The Revolt (1916)
Drama | 2 October 1916
Director:
Barry O'NeilWriter:
Frances MarionProducer:
William A. BradyProduction Company:
World Film Corp.; PeerlessEdward A. Locke wrote The Revolt for stage actress Helen Ware, according to the 7 October 1916 Moving Picture World. It was a popular Shubert-produced play on Broadway. The 20 July 1916 Moving Picture World announced that Barry O'Neil would soon begin directing the motion picture version, starring Gail Kane. However, Kane was not involved in the final production.
The 9 September 1916 Motion Picture News reported that filming was currently underway at the Peerless studio in Fort Lee, NJ.
Reviewer Peter Milne, in the 7 October 1916 Motion Picture News, commented on the use of makeup that realistically transformed Frances Nelson and Clara Whipple from "young girls without a care" in the first scene to "the later part in the picture when Anna has matured and Lena coarsened."
The November 1916 Motion Picture Magazine ran a photo-illustrated short story adaptation of The Revolt.
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this film on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of January 2021. ...
Edward A. Locke wrote The Revolt for stage actress Helen Ware, according to the 7 October 1916 Moving Picture World. It was a popular Shubert-produced play on Broadway. The 20 July 1916 Moving Picture World announced that Barry O'Neil would soon begin directing the motion picture version, starring Gail Kane. However, Kane was not involved in the final production.
The 9 September 1916 Motion Picture News reported that filming was currently underway at the Peerless studio in Fort Lee, NJ.
Reviewer Peter Milne, in the 7 October 1916 Motion Picture News, commented on the use of makeup that realistically transformed Frances Nelson and Clara Whipple from "young girls without a care" in the first scene to "the later part in the picture when Anna has matured and Lena coarsened."
The November 1916 Motion Picture Magazine ran a photo-illustrated short story adaptation of The Revolt.
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this film on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of January 2021.
Anna, an idealistic shopgirl, marries one of her company's wealthy salesmen John Stevens, and fully enjoys the role of wife and mother. John, however, comes to resent the meddling of Anna's stepmother, who lives with them, and takes advantage of society's double standard by pursuing other women, while expecting Anna to remain faithful. Eventually, she gets fed up with John, and decides to adopt his philosophy. She leaves Nannie, her sickly child, with her stepmother, and accepts a party invitation from one of her former fellow shopgirls, Lena Schmidt, who has maintained her rowdy ways. At the party, one of Lena's friends tries to seduce Anna. Doctor Goode saves her, however, and takes her home. Meanwhile, John has also returned from a night out, and is frantic over Nannie's condition. Doctor Goode heals Nannie, and then mends John and Lena's marriage, as he convinces John to accept the responsibilities that go with being a husband and a ...
Anna, an idealistic shopgirl, marries one of her company's wealthy salesmen John Stevens, and fully enjoys the role of wife and mother. John, however, comes to resent the meddling of Anna's stepmother, who lives with them, and takes advantage of society's double standard by pursuing other women, while expecting Anna to remain faithful. Eventually, she gets fed up with John, and decides to adopt his philosophy. She leaves Nannie, her sickly child, with her stepmother, and accepts a party invitation from one of her former fellow shopgirls, Lena Schmidt, who has maintained her rowdy ways. At the party, one of Lena's friends tries to seduce Anna. Doctor Goode saves her, however, and takes her home. Meanwhile, John has also returned from a night out, and is frantic over Nannie's condition. Doctor Goode heals Nannie, and then mends John and Lena's marriage, as he convinces John to accept the responsibilities that go with being a husband and a father.
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