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Film, Video Woman in black

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Title

  • Woman in black

Summary

  • "Mary, a young gypsy girl, is seduced by the immoral Robert Crane and abandoned. She is exiled from the gypsies and, along with her mother Zenda, known as "The Woman in Black," she vows revenge. Meanwhile, Crane blackmails Stella Everett's father into forcing her to marry him, even though she loves Frank Mansfield, Crane's rival for a congressional seat. Frank wins, but Stella still faces the prospect of marriage to Crane until Zenda comes to her with a plan. On their wedding day, after the vows are recited, Crane lifts the veil from his wife's face and discovers that his bride is actually Mary. Now Stella and Frank are free to marry, and Zenda has gained her revenge"--AFI catalog.

Names

  • Marston, Lawrence, direction
  • Gaudio, Tony, 1885-1951, camera
  • Barrymore, Lionel, 1878-1954, cast
  • Hale, Alan, 1892-1950, cast
  • Marston, Lawrence, Mrs., cast
  • Newton, Marie, 1897- cast
  • Evans, Millicent, cast
  • Mailes, Charles H. (Charles Hill), 1870-1937, cast
  • Sarno, Hector V. (Hector Vincenzo), 1880-1953, cast
  • Drumier, Jack, -1929, cast
  • Evans, Frank (Actor) cast
  • Donnelly, H. Grattan (Henry Grattan), 1850-1931
  • Biograph Company
  • Klaw & Erlanger
  • General Film Company
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : General Film Company, 1914.

Headings

  • -  Betrayal--Drama
  • -  Revenge--Drama
  • -  Mothers and daughters--Drama
  • -  Political campaigns--Drama
  • -  Forced marriage--Drama

Genre

  • Melodramas (Motion pictures)
  • Silent films
  • Short films
  • Fiction films

Notes

  • -  LP3245 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: Klaw & Erlanger (Protective Amusement Co., author); 5Aug14; LP3245
  • -  Camera, Tony G. Gaudio.
  • -  Lionel Barrymore, Alan Hale, Mrs. Lawrence Marston, Marie Newton, Millicent Evans, Charles Hill Mailes, Hector V. Sarno, Jack Drumier, Frank Evans.
  • -  Based on the play, The woman in black by H. Grattan Donnelly.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 2886) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
  • -  Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
  • -  According to the AFI catalog, this film was also released in a five reel version in 1916.
  • -  Not viewed.
  • -  Sources used: Niver, K. Early motion pictures, 1985, p. 369; AFI catalog, viewed online July 27, 2012; Internet movie database WWW site, viewed July 27, 2012.
  • -  Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.

Medium

  • viewing print. 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 35 min., 1,257 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic. 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 35 min., 1,257 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • paper pos. 3 rolls (ca. 3,150 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos (copy 2) 3 rolls (ca. 3,150 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 5940 (viewing print)
  • FRA 2803 (dupe neg pic)
  • Box 0221A, Box 0222A, Box 0223A (paper pos)
  • Box 5593A, Box 5594A, Box 5595A (paper pos, copy 2)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2012600309

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Gaudio, Tony, Camera, Lionel Barrymore, Alan Hale, Lawrence Marston, Marie Newton, Millicent Evans, Charles H Mailes, et al. Woman in Black. directeds by Marston, Lawrenceection United States: General Film Company, 1914. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2012600309/.

APA citation style:

Gaudio, T., Barrymore, L., Hale, A., Marston, L., Newton, M., Evans, M. [...] Paper Print Collection. (1914) Woman in Black. Marston, L., dir United States: General Film Company. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2012600309/.

MLA citation style:

Gaudio, Tony, Camera, et al. Woman in Black. dir by Marston, Lawrenceection United States: General Film Company, 1914. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2012600309/>.