Blackbirds (1915 film)
Blackbirds is an extant 1915 American silent film drama produced by Jesse Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. The film marks an early starring screen appearance by actress Laura Hope Crews in this her second motion picture. The film is based on a 1913 Broadway play, Blackbirds, by Harry James Smith which also starred Crews. This is a surviving film at the Library of Congress.[1][2][3][4][5]
| Blackbirds | |
|---|---|
 Film Poster | |
| Directed by | J. P. McGowan |
| Produced by | Jesse Lasky Morris Gest |
| Written by | Harry James Smith (play: Blackbirds) Margaret Turnbull (scenario) |
| Cinematography | Charles Rosher |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date | October 14, 1915 |
Running time | 5 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
It was remade in a 1920 film of the same name starring Justine Johnstone.
Cast
- Laura Hope Crews - Leonie Sobatsky
- Thomas Meighan - Jack Doggins/Honorable Nevil Trask
- George Gebhardt - Bechel
- Raymond Hatton - Hawke, Jr.
- Jane Wolfe - Countess Maroff (* as Jane Wolf)
- Florence Dagmar - Miss Crocker
- Evelyn Desmond - Mrs. Crocker
- Edwin Harley - Mr. Crocker (* as Ed Harley)
- Frederick Wilson - Abie Isaacs
References
- Blackbirds at silentera.com
- The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c.1988
- Blackbirds as produced on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre, January 6, 1913; IBDb.com
- Catalog of Holdings The America Film Institute Collection and The United Artist Collection at The Library of Congress , page 17 by The American Film Institute, c.1978
- The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Blackbirds
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