The College Widow (1915 film)
| The College Widow | |
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 Scene from film | |
| Directed by | Barry O'Neil |
| Produced by | Sigmund Lubin |
| Starring | Ethel Clayton |
| Cinematography | Fred Chaston |
| Distributed by | Lubin Manufacturing Company |
Release date |
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Running time | 6 reels |
| Country | USA |
| Language | Silent (English titles) |
The College Widow is a 1915 silent film starring Ethel Clayton.[1] It's the first filming of George Ade's 1904 campus comedy of the same name performed on Broadway that year. The film was made by the Lubin Company in Pennsylvania and is now lost.[2][3][4]
Later films of this story are The College Widow (1927), Maybe It's Love(1930) and Freshman Love(1936)
Cast
- Charles Brandt - Dr. Witherspoon
- Ethel Clayton - Jane Witherspoon
- Edith Ritchie - Mrs. Dalzelle
- Ferdinand Tidmarsh - Jack Larrabee
- Howard Missimer - Matty McGowan
- Clarence Elmer - Stub Talmadge
- Peter Lang - Hiram Bolton
- George Soule Spencer - Billy Bolton
- George Clarke - Silent Murphy
- Joseph Kaufman - Tom Pierson
References
- ^ AFI Catalog:The College Widow
- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Great Divide
- ^ Condon, Mabel (22 May 1915). Lubin's "The College Widow" (review), Motography, pp. 829-30
- ^ (17 April 1915). "The College Widow" (review), Motion Picture News, p. 67
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