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''The Marriage of Kitty'' is a
lost 1915 American
silent comedy film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...
directed by
George Melford
George H. Melford (born George Henry Knauff, February 19, 1877 – April 25, 1961) was an American stage and film actor and director. Often taken for granted as a director today, the stalwart Melford's name by the 1920s was, like Cecil B. DeMil ...
.
It was written by
Francis de Croisset
Francis de Croisset (; born Franz Wiener, 28 January 1877 – 8 November 1937) was a Belgian-born French playwright and opera librettist.
Early life
Born as Franz Wiener, he was educated in Brussels on 28 January 1877 into a prominent Jewish-Bel ...
,
Fred de Gresac
Fred de Gresac (died February 20, 1943), born Frédérique Rosine de Grésac, was a French librettist, playwright and screenwriter. She was the wife of opera singer Victor Maurel.
Early life
Frédérique Rosine de Grésac was born at Lamalou-les- ...
,
Cosmo Gordon Lennox and
Hector Turnbull. The origin of the work was de Croisset, who wrote the French play ''La Passerelle'' in 1902, and was soon adapted to English by Lennox as ''
The Marriage of Kitty''.
[The Duke of Yorks' Theatre: "The Marriage of Kitty"](_blank)
''Dramatic Criticism, Vol. IV 1902-03'', pp. 137-40 (1904).
The film stars
Fannie Ward
Fannie Ward (born Fannie Buchanan; February 22, 1872 – January 27, 1952), also credited as Fanny Ward, was an American actress of stage and screen. Known for performing in both comedic and dramatic roles, she was cast in '' The Cheat'', a sexu ...
, Richard Morris, Jack Dean,
Cleo Ridgely
Cleo Ridgely-Horne (born Freda Cleo Helwig, May 12, 1893 – August 18, 1962) was a star of silent and sound motion pictures. Her career began early in the silent film era, in 1911, and continued for forty years. She retired in the 1930s bu ...
, and
Tom Forman. The film was released on August 16, 1915, by
Paramount Pictures.
Plot
The film depicts a young woman who agrees to a sham wedding with Lord Riginald Belsize because his inheritance prohibits him from marrying his girlfriend who is an actress. Belsize is convinced if he marries someone else and hires that woman to be his "wife" he can hide his relationship with his girlfriend. Eventually the young woman and the Lord fall in love even though that wasn't the original intention of either of them and she reveals that his girlfriend is a dangerous woman.
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Cast
*Fannie Ward
Fannie Ward (born Fannie Buchanan; February 22, 1872 – January 27, 1952), also credited as Fanny Ward, was an American actress of stage and screen. Known for performing in both comedic and dramatic roles, she was cast in '' The Cheat'', a sexu ...
as Katherine "Kitty" Silverton
* Richard Morris as John Travers
*Jack Dean as Lord Reginald Belsize
*Cleo Ridgely
Cleo Ridgely-Horne (born Freda Cleo Helwig, May 12, 1893 – August 18, 1962) was a star of silent and sound motion pictures. Her career began early in the silent film era, in 1911, and continued for forty years. She retired in the 1930s bu ...
as Helen de Semiano
* Tom Forman as Jack Churchill
*Mrs. Lewis McCord as Annie
*Lucien Littlefield
Lucien Littlefield (August 16, 1895 – June 4, 1960) was an American actor who achieved a long career from silent films to the television era. He was noted for his versatility, playing a wide range of roles and already portraying old men befor ...
(Undetermined Role)
*Theodore Roberts
Theodore Roberts (October 8, 1861 – December 14, 1928) was an American film and stage actor.
Early life
Roberts was born in San Francisco, California. He was a cousin of the stage actress Florence Roberts. His choice of a career disapp ...
(Undetermined Role)
See also
*''Afraid to Love
''Afraid to Love'' is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Edward H. Griffith and written by Doris Anderson, Francis de Croisset, Fred de Gresac, Alfred Hustwick and Joseph Jackson. The film stars Florence Vidor, Clive Brook, Norma ...
'' (1927)
References
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1910s English-language films
Silent American comedy films
1915 comedy films
Paramount Pictures films
Films directed by George Melford
American black-and-white films
American films based on plays
Films based on works by Francis de Croisset
Lost American films
American silent feature films
1915 lost films
Lost comedy films
1910s American films
English-language comedy films
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