Captain of His Soul (1918)
Mystery, Drama | 10 February 1918
The 22 December 1917 Motion Picture News announced that director Gilbert P. Hamilton began work the previous week on Captain of His Soul at "the Triangle Studios at Culver City." Among the listed cast members was W. A. Jeffries, who was not in the final credits. Three weeks later, an item in the 12 January 1918 Motography noted that filming was "just completed."
Story writer Eleanor Talbot Kinkead's name was variously spelled as Elinor, Eleanore and Eleanoret, Kinkade, Kincaid and Kinkaid, with her middle name often designated with a T. Various sources gave the story's original title as Shackles, and identified it as a magazine story inspired by William Ernest Henley's poem, "Out of the Night."
Some sources, including Billboard, credit Eugene Corey with the role of "Reggie Van Fleet."
The Chicago Board of Censors demanded a cut of several subtitles, including "Before you go, dear, don't forget to settle," as noted in the 9 March 1917 Exhibitors Herald.
Reviewer L. J. Bourstein, in the 16 February 1918 Motography, praised the set of an interior of a large Palm Beach, FL, hotel as "almost the best in some time."
The 22 February 1918 El Paso Herald of El Paso, TX, announced that Captain of His Soul would be screening for one day only at the Grecian Theater: "Those who fail to attend the Grecian today will have cause to regret."
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this film on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of February 2021. ...
The 22 December 1917 Motion Picture News announced that director Gilbert P. Hamilton began work the previous week on Captain of His Soul at "the Triangle Studios at Culver City." Among the listed cast members was W. A. Jeffries, who was not in the final credits. Three weeks later, an item in the 12 January 1918 Motography noted that filming was "just completed."
Story writer Eleanor Talbot Kinkead's name was variously spelled as Elinor, Eleanore and Eleanoret, Kinkade, Kincaid and Kinkaid, with her middle name often designated with a T. Various sources gave the story's original title as Shackles, and identified it as a magazine story inspired by William Ernest Henley's poem, "Out of the Night."
Some sources, including Billboard, credit Eugene Corey with the role of "Reggie Van Fleet."
The Chicago Board of Censors demanded a cut of several subtitles, including "Before you go, dear, don't forget to settle," as noted in the 9 March 1917 Exhibitors Herald.
Reviewer L. J. Bourstein, in the 16 February 1918 Motography, praised the set of an interior of a large Palm Beach, FL, hotel as "almost the best in some time."
The 22 February 1918 El Paso Herald of El Paso, TX, announced that Captain of His Soul would be screening for one day only at the Grecian Theater: "Those who fail to attend the Grecian today will have cause to regret."
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this film on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of February 2021.
The Captain of His Soul
Ebenezer Boyce relinquishes control of the Boyce Automatic Pistol Works to Wall Street schemer Martin at the suggestion of his sons Horace and Henry, but the shock of Martin's dishonesty kills the old man. When Martin is discovered dead, the Boyce brothers secretly suspect each other of murder. At Palm Beach, Florida, both brothers fall in love with Martin's daughter, Myra, a widow, whose preference for Horace causes Henry, fevered and in a jealous rage, to accuse Horace openly of murder. Annette De Searcy, Martin's former mistress, finally confesses that she killed Martin in self-defense, and Horace, his name cleared, wins Myra. A regretful Henry seeks solace with a hermit guru, regains his peace of mind, and returns home to be "captain of his ...
Ebenezer Boyce relinquishes control of the Boyce Automatic Pistol Works to Wall Street schemer Martin at the suggestion of his sons Horace and Henry, but the shock of Martin's dishonesty kills the old man. When Martin is discovered dead, the Boyce brothers secretly suspect each other of murder. At Palm Beach, Florida, both brothers fall in love with Martin's daughter, Myra, a widow, whose preference for Horace causes Henry, fevered and in a jealous rage, to accuse Horace openly of murder. Annette De Searcy, Martin's former mistress, finally confesses that she killed Martin in self-defense, and Horace, his name cleared, wins Myra. A regretful Henry seeks solace with a hermit guru, regains his peace of mind, and returns home to be "captain of his soul."
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