Manon Lescaut
(1914) United States of America
B&W : Six reels
Directed by Herbert Hall Winslow
Cast: Lina Cavalieri [Manon Lescaut], Lucien Muratore [Chevalier des Grieux], Dorothy Arthur [Fifine], W.L. Abingdon (William L. Abingdon) [Count de Bretigny], Charles Hammond [Abbe Tiberge], Frank H. Westerton [Lescaut], Henry Weaver [Rochfort], Frank Hardy [Synnelet], H.L. Winslow [Edouarde], Cecil Walter [Governor of St. Lazare]
Playgoers Film Company production; distributed on State Rights basis by States Rights Independent Exchanges. / From the novel L’histoire de Chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut by Abbé Prévost. Cinematography by Edward Horn. / Released 18 May 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Bardèche-History p. 74 notes that this film was shot in Chicago. The novel was previously film as Manon Lescaut (1912). The novel was subsequently film as Manon Lescaut (1918).
Drama: Historical.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 4 October 2008.
References: Bardèche-History p. 74; Spehr-American p. 5; Tarbox-Lost p. 188 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
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