Through the power of hypnosis, the mesmerizing svengali puts the beautiful but desperate trilby ofarrell in a trance and reinvents her as a talented singer. Trilby is set in the 1850s in an idyllic bohemian paris. Trilby 1915 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Maurice tourneurs film version of du maurier novel depicts the theater setting as dominated by the hypnotic apparatus even though in a slight different way than the original novel. An adaptation of the novel was broadcast as a bbc play of the month in the uk on 25 january 1976. Trilby is a 1915 american silent drama film directed by maurice tourneur.
Trilby is a 1915 american silent drama film directed by maurice tourneur and starring wilton lackaye, clara kimball young, and paul. Uneven horror film with an underdeveloped story, but rich visuals. Western movies full length in english gun lords of stirrup basin complete by wild west toys. The camera is static and the pacing is slower than a lot of the movies of this period, but there is still good use of editing within scenes and crosscutting to build drama, as in the scene where the. Up until about a decade before, movies lasted only a couple minutes in most cases. Director maurice tourneur, who charmed us in 1914 with the wishing ring and thrilled us in february with alias jimmy valentine returns in. Trilby a horror film trilby 1915 is a horror movie, of sorts. Review from julian johnson in photoplay, december 1915. Trilby, a 1915 silent film based on du mauriers novel. In paris, a pliable young beauty becomes the helpless pawn of a sinister hypnotist, who turns her into a celebrated singer.
Western movie full length law of the rio grande bob custer by wild west toys. Trilby 1914, a british silent film starring viva birkett and herbert beerbohm tree. Each deletes the flaws of the multitude of french which nonfrench speakers could not understand, and more importantly ceases to describe svengali as a despicable jew. Tree filmed the play in 1914, which was released as trilby. This film catches her before succumbing to more posed roles, and her prematurely matronlike figure was still in check. In 1915, full length films were still relatively new. Now in the 1910s, longer and more involved scripts began to become the normthough the films still werent nearly as polished and professional as theyd be in the 1920s. Produced entirely at the world film companys studios in fort lee, nj, and on location in greenwich villages macdougal alley, this faithful rendition of george du mauriers tale of mesmerism stars clara kimball young in the title role and stage actor wilton lackaye as the monstrous svengali. Potter based on the 1895 novel trilby by george du maurier the play originated in the united states in march 1895 where the role of svengali was created by american actor wilton lackaye at the boston museum.
I found the story disappointing, although the film has some good visual style. Vous pouvez egalement telecharger, louer ou regarder ce film en streaming en netflix, orange ou tf1 vod. Ingleton, from the play adaptation trilby by paul potter of the novel trilby. Trilby is a 1914 british silent drama film directed by harold m. Both films make changes in their presentation of the book. Clara kimball young trilby wilton lackaye svengali for more on this and other early silent horror see my film. It was the first american feature for french actress andree lafayette, and arthur edmund carewe gives a skillful performance as svengali although john barrymores. This 1915 maurice tourneur film is a version of the famous dumaurier novel. This adaptation was followed by several more, with the earliest surviving film being trilby 1915.
The parisian settings of george du mauriers novel were faithfully recreated for this production which is more than can be said for maurice tourneurs 1915 version of the film. Published serially in harpers monthly from january to august 1894, it was published in book form on 8 september 1895 and sold 200,000 copies in the united states alone. The print i watched of this movie was not perfect, but it was still possible to make out some of tourneurs famous lighting effects, particularly in the love scenes with trilby and billie. From the george dumaurier novel, remade more successfully in 1931 as. Shaw and starring herbert beerbohm tree, viva birkett and charles rock. The later film obviously changed the title due to the huge presence of its star. Trilby is a 1915 american silent drama film directed by maurice tourneur and starring wilton lackaye, clara kimball young, and paul mcallister. Still, this version of trilby was one of 1915 s top productions. Trilby is a novel by george du maurier and one of the most popular novels of its time. Find movie and film cast and crew information for trilby 1915 maurice tourneur on allmovie. Trilby is an interesting piece of silent film history, and it is also a diverting entertainment. Clara kimball young trilby ofarrell, wilton lackaye svengali, paul mcallister gecko, chester barnett billie, d. The first 10 films ever to be based on novels reelrundown.
Cavalry starring bob steele western movie full length. The film s christmas party sequence, complete with a raucous dance number, is a visual treat and it makes one truly rue the production came more than a decade before sound was added to film. It was a success in england as directed, produced by and starring herbert beerbohm tree as svengali, with dorothea baird in the title role, opening at. Trilby, an 1894 novel by george du maurier see also svengali for other film adaptations of the novel. Maurice tourneurs film version of du maurier novel depicts the theater setting as dominated by the hypnotic apparatus even though in a slight. The footage has since been lost and there is no record of the cast and crew. The later film obviously changed the title due to the huge. One day their music attracts trilby oferral clara kimball young.
Now in the 1910s, longer and more involved scripts began to become the normthough the films still werent nearly as polished and professional as. It was later done in a more famous 1931 film named svengali with john barrymore. Trilby and little billee 1896 was a 45second scene that depicted a part in the novel where trilby sits at a table, eating cake and talking to her friend little billee. Clara kimball young trilby wilton lackaye svengali for more on this and ot. It is an adaptation of the 1894 novel trilby by george du maurier about a young woman named trilby who falls under. Trilby 1915 silent film version of svengali story youtube. The films sets were designed by art director ben carre. It is based on a hugely successful novel by george du maurier 1894, about a sinister hypnotist named svengali, whose hypnosis turns a naive young artists model trilby into a famed concert singer. The concert scenes, when trilby, under the influence of svengali, has become the sensation of europe, are well handled, though it would seem that the tempo of the accion at the climax might have been speeded up to advantage.
Trilby 1915, an american silent film starring clara kimball young and wilton lackaye. Hollywoods first real attempt to film the novel came a year later. It is an adaptation of the novel trilby by george du maurier. Directed by maurice tourneur adapted from the novel by george du maurier cast. Two major films were made of the successful but flawed antisemitic book trilby. Trilby, a 1923 silent film based on du mauriers novel. There were films exploiting the eerie atmospheres of gothic mansions, of hostile. From 191921, kimball young was one of the biggest stars in hollywood. This file is in mp4 format and has been verified to be working correctly. From 1895 onwards, at least half a dozen short films depicting scenes from trilby were produced. Latest headlines pose star billy porter in talks to play fairy godmother in cinderella.
It is based on treess play trilby, itself an adaptation of the novel of the same name by george du maurier. Flanagan equitable motion pictures corporation production. Media in category trilby 1915 film the following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total. Review from the new york dramatic mirror, september 15, 1915 trilby fivepart screen adaptation of du mauriers novel.
The late nineteenth century novelist george gissing read the notorious novel in. Complete western movie law and lawless starring jack hoxie by wild west toys. The 1915 american film trilby starred wilton lackaye and clara kimball young. Trilby 1915 maurice tourneur cast and crew allmovie. Maurice tourneurs version of trilby, released in 1915, falls almost exactly at the. Trilby was a masterpiece of atmospheric achievement.