Her Great Match

Her Great Match
Newspaper publicity photo
Directed byRené Plaissetty
Written byClyde Fitch(play)
StarringGail Kane
Vernon Steele
CinematographyJohn W. Boyle
Production
companies
Popular Plays and Players
Distributed byMetro Pictures
Release date
  • August 30, 1915 (1915-08-30)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent(English intertitles)

Her Great Match is a silent 1915 drama film starring Gail Kane and based on the Broadway play by Clyde Fitch. In the 1905 play the star was stage beauty Maxine Elliott. This film was directed by Frenchman René Plaissetty and released through the Metro Pictures studios then just newly formed. This movie survives and is preserved at George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection.[1][2][3]

Cast

  • Gail Kane - Jo Sheldon
  • Vernon Steele - Prince Adolph (*as Vernon Steel)
  • Ned Burton - Mr. Bote
  • Clarissa Selwynne - Mrs. Sheldon
  • Lawrence Grattan - Mr. Sheldon
  • Julia Hurley - The Duchess Louise

References

  1. ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Film Institution, c.1988
  2. ^ League, The Broadway. "Her Great Match – Broadway Show – Play - IBDB". Ibdb.com. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Her Great Match". Lcweb2.loc.gov. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2017.