Under_the_Gaslight_(film)

<i>Under the Gaslight</i> (film)

Under the Gaslight (film)

1914 American film

Under the Gaslight is a 1914 American silent melodrama film produced by the Biograph Company, for theatrical impresarios Klaw & Erlanger, and distributed by The General Film Company. It is based on the old Victorian stage melodrama of the same name by Augustin Daly popular in the 1860s and 1870s and revived periodically for years afterwards. This film was directed by Lawrence Marston and stars Lionel Barrymore.[1][2]

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Cast

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  • Mrs. A.C. Marston as Judas

Cast note

In 1874 Maurice Barrymore, father of the star of the movie, arrived in the United States and joined Augustin Daly's stage company playing a role, Ray Trafford, in this play.[3]

Preservation

With no prints of Under the Gaslight located in any film archives,[4] it is a lost film.

References

  1. [1]
    Progressive Silent Film List: Under the Gaslight at silentera.com
  2. [2]
    The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c.1988
  3. [3]
    Under the Gaslight, first produced on Broadway in the 1860s and revived for many decades; IBDb.com
  4. [4]
    The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Under the Gaslight


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