The Haunted Pajamas (1917)
Comedy-drama | 11 June 1917
On 31 March 1917, Motion Picture News announced that president and general manager of the Yorke Film Corp., Fred J. Balshofer, had recently returned to the Metro-Yorke studios in Hollywood, CA, to start work on an adaptation of Francis Perry Elliott’s novel, The Haunted Pajamas. Harold Lockwood and May Allison were set to co-star in the picture, but Allison did not remain with the project. The 28 April 1917 Motion Picture News stated that filming had begun on The Haunted Pajamas as a Yorke Film Corp. follow-up to Harold Lockwood's The Hidden Spring (1917, see entry), and the 2 June 1917 Moving Picture World noted that production had ended the previous week. Shooting took place in Los Angeles and in San Franciso, CA, as evidenced in the 12 May 1917 Motion Picture News, which added that scenes would be filmed on a steamer in the bay, at the Golden Gate park, and in San Mateo. The 5 May 1917 Moving Picture World reported that Charles P. Stallings was hired to serve as assistant director. A separate news item in the same magazine noted that The Haunted Pajamas marked Lockwood’s “eight picturization of a popular novel at the Metro-Yorke studios.”
Despite mixed reviews, the film was named “one of the most successful pictures of the year starring Mr. Lockwood” in the 20 October 1917 Motography.
According to the Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database, this film is extant.
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On 31 March 1917, Motion Picture News announced that president and general manager of the Yorke Film Corp., Fred J. Balshofer, had recently returned to the Metro-Yorke studios in Hollywood, CA, to start work on an adaptation of Francis Perry Elliott’s novel, The Haunted Pajamas. Harold Lockwood and May Allison were set to co-star in the picture, but Allison did not remain with the project. The 28 April 1917 Motion Picture News stated that filming had begun on The Haunted Pajamas as a Yorke Film Corp. follow-up to Harold Lockwood's The Hidden Spring (1917, see entry), and the 2 June 1917 Moving Picture World noted that production had ended the previous week. Shooting took place in Los Angeles and in San Franciso, CA, as evidenced in the 12 May 1917 Motion Picture News, which added that scenes would be filmed on a steamer in the bay, at the Golden Gate park, and in San Mateo. The 5 May 1917 Moving Picture World reported that Charles P. Stallings was hired to serve as assistant director. A separate news item in the same magazine noted that The Haunted Pajamas marked Lockwood’s “eight picturization of a popular novel at the Metro-Yorke studios.”
Despite mixed reviews, the film was named “one of the most successful pictures of the year starring Mr. Lockwood” in the 20 October 1917 Motography.
According to the Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database, this film is extant.
When Richard Hudson receives a pair of silk pajamas from a friend in China, he is unaware that they are bewitched and that whoever wears them will be transformed into someone else. Richard puts them on and is transformed into a fierce Chinese warrior, causing his butler Jenkins to quit drinking. The next night, Richard's close friend Jack Billings sends his brother Francis to spend the night, and upon donning the pajamas, Francis becomes Jack's sweetheart, Frances Kirkland, giving Richard a series of shocks. Next, Jack becomes a victim of the pajamas, is locked up as a burglar, and is given a black eye by his own father for "impersonating his son." Complications pile up until Colonel Kirkland, the friend who sent the pajamas, arrives from China and clears up the ...
When Richard Hudson receives a pair of silk pajamas from a friend in China, he is unaware that they are bewitched and that whoever wears them will be transformed into someone else. Richard puts them on and is transformed into a fierce Chinese warrior, causing his butler Jenkins to quit drinking. The next night, Richard's close friend Jack Billings sends his brother Francis to spend the night, and upon donning the pajamas, Francis becomes Jack's sweetheart, Frances Kirkland, giving Richard a series of shocks. Next, Jack becomes a victim of the pajamas, is locked up as a burglar, and is given a black eye by his own father for "impersonating his son." Complications pile up until Colonel Kirkland, the friend who sent the pajamas, arrives from China and clears up the mystery.
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