’Twas Ever Thus
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Elsie Janis
Cast: Elsie Janis [Lithesome / Prudence Alden / Marian Gordon], Hobart Bosworth [Hard Muscle / Colonel Warren / John Rogers], Owen Moore [Long Biceps / Frank Warren / Jack Rogers], Myrtle Stedman [Joysome / Betty Judkins / the chorus girl], Harry Ham [Joe Alden / the sub-editor], Helen Wolcott [Jean Hopkins/Helen Farnum], Joe Ray [a tough], Ludloe Goodman [George St. John], Charles Wainwright [Jack’s friend], [?] ? Goodman [Jack’s friend], [?] ? Shipley [Jack’s friend], [?] Link ? [a tribe member], [?] Art ? (Art Acord)? [a tribe member], [?] Hallie ? [a servant], [?] Carrie ? [a servant], [?] ? Leonard [the butler], [?] ? Acord [?] (Art Acord)? [the manservant], [?] ? El Monte [a lounger; and the driver]
Bosworth, Incorporated, production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / Produced by Hobart Bosworth. Scenario by Elsie Janis, from a screen story by Elsie Janis. / © 19 September 1915 by Bosworth, Incorporated [LU6340]. Released 23 September 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Website-AFI notes that Paramount studio records also lists Myrtle Stedman in the role of Robert Farnum, John Rogers’ partner, though this role may not appear in the final film.
Comedy: Romance.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 1 December 2023.
References: Tarbox-Lost pp. 217, 245 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb.
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