| The College Widow | |
|---|---|
 Scene from film | |
| Directed by | Barry O'Neil |
| Based on |
The College Widow by George Ade |
| Produced by | Sigmund Lubin |
| Starring | Ethel Clayton |
| Cinematography | Fred Chaston |
| Distributed by | Lubin Manufacturing Company |
Release date |
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Running time | 6 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English titles) |
The College Widow is a 1915 silent film starring Ethel Clayton. [1] It's the first filming of George Ade's 1904 campus comedy play of the same name performed on Broadway that year. The film was made by the Lubin Company in Pennsylvania and is now lost. [2] [3] [4]
Later films of this story are The College Widow (1927), Maybe It's Love (1930) and Freshman Love (1936).
Cast
- Ethel Clayton – Jane Witherspoon
- George Soule Spencer – Billy Bolton
- Charles Brandt – Dr. Witherspoon
- Edith Ritchie – Mrs. Dalzelle
- Ferdinand Tidmarsh – Jack Larrabee
- Howard Missimer – Matty McGowan
- Clarence Elmer – Stub Talmadge
- Peter Lang – Hiram Bolton
- George Clarke – Silent Murphy
- Joseph Kaufman – Tom Pierson
References
- ^ AFI Catalog:The College Widow
- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Great Divide
- ^ Condon, Mabel (22 May 1915). Lubin's "The College Widow" (review), Motography, pp. 829–30
- ^ (17 April 1915). "The College Widow" (review), Motion Picture News, p. 67
External links
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Categories:
- 1915 films
- American silent feature films
- American films based on plays
- Lost American comedy-drama films
- American football films
- 1910s English-language films
- 1915 comedy-drama films
- American black-and-white films
- Lubin Manufacturing Company films
- 1915 lost films
- English-language comedy-drama films
- Films directed by Barry O'Neil
- 1910s American films
- Silent American comedy-drama films
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