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 | |
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 Newspaper advertisement for the film. | |
| Directed by | Jack J. Clark |
| Written by | George V. Hobart (play) Elliott J. Clawson (scenario for the film) |
| Produced by | Oliver Morosco |
| Starring | Blanche Ring |
| Cinematography | Dal Clawson |
| Music by | George W. Beynon (per IMDb) |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 50 minutes; 5 reels |
| Country | USA |
| Language | Silent |
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