After Five (1915)
Comedy | 28 January 1915
Directors:
Oscar Apfel, Cecil B. DeMilleWriter:
William C. de MilleProduction Company:
Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co.The scheduled 28 Jan 1915 release was announced in the 26 Dec 1914 Motography. That same day, Moving Picture World stated that principal photography had begun during the previous week. The magazine also reported that star Edward Abeles required “two husky men” to extricate him from a mud hole while filming near the waterfront in San Pedro, CA. One week later, an article in the 2 Jan 1915 Motion Picture News revealed that a sudden blizzard had left the company snowbound for nearly two weeks at the Squirrel Inn in Bear, CA. Director Oscar Apfel exploited the opportunity by shooting stock footage of the “Arctic atmosphere.”
The 12 Jun 1915 Pictures and the Pictguregoer described After Five as “the most convulsing comedy of American Life ever conceived.”
An item in the 4 Dec 1915 Moving Picture World noted that the film marked Japanese actor Sessue Hayakawa’s first picture for the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co.
Famous Players-Lasky released another film based on the same source in 1925, titled The Night Club, starring Raymond Griffith. (See AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.3825.) ...
The scheduled 28 Jan 1915 release was announced in the 26 Dec 1914 Motography. That same day, Moving Picture World stated that principal photography had begun during the previous week. The magazine also reported that star Edward Abeles required “two husky men” to extricate him from a mud hole while filming near the waterfront in San Pedro, CA. One week later, an article in the 2 Jan 1915 Motion Picture News revealed that a sudden blizzard had left the company snowbound for nearly two weeks at the Squirrel Inn in Bear, CA. Director Oscar Apfel exploited the opportunity by shooting stock footage of the “Arctic atmosphere.”
The 12 Jun 1915 Pictures and the Pictguregoer described After Five as “the most convulsing comedy of American Life ever conceived.”
An item in the 4 Dec 1915 Moving Picture World noted that the film marked Japanese actor Sessue Hayakawa’s first picture for the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co.
Famous Players-Lasky released another film based on the same source in 1925, titled The Night Club, starring Raymond Griffith. (See AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.3825.)
Ted Ewing entrusts $50,000 belonging to his ward Nora Hildreth, whom he loves, and $50,000 of his own, to broker Sam Parker to invest in Potash preferred stock on Parker's advice. After Parker disappears, Ted takes out a $50,000 life insurance policy payable to Nora. Because it contains a clause disallowing payment for suicide, Ted tries to arrange to die "accidentally." After a few misguided attempts, Ted pays his Japanese valet Oki a sum to deliver to Bruno Schwartz, the leader of a black hand organization, if they will kill him after five that afternoon. While Ted waits in terror for his "accident," Parker notifies him that his disappearance caused other brokers to sell, and that now the stock has doubled. Rather than go back on his word, Oki attempts hara-kiri. After Ted proposes to Nora's doting Aunt Diddy, to get money from her to pay off Schwartz, the gang is called off. Ted and Nora marry as Aunt Diddy smiles in ...
Ted Ewing entrusts $50,000 belonging to his ward Nora Hildreth, whom he loves, and $50,000 of his own, to broker Sam Parker to invest in Potash preferred stock on Parker's advice. After Parker disappears, Ted takes out a $50,000 life insurance policy payable to Nora. Because it contains a clause disallowing payment for suicide, Ted tries to arrange to die "accidentally." After a few misguided attempts, Ted pays his Japanese valet Oki a sum to deliver to Bruno Schwartz, the leader of a black hand organization, if they will kill him after five that afternoon. While Ted waits in terror for his "accident," Parker notifies him that his disappearance caused other brokers to sell, and that now the stock has doubled. Rather than go back on his word, Oki attempts hara-kiri. After Ted proposes to Nora's doting Aunt Diddy, to get money from her to pay off Schwartz, the gang is called off. Ted and Nora marry as Aunt Diddy smiles in resignation.
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