''A Lady of Quality'' is a lost 1913 silent film drama directed by

J. Searle Dawley James Searle Dawley (October 4, 1877 – March 30, 1949) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, stage actor, and playwright. Between 1907 and the mid-1920s, while working for Edison, Rex Motion Picture Company, Famous Playe ...

and starring stage actress Cissy Loftus. The film was produced by

Daniel Frohman Daniel Frohman (August 22, 1851 – December 26, 1940) was an American theatrical producer and manager, and an early film producer. Biography Frohman was born to a Jewish family in Sandusky, Ohio. His parents were Henry (1826–1899) and Ba ...

and

Adolph Zukor Adolph Zukor (; ; January 7, 1873 – June 10, 1976) was a Hungarian-American film producer best known as one of the three founders of Paramount Pictures.Obituary ''Variety Obituaries, Variety'' (June 16, 1976), p. 76. He produced one of Ameri ...

, and it is based on the 1896 novel '' A Lady of Quality'' by

Frances Hodgson Burnett Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett (24 November 1849 – 29 October 1924) was a British-American novelist and playwright. She is best known for the three children's novels ''Little Lord Fauntleroy'' (1886), ''A Little Princess'' (1905), a ...

. It was among the first of Zukor's feature-length productions.

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Cecilia Loftus Cecilia Loftus (born Marie Cecilia Loftus Brown; 22 October 1876 – 12 July 1943) was a Scottish actress, singer, mimic, vaudevillian, and music hall performer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Early life Loftus was born in Glasgow, ...

- Clorinda Wildairs * House Peters - The Duke of Osmonde * Peter Lang - Sir Jeoffrey Wildairs * Hal Clarendon - Sir John Oxen * Geraldine O'Brien - Sister Anne *Roy Pilcher - Earl of Dunstandwolde (*as Roy Pilser) *David Wall - Lord Eldershawe (*as Dave Wall) *

Alexander Gaden Alexander Gaden (February 20, 1872, Newfoundland - January 14, 1958 Cook County, Chicago) was a silent film actor. He starred in 32 films between 1912 and 1923. He was often seen in early efforts by Adolph Zukor's fledgling Famous Players Film C ...

- Lord Twemlow *Henrietta Goodman - Peasant Girl *Edna May Weick - Clorinda, age 7 (*as Edna Weick)

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1913 films American silent feature films Lost American drama films Films based on American novels Films based on British novels American films based on plays Films based on works by Frances Hodgson Burnett Films directed by J. Searle Dawley Famous Players-Lasky films Silent American drama films 1913 drama films Films based on multiple works American black-and-white films 1913 lost films 1910s American films 1910s English-language films Lost silent American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub

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