''The Menace to Carlotta'' is a 1914 American silent

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drama film directed by

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and featuring Pauline Bush,

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and Lon Chaney. It was banned by the censor of Quebec on March 19, 1914. The film is now considered lost. Chaney also wrote the film's scenario (his first known screenwriting credit). The film's original working title was ''Carlotta, the Bead Stringer''.

Plot

Carlotta's fiancé Giovanni Bartholdi (Chaney) loses his money gambling with a shady character called "The Vulture" and, now penniless, moves in with Carlotta and her father and brother Tony. The Vulture talks Giovanni into luring Carlotta to a lonely dive one night, where she is to be kidnapped and sold into the white slave trade. She is saved however by her father and brother.

Cast

* Lon Chaney as Giovanni Bartholdi * Pauline Bush as Carlotta *

as Carlotta's brother, Tony *

as Carlotta's father * John Burton as The Vulture

Reception

"Motion Picture News" wrote "The fight between Giovanni and the old father is very realistic, almost too much so." "Moving Picture World" wrote ""A one-reel (sic) offering by Lou (sic) Chaney, who plays the villain's part...The Italian characterizations are good and the setting's in keeping...The photography is fair." (Note the review refers to the film as a "one-reel offering", while reference sources list it as two reels in length. The same reviewer however also misspelled Chaney's first name).

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Menace to Carlotta, The 1914 films 1914 drama films 1914 short films Silent American drama films American silent short films American black-and-white films Films directed by Allan Dwan Lost American films Universal Pictures short films 1914 lost films Lost drama films 1910s American films