''The Strength o' Ten'' is a 1914 American
silent drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been ...
short film
A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...
directed by
Tom Ricketts
Thomas B. Ricketts (15 January 1853 – 19 January 1939) was an English-born American stage and film actor and director who was a pioneer in the film industry. He portrayed Ebenezer Scrooge in the first American film adaptation of ''A Christm ...
. The film stars
William Garwood
William Davis Garwood, Jr. (April 28, 1884 – December 28, 1950) was an American stage and film actor and director of the early silent film era in the 1910s.
Between 1911 and 1913, Garwood starred in a number of early adaptions of popula ...
and
Harry von Meter
Harry von Meter (March 20, 1871 – June 2, 1956; sometimes credited Harry van Meter) was an American silent film actor. He starred in about 200 films in the period from 1912 through 1929. He retired from acting just as sound films were beginni ...
.
Cast
* William Garwood as Jep
*
Vivian Rich
Vivian Rich (May 26, 1893 – November 17, 1957) was an American silent film actress.
Career
Rich was born in Philadelphia and spent her early years there. Later the family moved to Boston and she completed her education at the Boston Latin H ...
as Betty
* Harry von Meter as Betty's father
*
Louise Lester
Louise Lester (August 8, 1867 – November 18, 1952) was an American silent film actress. She was the first female star of Western films.
Biography
Lester was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on August 8, 1867.
In 1884, Lester headed the Loui ...
as Betty's mother
*
Jack Richardson as Elick
*
Edith Borella
Edith Borella (November 25, 1890 - March 6, 1974) was an American silent film actress of Swiss descent. She starred in films such as the 1913 film '' Through the Neighbor's Window'' with Charlotte Burton which was her debut. Her career only l ...
*
King Clark
King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen, which title is also given to the consort of a king.
*In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the tit ...
*
B. Reeves Eason
William Reeves Eason (October 2, 1886 – June 9, 1956), known as B. Reeves Eason, was an American film director, actor and screenwriter. His directorial output was limited mainly to low-budget westerns and action pictures, but it was as a secon ...
External links
*
1914 films
1914 drama films
Silent American drama films
American silent short films
American black-and-white films
1914 short films
Films directed by Tom Ricketts
1910s American films
{{1910s-short-drama-film-stub