Evangeline (1913 film)
Encyclopedia
Evangeline is a 1913
Canadian drama film
based on the epic poem of the same name
. Directed by Edward P. Sullivan and William Cavanaugh, it is the first feature-length film in Canada.
1913 in film
The year 1913 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* The Squaw Man, the first Hollywood feature film, is made.* December 29, Charlie Chaplin signs a contract with Mack Sennett to begin making films at Keystone Studios.* D. W...
Canadian drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
based on the epic poem of the same name
Evangeline
Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie, is an epic poem published in 1847 by the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The poem follows an Acadian girl named Evangeline and her search for her lost love Gabriel, set during the time of the Expulsion of the Acadians.The idea for the poem came from...
. Directed by Edward P. Sullivan and William Cavanaugh, it is the first feature-length film in Canada.
Cast
- Laura Lyman as Evangeline Bellefontaine
- John F. Carleton as Gabriel Lajeunesse
- William Cavanaugh as Rene LeBlanc
- Edward P. Sullivan as Father Felician
- Marguerite Marquis as Shawnee Indian woman