''Lydia Gilmore'' is a 1915 American

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directed by Hugh Ford and Edwin S. Porter and written by Hugh Ford and Henry Arthur Jones. The film stars

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, Vincent Serrano, Thomas Holding, Robert Cain, Helen Lutrell and Jack Curtis. The film was released on December 26, 1915, by

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as Lydia Gilmore * Vincent Serrano as Dr. Gilmore * Thomas Holding as Ralph Benham *Robert Cain as Mr. Stracey *Helen Lutrell as Mrs. Stracey * Jack Curtis as Master Ned Gilmore *M.W. Rale as Detective

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George Blaisdell of ''

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'' called the film a "splendid type of finished photoplay" and wrote that the "steady interest of the story itself is enhanced by the work of the cast as well as of the directors." Thomas C. Kennedy of ''

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'' wrote that Porter and Ford "have procured the maximum of dramatic effect out of fine material." He opined that the "dramatic situations are not forced and are arrived at convincingly" and praised the setting and the cinematography. William Ressman Andrews of ''

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'' praised Frederick's performance and the cinematography.

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* 1915 films 1910s English-language films Silent American drama films 1915 drama films Paramount Pictures films Films directed by Hugh Ford Films directed by Edwin S. Porter American black-and-white films American silent feature films 1910s American films English-language drama films {{1910s-drama-film-stub

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