The Easiest Way (1917 film)
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Directed by | Albert Capellani |
Produced by | Clara Kimball Young Company |
Written by | Albert Capellani and Frederick Chapin |
Based on | The Easiest Way 1909 play by Eugene Walter |
Starring | Clara Kimball Young |
Cinematography | Jacques Monteran Hal Young |
Distributed by | Selznick Distributing Corporation |
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7 reels |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Easiest Way is a 1917 American silent film starring Clara Kimball Young and directed by Albert Capellani. It is based on a 1909 play, The Easiest Way by Eugene Walter, staged by David Belasco and starred Frances Starr as Laura Murdock. Belasco and Starr revived the play in 1921.[1][2][3] It is not known whether the film currently survives.[4]
Actor Joseph Kilgour reprises his role as Brockton from the Broadway play.
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Plot summary
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Cast
- Clara Kimball Young as Laura Murdock
- Louise Bates as Elfie St. Clair
- Joseph Kilgour as Willard Brockton
- Rockliffe Fellowes as John Madison
- Cleo Desmond as Annie
- George Stevens as Jim Weston
- Frank Kingdon as Burgess
- Mae Hopkins as Nellie De Vere
- Walter McEwen as Jerry
References
- ↑ The Easiest Way: The Clara Kimball Young website, by Greta deGroat
- ↑ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Fil Institute, c.1988
- ↑ The Easiest Way produced on Broadway at the Stuyvesant Theatre, January 19, 1909 to June 1909; IBDB.com
- ↑ Progressive Silent Film List: The Easiest Way (1917) at SilentEra.com
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). The Easiest Way at IMDb
- The Easiest Way synopsis at AllMovie
- The Easiest Way at the TCM Movie Database
- The Easiest Way at the American Film Institute Catalog
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- 1917 films
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- American silent feature films
- American films based on plays
- Films directed by Albert Capellani
- American black-and-white films
- 1917 romantic drama films
- Selznick Pictures films
- 1910s American films
- Silent American romantic drama films
- 1910s English-language films
- English-language romantic drama films
- Silent romantic drama film stubs