A Study in Scarlet(UK
Starring: James
Bragington, Fred Paul, Agnes Glynne
Directed: George
Pearson
Produced: George
Pearson, G. B. Samuelson
Written: Arthur
Conan Doyle (novel), Harry Engholm
Cinematography: Walter
Buckstone
G.B. Samuelson Productions
Running time: 6
reels
Country: United Kingdom
A Study in Scarlet is a 1914 British silent drama film
directed by George Pearson and starring James Bragington. It is based on the
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle novel of the same name. It was the first film to feature
Sherlock Holmes on screen and is now considered to be lost. A film of the same
name was released in the U.S.
on the following day (29 December 1914). It was directed by and starred Francis
Ford, with his younger brother John Ford playing Dr. Watson.
As of August 2010, the film is missing from the BFI National
Archive, and is listed as one of the British Film Institute's "75 Most
Wanted" lost films.
Cinderella (1914)
Stars: Mary
Pickford, Owen Moore, Isabel Vernon
Director: James
Kirkwood
Produced:
Daniel Frohman, Adolph Zukor
Writer: Charles
Perrault (story)
Genre: Fantasy/Drama
Famous Players Film Company
Time: 52 min
Rating: Not Rated
Plot
Based on the fairy tale: Cinderella is mistreated by her
stepmother and stepsisters, and is forced to live as their servant. One day,
the Fairy Godmother appears to the family disguised as an elderly, destitute
woman. The others treat her harshly, but Cinderella is kind to her and feeds
her. The Fairy Godmother invisibly helps Cinderella, helping her when she goes
to gather wood, and enabling her to meet Prince Charming as he travels through
the forest. Soon afterward, the king plans a great ball so that the prince can
meet all the women and choose one for his bride. Cinderella must help her
family prepare for the ball, while she stays at home. But the Fairy Godmother
appears again, and miraculously enables Cinderella to go after all, with
dramatic consequences.
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