''A Royal Family'' is a 1915 American
silent drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by
William Nigh
William Nigh (October 12, 1881 – November 27, 1955) was an American film director, writer, and actor. His film work sometimes lists him as either "Will Nigh" or "William Nye".
Biography
Nigh was born Emil Kreuske''Silent Film Necrology'', ...
and starring
Fuller Mellish
Fuller Mellish (January 3, 1865 – December 7, 1936), born Harold Arthur Fuller, was an English born American stage and screen actor. He was the father of Fuller Mellish Jr.(of Applause fame) and Vera Fuller Mellish. His parents were Charles Per ...
,
Montagu Love
Montagu Love (15 March 1877 – 17 May 1943) was an English screen, stage and vaudeville actor.
Early years
Born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, Love was the son of Harry Love and Fanny Louisa Love, née Poad; his father was listed as accountant ...
and
Anna Murdock.
[Parish & Pitts p.293] It is also sometimes
alternatively titled ''The Royal Family''.
Cast
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Fuller Mellish
Fuller Mellish (January 3, 1865 – December 7, 1936), born Harold Arthur Fuller, was an English born American stage and screen actor. He was the father of Fuller Mellish Jr.(of Applause fame) and Vera Fuller Mellish. His parents were Charles Per ...
as Cardinal
*
Montagu Love
Montagu Love (15 March 1877 – 17 May 1943) was an English screen, stage and vaudeville actor.
Early years
Born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, Love was the son of Harry Love and Fanny Louisa Love, née Poad; his father was listed as accountant ...
as Crown Prince of Kurland
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Anna Murdock as Angela - Princess of Arcacia
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William Nigh
William Nigh (October 12, 1881 – November 27, 1955) was an American film director, writer, and actor. His film work sometimes lists him as either "Will Nigh" or "William Nye".
Biography
Nigh was born Emil Kreuske''Silent Film Necrology'', ...
as Minister of Police
* Lila Barclay
*
Mathilde Brundage
Mathilde Brundage (September 22, 1859 – May 6, 1939) was an American actress. She appeared in 87 films between 1914 and 1928.
Also known as Bertha Brundage, she was born in Louisville, Kentucky. For much of her life, her family thwarted her de ...
* W. J. Draper
*
Edwin Mordant
Edwin Mordant (December 22, 1868 - February 16, 1942) was an actor on stage and in films in the United States. He appeared in numerous shows between 1901 and the later 1920s.
He was married to Ola Humphrey. They divorced. The ‘’New York Dram ...
*
Niles Welch
Niles Eugene Welch (July 29, 1888 – November 21, 1976) was an American performer on Broadway, and a leading man in a number of silent and early talking motion pictures from the early 1910s through the 1930s.
Early life
A native of Hartfor ...
* Albert Lewis
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Jules Cowles
Jules Cowles (October 18, 1877 – May 22, 1943) was an American film actor.Munden p.193 He was also billed as J. D. Cowles and Julius D. Cowles.
Born in Farmington, Connecticut, Cowles attended Yale and was a writer in addition to being an actor ...
*
Charles Prince
Charles Owen "Chuck" Prince III (born January 13, 1950) is an American corporate executive and lawyer. He is a former chairman and chief executive of Citigroup. He succeeded Sandy Weill as the chief executive of the firm in 2003, and as the chair ...
References
Bibliography
*James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts. ''Film directors: a guide to their American films''. Scarecrow Press, 1974.
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1915 films
1915 drama films
1910s English-language films
American silent feature films
Silent American drama films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by William Nigh
Metro Pictures films
1910s American films
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