''Kidnapped'' is a 1917 American
silent adventure film directed by
Alan Crosland
Alan Crosland (August 10, 1894 – July 16, 1936) was an American stage actor and film director. He is noted for having directed the first feature film using spoken dialogue, '' The Jazz Singer'' (1927).
Early life and career
Born in New York C ...
for
Edison Studios. It was based on the 1886 novel ''
Kidnapped'' by
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for works such as ''Treasure Island'', ''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll a ...
. The film only included selected parts of the story, and reinforced the then-developing
romanticisation of the
Scottish Highlands
The Highlands ( sco, the Hielands; gd, a’ Ghàidhealtachd , 'the place of the Gaels') is a historical region of Scotland. Culturally, the Highlands and the Lowlands diverged from the Late Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland S ...
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Previously thought lost, a copy of the film is preserved in the Library of Congress collection, with a 2017 DVD of the film being released with the help of the Library of Congress and crowdfunding.
Cast
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Raymond McKee as David Balfour
*Joseph Burke as Ebenezer Balfour
*Ray Hallor as Ransome
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William Wadsworth as Angus Ban Keillor
*Robert Cain as Alan Breck
*Walter Craven as Riach
*John Nicholson as Shuan
*Franklyn Hanna as Captain Hoseason (*Franklin Farnum)
*Samuel N. Niblack as Cluny McPherson (*as Samuel Niblack)
*Horace Haine as Colin Campbell (*as Horace Hane)
*James Levering as Minister
References
External links
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1917 films
American silent feature films
American black-and-white films
Films based on Kidnapped (novel)
Films directed by Alan Crosland
1910s rediscovered films
Films set in Scotland
1910s historical drama films
American historical drama films
1917 drama films
Rediscovered American films
1910s American films
Silent American drama films
Silent adventure films
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