''Pennington's Choice'' is a 1915 American silent

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by William Bowman and starring Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne a popular film acting team of the era. It was distributed by

Metro Pictures Metro Pictures Corporation was a motion picture production company founded in early 1915 in Jacksonville, Florida. It was a forerunner of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The company produced its films in New York, Los Angeles, and sometimes at leased f ...

. In audio recordings made in the early 1960s, Bushman talks about the making of and success of this film. A copy donated by the MGM survives at

George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection The George Eastman Museum Motion Picture Collection in Rochester, New York comprises about 28,000 titles, including features, shorts, documentaries, newsreels, and experimental moving images. The collection is renowned for its holdings of silent f ...

Rochester New York.

Cast

* Francis X. Bushman as Robert Pennington *

Wellington Playter Wellington A. Playter (9 December 1879 – 15 July 1937) was an English actor. He appeared in 43 films between 1913 and 1921. Selected filmography ''(Note:* means that he was credited as Wellington Playter)'' * '' The Daughter of the Hills' ...

as Jules Blondeau *H. O'Dell as Louis Blondeau *William Farris as Roland Blondeau * Beverly Bayne as Eugenia Blondeau / Marie Blondeau * Helen Dunbar as Mrs. Allison * Lester Cuneo as Jean *Morris Cytron as Pierre * Jim Jeffries as Himself (credited as J.J. Jeffries) *

Gibson Gowland Gibson Gowland (4 January 1877 – 9 September 1951) was an English film actor. Biography Gowland was born in Spennymoor, County Durham. He started work as a sailor and later became the mate on a ship. For several years from the age of 25 ...

as Mountain Man (uncredited) *

Arthur Housman Arthur Housman (October 10, 1889 – April 8, 1942) was an American actor in films during both the silent film era and the Golden Age of Hollywood. Career Arthur Housman was one of the first screen comedians known to the public by name, and on ...

as Mountain Man (uncredited)

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* * 1915 films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Silent American drama films 1915 drama films Metro Pictures films Films directed by William Bowman 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub