''To Have and to Hold'' is a 1916 American
silent adventure
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/
drama film
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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 ...
. Based on the 1899
novel of the same name, the film starred
Wallace Reid
William Wallace Halleck Reid (April 15, 1891 – January 18, 1923) was an American actor in silent film, referred to as "the screen's most perfect lover". He also had a brief career as a racing driver.
Early life
Reid was born in St. Louis, M ...
and
Mae Murray
Mae Murray (born Marie Adrienne Koenig; May 10, 1885 – March 23, 1965) was an American actress, dancer, film producer, and screenwriter. Murray rose to fame during the silent film era and was known as "The Girl with the Bee-Stung Lips" and "Th ...
in her film debut.
The film is based on a novel by Mary Johnston which was turned into a play in 1901 by E. F. Boddington. The Broadway version starred
Isabel Irving
Isabel Irving (February 28, 1871 –September 1, 1944) was an American stage actress.
Irving made her London debut at the Lyceum Theatre in 1890 as Daisy in ''Nancy and Company''.
In 1894, she signed a three-year contract with the manager o ...
and
Robert Loraine
Robert Bilcliffe Loraine (14 January 1876 – 23 December 1935) was a successful London and Broadway British stage actor, actor-manager, and soldier who later enjoyed a side career as a pioneer aviator. Born in New Brighton, his father was Henr ...
in the lead roles. Also in this play was a 20-year-old actor and aspiring playwright named
Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil Blount DeMille (; August 12, 1881January 21, 1959) was an American film director, producer and actor. Between 1914 and 1958, he made 70 features, both silent and sound films. He is acknowledged as a founding father of the American cine ...
.
The film is identified as
lost
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by
IMDb
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.
Cast
*
Mae Murray
Mae Murray (born Marie Adrienne Koenig; May 10, 1885 – March 23, 1965) was an American actress, dancer, film producer, and screenwriter. Murray rose to fame during the silent film era and was known as "The Girl with the Bee-Stung Lips" and "Th ...
– Lady Jocelyn
*
Wallace Reid
William Wallace Halleck Reid (April 15, 1891 – January 18, 1923) was an American actor in silent film, referred to as "the screen's most perfect lover". He also had a brief career as a racing driver.
Early life
Reid was born in St. Louis, M ...
– Captain Ralph Percy
*
Tom Forman – Lord Carnal
*Ronald Bradbury – Jeremy Sparrow
*
Raymond Hatton
Raymond William Hatton (July 7, 1887 – October 21, 1971) was an American film actor who appeared in almost 500 motion pictures.
Biography
Hatton was born in Red Oak, Iowa. His physician father steered him toward a career in medicine. Howev ...
– Nicolo
*
James Neill – George Yeardley
*
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 ...
–
King James I
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*Bob Fleming – Red Gill
*Camille Astor – Patience Worth
Other adaptations
In 1922,
a second version was released once again by
Paramount Pictures
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. It starred
Bert Lytell
Bertram Lytell (February 24, 1885 – September 28, 1954) was an American actor in theater and film during the silent film era and early talkies. He starred in romantic, melodrama, and adventure films.
Background
Born in New York City, Lyt ...
and
Betty Compson
Betty Compson (born Eleanor Luicime Compson; March 19, 1897 – April 18, 1974) was an American actress and film producer who got her start during Hollywood's silent era. She is best known for her performances in ''The Docks of New York'' and ...
, and is also considered lost.
See also
*
List of lost films
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Reas ...
References
External links
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''To Have and to Hold'' at the silentera.com database
1916 films
1910s adventure drama films
American adventure drama films
American silent feature films
American black-and-white films
Famous Players-Lasky films
Films directed by George Melford
Films based on American novels
Paramount Pictures films
Films set in the 1620s
Films set in the Thirteen Colonies
Cultural depictions of James VI and I
1910s historical adventure films
American historical adventure films
1916 drama films
1910s American films
Silent American drama films
Silent adventure drama films
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