publication after the film’s release. | meets Morrison’s niece Barbara and the two fall in love. Morrison learns he x Ae ole ee 498-29. NYDN M 5 ne le is ‘oo of their engagement just as he is about to strip Reid of his profits in a bogus MPW 24 Aug 1918, p. 1158. Wid's 18 Aug 1918, p. 4. stock deal. The news fails to deter him and Reid loses all his possessions, believing that Barbara was an accomplice in her uncle’s scheme. Returning

THE INNER SHRINE F1.2192 to the gold fields, Reid discovers that O’Hara has staked another successful Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 14 Jun claim and the two men renew their partnership. Reid rises in the financial 1917 [OJesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co.; 1 Jun 1917; LP10911]. 5 reels. world and is about to crush Morrison, when the Good Samaritan intervenes

Dir Frank Reicher. Asst dir Charles Watt. Scen Beatrice de Mille and once again, bringing Barbara to Reid’s house where his better instincts

Leighton Osmun. Cam Dent Gilbert. prevail. California. Charity. Fraud. Gold mines. Good Samaritans. Mine Source: Based on the novel The Inner Shrine by Basil King (New York, claims. Partnerships. Prospectors. Bankruptcy. Claim jumpers. Revenge. 1909). San Francisco. Stock market. Swindlers. Cast: Margaret Illington (Diane Winthrop), Hobart Bosworth (Derek Note: Some exterior scenes in this film were shot at Port Henry, NY. A prePruyn), Jack Holt (Viscount D’Arcourt), Elliott Dexter (Marquis de production article listed the following players as being in the cast who were not listed Bienville), Mme. 1. D’Juria (Mme. D’Arcourt), Adele Farrington, Paul wm any reviews: Ruby de Remer, John Sainpolis, Sonia Marcelle and Baby Miriam

Weigel, Ernest Joy, Jack Stark, , ETR 3 Apr 1920, p. 2002. NYMT 28 Mar 1920.

Drama. Upon coming into her inheritance, Diane Winthrop does just MPN 3 Apr 1920, p. 3171. Var 2 Apr 1920, p. 93. what her guardian Derek Pruyn had feared she would: she marries the MPW 3 Apr 1920, p. 140. Wid's 28 Mar 1920, p. 4.

Viscount D’Arcourt, an impecunious French nobleman. After the wedding, |

the Viscount turns to his mistress, and it becomes clear to Diane that he INNOCENCE F1.2195 married her for her fortune. Diane seeks solace in the company of the California Motion Picture Corp. 1917? Length undetermined. Marquis de Bienville who, desiring more than her company, contrives to Dir Norval MacGregor. Scen Captain Leslie Peacocke. Story Captain ruin Diane’s reputation by detaining her all night in his chateau. This Leslie Peacocke. incident precipitates a duel between the viscount and the marquis, in which Drama? [No information concerning the plot has been discovered.] the viscount commits suicide. Fearing that he will be charged with murder, Note: A trade article from Mar 1917 announced that the film was in postthe marquis flees France and goes to South America where he meets Derek, production, but it is unclear whether the film was ever released under this or any other

stricken with fever and raving in his delirium of Diane. The marquis learns title. The film was sold to Robertson-Cole Co. along with other properties of the that Derek had always loved Diane but repressed his emotions because of California Motion Picture Corp. in 1919, but it is not known whether Robertson-Cole the difference in their ages. Finally Derek recovers, the marquis tells him purchased a completed film or a property, or whether the film was released after the

the truth about his affair with Diane, and Derek and Diane are reunited. purchase. Fortune hunters. Infidelity. Self-sacrifice. Wards and guardians. Delirium NYDM = 3 Mar 1917, p. 34. tremens. Duels. French. Frame-ups. Inheritance. Marriage. Mistresses.

Nobility. Reputation. South America. Suicide. THE INNOCENCE OF LIZETTE | F1.2196 ETR 16 Jun 1917, p. 123. NYDM 16 Jun 1917, p. 28. American Film Co. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; A Mutual Star Production.

MPN 23 Jun 1917, p. 3946. Wid's 2 Aug 1917, p. 490. 25 Dec 1916. 5 reels.

MPW 23 Jun 1917, p. 1949, 1994. Dir James Kirkwood. Scen Arthur H. Gooden. Story Bessie Boniel. Cast: Mary Miles Minter (Lizette), Eugene Ford (Paul), Harvey Clark

THE INNER STRUGGLE , F 1.2193 (Henry Fauer), Eugenie Forde (Granny Page), Ashton Dearholt (Dan American Film Co. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; Mutual Masterpictures De Nye), Blanche Hanson (Mrs. Bunn), Mr. Newton. :

Luxe Edition. 12 Jun 1916. 5 reels. | Comedy-drama. While she is selling newspapers, Lizette, an orphan, | Dir Edward Sloman. Asst dir Sidney H. Algier. Scen Julian La Mothe. attracts the attention of millionaire Henry Fauer, who adopts her. While

Cam Joe Morgan. Henry is out of town on business, Lizette finds a baby on her doorstep, and Cast: Franklin Ritchie (Dr. Stephen Grant), Winnifred Greenwood when Henry returns a few months later, she tells him that the child is her

(Myra Hamilton), Roy Stewart (Harry Elliot). own. Not having the least notion of biology, and simply assuming that Drama. Doctor Stephen Grant has fallen in love with Myra Hamilton, babies are gifts from heaven, Lizette cannot understand Henry’s horror at but she is engaged to Harry Elliot. Just before the wedding, Myra learns hearing the news. She gladly names a father, after which Henry finds the that Harry is an alcoholic, but, certain that she can reform him, she goes man and insists that he marry Lizette. Finally, however, the real mother through with the ceremony. Then, with Stephen’s help, Myra finally is able appears to claim the baby, and thereby ease Henry’s mind about his to get Harry to stop drinking. During the cure, however, she realizes that daughter. Adoption. Infants. Innocents. Orphans. Wards and guardians. she really does love Stephen, and so, to save Myra’s marriage, he accepts Marriage-Forced by circumstances. News vendors.

a position at a leper colony. Several years later, Myra sends word that Motog 6 Jan 1917, p. 42. MPW 13 Jan 1917, p. 278. Harry has died, and implores Stephen to come back to her. Stephen is torn MPN 30 Dec 1916, p. 4111, 4114, MPW 20 Jan 1917, p. 358.

between his love for Myra and his devotion to his patients, but then, when 4210. he discovers that he himself has contracted leprosy, he realizes that he must

remain at the colony. Alcoholics. Leprosy. Self-sacrifice. Cures. © THE INNOCENCE OF RUTH F1.2197

Physicians. Thomas A. Edison, Inc. Dist Kleine-Edison Feature Service. 26 Jan

Note: The film’s title was A Man’s Soul until just before its release. 1916 [©Thomas A. Edison, Inc.; 18 Jan 1916; LP7461]. 5 reels, 4,839 ft.

Motog 17 Jun 1916, p. 1391. MPW 24 Jun 1916, p. 2299. Dir John H. Collins. Story William Addison Lathrop.

MPN 10 Jun 1916, p. 3612. Wid’'s 22 Jun 1916, p. 670. Cast: Edward Earle (Jimmy Carter), Viola Dana (Ruth Travers),

MPN 17 Jun 1916, p. 3771. Augustus Phillips (Mortimer Reynolds), Lena Davril (Edna Morris), T. Tamamoto (Togo), Brad Sutton (Ruth’s father), Nellie Grant (The THE INNER VOICE F1.2194 housekeeper). American Cinema Corp. Dist State Rights. Apr 1920 [©American Drama. After becoming an orphan, Ruth Travers goes to live with young

Cinema Corp.; 20 Sep 1920; LP15572]. 6-7 reels. millionaire Jimmy Carter, who takes a fatherly interest in his new ward.

Dir R. William Neill. Scen Elaine Sterne. Story Elaine Sterne. Cam Mortimer Reynolds, however, who ruined the financial empire of Ruth’s

Ernest Haller. father, also takes an interest in the girl, but one that is not paternal. He

Cast: E. K. Lincoln (Mark Reid), Agnes Ayres (Barbara), Fuller attempts to rape her, and knocks out Jimmy when he tries to save Ruth. Mellish (The Good Samaritan), Riley Hatch (Mike O’Hara), Walter Finally, the police shoot Mortimer, who is wanted on a forgery charge, and Greene (George Morrison), Edward Keppler (Gilbert Dawson). Ruth returns to Jimmy, after which she and her guardian realize that they 455

INNOCENT AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG have fallen in love, and then make plans to marry. Cads. Orphans. Wards THE INNOCENT LIE F 1.2200

and guardians. Attempted rape. Forgers. Millionaires. Police. Famous Players Film Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 8 May Motog 5 Feb 1916, p. 320. MPW 5 Feb 1916, p. 799. 1916 [OFamous Players Film Co.; 21 Apr 1916; LU8124]. 5 reels. MPN 5 Feb 1916, p. 722. NYDM 5 Feb 1916, p. 28. Dir Sidney Olcott. Scen Lois Zellner. Story Hugh Ford. Cam Alphonso

MPW 22 Jan 1916, p. 676. Var 28 Jan 1916, p. 23. Liguori.

Cast: Valentine Grant (Nora O’Brien), Jack J. Clark (Terry O’Brien), Morris Foster (Pat O’Brien), Hunter Arden (Nora Owen),

INNOCENT F1.2198 Robert Cain (Captain Stewart), Frank Losee, William Courtleigh, Jr., Astra Film Corp. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc.; A Pathé Plays Special. 27 Helen Lindroth, Charles Ferguson.

Jan 1918. 5 reels. Drama. After Nora O’Brien comes to America from Ireland to see her Pres A. H. Woods. Dir George Fitzmaurice. Scen Ouida Bergere. brother, she suffers a concussion. She is then mistaken for another Irish Cam Percy Hilburn. Nora who had been planning to come to the United States to visit her Source: Based on the play /nnocent by George Broadhurst (New York, _ seldom seen aunt, Mrs. Watson, but who decided, finally, to stay at home. 9 Sep 1914). . A dazed Nora is taken to Mrs. Watson’s home and treated like family, and Cast: Fannie Ward (Innocent), John Miltern (John Wyndham), Armand _ then, when Mrs. Watson’s son Jack returns from college he falls in love

Kaliz (Louis Doucet), Frederick Perry (Peter McCormack), Nathaniel with his new cousin. Nora recovers from her injury and realizes that a

Sack. mistake has been made, but she has been so impressed with the Watson’s

Drama. Kept in seclusion by her alcoholic father, Peter McCormack, _ kindness that she does not want to confess that she is not related to them. Innocent knows nothing of life beyond her own house in Mukden, China. _ Finally, however, the truth comes out, and because Nora already feels like Following McCormack’s death, Innocent is placed in the care of his close 4 Watson, she eagerly consents to marry Jack in order to make her ties to friend, John Wyndham. John promises to protect the girl, but when the two the family completely legal and official. Amnesia. Irish. Mistaken identity.

visit France, he resumes his gambling habit, while she, awestruck by the Aunts. College students. Cousins. glitter and excitement of the Parisian social scene, soon becomes infatuated Note: This production was filmed in Bermuda.

with Louis Doucet, the handsome but unscrupulous owner of a gambling Motog _20 May 1916, p. 1167. NYT 8 May 1916, p. 7.

establishment. Louis convinces Innocent to run away with him to the MPN 20 May 1916, p. 3090. Var 12 May 1916, p. 19. Riviera, but John finally locates them in Nice and shoots her lover. Having MPW 20 May 1916, p. 1349. Wid's 11 May 1916, p. 567. fallen in love with his ward, John returns to China, alone and heartbroken. NYDM —20 May 1916, p. 25.

He attempts suicide but recovers from his wound, whereupon Innocent,

who now realizes her love for John, follows him to Mukden and agrees to AN INNOCENT MAGDALENE F1.2201 marry him. Attempted suicide. Gambling. Infatuation. Innocents. Fine Arts Film Co. Dist Triangle Film Corp. 18 Jun 1916. 5 reels. Jealousy. Mukden (China). Paris. Wards and guardians. Alcoholics. Dir Allan Dwan. Scen Roy Somerville. Story Granville Warwick.

Gambling houses. Nice (France). Cast: Lillian Gish (Dorothy Raleigh), Spottiswoode Aitken (Colonel Note: According to modern sources, William Cameron Menzies was the art director Raleigh), Sam De Grasse (Forbes Stewart), Mary Alden (The

of this film. The film had its premiere in New York on 20 Jan 1918. woman), Seymour Hastings (The preacher), Jennie Lee (Mammy),

ETR 19 Jan 1918, p. 566. MPW 2 Feb 1918, p. 683, 719. William de Vaull (Old Joe).

oN to a re P. a Ws i a rn P. a6 Drama. When Dorothy’s Southern, aristocratic father Colonel Raleigh MPN 2 Feb 1918, i" 737. none refuses to let her marry Forbes Stewart, a Northern gambler, the couple elopes. When Dorothy soon thereafter becomes pregnant, Forbes vows to reform, but authorities arrest him on a gambling charge, and he serves a year in prison. During that time, and just before the birth of the baby, a

an ANON Ae Dist F PI _Lask neu woman comes to Dorothy and claims to be Forbes’ wife. Stunned, Dorothy P amous Pict “Ts i " y 19191 OF, * lave Loxky Con y 19 Mos returns to her father, but the colonel throws her out, and so, on her own,

919: LPI37S4], 5 els. [Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; ay she has her baby, whom the community believes to be illegitimate.

° , .Jesse . . Convinced thatRobert she has Dorothy is P. about to killFherself Pres L. Lasky. Dir G. sinned, Vignola. Asst Carlberk. ; Ley gewhen ,simply , . orbes, just out of jail, findsdir herB. and explains that the other woman

Scen Clara Genevievead Kennedy. Clara Genevieve Kennedy. b ; inather hj EatherFrank E. Garbutt. been anStory ex sweetheart trying to winCam himhad back. daughter Cast: Vivian Martin (Lindy), Lloyd Hughes (Dick Ross), Edythe eationship Comegnmacy “acon oat ne imposture. Liars. Chapman (Aunt Heppy), Gertrude Norman (Mrs. Cribbley), Jane Wolff Np Gr: ‘lle W: wok P d db D. W. Griffith (Mrs. Bates), Tom D. Bates (“Chilowee Bill’), Hal Clements (““Doc”’ ote: Granville Warwick was a pseudonymn used by 1D. W. (ariitith.

Brogan), James Farley (Brogan’s accomplice), Spottiswoode Aitken Nene - un i916 if 3970, PaOM ie ue ile is a4

(Meekton), Togo (Lindy’s dog). MPW 17 Jun 1916, p. 2059. Wid's 8 Jun 1916, p. 638.

Comedy /Crime. Lindy, an innocent girl reared in a small town, accepts MPW 24 Jun 1916, p. 2301. a letter for her friend Mrs. Bates from wealthy landlady Mrs. Cribbley,

which she thinks is an eviction notice, and thus postpones delivery. When THE INNOCENT SINNER F1.2202

she learns that robbing the mail is a felony, and that her dog has chewed Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 21 Jul 1917 [OWilliam Fox; 22 Jul the letter, Lindy becomes fraught with fear. Mrs. Cribbley’s secretary, 1917; LP11125]. 5 reels. Dick Ross, has reformed from being a thief because of Lindy’s sweetness. Dir R. A. Walsh. Scen R. A. Walsh. Story Mary Synon. Cam Dal After his former partner Brogan robs Mrs. Cribbley’s house, she suspects Clawson.

Chilowee Bill, a tramp. Lindy erroneously thinks that her “‘crime”’ has been Cast: Miriam Cooper (Mary Ellen Ellis), Charles Clary (David discovered, and when she becomes friends with Bill, Dick mistakenly Graham), Jack Standing (Walter Benton), Jane Novak (Jane Murray), believes that she robbed Mrs. Cribbley. He loses his incentive to reform, Rosita Marstini (Madame De Coeur), William E. Parsons (Bull and with Lindy, joins Brogan. After Bill robs Mr. Meekton, whom Dick Clark), Johnny Reese (The Weasel), Jennie Lee (Mother Ellis). was planning to rob, Brogan accuses Dick and Lindy of double-crossing Drama. Under promise of marriage, innocent Mary Ellen Ellis leaves her him. When Bill confesses to save Lindy, Dick knocks out Brogan and country home to accompany the experienced Walter Benton to the city.

retrieves Mrs. Cribbley’s jewels. After Lindy confesses her fears, Dick Mary Ellen finds herself in an underworld milieu, but she is able to laughs and puts the pieces of the letter together to show that it was only influence burglar Bull Clark to reform, thus earning his undying gratitude. a request to return the garden hose. Criminals—Rehabilitation. Innocents. Clark is able to repay Mary Ellen when he rescues her from The Weasel, Postal theft. Burglary. Dogs. Landladies. Letters. Secretaries. Tramps. who has followed her to her apartment. When Benton returns and finds his

Note: This was the first film written by Clara Genevieve Kennedy. wife and Clark together, a fight ensues between the two men in which

ETR 21 Jun 1919, p. 231. MPW 21 Jun 1919, p. 1802. Benton is killed by The Weasel. Clark is accused of the murder and MPW 14 Jun 1919, p. 1646. NYDM I Jul 1919, p. 1036. sentenced to jail, but escapes and joins the Navy. Meanwhile, Mary Ellen is forced to live in shame until she is rescued by Jane Murray, an office assistant in an East Side infirmary. There Mary Ellen meets Dr. Graham,

THE INNOCENT CHEAT see THE THIRD WOMAN Benton’s cousin, and the two fall in love. Fear of the doctor’s scorn for her 456

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE INSPIRATIONS OF HARRY LARRABEE past life forces Mary Ellen to leave, and she is abducted by The Weasel Source: Based on the play Inside the Lines by Earl Derr Biggers (New and imprisoned in a vacant room. A newsboy informs the doctor of her York, 9 Feb 1915). whereabouts, and through the doctor’s efforts Mary Ellen wins her freedom Cast: Lewis S. Stone (“/932,” also known as Captain Cavendish), as well as his love. Country girls. Criminals. New York City—East Side. Marguerite Clayton (Jane Gerson), George Field (Jaimihr), Arthur Reputation. Attempted rape. Criminals—Rehabilitation. False arrests. Allardt (Billy Capper), David M. Hartford (Dr. Emil Koch), Joseph Fights. Infirmaries. Kidnapping. Marriage. Murder. Newsboys. Office Singleton (Major General Crandall), Helen Dunbar (Mrs. Crandall),

clerks. Physicians. Prison escapes. Rescues. United States. Navy. Willard Wayne (Captain Woodhouse), William Durall (Joseph Note: The story by Mary Synon included in the copyright descriptions was entitled Almer), Fritz von Hardenburg (Karl Hellinger), Nicholas Cogley “Written on the Sand.” Wid’s credits Walsh and C. B. Clapp with the scenario, while (Henry Sherman), Ida Lewis (Mrs. Henry Sherman), Carl Herlinger.

other sources list only Walsh. War drama/World War I, Espionage. During World War I, a spy known

Ny tA i917 P ve. ar 4 Aue i917 P 501-02. as “1932” is commissioned by the German Secret Service to trail English

11 Aug 1917, p. 953. agent Captain Woodhouse to the Straits of Gibraltar and there effect the | MPW destruction of the British fleet. Before his departure, 1932 helps Jane Gerson, an American girl falsely accused of espionage, and later falls in

INNOCENT’S PROGRESS F 1.2203 love with her. In Egypt, 1932 secures Woodhouse’s clothes and

Triangle Film Corp. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 24 Mar 1918. 5 identification and proceeds to Gibraltar. The governor of Gibraltar is led

reels. to suspect ““Woodhouse” by British agent Billy Capper and Jane, who is Dir Frank Borzage. Scen Frank S. Beresford. Story Frances Quillan. his houseguest. In the end, Jaimihr, a Turkish servant employed by the

Cam Pliny Horne. governor, is revealed as the true German agent, and 1932 is identified as

Cast: Pauline Starke (Tessa Fayne), Lillian West (Madeline Captain Cavendish of the British Intelligence Bureau, who is now free to Carson), Alice Knowland (Aunt Lottie), Jack Livingston (Carey turn his attention to Jane. Americans in foreign countries. Germany. | Larned), Charles Dorian (Olin Humphreys), Graham Pette (Masters). Secret Service. Great Britain. Secret Service. Impersonation and Drama. Tessa Fayne, unhappy in her life as a clerk in a small town candy imposture. Sabotage. Spies. Straits of Gibraltar. Egypt. False store, leaves her Aunt Lottie and journeys to New York City to search for accusations. Governors. Great Britain. Navy. Servants. Turks. World War Arnold Fuller, an actor who once offered her love as well as a career on I. the stage. After learning that Arnold is married, Tessa rushes out into the Note: A review for this film in Feb 1918 states that it was the first film produced rain and runs headlong into Carey Larned, a young millionaire. Carey by Delcah Photoplays, Inc. No information has been located concerning the film’s takes her to his apartment, where a fellow clubman, Olin Humphreys, tries __“@!€ase at that time. World Film Corp. acquired the film, which they stated was to attack her. In defending her, Carey suffers a lung hemorrhage and is Reviews at that time stated that Pyramid Film Corp. produced the film. One review ordered West by his physician to recuperate. In his absence, Tessa is cared states that it was presented by the Inter-Ocean Film Corp., which was a distributor for by Madeline Carson, who, although deeply in love with Carey, has of American films abroad. Some sources list the film as five reels in length. The play inspired only his friendship in return. Under Madeline’s watchful eye, was the basis for the 1930 RKO film Inside the Lines, which starred Betty Compson

. : originally intended for the state rights market, and released it on 26 Aug 1918.

Tessa grows into a beautiful and cultured woman. Several years later, ans 30. ots) by Roy G. Pomeroy (see AFI Catalog of Feature Films, Madeline is killed in an accident, and when Carey returns to visit Tessa, TR a 33 Feb 1918, p. 993. MPW 7 Sep 1918, p. 1342, 1464. he realizes his love for her and proposes. Friendship. Innocents. Lure of the ETR 24 Aug 1918, p. 1015. NYDM 24 Aug 1918, p. 275. city. Unrequited love. Accidental death. Actors and actresses. Attempted ETR 31 Aug 1918, p. 1087. Var 16 Aug 1918, p. 35. rape. Aunts. Candy stores. Clerks. Fights. Millionaires. New York City. MPN 24 Aug 1918, p. 1212, 1261. Wid's 1 Sep 1918, p. 15.

Proposals. Rescues. Small town life. MPW 24 Aug 1918, p. 1154. ETR 6 Apr 1918, p. 1467. NYDM 6 Apr 1918, p. 18. MPN 6 Apr 1918, p. 2037. Var 29 Mar 1918, p. 44.

MPW 30 Mar 1918, p. 1869. Wid's 4 Apr 1918, p. 1060. INSPIRATION F 1.2206 Thanhouser Film Corp. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; A Mutual

Masterpicture. 18 Nov 1915. 5 reels.

THE INSIDE OF THE WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC F1.2204 Pres Edwin Thanhouser. Dir George Foster Platt. Scen Virginia Tyler Moral Feature Film Co. Dist Sociological Research Film Co. 8 Dec Hudson. Cam Lawrence E. Williams.

1913 [©Samuel H. London; 31 Oct 1913; LU1508]. 4 reels. Cast: Audrey Munson (The model), Thomas A. Curran (The artist), Pres Samuel H. London. Dir Frank Beal. Asst dir Abraham Canter. George Marlo, Bert Delaney (The artist’s friends), Carey L. Hastings,

Scen Frank Beal. Story Samuel H. London. Ethyle Cooke, Louise Emerald Bates.

Cast: Virginia Mann (Victim), Edwin Carewe (Procurer), Jean Thomas Drama. Because he is unable to locate a suitable model, a famous artist

(His sweetheart), Ninita Bristow (/mmigrant), Elinor O. Peterson. abandons a statuary group that was intended to grace a fountain. His Drama/ Social. A white slaver who preys on unsuspecting immigrants friends find a young and inexperienced country girl who is looking for work

catches sight of a pretty young woman, ordered from her house by her and bring her before the artist. Immediately he finds in her the model he father and now wandering the streets of New York City. In order tomake —_ has always sought, and soon other artists are clamoring to hire her. her acquaintance, the procurer orders his accomplice to insult the girl, Although she has fallen in love with the artist, he seems interested only in whereupon the procurer gallantly comes to the rescue. The woman his work, and when he flirts with a society woman, the model, disconsolate, gratefully accompanies him to a nearby café, where he drugs her and then —_— vanishes. Finally the artist realizes his love for the model, and after a

takes her to his apartment. Tricked by a staged marriage, the girl flees with lengthy search, he finds her ill and hungry at the base of one of his her “husband” to New Orleans, where he sells her to a brothel. Disgusted, sculptures. The artist pledges his love, and the two are married. Artists. she escapes to Denver, but her poor reputation prevents her from finding = Country girls. Models. Sculptors. Flirtation. Socialites. Statues. a new life. Trapped in the trade, the young woman becomes a hopeless Note: The film was re-released in 1918 under the title The Perfect Model. Audrey example of the tragedy of white slavery. Brothels. Immigrants. Moral Munson was a well-known artist’s model. Her nude posing in this film was at first corruption. Pimps. Prostitution. Reputation. White-slave traffic. Denver controversial but was finally judged artistic and “educational.”

(Colorado). Drugging. Father-daughter relationship. Marriage-Fake. New Motog 13 Nov 1915, p. 1013. MPW 26 Oct 1918, p, 548.

Orleans.. .New York City. Motog 20 Novp.1915, 1080, 1105. NYDM 3 Feb 1917,p. p. 35. . MPN 20 Nov 1915, 44, p.86, 101. Var 5 Nov 1915, 23. Note: The film contains documentary footage shot in New Orleans, New York, and MPW 13 Nov 1915, p. 1318, 1378.

Denver. Samuel H. London reported on white slavery for the Rockefeller Commission after working for seven years as a secret service agent assigned to control the problem.

NYDM 24Sep 1913, 31. Var «12: Deg 1913.0. 12, 25. THE INSPIRATIONS OF HARRY LARRABEE F1.2207

| Balboa Amusement Producing Co.; A Fortune Photoplay. Dist General

: 457

Film Co. Mar 1917. 4 reels.

INSIDE THE LINES F1.2205 Prod H. M. Horkheimer and E. D. Horkheimer. Dir Bertram Bracken. Delcah Photoplays, Inc.; Pyramid Film Corp. Dist World Film Corp. 26 Scen Douglas Bronston. Cam Victor Miller.

Aug 1918. 6 reels. Source: Based on the short story “The Inspirations of Harry Larrabee”

Griffin. undetermined).

Dir David M. Hartford. Scen Monte M. Katterjohn. Cam Walter L. by Howard Fielding (pseud. of Charles Witherle Hooke) (publication

INTELLIGENCE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Cast: Clifford Gray (Harry Larrabee), Margaret Landis (Carolyn decide between making himself an ex-husband or Florence a widow. After Vaughn), Winifred Greenwood (Madame Batonyi), Frank Brownlee the count chooses the former, John takes Florence back to America and

(Batonyi, also known as “The Wolf’), William Ehfe (Dr. Stettina), marries her. Americans in foreign countries. Heiresses. Infidelity. Charles Blaisdell (Dr. Seward Wendell), Tom Morgan (Hallboy). Marriage of convenience. Nobility. Divorce.

Mystery. Playwright Harry Larrabee unwittingly becomes the leading Motog 29 Jul 1916, p. 269. NYT 24 Jul 1916, p. 7. figure in a theft aimed at Carolyn Vaughn, the young woman living down MPN 29 Jul 1916, p. 626. Wid's 3 Aug 1916, p. 761. the hall with whom he is in love. Carolyn’s acquaintance, Madame Batonyi, MPW 29 Jul 1916, p. 804, 851. is coerced by a thug called The Wolf to visit Carolyn and ask to see her

jewels. The Wolf then enters the apartment by a dumbwaiter and drugs INTO THE LIGHT F1.2210 Carolyn with chloroform. His plans go awry when Harry overhears the Bradbury Productions; Mitchell Lewis Corp. Dist M. B. Schlesinger; crime being committed and spirits Carolyn away ina taxicab to the house = State Rights. Mar 1920 [©Cyrus J. Williams; 12 Feb 1921; LU16265]). 5

of his friend Dr. Wendell, where she is revived with a pulmotor. The reels. _

mystery of the missing jewels is then finally unraveled when The Wolf and Prod Cyrus J. Williams. Dir Robert North Bradbury. Story Robert his accomplice Dr. Stettina kill one another in a gun duel, and Madame _— North Bradbury. Cam L. W. McManigal. Art dir Wilson Silsby. Batonyi confesses that The Wolf was her husband who had viciously forced Cast: Patricia Palmer (The Girl), Edward Hearn (The Boy), William her into a life of crime. Drugging. Playwrights. Theft. Thieves. Confession Lion West (Pixley), Gertrude Claire (The Boy's mother), William Moran

(law). Duels. Jewelry. Physicians. Rescues. (The Spider), Dorothy Ketchum (The Spider's accomplice).

Note: According to news items, this production was the first release in the Fortune Allegory. A simple country girl, brutally mistreated by her stepfather, Photoplay series, which was comprised of adaptations of stories that appeared in awakens first the sympathy and then the love of The Boy. The Spider, who various ‘Street and Smith publications, including Popular, People’s, Smith's and lusts after The Girl, makes a bargain with the stepfather and takes her to

Ainslee s a Mar 917 0. 961 upw 7 Mar 1917, 0. 1759. 1819 the city, where, kept prisoner, she is soon broken in health and spirit. Cast

arn Pa. ar 07 OT Pe Dots FONe out and near death, she is taken in by The Boy. Following the demise of

PN 1 var i917 5. 3030 1050. NYDM 10 Mar 1917, p. 29. The Spider, The Boy takes her to church, where he prays, and after many hours, she is restored to health. Battered children. Country girls. Cures. Faith. Lust. Stepfathers.

INTELLIGENCE see AN ALIEN ENEMY Note: The film was shot under the title Hollyhocks but was re-titled Into The

Light by Feb 1920, when it was announced to be completed. It showed at Los Angeles’

THE INTERLOPER F1.2208 Clune Auditorium in Mar 1920, but it probably did not received general distribution World Film Corp. Dist World Film Corp. 3 Jun 1918 [©World Film until the spring of 1921 at the earliest. It is listed in the AF Catalog of Feature Films,

Corp.; 21 May 1918; LU12452]. reels. 1921-30 as Things Do, and was released under thatannounced title in 1921. : . When the film was 5screened for(F2.5624) the trade press Men in early 1921, Schlesinger Dir Oscar C. Apfel. Scen Wallace C. Clifton. Story Clara S. Beranger. that it would not be released until several scenes were excised, including scenes

Cam Lucien Tainguy. depicting the horsewhipping of the girl, The Spider molesting her and the use of drugs. Cast: Kitty Gordon (Jane Cameron), Irving Cummings (Paul Several contemporary sources state that the film was based on a novel, but no evidence

Whitney), Warren Cook (Whitney Pere), Isabelle Berwin (Mrs. of the novel’s existence has been discovered.

Whitney), June Blackman (Aunt Patricia), Frank Mayo (Edmond ETR 16 Apr 1921, p. 1815. MPN 26 Mar 1921, p. 2157. Knapp), George MacQuarrie (Courtney Carvel), Anthony Byrd (Eph), I. MEN io vee 1920, is oe ewe 9 Ar or is son

Quong (Kamoto), Tom Cameron (The Whitney butler). MPN 7 Feb 1920, p. 1542. Wid’sY 1925, p. 463. Drama. Paul Whitney, a railroad owner’s son, visits the Virginia MPN 27 Mar 1920, p. 2912. plantation of Jane Cameron hoping to persuade her to grant the railroad

a right-of-way through her land. The two fall in love and marry, but after INTO THE PRIMITIVE F1.2211 Jane moves into Paul’s home in the North, she discovers that he and his Selig Polyscope Co.; A Red Seal Play. Dist V-L-S-E, Inc. 29 May family still idolize his deceased first wife. While Paul is away on a fishing 1916 [©Selig Polyscope Co.; 22 Apr 1916; LP8178]. 5 reels.

trip, Jane learns from his friend, Edmond Knapp, who is infatuated with Dir T. N. Heffron. Cam Clyde Cook. her, that he and Paul’s first wife had carried on an affair. Jane forcefully Source: Based on the novel /nto The Primitive by Robert Ames Bennet rejects Edmond’s advances and on her way home, decides not to disclose (Chicago, 1908). to Paul his late wife’s infidelity. Paul returns home and tells Jane that she Cast: Kathlyn Williams (Jennie Leslie), Guy Oliver (Thomas Blake), is the most important woman in his life. Grief. Infidelity. Marriage. Harry Lonsdale (Honorable Cecil Winthrope). Southerners. Widowers. Fishing. Plantations. Railroads. Seduction. Drama, Adventure. American heiress Jennie Leslie, the Honorable Cecil

Virginia. Winthrope, and the alcoholic Thomas Blake are washed ashore on a

Note: The working title of this film was Her Great Moment. deserted island after a shipwreck. At first, Jennie sticks close to Cecil, ETR 1 Jun 1918, p. 2084. Var 24 May 1918, p. 34. preferring his upper-class British breeding to Thomas’ man-of-the-people

NYDM 1 Jun 918 is 76. Mas 9 Jun 1918, p. 18. approach. Cecil, however, turns out to be completely ineffective when it

a comes to survival, and so both he and Jennie depend on Thomas for food, clothing, and protection. The surroundings bring out the “caveman”’ in

AN INTERNATIONAL MARRIAGE F1.2209 Cecil in one respect, however; he tries to rape Jennie. During the attempt,

Oliver Morosco Photoplay Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 24 Jul which takes place during a storm, Cecil is crushed by a falling tree, and 1916 [©Oliver Morosco Photoplay Co.; 3 Jul 1916; LP8655]. 5 reels. just before he dies, he reveals that he was merely a valet posing as an

Dir Frank Lloyd. Cam James Van Trees. — aristocrat. Then, Jennie and Thomas realize that they are in love with each

Source: Based on the play An International Marriage by George other, and when a rescue ship picks them up, they begin making plans for

Broadhurst (New York, 4 Jan 1909). , their marriage. Alcoholics. Castaways. Heiresses. Impersonation and Cast: Rita Jolivet (Florence Brent), Marc Robbins (Bennington imposture. Nobility. Regeneration. Attempted rape. Storms.

Brent), Elliott Dexter (John Oglesby), Grace Carlisle (Eleanor Motog 20 May 1916, p. 1166 NYDM 27 May 1916, p. 34

Williamson), Olive White (Mrs. Williamson), Courtenay Foote (Duke of MPN 20 May 1916, p. 3105. Var 26 May 1916, p. 20.

Buritz), Page Peters (Count Janefski), Herbert Standing (Archduke MPW 3 Jun 1916, p. 1767. Wid’s 25 May 1916, p. 595. Ferdinand), Adelaide Woods (Agnes Sotherton), Jean Woodbury (The MPW 10 Jun 1916, p. 1899. Archduchess).

Comedy-drama. American heiress Florence Brent wants to marry the INTOLERANCE F1.2212

aristocratic Duke of Buritz, with whom she has traveled to Europe. On the D. W. Griffith; Wark Producing Corp. Dist Wark Producing Corp.; orders of the duke’s father, however, Evelyn must have a title before a Road Show. 5 Sep 1916 [©David Wark Griffith; 24 Jun 1916; LU8570. wedding can take place, and so she quickly marries Count Janefski, the ©David Wark Griffith; 5 Sep 1916; LP9934]. 13-14 reels. duke’s friend, with plans of becoming a countess and a divorcée in quick Pres D. W. Griffith. Prod D. W. Griffith. Dir D. W. Griffith. Asst succession. Then, after the ceremony, Florence discovers that the duke dir George Siegmann and W. S. Van Dyke. Scen D. W. Griffith. Titles already has a wife, while the count grows increasingly enthusiastic about Anita Loos. CamG. W. Bitzer. Second cam Karl Brown. Set builder Frank being married. Finally, Florence’s American sweetheart, John Oglesby, “Huck” Wortman. Musical accompaniment arranged by Joseph Carl who has followed her to Europe, pulls a pistol on the count, and lets him Breil. Technologist R. E. Wales.

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 INTRIGUE Cast—All Ages: Lillian Gish (The woman who rocks the cradle). Struggle Throughout the Ages and Intolerance, a Sun-play of the Ages. The working Cast—Judean Story: Lillian Langdon (Mary, the Mother), Olga Grey mule was The Mother and the Law. The Majestic Motion Picture Co. advanced money (Mary Magdalene), Baron Von Ritzau, Count Von Stroheim (First Or wre first production expenses. Before it was completed, D. W. Griffith and Harry

- ‘ . Aitken, the owners of the film, agreed to incorporate a company, the Wark

Pharisees), Bessie Love (The Bride of Cana), George Walsh Producing Corp., to finish the film and exploit it. The film was made at the Fine Arts (Bridegroom of Cana), Howard Gaye (Christ), William Brown (The Studio in Hollywood. According to Var, the B’nai Brith prevailed upon Griffith to

Bride’s :Father). repro ae crucifixion which as : was original ea traNe crucifying . . rist. The film hadScene, a trial showing in Riverside, :

Cast—Medieval French Story: Margery Wilson (Brown Eyes), New York at the Liberty Theatre on 5 Sep 19 16. The film was shown nt large theaters

Spottiswoode Aitken (Her Father), Ruth Handforth (Her Mother), in various cities with a prologue and two acts. Eugene Pallette (Prosper Latour), A. D. Sears (The Foreign Intolerance’s narrative contained four stories which were interwoven with each Mercenary), Frank Bennett (Charles IX, King of France), Maxfield other to develop Griffith’s theme in the same manner he used in earlier films of Stanley (Duc D’Anjou), Josephine Crowell (Catherine de Medici), rhythmically intercutting developing scenes within one story with the device he called

Georgia Pearce (Marguerite de Valois), E. Lawrence (Henry of athe switchback. contemporary aevewers cated Grits methodan a . ’ W. , ion “revolutionar raise ilm ahough for this, the historical accuracy, Navar re), Joseph Henabery (Admiral Coligny ), Louis Romaine the spectacular sets and eifects, the film, according to modern accounts, did Ft do (Catholic Priest), Morris Levy (Duc de Guise), Howard Gaye well at the box office. In 1917, Griffith ordered that all discards from Intolerance be

(Cardinal Lorraine), Raymond Wells, George James, Louis Ritz, John saved for possible use in releases of separate films from the separate stories. In 1919,

Bragdon (Counsellors of the King). two separate films were in fact released: The Mother and the Law (see below) and

Cast—Babylonian Story: Constance Talmadge (The Mountain Girl), Hi le all of Babylon d (see above); because ae of the original negative of Elmer Clifton (The Rhapsode), Alfred Paget (The Prince Belshazzar), To lepane to its original fo on new films, it became impossible to restore Seena Owen (The Princess Beloved, Attar ea), Loyola O’Connor According to Photoplay, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree and DeWolf Hopper were in (Attarea’s Slave), Carl Stockdale (The King Nabonidus), Tully Marshall the film as extras. Robert Anderson assisted Griffith in make-up and technical (The High Priest of Bel), George Siegmann (Cyrus), Elmo Lincoln direction. R. Ellis Wales, the technologist, contributed to designing, costuming and (The Mighty Man of Valor), Robert Lawler (Babylonian Judge), Grace historical authorization. J. A. Barry was an executive and producing assistant to Wilson (First Dancer of Tammuz), Lotta Clifton (Second Dancer of Crifih Both Robert Lawler and Lawreneg Lawlor were sted in contemporary Tammuz), George Beranger (Second Priest of Bel), A Singh (First Priest Babylon, George Fawcett was credited with that role. Ethel Terry, listed in the 1920

of Nergel), Ranji Singh (Second Priest of Nergel), James Curley MPSD as playing an Egyptian slave girl, is probably the actress Ellen Terry (not to (Charioteer of Cyrus), Ed Burns (Charioteer of the Priest of Bel), James be confused with the British stage actress Ellen Terry). She is not the same as Ethel

Burns (Charioteer of the Second Priest of Bel), Kate Bruce Grey Terry, whom modern sources state played one of the favorites of the harem. Hal (Babylonian Mother), Pauline Stark, Milired Harris (Favorites of the Wiktn Hancs McDonald, Clrecs 1t-Celdert and Ernest Butervorth ars Ise Harem), Winnifred Westover (Favorite of Egibi), Martin Landry worked on the film in some capacity, according to the MPSD. (Auctioneer), Howard Scott (Babylonian Dandy), Arthur Meyer Modern sources list the following additional credits: Titles by D. W. Griffith,

. . 5 Ce 5 3 , ri von im,

(Brother of the Girl), Alma Rubens, Ruth Darling, Margaret Mooney assisted by Anita Loos and Frank E. Woods; edited by Griffith, with James and Rose

(Girls of the Marriage Market), Charles Eagle Eye (Barbarian Smith; set design by Walter L. Hall and Frank Wortman; property master, Ralph Chieftain), William Dark Cloud (Ethiopian Chieftain), Charles Van DeLacy; assistant property and special effects man, Fav Suvcivans assistant carpenter,

Cortland (Gobryas, Lieutenant of Cyrus), Jack Cosgrove (Chief Edward Dillon, Tod Browning, Joseph Henabery, Allan Dwan, Monte Blue, Elmer

Eunuch), Ethel Terry (Slave girl). Clifton, Mike Siebert, George Hill, Arthur Berthelon, W. Christy Cabanne, Jack Cast—Modern Story: Mae Marsh (The Dear One), Fred Turner Conway, George Nichols and Victor Fleming; research assistants, Joseph Henabery (Her Father), Robert Harron (The Boy), Sam de Grasse (Jenkins), Clyde and Lillian Gish; religious advisors, Rabbi Myers and Father Dodd; dances staged by Hopkins (His Secretary), Vera Lewis (Mary T. Jenkins), Mary Alden Ruth St. Denis; costumes by Western Costume Co.; score arranged by D. W. Griffith

" the following additional cast members were in the film: in the modern story, J. P.

(Society Social Worker), Luray Huntley, Lucille Brown, Eleanor and Joseph Carl Breil; stills by James G. Woodbury. According to modern sources, Washington, Pearl Elmore, Mrs. Arthur Mackley (Self-styled McCarthy (prison guard), Monte Blue (strike leader), Billy Quirk (bartender), Tully Uplifters), Miriam Cooper (A Friendless One), Walter Long (The Marshall (a friend of the Musketeer); in the Judean story, W. S. Van Dyke (a Musketeer of the Slums), Tom Wilson (The Kindly Policeman), Ralph wedding guest); in the French story, Chandler House (a page), in the Babylonian Lewis (The Governor), A. W. McClure (Father Farley), Edward Dillon Dune Gino v orrade (the canner). Weds Ree ao boy in the ening). Mi on (Chief Detective), Lloyd Ingraham (Judge of the Court), William Brown {¢-Wan (girlof the marriage market), Carmel Myers, Jewel Carmen, Eve Southern, (Warden), Max Davidson (Kindly Neighbor); Alberta Lee (His Wife), Natalie Talmadge, Carol Dempster, Daisy Robinson (who is listed as appearing in Frank Brownlee (The Brother of the Girl), Barney Bernard (Attorney for the film in MPSD), and Anna Mae Walthall (favorites of the harem), Owen Moore, the Boy), Marguerite Marsh (Guest at Ball), Tod Browning (Owner of Wilfred Lucas, Douglas Fairbanks, Frank Campeau, Nigel de Brulier, Donald Crisp

Racing Car), Kate Bruce (The City Mother). and Tammany Young (extras), and the Denishawn Dancers, of whom Carol

‘ . os . Dempster was a member. Although some modern sources credit Ruth St. Dennis as

Drama/Historical. When the Boy marries the Dear One, he decides to the solo dancer, she denied this in an interview. Modern sources state that Constance sever his relations with the underworld, which is led by the Musketeer of Talmadge used the name of Georgia Pearce for her role in the French story. Lines the Slums. Not willing to let the Boy go, however, the Musketeer has him used in the scenes of Lillian Gish rocking the cradle, which link the four stories, are arrested on a trumped up charge, after which the Dear One, declared an _‘taken from the poem “Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking” by Walt Whitman in unfit mother by the Jenkins foundation, has her baby taken away by the the third edition of Leaves of Grass (New York, 1860).

authorities. The Boy is soon released, but when the Musketeer is murdered Motog a Sen i918 F O133-34, ee ; Sep on e

by the Friendless One, an ex-sweetheart, the Boy is charged with the crime. MPN 1 Apr 1916, p. 1892. NYT 6 Sep 1916, p. 7. Finally, the Boy is saved from hanging when the Friendless One confesses. MPN 23 Sep 1916, p. 1884. Photo Nov 1916, pp. 27-40.

Three other intercut stories serve as counterparts to the modern drama. ON o aA i920 P. 30. proto pee re pp rst. One story depicts the events that lead to Christ’s crucifixion. In another, MPN 4 Dee 1920. p. 4278. Var 7 Apr 1916.3.

describing the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre of 1572, Catherine de MPW 23 Sep 1916, pp. 1950-51. Var 8 Sep 1916, p. 20. Medici persuades her son, King Charles IX of France, to murder the MPW 30 Sep 1916, p. 2084. Wid's 7 Sep 1916, pp. 835-37. Huguenots. Finally, in ancient Babylon, the High Priest of Bel schemes

with Cyrus of Persia to take over the empire. The Mountain Girl, wholoves INTRIGUE F1.2213 Prince Belshazzar of Babylon, learns of the plot and tries to warn the Vitagraph Co. of America; A Blue Ribbon Feature. Dist Greater

prince, but she arrives too late. She dies during a battle with the invading | Vitagraph (V-L-S-E, Inc.). 26 Feb 1917 [©The Vitagraph Co. of America; forces, while the prince and his sweetheart Attarea commit suicide rather 21 Feb 1917; LP10248]. 5 reels.

than submit to the tyranny of Cyrus and the high priest. Babylon. France- Dir John Robertson. Scen Joseph F. Poland. Story Maibelle Heikes History-16th century. Injustice. Jesus Christ. Religious persecution. Justice. Cam Jules Cronjager.

Tyranny. Biblical characters. Catherine de Médicis, Queen, Consort of Cast: Peggy Hyland (Peggy Dare), Marc MacDermott (Richard Henry Il, 1519-1589. Charles IX, King of France, 1550-1574. Child custody. Carr), Bobby Connelly (Grand Duke), Mrs. Remley (Mrs. Carr), Templer

Confession (law). Conspiracy. Criminals-Rehabilitation. Crucifixion. Saxe (Prince Toursville), Brinsley Shaw (Prince Henri), Harry Southwell Cyrus, King of Persia, 550-529 B.C. False arrests. Frame-ups. Huguenots. (Pierre), Miss Curley (Princess Alice), Nellie Spitzer (Marie).

Judea. Marriage. Military invasion. Murder. Priests. Royalty. St. Drama. While she is journeying to meet her sweetheart, Richard Carr, Bartholomew's Day Massacre, 1572. Self-sacrifice. Slums. Usurpers. in the capital of the Grand Duchy of Bonaluria, Peggy Dare’s train Note: This film was copyrighted under the complete titles Intolerance, Love’s compartment door is thrust open and a little boy is thrown at her feet.

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THE INTRIGUE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Peggy is so taken with the child, who tells her that his name is Manouche, ETR 26 Apr 1919, p. 1603. Var 4 Apr 1919, p. 66.

that she looks after him. She foils an attempt to kill Manouche, before NeW rs he its. ee a8. nds © Apr 1919" P- 3.

arriving in Bonaluria where she learns from Richard that the boy is really

the Grand Duke. Peggy and Manouche are then separated as Peggy goes to live with Richard’s mother and the boy returns to court. However, the AN INVESTMENT IN PETTICOATS see THE MARRIAGE

power hungry Prince Henri, who is madly in love with Peggy, abducts the SPECULATION little duke and holds him ransom for Peggy’s affections. For the sake of the

child, Peggy agrees to go away with the prince and accompanies him to the

castle. Carr, believing that Peggy has betrayed him, follows and is THE INVISIBLE BOND F1.2216 imprisoned by the prince. They are all rescued when the Royal Guards, Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; summoned by Peggy, arrive and arrest the prince. Carr then apologizes to Paramount-Artcraft Pictures. 23 Nov 1919 [©Famous Players-Lasky Peggy for his suspicions, and together they set sail for America. Americans Corp.; 13 Oct 1919; LP14290]. 5 reels, 4,986 ft.

in foreign countries. Infidelity. Kidnapping. Mythical kingdoms. Nobility. Pres Adolph Zukor. Dir Charles Maigne. Asst dir A. Dorris. Scen Assassination. Castles. Children. Guards. Ransom. Rescues. Royalty. Charles Maigne. Cam F. Dean.

Trains. Source: Based on the novel The See-Saw: A Story of To-Day by Sophie Note: This film was copyrighted under the title Intrigue (The Grand Duke). Kerr (New York, 1919).

ETR 3 Mar 1917, p. 905. NYDM 3 Mar 1917, p. 26. Cast: Irene Castle (Marcia Crossey), Huntley Gordon (Harleth _ Motog ‘10 Mar 1917, p. 532. Wid's 15 Mar 1917, p. 169. Crossey), Claire Adams (Leila Templeton), Fleming Ward (Curtis

MPW 10 Mar 1917, p. 1586, 1670. Jennings), George Majeroni (Wasson), Helen Green (/mogene), Ida Waterman (Mrs. Crossey), Warburton Gamble (Oris Vale).

THE INTRIGUE Pi 9 on Drama. Seductress Leila Templeton flirts with Harleth Crossey at his Pallas Pictures. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 9 Oct 1916 [©Julia C. wife Marcia’s dinner party. After the intoxicated Harleth takes a midnight Ivers; 9 Sep Mock LP9122]. 5 reels. ; C. Van T _ drive with Leila, his next-day apologies fail to assuage Marcia’s on ran eye oh (Coun SS or Vanity C ames in ke (Guy humiliation. Later, Harleth’s secretary calls Marcia to say that he will not

ast. Lenore Uirich (Countess sonia varnit), ecil Van “AuKer (Guy be home for dinner. When the maid warns Marcia that the chauffeur is Longstreet), Howard Davies (Baron poemiat),, Florence Vidor send crazily threatening to shoot her unless she marries him, Marcia tries to Countess Sonia), Paul Weigel (Attaché to the baron), Herbert Standing — contact Harleth, but is told by a lying switchboard operator that he is with

(Te oe request of her government, Varnli eeTwo Marlen years subsequent tirade expressing need for personal ery aeemper : - naan ’ rives Marcia the to Countess seek aSonia divorce. later, Harleth2 marries Leila.

disguised as a maid, goes to America to prevent inventor Guy Longstreet — After she responds to his complaints about her flirting by asserting her

rom sling is ney to the ena,abducts represented “personal ibe.” Vale, whom Lei has rien automobile nein With he anuy; ’an, teasing, her.nnn His frenzied condition causes their

to

that Guy might decide to sell it to other countries, the baron plots to kill tumble over a cliff, killing them both. When Harleth learns that “Mrs.

sathet they caoture the baron Guy paraer Pan she vnarry ways ane Crossey” has died, he imagines it to be Marcia, and rushes to her. The relief she consents on the condition that he destroy the plans for the weapon. —_— reconcile. Divorce. Marriage. Re-marriage. Seduction. Abduction. When Guy agrees, Sonia reveals that she is really a countess, and they = Automobile accidents. Chauffeurs. Drunkenness. Falls from heights. begin making plans for a royal wedding. Impersonation and imposture. Maids. Parties. Teases.

. ’ e shows convinces her that their “‘invisible bond” is intact, and the

Inventors. Secret agents. Secret plans. Spies. Weapons. Murder. Nobility. Note: The novel was serialized in McClure’s Magazine in 1919. The working title Note: According to modern sources, King Vidor appeared in this film. for this film was Should a Wife Forgive? The scene in the film in which the car

Motog 30 Sep 1916, p. 788. NYDM 23 Sep 1916, p. 25. plunges over a cliff was shot at Taughannock Falls at Ithaca, NY.

MPN 30 Sep 1916, p. 2056. Var 13 Oct 1916, p. 29. ETR 13 Dec 1919, p. 177. MPW 30 Aug 1919, p. 1340. MPW 30 Sep 1916, p. 2101. Wid’s 28 Sep 1916, p. 994. HR 6 Dec 1919. MPW 27 Feb 1920, p. 1285. INTRIGUE (THE GRAND DUKE) see INTRIGUE

THE INVISIBLE CHAIN see THE CHAIN INVISIBLE

THE INTRUSION OF ISABEL F1.2215 American Film Co. Dist Pathe Exchange, Inc. 13 Apr 1919 [OAmerican

Film Co., Inc.; 31 Mar 1919; LP13549]. 5 reels. aaee ol Pretire Thosvce Production. Dis’ Select Pictures Cone iat

Dir Lloyd Ingraham. Scen Joseph Franklin Poland. Story Joseph ational Picture Theatres Production. Lust select Fictures Corp. Ju

Franklin Poland : 1920 [ONational Picture Theatres, Inc.; 7 Jun 1920; LP15236]. 6 reels.

Cast: Mary Miles Minter (/sabel Trevor), J. Parks Jones (Bert Sup ¥ Harry Rapf. Dir Thomas R. Mills and Nat C. Deverich. Scen Trevor), Lucretia Harris (Mammy Johnson), Alan Forrest (Jack Katherine Reed. Story Leila Burton Wells. Cam Max Dupont. Film ed

Craig), Margaret Shelby (Lois Randall), George Periolat (Henry Laurence T. Creutz. Art titles Frank W. Jamison. 7. Whitney), Mary Land (Marian Whitney), Carl Stockdale (James Cast: Walter McGrail (Jimmy Ryder), Leatrice Joy (Pidgie Ryder),

Harris) , , Walter Miller (John Barry), Grace Darmond (Claire Kane Barry), Tom

Comedy-drama/Society. Isabel and Bert Trevor, forced to sell their Bates ete a). J. P. Ryder, Pidgie Ryder, John Barry, Claire Kane family’s Southern home when their father dies bankrupt, come to New Dra ma Jimm R der. full of dreams of conquering the world. marries York. After many disappointments, Bert finally finds work as a valet to Pidsie an d to her, the. 0 to the city to ake hen fortune The are

wealthy, young Jack Craig, though he tells Isabel he is Craig’s partner. One an dtoli Bet ys hough Pad fail 7 h 6

night, while Craig is drunk, Bert discovers a roll of bills in his pocket and 4. a to living In Povey ous Ba, ortune id fiend © upon em, tne

takes the money. Fearing arrest, Bert goes to Montana, where he secures ay ited 1 veri hough heh an ol iten d hi ° othe} he a good job. Not knowing where Bert went, Isabel and Mammy move into Ba cl sove tor nde -" a ° dt ane nee Ji t en 4 ai n

what they think is Bert’s half of Craig’s house. Craig, kindheartedly, allows arry. Clalre persuades her husband to linance Jimmys oll drilling

, . , oo explorations in return for a percentage of the profits. His first attempt fails,

them to remain, and falls in love with Isabel, even though his sister Pidei .; lend h hy and her husband

disapproves and an adventuress, Lois Randall, claims he signed a marriage but Pidgic continues to lend her sympathy and support to her husband even

license during a wild wine party. When Bert returns, he sees Randall though she is hurt at the Browing attachment between Jimmy and Claire. exposed by Craig’s brother-in-law, a prosecuting attorney, as “Marrying After another attempt, Jimmy finally realizes his dream of wealth and Marv.” purvevor of similar previous matrimonial schemes Crai discreet] success, until one day he overhears Pidgie comment that she has been living

acwens Berton olosies and repayment. and then marries Ieabel Brother. an invisible divorce. Finally realizing that the one thing he lacks is the

“cep > APOlog pay ” consuming love he shared with Pidgie, he begs her forgiveness. Ambition. Bankruptcy. Drunkenness. Lawyers. Marriage licenses. Montana. New ge. Neg a y.

sister relationship. Southerners. Theft. Valets. Adventuresses. Marriage. Neqlected wives. Oil. Poverty. Financiers

York Cty. Parties cre itm Mey, Nea zo is

Note: This film was shot at the American Film Company studios in Santa Barbara, MPN 28 Feb 1920, p. 2155. NYMT 1 Aug 1920. CA. MPN 27 Mar 1920, p. 2953. Wid's 8 Aug 1920, p. 9. 460

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 | THE IRON HEART THE INVISIBLE ENEMY F1.2218 Cast: Pauline Starke (Pegeen O’Barry), Ward Caulfield (O’Barry), E. K. O. Film Co. Dist State Rights. 3 Apr 1916. 5 reels. Virginia Ware (Moll O’Barry), Gus Saville (Jerry O'Flynn), Joe King

Dir William Stormer. Scen Emma K. Oswald. (Sir Arthur Ormsby), Eugene Burr (Guy Ormsby), Rae Godfrey (Kitty

Cast: Marceau Moore (Hope), Lucille Young (Faith), Leon Kent Brice). (Doctor De La Roche), Frederick Vroom (Governor Webster), Jack Drama. Pegeen O’Barry lives in a little Irish fishing village with her Cummings (Jack Webster), William Parsons (James Haggerty), Emma K. kindhearted but alcoholic father and her brutal stepmother Moll. After

Oswald (Muriel Webster). O’Barry is killed in a drunken brawl, Pegeen runs away to the shore to vent Drama. When Jack Webster, the governor’s son, visits one of James __ her grief, where she attracts the attention of Sir Arthur Ormsby, an Haggerty’s tenements, he is appalled at the conditions, and also fallsinlove — Englishman who is cruising along the coast in his yacht. Sir Arthur offers with Faith, a tubercular laundry girl. Jack marries her against his father’s her protection, and along with her friend Jerry O’Flynn and his parrot, she wishes, and then, on the advice of Doctor De La Roche, a tuberculosis _ soon settles into the Ormsby estate. Pegeen and Sir Arthur develop a strong expert, takes her to a ranch to live. Governor Webster quickly disowns _ affection for each other, and all goes well until Arthur’s dissolute brother Jack, and when a newspaper gets the story, a series of articles exposes the Guy arrives followed by a chorus girl named Kitty Brice. Guy attempts to conditions in Haggerty’s slums. Because of the public outcry generated by win Pegeen’s love by suggesting that Arthur loves Kitty, which Pegeen the articles, the governor is forced to support tenement reform, while his believes, until Arthur explains that he really loves her. Guy returns to Kitty

. ec , Pp. .

daughter Muriel, whom he had hoped would marry Haggerty, instead = and Arthur finds happiness with Pegeen. Brothers. False accusations. marries De La Roche, and supports him in his fight against tuberculosis. — Fishing villages. Ireland. Runaways. Alcoholics. Chorus girls. English. rainer “son eationsie \ poverty Social Newepapere Ph Social f oe" mM. Father-daughter relationship. Fights. Nobility. Parrots. Stepmothers.

sovernors. uberculosis. Laundresses. Newspapers. Physicians. State ETR De 318 p. 106 43. MPW 21 Dec 1918, p. 1370, 1387. Note: The E. K. O. Film Co. was Emma K. Oswald’s production company. MPN 9 Sep 1916 lists different character names: Emma K. Oswald plays Zamah Clark; Leon Kent plays Dr. Wilson Vernas; Lucille Young plays Rose; Frederick THE IRON BEAST see AN ALIEN ENEMY Vroom plays Colonel Clark; Jack Cummings plays Paul Clark.

Motog 22 Apr 1916, p. 941. MPW 22 Apr 1916, p. 639. THE IRON GRIP OF CRIME see THE BLACK SHEEP OF THE

MPN 22 Apr 1916, p. 2384. Var 14 Apr 1916, p. 25. FAMILY MPN 9 Sep 1916, p. 1576. Wid's 20 Apr 1916, p. 518.

THE IRON HAND F1.2222

THE INVISIBLE FOE F1.2219 Universal Film Mfg. Co.; Red Feather Photoplays. Dist Universal Film Mayflower Photoplay Corp.; Emile Chautard Pictures Corp. 1920? Mfg. Co. 29 May 1916 [©Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 12 May 1916; Length undetermined. LP8270]. 5 reels. Dir Emile Chautard. Dir Ulysses Davis. Scen F. McGrew Willis. Story George E. Hall.

et wicy Cotten. ‘ao the plot of this film has b Cast: E. Clark (Jerry Simpson), Hobart Bosworth (Tim Noland), Jack oom [No information concerning the plot of this film has been Curtis (Connors), William v. Mong (Slim), Maud George (Slim’s Note: Although both Lucy Cotton and Emile Chautard list this film as a Mayflower ae rank we (Roy), Winifred Harris (Mr. Winslow), Jane Novak production in their entries in the 1920 MPSD, it is unclear whether the film was ever Ow), . .

completed or released. There is a possibility that Whispering Shadows, a 1922 film Drama. After political boss Tim Noland adopts Roy, the infant son of reviewed in the 25 Mar 1922 issue of MPN as a Peerless Feature Producing Co. a dead crony, he reluctantly gives the boy up to a doctor who claims that, release, and the only other film on which both Cotton and Chautard are credited, may if raised in an uncorrupt environment, the child will grow into a model be the same film. The plot of the 1922 film, which concerns séances, is suggestive of citizen. Twenty years later, Roy comes back to live with Tim, and is appalled at his unscrupulous methods of conducting business. Then, he falls in love with Enid Winslow, the daughter of a social reformer who is running

the title The Invisible Foe. . .

INVISIBLE GOVERNMENT, OR THE DOWNFALL OF A MAYOR for office against Tim. Largely due to Roy’s financial support, Winslow

see THE DOWNFALL OF A MAYOR wins the election, but, holding a grudge against Tim and anyone connected

to him, he refuses to let Enid marry Roy. The breach between the families is healed, however, and the marriage planned, when Tim offers to pay all

mane : . a . .

THE INV SIBTE COMER Co. | Nov 1914. 4 reel F1.2220 of Winslow’s campaign debts. Political bosses. Political campaigns.

Dir Ge ore Mal ford Him \0. fT INOV - 4 TeEls. Political corruption. Social reformers. Adoption. Elections. Feuds. Cast: William H. West (Major Dean), Cleo Ridgeley (Mabel yPN, on, ie p. 3427 Mpw 24 Jun 1916, p. 2292 _ Whitney), Paul Hurst (Lorenzo), Thomas Gillette (Cabman), James W. MPW 27 May 1916, p. 1533. o_o" Horne (Piano player), Frank Jonasson (Sergeant Whitney), Jane Wolfe

(Mis. Dean). ler and dance hall | Mabe) THE IRON HEART F1.2223 rama. “orenzo, a gamDdler and Cance nal’ owner, lures young Nave Astra Film Corp. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc. 27 May 1917 [©Patheé Whitney from her family. Years later, she is found in Lorenzo’s Exchange, Inc.: 25 Apr 1917; LU10645]. 5 reels establishment by Major Dean, a U.S. Army surgeon, who is interested in Dir George Fitzmaurice. Story Ouida Bergére. Cam Arthur C. Miller.

the power of mental telepathy. Dean uses that power on Mabel, hoping to Cast: Edwin Arden (Stephen Martin), Forrest Winant (Tom

expel Lorenzo’s influence from her mind. During a fray in the dance hall, M _ AOFeP ,. . . . , artin), Helene Chadwick (Grace), Leonore Harris (Anne

a bullet strikes Mabel, erasing her memory, after which Dean takes her into Gertrude Berkeley (Mrs. Martin)

Parbell),

his home tells her that she is his Lorenzo follows and tries y power, aor . ; . 5 and Drama. Possessed of daughter. anpowers ironwith heart and a steel. desire Stephen to manipulate of telepathy able Even tofor Marti ,Mabel ; artinagain, rules but his Dean’s iron works a hand ofare his—_ son. .Tom, who protect her. Meanwhile, Whitney, a sergeant under Dean’s command, marr} ‘ast his father’s wishes. is forced to leave home. At the death

recognizes his long-lostwho daughter. In a fight, Whitney and arrles against ils “Tr ,plant, © ome. Martin © Gea" | . ; ’ . .Mabel of hisas brother, owned an even larger manufacturing

Lorenzo kill each other. Despite Mabel’s past, Lieutenant Sibley proposes aherits his brother’ t d Mrs. Marti ble toi ‘all to her and she accepts. Amnesia. Dance hall girls. Gamblers. Mental |" he . be die Forced y tor the fi ar io nak ° foe adv vue y telepathy. Missing persons. Moral corruption. Gunshot wounds. Murder. ye Py sell. Wher ‘he vk ” th ola 9 den nd te ora » Martin Proposals. Recognition. Soldiers. Surgeons. United States. Army. nne Parnell. When the workers in the plant demand more pay, Martin Motog 14 Nov 1914. p. 687 MPW 7 Nov 1914.0. 767, 842 refuses, and a strike is called. Tom tries to pacify the strikers, but to no

poe rp avail. During the strike, the plant is burned to the ground, and Martin finds IRISH EYES F1.2221 and begs forgiveness of his son. Ambition. Employer-employee relations.

. | himself financially ruined. His heart then softens, and he returns to his wife

Triangle Film Corp. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 15 Dec 1918. 5 Father-son relationship. Marriage. Steel magnates. Adventuresses.

reels. Bankruptcy. Fires. Infidelity. Inheritance. Separation. Social climbers. Dir William Dowlan. Scen Catherine Carr and Daniel Carson Goodman. Steel industry. Strikes. Story Catherine Carr and Daniel Carson Goodman. Cam Elgin Lessley. Note: According to modern sources, Anton Grot was the art director on this film.

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THE IRON HEART AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG ETR 19 May 1917, p. 1681. MPW 2 Jun 1917, p. 1499. Dorothy and, struck by her beauty, leaves his wife and two children for her.

PW x May O71 09 Wid's 21 Jun 1917, p. 390. Georgie, who is cheating on her husband Ellery, notices Delamore’s

attraction to Bess, and encourages Bess to do the same. Bess reluctantly

THE IRON HEART F1.2224 agrees to attend a party at Delamore’s, but arrives to discover that she is Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. Jun 1920 [OWilliam Fox: 30 May the only guest. Bess defends her honor against Delamore’s advances.

1920: LP15227]. 5 reels. Meanwhile, Aleck traces his wife to Delamore’s apartment and Bess Dir Denison Clift or Denison Clift and Paul Caseneuve. Scen Denison declares her Innocence. All ends happily for the Hulettes and the Hogues

Clift. Story Denison Clift. Cam Walter Williams. Film ed Della Conley. wen Aleck accepts a wie . onPlan ation, ane Dr. opue "hanoy fate Cast: Madlaine Traverse (Esther Regan), George McDaniel (Darwin stricken, returns to his tamily. The Leonards share no such happy late, McAllister), Edwin Booth Tilton (John Regan), Melbourne McDowell however, as Georgie, jilted by her lover, returns home to find her husband

(Cyrus K. Moulton), Ben Deely (Dan Cullen). aca’. eon. riety. Infidelity. mariage Neglected _ wives. Drama. Upon her father’s death, Esther Regan promises to carry out his Partnershics chysicians, accidents. uplicity. Guilt. Neighbors.

wishes that she workers and was manage the from Regan Steel Mills as Note: —the , ; film . . .protect ote: Thehis title of the film changed Partnership. Some scenes- in well as he. The Associated Trust has been trying to gain control of the were shot in a fashionable New York suburb and at the Plaza Hotel.

Regan plant, but has always met with resistance from Regan. Now that ETR 4 Aug 1917, p. 714. NYDM 4 Aug 1917, p. 18. he is dead, they see their opportunity for a coup and send Darwin Motog 11 Aug 1917, p. 318. Var 27 Jul 1917, p. 26.

McAllister to accomplish the deed. However, McAllister is impressed with MPN 11 Aug 1917, p. 1022. Wid's 9 Aug 1917, p. 506.

the way the plant is run and, growing fond of Esther, resigns his position MPW 1 Aug 1917, p. 952, 990. to help her fight the trust. This arouses the ire of Cyrus Moulton, trust

president, who employs Dan Cullen to sabotage plant operations by THE IRON STRAIN F1.2227 delaying the shipment of a critical contract. McAllister and Esther appeal New York Motion Picture Corp.; Kay-Bee. Dist Triangle Film Corp. 7 to the workers and, united, they manage to rout the trust and get through § Nov 1915 [©Triangle Film Corp.; 28 Oct 1915; LU6800. ©Triangle Film to deliver their shipment. Employer-employee relations. Steel industry. | Corp.; 7 Nov 1915; LP10561]. 6 reels, 5,624 ft.

Steel magnates. Trusts. Documents. Steel workers. Supv Thomas H. Ince. Dir Reginald Barker. Scen C. Gardner Sullivan. Note: While all other reviews credit only Denison Clift as director, Wid’s and the Cam Robert S. Newhard.

copyright entry credit both Clift and Paul Caseneuve. Cast: Dustin Farnum (“‘Chuck”’ Hemingway), Enid Markey (Octavia ETR dun 1920, 56 NYMT 30 May Van Ness), K.(Mrs. French (Ezra Whitney), Louise Glaum (Kitty MPN:eb 1920, p. p. 2147. ar HY Jun 1920,1920. p. 35.5s Molloy), TrulyCharles Shattuck Van Ness), Joseph Dowling (Justice of the

vy I ne 1990 a. ne Wid's 6 Jun 1920, p. 18. Peace), Nigura Eagle Feather (Emma), Joe Goodboy (Joe), Louis

Morrison (Dance hall proprietor).

THE IRON RIDER F1.2225 Northwest drama. Worried that Octavia, his granddaughter, will marry Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 21 Nov 1920 [OWilliam Fox: 21 a spineless city fop, Ezra Whitney, a San Francisco mining magnate, takes Nov 1920; LP15830]. 5 reels. her to Alaska to find a proper husband. In the wilds of Alaska, Octavia Dir Scott Dunlap. Scen Jules G. Furthman. Story Frank L. Packard. meets “Chuck Hemingway, a prosperous Ivy Leaguer posing as a Western Cam Clyde De Vinna. roughneck. Believing that he is too lowly for her, Octavia firmly rejects Cast: William Russell (Larry Lannigan), Vola Vale (Mera Donovan), Chuck’s advances, but he refuses to be spurned and kidnaps her. Although

Arthur Morrison (Jim Mason), Wadsworth Harris (Sheriff Donovan), he leaves her untouched, Octavia, abandoned by Ezra and forced into

George Nicholls (John Lannigan). marriage, suffers a breakdown in her husband S cabin. After Six months, Western. When law and order fade into distant memory in Angel City, she recovers, throws herself into housekeeping and while relishing her new the townspeople yearn for the era of the Iron Riders, a band of men who work, maintains her coldness towards Chuck. His obvious attraction for took justice into their own hands and brought order out of chaos. The Kitty Malloy, the queen of the Arctic Cabaret, however, arouses Octavia’s organizer of the group was John Lannigan, whose son Larry decides to take jealousy, and finally convinces her of her love. Contented at last, Octavia up the mantle of the Riders once again. After a shooting incident, Larry and Chuck return to the city and reunite with Ezra. Abduction. Etiquette.

dons the black robe of the order and demands that the killers be brought | /™personation and imposture. Jealousy. Marriage-Forced. Alaska. to justice. Taking advantage of the Rider’s masked identity, the town’s Cabaret performers. Dandies. Grandfathers. Millionaires. Miners. Nervous

corrupt Sheriff Donovan robs a saloon and blames it on the Rider. Thinking reakdown. San Francisco.

thatthe thi is his son, John Lannigan shoots a the masked man, Who ee ri ot aoe

manages to escape. Larr y, aware of the sheriff's infamy, is reluctant to This film, My Valet and The Lamb comprised the first Triangle Film Corp. bill at expose him because of his love for Mera, Donovan’s daughter. After the Knickerbocker Theater in New York for the week of 23 Sep-2 Oct 1915.

rescuing Mera from the villainous Jim Mason, Larry reestablishes his Motog 20 Nov 1915, p. 1106. MPN 9 Oct 1915, p. 84. honor and restores order to Angel City. Father-son relationship. Law and MPN 21 Aug 1915, p. 61. MPN 30 Oct 1915, p. 112.

order. Political corruption. Sheriffs. Vigilantes. Robbery. Saloons. MPN i Sen lore P i 64. ew * ae lols P 3333 0

MPN 20 Dee 1919, p, 4494, MPW 4 Dec 1920p. 64. MPN 25 Sep 1915.p.58. «Har Oct 1918, p. 18

MPN 25 Sep 1920, p. 2485. NYMT 21 Nov 1920. MPN 13 Nov 1920, p. 3733. Wid's 28 Nov 1920, p. 19. THE IRON WOMAN F1.2228 Popular Plays and Players, Inc. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 2 Oct

THE IRON RING . F 1.2226 1916 [©Popular Plays and Players, Inc.; 4 Oct 1916; LP9243]. 6 reels. World Film Corp.; Peerless. Dist World Film Corp. 30 Jul 1917 [O©World Dir Carl Harbaugh. Scen Wallace C. Clifton. Cam Robert Smith.

Film Corp.; 25 Jul 1917; LU11167]. 5 reels. Source: Based on the novel The Iron Woman by Margaret Deland (New

Pres William A. Brady. Dir George Archainbaud. Story Horace York, 1911). . Hazelton. Cam Philip Hatkin. Cast: Nance O’Neil (Sarah Maitland), Einar Linden (David

Cast: Edward Langford (Aleck Hulette), Gerda Holmes (Bess Ritchie), Alfred Hickman (Blair Maitland), Evelyn Brent (Nannie Hulette), Arthur Ashley (Jack Delamore), Herbert Frank (Ellery Maitland), Nera Sisson (Elizabeth Ferguson), William Postance Leonard), George MacQuarrie (Stephen Graves), George Cowl (Robert Ferguson), Christine Mayo (Helena Ritchie). (Charles Brown), Alexandria Carewe (Mrs. Georgie Leonard), Gladys Drama. Sarah Maitland’s two consuming interests are managing her Thompson (Dorothy Delamore), Victor Kennard (Dr. Hogue), Richard steel mill and raising her children, Blair and Nannie, to be honest and

Clarke (Sloane), Katherine Johnson. caring. As a result, she is shocked when Blair seduces Elizabeth Ferguson Drama. After two years of blissful married life, Bess Hulette feels away from his best friend, Doctor David Ritchie, and marries her.

ignored when her husband Aleck accepts a partnership in the advertising Elizabeth soon realizes her mistake and begs David to take her back, but firm owned by Stephen Graves. She confides her unhappiness in her new his mother Helena, calling upon personal experience, warns the couple neighbor, Mrs. Georgie Leonard. One day, while Aleck is away on business, against an extra-marital affair. Then, Sarah is injured in a mill accident Bess meets Jack Delamore when his sistor Dorothy is injured in an auto and doctors predict that she will die in a few hours. David manages to save accident outside the Hulette’s house. Dr. Hogue is called to examine her, however, and when Blair comes to see her, he vows to divorce Elizabeth

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE ISLAND OF REGENERATION so that she can marry the man she really loves. Friendship. Gratitude. airplane to a deserted island. After a few days, Lucille realizes that Boyd

Marriage. Seduction. Divorce. Industrial accidents. Mill owners. is an alcoholic with only mercenary intentions regarding her. When he

Motherhood. Physicians. learns, on a trip to the mainland for supplies, that Ronald has offered a

Note: The Awakening of Helena Richie, another 1916 film, was also based on a million dollar reward for Lucille’s safe return, Boyd telegraphs Ronald and, Deland novel, and a character named Helena Richie appears in The Iron Woman. _ offering to return her for immunity and the reward, demands that Ronald There is no indication, however, that the plots of the two films are related. answer him in the personal columns of a newspaper. Ronald refuses Boyd’s

mos is xo i916 ° 358. M. P W 3 oft ioe . er deal and contacts the police. Angered and drunk, Boyd returns to the island MPW 14 Oct 1916, p. 297. Wid’s 12 Oct 1916, p. 1026. and abuses Lucille who takes refuge in a tree. Maitland, in search of Lucille, accidentally arrives on the island with a motorboat the next day

IS ANY GIRL SAFE? F 1.2229 and hears Lucille scream when she sees a snake. After Maitland bests Boyd

5. Note: reels. Millionaires. The only information located concerning this film was a synopsis of the plot

Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist State Rights; Anti-Vice Motion Picture in a fight, he and Lucille return and marry. Alcoholics. Battered women. Co. 3 Sep 1916 [©Anti-Vice Motion Picture Co.; 26 Aug 1916; LP9004]. Fortune hunters. Marriage. Rewards. Aviators. Elopement. Islands.

Dir Jacques Jaccard. Scen Jacques Jaccard. Cam Anthony Merlo. in the copyright descriptions, The Lepgett-Gruen Corp. was located in New York. As Cast: G. Raymond Nye, William Quinn, Jessie Arnold, Mina Cunard, twenty-eight stills from the film were deposited with the Copyright Office, it is

Helen Wright. reasonable to assume that production began. No information was located concerning Drama /Social. After selling factory worker Jean Daly into white slavery, the film’s release or its length.

Bill Kerns goes to visit Ralph Williams, who is also in the business of

procuring women. At Ralph’s, Bill finds his sister Marjorie, and realizes THE ISLAND OF INTRIGUE F1.2232 that she, too, is about to become part of the slave trade. Bill rescues Metro Pictures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 7 Apr 1919 [©Metro Marjorie, but the close call makes him understand the immorality of his Pictures Corp.; 11 Apr 1919; LP13590]. 5 reels, 4,300 ft.

work, and he vows to reform and fight against his former associates. Supv Maxwell Karger. Dir Henry Otto. Scen A. S. Le Vino and June Making good on his promise, he rescues Jean and soon marries her. Then, Mathis. Cam William Fildew. Bill convinces Ralph to rebuke the slave trade, after which a repentant, Source: Based on the novel The Island of Intrigue by Isabel Ostrander reformed Ralph marries Marjorie. Brother-sister relationship. Moral (New York, 1918). reformation. Social reformers. White slavers. White-slave traffic. Factory Cast: May Allison (Maida Waring), Jack Mower (Gilbert Spear),

workers. Rescues. Frederick Vroom (Thomas Waring), Lucille Ward (Mrs. Juliet

Note: Sources conflict concerning the film’s producer, some identifying it as a Smith’), Gordon Marr (Alaric Smith), Lillian West (Yorna Smith), Universal production, while others call it the first production of the Anti-Vice Motion Hector V. Sarno (Count Pellessier), Tom Kennedy (Jackson, the

Picturehad Co.recently According to the Var review, the New Yorkslavery. County According District Attorney's Ch Ward (Mr.Gobel), Gobel).war Edward Al(Jones, dJ office conducted an investigation into white to the ul butl er), ance ard (Mr. exander a copyright descriptions, the film was approved by Reverend C. H. Parkhurst, sailor). Lieutenant Costigan, the head of the Vice Squad of the New York police, and twenty Drama /Crime. When oil magnate Thomas Waring receives a letter from

ministers. The film opened in New York on 3 Sep 1916. his old friend, Mrs. Juliet Smith, suggesting that his beloved daughter MPN 23 Dec 1916, p. 4050. Var 8 Sep 1916, p. 21. Maida spend her vacation at Mrs. Smith’s island home, Waring encourages

vee - Se le is hon Wid's 21 Sep 1916, p. 982. Maida to accept as he has to go East on business. After Mrs. Smith

— supposedly gets Maida, Waring receives a call from the real Mrs. Smith, who says that Maida has left with an imposter. On the island, Maida lives

THE ISLAND OF DESIRE cage F'1.2230 luxuriously, unaware that her hosts are sending her father ransom notes. Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. | Jan 1917 [William Fox; 31 Dec ghe meets Gilbert Spear, camping out, and they fall in love. After receving

1916; LP9868). 5 reels, no response from Waring, the kidnappers reveal their scheme to Maida and Dir Otis Turner. Scen Otis Turner. Cam Charles Kaufman. demand that she write to her father. They lock her in when she refuses, but _ Source: Based on the short story “Beyond the Rim” by J. Allan Dunn che escapes and leaves the island with Gilbert. Although they are overtaken

in Adventure Magazine (Jul 1916). by the criminals, Waring and the police pull up and the gang is taken into Cast: George Walsh (Bruce Chalmers), Margaret Gibson (Leila custody, leaving Gilbert and Maida free to pursue their romance.

Denham), Anna Luther (Miss Needham), Herschel Mayall (Henry — impersonation and imposture. Islands. Kidnapping Ransom. Chases. Sayres), William Burress (Tuan Yuck), William Clifford (Toari), Sam Escapes. Father-daughter relationship. Oil magnates. Searles (Tomi), Hector Sarno (Hamuka), Marie McKeen (Ella Note: Some scenes in this film were shot on and around the island of Santa Cruz,

Sayers), Willard Louis (Sam Sweet), Don (Don, the dog). CA.

Adventure. Accompanied by Australian adventurer Henry Sayres and ETR 12 Apr 1919, p. 1443. MPW 19 Apr 1919, p. 425. Tuan Yuck, roving newspaper reporter Bruce Chalmers seeks the South MPN 19 Apr 1919, p. 2533. Var 11 Apr 1919, p. 55. Sea island where a fortune in pearls allegedly lingers. They find the pearls

in the possession of Leila Denham, who has been shipwrecked on the island THE ISLAND OF REGENERATION F1.2233 since she was a little girl. When Bruce falls in love with Leila, Sayres and Vitagraph Co. of America; Broadway Star Features Co.; A Blue Ribbon Tuan turn on them to obtain the jewels. A series of struggles ensue on land Feature. Dist V-L-S-E, Inc. 17 May 1915 [©The Vitagraph Co. of and on ship, in which the treasure changes hands several times. The tide America; 11 Feb 1915; LP4458]. 6 reels.

is turned for Leila and Bruce when Tuan and Sayres quarrel and fight to Supv J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith. Dir Harry Davenport. the death. With their enemies dead, Bruce and Leila sail away to happiness. Scen Jasper Ewing Brady. Cam Thomas F. Molloy. Adventurers. Castaways. Greed. Pearls. South Sea Islands. Australians. Source: Based on the novel The Island of Regeneration: A Story of What

Betrayal. Fights. Reporters. Ships. Ought to Be by Cyrus Townsend Brady (New York, 1909).

an » p. . an + p. . b .

. Note: The scenario of the film included in the copyright descriptions was entitled Cast: Edith Storey (Katherine Brenton), Bobby Connelly (John

Beyond the im 917.» 404 MeN 13 Jam 1917. 9.275 Charnock, Jr., as a boy), Antonio Moreno (John Charnock, Jr., as a Motog 13 Jan 1917. . OL, MPW 6 Jan 1917, 137, man), S. Rankin Drew (Valentine Langford), Leo Delaney (John MPN 16 Dec 1916, p. 3856. MPW 13 Jan 1917, p. 243. arnock, Sr.), Naomi Childers (Virginia Charnock), Jack Brawn (Dr. MPN 23 Dec 1916, p. 4051. NYDM 6 Jan 1917, p. 28. Clayton), Lillian Herbert (Phyllis Carney), Logan Paul (Captain

MPN 6 Jan 1917, p. 40. Wid's 4 Jan 1917, p. 11. Harding).

Drama. John Charnock, a wealthy estate owner from Virginia, dies when

THE ISLAND OF HAPPINESS F1.2231 his yacht catches fire in the South Pacific. Mrs. Charnock and her son John Leggett-Gruen Corp. 1916? [©Leggett-Gruen Corp.; 6 Mar 1916; drift to an uninhabited island, where she soon dies. Twenty years later,

LU7769]. Length undetermined. wealthy Katherine Brenton, who thinks that men and women can have Story J. Alexander Leggett. platonic friendships under any conditions, accepts clubman Valentine

Drama. To please her father, millionaire James Ronald, Lucille agrees Langford’s offer to test her theory. On his yacht in the South Pacific, to marry Jack Maitland, but soon becomes infatuated with aviator Neil Langford attacks her and she knocks him cold. She escapes and lands on

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Boyd. When the devoted Maitland does not release her from the John’s island, and over the next three years, she educates him. She engagement despite her efforts, Lucille elopes with Boyd in his hydro- gradually falls in love and realizes the futility of her doctrines. When

THE ISLAND OF SURPRISE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Langford’s search boat arrives, he claims her because of the two weeks they Note: Working titles of this film were The Broken Barrier, By Right of spent on his yacht. John’s love is shaken. Katherine goes to a secret cave oes and The Call of Nature. This marked the screen debut of Natalie to think, and John, believing that she has drowned, goes to Virginia.

. 4 er almadge. Some scenes were shot in Florida. ; , , ETR 15 Nov 1919, p. 2051. NYT 27 Oct 1919, p. 9.

Langford finds Katherine and proposes. After Katherine refuses him, MPN 8 Nov 1919, p. 2505. Var 31 Oct 1919, p. 61. Langford tells John to return to the island. John finds Katherine and they MPW 8 Nov 1919, p. 245. Wid's 9 Nov 1919, p. 7. return to America reunited. Castaways. Education. Innocents. Islands. NYMT 3 Nov 1919. Socialites. South Pacific. Caves. Rape. Ship fires. Virginia. Yachts.

Note: This film opened at the Vitagraph Theatre in New York on 31 Jan 1915. It THE ISLE OF DESTINY F 1.2236

was released by V-L-S-E, Inc. on 17 May 1915. It was re-released in 1920 and Character Pictures Corp. Dist Rialto Productions; State Rights. copyrighted again by Vitagraph under the number LP15221 on 7 Jun 1920. 1920? 6 reels.

one 0 my rn i" a 310. ye 0 yee re i" 1. Dir Tamar Lane. Art titles 1. J. Martin, Neil McGuire and Warren A. MPW ‘13 Feb 1915, p. 993. VLP Mar 1915, p. 28. Newcomb.

MPW 22 May 1915, p. 1340. Source: Based on the short story “The Isle of Destiny” by Mack Arthur (publication undetermined).

THE ISLAND OF SURPRISE | F1.2234 Cast: Paul Gilmore (Jim Stafford), Hazel Hudson (Ruth Haney), Frank Vitagraph Co. of America. Dist V-L-S-E, Inc. 24 Jan 1916 [©The — Williams, Helen Pierce, John Hedges, Mac, “a trick collie dog”.

Vitagraph Co. of America; 18 Jan 1916; LP7445]. 5 reels. Drama. Jim Stafford, the owner of a Philippine plantation, has ruined Dir Paul Scardon. Scen Jasper Ewing Brady. Cam William McCoy. his health with a lifetime of hard work. Selling his plantation, he departs

Tech dir Charles Chapman. from the Philippines with Ruth Haney, whom he has persuaded to marry Source: Based on the novel The Island of Surprise by Cyrus Townsend him upon their arrival in New York, and his idealistic cousin, Bob Elliot, Brady (New York, 1915). who disagrees bitterly with Stafford over the value of work and money. The

Cast: William Courtenay (Robert Lovell), Charles Kent (Godfrey steamer that carries the three catches fire, and they are stranded on a

Lovell), Anders Randolf (Daniel Casselis), Charles Wellesley (Edwin Pacific island populated by savage natives. The two men eventually battle Arden), Denton Vane (Doctor Elverson), Eleanor Woodruff (Dorothy for Stafford S satchel of money and the love of Ruth. Castaways. Cousins. Arden), Zena Keefe (Dorothy Casselis), Julia Swayne Gordon (Mrs. Islands. Rivalry. Fights. Philippines. Plantations. Planters. Ship fires. Lovell), Caroline Cook (Mrs. Casselis), Logan Paul (Yacht captain). Note: This film was shot in the spring of 1920 at the summer home of actor Paul . . , Gilmore at Anna Maria Key, near Tampa, FL. Street scenes were shot in Tampa and Drama. After secretly marrying Dorothy Arden, his father Godfrey’s the interiors were filmed in the studios of the Pandora Film Co. in Tampa. Trade secretary, Robert Lovell has an argument with her on a yacht trip, and so showings in New York were to be given in June 1920, according to a news item. In begins a flirtation with Dorothy Casselis, whom Godfrey wants him to Jul 1920, Character announced that the film was available to state rights buyers. marry. Then, a storm strands Robert and the two women on an island, and Wid's 1921 Year Book indicates that the film was distributed by Rialto Productions Robert loses his memory in an accident. His wife tries to convince him that between Sep 1920 and Sep 1921. According to a news item, Gilmore planned to make they are, indeed, married, prompting the other Dorothy, who believes the shot on Oriental Island, FL, which had been acquired by Character Pictures. secretary wants to win Robert away from her, to insist that she herself is According to a modern source, Gilmore toured Florida with the film in May 1921.

, . . ; Anna Maria Key a permanent movie city. Some news items state that the film was

his wife. A confused Robert welcomes the rescuers when they arrive a few MPN 27 Mar 1920, p. 2950. MPW 8 May 1920, p. 837.

days later, and he soon regains his memory. He then recognizes his real Nip N o Ne 1900 P so00 ‘ip y 3 ed 1990, P haa, 14s. wife, and after telling his father about the secret wedding, manages to win MPN 5 Jun 1920, p. 4652. MPW 19 Jun 1920, p. 1617, 1628. Godfrey’s approval of the marriage. Amnesia. Castaways. Flirtation. MPN 12 Jun 1920, p. 4790, 4825. MPW 3 Jul 1920, p. 40.

Impersonation and imposture. Marriage-Secret. Boating accidents. MPN 10 Jun 1920, p. 456. MPW 10 Jul 1920, p. 241.

Secretaries. Yachts. MPW 10 Apr 1920,MPW p. 277. Var 11 Jun1920, 1920, p.p. 37.684. 1 May Note: The original director of the film was Lorimer Johnston. The film opened at the Vitagraph Theatre in New York on 16 Jan 1916.

Motog 7 Aug 1915, p. 246. MPW 22 Jan 1916, p. 671. THE ISLE OF LIFE . F1.2237

Motog 2 Cet 1915, p. 684. MPW 5 Feb 1916, p. 794. Universal Film Mfg. Co.; Red Feather Photoplays. Dist Universal Film Motog 5 Feb 1916, p. 314. NYT 17 Jan 1916, p. 20. Mfg. Co. 30 Oct 1916 [OUniversal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 18 Oct 1916;

MPN 22 Jan 1916, p. 380. Var 28 Jan 1916, p. 23. L P9350]. 5 reels.

Dir Burton George. Scen Fred Myton. Cam J. McKenzie.

THE ISLE OF CONQUEST F1.2235 Source: Based on the novel /sle of Life: A Romance by Stephen French

| Norma Talmadge Film Co. Dist Select Pictures Corp. 26 Oct 1919 Whitman (New York, 1913). [©Select Pictures Corp.; 20 Oct 1919; LP14643]. 5-6 reels. Cast: Frank Whitson (Sebastian Maure), Roberta Wilson (Ghirlaine Pres Joseph M. Schenck. Dir Edward José. Scen John Emerson and Bellamy), Hayward Mack (Vincent Pamfort), T. D.. Crittendon

Anita Loos. Cam David Abel. (Ernesto Sangallo), Lillian Concord (Mrs. Bellamy), Hector V. Sarno Source: Based on the novel By Right of Conquest by Arthur Hornblow (Ilario), Dick Ryan (Annibale), “Babe” Sedgwick (Fannia).

(New York, 1909). Drama. Living up to a reputation for disregarding rules, author

Cast: Norma Talmadge (Ethel Harmon), Wyndham Standing (John _ Sebastian Maure, having fallen in love with Ghirlaine Bellamy, kidnaps her

Arnold), Charles Gerard (Van Surdam), Hedda Hopper (Mrs. to get her away from her fiancé, Vincent Pamfort. Sebastian takes Harmon), Natalie Talmadge (Janis Harmon), Claire Whitney (Claire — Ghirlaine to a small island where, because of the force of his personality,

Wilson), Gareth Hughes (Jack Frazier), Joe Smiley (Dr. Chase). he is treated almost as a god by the natives. During her captivity, Ghirlaine Drama. When fashionable widow Mrs. Harmon, whose funds are quickly exerts a strong influence on Sebastian, and he vows to make himself into dwindling, sees that her charms cannot pull the wealthy VanSurdamaway _a_better man. Keeping his promise, he devotes himself to the cholera from his mistress Claire Wilson, she uses her daughter Ethel to bait him. stricken natives of the island, and finally manages to cure them. Then,

Ethel marries to please her mother, but suffers from Van Surdam’s Vincent tracks Ghirlaine down and brings her back home. A few weeks brutality and learns to hate men. John Arnold, once a promising later, however, realizing that she really loves only Sebastian, Ghirlaine shipbuilder, but now a drunkard, hates women because earlier his fiancée returns to the island to marry him. Kidnapping. Love. Moral reformation. Claire left him for Van Surdam. When Ethel accompanies her family on Nonconformists. Authors. Cholera. Cures. Island life.

a cruise and their boat is torpedoed by a submarine, John, the ship’s stoker, MPN 4 Nov 1916, p. 2865. Wid's 26 Oct 1916, p. 1054. rescues Ethel and swims with her to a deserted island. After months of MPW 4 Nov 1916, p. 685, 751. distrust, they learn to love each other and are about to perform a marriage

rite when a rescue ship arrives. When Ethel repulses Van Surdam’s THE ISLE OF LOVE F 1.2238

advances on the ship and he attacks her, John saves her. Van Surdam, Gaumont Co. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; Mutual Masterpictures De Luxe suspicious of their relationship, dies from a heart attack, and a year later Edition. 15 May 1916. 5 reels. John and Ethel marry. Battered women. Islands. Man-haters. Marriage- Dir Edwin Middleton. Scen Paul M. Bryan. Cam Edward Duetlein and

Forced by circumstances. Misogynists. Alcoholics. Heart disease. William Reinhart.

Mother-daughter relationship. Rescues. Shipbuilders. Stokers. Cast: Gertrude McCoy (Helen Arthur), Earl O. Schenck (Rex

Submarines. Torpedoes. Widows. : Bristol), Robert Clugston (John Leonard), |lva Shepard (Nettie Lea), 464

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 IT MAY BE YOUR DAUGHTER Charles W. Travis (Theatrical manager), W. J. Butler (Captain of the telegram from his father clears him of the theft charge. Fortune hunters.

schooner). Marriage-Arranged. Mother-daughter relationship. False accusations. Drama. Actress Helen Arthur breaks Rex Bristol’s heart when she ends Fishmongers. Honolulu. Nobility. Telegrams. Weddings.

her relationship with him, even though, for her, it had been only a minor MPN 17 Jun 1916, p. 3768. MPW 8 Jul 1916, p. 297. flirtation. Then, when Helen takes an ocean liner cruise for her health, Rex MPW 24 Jun 1916, p. 2259. gets a job on the same ship. The liner is wrecked, and Helen and Rex wash

ashore on a deserted island. Over Helen’s objections, Rex performs a IT HAPPENED IN PARIS F1.2241 wedding ceremony, but she eventually softens towards him, and a baby is Tyrad Pictures, Inc. Dist State Rights. Oct? 1919 [OTyrad Pictures, born. Nevertheless, she is thrilled when she sees some rescuers, and, taking Inc.; 26 Dec 1919; LU14562]. 5 reels.

her baby, goes back home with them without telling them about Rex. After Pres Madame Sarah Bernhardt. Supy Madame Sarah Bernhardt. Dir resuming her stage career, however, she realizes just how much she misses David Hartford. Scen Jack Cunningham. Story Madame Sarah Rex, and so she abandons the theater and returns to the island to live with Bernhardt. Scen ed Winifred Dunn. Cam M. Matzene.

him. Castaways. Desertion. Marriage-Forced by circumstances. Cast: Madame Yorska (Juliette/Yvonne Dupré), W. Lawson Butt

Shipwrecks. Actors and actresses. Island life. (Romildo, the gypsy), Madame Dione (Creota), Charles Gunn (Dick

Motog 27 May 1916, p. 1228. Var 19 May 1916, p. 20. Gray), Hayward Mack (Leon Naisson), Madame Sarah Bernhardt MPW 20 May 1916, p. 1353, 1398. Wid’s 18 May 1916, p. 582. (Herself), David Hartford (Himself).

NYDM 20 May 1916, p. 26. Drama/Crime. Yvonne Dupré, the sole survivor of a once-noble French family, makes a modest living selling her paintings to Leon Naisson, who,

ISOBEL; OR, THE TRAIL’S END F1.2239 unknown to Yvonne, resells them for exorbitant prices as the work of a

George H. Davis. Dist State Rights. Dec 1920 [©George H. Davis; 23 famous artist. When Naisson confides to Yvonne’s gypsy model Romildo,

Nov 1920; LP15900]. 6 reels. - that he sexually desires Yvonne, who repulsed him, Romildo drugs his lover Pres George H. Davis. Dir Edwin Carewe. Scen Finis Fox. Cam Robert —_—_ Juliette, a fiery Apache dancer, who looks just like Yvonne, and for one

Kurrle. Tech dir J. L. Pollock. Musical accompaniment James C. thousand francs, delivers her to Naisson, who rapes her as she sleeps. When

Bradford. Naisson discovers that she is not Yvonne, he has Yvonne’s American Source: Based on the novel /sobel: A Romance of the Northern Trail by sweetheart Dick Gray see them together, causing Gray to upbraid the

James Oliver Curwood (publication undetermined). baffled Yvonne. Naisson then plants forgeries in Yvonne’s studio and tips Cast: House Peters (Sargeant William MacVeigh), Jane Novak off the police, who are closing in on his operation. After Yvonne’s arrest, (Isobel Dean), Edward Pell (Scottie Dean), Tom Wilson (Corporal Bucky _ Juliette is told by her foster sister that she was stolen by gypsies as a child

Smith), Bob Walker (Private Thomas Pelliter), Pearlie Norton (Little and is really Yvonne’s twin sister. After Juliette exposes Naisson, Yvonne

_ Mystery), Dick La Reno (Jim Blake), Horin Konishi (Chief Bye-Bye). and Dick are reunited. Art dealers. Frame-ups. Long-lost relatives. Northwest drama. In retaliation for an attack upon his wife Isobel, Mistaken identity. Painters. Paris. Rape. Twins. Apache dancers. Scottie Dean, a passenger on a whaling ship, throws Captain Jim Blake Drugging. False arrests. Forgery. Gypsies. Lust. Models. overboard and, believing that he is responsible for the captain’s death, flees Note: The film was shot at the Brunton studios in Los Angeles. Madame Bernhardt

to the Northwoods for safety. Assigned to track Dean down, Sergeant is shown in a prologue discussing scenes with Madame Yorska, her protégée, and William MacVeigh is closing in on his prey when he meets Isobel drawing director David Hartford. Madame Dione was from the Comedie Francaise.

a sled that allegedly contains her husband’s coffin and, taken by her beauty, ETR 22 Nov 1919, p. 2151. NYMT —29 Feb 1920.

he inadvertently allows the couple to escape. An enemy of MacVeigh’s, MPN 22 Nov 1919, p. 3787. Wid's 7 Mar 1920, p. 17. Corporal Bucky Smith, insists that the Sergeant has violated his oath and

vows to get Dean himself, thus forcing MacVeigh to arrest Dean in order IT HAPPENED TO ADELE . F1.2242 to save Isobel. After he disposes of the Corporal, MacVeigh allows Dean Thanhouser Film Corp. Dist Pathe Exchange, Inc. 13 Jul 1917. 5 reels. to escape, but later Dean appears at MacVeigh’s cabin begging for help for Dir Van Dyke Brooke. Scen Agnes C. Johnston. his wife, who is ill in a distant hut. Learning that Blake is not dead, Dean Cast: Gladys Leslie (Adele), Carey Hastings (#er mother), Peggy Burke

dies and MacVeigh, who is still in love with Isobel, goes to her. Delirious (Blanche), Charlie Emerson (Vincent Harvey), Clarine Seymour with brain fever, however, she drives him away, accusing him of killing her (Mary), Wayne Arey (John W. Horton), Justus Barnes (Vincent's

husband. Years later, after receiving a letter informing him that Isobel has uncle). _ ; .

died, MacVeigh travels to Montreal to visit her daughter and there Drama. While practicing her dancing steps one day, Adele, an aspiring discovers that the woman he loves is alive, and the pair are happily reunited young chorine, accidently kicks her shoe out the window and it lands on

at last. Canadian Northwest. Disease. Fugitives. North West Mounted ohn Horton, a dignified young broker. Running out the fire escape to Police. Attempted rape. Coffins. Montreal. Sea captains. Ships. Sleds. _‘Tetrieve her shoe, Adele becomes dizzy and falls. Realizing that there is a

Whaling. publicity story in the incident, Adele S friend Blanche announces that the Note: This film was named Isobel; or, The Trail’s End to distinguish it from impoverished young chorine tried to commit suicide. Sympathetic, John

another Curwood story entitled “The River’s End.” tells Adele that if she ever needs help, she should call him. Adele takes John MPN 21 Aug 1921, p. 1523. MPN 4 Dec 1920, p. 4339. up on his offer when her boyfriend, composer Vincent Harvey, completes MPN 6 Nov 1920, p. 3552. MPW 4 Dec 1920, p. 645. the opera that he had been writing. John consents to produce the piece, and MPN 20 Nov 1920, p. 3830. NYT 20 Dec 1920, p. 11. Vincent becomes an instant success. With fame, Vincent neglects Adele, MPN 27 Nov 1920, p. 4087. Wid's 5 Dec 1920, p. 7. and even though she is warned that he has but two loves in life, himself and his music, Adele remains true and ignores the fact that John has fallen in

iT HAPPENED IN HONOLULU F1.2240 love with her. Vincent’s selfishness is driven home, however, when Adele’s

Universal Film Mfg. Co.; Red Feather Photoplays. Dist Universal Film apartment catches fire and the composer rushes over to save his musical Mfg. Co. 26 Jun 1916 [OUniversal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 31 May 1916; score, while John arrives to rescue her. Ambition. Brokers. Chorus girls.

LP8389]. 5 reels. Composers. Fidelity. Accidents. Falls from heights. Fires. Opera. Dir Lynn Reynolds. Scen Lynn Reynolds. Publicity. Rescues. Theatrical backers.

Cast: Myrtle Gonzalez (Mabel Wyland), Val Paul (Larry Crane), ETR 7 Jul 1917, p. 341. MPW 21 Jul 1917, p. 544. George Hernandez (Mr. Wyland), Lule Warrenton (Mrs. Wyland), C. MPN 14 Jul 1917, p. 280. NYDM 7 Jul 1917, p. 15. Norman Hammond (Jim Crane), Fred Church (Clarence Velie), Bertram MPW 14 Jul 1917, p. 254. Grassby (Lord Percy), Jack Curtis (Detective Boggs).

Comedy. Mabel Wyland wants to marry Larry Crane, a wholesale fish IT MAY BE YOUR DAUGHTER F 1.2243

dealer, but her mother has her eye on bigger game. Mrs. Wyland has Moral Uplift Society of America. Dist State Rights. Oct 1916 [OThe decided that Mabel must marry Lord Percy, a wealthy Englishman, and Moral Uplift Society of America; 24 Oct 1916; LU9382]. 5 reels.

she spends her spare time preparing a lavish Hawatian wedding. Larry Scen George M. Merrick. follows the wedding party to Honolulu, hoping to rescue Mabel from the Cast: Edith Thornton (Ruth), Hugh Thompson (Salvatore, her chronically dull Percy, but authorities, believing that he has stolen funds father), Dorothy Gwynne (Carlotta, her mother), Charles Hallock from his father’s office, detain him. Undeterred, Larry still manages to (Rev. James Spencer), Virginia Campbell (Mrs. Spencer), Harold West make it to the wedding, and when Mrs. Wyland falls asleep during the (Rev. Walter Ross), Peggy Sweeny (Ellen), Doris Jordan (Grace), ceremony, Larry takes Percy’s place and marries Myrtle, after which a Caroline Lee (Grace’s mother). 465

IT MIGHT HAPPEN TO YOU AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Drama. Rev. Walter Ross, a minister who rescues Grace, a young woman Note: The film was remade by Paramount-Publix in 1931, with Norman Foster and

who has left home and begun an affair with a white slaver, brings her to Carole Lombard starring and Frank Tuttle directing.

his associate Ruth, who recounts her own story as a lesson to the woman. LPN 3 Ny i919. . x02, va rT ie No i910. p. 58. Ruth’s father Salvatore had tried to kill her, but Rev. James Spencer saved MPW 22 Nov 1919, p. 455. Wid's 30 Nov 1919, p. 18.

her and then made Ruth his ward. Years later, after Salvatore was released from prison, he vowed revenge on Spencer, and plotted to kidnap his ward,

whom he did not know was Ruth, and sell her into white slavery. The THE ITALIAN F 1.2246 abduction was successful, but before Salvatore could put his prisoner on New York Motion Picture Corp. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. Jan the market, the police tracked him down, and after making sure he learned = 1915 [ONew York Motion Picture Corp.; 7 Jan 1915; LP5156]. 5-6 reels. that he kidnapped his own daughter, killed him. Then Ruth, who had been Prod Thomas H. Ince. Dir Reginald Barker. Story Thomas H. Ince and

engaged to Ross, renounced matrimony and promised to devote the rest of C. Gardner Sullivan. -

her lifeand to assisting young women. Attempted Clergy. Moral reformation. ae anBurke Boban cee "father Clara Williams (Annette Wards guardians.wayward White slavers. Abduction. murder. neetlo), J. Frank (Annette s father).

Pather-deughter relationship. Revenge. P Drama/Social. Venetian gondolier Pietro “Beppo” Donetti loves Annette MPN 28 Oct 1916, p. 2712. MPW 21 Oct 1916, p. 382. Ancello, but Trudo, her father, prefers the wealthy merchant Roberto

MPN 30 Dec 1916, p. 4217. Gallia. After Trudo allows Beppo one year to make good, Beppo goes to New York and succeeds as a bootblack. Soon Annette comes and they

IT MIGHT HAPPEN TO YOU F1.2244 marry. When their baby becomes ill during a heat wave, the doctor warns Artclass Pictures Corp. Dist State Rights; S & E Enterprises. Nov that he must have pasteurized milk. After Beppo is robbed of the money

1920. 5 reels. saved for the expensive milk and arrested for fighting his attackers, he

Dir Al Santell. Scen Al Santell. Animal trainer Walter Beckwith. appeals to the ward boss Corrigan that his baby’s life is endangered. Cast: Billy Mason (J. Worthington Butts, Jr.), Doris Dare (Dolly Corrigan rebuffs him, and Beppo is jailed for five days, while his baby dies. Bender), William Harcourt (J. Worthington Butts, Sr.), Walter Beckwith Vowing vengeance, Beppo soon learns that Corrigan’s baby is ill. After (Edward Winton), Violet Mack (Tootsie), Edward Scanlon (Jenks), Helen entering Corrigan s house, Beppo overhears a doctor say that any sudden

y & JT, yp , :

Adams (Mrs. Butts), “The famous Tarzan lion” (Jimmie). noise will kill the child. When he is about to break a glass shade, Beppo Comedy. J. Worthington Butts, Jr., the drunken son of wealthy parents SEES the baby make the same gesture his son did. Overcome wit h remorse,

, ; . Beppo mourns at his baby’s grave. /nfants. Italians. New York City. Political sleeps by day and carouses by night. After a particularly wild day, during b hich Butts meets a group of chorus girls at the beach, parties with them Osses. Revenge. Boot blacks. Conscience. Gondolas and gondoliers.

woe ; _Broup ; 6 ee? P ; Grief. Immigrants. Imprisonment. Milk. Physicians. Theft. Venice (Italy).

all night. and delivered hisoriginally doorstepentitled along with the morning milk, in Note: .e ; were shot . . : .isote: The filmon was The Dago. Some scenes the film Butts, Sr. devises a plan to reform his son. Given the keys to the family wine in Venice, CA.

cellar and told to do his worst, Butts, Jr. arranges an extravagant party with Motog 9 Jan 1915, p. 77. NYDM _ 30 Dec 1914, pp. 26-27.

the chorus girls. The music is provided by an orchestra of monkeys; midway MPN 1 Jan 1915, p. 29. Var 1 Jan 1915, p. 29.

through the party, lions emerge from a giant cake and pursue the guests. The ruse, perpetrated by Butts, Sr., has the desired effect: Butts, Jr. thinks

he is in the grip of delirium tremens and swears off liquor. Chorus girls. I’S A BEAR ae F1.2247

Drunkenness. Parties. Playboys. Ruses. Temperance. Wine cellars. Triangle Film Corp. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp., A Triangle

Beaches. Delirium tremens. Father-son relationship. Idlers. Lions. Special. 16 Mar 1919. 5 reels.

Monkeys. Dir Lawrence Windom. Story Nina Wilcox Putnam and Norman

Note: The film may have been acquired by Kerman Films and re-released in 1923, Jacobsen. Cam Sam Landers. ; _ but the evidence is not conclusive. S & E Enterprises was also known as Shenfield voles) ny lor Hommes Willie in oP). od on ws ool ETR 27 Nov 1920, p. 2733. MPW 20 Nov 1920, p. 335, 389. (Belle Waylay), Bessie (A bear).

and Ennis Enterprises. teacher), Howar avies illiam Cogney), na illips Holmes ETR 18 Dec 1920, P. 226. MPW 4 Dec 1920, p. 607. Western, Comedy. Orlando Winthrop, the studious and slightly

MPW 13 Nov 1920, p. 202. Wid's 14 Nov 1920, p. 21. effeminate son of a wealthy Bostonian, distresses his father by pursuing an interest in insects. Inspired by a book advising one to “get the drop on the

IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE F1.2245 other fellow,” Orlando goes to the family Wyoming sheep ranch to Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; investigate rumors concerning Cogney, the foreman. Incongruously

Paramount-Artcraft Pictures. 23 Nov 1919 [©Famous Players-Lasky dressed and carrying golf clubs, Orlando is paraded through the town by

Corp.; 23 Oct 1919; LP14345]. 5 reels. the ranch cowboys, but to their chagrin, he succeeds in bluffing them in Pres Jesse L. Lasky. Dir Donald Crisp. Scen Elmer Harris. Cam C. poker, out-drinking them and riding a bucking bronco. On a bear hunt,

Edgar Schoenbaum. Stunt cam John K. Holbrook. after the cowboys attempt to scare Orlando with a stuffed bear, he

Source: Based on the play /t Pays to Advertise by Roi Cooper Megrue nonchalantly emerges from the woods followed by a live bear, whom they

and Walter Hackett (New York, 8 Sep 1914). do not know is trained. After Orlando frustrates Cogney’s plan to kill some Cast: Bryant Washburn (Rodney Martin), Lois Wilson (Mary of the sheep, and beats him in a fight, Orlando’s father and fiancée arrive, Grayson), Frank Currier (Cyrus Martin), Walter Hiers (Ambrose but when she sees Orlando chew tobacco, she leaves disgusted, to Orlando’s Peale), Clarence Geldart (House manager), Julia Faye (Countess de delight, as he and the town’s schoolteacher have fallen in love. Cowboys.

Beaurien), Guy Oliver (McChesney). Manhood. Sheepmen. The West. Wyoming. Bears. Boston. Effeminacy. Comedy. When wealthy Cyrus Martin, known as “the soap king,” cannot Father-son relationship. induce his pleasure-loving son Rodney to work, he arranges for his pretty Note: This was the first starring vehicle for Triangle in which Taylor Holmes

stenographer, Mary Grayson, to attract Rodney so that he will have to appeared.

work to be able to court her. When Mary and Rodney fall in love and decide hae , ver ts P. oe Ma ; wer tots P. 26.

to marry, however, Cyrus angrily disinherits Rodney. With Mary and MPW 15 Mar 1919, is 1529. *P. >.

Ambrose Peale, a theatrical agent, Rodney opens a business and begins to

advertise without a product. After he buys his father’s soap and

successfully packages it with his own label, Cyrus tries to buy out the IT’S A GREAT LIFE F 1.2248 company for $50,000, but he cancels the deal when he discovers that the Eminent Authors Pictures, Inc. Dist Goldwyn Distributing Corp. 29 Aug soap came from his own factories. Meanwhile, Rodney, not knowing of the 1920 [OMary Roberts Rinehart; 26 Aug 1920; LP15480]. 6 reels. cancellation, has written a $25,000 check. To protect him, Cyrus secretly Dir E. Mason Hopper. Scen Edward T. Lowe, Jr. Cam John Mescall. has a Marshall Field department store representative give Rodney a phony Source: Based on the short story “Empire Builders” by Mary Roberts order, but when the soap sells well because of Rodney’s advertising, and Rinehart in The Saturday Evening Post (20 May 1916). the store places more orders, Cyrus deals with Rodney, who now marries Cast: Cullen Landis (Stoddard), Molly Malone (Eloise Randall), Clara Mary. Advertising. Ambition. Father-son relationship. Soap. Department Horton (Lucille Graham), Howard Halston (The Wop), Otto Hoffman

stores. Disinheritance. Idlers. Industrialists. Marshall Field (Chicago). (Professor Mozier), Tom Pearse (Professor Randall), Ralph Bushman

Secretaries. Theatrical agents. (Big Graham), E. J. Mack (Small), John Lynch (Watchman). 466

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 JACK AND JILL Comedy. Stoddard and the Wop are the terrors of Pomptonvale prep reclaiming the crown from his traitorous brother, Prince John. Sadly, school. One night, while eating in a restaurant, the Wop finds a pearl Rebecca witnesses the nuptials of her gallant Ivanhoe and the beautiful embedded in an oyster, which sparks visions of a trip to the Solomon Rowena. Disguise. Father-son relationship. Great Britain-History—12th Islands where treasures in the shape of pearls await them. Before they can century. Knights. Nobility. Royalty. Brothers. Castles. False accusations. embark upon their adventure, Stoddard succumbs to the charms of Eloise Kidnapping. John Lackland. Richard |, King of England, 1157-1199. Robin Randall, the schoolmaster’s daughter. Attempting to find another pearl to Hood. Sherwood Forest (England). Weddings. Witchcraft. present his new love, Stoddard consumes enough oysters to send him to the Note: According to a press release, this film was produced at Chepstow Castle, school infirmary. Several days later, his old sweetheart, Lucille Graham, England. Modern sources credit Herbert Brenon with the scenario, and E. G. Palmer pays Stoddard a visit in. the and Stoddard remain in ane S. P. Kinder photography. They also A. J. Charlwood and Mr. . . hospital . orman in the decides cast. toAnother version of with thethefilm was made byinclude a British company in Pomptonvale, thus dispelling all dreams of a pearl empire. Boarding — 1913, and M-G-M did a re-make in 1952 directed by Richard Thorpe and starring

Life.

schools. Oysters. Pearls. Students. Italians. Solomon Islands. Robert Taylor.

a The working titles for this film were The Empire Builders and This Is the MPW 20 Sep 1913, p. 1318. UW 20 Sep 1913, p. 13.

cTR sep omy. ta NYDM 11 Sep 1m. 472 THE IVORY SNUFF BOX F1.2251 MPN 3 junn1920, 4658.107. NYTr30>aus 12. 1913 (ow A.18 Brady are a 398).5um Corp. 13 Sep beesPPp. iP.1920, orldPFilm Corp.; SepPicture ; LU6398]. reels. PW 7 Se 1990 is te Wid's > Sep 1920, p. 9. Dir Maurice Tourneur. Asst dir Clarence L. Brown. Scen E. M. Ingleton. Ed Clarence L. Brown. :

IT’S EASY TO MAKE MONEY see EASY TO MAKE MONEY cours: Noe Yo L912), The;Ivory Snuff Box by Frederic Arnold ummer (New York, Cast: Holbrook Blinn (Richard Duvall), Alma Belwin (Grace

IT’S NO LAUGHING MATTER F 1.2249 ;

Bosworth, Inc. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 14 Jan 1915 [OBosworth, Police). Norman Trevor (Dr. Hartmann), Robert Cummings (Prefect of

Inc.; 28 Dec 1914; LU4039]. 4-5 reels. . Mystery/Espionage. On the eve of his honeymoon, Richard Duvall, an cle ve ; ss Weber. Asst dir Nate C. Watt. Scen Lois Weber. Cam Dal American detective employed by the French Secret Police, receives a message that the French Ambassador to England has lost an ivory snuff Cast: Maclyn Arbuckle (Hi Judd), Cora Drew (Mrs. Judd), Myrtle box that must be recovered immediately. While Richard goes to London Stedman (Bess Judd), Charles Marriott (Jim Skinner), Adele Farrington to investigate, Grace, his bride, aids in the case by placing herself in a

(Widow Wns), Frank ey an. } d Brussels sanitarium run by Dr. Hartmann, a German spy. After finding the 7 the edy- rama/ Rural. fe ue , Shinn counry pes mae. sive Py primary suspect murdered, Richard shows up at the sanitarium and, by a

meres oe dd oul d like Hi’s job His domineerin wi fo clever ruse, secures the snuff box, hiding it in the lining of his top hat.

.; , .; ve . moe Hartmann kidnaps Richard and begins to torture him for information.

makes him feel guilty when his verse writing, which pleases his neighbors, Between interrogations, Richard inspects the box and, finding a series of

interferes with his chores, but their daughter Bess supports him and coded messages, substitutes a phony code for the original. To break the secretly his verses to a New YorkRichard newspaper. AfterofBess becomes , ° .hands ;; ; sends . . silence, Hartmann tortures in front Grace, and she over

infatuated with Sam, the new ticket agent from the city, and breaks with the box. Convinced of his vict Hart rel the couple. who th

her faithful sweetheart Hal, the stationmaster, Hi finds a picture of Sam, © DOK. OnVIne’ IS VICIOFY, Prarimann releases te couple, who ten his baby, and his wife Belle, who earlier ran away from her mother, Widow return the real coded message to the police. Americans in foreign

Wilkins. Hi sends for Belle and then convinces Sam to live up to his oes. perectives. Newly weds. Secret codes. Sp les. Brussels.

; . m urder. Physicians. Police. Sanitariums. Torture.

responsibilities. When the new administration takes over, Hi loses his job Sodan ex France. ecret Service. Germans. Kidnapping. London. to Skinner, who is about to foreclose on Hi’s home, when a $1,000 ch eck Note: According to a contemporary news item, Chief Healey, the head of the for Hi S Verses arrives. Bess and Hal become engaged, and the Widow Chicago police department, refused to issue a permit allowing this film to be screened Wilkins is happy with her daughter, son-in-law and grandchild. Envy. in Chicago as he felt the large German population of the city would be offended by

Father-daughter relationship. Infatuation. Misers. Poets. Rural life. the story. Foreclosure. Marriage. Mortgages. Newspapers. Postmasters. Railroad Motog 18 Sep 1915, p. 600. MPW 18 Sep 1915, p. 2078, 2084.

ticket agents. Stationmasters. Widows. MEN N Sen ils P . ip y * rad i918 P 70, MPN 3 4an 913.9. NYDM 13 Jan 1915; p.28. MPN = 25Sep 1915p. 122, Var 17 Sep 1918, p. 25.

MPW _:30 Jan 1915, p. 679. Var 22 Jan 1915, p. 25. SP ee Be BSN NS

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MPW 20 Feb 1915, p. 1200.

IVANHOE F1.2250 Oliver Morosco Photoplay Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 12 Nov Imp Film Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co. 22 Sep 1913. 4 reels. 1917 [©Oliver Morosco Photoplay Co.; 9 Oct 1917; LP11548]. 5 reels. Dir Herbert Brenon. Dir William Desmond Taylor. Scen Gardner Hunting. Story Margaret Source: Based on the novel Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott (Edinburgh, Turnbull. Cam Homer Scott.

1819). Cast: Jack Pickford (Jack Ranney), Louise Huff (Mary Dwyer), Leo

Cast: King Baggot (/vanhoe), Leah Baird (Rebecca of York), Herbert | Houck (“Young” Kilroy), Don Bailey (“Honest George” Frazee), J. H. Brenon (Isaac of York), Evelyn Hope (Lady Rowena), W. Scott Craven Holland (Lopez Cabrillo), Hart Hoxie (Cactus Jim), Col. Lenone (Richard, the Lion-Hearted), Wallace Widdicombe (Front de Boeuf), .W. (Seftor Cabrillo), Beatrice Burnham (Doria Cabrillo).

Thomas (Robin Hood), Wallace Bosco (Sir Cedric), Helen Downing Western. When young bantam weight fighter Jack Ranney agrees to (Elgitha), Jack Bates (Grand Knight Templar), R. Hollies (Friar challenge “Young” Kilroy, he is unaware that Kilroy’s crooked manager Tuck), George Courtney (Prince John), W. Calvert (Gurth). has fixed the fight in Jack’s favor. After he knocks his opponent out with Drama /Historical. In the late twelfth century, Sir Cedric’s son Ivanhoe _his first punch, Jack is informed that Kilroy is dead, and the fighter flees

returns to England fresh from battle in the Holy Land. As Ivanhoe, to the West. Afterwards, Jack’s sweetheart, Mary Dwyer, learns that disguised, discovers that his beloved Lady Rowena has remained faithful, Kilroy is alive and forces his manager to turn over the gate receipts. two weary travelers, Isaac of York and his pretty daughter Rebecca, are Meanwhile, Jack, boasting that he is a killer, finds a job on a ranch, but admitted to Sir Cedric’s castle, but after the knights, led by de Bois his fellow ranch hands deride him as a greenhorn. Prompted by a letter Guilbert, learn that Isaac has money, they abduct the visitors to the from Jack, Mary travels West to join him and arrives just in time to see Norman stronghold of Torquilstone Castle. When Ivanhoe realizes that Sir Jack prove his mettle during a raid by Lopez Cabrillo and his gang. Alone Cedric and Rowena have also been captured, he enters the forest, where at the ranch, Jack manages to hold off the entire gang with only his fists he meets Robin Hood and the Black Knight, actually King Richard, the until reinforcements arrive. Boxers. City-country contrast. Cowboys. Lion-Hearted. Their band defeats de Bois in battle, but the villain escapes Manhood. The West. Bandits. Braggarts. Fistfights. Fixed fights. Heroism. with Rebecca, later charging her with sorcery. As Ivanhoe defeats de Bois Ranches.

in single combat, King Richard arrives, revealing his identity and MPN 1 Dec 1917, p. 3809, 3860. Var 23 Nov 1917, p. 43. 467

JACK AND THE BEANSTALK AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG MPW 1 Dec 1917, p. 1335, 1385. Wid's 22 Nov 1917, pp. 749-50. Note: Some scenes in the film were shot at the Sacramento River, Mt. Lowe and

NYDM 24 Nov 1917, p. 19. Mt. Gabriel, CA and in Griffith Park in Los Angeles, where an Indian village was selim up snowed undet theearly airection I dian.in Mojave Andians appeared in the in reesatanaoe tneater Los Angeles. ax Figman anmv wre

JACK AND THE BEANSTALK vate F1.2253 Robertson were married. According to news items appearing while the film was in

Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp.; A William Fox Photodrama De production, other actors in the cast included Al W. Filson, Roy Stewart, Normand Luxe. 30 Jul 1917 [OFox Film Corp.; 30 Jul 1917; LP11200]. 10 reels. McDonald, Antrim Short and Helen Marlborough. The “Antrim Stewart” mentioned Pres William Fox. Dir C. M. Franklin and S. A. Franklin. Scen C. M. in reviews of the film, may have been a mistaken combination of the names “Antrim Franklin and S. A. Franklin. Adapted by Mary Murillo. Cam Frank Good, — Short” and “Roy Stewart.”

Harry Gerstad and/or Walter E. Williams. mig re Mar lore p. oe ey » ae lore P. oO

Source: Based on the folk tale “Jack and the Beanstalk.” MPN 23 Jan 1915. 36, MPW 6 Mar 1915, if 1524, 1526. Cast: Francis Carpenter (Francis/Jack), Virginia Lee Corbin MPN 6 Feb 1915, p. 33. MPW 10 Apr 1915, p. 239.

(Virginia/Princess Regina), Violet Radcliffe (Prince Rudolpho), Carmen MPN 27 Feb 1915, p. 36, 72, 118. Fay De Rue (The King of Cornwall), J. G. Traver (Blunderbore, the iant), Vera Lewis (The giantess), Ralph Lewis (Francis’ father), Eleanor Washington (Francis’ mother), lone Glennon (Virginia's mother), Buddie JACK LONDON’S ADVENTURES IN THE SOUTH SEA

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Fantasy. A prologue introduces two young children, Francis and Jun? 1913. Length undetermined. Virginia, who listen to the story of “Jack and the Beanstalk.” In the Pres A. H. Woods. Cam Martin Johnson.

mythical village of Cornwall, young Jack sells his mother’s cow for a sack Cast: Jack London (Himself).

of beans instead of for the money which they so badly need. Angered by Documentary. On one of Jack London’s voyages on the Snark, his bad judgement, the mother throws the sack out the window. During the | Photographer Martin Johnson documents life in the South Pacific. His night, the beans, which are magic, begin to sprout until they turn into a subjects include scantily clad girls dancing in the Fiji Islands, natives of magnificent vine that reaches up above the clouds. Because Jack’s fairy Borneo catching huge sea turtles, fishermen netting flying fish in New godmother has told him that fortune awaits him at the top of the stalk, Jack Guinea, Maoris diving for coins in New Zealand, volcanoes erupting in

climbs the vine in search of adventure. At the top, Jack encounters a land Java, and beriberi victims huddling together in Sumatra. Martin E. where the people are held prisoner by a huge giant. The fairy godmother Johnson. Jack London. South Sea Islands. Borneo. Fiji Islands. then tells Jack that he must kill the giant in order to gain allofthe country’s | Fishermen. Java. Maories. New Zealand. Sumatra (Indonesia). Turtles

wealth. After many tribulations, Jack causes the giant’s death when he and tortoises. Volcanoes. chops down the beanstalk, thus freeing the people and enabling Jack to Note: The picture was also known as Jack London’s South Sea Island marry Princess Regina, who was being held prisoner by the giant. Beans. Adventures. No length was noted. but the Variety reviewer remarked that ‘the

Country boys. Giants. Magic. Tyranny. Children. Cows. Fairies. 2¢ventures consume about two hours. Godmothers. Imprisonment. Mother-son relationship. Mythical kingdoms. var 27 Jun 1913, p. 16.

Royalty. Wealth. }

Note: Most of the actors and actresses in this film were children. According to the JACK LONDON’S SOUTH SEA ISLAND ADVENTURES see JACK NYT, this was intended as the first of a series of films based on fairy tales to be made LONDON’S ADVENTURES IN THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS by Fox. Several sources list Frank Good as the cameraman for this film, but only ' Wid’s alsothe lists Harry Gerstad. Among the many otherthe osanimated adaptations of tne fairy tale are: 1904 short directed by Edwin S. Porter; short directe

by Dave Fleischer; Disney’s 1947 animated feature Fun and Fancy Free, which JACK SPURLOCK, PRODIGAL ; F1.2256

contained a segment based on “Jack and the Beanstalk;” and the 1952 Warner Bros. Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp.; A Fox Special Feature. 10 Feb

feature, starring Abbott and Costello and directed by Jean Yarbrough. 1918 [OWilliam Fox; 10 Feb 1918; LP12040]. 6 reels.

ETR 11 Aug 1917, p. 787. NYDM 11 Aug 1917, p. 18. Pres William Fox. Dir Carl Harbaugh. Adapted by Ralph H. Spence.

ons re Ae Ory P n 175. vid - Aug i917 P a3, Source: Based on the novel Jack Spurlock, Prodigal by George Horace MPW 18 Aug 1917, p. 1082. Wid's ‘10 Aug 1917, p. 652. Lorimer (New York, 1908).

MPW 1 Sep 1917, p. 1430. Cast: George Walsh (Jack Spurlock), Dan Mason (John Spurlock, Sr.), Ruth Taylor (Anita Grey), Robert Vivian (Professor Jackson), Mike

JACK CHANTY F1.2254 Donlin (Foreman), Jack Goodman. Masterpiece Film Mfg. Co. Dist Alliance Films Corp. 22 Feb 1915. 5 Comedy. Jack Spurlock’s college escapades, which include a particularly reels. raucous incident involving a bear, finally get him expelled, and his father, Dir Max Figman. Scen Elliott J. Clawson. Cam George Rizard. John Spurlock, Sr., compels him to go to work in the family’s wholesale Source: Based on the novel Jack Chanty: A Story of Athabasca by grocery business. The eager young man inexplicably purchases a huge

Hulbert Footner (New York, 1913). surplus of onions and then supports the onion workers when they go on Cast: Max Figman (Malcolm Piers, later known as “Jack Chanty”), strike. After Spurlock, Sr. finally agrees to recognize the Onion Workers’ Lolita Robertson (Mary Cranston), H. A. Livingston (John Garrod), Union, he fires his son and cuts off his allowance. Jack is forced to work

Edwin Harley (Sir Bryson Trangmar), Antrim Stewart (Mary’s as a waiter until his sweetheart, Anita Grey, introduces him to Professor brother), F. H. Garland (Ascota), Ethel Davis (Luedd Trangmar). Jackson, who has patented a health tonic made chiefly from onions. The Northwest drama. After stockbroker Malcolm Piers, the scion of an old publicity attending the Onion Workers’ strike results ina huge demand for aristocratic family, goes bankrupt, he leaves for the Canadian Northwest Jackson’s tonic. In order to produce more of the cure-all, Jack purchases with only a banjo to remake his fortune. John Garrod, Piers’s secretary, his father’s onion surplus, thus redeeming his place in Spurlock, Sr.’s good

loses clients’ securities gambling and blames the absent Piers. In graces. College life. Expulsion from school. Father-son relationship. Athabasca, Piers, now called “Jack Chanty” because of his songs, witand | Grocers. Onions. Strikes. Tonics. Allowances. Bears. Dismissal. fellowship, falls in love with Mary Cranston, a quarter-breed. When Professors. Publicity. Labor unions. Waiters. Lieutenant Governor Sir Bryson Trangmar arrives to search for gold, Mary uate: The book ar pubrened in serial form i The Satur aay fvening P 71 of

jealously watches as Trangmar’s daughter Lued flrs with Jack, Garrod, {hich Loimet vas editor This film wa original scheduled for reat on Ja now in Trangmar’s service, refuses to recognize Jack. After Trangmar hires = Goodman was a leading lightweight boxer. The working title of the film was In Onion Jack and Ascota, a half-breed who loves Mary, Trangmar’s claim is found There Is Strength. Lorimer’s novel was the basis for the 1922 Fox film A Self-Made to be worthless. Trangmar arrests Jack after Garrod tells of his supposed Man, starring William Russell and Renée Adorée and directed by Rowland V. Lee crime and appropriates Jack’s rich claims, but with the aid of Mary and _—(see AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.4900).

her brother, Jack exonerates himself. After Garrod escapes and dies from ETR 12 Jan 1918, p. 482, 494. MP My 9 Feb tote Pp. a)

exhaustion, and Ascota jumps froma mountain to escape Jack’s vengeance, tN s re i918 if a3. vee 3 fe i918 e 53. Jack leaves for civilization with Luedd. Disgusted with the shallowness he

finds, he returns to the waiting Mary. Canadian Northwest. False

accusations. Indians-Mixed blood. Heirs. Regeneration. Athabasca JACK STRAW F 1.2257 (Canada). Bankruptcy. City-country contrast. Embezzlement. Gambling. Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Gold. Jumps from heights. Secretaries. Stockbrokers. Territorial Paramount-Artcraft Pictures. 14 Mar 1920 [©Famous Players-Lasky

governors. Corp.; 20 Jan 1920; LP14703]. 5 reels, 4,707 ft. 468

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE JAGUAR’S CLAWS Pres Jesse L. Lasky. Dir William C. de Mille. Scen Olga Printzlau and JACQUES OF THE SILVER NORTH F 1.2259

Elmer Harris. Cam L. Guy Wilky. Mitchell Lewis Producing Co. Dist Select Pictures Corp. 9 Jun 1919 Source: Based on the play Jack Straw by W. Somerset Maugham (New [©Select Pictures Corp.; 21 May 1919; LP13739]. 6 reels, 5,760 ft.

York, 14 Sep 1908). Dir Norval MacGregor. Scen Robert North Bradbury and Frank Cast: Robert Warwick (Jack Straw), Carol McComas (Ethel Parker Howard Clark. Story Robert North Bradbury and Frank Howard Clark.

Jennings), Charles Ogle (Mr. Parker Jennings), Irene Sullivan (Mrs. Cam Robert L. Carson. Wanley), Monte du Mont (Ambrose Holland), Frances Parks (Rose), Cast: Mitchell Lewis (Jacques La Rouge), Fritzi Brunette (Memory Lucien Littlefield (Sherlo), Robert Brower (Count of Pomerania), Sylvia = Baird), Capt. C. A. Van Auker (Joseph Clyde Treffery), Murdock

Ashton (Mrs. Parker Jennings). MacQuarrie (Jim Blake), Edward Hearn (Warren Sherman), James Comedy. Jack Straw, an iceman, falls in love with the voice of Ethel _ Gordon (Don Baird), James McDowell (Tennessee Jake), Fred Mack Parker Jennings which he is accustomed to hearing down the dumbwaiter (Malamute Mike).

shaft of his Harlem flat. When the Jennings family acquires wealth Northwest drama. Trapper Jacques La Rouge loves Memory Baird, the through an oil investment, they move to California and Jack follows. | American daughter of a trading post owner, but because he is a half-breed, Finding employment as a waiter, Jack meets Holland, who holds a grudge his love can only be shown in friendship. While deer hunting with Jacques, against the snobbish Mrs. Jennings. Holland enlists Jack in a scheme to Memory gets lost and enters a notorious roadhouse. Owner Jim Blake and humiliate the haughty woman by persuading the waiter to impersonate the the other patrons, thinking she is a dancer, begin to abuse her until fugitive Archduke of Pomerania. Jack consents, seizing upon the opportunity tobe | Joseph Clyde Treffery, whom Memory earlier hid from the police, claims near Ethel, and during Jack’s stay with the Jennings, the couple fallin love. She is to be his wife. When Blake forces them to marry immediately, Eventually Holland decides that the joke has gone too far and unmasks Treffery assures Memory that he will have the marriage annulled later, but

Jack. Mrs. Jennings expells Jack from the house, but when the real 2fter Memory falls in love with American Warren Sherman, Treffery ambassador from Pomerania appears and documents Jack’s authenticity, COMes to get his wife. After he fights with Memory’s father, who dies,

she recants and announces Ethel’s engagement to the archduke waiter. Memory finds Treffery at the roadhouse where she dances disguised. Hoaxes. Impersonation and imposture. Nouveaux riches. Snobbery. 1 teffery kidnaps her, but Jacques, in a dog sled, chases them. After Waiters. California. Diplomats. Icemen. Mythical kingdoms. New York | Teffery is killed by wolves, Memory marries Warren, and Jacques leaves

City-Harlem. Oil. singing to hide his broken heart. Fugitives. Indians-Mixed blood. Note: Paramount remade this film in 1926 as The Waiter from the Ritz, with Marriag e-Fore ed by circumstances. Roadhouses. Trap pers. Unrequited Raymond Griffith and Alice Day starring and James Cruze directing. No evidence love. Abduction. Chases. Dancers. Death by animals. Disguise. Dog

that this remake was released, however, has been discovered. sleds. Fights. Hunting. Wolves.

ETR 13 Mar 1920, p. 1569. MPW 13 Mar 1920, p. 1837. Note: The working title of this film was The Gulf Between. Some scenes were shot

MPN 10 Apr 1920, p. 3365. Var 2 Apr 1920, p. 93. at the foot of Mount Shasta, CA. While all the reviews for this film list James MPN 5 Jun 1920, p. 4682. Wid's 4 Apr 1920, p. 15. McDowell in the cast, the 1920 MPSD lists Nelson McDowell.

ETR 14 Jun 1919, p. 133. Var 6 Jun 1919, p. 29.

JACK, THE GOOD FOR NOTHING see THE GOOD FOR NOTHING MPW 14 Jum 1919.5 1679. 1681. Wid's 8 Jun 1919, p. 27.

JACKIE OF THE NAVY see MISS JACKIE OF THE NAVY JAFFERY F1.2260 The Frohman Amusement Corp. Dist International Film Service, Inc.;

THE JACK-KNIFE MAN F 1.2258 A Golden Eagle Feature. 15 Jul 1916 [©International Film Service, Inc.; King Vidor Productions. Dist First National Exhibitors’ Circuit, Inc. 16 28 Aug 1916; LP9676]. 6 reels.

Aug 1920 [©Associated First National Pictures, Inc.; 3 Jan 1920; Dir George Irving. Scen Anthony Kelly. Cam Charles Reinhart.

LP17179]. 6 reels. Source: Based on the novel Jaffery by William John Locke (New York, Pres King Vidor. Dir King Vidor. Scen William Parker. Cam Ira 1915).

Morgan. Prints Rothacker Film Mfg. Co. Cast: C. Aubrey Smith (Jaffery), Eleanor Woodruff (Doria), Florence Source: Based on the novel The Jack-Knife Man by Ellis Parker Butler Deshon (Liosha), Eric Blind (Hillary), Paul Doucet (Adrian Boldero),

(New York, 1913). Ben Hendricks (Fendshook), Doris Sawyer (Barbara), Stanley Dark,

Cast: Fred Turner (Peter Lane), Harry Todd (“Booge’’), Bobby Kelso George Irving. (“Buddy’’), Willis Marks (Rasmer Briggles), Lillian Leighton (Widow Drama. In order to make a name for himself, Adrian Boldero publishes Potter), James Corrigan (George Rapp), Claire MacDowell (Lize a late friend’s novel as his own, and is soon hailed as a literary genius. The Merdin), Charles Arling (The doctor), Florence Vidor (Mrs. Marcia pressure mounts to write a second masterpiece, but Adrian dies without Montgomery), Irene Yaeger (Susie), Carol Marshall (Jane), Mrs. George producing another acceptable manuscript. Even though he has discovered

Hernandez. the fraud, Jaffery, a friend of the famous “writer,” presents Adrian’s

Drama. Peter Lane, a gentle yet shiftless old man, lives alone in an old widow Doria, whom he has always loved, with a novel of his own, and tells barge on the Mississippi. One night, during a raging storm, Lize Merdin her that it had been left by her husband. After the success of the new book, and her small son Buddy seek refuge with him. The woman dies, leaving Doria learns the truth about Adrian’s literary output and, primarily out of behind young Buddy with Peter. To please the boy, his new friend carves _— 8 atitude, offers to marry Jaffery. By this time, however, Jaffery has cooled

him numerous toys with his jackknife. Soon after, a hobo named “Booge” towards Doria, and has become engaged to Liosha, whom he met in the joins them and the two men vie for the love of the child. All goes well until | Balkans during his time spent there as a war correspondent. Authors. Justice of the Peace Briggles appears with court authority to place the child Novels. Plagiarism. Self-sacrifice. Friendship. Gratitude. Widows. with a foster family. Widow Potter comes to Buddy’s rescue and assumes Note: This film was the first feature release of William Randolph Hearst’s custody of the child. Peter’s talent with a jackknife is recognized when Mrs. International Film Service.

Montgomery, a wealthy Easterner, notices the toys that Peter lovingly ee 3 nn i916 . et NY DM Pa i916 is

crafted for Buddy and takes them to New York. On his way to prosperity, MPN 16 Dec 1916, p. 3857. NYDM 5 Aug 1916, p. 20.

Peter rehabilitates himself, proposes to Widow Potter and a new family is MPW 22 Jul 1916, p. 652. Var 14 Jul 1916, p. 18. born. Even though Booge discovers that Buddy is actually his real son, he MPW 26 Aug 1916, p. 1452. Wid's 14 Sep 1916, p. 912. decides to let the boy stay with Peter and Widow Potter, who can provide

a real home. Child custody. Children. Foster fathers. Hoboes. Idlers. | THE JAGUAR’S CLAWS F 1.2261 Mississippi River. Moral reformation. Parentage. Toys. Woodworkers. Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 11 Jun

Barges. Justices of the peace. Storms. Widows. 1917 [OJesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co.; 29 May 1917; LP10863]. 5 reels. Note: Exterior scenes for this film were shot around the river district of Stockton, Dir Marshall Neilan. Asst dir Dudley Blanchard. Scen Beatrice de Mille CA, and in the mining town of Murphy’s, CA, as well as in Muscatine, IA, where and Leighton Osmun. Adapted by Roswell Dague. Story William M.

Butler’s novel is set. McCoy. Cam Walter Stradling. | ETR 1 Aug 1920, p. 1158. NYMT 8 Aug 1920. Cast: Sessue Hayakawa (E/ Jaguar), Fritzi Brunette (Beth Thomas), MPN 3 way i900 P. tee vee : we rn P- x Tom Moore (Phil Jordan), Marjorie Daw (Nancy Jordan), Tom Forman

932-33. Lucien Littlefield.

MPW 14 Aug 1920, DP. 844-45, Wid’s g Aus 1920. is 3. (Harry Knowles), Mabel Van Buren (Marie), Horace B. Carpenter,

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THE JAILBIRD AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Western. When the manager of the American oil company quits out of dollars to play the part of Mrs. Shackleton. Secretly married to William, fear of El Jaguar, the bandit who is terrorizing the Mexican countryside, the butler, Jane undertakes the role without her husband’s knowledge, Phil Jordan is sent in his place. Phil arrives with his younger sister Nancy, causing him much confusion and jealousy. When the uncle demands to see and when the bandit makes advances towards the girl, Phil thrashes him, “the baby,” Jane snatches one from an unsuspecting washerwoman, who causing El Jaguar to vow revenge. Waiting until Phil’s bride Beth arrives, later catches the uncle with her child and calls the police on him. Further El Jaguar captures all three Americans and sadistically forces Phil to complications lead to Charles’ pleading proposal to Lucy and then finally choose between leaving with his sister or his wife. Beth volunteers to remain to the truth, which leaves everyone satisfied. Bachelors. Hoaxes. as a sacrifice, and Phil and Nancy ride off, soon to encounter a troop of Impersonation and imposture. Marriage. Uncles. Abduction. Allowances.

rangers. They all rush back to rescue Beth, but before they arrive, the | Butlers. | Housemaids. Infants. | Jealousy. = Marriage-Secret. bandit is killed by a woman whom he had abducted and violated on her © Washerwomen. wedding night. Abduction. Americans in foreign countries. Bandits. Note: According to modern sources, this was Charlotte Greenwood’s first film.

Lechery. Revenge. Brother-sister relationship. Fights. Mexicans. Mexico. Motog 27 Nov 1915, p. 1147. MPN 25 Dec 1915, p. 126.

Murder. Oil companies. Rangers. Rescues. Self-sacrifice. Moe Oe hes 91s P weet vty ONS lols, P Day

Note: According to material in the copyright descriptions, Roswell Dague adapted MPN 11 Sep 1915, p. 46. MPW 11 Dec 1915, p. 2022, 2032. William M. McCoy’s story, and Beatrice de Mille and Leighton Osmun wrote the MPN 27 Nov 1915, p. 11, 114. NYDM 11 Dec 1915, p. 26.

scenario. Material in the Paramount studio records does not credit Dague. MPN 4 Dec 1915, p. 71.

ETR 9 Jun 1917, p. 56. NYDM 9 Jun 1917, p. 28.

MPN. 16 Jun 1917, p. 3793 Wid's 7 Jun 1917, p. 388, JANE EYRE | F 1.2264

MPW 16 Jun 1917, p. 1799, 1840. Whitman Features Co. Dist Blinkhorn Photoplays Corp. Nov 1914 [©Whitman Features Co.; 5 Dec 1914; LU3899]. 4 reels.

THE JAILBIRD F1.2262 Scen ed John William Kellette.

Thomas H. Ince Productions. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Source: Based on the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronté (London,

Paramount Pictures. Oct 1920 [OThomas H. Ince; 26 Aug 1920; 1847). ; LP15497]. 5 reels, 4,988 ft. Cast: Lisbeth Blackstone, Dallas Tyler, Harrish Ingraham, John Pres Thomas H. Ince. Supy Thomas H. Ince. Dir Lloyd Ingraham. Charles.

Scen Julien Josephson. Story Julien Josephson. Cam Bert Cann. Ed Drama. After a year of marriage, Mrs. Edward Fairfax Rochester of William H. Marker. Art dir, architecture Charles H. Kyson. Art dir, Thornfield Hall becomes violently insane, after which her husband decorations W. L. Heywood. Art dir, technical Harvey C. Leavitt. Art imprisons her on the third floor of their house. Years later, Rochester,

titles F. J. Van Halle, Carl Schneider and Leo H. Braun. purportedly a widower, engages young Jane Eyre as governess for his Cast: Douglas MacLean (Shakespeare Clancy), Doris May (Alice daughter Adele. While visiting Thornfield Hall, John Mason, Mrs. Whitney), Lew Morrison (‘Skeeter” Burns), William Courtright Rochester's brother, sees that his sister is extremely agitated and learns (Noah Gibbs), Wilbur Higby (Joel Harvey), Otto Hoffman (Elkemah that Rochester intends to marry Jane. As Jane and Rochester exchange Pardee), Monty Collins (Asa Grider), Bert Woodruff (Grandpa VOWS, however, Mason, accompanied by a barrister, stops the ceremony. Binney), Edith Yorke (Mrs. Whitney), Joe Hazelton (Alva Finch). Shocked to find that Mrs. Rochester is alive, Jane leaves Thornfield Hall Comedy-drama. Shakespeare Clancy is a jailbird who walks out with a and is befriended by the Rev. St. John Rivers, who later proposes to her. crowd of visitors about the time “Skeeter” Burns, the prison printer, is Meanwhile, having learned of Rochester's betrayal, his wife sets fire to discharged. When Clancy is notified that a legacy awaits him in Dodson, their house. She perishes in the fire and Rochester is blinded while the pair depart for the small Western town. Discovering that the bequest @ttempting to save her. Jane finds him stumbling toward a precipice. She consists of a failing county newspaper and a plot of barren land, they decide —_ then becomes his wife. Arson. Bigamy. Blindness. Governesses. Insanity. to capitalize upon the land by selling the townspeople shares in a bogus oil | Marriage. Brother-sister relationship. Clergy. Imprisonment. Weddings.

well. Meanwhile, Clancy with Alice Whitney, society editor wees. th th an sionelevision pict 4 television adaptationso! of JJan i 1 incfalls i 1in}love ofe: Amon € manythe other motion picture adaptations

of the paper. After Alice and her maiden aunt insist upon investing their Eyre: The 1918 Select Pictures film Woman and Wife (see listing below): the 1921 savings in the well, Clancy and Skeeter decide that the time has come to Hugo Ballin production, directed by Ballin (see AFI Catalog of Feature Films, leave town. They are about to make their getaway when they are stopped 1921-30, F2.2782); the 1934 Monogram film, starring Virginia Bruce and directed by a crowd of cheering citizens, ecstatic because the well has struck oil. by Christy Cabanne; the 1944 Fox film, starring Joan Fontaine and directed by Concluding that his destiny is to be an honest man, Clancy returns to jail Robert Stevenson; and the 1971 British version, starring Susannah York and directed

to finish serving his term. Slipping into the crowd of visitors, he dons his by Delbert Mann.

prison clothes and resumes work as though nothing had happened. Weed 0 ne le P- 30. MPW 21 Nov 1914, p. 1146.

Convicts. Criminals—Rehabilitation. Ex-convicts. Fraud. Newspapers. Oil P.

anes. Ou wells. Prison escapes. Aunts. Inheritance. Newspapermen. JANE GOES A-WOOING F1.2265 Note: The working title of this film was Shakespeare Clancy. The film was also Famous Play ers-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.;

called The Jail Bird. Paramount Pictures. 5 Jan 1919 [©Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; 23 Nov ETR 9 Oct 1920, p. 1997. NYMT 3 Oct 1920. 1918; LP13073]. 5 reels, 4,383 ft.

MPN 9 Oct 1920, p. 2287. Var 1 Oct 1920, p. 35. Pres Jesse L. Lasky. Dir George H. Melford. Asst dir Claude Mitchell. MPW 7 Oct 1920, p. 714, 835. Wid's 3 Oct 1920, p. 8. Scen Edith M. Kennedy. Story Edith M. Kennedy. Cam Paul Perry and/ or Henry Kotani.

JANE F1.2263 Cast: Vivian Martin (Jane Neill), Niles Welch (Monty Lyman), Casson Oliver Morosco Photoplay Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 6 Dec Ferguson (Micky Donovan), Spottiswoode Aitken (David Lyman), Helen

1915 [©Oliver Morosco Photoplay Co.; 15 Nov 1915; LP6997]. 5 reels. Dunbar (Mrs. Arliss), Byrdine Zuber (Nita Arliss), Clyde Benson Dir Frank Lloyd. Musical accompaniment selected and arranged by (Harmon), McKenzie Twins (The twins), Herbert Standing (Derondo),

George W. Beynon. Frank Hays (Wicks). Source: Based on the play Jane by W. H. Lestocq and Harry Nicholls Drama/Society. When her father leaves her with twin sisters to raise,

(London, 18 Dec 1890). stenographer Jane Neill searches for a well-paying position so she can

Cast: Charlotte Greenwood (Jane), Sydney Grant (William Tipson), retrieve the twins from their temporary residence at an orphanage, and Myrtle Stedman (Lucy Norton), Forrest Stanley (Charles Shackleton), lands a job with irritable millionaire playwright David Lyman, who is Howard Davies (Col. Norton), Herbert Standing (Andrew Kershaw), having difficulty with his latest work. After refusing the marriage proposal Lydia Yeamans Titus (Mrs. Chadwick), Syd de Grey (Henry Jardine). of hard-working Micky Donovan, who operates a lunch wagon, Jane falls Comedy. To obtain an increase in his income from his wealthy uncle, in love with Lyman’s nephew Monty, who is pursued by fortune-hunting Charles Shackleton must stop his wild bachelor ways and marry. Charles Nita Arliss. When Monty’s friends at his party destroy Lyman’s model proposes to Lucy Norton, but her father refuses his permission. Undaunted, stage, which he used for his writing, Lyman angrily disinherits Monty and Charles tells his uncle he has married and receives his increased allowance. dies of a heart attack, having secretly willed his fortune to Jane. Jane A year later the uncle announces an upcoming visit, and Charles begins a encourages Monty to live modestly and get a job, but when she realizes that frantic search for a temporary wife, offering Jane, the maid, five hundred Nita still holds some interest for him, Jane destroys the will so that Monty

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 JENNY BE GOOD | will receive his father’s fortune, and she returns to the faithful Micky. brokers. Nobility. Self-sacrifice. Brother-sister relationship. Burglary. Playwrights. Secretaries. Self-sacrifice. Wills. Disinheritance. Gold Confession (law). Consuls. Lechery. Murder. Revenge. Runaways.

diggers. Heart disease. Millionaires. Nephews. Parties. Slander. United States-Diplomatic and Consular Service. Note: Several contemporary reviews and a Paramount press book list Paul Perry Note: The source play was based on the novel of the same name by Onoto Watanna as cinematographer, but Paramount studio records credit Henry Kotani. Studio (pseud. for Mrs. Winnifred Eaton Babcock), New York, 1901.

records also diverge from reviews in giving the name of Niles Welch’s character as ETR 7 Sep 1918, p. 1178, back MPW 21 Sep 1918, p. 1776.

“Monty Howard,” not “Monty Lyman.” cover. NYDM 12 Oct 1918, p. 552. ETR 18 Jan 1919, p. 577. MPW 18 Jan 1919, pp. 385-86. MPN 7 Sep 1918, p. 1600. Var 30 Aug 1918, p. 38.

MPN 18 Jan 1919, p. 459. Var 10 Jan 1919, p. 45. MPW 7 Sep 1918, p. 1459. Wid's 1 Sep 1918, pp. 23-24.

JEALOUSY F 1.2268

MPW 11 Jan 1919, p. 248. Wid's 12 Jan 1919, p. 9.

JAPAN F 1.2266 Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 20 Nov 1916 [©Fox Film Corp.; Dist United Photo Plays Co. 15 May 1915. 6 reels. 19 Nov 1916; LP9544]. 5 reels.

Dir Dr. George A. Dorsey. Cam Charles E. Kaufman. Still photog Pres William Fox. Dir Will S. Davis. Scen Will S. Davis.

William Menke. Cast: Valeska Suratt (Anne Baxter), Lew Walter (Peter Martin),

Documentary. The life and customs of the peoples of Japan, and the Charline Mayfield (Agnes Maynard), Curtis Benton (Roland Carney), scenery of Japan’s mountains, forests, lakes and cities are shown. Aikawa Joseph Granby (Randolph Parsons), George M. Adams (George pearl fishers, the whaling industry and a whaling expedition off the coast Baxter). showing the harpooning, cutting and preparation for market of a sperm Drama. When her bankrupt father commits suicide, Anne Baxter seeks whale are depicted. Japan. Japanese. Social customs. Aikawa (Japan). comfort with Carney, a wealthy stockbroker, despite her love for an

Pearl diving. Whaling. impoverished artist who has deserted her. Anne and Carney make a Note: This was the first of a series of films made by Dr. George A. Dorsey, then bargain to have a loveless marriage, but when Carney finds the artist in

Ne aE of anthopology ar we Four r ield ene in nea taken eO. ons travels his film wife’s bedroom, leaves her. her divorce Carney,;Anne ear and Far East. reels from, the this and hishefilms onAfter China werefrom shown .

on 11 May 1915 at the National Geographical Society, of which he was the past Bows on stage as a dancer. Soon she meets and marries Martin, a president, in Chicago. The film opened in Chicago on 15 May 1915. Captain E. E. millionaire. Anne then attempts to undermine Carney’s marriage to Barkclay lectured at the showings. An ad stated that this was the first of a series of socialite Agnes Maynard, but her scheme fails and a disillusioned Martin ten sets of films, six reels each, to be followed by films of China, India, Ceylon, Egypt, throws her out. Divorce. Infidelity. Marriage-Forced by circumstances. Borneo, Siam, Algiers, Burma and Australia. The China series was released intwo = Revenge. Artists. Dancers. Millionaires. Socialites. Stockbrokers. Suicide.

parts of six reels each (see above listing for China). In release charts this film was Note: C oh ds h f the ch ; listed diff, Vv. b

known as Dorsey’s Japan Pictures and Dorsey’s Expedition to Japan. Twenty-one ote: Copyright records have some ol the characters’ names listed dillerently, but separate copyright entries were submitted by United Photo Plays Co. for the films all reviews list them consistently as above.

shot in the Far East by Dorsey. The titles, copyright dates and copyright numbers for Motog 2 Dec 1916, pp. 1253-54. MPW 2 Dec 1916, p. 1346. these films were as follows: Japanese Pearl Fishing; 20 Apr 1915; MU326; Whaling MPN 2 Dec 1916, p. 3495. NYDM 25 Nov 1916, p. 28. Industry, Aikawa, Japan; 20 Apr 1915; MU327; Nara, the Cradle of Japanese Art, MPW 25 Nov 1916, p. 1228. Literature, and History; 20 Apr 1915; MU328; Peking, Out in the Streets; 20 Apr

1915; MU329; Forbidden City, Peking, City of Aladdin’s Lamp, 20 Apr 1915; JEALOUSY (Famous Players Film Co.) see MADAME JEALOUSY

MU330; Christianity in Peking, 20 Apr 1915; MU331; Ming Tombs and Camel Trail into Mongolia; 20 Apr 1915; MU332; Tokyo, Japan; 20 Apr 1915; MU333; Peking

Street Avocations, 20 Apr 1915; MU334; Peking, Coney Island; 20 Apr 1915; JEAN O’ THE HEATHER see THE DAUGHTER OF MACGREGOR MU335; Peking, the Imperial City of Peking; 20 Apr 1915; MU336; Scenic Japan; 20 Apr 1915; MU337-38 (two reels); Kyoto, the Ancient Capital o Japan. 20 Apr 1915: MU339-41 (three reels); Danertol India, 3 Nov 1915; rude. JEANNE OF THE GUTTER see THE PARISIAN TIGRESS 59; Ceylon; 22 May 1916; MU615; four reels (Dorsey Motion Picture Travelogues);

Native India, 22 May 1916; MU616; four reels (Dorsey Motion Picture Travelogues); JENNIE -FL.2269 Dravidian India, 22 May 1916; MU617; 4 reels (Dorsey Motion Picture Selznick Pict Cc Dist Select. Pict Cc Rel dat

Travelogues); South China; 2 Jun 1916; MU626; four reels (Dorsey Motion Picture CIZNICK ictures orp. is elec Ictures orp. © ate Travelogues); India; 19 Jul 1916; MU695; six reels (Dorsey Motion Picture undetermined. 5? reels. Travelogues); China; 11 Sep 1916; MU719; eight reels (Dorsey Motion Pictures); Dir Alan Crosland. Scen Roy Horniman. Japan, 9 Sep 1916; MU727; six reels (Dorsey Motion Pictures). News items in Jul Comedy-drama. [No information on the plot has been discovered.]

19 15 announced that the series on India would follow the China series, but no further Note: This film was announced in Jan-Feb 1920 as Olive Thomas’ next project after information concerning the release of the India films has been located. The India Youthful Folly; Crosland and Horniman were listed as the director and scenarist

SeTles promised to include Scenes of a cheetah hunt in honor of the Aga Khan, on respectively, at that time. In May 1920, after the release of Thomas’ The which Dorsey accompanied the Nizan of Hybera, other wild animal hunts, religious Flapper, the film was announced as being in production at the Robert Brunton festivals, pageants on the Malabar coast, temples, and dancing girls from Madras and Studios, and Selznick announced a 19 Jul 1920 release date. Olive Thomas died in the Palace of Undaipur. No information has been located concerning the release of 1920. No evidence that the film was finished or distributed, however, has been

any of the other Dorsey films. located. The film was not included in a list of Olive Thomas pictures included in

Motog 5 Jun 1915, p. 954. MPW 29 May 1915, p. 1417. records of Select Pictures Corp. Its title is alternately spelled Jennie and Jenny in

Motog 3 Jul 1915, p. 32. MPW 5 Jun 1915, p. 1590. contemporary trade articles.

MPN 26 Jun 1915, p. 99. MPW 3 Jul 1915, p. 49. MPN 24 Jan 1920, p. 1092. MPN 22 May 1920, p. 4366. _MPN 14 Feb 1920, p. 1761. Wid's 30 May 1920, p. 21.

A JAPANESE NIGHTINGALE F 1.2267

Astra Film Corp. Dist Pathe Exchange, Inc.; Extra Selected Star JENNY BE GOOD F1.2270

Feature. 22 Sep 1918 [©Pathée Exchange, Inc.; 4 Sep 1918; LU12818]. 5 Realart Pictures Corp. Dist Realart Pictures Corp. 30 Apr 1920

reels. [©Realart Pictures Corp.; 30 Aug 1920; LP15062]. 6 reels, 5,980 ft.

Dir George Fitzmaurice. Scen Ouida Bergere and Jules G. Furthman. Dir William Desmond Taylor. Scen Julia Crawford Ivers. Cam James

Cam Arthur Miller and Percy Hilburn. Art dir Frank D. Ormston. C. Van Trees. Art dir Una Nixson Hopkins. Source: Based on the play A Japanese Nightingale by Sir William Young Source: Based on the novel Jenny Be Good by Wilbur Finley Fauley (New York, 19 Nov 1903). (New York, 1919).

Cast: Fannie Ward (Yuki), W. E. Lawrence (John Bigelow). Cast: Mary Miles Minter (Jenny Riano), Jay Belasco (Royal

Drama. A young Japanese woman named Yuki runs away and becomes — Renshaw), Margaret Shelby (Jolanda Van Mater), Frederick Stanton a geisha girl in order to escape marriage to the lecherous Baron Nekko. Her (Aaron Shuttles), Sylvia Ashton (Sophia Shuttles), Edwin Brown brother’s American friend, John Bigelow, falls in love with Yuki and = (Prof. Gene Jiggs), Lillian Rambeau (Mrs. Van Mater), Catherine marries her, but Ido, the marriage broker, who will lose a large commission Wallace (Polly Primrose), Fanny Cossar (Clementina Jiggs), Maggie if the wedding of Yuki and the baron is cancelled, breaks into the American Halloway Fisher (Nancy Beedle), Grace Pike (Mrs. Rossiter-Jones). consulate, murders the consul, and steals the marriage certificate. When Drama. Jenny Riano, an orphan, lives with her grandmother in a summer Yuki’s brother arrives home from America, he is informed that she and resort town. To support herself, she weaves rugs to sell to the tourists while

John are living together unlawfully. To save her husband from her practicing the violin and dreaming of a concert career. Jenny falls in love brother’s vengeance, Yuki resolves to marry Baron Nekko, but Ido, having with Royal Renshaw, but his wealthy parents, Aaron and Sophia Shuttles,

been mistreated by the baron, finally admits his guilt and returns the plan to use their son to ascend to the upperclass by marrying him to marriage certificate. Documents. Geishas. Japan. Japanese. Marriage debutante Jolanda Van Mater. When the Shuttles discover that their son

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JERRY FOR SHORT AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG has married Jenny, they immediately annul the marriage and send him JESS OF THE MOUNTAIN COUNTRY F 1.2273 away on a cruise. Upon his return, Royal searches in vain for Jenny, then Dist World Film Corp. | Sep 1914. 4 reels. despondently marries Jolanda who has become a dope fiend. Meanwhile, Story Charles J. Wilson, Jr. Jenny has moved to New York and made her debut as a concert violinist. Drama. Jack Gibbons, disappointed in love, nurses his broken heart at One day Jolanda and Royal are involved in an auto accident. Jolanda is the mountain retreat of his friend Shorty Grandon. During a forest fire, killed and Royal is taken to the hospital, near death and calling for Jenny. Jack saves Jess, an orphan who lives alone in her cabin, they fall in love To save their son’s life, his parents relent and send for the girl, who and then marry. Although Jack’s sister Fay and other relatives snub Jess sacrifices her career to sustain the man she loves. Debutantes. Marriage- at first, they later come to love her. Some time later, while visiting his

Arranged. Self-sacrifice. Social climbers. Violinists. Automobile family home, Jack encounters his old sweetheart. Jess, seeing them accidents. Drug addicts. Hospitals. Marriage-Annulment. New York City. together, misconstrues their meeting, and assumes that Jack no longer loves

Orphans. Resorts. Weavers. his wife. She flees to the mountains, but Shorty and Jack overtake her in ETR 15 May 1920, p. 2738. NYT 28 Jun 1920, p. 13. an automobile and the couple is reconciled. Lovelorn. Marriage. Mountain

Oy IR May loon P sea Mas ie May o0 ° 4 life. Snobbery. Automobiles. Chases. Forest fires. Orphans. Rescues. NYMT 9 May 1920. uo" Note: According to an ad in MPW, this film’s cast was made up entirely of children,

ages 7 to 13. The ad for the film calls it “A Novelty Feature.” It is unclear whether

this is a description wnuncovered or the name that Produced it No company yt at name of hasine been an ote oridcompany may Nave made i emseives.

JERRY FOR SHORT see THE LITTLE DUCHESS MPW 12 Sep 1914, p. 1474. MPW _—_6 Sep 1914, p. 1826.

JES’ CALL ME JIM F1.2271 JEWEL a . F1.2274 Goldwyn Pictures Corp. Dist Goldwyn Distributing Corp. May 1920 Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co.; A Broadway

[©Goldwyn Pictures Corp.; 27 Apr 1920; LP15058]. 6 reels. Universal Feature. 30 Aug 1915 [©Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 7 Aug

Pres Samuel Goldwyn. Dir Clarence G. Badger. Scen Edward T. Lowe, 1915; LP6053]. 5 reels. oe

Jr. Adapted by Thompson Buchanan. Cam Marcel Le Picard. Prod Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley. Dir Phillips Smalley. Scen Lois

Source: Based on the novel Seven Oaks by James G. Holland (New York, Weber. 1875). Source: Based on the novel Jewel: A Chapter in Her Life by Clara Louise Cast: Will Rogers (Jim Fenton), Irene Rich (Miss Butterworth), Lionel Burnham (Boston, 1903). ,

Belmore (Belcher), Raymond Hatton (Paul Benedict), Jimmy Rogers Cast: Ella Hall (Jewel), Rupert Julian (Mr. Evringham), Frank Elliot

(Harry Benedict), Bert Sprotte (Buffum), Nick Cogley (Mike Conlin), (Lawrence Evringham), Hilda Hollis Sloman (Mrs. Lawrence

Sydney De Grey (Sam Yates). Evringham), Miss Brownell (Eloise), T. D. Crittenden (Harry Comedy-drama. Happy-go-lucky Jim Fenton is in love with Miss Evringham), Dixie Carr (Julia), T. W. Gowland (Dr. Ballard), Abe Butterworth, the town milliner, who is taking care of little Harry Benedict Mundon (Zeke), Jack Holt (Nat Bonnell), Lule Warrenton (Mrs.

while his father Paul, an inventor, is in the local insane asylum. Miss orbes).

Butterworth convinces Jim that Belcher, one of the town’s prominent Drama. When her husband dies and leaves her penniless, Mrs. Lawrence

citizens, has incarcerated Paul to steal the patents from his inventions. Jim Evringham moves in with her wealthy but grim father-in-law and schemes breaks into the asylum and spirits away the enfeebled inventor, conveying t0 marry Eloise, her daughter, to the rich Dr. Ballard. The crotchety Mr. him to his cabin in the woods where Paul gradually recovers. Later, Jim Evringham then receives a letter from his second son requesting that Jewel, goes to Belcher to claim the reward for the missing Paul, escorting him to his young daughter, be allowed to stay with her grandfather while he and the inventor’s alleged grave where Paul plays ghost and terrifies Belcher his wife travel to Europe on business. Because his daughter-in-law tells him

into a confession. Suit is then brought against Belcher in Harry’s name, and to refuse, Mr. Evringham decides to accept. Jewel arrives to an icy at the critical moment, Paul appears and proves that he has been _ reception, which is topped off by the unyielding treatment of Mrs. Forbes, defrauded. Belcher is arrested on a charge of forgery, and Jim learns that _ the housekeeper, but soon Jewel's unrelentingly cheerful manner begins to

Miss Butterworth returns his love. Inventors. Patent rights. Ruses. affect the household. Through her belief in Christian Science, Jewel cures Forgery. Ghosts. Graves. Insane asylums. Lawsuits. Milliners. Rescues. herself of a fever, softens and converts her grandfather, reforms her cousin

Rewards. Theft. and aunt and induces Mrs. Forbe’s son to stop drinking. Through her

Note: Some scenes for this film were shot in the redwood forests of Santa Cruz, CA. efforts, the “Castle Discord” 1S thus transformed into the “Castle

M PW lists the length as five reels. Contented.” Christian Science. Faith. Filial relations. Grandfathers. ETR 5 Jun 1920, p. 53. NYT 28 May 1920, p. 20. Innocents. Regeneration. Alcoholism. Faith cures. Gold diggers. MeN yan loon p. 04 var 28 way Ion p. a4 Housekeepers. Physicians. Religious conversion. Widows.

te "Shun op. Was Son ap 3 Move A epits pan. soo, ar aL Aa IS MPW 5 Jun 1920, p. 1361. MPN 28 Aug 1915, p. 2. Var 3 Sep 1915, p. 21.

JESS F1.2272 A JEWEL IN PAWN F1.2275 Kennedy Features, Inc. 18 Feb 1914 [OKennedy Features, Inc.; 28 Feb Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. 16 Apr 1917

1914; LU2256]. 4 reels. [©Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.; 23 Mar 1917; LP10434]. 5 reels. Scen Arthur Maude. Dir Jack Conway. Scen Maie B. Havey. Story Constance Crawley and Source: Based on the novel Jess by H. Rider Haggard (London, 1887). Arthur Maude. Cam Edward Kull. — Cast: Constance Crawley, Arthur Maude. Cast: Ella Hall (Nora Martin), Maie Hall (Mrs. Martin), Antrim Short

Drama. In South Africa, British farmer Silas Croft raises Jess and Bess, (Jimmy), Walter Belasco (Aaron Levovitch), Jack Connolly (Bob the two daughters of his deceased sister. Both women fall in love with John Hendricks), George Pearce (John Dane), Marshall Mackaye (The

Neil, Croft’s protégé, much to the consternation of Frank Mueller, a cruel bully). ; ; ;

and influential Boer who desires Bess. During the Boer War of 1880, Drama. Widow Martin struggles to rear her little daughter Nora amid Mueller entraps Neil and Jess, but the two escape. Mueller then abducts the squalor of the slums yet imbue her with the refinement to which she Croft and tells Bess that he will kill her uncle unless she marries him. Jess ad been accustomed in her girlhood. Fearing that she is losing the battle, surprises the sleeping Mueller and stabs him to death, afterwards dying of Mrs. Martin decides to turn to her wealthy father, who had disowned her exhaustion. Croft, Bess, and Neil are delivered by British troops and then UPON her marriage years earlier. To raise funds for the trip, she pawns Nora Bess and Neil marry and return to England. Boers. Rivalry. Sisters. South to Aaron Levovitch, an aged pawnbroker with a heart of gold under his Africa-History-Boer War, 1880-1881. Abduction. English. Escapes. gruff exterior. Upon reaching her father’s house, Mrs. Martin falls ill and

Farmers. Foster fathers. Murder. Soldiers. Uncles. dies before she can relate her story, and Nora its raised by the pawnbroker Motog 21 Feb 1914, p. 139. NYDM 14 Jan 1914, p. 63. until a reporter prints her human interest story of a “jewel in pawn.” The

MPW 14 Mar 1914, p. 1438. girl’s grandfather reads the article and claims Nora, then sends her to a

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fashionable boarding school. Nora longs for her home in the slums and her sweetheart Jimmy, however, and so returns to marry Jimmy in an elaborate

JESS (Fox Film Corp.) see HEART AND SOUL traditional Jewish ceremony at the pawnbroker’s home. Grandfathers.

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 JIM THE PENMAN Orphans. Pawnbrokers. Slums. Upper classes. Boarding schools. Sabotage. Storekeepers. United States—History-Reconstruction, 1865-

Disinheritance. Foster fathers. Jews. Loans. Mother-daughter 1898. Village life. relationship. Newspapers. Reporters. Weddings. Widows. Note: John Hay was the Secretary of State under William McKinley and Theodore Note: The synopsis of this film included in the copyright descriptions was originally Roosevelt. Some contemporary sources credit Browning as the sole director, while entitled “Pawned,” and credits Mrs. McCollough with the role of “Mrs. Martin.” others give Browning and Lucas joint credit; one credits Browning as director and

ETR 21 Apr 1917, p. 1391. MPW 28 Apr 1917, p. 636. Lucas as co-director. Scenes from the film were shot in San Francisco, Rio Vista and

Motog _28 Apr 1917, p. 901. NYDM 21 Apr 1917, p. 26. Nigger Clough, CA.

MPN 28 Apr 1917, p. 2689. Var 20 Apr 1917, p. 24. ETR 3 Feb 1917, p. 635. MPW 10 Feb 1917, p. 869. MPW 21 Apr 1917, p. 492. Wid's 19 Apr 1917, p. 255. Motog 10 Feb 1917, p. 317. MPW 17 Feb 1917, p. 1082. MPN 30 Dec 1916, p. 4223. NYDM 3 Feb 1917, p. 28.

10 Feb 1917, p. 922. Wid’s 1 Feb 1917, pp. 75-76. THE JEWISH CROWN F1.2276 MPW 6 JanMPN 1917, p. 87.

undetermined. JIM GRIMSBY’S BOY F1.2279 Dir Sidney M. Golden. New York Motion Picture Corp.; Kay-Bee. Dist Triangle Film Corp. 12 Boris Thomashefsky Film Co. Dist Boris Thomashefsky. 1915? Length

Source: Based on a Yiddish play (production undetermined). Nov 1916. 5 reels.

Cast: Boris Thomashefsky. Supv Thomas H. Ince. Dir Reginald Barker. Scen Lanier Bartlett.

Drama? Jews. Cam Charles Kaufman. Art dir Robert Brunton.

fine Boris Tomashelsky co. was ays. locatedACcorain in New Vor raed made Cast: Frank Keenan (Jim Grimsby), imsthedased On YF Pim 1Iddais Oaanenews item, omasneisky, wnoEnid wasMarkey : eae(Bill : °Grimsby),

called “perhaps the best known Yiddish actor in the world,” opened the first Yiddish Robert McKim (Waldo Whittier), Fanny Midgley (Mrs. Grimsby), J. P. theater in America some thirty years earlier. Although the news item stated that the Lockney (The doctor), Rupert (“Pard’). film had been made, no information has been located concerning its release or length. Western. Furious with his wife, who dies soon after childbirth, for having

MPW 30 Jan 1915, p. 757. MPW 6 Feb 1915, p. 809. a baby girl, mountaineer Jim Grimsby names the infant Bill and raises her as a boy. Remaining a boy in name only, however, Bill soon wants to style

JILTED JANET F1.2277 her hair and wear the latest fashions. Then, she develops a crush on the new American Film Co. Dist Mutual Film Corp. 11 Feb 1918. 5 reels. sheriff, Waldo Whittier. Appalled at the prospect of his “son” marrying Dir Lloyd Ingraham. Scen Elizabeth Mahoney. Story Beatrice Van. Waldo, Jim decides to test the sheriff's grit, and so, believing that Waldo

Cam Frank J. Urson. will be too frightened to come after him, he robs a casino. The sheriff does Cast: Margarita Fischer (Janet Barnes), Jack Mower (Jules Pursue, however, and, further impressing Jim, Bill pulls a rifle on Waldo

Graham), Edward Peil (Ernest Morgan), Golda Madden (Suzette t© protect her father. Now certain of the sheriff's manliness, and convinced Sparks), David Howard (Pratt Barnes), Jean Robbins (Mercedes), Fred that his daughter has not forgotten how to act like a man, Jim returns the

Smith (Leon). casino’s money and agrees to let Bill and Waldo continue their courtship. Comedy. Ernest Morgan jilts Janet Barnes for the wealthy Suzette Father-daughter relationship. Tests of character. Mountaineers. Robbery. Sparks. Piqued, Janet sends Ernest a postcard of the ornate mansion next Sheriffs. Widowers.

door, informing him that the estate is her new home. When her unfaithful Mone 28 On ile p. ane NYDM 21 On 1916, p. 26.

lover writes that he and his bride plan to visit her on their honeymoon, Mew Oct i918 is 5 ‘ 0 Out ile is x |

Janet arranges with the mansion’s caretakers to use the home while its MPW 25 Nov 1916, p. 1232. Wid’s 19 Oct 1916, p. 1040.

owner, Jules Graham, is visiting his country estate. The couple arrives and

Janet entertains them so regally that Ernest soon comes to regret jilting = JIM LOGAN, U.S.A. see MR. LOGAN, U.S.A. her. Meanwhile, Jules arrives home and, after discovering Janet’s charade,

secretly masquerades as the butler. Ernest tries to make love to Janet, but JIM OF THE RANGERS see THE RIDER OF THE LAW she pushes him into the lake, and the newlyweds depart in anger. Jules, however, has fallen in love with Janet, so he reveals his true identity and

proposes. Honeymoons. Impersonation and imposture. Infidelity. JIM THE PENMAN F1.2280

Mansions. Newlyweds. Butlers. Lakes. Famous Players Film Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 3 Jun 1915. 5

Note: One source credits the story to Helen Starr. reels. ; ;

ETR 16 Feb 1918, p. 914. MPW _—_23 Feb 1918, p. 1135, 1141. Pres Daniel Frohman. Dir Edwin S. Porter. MPN 2 Mar 1918, p. 1315. Wid's 28 Feb 1918, p. 968. Source: Based on the play Jim the Penman by Sir Charles L. Young (New York, | Nov 1886).

JIM BLUDSO F1.2278 Cast: John Mason (James Ralston), Harold Lockwood (Louis Fine Arts Film Co. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 4 Feb 1917. 5 reels. Percival), Russell Bassett (Baron Hartfeld), Frederick Perry (Captain Dir Tod Browning and Wilfred Lucas. Scen Tod Browning. Cam A.G. Redwood), William Roselle (Lord Drelincourt), Marguerite Leslie

Gosden. (Nina L’Estrange).

Source: Based on the poems “Jim Bludso of the Prairie Belle” and “Little _Drama/Crime. Nina L’Estrange chooses to marry Louis Percival over his

Breeches” by John Hay in Pike County Ballads (Boston, 1871) and the _‘Tival and friend, bank cashier James Ralston. After Percival goes to

play Jim Bludso by I. N. Morris (New York, 5 Jan 1903). Chicago to take care of his inheritance, Ralston forges a letter to Nina from | Cast: Wilfred Lucas (Jim Bludso), Olga Grey (Gabrielle), George Stone Percival breaking the engagement. She marries Ralston and they move to (Little Breeches), Charles Lee (Tom Taggart), Winifred Westover London, where Ralston begins a forging operation with Baron Hartfeld and (Kate Taggart), Sam De Grasse (Ben Merrill), James O’Shea (Banty amasses a fortune, though no one suspects that he is the notorious “Jim the

Tim), Monte Blue (Joe Bowers). Penman.” After Ralston and Hartfeld successfully ‘Steal the famous

Drama. At the end of the Civil War, engineer Jim Bludso, accompanied Drelincourt necklace, Ralston learns that his daughter is engaged to Lord by his friend, Banty Tim, returns home to the town of Gilgal, and discovers Drelincourt. He tries to return the necklace, but Hartfeld refuses to give that his wife Gabrielle has deserted him and their son Breeches for another it up. Captain Redwood, an English aristocrat and amateur detective, man. Jim is welcomed by Kate Taggart, the village storekeeper’s daughter, | OVerhears their disagreement. He recovers the necklace and obtains and their attachment deepens until Gabrielle returns after being deserted $75,000 “hush money” from Ralston, which he gives to Percival, whom Jim by her paramour, and Jim forgives her for their son’s sake. Meanwhile, Ben the Penman earlier robbed. Although Nina learns about Ralston’s Merrill, an unscrupulous contractor who has built the town levee, fears that forgeries, she overlooks them for the sake of their daughter who is about the structure will not hold the coming flood waters. Merrill destroys the to marry. On the eve of the wedding, Ralston, now remorseful, dies of heart levee and attempts to place the blame on Jim and Banty Tim. Inthe flood, _ failure while arguing with Hartfeld. Redwood then apprehends Hartfeld. Gabrielle is killed, but before dying, she exposes Merrill as the man for Detectives. Duplicity. Forgery. Rivalry. Theft. Bank clerks. Bribery. whom she had deserted her home. This information reaches Jim when he — Chicago. Guilt. Heart disease. Jewelry. London. Nobility. and Merrill are aboard the boat The Prairie Bell. In the ensuing fight, the Note: This was John Mason’s first film. At the time of the filming, both Marguerite ship catches fire and explodes. Rescued from the debris by Banty Tim, Jim ree and Frederick Perry were playing leading roles in Broadway plays. Early in Jun marries Kate and begins a new life. Contractors. Desertion. Engineers. Waddell at the Astor Theater in New York included scenes from this film. The Floods. Levees. Boats. Explosions. Fires. Frame-ups. Infidelity. Rivers. camera used contained two lenses separated by the distance between a normal pair

: : . , an exhibition of stereoscopic pictures given by Edwin S. Porter and William E.

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JINX AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG of eyes. The two films produced were tinted red and green. Spectators at the exhibition Cast: June Elvidge (Joan Travers/Joan Wentworth), John Bowers

wore two-color glasses to view the film. Porter and Waddell spent several years (Norman Dicks), George MacQuarrie (Judge Philip Wentworth), Walter developing the process. In 1921, a film from the same source was made by William . : Bennett Productions and released by Associated First National Pictures, starring Pratt Lewis (Old Man Tr aver. 5), Albert Hart (Paul), Marguerite Gale

Lionel Barrymore. (See AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.2805.) (Mrs. Dicks), Henrietta Simpson (Mrs. Morris), Marie Pagano

Motog 26 Jun 1915, p. 1077. MPW _. 19 Jun 1915, p. 1949. (Mollie), Dore Davidson (Pawnbroker), Mrs. Tansey (Pawnbroker’s

MPN 30 Jan 1915, p. 36. NYDM _16 Jun 1915, p. 21, 28. wife).

MPN 19 Jun 1915, p. 73. Drama. When lawyer Philip Wentworth goes hunting in the woods to escape a broken heart, he meets and later marries Joan Travers. Philip

JINX F1.2281 = ‘brings Joan to the city, but soon deserts her to resume an affair with his Goldwyn Pictures Corp. Dist Goldwyn Distributing Corp. 13 Dec old flame, who is now married. Some months later, Joan dies of grief,

1919 [OGoldwyn Pictures Corp.; 19 Sep 1919; LP14212]. 5 reels, 4,969 ft. leaving her baby daughter, also named Joan, to be raised by a pawnbroker

Pres Samuel Goldwyn. Dir Victor L. Schertzinger. Scen Gerald C. and his wife. Eventually Philip helps his mistress to obtain a divorce and

Duffy. Story Shannon Fife. Cam George Webber. then marries her. Her son, Norman Dicks, flunks out of college, prompting Cast: Mabel Normand (The Jinx), Florence Carpenter (Rory Bory Philip to send him into the Navy. Before he ships out, however, he meets Alice), Ogden Crane (Bull Hogarth), Cullen Landis (Slicker Evans), and secretly marries Joan, who has grown to womanhood. Some time later,

Clarence Arper (Sheriff Jepson), Gertrude Claire (Aunt Tina Joan is accused of murder after their baby dies because she was unable to

Carbery). care for it. She is taken before Judge Wentworth, who recognizes her as

Comedy /Rural. After her father’s death, a girl who is left with a circus his daughter by the cross she wears around her neck. Norman returns home where she performs chores such as manicuring an elephant’s nails, is named and the family is reunited. Crucifixes. Desertion. Infants. Infidelity. Jinx by Bull Hogarth, the owner, who blames her for the circus’ hard luck. Judges. Lawyers. Marriage. Marriage—Secret. Parentage. College When the star attraction, Rory Bory Alice, upset that she has not been paid —_ students. Divorce. Expulsion from school. False arrests. Forests. Hunting.

for weeks, leaves, Jinx attempts Alice’s serpentine dance to impress two Mistresses. Pawnbrokers. United States. Navy. prospective buyers. When she gets entangled in gauze, however, Hogarth’s Note: The working title of the film was The Judge.

anger causes Jazbo, the wild man, who is actually Slicker Evans, and in love ETR 6 Jul 1918, p. 391. MPW 27 Jul 1918, p. 593. with Jinx, to break out and disrupt the crowd. Jinx escapes to a farm house ETR 20 Jul 1918, p. 587. NYDM 17 Aug 1918, p. 238.

where Aunt Tina Carbery raises seven orphans. Jinx helps out and PW xo tole is fee 449-50. Var 12 Jul 1918, p. 34.

entertains them with her own back yard circus until Hogarth drunkenly a cemanes that she tellJinx him where Alice went. Although Tina suspects JOAN THE WOMAN or a while that is trying to seduce herAunt sweetheart Sheriff Jepson, at . F1.2284 ,.,,:

; , marries . , Cardinal Dist the end, the sheriff Tina, andFilm Slicker,Corp. who saves JinxCardinal from .

Film Corp. 25 Dec 1916 [OCardinal : soe beating, . Film Corp.; 12 by Dec LP9782]. 10-12 reels. Hogarth’s is accepted her.1916; Circuses. Farms. Orphans. Battered é . ; , ,

women. Circus owners. Circus performers. Drunkenness. Elephants. P res Jesse L. Lasky. Dir Cecil B. DeMille. Asst dir Mr. Horwitz, Mr.

Rescues. Sheriffs. Mitchell, Mr. Ford and Cullen Tate. Scen Jeanie Macpherson. Cam Alvin Note: The title of this film was changed from The Empty Paradise, the title of the Wyckoff. Lighting Howard Ewing. Art dir Wilfred Buckland. Art staff

original story. Mr. Mayers. Costumes Miss Hoffman. Props Mr. Tate. Constructive

ETR 6 Dec 1919, p. 67. NYMT 21 Dec 1919. property dept Mr. De Vall. Stuntman Leo Nomis. Musical MPN 27 Dec 1919, p. 268. Var 19 Dec 1919, p. 45. accompaniment William Furst. Lab work supv Mr. Palm. MPW 27 Dec 1919, p. 1186. Wid's 28 Sep 1919, p. 5. Cast: Geraldine Farrar (Joan of Arc), Raymond Hatton (Charles VII), Hobart Bosworth (General La _ Hire), Theodore’ Roberts

JOAN OF PLATTSBURG F 1.2282 (Cauchon), Wallace Reid (Eric Trent), Charles Clary (La Tremouille), Goldwyn Pictures Corp. Dist Goldwyn Distributing Corp. 5 May James Neill (Laxart), Tully Marshall (L’Oiseleur), Larry Peyton 1918 [©Goldwyn Pictures Corp.; 24 Apr 1918; LP12340]. 6 reels. (Gaspard), H. B. Carpenter (Jacques d’Arc), Lillian Leighton

Dir George Loane Tucker and William Humphrey. Scen George Loane (Isambeau), Marjorie Daw (Katherine), Stephen Gray (Pierre), Ernest

Tucker. Story Porter Emerson Browne. Cam Oliver T. Marsh. Joy (Robert de Beaudricourt), John Oaker (Jean de Metz), Hugh B. Koch Cast: Mabel Normand (Joan), Robert Elliott (Captain Lane), William (The Duke of Burgundy), William Conklin (John of Luxembourg), Fredericks (Supt. Fisher), Joseph Smiley (Jngleton), Edward Elkas Walter Long (The executioner), William Elmer (Guy Townes), Emilius (Silverstein), John Webb Dillion (Miggs), Willard Dashiell (Colonel), Jorgensen (Michael), Cleo Ridgely (The King’s favorite), Clarence H.

Edith McAlpin (Mrs. Lane), Isabel Vernon (Mrs. Miggs). Geldert (Colonel, in prologue; Count Dunois, in story). Comedy-drama/World War I, Espionage. Joan, an earnest little orphan Cast: Fred L. Wilson, Ernest Butterworth. who lives in an asylum near the World War I training camp at Plattsburg, Drama/Historical. While fighting in France during World War I, an reads the story of “Joan of Arc” and soon imagines that she is the English soldier dreams of Joan of Arc, who tells him to die for France to reincarnation of the peasant-soldier. As she sits in the cellar reading, she | atone for English sins against her. Then, he sees her become the leader of hears voices plotting against the government. She thinks the voices are Charles VII's forces against the British, and capture Orleans from the from another world but they actually belong to a group of German spies. | enemy, thereby granting Charles his greatest victory. Shortly thereafter, The agents plan to acquire the important invention of a young man named _—ihowever, Joan is betrayed by Eric Trent, her British lover, and she is Ingleton, who is staying at the camp under the guardianship of Captain captured, tried and burned at the stake. Inspired by this vision of Joan, the Lane. Joan relates this information to the captain, with whom she is in love, soldier, when he wakes up, sacrifices himself in a daring nighttime raid of but he at first refuses to believe her. Later, however, he learns that the plot German trenches. Dreams. France. Heroism. Joan of Arc, Saint. Selfis real, and with Joan’s help, he captures the spies. Having done her bit to sacrifice. World War |. Betrayal. Combat zone life. France—History-15th

help her country, Joan accepts the captain’s proposal of marriage. century. Espionage. Germans. Joan of Arc, Saint. Military camps. Military officers. Note: The Cardinal Film Corp., which produced and distributed this film, was Orphanages. Orphans. Spies. Visions. World War |. Books. Inventions. _ 80ciated with Paramount Pictures Corp. and Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Sources é , , conflict concerning the length of this film, listing it variously as ten, eleven and twelve Inventors. Plattsburgh (New York). Reincarnation. Wards and guardians. reels. According to information in the copyright descriptions, the film included effects ETR 11 May 1918, p. 1798, 1846. MPW 18 May 1918, p. 1033. in color by “The Wyckoff Process.” Cecil B. DeMille, in his autobiography, credits

MPN 18 May 1918, p. 2999. Var 3 May 1918, p. 42. himself, Alvin Wyckoff, Max Handschiegl and Loren Taylor with devising a process MPW 11 May 1918, p. 903. Wid's 12 May 1918, pp. 29-30. to color some scenes of the film. According to a news item, the scenes depicting the

flames surrounding Geraldine rarrar colored Also, accordingon to a news item, Alvin Wyckoff waswere in charge of using a crewms ofprocess. seventeen cameramen

JOAN OF RAINBOW SPRINGS see THE GIRL OF MY HEART this production. Costumes were made by The Western Costume Co. The film was shot

in the Lasky studios in Hollywood, CA. Modern sources credit Cecil B. DeMille as

JOAN OF THE WOODS F1.2283 the film’s editor, and list William C. de Mille, George Melford and Donald Crisp as World Film Corp. Dist World Film Corp. 22 Jul 1918 [OWorld Film battle scene assistant directors. Ramon Samaniegos, who later become Ramon

Corp.; LU12653]. 5 reels. Novarro, as playing a starving peasant and Jack Holt is also in the ee 13 . . Jul sae1918; cast, while Pansy Perry isis listed credited as Geraldine Farrar’s double. Theincluded properties Dir Travers Vale. Scen Louise Vale. Story Louise Vale. Cam Philip manager, Mr. Tate, may be Cullen Tate. According to the 1918 MPSD, Bob

Hatkin. McKnight did publicity on the film. Other films based on or inspired by the story of 474

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 JOHN GLAYDE’S HONOR Joan of Arc include a 1913 Italian film directed by Nino Oxilia, starring Maria were shot in San Francisco and Oakland, CA areas. Additional information in the Jacobini Savoia; aDreyer, 1927 French film entitled La Passion de Jeanne directedbcollection that the until jim opened a San Francisco on 15 Febjournals many but was by Carl Theodor starring Renée Falconetti; a 1949 RKO d’Arc, film, directed exhibitedstows infrequently Ju . Ads in contemporary trade confirm Victor Fleming, starring Ingrid Bergman, entitled Joan of Arc; a 1957 United Artists that W. W. Hodkinson assumed the film’s distribution at that point. Items in the release entitled Saint Joan, directed by Otto Preminger and starring Jean Seberg; and London collection, supported by trade journal articles, relate that a group of liquor a 1962 French film entitled Le Procés de Jeanne D’Arc, directed by Robert Bresson, companies, worried about the effect that the film would have on upcoming referenda

and starring Florence Carrez. (See AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1961-70; on prohibition, offered Bosworth, Inc. $25,000 to delay the film’s release until after

F6.5170.) the elections in six particular states. Bosworth declined the offer, but the film’s release

ETR 6 Jan 1917, p. 349. MPW 2 Feb 1918, p. 832. was delayed by Pennsylvania censor J. Louis Breitinger, and controversy arose over Motog 13 Jan 1917, p. 96. NYDM 30 Sep 1916, p. 22. Breitinger’s professional connections to several breweries. Exhibitors showed the film MPN 23 Dec 1916, p. 4029. NYDM 28 Oct 1916, p. 38. in defiance of Breitinger, but censors eventually required cuts in the film in both MPN 30 Dec 1916, p. 4081, 4187. NYDM 13 Jan 1917, p. 29. Pennsylvania and Ohio, where scenes of children drinking alcohol were excised. One

MPN 6 Jan 1917, p. 111. NYT 25 Dec 1916, p. 7. pre-release item in the London collection lists Helen Walker, Lincoln Helt (probably MPN 10 Feb 1917, p. 925. Var 29 Dec 1916, p. 22. Elmo Lincoln, working under his real name, Lincolnhelt), Dick La Reno, and Rhea MPW 30 Dec 1916, p. 1944. Wid's 4 Jan 1917, p. 9. Haines as additional cast members. Most contemporary sources cite Bosworth as

MPW 13 Jan 1917, p. 239, 259. director, but J. Charles Haydon is listed in the 1918 MPSD as the director. One

modern source claims that Lois Weber wrote the scenario, but this is probably an

JOHANNA ENLISTS F 1.2285 efron.

Pickford Film Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Artcraft we x ve i914 0. 65. NY DA ‘9 Ae ila is a

Pictures. 29 Sep 1918 [©Pickford Film Corp.; 5 Sep 1918; LP12832]. 5 MPN 8 Aug 1914, pp. 17-18. NYDM 31 Mar 1915, p. 32.

reels, 4,388 ft. MPW 18 Jul 1914, p. 386, 406. NYDM 7 Jan 1914, p. 29. Dir WilliamCam D. Taylor. Asst dirRosher. Frank Richardson. Frances Buckland. Mpa iv wy ila 38 sre i ye ila Marion. Charles Art dirScen Wilfred ° nares “"17. aa

pert Hughes in Hearst's Magazine (Sep-Oct 1917). ;

eee Based on the short story The Mobilization of Johanna” by JOHN ERMINE OF THE YELLOWSTONE F1.2287 Cast: Mary Pickford (Johanna Renssaller), Anne Schaefer (“Maw” Universal Film Mfg. Co.; A Butterfly Feature. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Renssaller), Fred Huntley (‘‘Paw” Renssaller), Monte Blue (Private “0° Nov 1917 [©Universal Film Mfg. Co.; 26 Oct 1917; LP11632]. 5

Vibbard), Douglas MacLean (Capt. Archie Van Rensaller), Emor 7 ;

ene (Lieutenant Frank (cap Rov). ohn Steppling (Major Dir Francis Ford. Asst dir Joseph A. McDonough. Scen Maud Grange. Wappington), Wallace Beery (Colonel Fanner), Wesley Barry Source: Based on the novel John Ermine of the Yellowstone by Frederic (Johanna’s brother), June Prentis, Jean Prentis (Johanna’s twin Remington (New York, 1902) and the play of the same name by Louis

sisters). Evan Shipman (New York, 2 Nov 1903). .

Comedy-drama/World War I. Johanna Renssaller, who lives on a Manan G ond Worn prmine), Mae Haston ; (Katherine Searles). Pennsylvania Dutch farm with her parents, brother, and twin sisters, ark Fenton ( oronet ear es), uke Worne (Lieut. Butler), Burwe dreams of having a “beau” who will bring romance and excitement into her Hamrick (White Weasel), William Carroll (Crooked Bear), Joe Flores

. ga roman exel (Wolf Voice), Elsie Ford (Mrs. Searles), John Darkcloud (Fire Bear).

dreary life. Her wish is more than fulfilled when an entire regiment of Western As a baby. John Ermine is stolen from a wagon train by the World War I recruits encamps on her father’s farm. Suddenly the center Crow Indians and is nn ted by Chief Fire Bear. John nat to vanbood

of attention, Johanna decides to beautify herself by taking a milk bath in , h h nis hit y 1 hj or g d to him b , the dairy, but while she is bathing, young Lieutenant Le Roy suddenly Coen Bas . white het who is ie eediy ¢ is aisclose he Crow y

bursts in. Her screams attract Private Vibbard, who insults the lieutenant Crooked Bear teaches John the language and customs of the white ae

and subsequently is arrested. Both men are in love with Johanna, aarreperaeen ; , pudee al a ops ; ; ; , civilization, impressing upon him that itbutisathis sacred responsibility to

keep

the court-martial she meets and falls in love with Captain Van Rensaller. between the white men and the Indians. Later. John is sent to the

Le Roy drops the charges against Vibbard, and Johanna rides away with prave oe . - os Y ,

her captain to be married, Baths. Courts-martial. Farms. Military officers, * ©llwstone army post on a scouting mission and, while there, falls in love

Milk. Pennsylvania Dutch. Soldiers. World War |. Dairy farms. Family life. ir wvaenetine Seatles. the daughter of company Colonel Searles Note: The pre-release title of the film was Mobilizing of Johanna. The film, atherine, believing John to be a alfbreed, takes his eclaration of love

according to MPN, was “...produced with the co-operation of the 143d Artillery as an insult, as does her father and Lieutenant Butler, her suitor. Rejected, Regiment, under the command of Captain Faneuf, and of which Miss Pickford is an John returns to his tribe. When news comes that the fort has been attacked

honorary Captain.” by hostile Indians, the Crows come to the rescue in the nick of time, but

ETR 17 Aug 1918, p. 925. NYDM 28 Sep 1918, p. 482. John falls in battle while protecting his beloved Katherine. Crow Indians.

MPN MA Sep re p. eg 1769 Veta ig ap re Pp. 45 Cultural conflict. Parentage. Racial prejudice. Settlers. Abduction.

MPW 14Sep 1918 p 1610, Wid's 3 Sep 1918, pp. 27-28. Adoption. Frontier scouts. Hermits. Military officers. Military posts. Self-

MPW 28 Sep 1918, p. 482. sacrifice. Sieges. United States. Army. Wagon trains. Yellowstone (Montana).

JOHN BARLEYCORN F1.2286 Note: According to publicity for the film, John Darkcloud, called “Tahamount” in Bosworth, Inc. Dist State Rights; W. W. Hodkinson. Jul 1914 his own language, was a model for Remington, an artist noted for his themes of the

? , American West, for more than nineteen years. Before appearing in this film,

[©Bosworth, Inc.; 26 Jan 1914; LU2033]. 6 reels. Darkcloud, a chief of the Algonquins, graduated from Carlisle University and became

Baker. Indians in his own way.

Dir Hobart Bosworth and/or J. Charles Haydon. Scen Hettie Gray a lecturer. Director Ford allowed Darkcloud to arrange anything which had to do with

Source: Based on the novel John Barleycorn by Jack London in The MPN —_IT Nov 1917, p. 3445, 3487. MPW 17 Nov 1917, p. 1031.

Saturday Evening Post (New York, 1913). MPw 10 Nov 1917, p. 911. Cast: Elmer Clifton (Jack, 3rd period), Antrim Short (Jack, 2nd

period), Matty Roubert (Jack, Ist period), Viola Barry (Haydee), Hobart © JOHN GLAYDE’S HONOR F1.2288 Bosworth (Scratch Nelson), Joe Ray. Frohman Amusement Corp. Dist Pathe Exchange, Inc.; Gold Rooster Drama. Aboard his yacht The Roamer, author Jack London recounts his Plays. 15 Oct 1915 [©Pathe Freres; 13 Oct 1915; LU6623]. 5 reels.

lifelong struggle with alcoholism. At age five, as a California farmboy, Dir George Irving. Jack drinks some beer from an overflowing pail intended for his father and Source: Based on the play John Glayde’s Honour by Alfred Sutro (New

falls down drunk. Several times during his youth he has encounters with York, 23 Dec 1907).

drunkenness, while a San Francisco newsboy, an oyster pirate, an explorer, Cast: C. Aubrey Smith (John Glayde), Mary Lawton (Muriel and a seal hunter. Jack’s staunchest supporter is his black nursemaid. G/ayde), Richard Hatteras (Trevor Lerode), Charley Butler, Ida Eventually Jack meets and marries Haydee, who helps him overcome his | Waterman, Ben Hendricks, Wright Kramer, Jack Sherrill, Etta De Groff, addiction. Alcoholism. Regeneration. Beer. Blacks. California. Country —_ Elaine Ivans, Sidney Mason.

boys. Explorers. Farms. Fishermen. Hunters. Marriage. Newsboys. Drama. In his fanatical pursuit of power and money, John Glayde, a

Nursemaids. San Francisco. railroad magnate and financial wizard, neglects and all but abandons Note: The novel serialized in The Saturday Evening Post between 15 Mar 1913 Muriel, his beautiful wife. Desperate for attention, Muriel accepts an and 3 May 1913, and the film, are based on incidents from Jack London’s own life. invitation to visit friends in Paris, where she meets Trevor Larode, an artist. According to items contained in the Jack London collection, exteriors for the film Taken by her beauty, Larode entices Muriel to pose for him and a romance

475

JOHN NEEDHAM’S DOUBLE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG soon develops, which causes Trevor’s mother to write to John Glayde in JOHNNY GET YOUR GUN F1.2291 alarm. Assessed of the affair, John hurries to Paris to reconcile with his Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; wife, but Muriel, deeply in love with Larode, eludes him and elopes with Artcraft Pictures. 9 Mar 1919 [OFamous Players-Lasky Corp.; 24 Jan the artist that night. Furious, John overtakes the couple and threatens 1919; LP13337]. 5 reels, 4,501 ft. Larode with death. Before any threats can be carried out, Muriel steps in Pres Jesse L. Lasky. Dir Donald Crisp. Asst dir Nat Deverich. Scen and tells John that it is his honor and pride and not love that make him want Gardner Hunting. Cam Henry Kotani. to kill. Realizing the truth of Muriel’s words, John allows her to leave and Source: Based on the play Johnny Get Your Gun by Edmund Lawrence mourns the loss of her love. Ambition. Greed. Marriage. Neglected wives. Burke (New York, 12 Feb 1917). Pride. Artists. Elopement. Infidelity. Jealousy. Paris. Railroad magnates. Cast: Fred Stone (Johnny Wiggins), Mary Anderson (Ruth Gordon), Note: This film was offered by the Frohman Amusement Corp. to state rights Casson Ferguson (Bert Whitney), James Cruze (The Duke of buyers in Sep 1920 under the title The Man 's Honor. This film was also reviewed and Bullconia), Sylvia Ashton (Aunt Agatha), Nina Byron (Janet

advertised under the title John Glayde's Honour. Burnham), Maym Kelso (Mrs. Tupper), Raymond Hatton (Milton C. one 8 hag i918 i" ii 8h. PW .. On i915 P 463-64, Milton), Hart Hoxie (Bill Burnham), Dan Crimmins (Pollitt), Fred MPN 25 Sep 1915, p. 100. MPW 23 Oct 1915, p. 686. Huntley (Jevne), Ernest Joy (Lawyer Cotter), Noah Beery (Town MPN 16 Oct 1915, p. 89. NYDM 16 Oct 1915, p. 30. marshall), Clarence Geldart (Director). yON 3 Sep ren Pd, 161. Var 22 Oct 1915, p. 23. Comedy. While Bill Burnham is jailed for drunkenly shooting up the town, he receives a letter saying that his father has died, his sister Janet

- is about to marry a worthless count, and the family fortune is in danger.

SOHN NEEDHAM S DOUBLE - Ft.2289 Unable to leave, he convinces his friend, Johnny Wiggins, a motion picture

Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. 10 Apr 1916 cowboy, to go to his home in Palm Beach, which Bill left as a boy, and

[OBI uebird Photoplays, Inc.; 17 Mar 1916, LP7843}. > reels. impersonate him. Although Johnny’s Western manner irritates Janet and Dir Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley Seen Olga Printzlau. Cam Stephen her aunt, they put up with him because Bill’s sanction for Janet’s marriage S. Norton and Al Siegler. Musical accompaniment selected and arranged is needed for her to receive her inheritance. When the count discovers that

by M. Winkler and F. Rehsen. ; Johnny is not Bill, he tries to elope with Janet, but is prevented when Source: Based on the novel John Needham's Double: A Novel by Joseph Johnny lassoes him from his moving automobile. After Johnny forces Hatton (New York, 1885). crooked broker Milton C. Milton, at gunpoint, to make restitution for the Cast: Tyrone Power (Lord John Needham/ Joseph Norbury), Agnes losses Janet suffered through Milton’s bad stock investments, Johnny

Emerson (Aunt Kate), Frank Elliott (Parks), Walter Belasco marries Ruth, the maid, and leaves, promising that when Bill returns, (Dobbins), Frank Lanning (Cruet), Buster Emmons (Thomas things will get livelier. Brother-sister relationship. Impersonation and

Creighton), Marie Walcamp (Ellen Norbury). imposture. Motion picture actors and actresses. Palm Beach (Florida). Drama. Although he has been appointed to guard the fortune of young Cads. Drunkenness. Elopement. Inheritance. Jails. Letters. Maids

Thomas Creighton, the unscrupulous Lord John Needham decides to spend N obility Stockbrok ers all of it after Tom runs away. Then, however, an announcement comes that Note: Some of this film was shot in Florida

Tom is returning, and that he plans to claim his money. Fearful of ETR. 8 Mar 1919, pp. 1051-53, 1067 NYT 17 Mar 1919, p. 13 punishment, both from Tom and the authorities, John kills his cousin and MPN 29 Mar 1919, p.2015. Var ‘21 Mar 1919, pp. 54-55. exact double, Joseph Norbury, and takes Joseph’s place, thereby making MPW 29 Mar 1919, pp. 1836-47. Wid's 23 Mar 1919, p. 19. it seem as if the dead man is really John. Joseph’s daughter, however, can

tell the difference between the two men, and she eventually tricks John into JOHNNY-ON-THE-SPOT F1.2292 revealing his true identity, after which, rather than face Thomas, John Metro Pictures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 17 Feb 1919 [OMetro commits suicide. Embezzlement. Executors. Heirs. Impersonation and Pictures Corp.; 24 Feb 1919; LP13433]. 5 reels.

imposture. Murder. Doubles. Runaways. Suicide. Supv Maxwell Karger. Dir Harry L. Franklin. Asst dir Fred H. Warren. MPN 8 Apr 1916, p. 2066. NYDM ;| Apr 1916, P os Scen June Mathis. Story Shannon Fife. Cam Arthur Martinelli. Pre Pee a eLanes Cast: Hale Hamilton (Johnny Rutledge), Louise Lovely (Anne Mew 19 Apr 1916, P. 918: Mas 19 Apr 1916, p. 904 Travers), Philo McCullough (Arthur Abington, alias Cooley), Ruth Orlamond (Mrs. Webster), Edward J. Connelly (Judge Martin

JOHN PETTICOATS , . F1.2290 Crandall), Hardee Kirkland (Dr. Barnabas Bunyon), Lilie Leslie

aramount-Artcraft Pictures. OV m. S. Hart Productions, ree ss “ v

p William in art Productions, Na O19 lowm ie hile sky Corp.; (Lillian Dupre), E. N. Wallack (Jim Burton), Fred H. Warren (‘‘Pipe”’

Inc.: 8 Sep 1919: LP14179]. 5 reels, 5,049 ft. Kelby) Neal Hardin (‘‘Buck” Bates), Oral Humphreys (‘Canary

Supv Thomas H. Ince. Dir Lambert Hillyer. Scen C. Gardner Sullivan. Comedy. Aspiring author Johnny Rutledge, whose philosophy for Story C. Gardner Sullivan. Cam Joe August. Art dir Thomas Brierly business and love is embodied in his book entitled, “Taking it Easy, or Cast: William S. Hart ( Hardwood John Haynes), Walt Whitman Everything Comes to Him Who Waits,” is evicted after he gives his last (Judge Clay Emerson Meredith), George Webb (Way ne Page), Winifred ten dollars to Anne Travers, another would-be author, so that she can pay Westover (Caroline Meredith), Ethel Shannon (Rosalie Andre), Andrew her rent. Johnny joins a medicine show and attempts to comply with his

Arbuckle (Rameses). . , wealthy father’s demand that he earn $5,000 before he receives any more Comedy-drama. Boss lumberjack John Hay ness nicknam ed Hardwood, family money, while Anne, upset at Johnny’s lackadaisical attitude, is receives notification that he has inherited a “modiste” shop in New courted by a crook who, learning she will inherit a fortune if she is married Orleans. Not knowing what this is, John is flabbergasted when he sees the by a certain time, impersonates a famous author. When Johnny learns of dress sh op window, After John offers to board with Judge Clay Emerson Anne’s impending marriage, he hurriedly steals a car, impersonates a Meredith and pay eight weeks in advance so that the Judge can buy his minister, and arrives just in time to stop the marriage and expose the fraud. granddaughter Caroline a graduation dress, John falls in love with her, but After Johnny marries Anne and receives a $5,000 reward from her even though he buys fancy clothes, his rough manners put her off. Not executor, he rushes to his father’s lawyer, and after being admonished to confident to run his shop, John works as the store detective and is saved “take it easy,” Johnny replies, “There ain’t no such word.” Authors. Fatherfrom a runaway ¢levator by wealthy, dissolute Wayne Page, who courts oF relationship. Fortune hunters. Idlers. Impersonation and imposture. Caroline. When Rosalie Andre, the shop’s clerk, tries to drown herself Inheritance. Cleray. Eviction. Medici h

, . ; gy. Eviction. Medicine shows.

because of an affair with Page, John rescues her, but she dies later. When ETR | Mar 1919. 0, 989 NYMT 16 Feb 1919 the papers blame John, he remains silent to protect Page. Although the MPN 1 Mar 1919, is 1389. Var 21 Feb 1919, p. 68. Judge and Caroline decide to throw John out, after a letter from Rosalie MPW 1 Mar 1919, p. 1242. Wid’s 23 Feb 1919, p. 17. arrives explaining what happened, John wins Caroline. False accusations.

Modistes. New Orleans. Self-sacrifice. Clothes. Detectives. Drowning. THE JOINER see ARE YOU A MASON? Elevators. Etiquette. Judges. Letters. Lumberjacks. Rescues. Suicide. Note: Some scenes in this film were shot in New Orleans.

ETR 15 Nov 1919, p. 2059. NYMT 9 Nov 1919. JOLIET PRISON, JOLIET, ILL. . . F1.2293

MPN 15 Nov 1919, p. 3642. Var 7 Nov 1919, p. 97. Industrial Moving Picture Co. Dist Abo Feature Film Co.; State Rights. MPW 15 Nov 1919, p. 363. Wid's 23 Nov 1919, p. 11. Mar 1914. 4 reels. 476

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 JOURNEY’S END Documentary. The daily lives of prisoners at Illinois State Penitentiary Motog = 11 Jul 1914, p. 71. ue i u we tote Pp. ere

in Joliet, Illinois are depicted. Inmates are shown working, praying, and MPN oS Dec 19s. . ae th MPW 11 Dec 1915. p. 2030. involved in leisure-time activities. Minimum security facilities are also MPW 27 Jun 1914, p. 1844. shown at the penitentiary, which was known as a “model prison.” Convicts.

Illinois. Joliet State Penitentiary. Prison life. JOSEPH IN THE LAND OF EGYPT F1.2296 Note: The film was also reviewed as The Modern Prison. According to an ad, the Thanhouser Film Corp.; Thanhouser “Big” Productions. | Feb 1914. 4

film was “produced under the personal direction of Warden Allen.” reels.

Nipw if an in e a NYDM | Apr 1914, p. 49. Dir Eugene Moore. Asst dir Leo Wirth. Cam Alfred Huger Moses, Jr.

Cast: James Cruze, Marguerite Snow. Drama /Historical. Joseph of Canaan is sold into slavery by his brothers

sORDAN IS A HARD ROAD , F1.2294 who are jealous of their father’s affection for him. They dip his coat into

Fine Arts Film Co. Dist Triangle Film Corp. 19 Dec 1915 [Triangle goat’s blood and tell the grieving old man that Joseph was slain by a wild

Film Corp.; 13 Dec 191 ° > LP7980). > reels. beast. After many years, Joseph has become prominent in the Pharoah’s

Supv D. W. Griffith. Dir Allan Dwan. Scen Allan Dwan. house because of his gift for prophesy and dream divination. Because

Source: Based on the novel or short story Jordan Is a Hard Road by Joseph has foretold a seven-year famine, Egypt has prepared by setting

Gilbert Parker (publication undetermined). . aside stores of grain, but Canaan is struck hard by the blight. Joseph’s Cast: Dorothy Gish (Cora Findlay), Frank Campeau (Bill Minden), brothers go to the Pharoah’s steward seeking aid, unaware that Joseph is Sarah Truax (Mrs. Findlay), Owen Moore (Mark Sheldon), Ralph Lewis, their benefactor. In return for his help, Joseph insists that they bring their Fred Burns, Mabel Wiles, Lester Perry, Jim Kid, Walter Long, Joseph youngest brother Benjamin to him, and then, during the visit, Joseph hides

Singleton, Elmo Lincoln, Clarence H. Geldert. or a valuable cup with him. The brothers are then seized for theft, after which Northwest drama. On the eve of his arrest for robbery, Bill Milden sends Joseph reveals himself and proclaims his love and forgiveness for his Cora, his baby daughter, to stay with Mrs. Findlay in Askatoon. As Bill family. Brothers. Charity. Duplicity. Jealousy. Joseph of Canaan. Slavery. continues on his course of crime and incarceration, Cora grows up under Biblical characters. Canaan. Egypt. Famine. Frame-ups. Jews. Royalty. the strict direction of Mrs. Findlay, ignorant of her father’s existence. After Seers. he attends a rousing revival meeting in which his now grown daughter is MPW 14 Feb 1914, p. 762, 880. ReelL. 14 Feb 1914, p. 30, 32. performing, Bill is reformed and decides to settle in Askatoon. He deposits

a large sum of his ill-gotten money in the town bank, transforms the inn JOSSELYN’S WIFE F1.2297 into a temperance hotel and moves the still ignorant Cora in with him. To B. B. Features, Inc, Dist Robertson-Cole Co. through Exhibitors Mutual

help Cora win the heart of Mark Sheldon, an English prospector, Bill Distributing Corp 5 May 1919. 5 reels announces he will invest $50,000 in Sheldon’s new mine. When Bill’s Dir Howard Hickman Scen Fred Myton Cam L. Guy Wilky. money is stolen in a bank robbery, however, he enacts a final daring train Source: Based on the novel Josselyn’s Wife by Kathleen Norris (New robbery. As he turns the cash over to Sheldon, Bill nobly shoots himself and York, 1918).

then dies in Cora’s arms. Criminals-Rehabilitation. Evangelists. F ather " Cast: Bessie Barriscale (Ellen Latimer Josselyn), Nigel Barrie (Gibbs

daughter relationship. Robbers. Self-sacrifice. Bank robberies. English. Josselyn), Kathleen Kirkham (Lillian Josselyn), Joseph Dowling Foster mothers. Hotels. Infants. Mines. Moral reformation. Prospectors. (Grandpa Latimer), Ben Alexander (Tommy Josselyn), Leslie Stewart

Suicide. Temperance. Train robberies. (Lindsay Pepper), Marguerite De La Motte (Lizzie), Josephine Crowell Note: Scenes for this film were shot at Bear Lake Valley, CA, where a recreation (Aunt Elsie), George Hackathorn (Joe Latimer), Helen Dunbar (Mrs.

of an Alaskan town was built. According toa publicity release, the Mutual Film Corp. R T G . Th J / , bought the rights to Parker’s story in Jun 1915 and hired Mary H. O’Connor to write ose), Tom sUISE ( omas JOSSC yn). . ;

the scenario. When Griffith left Mutual with Harry Aitken to form Fine Arts, Jordan Drama/Society. Ellen Latimer meets artist Gibbs Josselyn at a party

Is a Hard Road went with him, although modern sources dispute Griffith’s where she is snubbed. After they fall in love and marry, they move to

participation in the production. Europe, where Gibbs finishes his art studies, because he resents the young,

Motog 27 Nov 1915, pp. 1143-44. MPW 26 Jun 1915, p. 2218. frivolous wife of his father Thomas, an architect. Five years later, after

MPN. rf Sep 1915, p 8 NYDM 20 Now 1915 P 3. Gibbs has made a name for himself, they return, responding to Thomas’ MPN 18 Sep 1915, p. 69. . NYT 15 Nov 1915, p. 11. plea to see his grandson Tommy. At their Long Island home, Thomas and

MPN 25 Sep 1915, p. 83. Var 19 Nov 1915, p. 24. Tommy become fast friends, while Gibbs falls prey to his flirting MeN a nw ole p. 33 Wid's 2 Dec 1915. stepmother Lillian, to Ellen’s dismay. When Ellen and Thomas find Lillian

ee Ee Pe in a negligee at Gibb’s studio one morning after Gibbs supposedly was working and Lillian visiting a friend, Gibbs, innocent of any wrong-doing,

JOSEPH AND HIS BRETHREN see JOSEPH AND HIS COAT OF leaves after quarreling with Thomas and threatening to kill him. The next

MANY COLORS day, when Thomas is found dead, Gibbs is imprisoned. After Tommy

calmly confesses to shooting Thomas while playing soldier, Gibbs is

JOSEPH AND HIS COAT OF MANY COLORS F1.2295 released and reunited with the faithful Ellen. Accidental death. Artists. Dist State Rights; Sawyer, Inc.; Dormet Film Co. Jul 1914 [ODormet False arrests. Father-son relationship. Flirtation. | Grandsons.

Film Co., Inc.; 27 Dec 1915; LU7441]. 6 reels. Stepmothers. Architects. Europe. Long Island (New York). Marriage. Source: Based on the play Joseph and His Brethren by Louis Napoleon Parties.

Parker (New York, 11 Jan 1913). Note: The film was shot in the Robert Brunton studios in Los Angeles. Cast: Emile La Croix (Pharoah), John Sainpolis. ETR 24 May 1919, p. 1931. NYMT 1 Jun 1919. Drama/Historical. Incidents depicted in the life of Joseph of Canaan NeW v May ole Po 1072-73 Var 9 May 1919, p. 51.

include: the conspiracy of his brothers to sell him into slavery and strip him _ of the coat of many colors given to him by his father Jacob; Jacob’s grief ; upon seeing the torn coat and hearing from the brothers that Joseph died JOURNEY S END , , F1.2298 under a lion’s claw; Joseph’s hardships as a slave; his arrival in Egypt; his C World Film cer Dist ati pam corp. . Pied 1918 [OWorld Film

life as a slave in the house of Potiphar, an Egyptian official, whose wife Orp., ” Apr NV. , , on 3 ee » gee “" oe t. Rov § h Zelikah tries to seduce Joseph; his imprisonment; his prophecy, which a mM Sch 4 e. Scen Roy Sensabaugh. Story Roy Sensabaugh.

comes true, telling of life for one fellow prisoner and death for another; his aI Nae SEMSIOST: . d ,

interpretation for the Pharoah of the dream of the seven lean and seven fat Cas t: Ethel Clayton (Aline Marsden), John Bowers (Phil Marsden), kine; the seven years of famine in Egypt; and the reconciliation with his Muriel Ostriche (Jess Alden), Jack Drumier (Pop Moore) » Louise Vale father, brothers, their wives and children in Egypt. Brothers. Coats. Egypt. (H. E. Barnet), Jean Loew (Bernice's maid) arel Josep " “ vanaan Prophets. Death by animals. Dreams. Famine. Comedy-drama. When Aline Marsden learns that her husband Phil has

. , . (Bernice De Armond), Frank Mayo (Wayne Annis), Victor Kennard

oNote: rsonmen". Leduc , ; been flirting with Bernice and De Armond, This film wason. copyrighted under themusical-comedy title Joseph andactress His Brethren re- . . . she and her

released under that title to the state rights market by Dormet Film Co. in Dec 1915. uncle, Pop Moore, compel him to sign a contract that gives each of them

The film was originally released under the title Joseph and His Coat of Many complete marital freedom for three months. Aline then travels to Palm

Colors by Sawyer, Inc. in Jul 1914. Beach, Florida, accompanied by Pop and her sister, Jess Alden, while Phil 477

JOY AND THE DRAGON AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG remains in the North with Bernice. In Florida, Aline engages in a flirtation Cast: William Farnum (William Steele), Louise Lovely (Beatrice with Phil’s old college friend, Wayne Annis, and when her husband, now Corlin), Henry J. Hebert (Joe Embry), Harry Devere (Richard

weary of Bernice, comes to Florida, she gives him a chilly reception. Stanton), G. Raymond Nye (Bill Rice), Clarence Morgan (Turk Wayne, who has fallen in love with Jess, agrees to help Pop effect the Smith), George Nichols (Cash Truit), Sedley Brown (First miner), John married couple’s reconciliation by arousing Phil’s jealousy. The plan works Underhill (Butler), Harry Archer (Under butler), Al Frement, Earl Crain, so well, however, that the enraged husband nearly shoots his old friend. In Chief Leyva (Roughs), Pedro DeLeon (Hostler), Claire Delorez (Mrs.

the end, the friendship is preserved, Aline and Phil are reunited, and Denham), Molly Bishop (Maid). Wayne professes his love for Jess. Contracts. Flirtation. Infidelity. Western. When William Steele, a rich young businessman with a passion Marriage. Palm Beach (Florida). Actors and actresses. Friendship. for vacation outings, purchases his favorite resort, the sale is contested by

Jealousy. Sisters. Uncles. the spirited Beatrice Corlin, who believes that the property lies on her land. Note: Many of the exterior scenes were filmed in Florida. Beatrice presents Steele with a challenge: if he succeeds in building a cabin ETR 11 May 1918, p. 1847. NYDM 18 May 1918, p. 702. on the land, she will cook him a dinner. Beatrice enlists the aid of Joe

ETR 25 May 1918, p. 1964. Var 3 May 1918, p. 39. Embry to win the bet, and after several clashes between Embry and Steele, NPM 8 An i918 e. oe 1042. Wid's 19 May 1918, pp. 29-30. Embry abducts Beatrice. Steele, learning of his treachery, rescues her. Finally realizing their love for each other, Steele and Beatrice cancel the bet by merging their land in marriage. Businessmen. Land rights. Wagers.

M palboa Amusement Co. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc.; Gold Rooster Plays, Abduction. Rescues. Resorts. Treachery.

to aie. ‘ Note: Some reviews, release charts and news items list the title of this film as either

31 Dec 1916 [©Pathe Exchange, Inc.; 18 Dec 1916; LU9747). 5 reels. The Joyous Troublemakers, The Joyous Trouble Maker or The Trouble

Dir Henry King. Scen Will M. Ritchey. Cam William Beckway. Makers. Cast: Baby Marie Osborne (Joy), Henry King (Hal Lewis), Mollie MPN 17 Apr 1920, p. 3519. NYMT 27 Jun 1920.

McConnell (The matron), J. Cullen Landis (Slinky Joe). MPN 24 Apr 1920, p. 3658. Var 2 Jul 1920, p. 29.

Drama. Young Joy, the sole survivor of a shipwreck that killed her PW i nf ren P. aa152 Wid's 20 Jun 1920, p. 17.

parents, is rescued by fishermen and then placed in an orphanage. . * PP. Although reputable on the surface, the home really functions as a front for

some crooks who want to keep Joy there because she carries with her all JUBILO ; ae F1.2302 of her mother’s jewelry. Joy manages to escape, but without the jewels, and Goldwyn Pictures Corp. Dist Goldwyn Distributing Corp. 7 Dec 1919 then stows away ona train heading out West. After arriving, she meets Hal [©Goldwyn Pictures Corp.; 15 Nov 1919; LP14437]. 5 reels. Lewis, who has been made an outcast by his upper crust Eastern family. Dir Clarence G. Badger. Scen Robert F - Hill. Cam Marcel Le Picard. Hal soon adopts the little girl and, becoming stronger and more serious Source: Based on the serial story “Jubilo” by Ben Ames Williams in in through the responsibilities of parenthood, he returns home with Joy. Then, The Saturday Evening Post (28 Jun-5 Jul 1919). after receiving his father’s forgiveness, Hal breaks up the orphanage gang Cast: Will Rogers (Jubilo), Josie Sedgwick (Rose Hardy), Charles

and retrieves Joy’s jewels. Adoption. Father-son relationship. Orphans. r eae) (Jim Hardy), Willard Louis (Punt), James Mason (Bert Shioweks ne Criminals. Jewelry. Orphanages. Runaways. Comedy-drama, Western. Jubilo, a hobo named for an old plantation ETR 23 Dec 1916, p. 210. MPW 30 Dec 1916, p. 1972, 2014. song, awakens to witness a train robbery. He goes to Jim Hardy’s ranch MPN 30 Dec 1916, p. 4147, 4235. NYDM 23 Dec 1916, p. 26. and begs for food, but is told he must work first. Although this goes against

Jubilo’s principles, when he sees Hardy’s daughter Rose and smells the pie she is baking, he agrees. After Hardy thrashes Jubilo for idleness and he

oe Warren Kerrigan Pictures, Inc.; Robert Brunton Productions. Dist W. as in love wth Rose, pub labors hard. Ovethearing ne criminals W. Hodkinson Corp. through Pathé Exchange, Inc. Dec 1919. 5 reels. iscussing their attempt to Irame Flardy for the train robbery, JubdilO Dir Ernest C. Warde. Seen Jack Cunningham. Story Jack Cunningham. =‘ *&©ognizes one of them as Bert Rooker, a convict Hardy, a former Judge,

Cam Charles Kaufman. earlier sentenced, and the man Jubilo thrashed for insulting Rose. After Cast: J. Warren Kerrigan (Burke Harlan), Lillian Walker (Anne Jubilo discovers Hardy’s horse painted to look like the train robber’s and Warren), Joseph J. Dowling (Wilbur Warren), Albert Cody (James Hardy wounds Rooker in self-defense, Jubilo confesses the shooting to the

Roth), Pell Trenton (Jimmy MacDonald), Alfred Hollingsworth she who ieregar’s him since a prisoner fad alreaey confessed and

James MacDonald). implicated Rooker. Rose, in love with Jubilo, listens as he sings of his new

Comedy /Crime. Wealthy Denver artist Burke Harlan seeks refuge from enthusiasm for life. Frame-ups. Hoboes. Ranches. Self-sacrifice. Fathera rainstorm which interrupts his painting, in a cabin where he finds Anne daugnter relationsip. rights. Horses. Judges. Sheniis. Train ropberies.

Warren drugged, bound, and gagged. After he fights three thugs ee 07's Pe v0? ce 077s Pe a

attempting to steal Anne’s car, Burke himself is arrested as the gang’s PW 0 Oe 191d re hoor Wid's A De i918 r 3" leader. When Anne’s father Wilbur, an amateur criminologist, offers to

drop charges so he can try to reform Burke according to his theories, Burke THE JUCKLINS F1.2303 agrees so that he can be near Anne, who is told only that Burke 's her Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; A George Melford Production. Dist

. , yers-Lasky Corp.; ec ; ]. 6 reels.

father’s friend. While Burke excites Wilbur with fabricated tales of his life Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Paramount Pictures. 9 Jan 1921 [©Famous

of crime, he and Anne fall in love, to the dismay of James Roth, a police Plavers-Lasky Corp.: 8 D 1920: LP15903

officer who also loves Anne. After Roth attempts to arrest Burke for a bank Pres Jesse L. Lasky. Dir George Melford. Scen Frank Condon. Cam Paul

robbery and a murder, Burke and Anne elope, chased by the police, to the Perry home of Burke’s friend, Jimmy MacDonald, where they marry, after which Source: Based on the novel The Jucklins by Opie Read (Chicago, 1896)

he confesses his true identity. Criminals—Rehabilitation. Denver Cast: Wi nter Hall (General Lundsford), Mabel Julienn e Sc ott (Colorado). Elopement. False arrests. Impersonation and imposture. ( Guinea Jucklin), Monte Blue (Bill Hawes), Ruth Renick (Millie nate. ship Fights. Gonos Se nelogisis. mvoging. weer cauanter — Lundsford), Fannie Midgely (Susan Jucklin), Zell Covington (Alf

ETR 27 Dec 1919, p. 421. Var 14 Nov 1919, p. 59. Jucklin), J. M. Dumont (C. hyd Lundsford), Clarence Burton (Dr. MPN 27 Dec 1919, p. 270. Var 19 Dec 1919, p. 44. Etheridge), Guy Oliver (Sheriff Parker), Robert Brower (Attorney MPW 20 Dec 1919, pp. 1011-2. Wid’s 14 Dec 1919, p. 27. Conkwright), Jack Herbert (Scott Aimes), Jack Hull (Bill Aimes), Walter

NYMT 14 Dec 1919. Scott (Jim Aimes), Frank Weatherwax (Johnny Aimes), William Boyd (Dan Stuart), Charles Ogle (Lim Jucklin), Jack Byron.

THE JOYOUS TROUBLEMAKER F 1.2301 Drama. Disgusted with farm life, Bill Hawes, a young farmer, journeys Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp.; William Farnum Series. Jul to a small North Carolina community to teach school. There he stays at

1920 [OWilliam Fox; 27 Jun 1920; LP15322]. 6 reels. the Jucklin family home where he falls in love with daughter Guinea Dir J. Gordon Edwards. Scen Charles Kenyon. Cam John Boyle. Art Jucklin. Bill is saddened to discover that her hand is promised to Chyd

dir Thomas Warrilow. Lunsford, the son of wealthy planter General Lundsford, who has defrayed Source: Based on the novel The Joyous Troublemaker by Jackson the expenses of the girl’s education so that she will be socially suitable to

Gregory (New York, 1918). wed his son. Bill also becomes friends with young Alf Jucklin who loves the 478

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 JUDITH OF THE CUMBERLANDS planter’s daughter Millie, although she is also already pledged to a wealthy is murdered and Byng finds a poisoned needle near the body, but before suitor named Dan Stuart. When Dan is found dead, Alf is arrested for the the murderer can be found, the Boer War breaks out and Byng goes to fight crime, but Bill refuses to accept his friend’s guilt. His perseverance results for his country. In battle, Stafford is killed and Byng distinguishes himself in the exhumation of Dan’s body, which proves that he died from a heart in the field, recovering from his former dissipation. Al’Mah, now a nurse, attack rather than murder. Meanwhile, General Lundsford is so impressed iS fatally wounded and confesses that she killed Fellow. Jasmine, touched with the loyalty and bravery exhibited by Bill and the Jucklins that he frees by the crucible of war, finally realizes that she has been responsible for her Guinea and Millie from their marital obligations, thus permitting love to | own unhappiness and makes a true commitment to her husband. Moral

chart their destinies. False arrests. Friendship. Loyalty. Planters. reformation. Murder. Rivalry. Soldiers. South Africa—History-Boer War, Schoolteachers. Education. Farmers. Heart disease. North Carolina. 1899-1902. Confession (law). Exotic dancers. Letters. Nurses. Poisoning. Note: Although released in Jan 1921 this film was copyrighted in 1920. The pre- Secretaries. South Africa. War heroes.

release title was The Fighting Schoolmaster. Note: This was the first independent production of J. Stuart Blackton, former viceETR 25 Dec 1920, p. 285. MPW 25 Dec 1920, p. 1080. president and founder of The Vitagraph Co. of America.

MPN 4 Dec 1920, p. 4279. NYDM _18 Dec 1920, p. 1170. ETR 19 Jan 1918, p. 550. MPW 8 Dec 1917, p. 1479. MPN 25 Dec 1920, p. 267. Wid's 26 Dec 1920, p. 33. Motog 8 Dec 1917, p. 1210. NYDM 1 Dec 1917, p. 18. MPN 8 Dec 1917, p. 4042. Var 30 Nov 1917, p. 44.

THE JUDGE see JOAN OF THE WOODS MPW 24 Nov 1917, p. 1232. Wid's 29 Nov 1917, p. 760. JUDGE NOT; OR, THE WOMAN OF MONA DIGGINGS — F1.2304. = JUDGMENT see IN JUDGMENT OF Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co.; A Broadway

1915; LP6385]. 6 reels. Bj Features , , , Dept. Mar , iograph Co. Dist General Film Co.; Special

Universal Feature. 27 Sep 1915 [©Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 16 Sep JUDITH OF BETHULIA F1.2306

Prod Robert Leonard. Dir Robert Leonard. Scen Robert Leonard and 1914[OBi hCo.:310 ;: . . iograph Co.; ct 1913; LP1660. ©Biograph. Co.; 12 Jan 1917;

Harvey Gates. Story Peter B. Kyne. Cam R. E. Irish. Settings designed LP10278]. 4 reels by Joseph D. Webster. Costumes Jean Ceillie. Props J. Delmar. Musical Dir D. W. Griffith. Cam G. W. Bitzer.

accomP animent arranged by M. Winkler. , Source: Based on Judith in the Old Testament. Apocrypha. The

, y rich (New York, 5 Dec 1904).

Cast: Jul ia Dean (Molly Hanlon), Harry Carter (Lee Kirk), Harry Bible; and on the poem and subsequent play Judith of Bethulia by Thomas Carey (Miles Rand), Marc Robbins (Judge Rand), Kingsley Benedict Bailev Aldrich (Clarence Van Dyne), Joe Singleton (Minister), Paul Machette (Texas Cast: Blanche Sweet (Judith), Henry Walthall (Holofernes), Mae

Joe), Lydia Yeamans Titus (Housekeeper), Walter Belasco Marsh (Naomi), Robert Harron (Nathan), J. Jiquel Lanoe (Chief

(Barkeeper). . eunuch), Harry Carey (The Traitor), Lillian Gish (Young mother with

Drama. After the destitute Molly Hanlon is befriended by crooked baby), Dorothy Gish (Crippled beggar), Kate Bruce (Judith’s maid), Elmo

gambler Lee Kirk, she marries him in a phony ceremony. While Lincoln.

frequenting Kirk’s gambling den, Molly meets Miles Rand, the dissolute Drama /Historical. The Judean fortress of Bethulia is attacked by the son of J udge Rand, whose obvious attraction for her encourages Kirk to powerful army of Nebuchadnezzar, led by Holofernes. The walls withstand swindle him out of his money. Penniless, Miles accepts a loan from Molly the assault, but many people are killed and Holofernes lays the fortress

and returns East to study law. On the day that Molly learns that her under siege. Judith, a beautiful and beloved widow, prays for guidance and marriage is not legal, the gambling den burns down and Kirk is presumed _ hag a vision that she must offer herself as a sacrifice to Holofernes in order dead. After escaping with Kirk’s money, Molly goes East where she to save Bethulia. She goes to the Assyrian camp dressed in her finest clothes encounters Miles, now a district attorney. In spite of the objections of — and jewels and completely captivates Holofernes, who surrounds her in Judge Rand, Molly accepts Miles’s proposal, but after Kirk arrives in town, luxury. She gains his confidence by promising to betray Bethulia and she calls off the engagement. When Kirk enters her apartment through a —_— arranges to spend an evening alone with him. Although she has fallen in window, Molly kills him in a panic and is arrested for murder. The still Jove with Holofernes, Judith remembers her loyalty to the Judeans and faithful Miles defends her in court, and after her acquittal, she confesses qecapitates the commander with his own sword after getting him drunk. her past and reunites with her old love. District attorneys. Fidelity. She then goes back to Bethulia with his head. Holofernes’ death stuns the Gamblers. Marriage-Fake. Self-defense. Confession. Fires. Gambling Assyrian troops and they are overcome by the inspired Jews. A victory houses. Judges. Missing persons, assumed dead. Poverty. Swindlers. celebration then is held in Bethulia and Judith is hailed as the city’s savior.

Trials. Bethulia. Betrayal. Holofernes. Judith. Loyalty. Murder. Assyrians. Biblical Note: The pre-release title of this film was Renunciation. characters. Decapitation. Fortresses. Israelites. Judea. Sieges. Soldiers. Motog 2 Oct 1915, p. 690, 714. MPW 25 Sep 1915, p. 2194. Swords. Visions.

MPN 25 Sep 1915, p. 117, 134. MPW 2 Oct 1915, p. 144. Note: Judith of Bethulia was re-issued in 1917 at six reels under the title Her MPW 11 Sep 1915, pp. 1764-65. var | Oct 1915, p. 19. Condoned Sin with new subtitles and scenes not included in the 1914 version. At that time Biograph took out a second copyright for the new title. Contemporary sources

JUDGE NOT THY WIFE see THE WHITE DOVE noted that more than fifty prints were released in the U.S. and sixty-one prints were

sent to other countries with titles translated into many languages. The original production, made in 1913, cost a reported $36,000. Exteriors were shot in Chatsworth

THE JUDGEMENT HOUSE F 1.2305 Park, CA and interiors were shot in the Biograph Studios in New York. Modern J. Stuart Blackton Productions. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp.; Famous sources list James Smith as the film editor, William Christy Cabanne as assistant

Players-Lasky Corp. 19 Nov 1917. 6 reels. director and credit Frank Wood with titles. Additional cast members listed in modern Pres J. Stuart Blackton. Prod J. Stuart Blackton. Dir J. Stuart Blackton. Mailes include: W. Christie Miller, Gertrude Robinson, Eddie Dillon, Charles Hill ailes, Frank Opperman, Adolph Lestina, Jennie Lee, William J. Butler, Alfred

Adapted by J. Stuart Blackton. Cam Thomas F. Malloy. Paget, Harry Hyde, Clara T. Bracey, W. C. Robinson, Frank Evans, William Carroll, Source: Based on the novel The Judgement House by Sir Gilbert Parker Gertrude Bambrick, and Kate Toncray. In some sources Grace A. Pierce is credited

(London, 1913). as the author of the poem “Judith of Holofernes,” while in others she is given partial Cast: Violet Heming (Jasmine Grenfel), Wilfred Lucas; (Rudyard credit for the scenario, but wer exactand relation to the aim orthis poem ccording to information in both contemporary modern sources wasisD.ety W.

Byng), Conway Tearle (/an Stafford), Paul Doucet (A drian Fellow), Griffith's last production for Biograph although The Battle of Elderbush Gulch, Crazy Thunder (Krool), Florence Deshon (Al’Mah), Lucille Hamill filmed earlier, was released later. Other films released by Biograph after this time that

(Lou). credit Griffith with supervision probably were not actually supervised by him.

Drama. Loved by two men, frivolous Jasmine Grenfel is unable to decide MPN 3 Feb 1917, p. 762. NYDM _18 Mar 1914, p. 34. between the bold Rudyard Byng and the more reserved lan Stafford. Swept MPW 7 Mar 1914, p. 1242. NYDM — 27 Jan 1917, p. 54,60.

away by Byng’s forcefulness, Jasmine agrees to marry him and the rejected Mew 3 ne ole is s Var 27 Mar 1914, p. 20.

Stafford goes to South Africa. Three years elapse, and Jasmine’s o_O unhappiness increases as her husband slips into dissipation and she is

pursued by his private secretary, Adrian Fellow, who is also having an JUDITH OF THE CUMBERLANDS F1.2307 affair with Al’Mah, an exotic dancer. When Byng finds a love note written Signal Film Corp. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; A Mutual Star Production.

by Fellow addressed to Jasmine, he threatens to kill both his wife and 31 Jul 1916. 5 reels. secretary, but Stafford returns in time to prevent the tragedy. Later, Fellow Dir J. P. McGowan. Cam S. A. Sues. 479

JUDY FORGOT AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Source: Based on the novel Judith of the Cumberlands by Alice beats Denny, Judy hides him with the Lady of the Roses, a kind neighbor,

MacGowan (New York, 1908). and Shuckles, fearing that he has killed the boy, allows Judy to go

Cast: Helen Holmes (Judith Barrier), Leo D. Maloney (Creed unmolested. After Shuckles is elected by the Citizens, a vigilante group,

Bonbright), Paul C. Hurst (Blatchley Turrentine), Thomas G. Lingham to kill Governor Kingsland, Judy discovers the plot and, with the help of (Uncle Jepthah Turrentine), William Brunton (Pony Card), Clara Mosher Teddy, the governor’s son, saves his life. Seeking refuge, Judy takes the (Nancy Card), Harry Lloyd (Andy Turrentine), Sam Morje (Jeff governor to her kind neighbor’s house, where he confesses that the Lady

Turrentine), G. H. Wischussen (The marshal). of the Roses is actually Ketchel’s daughter, Judy’s mother, and the wife

Drama. Newly elected justice of the peace Creed Bonbright is of a friend whose fortune he had stolen years before. Her family thus determined to make the mountain men of the Cumberlands accept the law united, Judy and Teddy marry. Assassination. Battered children. and reject feuding. Then, he falls in love with Judith, and so her moonshiner Grandfathers. Parentage. Waifs. Conspiracy. Neighbors. Rakes. Sisters.

cousin, Blatchley Turrentine, who wants to marry Judith, plots to drive State governors. Vigilantes. | Creed out of the mountains. The two men fight, and when Creed throws Note: Paramount studio records contain evidence of scenarios, presumably rejected, Blatchley off a cliff, Blatchley pretends to be dead in order to have Creed —_ written by Beulah Marie Dix and Marion Fairfax.

arrested for murder. Enraged, the mountaineers refuse to wait for a trial, ETR 14 Feb 1920, p. 1101. NYMT 14 Feb 1920.

and set out to lynch Creed. Meanwhile, Blatchley comes out of hiding to ew M ye 1930, . hee’ viel i. Mer 1900 is ie. propose to Judith, who tricks him into coming to the mob’s makeshift MPW 7 Feb 1920, p. 868. Wid's 8 Feb 1920, p. 5. gallows. The crowd cools down after seeing that Blatchley is really alive, MPW 14 Feb 1920, p. 1120. and then Creed and Judith begin making plans for their marriage. Feuds.

Frame-ups. Mountain life. Rivalry. Cousins. Falls from heights. Justices THE JUGGERNAUT F1.2310 of the peace. Lynching. Marriage. Mobs. Moonshiners. Mountaineers. Vitagraph Co. of America; A Blue Ribbon Feature; A Broadway Star Note: The film was re-issued in 1921 as The Moonshine Menace. (See AFI Catalog Feature. Dist V-L-S-E, Inc. 19 Apr 1915 [©The Vitagraph Co. of America; of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.3691.) According to a news item, some scenes in this 29 Mar 1915; LP4888]. 5 reels

8 g 1916, p g 1916, p ays

film were shot in the Santa. Ynez Mountains below Santa Barbara, CA. : ’ . °

Moto 12 Aug 1916. p. 397, MPW 12 Aug 1916. v. 1098. Dir Ralph W. Ince. Story Donald I. Buchanan and Ralph W. Ince. MPN 12 Aug 1916, p. 944. NYDM 5 Aug 1916, p. 22. Cam William T. Stuart. MPN 23 Dec 1916, p. 4028. Var 4 Aug 1916, p. 28. . Cast: Anita Stewart (Viola Ruskin/Louise Ruskin), Earle Williams MPW 5 Aug 1916, p. 998. Wid's 10 Aug 1916, p. 774. (John Ballard), Julia Swayne Gordon (Mrs. Ruskin), William Dunn (Phillip Hardin), Frank Currier (James Hardin), Eulalie Jensen (Mrs.

JUDY FORGOT F 1.2308 Ballard), Paul Scardon (Alexander Jones), Jack Brawn (Harry Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co.; A Broadway Reynolds). Universal Feature. 9 Aug 1915 [OUniversal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 29 Jul Drama. Phillip Hardin, a railroad magnate’s dissipated son, and John

1915; LP5960]. 5 reels. Ballard, whose parents died in a railroad crossing accident, become friends Dir T. Hayes Hunter. Scen Raymond L. Schrock. in college. After John saves Phil during a brawl by breaking a chair over

Source: Based on the play Judy Forgot by Avery Hopwood (New York, Phil’s attacker, Red Curley, Phil and John, believing Curley dead, vow to

6 Oct 1910). | keep silent. Viola Ruskin, who loves John, is persuaded by her mother to

Cast: Marie Cahill (Judy Evans), Samuel B. Hardy (Freddy). marry Phil for his money. Years later, John, now the district attorney,

Comedy. Judy Evans, a stage star with an uncontrollable wink, catches attempts to convince Phil, a railroad president, to improve the railroad’s the attention of Freddy, a millionaire who believes that the actress’s eye —_ deteriorating condition, which has caused many fatal accidents. Pressure

twitches are genuine flirtations. After some lengthy pleadings, Freddy from a stock manipulating syndicate that controls the railroad leads Phil

convinces Judy to marry him. While traveling in Europe on their to threaten to reveal John’s murder. After Phil’s daughter Louise learns honeymoon, Judy’s indiscriminate although innocent winking causes that Curley’s death was not caused by John, they fall in love. Later, Louise,

Freddy to become intensely jealous, and the couple separates in on an errand for Phil, travels by train over a bridge that Phil learns is Heidelberg. When her train to the Marienbad spa crashes, Judy receives unsafe. He rushes to halt the train but sees it fall into the river and dies a head blow that completely blurs her memory. At the spa, her luggage is of heart failure. John places the fatally wounded Louise next to Phil’s body.

mixed up with that of a woman of dubious character, and several Blackmail. District attorneys. Railroads. Reformers. Safety. Bridges. complications arise from the ensuing confusion. Freddy arrives at the spa College life. Executives. Fights. Friendship. Heart disease. Marriageonly to find that his bride refuses to acknowledge him and claims to be Arranged. Pledges. Train wrecks. Trains. married to another man. Distressed by Freddy’s persistence, Judy escapes Note: This was the first Blue Ribbon Feature. It opened in New York at the

in a car, which then crashes, causing another blow to her head. Her wee cneatre on 7 Mar 1915. The im was re-released in Feb 1920 by the

memory restored, Judy happily reconciles with Freddy. Actors and User Caaf Americ. ro a Me ets arog

actresses. Amnesia. Honeymoons. Mistaken identity. Newlyweds. LP14723. The train wreck scene reportedly ‘cost $25,000 to stage. According to the Automobile accidents. Health resorts. Heidelberg (Germany). Jealousy. 1921 MPSD, William S. Adams worked as a cinematographer on this production. It

Marienbad (Czechoslovakia). Train wrecks. is possible that he shot additional footage for the re-release version.

Note: This film was banned in British Columbia, Canada on the grounds that it was Motog 17 Apr 1915, p. 611. MPW 13 Mar 1915, p. 1591. pro-German. Motog 8 May 1915, p. 745, 766. MPW 20 Mar 1915, p. 1771.

Motog 14 Aug 1915, p. 304, 311, 331. MPN 13 Nov 1915, p. 68. MPM Apr 1915, p. 64. MPW 1 May 1915, p. 810. MPN 15 May 1915, p. 55. MPW 7 Aug 1915, pp. 1068-70. MPN 20 Mar 1915, p. 49. NYDM 17 Mar 1915, p. 28. MPN 7 Aug 1915, p. 77. MPW 14 Aug 1915, p. 1176. MPN 27 Mar 1915, p. 14, 53, 59. Var 12 Mar 1915, p. 23. MPN 14 Aug 1915, p. 2, 106. Var 20 Aug 1915, p. 21.

. JULES OF THE STRONG HEART F1.2311

JUDY OF ROGUE’S HARBOR F 1.2309 Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co.; Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Realart Pictures Corp. Dist Realart Pictures Corp. Feb 1920 [©Realart Paramount Pictures Corp.; Famous Players-Lasky Corp. 14 Jan 1918

Pictures Corp.; 21 Jan 1920; LP14661]. 6 reels. [©OJesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co.; 2 Jan 1918; LP11890]. 5 reels. Dir William D. Taylor. Scen Clara S. Beranger. Cam James C. Van Pres Jesse L. Lasky. Dir Donald Crisp. Asst dir Harry Haskins. Scen

Trees. Art dir Una Nixson Hopkins. Frank X. Finnegan and Harvey F. Thew. Cam Faxon M. Dean.

Source: Based on the novel Judy of Rogue’s Harbor by Grace Miller Source: Based on the short story “Jules of the Strong Heart” by William

White (New York, 1918). . Merriam Rouse in Collier’s National Weekly (25 Dec 1915).

Cast: Mary Miles Minter (Judy), Charles Meredith (Lt. Teddy Cast: George Beban (Jules Lemaire), Helen Jerome Eddy (Joy

Kingsland), Herbert Standing (Gov. Kingsland), Theodore Roberts Farnsworth), Charles Ogle (Tom Farnsworth), Raymond Hatton (Ted (Grandpap Ketchel), Clo King (The Lady of the Roses), Fritzie Ridgeway Kendall), Guy Oliver (Big Jim Burgess),‘Ernest Joy (Jack Liggitt), (Olive Ketchel), Allan Sears (Jim Shuckles), Frankie Lee (Denny), Horace B. Carpenter (Louis, the ‘“‘Red Fox’’), Edward Martin (Head of

George Periolat (Peter Kingsland). the trapping company), James Neill (Sommerville).

Drama. Judy, an orphaned waif, lives with Grandpap Ketchel, a cruel Northwest drama. Jules Lemaire, a happy-go-lucky French-Canadian and often brutal man. The sole protector of little Denny, Ketchel’s lumberman, arrives at the Nemo lumber camp carrying a baby. His love grandson, Judy is forced to accept the attentions of Jim Shuckles, whom for the child wins him the respect of Joy Farnsworth, the daughter of the she abhors and who has compromised her sister Olive. When Shuckles camp’s foreman, but this arouses the jealousy of Big Jim Burgess, the camp

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE JUNGLE TRAIL bully. Burgess incites the men to strike when the delivery of their paychecks Employer-employee — relations. Immigrants. Meatpackers and is delayed because of a storm, whereupon Jules offers to cross the river and meatpacking. Socialism. Upton Sinclair. Attempted suicide. Debt. retrieve the payroll. Burgess volunteers to accompany Jules, but after their Marriage. Murder. Prostitution. Rape. Self-sacrifice. Strikes. departure, he ties the lumberman up and attempts to torture him into Note: Although MPW lists a W. Vermilyea in the cast, Harold Vermilye includes giving up the order of delivery for the money. In the meantime, a stranger _ this title in his 1918 MPSD credits.

appears at the camp and tells Joy that Jules had been caring for his child Motog 25 Dec 1913, p. 22. MPW 20 Jun 1914, p. 1675.

while he was in England. Joy and the stranger rescue Jules and turn With 2 May ola PP gO. NY DM lo pad lola . x Burgess over to the foreman, after which Joy proposes to the French- MPW 13 Jun 1914, p. 1553. Var 26 Jun 1914, p. 19. Canadian. Bullies. French Canadians. Infants. Lumber camps.

Lumberjacks. England. Jealousy. Lumber camp foremen. Rescues. THE JUNGLE CHILD F1.2314 Fwvers. Storms, Torture. NYDM Jan 1918. v.18Oct New1916. York Motion Picture Corp.; Kay-Bee. Dist Triangle Film Corp. 8 an Sinikes. 1718, Pp. OLN. an 19 17°5, p. 18. 5 reels. vw * aa i918 is oe 07 Mids xu na i918 P390-91. Supv Thomas Ince. Dir Walter Edwards. Scen Monte M. Katterjohn. Cam J. D. Jennings. Art dir Robert Brunton.

JUNE FRIDAY F1.2312 Cast: Dorothy Dalton (Ollante), Howard Hickman (Ridgeway Thomas A. Edison, Inc. Dist General Film Co. 6 Aug 1915 [OThomas Webb), Gertrude Claire (Laila), Dorcas Matthews (Madeline Travers),

A. Edison, Inc.; 27 Jul 1915; LP5958]. 4 reels. Frederick Vroom (Sefor Grijalva), Elsa Lorrimer (Chaperone), Leo Willis

Pres Thomas A. Edison. Dir Duncan McRae. Scen Lee Arthur. (Geleche). oe. a, .

Cast: Gertrude McCoy (Mary Blake/June Friday), Duncan McRae Drama. After her family dies in the jungle, Ollante is raised by Brazilian

(Samuel Blake), Mabel Dwight (Harriet Huntley), Robert Conness Indians, and, from her rugged lifestyle, she grows into a woman of (Tom Van Est), Augustus Phillips (Paul Duncan), Robert Brower uncommon strength and courage. Then, she rescues Ridgeway Webb, an

(Theodore Barclay). | explorer lost in the wilderness, and he soon discovers, through papers left Drama. Mary Blake, after leaving her baby on the general storedoorstep, 0°" Ollante by her parents, that she is worth a fortune. As a result, the drowns herself because of the brutality of her husband Samuel, who is unscrupulous Ridgeway Starts courting Ollante, and after she has fallen in addicted to cocaine. Blake is driven out of town, and the baby, named June love with him, he marries her and brings her to New York. At a society

Friday for the month and day on which she is found, is reared by party, however, which Ridgeway turns into a drunken orgy, Ollante hears storekeeper Harriet Huntley. Eighteen years later, June meets vacationing her husband boast of his cunning in catching a millionaire for a wife. New Yorker Paul Duncan, and after hearing his stories about the big city, Suddenly aware of his motives, Ollante takes off her American high society

she leaves her unkind foster mother. Duncan gets her a jobasa manicurist, Outfit, puts on her jungle costume, and strangles Ridgeway. Fortune

and after she refuses his advances, he proposes. June accepts, but the | unters. Inheritance. Jungles. Marriage of convenience. Orphans. wedding, performed by Blake, now Duncan’s valet, is fake. After Duncan’s Explorers. Indians of South America. New York City. Parties. Rescues. uncle learns about the ruse and orders him to give up June and go to South Strangulation.

America, Blake learns June’s real identity and confesses. June later marries Motog 23 Sep 1916, p. 739. MPW 14 Oct 1916, p. 300.

lawyer Tom Van Est, without knowing that he is Duncan’s friend. After UPN 0 SP le 19 Wid's 14 Sen i516 P a4 they enjoy three happy years, Duncan returns. June kills him when he tries MPW 23 Sep 1916, p. 1959. —— to rape her, but Blake confesses to the murder and kills himself. Father-

daughter relationship. Marriage-Fake. Parentage. self-sacrifice. Suicide. THE JUNGLE PRINCESS F1.2315 Attempted rape. Cocaine. Confession (law). Drug addicts. Foster Selig Polyscope Co. Dist State Rights. 1920. 7 reels. mothers. Foundlings. Lawyers. Manicurists. New York City. Self-defense. Prod William N. Selig. Dir E. A. Martin.

Valsts "gue 1915 UPN 4 Aus 1915. 0.76 Source: Based on the short story “The Lost City” by Frederic Chapin ug 7. us 072s P'S. (publication undetermined). . one nn 198 eran I ye y Aue i918 .. 0, Cast: Juanita Hansen (Zoolah), George Chesebro, Frank Clark, Hector Dion, Alfred Ferguson.

THE JUNGLE F1.2313 Adventure. Life-threatening adventures in the interior of Africa lead to All Star Feature Corp. Dist State Rights. 25 May 1914. 5 reels. the discovery ofa lost white race. The participants in the adventure include Dir Augustus Thomas, George Henry Irving and John H. Pratt. Scen Zoolah, a Spanish girl kidnapped by African natives; a young American Benjamin S. Kutler. Musical accompaniment Composed by Manuel Klein. millionaire aviator ona Joyride; the millionaire s ex-prizefighter friend; and Source: Based on the novel The Jungle by Upton Sinclair (New York numerous wild animals. Africa. Animal life. Abduction. Aviators. Boxers.

1906). , Mironares. Spaniards. i ne ,

. . . Note: This feature was assembled from the fifteen-part serial The Lost City, which

Cast: George Nash (Jurgis Rudkus), Gail Kane (Ona), Julia Hurley was copyrighted by Warner Bros. on | Jun 1920 (LP17042-56). produced by Selig (Elzbieta), Robert Cummings (Connor), Alice Marc (Marija), Robert Polyscope Co., distributed by Warner Bros., and had its premiere in Feb 1920. The Payton Gibbs (Antanas), Clarence Handyside (John Durham), Ernest feature opened in Chicago on 21 Nov 1920. Wid’s Year Book seems to indicate that Evers (Freddy Durham), George Henry Irving, Harold Vermilye, Maxine it opened in Washington, D.C. by Aug 1920 at the latest. The film is listed in the AF/

Hodges, May McCabe, Nickelas Sinnerell Ce ee a ar erare Ont wubb aac ee ten

Drama. In a prologue, author Upton Sinclair describes his methods of serial was shot on location in Africa, but it seems more likely that it was shot at the researching The Jungle. A panoramic view of the Chicago stockyards is Selig Polyscope Studios in Los Angeles with animals from the Selig Zoo.

also shown. In the main story, Lithuanian immigrant Jurgis Rudkus arrives MPN 17 Jan 1920, p. 867, 881. MPN 20 Nov 1920, p. 3946. in Packingtown and through the efforts of his friend Jokubas, secures a job MPN 6 Mar 1920, p. 2345, 2346-47. Wid'sY 1920, p. 163. in the stockyards. Soon Jurgis is able to marry Ona, thus saddening Marija, MPN 23 Oct 1920, p. 3202. an immigrant girl who loves him. At Jokubas’ urging, Jurgis buys a house

and is plunged into debt. Meanwhile, stockyard owner John Durham, THE JUNGLE TRAIL F 1.2316 outraged by the extravagances of his wife and worthless son Freddy, orders Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. | Jun 1919 [OWilliam Fox; 20 Apr a large wage reduction for his workers. During a strike, Ona’s stepfather, 1919; LP13638]. 5 reels.

Antanas, becomes ill, the family is evicted, her sister Katrina dies of Dir Richard Stanton. Asst dir Edward Sedgwick. Scen Adrian Johnson. industrial poisoning, and Marija is drugged and raped by Durham’s Story George V. Hobart. Cam Horace Plimpton, Jr. Chief carpenter Freddy. Ona then has sex with foreman Connor in exchange for money to Edward Bach.

feed her starving child, only to learn of the infant’s death. When Ona tells Cast: William Farnum (Robert Morgan), Anna Luther (Mary Jurgis, he throws Connor into a cattle pen where the foreman is killed. Ona Lamar), Lyster Chambers (Philip Garson), Mrs. Sara Alexander (Mrs. later dies and Jurgis is imprisoned. Upon his release, Jurgis, unable to find Morgan), Anna Schaeffer (Mrs. Lamar), Edward Roseman (Portugese the rest of his family attends a Socialist Party rally, where he is inspired Joe), Henry Armetta (Grogas), G. Raymond Nye (Ebano), Anna Lehr to champion their cause. When he saves a woman from drowning herself, (Wanada), George Stone (Haja). he finds that she is Marija, now a prostitute. Together they then work for Adventure. Mrs. Lamar prefers that her daughter Mary wed wealthy the establishment of a “cooperative commonwealth.” Authors. Chicago. Philip Garson rather than Robert Morgan, who is only comfortably well

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THE JURY OF FATE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG off. Garson, seeing Mary’s affection for Robert, arranges for him to go to Note: Contemporary sources indicate that the title of the film is taken from a Africa ona tiger hunt, promising that the skins wll bring alot of money, Ropla ange te eed. but modern sources dont confi ths, The lm was re and plans for two guides to kill him. Robert escapes and discovers a hidden

. , .. we ETR 30 Dec 1916, p. 276. MPW 30 Dec 1916, p. 1975.

Egyptian city containing wealthy, cultured, but superstitious and Motog 30 Dec 1916, p. 1450. MPW 6 Jan 1917, p. 138.

cannibalistic inhabitants. When Robert escapes from stakes held above MPN 30 Dec 1916, p. 4236. NYDM _23 Dec 1916, p. 27. poisonous fumes, the natives worship him as a god. Wanada, the daughter

of the ruler falls in love with Robert and helps him escapes from her jealous JUST A WIFE F1.2319 lover. In New York, Robert discovers that his mother has died of grief after National Picture Theatres, Inc. Dist Select Pictures Corp. Jan 1920 hearing Garson’s story that Robert has died. With Wanada’s help, Robert {©National Pictures Theatres, Inc.; 23 Feb 1920; LP14783]. 5-6 reels. appears as a mystic and stops Garson’s marriage to Mary. He fights Dir Howard Hickman. Scen Katherine Reed. Cam Max Du Pont. Garson, but lets him go when Wanada intervenes. After Robert reveals his Source: Based on the play Just a Wife by Eugene Walter (New York,

identity to Mary, they wed. Cannibals. Egypt. Impersonation and | Feb 1910). imposture. Mystics. Rivals. Superstition. Attempted murder. Duplicity. Cast: Roy Stewart (Richard Emerson), Leatrice Joy (Mary Virginia Escapes. Guides. Hunting. Mother-daughter relationship. New York City. Lee), Albert Van (Robert Lee), Kathlyn Williams (Eleanor Lathrop), Note: Some scenes in this film were shot in Miami, FL and in the Everglades. The William Lion West (Tom Marvin).

working title was Lucky Charm. Drama. Richard Emerson and Mary Ashby undertake a marriage of ETR 26 Apr 1919, p. 1603. Var 6 Jun 1919, p. 29. convenience: she marries him for his wealth, and he marries her both for

PW x ne iors P. 4 Wid's 13 Apr 1919, p. 2 her social standing and to quash rumors of an affair with his brilliant

prom PPro secretary, Eleanor Lathrop. After the ceremony, the couple separates. Mary returns to their elegant country home, while Emerson, accompanied

THE JURY OF FATE F1.2317 by Eleanor, travels West to work in his railroad construction camp. Time

Metro Pictures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp., A Metro Wonderplay. —_ passes and Mary, despite her luxuries, discovers that only her husband can

6 Aug 1917 [©Metro Pictures Corp.; 9 Aug 1917, LP11234]. 5 reels. make her happy, while Emerson realizes that his opportunism has only Pres B. A. Rolfe. Dir Tod Browning. Adapted by June Mathis. Story brought him loneliness. Successful beyond his wildest expectations,

Finis Fox. Cam Charles W. Hoffman. Emerson returns to New York with Eleanor on the eve of his third

Cast: Mabel Taliaferro (Jeanne Labordie, also known as Jacques anniversary. Visiting Mary, he discovers an anniversary dinner awaiting

Labordie). ) him, and a reconciliation seems possible. However, later that evening, Cast: William Sherwood (Donald Duncan), Frank Fisher Bennett Eleanor arrives and confesses her love for Emerson. The two women duel

(Francois Leblanc), Charles Fang (Ching), Albert Tavernier (Henri for his possession, with Mary emerging victorious. Fortune hunters. Labordie), Bradley Barker (Louis Hebert), H. F. Webber (Duval Marriage of convenience. Railroad magnates. Rivalry. Secretaries. Social

Hebert), Dee Dorsey. climbers. Construction camps. New York City. Rumors. Wedding Drama. Jeanne and Jacques Labordie grow up in the Canadian north anniversaries.

woods with their widowed father Henri, who only shows affection towards Note: Just a Wife was the first release of National Pictures Theatres Inc., an his son. One day, while Jeanne and Jacques are out canoing, they capsize. organization formed to bring the distribution, production and exhibition branches of

Francois, a half-breed who loves Jeanne, is able to rescue her, but Jacques filmmaking closer together.

drowns. In order to save her now blind father from a fatal shock, Jeanne hapYy 3 uae 1918. P eee ip 7 1 na 1920, P 3

cuts her hair and pretends to be her twin brother. When Donald Duncan, MPN 3 Apr 1920, p. 3106. MPW 17 Apr 1920, p. 458. her secret fiancé, hears that Jeanne has died, he leaves in despair. Soon, MPN 1 May 1920, p. 3899. NYMT _16 May 1920.

Henri dies and Jeanne is left to carry out her father’s wish that “Jacques”

visit old family friend Duval Hebet in Montreal. Resuming female attire, = jyusT A WOMAN F1.2320

Jeanne is shocked to learn that her father had promised her in marriage S & S Photoplays, Inc. Dist State Rights; U. S. Exhibitors’ Booking to Hebet’s now dissipated son Louis. She encounters Donald again, Corp. 11 Apr 1918. 6 reels. however, and through Frangois’ unselfish aid, she finally is reunited with Pres Joseph M. Schenck, Lee Shubert and Julius Steger. Prod Julius the man she loves. Brother-sister relationship. Canadian Northwest. Steger. Dir Julius Steger. Scen Maitland Merill and Julius Steger. Father-son_ relationship. Male impersonation. Self-sacrifice. Blind Source: Based on the play Just a Woman by Eugene Walter (New York, persons. Boating accidents. Drowning. French Canadians. Indians- 17 Jan 1916). Mixed blood. Marriage~Arranged. Montreal. Pledges. Rescues. Cast: Charlotte Walker (Anna Ward), Lee Baker (Jim Ward), Forrest

Unrequited love. Widowers. Robinson (Judge Van Brink), Henry Carvill (John Prentiss), Edwin

MPN 25 Aug 1917, p. 1275. Var 6 Jul 1917, p. 20. Stanley (Fred Howard), Anna Williams (Mary), Paul Perez (Ned Wee » Sen i917 P rity Was io Ae i917 r 353, Ward), Charles Kraus (Elias Fox), Lorna Volare, Cornish Beck, Florence

Deshon, Camille yas.tohelp her husband b in a Drama. Anna Ward struggles help her husband Jim, a laborer

JUST A SONG AT TWILIGHT F1.2318 pittsburgh steel mill, to improve his lot in life. When Jim’s friend invents Dixie Film Co. Dist State Rights. Dec 1916. 5 reels. an improved rail-making device, Anna convinces her husband to invest his Dir Carlton S. King. Scen Henry Albert Phillips. Cam Harry L. Keepers. savings in the machine’s promotion and marketing. This proves so Cast: Evelyn Greeley (Lucy Winter/Lucy Lee, her mother), Pedro de successful that Jim is made a director of the steel company, but because Cordoba (Carlyle Turner), Richard Barthelmess (George Turner), of his strong stand on workingmen’s rights, the company officials conspire Charles Wellesley (Stephen Winter), Nellie Grant (Mrs. Lee), Frank to ruin him. Under the influence of a co-director, Jim resumes his old

Lyons (John Mallory). . drinking habit and becomes involved in an affair with a beautiful woman,

Drama. George Turner decides to find his long absent and presumed who induces him to sue Anna for divorce on a false charge of infidelity. dead father Carlyle when he learns that the old man is still alive. During Anna refuses to defend herself until the court threatens to take away her his search, he gets a job as gardener for the wealthy Stephen Winter, and — son, whereupon she claims that Jim is not the boy’s father. Deeply soon begins a romance with Stephen’s daughter Lucy. When Stephen finds —_ ashamed, Jim confesses everything to the court and is sentenced to prison.

out about the affair, he throws George off the estate, but has a much harder After his release, he returns to Anna, just as their son departs to fight in time getting rid of his guilty conscience. Stephen dreams of the time when = World War I. Alcoholics. Entrepreneurs. Infidelity. Marriage. Moral he had been the gardener for Carlyle, and of the time when the two men —_ corruption. Steel industry. Steel workers. Child custody. Confession (law). had fallen in love with the same woman, Lucy Lee. Then, after she and —_— Divorce. Employer-employee relations. False accusations. Imprisonment. Stephen eloped, Lucy Lee realized her mistake and appealed to Carlyle for Inventions. Parentage. Pittsburgh. World War I. help. Jealous of his former employer, Stephen trumped up a murder charge Note: Joseph M. Schenck, Lee Shubert, and Julius Steger cooperated on the against him and had Carlyle thrown in jail, after which Lucy Lee died of production of the film. It was shot at the Crystal Studios. One source lists the length a broken heart. Awakening,, Stephen to George has Carlyle es cen cos ane another as seven reels Some credit was the roletne of Elias Fox ° | oOconfesses rre raus. someandexteriors were snot in Fittsourghn. aitersources Ss play Dasis pardoned, and then happily consents to George and Lucy S marrage. for the 1925 First National film Just a Woman, starring Claire Windsor and directed Confession (law). Frame ups. Long-lost relatives. Missing” Persons, by Irving Cummings (see AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30, F2.2830), and for assumed dead. Rivalry. Dreams. Gardeners. Marriage. Millionaires. the 1933 RKO film No Other Woman, starring Irene Dunne and directed by J. Walter

Pardons (legal). Ruben. 482

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 | JUST PALS ETR 23 Mar 1918, p. 1271, 1278. NYDM 5 Jan 1918, p. 18. Cast: Eugene O’Brien (Edward Worthington Swinger), Jack Sherrill

PW ; Ap ole is "33 Var 21 Dec 1917, p. 45. (Slivers Mason), Ben Hendricks (Septimus Pickering), Marie Edith Wells

os" (Caroline Pickering), Gladys Schultz (Genevieve Chizzle), Amelia Summerville (Jonesey), Charlotte Lambert (Mrs. Septimus Pickering),

JUST AN OLD SWEETHEART see HIS SWEETHEART Kate Jepson (Aunt Julia), Wright Kramer (Professor Bliss), Walter Hiers.

JUST FOR TONIGHT : F1.2321 Comedy. College tennis champion Edward Worthington Swinger Goldwyn Pictures Corp. Dist Goldwyn Distributing Corp. 16 Sep graduates and finds himself broke and in love with Caroline Pickering, the 1918 [OGoldwyn Pictures Corp.; 6 Sep 1918; LP12830]. 5 reels, 4,740 ft. daughter of pickle king Septimus Pickering. Just when Ed arrives at Dir Charles Giblyn. Scen J. Clarkson Miller. Story Charles A. Logue. Pickering’s office to plead his suit, Mrs. Pickering brings another suitor,

Cam Lloyd Lewis. Art dir Hugo Ballin. Professor Bliss, whose promotion of the Persian poet Mahala, known for

Cast: Tom Moore (Theodore Whitney, Jr.), Lucy Fox (Betty Blake), his precepts of “Be Calm,” and “All is Peace,” leads Pickering to throw Henry Sedley (Crandall), Henry Hallam (Major Blackburn), Robert Bliss out and listen to Ed. After Pickering recovers from Ed’s request for

Broderick (Theodore ‘Ted’ Whitney, Sr.), Ethel Grey Terry (Lady a $100,000 loan to start a business, Pickering offers $20,000 with the Roxenham), Edwin Sturgis (Detective Chase), Phil Ryley (Butler), Maude Condition that only if Ed doubles this amount in three months, can he wed

Turner Gordon (Mrs. Blackburn). Caroline. After Ed secretly begins a successful rival pickle business with Comedy-drama, Mystery. Theodore Whitney, Sr. commissions his son his college boardinghouse keeper, Mrs. Jones, Ed suggests to the nervous Theodore, “Ted” Jr., to retrieve a missing stock certificate. On the road, Pickering that he buy out the rival for $50,000. When Pickering refuses, Ted meets and falls in love with Betty Blake, the beautiful but elusive niece Jonesey and Ed issue stock. After the sales mount, Pickering agrees to buy of Major Blackburn, whose home was recently robbed. When a detective the inflated price of $100,000. When he realizes that Ed was behind it disguised as British nobleman Lord Roxenham arrives to investigate the all, Pickering, thinking it best to pave him in the family, consents to the case, Ted bribes the officer to let him play the role for one night so that marriage. Business competition. Entrepreneurs. Loans. Icke magnates. he may be near Betty. As the lovestruck young man is romancing his Tests of character. Boardinghouse mistresses. Partnerships. Professors.

y y young man Is. 6 Stocks.

sweetheart, Roxenham arrives, alienating Betty and Note: Dj , , , . . . . . ote:Lady Director Georgesuddenly Irving appeared in the Broadway stage production. throwing Ted into a panic. Lady Roxenham agrees to participate in the According to a pre-production news item for the film, George Ade was to edit the

deception, but later Ted spies her breaking into the major’s safe. After he titles.

alerts the household, she and the butler are revealed as notorious thieves. Motog 29 May 1915, p. 886. MPN 9 Oct 1915, p. 53. Betty, who had been trying to purchase Whitney’s stock, accepts Ted’s Motog 21 Aug 1915, p. 388. MPW 17 Jul 1915, p. 509.

marriage proposal, and the profits are shared between the two. NPN wey ils, . 30. NU DM 7 we ils -. ree

Impersonation and imposture. Nieces. Nobility. Stock certificates. MPN 18 Sep 1915, p. 44. Var 22 Oct 1915, p. 24. Thieves. Bribery. Burglary. Butlers. Detectives. English. Father-son

relationship. Military officers. Safecrackers. Safes. Stocks. JUST OUT OF COLLEGE F1.2324 ATR ty One ot P ne Mew ook Seo iors P i Goldwyn Pictures Corp. Dist Goldwyn Distributing Corp. Nov-Dec

MPN _28 Sep 1918, p. 2088. Var 20 Sep 1918, p. 46. 1920 [©Goldwyn Pictures Corp.; 2 Nov 1920; LP15764]. 5 reels. MPW 14 Sep 1918, p. 1615. Wid's 13 Oct 1918, p. 17. Dir Alfred Green. Scen Arthur F. Statter. Cam George Webber. Film ed Frank E. Hull.

JUST JIM F1.2322 Source: Based on the play Just Out of College by George Ade (New Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co.; A Broadway York, 27 Sep 1905). , . 1915: LP5959]. 4 reels. | Pickering), George Hernandez (Septimus Pickering), Edythe Chapman

Universal Feature. 16 Aug 1915 [©Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 29 Jul Cast: Jack Pickford (Ed Swinger), Molly Malone (Caroline

Dir 0. A.C. Lund. Scen O. A. C. Lund (Mrs. Pickering), Otto Hoffman (Professor Bliss), Irene Rich (Miss PPM Xe Ree UE COT MS 1Ne hoe OT va: . Jones), Maxfield Stanley (Herbert Poole), Maurice B. Flynn (Paul

Cast: Harry D. Carey (Jim), Jean Taylor (Rose), William Crinley, Mr. Greer), Loretta Blake (Genevieve). ,

Edmundson, Duke Worne, Olive Golden. . , Comedy. Mr. Pickering, a wealthy businessman, wishes his daughter Drama. When Jim Is released from prison, he returns to his Chinatown Caroline to marry his business associate, Herbert Poole, but Mrs. Pickering

neighborhood determined to lead a virtuous life. While walking, he hears wants her to marry Professor Bliss. Caroline has yet another choice, a woman’s cries issuing from a house and enters to investigate. In her however—Ed Swinger, a recent college graduate. Her father plots to get delirium, the dying woman mistakes Jim for Tom, her nephew, and entrusts rid of Swinger by giving him $20,000 to invest and requesting that he him to deliver a package to her daughter Rose. Later, the scheming nephew — double the amount in sixty days. Pickering then tells Poole to sell some finds Jim’s forgotten hat and follows him West. Jim goes to the saloon _ valueless oil stock to Ed, who manages to retain $5,000 after the crooked where Rose was last seen, but before he can find her, Tom has him arrested. deal. Ed meets college chum Paul Greer, who is trying to establish himself On the way to the jail, the coach crashes in a storm and Jim escapes. Finally in advertising; both then meet Miss Jones, who convinces them that she locating Rose, Jim hands over the package, which contains papers that —_ could make a fortune in pickles with $5,000. All efforts are combined, and identify the governor as her father. To complete his task, Jim takes Rose Bingo Pickles are advertised everywhere. Pickering buys out the concern to her father and then quietly departs, only to be shanghaied by Chinese for a large sum, then Ed discloses himself as the financial backer and wins

smugglers. After thwarting the smugglers, Jim passes a final test of Caroline. Advertising. Businessmen. Finance-Personal. Fraud. Pickle character devised by the governor and is rewarded with Rose’s hand in magnates. Professors. Stocks. marriage. Criminals—Rehabilitation. Ex-convicts. False arrests. Note: This film was included in the AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30 Parentage. Tests of character. Chinese. Documents. Kidnapping. (F2.2839), but was actually released in 1920. Although the exact date of the general Nephews. San Francisco-Chinatown. Smugglers. Stagecoach accidents. release is not known, the film opened in Los Angeles the week of 27 Nov 1920.

State governors. Oct p.1920, 3123.Wid’s Var 11 Feb 1920, 1921,p.p.10. 41. . MPNMPN 4 Dec23 1920, 1920,p.4227. 28 Nov

Moto - . .728, . Me 2 A JUST PALS | F1.2325 Mowe 2).Autom

Note: Some scenes for this film were shot along the waterfront and in Chinatown MPN 19 Feb 1921, p. 1559. Wid's 13 Feb 1921, p. 21. in San Francisco, and in Oxnard, CA, Yosemite National Park and the Mojave NYT 7 Feb 1921, p. 8. Desert.

MPN 19 Jun 1915, p. 47. MPW 14 Aug 1915, p. 1227. Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp.; 20th Century Brand. Nov 1920 MPN 26 Jun 1915, p. 52. MPW 21 Aug 1915, p. 1318. [©William Fox; 14 Nov 1920; LP15829]. 5 reels.

MPN 7 Aug 1915, p. 76. Var 20 Aug 1915, p. 21. Pres William Fox. Dir Jack Ford. Scen Paul Schofield. Story John McDermott. Cam George Schneiderman.

JUST OUT OF COLLEGE F 1.2323 Cast: Buck Jones (Bim), Helen Ferguson (Mary Bruce), George Stone Frohman Amusement Corp. Dist State Rights. Aug 1915. 5 reels. (Bill), Duke R. Lee (Sheriff), William Buckly (Harvey Cahill), Edwin

Pres Gustav Frohman. Dir George Irving. Scen Mark Swan. Booth Tilton (Dr. Stone), Eunice Murdock Moore (Mrs. Stone), Bert

483

Source: Based on the play Just Out of College by George Ade (New Apling (Brakeman), Slim Padgett, Pedro Leone (Outlaws), Ida Tenbrook

York, 27 Sep 1905). (Maid), John J. Cooke (Constable).

JUST SQUAW AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Western. Bim, the good-natured town ne’er-do-well, has only one passion ETR 30 Nov 1918, p. 2022. Var 11 Oct 1918, p. 44. in life, his love for Mary Bruce, who is engaged to bank teller Harvey MPN 19 Oct 1918, p. 2601. Wid's 24 Nov 1918, p. 9. Cahill. One day, Bim rescues a small boy named Bill after he is thrown off

a freight train and the pair become great friends. Meanwhile, Harvey, JUSTICE see NOT GUILTY caught short in his accounts, persuades Mary to lend him the school memorial fund, thus placing her in a precarious position when the building

committee requests the money. While trying to clear Mary’s name of THE KAISER see THE KAISER, THE BEAST OF BERLIN scandal, Bim learns that Cahill has been embezzling money from the bank,

and after he averts a proposed robbery of the express office, Bim is made THE KAISER BRIDE see THE KAISER’S BRIDE the town hero and given a generous reward. With the money, Bim buys a small farm, which he, Bill and Mary make their home. Bank tellers.

Children. Embezzlement. Heroism. Idlers. Accidents. Farms. Finance- § THE KAISER, THE BEAST OF BERLIN F1.2328 Personal. Rescues. Rewards. Robbery. Scandal. Schoolteachers. Trains. Dist Renowned Pictures Corp.; Jewel Productions, Inc. 9 Mar 1918

Note: The working title of this film was Bimbo. [©Renowned Pictures Corp.; 11 Mar 1918; LP12186]. 7 reels. ETR 11 Dec 1920, p. 107. MPW 27 Nov 1920, p. 511. Prod Rupert Julian. Dir Rupert Julian. Scen Elliott J. Clawson and MPN 25 Sep 1920, p. 2485. MPW 4 Dec 1920, p. 550. Rupert Julian. Cam Edward Kull. MPN 27 Nov 1920, p. 4163. —— Wid's 21 Nov 1920, p. 15. Cast: Rupert Julian (Kaiser Wilhelm I1), Elmo Lincoln (Marcas, the Blacksmith), Nigel De Brulier (Capt. von Neigle), Lon Chaney

JUST SQUAW F 1.2326 (Bethmann-Hollweg), Harry Von Meter (Capt. von Hancke), Harry

Beatriz Michelena Features. Dist Robertson-Cole Co. through Carter (General Alexander von Kluck), Joseph Girard (Ambassador Exhibitors Mutual Distributing Corp. 11 May 1919. 5 reels. James W. Gerard), H. Barrows (General Douglas Haig), Harry Holden Supv George E. Middleton. Prod George E. Middleton. Dir George E. (General Joseph Joffre), Ruth Clifford (Gabrielle), Gretchen Lederer

Middleton. Scen Earle Snell. Story Earle Snell. (Bertha von Neigle), Betty Carpenter (Bride), Ruby Lafayette Cast: Beatriz Michelena (Fawn), William Pike (The stranger), Andrew — (Grandmother Marcas), Zoe Rae (Gretel), Mark Fenton (Admiral Alfred

Robson (Snake Le Gal), Albert Morrison (The half-breed), D. Mitsoras von Tirpitz), Jay Smith (Marshal Paul von Hindenburg), Alfred Allen

(Romney), Jeff Williams, Katherine Angus. (General John Pershing), Jack MacDonald (King Albert), Allan Sears Western. Before she dies, an Indian woman asks her half-breed son never (Capt. von Wohlbold), Georgie Hupp (Little Jean), W. H. Bainbridge to tell his sister Fawn that her mother was white. Years later, when Fawn = (Col. Schmiedcke), Walter Belasco (Admiral von Pliscott), Ed Clark

falls in love with a stranger who loves her even though he thinks she isa (General Erich von Falkenhayn), K. Painter (General Hans von half-breed, her brother, now a fugitive known as the Phantom, warns her = Bese/er), W. Coburn (General Rudiger von der Goltz), F. Beauregard

not to marry. After the stranger identifies himself as the son of the (General von Weddingen), E. Corcoran (General von Hoetzendorf), murdered Sheriff Hollister and leads a posse to the Phantom’s cave, Wadsworth Harris (Gener al von Ruesselheim), Capt. Anderson (Capt. _ thinking he killed a man during a stagecoach robbery, Snake Le Gal, Kovisch), Winter Hall (Dr. von Gressler), Robert Gordon (Louis responsible for stealing Fawn from her father, Jimmy Dorr, killing Sheriff Lomenie), Orlo Eastman (President Woodrow Wilson), Pedro Sose

Hollister, and robbing the stage, stabs Romney, his cohort and the real (General Armando Diaz), Frank Lee (H ansel). ;

killer, because they both desire Fawn. When Romney confesses to stop the War drama/World War I. Kaiser Wilhelm II of Hohenzollern Is a vain Phantom’s lynching, the Phantom races to Le Gal’s cabin and saves Fawn and arrogant ty rant eager for conquest. When Belgium is inv aded by the from rape. Dorr then shoots Le Gal, who, before he dies, confesses that German army during World War I, Marcas, the blacksmith, although Fawn “is all white.” She and Hollister can now marry. Brother-sister “OUD ded, is able to Save his daught “f from the clutches of a German

relationship. Fugitives. Indians-Mixed blood. Parentage. Strangers. soldier. Soon after this, the Lusitania is sunk by Capt. von Neigle, who Attempted rape. Caves. Confession. Lynching. Murder. Posses. ultimately is driven mad with remorse. After the United States declares

Rescues. war, the Allied generals turn the Kaiser over to the King of Belgium. Note: The film was made at Beatrice Michelena’s studio in San Rafael, and other Incarcerated, the Kaiser faces his Jailer, Marcas the blacksmith. Belgium.

Northern California locations in 1917. The publicity for the film states that no Blacksmiths. Despots. Military invasion. P rison. Wilhelm I, German artificial lighting devices were used. Title cards in this film included a picture of the Emperor, 1859-1941. World War I. Albert |, King of Belgium, 1875-1934.

head of the character speaking in the left corner. Attempted rape. Father-daughter relationship. Guilt. Insanity. S.S. ETR 17 May 1919, p. 1831. MPN 17 May 1919, pp. 3229-30. Lusitania.

MPN 10 May 1919, p. 3095. MPW 10 May 1919, pp. 934-5. Note: The film also was known as both The Kaiser and The Beast of Berlin and was copyrighted under the former title. Although Universal is mentioned in one

JUST SYLVIA F1.2327 source as the producing company, call thiscompany. Rupert Julian’s first ; . . . independent production, and reviews do not other creditsources a production Renowned World Film Corp. Dist World Film Corp. 21 Oct 1918 [©World Film Pictures Corp. copyrighted the film and released it for its New York run, which began

Corp.; 17 Oct 1918; LU12985]. 5 reels, 4,630 ft. 9 Mar 1918. Jewel Productions, Inc. acquired the rights to the film during its run in Dir Travers Vale. Scen Hamilton Smith. Story Harry O. Hoyt. Cam New York and subsequently released it throughout the country. The picture is

Philip believed be a actor lost film and as is included on the Institute’s Most | . , Hatkin. ; . Wanted” list.to The listed Pedro Sose isAmerican probablyFilm Pietro Sosso. “Ten Ina modern Cast: Barbara Castleton (Sy/via), Johnny Hines (Henry Hicks), Jack interview, Edgar G. Ulmer stated that Erich von Stroheim wrote the film’s script and Drumier (Zebulon Hicks), Gertrude Berkeley (Octavia Hicks), Franklyn played the role of a German general.

(Mrs. Layton Du Roc). °F Pee Hanna (J. Orlando Dell), Henry Warwick (Danglar), Anthony Merlo ETR 23 Mar 1918, p. 1303, 1307. NYDM 23 Mar 1918, p. 23.

(Frank Hayward), Eloise Clement (Annie), Theresa Maxwell Conover EN . 3 var oe P ee. 1767-68. Ah 10 Mar re P 33. Comedy-drama. Sylvia, a model in the shop of a fashionable dressmaker, New 0 Apr i91k e ne 1704 Wid’s rv ver i918 1004-05.

is introduced to the Hicks family, which recently has acquired a fortune . through iron ore deposits discovered on their farm. Octavia Hicks sees in

the cultured but unpretentious Sylvia a good match for her son Henry and THE KAISER’S BRIDE F1.2329 invites the young woman to visit the Hicks home. Two other visitors, Frank Mutual Film Corp. 1918-1919? Length undetermined.

Hayward and his accomplice Annie, are masquerading as a count and a Cast: Gail Kane. i, oo

princess in order to con the country-born millionaires out of their money. Drama /Society. [The film’s theme involves conditions in Berlin before The two are introduced to Sylvia, who soon discovers their plots and World War I began and their effect on Americans living there. No other exposes them. A mysterious foreign gentleman appears and announces that information concerning the story has been located. ] Americans in foreign

the fashion model is actually the Princess Sylvia of Karalyn, but she countries. Berlin. Germany-History-1871-1914. Wilhelm Il, German renounces her title to marry Henry. Confidence men. Confidence women. meee TR 19 Oa 1918 ublished a pre-release news item stating that this film Impersonation and imposture. Model s. Nouveaux riches. Princesses. was scheduled for an Oct release. No further information is available on the picture, Dressmakers. Farms. Iron foundries. Matchmakers. Mythical kingdoms. indicating that it may never have been released. Its title may have been The Kaiser

Nobility. Bride.

ETR 19 Oct 1918, ‘p. 1703. NYDM _30 Nov 1918, p. 44. ETR 19 Oct 1918, p. 1694. 484

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN

THE KAISER'S FINISH F230 67S ne vom paket

wearer Boe OV T3006.; eke ada Brothers. 1918 [©A. 6 Jul 1918, p. 66, 118. 114 Wid's 23 Jun 1918, pp. 19-20. arner; . 6-8 reels. Nov MPW 6 JulMPN. 1918, p. 111, Pres A. Warner. Supv William Nigh. Prod S. L. Warner. Dir John

Joseph Harvey. Asst dir Clifford P. Saum. Story John Joseph Harvey and THE KANGAROO F1.2332 Clifford P. Saum. Cam Rial Schellinger. Ed William Nigh. Eclair Film Co. Dist World Film Corp. Jun 1914 [©Société Frangaise

mi ’ , Source: Based on the short story “The Kangaroo” by Judge Harris

Emil Busch). Perey (Rover ‘ ° UR és he own pr Dy. Louis D ean (The des Films et Cinématographes. Eclair, Inc.; 28 Feb 1914; LU2236], 5 reels.

Kaiser), John Sunderland (Lieut. Patin), Fred G. Hearn (Carl Von Dickson in Munsey’s Magazine Gul 1913). . J .

Str umpf), Charles T. Parr (Lewis Keene), Philip Van Loan (A Blue Drama. The ring leader of a group of cutthroats called “the Terrors of

Devi. Bile ond tile Brench air). vic ve sy (Butler) Old New Orleans,” meet at an infamous tavern called “The Kangaroo.” War ¢rama/ Wor arf. in’ pre-World War ermany, Katser =When Shack and his henchmen Tite and Hullum steal jewels from an Wilhelm fathers a number of illegitimate children and sends them to aristocratic family called Valance, the young heir to the family decides to various parts of the world to be reared by his loyal agents. Under the — assume the identity of a horse thief and join the gang. Soon the local guardianship of Dr. Carl Von Strumpf, one of these children, Robert citizens become outraged at the gang’s evil work and force the police to raid Busch, grows up believing that he is the son of wealthy German-American _ the Kangaroo and burn it to the ground. The gang members are all caught Richard Busch, but in reality, Strumpf and Busch are servants of the — except Shack who tries to kill young Valance when his identity is revealed.

sae rath dae teat Anns eraacoig Sune stal by alae oy. who tl Stk eave ede

X , of his parents at Shack’s hands. Gangsters. Menta andicappe

delight of his patriotic sister Emily. Before he can do so, however, Strumpf persons. Heirs. Impersonation and imposture Murder. Revenge. Fires. tells Robert the secret of his parentage, believing that the young man now _ Horse thieves. Jewelry. New Orleans. Police raids. Taverns. Theft.

will be eager to fight for Germany’s cause. Robert feigns enthusiasm but Note: No cast is given by any contemporary sources. Although Eclair was a French secretly offers his services to the U.S. government, and with the passport owned company, this film was made in the United States according to UW.

provided him by the Pan-German league, he goes to Germany and kills the MPW 20 Jun 1914, p. 1669. UW 21 Feb 1914, p 17. crown prince. Next, he shoots the Kaiser and blows up the entire palace, NYDM 17 Jun 1915, p. 38. thus sacrificing his life for the principles of democracy. Assassination.

German Americans. Germany. Illegitimacy. Parentage. Patriotism. Secret KATE F 1.2333

agents. Self-sacrifice. Wilhelm II, German Emperor, 1859-1941. World Box Office Attraction Co. Aug? 1914. 4 reels. War |. Brother-sister relationship. Explosions. Military enlistment. Drama. Kate, who is engaged to medical student Jack Hilliard, makes Passports. Wards and guardians. Wilhelm, Crown Prince of Germany, the acquaintance of a female circus performer and becomes involved with

1882-1951. a wild crowd. One evening, she breaks a date with Jack, feigning a Note: The film contains newsreel footage of Kaiser Wilhelm and the Crown Prince headache, and goes out with a casual acquaintance. Becoming intoxicated,

Wilhelm as well as actual warfare scenes. she is taken by the man to his apartment where he tries to seduce her, but ETR 5 Oct 1918, pp. 1472-73. MPW 9 Nov 1918, pp. 694-95. is stopped by a more sober Kate. She decides to give up the fast life, but

CaN ID On ole p. Whe Wks Wide i Dee le P. when Jack receives an anonymous note informing him that Kate has been

MPN 26 Oct 1918, i" 5104.2 cpa seen dancing in public with men, he rejects her as unfit to be his wife. She MPW 19 Oct 1918, pp. 343-44, then joins the circus, but is fired after a fight with another performer over

445-46. a man. She again meets Jack, in a restaurant, but he leaves her after she

. becomes intoxicated. Despairing, Kate commits suicide and Jack is

THE KAISER’S SHADOW, OR THE TRIPLE CROSS F1.2331 summoned to the morgue to identify her body. Drunkenness. Moral

Thomas H. Ince Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Paramount corruption. Reputation. Seduction. Suicide. Circus performers. Letters. Pictures. | Jul 1918 [OThomas H. Ince Corp.; 15 Jun 1918; LP12555]. 5 Medical students. Restaurants.

reels, 4,379 ft. Var 21 Aug 1914, p. 19. Pres Thomas H. Ince. Supv Thomas H. Ince. Dir R. William Neill.

Cam offeffects Stumar. anJ.dir G. Harold Percival. Art titles Irvin J. Martin. KATE OF KENTUCKY see HER INSPIRATION Special Irvin Martin. Source: Based on the serial story “The Triple Cross” by Octavus Roy KATE PLUS TEN see WANTED AT HEADQUARTERS Cohen and J. U. Giesy in A/l-Story Weekly (30 Mar-20 Apr 1918).

Cast: Dorothy Dalton (Paula Harris), Thurston Hall (Hugo Wagner), Edward Cecil (Clement Boyd), Leota Lorraine (Dorothy eee EN MAVOURNEEN Cc 12 Oct 1919 [OWill; 2338 Robinson), Otto Hoffman (Frederick Fischer), Charles French Ox Film Korp. Bist Pox fim ‘orp. ct [OWilliam Fox;

(William Kremlin). Aug 1919; LP14136). 5-6 reels. . . War drama/World War I, Espionage. On the day of his marriage to Dir Charles J. Brabin. Scen Charles J. Brabin. Titles and inserts Dorothy Robinson, Clement Boyd, the inventor of a powerful new rifle, is P " 108 Richare’ weer “Kathi M > by Anni kidnapped by German agent Paula Harris and taken to the home of master Cranford (née Barr Y wos de b 6 Annie Crawford. music b Fre derick spy William Kremlin. Another agent, Hugo Wagner, brings Dorothy to the Williams Nichols Crouch in his Echoes of the Lake” (London 1840)

mysterious house to witness Clement’s execution, should he fail to deliver Cast: Theda Bara (Kathleen Mavourneen), Edward orc onnor the design of his weapon to Kremlin. Frederick Fischer, one of Kremlin’s (Kath leen’s father), Jennie Dickerson (Kath leen’s mother), Raymond men, searches Clement, but the plans are nowhere to be found, having been McKee (Terence 0’ Moore), Marc McDermott (The Squire 0 if Traise)

concealed by Paula, who actually works for the French government. While Marcia Harris (Lady Clancart hy), Henry Hallam (Sir Jo hn Fischer is threatening to inoculate Clement with a deadly form of bacteria, Clancarthy), Harry Gripp (Denis O'Rourke) Morgan Thorpe (Father

Paula goes to retrieve the plans but finds them missing. Just before the O'Flynn) ¥) y PP , 6 P

needle pierces Clement’s arm, United States Secret Service forces arrive Drama. Kathleen Mavourneen. the daughter of poor Irish peasants

in a raid that Paula had arranged earlier. Hugo, who, unknown to Paula, h . f the Saui , ¢ Trai 8 h iP d P he

serves in the Secret Service, pursues the fleeing Kremlin, and when his gun Deneve SC Fain , . © enc’ ‘bl ke onith 1 sne “OM a Js ah .

jams, Paula shoots the German. With the plans safely in the possession of Kothhe nab ethos d “r hth, Sai a _ STENee d the g ler

American agents, Hugo and Paula confess their love for each other. athleen reoul's the advances ol the Squire, who Is engage tot € not very

. . ; pretty Lady Clancarthy, whose father controls the Squire’s fortune, he

Foreign agents. Germans. Inventors. Kidnapping. Secret agents. Secret h ‘ct Kathleen’s family f his land unless Kathl .

plans. Spies. Disease. Executions. France. Secret Service. Inventions. threatens to evict Kathleen s lamlly trom is ‘and unless Kathleen marries

Rifles. Secret Service. | _ him. She falls asleep by the fire worrying, and then reluctantly acquiesces. Note: Contemporary reviews list the name of Dorothy Dalton’s character as Paula rears later the Squire, ited ot athe nth, gnorance ane sho verte

Harris and of Thurston Hall’s character as Hugo Wagner. Paramount studio records, res three rogues to get rd OF ner so that he can marry Lady \lanearthy however, list these character names as Martha Gerhardt, also known as Doris Gray, and claim his fortune. After Terence overhears the plot, he rescues

and Hugo Mueller, respectively. Kathleen from a tower and kills one ruffian. The Squire’s testimony covicts 485

KEALI AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Terence of murder and he hangs. The heartbroken Kathleen is relieved to Note: According to a synopsis in the copyright files, the film’s title was Keep be awakened from her dream by the fire by Terence. The Squire backs Moving! There was a trade showing of this film in New York on 14 Nov 1915. . Reviewers remarked on the daring and achievement in making a slapstick comedy of down from his challenge, and Kathleen and Terence marry. Class this length, however no information has been located to determine that the film was distinction. Dreams. Frame-ups. Ireland. Marriage-Forced. Peasants. ever released in this five reel version. A series of ten one reel comedies called The

Squires. Blacksmiths. Fairs. Rescues. Towers. Mishaps of Musty Suffer was released in 1916. This series included some of the Note: This film opened in New York on 19 Aug 1919 as the second feature on a material in the five reel film, in addition to other material. Keep Moving was also the

bill with Evangeline. In 1913, a one-reel film of “Kathleen Mavourneen” was title of the second installment of the ten-part series. A series of thirteen parts also produced by Thomas A. Edison, Inc. and a three reel film was produced by Imp and entitled The Mishaps of Musty S uffer, was released later in 1916. The Essanay Film

released by Universal Film Mfg. Co. A six reel version was produced in 1930 by Mfg. Co. produced a third series entitled The Mishaps of Musty Suffer starring Tiffany Productions, Inc., starring Sally O’Neil and directed by Albert Ray (see AFI Harry Watson, Jr., in 1917. Bickel and Watson were a vaudeville team, as were cast Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.2846), and a British version, also starring members Crimmons and Gore. This film was shot in the George Kleine studio in the O’Neil and directed by Norman Lee, was made in 1937. However, some of these films Bronx, NY.

are based on source material other than the song, and some of their plots vary. MPN 27 Nov 1915, p. 57. MPW 20 Nov 1915, p. 1509.

ETR 30 Aug 1919, p. 1087. NYT 20 Aug 1919, p. 12. MPN 4 Dec 1915, p. 92. Var 19 Nov 1915, p. 23. MPN 6 Sep 1919, p. 2047. Var 22 Aug 1919, p. 76. MPW 30 Aug 1919, pp. 1372-73.

KEEP THE HOME FIRES BURNING F 1.2337

KEALI F1.2335 versal Film a Co., Industrial peparment under the supervision

tory Lillian Howarth. ane . . ,

1919? {©Lillian Howarth; 31 Dec 1918; LU13406}. Length % Me Haney Levey. ense Society. Dec 1918? 5-8 reels.

uncetermin ed. Documentary /World War I. The film documents America’s supremacy ; , vgs . in military and industrial strength over its visits enemies, andYork the need Drama. Richard Hartright, a wealthy libertine, New andtoUnited .keep .a , .; . the nation equipped for the future. Capitalism. United States. renews his acquaintance with Gordon Merrit. At the theater, Keali, the St ; : ates. Army. Employer-employee relations. dancing sensation of the season, accepts request of Gordon’s to Note:Industrial Di . ; , ; . . . . . ote: Director Harry Leveythe was the general managermother of Universal’s dance at her ward’s reception, after she notices Hartright with the Merrits. Department. The film’s premiere was held in early Dec 1918 in Atlantic City, New Soon, both Gordon and Hartright court Keali. After Hartright gets Gordon Jersey, on the Steel Pier, for members of the War Emergency and Reconstruction to lose his employers’ check in a poker game, Gordon resolves to retrieve Board. A private showing of the film was given on 11 Jan 1919 to trustees of the

it. That evening, Keali also goes to Hartright’s hotel. When Hartright is American Defense Society and their friends. According to a news item, over one found dead with Keali’s dagger his back, Gordon and Keali refuse gunered cameras were used in shooting scenes in overthe one hundred in the United . - .inates andbothabroad. No information has been located concerning film’scities subsequent to talk and are sent to prison. Keali’s Japanese servant Toto, fearing for release to the public. Sources conflict concerning the film’s length. The producers

her life, tells the following story: Keali became a dancer to locate intended to release the film upon the declaration of peace. It was called the first Hartright, who caused her sister’s death by seducing and abandoning her. _— “victory” film. According to news items, the film attempted to demonstrate the

Keali then stopped Gordon from killing Hartright by pretending to be cooperation between American capital and labor in World War I activities.

Hartright’s lover. After Gordon left, Keali told Hartright who her sister MPN 30 Dec 1918, p. 3276. MPN 25 Jan 1919, p. 565. was. Toto interceded in their struggle, killed Hartright, and burned the MPN 14 Dec 1918, p. 3536. MPW 23 Nov 1918, p. 830. check. Toto then dies of self poisoning, and Keali marries Gordon. Dancers. Impersonation and = imposture. Libertines. Revenge. KEEP TO THE RIGHT see WHO’S YOUR BROTHER? Embezzlement. Hotels. Japanese Americans. Murder. New York City. Poisoning. Poker. Servants. Suicide.

Note: No information concerning this film has been located other than a plot KEITH OF THE BORDER ; oo F1.2338

synopsis which was included with the copyright materials. Because six stills from the Triangle Film Corp. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 17 Feb 1918. 5 film were included in the copyright materials, it is reasonable to assume that the film reels.

was produced or that production was partially completed. No information has been Dir Clifford Smith. Scen Alvin J. Neitz. Cam Steve Rounds. located to determine if the film was ever released. The plot synopsis suggests that the Source: Based on the novel Keith of the Border by Randall Parrish (Chicago, 1910).

film was feature length. . KEEP MOVING ; F1.2336 McClaire), Norbert Gills (Black Bart), Pete Morrison (Bill Scott), reels. Alberta Lee (Mrs. Murphy). Dir Louis Myll. Western. Jack Keith, a Texas Ranger, is ordered to track down a gang

Cast: Roy Stewart (Jack Keith), Josie Sedgwick (Hope Waite/Christie

George Kleine. Nov 1915? [OGeorge Kleine; 8 Dec 1915; LU7166]. 5 William Ellingford (General Waite), Wilbur Higbee (Dr. Fairban),

Cast: Harry Watson, Jr. (Musty Suffer), George Bickel (Willie called the Border Wolves, whose brutal raids have terrorized the Work), Cissie F itzgerald (Cissie), Rose Gore (Dippy Mary), Dan countryside. When several members of the gang murder a band of

Crimmins (Burglar), Snitz Edwards (Hypo Jake), Ruby Hoffman squatters, Black Bart, the head outlaw, has Keith arrested for the crime, (Royal governess), Alma Hanlon (Queen), Tom Nawn (King), Frank but the ranger escapes and flees to a lonely cabin. There he meets Hope Belcher (Lord Chamberlain), Maxfield Moree (Fairy tramp), H. H. Waite, who has come to the Southwest to meet her father, General Waite,

McCullum (Tony). and look for her long lost sister. Keith takes her to a boardinghouse and

Comedy. Gloom pervades the kingdom of Blunderland because the royal places her in the care of Mrs. Murphy, but Bart, having met the girl earlier, child longs to see the world. After a ceremony in which the king and queen —_ discovers her whereabouts. The crook asks her to cash a check for him rollerskate to the throne, the fairy tramp appears and sends the royal child without revealing that he stole it from General Waite, whom he believes into the wicked world. Dippy Mary gives the child, now a tramp known as he murdered with the gang of squatters. General Waite arrives in town Musty Suffer, a mansion where he bathes in beer and is cuddled by six unharmed, followed by Christie McClaire, his missing daughter. After the beautiful women, but when Mary serenades him with a German band, he family is reunited, Keith rounds up the Wolves and returns the general’s throws himself out of the window and lands in a military ambulance. Musty check to Hope. Checks. False arrests. Frame-ups. Long-lost relatives.

is taken to prison and, because he refuses to drink water, is ordered to be Outlaws. Texas Rangers. Boardinghouses. Fugitives. Gangs. Military shot; but he stops several cannon balls with his chest and escapes through _ officers. Murder. Sisters. Squatters. Theft. rubber bars. After the fairy tramp returns Musty to the mansion, Musty Note: Wid’s credits the camera work to Cap Crane. Norbert Gills was identified is abducted by burglars who force him to fight champion Willie Work. in some sources as Herbert Gills or Robert Gills.

Although Willie beats Musty unmercifully, they set off together in search ETR 16 Feb 1918, p. 913. Var 15 Feb 1918, p. 51.

; ; . MPW 23 Feb 1918, p. 1136, 1142.

of adventure. At a barber shop, hair restorer is put on Musty’s face. In a MPN 23 Feb 1918, p. 1166, 1185. Wid's 7 Mar 1918, p. 983. saloon, Musty’s new beard gets saturated with gasoline and an explosion rids him of his whiskers. After other adventures, Musty wishes to be sent

back to the palace. The fairy tramp accomplishes this and Musty becomes KENNEDY SQUARE F 1.2339

the royal child again. Fairies. Mythical kingdoms. Royalty. Tramps. Vitagraph Co. of America; A Blue Ribbon Feature. Dist V-L-S-E, Inc. Transformation. Ambulances. Barbers and barbershops. Boxers. 21 Feb 1916 [©The Vitagraph Co. of America; 31 Jan 1916; LP7540]. 5 Burglars. Executions. Explosions. Imprisonment. Kidnapping. Mansions. reels.

Military bands. Prison escapes. Dir S. Rankin Drew. Cam Arthur T. Quinn. 486

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE KEY TO YESTERDAY Source: Based on the novel Kennedy Square by F. Hopkinson Smith the Hineman family. Years pass and Buck’s daughter Luzelle finds herself

(New York, 1911). wooed by two young men, Philip Burwood and Boyd Savely, whose families Cast: Charles Kent (St. George Temple), Antonio Moreno (Harry have been enemies for years. Luzelle’s rejected suitor, Boyd, robs the Rutter), Muriel Ostriche (Kate Seymour), Tom Brooke (Douglas Hineman bank, opens the strongbox containing Mrs. Hineman’s papers Seymour), Raymond Bloomer (Langdon Willetts), Dan Jarrett and tampers with a letter written to her years before congratulating her on (Colonel Rutter), Hattie Delaro (Mrs. Rutter), Harold Foshay the birth of her daughter. The letter, sent to General Buck Hineman on the

(Doctor), Herbert Barry (Dawson), Logan Paul (A7tig). occasion of his daughter’s marriage to Philip, gives the impression by the Drama / Historical. During a dance at his parents’ plantation in the early obliteration of a word that Remington is Luzelle’s father. The wedding is nineteenth century, Harry Rutter wins a duel with Langdon Willetts, but halted and a duel between the two old men arranged. Each shoots in the loses his fiancée, Kate Seymour, who disapproves of fighting. Harry also air and realizes that neither wants to kill the other. Soon after, the robbery is thrown out of the house by his father for violating every rule of Southern is discovered and the two old friends are reconciled. Duels. Parentage. hospitality. He then stays at Kennedy Square, the home of his older friend Rivalry. Southerners. United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865. Bank and confidant, St. George Temple, who risks financial ruin in order to pay robberies. Forgery. Letters. Weddings. off Harry’s debts. Tired of accepting charity, Harry leaves for South Note: According to a news item, one third of the total production cost of this film America, after which the bank forecloses on St. George’s home. A few was spent on building a replica of Emeryville, KY in Sunland, CA. A later news item

years later, Harry, having made a fortune, returns, and back Kennedy haa sma at mine film et od pe shot pocation newas Louisville, RY in ; ; ;buys ou ational Filmvas Corp. announced first that the on production to open Square for St. George. Then, Harry and Kate reconcile, and begin making New York on | Mar 1920, then during the last week of Feb 1920, and finally in May

plans for their marriage. Debt. Friendship. Southerners. Regeneration. 1920, it was not actually released nationally until Sep 1920.

United States-South. Duels. Foreclosure. Plantations. South America. ETR 25 Sep 1920, p. 1842. MPW 7 Feb 1920, p. 890.

Motog 26 Feb 1916, p. 488. NYDM _19 Feb 1916, p. 28. MPN 14 Feb 1920, p. 1762. MPW 14 Feb 1920, p. 1012. MPN 26 Feb 1916, p. 1162. Var 10 Mar 1916, p. 31. MPN 28 Feb 1920, p. 2192. MPW 28 Feb 1920, p. 1471. MPW 26 Feb 1916, p. 1312, 1368. MPN 25 Sep 1920, p. 2499. MPW 25 Sep 1920, p. 530. MPW 10 Jan 1920, p. 257. NYMT 19 Sep 1920.

A KENTUCKY CINDERELLA F1.2340 MPW 17 Jan 1920, p. 426. Wid's 19 Sep 1920, p. 23. Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. DistInc.; Bluebird Inc. 25 Jun 1917 THE KEY TO, ,POWER [©Bluebird Photplays, 26Photoplays, May 1917; LP10851]. 5 reels. , , , F1.2342

. “c . 9 . r .

Dir Rupert Julian. Scen Elliott J. Clawson. Story Steve Rounds. oucational Films Corp. of America. Dist State Rights. Jan 1920. 5

pkinson Smith in The Other Fellow (Boston, 1899). . :

aoe, ve Based on the short story “A Kentucky Cinderella” by Francis Pres E. W. Hammons. Dir William Parke. Asst dir George A. Grimmer. Cast: Rupert Julian (John Silverwood), Ruth Clifford (Nannie), Harry Scen Caroline Gentry and E. Lloyd Sheldon. Story Caroline Gentry and Carter (‘“Kentuck” Windfield Gordon/Henry Gordon), Aurora Pratt E. Lloyd Sheldon. Cam Fred Held and William Zollinger. Continuity

(Mrs. Morgan), Emory Johnson (Tom Boling), Eddie Polo (Ed Long), 4" Tom Cushing.

Frank Lanning (Frank Long), Zoe Rae (Zoe), Lucretia Harris (Aunt Cast: Hugh Thompson (Bruce Wendell), Claire Adams (Ann Blair), J.

Chlorindy), Myrtle Reeves (Rachel), Gretchen Lederer (Miss H. Gilmour (General Blair), Frazier Nounnan (Bobbie Blair), Tom

Morgan), Elsie Jane Wilson (Henry’s wife). Burrough (President Parrish), J.J. Dunn (James Wendell), Fred Radcliffe Drama. When the Long brothers try to jump the gold claim owned by (Lieutenant Parrish), George Pauncefort (Von Bernstorff), Stephen “Kentuck” Windfield Gordon and John Silverwood, Kentuck is killed | Grattan (Meyer), L. F. Kennedy (Gross), Stephen Carr, Henri Rolf Otte. while defending his property and Silverwood sends Kentuck’s orphaned Drama. Bruce Wendell, the son of West Virginia coal mine owner James daughter Nannie back to her Uncle Henry in Kentucky. When she arrives, | Wendell, graduates from West Point and prepares to lead a fighting unit Uncle Henry is away on business, leaving Nannie at the mercy of Henry’s to the front during World War I. As his father lies dying, however, he second wife, who mistreats the girl as a poor relation and resents the convinces Bruce to remain at home and guard the mine. Bruce’s fiancée competition she presents to her own daughter, Rachel. Aunt Chlorindy, the | Ann Blair assumes that he is a coward and breaks off their engagement, mammy who helped raise Nannie, protects her, and when the girl is driven | but her brother Bobbie remains Bruce’s loyal friend. Meyer, a German out of the house by Mrs. Gordon, Aunt Chlorindy finds her refuge with agent, persuades railroad president Parrish to refuse to transport Wendell’s Mrs. Morgan, a wealthy widow living nearby. There Nannie meets Tom coal, but when Bruce adamantly refuses to close the mine, the spy’s men Boling, a rich young bachelor who falls in love with her. Justice is served decide to blow it up. While Ann is being abducted by Meyer, Bobbie is

when Tom marries Nannie rather than Rachel as Mrs. Gordon had buried in an explosion at the mine. Bruce rescues Bobbie and then sends planned, and Silverwood returns for the ceremony, rich from striking gold, a plea to Lieutenant Parrish to rescue Ann. Meyer and his gang are and falls in love with Mrs. Morgan. Battered children. Class distinction. captured and Ann renews her vow of love to Bruce. Coal mines. Foreign

Foster mothers. Kentucky. Orphans. Aunts. Blacks. Brothers. Claim agents. Germans. Military officers. Reputation. Abduction. Explosions. jumpers. Gold. Murder. Nursemaids. Rivalry. Upper classes. Weddings. Mine presidents. Railroad magnates. Rescues. Sabotage. United States

Widows. Military Academy. World War I. ETR 30 Jun 1917, p. 270. MPW 7 Jul 1917, p. 75. Note: The working title of this film was The Romance of Coal. \t was filmed in Motog 30 Jun 1917, p. 1392. NYDM 30 Jun 1917, p. 30. West Virginia, near Logan, in the Allegheny Mountains, and in Charleston, as well

MPN 7 Jul 1917, p. 116. Var 22 Jun 1917, p. 26. as in New York and Washington, D.C. William Addison Lathrop wrote the first story MPW 30 Jun 1917, p. 2155. Wid's 28 Jun 1917, p. 411. for the film in collaboration with Caroline Gentry, a native West Virginian. Frederick A. Thomson started to direct the film on 27 May 1918 and shot interiors for scenes

THE KENTUCKY COLONEL F1.2341 set in New York City. On | Jun 1918, E. Lloyd Sheldon was put in charge of the

. : . . . scenario and continued the collaboration with Gentry. At that time, Carroll Fleming

National Film Corp. of America. Dist W. W. Hodkinson Corp. through was appointed director-in-chief, and Thomson presumably left the picture. In Jul

Pathé Exchange, Inc. 26 Sep 1920. 6 reels. 1918, William Parke took over direction when shooting began in West Virginia. It Dir William A. Seiter. Asst dir Scott Beal. Scen L. V. Jefferson. is not known whether Fleming actually directed any of the scenes. The film, originally Cam Allan Davey and Bert Glennon. Art dir M. J. “Mickey” Caldwell. six reels long, was to be released in late 1918, but the influenza epidemic caused a

. atmosphere” could be eliminated. It was subsequently cut to five reels and released (Chicago, 1890). in Jan 1920.

Source: Based on the novel A Kentucky Colonel by Opie Percival Read delay, and the armistice made it necessary to withhold the film until “war

Cast: Joseph J. Dowling (Col. Remington Osbury), Frederick Vroom ETR 11 May 1918, p. 1862. ETR 28 Dec 1918, p. 274, 335.

(General Buck Hineman), Elinor Field (Luzelle Hineman), Francis ETR 1 Jun 1918, p. 2064. MPN 14 Dec 1918, p. 3604. McDonald (Philip Burwood), Cora Drew (Mrs. Hineman), Lloyd Bacon ETR 15 Jun 1918, p. 100. MPN 4 Jan 1920, p. 310. (Boyd Savely), Jill Woodward (Ella Mayhew), Fred Kohler (Jim pre 2 Noy 1918, p. 1802. MPW 28 Dee 1918p, 1362. Britsides), Gordon Griffith (Sam Britsides), Mary Talbot (Jack Gap), ETR 9 Nov 1918, p. 1865. NYDM 28 Dec 1918, p. 999. Thelma Salter (Liza Ann Gap), Ed Brady (Reverend Gardner Boyle). ETR 7 Dec 1918, p. 38. Wid's — 15 Dec 1918, p. 18. Drama. Young Southerners Buck Hineman and Remington Osbury both ETR 14 Dec 1918, p. 143. are in love with the same woman, who promises to marry the one who

returns when the Civil War breaks out. On the battlefield, Remington is THE KEY TO YESTERDAY F 1.2343

wounded and left for dead, and Buck returns to marry her. Shortly Favorite Players Film Co. Dist Alliance Films Corp. 12 Oct 1914 afterward, Remington returns and contents himself with becoming one of {©Favorite Players Film Co.; 6 Oct 1914; LU3475]. 4 reels.

487

KEYS OF THE RIGHTEOUS AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Dir J. Francis Dillon. Asst dir James Schneider. Scen Robert A. Dillon. Cast: William Courtenay (Chick Hewes), Robert Clugston (Benny),

Cam Homer Scott. Mollie King (Molly Cary), Richard Tabor (Charlie), Suzanne Willa Source: Based on the novel The Key to Yesterday by Charles Neville (Myrtle Sylvester), John Boyle (Commissioner Garvey).

Buck (New York, 1910). Drama/Crime. Through the influence of his wife Molly, Chick Hewes, Cast: Carlyle Blackwell (Frederick Marston/Robert Anglo-Saxon), one-time gang member, decides to go straight. His former partner Benny, Edna Mayo (Duska Filson), Gypsy Abbott (Mrs. Marston), George however, enjoys life as a criminal and uses Chick’s house as a hideout after Brunton (St. John), J. Francis Dillon (Rodman), John Prescott (Sefor being shot during his latest holdup. Benny soon dies from his wounds, but

Roberto), John J. Sheehan (George Steels), Ollie Kirkby. not before leaving a nervous Chick with a stolen necklace. Charlie, Molly’s Drama. Frederick Marston, an unhappily married Parisian artist, is drug addict brother, then steals the necklace, and when he is picked up by unable to paint after he is stabbed in the right palm by a jealous model. the police, he implicates Chick in Benny’s heist. The authorities arrest He then travels to the United States where he is assaulted by robbers and Chick, but when Police Commissioner Garvey learns that Molly is about loses his memory. Assuming the name of Robert Anglo-Saxon, he becomes to have a baby, he lets Chick go free, so the infant will not have to be the

the protégé of Steel, a rich American,and then wins the love of Duska child of a convict. Crime. Criminals—Rehabilitation. Frame-ups. Filson, a socialite. At a dinner party, Saxon meets Sefior Roberto, who Gangsters. Theft. Brother-sister relationship. Drug addicts. False arrests. mistakes him for George Carter, a wounded, fugitive South American Gunshot wounds. Jewelry. Pardons (legal). Partnerships. Police. Police

revolutionary whom Roberto had condemned to death. In order to commissioners. Pregnancy. ascertain his true identity, Marston goes to South America and consults Note: Famous Players-Lasky released a film based on the same source on | Jan with an American diplomat, who assures him that the revolutionary was 1923. George Fitzmaurice also directed this version, which starred Betty Compson wounded in the left hand. His visit to South America coincides with 2"4 Bert Lytell. (See AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.2859.)

renewed civil strife and Saxon is wounded and sent to France. In Paris, ae 3 ne i917, is 090, NY DM ” ne i917, n. 56

Saxon uses a key, his only link to the past, in many doors until it finally MPW 13 Jan 1917, p. 241. Wid's 11 Jan 1917, p. 30. unlocks his old studio. There he finds his students, and his father-in-law,

who informs him that his wife is dying. With his memory restored, Marston THE KID F1.2346 rushes to his wife, where he finds Duska at the dead woman's side. Seeing Vitagraph Co. of America; A Blue Ribbon Feature. Dist V-L-S-E, Inc. his grief, Duska then leaves. Amnesia. Artists. Grief. Memory. Mistaken 28 Aug 1916 [OThe Vitagraph Co. of America; 16 Aug 1916; LP8963]. identity. Hands. Keys. Marriage. Paris. Revolutionaries. Socialites. South 6 reels.

Americans. Dir Wilfrid North. Scen Wilfrid North. Cam Thomas Molloy.

Note: Contemporary sources cite this film as the first production of the Favorite Cast: Lillian Walker (The Kid), Ned Finley (Dunster), Eulalie Jensen

rivers Film oa release of “nan i ilms. 17 Oct 1914. v. 348 (Marie Paree), Robert Gaillard (Joe Hazard). Motos 17 Oct 1914 is 545, MPW 19 Dec 1914, is 748, Drama. To compensate for not learning of her illegitimate birth until she Motog 24 Oct 1914, p. 560. NYDM 14 Oct 1914, p. 30. turned nineteen, The Kid decides to become a reporter and reveal the truth MPN 9 Jan 1914, p. 57, 89, 91. Var 23 Oct 1914, p. 25. about all of the city’s political scandals. First, she goes after the beef trust, and finds out that Mr. Robinson is responsible for skyrocketing prices.

KEYS OF THE RIGHTEOUS F1.2344 Then, when Mrs. Robinson is killed, The Kid works to expose Mr.

Thomas H. Ince Productions, Inc. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Robinson not only as a profiteer, but a murderer as well. While researching Paramount Pictures. 18 Feb 1918 [OThomas H. Ince Productions, Inc.;30 the case, however, she discovers that Mr. Robinson, who used to call

Jan 1918; LP12006]. 5 reels. himself Dunster, is her own father, and had abandoned her just after her Pres Thomas H. Ince. Supv Thomas H. Ince. Dir Jerome Storm. birth and just before her mother’s death. As a result, The Kid begs Scen C. Gardner Sullivan. Story C. Gardner Sullivan. Cam Charles authorities not to punish him, and they finally agree to let him go. The Kid

Stumar. Art dir G. Harold Percival. herself, however, cannot completely forgive Mr. Robinson, and when he

Cast: Enid Bennett (Mary Manning), Earl Rodney (Tom Gale), George asks to be treated as her father, she returns instead to Joe Hazard, who Nichols (Peter Manning), Josef Swickard (Paul Manning), Carl Formes raised her from infancy. /llegitimacy. Paternity. Political corruption.

(John Manning), Gertrude Claire (Sarah Ann Watts), Lydia Knott Profiteers. Reporters. Trusts. Wards and guardians.

(Mrs. Manning), Melbourne MacDowell (Judge Michael Burke). Motog 9 Sep 1916, p. 613. NYDM 2 Sep 1916, p. 27. Drama. Young Mary Manning shares a cabin in the Wisconsin woods ae 16 Sep 1916, p. 1727. rar 25 Aug 1916, p. 24.

& y & MPW 2 Sep 1916, p. 1682. Wid's 31 Aug 1916, p. 823.

with her invalid mother, her uncle, and her stern grandfather, her own MPW 9 Sep 1916, p. 1753. father Paul having disappeared eighteen years earlier. When Paul, who

became a derelict, finally returns home, his father turns him away, but THE KID IS CLEVER F1.2347 Mary retrieves the prodigal and leads him to his wife, who bids Mary take Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 30 Jun 1918 [OWilliam Fox; 30 Jun care of him and then dies of shock. Aware of the pain that Paul caused her 1918; LP12636]. 5 reels, 4,458 ft.

mother and preoccupied with the handsome Tom Gale, Mary neglects her Pres William Fox. Dir Paul Powell. Scen Randolph Lewis. Story father, and he soon resumes his drinking. When Paul visits a notorious Randolph Lewis. Cam John W. Leezer. dance hall, however, Mary remembers her promise to her mother and goes Cast: George Walsh (Himself/Kirk White), Doris Pawn (Violet after him, but both are arrested in a raid. In court, she tries to assume the Ray), Ralph Lewis (Jazzbando Boullion), A. Burt Wesner (Stephen blame for Paul’s presence in the dive, but Judge Michael Burke refuses to White), Don Likes (Achilles Robusto), Clyde Hopkins (Pendas believe her. In his chambers, the judge effects a reconciliation of the family, Alvarez), James Marcus.

after which Tom asks for Mary’s hand in marriage. Alcoholics. Courts. Comedy, Adventure. When George Walsh learns that his director is ill, Derelicts. Family life. Father-daughter relationship. Judges. Missing he hires a French director named Monsieur Hoe Beaux to write and direct persons. Dance halls. Death by shock. Father-son relationship. Forests. his new film, and after it has been completed, they sit down to view the

Invalids. Vice raids. Wisconsin. results. Kirk White, having finished college, boards a ship to South ETR 26 Jan 1918, p. 673. MPW 23 Feb 1918, p. 1137, 1142. America to procure a large inheritance left to him by his uncle. On the way,

eM - re re aN Var 15 Feb 1918, p. 53. he and his sweetheart, Violet Ray, encounter a group of revolutionaries led

a by Jazzbando Boullion. Because Boullion and his henchmen are also after the money, they imprison Kirk and Violet in a small town, but after a series

KHAVAH see BROKEN BARRIERS of narrow escapes, the young man manages to send a wireless to the United

States Marines. After their rescue, Kirk and Violet declare their love for

KICK IN F1.2345 each other. Following the screening back in the movie studio, Hoe Beaux Astra Film Corp. Dist Pathe Exchange, Inc.; Gold Rooster Plays. 14 Jan _ jg ordered off the lot. Motion pictures. Revolutionaries. South America.

1917 [OPathé Exchange, Inc.; 18 Dec 1916; LU9748]. 5 reels. College students. French. Imprisonment. Inheritance. Motion picture Dir George Fitzmaurice. Scen Ouida Bergere. Cam A. C. Miller and actors and actresses. Motion picture directors. Rescues. Radio. Ships. John W. Boyle. United States. Marine Corps. Source: Based on the play Kick In by Willard Mack (New York, 15 Oct Note: According to one source, Doris Pawn’s character is called Jane Ogden, and

1914). Ralph Lewis’ character is named Ramon Cortez. 488

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 KILMENY ETR 13 Jul 1918, p. 472. MPW 13 Jul 1918, p. 247. Supv Maxwell Karger. Dir Harry L. Franklin. Asst dir P. Thad

MPN 3 “I le P. Oe 57 Shine i ile . 3 Volkman. Scen Jere Looney and June Mathis. Cam Arthur Martinelli.

MPW 6 Apr 1918, is 133. Wid’s 30 Jun 1918, pp. 13-14, Source: Based on the novel Kildares of Storm by Eleanor Mercein Kelly (New York, 1916).

KIDDER AND KO F1.2348 Cast: Emily Stevens (Kate Kildare), King Baggot (Basil Kildare), Diando Film Corp. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc. 16 Jun 1918 [©Pathé Crauford Kent (Dr. Jacques Benoix), Florence Short (Mahaly), Edwards

Exchange, Inc.; | Jun 1918; LU12469]. 5 reels. Davis (Gov. Claiborne), Helen Lindroth (Mrs. Leigh), Maggie Breyer Dir Richard Foster Baker. Scen Charles Sarver. Story John W. Grey and (Mrs. Benoix), Fred H. Warren. ; . ; oe ape

M. Ramirez-Torres. Drama. Because her mother wishes it, Kate Leigh marries Basil Kildare,

Cast: Bryant Washburn (Cuthbert Kidder), Harry Dunkinson (Silas Nt wea the or hi Souunern plantation calle eae His tarts .

Kidder), Gertrude Selby (Julie Knight), Wadsworth Harris (James ana y,t € mother 0 us! egitimate son, protests his mi elity so bitterly

Knight), Carl Stockdale. that Basil takes the child away from her. Kate soon finds that her new Comedy. New England codfish packer Silas Kidder wants his son to husband is a coarse and brutal alcoholic and seeks comfort in the friendship succeed him in the business, but because young Cuthbert seems interested of Dr. Jacques Benoix and his mother. When Basil obtains a note written only in playing pool, his father turns him out. In Chicago, Cuthbert beats from his wife to Jacques, he finds the doctor and engages him na brutal a gang of pool sharks at their own game, and in anger they steal all his fight. After Basil is found dead, Jacques is sentenced to life in prison, but

money and knock him out cold. He is picked up by tin can magnate James some ye later, One 4 mare’ Mahaly otros oh nis petal . © ni Knight and his pretty daughter Julie, who invite him to recuperate at their ee a pardon. Jj ner on ce, mana ‘fe t oe ho “ie fh i ¥ Fale , estate. As he is rummaging through the icebox at midnight, Cuthbert caving ja ang “acques Ve egin Aran od "Bh er. ICO Plant. alse

encounters and captures burglars and isposing subsequently 3s a nero : oepersuades ters Sy Oe i fedKnight States_-Sorth i ‘custody by Knight. Next,twoCuthbert, as named an inventor, to ‘Chil " mre " ,;ome . finance the marketing of a “cutless” can invented by clerk Bill Atwell. caw) rignts. illegitimacy. Infidelity. Mother-daughter relationship. Kidder’s Keyless Kutless Kan becomes a success and the young man earns Note The on . hat ives the film’s title as Kildares of Storm. ETR lists a fortune. After exposing a bogus count who has tried to woo Julie, Yorke Film Corp. a8 the producing company, while all other sources credit Metro.

Cuthbert wins her love and takes her home to meet his proud father. ETR 28 Sep 1918, p. 1413. MPW 5 Oct 1918, p. 118.

Billiards and billiard parlors. Father-son relationship. Inventions. Tin can MPN 5 Oct 1918, p. 2250 NYDM 5 Oct 1918, p. 517.

industry. Burglary. Chicago. Clerks. Fights. Fish packing. Heroism. MPW 3 Aug 1918, p. 697. Var 27 Sep 1918, p. 43. Impersonation and imposture. Inventors. New England. Nobility. Theft. MPW = 21 Sep 1918, p. 1778. Wid's 29 Sep 1918, pp. 19-20.

ETR 15 Jun 1918, p. 126. NYDM 15 Jun 1918, p. 852. MPN 22 Jun 1918, p. 3689, 3743. Var 19 Jul 1918, p. 37. KILDARES OF STORM see KILDARE OF STORM MPW 22 Jun 1918, p. 1755, 1761. Wid's 9 Jun 1918, pp. 25-26.

THE KILL-JOY F1.2351

KIDNAPPED — F'1.2349 Essanay Film Mfg. Co.; Perfection Pictures. Dist George Kleine System. Thomas A. Edison, Inc.; Conquest Pictures. Dist Forum Films, Inc.; K- 19 Nov 1917 [OEssanay Film Mfg. Co.; | Nov 1917; LP11674]. 4 reels.

E-S-E Service. 7 May 1917 [O©Thomas A. Edison, Inc.; 5 Apr 1917; Dir Fred E. Wright. Story Charles Mortimer Peck.

LP10571]. 4 reels. _ Cast: Mary McAlister (Billie), Granville Bates (The Crab), James

Dir Alan Crosland. Scen Sumner Williams. Fulton (Shoot ‘Em Up Bob), James West (Rattlesnake Pete), William F.

York, 1886). (Death Valley Joe).

Source: Based on the novel Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson (New Clifton (Sure Shot Mike), U. K. Houpt (The Denver Kid), Chris Pino

Cast: Raymond McKee (David Balfour), Joseph Burke (Ebenezer Western, Comedy. Stage driver Shoot ‘Em Up Bob comes upon little Balfour), Ray Hallor (Ransome), William Wadsworth (Angus Ban Billie, a girl stranded in the plains after her father plunged to his death

Keillor), Robert Cain (Alan Breck), Walter Craven (Riach), John while searching for water. Disregarding the laws of the town of Nicholson (Shuan), Franklin Hanna (Capt. Hoseason), Samuel Niblack — Contentment, which forbid any women within its limits, Bob takes Billie (Cluny McPherson), Horace Hain (Colin Campbell), James Levering _ home with him. After the other men discover Billie’s presence, she makes

(Minister). . . a inroads into all their hearts except for that of The Crab, who arranges with Adventure. David Balfour is sent to the home of his Uncle Ebenezer, the some Indians to have the girl kidnapped. The Crab’s conscience catches up miserly Laird of Shaws, to claim his right to the estate of Shaws. There — with him however, and he goes to retrieve Billie. While bringing her back

Ebenezer plans to kill him, but failing in this, he hatches a plot with to town, he is intercepted by the other men who have vowed death to the Captain Hoseason to kidnap David and sell him as a slave in the Carolinas. child’s abductor. They are about to carry out their pledge when Billie With the aid of Alan Breck, a daring and skilled fencer, Hoseason’s _ intervenes, says that she loves The Crab, too, and restores peace to the town villainous crew is outwitted, and the two friends escape to the Highlands — of Contentment. Innocents. Kidnapping. Misogynists. Transformation. of Scotland. After enduring hardships and several narrow escapes from — Guilt. Indians of North America. Laws. Mobs. Orphans. Stagecoach death, they finally reach Shaws, where David is installed as Laird. Bold and drivers. loveable Alan feels the spirit of the road calling, however, and he takes the Motog 24 Nov 1917, p. 1114. MPW 17 Nov 1917, p. 1075. high road while David takes the low, and the two companions bid farewell. MPN 17 Nov 1917, p. 3445. NYDM 10 Nov 1917, p. 25.

Conspiracy. Heirs. Kidnapping. Scotland. Sea captains. Escapes. MPW 10 Nov 1917, p. 874. Nobility. Sea rescue. Ship crews. Sword fights. Uncles.

Note: This film was initially released as a four reel feature by Forum Film, Inc. KILMENY F1.2352

during the week of 7 May 1917 with two short films, also produced by Edison in a The Oliver Morosco Photoplay Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 22 program that was to be booked as a whole. Subsequently, the K-E-S-E Service = Jyl 1915 [©The Oliver Morosco Photoplay Co.; 20 Jul 1915; LU5858]. 5 released the film on 8 Sep 1917, in a slightly longer version of 4,650 ft., with three reels.

other short films. Among the many other film versions of Stevenson’s novel are: the . . 1938 Twentieth Century-Fox production, starring Warner Baxter and Freddie Dir Oscar Apfel. Story Louise B. Stanwood. _

Bartholomew and directed by Alfred Werker; the 1948 Monogram release, starring Cast: Lenore Ulrich (Doris Calhoun, known as Kilmeny), William Roddy McDowell and directed by William Beaudine; the 1960 Disney film, starring Desmond (Bob Meredith), Baby Doris Baker (Doris Calhoun, as a Peter Finch and directed by Robert Stevenson; and the 1971 British production, child), Herbert Standing (Gypsy chief), Howard Davies (Barouche),

starring Michael Caine and directed by Delbert Mann. Gordon Griffith (Pierre, the boy), Marshall Mackaye (Pierre, the ik ° 3 May ey . Ieee, NY DM oct ree is bs 127. man), Frederick Wilson (Lord Leigh), Myrtle Stedman (Lady Leigh). MPN 19 May 1917, p. 3163. NYDM 12 May 1917, p. 30. Comedy-drama. When a gypsy band is ordered off the aristocratic MPW 19 May 1917, p. 1141, 1180, NYDM 6 Oct 1917, p. 19. English Calhoun estate, they seize little Doris Calhoun, who is playing with

1307. Var 11 May 1917, p. 34c. Pierre, a crippled gypsy boy. Twelve years later, Doris, now called . Kilmeny, runs away rather than marry the brutal Barouche. In the woods,

KILDARE OF STORM F1.2350 Kilmeny sees Lord Leigh kill a bird, and she stops him from hunting

Metro Pictures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp.; All-Star Series. 16 Sep another. Fascinated by her wildness, Leigh takes Kilmeny to his manor,

1918 [OMetro Pictures Corp.; 13 Sep 1918; LP12858]. 5 reels. where she adjusts to electricity, fickle showers, long dresses and a 489

THE KINDLING AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG humorless butler. Lady Leigh soon becomes jealous over her husband’s Queen of France, and her husband begins a campaign against the British. attentions to Kilmeny, as does her visiting brother, Bob Meredith, who The English troops defeat the French, however, and Cordelia is imprisoned loves the girl. When she realizes the disturbances in the family, Kilmeny and later hanged on the order of the unscrupulous Edmund. Then, realizing returns to the gypsies and is told to marry Barouche within three days. that only Cordelia had loved him sincerely, Lear dies of grief after her Knowing it will cost his life, Pierre finds Kilmeny’s real father, who then execution. Disinheritance. England. Father-daughter _ relationship. claims his daughter just before the wedding. The Leighs and Bob receive Ingratitude. Sisters. Executions. France. Royalty. an invitation to visit the Calhouns and are shocked to see Kilmeny. Note: Wid’s credits director Ernest Warde with the scenario. Among the many Explanations follow, and Kilmeny quietly comes to an understanding with other screen adaptations of Shakespeare’s play are: the 1969 British-Danish

Bob. Aristocrats, England. Gypsies. Marriage Forced. Parentage, eee a ae anh deced B gor Runaways. and directed by Michael Elliott; and the 1985 Japanese film Ran, starring Tatsuya Butlers. Disabled persons. Forests. Jealousy. Kidnapping. Manors. Kozintsev; the 1983 British TV production King Lear, starring Sir Laurence Olivier Note: This was Lenore Ulrich’s first film. She and William Desmond had played Nakadai and directed by Akira Kurosawa.

opposite each other in the stage production of The Bird of Paradise. According to a ETR 16 Dec 1916, p. 136. NYDM 16 Dec 1916, p. 26.

pre-release news item, Victory Bateman was also in the cast. Motog 23 Dec 1916, p. 1395. Wid’s 14 Dec 1916, p. 1170. Motog 24 Jul 1915, p. 166. MPW 31 Jul 1915, p. 835, 906. MPN 30 Dec 1916, p. 4134, 4237. Motog 31 Jul 1915, p. 208, 233. NYDM ___28 Jul 1915, p. 26. MPW 23 Dec 1916, p. 1726, 1812,

MPN 24 Jul 1915, pp. 55-56. Var 23 Jul 1915, p. 18. 1866. MPN 31 Jul 1915, p. 73.

THE KING OF DIAMONDS F1.2355

THE KINDLING F1.2353 Vitagraph Co. of America; A Blue Ribbon Feature. Dist Greater

Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co., presented by arrangement with Edward Vitagraph, Inc. 14 Oct 1918 [OVitagraph Co. of America; 28 Sep 1918; J. Bowes. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 12 Jul 1915 [OJesse L. Lasky LP12934]. 6 reels, 5,520 ft.

Feature Play Co., Inc.; 15 Jul 1915; LUS831]. 4-5 reels. Pres Albert E. Smith. Dir Paul Scardon. Scen Graham Baker and Mrs.

Pres Jesse L. Lasky. Dir Cecil B. DeMille. George Lee. Story Edward S. Ballou. Cam Robert A. Stuart.

Source: Based on the play The Kindling by Charles A. Kenyon (New Cast: Harry T. Morey (Oliver Bennett), Betty Blythe (Lucille

York, 5 Dec 1911). Bennett), Jean Paige (Jewel), George Majeroni (Dr. Emilio Toranno),

Cast: Charlotte Walker (Maggie Schultz), Thomas Meighan (Heine William Dennison (Dr. Sanderson). Schultz), Raymond Hatton (Steve Bates), Mrs. Lewis McCord (Mrs. Drama. Lucille Bennett tires of her husband Oliver, preferring the Bates), Billy Elmer (Rafferty), Lillian Langdon (Mrs. Burke-Smith), attentions of Dr. Emilio Toranno. Knowing that Lucille’s devoted husband Florence Dagmar (Alice Bur ke-Smi th), Tom Forman (Dr. Taylor). will never consent to a divorce, the doctor injects Oliver with a poison that Drama /Social. Maggie Schultz is a cheery tenement dweller whose two produces skin rashes and then convinces him that he has contracted leprosy.

clean rooms contrast with the Hell’s Kitchen slum in which she lives. She Distraught, Oliver rows out to sea intending to drown himself, but his happily expects her first child until her husband Heine, an honest and hard- desire to live proves too strong, and he allows himself to be rescued by a working stevedore, unknowingly remarks that he would kill any child of his passing vessel. The ship docks in Capetown, South Africa, where Oliver rather than raise it in such a “hell-hole”’ which, he says, consumes children meets Sanderson, a physician who has made a fortune in the diamond like fire burns kindling. After settlement worker Alice Burke-Smith, whose mines. Later, Sanderson dies, leaving Oliver half of his fortune, and the

heartless mother, although a “reformer,” owns the Schultz's tenement, gets other half to be delivered to Sanderson’s long-lost daughter. Seeking Maggie a job sewing for her mother at five dollars per week, a neighbor, revenge, Oliver returns home in disguise and, posing as a stockbroker, Steve Bates, offers Maggie 1 00 to arrange for him to burgle the Burke- persuades Toranno to invest his entire fortune in worthless stock. Next, he Smith home. When she realizes that $100 will allow her and Heine to convinces the doctor that Lucille, now Toranno’s wife, has been unfaithful.

purchase a homestead out West, and she sees Mrs. Burke-Smith lavish Sanderson’s ward Jewel, who loves Oliver, learns that Lucille is xen tt k her oe Magele agrecs. After she is caueh t, reine upe raids Sanderson’s daughter, but before Oliver can remedy the situation, the ur ra Kes bie Smith Inking baat her baby wil) de orn in jar’, q aggle distressed woman shoots herself. Cape Town (South Africa). Impersonation

curses Mrs. Burke smi ‘we nen ves ie nithe, Magete "B ene and imposture. Infidelity. Inheritance. Physicians. Revenge. Diamond Hy eee Doorn Tanetormation Up a So ses Burclars mines. Disguise. Fraud. Leprosy. Long-lost relatives. Marriage. Poisoning. Seamstresses. Self sacrifice. Settlement workers. Slums. ‘Stevedores. Ships. Stockbrokers. Suicide. Wards and guardians.

12 Oct 1918, p. 1553. MPW 26 Oct 1918, p. 542. Tenements. ETR 19 Oct 1918, p. 1695.ETR NYDM __ 9 Nov 1918, p. 699. Note: This was Charlotte Walker’s first film. According to modern sources, MPN 2 Nov 1918, p. 2799. Var 11 Oct 1918, p. 44. DeMille also produced, wrote the scenario and edited the film; Alvin Wyckoff was MPW 19 Oct 1918, p. 448. Wid's 13 Oct 1918, pp. 11-12.

Moto. . pp. Mice»3) pp. Ja 31S-33. om 2093, MP2-66. al 116 66566. THE KING OF THE BOWERY | F1.2356

the cameraman; and Wilfred Buckland was the art director.

MPN 24 Jul 1915, p. 71. Var 16 Jul 1915, p. 17. Sawyer, Inc. Oct 1914. 4 reels. New York City-Bowery.

MPW 17 Jul 1915, p. 568. Note: No information about the precise nature of this film is known. It may be a foreign film.

A KING IN KHAKI see A MAN OF HONOR Motog ——12. Sep 1914, p. 391.

KING LEAR F1.2354 KING OF THE HOBOES see THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS

17 Dec 1916. 5 reels. KING SPRUCE F 1.2357 Thanhouser Film Corp. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc.; Gold Rooster Plays.

Dir Ernest Warde. Scen Philip Lonergan. Cam John M. Bauman and Dial Film Co. Dist W. W. Hodkinson Corp. through Pathé Exchange, William M. Zollinger. Inc. Mar 1920. 7 reels. Source: Based on the play King Lear by William Shakespeare (London, Dir Roy Clements. Cam Fred G. Hartman.

ca. 1606). Source: Based on the novel King Spruce by Holman Day (New York, Cast: Frederick Warde (King Lear), Ernest Warde (The king’s fool), Ina 1908).

Hammer (Goneril), Wayne Arey (The Duke of Albany), Edith Diestal Cast: Mitchell Lewis (Dwight Wade), Melbourne MacDowell (John (Regan), Charles Brooks (The Duke of Cornwall), Lorraine Huling Barrett), Mignon Anderson (Elva Barrett/Kate Arden), Arthur Millet (Cordelia), J. H. Gilmour (The Earl of Kent), Boyd Marshall (The King (Colin McLeod), James O’Neill (Roburne Ide), Betty Wales (Nina of France), Hector Dion (Edmund), Edwin Stanley (Edgar), Robert Ide), Joe Ray (Tommy Eye), Gus Soville (Ladder Lane), Frederick

Whittier (Oswald). Herzog (Prophet Eli). Drama. Angered that his daughter Cordelia seems not to love him well Northwest drama. John Barrett, known as “King Spruce” because of his

enough, King Lear disinherits her, and gives up his kingdom to her two lumber empire, conspires with his foreman Colin McLeod to entice sisters, Regan and Goneril, under the stipulation that they provide for their schoolteacher Dwight Wade away to the lumber camps in order to disrupt father. With their fortunes assured, however, they quickly lose interest in the romance between Wade and Barrett’s daughter Elva. Subsequently, Lear, and turn him out of their homes. Cordelia, meanwhile, has become Barrett decides to visit his timber land to burn out the squatters who have

490

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE KISS settled on his land. In revenge, Kate Arden, one of the squatters, sets fire KINKAID, GAMBLER F 1.2360 to the woods. There is another vengeance awaiting Barrett, though: Kate Universal Film Mfg. Co.; Red Feather Photoplays. Dist Universal Film

is his own daughter by the wife of a woodsman who, in an act of Mfg. Co. 4 Dec 1916 [OUniversal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 25 Nov 1916; recompense, ties Barrett to a tree in the midst of the raging fires. Wade LP9607]. 5 reels. saves the lumber king, who acknowledges Kate as his daughter and then Dir Raymond Wells. Scen Fred Myton. Cam Gilbert Warrenton. attempts to be rid of her by bribing his foreman to marry the wild girl. Cast: Ruth Stonehouse (Nellie Gleason), R. A. Cavin (Jim Kinkaid),

Wade confronts Barrett with his duplicity, forcing the lumber king to Raymond Whittaker (George Arnold), Noble Johnson (Romero recognize not only his daughter, but also Wade’s strength. Barrett then Valdez), Harry Mann (Lefty Frank), Harry Griffith (McPherson), J. H. offers him both a partnership in the business and Elva’s hand in marriage. Knowles (Murphy), Cleo Loring (Nochita).

Forest fires. Lumber camps. Lumber industry. Parentage. Drama. Determined to maintain her status as a star detective, Nellie Schoolteachers. Squatters. Tycoons. Arson. Land rights. Lumber camp Gleason goes after Jim Kinkaid, who has fled to Mexico after robbing real

foremen. Partnerships. Revenge. Woodsmen. estate magnate George Arnold. Jim is without peer as a criminal, but he ETR 27 Mar 1920, p. 1885. MPW 27 Mar 1920, p. 2177. turns out to be no match for Nellie, and, after falling in love with her, he

MPN 20 Mar 1920, p. 2735. Var 25 Jun 1920, p. 33. agrees to follow her back to the United States. Soon, however, Nellie MPN 4 Ape i900 . een 2987. Wid's 21 Mar 1920, p. 9. realizes that she has fallen in love with Jim, and then she discovers that

oo. George, yim’ apparent victim, gotten retin by andhad that Jim robbed him orderswindling to pay back thoseimmigrants, whom George ha

THE KINGDOM OF YOUTH are F1.2358 cheated. As a result, Nellie helps Jim escape from American authorities, Goldwyn Pictures Corp. Dist Goldwyn Distributing Corp. 23 Sep and then returns with him to Mexico. Detectives. Fugitives. Robbers. 1918 [©Goldwyn Pictures Corp.; 17 Sep 1918; LP12869]. 5 reels, 4,550 ft. Robin Hood. Swindlers. Escapes. Mexico. Real estate magnates. Dir Clarence G. Badger. Scen J. Clarkson Miller. Story Charles A. ETR 9 Dec 1916, p. 58. MPW 9 Dec 1916, p. 1509, 1545. Logue. Cam Ned Van Buren. Art dir Hugo Ballin.

Cast: Madge Kennedy (Ruth Betts), Tom Moore (Jimmy Betts),Duval), Marie KISMET | ,F1.2361 DeWolfe (Mrs. Ella Rice), Lee Baker (Count Henri Jennie , ee ° Dickerson (Aunt Sophronia). Waldorf Film Corp. Dist Robertson-Cole Distributing Corp. 14 Nov Comedy-drama. Jimmy Betts angrily remonstrates with his wife for a ne [©Robertson-Cole Distributing Corp.; 24 Nov 1920; LP16920}. 5 letter hasLouis written to CountScen Henri Duval,E.while she bristles at theGaudio ..,,. . ; ;she . Dir J. Charles Whittaker. Cam, Tony attention that Jimmy hasGasnier. lavished on Mrs. Ella Rice, an aging but one

; ; ; Glen MacWilliams and Joseph Du Bray. Art dir Frank D. Ormstrom. Tech

nonetheless charming widow. Exasperated, Ruth decides to accept the dir Earl L. McMurtrie count’s invitation to dine on his yacht, but on her way, she overturns her Source: Bas d on the. lay Kismet by Edward Knoblock (New York, 25

rowboat and loses consciousness. In her delirium, Ruth dreams of the Dec 191 , ) © play met bY a oe ew YOrkK,

happy days of her marriage, before Jimmy went away to handle Mrs. Rice’s Cast: Otis Skinner (Hajj, the beggar), Rosemary Theby

rr Pp

business affairs. Because she missed him so much, Ruth finally left her (Kut-ul-Kulub), Elinor Fair (Marsinah), Mathilda Comont (Nargis)

Aunt be with Jimmy, whom the lovestruck Rice hoped , ; ° args). . ; .Sophronia NicholastoDunaev (Nasir), Herschel MayallMrs. (Jawan), Fred. ,Lancaster

to win for herself. In order to drive the young people apart, Mrs. Rice then (Zayd), Leon Bary (Caliph Abdullah), Sidney Smith (Jester), Hamilt

introduced Ruth to Count Duval, who soon professed his love for her. va), y P , cyoml ester), Hyamulton

5 Revelle (Mansur), Thomas Kennedy (Gaoler), Sam Kaufman (Amru), Aware of. ;Mrs. Ruth frightened the widow from her ;.;. ,; sesRice’s Emmettschemes, C. King (Abu Bakr), Fanny Ferrari (Gulnar), Emily Seville bedroom late one night so that Jimmy could see her for the “painted (Maid to Gulnar), Georgia Woodthorpe (Maid to Gulnar), H interloper” that she really was. Ruth wrote her letter toRobert the count.Evans a Bla enorp 1G 10 Mar) Arty . : Lorraine (Muezzin), Paulthen Weigel (Afife), (Kasim), Cornelia Jimmy rescues Ruth and carries her aboard the yacht, where she finally Skinner (Miskah), J s Adams (Chamberlain)

Rowboats. Yachts. : : ; P ETR 19 Oct 1918, p. 1705. NYDM 5 Oct 1918, p. 517. , ; ; .

awakens from her dream and happily kisses her husband. Boating Drama. | ‘ th » valme f a le d: O Acabiag b ar Haij cheats and

accidents. Dreams. Infidelity. Nobility. Widows. Aunts. Letters. Rescues. a. IT tne Course OF a single day, Arabian Deggar Maj) cheats an

robs, tries to kill the Caliph, is imprisoned for his crimes, and escapes from the dungeon. Later, Hajj saves his daughter from becoming a member of

MPN 19 Oct 1918, p. 2593. NYT 7 Oct 1918, p. 11. the harem of a wazir, whom he then drowns. Finally, after being banished, MPW 21 Sep 1918, p. 1778. Var 11 Oct 1918, p. 45. Hajj decides to make a pilgrimage to Mecca and falls asleep on the steps

MPW 19 Oct 1918, p. 444. Wid's 13 Oct 1918, p. 27. of the same mosque where he awoke that morning. Arabs. Beggars. Dungeons. Middle East. Mosques. Muslims. Royalty. Attempted murder.

THE KING’S GAME F1.2359 Criminals. Drowning. Harems. Mecca. Prison escapes. | Pathé Exchange, Inc. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc.; Gold Rooster Plays. 7 Note: A news item announcing a production of Kismet to be filmed by the

Jan 1916 [OPathé Exchange, Inc.; 27 Mar 1916; LU7914]. 5 reels. California Motion Picture Co. appeared in NYDM in Feb 1916. In that Prod Arnold Daly. Dir Ashley Miller. Story George Brackett Seitz. announcement, Herbert Brenon was mentioned as the director and Otis Skinner was

Ssource: - Based heon play G Game by G Brackett to be seitz the star. that never made although Based theThe play Kine’s /he Kings by GeorgeSei Brackett film Evidence was cited inindicates the MPSD forthis bothproduction Brenon andwas Skinner as late as 1918. The the

(New York, 26 Dec 1910). California Motion Picture Co. ceased production in 1916. The 1920 version of the film

Cast: George Probert (Philip, Grand Duke of Kiev/Perciley), Pearl was announced in mid-1919, and later news items consistently called the 1920 film

White Dardinilis), mention Sheldon Lewis (Count. Sergius the. motion Pere tt otFarnum cement stage Otis Skinner. early news oe(Catherine a ° variously Davi Fischer or Vustin asactor propose irectors ofnems the Wolewtty Nora MooreSkinner (Lady Dardinilus), George (Chief but on it appears neither actually participated the film after production . began. created theParks role offilm, Hajj the that stage and played the inpart throught the Comedy-drama. Although he prefers partying to politics, Philip, the country for several years. After completion and the subsequent release of the 1920

Grand Duke of Kiev who lives in New York, nonetheless has been targeted Kismet, Skinner announced that he would never again play the role; however, he made

for assassination by a group of nihilists. Perciley, the man chosen to kill a sound version of the story, recreating his original role, in 1930, directed by John

Philip, looks exactly like his intended victim, and so, after the police have Francis Dillon (see AF 1 Catalog of Feature e elms. ! 2 30 Ee ne versions

yp 8 ers daugh

arrested the would-be killer, the nihilists mistake the Grand Duke for their 1955 by Vincente Minnelli starring Howard Keel. The last version was 2 *ausical fellow traveler and instruct him in precisely how the murder should be based on a successful Broadway show. Cornelia Skinner, who plays Miskah, was Otis committed. Then, Philip falls in love with the daughter of Dardinilis, the Skinner’s daughter. She became better known as both an actress and author as

man who heads the nihilists. As a result, Philip, always the good sport, | Corelia Otis Skinner. convinces the police to leave the nihilists alone, and then marries Dardinilis’ ETR 11 Dec 1920, pp. 124-25. NYDM __26 Feb 1920, p. 26.

daughter, after which he gives Dardinilis himself a commission in the ew ae 1990. is a neh r 5 NN 1990, p12.

Army. otog an » |p.THE 190. anKISS . ?p- . PF1.2362 ‘:.. Russian Royal Hussars. Assassination. Doubles. Mistaken identity. MPW 17 Jul 1920, p. 354. Wid's 31 Oct 1920, p. 3.

Nihilists. Nobility. Russians. Kiev (Russia). New York City. Police. Russia.

vote: Some Sources eredit Arnold Daly wn ihe erection of ms um ; Famous Players Film Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 19 Oct

MPN 22 Jan 1916, p. 393. NYDM 15 Jan 1916, p. 28. 1916 [OFamous Players Film Co.; 14 Oct 1916; LP9327]. 5 reels.

MPW 25 Dec 1915, p. 2450. Var 14 Jan 1916, p. 19. Pres Daniel Frohman. Dir Dell Henderson. Scen Harvey F. Thew.

MPW 8 Jan 1916, pp. 194-95, 300. Story Elizabeth Frazer. Cam Lewis W. Physioc. 491

A KISS FOR SUSIE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Cast: Owen Moore (Jean-Marie), Marguerite Courtot (Luise Semitism. Assassination. Betrayal. Jews. Murder. Revenge. SelfD’ Auvergne), Kate Lester (Grandma Van Vechten), Virginia Hammond sacrifice. Arson. Attempted suicide. Confession. Extortion. Police (Mrs. Jack Van Vechten), Adolph Menjou (Pennington), Gus Weinberg commissioners. Provincial governors. Russia. Russians.

(Castaigne), Thomas O’Keefe (Barnes, a detective), Viola Trent, Frances Motog 6 May 1916, p. 1051. MPW 6 May 1916, p. 982. Kaye, Elsie Lewis, Florence Hamilton, Ellen Cassidy, Ethel Fleming, Rita MPN 6 May 1916, p. 2727. Var 14 Apr 1916, p. 25.

Spear (Society girls). MPW 29 Apr 1916, p. 869. Wid’s 13 Apr 1916, p. 501. Comedy-drama. As a hero’s reward, Grandma Van Vechten gathers all

of the eligible women she can find for a reception honoring her grandson KISS OR KILL . F1.2365 Jean-Marie, who is on leave from the French flying corps. Rejecting all of Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co.; A Universal the high society debutantes, however, Jean-Marie at first falls in love with | Special Attraction. 21 Oct 1918 [Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 30 Sep

Grandma’s secretary, Luise D’Auvergne, and then is completely smitten 1918; LP12937]. 5 reels.

when a masked woman kisses him at a ball. Hoping to find her once again, Dir Elmer Clifton. Scen Elmer Clifton. Cam Jack Miller. Jean-Marie kisses every woman he meets, but never again feels quite the Source: Based on the novelette “Mr. Cinderella” by Max Brand (pseud. same thrill. Meanwhile, Luise is wrongly accused of stealing Grandma’s of Frederick Faust) in All-Story Weekly (23 Jun 1917).

jewels, and, just as the police are about to catch her, Jean-Marie, aware Cast: Herbert Rawlinson (Henry Warner), Priscilla Dean (Ruth of her innocence, rescues her. To show her appreciation, Luise kisses Jean- Orton), Harry Carter (Craig), Alfred Allen (Middleton). Marie. He realizes instantly that she is the woman from the ball, and so, Drama. Down on his luck after his discharge from the Armed Services, even before he clears her of the robbery charge, he proposes to her, and Henry Warner snatches a gentleman’s wallet, then rushes into the home Luise quickly accepts. Aviators. Kisses. Masquerades. Secretaries. War | of a wealthy man named Middleton to escape the police. Middleton

heroes. False accusations. France. Air Force. Grandmothers. Jewelry. threatens to expose Henry unless he steals a certain document for him

Painters. Police. Rescues. Socialites. Theft. which is hidden in the home of his nephew Craig. Henry traces Craig to

MPW 4 Nov 1916, p. 688. Var 20 Oct 1916, p. 26. the modest abode of Ruth Orton, who has been left penniless by her father’s

NYDM ___ 28 Oct 1916, p. 26. death. Through Ruth, with whom he has fallen in love, Henry obtains an

invitation to a reception at which Craig intends to announce his

A KISS FOR SUSIE F1.2363 engagement to Ruth. The document in Craig’s safe is the late Mr. Orton’s Pallas Pictures. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 2 Aug 1917[©J.C. Ivers; will, in which he bequeathed his entire fortune to Ruth, but which

11 Jul 1917; LP11093]. 5 reels. Middleton had earlier falsified to his own advantage. Having saved Ruth Prod Julia Crawford Ivers. Dir Robert Thornby. Scen Harvey Thew. from the machinations of both crooks, Henry gives her the will with a

Story Paul West. Cam James C. Van Trees. declaration of his love. Blackmail. Documents. Theft. Wills. Forgery. Cast: Vivian Martin (Susie Nolan), Tom Forman (Phil Burnham), John Fugitives. Nephews. Parties. Police. Poverty. Safes. Veterans.

Burton (Peter Schwartz), Jack Nelson (Jim Nolan, Jr.), Pauline Perry ETR 23 Nov 1918, p. 1997. MPW 30 Nov 1918, p. 987.

(Lizzie Nolan), Chris Lynton (Jim Nolan, Sr.), Elinor Hancock (Mrs. ON 3 On i918 P xeon alae y NY i918. P gr. Burnham). MPW 23 Nov 1918, p. 861. Wid’s 24 Nov 1918, pp. 11-12. Comedy-drama. Contrary to his mother’s wishes, rather than becoming

; society fop, Phil Burnham clerts f° learn his father’s contracting business KITTY KELLY, M.D. F1.2366

rom the bottom Up. To accompli th is, Phil conceals his identity and takes B. B. Features, Inc. Dist Robertson-Cole Co. through Exhibitors Mutual a job as a mason’s assistant. On the job he meets Susie Nolan as she brings Distributing Corp. 12 Oct 1919. 5 reels

lunch to her father Jim, who also works in the brickyard. The two fall in Di H 6 d Hick Ss H d Hi k Ss Maie B. H

love, but when the Nolans inherit a large sum of money from a rich relative, ip Toward riickman. ocen Toware riickman. Story Male B. rlavey. they begin to treat Phil as a fortune hunter. Susie, unhappy with the airs Cam Eugene Gaudio.

. . ; , . Cast: Bessie Barriscale (Dr. Kitty Kelly), Jack Holt (Bob Lang), Joseph

that she sees her family assuming, arranges for them to lose their money J. Dowling (Sheriff), Wed d Nowell (J Williams), Mildred by investing in worthless stock. Jim returns to the brickyard, and Phil, after M Owing erty), NV CGBEwoo Owe erry Mas), NINETE

, .; Loge ; anning (Lola), Tom Guise.

revealing his true identity, offers him his old job back and then proposes Comedy-drama. Bob Lang. the superintendent at the Western minin

to Susie. Contractors. Family life. Impersonation and imposture. Masons t Fr ; 8, ti uP doctor for th it 6

(bricklayers). Nouveaux riches. Bankruptcy. Mother-son relationship. Own oF Fracas, convenes a meeting to procure a cocror for te communtty. Stocks. a letter is sent to a leading Kelly, a recent ; .After s , i school graduate, accepts their university, offer. WhenKitty the town learns that amedical woman

Note: West’s story was originally called “Thedoctor Gold Dinner Ball”. . . . is coming, they plan to send her right back, but after they see pretty

ETR 11 Aug 1917, p. 788. Var 10 Aug 1917, p. 23. . . . we . . . MPN 18 Aug 1917, p. 1148. Wid's 27 Sep 1917, p. 621. Kitty, all the miners fill her waiting room with ailments linked to

NYDM 11 Aug 1917, p. 19. mysterious epidemics. Although Kitty is attracted to Bob, she castigates

him for drinking. After he seizes her and threatens to hold her in his arms

THE KISS OF HATE F 1.2364 until she forgives him, Kitty, not displeased, makes Bob promise to stop

Columbia Pictures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 3 Apr 1916 drinking for ninety days. Jerry Williams, a saloon keeper who lives with [©Columbia Pictures Corp.; 11 Apr 1916; LP8061]. 5 reels. Lola, a squaw, and their child, lures Kitty to a secluded shack and assaults Dir William Nigh. Scen Fred De Gressac. Cam A. A. Cadwell. her. Lola tells Bob, who rescues Kitty and thrashes Williams. When

Cast: Ethel Barrymore (Nadia Turgeneff), H. Cooper Cliffe Williams is found dead the next day, Bob is arrested. After Kitty (Michael Orzoff), Robert Elliott (Sergius Orzoff), Roy Applegate investigates and gets Lola to confess, Kitty and Bob resume their romance. (Goliath), Niles Welch (Paul Turgeneff), William L. Abingdon (Count Courtship—Aggressive. Mining towns. Women doctors. Fights. Indians of

Peter Turgeneff), Victor De Linsky (Vernik), Martin J. Faust North America. Miners. Murder. Rescues. Saloon keepers. (Nicholas), William Boyd (Isaac), Frank Montgomery (Samuels), Ilean Note: A Western town was built in the hills of Arizona for this film.

Hume (Leah), Daniel Sullivan (Police spy). MPN 11 Oct 1919, p. 2891. MPN 18 Oct 1919, p. 3047.

Drama. For revenge against Nadia, who exposed to the public his policy | .

of anti-Semitism, Russian prefect of police Orzoff plots to kill her father KITTY MAcKAY F 1.2367 Turgeneff, the governor of the province. To stop Orzoff, Nadia agrees to Vitagraph Co. of America. Dist Greater Vitagraph (V-L-S-E, Inc.). 19 sleep with him, but he betrays her and assassinates Turgeneff anyway in Feb 1917 [©The Vitagraph Co. of America; 1 Feb 1917; LP10109]. 5 reels,

order to become governor himself. Now it is Nadia who vows revenge, and 4,950 ft. .

so she joins a group of Jews that is working against Orzoff. She soon falls Dir Wilfrid North. Scen A. Van Buren Powell. Cam Thomas Molloy.

in love with Sergius, Orzoff’s son, but instead of marrying the child of her Source: Based on the play Kitty MacKay by Catherine Chisholm father’s murderer, she stabs him, and then tries to kill herself. Orzoff's Cushing (New York, 7 Jan 1914). guards stop her, and then Nadia, who knows how to save Sergius, forces Cast: Lillian Walker (Kitty MacKay), Jewell Hunt (Mag), Charles Kent

Orzoff, in exchange for his son’s life, to sign a statement admitting his (Lord Inglehart), Don Cameron (David Inglehart), Isabelle West persecution of the Jews. However, just after Nadia goes to Sergius, the (Lady Inglehart), Thomas Mills (His nephew), William Shea group of Jews, without knowing that she is inside, set fire to Orzoffs (MacGregor), William Ferguson (Kitty’s guardian), Nellie Anderson mansion, thereby killing Nadia as well as the governor and his son. Anti- (His wife), Beatrice Anderson (His daughter).

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 KREUTZER SONATA Comedy-drama. In Scotland, sweet Kitty MacKay suffers the cruelty of ‘den of vice,” run by Stella and her accomplice Jimmy Bristol, where she the MacGregors, her adopted aunt and uncle, until her guardian, Lord contracts syphilis and goes insane. Robert, Detective Ellis, and a lawyer Inglehart, summons her to England, where she falls in love with his son named Billy Meredith rescue Kate, who recovers her sanity but remembers David. Learning that through a former escapade of his father, the girl is nothing of her bondage. Robert uses Stella and Jimmy in his experiments really his sister, David rejects her love, and she returns forlornly to and through them discovers a cure for Kate’s illness. District Attorney Scotland and her unhappy life with the MacGregors. Kitty is delivered Scott is questioning Robert about the propriety of his experiments when from her melancholy life when her uncle confesses on his deathbed that the Kate enters and sees Jimmy. Her memory suddenly returns, and she real daughter of Lord Inglehart had died and that she, Kitty, was adopted narrates her story to Scott, clearing Robert’s name. Amnesia. Brothels. in her place to secure the allowance from his lordship. Kitty, thus freed Cures. Experiments. Fortune-tellers. Insanity. Prostitution. Southerners. from the stigma of being Lord Inglehart’s illegitimate daughter, is free to Surgeons. Syphilis. White-slave traffic. White slavers. Detectives. District pursue her love for David. Foster parents. Incest. Parentage. Wards and _—_ attorneys. Drugging. Lawyers. New York City. Plantations. Sisters. guardians. Battered children. Confession. England. Fraud. Illegitimacy. Superstition. United States-South. Wards and guardians.

Nobility. Scotland. Note: Some scenes were filmed on the Emerson plantation near Jacksonville, Fl. ETR 24 Feb 1917, p. 836. MPW 3 Mar 1917, p. 1372, 1409. ETR 23 Feb 1918, p. 991. MPW 23 Feb 1918, p. 1138. Motog 3 Mar 1917, p. 478. Wid's 22 Feb 1917, p. 123. ETR 2 Mar 1918, p. 1028. NYDM 23 Feb 1918, p. 18. MPN 12 Jan 1918, p. 249, Var 15 Feb 1918, p. 51.

MPW 2 Feb 1918, pp. 723-24. Wid’s 21 Feb 1918, pp. 958-59.

THE KNICKERBOCKER BUCKAROO F 1.2368 Douglas Fairbanks Pictures Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.;

Artcraft Pictures. 18 May 1919 [©Douglas Fairbanks Pictures Corp.; 26 A KNIGHT OF THE RANGE F 1.2370 May 1919; LP13776]. 5-6 reels, 5,200 ft. Universal Film Mfg. Co.; Red Feather Photoplays. Dist Universal Film Dir Albert Parker. Story Elton Banks, Joseph Henabery, Frank Condon Mfg. Co. 7 Feb 1916 [OUniversal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 18 Jan 1916;

and Ted Reed. Cam Hugh McClung and Glen MacWilliams. LP7442]. 5 reels. Cast: Douglas Fairbanks (Teddy Drake), Marjorie Daw (Rita Dir Jacques Jaccard. Scen Harry Carey. Allison), William Wellman (Henry), Frank Campeau (Sheriff), Edythe Cast: Harry Carey (Cheyenne Harry), Olive Golden (Bess Dawson), Chapman (Teddy’s mother), Albert McQuarrie (Manuel Lopez), Ted Hoot Gibson (Bob Graham), William Canfield (Gentleman Dick), Bud

Reed (A New York clubman), Ernest Butterworth. Osborne (Sheriff), A. D. Blake (Nick), Bill Gettinger (Buck), Peggy

Western. In a prologue, Douglas Fairbanks appears in a chef's outfit Coudray (Dolores). mixing a cake with action, mystery, adventure, romance and comedy, Western. Unaware of the weakness of Bob Graham’s character, Bess seasoned with pep and ginger. The finished cake is The Knickerbocker Dawson decides to marry him instead of the other cowboy who loves her, Buckaroo. The story begins as buoyant Teddy Drake, expelled from his Cheyenne Harry. Before the wedding, however, some crooks induce Bob exclusive Fifth Avenue club for playing practical jokes and leaping over to take part in a hold-up. Then when Harry hears that a posse has been furniture, decides to reform his selfish impulses. Anxious to do “something | dispatched to catch Bob, he rides out to him and helps him escape. for somebody,” he boards a train bound for the Southwest. After helping Determined to spare Bess from marrying a convicted criminal, Harry then an old woman off the train, Teddy takes the wrong train and meets Manuel ___ lets the posse think that he himself, and not Bob, was involved in the Lopez, a Mexican bandit, going to visit his sick mother. To hide Lopez from robbery. Bess is horrified that Bob has let Harry take the blame and finally a crooked sheriff, and because Teddy left his shirt in the first train, Teddy realizes that she picked the wrong cowboy. As a result, after Bob is killed exchanges clothes with him. At the border town of Sonora, the sheriff in a gunfight and Harry has been cleared of the robbery charge, she quickly chases Teddy along the roofs until, seeing a girl in jail, Teddy lets himself accepts his marriage proposal. Cowboys. Mistaken identity. Proposals. be arrested. Learning that the girl, Rita Allison, has money hidden that the Self-sacrifice. Tests of character. Gunfights. Posses.

sheriff wants to steal, Teddy escapes. After Lopez saves him from a one i re ole P. a ey > fe tole P. bs 931

lynching, Teddy finds the money, holds off the sheriff's gang until a U.S. MPN 15 Jan 1916 . 316. Var Paani .. ne Marshal arrives, and then returns to New York with Rita, now his fiancée.

Bandits. Impersonation and imposture. Mexicans. Moral reformation.

Rescues. Boundaries. Jailbreaks. Lynching. New York City-Fifth Avenue. KNIGHTS OF THE SQUARE TABLE F1.2371 Practical jokes. Sheriffs. Social clubs. Trains. United States. Marshals. Thomas A. Edison, Inc. Dist K-E-S-E Service; Conquest Program. 21 Jul Note: The film originally was titled Something for Somebody. According to 1917 [OThomas A. Edison, Inc.; 5 Jul 1917; LP11055]. 4 reels. publicity, Fairbanks trained with Bull Montana, Spike Robinson and Kid McCoy to Dir Alan Crosland. Scen Sumner Williams. Story James A. Wilder. get in shape for the many stunts he performed in the film. Elton Banks was Douglas Cam Philip Tannura Fairbanks’ stunts the first time they were successfully performed. The character “Rita Cast: Paul Kelly (Pug Haddon), Yale Boss (David Scudder), Thomas Allison” was called “Mercedes” in some of the reviews of the film. William Wellman, Blake (Detective Boyle), James A. Wilder (Scoutmaster), Andy Clark who later became a famous director, began his film career as an actor in this film. (“Chick’’), Donald McClellan (Billy), George Romaine (Haddon), John

Fairbanks’ pseudonym. Two cameramen were used to insure the photographing of ; .

A news item called him a “well known ace of the Lafayette Flying Corps, owner of Tansey (Mickey), Ernest Mann (Galahad), Charles Mussett (King

a Croix de Guerre and who has seven Boche planes to his credit. Arthur), Arthur Dennis (Sir Launfal), Clarence Dervin (The leper).

capN ; ue 1919) p 59 ae xc May i919) is a Drama. Inspired by the story of “The Holy Grail,” Pug Haddon, the son

MPW 7 Jun 1919, p. 1537. Wid’s 1 Jun 1919, p. 20. of a thief, organizes the neighborhood delinquents into a gang named the

NYMT 1 Jun 1919. “Wharfrats Motherless Knights Erring of the Square Table.” Once

formed, the gang starts on a rampage that brings them into conflict with

THE KNIFE F1.2369 the Pine Tree Patrol Boy Scout troop. During a fight between the scouts Select Pictures Corp. Dist Select Pictures Corp. Feb 1918 [©Select and Pug’s gang, one of the Wharfrats is thrown into the river and is on the

Pictures Corp.; 11 Feb 1918; LP12038]. 5 reels. verge of drowning when the scouts use artificial respiration to revive him. Dir Robert G. Vignola. Scen Charles Maigne. Cam Lewis W. Physioc. The prowess of the scouts convinces the gang that they are not such a bad Source: Based on the play The Knife by Eugene Walter (New York, 12 lot after all, and eventually the members of the Wharfrats are mustered

Apr 1917). in as scouts. Boy Scouts. Juvenile delinquents. Street gangs. Cast: Alice Brady (Kate Tarleton), Frank Morgan (Dr. Robert Transformation. Drowning. Fights. Legendary characters. Rescues. Manning), Crauford Kent (Billy Meredith), Helen Lackaye (Louise Note: Wid’s erroneously listed the cameraman’s name as Philip Canura. James Meredith), Paul Doucet (Jimmy Bristol), Alice Hollister (Stella Hill), Caer oner of Hawait, The working title of this film was The Grail. It was Johnnie Walker (Hampton Gray), Frank Evans (Detective Ellis), Anne endorsed by the National Headquarters of the Boy Scouts of America.

. g , p. 849. ug , p. 18.

Cornwall, Myra Brook. MPW 4 Aug 1917, p. 849 NYDM 4 Aug 1917, p. 18

Drama. Kate Tarleton grows up on a Southern plantation and becomes MPW 11 Aug 1917, p. 955. Wid's 26 Jul 1917, p. 474.

engaged to her guardian, Dr. Robert Manning, a famous surgeon. When Robert, Kate, and her younger sister Mary Lou visit New York, where the

doctor wishes to conduct medical experiments, the superstitious Kate goes KREUTZER SONATA F 1.2372 to the home of a fortuneteller named Stella Hill. Stella, whose principal William Fox Vaudeville Co. Dist Fox Film Corp. Mar 1915 [(OWilliam business is white slave trafficking, drugs Kate and forces her to work in a Fox; | Mar 1915; LP6156]. 5 reels.

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KULTUR AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Pres William Fox. Dir Herbert Brenon. Scen Herbert Brenon. Cam Cast: Eddie Lyons (John Smith), Anne Cornwall (Lucille Smith), Lee

Philip E. Rosen. Moran (Britton Hughes), Gladys Walton (Peggy Hughes), Fred Gamble Source: Based on the play The Kreutzer Sonata by Jacob Gordin (New (Colonel Marion), Henry Meyer (Grimsby), Frank Earle (Blackwood), York, 13 Aug 1906). Charles McHugh (Brady), Rosa Gore (Mrs. Brady), Arthur Thalasso Cast: Nance O’Neil (Miriam Friedlander), Theda Bara (Celia (Janitor), Dorothea Wolbert (Fannie, the janitor’s wife), Sam Appel Friedlander), William E. Shay (Gregor Randar), Mimi Yvonne. (Duffy), Burton Halbert (Jaynes), Marion Skinner (John’s aunt).

Drama. Miriam Friedlander, the daughter of an Orthodox Jew, falls in Comedy. John Smith inherits two million dollars from his wealthy aunt love with Count Belusoff, an army captain. They cannot marry, however, — on the condition that he divorce his wife Lucille, a former vaudeville because consent of the parents is necessary in Russia, and Belusoff’s father performer. In order to qualify for his inheritence, John concocts the idea will not allow a mixed marriage, while Miriam’s will not let her convert. —_of divorcing his wife and then remarrying her. To establish grounds for the After Belusoff kills himself, Miriam tells her father that she is pregnant. divorce, John registers at a hotel with Fannie, the janitor’s wife. Their Friedlander convinces Gregor Randar, the conceited, pampered son of a neighbors in the adjoining room are Britton Hughes and his bride Peggy, bandleader, to marry Mi nam for a sum of money, and the couple goes to who are being pursued by the bride’s father. The arrival of Fannie’s New York, where the child is born. Later, F riedlander and his family move husband precipitates a panic in the two apartments, during which time, to a farm in Connecticut. After Miriam’s sister Celia runs away to Miriam, John and Pegevy are thrown together. At that moment. Lucille arrives and

she and Gregor, who quarrels with Miriam and beats the child, carry on el h ane 5 ouil re , ; fair, N , licati ,

a flirtation, which later is consummated. After Celia goes West to give . Wo. at ° n Is guiity © dt le he seh that the will ications arise

birth to a child, which is placed in an orphanage, Miriam learns about the until Jo ns aunt appears and te Is her nep ew that the will was all a test romance and in a mad rage, kills both Gregor and Celia, before shooting of his love for Lucille, and when the runaway bride and groom are forgiven,

herself. Filial relations. Infidelity. Jews. Murder. Russians. Suicide. 2!!! ends happily. Divorce. Hotels. Inheritance. Wills. Aunts. Infidelity.

Battered children. Connecticut. Farms. Immigrants. Marriage-Arranged. | Newlyweds. Vaudevillians. .

, ; musical on which this film was based.

Marriage-Mixed. New York City. Nobility. Pregnancy. Russia. Sisters. Note: George Gershwin composed his first complete Broadway score for the Note: The book, The Kreutzer Sonata, written by Count Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy,

published in 1890, figures in the story in that Count Bresuloff and Miriam read it PN * I 900 P- oo ve. W 3 nf 920 P. e

together. He gives the book to her, along with a photograph and letter, before he kills MPN 4 Jul 1920. is 715. 865. Wid's 18 Jul 1920. is 9.

himself. She later reads it during various crises and Celia taunts Miriam that she does , , , not have the courage to follow the example in the book. Advertisments for the film

stated that it was based on Tolstoy’s The Kreutzer Sonata. According to the copyright LABOR VS. CAPITAL see FROM DUSK TO DAWN entry, however, the film was based on the Jacob Gordin version of The Kreutzer

Sonata. There was a trade showing of the film in New York on 2 Mar 1915. One

review refers to the character played by William E. Shay as “Gregor Moskowitz.” THE LABYRINTH F1.2375 Motog 27 Mar 1915, pp. 508-09. MPN 17 Apr 1915, p. 5. Equitable Motion Pictures Corp. Dist World Film Corp. 13 Dec 1915 MPN 13 Mar 1915, pp. 10-11. MPW 27 Mar 1915, p. 1934, [©Equitable Motion Pictures Corp.; 2 Dec 1915; LU7102]. 5 reels.

Dir E. Mason Hopper. Scen Harry Chandlee. Cam George C. Coudert.

KULTUR F 1.2373 Cast: Gail Kane (Flo Burke), Dolly Larkin (Ray Fox), Richard Neal Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp.; Victory Pictures. 22 Sep 1918 (Reverend Herbert Fenton), Edward Roseman (Oscar Morse), Polly

[OWilliam Fox; 22 Sep 1918; LP12898]. 6 reels. Champlain (Frances Burgess), Walter Hiers (Waiter).

Pres William Fox. Prod William Fox. Dir Edward J. Le Sainte. Scen J. Drama. Flo Burke, a cabaret singer, is offered a part in a musical comedy Grubb Alexander and Fred Myton. Story J. Grubb Alexander and Fred by theatrical magnate Oscar Morse, who demands sexual favors in return

Myton. Cam Friend F. Baker. for the role. Choosing virtue over opportunity, Flo turns down the role but

Cast: Gladys Brockwell (Countess Griselda von Arenburg), Georgia _ later tricks Morse into signing a contract with her. Although her stage Woodthorpe (Eliska), William Scott (René de Bornay), Willard Louis debut brings instant success, Flo’s name is linked notoriously with Morse. (Baron von Zeller), Charles Clary (Archduke Franz Ferdinand), Nigelde — While vacationing, Flo meets and falls in love with the Reverend Robert

Brullier (Danilo), William Burress (The Kaiser), Alfred Fremont Fenton, never telling him about her occupation or past. Later she resolves

(Emperor Franz Josef). to quit the stage and marry Fenton but discovers a clause in her contract War drama/World War I, Espionage. Just prior to World War I, the that refers to a $20,000 forfeit fee. After a train wreck kills her crippled Kaiser sends Baron von Zeller to inform Emperor Franz Josef of Austria sister, Flo takes her sibling’s name and weds Fenton, but Morse finds her that he is ready to declare war on France. Sensing the impending crisis, the and threatens to expose her unless she pays the forfeit. A fight between the French War Office dispatches secret agent René de Bornay to investigate Fenton butler and Morse ensues and ends when Morse accidentally shoots the situation, and upon his arrival, he cultivates the friendship of Franz himself. Upon the death of her nemesis, Flo confesses everything to her

Josef’s mistress, the Countess Griselda von Arenburg. Austria’s Archduke husband and frees herself from her labyrinth of lies. Contracts. Franz Ferdinand, distressed with the countess’ influence over the Emperor, Impersonation and imposture. Reputation. Show business. Singers. resolves to get rid of her, but she learns of his plans and commissions her Blackmail. Confession. Gun accidents. Lechery. Marriage. Reverends. Serbian servant Danilo to murder him. Baron von Zeller, who loves the Theatrical managers. Train wrecks. countess, covers Up her part in the assassinat ion and asks her to come to Note: The Plaza theater in New York was used in one scene. In this film, the entire Berlin to serve the Kaiser as an agent. In Berlin, she again meets René, and cast from Ned Wayburn’s Town Topics, which opened on 23 Sep 1915 at the Century although she has been assigned to expose him, the countess falls in love with Theater, recreated the second act of that play before a live audience, with Gail Kane the Frenchman and urges him to escape to France. Just as René leaves her playing the principal role. The book of that musical was written by Harry B. Smith apartment, von Zeller enters, and having learned that she hid René from — and Thomas Gray; the music was by Harold Orlob.

the Germans, has her shot on the spot. Assassination. Espionage. France. Motog 18 Dec 1915, p. 1287, 1310. MPW 18 Dec 1915, pp. 2264-65.

Army-Intelligence Service. Francis Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria, 1863- EN eee ite P os 3 Mee tore’ P ae 1914. Mistresses. Nobility. Secret agents. World War I. Berlin. Executions. MPW 11 Dec 1915, p. 2029. oe Francis Joseph |, Austrian Emperor, 1848-1916. Hired killers. Serbians.

Servants. Wilhelm Il, German Emperor, 1859-1941. THE LAD AND THE LION F1.2376 rR 1 Sen i918 is II03. NeDM 8 op i918 e se. Selig Polyscope Co.; Red Seal Plays. Dist K-E-S-E Service. 14 May MPN 14 Sep 1918, p. 1755. Var 18 Oct 1918, p. 39. 1917 [©Selig Polyscope Co.; 30 Apr 1917; LP10721]. 5 reels. MPW 14 Sep 1918, p. 1608. Wid's 22 Sep 1918, pp. 5-6. Dir Alfred Green. Cam Harry Neuman.

Source: Based on the short story “The Lad and the Lion” by Edgar Rice

LA LA LUCILLE F 1.2374 Burroughs in All-Story Weekly (30 Jun-14 Jul 1917).

Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co. 19 Jul 1920 Cast: Vivian Reed (Nakhia), Will Machin (William Bankinton), [OUniversal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 17 Jul 1920; LP15375]. 5 reels. Charles Le Moyne (Ben Saada), Al W. Filson (Sheik Ali-Es Hadji), Pres Carl Laemmle. Dir Eddie Lyons and Lee Moran. Scen Philip Hurn. Lafayette McKee (James Bankinton), Captain Ricardo (Broot), Cecil

Cam Alfred Gosden. Holland (Colonel Vivier), Gertrude Oakman (Marie), Frank Clark Source: Based on the musical comedy La La Lucille, book by Fred (Captain Taget). Jackson, lyrics by Arthur J. Jackson and music by George Gershwin (New Adventure. While on vacation from college, William Bankinton is

York, 26 May 1919). shipwrecked. His mind a blank, he is picked up by a derelict ship upon 494

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 A LADY IN LOVE which there are only a lion and a stowaway named Broot. After Broot down a well and, believing that he is dead, flees. Fearful that her stepson commits suicide, Bankinton and the lion are cast adrift upon the shores of will expose her, Lady Audley breaks into his apartment and steals some Africa where they exist in a primitive state for several months. One day, incriminating love letters that she had written to George. As her guilty when Nakhia, the daughter of the Bedouin chief Ali-Es Hadji is out riding, conscience grows, her acts become more desperate until George, who was she is beset by danger. Bankinton comes to her rescue and gradually he and —_—srescued from the well by the coachman, makes a timely appearance and the girl fall in love. Ben Saada, the bandit chief, desires Nakhia, and tries | causes her to fall dead from fright. Bigamy. Duplicity. Guilt. Manslaughter. to kidnap her. The lion and Bankinton once again come to her defense, and Nobility. Australia. Coachmen. Doubles. Falls. Letters. Theft. Wells. in the ensuing fight, Bankinton is struck on the head and his memory is Note: The novel on which this film was based appeared in serialized form in Robin restored. He then proposes to Nakhia, and the couple set sail to America G004fellow and The Sixpenny Magazine, nineteenth century British journals.

. . . ; . . . Another film with the same title, a short made by the Superba Co., was released in

where they are reunited with Bankinton’s family. Africa. Amnesia. Jan 1915.

Bedouins. Castaways. College students. Lions. Rescues. Abduction. Motog 21 Aug 1915, p. 388. MPN 3 Jul 1915, p. 44. Bandits. Fights. Riding. Shipwrecks. Ships. Stowaways. Suicide. Tribal Motog 25 Dec 1915, p. 1348. Var 13 Aug 1915, p. 18.

chiefs. Vacations.

ETR 19 May 1917, p. 1681. MPW 2 Jun 1917, p. 1456. LADY BARNACLE F1.2379 MEN 6 way i917 is 3463, Ws x May i917 is 330. Metro Pictures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp. 4 Jun 1917 [OMetro

MPW 26 May 1917, p. 1339. Pictures Corp.; 4 Jun 1917; LP10890]. 5 reels.

Dir John H. Collins. Scen June Mathis. Cam John Arnold.

THE LADDER see THE LADDER OF LIES Source: Based on the short story “Lady Barnacle” by Edgar Franklin in All-Story Weekly (7 Jun-16 Jun 1917).

Cast: Viola Dana (Lakshima), Robert Walker (George Morling),

THE LADDER OF LIES F1.2377 Augustus Phillips (Maharajah Bhartari-Hari Pal Singh), William B.

Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp; Davidson (Krishna Dhwaj), Henry Hallam (John Morling), Marie Adell Paramount-Artcraft Pictures. 11 Jul 1920 [©Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; (Mary Fanning), Fred Jones (Asoka-Kuhan-Ray), Henry Leone

8 Jun 1920; LP15254]. 5 reels, 4,271 ft. (Nizam of Bandorporia), Ricca Allen (Anne Marble), Harry Linson Pres Jesse L. Lasky. Dir Tom Forman. Scen Edith Kennedy. Cam — (Rey. Enoch T. Fanning), Gerald Griffin (Capt. O’Malley), Nellie Grant William Marshall. (Lakshima’s maid). Source: Based on the novelette “The Ladder” by Harold Vickers Comedy. Krishna Dhwaj, the son of the Maharajah of Rhamput, is in

(Snappy Stories, Oct 1918). . love with Lakshima, the daughter of the Maharajah of Bhartari, but their

Cast: Ethel Clayton (Edith Parrish), Clyde Fillmore (Peter Gordon), fathers will not allow them to marry. Krishna is then sent to Harvard to _ Jean Acker (Dora Leroy), Irving Cummings (Ralph Brent), Charles get an American education. Lakshima, determined to kill herself when her

Meredith (John Blaine), Ruth Ashby (Maid). father orders her to marry an old man, jumps into the ocean. She does not

Drama. To save her good friend, Peter Gordon, from marrying a gold drown, however, but is rescued by George Morling, a Bostonian, who digger named Dora, Edith Parrish introduces the girl to Ralph Brent, a smuggles her on board his ship dressed in boy’s clothing. George, the son male vamp, knowing that she will fall for Brent’s flattery. Dora, however, of a minister, is engaged to a proper Bostonian woman. Although he has begs Peter to advise Edith against associating with Brent. After the couple not behaved improperly, George fears that his fiancée and her father will are married, Edith visits them at their country home. One night, while not understand the situation, and so he hides Lakshima in a trunk. Once Peter is away on business, Dora appropriates Edith’s coat and goes to the back in Boston, George’s fiancée discovers Lakshima and is horrified, but Oak Tree Inn with Brent. As the two are leaving the inn, Peter and his after several misunderstandings, George and his fiancée are reconciled, and

business partner, Blaine, who is in love with Edith, see them. The next Lakshima is able to find and marry her Indian sweetheart Krishna. morning, Peter recognizes Edith’s cape and, assuming that she is having Attempted suicide. Bostonians. Hindus. Propriety. Rescues. Americans an affair with Brent, orders her to leave the house, subsequently informing in foreign countries. Boston. Clergy. Father-daughter relationship. Father-

his partner of Edith’s faithlessness. Edith, wishing to shield Peter from son relationship. Harvard University. India. Male impersonation. discovering the truth about his wife, refuses to deny the charge, causing the Marriage-Arranged. Royalty. Ships. breakup of her affair with Blaine, until Brent intervenes and explains the Note: Wid’s notes that many Florida locations were used as exteriors in the film.

. . insert). Wid's 21 Jun 1917, p. 392.

situation to her dejected lover, thus initiating their reconciliation. MPN 30 Jun 1917, p. 4114. MPW 21 Jul 1917, p. 474. Friendship. Fortune hunters. Marriage. Mistaken identity. Self-sacrifice. MPW 2 Jun 1917, p. 1366 (ad Var 15 Jun 1917, p. 27.

Gigolos. Inns. Partnerships. Vamps. MPW 9 Jun 1917, p. 1669. Note: The film’s original title was The Ladder. 1t may have opened as early as Jun 1920 in some cities, and definitely played in New York and Chicago in early Jul 1920.

One item in the Paramount studio records lists Richard Sterling, not Charles A LADY IN LOVE F1.2380 Meredith, as the actor playing John Blaine, but all contemporary reviews and other Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; contemporary sources credit Meredith. Paramount-Artcraft Pictures. 30 May 1920 [©Famous Players-Lasky ETR 17 Jul 1920, p. 733. Var 9 Jul 1920, p. 26. Corp.; 3 May 1920; LP15110]. 5 reels, 4,607 ft. Np W 10 1 i900 P. oe 673. Wid's It Jul 1920, p. 13. Pres Jesse L. Lasky. Dir Walter Edwards. Asst dir Fred Robinson.

. Po Scen Alice Eyton. Cam William Marshall. Art dir Wilfred Buckland.

Source: Based on the play 4 Lady in Love by Harriet Ford and Caroline

THE LADY AND THE BURGLAR see THE BURGLAR AND THE Duer (production undetermined).

LADY Cast: Ethel Clayton (Barbara Martin), Harrison Ford (Brent), Boyd

Irwin (Barton Sedgewick), C. H. Geldart (George Sedgewick), Elsa

LADY AUDLEY’S SECRET F 1.2378 Lorimer (Clara Sedgewick), Ernest Joy (Gilbert Rhodes), Ernee Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. Sep 1915 [OWilliam Fox; 4 Aug Goodleigh (Anna), Frances Raymond (Mrs. Sedgewick).

1915; LP6085]. 5 reels. Drama/Society. After Barbara Martin, a naive young convent girl, Dir Marshall Farnum. Scen Mary Asquith. Cam Norton (Doc) Davis. elopes with her guardian’s degenerate brother, Barton Sedgewick, she Source: Based on the novel Lady Audley’s Secret by M. E. Braddon discovers that Barton already has a wife and child. Barton then deserts both

(pseud. of Mary Elizabeth Braddon Maxwell) (London, 1862). wives, leaving Barbara to turn to her guardian George Sedgewick for Cast: Theda Bara (Helen Talboys), William Riley Hatch (Luke advice. George advises an immediate divorce, but Barbara takes no action Martin), Clifford Bruce, Stephen Gratten, Warner Richmond. until she meets John Brent and falls in love. Upon requesting that George Drama. After her husband George leaves suddenly for Australia to find arrange her divorce from Barton, Barbara discovers that Brent is her work, Helen Talboys, unaware of his whereabouts, assumes that he has guardian’s lawyer. Panicked for fear of Brent discovering her marriage, deserted her and marries an aristocrat to become Lady Audley. When her Barbara’s quandary is resolved when she discovers Barton in his partner look-alike maid dies, Lady Audley conveniently passes off the corpse as Rhodes’ apartment. Through Barton’s carelessness, Barbara is able to Helen Talboys to avoid any possible bigamy charges. After having made obtain documents which prove that his first marriage was valid, thereby his fortune in gold, George returns from Australia and by accident meets nullifying their marriage and freeing her to marry Brent. Bigamy. Divorce. up with his wife at her stepson’s villa. Determined to reclaim her, he begins Ingenues. Marriage. Brothers. Desertion. Documents. Elopement. to struggle with her. In the ensuing tussle, Lady Audley throws George Lawyers. Wards and guardians.

495

THE LADY IN THE LIBRARY AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Note: Paramount studio records indicate that C. H. Geldart played George THE LADY OF PERFUME see SHOULD A WIFE FORGIVE? Sedgewick and that Ernest Joy played Gilbert Rhodes, but contemporary reviews list Geldart in the role of Rhodes and Joy in the role of Sedgewick. Reviews also deviate

from the studio records in calling Boyd Irwin’s character Burton, not Barton, A LADY OF QUALITY F 1.2383 ETR 29 May 1920, p. 2966. Var 21 May 1920, p. 34. Pres Daniel Frohman. ey 0 vey rey P. 58 Wid's 23 May 1920, p. 19. Source: Based on the novel A Lady of Quality by Frances Hodgson

Sedgewick. Famous Players Film Co. Dist State Rights. | Jan 1914. 5 reels.

Yuen Be , Burnett (New York, 1896) and the play of the same name by Frances Hodgson Burnett and Stephen Townsend (New York, | Nov 1897).

THE LADY IN THE LIBRARY F1.2381 Cast: Cecilia Loftus (Clorinda Wildairs), Geraldine O’Brien (Sister Falcon Features. Dist General Film Co. Oct 1917 [©General Film Co., Anne), House Peters (The Duke of Osmonde), Peter Lang (Sir Jeoffrey

Inc.; 19 Oct 1917; LP11580]. 4 reels. Wildairs), Hal Clarendon (Sir John Oxen), Edna Weick (Clorinda, age Supvy H. M. Horkheimer and E. D. Horkheimer. Dir Edgar Jones. 7), Roy Pilser (Earl of Dunstanwolde), Dave Wall, Alexander Gaden, Scen Lela Leibrand. Henrietta Goodman. Source: Based on the short story ““The Lady in the Library” by Frederick Drama. After the death of his wife in childbirth, Sir Jeoffrey Wildairs

Orin Bartlett (publication undetermined). refuses to see his two daughters. Six years later, he is delighted to learn that Cast: Jack Vosburgh (T. Huntington Forbes), Vola Vale (Mildred the high spirited little girl he has just met is his younger child, Clorinda, Vandeburg), Robert Weycross (Augustus Vandeburg), Ella Pitts (Mrs. whom he decides to rear as a man both in dress and demeanor. Sir John

Vandeburg), William Reed (Simonds), Ruth Lackaye (Mrs. Oxen, a notorious womanizer, sees the beautiful grown Clorinda and Merriweather), Harl McInroy (Rev. Alfred Clemons), Jessylee Roberson wagers that he will seduce her. The kindly Duke of Osmonde meanwhile (The mother), Jane Pepprell (Meeda Jones), Barney Fury (‘‘Spike”’ appeals to a clergyman to help to change Clorinda, and through his efforts Jones), James Warner (Gerald Courtney), Moru Kuan (‘Jap’), W. N. she decides to become feminine. She is charmed by Sir John, who cuts a

Carter (Dan). lock of her hair as proof that he has won the wager, and then Clorinda,

Drama. Mildred Vandeburg, an heiress who devotes her time to a _ angered at his duplicity, marries the elderly Earl of Dunstanwolde: After hospital that she has built in the slums, breaks her engagement to her _his death two years later, Clorinda is courted by the Duke, but Sir John fiancé, T. Huntington Forbes, because Forbes is only interested in horses threatens to expose their liaison. Furious, Clorinda strikes him with her and sports. Meeda Jones, a nurse employed in Mildred’s hospital, is _ riding crop, accidentally killing him. After hiding the body, a guilt-ridden married to a criminal named Spike, who steals some jewels and convinces —_—Clorinda then travels through London helping women whom Sir John had

his brother Dan to fence them for him. When Dan is killed as the police abused. Finally, her tearful confession to her sister Anne is overheard by try to arrest him, his wife dies of shock, leaving their baby girl homeless. the Duke who then proposes. Charity. Confession. Guilt. Libertines. To help the baby, Mildred decides to take her to Forbes’s home, where she —— Nobility. Seduction. Accidental death. Hair. London. Reputation. Sisters.

informs her former fiancé that there is a “lady in the library” waiting for Tomboys. Wagers. him. When Forbes sees the child, he decides to adopt her and devote his Note: This film marked the motion picture debut of Cecilia Loftus.

time to her, thus curbing his interest in horses. Spike Jones learns about Motog 10 Jan 1914, pp. 21-22. NYDM _ 31 Dec 1913, p. 28.

the baby and decides to kidnap her and hold her for ransom, but he is MPW 27 Dec 1513, p. 1598. Var 26 Dec 1913, p. 12. outwitted by Mildred and Forbes. Finally, the happily reunited couple MPW 10 Jan 1914, p. 153. decides to marry and raise the child as their own. Charity. Idle rich.

Orphans. Thieves. Transformation. Adoption. Death by shock. Fences. THE LADY OF RED BUTTE F 1.2384 Heiresses. Hospitals. Kidnapping. Nurses. Police. Slums. Thomas H. Ince. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Paramount

Note: Vitagraph produced a one reel film based on the same source in 1916, which Pictures. 18 May 1919 [©Thos. H. Ince; 21 Apr 1919; LP13652]. 5-6 reels.

was directed by Sidney Drew. Pres Thomas H. Ince. Supv Thomas H. Ince. Dir Victor L. Schertzinger. MPW 20 Oct 1917, p. 434. NYDM — 27 Oct 1917, p. 21. Scen C. Gardner Sullivan. Story C. Gardner Sullivan. Cam John S.

Stumar. Film ed Ralph H. Dixon. Art dir G. Harold Percival. Art titles Irvin J. Martin.

LADY INCOG see MY LADY INCOG. Cast: Dorothy Dalton (Faro Fan), Thomas Holding (Webster Smith), Tully Marshall (Spanish Ed), William Courtright (Hoodoo),

LADY INCOGNITO see MY LADY INCOG. Joseph Swickard (Delicate Hanson), May Garcia (Sugar Plum).

Western. The mind of theology student Webster Smith becomes

, unbalanced from strain. Traveling across the desert as God’s savior, he

LADY MACKENZIE’S BIG GAME PICTURES F1.2382 arrives weakened at Red Butte, a small mining town. Faro Fan, who runs Dist Lady Mackenzie Film Co. 7 Jun 1915. 7 reels. a saloon and gambling joint cleanly, and who cares for the town’s homeless

Cam Harold Sintzenich. | children, helps Smith, but when he learns her business, he curses her. While

Cast: Lady Grace Mackenzie, Ernest Shelley, S. Ly dford, Dr. Dudgeon. Smith builds a church, Faro nurses renegade Spanish Ed, who spreads a Documentary, Wild animals. Lady Grace Mackenzie and others depart fever to her wards. After Smith prays for fire to purge the town, excepting on safari aboard the Uganda railroad heading for the interior of British his church, saloon keeper Delicate Hanson, trying to disinfect his bar by East Africa. They set up camp and observe native African dances and rites. burning whiskey on it, starts a fire which quickly spreads to the church, Herds of buffalo, zebras, hartebeests, giraffes, rhinoceros and others are while leaving Faro’s house unscathed. Furious, Smith attacks Faro. When seen as is a flock of millions of locusts. Vultures circle around a fallen che hits his head with a club, his sanity returns, and he helps her nurse the buffalo. Wild pigs are killed with poisoned arrows. Lady Mackenzie and children. After Smith leaves to get supplies, Spanish Ed, crazed with thirst, her chief hunter track down and shoot two charging lions and a charging tries to attact Faro. When Smith returns, Faro shoots him, thinking he is

three and one-half ton rhinoceros. At a water hole, elephants, rhinos, Spanish Ed. As she nurses him to health, they fall in love. Epidemics. hyenas, baboons, wild pigs, oryx, antelopes, guinea fowl and zebras guard =~ Evangelists. Fires. Good Samaritans. Insanity. Mining towns. Nursing

over each other with some fighting. Africa, East. Hunting. Lady Grace back to health. Churches. Deserts. Gambling houses. Orphans. Mackenzie. Safaris. Wild animals. Dancing. English. Rites and Renegades. Saloon keepers. Thirst.

ceremonies. Trains. Note: This film is erroneously listed in the copyright records as The Lady of Red Note: This film was also known as Big Game Pictures and Lady Mackenzie's Brute. Paramount studio records list Dorothy Dalton’s character as Faro’s Fan and Pictures. According to cameraman Harold Sintzenich’s diaries, American investors Thomas Holding’s character as Walter E. Webster, also known as Wandering Smith. put up the money for Lady Grace MacKenzie, a British subject, to make this film. Contemporary reviews and the copyright records, however, list the characters’ names Some of the footage taken on the trip for this film was used in the film Heart of as Faro Fan and Webster Smith, respectively. The working title of this film was The

Africa, which was to be released in 1922. Accused.

- MPN 12 Jun 1915, p. 104. MPW 19 Jun 1915, p. 1947. MPN 17 May 1919, p. 3243. MPW 7 Jun 1919, p. 1527. MPN Jun 1915, 1915, p. p. 96. 66. Var MPW 1915, p. 2102. MPN 7 Jun 1919, p. 3864. Wid’s 25 May 1919, p. 31. MPN 19 7 Aug 11 26 JunJun 1915, p. 18.

| THE LADY OF THE DUGOUT F 1.2385

GAME PICTURES 1918. 6 reels.

LADY MACKENZIE’S PICTURES see LADY MACKENZIE’S BIG Al Jennings Productions Co. Dist State Rights; Ernest Shipman. Sep

496

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 LAFAYETTE, WE COME! Dir W.S. Van Dyke. Scen W. S. Van Dyke. Cam David Abel. Source: Based on the novel Lady Rose’s Daughter by Mrs. Humphry Cast: Al Jennings (Himself), Frank Jennings (Himself), Corinne Grant Ward (London, 1903). (The lady), Ben Alexander (Her son), Joe Singleton (Her husband), Carl Cast: Elsie Ferguson (Lady Maude/Lady Rose Delaney/Julie Le

Stockdale (The killer). Breton), Frank Losee (Lady Maude’s husband), David Powell (Captain Western. After a prologue in which former outlaws Al and Frank Warkworth), Holmes E. Herbert (Jacob Delafield), Ida Waterman

Jennings are introduced by the city editor of a Los Angeles newspaper to (Lady Henry Delafield), Warren Cook (War minister).

an English peer and the editor of a London journal, Al tells the story of Drama. Julie Le Breton, born out of wedlock to Lady Rose, is taken their first film The Lady of the Dugout, which he says is a true story. Al under the guardianship of a distant relative, Lady Delafield, who never lets and Frank enter a prairie dugout to beg for food, but when they discover _ the girl forget her shameful parentage. Although Lady Delafield thinks that the woman and child who live there have not eaten in several days, they that Julie is scheming to ensnare her nephew Jacob, Julie is actually

decide to visit a neighboring house to obtain food for them instead. The infatuated with the dashing Captain Warkworth. After attempting to next day, the brothers send a load of provisions to the woman, whose further Warkworth’s career by introducing him to the visiting war minister, derelict husband spends all of their money on alcohol. Learning that the Lady Delafield, enraged that Julie has importuned their guest, turns the woman was swindled by a Texas banker, the outlaws rob the bank andthen _ girl out of the house. In a fit of desperation, Julie goes to Warkworth’s return to the little sod-roofed house ‘“‘with the lady’s money plus a little quarters, followed by Jacob, who loves the girl. When Jacob exposes interest.” Jealous of his wife’s new friends, the husband leads a posse to the Warkworth’s engagement to an heiress, Julie, devastated, attempts suicide. dugout and gives the order to shoot, even though she and his boy are inside. Taken to a hopital, she is discovered by Jacob, who convinces his aunt that

Frank and Al escape, but discovering later that her husband has been _— Julie should not be punished for the sins of her mother. Apprised of killed, they return to accompany her “back to the old home in Arkansas.” = Warkworth’s untimely death, Julie finally accepts Jacob’s love. Frank and the lady have fallen in love, but because of his status asa fugitive —_—_//legitimacy. Loyalty. Nobility. Tolerance. Attempted suicide. Cabinet

outlaw, he sadly leaves her. Al Jennings. Frank Jennings. Outlaws. officers. Hospitals. Military ministers. Nephews. Wards and guardians. Settlers. Alcoholics. Arkansas. Bank robberies. Bankers. Betrayal. Note: Mrs. Ward’s novel was adapted for the stage by George Fleming in 1903. The

Escapes. Frontier and pioneer life. Jealousy. Posses. Self-sacrifice. film opened in New York in late Aug 1920.

Starvation. Swindlers. ETR 11 Sep 1920, p. 1615. NYT 30 Aug 1920, p. 12. Note: The Jennings brothers were members of the outlaw band known as “The MPW 11 Sep 1920, p. 247. Wid's 5 Sep 1920, p. 33.

Long Riders.” They were captured and imprisoned, but later given a pardon by NYDM 25 Sep 1920, p. 432. Presient Theodore then became a lawyer and evangelist and. in collaboration with pears writerAlI rwin, Contributed a Series OF autlobdlograpnicai Stories 4

to The Saturday Evening Post. The story from which this film was taken was “‘based A LADY S NAME . . F1.2388

on absolute facts” as noted by one reviewer. This was the first film of the Al Jennings Select Pictures Corp. Dist Select Pictures Corp. Dec 1918 [©Select

Productions Co. Pictures Corp.; 15 Nov 1918; LP13043]. 5 reels.

ETR 20 Jul 1918, p. 526. MPW 13 Jul 1918, p. 232. Pres Lewis J. Selznick. Dir Walter Edwards. Scen Julia Crawford Ivers. ETR 27 Jul 1918, p. 669. MPW 21 Sep 1918, p. 1724. Cam James C. Van Trees.

nen 6 Ne 918 P IL i W *e hae 1919 P ne Source: Based on the play A Lady’s Name by Cyril Harcourt (New York, MPN _26 Oct 1918, p. 2703. Wid's 13 Oct 1918, p. 9. 15 May 1916).

Cast: Constance Talmadge (Mabel Vere), Harrison Ford (Noel Corcoran), Emory Johnson (Gerald Wantage), Vera Doria (Maud

THE LADY OF THE PHOTOGRAPH F1.2386 Bray), James Farley (Flood), Fred Huntley (Adams), John Steppling Thomas A. Edison, Inc.; Perfection Pictures. Dist K-E-S-E Service. 27 (Bird), Truman Van Dyke (Bentley), Lillian Leighton (Mrs. Haines), Aug 1917 [©Thomas A. Edison, Inc.; 20 Aug 1917; LP11284]. 5 reels, ZaSu Pitts (Emily), Emma Gerdes (Margaret).

4,896 ft. Comedy. Bright young novelist Mabel Vere is engaged to Gerald Pres George Kleine. Dir Ben Turbett. Scen Paul H. Sloane. Story Henry Wantage, a prig who angrily objects when she advertises for a husband in

Albert Phillips. Cam Fred S. Brace. order to elicit ideas for her new book. Mabel’s roommate, Maud Bray, a Cast: Shirley Mason (Marjorie Van Dam), Raymond McKee physical culture expert, frightens away the less desirable suitors, while the

(Ferdinand “‘Ferdy” Latimer), Royal Byron (John Brown), Dudley Hill writer responds to the more interesting letters, and soon becomes embroiled

(Eric Latimer), William Calhoun (Cornelius Van Dam), Gerald Pring in a number of adventures. One of her applicants is a butler, whose

(Captain Latimer), Jane Harvey (Mrs. Van Dam). employer, Noel Corcoran, also has answered the ad. Noel informs Mabel Comedy-drama. When Lord Latimer dies leaving nothing to his wanton that Gerald has bet the other members of his club that she will answer no son, young Ferdy is left penniless. Although his cousin, Eric Latimer, offers More letters. Angered, she responds to several particularly lurid ones, after

to show Ferdy a loophole in the will in exchange for a share of the which she and Gerald break off their engagement. Having fallen in love inheritance, he refuses. Meanwhile, Marjorie Van Dam, the daughter of | with Mabel, Noel proposes and is accepted. Advertisements. Letters. a wealthy American family visiting the neighboring estate, falls intoa pond Marriage. Novelists. Butlers. Clubs. Roommates. Wagers. Women and is rescued by Ferdy. The two fall in love, and when Marjorie must _— athletes.

return to America, she promises to wait for him. Confident of his future ETR 21 Dec 1918, p. 181, 247. Var 20 Dec 1918, p. 37. success, Ferdy sails for America. Upon his arrival, he falls into the water vb re i918. is S84 1562. Wid's 15 Dec 1918, p. 4. but is rescued by nouveau riche American John Brown. Brown is sympathetic to Ferdy’s plight and promises to pay his debts and give him

a substantial additional sum if Ferdy will help him become an “English marae es ON Affiliated Distributors’ C vaeete gentleman” worthy of social acceptance by a woman whose photograph he B hibit ; M mn I Di Dist b fin Ce TN "1918 Olen, P ous carries. The lady of the photograph turns out to be Marjorie, but after a1 i 1918. LUI 5 6 oe 6. ‘el uiing SOFP. ov [OLeonce Perret;

Brown becomes a gentleman, he learns of the young couple’s love and un , l ) Feels.

; : , . Leonce Perret. Cam Alfred Ortlieb. Tech dir John Burkell.

decides that Ferdy would be a more suitable husband for her. Finally, they Pres Leonce Perret. Dir Leon ce Perret. Scen Leonce Perret. Story are married with Brown’s help and blessings. English. Nobility. Nouveaux Cast: E. K. Lincoln (Leroy Trenchard), Dol Cassinelli (Th

riches. Self-sacrifice. Social conformity. Americans in foreign countries. —_, as Prin Sop A - LC. Ki ovores onch i Ethel Cousins. England. Falls. Photographs. Poverty. Rescues. Wills. erneul /Princess Sonia), Emmett C. ing (Mr. Frenc ard), the Motog 8 Sep 1917, p. 530. NYDM | Sep 1917, p. 19. Winthrop (Mrs. Trenchard), Ernest Maupain (The Marquis), Valentine MPW 25 Aug 1917, p. 1265. Wid’s 6 Sep 1917, p. 569. Petit Perret (The Marquise), “Additional cast of 200 minor players”.

MPW 8 Sep 1917, p. 1523, 1707. War drama/World War I, Espionage. Leroy Trenchard, an American

pianist studying in France, falls in love with Therese Vaneuil and is heartbroken when she mysteriously disappears. At a recital hosted by

LADY ROSE’S DAUGHTER F1.2387 Princess Sonia, who never appears in public unveiled, Leroy is moved by

Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.:; the resemblance of the Princess’ eyes to his sweetheart’s. With the outbreak Paramount-Artcraft Pictures. 12 Sep 1920 [©Famous Players-Lasky of World War I, the young man enlists and, at the front, temporarily loses

Corp.; 13 Jul 1920; LP15363]. 5 reels, 4,585 ft. his sight. Upon his recovery, he learns that the nurse who has cared for him Pres Adolph Zukor. Dir Hugh Ford. Scen Burns Mantle. Cam Arthur is Therese, but again she disappears. In Nice, he visits Princess Sonia’s

Miller. home, and as he hides behind a curtain, he sees her turn over two of her 497

LAHOMA AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG guests to secret service men. When she removes her veil, Leroy recognizes country estate, where she finally learns her husband’s true nature. Nearby Therese and denounces her as a spy. Later, however, he learns that she was live the Taylors. Raymond is courting Cathcart’s maid Milly, and when he only impersonating the real Princess Sonia, a German agent executed comes to the estate one day to visit Milly, Margaret pleads with him to send earlier by the French, in order to assist in the capture of her confederates. a message to Jim. Meanwhile, Taylor’s sister Steve leaves home, seeking Leroy begs for forgiveness and the two are united. Americans in foreign adventure. Receiving Margaret’s message, Jim arrives and promises to take countries. Espionage. Impersonation and imposture. Missing persons. his mother away the next day. That night, Cathcart is killed, and on Milly’s Pianists. Princesses. Spies. World War |. Blindness—-Temporary. Combat. testimony that Jim had been at the house, he is arrested for the crime.

France. Secret Service. Germans. Military enlistment. Nice (France). Steve, however, hearing of Jim’s arrest, returns and testifies that she and

Nurses. Jim shared refuge from a thunderstorm in an old shack on the night of the

Note: According to a news item, Leonce Perret supervised the editing as well as the murder. Robert Shepherd, the estate gardener, then confesses that he killed arrangement of the musical scores and composition of the film’s themes for all his Cathcart when he found him struggling with his beloved daughter Bess.

i othe one em, fewer, sated that owe ane Coma mine Jim is finaly freed, and Shepherd acquitted on a plea of temporary film’s screenings. A song entitled “Lafayette, We Come!” was published and derangement. Battered women. False arrests. Libertines. Mother-son distributed to exhibitors as a promotional aide. The film had a New York opening on relationship. Murder. Attempted rape. Bankruptcy. Circumstantial 2 Nov 1918. The film contains documentary footage of French Marshal Ferdinand evidence. Drunkenness. Father-daughter relationship. Gardeners. Foch, General John Joseph Pershing, President Woodrow Wilson, Sir Douglas Haig, Housemaids. Marriage. Revenge. Temporary insanity.

and General Armando Diaz. Some reviews and ads include a subtitle: Pershing ETR 25 Aug 1917, p. 938. MPW 1 Sep 1917, p. 1432. ‘17, The scenario included in the copyright descriptions was originally entitled Motog 1 Sep 1917, p. 478. Wid’s 6 Sep 1917, p. 571. “America First.” According to news items, Perret used General Pershing’s first words MPN 1 Sep 1917, p. 1443, 1511. upon seeing Lafayette’s tomb as his final title, Lafayette, We Come!.

ETR 26 Oct 918, p77. NYDM —16Nov 1918, p. 734 THE LAMB F1.2392

ETR 2 Nov 1918, pp. 1807-10. NYT 4 Nov 1918, p. II. Fine Arts Film Co. Dist Triangle Film Corp. 7 Nov 1915 [©Triangle MPN 23 Nov 1918, p. 3132. Var 25 Oct 1918, p. 35. Film Corp.; l Nov 1915; LP7887]. 5 reels. MPW 2 Nov 1918, p. 622. Wid's 15 Sep 1918, p. 29. Supv D. W. Griffith. Dir W. Christy Cabanne. Cam William E. Fildew. Cast: Douglas Fairbanks (Gerald), Seena Owen (Mary), William E.

LAHOMA F1.2390 Lowery (Yaqui Indian Chief), Lillian Langdon, Monroe Salisbury, Kate Edgar Lewis Productions, Inc. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc. 29 Aug Toncray, Alfred Paget, Eagle Eye. 1920 [OPathé Exchange, Inc.; 6 Aug 1920; LU15409]. 7 reels. Comedy, Adventure. Gerald, the weakling son of a wealthy New York

Dir Edgar Lewis. Cam Edward C. Earle. family, loses his fiancée Mary after he is shown up by Bill, an enormous

Source: Based on the novel Lahoma by John Breckenridge Ellis | Arizonian, during a beach bathing accident. Disgusted by Gerald’s “yellow

(Indianapolis and Chicago, 1913). streak,” Mary goes to visit friends in Arizona with Bill but is followed by

Cast: Peaches Jackson (Lahoma, as a child), Louise Burnham a determined Gerald. On the train West, Gerald disembarks to buy trinkets (Lahoma), Wade Boteler (Henry Gledware), Lurline Lyons (Mrs. and is captured by Yaqui Indians and taken to Mexico. Later, Mary is also Gledware), Jack Perrin (Will Compton), Russell Simpson (“Brick” kidnapped and ends up next to Gerald. While the less-than-heroic Bill runs Willock), S. B. Phillips (Bill Atkins), Will Jefferies (Red Feather), Yvette back across the border to secure help for Mary, Gerald locates an Mitchell (Red Fawn), H. M. Lindley (Red Kimball), John Carlyle = abandoned Mexican rapid-fire cannon and begins an assault on the

(Kansas Kimball). Indians. After a long and heated battle, the battered but victorious Indians Western. In Oklahoma, kindhearted outlaw Brick Willock rescues little close in on Gerald, intending to cut out his heart, but both he and Mary Lahoma Gledware and her father Henry from certain death at the hands are saved by American troopers. Convinced of her companion’s bravery

of his outlaw band. In the course of the rescue, he kills Kansas Kimball, and manliness, Mary reunites with Gerald. Abduction. Cowardice. the brother of the outlaws’ leader Red Kimball, who vows vengeance Heroism. Arizona. Manhood. Mexico. New York City. Ordnance. Trains. against Brick. Brick renounces his life of crime, and after Gledware United States. Army. Cavalry. Yaqui Indians. relinquishes custody of his daughter to marry an Indian princess, the old Note: This film, which featured Douglas Fairbanks in his first starring screen role cowboy gives refuge to the little girl, raising her with the help of neighbor —_ (according to a NYT review, The Martyrs of the Alamo was the first film in which Bill Atkins. Years later Easterner Will Compton comes to Oklahoma to he acted, though it was released after The Lamb), was part of the first Triangle Film homestead. meets Lahoma and falls in love with her. but is forced to leave Corp. program and was re-issued on 2 Sep 1917. Copyright submissions state that The

> eee ee : ’ : ° Lamb was based on The Man and the Test, a novel by Granville Warwick, D. W.

by Brick. While visiting Kansas City, Lahoma overhears Kimball plotting Griffith’s pseudonym. According to modern sources, however, Griffith wrote an to kill Brick by swearing out a phony warrant for his arrest, but she foils original scenario for the film but was encouraged by Harry Aitken, head of the his plan. Outwitted, Kimball takes revenge into his own hands and shoots Triangle Film Corp., to allow his name to be used as the author of various non-existent Brick, only to fall in his tracks from Brick’s own gun as the old outlaw rovels that were cited as the literary sources for some Fine Arts productions. Griffith breathes his last breath. Will returns to console Lahoma and the couple are

. ater denied any contribution on the film beyond the scenario. ; _ veg gs . Motog 9 Oct 1915, p. 715. MPN 9 Oct 1915, p. 84. married. | Criminals-Rehabilitation. Foster fathers. Gunfights. Motog 20 Nov 1915, p. 1106. MPN 30 Oct 1915, p. 112.

Homesteaders. Oklahoma. Outlaws. False arrests. Gangs. Indians of MPN 11 Sep 1915, p. 13. MPW 9 Oct 1915, p. 233, 340.

North America. Kansas City. Rescues. Revenge. Warrants. MPN 18 Sep 1915, p. 91. MPW 13 Oct 1917, p. 298.

ETR 4 Sep 1920, p. 1514. NYMT 29 Aug 1920. MPN 25 Sep 1915, p. 58. Var | Oct 1915, p. 18. MPN 4 Sep 1920, p. 1953. Wid's 29 Aug 1920, p. 24.

MPW 4 Sep 1920, p. 112. THE LAMB AND THE LION F 1.2393 National Film Corp. of America. Dist Robertson-Cole Co. through

THE LAIR OF THE WOLF F 1.2391 Exhibitors Mutual Distributing Corp. 24 Mar 1919. 5 reels.

Universal Film Mfg. Co.; A Butterfly Feature. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Dir Francis J. Grandon. Scen Lee Royal. Story E. Magnus Ingleton.

Co. 20 Aug 1917 [©Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 10 Aug 1917; Cast: Billie Rhodes (Boots), Melbourne MacDowell (Uncle Ben), Al

LP11239]. 5 reels. Garcia (Red Baxter), William Griffin (Ginger), Walter Hiers (Fatty

Dir Charles Swickard. Scen E. Magnus Ingleton. Cam Jacob Kull. Pringle), Maud George (Mrs. Kathryn Sylvester), Vera Lewis (Mrs. Cast: Dionna Drew (Steve Taylor), Gretchen Lederer (Margaret Robert Derby), Hal Clements (Major Richard Harvey), Harry Devere Dennis), Joseph Girard (Oliver Cathcart), Chester Bennett (Jim (James Graham), Charles Spere (Donald Graham). Dennis), Val Paul (Raymond Taylor), Charles Mailes (Robert Comedy-drama. A girl known as “Boots,” who keeps house for a band Shepherd), Peggy Custer (Bess Shepherd), George Berrell (Old Man of crooks led by her kind guardian, Uncle Ben, called “The Lion,” demands

Taylor), Martha Mattox. that she be allowed to accompany them on a burglary. Dressed in boy’s

Drama. Widow Margaret Dennis, unaware of the abusive nature of clothes, Boots is caught by Mrs. Kathryn Sylvester, a rich society widow, Oliver Cathcart, agrees to become his wife. Among other cruelties, who, upon learning that Boots is a girl, resolves to avenge herself on James Cathcart has ruined the Taylor family in a bad business deal, causing the Graham, who refused to marry her stating that he wanted no stain on his death of Mrs. Taylor, turning Mr. Taylor into a worthless drunk and lineage. She raises Boots in luxury, and at the proper time, introduces her embittering their son Raymond, who swears revenge on Cathcart. to Graham’s son Donald. After Boots endures an awkward two years of Margaret’s son Jim, learning of all this, forces his mother to choose study during which she still frolics with her pet pig, she and Donald fall between him and Cathcart. Choosing the latter, Margaret goes to his in love. During their wedding, Mrs. Sylvester announces Boot’s past to

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Graham, but Uncle Ben, now reformed, reveals that Boots is really the doctor catches Nancy kissing the captain, known for kisses with a daughter of Major Richard Harvey, who is present. The happy couple then “heavenly kick,” he breaks the engagement. In an effort to win back the resume their wedding. Adolescence. Education. Parentage. Revenge. doctor for Nancy, Nina pretends to be a bit “off” and becomes an inmate Weddings. Burglary. Gangs. Male impersonation. Pigs. Uncles. Wards of the sanitarium, where she joins in the merriment with the other inmates,

and guardians. Widows. chasing in and out of rooms, and shimmying. By the time Nancy and her ETR 22 Mar 1919, p. 1211. MPW 22 Mar 1919, p. 1699. friends arrive at the sanitarium to see what is going on, it is too late, for

MPN 22 Mar 1919, p. 1858. Var 18 Apr 1919, p. 53. Nina and the doctor have fallen in love and will marry. Friendship. Infidelity. Insane asylums. Insanity. Physicians. Sanitariums. Dancing.

THE LAND JUST OVER YONDER F 1.2394 Islands. Kisses. Military officers.

Dudley Motion Picture Mfg. Co. Dist State Rights; Unity Sales Corp. MPN 30 Oct 1920, p. 3413. MPN 20 Nov 1920, p. 3923. 16 Oct 1916. 6 reels. MPN 6 Nov 1920, p. 3580. Var 21 Jan 1921, p. 42. ; MPN 13 Nov 1920, p. 3777. Source: Based on the short story ‘““The Land Just Over Yonder” by Peter

B. Kyne in The Saturday Evening Post (27 Mar 1915). THE LAND OF LONG SHADOWS F1.2397

Cast: George N. Chesebro (William King), Arthur N. Millett r Film Mfg. Co. Dist K-E-S-E Service. 18 Jun 1917 [OE (Toyiable Tom Jennings), Jane Vernon (The quarter breed), George Best sandy im Me 0. RISE Ree Ook Service. un [@Essanay (F. W. McAlpin), Elsa Fox (Mrs. McAlpin), Charles Eichman (Dan

. . . Film Mfg. Co.; 9 Jun 1917; LP10942]. 5 reels.

; . ; ; ;Julius Dir W.S. Van(Hassayampa Dyke. Scen W.S. Van Dyke. Briscoe), Frankenberg Jim Titus), Sidney Lang : : Cast: Jack Gardner (Joe Mauchin), Ruth King (Jeanne Verette), C. J. (4 Basque sheepherder). Lionel (Roul Verette), Carl Stockdale (Constable McKenzie)

Drama. Striking it rich on a prospecting trip, Toyiable Tom Jennings and ‘Nocth need ere Wh "t of X SM chit e ts Joan Ve tte at h

William King decide to stay and set themselves up as boom town f hee an rama. wien foe o rth Can, ii TN s th an ane ‘6 a millionaires. William quickly marries a woman who is one-quarter Indian, a ight Wh ina drunke own 0 th ate to f hi ott tio, ove a

but just as quickly she steals his money and runs away with her lover, F. rst sight. en a Crunken miner attempts 10 lorce fis attentions upon

, ; ; . sans , Jean in the saloon, Joe is forced to shoot and kill the man. Hearing the

W. McAlpin. Catching up with them in the desert, William fights with hot table McKenzie of the North West Mounted Poli t McAlpin and leaves him there to die, and then drags his wife back home. sno ate 3 . © nt one oh he vet do S, oki vo toh ° She has her revenge, however, as she causes William to be convicted of th eld. an “th an le escape ed duk re life | ve ne re dee

murdering McAlpin. Tom, meanwhile, has been named sheriff, and now mn the tin ber cow t . ren © hat fate b an M ‘Key ra “lot mn nth has no choice but to take William to Carson City to be hanged. However, X le the cr de J vy ye hie ae te vote! hi enzie nife ace WI not eager to be responsible for the execution of his best friend, Tom finally hid; . lack - h ces de fo, “hy Sc Pro ft Mek onei wie, mands is able to win a pardon for William from the governor. Desertion. Fortune oI ay fi Pate mn Dari . i" hi on, b t le J CRENZIC of the cabin

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hunters. Friendship. Infidelity. Murder. Theft. Revenge. Executives. t 00 yon Jean inf uring 4 th m ‘ i 4 fon ru nd te nt hi cabin Millionaires. Pardons (legal). Prospectors. Sheriffs. 0 See Now Jean 1s laring, and tie constable, Cetermined to get fs man, Moto 35 Nov 1916. 0. 1203. MPW 33 Dec 1916. v. 1859. follows and is killed by a pack of wolves, thus allowing the Manchins to

MPN 11 Nov 1916, p. 3018. Var 27 Oct 1916, p. 27. return to their life of solitude. Canadian Northwest. Fugitives.

MPW 4 Nov 1916, p. 690. Wid’s 26 Oct 1916, p. 1060. Manslaughter. North West Mounted Police. Trappers. Attempted rape. Death by animals. Drunkenness. Escapes. Fights. Forests. Marriage.

LAND O° LIZARDS F1.2395 Miners. Mining towns. Saloons. Wolves.

American Film Co. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; Masterpictures De Luxe Note: Some sources refer to the film’s title as Land of Long Shadows. The film was

Edition. 21 Sep 1916. 5 reels. re-released by Victor Kremer Film Features to the state rights market in 1920. Dir Frank Borzage. Scen Kenneth B. Clarke. MPN 30 Jun 1917, p. 4110. NYDM 30 Jun 1917, p. 30.

; . Motog 30 Jun 1917, p. 1395. NYDM 16 Jun 1917, p. 31.

Cast: Frank Borzage (The Stranger), Harvey Clark (Ward Curtis), MPW 16 Jun 1917, p. 1837. Var 22 Jun 1917, p. 17.

Laura Sears (Wynne Curtis), Perry Banks (Dave Moore), Anna Little MPW 30 Jun 1917, p. 2118. Wid's 28 Jun 1917, pp. 406-07. (Bobbie Moore), Jack Richardson (Buck Moran).

Western. The “Bar C” gang has been squatting on the best ranch in the THE LAND OF PROMISE F1.2398

territory, and no one is brave enough to challenge their claim until gold is Famous Players Film Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp.; Famous discovered on the land. With millions of dollars at stake, a land Players-Lasky Corp. 10 Dec 1917 [©Famous Players Film Co.; 20 Nov development company hires “The Stranger,” who has won the grudging 1917; LP11742]. 5 reels. respect of the gang, to get the “Bar C” boys off the ranch and give it to Pres by arrangement with Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. Dir Joseph Kaufman. the rightful claimant. Dave Moore, a local rancher, thinks that the land Scen Charles E. Whittaker. Cam William Marshall. legally is his, and “The Stranger” soon begins to work with him. The gang Source: Based on the play The Land of Promise by W. Somerset kills Dave, however, and then Bobbie, his only child, who had always Maugham (New York, 25 Dec 1913). dressed as a boy, reveals herself to bea young woman, after which she and Cast: Billie Burke (Nora Marsh), Thomas Meighan (Frank Taylor), “The Stranger” fall in love. Then, with the help of the townspeople, “The Helen T. Tracy (Miss Eunice Wickham), J. W. Johnson (Edward Stranger” finally is able to get rid of the gang, and a court upholds Dave’s Marsh), Mary Alden (Gertie Marsh), Margaret Seddon (Miss claim to the ranch. Possession of the land goes to Bobbie, and she promptly Pringle), Walter McEwen (James Wickham), Grace Studeford marries “The Stranger.” Gold. Land claims. Male impersonation. Murder. (Dorothy, his wife), John Raymond (Reginald Hornby).

Outlaws. Ranchers | leased under th Drama. In England, Nora Marsh endures ote: €Land limdevelopers. was also Calleones. € Lan " Lizards. It was re-released under theten;years ; 1 1of 1caring 1 1 for 1 crabby, title Silent Shelby by Aywon Film Corp. and American Film Co. on 30 Mar 1922. rich Miss Wickham, while planning to use her promised inheritance for

(See AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30: F2.5059.) travel and clothes. When Miss Wickham dies unexpectedly, her ten-yearMotog 23 Sep 1916, p. 736. PW 1 Oct 1916, p. 65 old will provides nothing for Nora. Nora goes to her brother Edward’s farm MPN 7 Oct 1916, p. 2230. Var 29 Sep 1916, p. 27. in Manitoba, where she toils and quarrels with her sister-in-law Gertie, a

MPW 30 Sep 1916, p. 2165. former waitress, whose hard work helped make the farm succeed. Gertie’s jealousy of Edward’s attention to Nora, makes Nora so unhappy that when

THE LAND OF JAZZ F 1.2396 hired hand Frank Taylor, who earlier lost his crop and has since saved Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp.; 20th Century Brand. Dec 1920 enough to farm again, plans to get a wife at the employment agency to cook

[OFox Film Corp.; 28 Nov 1920; LP15881]. 5 reels. and clean, Nora offers herself if they marry “in name only.” After six

Dir Jules Furthman. Scen Jules Furthman. Story Barbara La Marr months, Frank’s sexual frustration leads him to rape Nora. The next

Deely and Jules Furthman. Cam Walter Williams. morning, Edward arrives with a large check from Miss Wickham’s Cast: Eileen Percy (Nina), Ruth Stonehouse (Nancy), Herbert Heyes, relatives. Just then, a farm inspector condemns Frank’s crops in order to George Fisher, Franklyn Farnum, Hayward Mack, Rose Dione, Carry stop the spread of weed pests. When, a now remorseful Frank, offers to let Ward, Blanche Payson, Wilson Hummel, Harry Dunkinson, Dick La Nora go but states that were he successful, he would keep her, she decides

Reno. to stay. Farming. Manitoba (Canada). Marriage of convenience. Rape.

Comedy. Nina, engaged to a French captain, and Nancy, engaged to a Sisters-in-law. Brother-sister relationship. England. Farmers. Inheritance. doctor who runs an insane asylum on an island, are friends. When .the Jealousy. Spinsters. Upper classes. Wills.

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THE LAND OF THE FREE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Note: Billie Burke starred in the stage production. Beulah Marie Dix wrote an early Cast: J. Warren Kerrigan (Jack Langdon), Bertram Grasby (Juan treatment of the story. Paramount Pictures released a later version based on the same . . . . ~

source, entitled The Canadian, on 27 Nov 1926. William Beaudine directed, and Maria Barada). Lois Mion vee ita), Maude George (Sefiorita Del

Thomas Meighan played “Frank Taylor” again, while Mona Palma played ‘“‘Nora.” Deros), Harry Carter (Miguel Alba), G. A. Williams (Mr. Thompson),

(See AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.0759.) Mary Talbot (Mrs. Thompson).

ETR 22 Dec 1917, p. 293. MPW 29 Dec 1917, p. 1953. Drama. Jack Langdon is sent by a San Francisco company to manage Motog 29 Dec 1917, pp. 1348-49. NYDM 22 Dec 1917, p. 28. its Santa Clara mine in Peru. Gov. Juan Maria Barada, who disputes the

Oy ” Bee ion p pet Ma's x Dee ree e. an American claim to the mine, means to gain possession of it through

oe ~ intimidation. Barada has his henchman, Miguel Alba, try to bribe and then attempt to kill Langdon, who plans to inform his superiors about the plot.

THE LAND OF THE FREE see WHY AMERICA WILL WIN Langdon returns to San Francisco, and after six weeks in delirium in the hospital because of Alba’s attack, recovers. He then is told that his aunt

THE LAND OF THE LOST F1.2399 has died, leaving him the heir to a woman’s seminary in Massachussetts,

Sterling Camera and Film Co. Jul 1914 [©Sterling Camera and Film Co. containing 250 female students. Langdon goes to the seminary, and after

(Leon Wagner, author); 6 Aug 1914; LU3148]. 4 reels. the commencement exercises, although he thinks that he is alone at the Cast: Arthur Donaldson (Baron de Coverly), James Vincent (Gilbert college except for the caretakers, he comes upon Pepita, Barada’s daughter, Hastings), Violet Stuart (Miriam Bradley), Roy Sheldon (The hermit). who is a student at the seminary. She escaped from the clutches of the evil Drama. Shipbuilder John R. Bradley , impressed by titles, encourages the = Alba and his mistress, Sefiorita Del Deros, who had tried to kidnap her fortune-hunting Baron de Coverly s courtship of his daughter Miriam. from the college. Alba returns for Pepita but he is overcome by Langdon During a cruise on Bradley’s schooner Carpathia, Miriam meets artist — who then telephones Barada and informs him that his daughter is safe. In Gilbert Hastings, and they begin a romance. Infuriated, the drunken de gratitude, Barada promises that Langdon’s new tenure in Peru will be Coverly sets fire to the ship. He, Miriam, and Hastings are the only trouble free, and that Alba will be silenced permanently. Conspiracy. Mine

survivors and are washed ashore on an island inhabited only by an aged claims. Mine foremen. Political corruption. Territorial governors. hermit. The baron attempts to kill Hastings by cutting the rope that attempted murder. Bribery. College students. Inheritance. Kidnapping. Hastings is using to cross a chasm, but the artist survives the fall. Later, Peru. Seminaries. coveting the hermit’s treasure, de Coverly hurls the old man from a Note: This film was also called Pennington’s Legacy and was copyrighted under the precipice. As Miriam and Hastings board a rescue ship, the baron is title Landon’s Legacy. The copyright entry for the film credits Walter Woods with prevented from joining them by the hermit’s ghost, which bars his way. the scenario.

Finally, the ranting de Coverly remains on the island with only the old Motog 8 Jan 1916, p. 83. MPN 1 Jan 1916, p. 86. man’s ghost as his companion. Artists. Castaways. Fortune hunters. MPN 16 Oct 1915, p. 71. MPN 11 Nov 1915, p. 63. Ghosts. Greed. Hermits. Arson. Attempted murder. Falls from heights. MPN b Nan 1916 is yr MDW OR Devil is 500.

Islands. Rescues. Ships. Treasure. MPN 25 Dec 1915, p. 2. MPN 25 Jul 1914, p. 49. MPW 25 Jul 1914, p. 624.

, LA RUE OF THE STRONG HEART see THE FAITH OF THE THE LANDLOPER F 1.2400 STRONG Yorke Film Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp.; All-Star Series. 1 Apr

1918 [OMetro Pictures Corp.; 25 Mar 1918; LP12227]. 5 reels. LASCA F1.2402 Dir George Irving. Scen John B. Clymer. Adapted by Fred J. Balshofer. Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co. 8 Dec 1919

Cam Antonio Gaudio. [©Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 25 Nov 1919; LP14473]. 5 reels.

Source: Based on the novel The Landloper: The Romance of a Man on Dir Norman Dawn. Scen Clifford Howard. Adapted by Percy Heath.

Foot by Holman Francis Day (New York, 1915). Cam Thomas Rea Cast: Harold Lockwood (Walker Farr), Pauline Curley (Kate Source: Inspired by the poem “Lasca” by Frank Desprez (publication Kilgour), Stanton Heck (Col. Simon Dodd), William Clifford (Richard undetermined). y P y prez (Pp Dodd), Bert Starkey (Etienne Pickerone), Gertrude Maloney Cast: Frank Mayo (Anthony Moreland), Edith Roberts (Lasca), Arthur

(Rose-Marie). Jasmine (Ricardo), Veola Harty (Clara Vane), Lloyd Whitlock (John

Drama. At a lavish luncheon in Palm Beach, Walker Farr, a wealthy and Davis). idle young man, bets that he can live in perfect contentment as a penniless Western. The fiery, impulsive, yet purehearted Lasca lives in a Mexican hobo and sets out to prove it. On the road, Walker meets Kate Kilgour and settlement near the Rio Grande with her twin brother Ricardo and their her fiancé, Richard Dodd, but upon his arrival in the town of Marion he aunt. She falls in love with cattle rancher Anthony Moreland, whose learns that she is being forced into the marriage by her mother, who owes teasings bring out her jealous temper, but Moreland, although fond of Richard $5,000. Walker helps a deformed but cheerful river man named — | acca, thinks of her as a child. Seeing the flirtatious, though engaged, Etienne Pickerone to retrieve the body of a woman who has drowned —Cjara Vane fall in love with Anthony, Lasca, in a vicious fit, stabs his herself, and after reading the note found on her clothing, he goes directly wound and begs forgiveness. When Clara’s fiancé, John Davis, angered by to her house and adopts her little girl Rose-Marie. For a time, Walker the flirtation, bribes one of Anthony’s men to allow his cattle to stampede works as an ice wagon driver to support the child, but a typhoid epidemic during the Texas “‘norther” blowing in, Lasca warns Anthony. After trying caused by contaminated drinking water strikes the town, and Rose-Mari¢ tq head off the stampede, Lasca lies on Anthony and dies protecting him dies. Having learned that Col. Simon Dodd, Richard’s uncle anda corrupt from the cattle onslaught. For revenge, Ricardo leaves Davis to die in

local oral Is responsi: de re epee ener ass - election quicksand. Anthony, crushed in spirit, buries Lasca, builds a shrine, and

campaign tat results in Modd's Ceteat. Atter Nate settles her dept wit remains faithful to her the rest of his life. Brother-sister relationship. Richard, which leaves her free to marry Walker, the “hobo” discloses his — Figejjty. _Flirtation. Jealousy. Mexican-Americans. Self-sacrifice. real identity, and all ends happily. Children. Hoboes. Political campaigns. Stampedes. Bribery. Cattlemen. Knife wounds. Quicksand. Revenge.

Wagers. Adoption. Corpses. Debt. Disabled persons. Drowning. Shrines. Twins.

Epidemics. Icemen. Idlers. Marriage-Forced. Military officers. Palm Beach Note: In addition to this version of Desprez’s poem, Universal made the two reel

(Florida). Political corruption. Typhoid fever. Uncles. Lasca in 1913, the one reel The Mad Stampede in 1917, and the feature Lasca of Note: Some scenes in this film were shot in Palm Beach, FL. the Rio Grande, starring Leo Carrillo and directed by Edward Laemmle, in 1931.

ETR 9 Mar 1918, p. 1139. MPW 20 Apr 1918, p. 433. ETR 22 Nov 1919, p. 2139. NYMT 16 Nov 1919. ETR 6 Apr 1918, p. 1425. Var 5 Apr 1918, p. 41. MPN 29 Nov 1919, p. 3976. Var 5 Dec 1919, p. 62. MPW 6 Apr 1918, p. 131. Wid's 18 Apr 1918, p. 1083. MPW 22 Nov 1919, p. 455. Wid's 23 Nov 1919, p. 25.

LANGDON’S LEGACY F1.2401 THE LASH F 1.2403 Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co.; A Broadway Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 1 Oct Universal Feature. 3 Jan 1916 [OUniversal Film Mfg. Co; 16 Dec 1915; 1916 [OJesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co.; 28 Sep 1916; LP9207]. 5 reels.

LP7221]. 5 reels. Dir James Young. Asst dir W. S. Van Dyke and Dudley Blanchard.

Settings designed by John Coakley. P. Perry. | Dir Otis Turner. Scen Meredith Nicholson. Story Meredith Nicholson. Scen George D. Proctor and James Young. Story Paul West. Cam Paul

500

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE LAST EGYPTIAN Cast: Marie Doro (Sidonie Du Val), Elliott Dexter (Warren Emperor of the French, 1769-1821. Spirits. Anarchists. New York City. Harding), James Neill (John Du Val), Thomas Delmar (Pierre Secret formulas. Small town life. Treason. Visions. Wealth. Broule), Jane Wolff (Henriette Catenat), Veda McEvers (Violet Note: This film was reviewed by one source under the title The Lust of Power. The Wayne), Raymond Hatton (Mr. Crawdon), Josephine Rice (Mrs. Warren synopsis included in the copyright descriptions lists the character played by Gertrude

Harding). Astor as “Mrs. Rand,” and that played by Carmel Myers as “Marion Gregory. Drama. One of the customs in the Breton island of St. Ba’tiste is the one . ae i917 if 3047, 3087, MDM 3 a 1917 if rane

lashing of any woman involved in a pre-marital or extra-marital affair. As MPN 17 Nov 1917, p. 3484. Var 9 Nov 1917, p. 54. a result, when Sidonie starts an affair with English vacationer Warren MPN 8 Dec 1917, p. 4067. Wid's 8 Nov 1917, p. 713. Harding, the townsfolk prepare to mete out punishment. To avoid it, MPW U7 Nov 1917, p. 1034. Sidonie elopes with Warren, but when she finds him making love to another

woman, her first response is conditioned by her upbringing, and she attacks LASS OF KILLEAN see THE PRIDE OF THE CLAN

the woman with a whip. Afterward, Sidonie returns alone to St. Ba’tiste, | and gets ready to accept her lashing. Just before her public humiliation, THE LAST ACT F1.2406

however, Warren arrives and refuses to let the whipping take place, after New York Motion Picture Corp.; Kay-Bee. Dist Triangle Film Corp. 27 which he pledges to remain faithful to Sidonie. Battered women. Infidelity. Feb 1916 [©Triangle Film Corp.; 29 Feb 1916; LU7728. ©Triangle Film

Island life. Social customs. Elopement. Fidelity. Corp.; 27 Feb 1916; LP10793]. 5 reels.

Note: Jane Wolff is probably the same as the actress Jane Wolfe. The Paramount Supv Thomas Ince. Dir Walter Edwards. Scen C. Gardner Sullivan and studio records lists the assistant director of this film as W. F. Van Dyke. This is Thomas H. Ince.

probably an erroneous listing for W. S. VanaDyke. Arthur Hoytdirector. served on the film,Cast: Bessie Barriscale (Ethel Du CI Willi as either an actor or casting prey), ara illiams (Mrs. Cora Motog 21 Oct 1916, p. 938. NYT 2 Oct 1916, p. 9. Hale), Miss Allen (Suzette), Harry Keenan (Ernest Hale), Robert McKim

MPN 21 Oct 1916, p. 2554. Var 6 Oct 1916, p. 25. (Lewis Bressler).

MPW 21 Oct 1916, p. 382. Wid's 12 Oct 1916, p. 1023. Drama. While Ethel Duprey stars in a play about an adventuress involved

NYDM 14 Oct 1916, p. 26. with a married man, her life comes to imitate art as she herself begins an

affair with Ernest Hale, another woman’s husband. In the play, the

THE LASH OF DESTINY F1.2404 — adventuress rejects the wife’s pleas to give the man up, after which the wife

Van Dyke Film Corp. Dist Art Dramas, Inc. 21 Dec 1916. 5 reels. kills herself. In real life, when Cora Hale comes to beg for an end to the Dir George Terwilliger. Scen E. A. Bingham. Story George Terwilliger. affair with her husband, Ethel’s first impulse is to take her cue from her

Cast: Gertrude McCoy (Myra Fielding), Duncan McRae (Bert role, and to refuse to break off her relationship with Ernest. She Temple), Helen Greene (Sally Nering), Arthur Housman (A/ Wayne), __ reconsiders, however, and urges Cora to make herself more attractive in

Mabel Juline Scott (Edith Wayne), Margaret Milne (Maid). order to win Ernest back. Cora follows the advice, and as a result, Ernest Drama. Small town voice teacher Myra Fielding moves to the city hoping falls in love with her all over again, and ends his romance with a to start a singing career, but instead she is fooled by Al Wayne, who, posing —_—_disconsolate Ethel. Adventuresses. Infidelity. Plays. Wives. Actors and

as a bachelor, gives her money to send to her parents. Afterward, Myra actresses. discovers that the money really belonged to Al’s wife Edith, and so she vows Note: Sources conflict concerning the film’s author. The synopsis in the copyright

that, one day, she will pay her back. Years later, Al apparently has been descriptions for 29 Feb 1916 lists Le Monte Waldron, while the synopsis in the killed, and Edith has remarried Bert Temple, the district attorney. Al copyright descriptions for 26 Feb 1916 lists C. Gardner Sullivan and Thomas H. Ince.

reappears, however, and threatens to charge Edith with bigamy if Bert does MPW 11 Mar 1916, p. 1716. Wid's 16 Mar 1916, p. 442. not stop his attacks on the grafter’s who are Al’s cronies. Then, Al really Var 31 Mar 1916, p. 28. is killed, this time, seemingly, by Edith. To repay her debt, Myra confesses

to the crime, but just before she is convicted, authorities catch the real THE LAST CONCERT F'1.2407 killer, who had suspected Al of a double-cross on a shady deal. Bigamy. Thanhouser Film Corp. Dist Mutual Film Corp. May? 1915. 4 reels.

Debt. Extortion. Impersonation and imposture. Infidelity. Missing Dir Ellis F. Glickman. persons, assumed dead. Murder. Lure of the city. Confession (law). Cast: Minnie Berlin (Edna), Ellis F. Glickman (The old musician), W.

Criminals. District attorneys. Voice teachers. H. Harriman, Arthur Bauer, Lucy Payton, Nolan Gane.

Note: According to a news item, some scenes of this film were shot at the Ansonia Drama. Wealthy friends arrange the marriage of their children. The Hotel in New York, where concealed cameras and lights were used to catch diners proposed union is threatened, however, by the son’s love for Edna, the

and dancers in the tea room without their knowledge. daughter of a poor musician. Infuriated, the prospective bride urges her ETR 30 Dec 1916, p. 272. MPN 6 Jan 1917, p. 114. father to evict the musician and his family. [The sources that are available one P an i916 ,. 3307, 3870. WOW " ne i917 e. rae for this film do not reveal the ending of the story.] Jealousy. MarriageMPN 23 Dec 1916, p. 3932. NYDM 23 Dec 1916, p. 24. Arranged. Upper classes. Eviction. Musicians.

MPN 30 Dec 1916, p. 4200, 4218. MPN 29 May 1915, p. 49. NYDM 27 May 1914, p. 28.

THE LASH OF JEALOUSY see THE MAD LOVER THE LAST EGYPTIAN F1.2408 Oz Film Manufacturing Co. Dist Alliance Films Corp. 12 Dec 1914. 5 THE LASH OF POWER F1.2405 reels.

Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. 5 Nov 1917 Dir L. Frank Baum.

[©Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.; 11 Oct 1917; LP11545]. 5 reels. Source: Based on the novel The Last Egyptian by L. Frank Baum Dir Harry L. Solter. Scen J. Grubb Alexander and Fred Myton. (Philadelphia, 1908).

Story J. Grubb Alexander. Cam Roy H. Klaffki. Cast: J. Farrell MacDonald (Kara), Vivian Reed (Lady Aneth

Cast: Kenneth Harlan (John Rand), Carmel Myers (Marion Consinor), Jefferson Osborne (Viscount Consinor), Mai Wells

Sherwood), Helen Wright (Mrs. C. W. Sherwood), Charles Hill Mailes (Hatatcha), Jane Urban (Slave Girl), J. Charles Haydon (Tadros, (Charles W. Sherwood), T. D. Crittenden (Rex Reynolds), Jack Nelson dragoman), Howard Davies, Frank Moore, Ora Buckley.

(Oliver Mullen), Gertrude Astor (Phyllis Ward). Drama. Kara, the last descendent of the pharoahs, promises his dying Drama. John Rand, having lived in a small town his entire life, dreams grandmother Hatatcha that he will avenge her rape by Lord Roane, an of possessing wealth and power in New York. Napoleon Bonaparte has long Englishman living in Egypt. In Cairo, Kara becomes rich and powerful,

been his ideal, and one day he feels a message from the departed general and then, when he meets Roane, he offers to cancel the Englishman’s urging him to take up the fight for world supremacy. He goes to the city gambling debts if Roane will offer his daughter Lady Aneth in marriage. ready to begin the battle, and there, aided by his Napoleonic visions, John Wanting to save her father, Lady Aneth agrees to the marriage, not amasses a great fortune, ruthlessly destroying everyone who presents an realizing that Kara has planned a mock ceremony. Before the marriage is obstacle to his lust for power. His ambitions satiated, John becomes the consummated, however, Lady Aneth is saved by Winston Bey, her English

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enemy of democracy when he sells a secret formula to an enemy power. He lover, who hides her on his yacht. Later, Aneth is taken prisoner by Tadros

is later killed by an anarchist. John then awakens to find himself in his and his gang, who refuse to surrender her to Kara until a ransom is paid. cottage, secure in his mother’s devotion and the love of Marion Sherwood, Kara plans to use a treasure hidden in a hidden tomb for this purpose, but

the banker’s daughter. Ambition. Dreams. Lure of the city. Napoleon |, Viscount Consinor, Aneth’s brother, seals the Egyptian in the tomb and

THE LAST INDIAN BATTLES AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG then is slain himself by a slave girl who mistakes him for Kara. Finally, THE LAST OF THE CARNABYS F 1.0027 Aneth is rescued by British troops and reunited with Bey. Cairo. Astra Film Corp. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc. 22 Jul 1917 [OPathé

Treasure. Richard.

Kidnapping. Nobility. Rescues. Revenge. Royalty. Debt. English. Live Exchange, Inc.; 27 Jun 1917; LU10993]. 5 reels. burial. Marriage-Fake. Mistaken identity. Murder, Rape. Tombs. Dir William Parke. Scen George B. Seitz. Story Sam Morse. Cam Albert

Note: Var notes that prints for the film were made by the Evans Co. Cast: Gladys Hulette (Lucy Carnaby), William Parke Jr. (Gordon

Motog Io pee ta Pp. B06. ey ree le p. reg ae 748 Carnaby), Eugenie Woodward (Lucy’s mother), Paul Everton (Charles

one 9 Dec 91a . 63. Var 1 Dec 1914 is 7 Etheridge), Harry Benham (John Rand), J. H. Gilmour (Butler), Helene Chadwick (The kept woman).

THE LAST INDIAN BATTLES OR FROM THE WARPATH TO Drama. Upon the death of her mother, the entire responsibility of the

Carnaby WARS household, including protection of her dissolute brother THE PEACE PIPE see THE INDIAN , . ytheacee: tes Gordon, falls upon Lucy Carnaby. Financial difficulties force Lucy to sell some of her antique furniture which, unknown to her, is purchased by John

THE LAST MAN F1.0025 Rand, a millionaire secretly in love with her. Before long, Gordon goes Vitagraph Co. of America; A ate Ribbon rea D 9 tl pose nS heavily into debt to Charles Etheridge, a crook. Realizing his advantage, ae 1916 [OThe Vitagraph Co. of America; 10 Oct 1916; ]. 5 Etheridge attempts to force his attentions upon Lucy. Angered at this,

Soayreay: AL: Gordon kills him. Lucy takes the blame for the murder and is brought to Dir William Wolbert. Story James Oliver Curwood. . trial, fabricating a story of violated virtue as her motive. Gordon, his Cast: William Duncan (Major Harvey), Corinne (Lorna), Mary ) arway, . ; he meets ; manhood finally assertingGriffith itself, hastens to the trial. On, the

Lederer (Sandy MacDonald). ; , .

Anderson (Jeanne MacDonald), Jack Mower Horne), . . : .into the with an(Lieutenant accident and, although barely alive,Otto he drags; himself . ; , courtroom tohome confess. Montana Freed, Lucy is acomtemplating suicide when Drama. Returning to his his after tour ofmarriage. duty in the h ad ; . BRand .; Philippi Maior Hi: e finds that wife Lornain h changes her mind by proposing Brother-sister relationship.

ppines, an army surgeon, finds that his wife Lorna has ; vp: ; death. noonMajor te eat ,Harvey, ; hte. Moral corruption. Murder. Self-sacrifice. Trials. Accidental

begun an affair with Lieutenant Horne, whom she marries after Harvey Confession (| Criminals. Debt. Millionai Per Suicid

divorces her. Weary of his former wife’s high society sophistication, Harvey on ession (law). Criminals. Debt. Millionaires. Perjury. Suicide.

falls in love with Jeanne MacDonald, a young woman from the mountains, pN n 4 i917, .. ‘ON NY DM 7 au Oly if >.

and, giving her a job as an army nurse, returns with her to the Philippines. MPW 21 Jul 1917, p. 471. Wid's 9 Aug 1917, pp. 507-08. Meanwhile, Horne has also been stationed there, and brings Lorna with

him. The Philippine rebels attack the Americans, and the two couples find THE LAST OF THE DUANES F1.0028 themselves under siege together. During the fighting, Lorna, tired of Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 12 Oct 1919 [©William Fox; 14 Sep Horne, begins flirting with her ex-husband. After the rebels have been 1919: LP14216]. 7 reels

yee nowever Mi arvey lig Lorna and Su Jeanne. tere. Pres William Fox. Dir J. Gordon Edwards. Scen Charles Kenyon.

Montana. Army. S by -R. “ 9Grey , ource: Revolutions. Based on the shortUnited story “TheStates. Last of the Duanes” Zane Note: The film was also called The Last Man Out. in Argosy (Sep 1914) Mary OMICers. —NUTSES. IMPPINES. slegeS. OUrgeons. INNiGeily. Cam John W. Boyle. Titles and inserts photog Richard W. Maedler.

one i No i916 i" s008 vai x On i916 . e Cast: William Farnum (Buck Duane), Frankie Raymond (His

MPW 4 Nov 1916, p. 689. Wid’s 26 Oct 1916, p. 1062. mother), Harry De Vere (His uncle), Charles Clary (Cheseldine), G.

MPW 11 Nov 1916, p. 912. Raymond Nye (Poggin), Clarence Burton (Bland), Lamar Johnstone (Captain Neil), Henry J. Hebert (Cal Bain), C. Edward Hatton

THE LAST MAN OUT see THE LAST MAN (Stevens), Louise Lovely (Jenny Lee), Genevieve Blinn (Mrs. Lee), Orra Gardner (Mrs. Bland), Frederic Herzog (Euchre).

THE LAST OF HIS PEOPLE F1.0026 Western. Buck Duane, the son of an outlaw, wants to live peacefully, but, Select Pictures Corp. Dist Select Pictures Corp. 20 Dec 1919 [©Select when he kills Cal Bain in self-defense, he must leave his Texas border town

Pictures Corp.; 20 Nov 1919; LP14465]. 5 reels, 5,195 ft. to hide in the hills, where he meets outlaw gangs, but refuses, however, to Dir Robert North Bradbury. Scen Robert North Bradbury and Frank join them. While rescuing Jenny Lee, who was kidnapped years earlier by Howard Clark. Story Robert North Bradbury and Frank Howard Clark. the Bland gang from being raped by Bland, Buck is wounded by Mrs.

Cam L. W. McManigal. Bland, with whom he flirted to save Jenny. As Jenny nurses Buck, they fall Cast: Mitchell Lewis (Lone Wolf, later known as Wolf Briggs), Harry in love. After she is recaptured and then rescued by the Texas Rangers, Lonsdale (Anthony Briggs), Yvette Mitchell (Na-ta-le), Catherine Van they pursue Buck, who outwits them and then surrenders. The captain of Buren (Yvonne Lacombe), J. J. Bryson (Robert Lacey), Eddie Hearn the Rangers orders Buck’s pardon, if he will assist in capturing the two

(Reynard Lacey), Joseph Swickard (Baron Bonart). outlaws who killed Jenny’s parents. During a bank hold-up, the outlaws are Northwest drama. Young chief Lone Wolf and his sister Na-ta-le, whose — captured, but Buck is seriously wounded. After the governor’s reprieve,

people died of “spotted sickness,” are adopted by woodsman Anthony Buck marries Jenny and soon they have a large family of husky children. Briggs, who lives in isolation in the Canadian North Woods. Briggs’s wife Nursing back to health. Outlaws. Rescues. Self-defense. Texas. left with the lumber camp foreman, Robert Lacey, for New York, where = Attempted rape. Bank robberies. Flirtation. Governors. Pardons (legal). she died in poverty. Years later, Briggs’s daughter, Yvonne Lacombe, an Texas Rangers. artist and heartbreaker of the Bohemian set, returns with a hunting party, Note: This film opened in New York on 14 Sep 1919. Fox filmed Grey's story twice including her fiancé, Lacey’s son Reynard. When Wolf helps Yvonne after in the twenties: in 1924, with Tom Mix starring and Lynn Reynolds directing; and an accident, she accepts a wager that she can capture Wolf’s heart. She in 1930, with George O’Brien starring and Alfred L. Werker directing (see AFI paints his portrait and wins the bet, leaving Wolf brokenhearted. After Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; 2.2979 and F2.2980). Twentieth Century-Fox

. . released another version in 1941, with George Montgomery starring and James

Reynard betrays Na-ta-le, Wolf interrupts the wedding of Reynard and Tinling directing. ,

Yvonne, demanding satisfaction. He pursues Reynard, who goes to Na-ta- ETR 27 Sep 1919, p. 1481. NYT 15 Sep 1919, p. 16. le’s cabin, and while he and Briggs fight, Na-ta-le is accidentally shot and MPN 27 Sep 1919, p. 2661. Var 19 Sep 1919, p. 54. killed. As Wolf pursues Reynard, Yvonne discovers that she is Briggs’ MPW 27 Sep 1919, p. 2023. Wid's 5 Oct 1919, p. 27. daughter and is part Indian. After Wolf hurls Reynard over a precipice during a knife fight, he returns to discover Yvonne waiting. Brother-sister THE LAST OF THE INGRAHAMS see THE LAST OF THE

relationship. Canada. Indians of North America. Painters. Parentage. INGRAMS Teases. Tribal chiefs. Wagers. Woodsmen. Accidental death. Bohemians

fights., ;Seduction. Weddings. , , , Distributing ; Ter New York Motion Picture Corp.; Kay-Bee. Dist Triangle and Bohemianism. Class distinction. Falls from heights. Hunting. Knife THE LAST OF THE INGRAMS F 1.0029 Note: Some scenes were filmed at Big Bear Lake, CA.

ETR 27 Dec 1919, p. 425 Var 9 Jan 1920, p. 53 Corp. 25 Feb 1917. 5 reels.

MPN 37 Dec 1919, is 770. Wid's 31 Dec 1919, . 31. Prod Thomas H. Ince. Dir Walter Edwards. Scen J. G. Hawks. MPW 27 Dec 1919, p. 1187. Wid'sY 1925, p. 463. Story John Lynch. Cam Chester Lyons. 502

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE LAST SENTENCE Cast: William Desmond (Jules Ingram), Margery Wilson (Mercy Later, Magua murders both Cora and Uncas but is felled by a bullet from

Reed), Robert McKim (Rufus Moore), Walt Whitman (Israel Hawkeye. The Delawares then lament the passing of the Last of the Spence), Mary Armlyn (Agnes Moore), Thelma Salter (Ruth Moore). Mohicans. Frontier and pioneer life. Huron Indians. Mohican Indians. Drama. Jules Ingram, the sole survivor of an old Puritan family, seeks Massacres. Royalty. Scouts-Frontier. Sieges. United States—Historysolace and forgetfulness in drink. Unable to pay his debts, Jules is driven French and Indian War, 1755-1763. Delaware Indians. French. Parentage.

from his house when banker Rufus Moore forecloses on the mortgage. Sisters. Offered shelter by Mercy Reed, a woman who in her youth naively sinned Note: This was Tourneur’s first film for Associated Producers. Clarence Brown, and has remained unforgiven by the community ever since, Jules begins to Tourneur’s assistant, took over direction when Tourneur was injured during shooting. reform. Climbing his way back to respectability, Jules attends church with According to modern sources, Boris Karloff had a small role in this film as a Mercy. causing a storm of protest. Moore’s wife Agnes urges the mob to marauding Indian. A pre-production news item states that Omar Whitehead was to Hercy, Ca 8 P 8 8 play the role of Hawkeye. Many other versions of Cooper’s novel have been made, violence, and as they attempt to tar and feather Jules and Mercy, Mercy including a 1936 United Artist production, directed by George B. Seitz and starring delivers an eloquent speech condemning Moore as her betrayer. The mob Randolph Scott and Binnie Barnes; a 1947 Columbia movie called The Last of the then takes Moore as their victim, leaving Jules and Mercy in peace. Redmen, directed by George Sherman; and a 1977 television movie, directed by James

Alcoholics. New England. Ostracism. Regeneration. Religiousity. &- Conway and starring Steve Forrest.

Bankers. Churches. Debt. Foreclosure. Mobs. Reputation. MEN aoe 1990 P 4038 ey ree 1990 P O. Note: This film was also known as The Last of the Ingrahams. MPN 23 Oct 1920, p. 3238. MPW 11 Dec 1920, p. 771.

ETR 17 Feb 1917, p. 784. MPW 24 Feb 1917, pp. 1209-10. MPN 30 Oct 1920, p. 430. NYMT 28 Nov 1920. Motog 24 Feb 1917, p. 428. Wid's 15 Feb 1917, p. 109. MPN 27 Nov 1920, p. 4124. Wid's 28 Nov 1920, p. 2. MPN 24 Feb 1917, p. 1252.

THE LAST REBEL F1.2416

THE LAST OF THE MAFIA F1.2414 Triangle Film Corp. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 9 Jun 1918. 5 reels. Neutral Film Co. Dist State Rights. Mar 1915 [©David Krakauer; 24 Dir Gilbert P. Hamilton. Scen George Elwood Jenks. Story Hapsburg

Feb 1915; LU4520]. 5 reels. Liebe. Cam Jack MacKenzie.

Dir Sidney M. Goldin. Scen Sidney M. Goldin. Cast: Belle Bennett (Cora Batesford/Floribel Batesford), Walt

Cast: Jack Clark, Catherine Lee, William Conrad. - Whitman (Colonel Batesford), Lillian Langdon (Mrs. Batesford), Joe Drama/Crime. The famous Italian detective Guila Ferrati is sent by the Bennett (Jack Batesford), Joe King (Harry Apperson/”Lucky” Jim Italian government to trail members of the Mafia who have landed in Apperson), Jack Curtis (Pensinger Gale), Lucretia Harris (Mammy America. After these two resume their criminal activities in New York, a Lulu), Anna Dodge (Landlady). bootblack named Tony overhears the Chief Inspector of the police talking Drama. The Civil War breaks up the longstanding friendship of the to Ferrati. Tony goes to the Mafia’s den and reports that Ferrati is in town. Appersons and the Batesfords, two old Southern families. When Harry

After Ferrati visits a saloon frequented by the Mafia, he is lured to a Apperson announces that he intends to fight for the Union, his fiancée, secluded house and killed. Meanwhile, Aramatti Lattori, a wealthy Italian Cora Batesford, bitterly denounces him and marries his rival, Jack merchant, receives letters from the Black Hand threatening the kidnapping Batesford. After the war, Harry goes West and makes his fortune. Fifty of his child unless he delivers a large sum of money to them. The subsequent years later, Harry and his grandson Jim decide to buy back the old kidnapping climaxes into a series of incidents, including the throwing of a Carolina homestead, and Jim journeys South, where he meets Cora’s bomb, which sets the city In an uproar. Then, through clever ruses and granddaughter, Floribel. Although Floribel has lost the Batesford estate to daring exploits, Detective Lieutenant Cavanaugh, of Italian parentage, Pensinger Gale, a wily mortgage broker who wishes to marry her, she rescues the child and rounds up the gang, and the two Mafia members are retains her hatred of the Appersons and refuses Jim’s help. The proud delivered to representatives of the Italian government for extradition. young woman fails to find employment in another town and is about to Detectives. Kidnapping. Mafia. New York City. Bombs. Bootblacks. commit suicide when Jim rescues her and convinces her to marry him.

Italians. Merchants. Murder. Ransom. Rescues. Before the ceremony, he presents her with the deed to the Batesford estate Note: This was the first film of the Neutral Film Co. as a wedding present. Granddaughters. Grandsons. Mortgages. Motog = 27 Mar 1915, p. 510. MPW 20 Mar 1915, p. 1784. Southerners. United States-History—Civil War, 1861-1865. United States-

South. Attempted suicide. Deeds. Gifts. Rescues. Rivalry.

THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS F1.2415 = Unemployment. United States-West. Weddings. Maurice Tourneur Productions, Inc. Dist Associated Producers, Inc. 21 Note: NYDM attributes the production to Kay-Bee.

Nov 1920 [©Maurice Tourneur; 16 Nov 1920; LP15837]. 6 reels. ETR 15 Jun 1918, p. 127. NYDM 22 Jun 1918, p. 888.

Pres Maurice Tourneur. Dir Maurice Tourneur and Clarence L. Brown. MPN 22 Jun 1918, p. 3690, 3739. Var 14 Jun 1918, p. 31. Scen Robert A. Dillon. Cam Philip R. Dubois and Charles Van Enger. Art MPW 22 Jun 1918, p. 1757. Wid's 9 Jun 1918, pp. 19-20. dir Floyd Mueller. Musical accompaniment composed by Arthur Kay.

Source: Based on the novel The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore THE LAST SENTENCE F1.2417

Cooper (Boston, 1826). Thomas A. Edison, Inc. Dist K-E-S-E Service. | Jan 1917 [OThomas A. Cast: Wallace Beery (Magua), Barbara Bedford (Cora Munro), Albert Edison, Inc.; 15 Dec 1916; LP9743]. 5 reels.

Roscoe (Uncas), Lillian Hall (Alice Munro), Henry Woodward (Major Dir Ben Turbett. Scen Edward H. Griffith. Cam Fred S. Brace. Heyward), James Gordon (Colonel Munro), George Hackathorne Source: Based on the novel The Last Sentence by Maxwell Gray (pseud. (Captain Randolph), Nelson McDowell (David Gamut), Harry Lorraine of Mary Gleed Tuttiett) (London, 1893). (Hawkeye), Theodore Lerch (Chingachgook), Jack F. McDonald Cast: Marc MacDermott (George Crosby), Miriam Nesbitt (Cynthia (Tamenund), Sydney Deane (General Webb), Joseph Singleton. Ford), Grace Williams (Renee Kerouac), Herbert Prior (Hoel Calloc), Drama/Historical. During the French and Indian War, Cora Munro and Florence Stover (Mrs. Crosby), Gladys Gane (Georgiana), Elaine Ivans

her younger sister Alice are on their way to Fort Henry, unaware that the (Georgette), Raymond McKee (Val Lewis), Mrs. Wallace Erskine fort, under the command of their father Colonel Munro, is besieged by (Mrs. Lewis), Jessie Stevens (Mere Kerouac), William Wadsworth Indians in league with the French. Leading the girls is Magua, a heinous (Pere Kerouac), Fred Jones (Raoul Kerouac), Mrs. Stewart (Fisher Indian who has been cast out from the Huron tribe. En route, they meet woman), Janet Dawley, Joan Morgan, Billy Wirth (Fisher children), Uncas, Chingachgook and the scout Hawkeye. Realizing Magua’s identity, Mabel Dwight (Modiste), John Quinn (Porter), Allan Prisee (Waiter), Hawkeye attempts to capture him, but the scoundrel eludes him. Next Harry Linson, Morgan Thorpe (7wo Brittany musicians), Robert Brower morning, the group is captured, but Uncas, Chingachgook and Hawkeye (Mr. Crosby), Walter Allan (Dick Crosby), Miss De Wolf, Miss M. Pratt

escape and rescue their party. Just as they approach the fort, Colonel (Young lady guests, Crosby home), Cedric Bush (Young man guest, Munro is forced to surrender with the agreement that the women and Crosby home), Robert Keggeris (Ryall, butler in Crosby home), Miss O. children be spared. Meanwhile, the Hurons, incited by Magua, attack the Wright, Miss Kaj. Gynt, Ed Coleman, Armie Gynt (Guests at Crosby fort and a terrible massacre ensues. Magua takes Cora and Alice prisoner skating party), George Melville (Proprietor of old curiousity shop), Lena in the Delaware Indian camp. Soon after, Uncas arrives and reveals himself Davril, Miss A. Pratt, Mrs. MacLaren, Elmer Bronti, Mr. C. Edwards to be the “last of the Mohicans” and therefore a royal member of the (Brittany wedding guests), Baby Bianchinne (Georgette, Renee’s baby, 3 Delawares. Attempting to accommodate royalty, a compromise is reached months old), Emily Banker (Georgette, Renee’s baby, 3 years old), Loel among the Indians: Cora is to go with Magua and Alice is to be freed. Stewart (Georgiana, Cynthia’s baby, 3 years old), Miss Calhoun (Mrs.

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THE LAST STRAW AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Barnes, landlady), “‘Rover” Bingham (Cynthia’s collie dog), Nellie Grant plotting of two spies and with the help of her brother Raolf, she confronts (Mrs. Dixon), Rea Tavaotti (Georgette’s baby, 4 months old), Charles them. In the ensuing struggle, Katrina kills one of them, who turns out to

Martin (Butler, Lewis home), William Fables (Operator, North Western be the Austranian ambassador. Although Katrina admits her crime,

station), William Slattery (Sing-Sing Warden), Ed Longman Marshal von Trump plans to execute Raolf in order to pacify the

(Fitzhugh White). Austranians. Katrina appeals to Ludwig, who pardons Raolf over the

Drama. While vacationing in Brittany, successful New York attorney advice of his counselors causing Austrania to declare war. A crucial battle George Crosby falls in love with and marries Renee Kerouac, a fisherman’s is fought near the Ardelheim inn, during which Katrina becomes a heroine daughter. Within days, George realizes that Renee’s lack of breeding and by signaling the advance of Ludwig’s troops. She is fatally wounded by the culture repulse him, and he leaves her at a convent and returns to America. Austranians and is then brought to the inn where she dies with Ludwig at Hearing that Renee and his child have perished in a fire, George marries her side. He then eulogizes both Katrina and Raolf, who has also died in Cynthia Ford. Renee surprises her husband with a visit, but George denies battle. Brother-sister relationship. Espionage. Mythical kingdoms. War

that she is his wife, and she dies of a broken heart. The child is not heard heroes. Accidental death. Diplomats. Disguise. Executions. Pardons from until years later when George, now a judge, sits at the trial of a young (legal). Royalty. Soldiers. woman charged with the murder of her baby. The young woman is Renee’s Note: This film was chosen to open the Hammerstein Opera House in New York

daughter, and she is convicted. George, paralyzed by the shock, lives in City.

terror until the father of his daughter’s child, Val Lewis, comes to her hanes * ae Iola p. + 313-14. ew 0 Aus ole p. ose rescue and produces her baby. Class distinction. Desertion. Judges. MPM Ae 1914, e. 57. NYDM 19 Aue 19a, . x‘ Missing persons, assumed dead. Parentage. Americans in foreign

Infante Lawyers Marriage raise arrests. Fishermen. French. Infanticide. THE LATCH STRING HANGS OUT see THE LOVE NET Note: The synopsis of the film in the copyright descriptions and reviews credit

Raymond McKee with the role of ‘Val Lewis,” while the scenario in the copyright LAUGHING BILL HYDE F1.2420

descriptions credits Edward Earle. Rex Beach Pictures. Dist Goldwyn Distributing Corp.; Star Series. 30

ETR 13 Jan 1917, p. 420. MPW 13 Jan 1917, p. 243. Sep 1918 [©Goldwyn Pictures Corp.; 30 Sep 1918; LP15678]. 6 reels,

Motog 13 Jan 1917, p. 97. MPW 20 Jan 1917, p. 420. 5,790 ft.

MPN 13 Jan 1917, p. 273. NyDM 6 Jan 1917 p. 28. Dir Hobart Henley. Asst dir Walter Sheridan. Scen Willard Mack. Cam Arthur Cadwell. Art dir Hugo Ballin.

Fox Film Corp, Dist Fox Film Corp. Feb 1920 [©William Fox § Feb _,Souree: Based on the short story “Laughing Bill Hyde" by Rex

1920: LP14740]. 5 reels, 4.822 ft. DI Beach in Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories (New York, Dir Denison Clift. Scen Denison Clift. Cam Vernon Walker. Lo, Cast: Will Rogers (Laughing Bill Hyde), Anna Lehr (Ponotah), John Source: Based on the serial story “The Last Straw” by Harold Titus in M. Sainpolis (Black Jack Burg), Mabel Ballin (Alice), Clarence Oliver

Munsey'’s Magazine (Oct 1919-Mar 1920). (Dr. Evan Thomas), Joseph Herbert (Joseph Wesley Slayforth), Robert Cast: Buck Jones (Tom Beck), Vivian Rich (Jane Hunter), Jane Tallent Conville (Denny Slevin), Dan Mason (Danny Dorgan).

(Bobby Cole), Colin Kenny (Dick Hilton), Charles Le Moyne Northwest drama. Convict Bill Hyde and his friend, Danny Dorgan, (Hepburn), Bob Chandler (A/f Cole), William Gillis ( Two Bits”), H. W. break out of prison, but in running from the guards, Danny is mortally Padgett (Sam McKee), Hank Bell (Pat Webb), Zeib Morris (Riley), Lon Wounded. The local doctor, Evan Thomas, tries so hard to save Danny that

Poff (Rev. Beal). , we later, when Bill and the doctor meet in Alaska, the two become friends. A Western. Upon inheriting the H. C. Ranch, young Easterner Jane — qying man gives his mine to the doctor, but upon discovering that it is

Hunter ventures West to take possession of her legacy. Soon after arriving, Worthless, Bill sells it to a crook named John Wesley Slayforth for $50,000.

she appoints a cowboy named Hepburn as the foreman. Ranch hand Tom Slayforth attempts to cheat Ponotah, a part Indian woman who owns Beck suspects that Hepburn may be in league with the band of rustlers who another mine in which he has an interest, and Bill secures employment in

are victimizing the r anch, but says nothing. An attachment springs UP the mine in order to investigate. When he learns that the superintendent between Tom and his boss, and when Dick Hilton, Jane’s former suitor, i, systematically stealing gold from the mine, Bill in turn robs him and follows her West and begins making unwelcome advances towards her, buries the money near his cabin. Most of the gold he gives to Ponotah, who

Tom intervenes and orders him from the house. With Hepburn s accepts his marriage proposal, while the $50,000 goes to the doctor, resignation as foreman, Tom takes over the job and, after a quarrel with enabling him to return home and wed the girl of his heart. Alaska. Jane, sets out to track down the rustlers. Captured by the outlaws, Tom Convicts. Friendship. Gold mines. Indians—Mixed blood. Indians of North is left to die in a remote canyon. As Tom struggles to free himself, the gang America, Physicians. Prison escapes. Fraud. Gold. Mine foremen. Miners. is apprehended and brought to trial. Jane is sentencing them as the escaped Theft. Thieves. Tom appears in the courtroom. Overjoyed, she rushes towards him, and in Note: This was Will Rogers’ first feature film. It had a pre-release showing in New the ensuing chaos, the gang escapes. A shootout follows and Tom wins both York in 22 Sep 1918.

the fight and Jane. Cowboys. Ranch foremen. Ranchers. Ranches. ETR 21 Sep 1918, p. 1345. NYDM 5 Oct 1918, p. 516.

Rustlers. Gangs. Gunfights. Inheritance. Trials. ETR 28 Sep 1918, p. 1369. NYT 23 Sep 1918, p. 7.

Note: The copyright entry credits Charles Swickard as director and scenarist, while ETR 5 Oct 1918, p. 1521. Var 27 Sep 1918, p. 45. all other sources list Denison Clift. The serial was also published as a novel (Boston, MPN 5 Oct 1918, p. 2245. Wid's 29 Sep 1918, p. 32.

1920). MPW 5 Oct 1918, p. 120, 127. ETR 7 Feb 1920, p. 1009. NYMT 1 Feb 1920.

MPN 14 Feb 1920, p. 1755. Var 27 Feb 1920, p. 46. THE LAUGHING LASS see SUCH A LITTLE PIRATE MPW 14 Feb 1920, pp. 1006-07, Wia's 1 Feb 1920, p. 17. 1115, 1068, 1090.

THE LAST VOLUNTEER F1.2419

LAUREL CARLISLE see THE LIGHT WITHIN

Pathé Freres. Dist Eclectic Film Co. 22 Aug 1914. 5 reels. THE LAW BRINGERS see OUT OF THE SNOWS

Dir Oscar C. Apfel.

Cast: Eleanor Woodruff (Katrina), Paul Panzer (Ambassador of THE LAW DECIDES F1.2421 Austrania), Robert Broderick (Von Tromp), Irving Cummings (Prince Vitagraph Co. of America; A Blue Ribbon Feature. Dist V-L-S-E, Inc. Ludwig), Edward N. Hoyt (Hermann Ardelheim), Mary Gray (Mother 1 May 1916 [©Vitagraph Co. of America; 19 Apr 1916; LP8121]. 7 reels. Ardelheim), Harold Crane (Raolf Ardelheim), A. H. Barstar (A cavalry Dir Marguerite Bertsch and William P. S. Earle. Scen Marguerite

officer). Bertsch. Cam Clark R. Nickerson. Costumes Jane Lewis. War drama. While traveling incognito through his kingdom, Prince Cast: Donald Hall (John Wharton), Dorothy Kelly (Florence

Ludwig of Saxe-Tholberg becomes infatuated with Katrina, the daughter Wharton), Harry Morey (Lorenz), Bobby Connelly (Bobby Wharton), of innkeeper Hermann Ardelheim, but their idyll is interrupted by the Louise Beaudet (Mrs. Wharton), Adele Kelly (Beatrice), Bonnie Taylor arrival of a courier bearing the news that Austrania has threatened war. (Maid). Katrina is heartbroken to discover the identity of her sweetheart whom she Drama. Hoping to keep her stepson John’s fortune in her family, Mrs. can never hope to marry. After Ludwig’s departure, Katrina overhears the Wharton works day and night to break up his marriage and to get him

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE LAW OF THE GREAT NORTHWEST engaged to her daughter Beatrice. As part of the plan, Mrs. Wharton tells breaks into Keene’s room, and when he is ejected by hotel detectives, he Lorenz to pursue John’s wife Florence, and makes John believe that says that Keene ought to be killed. The next day, Laura and Denis marry Florence has begun an affair with her new suitor. John quickly divorces so that he can have the right to protect her, but at the ceremony, he is Florence, who, in an attempt to maintain her honor and good name, arrested for Keene’s murder, which occurred the previous night. Wade then becomes engaged to Lorenz. Meanwhile, Mrs. Wharton finally convinces acts as Keene’s defense attorney. After Laura catches Wade about to shoot

Beatrice, who really loves Lorenz, to marry John. Before the wedding, himself, he confesses to killing Keene the next day in court, and then however, Beatrice and Lorenz decide to elope, and Florence learns of the swallows poison. Artists. Attempted rape. False arrests. Infidelity. part Mrs. Wharton played in breaking up her marriage. With the plot, as Sculptors. Suicide. Wards and guardians. Architects. Confession (law). well as his own role in it, now common knowledge, Lorenz kills himself, Lawyers. Libertines. Murder. New York City-Greenwich Village. after which John and Florence are reconciled and remarry. Divorce. Poisoning. Roadhouses. Socialites. Weddings. Slander. Stepmothers. Elopement. Greed. Reputation. Suicide. Note: This film was originally entitled Nemesis. Some scenes in the film were shot

Note: This film was Marguerite Bertsch’s first as a director. in a criminal courtroom in Los Angeles, where real clerks, bailiffs and other

Motog 6 May 1916, p. 1053. MPW 6 May 1916, p. 981. courtroom personnel enacted roles.

MPN 6 May 1916, p. 2721. Var 21 Apr 1916, p. 29. ETR 17 May 1919, p. 1835. NYMT 11 May 1919. MPW 22 Apr 1916, p. 650. Wid's 27 Apr 1916, p. 532. MPN 24 May 1919, p. 3472. Var 16 May 1919, p. 50.

MPW 29 Apr 1916, p. 871. MPW 24 May 1919, p. 1221.

THE LAW OF BLOOD see THE DEVIL’S PRAYER-BOOK THE LAW OF NATURE F1.2424 David G. Fischer Productions, Inc. Dist State Rights; Arrow Film Corp.

THE LAW OF COMPENSATION F1.2422 Mar? 1919. 7-8 reels. . . .

Norma Talmadge Film Corp. Dist Lewis J. Selznick Enterprises: Dir David G. Fischer. Scen David G. Fischer. Story David G. Fischer

LP10503]. 6 reels. Cam Stanley G. Mason.

Selznick Pictures. Apr 1917 [ONorma Talmadge Film Corp.;3 Apr 1917; in collaboration with Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson.

Pres Joseph Schenck. Prod Joseph Schenck. Dir Julius Steger and Cast: Frances NeMoyer (Gene Moore ), Vincent Coleman (Guy

Joseph A. Golden. Scen Edna G. Riley. Story Wilson Mizner. Cam John Bolton), Dixie Lee (Aileen Allison), Harold Salter (Paul Vanderbeck),

Urie. David G. Fischer (Dr. Owen Sherwood), Virginia Thorne (Lili

Cast: Norma Talmadge (Flora Graham/Ruth Graham), Frederick Vanderbeck), Ashton Newton (Harry Beaumont). - Bsmelton (John Graham), Chester Barnett (Allen Hayes, Ruth's Drama. A prologue shows Pestilence and Vice dispatched to the world husband), John Charles (Frank Trevor), Sally Crute (Grace Benton), Fred centuries ago by evil influences to combat the work of Honor and Integrity.

G. Hearn (Henry Thurman), Mary Hall (Mrs. Wayne), Edwin Stanley In the main story, Guy Bolton, a West Point cadet, falls for the allure of (Raymond Wells), Robert Cummings (Horace Benton), Marie Reichardt, | ™odel Gene Moore, after drinking wine at a Bohemian gathering. Guy’s

Harry Burkhardt, Baby Lorna, Frank Dawson. fiancée, Aileen Allison, the daughter of a prohibition crusading Senator,

Drama. Young wife Ruth Hayes, swayed by the promises of song plugger breaks their engagement, but when Guy promises abstention, they marry. Raymond Wells to make her a Broadway star, is on the verge of leaving After Aileen’s friend, Dr. Owen Sherwood diagnoses her baby’s deformity her husband when her father, John Graham, relates the story of his own as a result of Guy’s drinking, Guy resumes imbibing and debauchery with life. When Ruth was just a baby, her mother, Flora, became infatuated Gene, while Sherwood comforts Aileen. Drinking also ruins the promising with Frank Trevor, John’s business associate. Faced with John’s ultimatum Caer of artist Paul Vanderbeck, and the reputation of Paul’s daughter that she must choose between the two men, Flora leaves her husband and Lili, who lives with Gene. After a wild night of carousing, Lili pushes her child to go with Trevor. After the divorce, Flora marries Trevor, only to | Companion, Harry Beaumont, a friend of Guy’s, from a taxi and he dies. find his affection waning as he becomes involved in an affair with another | Although everyone is exonerated, Guy, shaken by the deaths of Harry and woman. When Trevor deserts his wife just as she is about to become the his own child, vows permanent reform and reconciles with Aileen. Paul and mother of his child, Flora writes John in despair and he hurries to her, Lili renounce liquor and become farmers. Accidental death. Alcoholism. reaching her side just before she dies. Enraged, John seeks out Trevor and 8th defects. Infidelity. Marriage. Moral reformation. Prohibition. Artists. kills him, but is acquitted of the crime. Thus learning the hard lesson of | Bohemians and Bohemianism. Cadets. Farmers. Models. Taxis. United

the law of compensation, Ruth decides to remain with her husband. States Military Academy. United States. Congress. Senate. Desertion. Infidelity. Marriage. Revenge. Divorce. Father-daughter _ Note: This was the first film by David G. Fischer Productions, Inc. According to

relationship. in the beginning the film, data on which the story was based was givenwho by ; ; .Pregnancy. . Captaintitles Richmond PearsonofHobson, an ex-Congressman from Alabama,

Note: According to a news item, this film was based on a well-known foreign play, achieved fame during a naval exploit in the Spanish-American War, and who was one but the exact source is undetermined. A 1913 Italian film La Legge de Compenso may of the most ardent advocates of prohibition. There was a pre-release screening of the have been taken from the same source, but no direct relationship between a play and film in New York on 13 Jan 1919. Aywon Film Corp. took over distribution to state

these two films has been established. rights exchanges from Arrow Film Corp. in Sep 1919. ETR 28 Apr 1917, p. 1465. NYDM _10 Mar 1917, p. 31. ETR 25 Jan 1919, p. 645. NYMT > Feb 1919. MPN 5 May 1917, p. 2857. Var 20 Apr 1917, p. 26. MPN 25 Jan 1919, p. 572. Var 3 Oct 1919, p. 56.

MPW 5 May 1917, p. 807. Wid's 26 Apr 1917, pp. 261-62. MPN 8 Feb 1919, p. 915. Wid’s 19 Jan 1919, p. 21. MPW 1 Feb 1919, p. 675.

THE LAW OF MAN see THE BLINDNESS OF DIVORCE .

THE LAW OF THE GREAT NORTHWEST F1.2425

THE LAW OF MEN F1.2423 Triangle Film Corp. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 14 Apr 1918. 5

Thomas H. Ince Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Paramount reels. Pictures. 27 Apr 1919 [©Thos. H. Ince Corp.; 10 Apr 1919; LP13607]. 5 Dir Raymond Wells. Scen Charles Mortimer Peck. Story Ralph R.

reels, 4,808 ft. Westfall. Cam Gilbert Warrenton. Pres Thomas H. Ince. Supv Thomas H. Ince. Dir Fred Niblo. Scen Ella Cast: Will Jeffries (Jamison), Eugene Corey (Charles Morin), William Stuart Carson. Story John Lynch. Cam George Barnes. Ed Duncan Dyer (Hal Sinclair), Louis Durham (Mont Brennan), William V. Mong

| Mansfield. Art dir C. Tracy Hoag. Art titles Irvin J. Martin. (Petain Monest), Margery Wilson (Marie Monest), J. P. Wild (Priest), Cast: Enid Bennett (Laura Dayne), Niles Welch (Denis Connors), Leo Willis (Manager), Arthur Willet (Jnspector). Andrew Robson (Benton Wade), Dorcas Mathews (Mildred Wade), Northwest drama. Hal Sinclair, the chief agent at the Fort Roscher

Donald MacDonald (Jamison Keene), Frankie Lee. trading post in the Canadian Northwest, controls the town and cheats the Drama. Orphan Laura Dayne, an ambitious sculptress, refuses to leave trappers, until a group of independent fur traders arrives. After nearly all her Greenwich Village studio to live with her loving guardian, famous of the traders are killed by Sinclair’s brutal henchman, Mont Brennan, criminal lawyer Benton Wade, when his mother dies. Wade then marries Officer Jamison of the North West Mounted Police is sent to investigate. social butterfly Margaret, who has an affair with Jamison Keene, a Charles Morin, a wealthy French Canadian businessman, also arrives at licentious architect, Keene’s interest soon switches to Laura, and she Fort Roscher that week with the intention of entering the fur trade, and naively accepts his invitation to visit a nearby town where, Keene promises, soon falls in love with Petain Monest’s pretty daughter Marie. Sinclair, she will receive the commission to decorate the public library. After Keene who also loves Marie, commissions Brennan to kill the young trader, but tries to rape Laura at a roadhouse, Laura’s fiancé, artist Denis Connors, Marie overhears their plans. As Brennan is taking aim, Marie shoots and

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THE LAW OF THE LAND AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG kills him and subsequently is accused of murder. Jamison has also fallen THE LAW OF THE NORTH F 1.2428 in love with Marie, but realizing that she prefers Morin, he decides to stand Thomas H. Ince Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Paramount by the young couple. With Jamison’s help, Marie is exonerated and finally Pictures. 29 Sep 1918 [OThomas H. Ince Corp.; 10 Sep 1918; LP12849].

joined to the man whose life she saved. Businessmen. Canadian 5 reels, 4,358 ft. Northwest. French Canadians. Murder. North West Mounted Police. Pres Thomas H. Ince. Supv Thomas H. Ince. Dir Irvin V. Willat. Asst

Traders. Trading posts. Forts. Fur traders. Trappers. dir Doran Cox. Scen R. Cecil Smith. Titles Irvin J. Martin. Story John ETR 23 Mar 1918, p. 1303. MPW 27 Apr 1918, p. 589. Lynch or Ella Stuart Carson. Cam Chester Lyons. Art dir G. Harold ETR 27 Apr 1918, p. 1692. Var 19 Apr 1918, p. 45. Percival. Art titles Irvin J. Martin.

pW 6 Ae oe . ae Wid's 25 Apr 1918, p. 1098. Cast: Charles Ray (Alain de Montcalm), Doris Lee (Therese Le

Noir), Robert McKim (Caesar Le Noir), Gloria Hope (Virginie de Montcalm), Charles K. French (Michel de Montcalm), Manuel Ojeda (Numa).

THE LAW OF THE LAND F 1.2426 Northwest drama. Alain de Montcalm, the son of French Canadian Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 12 Aug trading post commandante Michel de Montcalm, is sent to conduct 1917 [OJesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co.; 3 Aug 1917; LP11210]. 5 reels. — business in a neighboring town, where he meets and falls in love with

Pres Jesse L. Lasky. Dir Maurice Tourneur. Asst dir Charles E. Therese Le Noir, the daughter of his father’s assistant, Caesar. Upon his Whitaker. Scen Charles E. Whittaker. Cam John Vanderbroeck. return home, he learns that Caesar has killed Michel and abducted his Source: Based on the play The Law of the Land by George Broadhurst sister Virginie. Grief-stricken and angry, Alain denounces Therese as the

(New York, 30 Sep 1914). daughter of a murderer and turns her over to the lecherous Numa, after Cast: Olga Petrova (Margaret Harding), Wyndham Standing which he sets out in pursuit of Caesar. At the abandoned stockade where

(Richard Harding), Mahlon Hamilton (Geoffrey Morton), J. D. Haragan Caesar holds Virginie prisoner, the villain wounds the girl in a struggle for (Brockland), T. Vivian (Chetwood), William Riley Hatch (/nspector his gun and then flees into the forest. Alain follows him but soon returns

Cochrane). home to care for his sister and Therese, whom he discovers lying

Drama. In order to save her mother from disgrace, Margaret marries —_ unconscious in the snow. Therese accepts his apology and his marriage Richard Harding even though she really loves Geoffrey Morton. Five years proposal, and later they learn that Caesar has been devoured by wolves.

later, the Hardings have a little son, and Margaret’s life has been made Abduction. French Canadians. Murder. Traders. Brother-sister almost unbearable by her husband; she lives for nothing but her son. relationship. Death by animals. Fights. Lechery. Morton, returning after an absence of two years, learns that Harding has Note: The working titles for this film were A Son of the North and The Eaglet of made some false accusations against him and goes to his home to demand the White Wild. Sources conflict in crediting either John Lynch or Ella Stuart Carson

a retraction. While there, he witnesses an exhibition of Harding’s cruelty with the story.

as he whips his little son. After Morton leaves, Harding threatens to beat ETR 4 May 1918, p. 1781. MPW 5 Oct 1918, p. 125.

the boy again, and Margaret tells him that she will shoot him if he does. LPN Sey ile p. io1s, NYT 9 Sep 1918 P. . Harding defies Margaret’s plea, and she carries out her threat. Together, MPN 19 Oct 1918, p. 2567. Var 13 Sep 1918, p. 41.

Harding’s secretary and Margaret place the revolver so that it will appear MPW 21 Sep 1918, p, 1772. Wid's 15 Sep 1918, pp. 25-26. to be a suicide, but the police are not deceived. After a desperate defense by her lawyers, however, the death is ruled accidental and Margaret is free to begin life anew. Battered children. Manslaughter. Marriage-Forced by

and edi . . . circumstances. Mother-son — relationship. _Self-sacrifice. False

accusations. Father-son relationship. Flagellation. Lawyers. Secretaries. THE LAW OF THE YUKON F1.2429

Trials. Mayflower Photoplay Corp. Dist Realart Pictures Corp. Sep 1920 Dediter of thie film and scenes in it were shot in Florida, According to modern (Mayflower Photoplay Corp.; 29 Aug 1920; LP15552]. 6 reels, 5.614 ft. sources, Ben Carré was art director on this film. Charles E. Whittaker, the scenarist, Dir Charles Miller. Scen Harry Chandlee. Cam A. H. Vallet and Al and Charles E. Whitaker, the assistant director, appear to be different people. Leach.

ETR 25 Aug 1917, p. 939. NYDM _25 Aug 1917, p. 21. Source: Inspired by the poem “The Law of The Yukon” in Songs of a Motog 15 Sep 1917, p. 580. Var 17 Aug 1917, p. 29. Sourdough by Robert W. Service (New York, 1907).

MPN 25 Aug 1917, p. 1274. Wid's 23 Aug 1917, p. 540. Cast: Edward Earle (Morgan Kleath), Joseph Smiley (Tim

MPW 25 Aug 1917, p. 1385. | Meadows), Nancy Deaver (Goldie), June Elvidge (Mrs. Meredith),

Bigelow Cooper (Dr. Meredith), Tom Velmar (Joe Duke), Warburton Gamble (Medford Delaney), Sara Biala (Kleath’s wife), Nadine Nash,

THE LAW OF THE NORTH F1.2427 Thomas O’Malley, Jack Dillon, Bird Millman.

Thomas A. Edison, Inc. Dist K-E-S-E Service. 2 Apr 1917 [OThomas Drama. Morgan Kleath, fleeing an unfaithful wife in San Francisco, goes

A. Edison, Inc.; 21 Mar 1917; LP10423]. 5 reels, 4,919 ft. to the Yukon to establish a daily newspaper. Shortly after arriving, he Dir Burton George. Scen Edward H. Griffith. Cam Charles Gilson. meets Goldie Meadows, the ward of dance hall proprietor Tim Meadows. Cast: Shirley Mason (Edith Graham), Pat O’Malley (Corporal John Upon exhibiting an interest in Goldie, Morgan arouses the jealousy of Joe Emerson), Richard Tucker (The Rt. Hon. Reginald Annesley), Charles Duke, one of her admirers, and during a fight between the two, Goldie Sutton (Lieutenant Robert Graham), Sally Crute (Marie Beaubin), Fred comes to Kleath’s aid when he is stabbed in the back. Later, when Duke’s

Jones (Pierre Beaubin), Robert Keggerris (Ba’Tiste). associates rob Meadow’s safe, a number of clues point to Kleath and he is Northwest drama. At a North West Mounted Police post in Hudson’s arrested and charged with the crime. Just as the court declares him guilty, Bay, Edith Graham returns from school to live with her father, Lieutenant Kleath’s wife arrives from San Francisco and testifies that she had seen

Graham. Edith finds herself courted by two suitors, Corporal John Kleath and Goldie together the night of the robbery. To save Goldie’s Emerson and Reginald Annesley, the latter of whom is a wealthy reputation, Kleath had refused to defend himself with this alibi. After purchasing agent for the post. Annesley’s pursuit of Edith is encumbered completing her testimony, Mrs. Kleath is shot and killed by members of

by Marie, a half-breed with whom he is having an affair. When Marie the Duke gang, freeing Kleath to make Goldie an “honest woman.” informs him that she is carrying his child, Annesley kills her and accuses Outlaws. Reputation. Robbery. Self-sacrifice. Yukon. Dance hall girls. Emerson of the crime. Edith, doubting that the corporal is capable of such Dance hall owners. Jealousy. Knife fights. Murder. Newspapers. Safes. a deed, investigates and discovers Annesley’s picture at the murder site. Trials. Feigning admiration of Annesley, Edith then wheedles a confession from Note: Songs of a Sourdough was reprinted as The Spell of the Yukon and Other him within earshot of Emerson and her father. Frame-ups. Hudson Bay pen ses. Accoraing 10 news items, the company a7 02 Persons spent three months in (Canada). Murder. North West Mounted Police. Rivalry. Confession (law). Ringling Brothers and Barnum rn Bailey’s Circus. This was the first film of Nancy

Father-daughter relationship. Indians-Mixed blood. Military posts. Deaver, an Australian actress.

Pregnancy. Purchasing agents. Traps. ETR 9 Oct 1920, p. 1999. MPN 2 Oct 1920, p. 2715. ETR 7 Apr 1917, p. 1250. MPW 7 Apr 1917, pp. 114-15, 160. MPN 10 Apr 1920, p. 3302. MPW 10 Apr 1920, p. 280.

Motog 7 Apr 1917, p. 746. NYDM _ 31 Mar 1917, p. 27. MPN 24 Apr 1920, p. 3678. MPW 25 Sep 1920, p. 534.

MPN 7 Apr 1917, p. 2196. Wid's 5 Apr 1917, p. 221. MPN 4 Sep 1920, p. 1894. Wid's 19 Sep 1920, p. 23.

MPN 14 Apr 1917, p. 2361, MPN 18 Sep 1920, p. 2283. 506

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 THE LAW’S OUTLAW THE LAW THAT DIVIDES F1.2430 France. France. Army. French. Germans. Germany. Military occupation. Plaza Pictures. Dist W. W. Hodkinson Corp. 28 Oct 1918. 5 reels. World War !. Marriage. Marriage-Secret. Military enlistment. Murder.

Dir Howard M. Mitchell. Cam Joseph Brotherton. Parentage. Spies. Wine merchants. :

Cast: Kathleen Clifford (Kathleen Preston), Kenneth Harlan Note: There are some discrepancies in role names among the various reviews.

(Howard Murray), Gordon Sackville (John Douglas), Corinne Grant ETR 10 Aug 1918, p. 835. NYDM. _7 Sep 1918, p. 370. (Mrs. Douglas), Patrick Calhoun (Kenneth Douglas), Stanley Pembroke MPN 17 Aug 1918, p. 1043. Var 20 Sep 1918, p. 45. (Jack Baggot), Ruth Lackaye (Mrs. Baggot), Mabel Hyde (Mrs. MPW 31 Aug 1918, p. 1307. Wid's 18 Aug 1918, pp. >-6. Preston).

Drama. John Douglas divorces his wife, taking custody of their son A LAW UNTO HIMSELF ; F1.2433

Kenneth and leaving her with their little daughter Kathleen. Mrs. Douglas Centaur Film Co. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; Mutual Masterpictures De

dies in poverty, and Kathleen falls in with crook Jack Baggot and his wife, Luxe Edition. 28 Feb 1916. > reels. . who teach her how to pick pockets. Later she is adopted by Mrs. Preston, Prod David Horsley. Dir Robert Broadwell. Scen Lillian V. Brockwell.

a wealthy woman who rears her in an atmosphere of elegance and Cast: Crane Wilbur (Allan Dwight/Jean Belleau), Louis Durham refinement, but after Jack’s release from prison, he forces Kathleen to steal (Bill Holden), E. W. Harris (McFadden), Carl von Schiller (Bob Mrs. Preston’s diamond necklace. Kenneth, a guest at the Preston home, Clayton), Francis Raymond (Paul Belleau), Steve Murphy (Pascal),

sees her at the safe and, not realizing that she is his sister, falls in love with George Clare, Virginia Kirtley.

her. He takes the necklace from Jack and then uses it to lure Kathleen to Western. For revenge against the townspeople who lynched his brother, his room late one night. When he tries to attack her, she kills him. Howard Jean Belleau organizes a small gang and goes on a criminal rampage. Murray, her sweetheart, assumes the blame, but she confesses her guilt to Senator Thurston, a political boss, makes endless speeches against Jean, Kenneth’s father, who realizes in horror that she is his long-lost daughter. and then calls on Sheriff Allan Dwight to arrest him. Allan, who looks His name cleared, Howard is released and joined to Kathleen. Attempted remarkably like Jean, insists that the criminal is no worse that the local

rape. Brother-sister relationship. Child custody. Theft. Thieves. politicians who loot the town treasury, and as a result, the citizens grow Diamonds. Divorce. Foster mothers. Incest. Jewelry. Long-lost relatives. SuSPicious of their sheriff. Finally, they have him arrested, and citing the

Pickpockets. Poverty. Safes. Self-defense. Self-sacrifice. strong resemblance, they claim that Allan himself is Jean. Not wanting to ETR 26 Oct 1918, p. 1767, MPW 4 Jan 1919, p. 117. see an innocent man punished, Jean frees Allan by giving himself up, but MPN 19 Oct 1918, p. 2591. Var 18 Oct 1918, p. 38. before he can be brought to trial, one of the gang members, fearful of being

MPW 26 Oct 1918, p. 543. named in court, kills him. Doubles. Gangs. Graft. Outlaws. Political corruption. Sheriffs. Lynching. Political bosses. Revenge. Senators. THE LAW THAT FAILED F1.2431 Motog 11 Mar 1916, p. 588. MPW 26 Feb 1916, p. 1364.

reels. LAWLESS LOVE F1.2434 Apollo Pictures, Inc. Dist Art Dramas, Inc. 22 Mar 1917 [©Apollo MPN 11 Mar 1916, p. 1465.

Pictures Inc. (Agnes Fletcher Bain, author); 10 May 1917; LU10741]. 5

Pres Harry Raver. Dir Richard Ridgely. Scen Louis Reeves Harrison. Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp.; A Fox Special Feature. 23 Aug

Cam M. W. Hall and George Lane. 1918 [OWilliam Fox; 25 Aug 1918; LP12809]. 5 reels.

Cast: Edward Ellis (Luke Rodin), Alma Hanlon (Alice Campbell), J. K. Dir Robert Thornby. Scen Olga Printzlau. Cam Frank Good. Roberts (Richard Campbell), Florence Short (Estrella Santos), Harold Source: Based on the short story “Above the Law” by Max Brand (pseud.

Vermilye (Jack Thorpe). of Frederick Schiller Faust) in All Story Weekly (31 Aug 1918).

Drama. Driven frantic by the merciless blackmailing techniques of Cast: Jewel Carmen (LaBelle Geraldine), Henry Woodward (Black Estrella Santos, whom he had known in his old prospecting days and who ~—- Ym), Edward Hearn (Freddie Montgomery). claims that he killed her husband, Luke Rodin, a Wall Street operator Comedy-drama, Western. Vaudeville artist LaBelle Geraldine and her engaged to debutante Alice Campbell, kills his tormentor. The jury and dancing partner, Freddie Montgomery, are stranded in Arizona when their judge know Rodin to be guilty, but his life is saved by a technical flaw in troupe breaks up. In order to raise money, Geraldine orders Freddie to the case: that the body of the dead woman has not been found. Rodin may _—‘ impersonate masked bandit Black Jim so that she may turn him in and have been acquitted by the court, but he is pronounced guilty by Alice, who _— Collect. the $2,000 reward. When the real Black Jim holds up her coach, breaks the engagement. Alice’s rejection drives Rodin to suicide and justice Geraldine, believing that he is Freddie, boldly pulls out her gun, whereupon

is served. Blackmail. Injustice. Murder. Suicide. Trials. Brokers. the bandit shoots her in the wrist and takes her to his cabin. Later Freddie,

Debutantes. Engagements. Judges. Laws. too, is captured, but when members of the gang insult Geraldine, he refuses ETR 7 Apr 1917, p. 1250. MPW 28 Apr 1917, pp. 679-80. to protect her. Gradually Black Jim falls in love with her, and she comes Motog 14 Apr 1917, p. 798. NYDM _ 31 Mar 1917, p. 27. to admire him so deeply that instead of seizing a chance to escape one night,

MPN 7 Apr 1917, p. 2193. . Var 30 Mar 1917, p. 30. she returns to warn him of the gang’s plot to kill him. Together they hold MPW 7 Apr 1917, p. 114. Wid's 29 Mar 1917, p. 205. the gang off until their cabin is set on fire. Dashing through the flames, they leap onto their horses and escape to safety. Abduction. Arizona.

A LAW UNTO HERSELF F1.2432 = Bandits. Dancers. Gangs. Partnerships. Vaudevillians. Attempted

Paralta Plays, Inc. Dist W. W. Hodkinson Corp. 19 Aug 1918.5 reels. = murder. Escapes. Fires. Gunshot wounds. Impersonation and imposture.

Mgr of production Robert Brunton. Dir Wallace Worsley. Scen Jack Rewards. Stagecoach robberies. Cunningham. Story Francis Paget. Cam L. Guy Wilky. Note: Exterior scenes were filmed in part at Huntington Lake, CA. The scenario Cast: Louise Glaum (Alouette DeLarme), Samuel DeGrasse (Kurt Von included in the copyright descriptions was entitled “Above the Law.”

Klassner), Joseph J. Dowling (LeSieur Juste DeLarme), Edward Coxen MPW 31 Aug 1918, p. 1304. Wid’s 8 Sep 1918, pp. 23-24. (Bertrand Beaubien), Irene Rich (Stephanie), Elvira Weil (Fleurette NYDM 14 Sep 1918, p. 413. D’Hermonville), Roy Laidlaw (Fritz Von Klassner), Burwell Hamerick

(Bertrand Von Klassner, age 10), George Hackathorne (Bertrand Von THE LAW’S OUTLAW F 1.2435

(Old servant). reels.

Klassner, age 20), Peggy Schaffer (Bertha Von Klassner), Jess Herring Triangle Film Corp. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 13 Jan 1918. 5 War drama/World War I. Alouette, the daughter of prosperous French Dir Cliff Smith. Scen Alvin J. Neitz. Story Ethel Dorrance and James vintner LeSieur Juste DeLarme, secretly marries Bertrand Beaubien even Dorrance. Cam Captain Crane.

though her father wants her to wed a wealthy German named Kurt Von Cast: Roy Stewart (Charles Easton), Fritzi Ridgeway (Rose Klassner. After Kurt slays Bertrand, Alouette is forced to marry the brutal Davison), Harry Rattenberry (Oscar Davison), Norbert Gills (Ethan German, and only her love of her little son Bertrand, whom Kurt imagines Ransford), Pete Morrison (Carey Tait), Bob Thompson (Sancho is his offspring, but who actually is the slain Frenchman’s, saves her from Ramirez), Lou Durham (Ramon), William Ellingford (Pop Atwood), complete unhappiness. Years later, when the Germans invade France Alfred Hollingsworth (Rodney Hicks), Percy Challenger (Clarence during World War I, Kurt assists them even though they have killed his Bartley). father-in-law. Bertrand’s young sweetheart is killed during the German Western. Having lost the election for sheriff of Pyramid County to Ethan occupation of the village, and fiercely determined to drive them out, he Ransford, Charles Easton returns to his ranch to find his property in a

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enlists in the French army. With the arrival of the French forces, the town shambles and his chances of marrying politician Oscar Davison’s daughter is rescued, and Kurt, through Bertrand’s testimony, is arrested as a spy. Rose extremely slim. Soon, however, Rose appears and begs him to find

LEAH KLESCHNA AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG the man who robbed and beat her father. Charles rides into the desert with THE LEARNIN’ OF JIM BENTON F 1.2438 Ethan but quarrels with his rival and shoots him. With a price on his head, Triangle Film Corp.; Kay-Bee. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 9 Dec Charles takes refuge at Hawk’s Nest, a seemingly invulnerable retreat for 1917. 5 reels. bandits, and soon gains the outlaws’ respect and confidence. Later he rides Dir Cliff Smith. Story Alvin J. Neitz. Cam Cap Crane.

into town leading the two guilty men in handcuffs and explains that Ethan’s Cast: Roy Stewart (Jim Benton), Fritzie Ridgeway (Evelyn shooting was merely a ploy to gain entrance into the outlaws’ stronghold. Hastings), Walter Perry (Joe), Edward Brady (Harvey Knowles), Ethan appears, corroborating the story, and turns his office over to Charles, Thornton Edwards (Sid Harvey), William Ellingford, John P. Wild, Harry

while Rose gladly accepts the new sheriff's offer of marriage. Ranchers. Rattenberry. Rivalry. Sheriffs. Bandits. Deserts. Elections. Fights. Fugitives. Gunshot Western. Because Jim Benton was always too busy running his cattle wounds. Handcuffs. Politicians. Ranches. Robbers. Robbery. ranch to learn how to read or write, he hires schoolteacher Evelyn Hastings

ETR 12 Jan 1918, p. 523. NYDM _19 Jan 1918, p. 23. to open a classroom on his ranch, and he becomes her most devoted pupil.

ey xe na le P a3 Ws r ne ole 863. 64 Evelyn makes Jim promise to shoot only in self-defense, a promise that he

o_—" _ , has trouble keeping when the sheep ranchers dam up the creek that supplies

his ranch with water, and his cattle begin to suffer the consequences. Jim and the other cattle ranchers descend upon the dam to blow up the barrier,

LEAH KLESCHNA F1.2436 but the sheep ranchers struggle to prevent them from accomplishing their Famous Players Film Co. Dist State Rights. 10 Dec 1913. 4 reels. goal, and in the ensuing struggle, a sheep rancher is shot and killed. Pres Daniel Frohman. Dir J. Searle Dawley. Cam H. Lyman Broening. Deciding to seize the opportunity to eliminate Jim, the sheep men swear Source: Based on the play Leah Kleschna by C. M.S. McLellan (New _ that he was the killer, and the cattle man is tried and sentenced to be

York, 12 Dec 1904). hanged. As Jim ascends the scaffold to his death, the governor arrives, Cast: Carlotta Nillson (Leah Kleschna), House Peters (Paul having been summoned by evidence presented by Evelyn, and Jim is

Sylvain), Hal Clarendon (Kleschna), Alexander Gaden (Schram), Frank pardoned. Cattlemen. Frame-ups. Schoolteachers. Sheepmen. Water H. Crane (Raoul Berton), Vincent Sternroyd (General Berton), Madeline rights. Cattle. Dams. Education. Executions. Fights. Gun accidents. Traverse (Claire Berton), Anabel Dennison (Charlotte), Elenore Flowers Illiteracy. Pardons (legal). Ranches. Sabotage. State governors.

(Sophie). ETR 8 Dec 1917, p. 60. MPW 29 Dec 1917, p. 1996. Drama/Crime. Kleschna, the master thief of Paris, has instructed his Wied Ie pee ory P. lene nila , Oe Oly P. rn

daughter Leah in the intricacies of stealing from her earliest childhood. MPW 22 Dec 1917, is 1844. Wid's 20 Dec 1917, i" 817-18. One night, the wealthy Paul Sylvain finds Leah robbing his safe, but

instead of calling the police, he gently impresses upon her the error of her LEAVE IT TO ME F1.2439

ways. She responds to Paul’s kindness by explaining her father’s influence Fox Film C Dist Fox Film C Mav 1920 [©William Fox: 25 A

and expressing her fervent desire to begin a new life. Seeing the two ox Film Corp. ist Pox rilm Corp. May ! Pam FOX, pr together, Raoul Berton, the brother of Paul’s fiancée, steals the family 1920; LP15054}. 5 reels. jewels that Leah had tried to take, whereupon Paul bitterly assumes that Dir Emmett J. Flynn. Scen Jules Furthman. Story Arthur Jackson.

she has betrayed him. Asserting her innocence, Leah secures the jewels Cam Cly de De Vinna. ;

from Raoul, returns them, and leaves Paris. Later, Raoul is apprehended, Cast: William Russell (Dick Derrickson), Eileen Percy (Madge and Paul breaks his engagement. In the country, Paul finally finds Leah, Earle), Marcella Daley (Dot Derrickson), Hal Cooley (Tom who accepts his proposal and his wedding gift: the family jewels. Burroughs), Lucille Cavanaugh (Viola Devore), William Elmer (Red Criminals-Rehabilitation. Father-daughter relationship. Millionaires. Kélly), Harvey Clark (Stephen Holmes), Milla Davenport (Mrs. Stephen

Robbery. Thieves. False accusations. Jewelry. Paris. Safes. Holmes). , , ,

Note: For remake information, see listing above for The Girl Who Came Back. Comedy. The very wealthy and very idle Dickey Derrickson is scorned

Motog 29 Nov 1913, p. 384. MPW 20 Dec 1913, p. 1392. by his fiancée Madge Earle because of his refusal to work. To counter her Motog 13 Dec 1913, p. 8. NYDM _17 Dec 1913, p. 32. criticism, he buys a detective agency that has no cases, but Madge discovers

Motog 25 Dec 1913, p. 468. . the ruse. To create a demand for his services, Dickey hires a group of thugs . MPW 13 Dec 1913, p. 1287, 1344, to steal valuables from his rich friends. Meanwhile, when old friend Tom

1346. Burroughs, who is engaged to Dick’s sister Dot, appeals to Dick to retrieve

some love letters that he had written to vamp Viola Devore, Dick goes into action. He secures the letters, but for revenge, Viola kidnaps Tom. Dickey

LEAP TO FAME F1.2437 tries to rescue his chum and recovers all the wedding presents stolen by his

World Film Corp. Dist World Film Corp. 29 Apr 1918 [©World Film crooks, thus convincing Madge that he can be serviceable after all.

Corp.; 22 Mar 1918; LU12262]. 5 reels. Detective agencies. Detectives. Idlers. Theft. Burglars. Kidnapping. Dir Carlyle Blackwell. Scen Raymond Schrock. Cam Lucien Tainguy. Letters. Vamps.

Cast: Carlyle Blackwell (Charles Trevor), Evelyn Greeley (Dorothy), eR Pd toe P. tony niall 3 ier i900 4

Muriel Ostriche (Tootsie Brown), Alec B. Francis (Judge Hendricks MPW 1M y 1920, 729. Wid's , May 1920, . 3. Trevor), Frank Beamish (City editor), Philip Van Loan (Tony Figlio),

Bonny redult (Oscar) Hoffman), William Bailey (Hoffman's servant), LEAVE IT TO SUSAN a F1,2440 Comedy-drama/World War I, Espionage. Judge Hendricks Trevor sends 1 919 [© be | ie core Dist 0 May 1919: LP 366E4 Corp. 25 May

his scapegrace son Charles to New York City to work as a reporter for The Pres S ° v4 C id ures Dir Cl ay G B d Ss Re = Clarion. His first assignment takes him to Jefferson Market Court, where S1 OR Tal ° dirs Whi lev Ta " Ce ae vl L Pi “a oF. he sees an accused German spy escape from the courtroom. Charlie hails Cx t: ME or Ke dy Ss prey Bae brid ) Walk . M iD. ; ld

a taxi and follows the spy and his cohort to the home of an inventor, whose Ji ast: D age Alfred A i usan thi Pa. Bor h, d 3 An He ad

daughter Dorothy is rifling through his desk in an attempt to locate the ( Ma Bo fawron), W It Ai Ne (Hey ( P di ries) Geo ae kel formula of an important invention. The spies seize Dorothy, but Charlie ( Tw, Gs ’ Sesth Bill P ton nerace M Phe am), e ok ER “ol ds

captures them and turns them over to the police. Next Dorothy is We Carneron » DIN Patton, Milam: Merherson, 1uck Neynoles,

kidnapped by another of the spy’s accomplices, Carl Hoffman. Following . , .y

a series of adventures, Charlie and the police rescue Dorothy and give the Western, Comedy - When the train on which wealthy Susan Burbridge Is formula to the proper government authorities. Judge Trevor now proudly traveling Stops in the desert, she walks her dog, who chases a rabbit, with welcomes his son and new daughter-in-law home. Germans. New York City. Susan following. After the train leaves, Susan takes shelter from a storm Rescues. Reporters. Secret formulas. Spies. Courts. Escapes. Father-son i" 4 cabin, where she meets Jimmy Dawson, whom she suspects is a bandit, relationship. Inventors. Judges. Kidnapping. Newspapers. Taxis. World but who really is an engineering agent for her father. Soon four outlaws

War |. . arrive, and to protect Susan, Jimmy pretends to be a kidnapper and sends Note: Wid’s attributes the production to Peerless her father a ransom note in code, causing him to round up a posse. After : ; Jimmy humiliates of theNYDM outlaws,27 a Peeping Tomp. trying ETR 27 Apr 1918, p.one 1693. Apr 1918, 605.toarwatch é a, Susan MPN 4 May 1918, p. 2722. Var 19 Apr 1918, p. 44. undress, the outlaw ties Jimmy to a post, and, in turn, is tied up by Susan, MPW 4 May 1918, p. 744, 748. Wid’s 2 May 1918, p. 1121. who also holds back the rest of the gang with her pistol. When the outlaws 508

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 LEND ME YOUR NAME are captured, Jimmy disappears until weeks later, at the Burbridge house, Source: Based on the novel Lena Rivers by Mary Jane Holmes (New he reveals his identity to Susan, and they confess their mutual love. York, 1856) and the play of the same name by Beulah Poynter (1906). Deserts. Impersonation and imposture. Mistaken identity. Outlaws. Dogs. Cast: Beulah Poynter (Helena Nichols/Lena Rivers), Lizzie Conway

Posses. Ransom. Storms. Trains. Voyeurism. (Granny), Robert Tabor (Harry Graham), Charlie De Forest (Joel

Note: Some scenes in the film were shot in the Mojave Desert, CA according to Scovendyke), Charles Hutchinson (Durward Belmont), Caroline Rankin

publicity. Author Rex Taylor’s fox terrier appeared in the film as the dog (Nancy Scovendyke), Walter Armin (John Nichols), Marie Mason

Montmorency. (Lucy Belmont), Winifred Burke (Caroline).

MPN awe i919 is eel. ye x0 May i919 p. Drama. Helena Nichols goes to Boston where she meets Harry Rivers

MPW 7 Jun 1919, p. 1531. Wid's 1 Jun 1919, p. 9. Graham, a Southern aristocrat who calls himself Harry Rivers. The two

NYMT 1 Jun 1919. marry and have a daughter named Lena, but Harry keeps the marriage secret from his family. When he is found standing over a body after a barroom brawl, he is arrested for murder. Helena, believing that she has

THE LEGEND OF PROVENCE ps . F1.2441 been abandoned, returns with Lena to her home town, where she dies of Thanhouser Film Corp.; Thanhouser “Big” Productions. Dist Mutual broken heart. M hile. H 5 released and ret h to h

Film Corp. | Dec 1913. 4 reels. a broken heart. Meanwhile, Harry is released and returns home to hear

Source: ; c i” Inspired . that hisby wife daughter have died. He goes back to Kentucky, theand poem “The Legend of Provence” by Adelaide ; , oe ; and ,

Anne Procter in Legends and Lyrics, Second Series (London, 1858-61). without revealing his first marriage, weds Lucy Belmont, a wealthy widow

Cast: Maude Fealy (Sister Angela), James Cruze (Sir Henry), Lila and the mother of a young son named Durward. Years later, Lena and Chester (The adventuress), Carey Hastings (Sister Monica). Grandma Nichols go to Kentucky to live with Lena s uncle John. Durward, Drama. Sister Monica, the Mother Superior in a Provence convent, now grown, falls in love with Lena and when he introduces her to his relates the story of Sister Angela. After a destitute woman leaves her Stepfather, Harry realizes that she is his own daughter. Harry’s interest in illegitimate baby at the convent gate, the sisters rear the child, and she Lena inspires jealousy on the parts of Durward and Lucy, who misinterpret eventually becomes Sister Angela. One day, a battle is fought near the their affection. Although Harry has sworn Lena to secrecy about their true convent, and the wounded are brought to the sisters for care. Tending to relationship, he eventually confesses to save her reputation. His revelation the gallant young Sir Henry, Sister Angela falls in love with him, and soon leads to his reconciliation with Lucy and Lena’s renewed romance with she renounces her vows to become his wife. As she leaves, the statue of the Durward. Confession. Father-daughter relationship. Jealousy. Marriage. Virgin Mary assumes the form of Sister Angela and continues her work Recognition. Reputation. Boston. Desertion. False arrests. Kentucky. among the wounded. Angela and Sir Henry live happily for a time, but his Murder. Southerners. Stepsons.

drunkenness and adultery finally force her to depart. Returning to the Wii " Ne ole P. oe New * we le P. oon

convent door, she is transformed back into Sister Angela, while the statue MPN. 24. Oct 1914 . 44, 41. NYDM 21 Oct 1914 if 33.

suddenly reappears in its old niche. In the end, Sister Angela dies and MPN 9 Jan 1914, p. 57. Var 17 Oct 1914, p. 15. ascends into heaven. Animation. Convents. Miracles. Nuns. Pledges. MPW 24 Oct 1914, p. 551. : Provence (France). Statues. Aristocrats. Drunkenness. Foundlings.

llegitimacy. Infidelity. Marriage. LENA RIVERS F1.2444 Note: A play, Das Miracle, by Karl Gustav Vollmdller was made into a famous Whitman Features Co. Dist Blinkhorn Photoplays Corp.; State Rights.

London theatrical production by Max Reinhardt in 1912. That play may have been Nov 1914 [OWhitman Features Co.; 2 Oct 1914; LU3458]. 5 reels. based on the same poem, as the plot is very similar to the poem and this film. vane , ,

MPW 22. Nov 1913, p. 822 NYDM 10 Dec 1913, p. 32 Scen ed John William Kellette.

ao ou Source: Based on the novel Lena Rivers by Mary Jane Holmes (New York, 1856).

THE LEGION OF DEATH F1.2442 Cast: Violet Horner (Lena Rivers), Harrish Ingraham (Durward © Metro Pictures Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp.; A Metro Special De § Belmont), Mary Moore (Carrie Livingston), Martin J. Faust (Harry

Luxe Production. Jan 1918 [©Metro Pictures Corp.; | Feb 1918; Rivers Graham), Mrs. Middleton (Lady Belmont), Harry H. Forman

LP12028]. 7 reels. (Mr. Livingston), Mrs. Ford (Grandma Nichols).

Pres B. A. Rolfe. Dir Tod Browning. Asst dir Abe Cantor. Scen June Drama. Southerner Harry Rivers Graham meets and subsequently Mathis. Story June Mathis. Cam Harry L. Keepers. Tech dir J. E. secretly marries shopgirl Lena Nichols. Then Harry is summoned South

Newmann. Props Danny Hogan. Casting J. C. Richardson. by his dying, aristocratic father who threatens to disinherit him if he does Cast: Edith Storey (Princess Marya), Philo McCullough (Capt. Rodney not marry widow Lucy Belmont. Lena receives a note from Harry advising

Willard), Fred Malatesta (Grand Duke Paul), Charles Gerard (Grand her to return home, and during his absence, she gives birth to a daughter, Duke Orloff), Pomeroy Cannon (Dmitri), Norma Nichols (Draya), R. O. also named Lena. Harry meanwhile is detained by his father’s death. Pennell (Czar), Grace Aide (Czarina), H. L. Swisher (Kerensky), Francis Thinking that she has been deserted, Lena dies of a broken heart, and her Marion (Czarevitch), Harry Moody (Makar), Irene Aldwin, Junior daughter is raised by her grandmother. When Harry returns North, he is

Beckner. told that Lena has died and the child is gone. Years later, Harry has Drama. Princess Marya and her brother, the Grand Duke Paul of Russia, married Lucy and his stepson Durward meets and falls in love with Lena.

are studying in the United States when word reaches them that Rasputin When Harry sees her, he realizes that she is his daughter, but fearing is to be killed. Paul is seized by Russian secret service men, but through scandal, he does not acknowledge her. He instead showers her with

Marya’s appeal to Captain Rodney Willard, he is released. In Russia, attention, which Lucy and Durward interpret as passion. Although Marya participates actively in the Revolution, while Willard, with whom Durward remains loyal, Lena suffers many indignities because of Lucy’s she has fallen in love, joins the Allied Commission. Deeply troubled by the suspicions, but is vindicated when Harry admits that she is his daughter.

influence of German agents in Russia, Marya organizes the Legion of Confession. Father-daughter relationship. Jealousy. Marriage. Death, a fighting unit of peasant women, and leads them into battle against Recognition. Desertion. Disinheritance. Marriage-Secret. Saleswomen. the Germans. The legion suffers defeat and Marya is captured, but in the Southerners. Stepsons. Widowers. Widows. end, she wins her freedom. Foreign agents. Germans. Military officers. MPW 14 Nov 1914, p. 880, 996. Peasants. Princesses. Russia—History—1917-1921 Revolution. Women

soldiers. Combat. Nobility. Grigori Rasputin. Russia. Secret police. LEND ME YOUR NAME F1.2445

Students. Yorke Film Corp. Dist Metro Pictures Corp.; All-Star Series. 27 May Note: Scenes for the film were shot in San Pedro, Monrovia, and the San Fernando 1918 [©Metro Pictures Corp.; 29 May 1918; LP12480]. 5 reels. Valley in CA. Dir Fred J. Balshofer. Scen Fred Balshofer John B.B.Cl ir Fred J. J. Balshofer. Scen Fred J.and Balshofer and John Clymer. ETR 19 Jan 1918, p. 569. MPW 26 Jan 1918, p. 572. Cam Antonio Gaudio.

ETR 16 Feb 1918, p. 909. Var 8 Feb 1918, p. 39.

Source: Based on the novel Lend Me Your Name! by Francis Perry

Elliott (Chicago, 1917).

LENA RIVERS F1.2443 Cast: Harold Lockwood (The Ear! of Gilleigh/Warren Ellis), Pauline

Cosmos Feature Film Corp. Dist Cosmos Feature Film Corp.; State Curley (Rosalind), Bessie Eyton (Sophronia), Bert Starkey (Dr.

Rights. 15 Oct 1914 [OCosmos Feature Film Corp. (Beulah Poynter, Dinger), Stanton Heck (Hastings), Peggy Prevost (Phyllis), Harry De Roy

author); 5 Oct 1914; LP3521]. 5 reels. (Smithers). 509

LEONA GOES A-HUNTING AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Comedy. The Earl of Gilleigh, whose dyspepsia has been severely his fiancée become lost in the jungle during a hunting expedition, Nadje aggravated by the news that his ill-tempered wife Sophronia is due to arrive rescues them, and when she brings them to Morey, he and Marjorie quickly from abroad, is startled by the noise of a burglar and enters the room to clear up the misunderstanding about the letters. From watching Morey and

find his long-lost brother, Warren Ellis, voraciously helping himself to a Marjorie together, Nadje realizes that they are in love; and so, to allow meal. Warren accepts the Earl’s proposal that the two trade identities, and them to marry, she goes to a leopard’s lair and binds herself to a tree, thus while he remains in Gilleigh, the Earl retreats to his country estate. After allowing the leopard to kill her. Hindus. India. Jungles. Military officers. meeting Sophronia, however, Warren quickly follows his brother to the Miscegenation. Rivalry. Self-sacrifice. Suicide. Expeditions. Great country, where he is entranced by a lovely shepherdess named Rosalind. Britain. Army. Hunting. Letters. Leopards. Sophronia also travels to the estate, and mistaking the lovesick Warren for Note: The film was also called Nadje’s Sacrifice.

her husband, believes that she has lost the Earl’s love. Through her change Motog 29 Apr 1916, p. 998. MPW 15 Apr 1916, p. 514.

of disposition, she regains her husband’s affections, while Warren wins NEN » ne le P. ea, ar o Aer tote P. 2 Rosalind. Brothers. Doubles. Impersonation and imposture. Marriage. MPN 6 May 1916, . 9723. P 7Poom Nobility. Shepherdesses. Dyspepsia. Long-lost relatives.

BTR 15 Jun 1918p. 124. NYDM 29 Jun 1918, p. 926 LESS THAN KIN F1.2448 MPW 1 Jun 1918, p. 1335. Wid's 2 Jun 1918, p. 2. Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.;

MPW 15 Jun 1918, p. 1615. Paramount Pictures. 29 Jul 1918 [OFamous Players-Lasky Corp.; 13 Jul 1918; LP12659]. 5 reels.

LEONA GOES A-HUNTING see HELP WANTED—MALE Pres Jesse L. Lasky. Dir Donald Crisp. Asst dir Nat Deverich. Scen

| Marion Fairfax. Cam Henry Kotani. Art dir Wilfred Buckland.

THE LEOPARD WOMAN F1.2446 Source: Based on the novel Less Than Kin by Alice Duer Miller (New J. Parker Read, Jr., Productions. Dist Associated Producers, Inc. Oct York, 1909).

1920 [©J. Parker Read, Jr.; 25 Sep 1920; LP15583]. 7 reels. ~ Cast: Wallace Reid (Robert Lee/Lewis Vickers), Ann Little (Nellie Pres J. Parker Read, Jr. Supv J. Parker Read, Jr. Dir Wesley Ruggles. Reid), Raymond Hatton (James Emmons), Noah Beery (Sefor Asst dir Doran Cox and Frank Gereghty. Scen H. Tipton Steck and Cortez), James Neill (Dr. Nunez), Charles Ogle (Overton), Jane Wolff Stanley C. Morse. Cam Charles J. Stumar. Ed Ralph H. Dixon. Tech (Maria), James Cruze (Jinx), Guy Oliver (Peters), Calvert Carter dir architecture Charles J. Kyson and W. L. Heywood. Tech dir, (Plimpton), J. Herbert (Sheriff), Gustav Seyffertitz (Endicott Lee). technical Harvey C. Leavitt. Art titles F. J. van Halle, Carl Schneider and Comedy. After accidentally killing a man, Lewis Vickers flees to South

Leo H. Braun. | America to escape arrest, where he meets Robert Lee, the dissolute son of

| Source: Based on the novel The Leopard Woman by Stewart Edward a wealthy New York family, who bears a remarkable resemblance to him.

White (New York, 1916). Upon Robert’s death, Lewis decides to assume the prodigal’s name and

Cast: Louise Glaum (Madame, the Leopard Woman), House Peters return to New York. Lee’s father and ward Nellie Reid are convinced that

(John Culbertson), Noble Johnson. Lewis is their long-lost Robert, but soon the impostor finds himself plagued Drama. After an unsuccessful attempt on his life, John Culbertson, a by the consequences of Robert’s unsavory past. The creditors and bank

British secret agent, leads a safari from Bajuma, on the edge of the African _—Officials who demand the money Robert stole twelve years earlier make desert, to the kingdom of M’tela. Also on route to that savage kingdom and Lewis’ life difficult, but when Lee's abandoned wife Maria appears with bound by oath to prevent Culbertson from reaching it, is Madame, a secret several children and demands support, he decides to end the masquerade.

agent of a rival government. Madame and her safari meet up with the Lewis reveals his true identity to Nellie, and after a fire in the Lee barn Englishman’s party in the desert where she is forced to accept his aid in which he proves his courage, she realizes that she loves him. Nellie because her men are exhausted and dehydrated. Although she fulfills her | breaks her engagement to James Zemmons and marries Lewis, after which promise to delay Culbertson by feigning illness, “the Leopard Woman,” as the sheriff informs them that Lewis has been cleared of the murder charge. she is called, unwittingly falls in love with him. After they make love, Doubles. Fugitives. Ne’er-do-wells. South America. Wards and guardians.

Culbertson scorns her and she orders Chaké, her servant, to kill him, but Accidents. Barns. Courage. Desertion. Fires. Murder. New York City.

when the attempt fails, she is relieved. Culbertson’s progress is delayed Thieves.

further when he loses his sight because of overexposure to the sun. Madame Senn, oe reviewer notes that OP GP Chetan th. Endicott ces Gustav smashes his bottle of medicine im the hope of forcing his return to Bajuma, Clonblough. Contemporary reviewers refer to one of the characters played by Wallace but determined to complete his mission, Culbertson forges ahead, blind, Reid as Robert Lee, but scripts in the Paramount collection call the character Hobart

and with the help of a record player, forms an alliance between the Lee. primitive M’tela tribe and Britain. Finally choosing love over duty, ETR 27 Jul 1918, p. 673. NYDM 3 Aug 1918, p. 167.

Madame sends Chaké to find the British military surgeon, who restores MeN 7 wu ole Pp. 0 vied 2 uw toe p. * Culbertson’s vision. Thus foreign rivalry is swept aside for love. Africa. UB aa a . aon Blindness. Cures. Deserts. English. Phonographs. Safaris. Secret agents. mew Aug 1918, p. Th2, 727. id's 24 dul 1948, PUI

sergery Diplomacy. Imaginary kingdoms. Medicine. Surgeons. Servants. LESS TH AN THE DUST , | F1.2449 Note: Scenes for this film were shot in the desert near Palm Springs, CA. According Mary Pickford Film Corp. Dist Artcraft Pictures Corp. 6 Nov 1916. 7

to news items, the cast included “several hundred Africans, Egyptians and others.” reels,

ETR 16 Oct 1920, p. 2090. MPW 21 Aug 1920, p. 1057. Dir John Emerson. Asst dir Edwin L. Hollywood and Erich O. H. Von

MPN 21 Aug 1920, p. 1535. MPW 9 Oct 1920, p. 836. Stroheim. Scen Hector Turnbull. Cam George W. Hill. Musical MPN 16 Oct 1920, p. 3085. Wid's 17 Oct 1920, p. 11. accompaniment by Edward J. Howe. Cast: Mary Pickford (Radha), David Powell (Captain Richard

THE LEOPARD’S BRIDE F1.2447 Townsend), Frank Losee (Captain Bradshaw), Mary Alden (Mrs.

Centaur Film Co.; David Horsley Productions. Dist Mutual Film Corp.; Bradshaw), Mario Majeroni (Ramlan), Cesare Gravina (Jawan), Francis

Mutual Masterpictures De Luxe Edition. 13 Apr 1916. 5 reels. Joyner (A derelict), Russell Bassett (Ahmed), Walter Morgan

Scen Theodosia Harris. (Bhesstie), Mercita Esmonde (A gossip), Nathaniel Sack.

Cast: William Clifford (Captain Morey), Margaret Gibson (Nadje), Drama. Radha, a young Hindu woman, becomes best friends with Nan Christy (Marjorie. Lansdown), Frederick Montague (Mr. Captain Raymond Townsend during his service in India, but he soon goes Lansdown), Brooklyn Keller (Major Carr), Fred Goodwins (Nadje’s back to England to tend to the estate of an uncle who has just died. Then, father), Edward Gordon (Tom Brown), Paul Machette (A priest). Ramlan, the sword maker who raised Radha, is arrested for taking part in Drama. In India, Major Carr and Captain Morey of the British army an anti-British uprising, and before he goes to jail, he decides to tell Radha both love Marjorie Lansdown. To get rid of Morey, whom Marjorie the true story of her birth: her real father, Captain Brooke, died of a drug prefers, Carr has him transferred to the jungle. Carr then intercepts the overdose, and her destitute mother then entrusted her to Ramlan. After

letters that go between Morey and Marjorie, causing each of them to learning about her background, Radha goes to England to claim her believe that the other has forgotten about their romance. As a result, rightful inheritance from the estate of her late grandfather, who is also Marjorie finally agrees to marry Carr. Meanwhile, Nadje, a Hindu, falls Raymond’s uncle. Raymond is delighted to discover that his Hindu friend in love with Morey and he reluctantly marries her. Then, when Carr and is really a white woman, and after dividing the estate with Radha, he brings

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 LET’S BE FASHIONABLE ETR 2 Feb 1918, p. 742. NYDM 9 Feb 1918, p. 19.

ne jortune pack arr by incre ne . england arash rnons ETR 9 Feb 1918, p. 837. NYT 28 Jan 1918, p. 13. Fr - hi nt ance,Uprisings. Milllary ollicers. Lrug Ov MPN 9 Feb 1918, p. 862. Var 11918, Feb 1918, p. 46. riendship. MPNrarentage. 16 Feb 1918, pp. 1032-33. Wid's 21 Feb pp. 957-58. Note: This film was Artcraft Pictures Corp.’s first release, and the first production MPW 9 Feb 1918, p. 840. of the Mary Pickford Film Corp. According to modern sources, Emmett Flynn was MPW 16 Feb 1918, pp. 1004-05,

an assistant director. NYDM stated that the story was “inspired by the poem which 1008-09. Lawrence Hope included in his ‘India’s Love Lyric.’”

Motog718Oct Nov 1916, 1916, p. p. 1143. NYDM _30 Sep 1916, p. 23. LET KATIE DO IT 2213. NYDM 11 Nov 1916, p. 27. ; ,F1.2452 ;,,;

NPN 1818 Nog 196 1916, 5 3170 p. NYT 6 Nov . 9 c Fine Artsp.Film LpavOy] es ;Film Corp. 9 Jan 1916 [©Triangle Film MPW Nov 998. Var1916 10 Nov 1916, 25. 6orp.; 3 Jan . 5 reels. MPW 25 Nov 1916, p. 1227. Wid's 9 Nov 1916, p. 1086. Supv D. W. Griffith. Dir C. M. Franklin and S. A. Franklin. Asst dir Millard Webb. Scen Bernard McConville. Story Granville Warwick.

THE LESSON F 1.2450 Cam F. B. Good. Musical accompaniment composed by William Furst.

Select Pictures Corp. Dist Select Pictures Corp. May 1918 [©Select Cast: Jane Grey (Katy Standish), Tully Marshall (Oliver Putnam),

Pictures Corp.; 3 May 1918; LP12385]. 5 reels. Charles West (Caleb Adams), Ralph Lewis (Uncle Dan Standish), Walter

Pres Lewis J. Selznick. Dir Charles Giblyn. Scen Charles Giblyn. Long (Pedro Garcia), Charles Gorman (Carlos), George Pearce Adapted by Charles Giblyn. Story Virginia Terhune Van De Water. (Father Standish), Violet Radcliffe, George Stone, Carmen de Rue, Vernon) Constance Tae Martin) Drayton), Tom Jone ie in Francis Carpenter, Ninon Fovieri, LloydStandish). Pearl, Beulah Burns (The Adams ernon), Walter Hiersto(“Tub” Martin), Herbert Heyes (JohnGGalvin), —_ children), Luray Huntley (Priscilla

Joseph Smiley (Henry Hammond), Lillian Rambeau (Mrs. Drama. Katie Standish, who has always been the family drudge, finds Hammond), Dorothy Green (Ada Thompson), Christy Walker — motherhood added to her responsibilities when her sister and brother-in-

(narrie! Reeves). + the sl + life in b law die in a train wreck, leaving seven small children. For help in raising omedy-drama. Weary of the slow pace of life in her little home town, her nieces and nephews, Katie goes to Mexico to stay with her uncle Dan, Helen Drayton rebels when her friends and relatives assume that she will who is there on a mining expedition. When she arrives, she meets Dan’s marry her longtime friend and escort, Chet Vernon. Helen is so anxious to partner Oliver Putnam, who had been her childhood sweetheart. Then, experience life in the big city that she falls in love with visiting New York —_ while Katie and Oliver are falling in love all over again, bandits attack architect John Galvin almost immediately after his arrival. Several weeks Dan’s house. With all of the grownups gone, the children manage to hold

later, the two Hetee ane Te “ New ver where, alter ‘ nan of paint off the bandits until help arrives, after which Oliver makes a fortune from

experiences, Fielen finally realizes Jonn's seilishness. in the end, she his mine, and then marries Katie. Children. Mexico. Orphans. gratefully returns home and becomes Chet’s wife. Architects. Lure of the Prospectors. Bandits. Train wrecks. Uncles. P

city. Mar rage. Small town life. Egotists. New York City. Note: The film was copyrighted as Let Katie Do It, but all reviews call it Let Katy Note: The first public showing of this film was given at Long Beach, CA on 29 Jul Do It. According to the synopsis in the copyright descriptions, the film was based on 1917 to raise funds for a hospital for convalescent soldiers and sailors of the U.S. a novel by Granville Warwick. “Granville Warwick” was a pseudonym of D. W.

Army. No reviews were located for the film. Griffith, but no information has been located to confirm that he did, in fact, write any

ETR 18 May 1918, p. 1879. MPW 8 Jun 1918, p. 1480. novels under that name.

MPN 1 Jun 1918, p. 3182. NYDM 4 Aug 1917, p. 24. Motog 25 Dec 1915, p. 1339. MPW 1 Jan 1916, p. 142. MPN 18 Dec 1915, p. 93. Var 10 Dec 1915, p. 21.

LEST WE FORGET F1.2451 MPW NI Dec 1915, p. 2028. Rita Jolivet Film Corp. Dist Screen Classics, Inc.; Metro Pictures Corp.;

A Metro Special. 28 Jan 1918 [ORita Jolivet Film Corp.; 26 Feb 1918; | LET KATY DO IT see LET KATIE DO IT LP12112]. 7-8 reels.

Dir Leonce Perret. Asst dir Clifford Saum. Scen Leonce Perret. Subtitle LET’S BE FASHIONABLE F1.2453

ed Tom Bret. Cam Lucien Andriot. Ed Charles A. Taylor. Art dir Henri Thomas H. Ince Productions. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.;

Menessier. Paramount-Artcraft Pictures. 11 Jul 1920 [OThomas H. Ince; 11 May Cast: Rita Jolivet (Rita Heriot), Hamilton Revelle (Harry Winslow), L. 1920; LP15140]. 5 reels, 4,615 ft.

Rogers Lytton (Baron von Bergen), Kate Blancke (Madame Heriot), Pres Thomas H. Ince. Supvy Thomas H. Ince. Prod Thomas H. Ince. Clifford Saum (Fritz Muller), Emil Roe (Mayor Le Roux), Henry Smith — Dir Lloyd Ingraham. Scen Luther Reed. Story Mildred Considine. (General Joffre), Gaby Perrier (Young mother), Texas Cooper, H. P.St. = Cam Bert Cann. Ed George J. Crone. Art dir W. L. Heywood. Tech

Leger, Ernest Maupain, Edward Gerstle, George Slatteau. dir Harvey C. Leavitt. Art titles F. J. Van Halle, Carl Schneider and Leo War drama/World War I. Rita Heriot, a famous French opera singer, — Braun.

becomes engaged to American millionaire Harry Winslow, but with the Cast: Douglas MacLean (Henry Langdon), Doris May (Evelyn outbreak of World War I, she volunteers her services as a village telegraph Langdon), Wade Boteler (John Hammond), Grace Morse (Elsie

operator and is captured by the Germans. Sentenced to be sre Ve Hammond), George Webb (Bruce Grey), Wilbur Higby (George

somehow escapes and makes her way to Paris, where she hopes to find her = Barrymore), Molly McConnell (Mrs. Trude), Norris Johnson (Betty sweetheart, who unknown to her, has joined the French army to avenge her Turner)

nears death. ena Baron ¥ L e ek a perman ppaae ain desires Comedy. Newlyweds Henry and Evelyn Langdon are the newest M a for he vo, rn “N, WY x discon lat vo. Ost in th “t co Rita members of the suburban community of Elmhurst, where it is considered

ATNE, SNE BOES 10 INEW FORK, CIsconso late, tO appear On the stage. ita fashionable for married couples to engage in harmless affairs. Attempting later informs baron Evelyn that she is planning to sailof tobachelor London,Bruce but he begs .- ; a . . es tothe conform, accepts the attentions Grey, while

her to remain in York, knowing that her ship, the Complications Lusitania, will never . . rae Grey ‘ a ;New .The Henry flirts Mrs. Hammond. arise when reach England. ship is with torpedoed and sunk, but Rita survives, only to She ; .;ardently ,, : : , pursues Evelyn, proposing that she accompany him on a trip. ignores be attacked by von Bergen, who wishes to mask his connection with the hi : , ,

oe é ; isaffair. offerShe until Henryhim failswith to return home from a then datetravels with Betty Turner. Lusitania strangles a cord, however, and , ; ; . . ; .; ; Evelyn, unaware that the two are marooned on an island, assumes the to Paris, where in an army hospital, she is reunited with Harry. Diplomats. ;worst .;.

ae ;Lusitania. . and runs off to board Grey’s train. Returning home the next French. S.S. Opera singers. Paris. Shipwrecks. Telegraph a, ;morning, ares Executions. Germany. Army. Hospitals. Battle of decide the, 1914. ..; _. ; pre - ; throws the bachelor from the train, Marne, and he and Evelyn to discard Military enlistment. Millionaires. New York City. Nobility. Strangulation. their fashionable behavior in favor of old-fashioned love. Infidelit

Henry finds a note from his wife and races to the train, catching it just as operators. Torpedoes. World War |. Attempted murder. Escapes. . oe ; ; it is departing. Rescuing his wife from Grey’swo unwelcome advances, Henry

Note: Actress Rita Jolivet was a survivor of the Lusitania, which sank off the coast Marri New! ds. Social t Suburban life. Bach lo Is| de

of Ireland on 17 May 1915. According to a modern source, Rita Jolivet’s husband, arnage. NewlyWeds. oOCla! Customs. ouourban ile. Bachelors. Islands. Count Giuseppe de Cippico, produced the film with J. L. Kempner. According to Trains. publicity, the film was a $250,000 production with a cast of 3,000 people. According Note: The working title of this film was Playing with Fire, which was the title of to a news item, many of the scenes were shot in a French village built in Westchester Mildred Considine’s story.

511 |

County, NY. Also according to publicity, the film immortalized the last words of ETR 26 Jun 1920, p. 387. NYT 14 Jun 1920, p. 13. American theatrical producer Charles Frohman, who died on the ship. His last words, MPN 3 Dec 1919, p. 4311. Var 18 Jun 1920, p. 33. as reported by Jolivet, who was with him as he died, were, ‘““Why fear death? It is life’s MPN 19 Jul 1920, p. 332. Wid's 20 Jun 1920, p. 11.

most beautiful adventure.” MPW 26 Jun 1920, p. 1792.

LET’S ELOPE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG

LET’S ELOPE F1.2454 LI TING LANG F 1.2456 Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Haworth Pictures Corp. Dist Robertson-Cole Distributing Corp. Jul

Paramount Pictures. 23 Apr 1919 [OFamous Players-Lasky Corp.; 4 Apr 1920 [(OHaworth Pictures Corp.; 15 Jul 1920; LU15398]. 5 reels, 4,700 ft.

1919; LP13568]. 5 reels. Dir Charles Swickard. Scen E. Richard Schayer. Cam Frank D. Pres Thomas H. Ince and Adolph Zukor, Supv Thomas H. Ince. Dir Williams.

John S. Robertson. Scen Katherine Reed. Cam Hal Young. Source: Based on the short story “Li Ting Lang, Chinese Gentleman” Source: Based on the play The Naughty Wife by Fred Jackson (New by Howard P. Rockey in The Green Book Magazine (Dec 1916).

York, 17 Nov 1917), revised and elaborated by Edgar Selwyn. Cast: Sessue Hayakawa (Li Ting Lang), Allan Forrest (Rob Cast: Marguerite Clark (Eloise Farrington), Frank Mills (Hilary | Murray), Charles E. Mason (Red Dalton), Doris Pawn (Marion Farrington), Gaston Glass (Darrell McKnight), Helen Green (Nora Halstead), Frances Raymond (Priscilla Mayhew), Marc Robbins

Gail), Blanche Standing (Maid), George Stevens (Butler), Albert Busby (Prince Nu Chang). _ .

(Bishop). Drama. College student Li Ting Lang isa favorite of his friends until his

Comedy. After a year of marriage, Eloise Farrington is unhappy because attentions toward socialite Marion Halstead bring forth protests on all her husband Hilary, a successful novelist, neglects her for his work. She _Sides. In defiance, Marion announces her engagement to Li Ting Lang. seeks solace with Darrell McKnight, who neglects his fiancée, Nora Gail, Gradually, she becomes socially isolated and Li, realizing that she will be and promises to elope with him, if no lovemaking is involved, should Hilary friendless, releases her from her commitment. Soon after, an emissary to leave for his Norwich, Long Island bungalow without inviting her. When America arrives with instructions to compel Li to return to his native land Hilary departs, Eloise phones Darrell, but Nora connives with Hilary to 294 administers a drug to Li, who awakens aboard a ship bound for China, upset their plans. Hilary returns and says that he will not stand in their while back m America, his friends believe that he has committed suicide. way. He offers the bungalow, and when they refuse, pulls out a revolver Li arrives in the middie ° fa revolution and becomes a great military leader. and insists. When Nora arrives at the bungalow, Darrell’s suggestion that Years later, while visiting the Orient on her honey moon, Marion sees Li

, _eer and planned recognizes him. Venturing to his house, she is followedThat by one she and Hilary a rendezvous, provokes Eloise’s jealousy. ; ;ruining ;of; his ; . wy . enemies who plans to kill the girl and throw the guilt on Li, thereby night, after Darrell enter Eloise’s room, she regards him as a cad hi . until nS ; a . ; im. tries Whentothe plotters arrive, Li defends Marion singlehandedly and calls her uncle, the Bishop, to help get rid of Darrell and Nora. In the f his old coll h to his aid. Aft

morning, the Bishop marries Darrell and Nora, who have made up. They rescue party Of Nis old college Chums comes to his ald. or a warm Hil 4 Eloi h lizine their love f h other. begin thei reunion among old friends, Marion departs with her husband, and Li is eave Bilary ang Bloise, Who, realizing tein love tor eaen omer, Oepin mer sadly left alone once again. China. Chinese. Military officers. second honeymoon. El opement. Engagements. Jealousy. Marriage. Miscegenation. Ostracism. Racial prejudice. Revolutions. Students. Neglected wives. Bishops. Honeymoons. Long Island (New York). College life. Drugs. Friendship. Kidnapping. Socialites. Novels. hichIS this based lat led Losing EloiseOsiht whenose Note: This film was copyrighted under the title Traditions Altar. ote: €ncies. pia nwni iimfilWas Dased was tater Calle

it opened. The working titles for this film were 4 Honeymoon for Three and Three hapwy a ul i900 . oe et 3 4 900 p. 33. is a Crowd. According to a news item, Hugh Ford directed several scenes in the film. MPW 74 Jul 1920, p. 505. Wid’s 11 Jul 1920, p. 9.

ETR 19 Apr 1919, p. 1510. MPN 18 Jan 1919, p. 380. ETR 19 Apr 1919, p. 1538. Var 23 May 1919, p. 59.

THE LIAR F 1.2457

LET'S GET A DIVORCE . F1.2455 Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 18 Aug 1918 [©William Fox; 18 Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp. 29 Apr Aug 1918: LP12769]. 5 reels. 1918 [OFamous Players-Lasky Corp.; 13 Apr 1918; LP12315]. 5 reels. Dir Edmund Lawrence. Story Katherine Kavanaugh. Pres Adolph Zukor. Dir Charles Giblyn. Adapted by John Emerson and Cast: Virginia Pearson (Sybil Houston), Alexander Frank (Hugh

Anita Loos. Cam Hal Young. a a Houston), Edward F. Roseman (Franklin Harvey), Victor Sutherland

Source: Based on the play Divorcons by Victorien Sardou and Emile de (John Carter), Eugene Borden (Jimmie Marsh), Albert Roccardi (Sam

Najac (Paris, 6 Dec 1880). Harris), Liane Held Carrera (Mary Elliott), Myra Brooke (Mammy Cast: Billie Burke (Mme. Cyprienne Marcey), John Miltern (Henri de Lou), Matilda Brundage (Mrs. Elliott).

Prunelles), Pinna Nesbit (Yvonne de Prunelles), Armand Kaliz Drama. Sybil Houston, who lives in Boston, visits her father in Puerto (Adhemar), Rod La Rocque (Chauffeur), Helen Tracy (Mother Rico, where she so enchants Houston’s secretary, Franklin Harvey, that he Superior), Wilmuth Merkyl (Calvignac), Cesare Gravina (Head becomes fiercely determined to marry her. Sybil repulses Franklin’s

waiter). attentions and, after her father dies, marries the man she loves, John Comedy. In order to relieve the monotony of her life ina French convent, Carter. Undeterred, Franklin falsifies Houston’s marriage certificate,

Cyprienne Marcey indulges in romantic fantasies to such a degree that substituting a mulatto’s name for that of her mother, and then travels to when her friend Yvonne’s brother, Henri de Prunelles, falls in love with Boston. When he threatens to reveal to John that Sybil is part black, she Cyprienne, Yvonne suggests that he abduct her from the convent garden orders him to leave but is later haunted by the fear that her child will be rather than stage a conventional wedding. This exciting arrangement born black. Franklin angrily tells his story to John, and while the two men pleases Cyprienne, who willingly consents to the elopement, but after Henri fight, Sybil rushes into the next room and apparently shoots herself. has resumed his work as a writer, his young wife becomes restless. Thinking her dead, Franklin confesses his lie, but Sybil appears at the door Consequently, when Henri’s foolish cousin Adhemar flirts with Cyprienne, unharmed. Blackmail. Boston. Forgery. Racial prejudice. Secretaries. she convinces herself that she loves him and asks her husband for a divorce. Unrequited love. Confession (law). Fights. Puerto Rico. Determined to teach his impulsive wife a lesson, Henri calmly gives his Note: The copyright entry attributes the scenario to Adeline Leitzbach. The story

. . . . . ; g » p. 747. ug . Pp. .

consent and then feigns interest in another woman while she entertains >Y rarer aagauel ours in the ‘copyright descriptions was originally Adhemar. Because her meetings with Adhemar are no longer clandestine, filled “The Alien Strain" On the cove shes of the sony. George Scarborough

Cyprienne loses interest in him until finally, she begs her husband’s ETR 3 Aug 1918. 0. 747 MPW 31 Aug 1918. p. 1302 forgiveness and settles happily into married life. Authors. Cousins. ETR 31 Aug 1918, p. 1089. NYDM 31 Aug 1918, p. 319.

Fantasy. Marriage. Convents. Divorce. Elopement. Infidelity. MPN 31 Aug 1918, p. 1367. Var 13 Sep 1918, p. 44. Note: Divorcons was produced in Germany and other countries under the title MPW 16 Feb 1918, p. 1008. Cyprienne. It seems to have been produced in the English language under both titles.

Var credits William Marshall as the film’s cinematographer, but most other

contemporary sources credit Young. Many other adaptations of Sardou’s play have

been filmed: 1915°s Divorcons, produced by Biograph and distributed by General bee nie enc Dist St Richts. 5 Dec 1916 [OTri ned 8

Film Co. (see above); 1925’s Kiss Me Again, a Warner Bros. film directed by Ernst riumph Film Corp. Dist state Rights. ee [©Triumph Film

Lubitsch (see AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.2896); 1927's Don't Tell | Corp.; 13 Dec 1916; LP9744]. 6 reels.

the Wife, another Warner Bros. version (see AFI Catalog of Feature Films, Dir Julius Steger and Joseph A. Golden. Scen Edna G. Riley. Cam John 1921-30; F2.141 1); and 1941’s That Uncertain Feeling, released by United Artists Urie. Prints Crystal Film Co., N. Y.

and also directed by Lubitsch. Cast: John Mason (Jim Mills), Alma Hanlon (Elsie Corwin), Marie rR a May inn e. ner NYT i, AR ole p 08. Alexander (Elsie’s mother), Walter Hitchcock (Charlie Gregg), Edward

MPN 4 May 1918, p. 2662, 2718. Var 26 Apr 1918, p. 40. Langford (Bob), Jean Stuart (Grace Taylor), Doris Sawyer (Laura MPW 4 May 1918, p. 744, 752. Wid’s 2 May 1918, p. 1113. Worth). 512

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 LIFE IN A WESTERN PENITENTIARY Drama. By getting engaged to Bob, Elsie Corwin resigns herself to a life THE LIE (Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.) see THE SIGN OF THE POPPY of quiet monotony. Just before the wedding, however, she meets Jim Mills,

who indulges in every imaginable passion and gives in to every possible LIEUTENANT DANNY, U.S.A. F1.2461 temptation. Elsie breaks her engagement and becomes Jim S mistress, but New York Motion Picture Corp.; Kay-Bee. Dist Triangle Film Corp. 20 she soon grows despondent over the profligacy of her new life style, and Aug 1916. 5 reels. decides to commit suicide. Just as she jumps into the river, however, she Supv Thomas H. Ince. Dir Walter Edwards. Story J. G. Hawks. wakes up, and after realizing that she had only dreamed of being a kept Cam J. D. Jennings. Art dir Robert B woman, she auickly marries Bob. Dreams. Libertines. Mistresses. Moral Cast: William Desmond (Lieutenant Danny Ward), Enid Markey

. . , , . . vz. gs. Art dir Kobert Brunton.

oe tion. 58 No tie uicide. MPw > Dec 1916 1978-81 (Ysobel Ventura), Gertrude Claire (Marie Ventura), Thornton Edwards MPN _-28 Nov 1916, p, 3326 NYDM 11 Nov 1916p 27. (Don Mario Ventura), Robert Kortman (Pedro Lopez).

MPN 23 Dec 1916, p. 3326, 4050. Var 10 Nov 1916, p. 25. Adventure. Fresh out of West Point, Lieutenant Danny Ward is ready for

ey * yee le P. ton” 4216. Wid's 16 Nov 1916, p. 1104. action when he is sent to the United States-Mexico border. While there,

ee he falls in love with Ysobel Ventura, and then rescues her from Pedro Lopez and his gang. Looking for revenge, the bandits come after Danny, and when they catch him, they put him in front of a firing squad. After the

LIBERTY BELLES F1.2459 apparent execution, the bandits start terrorizing Ysobel, but then Danny Klaw & Erlanger Co.; Biograph Co. Dist General Film Co. 1914[©Klaw saves her once again, because the bullet that should have killed him lodged

& Erlanger (Protective Amusement Co., author); 14 May 1914; LP3031]. instead in a St. Christopher medal that Ysobel had given him. After

3-4 reels. routing the bandits, who believe that they are fighting a dead man, Danny

Dir Del Henderson. brings Ysobel to his regiment’s fort and marries her. Bandits. Christopher,

Cast: Dorothy Gish, Gertrude Bambrick, Jack Pickford, Reggie Morris, Saint. Execution. Gangs. Mexican border. Military officers.

Davie Morris, Spottiswoode Aue ole p. 007 i Aue tole p. xe Comedy. Margery, the daughter ofAitken. inventorwits Jasper6 Pennyfeather, falls poe eee eee ar UB 7s Be P. & 19: [©Famous Players Film Co.; 25 Jun 1917; LP11009]. 5 reels.

MPN 1 iu 1917, P 432, 890. Wid's 12 Jul i917, P 440-41, Dir Francis J. Grandon. Scen Charles Sarver. Story Charles Sarver.

MPW 21 Jul 1917, p. 471, 542. Cam William Marshall.

Cast: Ann Pennington (Justina Howland), Owen Moore (Thomas

THE LITTLE ANGEL OF CANYON CREEK F1.2508 Morton), Fraunie Fraunholtz (Miguel Alvarez), Marcia Harris

Vitagraph Co. of America; A Broadway Star Feature. Dist General Film (Elizabeth Howland), George Burton (Luis Alvarez), Harry Lee

Co.; Special Features Dept. by arrangement with Broadway Star Features (Sergeant Jones).

Co. Dec 1914 [©Vitagraph Co. of America; 14 Dec 1914; LP21807]. 5 Drama. After the death of her American father and Mexican mother,

reels. Justina Kneeland lives in Mexico with her mother’s brother, who plans to Dir Rollin S. Sturgeon. Scen Col Jasper Ewing Brady. Cam William marry the girl to his son in order to gain control of the rich mines that the

Stephen Smith, Jr. orphan will inherit. To avoid the marriage, Justina runs away and starts Source: Based on the novel The Little Angel of Canyon Creek by Cyrus for the home of her Aunt Elizabeth who lives in Lowell, Massachusetts.

Townsend Brady (New York, 1914). Detained at the border by American troops, Justina is befriended by Cast: Gertrude Short (Olaf Tryggvesson), George Stanley (Parson Lieutenant Thomas Morgan, who helps her to reach her aunt’s house. The Bill), George Holt (Dead Shot Jackson), William V. Ranous (“Four Eyes, uncle pursues her to Lowell, and in order to escape being taken back to

"the sheriff), Otto Lederer (Doc Casey), George Streaton (Blue Mexico, Justina disguises herself as a boy scout and joins the troop, now Wing), Anne Streaton (Jennie Morrison), William Weston (Edward under the command of Lieutenant Morton, who has also come to Lowell. Morrison) Violet. Malone (Mary Morrison) Charles Hutchinson When the uncle overtakes the scouts and tries to force Justina to go with

(Bishop Mills). ° him, he discovers that he is too late because Justina has become Mrs.

Western. Olaf Tryggvesson, a ten-year-old orphan, is sent West from Thomas Morton. Escapes. Inheritance. Marriage-Arranged. Orphans. New York on a train transporting a party of waifs. When the train stops, Uncies. Aunts. Boy Scouts. Lowell (Massachusetts). Male impersonation.

, .; ; Marriage. Mexican border. Mexico. Military officers. United States. Army.

Olaf leaves and is befriended by an Indian who takes the child to his camp. Note: One review calls the character played by Ann Pennington, ‘Justina Later, Dead Shot Jackson kills the Indian and his wife over a disputed card Kneeland,” and that played by Marcia Harris, “Elizabeth Kneeland.” ,

game. During the fray, Jackson s partner is also killed and Blue Wing, an ETR 14 Jul 1917, p. 416. NYDM 14 Jul 1917, p.17. Indian boy, is knocked unconscious. Unaware that Olaf has witnessed the Motog 21 Jul 1917, p. 156. Var 13 Jul 1917, p. 26. murder, Jackson accuses Blue Wing of the crime, but Olaf exonerates him MPN 21 Jul 1917, p. 434. Wid's 12 Jul 1917, p. 444, and Jackson flees. Olaf is then befriended by Parson Bill and by the MPW 28 Jul 1917, p. 652, 695. Morrison family, the founders of the Canyon Creek Sunday School.

Jackson takes a shot at the Parson during services one Sunday, but Olaf THE LITTLE BROTHER F1.2511 blocks the bullet. Jackson is apprehended and sentenced to hang, but the New York Motion Picture Corp.; Kay-Bee. Dist Triangle Distributing

wounded Olaf convinces the townspeople to spare his life. Finally, Parson | Corp. 11 Mar 1917. 5 reels, 4,794 ft. . Bill and Mary Morrison wed and their child becomes Olaf’s companion. Supv Thomas H. Ince. Dir Charles Miller. Scen Lambert Hillyer. Indians of North America. Murder. Orphans. Self-sacrifice. The West. | Story Lois Zellner. Cam Clyde de Vinna. Art dir Robert Brunton. | Capital punishment. Card games. Clergy. False accusations. New York Cast: Enid Bennett (Jerry Ross), William Garwood (Frank Girard),

City. Trains. Waifs. Josephine Headley (Janet Girard), Dorcas Matthews (Dulcie Hayes), Carl Note: This film opened at the Vitagraph Theatre in New York on 2 Nov 1914. Uliman (Dillon). .

Motog 28 Nov 1914, p. 730. NYDM 11 Nov 1914, p. 32. Drama. To earn her own living, Jerry Ross dresses as a boy and sells Motog 26 Dec 1914, p. 915. Var 7 Nov 1914, p. 23. newspapers on the street corner. As the result of a chance meeting with MPN 9 Jan 1915, p. 62. VLP Dec 1914, p. 32. Frank Girard, who is interested in the “Big Brother Movement,” Jerry is

. invited to Girard’s farm in the country and later is sent to a coeducational

THE LITTLE BELGIAN see THE LITTLE ORPHAN institution where she assumes the dress and manners of a girl once more. Time passes and Jerry, the girl graduate, goes to Mexico to join her

THE LITTLE BOSS F1.2509 benefactor who is surprised to find that his Jerry is really a girl. The

Vitagraph Co. of America. Dist Vitagraph Co. of America. 2 Jun opposition of Girard’s sister determines Jerry to leave Girard and Mexico, 1919 [OVitagraph Co. of America; 17 May 1919; LP13731]. 5 reels. but she gets no further than the railroad station, for Girard has fallen in Dir David Smith. Scen John B. Clymer. Story Rida Johnson Young. love with her and prevents her from leaving. Big Brothers of America. Male

Cast: Bessie Love (Peggy Winston “The Little Boss”), Wallace impersonation. Newsboys. Brother-sister relationship. Farms. Mexico. McDonald (Clayton Hargis), Harry Russell (Sandy McNab), Otto Railroad stations. Schools. Students.

Lederer (Red O'Rourke), J. Morley (Richard Leicester), Joe Rickson AUR feb Ory P. 99, NY DM M4 Mer ory P- se (Pete Farley), Clara Knight (Chloe), Karl Formes (Old Farley). MPN. 3 Mar 1917, p. 1422. Wid's 22 Feb 1917, p. 121. Northwest drama. Peggy Winston, the boss of a lumber camp left to her MPW 3 Mar 1917, p. 1371. by her father, is loved by all the “jacks” of the camp. When Clayton

Hargis, the son of a millionaire ship builder visits to contract for the camp’s A LITTLE BROTHER OF THE RICH F1.2512 entire output, Peggy, deeply affected by him, rescues him when he falls into Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co.; A Broadway dangerous waters, but Clayton remains ignorant of her affection. Peggy Universal Feature. 6 Sep 1915 [©Universal Film Mfg. Co.; 26 Aug 1915; accepts the invitation of Clayton’s sister to join them in the city, and after LP6201]. 5 reels. trading her corduroys and spiked shoes for silks, blossoms into a beautiful Dir Otis Turner. Scen Otis Turner and Hobart Bosworth. Cam Philip E.

woman. Heartbroken when she sees Clayton’s fiancée embrace him, Peggy Rosen. : .

leaves and lives a week in the city after pawning her clothes. In Peggy’s Source: Based on the novel A Little Brother of the Rich by Joseph Medill

absence, the title to the camp is taken over by a friend of Clayton’s. The Patterson (New York, 1908). .

friend and Clayton, who now realizes that he loves Peggy, search for her Cast: Hobart Bosworth (Henry Leamington), Jane Novak (Sylvia at the camp. After the hostile lumberjacks lock them in a cabin and plant Castle), Hobart Henley (Paul Potter), Maud George (Muriel Evers),

dynamite underneath it, Peggy arrives, quells the riot, and saves them. Albert MacQuarrie (Muriel’s husband), Carl Von Schiller (Carl Clayton straightens out the title of the camp, and confesses his love for Wilmerding), William Clark (Jim Ellis), Edmond Brown, Walter Belasco, Peggy. City-country contrast. Lumber camps. Lumberjacks. Dynamite. Jane Bernoudy, Bob Vernon.

Rescues. Drama/Society. While working his way through college, Paul Potter Note: Some scenes in this film were shot at a lumber camp near Eureka, CA among acquires a flock of wealthy friends who encourage him to give up his home-

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A LITTLE BROTHER OF THE RICH AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG town fiancée, Sylvia Castle, for Muriel Evers, a flirtatious married woman. Male impersonation. New Orleans. United States—History—Colonial After Sylvia releases Paul, and Muriel’s husband divorces her for infidelity, Period, ca. 1600-1775. Balls (parties). Documents. Extortion. France.

Paul and Muriel marry. Meanwhile, when Sylvia’s father dies after being French Americans. Jealousy. Nobility. Secretaries. Sword fights. ruined in the stock market, she goes from one job to another in the city until Territorial governors.

she tries acting in a stock company. There she befriends Henry MPN 1 Sep 1917, p. 1490. MPW 18 Aug 1917, p. 1122. Leamington, an alcoholic leading man, who, as he tutors her, falls in love MPN 21 Apr 1917, p. 2493. NYDM 25 Aug 1917, p. 21. and stops drinking because of her. When Paul discovers Muriel’s unfaithfulness, he renews his acquaintance with Sylvia, who still loves him. THE LITTLE CHURCH AROUND THE CORNER F1.2515 After Muriel dies in an automobile crash, Paul’s appearance in Sylvia’s World Film Corp.; Blaney. Dist Equitable Motion Pictures Corp., dressing room before an opening night causes Henry to drink, but after released through World Film Corp. 22 Nov 1915; May 1916 [©Equitable Sylvia refuses Paul’s request to be his mistress, Henry braces himself to Motion Pictures Corp.; 13. May 1916; LU8396]. 5 reels.

give a commanding performance, after which they marry. Actors and Source: Based on the play The Little Church Around the Corner actresses. Alcoholics. Infidelity. Marriage. Moral reformation. Automobile (production undetermined).

accidents. College life. Divorce. Theater. Cast: Emilie Polini (The wife), Madge Evans. Note: A play based on this novel, written by Patterson and Harriet Ford, opened Drama. Rejected by his sweetheart, who marries a drug addict, the exin New York on 27 Dec 1909. suitor decides to gain some revenge. After the birth of their daughter, the Motog 11 Sep 1915, p. 529, 549. MPW 11 Sep 1915, p. 1843. man reports the couple to the authorities as unfit parents because of the MPN 11 Sep 1915, p. 80. MPW 25 Sep 1915, p. 2242. father’s morphine habit. Then, when both parents are placed in an asylum, he goes to court to win possession of their child, who will inherit a fortune.

A LITTLE BROTHER OF THE RICH F1.2513 =~ The parents escape from the asylum, however, and then the husband cures Universal Film Mfg. Co. Dist Universal Film Mfg. Co.; Special himself of his addiction. Now able to prove their fitness, the couple is Attraction series. 7 Jul 1919 [©Universal Film Mfg. Co.; 24 Jul 1919; allowed to take back their baby, after which they go to give thanks at the

LP13993]. 6 reels. small church where they were married. Betrayal. Child custody. Drug Dir Lynn Reynolds. Scen Lynn Reynolds. Cam Phillip E. Rosen. addicts. Regeneration. Revenge. Churches. Escapes. Infants.

Source: Based on the novel A Little Brother of the Rich by Joseph Medill Inheritance. Insane asylums. Marriage.

Patterson (New York, 1908). Note: An ad for this film states that it was based on a “famous Blaney stage Cast: J. Barney Sherry (Henry Leamington), Kathryn Adams (Sylvia success,” but no information concerning the play has been located. Charles E. Blaney Castle), Frank Mayo (Paul Potter), Lily Leslie (Muriel Evers), Jack was a playwright and producer, who contracted with World to produce films from the

. ; was advertised and copyrighted in May 1916.

Gilbert (Carl Wilmerding). plays he controlled. The film is listed once in a release chart for 22 Nov 1915, but Drama/Society. Paul Potter, the captain of the Yale football team, Motog 4 Dec 1915, p. 1164. MPW 13 May 1917, p. 1114.

becomes engaged to Sylvia Castle after promising her father that they will MPW 30 Oct 1915, p. 1036. live in their home town in Indiana. When Sylvia visits Yale for the senior

prom, however, and sees that Paul is embarrassed by her small town LITTLE COMRADE F1.2516 manner and dress, and is attracted to Muriel Evers, a married society Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; woman, she releases him from his promise. She then returns to Indiana Paramount Pictures. 30 Mar 1919 [©Famous Players Lasky Corp.; 21 Feb while Paul advances to Wall Street. After Sylvia’s father dies, she works 1919; LP13454]. 5 reels. and meets an alcoholic actor, Henry Leamington, who encourages her to Pres Jesse L. Lasky. Dir Chester Withey. Scen Alice Eyton. Cam Frank . become an actress while she helps him conquer his affliction. In New York, Garbutt.

after Sylvia becomes well-known, she meets Paul, unhappily married to Source: Based on a serial story by “The Two Benjamins” by Juliet Muriel, and they realize that they still love each other. After Muriel dies Wilbor Tompkins in McCall’s Magazine (Aug 1918).

in an automobile accident, Paul, thinking an actress wife would harm his Cast: Vivian Martin (Genevieve Rutherford Hale), Niles Welch business reputation, proposes that Sylvia become his mistress. Sylvia, now (Bobbie Hubbard), Gertrude Claire (Mrs. Hubbard), Richard Cummings convinced of Paul’s character, marries Henry. Actors and actresses. = (fr. Hubbard), L. W. Steers (Lieut. Richard Hubbard), Eleanor Hancock

Alcoholics. Cads. Engagements. Regeneration. Automobile accidents. (Mrs. Hale), Nancy Chase (Isabel Hale), Pearl Lovci (Bertha Football players. Indiana. New York City-Wall Street. Yale University. Bicknell).

aie a ne 1919 . 08 vale ” ue i919, 0. 45. Comedy /Social. Genevieve Rutherford Hale, a pampered youngest child, MPW 5 Jul 1919, p. 115. Wid’s 29 Jun 1919, p. 5. reads an advertisement for women to work on farms to increase food

NYMT 28 Jun 1919. ) production during World War I. After having her modiste make silk

overalls which Genevieve models on Russian ballet attire, she arrives at the

THE LITTLE CHEVALIER F1.2514 Hubbard ranch in New York State with her chauffeur, maid, and pet dog, Thomas A. Edison, Inc. Dist K-E-S-E Service; Conquest Program. 11 to be a “farmerette.” While Genevieve finds the chores difficult and the Aug 1917 [©Thomas A. Edison, Inc.; 31 Jul 1917; LP11157]. 4 reels. other girls unfriendly, the youngest Hubbard child, Bobbie discovers Dir Alan Crosland. Scen E. Clement D’Art. Cam Philip Tannura. officer training camp to be equally discouraging. Although he is tempted Source: Based on the novel The Little Chevalier by Mary Evelyn Moore __ tO desert, Bobbie only leaves for one night to see his home again. He finds

Davis (New York, 1903). Genevieve crying in a potato patch, and together they resolve to do their Cast: Shirley Mason (The Little Chevalier/Diane de la Roche), Ray __ Patriotic duty. When a prying neighbor, seeing them together, tells the McKee (Henri Valdeterre), Richard Tucker (Delaup), Joseph Burke Hubbards that Genevieve was with a soldier, Genevieve remains silent

(Chapron), William Wadsworth (Dominick). about Bobbie’s identity, and is banished from the ranch. After Bobbie gets

Drama /Historical. A duel in France in which the Chevalier dela Roche — 2 furlough and explains matters, the Hubbards apologize to Genevieve. kills the Vicomte de Valdeterre, results in an ongoing feud between the two Bobby proposes, and they plan to marry when he returns from “over there.”

families. Years later, in New Orleans, Valdeterre’s son Henri arranges a | Farmers. Ostracism. Patriotism. Reputation. Scandal. Soldiers. duel with the son of the Chevalier de la Roche, known as the Little | Chauffeurs. Dogs. Maids. Modistes. Neighbors. New York (State).

Chevalier. Overwhelmed at the swordsmanship of the Little Chevalier, ETR 5 Apr 1919, p. 1377. MPN 26 Apr 1919, p. 2710. Henri faints and, upon regaining consciousness, leaves the de la Roche MPN > Apr 1919, pp. 2151-53. MPN 3 May 1919, p. 2912.

estate. Later, at a ball held at the governor’s mansion, Henri meets Diane,

the daughter of the late Chevalier and, smitten, begins to court her. This © LITTLE COMRADE (World Film Corp.) see ON DANGEROUS

arouses the jealousy of Delaup, who is the governor’s secretary and an GROUND ardent suitor of Diane’s. Delaup discovers a royal proclamation sent to

Henri, granting him the power to seize the de la Roche estate, and attempts THE LITTLE DIPLOMAT F1.2517

to use the document to force Diane to marry him. In response, Diane sends Diando Film Corp. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc. 15 Jun 1919 [OPathé for Henri, and when he arrives, he finds the Little Chevalier waiting to Exchange, Inc.; 24 May 1919; LU13750]. 5 reels, 4,620 ft. duel. Henri’s refusal to fight is met with the Little Chevalier removing his Dir Stuart Paton. Scen Emma Bell Clifton. Story Emma Bell Clifton. cloak to reveal that he is really Diane. The long term feud between the two Cast: Baby Marie Osborne (Little Marie), Lydia Knott (Mrs. Bradley families is then ended with Diane and Henri’s marriage. Duels. Feuds. West), William Welsh (Bradley West), Jack Connolly (Trent Gordon),

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 | THE LITTLE ‘FRAID LADY Murdock MacQuarrie (Raymond Brownleigh), Velma Clay (Hulda), Al innocence conquers Lionel’s resolve to seduce her, and he leaves after MacQuarrie (Kendall), Betty Compson (Phyllis Dare), Little Sambo awakening in her a tormenting love. Later, when she reads about Lionel’s

(George Washington Jones, Jr.). sickness and poverty, Bebée travels two hundred miles on foot to be with Comedy-drama. Bradley West, an antique collector, agrees to adopt him. Arriving forlornly with holes in her wooden shoes, Bebée sees Lionel Little Marie, a French war orphan, to please his wife. Marie and a servant’s cavorting with women in revealing gowns. She flees in horror and jumps son, George Washington Jones, Jr., get into mischief, irritating West, until into a river, but Jean, who followed, rescues her and takes her home. One Hulda, a new maid, objects to Marie playing with a black boy. Marie then day she puts two rosebuds in her wooden shoes with a note saying, “Send

whitewashes George and shocks the guests at a tea party when she them to him,” and drowns herself among the lilies. Artists. Ingenues. Selfintroduces him. After Marie becomes friends with Trent Gordon, West’s Sacrifice. Suicide. Woodsmen. Foster fathers. Foundlings. Gardeners. nephew and secretary, she confuses Trent’s sweetheart, Phyllis Dare, when Jealousy. Lust. Paintings. Shoes. her doll is mistakenly sent to Phyllis by Trent instead of flowers. Note: This film was produced at the Peerless studio.

Meanwhile, crooks desiring a sacred Hindu idol that West has obtained, ons 5 Aue ole PP. 422-23, 440. MDM i Aue lore P. as drug Trent. When he refuses to give West’s safe combination and is allowed MPW > Aus 1915, 1398. Var 3 Sep 1915, if 1. to return, Phyllis mistakes his drugged state for drunkenness. When the burglars break into the safe, with Hulda’s help, they awaken Marie, who locks the leader in the safe until Trent comes and captures them. Marie

now becomes West’s object of affection. Adoption. Antique collectors. LITTLE EVE EDGARTON F1.2520 Foster daughters. Nephews. Orphans. Blacks. Drugging. Maids. Parties. Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. 21 Aug Facial Prejudice. Religious objects: Safecrackers. May 1919. p. 1395. 1397 1916 [(©Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.; 28 Jul 1916; LP8806]. 5 reels.

ayo Pee mo ay 072s Pe 97, NI Dir Robert Leonard. Scen Robert Leonard. Cam R. E. Irish.

MPN 31 May 1919, p. 3664. Wid's 25 May 1919, p. 13. Source: Based on the novel Little Eve Edgarton by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (New York, 1914).

THE LITTLE DUCHESS ; F1.2518 Cast: Ella Hall (Eve Edgarton), Doris Pawn (Miss Van Eaton),

World Film Corp.; Peerless. Dist World Film Corp. 20 Aug 1917 Gretchen Lederer (Cousin Elsa), Herbert Rawlinson (James Barton),

[©World Film Corp.; 8 Aug 1917; LUI11225}. 5 reels. Thomas Jefferson (Paul R. Edgarton), Marc Fenton (John Elbertson). Pres William A. Brady. Dir Harley Knoles. Story Julia Burnham. Comedy-drama. Eve Edgarton, who travels all over the world with Paul,

Cam Alfred Moses. her botanist father, decides to devote herself to a quiet life of studying flora. Cast: Madge Evans (Geraldine Carmichael), Pinna Nesbit (Evelyn Approving of her high-mindedness, Paul arranges a marriage between Eve

Carmichael), Jack Drumier (Earl of Carinmore), James Davis (Jim and his aged colleague, John Elbertson, thereby guaranteeing for his Dawson), Patrick Foy (Jim Snyder), Maxine Elliott Hicks (Sophia daughter a future abundant in plants but lacking in passion. Before the Dawson), Sheridan Tansey (Billy), Mrs. Nellie Anderson (Mrs. wedding, however, Eve meets James Barton, a man her own age but with Dawson), Charles Hartley (Pop Hinkle), Richard Clarke (Bradford), none of the same intellectual interests. Although she cannot explain it Harry Bartlett (Hobson), Nora Cecile (Matron of orphanage), \van __ scientifically, Eve nevertheless falls in love with him, after which John,

Dobble (A. Carmichael). realizing the suitability of a match between Eve and her new suitor, breaks Drama. Impoverished widow Evelyn Carmichael, aware that she is about his engagment with her so that she can marry James. Botanists. Marriage-

to die, writes to her wealthy father-in-law Lord Carmichael, who had Arranged. Science. Self-sacrifice. disowned his son years earlier, pleading that he rescue his granddaughter MPN 19 Aug 1916, p. 1098. NYDM 19 Aug 1916, pp. 26-27. Geraldine, known as Jerry, from a life in the slums. Lord Carmichael, an MPW 19 Aug 1916, p. 1236. Var I} Aug 1916, p. 26. avowed woman-hater since his wife disappeared years earlier with his MPW 26 Aug 1916, p. 1451. Wid's 10 Aug 1916, p. 777.

brother, expects Jerry to be a boy and is appalled to find otherwise. . However, the lord is won over by Jerry’s sweetness, and when Jim Dawson, .

a neighbor of Jerry’s from the tenements, arrives at Carnimore Castle with

his daughter Sophia, whom he is trying to pass off as Jerry, the lord exposes THE LITTLE ‘FRAID LADY oo, F1.2521 them as imposters and then expells them from his castle. Meanwhile, Jerry Robertson-Cole Co. Dist Robertson-Cole Distributing Corp. 14 Dec has also won over the hearts of the servants, whom she is drilling into a play 1920 [©Robertson-Cole Distributing Corp.; 12 Dec 1920; LP15986]. 6

army. One day, while on an excursion into an unused tower of the castle, reels.

they discover a locked room in which reside two skeletons. A note near one Dir John G. Adolfi. Scen Joseph W. Farnham. Cam George Benoit. Art

of the skeletons explains that Lord Carmichael’s wife and his brother had 4 Robert A. Odell. oo

been exploring the tower when the lock sprung and trapped them, causing Source: Based on the novel The Girl Who Lived in the Woods by

; op 08).

their deaths. Lord Carmichael, realizing that his wife didn’t betray him, | Marjorie Benton Cooke (Chicago, 1910). } has his faith in women restored and makes Jerry mistress of the castle. Cast: Mae Marsh (Cecelia Carne), Tully Marshall (Giron), Kathleen Castles. Grandfathers. Misogynists. Orphans. Transformation. Brothers. Kirkham (Mrs. Helen Barrett), Charles Meredith (Saxton Graves),

Impersonation and imposture. Missing persons. Nobility. Servants. Herbert Prior (Judge Peter Carteret), Gretchen Hartman (Sirotta),

Skeletons. Slums. Towers. doa Bertholon, Jr. (Bobby Barrett), Jacques Ill (a dog) (Omar, the Mowe The Nop orn nl as changed from Jerry torn >. 18. Drama. Cecelia Carne, dubbed “‘the little ‘fraid lady” because she shuns MPN 25 Aug 1917, p. 1275, 1317. Var 10 Aug 1917. society, seeks the solitude of the forest in order to perfect her talents as a MPW 25 Aug 1917, p. 1229, 1270. Wid's 30 Aug 1917, p. 551. painter. By chance one day, Cecelia wanders into the estate of Judge Peter Carteret where she meets Saxton Graves, who is assisting the judge in

THE LITTLE DUTCH GIRL F1.2519 decorating his house. Recognizing her talent, Saxton hires Cecelia and soon Shubert Film Co. Dist World Film Corp. 23 Aug 1915 [OWorld Film falls in love with the artist. While working at the judge’s, Cecelia learns

Corp.; 25 Aug 1915; LU6180]. 5 reels. that he is about to try a case in which Giron, a notorious bootlegger, is Dir Emile Chautard. Scen E. M. Ingleton. implicated. This information disconcerts Cecelia because Giron is her

Source: Based on the novel Bebée: or, Two Little Wooden Shoes by father. Complications follow when Giron appears and attempts to Ouida (pseud. of Louise De la Ramée) (Philadelphia, 1874). blackmail Carteret with a bribery charge, but Cecelia testifies against her Cast: Vivian Martin (Little Dutch, “Bebée”), W. J. Gross (The old father when he makes accusations of improper relations between her and gardener), Chester Barnett (Jean), Dorothy Fairchild (Lise), John Bowers _— the judge. Giron, realizing that he is to be convicted, shoots himself,

(Lionel), Julia Stuart (Mother Kranz). clearing the path for his daughter’s happiness with Saxton. Artists. Drama/Rural. An old gardener finds a baby girl ina basket among the | 800tleggers. Interior decorators. Judges. Blackmail. Forests. Suicide.

lilies of a lake and rears her, calling her “ Bebée.” After the old man dies, _‘ITials. Bebée, now fourteen, continues his work. A few years later, the famous Note: The working title of this film was The Girl Who Lived in the Woods.

artist Lionel, seeking a model for his painting “Marguerite,” finds in Bebée hw is oe ioe Pp. 8. ew 3 a 1990 Po the innocence lacking in his other models. He persuades Bebée to pose and MPN 6 Ne 1920, Po. 3493-94. NYDM _25 Dec 1920, °. 1275.

: ~~ $25 /

then courts her, thus provoking the jealousy of Jean, a woodsman. Bebée’s MPN 4 Dec 1920, p. 4353. Wid's 23 Jan 1921, p. 17.

THE LITTLE GIRL NEXT DOOR AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG THE LITTLE GIRL NEXT DOOR F 1.2522 with Anna to South America to begin a new life. Civil servants. Essanay Film Mfg. Co. Dist State Rights. May 1916 [©Essanay Film Embezzlement. Infatuation. Moral reformation. United States. Treasury

Mfg. Co.; 2 May 1916; LP8215]. 6 reels. Dept. Boardinghouses. Counterfeiting. South America. Treasury agents. Dir Richard Foster Baker and M. Blair Coan. Asst dir Robert P. Washington (D.C.).

Thompson. Motog 1 Aug 1914, pp. 147-48. MPW 1 Aug 1914, p. 750. Cast: Darwin Karr, Charles L. Greenleaf. MPN 25 Jul 1914, p. 65. NYDM 22 Jul 1914, p. 26. Drama /Social. After Illinois officials break up the rackets in the Chicago mew 25 Jul 1914 p. S75. var 7 Jul 1914, p. 17.

Tenderloin district, the State Morals Committee, hoping to use the

information to suppress new attempts at restoring the white slave trade, THE LITTLE GREY MOUSE i F1.2525 interview a number of women who were sold into prostitution. Gangs. Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 31 Oct 1920 [©William Fox; 31 Oct

Illinois. Organized crime. Prostitutes. White-slave traffic. Chicago- 1920; LP15827]. 5 reels.

Tenderloin District. Dir James P. Hogan. Scen James P. Hogan. Story Barbara LaMarr Note: The film was made up largely of flashbacks, each one depicting the story of Deely. Cam William O’Connell.

a witness. According to the synopsis of this film in the copyright descriptions, it was Cast: Louise Lovely (Beverly Arnold), Sam DeGrasse (John based on a report of the Illinois State Vice Commission and contained actual Cumberland), Rosemary Theby (Hedda Kossiter), Philo McCullough testimonies of women who were forced into prostitution. After the film opened in (Stephen Gray), Wilson Hummel (Henry Lealon), Miss Gerard Alexander Chicago in May 1916, the City Council Judiciary Committee voted against a proposal (Mrs. Lealon), Willis Marks (Old John), Thomas Jefferson.

to revoke Clergymen, clubwomen and workers urged restrictions be Dis B lv Arnold j ‘nlaw thefirm | fioff Joh removed so its thatpermit. high school girls and boys could attend thesocial screenings. In 1923, rama. beverly Arnold a secretary in the John

another film called The Little Girl Next Door based its story on one incident in the Cumberland and Stephen Gray. Both men court her, but Beverly succumbs 1916 film. (See AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30, F2.3114.) It is unclear to the charms of Gray. With her help, he writes a bestselling novel which

whether Robert P. Thompson was an assistant director or an actor. leads him to give up his law career. After their marriage, Beverly continues

MPN 10 Jun 1916, p. 3541. Var 23 Jun 1916, p. 20. to aid Gray with his writing, bringing a touch to his work that makes him

: . ps.

Ow i ue ioe eed Wid's 20 Jul 1916, p. 725. famous. Gray, however, in his conceit, becomes bored with his wife and divorces her for Hedda Kossiter, a vampirish artist. Beverly, freed from Gray, becomes a literary success in her own right. Gray, anxious to win her

THE LITTLE GIRL THAT HE FORGOT F1.2523 back, is dismayed to discover that her heart has turned to his former

Cosmos Feature Film Corp. Dist State Rights. 11 Jan 1915 [©Cosmos partner, John Cumberland. Divorce. Lawyers. Marriage. Novelists. Artists.

Feature Film Corp.; 15 Dec 1914; LP3870]. 5 reels. Secretaries. Vam

. : . : y ouse Was Louise Lovely s first starring venicile tor Fox. Poynter (publication undetermined). ETR 13 Nov 1920, p. 2483. NYMT 31 Oct 1920. Source: Based on the play The Little Girl That He Forgot by Beulah Note: The Little Grev M Louise Lovely’s fj , hicle for F

Cast: Beulah Poynter. MPN 13 Nov 1920, p. 3811. Wid's 31 Oct 1920, p. 25. Drama. June Holly, a sheltered orphan who has been reared in MPW 13 Nov 1920, p. 249.

Lumberville, Missouri by her grandmother and Uncle Jim, falls in love

with Alan Powell, the son of a wealthy St. Louis lumber merchant. THE LITTLE GYPSY F1.2526 Unaware that June is pregnant with his child, Alan returns to St. Louis, Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. Oct 1915 [OWilliam Fox; 10 Oct and then writes a letter proposing marriage, but the letter is intercepted 1915; LP6639]. 5 reels. by David Stone, one of June’s spurned suitors. She decides to travel to St. Dir Oscar C. Apfel. Scen Mary Murillo. Cam Alfredo Gandolfi. Louis in search of Alan, but once there, she learns that he has gone on an Source: Based on the novel The Little Minister by James M. Barrie extended business trip. She is befriended by a farmer’s wife, at whose house (London, 1891). her child is born, and then sets out for home on foot. Exhausted, June drops Cast: Dorothy Bernard (Babbie), Thurlow Bergen (Gavin), Raymond

the baby and desperately tries to hide its body when she discovers that it Murray, W. J. Herbert, B. Barker, Mrs. Hurley, William Riley Hatch. has died from the fall. After the body is found, June is tried and convicted Drama. Found abandoned as an infant, Babbie is taken in and raised by of infanticide and sentenced to death by hanging. Just before her scheduled Lord Rintoul of Thrums, Scotland. Although she is brought up as an execution, June’s Salvation Army friend Martha Green finds Alan and tells aristocrat, Babbie prefers to dress and act like a wild gypsy. She eventually

him of her plight. Through Alan’s efforts, the governor pardons June on turns her capricious attentions on Gavin Desart, the village minister, a the gallows and the next day the two lovers are married. Accidental death. priggish young man who publicly scorns and upbraids her for her flirtations

Executions. Infanticide. Love. Pardons (legal). Revenge. Businessmen. while secretly longing for more. The feisty girl becomes involved in a Friendship. Illegitimacy. Letters. Orphans. Proposals. St. Louis (Missouri). weaver’s strike and, after the workers rebel, is arrested for inciting them Note: An ad noted that the film was a “screened production of Beulah Poynter’s to riot. She escapes from jail, however, and runs to the minister for

four year dramatic success.” protection from the police. Circumstances force Gavin to confess his love mois 6 ne tole p. a MPW 26 De ls p. 1904, 1905, for the gypsy and after many adventures, including an abortive marriage MPW 12 Dec 1914, 1463, MPW 23 Jan 1915, p. 557. to Lord Rintoul, her true parentage is revealed and she and Gavin wed. Disguise. Gypsies. Hypocrisy. Ministers. Flirtation. Foundlings. Jails.

THE LITTLE .GRAY F1.2524version Noomy.of Parentage. Riots. Scotland. Village . . ote:LADY A theatrical The Little Minister opened in life. NewWeavers. York on 27 Sep

Carlyle). . Famous Players Film Co. Dist State Rights. 10 Jul 1914. 4-5 reels. 1897. According to publicity articles, a factory and a dam were built for this

Dir Francis Powers. production and later were destroyed for visual effects in the film. The dam, which Source: Based on the play The Little Gray Lady by Channing Pollock measured 170 feet in length, was built in Port Jervis, NY. Some sources list Mary (New York, 22 Jan 1906). Murillo as co-director and Oscar Apfel as co-scenarist. Walter Dare is also siven Cast: Jane Grey (Anna Gray), James Cooley (Perry Carlyle), :Jane creat in someThe reviews as scenarist. Katharine Hepburn starred in a 1934 version of y entitled Little Minister.

Fearnley (Ruth Jordan), Hal Clarendon (Sam Meade), Julia Walcott Motog 30 Oct 1915, p. 937. MPN 23 Oct 1915, p. 86

(Mrs. Jordan), Robert Cummings (Richard Graham), Mathaleen Aamold MPN 18 Sep 1915, p. 92. MPW 23 Oct 1915, p. 631. (Mrs. Graham), Edgar Davenport (John Moore), Sue Balfour (Mrs. MPN 16 Oct 1915, pp. 10-11. NYT 11 Oct 1915, p. 9.

Drama. Anna Gray and Perry Carlyle both pass examinations to become THE LITTLE INTRUDER F1.2527

U.S. Treasury Department workers, but Perry, who has placed higher on World Film Corp. Dist World Film Corp. 7 Apr 1919 [©World Film

his exam, obtains a position before his sweetheart. Perry goes to Corp.; 21 Apr 1919; LU13620]. 5 reels.

Washington, and then, when a position becomes open in his section, Anna Dir Oscar Apfel. Scen Clara S. Beranger. Story H. S. Sheldon. Cam is able to get a job as well. Both live in a boardinghouse run by the mother Alfred Gondolfi.

of Ruth Jordan, a co-worker. Perry becomes infatuated with Ruth, and Cast: Louise Huff (The Little Intruder), George MacQuarrie succumbing to pressure to take her to nice places, he steals and pastes (George Conklin), Christine Mayo (Virginia Conklin), John Hines

together old treasury note fragments to form new bills. When the (Billy Kent), Stuart Holmes (Henry Harding), Albert Hart (Bob department learns about the bogus notes, agent Sam Meade is sent to McCarthy). investigate. Meade discovers that Perry is responsible, but Anna’s plea for Comedy-drama/Detective. Jealous of the attention his wife Virginia mercy so moves him that he allows the young man to go free if he will go receives at a seaside resort, and desiring to know how far her flirtation with

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 LITTLE MARY SUNSHINE Henry Harding has gone, George Conklin returns to New York to hire a Drama. Finding refuge from the grim reality of the slums by indulging detective. When he finds a pretty girl in his house, however, who the police a taste for fiction, Maggie becomes a compulsive liar. As a result, when she identify as the criminal, Philadelphia Mary, George tells them that she is pleads innocent to a shoplifting charge after the real thieves accuse her of the niece he was expecting, and makes her agree to spy on Virginia. The the crime, no one believes her, and she is thrown in jail. While Bobby, a girl, who calls herself Betty McCarthy, becomes friendly with Virginia and reporter who has taken an interest in her, works for her release, Maggie falls in love with her brother, ardent Billy Kent. Virginia, incensed at her ‘Starts keeping a journal. Then, when authorities give the journal to the husband’s jealousy, plans to elope with Harding, who, Betty discovers, is judge who sentenced her, he recognizes Maggie asa brilliant writing talent,

only interested in Virginia’s jewels. After the police arrest Harding when ter which Bobby presents him with evidence clearing her of all guilt. Betty tells them that he has the Conklins’ jewels, Betty and Billy marry. | Bobby and the judge rush to the prison to release Maggie, but, when they Harding is released when Betty confesses she substituted candy for the ae there, they ane that she as committed suicide in wr cell. D larles.

jewels, the Conklins are reconciled, and Betty reveals that she really is Waves Paver Shoolittin Thieves. eporters. Slums. Suicide. George’s niece. Flirtation. Impersonation and imposture. Jealousy. Melo. ° 9 Ser 1916 on 9: NYDM > Sep 1916. 0. %6 Marriage. Nieces. Candy. Elopement. Fortune hunters. Jewelry. Resorts. MPN 9 Sep 1916, p. 1568, Var 1 Sep 1916p. 24.

ETR 5 Apr 1919, p. 1365. NYMT 30 Mar 1919. MPW 9 Sep 1916, p. 1687, 1756. Wid’s 31 Aug 1916, p. 825. MPN 5 Apr 1919, p. 2183. Var 28 Mar 1919, p. 93. MPW 5 Apr 1919, pp. 122-23. Wid's 30 Mar 1919, p. 7.

LITTLE LOST SISTER F1.2531 Selig Polyscope Co.; A Red Seal Play. Dist K-E-S-E Service. 12 Mar

THE LITTLE JEWESS F1.2528 1917 [©Selig Polyscope Co.; 19 Feb 1917; LP10319]. 5 reels.

Kinetophote Corp. 21 Dec 1914. 3-4 reels. Dir Alfred Green. Scen Gilson Willets. :

Drama. When the ship in which they are sailing to America founders, Source: Based on the novel Little Lost Sister by Virginia Brooks Jewish emigrant Isaac Zangwill, his wife Sarah, and their eight-year-old = (Chicago, 1914).

daughter Rebecca, are separated. While Isaac is rescued by a Jewish Cast: Vivian Reed (Elsie Welcome), Bessie Eyton (Mary Randall), millionaire bound for Paris on his yacht, Sarah and Rebecca board a ship = George Fawcett (John Boland), Marion Warner (Patience Welcome), continuing on to the United States. Years later, Rebecca is a renowned Tom Bates (Tom Welcome), Eugenie Besserer (Mrs. Welcome), T. C. Jack

detective who enters the Secret Service. While working on a case, she (Harvey Spencer), Joseph Singleton (Martin Druce), Will Machin happens upon her father, now a distinguished diamond merchant visiting (Harry Boland), Al W. Filson (Grogan), Harry Lonsdale. New York City. Rebecca prevents him from being misled by confidence Drama. Elsie Welcome, discouraged and underpaid in the employ of man Jim Dayton and his accomplice, Eva Lumley, who claims to be Isaac’s industrialist John Boland, is enticed to the city by white slaver Martin long-lost daughter. Finally, Rebecca arrests the pair of crooks and reunites Druce, where she is forced into prostitution. Mary Randall, a vice crusader, her parents. Confidence games. Detectives. Father-daughter relationship. takes an interest in the case and begins to search for the little lost sister.

Jews. Reunions. Shipwrecks. Diamond merchants. Immigrants. Meanwhile, Patience, Elsie’s sister, is in love with Boland’s son Harry, and impersonation and imposture. New York City. Sea rescue. Secret Service. Boland, wishing to break up the romance, hires Druce to disgrace the girl.

Motog 21 Nov 1914, p. 719. MPW 14 Nov 1914, p. 988. Druce offers Patience a job as a singer at the Café Sinister, but before he

MPN 9 Jan 1915, p. 57. is able to accomplish his evil deed, Mary overhears the plot to compromise

Patience and learns that Boland owns houses of prostitution. She informs

LITTLE LADY EILEEN F1.2529 the police in time to save Patience and returns the little lost sister to her

Famous Players Film Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 10 Aug family, and Harry, learning of his father’s misdeeds, embraces Patience.

1916 [©Famous Players Film Co.; 25 Jul 1916; LU8780]. 5 reels. Industrialists. Prostitutes. Sisters. Social reformers. White slavers. Dir J. Searle Dawley. Scen Betty T. Fitzgerald. Story Betty T. Brothels. Cafés. Father-son relationship. Police. Singers. Traps.

Fitzgerald. Cam Lawrence E. Williams. ETR 24 Mar 1917, p. 1107. MPW 24 Mar 1917, p. 1946.

Cast: Marguerite Clark (Little Lady Eileen Kavanaugh), Vernon Steele MPN 24 Mar 1917, p. 1870. Wid's 22 Mar 1917, pp. 191-92. (Stanley Churchill/Sir George Churchill), John L. Shine (Dennis

Kavanaugh), J. K. Murray (Father Kearney), Harry Lee (Powdein), THE LITTLE MADEMOISELLE F1.2532

Maggie Halloway Fisher (Lady Gower), Russell Bassett (Mike World Film Corp.; A Shubert Feature. Dist World Film Corp. 27 Sep

Cafferty). 1915 [OWorld Film Corp.; 27 Sep 1915; LU7345]. 6 reels. Drama/Fantasy. Already believing firmly in fairies, Little Lady Eileen, Dir Oscar Eagle. Scen Mark Swan,

a young Irish woman, naturally takes the word of a cobbler who tells her Cast: Vivian Martin (Lili Breval), Mario Majeroni (Henry Breval), E. that if she looks into a nearby well, she will see the face of her future M. Kimball (Mr. Pemberton), Arthur Ashley (Jim Pemberton), Lila

husband. The water does indeed provide her with a man’s image: just as Chester (Gabrielle D Ornay ). , , , ar . : into ,; :' Drama. While traveling to Buffalo with immediately her uncle Henry his; family, she gazes it, Stanley Churchill walks by. Stanley fallsand in a: :.;.

, peaking no English, && proble

. . . Speaking no English, Lili of struggles family to communicate her problem to the seeing an opportunity to collect some fortune, pretends . . . . townspeople until JimEileen’s Pemberton, newly fired from his jobaratana car garage, love with her, but after their romance begins, his twin brother Sir George, F renchwoman Lili Breval is accidentally left behind at a rural train station.

to be Stanley and then marries Eileen. When she discovers the deception, h ‘th his knowledge of French. A niless Jim. who has b

Eileen runs away from her husband, and when George goes after her, rescues ner Wid ais Knowleese mene. 7 pennness vim, wine nas oven

Fileen’s fairy friends knock him off his h G dies f hi forced by his father, an auto manufacturer and business rival of Henry

ween s talry TeEnes Knock TMM OM US Norse. Veorge soon dies 'rom iis Breval, to support himself after his expulsion from college, eagerly takes injuries, after which Eileen marries the real Stanley. Brothers. Doubles. a job as a driver in a car race, hoping to win enough money to send pretty Fairies. Fortune hunter s. Impersonation and imposture. Irish. Nobility. Lili on to Buffalo. Ironically, his car is a Breval entry, but in spite of the

Riding accidents. Twins. Cobblers. familial competition, Jim battles two would-be saboteurs to cross the finish Although Hugh Ford was listed in the copyright entry as “author,” there is Jing first. After delivering Lili to Buffalo, Jim gains office employment noNote: evidence that he wrote the story for this film. Ford was Famous Players’ Director- . ae

General and in this capacity may have been assigned as “author” for copyright from a grateful Henry Breval, which satisfies Mr. Pemberton and clears purposes. One item in the Paramount studio records lists Edmund Goulding as co- the road to romance with the little mademoiselle. Automobile racing.

author of the story. French. Manhood. Railroad stations. Automobile manufacturers. Buffalo Motog 26 Aug 1916, p. 504. NYDM _ 26 Aug 1916, p. 24. (New York). Garages. Racecar drivers. Sabotage. MPN 2 Sep 1916, p. 1402. NYT 14 Aug 1916, p. 7. Motog 2 Oct 1915, p. 697, 769. NYDM ___29 Sep 1915, p. 28. MPW 26 Aug 1916, p. 1390. Var 18 Aug 1916, p. 26. MPN 2 Oct 1915, p. 83. Var 1 Oct 1915, p. 18. NYDM 19 Aug 1916, p. 26. Wid's 17 Aug 1916, p. 786. MPW 2 Oct 1915, p. 93, 152.

THE LITTLE LIAR F1.2530. = LITTLE MARY SUNSHINE F1.2533

527 |

Fine Arts Film Co. Dist Triangle Film Corp. 10 Sep 1916. 5 reels. Balboa Feature Film Co. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc.; Gold Rooster Plays.

Dir Lloyd Ingraham. Scen Anita Loos. 3 Mar 1916 [©Pathé Exchange, Inc.; 30 Mar 1916; LU7954]. 5 reels. . Cast: Mae Marsh (Maggie), Robert Harron (Bobby), Olga Gray Dir Henry King. Asst dir Alden Willey. Cam Harry W. Gerstad.

(Fanny), Carl Stockdale (Dick Slade), Jenny Lee (Boardinghouse Cast: Baby Marie Osborne (Mary), Henry King (Bob Daley), keeper), Ruth Handforth (Maggie’s mother), Tom Wilson (Maggie's Marguerite Nichols (Sylvia Sanford), Andrew Arbuckle (Bob's

father), Loyola O’Connor (Matron of jail). father), Mollie McConnell (Sylvia's mother).

LITTLE MEENA’S ROMANCE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Drama. Deserted by her father after he drunkenly kills her mother, three- LITTLE MISS FORTUNE F 1.2536 year-old Mary, looking for a place to sleep, climbs into an automobile. Erbograph Co. Dist Art Dramas, Inc. 14 May 1917 [OErbograph Co.; Later, after his sweetheart, Sylvia Sanford, has thrown him out of her 1 May 1917; LP10856]. 5 reels. house because of his heavy drinking, Bob Daley staggers into his car and Dir Joseph Levering. Scen Clarence J. Harris. Cam James Robertson. finds Mary there. Bob takes her to his home and cares for her, but the real Cast: Marian Swayne (Sis), Lucile Dorrington (Flossie), Hugh therapeutic effect of the relationship is on Bob. Now acting as a parent, Thompson (Jim), Bradley Barker (Ned), Charles MacDonald, Anna Day he becomes both responsible and sober. As a result of this new seriousness, Perry. Sylvia is reconciled with Bob and then marries him, and the couple raises Drama. Sis, a poor orphaned country girl, is shunned by all the other

Mary as their daughter. Alcoholics. Children. Foster parents. children in the small town where she lives. It is Sis’s ambition to become

Regeneration. Automobiles. Drunkenness. Murder. a famous actress, and when an opportunity arises for her to go the city, she Motog _—18 Mar 1916, p. 645. NYDM II Mar 1916, p. 28. seizes it. There she secures a position as a maid in a theatrical Wy . ve le p eae, 1894 Wid's 20 Apr 1916, p. 516. boardinghouse. Among the boarders are Jim, a leading man; Ned, an out

— of work actor; and Flossie, an ingenue. One morning while rehearsing, Jim

sees Sis sweeping the floor and persuades the girl to help him rehearse his lines. Her acting talent astonishes him, and he begins to see real promise

LITTLE MEENA’S ROMANCE F1.2534 in her. Sis’s future looks grim, however, when she is accused of stealing Fine Arts Film Co. Dist Triangle Film Corp. 9 Apr 1916 [©Triangle — Flossie’s jewelry. Sis is saved by Jim who discovers that Ned is the real

Film Corp.; 9 Apr 1916; LP9541]. 5 reels. thief. Upon Sis s release, Flossie is taken ill and Sis fills in for her on stage,

Supv D. W. Griffith. Dir Paul Powell. Story F. M. Pierson. becoming an instant success. Sis’s happiness is then made complete when Cast: Dorothy Gish (Meena Bauer), Owen Moore (Count Fredrich von Jim pledges _ his love to her. Actors and actresses. Ambition. Ritz), Fred J. Butler (Matthew Bauer), Robert Lawler (Jacob Kunz), Boardinghouses. Country girls. Show business. False accusations. Alberta Lee (Jacob’s mother), Mazie Radford (Jacob’s sister), George Jewelry. Orphans. Ostracism. Theft. Unemployment.

Pierce (Jacob’s father), Fred A. Turner (Meena’s uncle), Kate Toncray oN Ne va ory P. te al W re vd ry P. vir

(Meena’s aunt), Margaret Marsh, James O’Shea (Meena’s cousins), MPW 19 May 1917, is 1141. Wid's 10 May 1917, BD. 397-98. William H. Brown (The butler).

Comedy-drama. The German monarchy having fallen upon hard times, LITTLE MISS GROWN-UP F1.2537 Count Fredrich von Ritz comes to the Pennsylvania Dutch country as a Oakdale Productions. Dist General Film Co. Oct 1918. 5 reels °

clothes wringer salesman. He soon falls in love with Meena Bauer, who Dir Sherwood MacDonal d

knows nothing of his royal status, but before the romance can develop fully, . Cast: Gloria Joy (Nan Griffing) Ethel Pepperell (Grace Griffing), Mary

Fredrich receives some money from the family estate, and uses it to move Northmore (Ethel Griffing), Neil Hardin (Robert Griffing). Mollie to New York. A few months later, after her father has died and left her McConnell (Anna Griffing), Daniel Gilfether (James Griffing), Edward a fortune, Meena also goes to New York, where she once again meets Saunders (Morgan Thornton), Charles Dudley (Simple Simon Magee)

Fredrich. Each remains unaware of the other’s social position, however, as Comed Little Nan Griffin ’ whil 5 aw the ho P he nts’ f m

he believes that Meena is working as a servant, and she is certain that th Si - ‘Sin on M nm é 4d It ah the nind of r Phild Whil Fredrich has gone from peddling wringers to selling books. They fall in love v mmacin, * heou h the attic one da Nan discovers a costume that was

all over again, and then, after their wedding, Meena discovers that she has beh 8 the Ethel when sh Ys the st d begs to be taught become a countess, while a delighted Fredrich realizes that he has married dance Ethel complies but the lessons are soon interrupte d by seven al

2 nena Thertance Pennsylvanian Nobility. Pennsylvania Dutch. horrified members of the local church society. Next, Nan, accompanied by

Motog | Apr 1916, p. 763. NYDM 8 Apr 1916, p. 30. Simple Simon, visits her grandmother Anna and Aunt Grace in the city. MPN 1 Apr 1916, p. 1917. NYT 3 Apr 1916, p. 11. Hidden in the orchard, Simon frightens the servants, who mistake him for MPW 1 Apr 1916, p. 101. Var 7 Apr 1916, p. 23. a ghost. Nan becomes infatuated with Grace’s fiancé, Morgan Thornton, MPW 29 Apr 1916, p. 868. Wid's 13 Mar 1916, p. 454. and proposes, but when she steals away to his house intending to elope, Morgan summons her aunt and grandmother. Nan demands that he choose between her and Grace, and when he picks the latter, she decides to forsake city life and return to her parents. Children. City-country contrast. Farms.

LITTLE MISS BROWN F1.2535 Aunts. Clothes. Dancers. Elopement. Grandmothers. Mental retardation. William A. Brady Picture Plays, Inc. Dist World Film Corp. 7 Jun Puritanism. Servants. Students.

1915 [OWorld Film Corp.; 9 Jun 1915; LU5517]. 4 reels. ETR 5 Oct 1918, p. 1525. MPW 10 Aug 1918, p. 885.

Dir James Young. Asst dir Edwin L. Hollywood. MPN 19 Oct 1918, p. 2602. MPW 19 Oct 1918, p. 445.

Source: Based on the play Little Miss Brown by Philip Bartholomae

(New York, 29 Aug 1912). LITTLE MISS HAPPINESS F 1.2538 Cast: Vivian Martin (Betty Brown), Chester Barnett (Robert Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. 28 Aug 1916 [OWilliam Fox; 27 Mason), Crauford Kent (Joseph Clews), Charles Dickson (Richard Aug 1916; LP9010]. 5 reels. Dennison), Ethel Lloyd (Mrs. Dennison), W. J. Ferguson (Uncle), Ned Dir John G. Adolfi. Scen Clarence J. Harris. Story Clarence J. Harris. Sparks (Night clerk), Julia Stuart (Jane Glenton), Edward M. Kimball Cam Hugh C. McClung.

(Justin Glenton), Jewel Hilburn (Telephone girl), John Hines Cast: June Caprice (Lucy White), Harry Hilliard (Dave Allen), Zena

(Bellboy), Alberta Gallatin (Mrs. Burke). Keefe (Sadie Allen), Sara Alexander (Grandma White), Sidney Bracy Comedy. Betty Brown, a coquette, loves Robert Mason but finds herself (Jim Butterfield), Leo Kennedy (Max Barker), Robert Vivian (Squire attracted to the ardent Joseph Clews and finally agrees to elope with him. Allen), Lucia Moore (Nancy Allen), Genevieve Reynold (Mrs. At the hotel in Hartford where they are to meet, Betty learns that Joseph Butterfield) Grace Beaumont (Maudie Butterfield) Edward N. Hoyt

has been delayed and cannot keep their appointment. When she is mistaken (The mini ster). ,

for the estranged wife of Richard Dennison, Betty , who has no money, Drama. Unable to tolerate life in the city, Sadie leaves her husband, Max settles into one of the rooms reserved for Dennison’s party. The real Mrs. Barker, and with her baby, goes back to the village where she was born Dennison arrives the next day, but upon discovering that she will receive Then, afraid to tell her father that she plans to raise a baby without a a large sum of money from her uncle only if she is happily married to father, she pretends that she is still childless, and asks Lucy White to take

Richard, she keeps her temper in check and B0es along with Betty's care of the infant for a few months. Lucy quickly agrees, and hoping to masquerade. Betty's suitors appear to further complicate the situation, but preserve Sadie’s secret, she claims that the child is really her own, and even

in the end, the Dennisons get their money and Betty returns to Robert. conceals the truth from her sweetheart. Dave Allen Risking the Elopement. Flirts. Hotels. Mistaken identity. Hartford (Connecticut). condemnation of the community, which has already ostracize d Lucy for

Impersonation and impostire, mer ranve Separation. having a baby out of wedlock, Dave decides to stand by his sweetheart. He Motog 19 Jun 1915, p. 1035 NYDM 9 i 1 915, p. 28 then marries her after Max and Sadie are reconciled and take back their

MPN 12 Jun 1915, p. 4, 70. Var 11 Jun 1915, p. 18. child. Ostracism. Reputation. Self-sacrifice. Village life. Desertion.

MPW 12 Jun 1915, p. 1790. Infants. 528

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 LITTLE MISS OPTIMIST Motog 9 Sep 1916, p. 612. NYT 28 Aug 1916, p. 7. ETR 30 Mar 1918, p. 1331. NYDM 6 Apr 1918, p. 24. MPN 9 Sep 1916, p. 1568. Var 1 Sep 1916, p. 24. ETR 6 Apr 1918, p. 1467. Var 29 Mar 1918, p. 45. MPW 16 Sep 1916, p. 1818. Wid's 31 Aug 1916, p. 828. MPN 13 Apr 1918, p. 2257. Wid's 25 Apr 1918, p. 1108.

LITTLE MISS HOOVER F 1.2539

MPW 13 Apr 1918, p. 283, 290.

Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; LITTLE MISS NOBODY F1.2541

Paramount Pictures. 29 Dec 1918 [OFamous Players-Lasky Corp.; 9 Dec Olympic Motion Picture Corp. Dist State Rights. Mar 1916. 5 reels.

1918: LP13158]. 5 reels, 4,909 ft. Dir Jack Gorman. Scen Jack Gorman. Pres Adolph Zukor. Dir John S. Robertson. Scen Adrian Gil-Spear. Cast: Baby Em Gorman (Little M iss Nobody). Cam William Marshall. Drama. After placing her daughter in an orphanage, an unwed mother, Source: Based on the novel The Golden Bird by Maria Thompson keeping her past a secret, marries a successful doctor while the father

Daviess (New York, 1918). makes a fortune in business. Then the child, who is called Little Miss Cast: Marguerite Clark (Nancy Craddock), Eugene O’Brien (Major Nobody, has an accident and the orphanage calls in the doctor to take care Adam Baldwin), Alfred Hickman (Matthew Berry), Forrest Robinson of her. Eventually, he makes the girl his ward, and when the real father (Col. William Craddock), Hal Reid (Major J. Craddock), Frances Kaye finds out, he goes to the doctor’s wife to make sure that their secret will (Polly Beasley), John Tansey (Bud), J. M. Mason (Silas Beasley), J. J. not become known. Despite their efforts, however, the doctor learns

Williams (Rastus). everything and leaves his wife as well as the child, since he believes she Comedy-drama/World War I. During World War I, Washington, D.C. should be raised by her real parents, who nonetheless desert her once again.

society girl Nancy Craddock decides to enlist in the army of the Food The mother then kills the father just before she herself dies of alcoholism, Administration on the theory that “eggs will win the war.” Accompanied after which the doctor finds the little girl and raises her as his daughter. by her grandfather, Col. William Craddock, Nancy buys some chickens legitimacy. Orphanages. Physicians. Wards and guardians. Accidents.

and goes to the Maryland farm of her uncle, Major J. Craddock. There she Alcoholics. Murder. Self-sacrifice. . meets Adam Baldwin, an army officer who has been assigned to study Note: An ad for this film quoted D. W. Griffith as saying that Baby Em Gorman

agricultural conditions in the Harpeth District incognito, and he soon aia Breatest child fctress in pretures. MPW 18 Mar 1916. v. 190

diverts her attention from Matthew Berry, a suitor whom she had promised 1667, 16, P. TOTTI, 100, Var 3 Mar i916 >. 21. ° to marry on condition that he enlist in the army. Posing as a farmhand,

Adam begins the work of reclaiming the Harpeth Valley, but incurs the LITTLE MISS NOBODY F1.2542

enmity of local farmers, who suspect thatBluebird he is a slacker. NancyInc. willingly ; , 1917 ° . . . . Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. Dist Photoplays, 7 May assists him until Matthew appears in uniform and demands that she fulfill [©Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.; 10 Apr 1917; LP10541]. 5 reels

her promise, whereupon Adam, discouraged, leaves the farm. Matthew Dir Harr Miller ne Scen. John e Brownell Stor Alfred Solman and

falls in love with Polly Beasley, and, in the end, Nancy discovers Adam’s Robert F Ro den Cam Harr Forbes y true identity, and they marry, while Matthew weds Polly. Chickens. Eggs. Cast: Vi let M B yr Cle B Elinor Grenville). Hel

Farms. Impersonation and imposture. Maryland. Military officers. . ast: Violet Mersereau ( onnie), ara Beyers (Elinor Grenville), Helen Patriotism. Socialites. World War |. Farmers. Grandfathers. Herbert Lindroth (Charlotte Wharton), Sidney Mason (Arthur Wharton), Dean Hoover. Irrigation. Military enlistment. Slackers. Uncles. United States. Ray mom (George Gremile) , John var Bul organ). James Onan

Food Administration. Washington (D.C.). ( ith “Wh, ) will Bale D (Bi Ml he milton), Sidney Mason

Note: Daviess’ novel was first serialized in 1918 in The Delineator. Exteriors were ( Ne th rarion). B, Is Ba “r ( ent Shen ) ‘rl. is bullied by Bull filmed in Washington, D.C. and Maryland. Some reviews credit the role of Col. orthwest drama. bonnie, an innocent orphan girl, ts Dullied by pu William Craddock to Forrest Baldwin. The title refers to Herbert Hoover, who was Dorgan, the crude foreman of the lumber camp who frequents the saloon at that time the head of the Food Administration. A replica of Hoover’s office that her foster father owns. One day, playwright Arthur Wharton arrives

appeared in the film. in town, brokenhearted because the woman he loved, Elinor Grenville,

ETR 4 Jan 1919, p. 427. Var 3 Jan 1919, p. 38. married another for money. To protect Bonnie from Dorgan, Arthur Mey 8 a le is Ie Wid's 29 Dec 1918, pp. 23-24. marries the girl and then leaves her in the care of his sister Charlotte while

o_o" he travels to Japan. When he returns, Elinor, now a widow, decides she wants Arthur back and so endeavors to estrange the couple by hiring a man

LITTLE MISS MONEYBAGS see THE POOR RICH MAN to compromise Bonnie. Elinor almost succeeds in her plan, but in the end, Arthur and Bonnie reconcile and face a happy future together. Frame-ups.

LITTLE MISS NO-ACCOUNT F1.2540 = Marriage. Orphans. Playwrights. Widows. Foster fathers. Lumber camp Vitagraph Co. of America. A Blue Ribbon Feature. Dist Greater foremen. Lumber camps. Saloons. Sisters.

Vitagraph, Inc. | Apr 1918 [©Vitagraph Co. of America; 25 Mar 1918; Note: Some sources list the name of one of the writers as Robert F. Rodin.

LP12226). 5 reels. ETR 28 Apr 1917, p. 1464. MPW 12 May 1917, p. 1020. Pres Albert E. Smith. Dir William P. S. Earle. Scen A. Van Buren Motog 19 May 1917, p. 1068. Var 27 Apr 1917, p. 27.

Powell. Story Edward P. Smaney. Cam Jack Brown. Mew 2 May tT P. 8. Wid's 26 Apr 1917, pp. 269-70. Cast: Gladys Leslie (Patty Baring), Frank O’Connor (Edwin Sayer), yee bee

William Calhoun (Josiah Wheeler), Eulalie Jensen (Ann

Wheeler-Ballinger), West Jenkins (Stebbins), Richard Wangeman LITTLE MISS OPTIMIST F1.2543

(Herman), Carlton King (Ned), Stephen Carr (Bobby). Pallas Pictures. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 26 Aug 1917 [©Julia Comedy-drama. Young Patty Baring will lose the fine old Washington Ctawford Ivers; 23 Jul 1917; LPII 150]. 5 reels.

Square house she is to inherit if her scheming stepfather Josiah Wheeler’s Dir Robert Thornby. Scen Gardner Hunting. Story Gardner Hunting.

plan to acquire it for himself is successful. Cruelly abused by Wheeler, a Cam James C. Van Trees. ; ; 1 M j

gambling hall owner, Patty runs away to live with a newsboy named Bobby Cast: Vivian Martin (Mazie-Rosie Car en), Tom Moore (Dea and his grandfather Herman. There, in spite of her shabby dress and Hendrie), Charles West (Ben Carden), Ernest Joy (John West), Charles

humble companions, she arouses the admiration of Edwin Sayer, the Gerard (Samuel Winter ), Helen Bray (Belle Laurie).

district attorney. Ned, a soft-spoken gambler, desires to possess Patty, and Drama. Mazie-Rosie Carden, a waif who pays her board by selling at the instigation of her stepfather, lures her into a gambling den that papers on the street, saves the life of starving musician Deal Hendrie by Edwin has been planning to raid. Patty is arrested, but Edwin secures her _ Ving him her cherished “lucky dime.” Meanwhile, Mazie’s brother, Ben - release and places her in the charge of his mother. Ned and Josiah are | Cfden, employed as a weigh master by the West coal company, has been imprisoned, leaving Patty free to claim her inheritance and wed Edwin. discharged on a trumped up accusation by the company’s manager, Samuel Casino owners. District attorneys. Heiresses. Runaways. Stepfathers. Winter, of having falsified weights. Later, West finds proof of Winter's

Battered children. Gamblers. Gambling houses. Grandfathers. false records, summons him to the house and, after a fight, is killed by his Inheritance. Imprisonment. New York City-Washington Square. employee. Ben, induced by Mazie to go to West and say that he has been

Newsboys. Vice raids. falsely accused, arrives in time to see Winter robbing the body of his

Note: Exterior scenes were filmed in Greenwich Village, NY. Smaney’s original employer and taking Mazie s dime, which Hendrie had lost. Winter attacks story was entitled “The Reflections of Scarlet.” An ad for the film refers to the main Ben, knocks him unconscious and escapes, but is seen by Mazie. The next

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character as “Patty Waring” rather than “Baring,” the name given in reviews. Sunday, while at the church where Hendrie is employed as an organist,

LITTLE MISS REBELLION AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Mazie sees Winter contributing the lucky dime and accuses him of murder Motog 7 Jul 1917, p. 47. Var 22 Jun 1917, p. 23.

eres y MPW 23 Jun 1917, p. 1995.

before the whole congregation. Mazie’s accusation 1s corroborated by her MPN 30 Jun 1917, p. 4109. Wid's 21 Jun 1917, p. 391. brother Ben, who has regained conciousness to testify against Winter, and

all ends happily when Hendrie proposes to Mazie. Brother-sister LITTLE ORPHANT ANNIE F1.2546 relationship. Frame-ups. Talismans. Waifs.Rights; Churches. Coal Will , , - Corp. a. on. , Dec 1918. 6 a ) ; illiamMurder. N. Selig. Dist State Pioneer Film

masters. ; “ne , wae . . .

mines. Fights. Musicians. News vendors. Organists. Theft. Weigh reels

Note: This was Vivian Martin’s first release under Paramount’s new booking plan. Ss Pres Nv inam ne Selig. Prod William N. Selig. Dir Colin Campbell.

Alternate titles of the original story were ““Susie-Rosie” and “One Dime.” cen “ailson il ets. ; _

Motog 15 Sep 1917, p. 580. NYDM 1 Sep 1917, p. 18. Source: Inspired by the poem “Little Orphant Annie” by James MPN 8 Sep 1917, p. 1666. Var 24 Aug 1917, p. 25. Whitcomb Riley in The Orphant Annie Book (Indianapolis, 1908).

MPW 8 Sep 1917, p. 1522, 1584. Wid's 6 Sep 1917, pp. 570-71. Cast: Colleen Moore (Little Orphant Annie), Thomas Santschi (Dave), Harry Lonsdale (Annie's uncle), Eugenie Besserer (Mrs.

LITTLE MISS REBELLION F 1.2544 Goode), Doris Baker, Lillian Wade, Ben Alexander, Billy Jacobs, George The New Art Film Co. Dist Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Paramount Hupp (Children), James Whitcomb Riley (Himself), Mae Gaston

4,835 ft. (The good squire).

Pictures. 26 Sep 1920 [ONew Art Film Co.; 26 Jul 1920; LP15421]. 5 reels, (Annie’s mother), Lillian Hayward (Aunt ‘Lizabeth), Lafayette McKee

Dir George Fawcett. Scen Wells Hastings. Story Harry Carr. Cam Drama. Surrounded by a group of children, poet James Whitcomb Riley

Walter Hill. narrates the story of Little Orphant Annie, who loses her mother at an early Cast: Dorothy Gish (Grand Duchess Marie Louise), Ralph Graves age and is sent to an orphanage. Annie charms the other children with her (Sergeant Richard Ellis), George Siegmann (Colonel Moro), William stories of goblins and elves until her uncle comes to claim her. He and her

Riley Hatch (Stephen), Marie Burke (Lady-in-waiting). aunt force Annie into a life of drudgery, treating her so cruelly that Big Drama. Grand Duchess Marie Louise of Bulgravia longs for freedom Dave, a neighboring farmer, takes her from them and places her in the from the duties and dignity of her rank, while Colonel Moro, the head of charge of the kindly Squire Goode and his wife. Big Dave, who intends to the Guards, plots with the revolutionaries against her. One day, after marry Annie, is called away to fight in World War I, and when she learns cajoling the old grenadier who guards the palace into letting her leave, that he has been killed, the poor orphan becomes ill and dies. Children.

Marie Louise meets a company of American soldiers and is attracted to Farmers. Orphanages. Orphans. Aunts. Disease. Soldiers. Squires. Sergeant Dick Ellis. Accepting his invitation to a dance later that night, Storytellers. Uncles. World War I. she is the belle of the ball. Soon after, Dick returns to America and the Note: Originally purchased by the Pioneer Film Corp., which distributed it on a revolution takes place. Marie is dethroned and escapes to New York with Sor Re aah ihe Sig Polyscope Co., which disbanded in 1918, James Whitcomb the faithful grenadier. Colonel Moro and his aides follow, Intent upon Riley, who appears in the first scene, died on 22 Jul 1916. Several films have been recovering the valuable crown in Marie’s possession. Dick also locates based on the comic strip Little Orphan Annie, which was inspired by Riley’s poem. Marie in New York, and when they return to her apartment, a scuffle They include the 1932 RKO production Little Orphan Annie, starring Mitzi Green ensues between the soldier and the waiting revolutionaries with Dick and directed by John Robertson; the 1938 Colonial production, starring Ann Gillis

Finney and directed by John Huston. .; .; ,;", Quinn . ec »andp.Albert 145. MPW 11 Jan 1919, p. 249.

winning both the battle and Marie’s love. Conspiracy. Mythical kingdoms. and directed by Ben Holmes; and the 1982 Columbia release Annie, starring Aileen

Revolutions. Royalty. United States. Army. Usurpers. Americans in foreign ETR 4 Dec 1918

countries. Balls (parties). Guards. Jewelry. Military officers. New York MPN 21 Dec 1918, p. 3770. PJ Feb 1919, p. 34.

City. Political refugees. ) MPW 14 Dec 1918, p. 1246. Var 6 Dec 1918, p. 39. ETR 9 Oct2 1920, p. 1998. NYMTp. __ 26 Sep 1920. MPN Oct 1920, . 13. 20SeP 10013 THE LITTLE OUTCAST pasar MEN 2 0c 92709. 9.10, NYT MPW 25 Sep 1920, pp. 528-29. Chopin Features. Dist State Rights; Industrial Film Co. Oct-Nov 1920? 5 reels.

LITTLE MOTHER HUBBARD see IN WALKED MARY Dir Paul Price. Scen Paul Price. | Source: Suggested by Silas Marner by George Eliot (pseud. of Mary ; Ann Evans Cross) (London and Edinburgh, 1861).

THE LITTLE MOTHER OF THE HILLS see FATE’S BOOMERANG Cast: Em Gorman (Little Rosalind), Joseph Marquis (Robert Brown), Alex Shannon (David Granger), George Henry (Judge

THE LITTLE ORPHAN F1.2545 Brown), Gordon Standing (Caleb Hands), Tatjana Irrah (Becky Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. 18 Jun 1917 — Small), Frances Eldridge (Alice Hawthorne), Emma Tansey (Mrs.

[©Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.; 17 May 1917; LP10780]. 5 reels. Winslow), Robert Tansey (Albert Winslow). Dir Jack Conway. Scen Bess Meredyth and Elliott J. Clawson. Story H. Drama. Robert, a college student, keeps his marriage a secret from his

O. Davis. Cam Edward Kull. parents. After his wife and child die, Robert is blackmailed by his wife’s Cast: Ella Hall (Rene Lescere), Jack Conway (David Clark), Gertrude sister, who had previously seduced Robert and who now claims that he is

Astor (Emmeline Warren), Gretchen Lederer (Mrs. Billy Hardwick), the father of her child, Rosalind. In fact, she has obtained custody of Richard La Reno (Dick Porter), George Webb (Jerry M athers), George Rosalind solely for the purpose of blackmailing Robert, and raises the child

Hupp (Henri Pelour), Chandler House (Jean Bourget), Ernie Shields harshly. Ten years later, Robert is engaged to marry again, and his

(Jean Bourget), Margaret Whistler (Fannie Harrison). blackmailer sets out to attend his wedding and embarrass him publicly. She Drama. When bachelor friends David Clark, Dick Porter and Jerry is stricken by illness en route, however, and dies at the home of David Mathers agree to adopt Belgian war orphans, David unexpectedly finds = Granger, a solitary blacksmith who is grieving over the recent theft of his himself the guardian of a little girl, Rene Lescere. After David is pursued hoard of money. David decides to care for Rosalind, and the two become by Mrs. Hardwick, a divorcée, Rene is determined to find him a more attached before Robert locates Rosalind and tries to reclaim her. The truth suitable wife and introduces him to Emmeline Warren. David and — about Rosalind’s parentage is made known at the last minute, and David Emmeline are engaged, but the engagement is broken after Emmeline and Rosalind are allowed to remain together. Blackmail. Child custody. meets Jerry, her old beau, and their romance is rekindled. David, sad but — Foster fathers. Misers. Parentage. Blacksmiths. Disease. Sisters-in-law. resigned, sends Rene to boarding school and retires to his hunting lodge Students. Theft. with Dick Porter. Later, Emmeline and Jerry, now married, visit the lodge Note: This film, originally titled The Waif at the Crossroads, was reported to be and suggest that Rene accompany them on a trip abroad. At the moment six reels long and nearly completed in an article in a trade journal in Jul 1920. of parting between Rene and her guardian, both realize that they love each Industrial Film Co. acquired the film in the fall of 1920, by which time it was five ar . reels long and entitled The Little Outcast. \t was reviewed in at least one trade journal other and Rene becomes David s wife. Adoption. Bachelors. Or phans. in Nov 1920, though it is not certain that it was released then. Certified Pictures

Divorcées. Lodges. War victims. acquired the film and released it in 1922 under the title Are Children to Blame?; it Note: The original title of this film was The Little Belgian. Two sources credit both is listed under that title in the AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30 (F2.0160). A

Chandler House and Ernie Shields with the role of “Jean Bourget.” Available pre-release article lists Alexander Loftus as a cast member. For other screen information has not clarified which actor played the role or if both, in fact, did. adaptations of Eliot’s novel, see below listing for Silas Marner.

ETR 30 Jun 1917, p. 267. MPW 30 Jun 1917, p. 2112. MPN 3 Jul 1920, p. 245. MPW 2 Dec 1922, p. 457. 530

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 LITTLE RED DECIDES MPN 23 Oct 1920, p. 3205. Var 1 Dec 1922, p. 35. Drama. In dire financial straits, businessman John Baird considers

MPN 6 Nov 1920, p. 3620. liquidating the bonds that are held in trust for his little daughter Margery.

Failing to comprehend her husband's desperation, Virginia Baird refuses

LITTLE PAL F 1.2548 his request and, upon overhearing his lawyer advising him to utilize the Famous Players Film Co. Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. | Jul 1915 bonds without consulting her, she decides to place them in the hands of

©Famous Players Film Co.; 28 Jun 1915; LU5680]. 5 reels. George Drake, an old friend. Drake hijacks the securities, however, and Pres Daniel Frohman. Dir James Kirkwood. Story Marshall Neilan. their disappearance leads to the break up of the Baird’s marriage, resulting

Cam Emmett A. Williams. Art dir John K. Holden. in Virginia leaving the house. Attempting to console her father, Margery

Cast: Mary Pickford (“Little Pal”), Russell Bassett (Sid Gerue),George Sets out on her pony to bring her mother home. But she is held up on the Anderson (John Grandon), William Lloyd (‘Pill Box” Andy), Constance '04d by Captain Kidd Jr., who adopts her as his first mate, and the two Johnson (Frances Grandon), Joseph Manning (“Black Brand”), Bert children take up residence on a grass hut on a nearby island. There, while

Hadley (Cultus). , , playing at being pirates, they discover the missing securities. As they are

Normwest A td Sid G k ‘a th h Alask returning to land in a leaky boat, the children are found, much to the Grama. oid werue, a saloon keeper in t © roug i askan delight of their parents. Margery’s return with the missing securities

goldrush town of Kilisnoo, loses his daughter, called “Little Pal,” to the reunites the Bairds, and all ends happily. Bankruptcy. Bonds. Children. brutal “Black Brand” in a game of dice. In the fight that follows, Sid is jyarriage. Theft. Boats. Businessmen. Islands. Lawyers. Separation. killed, and Little Pal seeks refuge with John Grandon, an Easterner who Note: The working titles for this film were The Cruise of the Jolly Roger and has come to Alaska to mine his deceased brother’s claim. When John falls Hidden Treasure. Zoe Rae was also called “Baby” Zoe Rae. Some sources spell the ill, the lovestruck Little Pal nurses him back to health while working the —_ name of the actor playing “Capt. Kidd, Jr.,” Burwell Hemerick.

mine with the aid of her loyal friend and servant, Cultus. With the arrival EPR M4 Jul 1917, p. 403. MPwW 22 Sep 1917, p. 1856. if he remains in the harsh Alaskan wilderness, she nonetheless resolves to MPW 15 Sep 1917, p. 1745. Wid's 13 Sep 1917, p. 594. obtain the money for his return to civilization. She and Cultus rob the

of John’s wife, Little Pal is heartbroken, but upon learning that he will die ol0g ep 1917, p. 630. ar ep 1917, p. 33.

sluice box of a,rich claim, but Black Brand isFilm suspected of the crime and THEPictures LITTLE PRINCESS , , F1.2551 meee Mary Pickford Corp. Dist Artcraft Corp. 5 Nov 1917

shot. As John and his wife depart, Little Pal decides to commit suicide but ; :

d find fort in Cultus’ love. Alaska. Gamblers. Gold mining. Self [©Artcraft Pictures Corp.; 31 Oct 1917; LP11640]. 5 reels. insteac Inds comfort in Cultus love. Alaska. Gamblers. Gold mining. sell- Dir Marshall Neilan. Asst dir Nat Deverich. Scen Frances Marion. sacrifice. Dice. Father-daughter relationship. Gunfights. Mine claims. Cam Walter Stradling. Art dir Wilfred Buckland.

oto, u 15, p. 185. 17 Ju . Pp. ’ . i j i

Mining towns. Saloon Keepers, Servants. Theft Magers. sos. 568 Source: Based on the novel Sara Crewe by Frances Hodgson Burnett

MPN 3 Jul 1915, p. 3, 54. NYDM 14 Jul_ 1915, p. 28. (publication undetermined, 1888). . MPN 17 Jul 1915, p. 113. Var 9 Jul 1915, p. 17. Cast: Mary Pickford (Sara Crewe/Morgiana), Norman Kerry

(Captain Richard Crewe), Katherine Griffith (Miss Minchin), Ann

Schaefer (Amelia Minchin), Zasu Pitts (Becky), William E. Lawrence

THE LITTLE PATRIOT . F1.2549 (Ali-Baba), Theodore Roberts (Cassim), Gertrude Short (Ermigarde),

Diando Film Co. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc. 2 Dec 1917 [©Pathe Gustav Von Seyffertitz (Mr. Carrisford), Loretta Blake (Livinia), George

Exchange, Inc.; 8 Dec 1917; LUI 1799]. 5 reels. McDaniel (Ram Dass).

Dir William Bertram. Scen Lela Liebrand. Story John W. Grey. Drama. Captain Richard Carewe, a wealthy British officer stationed in

Cam William Nobles. . India, sends his daughter Sara to Miss Minchin’s school in London to be

Cast: Baby Marie Osborne (The Little Patriot), Herbert Standing educated. Dubbed “the Little Princess,” because of her father’s vast

(Her grandfather), Marian Warner (Her mother), Jack Connolly, Frank wealth, Sara soon plunges to the position of scullery maid when news

Lanning. arrives of the captain’s death and the loss of her fortune. Mistreated by

Drama /War preparedness. Instilled with the spirit of patriotism after her Miss Minchin, Sara comforts fellow slavey Becky with fairy stories. John teacher reads to her the story of Joan of Arc, Marie Yarbell goes home, Carrisford, an old friend of the captain’s, comes to live in the house next persuades her father to enlist and then organizes a “military company” door. Unaware that Sara is there, Carrisford sympathizes with the lonely comprised of her playmates. Wealthy old Nathan Mulhouser, who is waifs and decides to provide them with a merry Christmas. Carrisford and

financing the devel nt of rpedo. is so touched by the children’s his servant Ram Dass set a sumptuous feast for the girls in the attic, and

ancingthatthe development of amother torpedo, touc yt earaSand d Beck bout whea ch atriotism he buys them a flag. Marie’s rents out a vacant Becky are aboutto to dio dig inta when Miss Miss MinchinMinchi enters and jpunishes Pom to Hertz, a stranger. who vastruets her to see that no one enters his them. Carrisford interferes, and it develops that Crewe’s alleged worthless room because he is working on an important invention for the government. investment has become successful, and Sara is again an heiress. Carrisford Curious, Marie follows Hertz as he leaves the house carrying a suitcase. ‘kes charge of Sara and Becky and all ends happily. Boarding schools.

; : . . torytellers.

He goes to a building that houses Mulhouser’s laboratory, tosses in a bomb heen ied ghbor. See Jp pe asses ass ton rast and runs away. Marie disposes of the bomb in time, but is stunned by the S IANS. MEIESSES. MMNArY ONICErS. UPPHans. Scullery Maids. Servan's.

explosion. Mulhouser finds Marie in a state of shock and takes her to his ; ; i , ; ; home. Meanwhile. Mr. Yarbell has returned home at his wife’s alarm and _Note: Howard Hawks, in an interview, noted that besides being the assistant

; , a . . : . ; director on this film, he directed for the first time, when director Marshall Neilan

finds Marie’s soldiers holding the spies prisoner. Mulhouser finally became incapacitated. He claimed to have shot a double-exposed scene in which Mary ascertains Marie’s identity, discovering that she is his granddaughter, and Pickford, in a dual role, follows herself into a room, and one in which:a doll, in stop all ends happily. Children. Heroism. Patriotism. Saboteurs. Spies. Bombs. motion, enters a room. The film was copyrighted under the title The Little Explosions. Financiers. Laboratories. Lodaers. Military enlistment Princess. The novel Sara Crewe was the source of the play The Little Princess, which

parentage. P T gers. y opened inTorpedoes. New York 14Corp. Jan and 1903. Thisinfilm remade Schoolteachers. Fox on Film released 1939.was It was directedby byTwentieth Walter LangCenturyand starred MPW 1 Dec p. 1333, Var 161917, Nov 1917, ec »1917, p. 1333. Var 16 Nov p. 50. p. 5. shmey Temp’

MPW 8 Dec 1917, p. 1548. Wid's 22 Nov 1917, p. 750. iN an i917 . sae8. nies M " NY i917, . ss

: LITTLE RED DECIDES F1.2552 MPW 1 Dec 1917, p. 1332. Wid's 22 Nov 1917, pp. 745-46.

LITTLE PATRIOTS see THE VOLUNTEER

LITTLE PEPPINA see POOR LITTLE PEPPINA irangle Film reels.Corp. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 24 Feb 1918. 5 Dir Jack Conway. Scen Jack Cunningham. Cam Elgin Leslie.

THE LITTLE PIRATE , , FL.2550 Source: Based on the short story “Little Red Decides” by William M. Universal Film Mfg. Co.; A Butterfly Picture. Dist Universal Film Mfg. McCoy in American Magazine (Dec 1917). Co. 10 Sep 1917 [OUniversal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 31 Aug 1917; LP11331]. Cast: Barbara Connolly (Little Red), Goro Kino (Duck Sing), Frederick

5 reels. — Vroom (Col. Ferdinand Aliso), Jack Curtis (Tom Gilroy), Walter Perry Dir Elsie Jane Wilson. Scen Elliott J. Clawson. Story Norris Shannon. (Two Pair Smith), Jean Hersholt (Sour Milk), Frank MacQuarrie

cam Rounds. (Parson Jones), Nellie Anderson (Mrs. Jones), Margaret Cullington ast: Stephen Zoe Rae (Margery), Charles West (George Drake), Frank (Miss Hanly), Alice Davenport (Widow Bolton), Maude Handforth Brownlee (John Baird), Gretchen Lederer (Virginia Baird), M. F. Titus (Eliza Squires), Percy Challenger (Little Doc), George Pearce (Dr. (Butler), Lillian Peacock (Maid), Burwell Hamrick (Capt. Kidd, Jr.). Kirk), Curley Baldwin (Foreman), Betty Pearce (Miss Wattles).

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LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Comedy-drama, Western. Upon learning that the parents of “Little Red” Practical jokes. Expulsion from school. Fights. Novelists. Riding have died, the cowboys of Colonel Ferdinand Aliso’s ranch adopt the boy. accidents. Trains. Parson Jones and his church committee protest that the child should be Note: According to a contemporary review, this was Hazel Daly’s first starring role, brought up in more refined surroundings, but the cowboys, particularly though she had received lead billing in her previous film A Wild Goose Chase.

Duck Sing, Aliso’s Chinese cook, are so enamored of Little Red that they ETR 15 Mar 1919, p. 1147. MPW 22 Mar 1919, p. 1697.

donate their poker money to the church in order to placate the MPN 22 Mar 1919, p. 1857. congregation. After Little Red catches pneumonia and nearly dies,

however, Dr. Kirk insists that the boy either live with the minister or THE LITTLE RUNAWAY F1.2555

acquire a mother through the marriage of one of the cowboys. While Little Vitagraph Co. of America, A Blue Ribbon Feature. Dist Greater Red is recuperating at the parson’s home, ranch hand Tom Gilroy courts Vitagraph, Inc. 6 May 1918 [©Vitagraph Co. of America; 30 Apr 1918; the only marriageable women in town—a widow and two spinsters—but | _LP12350]. 5 reels. much to his relief, they all turn him down. In the end, Duck Sing, whom Dir William P. S. Earle. Scen George H. Plympton. Story Paul West.

the child much prefers to the parson, kidnaps Little Red, after which the Cast: Gladys Leslie (Ann), Edward Earle (Lord Killowen), Jessie colonel legally adopts him. Adoption. Children. Cowboys. Orphans. Stevens (Ann’s aunt), Mary Maurice (Ann's grandmother), William Dunn

Ranches. Chinese. Clergy. Cooks. Kidnapping. Military officers. (Peter Dowd), Betty Blythe (Eileen Murtagh), William Calhoun

Physicians. Pneumonia. Poker. Spinsters. Widows. (Harvey Dowd).

ETR 23 Feb 1918, p. 994. NYDM 23 Feb 1918, p. 20. Comedy-drama. Lord Killowen, the landlord of a little village in Jreland, MPN 2 Mar 1918, p. 1318. Var 8 Mar 1918, p. 42. employs Harvey Dowd and his worthless son Peter to collect the rents. MPW 2 Mar 1918, p. 1274. Wid's 28 Feb 1918, p. 973. When Peter arrives at the modest home of Ann, a young lace maker who lives with her aunt and blind grandmother, he makes improper advances

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD F 1.2553 towards her, but.Killowen, who is motoring through the area, rescues her. Wholesome Films Corp. Dist Wholesome Films Corp. 7 Jan 1918. 4-5 Without leaving her a receipt, Peter absconds with the rent money to

reels. America, and Ann’s family is evicted. Determined to recover her money,

Dir Otis B. Thayer. Scen Helen Hamilton. Ann follows Peter to New York, where she is befriended by a policeman,

Source: Inspired by the fairy tale “*Le Petit chaperon rouge” by Charles who informs her that Killowen has come to America to court the wealthy Perrault in Histoires ou contes du temps passé avec des moralities (Paris, Eileen Murtagh. Lord Killowen takes Ann to Eileen’s home, but the latter,

1697). in a fit of jealousy, orders the girl to leave. When Ann returns during Cast: Mary Burton (Little Red Riding Hood), Naomi Beckperl (Her Eileen’s engagement party, Killowen realizes that he prefers the little lace

chum), Margaret Johnson (Her mother), Pauline Kelley (Her maker and proposes to her. Eviction. Ireland. Irish. Landlords. Ne’er-dograndmother), Lucille Fisher (The wolf), Beatrice Stibgen (The wells. Nobility. Rent collectors. Theft. Attempted rape. Aunts. Blind woodchopper), Walker Wynekoop (The king), Anna Spahn (The persons. Grandmothers. Jealousy. New York City. Parties. Policemen.

queen). Village life.

Fantasy. A little girl gives a Christmas party for her friends, and among Note: The working title of this film was Ann Acushla.

the many gifts she receives is a bright red cape. The cape delights her so ETR 4 May 1918, p. 1721. MPW 18 May 1918, p. 1033. much that she adopts the name of Little Red Riding Hood. After the party, ETR 11 May 1918, p. 1847. NYDM 18 May 1918, p. 704. she and her friend, who is spending the night, scramble into bed, where they vy 8 May 1918, p. 2956, 3003. Var 3 May 1918, p. 39.

Pree ae ay 1918, p. 901.

encounter the “dream angel” sitting on the hook of the moon. Red Riding Hood dreams that she is riding a trained pony at the circus and then, that

she has become the Little Red Riding Hood of the folk tale. As in the story, THE LITTLE SAMARITAN F1.2556 she visits her grandmother with a basket of presents, but when she meets Erbograph Co. Dist Art Dramas, Inc. 27 Aug 1917. 5 reels.

the evil wolf who plans to eat her, she awakens to seek the protection of Dir Joseph Levering. Scen Rev. Clarence J. Harris. her mother’s arms. Capes. Children. Dreams. Gifts. Grandmothers. Cast: Marian Swayne (Lindy Gray), Carl Gerard (Reverend), Lucile

Wolves. Angels. Circuses. Horses. Parties. Dorrington, Sam Robinson, Bernard Niemeyer, Charles MacDonald, Mrs. Note: All of the members of the 350 member cast, except Pauline Kelley and Allen Walker, Olive Corbett. . . .

Margaret Johnson, were children. Among the many films inspired by the fairy tale Drama. Lindy Gray, a little orphan who lives with her grandmother, is are: the 1923 Disney cartoon Little Red Riding Hood; the 1929 French film Le petit ostracized by the townspeople because of the uncertainty of her birth. In chaperon rouge, starring Catherine Hessling and Jean Renoir and directed by Alberto spite of cruel treatment by her neighbors and the threat of foreclosure on Cavalcanti and Renoir; and the 1984 British production The Company of Wolves, her grandmother's home, Lindy maintains a cheerful optimism. One day,

starring Angela Lansbury and directed by Neil Jordan. a new minister comes to town and befriends Lindy, recognizing her virtue. nme x ee i918 . a3 679. MPN 9 Feb 1918, pp. 889-90. Lindy convinces him to hire Noah, an old Negro who is Lindy’s only other friend, as the church sexton. When the collection money is missing the day after Lindy’s grandmother’s mortgage is due, the townspeople accuse the

THE LITTLE REFORMER see POLLY ANN little girl of robbery. To save his friend, Noah confesses to the crime. The

. minister suspects that neither one is guilty, however, and uncovers evidence

THE LITTLE ROUGHNECK see NINE-TENTHS OF THE LAW that proves that Jim, the son of the town snob, is the thief. After a stirring

sermon in which he chastises his congregation for their narrow-mindedness,

THE LITTLE ROWDY F 1.2554 the minister proposes to Lindy. Clergy. False accusations. Orphans.

Triangle Film Corp. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 23 Mar 1919. 5 Ostracism. Theft. Blacks. Churches. Foreclosure. Grandmothers.

reels. Mortgages. Parentage. Self-sacrifice. Sermons. Sextons. Snobbery. Dir Harry Beaumont. Story Harry Beaumont. Motog 8 Sep 1917, p. 530. NYDM 1 Sep 1917, p. 19.

Cast: Hazel Daly (Betty Hall, the Little Rowdy), Harry Hilliard MPW 8 Sep 1917, p. 1523. Var 14 Sep 1917, p. 38. (Franklyn Winters), Sydney Ainsworth (Roy Harper).

Comedy. Betty Hall, sent to boarding school by her wealthy parents, THE LITTLE SCHOOL MA’AM F 1.2557

leads her friends in pajama pranks which upset Miss Elliott, the matron. Fine Arts Film Co. Dist Triangle Film Corp. 16 Jul 1916. 5 reels. After breaking up Miss Elliott’s first and only love affair, Betty is expelled. Dir C. M. Franklin and S. A. Franklin. Asst dir Millard Webb. To save the family from further disgrace, Betty’s father tries to get her to Story F. E. Woods and Bernard McConville. marry a man in his office, Franklyn Winters, but Betty refuses, saying that Cast: Dorothy Gish (Nan), Elmer Clifton (Wilbur Howard), George she will choose her own husband. Although Franklyn is made a partner in Pierce (Squire Tolliver), Jack Brammall (Jim Tolliver), Howard Gaye the business, his persistent courtship attempts are met by Betty’s playful (Old Man Tyler), Josephine Crowell (Widow Larkin), Luray Huntley pranks. When celebrated novelist Roy Harper carries Betty to his home (Sally), Millard Webb (Jebb), Hal Wilson (Washington), George Stone after she has fallen from her horse, Franklyn pursues them, and thinking (Billy). Harper lured her in, fights him. Betty furiously upbraids Franklyn, but Drama. Narrow-minded, small town officials, led by Squire Tolliver, are after he leaves, Harper’s advances cause her to chase after Franklyn. At shocked when Nan, the schoolmarm, goes out one evening with her the last minute, Betty boards the train taking Franklyn to officer’s training sweetheart, Wilbur Howard, and does not come home until daylight. school. They are betrothed on its rear platform. Boarding schools. Refusing to believe her story that she and Wilbur were stranded when the

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FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 LITTLE SUNSET * : : pu ication as a novel. Fox s story was Ilimed again in y Firs ational, wit

horse drawing their carriage ran away, the officials fire her, much to the pete: ane novel was serialized in Scribner s Magazine i Kea Prior to us alsmay OF cer Students, Then, once Fer outrage On naver and a Richard Barthelmess starring and Alfred Santell directing (see AFI Catalog of

; y , : Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.3130), and in 1961 as a Twentieth Century-Fox release,

, . . e . Pp. . ar e » p. 40.

when Wilbur has to save Nan from the squire’s son Jim, who tries to rape with Jimmie Rodgers starring and Andrew V. McLaglen directing (see AFI Catalog

her. Finally, Nan makes up for the loss of her job by gaining a husband, of Feature Films, 1961-70, F6.2800).

as she and Wilbur marry shortly after the “scandal” that led to the firing. ene 28 Fe loc p. per Nem T 2 Fe loon, 40

Reputation. Scandal. Schoolteachers. Small town life. Squires. MPW 4 Jan 1920. p. 510, ad insert, Wid's 2 Feb 1920, p. 17, Attempted rape. Students. MPW 28 Feb 1920, p. 1522.

Motog 15 Jul 1916, p. 154. MPW 22 Jul 1916, p. 692.

MPW 15 Jul 1916p. 473. ” woo LITTLE SHOES F1.2560 MPN 15 Jul 1916, p. 278. V 7 Jul 1916, p. 25.

Essanay Film Mfg. Co. Dist K-E-S-E Service. 15 Jan 1917 [OEssanay

THE LITTLE SHEPHERD OF BARGAIN ROW F1.2558 “Film Mfg. Co.; 13 Jan 1917; LP9985]. 5 reels. Essanay Film Mfg. Co. Dist V-L-S-E, Inc. 24 Apr 1916 [©Essanay Film Dir Arthur Berthelet. Scen Edward T. Lowe, J re

Mfg. Co.; 26 Apr 1916; LP8180]. 5 reels. Source: Based on the novel The House of the Little Shoes by Eleanor

Dir Fred E. Wright. M. Ingram (publication undetermined).

Source: Based on the novel The Little Shepherd of Bargain Row by Cast: Henry B. Walthall (David Noel), Mary Charleson (Rosiland

Howard McKent Barnes (Chicago, 1915). Arloff), Mary McAlister (Rosiland Arloff, age 10), U. K. Haupt Cast: Sallie Fisher (Nora Blake), Richard C. Travers (Joseph (Vasili Arloff), Patrick Calhoun (Abel), Victor Benoit (Valdez), Bowd M.

Hyman), John Junior (Dickie Hyman), John Cossar (Henry Hyman), Turner (Benito), Jack Paul.

Betty Brown (Lucille Hudson), Florence Oberle (Mrs. Hudson), Alice Drama. David Noel, a waif of the streets, vows eternal love to the little

McChesney (Edna Allen), Richardson Cotton (Manson). rich girl who gives him her beautiful white shoes upon observing the Drama. Aware that his sons, Joseph and Dickie, possess no business nakedness of his own feet in the bitter cold of winter. With new hope for sense, Henry Hyman, on his deathbed, tells his economy-minded private a better life in his heart, he gains her promise of marriage if he can become secretary, Nora Blake, to take charge of his jewelry store. After the old worthy. Fifteen years later, David returns from South America, a man of man dies, however, his manager, Travers, insists that he has been made the international fame. The one vision that has inspired him to his greatness boss. He then uses the status that goes with the position, as well as a is to return to the little girl of the shoes. After an almost futile search, he necklace that he has stolen from the store. to woo Lucile Hudson away finds Rosiland and discovers that after her father lost his money, he and from her fiancé Dickie. While Dickie then becomes engaged to Edna, Rosiland became poverty stricken. Rosiland receives her reward for her Nora’s best friend, Nora begins a romance with Joseph, who knows just impulsive kindness as a child when she wins David’s love and the means enough about assets and deficits to complain that Travers is bankrupting _'© care for her father. Charity. Pledges. Poverty. Waifs. Wealth.

the store. Nora then learns that Travers stole the necklace and has the nee This hen was Foe a tit Att ne Uy Kid Features. One source lists

police arrest him, after which she assumes control of the business and cTR a , a ay ae asus PW i“ a 1917, p. 700

marries Joseph. Business. Jewelry stores. Secretaries. Theft. Women in Motog 27 Jan 1917, . 507. Wid's 25 Jan 1917, p. 52.

business. Businessmen. Jewelers. Jewelry. MPN 13 Jan 1917, p. 204.

Features. A LITTLE SISTER OF EVERYBODY F 1.2561 Note: The film was re-issued in 1920 on a state rights basis by Kremer Film

MPN n ne i000 is aa O, Wide ; May ioe A 545 Anderson-Brunton Co. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc. 30 Jun 1918 [©Pathé

MPW 6 May 1916, p. 1049. os Exchange, Inc.; 21 Jun 1918; LU12565]. 5 reels.

Dir Robert T. Thornby. Scen Charles Sarver. Story William Addison

THE LITTLE SHEPHERD OF KINGDOM COME F 1.2559 Lathrop.

Goldwyn Pictures Corp. Dist Goldwyn Distributing Corp. Feb 1920 Cast: Bessie Love (Celeste Janvier), George Fisher (Hugh Travers, [©Goldwyn Pictures Corp.; 7 Feb 1920; LP14742]. 6 reels, 5,830 ft. Jr.), Joseph J. Dowling (Nicholas Marinoff), Hector Sarno (Ivan

Pres Samuel Goldwyn. Dir Wallace Worsley. Scen Elliott Clawson and @arask). ; oe,

Harvey Thew. Cam Don Short. Film ed Frank E. Hull. Comedy-drama /Social. Celeste Janvier lives in an East Side tenement Source: Based on the novel The Little Shepherd by John Fox, Jr.(New | With her grandfather, Nicholas Marinoff, an old philosopher and

York, 1903) humanitarian. Like Marinoff, Celeste is a kindhearted soul, whose friendly Cast: Jack Pickford (Chad), Clara Horton (Margaret), Pauline Starke nature earns her the epithet, “the little sister of everybody.” When several

(Melissa), J. Park Jones (Dan Dean), Clark Marshall (Harry Dean) undesirable men court her, however, she is forced to turn them down. Edythe Chapman (Mrs. Dean) James Neill (Major Buford), R D. Meanwhile, Hugh Travers, Jr., whose father, a factory owner, has died McLean (General), Dwight Crittenden (Schoolmaster), Aileen Manning suddenly, Poses as a laborer n order to understand why his workers are (Cousin Lucy), Dudley Hendricks (Joel Turner), Aggie Herring (Mrs. threatening to strike. While working at the factory, he meets and falls in Turner), Tod Burns Lee Phelps (Turner bo s) Milton Brown (Po love with Celeste, and soon he secures a better job for her. When Celeste Dillon) Geor eC Drom old (Daws Dillon) John Foster (Bill Dillon) Lu learns that anarchist Ivan Marask plans to kill Travers, she hurries to warn

Milton Ross (Na than) Nick Cogley (Toby) 7 her employer and is astonished to learn that he is the poor laborer whom War drama /Historical. When Chad, a mountain waif, comes to the she lov es. Marask comes to respect Travers, who agrees to improve Valley of Kingdom Come, the boy’s poverty and high s ‘its attract the conditions at the factory and finds happiness with Celeste. Employer-

hil dL M ne Buford U, dj ys pt 4 t Chad j P distant relati employee relations. Factory workers. Impersonation and imposture. But qb ajor ‘hig " re id. the b at ia Hated nto. So, thors Manufacturers. New York City-East Side. Anarchists. Attempted murder. Wrore Becomes lis mentor, ang te doy 1s intiiated into southern Grandfathers. Philosophers. Tenements. aristocracy. When rumors arise of his illegitimacy, Chad leaves behind the ETR 29 Jun 1918. p. 323 NYDM 10 Aug 1918. p. 200 charms of Southern belle Margaret Dean and returns to the hills. Through MPN 29 Jun 1918, . 3874, 3950. Var 9 Aug 1918, . 33. the self-sacrificing effort of Melissa, a mountain girl who loves him and MPW 29 Jun 1918, p. 1891. Wid's 23 Jun 1918, pp. 3-4. gives up her love for Chad’s happiness, his name is cleared. After he returns MPW 6 Jul 1918, p. 114. to Lexington, the Civil War breaks out with Chad and Harry Dean joining

the Union forces while the remaining Bufords and Deans side with the LITTLE SUNSET F 1.2562 Confederacy. Chad's squad is sent to search the Dean’s house where Dan Bosworth, Inc., in association with Oliver Morosco Photoplay Co. Dean is captured and sentenced to death. Through Chad’s efforts, Dan’s Dist Paramount Pictures Corp. 6 May 1915 [©Bosworth, Inc.; 2 Nov 1914; p life is spared. When peace comes, Margaret reconciles the opposing blue LU3634]. 4 reels.

and grey forces, and the couple is reunited. Melissa returns to the Source: Based on the short story “Little Sunset” by Charles Emmett Van mountains content that Chad is happy. Mountaineers. Self-sacrifice. Loan in The Ten-Thousand-Dollar Arm (Boston, 1912). Southerners. United States—History-Civil War, 1861-1865. Execution. Cast: Gordon Griffith (“Little Sunset’ Jones), Hobart Bosworth legitimacy. Lexington (Kentucky). Military officers. Rumors. Southern (Gus Bergstrom, the “Terrible Swede’’), Joseph Ray (Jones), Rhea Haines

belles. Upper classes. Waifs. (Mrs. Jones), Marshall Stedman (“‘Apache” manager). 533

THE LITTLE TERROR AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG

é ; MPN 14 Aug 1920, p. 1339. Wid's 15 Aug 1920, p. 21.

Comedy-drama. “Little Sunset” is the red-haired, fiery-tempered son of ETR 28 Aug 1920, p. 1397. MPW 28 Aug 1920, p. 1212. a minor league baseball player named Jones. The boy worships Gus MPN 28 Aug 1920, p. 1757. Bergstrom, the star outfielder for the Apaches, and is overjoyed to learn

one day that his father has been signed to the ‘Terrible Swede’s” team. THE LITTLE WHITE SAVAGE F1.2565 Following the death of Little Sunset s mother, the boy accompanies his Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. 24 Feb 1919 father on the road as the team’s mascot. He and Gus become great friends, [©Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.; 11 Feb 1919; LP13386]. 5 reels, 4,103 ft. and when Little Sunset falls ill, the “Terrible Swede” plays miserably. At Pres Carl Laemmle. Dir Paul Powell. Scen Waldemar Young. Story an important game, Gus makes a serious mistake, and the manager angrily Frances Nimmo Greene. Cam Edward Ullman.

upbraids him. Weary of baseball after fifteen years as a player, Gus takes Cast: Carmel Myers (Minnie Lee), Harry Hilliard (Kerry Byrne), the opportunity to quit the team and return home to tend to his business William Dyer (Larkey), Richard Cummings (Mate), John Cook affairs. Hearing that the team is in trouble, however, he rejoins the (Sailor). Apaches and leads them toa pennant victory. Little Sunset, who had been Comedy-drama. In order to pacify a reporter angry at being refused a outraged when Gus deserted the team, finally decides to forgive his pal. good seat to see “The Savage,” a popular sideshow act, two circus men, Baseball. Baseball players. Children. Friendship. Father-son relationship. Larkey and Kerry, relate the savage’s story: Larkey, Kerry and another,

Mascots. shipwrecked on a South Atlantic island, discover a tribe who speak old

Note: Members of the Pacific Coast League’s Venice team appeared in the film. English and are descended from a colony founded by Sir Walter Raleigh. According to a Nov 1915 release chart, the film was re-released on a state rights plan. Beautiful Minnie Lee escapes from the stocks and discovers Kerry, then

Bosworth may have directed it. . . , Motog 22 May 1915, p. 839, 856. MPW 15 May 1915, p. 1170. : : . os .

Author Charles Van Loan assisted in the supervision of the film, and Hobart a minister, who shines an electric light on her. Thinking that he is a god she falls in love, although he refuses her advances. Larkey, searching for

MPN 15 May 1915, p. 49, 134, MPW 3 Jul 1915, p. 80. strange animals for the circus, leaves with Minnie. Later, when the circus MPN 22 May 1915, p. 69. NYDM 12 May 1915, p. 26, 34. comes to Kerry’s town, Minnie, now The Savage, scratches Larkey until

MPN 13 Nov 1915, p. 116. he releases her. She enters Kerry’s home, where she shocks his church members by appearing scantily dressed and, without Kerry’s knowledge,

THE LITTLE TERROR F1.2563 sleeping next to him. Dismissed as pastor, Kerry realizes he loves Minnie Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. Dist Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. 30 Jul 1917 and returns to the circus with her. The reporter later questions Minnie and

[©Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.; 11 Jul 1917; LP11074]. 5 reels. learns that the preceding tale was not true. Circuses. Clergy. Cultural Dir Rex Ingram. Story Rex Ingram. Cam Henry W. Forbes. conflict. Liars. Sideshows. Dismissal. Escapes. Islands. Reporters.

Cast: Violet Mersereau (Tina/Alice), Sidney Mason (George Shipwrecks.

Reynolds), Ned Finlay (John Saunders), Robert Clugston (Wallace LON P var 1919 P ia0, Wis * te ioe p. 58.

Saunders), Edward Porter (Circus proprietor), Jack Raymond, Mrs. MPW 1 Mar 1919, p. 1244. Mathilde Brundage.

_Comedy-drama. When millionaire John Saunders threatens to disinherit LITTLE WOMEN F 1.2566 his son Wallace if he marries Queen Tina, a circus rider, Wallace clopes William A. Brady. Dist State Rights; Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; A with Tina and becomes a trapeze performer. They lead a happy life until — paramount-Artcraft. Dist Special. 5 Jan 1919 [©Famous Players-Lasky Tina dies giving birth to their daughter Alice. Years later, when the circus Corp.; 25 Dec 1919; LP13355]. 6 reels, 5,433 ft. passes through Wallace’s home town, John, regretting his action, attends Pres William A. Brady. Dir Harley Knoles. Scen Anne Maxwell. and witnesses Wallace’s death due to a trapeze accident. Alice, now a Cam René Guissart. Tech dir George Kelson. circus rider herself, goes to live with John, who, despite Alice’s antics Source: Based on the novel Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (Boston, involving her pet pig Rudolph, sliding down the stairs on a tray and vaulting 1868).

over the furniture, grows fond of her. When John tries to marry Alice to Cast: Isabel Lamon (Meg March), Dorothy Barnard (Jo March), Lillian his sister’s sissified son, she uses Rudolph to frighten him and his mother. Hall (Beth March), Florence Flynn (Amy March), Henry Hull (John After Alice and George Reynolds, whom she knew from the circus, fall in Brooke), Conrad Nagel (Laurie), Kate Lester (Mrs. March), George love and elope, John, thinking that George is after her fortune, is furious, Kelson (Mr. March), Julia Hurley (Aunt March), Lynn Hammond

but George proves his ability as a cartoonist and earns $1,000 a week to (Prof. Baer), Mrs. Anderson (Hannah), Frank de Vernon (Mr. win John’s admiration. Circus performers. Circuses. Elopement. Lawrence). Granddaughters. Millionaires. Aunts. Cartoonists. Childbirth. Falls from Drama. Mr. and Mrs. March live with their four daughters Jo, Beth, heights. Father-son relationship. Fops. Nephews. Pigs. Self-reliance. | Meg, and Amy in rural, antebellum New England. Mr. March accepts a

Trapezists. position in Washington, and when he becomes ill, Mrs. March resolves to Note: This film was shot at Bluebird’s Leonia, NJ studio. Some scenes were shot visit him. In order to raise money for the trip, Jo sells her own hair, but

in a traveling circus. According to a modern source, Jack Raymond played this proves unneccessary when Aunt March finally agrees to finance the “Archibald Watkins” and Mrs. Mathilde Brundage played “Mrs. Watkins.” journey. Mr. March returns to New England and rejoins his family, which

MPW 14 Jul 1917, p. 266. ; ; .

Motog 11 Aug 1917, pp. 317-18. MPW It Aug 1917, p. 957. later is saddened by Beth’s death. Eventually, Jo, Meg, and Amy grow into MPN 11 Aug 1917, p. 978, 1023. Wid's 2 Aug 1917, p. 488. womanhood and marry. Adolescents. Family life. New England. Rural life. Separation. Aunts. Hair. Washington (D.C.). Note: William A. Brady also produced a stage version of the novel, which was

THE LITTLE WANDERER F 1.2564 dramatized by Marian de Forest and opened in New York on 14 Oct 1912. The film Fox Film Corp. Dist Fox Film Corp. Aug 1920 [(OWilliam Fox; 13 Aug was shot in and around the Alcott home in Concord, MA. The home of Ralph Waldo

1920; reels, 5,240 ft. Emerson was also shown. qt openedFlayers-Las at the Strand Theatre New York on it 10an Nov . : LP15451]. . . . : an 5ayed tor several weeks until Famous orp.inpurcnased

Dir Howard M. Mitchell. Scen Denison Clift. Story Denison Clift. released it aS a Paramount-Artcraft Special on 5 Jan 1919. Alcott’e novel has been

Cam George Schneiderman. filmed many times, including a 1917 British version starring G. B. Samuelson, with

Cast: Shirley Mason (Jenny), Raymond McKee (Larry Hart), Cecil Alexander Buter directing; a 1933 RKO version starring Katharine Hepburn and Vanauker (Joe Farley), Alice Wilson (Kit), Jack Pratt (Tully). directed by George Cukor; and a 1949 version starring June Allyson and Elizabeth Drama. Larry Hart criticizes his father, a newspaper publisher, for Taylor, with Mervyn LeRoy directing.

exploiting the plight of the poor to sensationalize the news, and to prove eR 4 ne tote P. oe) 1995 Na 7 NY oe P. ies his point, Larry decides to reform an unfortunate slum dweller: While in MPW 23 Nov 1918, . 856. Var 15 Nov 1918, . 45.

the slums, Larry meets Jenny Carson, a waif dressed in boys’ clothing, and MPW 18 Jan 1919, p. 391. finds her a job as a waitress. Larry falls in love with Jenny, but when his

father meets her, he recognizes the waif as the daughter of his crooked ex- THE LITTLE YANK F1.2567

partner, Joe Farley, and forbids their marriage. Joe then appears and Fine Arts Film Co. Dist Triangle Distributing Corp. 14 Jan 1917. 5 reels. confronts his former partner with the proof that Hart and not Joe was the Dir George Siegmann. Scen Roy Somerville. real swindler. After a series of misadventures, Hart admits his guilt, Larry Cast: Dorothy Gish (Sallie Castleton), Frank Bennett (Captain and Jenny are married and Larry is able to implement his ideals when he Johnnie), A. D. Sears (Major Rushton), Robert Burns (Lieut. James

takes control of his father’s paper. Father-son relationship. Castleton), Fred A. Turner (Wilson Carver), Kate Toncray (Mrs. Newspapermen. Publishers. Slums. Partnerships. Waifs. Waitresses. Carver), Alberta Lee (Mrs. Castleton), Hal Wilson (Mose).

534

FEATURE FILMS, 1911-1920 LOADED DICE War drama/Historical. Although residents of Kentucky, the members of explains his beliefs. Mrs. Wyngate tries to convert him by telling of her the Castleton family are all Union sympathizers. One day, Sallie Castleton, husband’s death in battle in France. Harold’s father, also widowed, listens

on her way to a Yankee camp with hospital supplies, meets Johnnie, a with interest, and resolves to enlist to win Mrs. Wyngate, who plans to Confederate officer who courteously permits her to proceed to her continue her Red Cross work in France. After Harold is hurt playing with destination. When her brother James is wounded and taken prisoner-of- the Wyngate children, he is cared for at their house, and is permitted by war, Sallie is allowed into the enemy’s camp to nurse him, and it is here his father to wear Charles’ scout uniform. While playing near the that she falls in love with Johnnie. This enrages Major Rushton, Sallie’s waterfront, Harold and Violet are kidnapped by spies. After Charles tells former suitor and a Union spy. Determined to break up Sallie’s romance, the Boy Scouts, the spies are captured, and a German submarine, pursued Rushton sends Johnnie a note, presumably from Sallie, asking him to meet by subchasers and airplanes, is destroyed. Boy Scouts. Children. Pacifism

her. When Johnnie arrives for their rendezvous, he is captured, and after and pacifists. Submarines. World War |. Airplanes. Fights. Germanyevidence is planted upon him, condemned to death. Sallie learns of his _ Intelligence Service. Kidnapping. Red Cross. Waterfronts. Widowers. perilous situation and goes to Rushton’s headquarters where she diverts his | Widows. attention by flirting with him. While Rushton is preoccupied, Johnnie Note: Paula Blackton was Mrs. J. Stuart Blackton. Charles Stuart Blackton and escapes, and shortly thereafter, when the hostilities cease, Johnnie and _—-Violet Blackton were their children. According to the copyright descriptions, the actor Sallie settle down to a peaceful life together. Frame-ups. Kentucky. Militar playing Harold was Philip Carr. Many scenes in this film were shot at the Blackton

al. 10 , Pp g p oe y y country estate in Oyster Bay on Long Island. The Roosevelt Boy Scout troop from

officers. Political alliances. United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865. Oyster Bay, NY appeared in the film. No reviews of this film were located.

Brother-sister relationship. Flirtation. Prison escapes. Prisoners of war. ETR 29 Mar 1919, p. 1279. MPW 28 Dec 1918, p. 1544. Spies. Traps.

ETR 6 Jan 1917, p. 356. MPW 13 Jan 1917, p. 244,

MPN 30 Dec 1916, p. 4223. MPW 27 Jan 1917, p. 589. LIVE SPARKS F1.2570

MPN 13 Jan 1917, p. 275. NYDM 6 San 1917, p. 28. Robert Brunton Productions. Dist W. W. Hodkinson Corp. through Pathé Exchange, Inc. 18 Jan 1920. 5 reels.

THE LITTLEST REBEL F 1.2568 Prod Robert Brunton. Dir Ernest C. Warde. Scen Jack Cunningham. Photoplay Productions Co. Dist State Rights. Sep 1914. 6 reels. - Story Caroline Sayre. Cam Arthur Todd. Dir Edgar Lewis. Cam Philip Rosen. Cast: J. Warren Kerrigan (Neil Sparks), Mary Talbot (Aunt Helen), Source: Based on the play The Littlest Rebel by Edward Henry Peple Roy Laidlaw (Hiram Craig), Fritzi Brunette (Myrtle Pratt), Clyde Benson

(New York, 14 Nov 1911). (William Carpenter), Beth Ivins (Bess Kinloch), Zelma Maja (Phyllis Cast: E. K. Lincoln (Capt. Herbert Carey), William J. Sorelle (Lt. Col. Gwynne), John Steppling (Jacob Abbott), Arthur Millette (Henry Morrison), Estelle Coffin (Mrs. Carey), Mimi Yvonne (Virgie), Elaine Lavigne), Joseph Dowling (David Pratt), Mary Jane Irving, Joe Rotell.

Ivans (Sally Ann), Martin Reagan (Uncle Billy), Fred Fleck Comedy-drama. Wealthy wastrel Neil Sparks devotes more attention to (Lieutenant Harris), Bert S. Frank (Jim Dudley), Paul Pilkerton (Joe the pursuit of pleasure than to his inherited oil business. Neil’s neglect

Dudley). allows two schemers, Craig and Abbott, to siphon the Sparks’ Texas oil

Drama/Historical. Herbert Carey, the owner of a Southern plantation, through the construction of an illegal pipeline. Upon receiving notification

fires Joe and Jim Dudley, after which they join the Union army. Carey that his wells are running dry, and in an attempt to rid himself of the entrusts his wife and little daughter Virgie to his slaves Uncle Billy and unwelcome attentions of his mercenary fiancée, Bess Kinloch, Neil Sally Ann and becomes a captain in the Confederate army. When Union ventures West to investigate, using an assumed name. Discovering the soldiers under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Morrison invade the theft, Neil sends for his butler, and the two of them force the crooks to buy Carey home, Jim Dudley attempts to rape Mrs. Carey. Morrison punishes a parcel of land and deed the property to Myrtle Pratt, whose father had . him, but in revenge, Jim sets fire to the house. Morrison shoots him, thus been swindled and murdered by the scoundrels. Justice served, Neil returns evoking a vow of revenge from Joe. With the loss of their home, Mrs. Carey East to be followed by Myrtle and her five brothers, who arrive during his and Virgie seek shelter in the overseer’s shack where the mother dies. engagement party to Bess. Neil shocks his guests by announcing that the

Later, Captain Carey, disguised as a Union officer, comes to see Virgie. children are his, and he and Myrtle wed. /d/ers. Oil companies. Oil They try to escape to Richmond but are intercepted by Morrison who, magnates. Pipelines. Theft. Butlers. Fortune hunters. Murder. Texas.

moved by Virgie’s pleas, gives them a pass. Later, Joe causes both Carey ETR 31 Jan 1920, p. 903. MPW 31 Jan 1920, p. 777. and Morrison to be arrested for treason and sentenced to death. Virgie then PW 4 rep 1920, e. on ° 404. Wide r i na 1920, p-2. pleads to General Grant, who pardons them both. Morrison returns to his MPW 24 Jan 1920, p. 588. company and the Careys are given safe passage to Confederate lines. After the war, the Morrisons and the Careys join hands over Mrs. Carey’s grave.

Father-daughter relationship. Impersonation and imposture. Revenge. A LIVE WIRE HICK see NEW YORK LUCK Soldiers. Treason. United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865. Arson.

antations. Southerners. ;; ; ; , eorge E. StoneSlaves. Laboratories. 1920? [©George Eathl Stone; 5G Oct,1920;

Attempted rape. Frame-ups. Ulysses Simpson Grant. Pardons (legal). THE LIVING WORLD F1.2571 Note: This was the first feature of the Photoplay Productions Co. of New York. It MU1I772]. 4 reels was shot on location in Augusta, GA. The film was remade by Fox in 1935, with ; . °

Shirley Temple as star and David Butler directing. Dir George E. Stone. Scen George E. Stone. Cam George E. Stone. Motog 18 Apr 1914, p. 278. MPW 30 May 1914, p. 1277. Documentary /Instructional. This documentary presents an outline of Motog 27 Jun 1914, p. 484, MPW 5 Sep 1914, p. 1381. general biology, studying microscopic life, plants, trees and animals. Motog 29 Aug 1914, pp. 297-98. MPW 12 Sep 1914, p. 1562. Animal life. Biology. Plant life. MPN 22 Aug 1914, p. 46. NYDM 8 Apr 1914, p. 32, 33. Note: George E. Stone, who was associated with the University of California at Berkeley, copyrighted a film entitled How Life Begins (see above) in 1916 which also

THE LITTLEST SCOUT F1.2569 showed microscopic views of organisms. It is possible that footage from How Life Blackton Productions, Inc.; Country Life Series. Dist Independent Sales Begins was incorporated into this film, or that How Life Begins was re-issued as The

Corp. through Film Clearing House, Inc., Special. Dist Series. Mar waving Aan ae ony jrormation located concerning The Living World was

1919? [©Independent Sales Corp.; 30 Jan 1919; LP13345]. 5 reels. Pyne poems Supv J. Stuart Blackton. Dir Paula Blackton. Story Paula Blackton.

Cast: Charles Stuart Blackton (Charles Stuart Wyngate), Paula LOADED DICE F 1.2572 Blackton (Paula Wyngate), William Bittner (Her father), Violet Blackton Pathé Exchange, Inc. Dist Pathé Exchange, Inc. 10 Feb 1918 [©Pathé

(Violet Wyngate), Wellington Prater (A _ pacifist), Stephen Carr Exchange, Inc.; 4 Mar 1918; LU12133]. 5 reels.

(Harold, his son). Dir Herbert Blaché. Scen Gilson Willets. Cam John G. Haas and Harry

War drama/World War I. Three-year-old Charles Stuart Wyngate longs Wilson Lyon. to be a Boy Scout, while his seven-year-old sister Violet, who wishes that Source: Based on the novel Loaded Dice by Ellery Harding Clark she was a boy named Bill, desires to help the war effort through Red Cross (Indianapolis, 1909).

work. The children play happily after their mother sends for a scout Cast: Frank Keenan (Richard Gordon), Florence Billings (Rose uniform, until they meet another child, Harold, whose father is a pacifist. Ashton), Guy Coombs (Harry Palmer), Madeline Marshall (Ethel After Charles punches Harold in the nose, Harold’s father comes and Mason).

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THE LOCKED HEART AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CATALOG Drama. Richard Gordon’s lack of religious conviction prompts him to live Dir James Young. Asst dir Edwin L. Hollywood. Adapted by James a life of crime. When he demands to be included in a scheme to corner the Young.

food market, the conspirators agree to accept him as a partner provided Source: Based on the play Lola by Owen Davis (New York, 14 Mar that he contribute $100,000 to the operation. In order to obtain the money, 1911).

Richard blackmails Harry Palmer with the aid of his girl, Rose Ashton, Cast: Clara Kimball Young (Lola Barnhelun), Alec B. Francis (Dr. and a former sweetheart, Ann Holden. Through Ann, Harry learns that he § Barnhelun), Edward M. Kimball (Dr. Crossett), James Young (Dick has been duped and confronts Richard, who murders him. Next Richard § Fenway), Frank Holland (John Dorris), Olga Humphries (Mrs. kills Ann, but the crime is witnessed by a neighbor. After several years, Harlan), Irene Tams (Stephen Bradley), Mary Moore (Marie), Julia Richard, who has abandoned Rose for society woman Ethel Mason, is | Stuart (Mrs. Mooney), Baby Esmond (Nellie Mooney). elected governor of the state, whereupon the neighbor, who is also a crook, Drama. When Lola Barnhelun, a young woman who is loved and admired demands money in exchange for his silence. Richard is about to fire at him by everyone, is killed in an automobile accident, her father, a doctor, uses when a confederate, whom the crook has hidden outside, shoots. As he lies 2 Machine that he has invented to restore her life. Although her body still

dying, Richard realizes that there is indeed a God and begs for forgiveness. er ee breaks with John Dorris, her loving fiance. Murder. Neighbors. Socialites. State governors. onspiracy. Desertion. and has affairs with many men. Soon her heart weakens under the strain Note: Wid’s lists Astra Film Corp. as the production company. and she is told by a physician that a severe shock could kill her. She