Ghosts (1915 film)
| Ghosts | |
|---|---|
| Directed by |
George Nichols John Emerson |
| Produced by | D. W. Griffith |
| Written by | Russell E. Smith |
| Based on | play Ghosts(sw: Gengangere) by Henrik Ibsen |
| Distributed by | Mutual Film Company |
Release dates | June 1915 |
Running time | 49 minutes |
| Country | USA |
| Language | Silent..English titles |
Ghosts is a 1915 silent film drama based on the famous play Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen. It was directed by George Nichols and John Emerson. D. W. Griffith produced the film and Erich von Stroheim served in several capacities as technical advisor, wardrobe assistant and costume designer. George Siegmann was an assistant director. The film had an alternate or working title The Wreck.[1][2]
The play Gengangere was first performed in America in 1894.[3]
A copy is preserved in the Library of Congress collection. And copies are also held at George Eastman Museum and UCLA Film & Television Archive [4][5]
Cast
- Henry B. Walthall - Captain Arling/Oswald
- Mary Alden - Helen Arling
- Loretta Blake - Regina
unbilled
- Juanita Archer - Johanna
- Monte Blue - Bohemian in Paris
- John Emerson -
- Al W. Filson - Family Doctor
- Karl Formes - Henrik Ibsen
- Chandler House - Oswald as a Boy
- Thomas Jefferson - Johanna's Unseeing Husband
References
- ↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Ghosts
- ↑ Ghosts at silentera.com
- ↑ Ghosts premiere 1894 production and subsequent revivals
- ↑ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at the Library of Congress (<-book title) p.67 c.1978 by The American Film Institute
- ↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:Ghosts
External links
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