The Code of Marcia Gray
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The Code of Marcia Gray is a 1916
silent
romantic crime drama produced by Oliver Morosco
, distributed through Paramount Pictures
and directed by Frank Lloyd
.
. The film starred the statuesque stage beauty Constance Collier
in her second film role. Collier made this film during her trip to the United States with Herbert Beerbohm Tree
.
Collier and Tree were in the United States for the 300th anniversary celebrations of Shakespeare's death. The Code of Marcia Gray was released before the Collier/Tree Shakespearean film Macbeth
(1916) and before Collier's guest appearance in D. W. Griffith
's Intolerance
(1916).
1916 in film
The year 1916 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* October 17 - release of A Daughter of the Gods, the first US production with a million dollar budget, with the first nude scene by a major star....
silent
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
romantic crime drama produced by Oliver Morosco
Oliver Morosco
Oliver Morosco was an American theatrical producer, director, writerand theater owner.-Biography:Born Oliver Mitchell in Logan, Utah, Morosco was raised in San Francisco, California...
, distributed through Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still...
and directed by Frank Lloyd
Frank Lloyd
Frank Lloyd was a film director, scriptwriter and producer...
.
Production background
The film is based on a true story concerning the collapse of the Knickerbocker Bank in New York, similar to present day Madoff investment scandalMadoff investment scandal
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. The film starred the statuesque stage beauty Constance Collier
Constance Collier
Constance Collier was an English film actress and acting coach.-Life and career:Born Laura Constance Hardie, in Windsor, Berkshire, Collier made her stage debut at the age of 3, when she played Fairy Peasblossom in A Midsummer's Night Dream...
in her second film role. Collier made this film during her trip to the United States with Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree was an English actor and theatre manager.Tree began performing in the 1870s. By 1887, he was managing the Haymarket Theatre, winning praise for adventurous programming and lavish productions, and starring in many of its productions. In 1899, he helped fund the...
.
Collier and Tree were in the United States for the 300th anniversary celebrations of Shakespeare's death. The Code of Marcia Gray was released before the Collier/Tree Shakespearean film Macbeth
Macbeth (1916 film)
Macbeth is a silent, black and white 1916 film adaptation of the classic William Shakespeare play, Macbeth.It was directed by John Emerson, and released on June 4, 1916 in the United States, and on February 26, 1917 in Japan. This version of Macbeth was produced by D. W. Griffith, with...
(1916) and before Collier's guest appearance in D. W. Griffith
D. W. Griffith
David Llewelyn Wark Griffith was a premier pioneering American film director. He is best known as the director of the controversial and groundbreaking 1915 film The Birth of a Nation and the subsequent film Intolerance .Griffith's film The Birth of a Nation made pioneering use of advanced camera...
's Intolerance
Intolerance (film)
Intolerance is a 1916 American silent film directed by D. W. Griffith and is considered one of the great masterpieces of the Silent Era. The three-and-a-half hour epic intercuts four parallel storylines each separated by several centuries: A contemporary melodrama of crime and redemption; a...
(1916).
Cast
- Constance CollierConstance CollierConstance Collier was an English film actress and acting coach.-Life and career:Born Laura Constance Hardie, in Windsor, Berkshire, Collier made her stage debut at the age of 3, when she played Fairy Peasblossom in A Midsummer's Night Dream...
- Marcia Gray - Harry De VereHarry De VereHarry De Vere was an American silent film actor.He was signed by the Thanhouser Company based in New York City in 1914 and starred in about 70 films until his death in 1923....
- Harry Gray - Forrest StanleyForrest StanleyForrest Stanley was an American actor and screenplay writer best known for his work in silent film...
- attorney / lawyer ?____ - Frank A. Bonn - James Romaine(billed as Frank Bonn)
- Howard Davies - Ed Crane
- Helen Jerome EddyHelen Jerome EddyHelen Jerome Eddy was a motion picture actress from New York, New York. She was noted as a character actress who played genteel heroines in films such as Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm .-Biography:...
- Crane's Daughter - Herbert StandingHerbert StandingHerbert Standing was a British stage and screen actor and the patriarch of the Standing family of actors. He was the father of numerous children who many of them had careers in the theatre and/or in cinema...
- Banker Agnew