''Esmeralda'' is a 1915 silent film starring

Mary Pickford Gladys Marie Smith (April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979), known professionally as Mary Pickford, was a Canadian-American stage and screen actress and producer with a career that spanned five decades. A pioneer in the US film industry, she co-founde ...

, directed by James Kirkwood, and produced by

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and stage impresario Daniel Frohman. As with the previous Pickford vehicles -- '' Caprice,

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'' and '' The Dawn of a Tomorrow'' -- ''Esmeralda'' is based on a short story and stage play ''Esmeralda'' written by Frances Hodgson Burnett and

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and produced in the 1880s. The play was acted by Annie Russell and later

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both teenagers at the time, who later became well known adult theater actresses.

Cast

- Esmeralda Rogers *

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- Esmeralda's mother *

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 ...

- Esmeralda's father *

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- Count de Montessin *William Buckley - William Estabrook * Charles Waldron - David Hardy

Plot

''Esmeralda'' is a new kind of Mary Pickford picture. The story begins on the farm and swings around to the big city. From the simple and wholesome country girl "Esmeralda" becomes a veteran society leader. One of the big features of "Esmeralda" is the interrupted wedding ceremony in which Little Mary refuses to marry the count. It is a real Pickford scene and worth as much as many entire pictures."

Preservation status

This film is now considered a

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* * 1915 films American silent feature films American films based on plays Lost American films Films directed by James Kirkwood Sr. 1915 drama films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films 1915 lost films Lost drama films 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub

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