The Lady of the Photograph
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Directed by | Ben Turbett |
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Produced by | George Kleine |
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Cinematography | Fred S. Brace |
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Distributed by | K-E-S-E Service |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
Country | United States |
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The Lady of the Photograph is a 1917 American silent comedy drama film directed by Ben Turbett and starring Shirley Mason, Raymond McKee and Gerald Pring.[1] It was made by the Edison Studios shortly before they withdrew from production activities.
Synopsis
[edit]An aristocratic but impoverished young Englishman meets an American woman in Britain, but fears he cannot be worthy of her until he has settled his debts. However a self-made American he meets on his ship across the Atlantic offers to help him out financially in exchange for helping him to become a gentleman so that he can woo a woman whose photograph he carries around with him. The Englishman is shocked to discover that it is the same woman he in love with.
Cast
[edit]- Shirley Mason as Marjorie Van Dam
- Raymond McKee as Ferdinand 'Ferdy' Latimer
- Royal Byron as John Brown
- Dudley Hill as Eric Latimer
- William Calhoun as Cornelius Van Dam
- Gerald Pring as Captain Latimer
- Jane Harvey as Mrs. Van Dam
References
[edit]- ^ Connelly, p. 371
Bibliography
[edit]- Robert B. Connelly. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36. December Press, 1998.
External links
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