Evelyn Nesbit in My Little Sister (1919)
This review of the film adaptation of Elisabeth Robins’ My Little Sister (1919) appeared in the magazine Moving Picture World. The review describes the “sensation” the play caused upon its […]
Tag Archives: Adaptations
Resurrection (1909)
Produced for the Biography Company by D.W. Griffith and starring Florence Lawrence (who has been called the world’s first movie star), this 1909 adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s Resurrection which depicts […]
Safe in Hell (1931)
This is an excerpt from the 1931 pre-Code film Safe in Hell starring Dorothy Mackaill. The film tells the story of a prostitute who escapes a murder charge by moving […]