The College Widow is a 1915 silent film starring Ethel Clayton.[1] It's the first filming of George Ade's 1904 campus comedy play of the same name performed on Broadway that year. The film was made by the Lubin Company in Pennsylvania and is now lost.[2][3][4]
| The College Widow | |
|---|---|
 Scene from film | |
| Directed by | Barry O'Neil |
| Based on | The College Widow by George Ade |
| Produced by | Sigmund Lubin |
| Starring | Ethel Clayton |
| Cinematography | Fred Chaston |
| Distributed by | Lubin Manufacturing Company |
Release date |
|
Running time | 6 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English titles) |
Later films of this story are The College Widow (1927), Maybe It's Love (1930) and Freshman Love (1936).
Cast edit
- Ethel Clayton – Jane Witherspoon
- George Soule Spencer – Billy Bolton
- Charles Brandt – Dr. Witherspoon
- Edith Ritchie – Mrs. Dalzelle
- Ferdinand Tidmarsh – Jack Larrabee
- Howard Missimer – Matty McGowan
- Clarence Elmer – Stub Talmadge
- Peter Lang – Hiram Bolton
- George Clarke – Silent Murphy
- Joseph Kaufman – Tom Pierson
References edit
- ^ AFI Catalog:The College Widow
- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Great Divide
- ^ Condon, Mabel (22 May 1915). Lubin's "The College Widow" (review), Motography, pp. 829–30
- ^ (17 April 1915). "The College Widow" (review), Motion Picture News, p. 67
External links edit
 | This article about a silent comedy-drama film is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |