''The Dancer's Peril'' is a 1917 American silent

romance film Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their ...

directed by

Travers Vale Travers Edmund Vale, born Solomon Flohm, was an English-born silent film film director, director. Raised primarily in Victoria (state), Victoria, Australia, he worked as a photographer, playwright and theatre manager there and in New Zealand pri ...

and starring

Alice Brady Alice Brady (born Mary Rose Brady; November 2, 1892 – October 28, 1939) was an American actress of stage and film. She began her career in the theatre in 1911, and her first important success came on Broadway in 1912 when she created the rol ...

, Philip Hahn and Harry Benham. Its plotline features the

Ballets Russes The Ballets Russes () was an itinerant ballet company begun in Paris that performed between 1909 and 1929 throughout Europe and on tours to North and South America. The company never performed in Russia, where the Russian Revolution, Revolution ...

, then appearing in a show by the

Shubert Brothers The Shubert family was responsible for the establishment of Broadway theaters in New York City's Theater District, as the hub of the theatre industry in the United States. Through the Shubert Organization, founded by brothers Lee, Sam, and Jac ...

, major backers of World Film.Koszarski p.66 The film still survives, unlike many others from the era.

Cast

as Mother / Daughter * Philip Hahn as Grand Duke Alexis * Harry Benham as Richard Moraino *

Montagu Love Montagu Love (15 March 1877 – 17 May 1943) was an English screen, stage and vaudeville actor. Early years Born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, Love was the son of Harry Love and Fanny Louisa Love, née Poad; his father was listed as accountant ...

as Michael Pavloff * Alexis Kosloff as Nicholas * Augusta Burmeister as Marta Antonovitch * Louis R. Grisel as Marta's Husband * Jack Drumier as Lamoraux *

Johnny Hines John F. Hines (July 25, 1895 – October 24, 1970) was an American actor who had numerous film roles during the silent era, including many starring ones. He appeared in more than 50 films and numerous film shorts. But he did not succeed in t ...

as Ivan *

Sidney D'Albrook Sidney D'Albrook (May 3, 1886 – May 30, 1948) was an American actor. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, a son of Harry Dahlbruck, a musician, and Jennie McGuire. He was working as an actor in Davenport, Iowa, in 1910, living with his sister Rut ...

as Boris

References

Bibliography

* Richard Koszarski. ''An Evening's Entertainment: The Age of the Silent Feature Picture, 1915-1928''. University of California Press, 1994.

External links

* 1917 films 1917 drama films American silent feature films Films directed by Travers Vale American black-and-white films World Film Company films Films shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey 1910s English-language films 1910s American films Silent American drama films English-language romance films {{1910s-romance-film-stub