''Lady Audley's Secret'' is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by Marshall Farnum and starring Theda Bara,

Riley Hatch William Riley Hatch (September 2, 1862 – September 6, 1925) was an American singer and actor on stage and in silent films. Hatch's Broadway debut came in ''The Burgomaster'' (1900); his final Broadway appearance was in ''The Nervous Wreck'' ...

and Clifford Bruce. It was an adaptation of the 1862 British novel '' Lady Audley's Secret'' by

Mary Elizabeth Braddon Mary Elizabeth Braddon (4 October 1835 – 4 February 1915) was an English popular novelist of the Victorian era. She is best known for her 1862 sensation novel '' Lady Audley's Secret'', which has also been dramatised and filmed several time ...

.Goble p.51 It is now considered a lost film. The film was less successful than Bara's other films of the period, because it did not feature her in the wildly popular vamp role she had established.

Cast

* Theda Bara as Helen Talboys *

as Luke Martin * Clifford Bruce as George Talboys * Stephen Grattan as Undetermined Role * Warner Richmond as Sir Michael Audley

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. * Krefft, Vanda. ''The Man Who Made the Movies: The Meteoric Rise and Tragic Fall of William Fox''. HarperCollins, 2017.

External links

* 1915 films Silent American drama films American silent feature films 1915 drama films 1910s English-language films Films directed by Marshall Farnum Fox Film films Films based on British novels Films set in London Lost American drama films 1915 lost films 1910s American films English-language drama films {{1910s-drama-film-stub