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Trilby
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Maurice Tourneur
Cast: Clara Kimball Young [Trilby O’Farrell], Wilton Lackaye [Svengali], Paul McAllister [Gecko], Chester Barnett [Billie], D.J. Flanagan
Equitable Motion Pictures Corporation production; distributed by World Film Manufacturing Company. / Scenario by E.M. Ingleton, from the play adaptation Trilby by Paul Potter of the novel Trilby by George Du Maurier. Art direction by Ben Carré. Assistant director, Clarence L. Brown. Film editor, Clarence L. Brown. Music score arranged by S.L. Rothapfel. / © 13 September 1915 by Equitable Motion Pictures Corporation [LU6353]. Premiered 6 September 1915 at the 44th Street Theatre, in New York, New York. Released 20 September 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The first production from Equitable Motion Pictures Corporation. The film was rereleased in the USA by World Film Corporation in 1917. The film was rereleased in the USA by Republic Distributing Corporation in 1920. The novel was previously filmed as Trilby (1914). The novel was subsequently filmed as Trilby (1922).
Drama.
Survival status: Print exists in the George Eastman Museum film archive [35mm positive (1920 rerelease version)]; and in private film collections [16mm reduction positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Art: Models, Painters - France: Paris - Svengali - USA: New Jersey: Fort Lee
Listing updated: 15 November 2020.
References: Limbacher-Feature p. 258; O’Leary-Silent p. ? : ClasIm-240 p. 22 : Website-AFI; Website-GEM.
Home video: DVD.
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