Jane (1915 film)

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Jane
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Promotion in Moving Picture World , 1915
Directed by Frank Lloyd
Written by W.H. Lestocq(play)
Harry Nicholls(play)
Elliott J. Clawson
Frank Lloyd
Produced by Oliver Morosco
Starring Charlotte Greenwood
Sydney Grant
Music byGeorge W. Beynon
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • December 6, 1915 (1915-12-06)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent film(English intertitles)

Jane is a 1915 American silent film produced by the Oliver Morosco company and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based on a stage play Jane by W.H. Lestocq and Harry Nicholls. Frank Lloyd directed, early in his career, and up-and-coming stage comic Charlotte Greenwood debuts and stars in her first motion picture. This was Lloyd's second directed feature film after several years of making shorts. This film survives in the Library of Congress. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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References

  1. Jane at silentera.com database
  2. The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films:1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c.1988
  3. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog
  4. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, (<-book title) p.92 c.1978 by the American Film Institute