The Boss (1915 film)

The Boss
Directed by	Emile Chautard
Based on	The Boss by Edward Sheldon
Produced by	William A. Brady
Starring	Holbrook Blinn Alice Brady
Cinematography	Lucien Tainguy
Distributed by	World Film Company
Release date	May 24, 1915 (1915-05-24)
Running time	5 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent film (English intertitles)

The Boss is a 1915 silent film produced by William A. Brady and released through his World Film Company. The film is based on a 1911 play by Edward Sheldon called The Boss. On stage it starred Holbrook Blinn and Emily Stevens. In this silent version Holbrook Blinn reprises his role from the Broadway play but Emily Stevens is replaced by Alice Brady, the daughter of producer William Brady. ^{[1] [2]} The Boss is considered a lost film. ^[3]

Cast

• Holbrook Blinn – Michael R. Regan
• Alice Brady – Emily Griswold
• William Marion – Archbishop Sullivan
• Charles S. Abbe – James D. Griswold
• Bert Starkey – Porkey McCoy
• Frederick Truesdell – Scanlan
• Julia Stuart – Mrs. Regan
• Douglas MacLean – Regan's Secretary, Robert (*as Douglas McLean)
• R. B. Mantell Jr. – Regan's Butler, Gates

References

1. The Boss at silentera.com
2. The Boss as produced on Broadway at the Astor Theatre, January 30, 1911 to April 1911, 88 performances; IBDb.com
3. The Boss at IMDb

External links

• The Boss at IMDb
• Lawrence, Elwell (July 1915). "The Boss". Photoplay . VIII (2). Chicago, Ill: Photoplay Publishing Co.: 140ff. Retrieved December 26, 2013.