Susie Snowflake (1916)
Comedy-drama | 22 June 1916
The 13 May 1916 Moving Picture World announced the recent signing of diminutive Broadway musical star Ann Pennington to “a long term contract with the Famous Players Film Co.” She was also under contract to producer Florenz Ziegfeld as a featured performer in his yearly stage revue, the Ziegfeld Follies.
The 10 Jun 1916 Motion Picture News noted that Pennington’s debut film, Susie Snowflake, was written especially for her by scenarist Shannon Fife, and was intended to showcase the full range of her talents, including her dancing and dramatic abilities. Production was reportedly “nearing completion.”
According to the 19 Aug 1916 Moving Picture World, character actor Joseph Burke appeared in an uncredited role. An item in Paramount Pictures Corp. studio records implied that director J. Searle Dawley may have contributed to the production.
Susie Snowflake was released 22 Jun 1916 to generally positive reviews. Various sources claim that the film opened on 25 Jun 1916 at the Broadway Theatre in New York City. An item in the 12 Aug 1916 Motion Picture News noted that another project was being readied for Pennington following her successful screen debut. Filming would continue to take place at Famous Players’ New York City studios during the day, allowing the actress to appear in the Follies at night.
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The 13 May 1916 Moving Picture World announced the recent signing of diminutive Broadway musical star Ann Pennington to “a long term contract with the Famous Players Film Co.” She was also under contract to producer Florenz Ziegfeld as a featured performer in his yearly stage revue, the Ziegfeld Follies.
The 10 Jun 1916 Motion Picture News noted that Pennington’s debut film, Susie Snowflake, was written especially for her by scenarist Shannon Fife, and was intended to showcase the full range of her talents, including her dancing and dramatic abilities. Production was reportedly “nearing completion.”
According to the 19 Aug 1916 Moving Picture World, character actor Joseph Burke appeared in an uncredited role. An item in Paramount Pictures Corp. studio records implied that director J. Searle Dawley may have contributed to the production.
Susie Snowflake was released 22 Jun 1916 to generally positive reviews. Various sources claim that the film opened on 25 Jun 1916 at the Broadway Theatre in New York City. An item in the 12 Aug 1916 Motion Picture News noted that another project was being readied for Pennington following her successful screen debut. Filming would continue to take place at Famous Players’ New York City studios during the day, allowing the actress to appear in the Follies at night.
After Susie Snowflake's mother, a country girl, ran away with an actor, Susie was reared by a guardian who was a former theater man. Because she grows up wanting to be a dancer on the stage, her guardian decides that it is best for Susie to go to live with her two maiden aunts in Crescent, a small, conservative community. Naturally effervescent, Susie does a lively dance at a tea party and at a church social and is ostracised because of her behavior. After she discovers money hidden by her grandfather and pays off the farm's mortgage, however, she is once again in the good graces of her family. She then marries the country doctor and settles into domestic ...
After Susie Snowflake's mother, a country girl, ran away with an actor, Susie was reared by a guardian who was a former theater man. Because she grows up wanting to be a dancer on the stage, her guardian decides that it is best for Susie to go to live with her two maiden aunts in Crescent, a small, conservative community. Naturally effervescent, Susie does a lively dance at a tea party and at a church social and is ostracised because of her behavior. After she discovers money hidden by her grandfather and pays off the farm's mortgage, however, she is once again in the good graces of her family. She then marries the country doctor and settles into domestic bliss.
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