The Test (1916 Film)
''The Test'' is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Jane Grey, Lumsden Hare and Claude Fleming.Parish & Pitts p.126 Cast * Jane Grey as Emma Tretman * Lumsden Hare as Arthur Thome * Claude Fleming as Freddie Wayne * Carl Harbaugh as Richard Tretman * Inez Buck as Thome's Sister * Ida Darling Ida Darling (February 23, 1880 – June 5, 1936) was an American actress of the stage and in silent motion pictures. Biography Darling was born in New York City. She performed on the New York stage for 40 years. During the 10 years she re ... References Bibliography *James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts. ''Film directors: a guide to their American films''. Scarecrow Press, 1974. External links * 1916 films 1916 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Films directed by George Fitzmaurice Pathé Exchange films 1910s American fil ...
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George Fitzmaurice
George Fitzmaurice (13 February 1885 – 13 June 1940) was a French-born film director and producer. Career Fitzmaurice's career first started as a set designer on stage. Beginning in 1914, and continuing until his death in 1940, he directed a total of over 80 films; several of these were successful, including ''The Son of the Sheik'', '' Raffles'', ''Mata Hari'', and '' Suzy''. At the beginning of his directorial career, Fitzmaurice was astute at directing stage actresses in their initial films with the first wave of great Broadway stars that migrated to motion pictures during the World War I era, including Mae Murray, Elsie Ferguson, Fannie Ward, Helene Chadwick, Irene Fenwick, Gail Kane, and Edna Goodrich. ''The Son of the Sheik'' is his most famous extant silent film, no doubt aided by the sudden death of its star, Rudolph Valentino. '' Lilac Time'' is a classic war/romance film. Fitzmaurice, however, directed scores of silent films of which the majority of them are los ...
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