Caprice (1913 film)

Caprice
Scene from the film.
Directed by	J. Searle Dawley
Based on	play by Howard P. Taylor
Produced by	Adolph Zukor Daniel Frohman
Starring	Mary Pickford Owen Moore
Cinematography	H. Lyman Broening
Production company	Famous Players Film Company
Distributed by	Famous Players Film Company (State's Rights)
Release date	November 10, 1913 (1913-11-10)
Running time	4 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Caprice is a 1913 American silent film directed by J. Searle Dawley and starring Mary Pickford. Daniel Frohman and Adolph Zukor produced the film for Famous Players Film Company. ^[1] It is now lost. ^{[2] [3]}

Background

A young Minnie Maddern Fiske performed the story on stage in the 1880s, one of her earliest successes as an adult actress. The film adaptation provided Pickford with the opportunity to demonstrate her dramatic range beyond her popular screen persona.

Production

Though Zukor helped finance the film, it was distributed through an arrangement with State's Rights primarily because Paramount Pictures did not yet exist.

Cast

• Mary Pickford as Mercy Baxter
• Owen Moore as Jack Henderson
• Ernest Truex as Wally Henderson
• Ogden Crane as Jim Baxter
• James Gordon as Mr. Henderson
• Boots Wall as Edith Henderson
• Louise Huff (uncredited)
• Howard Missimer (uncredited)
• John Steppling (uncredited)

References

1. Caprice at IMDb
2. The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films 1911–20. The American Film Institute. 1988.
3. "Caprice (1913)". Silent Era.

External links

• Caprice at IMDb
• Caprice at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
• Caprice at Silent Era
• Lobby card at Women Film Pioneers Project (archived)
• Lantern slide at Mary Pickford Foundation