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Under the Gaslight (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Under the Gaslight' is a lost[http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.10135/default.html The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:'Under the Gaslight'] 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 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.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/U/UnderTheGaslight1914.html 'Under the Gaslight' at silentera.com]'The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20' by The American Film Institute, c.1988
Cast
*Lionel Barrymore - William Byke
*William Russell - Ray Trafford
*Irene Howley - Pearl Courtland
*Millicent Evans - Laura Courtland
*Isabel Rea - Mrs. Courtland
*Thomas Jefferson - Mr. Courtland
*Hector Sarno - Snorky (*Hector V. Sarno)
*Zoe Gregory - Blossom
*Maurice Steuart - Laura as a child
*Rosanna Logan - Pearl as a child
'unbilled'
*Mrs. A.C. Marston - 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.[http://ibdb.com/show.php?id=9007 'Under the Gaslight', first produced on Broadway in the 1860s and revived for many decades; IBDb.com]
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