The Crisis (1916 film)

The Crisis
Directed by Colin Campbell
Written by Colin Campbell (scenario)
Based on The Crisis 
by Winston Churchill
Starring George Fawcett
Matt B. Snyder
Marshall Neilan
Music by Michel Mowschine
Cinematography G. McKenzie
Distributed by Selig Polyscope Company
Release dates
  • December 1916
Running time
 100 mins.
Country United States
Language Silent
English intertitles

The Crisis is a 1916 American silent historical drama produced by William N. Selig and directed by Colin Campbell. The film is based on the American Civil War novel The Crisis by American novelist Winston Churchill.

A copy of this film is preserved at the Library of Congress.[1][2][3][4]

Cast

Reception

The Crisis sought to mine the success of 1915's The Birth of a Nation.[5] It was popular in theatres, but the United States' entry into World War I in April 1917 effectively ended interest in another Civil War film in light of the new war.[6]

Production notes

The production was shot in part in Mississippi and St. Louis, Missouri. Actor Matt B. Snyder was a real-life Civil War veteran having served in the Union Navy on the gunship USS Essex.

References

  1. ↑ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c.1988
  2. ↑ The Crisis at silentera.com
  3. ↑ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress by The American Film Institute, c.1978
  4. ↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Archive:The Crisis
  5. ↑ Reinhart, Mark S. Abraham Lincoln On Screen, p. 69-70 (2009)
  6. ↑ Erish, Andrew A. Col. William N. Selig, the Man Who Invented Hollywood, p. 142-46 (2012) (detailed discussion of the film and its reception)

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