An article in the 12 Jul 1913 Motography announced that theatrical managers A. E. Erlanger and Marc Klaw had formed a $500,000 movie-making corporation, the Protective Film Company, in conjunction with the Biograph Company. They had “obtained the exclusive rights to produce nearly 400 plays” as motion pictures, and hired more than 600 people, including six stage managers and six companies of players, so that several films could be produced simultaneously, all at the Biograph studio complex in the Bronx, NY, between Prospect and Marmion avenues and 175th and 176th streets. Protective Film Co. soon became Klaw & Erlanger.
According to modern sources, Charles West, William J. Butler, Thornton Cole, Mrs. La Varnie, and Jose Ruben were also in the film.
The 20 Mar 1914 Variety mentioned that Lord Chumley was scheduled to be shown on the Roof of the American Theatre in New York City, but a last-minute announcement on the screen told the audience that “owing to the length of the vaudeville program, the feature picture would not be shown on the Roof but that it could be seen downstairs at 9:50. No one dropped down unless they went down at intermission and didn’t come back.”
Lord Chumley was re-issued on 15 Nov 1916 by Biograph in a three-reel version. At that time, the 28 Oct 1916 Motion Picture News declared, “There is nothing exciting about the story and sometimes it moves at a rather slow pace.”
In 1925, Paramount re-made Lord Chumley under the title Forty Winks, starring Viola Dana and Raymond Griffith, and directed by Frank Urson and Paul Iribe ...
An article in the 12 Jul 1913 Motography announced that theatrical managers A. E. Erlanger and Marc Klaw had formed a $500,000 movie-making corporation, the Protective Film Company, in conjunction with the Biograph Company. They had “obtained the exclusive rights to produce nearly 400 plays” as motion pictures, and hired more than 600 people, including six stage managers and six companies of players, so that several films could be produced simultaneously, all at the Biograph studio complex in the Bronx, NY, between Prospect and Marmion avenues and 175th and 176th streets. Protective Film Co. soon became Klaw & Erlanger.
According to modern sources, Charles West, William J. Butler, Thornton Cole, Mrs. La Varnie, and Jose Ruben were also in the film.
The 20 Mar 1914 Variety mentioned that Lord Chumley was scheduled to be shown on the Roof of the American Theatre in New York City, but a last-minute announcement on the screen told the audience that “owing to the length of the vaudeville program, the feature picture would not be shown on the Roof but that it could be seen downstairs at 9:50. No one dropped down unless they went down at intermission and didn’t come back.”
Lord Chumley was re-issued on 15 Nov 1916 by Biograph in a three-reel version. At that time, the 28 Oct 1916 Motion Picture News declared, “There is nothing exciting about the story and sometimes it moves at a rather slow pace.”
In 1925, Paramount re-made Lord Chumley under the title Forty Winks, starring Viola Dana and Raymond Griffith, and directed by Frank Urson and Paul Iribe (see entry).
After Gaspar La Sage and his cohort, Blink Blunk, are released from prison, they make plans for another robbery, but Blink Blunk is captured and sent back behind the walls. La Sage goes to England and attempts to establish himself as a gentleman. Meanwhile, Lt. Hugh Butterworth invites his friend, Lord Chumley (spelled Cholmondeley), to spend time at his summer home. Chumley falls in love with Hugh’s sister, Eleanor, but she thinks he’s a fortune hunter. On the other hand, Hugh’s aunt, Lady Adeline, has her eye on Chumley. At this point, La Sage, who now maintains a gambling parlor, meets Hugh Butterworth and entices him to gamble and lose heavily, which puts the officer in his grasp. At the army barracks, a collection of a thousand pounds is taken up for a fallen comrade, McGregor, and Hugh is entrusted to turn the money, inside an envelope, over to the widow. However, La Sage lures him to his room to gamble, drugs him, and robs the envelope of eight hundred pounds. When Hugh awakens, he hurries to the widow McGregor’s home and is shocked to discover he can give her only two hundred pounds. She in turns writes him a letter thanking him for that amount. When Hugh desperately appeals to La Sage, the gambler gets hold of the widow’s incriminating letter and threatens to turn it over to Hugh’s commanding officer, Colonel Pembroke, unless Hugh helps insinuate him into the affections of his sister, Eleanor. Hugh tells Lord Chumley about La Sage, however, and Chumley, suspecting that Hugh was drugged and robbed, sets about to learn about La Sage’s past. By now, Blink Blunk has returned to La ...
After Gaspar La Sage and his cohort, Blink Blunk, are released from prison, they make plans for another robbery, but Blink Blunk is captured and sent back behind the walls. La Sage goes to England and attempts to establish himself as a gentleman. Meanwhile, Lt. Hugh Butterworth invites his friend, Lord Chumley (spelled Cholmondeley), to spend time at his summer home. Chumley falls in love with Hugh’s sister, Eleanor, but she thinks he’s a fortune hunter. On the other hand, Hugh’s aunt, Lady Adeline, has her eye on Chumley. At this point, La Sage, who now maintains a gambling parlor, meets Hugh Butterworth and entices him to gamble and lose heavily, which puts the officer in his grasp. At the army barracks, a collection of a thousand pounds is taken up for a fallen comrade, McGregor, and Hugh is entrusted to turn the money, inside an envelope, over to the widow. However, La Sage lures him to his room to gamble, drugs him, and robs the envelope of eight hundred pounds. When Hugh awakens, he hurries to the widow McGregor’s home and is shocked to discover he can give her only two hundred pounds. She in turns writes him a letter thanking him for that amount. When Hugh desperately appeals to La Sage, the gambler gets hold of the widow’s incriminating letter and threatens to turn it over to Hugh’s commanding officer, Colonel Pembroke, unless Hugh helps insinuate him into the affections of his sister, Eleanor. Hugh tells Lord Chumley about La Sage, however, and Chumley, suspecting that Hugh was drugged and robbed, sets about to learn about La Sage’s past. By now, Blink Blunk has returned to La Sage and demands payment for going to prison for him, and when Chumley overhears the threat, he befriends the ex-convict, promises him money, and learns that, like Blink Blunk, La Sage has a prison tattoo, a fleur de lis, on his chest. When La Sage intensifies his suit for Eleanor, Chumley discredits him by tearing open his shirt and revealing the prison mark. He also gives the widow McGregor the remaining eight hundred pounds and receives from her a thank-you note that nullifies her earlier letter. At this point, a detective, Zavier, confronts La Sage and persuades him to flee the country. Chumley and Eleanor announce their engagement, as do Hugh and his faithful sweetheart, Jessie.
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