Lady Jennifer (film)

Lady Jennifer
Directed byJames Warry Vickers
Written byJohn Strange Winter (novel)
Starring
Production
company
International Cine Corporation
Distributed byInternational Cine Corporation
Release date
  • August 1915 (1915-08)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Lady Jennifer is a 1915 British silent drama film directed by James Warry Vickers and starring Barbara Rutland and Harry Royston. The film was an adaptation of the 1908 novel of the same title by John Strange Winter.[1]

Lady Jennifer was four reels long.[2][3][4] It was well received, and continued to be screened through at least 1917.[5]

Cast

Plot

The film opens with Nancy and Dick falling in love at first sight.[6] Dick is a poor artist and Nancy's family is in financial need, so she accepts the suit of Sir William Jennifer instead.[6] At their wedding, William's half-brother Hudson swears revenge on Nancy for cutting him out as Williams next of kin. Hudson allies with the butler Reeves, who informs him that Nancy's has incriminating love letters from Dick. Reeves steals the letters for Hudson, who attempts to blackmail Nancy; she informs Dick, who breaks into Hudson's apartment and destroys the letters. Hudson has Dick jailed for housebreaking, then surprises William on his sickbed with an accusation that Nancy has been unfaithful. William dies of shock. Hudson pursues further malicious schemes.[2] Dick is released after two years in jail and inherits an unexpected fortune.[7] Hudson and Reeves turn against each other, allowing Dick to complete his own revenge and end the film happily with Nancy.[2]

Reception

Contemporary film notices praised the filmmaking, with the Evening Telegraph praising its "truly artistic style"[6] and the North Star calling it "a splendid story, graphically told."[8] The Lincolnshire Echo praised the dramatic interest of the story, calling it "well produced, and with a plot which lends itself to the screen."[9] They also say, "credit is due to the artistes concerned, who succeed in making the most of many powerful situations, giving the whole piece a human and realistic touch."[9] Two years after the film's release, The Perthshire Advertiser called it "one of the best of its kind".[5]

References

  1. ^ Goble p.506
  2. ^ a b c "The Picture House". Evening Telegraph. 2 May 1916. p. 2. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  3. ^ "The Picture House". Lincolnshire Echo. 16 May 1916. p. 2. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
  4. ^ "The Cosy". Evening Telegraph. 13 May 1916. p. 2. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
  5. ^ a b "The Picture House". Perthshire Advertiser. 13 January 1917. p. 3. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
  6. ^ a b c "Picture House, Babington Lane". Evening Telegraph. 29 April 1916. p. 2. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
  7. ^ "Caldmore Picture House". Walsall Observer. 7 April 1917. p. 3. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
  8. ^ "?le's Palace". North Star. 19 December 1916. p. 2. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
  9. ^ a b "The Picture House". Lincolnshire Echo. 16 May 1916. p. 2. Retrieved 2 September 2025.

Bibliography

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.