Erstwhile Susan
| Erstwhile Susan | |
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| Directed by | John S. Robertson Shaw Lovett (assistant director) |
| Written by | Kathryn Stuart(writer) |
| Produced by | Realart Pictures |
| Starring | Constance Binney Mary Alden |
| Cinematography | Roy Overbaugh |
| Distributed by | Realart Pictures |
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Running time | 6 reels (1639.02 meters) |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent film (English intertitles) |
Erstwhile Susan is a 1919 American silent film drama directed by John S. Robertson, produced and distributed by Realart Pictures. It is based on a 1914 novel Barnabetta by Helen Reimensnyder Martin and later Broadway play Erstwhile Susan by Marian De Forest. Minnie Maddern Fiske starred on Broadway in 1916. This film version stars Mary Alden and Constance Binney, then an up-and-coming young actress. This film version, once thought to be lost, survives at the Museum of Modern Art.[1][2][3]
First film by Realart Films, Adolph Zukor's offshoot affiliate of his Famous Players-Lasky enterprise.
Plot
As described in an adoption in the November 1919 issue of the film magazine Shadowland,[4] Barnabetta (Constance Binney) dreams of furthering her education, but her Mennonite father Jacob (Bradley Barker) disapproves. Jacob later marries Erstwhile Susan (Mary Alden), who has money and changes the family relationships, and sends Barnabetta to college. After graduation, she helps David Jordan (Jere Austin) run for the Senate, who then professes his lover for her.
Cast
- Constance Binney - Barnabetta Dreary
- Jere Austin - David Jordan
- Alfred Hickman - Dr. Edgar Barrett
- Mary Alden - Erstwhile Susan
- Anders Randolf - Barnaby Dreary
- Georges Renavent - Emanuel Dreary
- Bradley Barker - Jacob Dreary
- Leslie Hunt - Albert Buchter
- Clare Verdera - ? (*uncredited)
Preservation
A copy of the film survives at the Museum of Modern Art. Erstwhile Susan is only one of two films by Constance Binney that has survived in a complete form, the other being The Case of Becky (1921).[5] All of her other work has been lost save for a single reel from First Love (1921).[5]
References
- ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c. 1988
- ^ Erstwhile Susan as produced on Broadway at the Gaiety Theatre, January 18, 1916 to June 1916, 167 performances; IBDb.com
- ^ Silent Players: A Biographical and Autobiographical Study of 100 Silent Film actors and actresses; by Anthony Slide, pgs.21-24 c.2002
- ^ Ward, Jane (November 1919). Erstwhile Susan. Vol. 1. New York: M. P. Publishing Co. pp. 35–38, 67, 72.
{{cite book}}:|journal=ignored (help) - ^ a b Slide, Anthony (2010). "Constance Binney". Silent Players: A Biographical and Autobiographical Study of 100 Silent Film Actors and Actresses. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-2249-X.
External links
- Erstwhile Susan at IMDb
- Erstwhile Susan at AllMovieInvalid ID.
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