Under the Gaslight

Under the Gaslight
Directed by Lawrence Marston
Produced by Klaw & Erlanger
Biograph Company
Based on Under the Gaslight: or Life and Love in These Times
by Augustin Daly
Starring Lionel Barrymore
William Russell
Distributed by The General Film Company
Release dates
December 1914
Running time
4 reels
Country United States
Language Silent

Under the Gaslight is a lost 1914 silent film melodrama 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 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]

Cast

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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]

References

  1. Under the Gaslight at silentera.com
  2. The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c.1988
  3. Under the Gaslight, first produced on Broadway in the 1860s and revived for many decades; IBDb.com


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