The Shadows of a Great City is an 1884 American play by Herbert Blaché and Aaron Hoffman.
Herbert Blaché was a British-born American film director, producer and screenwriter, born of a French mother. He directed 56 films between 1912 and 1929.
Aaron Hoffman was an American writer and lyricist, whose work was in wide use among vaudeville comedians. He wrote material for numerous performers, including Lew Dockstader and Weber and Fields.
The film was turned into a 1913 British silent film Shadows of a Great City directed by Frank Wilson. In 1915 an American silent version The Shadows of a Great City was made, directed by Blaché himself. [1]
Shadows of a Great City is a 1913 British silent crime film directed by Frank Wilson and starring Alec Worcester, Chrissie White and Harry Royston. It is an adaptation of the 1884 play The Shadows of a Great City by Herbert Blaché and Aaron Hoffman. An American film adaptation was made two years later.
Frank Wilson was a British actor, writer and film director. Wilson was a prolific director during the silent era, shooting well over 200 shorts and feature films. He worked at the pioneering Hepworth Pictures in Walton Studios and later at Broadwest of Walthamstow Studios.
Alice Guy-Blaché was a French pioneer filmmaker, active from the late 19th century, and one of the first to make a narrative fiction film. From 1896 to 1906 she was probably the only female filmmaker in the world. She experimented with Gaumont's Chronophone sound syncing system, color tinting, interracial casting, and special effects. She was a founder and artistic director of the Solax Studios in Flushing, New York, in 1908. In 1912 Solax invested $100,000 for a new studio in Fort Lee, New Jersey, the center of American filmmaking prior to the establishment of Hollywood. That same year she made the film A Fool and His Money, with a cast of only African-American actors. The film is now at the National Center for Film and Video Preservation at the American Film Institute.
Solax Studios was an American motion picture studio founded in 1910 by executives from the Gaumont Film Company of France. Alice Guy-Blaché, her husband Herbert, and a third partner, George A. Magie, established the Solax Company.
Falling Leaves is a 1912 American silent short film by Alice Guy-Blaché, produced at Solax Studios. Starring Solax stock actors, the story concerns a child's earnest effort to keep her dying sister alive by naive means.
A Tale of Two Cities is a 1917 American silent historical drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring William Farnum, Jewel Carmen, and Charles Clary. The film is based on Charles Dickens' novel of the same name, which has been filmed a number of times.
David Garrick is a 1916 American silent historical film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Dustin Farnum, Winifred Kingston and Herbert Standing. The film was based on Thomas William Robertson's play of the same name, which portrayed the life of the eighteenth century British actor David Garrick. It was one of several film versions of the play made during the silent era.
The Great Adventure, also known as Her Great Adventure and Spring of the Year, is a 1918 silent film directed by Alice Guy-Blaché, and starring Bessie Love.
Roger la Honte or A Man's Shadow is a 1913 French silent historical drama film directed by Adrien Caillard and starring Georges Dorival, Paul Capellani and Henri Collen. It is an adaption of the novel of the same title by Jules Mary, which has been filmed a further four times since.
Alec Worcester (1887–1952) was a British stage and silent film actor. He played the lead role opposite Alma Taylor in The Cloister and the Hearth and was the lead in fifty shorts. He was married to the actress Violet Hopson until their divorce in 1919.
Harry Royston was a British stage and film actor. He appeared in more than sixty short and feature films during the silent era including Lady Jennifer.
The Shadows of a Great City may refer to:
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Diomira Jacobini was an Italian film actress of the silent era. She was the younger sister of actress Maria Jacobini.
Enticement is a lost 1925 American silent drama film directed by George Archainbaud and starring Mary Astor, Clive Brook and Ian Keith.
(For the 1930 early talkie remake see The Silver Horde )
The Man Who Stayed at Home is a 1919 American silent adventure drama film directed by Herbert Blaché and starring King Baggot, Claire Whitney. It was based on the play The Man Who Stayed at Home by J. E. Harold Terry and Lechmere Worrall.
Tarnished Reputations is a 1920 American silent adventure drama film directed by Herbert Blache, Alice Guy-Blaché, and Léonce Perret and starring Dolores Cassinelli, Alan Roscoe, and Georges Deneubourg. It is presumed to be a lost film.
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