The Witness for the Defense
1919 film by George Fitzmaurice
- September 14, 1919 (1919-09-14)
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The Witness for the Defense is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Elsie Ferguson, Warner Oland, and Wyndham Standing.[1][2]
Plot
Cast
- Elsie Ferguson as Stella Derrick
- Vernon Steele as Dick Hazelwood
- Warner Oland as Captain Ballantyne
- Wyndham Standing as Henry Thresk
- George Fitzgerald as Wigney Derrick
- J. H. Gilmour as Harold Hazelwood
- Amelia Summerville as Margaret Pettifer
- Cora Williams as Teresa Derrick
- Blanche Standing as Mary Derrick
- Leslie King as Baram Singh
- Charles W. Charles as Gardner
- Mrs. Bryant as Gardner's Wife
- Etienne Girardot as Richard Pettifer
- Henry Warwick as Lawyer
Production background
The film is based on the 1913 novel The Witness for the Defence by A. E. W. Mason. Mason's story was performed as a play on Broadway in 1911 and starred Ethel Barrymore.[3]
Location shooting for the film was carried out in Miami, Florida, though the location was doubling for India.[2]
The film is the earliest of prolific director George Fitzmaurice's to survive and is likewise the only silent film of Elsie Ferguson that remains extant. The film is also the first feature length film art direction credit for William Cameron Menzies.
Preservation
A complete print of The Witness for the Defense is held by the Gosfilmofond in Moscow.[1][4]
References
- ^ a b Progressive Silent Film List: The Witness for the Defense at silentera.com
- ^ a b "The Witness for the Defense". afi.com. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
- ^ The Witness for the Defense as produced on Broadway by Charles Frohman at the Empire Theatre December 4, 1911 to January 1912, 64 performances; IBDb.com
- ^ "American Silent Feature Film Database: The Witness for the Defense". Library of Congress. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Witness for the Defense.
- The Witness for the Defense at IMDb
- The Witness for the Defense as restored and presented by the University of North Dakota (with stills and clips from the movie)
- Synopsis at AllMovie
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Films directed by George Fitzmaurice
- When Rome Ruled (1914)
- Stop Thief! (1915)
- The Commuters (1915)
- Who's Who in Society (1915)
- At Bay (1915)
- Via Wireless (1915)
- The Money Master (1915)
- New York (1916)
- The Romantic Journey (1916)
- Arms and the Woman (1916)
- Big Jim Garrity (1916)
- The Test (1916)
- The On-the-Square Girl (1917)
- Kick In (1917)
- The Mark of Cain (1917)
- The Hunting of the Hawk (1917)
- The Iron Heart (1917)
- Blind Man's Luck (1917)
- Sylvia of the Secret Service (1917)
- The Recoil (1917)
- Innocent (1918)
- A Japanese Nightingale (1918)
- The Hillcrest Mystery (1918)
- The Naulahka (1918)
- The Narrow Path (1918)
- Common Clay (1919)
- The Cry of the Weak (1919)
- The Profiteers (1919)
- The Avalanche (1919)
- Our Better Selves (1919)
- A Society Exile (1919)
- The Witness for the Defense (1919)
- Counterfeit (1919)
- On with the Dance (1920)
- The Right to Love (1920)
- Idols of Clay (1920)
- Forever (1921)
- Paying the Piper (1921)
- Experience (1921)
- Kick In (1922)
- To Have and to Hold (1922)
- Three Live Ghosts (1922)
- The Man from Home (1922)
- The Cheat (1923)
- Bella Donna (1923)
- The Eternal City (1923)
- Cytherea (1924)
- Tarnish (1924)
- A Thief in Paradise (1925)
- His Supreme Moment (1925)
- The Dark Angel (1925)
- The Son of the Sheik (1926)
- The Night of Love (1927)
- The Tender Hour (1927)
- Rose of the Golden West (1927)
- The Love Mart (1927)
- The Barker (1928)
- Lilac Time (1928)
- The Locked Door (1929)
- His Captive Woman (1929)
- The Man and the Moment (1929)
- Tiger Rose (1929)
- The Bad One (1930)
- Raffles (1930)
- The Devil to Pay! (1930)
- One Heavenly Night (1931)
- Strangers May Kiss (1931)
- The Unholy Garden (1931)
- Mata Hari (1931)
- As You Desire Me (1932)
- Rockabye (1932)
- Nana (1934)
- All Men Are Enemies (1934)
- Petticoat Fever (1936)
- Suzy (1936)
- The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937)
- The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937)
- Live, Love and Learn (1937)
- Arsène Lupin Returns (1938)
- Vacation from Love (1938)
- Adventure in Diamonds (1940)
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