|
On the Night Stage
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Reginald Barker
Cast: Robert Edeson [Alexander Austin], Rhea Mitchell [Belle Shields], William S. Hart [‘Silent’ Texas Smith], Herschel Mayall [‘Handsome’ Jack Malone], Gladys Brockwell [a saloon girl], Jack Hamilton (Shorty Hamilton) [a cowboy]
New York Motion Picture Corporation production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation [Mutual Master Pictures]. / Produced by Thomas H. Ince. Scenario by C. Gardner Sullivan + [Thomas H. Ince]. Cinematography by Robert Newhard. / © 4 December 1923 by Tri-Stone Pictures, Incorporated. Released 15 April 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot 6 August through 2 September 1914. The film was rereleased in the USA by Tri-Stone Pictures, Incorporated, on 4 December 1923. [?] Website-IMDb lists the film’s release date as 25 April 1915; Koszarski-Hart p. 7 as 15 April 1915.
Drama: Western.
Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive; in the George Eastman Museum film archive [35mm positive]; in the UCLA Film and Television Archive film archive; and in the Newhall/William S. Hart film collection.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 6 March 2011.
References: Film credits, film viewing : Everson-American pp. 244-245; FilmYearBook-1926 p. 22; Koszarski-Hart pp. xii, 7-9; Lahue-Triangle p. 136; Limbacher-Feature p. 178; Tarbox-Lost p. 247 : Website-GEM; Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
|
