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Directed by | George Melford |
Screenplay by | Margaret Turnbull |
Based on | To Have and to Hold by Mary Johnston |
Produced by | Jesse Lasky |
Starring | Mae Murray Wallace Reid |
Cinematography | Percy Hilburn (French) |
Distributed by | Famous Players–Lasky Corporation Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent English intertitles |
To Have and to Hold is a 1916 American silent adventure/drama film directed by George Melford. Based on the 1899 novel of the same name, the film starred Wallace Reid and Mae Murray in her film debut.
The film is based on a novel by Mary Johnston which was turned into a play in 1901 by E. F. Boddington. The Broadway version starred Isabel Irving and Robert Loraine in the lead roles. Also in this play was a 20-year-old actor and aspiring playwright named Cecil B. DeMille.
The film is identified as lost by IMDb.
Cast
- Mae Murray – Lady Jocelyn
- Wallace Reid – Captain Ralph Percy
- Tom Forman – Lord Carnal
- Ronald Bradbury – Jeremy Sparrow
- Raymond Hatton – Nicolo
- James Neill – George Yeardley
- Lucien Littlefield – King James I
- Bob Fleming – Red Gill
- Camille Astor – Patience Worth
Other adaptations
In 1922, a second version was released once again by Paramount Pictures. It starred Bert Lytell and Betty Compson, and is also considered lost.
See also
References
- "Mae Murray In Lasky's "To Have and To Hold"". The Moving Picture World. 27. World Photographic Publishing Company: 447. 1916.
- To Have and to Hold produced at the Knickerbocker Theatre, March 4, 1901 to April 1901; 40 performances; IBDb.com
- To Have and to Hold at IMDb
External links
- To Have and to Hold at IMDb
- To Have and to Hold at AllMovie
- To Have and to Hold at the silentera.com database
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- 1916 films
- 1916 adventure films
- 1916 drama films
- 1916 lost films
- 1910s adventure drama films
- 1910s American films
- 1910s English-language films
- 1910s historical adventure films
- American black-and-white films
- American historical adventure films
- American silent feature films
- Cultural depictions of James VI and I
- English-language adventure drama films
- English-language historical adventure films
- Famous Players-Lasky films
- Films based on American novels
- Films directed by George Melford
- Films set in the 1620s
- Films set in the Thirteen Colonies
- Lost American adventure drama films
- Paramount Pictures films
- Silent adventure drama films
- Silent American drama films
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