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Anita Stewart (center).
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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The Goddess
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Serial / 15 chapters / 31 reels
Directed by Ralph Ince
Cast: Anita Stewart [Celestia, the goddess], Earle Williams [Tom Barclay], Paul Scardon [Professor Stilliter], Frank Currier [Senator Blackstone, the first millionaire], Charles Wellesley [Martin Semmes, the second millionaire], Thomas Brooke (Tom Brooke) [Gordon Barclay, the third millionaire], William Dangman [Freddie, ‘The Ferret’], Ned Finley [Gunsdorf], Louise Beaudet [the kidnapper], Lillian Burns [Mary Blackstone], Edward Elkas [Silas Kehr], Eulaie Jensen [Mrs. Gunsdorf], Robert Gaillard [Carson], Anders Randolf [Sweetzer], Mary Maurice [the dear old lady], Baby Wiley [Celestia, as a child], Katherine Frank, Mae Halpin, James Dent, Ethel Corcoran, Harold Foshay, Billie Billings, [?] Nellie Anderson?, [?] Julia Swayne Gordon?
The Vitagraph Company of America production; distributed by V-L-S-E, Incorporated. / Scenario by Charles W. Goddard and Gouverneur Morris, from the novel The Goddess by Gouverneur Morris by Charles W. Goddard. / 15 chapters (two reels each): [1] released 9 May 1915 (three reels); [2] released 16 May 1915; [3] released 23 May 1915; [4] released 30 May 1915; [5] released 6 June 1915; [6] released 12 June 1915; [7] released 20 June 1915; [8] released 27 June 1915; [9] released 4 July 1915; [10] released 11 July 1915; [11] released 18 July 1915; [12] released 25 July 1915; [13] released 1 August 1915; [14] released 8 August 1915; [15] released 15 August 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Serials
Listing updated: 4 May 2020.
References: Lahue-Bound p. 82; Lahue-Continued pp. 32-33, 62d, 163, 285; Stedman-Serials p. 35; Tarbox-Lost p. 222 : Website-IMDb; Website-SerSq.
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