The Pride of the Clan
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The Poor Pride of the Clan is a 1917
romantic
drama film
directed by Maurice Tourneur
. It stars Mary Pickford
and Matt Moore. The film was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey
when many early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based there at the beginning of the 20th century.
1917 in film
The year 1917 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*Foundation of Universum Film AG , as a propaganda film company, in Berlin.*Technicolor System 1, a two-color process, is introduced...
romantic
Romance film
Romance films are love stories that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate involvement of the main characters and the journey that their love takes through courtship or marriage. Romance films make the love story or the search for love the main plot focus...
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...
directed by Maurice Tourneur
Maurice Tourneur
Maurice Tourneur was an important international film director and screenwriter.-Life:Born Maurice Thomas in the Belleville district of Paris, France, his father was a jeweler. As a young man, Maurice Thomas first trained as a graphic designer and a magazine illustrator but was soon drawn to the...
. It stars Mary Pickford
Mary Pickford
Mary Pickford was a Canadian-born motion picture actress, co-founder of the film studio United Artists and one of the original 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
and Matt Moore. The film was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey
Fort Lee, New Jersey
Fort Lee is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 35,345. Located atop the Hudson Palisades, the borough is the western terminus of the George Washington Bridge...
when many early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based there at the beginning of the 20th century.
Cast
- Mary PickfordMary PickfordMary Pickford was a Canadian-born motion picture actress, co-founder of the film studio United Artists and one of the original 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
... Marget MacTavish - Matt Moore ... Jamie Campbell
- Warren CookWarren CookWarren Cook was an American film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 68 films between 1914 and 1927.He was born in Boston, Massachusetts and died in New York, New York...
... Robert, Earl of Dunstable - Kathryn Browne-Decker ... The Countess of Dunstable (as Kathryn Browne Decker)
- Edward RosemanEdward RosemanEdward Roseman , sometimes identified as Edward F. Roseman, was an American actor, primarily during the silent film era.The son of a pharmacist, Roseman was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, christened Ernest Frederick Roseman...
... David Pitcairn (as Ed Roseman) - Joel Day ... The Dominie