The Seven Sisters (film)

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The Seven Sisters
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Directed by Sidney Olcott
Based onSeven Sisters
by Edith Ellis Furness and Ferenc Herczeg
Produced by Daniel Frohman
Famous Players Film Company
Starring Madge Evans
Marguerite Clark
Conway Tearle
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • July 26, 1915 (1915-07-26)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

The Seven Sisters is a 1915 American silent romantic comedy directed by Sidney Olcott. Based on the 1911 ensemble play Seven Sisters by Edith Ellis Furness and Ferenc Herczeg, the film starred Madge Evans, Marguerite Clark, and Conway Tearle. [1] [2] The film is now presumed lost. [3] [4]

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References

  1. The Moving Picture World. Vol. 25. Chalmers Publishing Company. 1915. p. 1013.
  2. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Seven Sisters
  3. Nunn, Curtis (1981). Marguerite Clark, America's Darling of Broadway and the Silent Screen . TCU Press. p. VII. lost film.
  4. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Seven Sisters