Polly of the Circus (1917 film)
| Polly of the Circus | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by |
Charles T. Horan Edwin L. Hollywood |
| Produced by | Samuel Goldwyn |
| Written by |
Margaret Mayo(play:Polly of the Circus) Adrian Gil-Spear(scenario) Emmett Campbell Hall(scenario) |
| Starring | Mae Marsh |
| Cinematography | George W. Hill |
| Distributed by | Goldwyn Pictures |
Release dates | September 9, 1917 |
Running time | 8 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent |
Polly of the Circus is a 1917 silent film drama notable as the first film produced by Samuel Goldwyn after founding his studio Goldwyn Pictures. This film starred Mae Marsh, usually an actress for D.W. Griffith, but now under contract to Goldwyn for a series of films. The film was based on a 1907 Broadway play by Margaret Mayo which starred Mabel Taliaferro.[1] Presumably when MGM remade the film in 1932 with Marion Davies, they still owned the screen rights inherited from the 1924 merger by Marcus Lowe of Metro, Goldwyn, Louis B. Mayer studios. [2]
The film was once thought to be lost. However, a copy of it was found amid a collection of silent films buried in permafrost in Dawson City, Yukon in 1978.[3] The Public Archives of Canada/Dawson City Collection possesses a print of this example of an early Goldwyn feature.[4]
This film marks the first appearance of Slats, the lion mascot of Goldwyn Pictures and (after the company's 1924 merger) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.[5]
Cast
- Mae Marsh - Polly
- Vernon Steele - John Douglas the Minister
- Charles Eldridge - Toby the Clown
- Wellington A. Playter - Big Jim, Boss Canvasman
- George S. Trimble - Barker and owner of the show
- Lucille La Verne - Mandy
- Dick Lee - Hasty, her lesser half
- Charles Riegel - Deacon Strong
- Lucille Southerwaite - The Deacon's Daughter (*as Lucille Satterthwaite)
- Jack B. Hollis - Deacon Elverson
- Helen Sallinger - Mrs. Elverson
- Isabel Vernon - Sallie
- Viola Compton - Jane, the widow
- John Carr - Jim
- Stephen Carr - John
DVD release
Polly of the Circus was released on Region 0 DVD-R by Alpha Video on January 28, 2014.[6] A DVD release of Polly of the Circus from Warner Archive Collection has yet to be announced.
References
- ↑ Polly of the Circus as produced on Broadway at the Liberty Theatre, Dec. 23, 1907, 160 performances; IBDb.com
- ↑ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c.1988
- ↑ Slide, Anthony. Nitrate Won't Wait: A History of Film Preservation in the United States 2000, p. 99. ISBN 0-7864-0836-7
- ↑ "Motion Pictures in the Library of Congress". Library of Congress. Retrieved December 19, 2013.
- ↑ "MGM Lyin'". Snopes.com. Retrieved December 19, 2013.
- ↑ "Alpha Video - Polly of the Circus". Retrieved 2014-01-30.
External links
- Polly of the Circus at IMDb.com
- Polly of the Circus; allmovie/ synopsis
- still of Mae Marsh and Vernon Steele from the film(Univ. of Washington/Sayre collection)