''Twas Ever Thus'' is a 1915 American
drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been ...
silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, when ...
directed by
Hobart Bosworth
Hobart Van Zandt Bosworth (August 11, 1867 – December 30, 1943) was an American film actor, director, writer, and producer.
Early life
Bosworth was born on August 11, 1867, in Marietta, Ohio. His father was a sea captain in the Civil Wa ...
, written by
Elsie Janis
Elsie Janis (born Elsie Bierbower, March 16, 1889 – February 26, 1956) was an American actress of stage and screen, singer, songwriter, screenwriter and radio announcer. Entertaining the troops during World War I immortalized her as "Forces ...
, and starring Elsie Janis, Hobart Bosworth,
Owen Moore
Owen Moore (12 December 1886 – 9 June 1939) was an Irish-born American actor, appearing in more than 279 movies spanning from 1908 to 1937.
Early life and career
Moore was born in Fordstown Crossroads, County Meath, Ireland. Along with his p ...
,
Myrtle Stedman
Myrtle Stedman (born Myrtle Lincoln; March 3, 1883 – January 8, 1938) was an American leading lady and later character actress in motion pictures who began in silent films in 1910.
Biography
Stedman was born Myrtle Lincoln in Chicago, Illi ...
,
Harry Ham
Harry Ham (25 May 1886 – 27 July 1943) was a Canadian actor from Napanee, Ontario. He died in 1943 in Beverly Hills, California.
Selected filmography
Actor
* ''Betty in Search of a Thrill'' (1915)
* ''Nearly a Lady'' (1915)
* '' 'Twas Ever ...
, and Helen Wolcott. It was released on September 23, 1915, by
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film and television production company, production and Distribution (marketing), distribution company and the main namesake division of Paramount Global (formerly ViacomCBS). It is the fifth-oldes ...
.
Plot
Cast
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Elsie Janis
Elsie Janis (born Elsie Bierbower, March 16, 1889 – February 26, 1956) was an American actress of stage and screen, singer, songwriter, screenwriter and radio announcer. Entertaining the troops during World War I immortalized her as "Forces ...
as Lithesome / Prudence Alden / Marian Gordon
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Hobart Bosworth
Hobart Van Zandt Bosworth (August 11, 1867 – December 30, 1943) was an American film actor, director, writer, and producer.
Early life
Bosworth was born on August 11, 1867, in Marietta, Ohio. His father was a sea captain in the Civil Wa ...
as Hard Muscle / Col. Warren / John Rogers
*
Owen Moore
Owen Moore (12 December 1886 – 9 June 1939) was an Irish-born American actor, appearing in more than 279 movies spanning from 1908 to 1937.
Early life and career
Moore was born in Fordstown Crossroads, County Meath, Ireland. Along with his p ...
as Long Biceps / Frank Warren / Jack Rogers
*
Myrtle Stedman
Myrtle Stedman (born Myrtle Lincoln; March 3, 1883 – January 8, 1938) was an American leading lady and later character actress in motion pictures who began in silent films in 1910.
Biography
Stedman was born Myrtle Lincoln in Chicago, Illi ...
as Joysome / Betty Judkns / chorus girl
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Harry Ham
Harry Ham (25 May 1886 – 27 July 1943) was a Canadian actor from Napanee, Ontario. He died in 1943 in Beverly Hills, California.
Selected filmography
Actor
* ''Betty in Search of a Thrill'' (1915)
* ''Nearly a Lady'' (1915)
* '' 'Twas Ever ...
as Joe Alden / Sub-editor
*Helen Wolcott as Jean Hopkins / Helen Farnum
*Joe Ray as A Tough
*Ludloe Goodman as George St. John
*Charles Wainwright as Jack's Friend
*
Art Acord
Arthemus Ward "Art" Acord (April 17, 1890 – January 4, 1931) was an American silent film actor and rodeo champion. After his film career ended in 1929, Acord worked in rodeo road shows and as a miner in Mexico.
Early life and career
Acord ...
as Manservant (uncredited)
See also
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1915 films
1910s English-language films
Silent American drama films
1915 drama films
Paramount Pictures films
American black-and-white films
American silent feature films
1910s American films
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