A Sister of Six (1916 film)

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A Sister of Six
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Directed by Chester M. Franklin
Sidney Franklin
Written by Bernard McConville
Starring Bessie Love
Cinematography David Abel
Production
company
Distributed by Triangle Film Corporation
Release date
  • October 29, 1916 (1916-10-29)(U.S.)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited States
Languages Silent
English intertitles

A Sister of Six is a 1916 American silent Western film produced by the Fine Arts Film Company and distributed by Triangle Film Corporation. The film was directed by brothers Chester M. and Sidney Franklin. [1] [2] This was Bessie Love's first starring role. [3]

Contents

Incomplete home-movie condensation of A Sister of Six with German titles.

The film is considered lost, as only a fragment survives. [4]

Production

The hacienda set was built on the Lasky Ranch. [5]

Rehearsals for the film commenced on August 4, 1916. [5]

Plot

In 1860, Prudence (Love) and her six siblings are orphaned when their father is killed by bandits. Prudence becomes a surrogate mother to them, and moves the family from Southern California to New England to live with an old sailor uncle. When they learn that gold was discovered on their land in California, they all return to claim the gold by fighting the bandits who have taken over their land. [3] [6] [7] [8]

Cast

Release and reception

On its release, it was shown with a Mack Sennett/Keystone comedy. [9] [10]

The film received generally positive reviews. The performances, especially those of the child actors, were praised as well. [11] [12] Despite positive reviews for Bessie Love's performance, [13] it was noted that she was not yet a box office draw. [11] [14]

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References

  1. ↑ Bennett, Carl (April 1, 2012). "Progressive Silent Film List: A Sister of Six". Silent Era.
  2. ↑ Hanson, Patricia King, ed. (1988). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films 1911–1920. Berkeley, California: University of California Press. ISBN   978-0-520-06301-3.
  3. 1 2 Slide, Anthony (September 12, 2010). Silent Players: A Biographical and Autobiographical Study of 100 Silent Film Actors and Actresses. University Press of Kentucky. p. 176. ISBN   978-0-8131-2708-8.
  4. ↑ "Sister of Six". Wikimedia Commons. October 29, 1916.
  5. 1 2 Love, Bessie (March 30, 1965). "Period: Early Hollywood". The Christian Science Monitor . p. 8.
  6. ↑ Kennedy, Thomas C. (October 21, 1916). "Current Releases Reviewed". Motography. Vol. 16, no. 17. pp. 937–8.
  7. ↑ "Reviews of Current Productions". The Moving Picture World. October 21, 1916. p. 379.
  8. ↑ "Triangle Releases for October 29th". The Moving Picture World. October 21, 1916. p. 409.
  9. ↑ "A Sister of Six (Triangle, 1916)". Heritage Auctions. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  10. ↑ McQuade, Jas S. (November 11, 1916). "Chicago News Letter". The Moving Picture World. Vol. 30, no. 6. p. 832.
  11. 1 2 Burke, Frank W. (December 23, 1916). "What the Picture Did for Me". Motography. Vol. 16, no. 26. p. 1360.
  12. ↑ Trinz, S. (November 4, 1916). "What the Picture Did for Me". Motography. Vol. 16, no. 19. p. 1003.
  13. ↑ Von Harleman, G. P. (December 30, 1916). "News of Los Angeles and Vicinity". The Moving Picture World. Vol. 30, no. 13. p. 1948.
  14. ↑ Saxe, Martin (November 18, 1916). "What the Picture Did for Me". Motography. Vol. 16, no. 21. p. 1110.
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