Bobbie of the Ballet (1916)
Drama | 12 June 1916
Director:
Joseph De GrasseWriters:
Ida May Park, Grant CarpenterProduction Company:
Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.A news item in the 8 April 1916 Motion Picture News announced the start of filming at Universal Pictures’ studio in Universal City, CA. Principal photography concluded by early May 1916, as reported in the 13 May 1916 Moving Picture World. Theatrical release followed on 12 June 1916.
A review in the 2 June 1916 Variety deemed the picture “altogether too conventional to hold any interest,” while the 10 June 1916 Moving Picture World praised its “wholesomeness.”
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this film on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of October 2019. ...
A news item in the 8 April 1916 Motion Picture News announced the start of filming at Universal Pictures’ studio in Universal City, CA. Principal photography concluded by early May 1916, as reported in the 13 May 1916 Moving Picture World. Theatrical release followed on 12 June 1916.
A review in the 2 June 1916 Variety deemed the picture “altogether too conventional to hold any interest,” while the 10 June 1916 Moving Picture World praised its “wholesomeness.”
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this film on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of October 2019.
Parentless ballet dancer Bobbie Brent must raise her young brother and sister. To keep the children, Bobbie pretends that they are her own, and that she herself is a widow. Jack Stimson, in love with Bobbie, considers this ruse deceitful and breaks off their relationship, but Velma Vrooman, Jack's old girlfriend, remains jealous of Bobbie. Pretending to get her a job, Velma arranges a meeting for Bobbie with a theatrical manager. The manager makes advances and Bobbie fights him off, but it takes Jack, who heard of the meeting and became suspicious, to rescue her. Finally, just as the court is about to take the children from Bobbie, Jack realizes that he still loves her. They get married and so the court allows them to maintain custody of Bobbie's brother and ...
Parentless ballet dancer Bobbie Brent must raise her young brother and sister. To keep the children, Bobbie pretends that they are her own, and that she herself is a widow. Jack Stimson, in love with Bobbie, considers this ruse deceitful and breaks off their relationship, but Velma Vrooman, Jack's old girlfriend, remains jealous of Bobbie. Pretending to get her a job, Velma arranges a meeting for Bobbie with a theatrical manager. The manager makes advances and Bobbie fights him off, but it takes Jack, who heard of the meeting and became suspicious, to rescue her. Finally, just as the court is about to take the children from Bobbie, Jack realizes that he still loves her. They get married and so the court allows them to maintain custody of Bobbie's brother and sister.
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