Brown of Harvard (1911 film)
Encyclopedia
Brown of Harvard is a 1911
silent film based on the play
of the same name by Rida Johnson Young
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1911 in film
The year 1911 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*March 23: D.W Griffith shows the first major close-up shot on film with the successful release of The Lonedale Operator proving his ever growing mastery of how to utilise film....
silent film based on the play
Play (theatre)
A play is a form of literature written by a playwright, usually consisting of scripted dialogue between characters, intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading. There are rare dramatists, notably George Bernard Shaw, who have had little preference whether their plays were performed...
of the same name by Rida Johnson Young
Rida Johnson Young
Rida Johnson Young was an American playwright, songwriter and librettist. In her career, Young wrote over thirty plays and musicals, and over 500 songs. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970...
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Cast
- Edgar G. Wynn as Tom Brown of Harvard
- Charles ClaryCharles ClaryCharles Clary was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 206 films between 1910 and 1930.He was born in Charleston, Illinois and died on his 58th birthday in Los Angeles, California...
as Gerald Thorne, a Tutor - George L. Cox as Wilfred Kenyon, a Black Sheep
- Edgar KennedyEdgar KennedyEdgar Livingston Kennedy was an American comedic film actor, known as "the king of the slow burn". A slow burn is an exasperated facial expression, performed very deliberately; Kennedy embellished this by rubbing his hand over his bald head and across his face, in an attempt to hold his temper...
as Claxton Madden - James Le Boutillier as John Cartright
- Frank Weed as Tubby Anderson
- William StowellWilliam StowellWilliam Stowell , was an American silent film actor who died in a railroad accident in the Belgian Congo in 1919....
as Happy Thurston - Charles A. Kellner as Bud Hall
- Joseph Sullivan as Victor Colton
- Fielding J. Thatcher as Codrington
- Lillian LeightonLillian LeightonLillian Brown Leighton was an American silent film actress. She was signed in 1910 and starred in over 200 films before her retirement in 1940.-Selected filmography:-External links:...
as Mrs. Kenyon - Winifred GreenwoodWinifred GreenwoodWinifred Greenwood was an American silent film actress.She was signed in 1910 and starred in over 200 films before her retirement in 1927...
as Evelyn Kenyon - Adrienne KroellAdrienne KroellAdrienne Kroell , was an American actress. She appeared in over 75 films between 1909 and 1914.She was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA and died in Evanston, Illinois, of complications from arthritis.-External links:...
as Marion Thorne, Gerald's Sister - Hobart BosworthHobart BosworthHobart Bosworth was an American film actor, director, writer, and producer.-Early life:Born Hobart Van Zandt Bosworth, he was a direct descendant of Miles Standish and John and Priscilla Alden on his father's side and of New York's Van Zandt family, the first Dutch settlers to land in the New...
Uncredited - Bessie EytonBessie EytonBessie Eyton was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in some 200 films between 1911 and 1925...
Uncredited - Kempton GreeneKempton GreeneKempton Greene was an American film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 68 films between 1909 and 1921.He was born in Shreveport, Louisiana.-Selected filmography:* Brown of Harvard...
as Student (uncredited)