The Yankee Girl

The Yankee Girl is a 1915 silent film comedy produced by Oliver Morosco, distributed by Paramount Pictures and starring Blanche Ring, from the Broadway stage.[1][2] This film though a comedy is actually based on Ring's 1910 musical-comedy play of the same name. Being a silent film of course Ring's singing could not be heard by the film audiences but they would get the rare chance of seeing this Broadway star in a film as many could not afford to make the journey to New York to see her in person in the play.

The Yankee Girl
Newspaper advertisement for the film.
Directed byJack J. Clark
Produced byOliver Morosco
Written byGeorge V. Hobart (play)
Elliott J. Clawson (scenario for the film)
StarringBlanche Ring
Music byGeorge W. Beynon (per IMDb)
CinematographyDal Clawson
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
October 25, 1915
Running time
50 minutes; 5 reels
CountryUSA
LanguageSilent

This film was shot at Pasadena California.

It is preserved in the Library of Congress and at UCLA Film and Television.[3][4]

Cast

  • Blanche Ring – Jessie Gordon
  • Forrest Stanley – Jack Lawrence
  • Herbert Standing – President Ambroce Castroba
  • Howard Davies – James Seavey
  • Harry Fisher Jr. – Willie Fitzmaurice
  • Robert Dunbar – Philip Gordon
  • Joe Ray – Ramon Morales
  • Bonita Darling – Winnie Gordon
  • Lydia Yeamans Titus – Jessie's Aunt
  • Syd De Gray – Wiggs

References

  1. AFI online Catalog Feature Films: The Yankee Girl
  2. The Yankee Girl at silentera.com
  3. Catalog of Holdings, The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress p.213 c.1978 published by The American Film Institute]
  4. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:The Yankee Girl
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