Her Painted Hero

Film

Her Painted Hero

Directed by| F. Richard Jones
Written by| Mack Sennett
Starring| Hale Hamilton, Charles Murray,Harold Lloyd

Her Painted Hero is a 1915 American short comedy film directed by F. Richard Jones and written by Mack Sennett. Harold Lloyd appears in the film, uncredited.

## Premise

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Plot summary for the film, serving as copyright registration in the USA.

An heiress plans to use her new wealth for influence on the stage. The play being shown within the film is titled What Sherman Said, and is seemingly an epic about the Civil War.[1]

## Cast

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* Hale Hamilton as a Matinee Idol
* Charles Murray as a Property Man
* Slim Summerville as a Bill-Poster
* Polly Moran as a Stage-struck Maiden
* Harry Booker as the Maiden's Father
* Harold Lloyd as a minister (uncredited)[2]

## Production

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The film was written by Mack Sennett for his Keystone Studios.[3] Also credited as the Keystone Film Company the logo clearly visible within the film is for the amalgamated company "Keystone Triangle", later to be abbreviated to Tri-stone Pictures. In 2007, when the independent film studio Cineville merged with the DVD distributor Westlake Entertainment, the companies named their joint enterprise Keystone.[4]

## Release

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The film was distributed in France as Vermicel artiste peintre.[5]

## Status

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Prints of the film exist.[6]

## Home video

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Her Painted Hero was included on various DVDs gathering silent comedies.[7]

The film is part of the 50 movie pack Comedy Classics DVD collection, released in 2007.Universal comedy classics series.[8][9]

## Reception

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The New York Times sees in this short film an "example of a curious movie phenomena".[10] The film's technical particularities were also noted in a review for The Moving Picture World, January 1916.[11]

## References

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1. ^ Massa, Steve. Slapstick Divas: The Women of Silent Comedy. BearManor Media.
2. ^ Walker, Brent E. (January 13, 2010). Mack Sennett's Fun Factory: A History and Filmography of His Studio and His Keystone and Mack Sennett Comedies, with Biographies of Players and Personnel. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-5707-6.
3. ^ King, Rob (December 10, 2008). The Fun Factory: The Keystone Film Company and the Emergence of Mass Culture. Univ of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-25538-8.
4. ^ Robertson, Willa (2007-07-18). "Cineville, Westlake create Keystone" Archived 2018-08-15 at the Wayback Machine. Variety. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
5. ^ Couderc, Jean-Jacques (April 13, 2015). Les petits maîtres du burlesque américain, 1902-1929 (in French). CNRS Éditions via OpenEdition. ISBN 978-2-271-07853-7.
6. ^ "Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List". www.silentera.com. Archived from the original on October 26, 2023. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
7. ^ "Silent Era : Home Video Reviews". www.silentera.com. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
8. ^ Mill Creek Entertainment, OverDrive, Inc. "Front cover image for Her painted hero Her painted hero". Archived from the original on October 31, 2023. Retrieved October 24, 2023.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
9. ^ Front cover image for 50 movie pack : Comedy Classics DVD collection 50 movie pack : Comedy Classics DVD collection. Archived from the original on October 31, 2023. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
10. ^ "THE SABLE LORCHA' A THRILLING FILM; Movie Drama Shown at the Knickerbocker Contains a Story Rich in Adventure. SAME MAN PORTRAYS TWINS Cinema Trick Brings Actor Twice on the Screen at the Same Moment". The New York Times. October 18, 1915. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on October 29, 2023. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
11. ^ Model, Ben (November 16, 2020). ""Her Painted Hero", Shot Through a Projector". Ben Model. Archived from the original on October 26, 2023. Retrieved October 31, 2023.

## External links

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* Her Painted Hero at IMDb
* Progressive Silent Film List

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