The Surprises of an Empty Hotel

The Surprises of an Empty Hotel
Directed byTheodore Marston
Written byJasper Ewing Brady
Based onthe novel, The Princess of Copper
by Archibald Clavering Gunter
StarringCharles Richman
Charles Eldridge
Leo Delaney
Production
company
Distributed byGeneral Film Company
Release date
  • February 7, 1916 (1916-02-07) (US)[1]
Running time
4 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Surprises of an Empty Hotel is a 1916 American silent film written by Jasper Ewing Brady, directed by Theodore Marston, and starring Charles Richman, Charles Eldridge and Leo Delaney.

Cast list

Production

The film was in production by October 1915. For one of the scenes, Vitagraph blew up a motor yacht off of Staten Island in Princess Bay. The 100-foot yacht, the Wayward had been a racing yacht, having won several races in Bermuda.[2] In early January 1916 it was announced that the picture would be released on January 10.[3]

References

  1. ^ "The Surprises of an Empty Hotel". American Film Institute. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
  2. ^ "Yacht Dynamited in Taking of "Empty Hotel"". Motion Picture News. November 6, 1915. p. 51. Retrieved September 18, 2021.Open access icon
  3. ^ "Vitagraph ad:Personally Picked Program". Motion Picture News. January 8, 1916. p. 92. Retrieved September 18, 2021.Open access icon