''The Boss'' is a 1915 silent film produced by
William A. Brady and released through his
World Film Company
The World Film Company or World Film Corporation was an American film production and distribution company, organized in 1914 in Fort Lee, New Jersey.
Short-lived but significant in American film history, World Film was created by financier and fil ...
. The film is based on a 1911 play by
Edward Sheldon
Edward Brewster Sheldon (Chicago, Illinois, February 4, 1886 – April 1, 1946, New York City) was an American dramatist. His plays include ''Salvation Nell'' (1908) and ''Romance'' (1913), which was made into a motion picture with Greta Garbo.
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called ''The Boss''. On stage it starred
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
Emily Stevens. In this silent version Holbrook Blinn reprises his role from the Broadway play but Emily Stevens is replaced by
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 ...
, the daughter of producer William Brady. ''The Boss'' is considered a lost film.
''The Boss'' at IMDb
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Plot
Cast
*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 ...
– Michael R. Regan
*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 ...
– Emily Griswold
*William Marion – Archbishop Sullivan
*Charles S. Abbe – James D. Griswold
*Bert Starkey – Porkey McCoy
*Frederick Truesdell – Scanlan
*Julia Stuart – Mrs. Regan
*Douglas MacLean
Charles Douglas MacLean (January 10, 1890 – July 9, 1967) was an American stage and silent film actor who later worked as a producer and screenwriter in the sound era.
Early life and stage career
Born in Philadelphia, MacLean was educated at ...
– Regan's Secretary, Robert (*as Douglas McLean)
*R. B. Mantell Jr. – Regan's Butler, Gates
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1915 films
American silent feature films
American films based on plays
Films based on works by Edward Sheldon
Lost American films
Films directed by Emile Chautard
1915 drama films
Silent American drama films
American black-and-white films
World Film Company films
1915 lost films
Lost drama films
1910s American films
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