The Woman in White (1912 film)
| The Woman in White | |
|---|---|
 The engagement of Laura (Janet Salisbury) and Sir Percival (Charles Craig) | |
| Directed by | George Nichols |
| Screenplay by | George Edwardes Hall |
| Based on |
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins |
| Starring |
Janet Salisbury Charles Perley Charles Craig |
Production company | |
Release dates |
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Running time | Two reels |
| Country | United States |
The Woman in White is a 1912 American silent film based on the 1860 novel of the same name by Wilkie Collins, produced by the Gem Motion Picture Company. Like a second film adaptation of The Woman in White produced by the Thanhouser Company the same year, it is a lost film.
Production
Directed by George Nichols, The Woman in White was produced by Gem,[1]:183 a subsidiary of the newly formed Universal Film Manufacturing Company.[2] Released October 22, 1912, it is a lost film.[1]:208
The cast included Janet Salisbury[3] (Laura Fairlie and The Woman in White), Charles Perley (Walter),[4] Charles Craig (Percival), Alec Frank (Fosco) and Lyman Rabbe (Pesca). [1]:208 The story was adapted by George Edwardes Hall.[5]
Thanhouser Company production
Simutaneously, the Thanhouser Company was producing its own two-reel adaptation of The Woman in White, starring Marguerite Snow (Laura, Anne), James Cruze (Percival) and William Garwood (Walter). The screenplay was written by Lloyd F. Lonergan.[1]:208 Release dates were announced to the press and changed several times as the two companies competed for the first release. In the end, Thanhouser was able to deliver its film on October 20, 1912—two days before Gem.[1]:183–184 Like the Gem adaptation, the Thanhouser Company release is a lost film.[1]:183
Gallery
A summary of the plot of The Woman in White appeared in the November 1912 issue of The Motion Picture Story Magazine, accompanied by six still photographs from the Gem production. The photographs are captioned as they appear in the magazine.[5]
Walter Hartridge, Artist
The Engagement
The Conspiracy
The Wedding
The Abduction
The Death of Sir Percival
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Laird, Karen E. (2015). The Art of Adapting Victorian Literature, 1848–1920: Dramatizing Jane Eyre, David Copperfield, and The Woman in White. Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing. ISBN 9781472424396.
- ↑ "Studios". Fort Lee Film Commission. Retrieved 2016-08-08.
- ↑ "Janet Salisbury". BFI Film & TV Database. British Film Institute. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
- ↑ "Answers to Inquiries". The Motion Picture Story Magazine. January 1913. p. 142. Retrieved 2016-08-08.
- 1 2 "The Woman in White". The Motion Picture Story Magazine. November 1912. pp. 49–56. Retrieved 2016-08-08.
External links
- The Woman in White in The Motion Picture Story Magazine, November 1912 (pp. 49–56)
- The Woman in White filmography at Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History by Q. David Bowers
- The Woman in White at the Internet Movie Database (Gem Motion Picture Company)
- The Woman in White at the Internet Movie Database (Thanhouser Company)