Her Painted Hero is a 1915 American short comedy film directed by F. Richard Jones and written by Mack Sennett. Harold Lloyd appears in the film, uncredited.
| Her Painted Hero | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | F. Richard Jones |
| Written by | Mack Sennett |
| Starring | Hale Hamilton, Charles Murray,Harold Lloyd |
Premise
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An heiress plans to use her new wealth for influence on the stage. The play being shown within the film is titled What Sherman Said, and is seemingly an epic about the Civil War.[1]
Cast
edit- Hale Hamilton as a Matinee Idol
- Charles Murray as a Property Man
- Slim Summerville as a Bill-Poster
- Polly Moran as a Stage-struck Maiden
- Harry Booker as the Maiden's Father
- Harold Lloyd as a minister (uncredited)[2]
Production
editThe film was written by Mack Sennett for his Keystone Studios.[3] Also credited as the Keystone Film Company the logo clearly visible within the film is for the amalgamated company "Keystone Triangle", later to be abbreviated to Tri-stone Pictures. In 2007, when the independent film studio Cineville merged with the DVD distributor Westlake Entertainment, the companies named their joint enterprise Keystone.[4]
Release
editThe film was distributed in France as Vermicel artiste peintre.[5]
Status
editPrints of the film exist.[6]
Home video
editHer Painted Hero was included on various DVDs gathering slient comedies.[7]
The film is part of the 50 movie pack Comedy Classics DVD collection, released in 2007.Universal comedy classics series.[8][9]
Reception
editThe New York Times sees in this short film an "example of a curious movie phenomena".[10] The film's technical particularities were also noted in a review for The Moving Picture World, January 1916. [11]
References
edit- ^ Massa, Steve. Slapstick Divas: The Women of Silent Comedy. BearManor Media.
- ^ Walker, Brent E. (2010-01-13). Mack Sennett's Fun Factory: A History and Filmography of His Studio and His Keystone and Mack Sennett Comedies, with Biographies of Players and Personnel. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-5707-6.
- ^ King, Rob (2008-12-10). The Fun Factory: The Keystone Film Company and the Emergence of Mass Culture. Univ of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-25538-8.
- ^ Robertson, Willa (2007-07-18). "Cineville, Westlake create Keystone". Variety. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
- ^ Couderc, Jean-Jacques (2015-04-13). Les petits maîtres du burlesque américain, 1902-1929 (in French). CNRS Éditions via OpenEdition. ISBN 978-2-271-07853-7.
- ^ "Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List". www.silentera.com. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
- ^ "Silent Era : Home Video Reviews". www.silentera.com. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
- ^ Mill Creek Entertainment, OverDrive, Inc. "Front cover image for Her painted hero Her painted hero".
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- ^ "THE SABLE LORCHA' A THRILLING FILM; Movie Drama Shown at the Knickerbocker Contains a Story Rich in Adventure. SAME MAN PORTRAYS TWINS Cinema Trick Brings Actor Twice on the Screen at the Same Moment". The New York Times. 1915-10-18. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
- ^ Model, Ben (2020-11-16). ""Her Painted Hero", Shot Through a Projector". Ben Model. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
External links
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