Stranded (1916 Drama Film) on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
''Stranded'' is a 1916 American silent drama film produced by Fine Arts Film Company and distributed by The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: ''Stranded''
/ref>
H. Ulysses Watts ( Hopper) is a traveling
The film was positively received, as were the direction and performances.
''Stranded'' at SilentEra
Film still
1916 drama films 1916 lost films 1916 films American black-and-white films Silent American drama films American silent feature films Films directed by Lloyd Ingraham Lost American films Lost drama films 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub
Triangle Film Corporation
Triangle Film Corporation (also known as Triangle Motion Picture Company) was a major American motion-picture studio, founded in July 1915 in Culver City, California and terminated 7 years later in 1922.
History
The studio was founded in July ...
. The film stars DeWolf Hopper
William DeWolf Hopper (March 30, 1858September 23, 1935) was an American actor, singer, comedian, and theatrical producer. A star of vaudeville and musical theater, he became best known for performing the popular baseball poem " Casey at the Bat" ...
with newcomer Bessie Love
Bessie Love (born Juanita Horton; September 10, 1898April 26, 1986) was an American-British actress who achieved prominence playing innocent, young girls and wholesome leading ladies in silent and early sound films. Her acting career spanned e ...
in a supporting role. The film is considered lost./ref>
Plot
H. Ulysses Watts ( Hopper) is a traveling Shakespeare
William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's natio ...
an actor whose career is on the decline, as his audiences are more interested in cinema and vaudeville
Vaudeville (; ) is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment born in France at the end of the 19th century. A vaudeville was originally a comedy without psychological or moral intentions, based on a comical situation: a dramatic compositio ...
. When the troupe is robbed by Stoner ( Stockdale), Watts cares for an injured young trapeze artist (Love
Love encompasses a range of strong and positive emotional and mental states, from the most sublime virtue or good habit, the deepest Interpersonal relationship, interpersonal affection, to the simplest pleasure. An example of this range of ...
), and pretends to be her father so that he can protect her.
While healing in the village, the girl falls in love with a hotel manager, and they plan to marry. However, Stoner returns and threatens to reveal her true career and that she and Watts are not related. Instead, Watts tells all of this to the hotel manager, who is still in love with the girl and wants to marry her. At the wedding, Stoner fatally shoots Watts, who performs the death scene from '' Julius Caesar'' as his final performance. Stoner is captured, and the girl and her new husband live happily ever after.
Cast
*DeWolf Hopper
William DeWolf Hopper (March 30, 1858September 23, 1935) was an American actor, singer, comedian, and theatrical producer. A star of vaudeville and musical theater, he became best known for performing the popular baseball poem " Casey at the Bat" ...
as H. Ulysses Watts
* Carl Stockdale
Carl Stockdale also known as Carlton Stockdale (February 19, 1874 – March 15, 1953) was one of the longest-working Hollywood veteran actors, with a career dating from the early 1910s. He also made the difficult transition from silent fi ...
as Stoner
* Frank Bennett as Hotel Proprietor
* Loyola O'Connor as His Mother
* Bessie Love
Bessie Love (born Juanita Horton; September 10, 1898April 26, 1986) was an American-British actress who achieved prominence playing innocent, young girls and wholesome leading ladies in silent and early sound films. Her acting career spanned e ...
as The Girl
Reception
The film was positively received, as were the direction and performances.
See also
*List of lost films
For this list of lost films, a lost film is defined as one of which no part of a print is known to have survived. For films in which any portion of the footage remains (including trailers), see List of incomplete or partially lost films.
R ...
References
External links
* * * * *''Stranded'' at SilentEra
Film still
1916 drama films 1916 lost films 1916 films American black-and-white films Silent American drama films American silent feature films Films directed by Lloyd Ingraham Lost American films Lost drama films 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub