| Blue Water | |
|---|---|
 Snippet of the film from a newspaper | |
| Directed by | David Hartford |
| Written by |
Faith Green Frederick William Wallace (novel) |
| Produced by | Ernest Shipman |
| Cinematography | Walter L. Griffin |
Production company | New Brunswick Films |
| Distributed by | Ernest Shipman Films |
Release date | 16 April 1924 |
| Country | Canada |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Blue Water is a lost 1924 Canadian silent film directed by David Hartford and starring Pierre Gendron, Jane Thomas, and Norma Shearer. It is the last feature produced by Ernest Shipman, and is the Montreal-born, future MGM star Shearer's only Canadian film. It had a commercial release in Saint John, New Brunswick, where it was shot, but no print is known to exist. [1] [2] The film failed to succeed commercially, marking Shipman's decline in success until his death in 1931. [3] Without being distributed, the film was stored in a New York vault. [4]
The film has no surviving copies, [5] making it a lost film. [6]
Cast
- Pierre Gendron as Jimmie Westhaver
- Jane Thomas as Carrie
- Norma Shearer as Lillian Denton
- John Webb Dillon
- Harlan Knight
- Louis Darclay
References
- ^ Morris, Peter (1978). Embattled Shadows: A History of Canadian Cinema 1895-1939. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press. p. 120. ISBN 0-7735-0323-4.
- ^ Jacobs & Braum p.80
- ^ Soucoup, Dan (28 October 2000). "Blue Water: New Brunswicks first feature film". Times & Transcript. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
- ^ "Ernest Shipman". nble.lib.unb.ca. NBLE. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
- ^ Eaton, Margaret Patricia (9 July 2009). "Take a break with a good author this summer; 1st Annual Atlantic Author Day celebrates who we are". Here. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
- ^ Webb, Steven (11 September 2022). "Lost to history, Saint John's silent movie is barely a memory a century later". Retrieved 22 August 2023.
Bibliography
- Jack Jacobs & Myron Braum. The films of Norma Shearer. A. S. Barnes, 1976.
External links
- Blue Water at IMDb
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