The Lady of the Photograph

1917 American film

The Lady of the Photograph

Directed by| Ben Turbett
Written by|

* Henry Albert Phillips
* Paul Sloane

Produced by| George Kleine
Starring|

* Shirley Mason
* Raymond McKee
* Gerald Pring

Cinematography| Fred S. Brace

Production
companies

* Perfection Pictures
* Edison Productions

Distributed by| K-E-S-E Service

Release date

| August 27, 1917

Running time

| 50 minutes
Country| United States
Languages|

* Silent
* English intertitles

The Lady of the Photograph is a 1917 American silent comedy drama film directed by Ben Turbett and starring Shirley Mason, Raymond McKee and Gerald Pring.[1] It was made by the Edison Studios shortly before they withdrew from production activities.

## Contents

* 1 Synopsis
* 2 Cast
* 3 References
* 4 Bibliography
* 5 External links

## Synopsis[edit]

An aristocratic but impoverished young Englishman meets an American woman in Britain, but fears he cannot be worthy of her until he has settled his debts. However a self-made American he meets on his ship across the Atlantic offers to help him out financially in exchange for helping him to become a gentleman so that he can woo a woman whose photograph he carries around with him. The Englishman is shocked to discover that it is the same woman he in love with.

## Cast[edit]

* Shirley Mason as Marjorie Van Dam
* Raymond McKee as Ferdinand 'Ferdy' Latimer
* Royal Byron as John Brown
* Dudley Hill as Eric Latimer
* William Calhoun as Cornelius Van Dam
* Gerald Pring as Captain Latimer
* Jane Harvey as Mrs. Van Dam

## References[edit]

1. ^ Connelly p.371

## Bibliography[edit]

* Robert B. Connelly. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36. December Press, 1998.

## External links[edit]

* The Lady of the Photograph at IMDb

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