| Esmerelda | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | James Kirkwood |
| Produced by | Adolph Zukor Daniel Frohman |
| Written by | Frances Hodgson Burnett(story/play) |
| Cinematography | Emmett A. Williams |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | September 6, 1915 |
| Running time | 4-5 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent film(English intertitles) |
Esmerelda; sometimes Esmeralda is a 1915 silent film starring Mary Pickford and directed by James Kirkwood. It was produced by Adolph Zukor and stage impresario Daniel Frohman. As with the previous Pickford vehicles Caprice, Mistress Nell and The Dawn of a Tomorrow, Esmerelda is based on a short story and stage play Esmerelda written by Frances Hodgson Burnett and William Gillette and produced in the 1880s. The play was acted by Annie Russell and later Viola Allen both teenagers at the time, who later became well known adult theater actresses. The film is today lost.[1]