The Deep Purple (1915 film)
The Deep Purple | |
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Directed by | James Young |
Produced by | Peerless Productions |
Starring | Clara Kimball Young Milton Sills |
Cinematography | Arthur Edeson |
Distributed by | World Film Corporation |
Release date | January 11, 1915 December 4, 1916 (re-released) |
Running time | 5 reels |
Country | USA |
Language | Silent |
The Deep Purple is a lost[1] 1915 film directed by James Young from a play written by and Wilson Mizner. The film stars Clara Kimball Young and Milton Sills, and was remade in 1920 again titled The Deep Purple by director Raoul Walsh.[2][3]
The film is based on a 1910 play, produced on Broadway in 1911 starring Catherine Calvert.[4]
This is the first film of actress Esther Ralston, then 13 years old, who has a bit role.
Cast[]
- Clara Kimball Young - Doris Moore
- Edward Kimball - Rev. William Moore
- Milton Sills - William Lake
- Mae Hopkins - Ruth Lake
- Mrs. E.M. Kimball - Mrs. Lake
- William J. Ferguson - 'Pop' Clark
- Grace Aylesworth - 'Fresno' Kate Fallon
- Crauford Kent - Harry Leland
- Frederick Truesdell - Inspector Bruce
- DeWitt Jennings - Gordon Laylock
- Walter Craven - Pat Connelly
unbilled cast
- Esther Ralston - Bit, Angel
- Bert Starkey - Bit
References[]
External links[]
- The Deep Purple at IMDb
- synopsis at AllMovie
Categories:
- Silent films
- 1915 films
- Films directed by James Young
- American films based on plays
- American silent feature films
- American films
- 1915 drama films
- American drama films
- American black-and-white films
- World Film Company films
- Lost American films
- 1915 lost films
- Lost drama films
- 1910s drama film stubs