Lydia Gilmore

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Lydia Gilmore
Directed by Hugh Ford
Edwin S. Porter
Screenplay byHugh Ford
Henry Arthur Jones
Produced by Daniel Frohman
Starring Pauline Frederick
Vincent Serrano
Thomas Holding
Robert Cain
Helen Lutrell
Jack Curtis
Production
company
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • December 26, 1915 (1915-12-26)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Lydia Gilmore is a 1915 American drama silent film directed by Hugh Ford and Edwin S. Porter and written by Hugh Ford and Henry Arthur Jones. The film stars Pauline Frederick, Vincent Serrano, Thomas Holding, Robert Cain, Helen Lutrell and Jack Curtis. The film was released on December 26, 1915, by Paramount Pictures. [1] [2]

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Plot

Cast

Reception

George Blaisdell of The Moving Picture World called the film a "splendid type of finished photoplay" and wrote that the "steady interest of the story itself is enhanced by the work of the cast as well as of the directors." [3] Thomas C. Kennedy of Motography wrote that Porter and Ford "have procured the maximum of dramatic effect out of fine material." He opined that the "dramatic situations are not forced and are arrived at convincingly" and praised the setting and the cinematography. [4] William Ressman Andrews of Motion Picture News praised Frederick's performance and the cinematography. [5]

See also

References

  1. "Lydia Gilmore". AFI. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  2. "Lydia Gilmore (1915) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  3. Blaisdell, George (1 January 1916). ""Lydia Gilmore"". The Moving Picture World . Retrieved 18 March 2025.
  4. Kennedy, Thomas C. (January 1916). ""Lydia Gilmore"". Motography . Retrieved 18 March 2025.
  5. Andrews, William Ressman (January 1916). ""LYDIA GILMORE"". Motion Picture News . Retrieved 18 March 2025.