The Deep Purple | |
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Directed by | James Young |
Produced by | Peerless Productions |
Starring | Clara Kimball Young Milton Sills |
Cinematography | Arthur Edeson |
Distributed by | World Film Corporation |
Release dates |
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Running time | 5 reels |
Country | USA |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Deep Purple is a lost 1915 film directed by James Young. The film stars Clara Kimball Young and Milton Sills, and was remade in 1920 again titled The Deep Purple by director Raoul Walsh.
The film is based on a 1910 play, written by Paul Armstrong and Wilson Mizner, produced on Broadway in 1911, starring Richard Bennett.
This is the first film of actress Esther Ralston, then 13 years old, who has a bit role.
Cast
- Clara Kimball Young - Doris Moore
- Edward Kimball - Rev. William Moore
- Milton Sills - William Lake
- Mae Hopkins - Ruth Lake
- Mrs. E.M. Kimball - Mrs. Lake
- William J. Ferguson - 'Pop' Clark
- Grace Aylesworth - 'Fresno' Kate Fallon
- Crauford Kent - Harry Leland
- Frederick Truesdell - Inspector Bruce
- DeWitt Jennings - Gordon Laylock
- Walter Craven - Pat Connelly
unbilled cast
- Esther Ralston - Bit, Angel
- Bert Starkey - Bit
References
- The Clara Kimball Young Page: The Deep Purple; by Greta de Groat
- The Deep Purple at silentera.com
- The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Deep Purple
- "Amusements". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, New York. September 27, 1910. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
- "New Play Of Crooks Seen At The Lyric". The New York Times. New York, New York. January 10, 1911. p. 4 – via NYTimes.com.
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- 1915 drama films
- Silent American drama films
- American black-and-white films
- World Film Company films
- Lost American drama films
- 1915 lost films
- English-language drama films
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