The Golden Claw

The Golden Claw
Directed byReginald Barker
Written byC. Gardner Sullivan
Produced byThomas H. Ince (Triangle-Ince)
StarringBessie Barriscale
Frank Mills
Distributed byKay-Bee Pictures
Release date
  • December 5, 1915 (1915-12-05)
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

The Golden Claw is a 1915 American dramatic film produced by Thomas H. Ince, written by C. Gardner Sullivan, and directed by Reginald Barker. It is a five-reel drama released by Kay-Bee Pictures and starred Bessie Barriscale.

Plot

Bessie Barriscale played the role of Lillian Henry, “a beautiful young girl who enjoys all the tinsel and glitter of society life and is willing to marry simply for money and all the luxuries and pleasures that its possession will bring.”[1] One reviewer described Barriscale’s character as a “young girl” who “decides that she will practically sell herself to a youth of wealth.”[2] Frank Mills plays Bert Werden, “the young unspoiled man, who was determined to give his wife her fill of his continual search for the golden fleece.”[3]

Following their marriage, Bert Werden loses his fortune, and his wife goads him to restore her to wealth and luxury again. He works day and night and bets on the stock market. His health is almost wrecked and he becomes “money mad” and neglects his wife. Eventually, both characters learn that other things are more important than money. Barriscale’s character wins her husband back and gives him $50,000, a sum he had given her at the start of their marriage, to give him a new start.[2]

Cast

Critical reception

One reviewer said of the film: "A motion picture story of the highest class, of vital subject, original development and striking characterization, 'The Golden Claw' is one of those rare products calculated to interest many millions of intelligent people and bring into the fold those other millions of intelligent people who are repelled by poor examples of new art."[4] The same reviewer praised the film’s direct approach in dealing with its subject matter:

"'The Golden Claw' attacks the problem of money madness with great simplicity and directness so far as the line of action is concerned, but the admirable solution is so subtle that only fine characterization and such powerful interpretation as that given by Bessie Barriscale and Frank Mills."[4]

Another reviewer noted: "As a bitter satire on the futility of piling up money simply for the sake of possessing it, the film is declared to be exceptionally strong."[2]

References

  1. ^ "Newspaper Advertisement". Frederick News-Post. 1916-03-02.
  2. ^ a b c ""Golden Claw" at the American". The Salt Lake Tribune. 1915-12-12.
  3. ^ "MISS BARRISCALE IN "THE GOLDEN CLAW": Triangle 'Features Shows Baleful Passion for Gold in Absorbing Story at the Princess". Janesville Daily Gazette. 1916-02-29.
  4. ^ a b "'The Golden Claw': A Strong Five-Reel Kay-Bee by C. Gardner Sullivan". Daily Advocate. 1916-02-26.

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