Blackbirds (1915 film)

Blackbirds
Blackbirds
	Film poster
Directed by	J. P. McGowan
Written by	Margaret Turnbull (scenario)
Based on	Blackbirds; 1913 play; by Harry James Smith
Produced by	Jesse Lasky; Morris Gest
Cinematography	Charles Rosher
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	October 14, 1915;
Running time	5 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

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]

It was remade in a 1920 film of the same name starring Justine Johnstone.

Plot summary

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

External links

Blackbirds at IMDb
allmovie/synopsis
Blackbirds at the TCM Movie Database
Blackbirds at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

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[1] Blackbirds at silentera.com

[2] The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c.1988

[3] Blackbirds as produced on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre, January 6, 1913; IBDb.com

[4] 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

[5] The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Blackbirds

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