''The Ballet Girl'' is a 1916 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
George Irving and starring
Alice Brady
Alice Brady (born Mary Rose Brady; November 2, 1892 – October 28, 1939) was an American actress who began her career in the silent film era and survived the transition into talkies. She worked until six months before her death from cancer in ...
,
Holbrook Blinn
Holbrook Blinn was an American stage and film actor.
Early years
Blinn was the son of Civil War veteran Col. Charles Blinn and actress Nellie Holbrook-Blinn. He was born in San Francisco and attended Stanford University before he began a career ...
and
Robert Frazer
Robert Frazer (born Robert William Browne, June 29, 1891August 17, 1944) was an American actor who appeared in some 224 shorts and films from the 1910s until his death. He began in films with the Eclair company which released through Universal ...
. It is an adaptation of the 1912 novel ''
Carnival
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'' by the British writer
Compton Mackenzie
Sir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie, (17 January 1883 – 30 November 1972) was a Scottish writer of fiction, biography, histories and a memoir, as well as a cultural commentator, raconteur and lifelong Scottish independence, Scottish nation ...
.
[Goble p.300]
Cast
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Alice Brady
Alice Brady (born Mary Rose Brady; November 2, 1892 – October 28, 1939) was an American actress who began her career in the silent film era and survived the transition into talkies. She worked until six months before her death from cancer in ...
as Jenny Pearl
*
Holbrook Blinn
Holbrook Blinn was an American stage and film actor.
Early years
Blinn was the son of Civil War veteran Col. Charles Blinn and actress Nellie Holbrook-Blinn. He was born in San Francisco and attended Stanford University before he began a career ...
as Zachary Trewehella
*
Robert Frazer
Robert Frazer (born Robert William Browne, June 29, 1891August 17, 1944) was an American actor who appeared in some 224 shorts and films from the 1910s until his death. He began in films with the Eclair company which released through Universal ...
as Fred Pearl
* Julia Stuart as Mrs. Raeburn
* Harry Danes as Charles Raeburn
* Laura McClure as May Raeburn
* Jessie Lewis as Irene Dale
*
Alec B. Francis as Jerry Vergoe
*
George Relph
George Relph, CBE (27 January 1888 – 24 April 1960) was an English actor. He acted in more than a dozen films, and also many plays. He served in the British Army in the First World War, and was shot in the leg, hindering his return to acting. ...
as Maurice Avery
*
Stanhope Wheatcroft as Fuzz Castleton
* Fred Radcliffe as Joe Cunningham
* Robert Kegerreis as Jack Danby
References
Bibliography
* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
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1916 films
1916 drama films
1910s English-language films
American silent feature films
Silent American drama films
Films directed by George Irving
American black-and-white films
World Film Company films
Films shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey
Films based on British novels
1910s American films
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