The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England

The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England
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Directed by	Maurice Tourneur
Produced by	William A. Brady Shubert family
Written by	Maurice Tourneur (scenario)
Based on	The Wishing Ring by Owen Davis
Starring	Vivian Martin
Cinematography	John van den Broek
Distributed by	World Film Company
Release dates	November 9, 1914 (1914-11-09)
Running time	54 mins.
Country	United States
Language	Silent English intertitles

The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England is a 1914 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Vivian Martin. Based on the 1910 play of the same name by Owen Davis that ran on Broadway starring Marguerite Clark,^[1]^[2] the film was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey by the World Film Corporation.^[3]

The film was thought to have been lost but a 16mm print of the film was rediscovered by film historian Kevin Brownlow in England.^[4] In 2012, the National Film Registry selected the film for preservation.^[5]

Cast

Vivian Martin - Sally, The parson's daughter
Alec B. Francis - The Earl of Bateson
Chester Barnett - The Earl's Son Giles
Gyp Williams - The Orphan
Simeon Wiltsie - The Parson
Walter Morton - Mr. Annesley
Johnny Hines - Jolly Boy (billed John Hines)
Rose Melville - Sis Hopkins
Frederick Truesdell
Holbrook Blinn
James Young

References

↑ The Wishing Ring at silentera.com database
↑ Soister, John T. (2012). American Silent Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Feature Films, 1913-1929. McFarland. p. 329. ISBN 0-786-48790-9.
↑ Fort Lee: Birthplace of the Motion Picture Industry. Arcadia Publishing. 2006. p. 78. ISBN 0-738-54501-5.
↑ "2012 National Film Registry". cbsnews.com. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
↑ King, Susan (December 19, 2012). "National Film Registry selects 25 films for preservation". Los Angeles Times.

External links

Films directed by Maurice Tourneur

1910s	Jean la Poudre (1912) Mother (1914) The Man of the Hour (1914) The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England (1914) The Pit (1914) Alias Jimmy Valentine (1915) Trilby (1915) The Cub (1915) The Ivory Snuff Box (1915) The Butterfly on the Wheel (1915) The Pawn of Fate (1915) The Hand of Peril (1916) The Closed Road (1916) The Velvet Paw (1916) The Rail Rider (1916) A Girl's Folly (1916) The Whip (1917) The Undying Flame (1917) Exile (1917) The Law of the Land (1917) The Pride of the Clan (1917) The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917) Barbary Sheep (1917) The Rise of Jennie Cushing (1917) Rose of the World (1917) The Blue Bird (1918) Prunella (1918) A Doll's House (1918) The Sporting Life (1918) Woman (1918) My Lady's Garter (1919) The White Heather (1919) The Life Line (1919) Victory (1919) The Broken Butterfly (1919)

1920s	The County Fair (1920) The Great Redeemer (1920) While Paris Sleeps (1920) Treasure Island (1920) The White Circle (1920) Deep Waters (1920) The Last of the Mohicans (1920) The Bait (1921) Foolish Matrons (1921) Lorna Doone (1922) The Brass Bottle (1923) The Christian (1923) The Isle of Lost Ships (1923) Jealous Husbands (1923) Torment (1924) The White Moth (1924) The Sporting Life (1925) Never the Twain Shall Meet (1925) Aloma of the South Seas (1926) Old Loves and New (1926)

1930s	Accusée, levez-vous! (1930) Les Gaietés de l'escadron (1932) L'Homme mystérieux (1933) Justin de Marseille (1934) Le Voleur (1934) Koenigsmark (1935) Samson (1936) With a Smile (1936) The Patriot (1938) Katia (1938)

1940s	Volpone (1941) La Min du diable (1943) Cécile est morte (1944) Après l'amour (1948)