The Goose Girl (1915)
Drama | 25 January 1915
Director:
Frederick ThomsonWriter:
William C. de MilleProducer:
Jesse L. LaskyProduction Company:
Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co.The scenario was based on the 1909 novel The Goose Girl by Harold MacGrath. An article in the 10 Oct 1914 Var noted that Samuel Goldfish had selected the property for the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. That same issue mentioned a similarly titled stage play, A Goose Girl; its relationship to the novel could not be determined.
The 7 Nov 1914 Motion Picture News announced actress Edith Taliaferro for the title role, marking her screen debut. However, the 2 Jan 1915 issue later revealed that she had been replaced by Marguerite Clark, and reassigned to another Lasky production, Young Romance (1915, see entry). The 31 Oct 1914 New York Clipper reported that Clark had been loaned by Famous Players to the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. for “a limited time,” in order for her to appear in her third film, The Goose Girl. One movie company lending a contract star to another, the 31 Oct 1914 New York Clipper said, “is absolutely unprecedented in film history.” The two companies ultimately merged into one, the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation.
The actor listed in the 2 Jan 1915 Motion Picture News as “E. N. Dunbar” was credited in the 21 Oct 1916 issue as Robert N. Dunbar.
The Goose Girl was released on 25 Jan 1915, preceded by openings during the week of 17 Jan 1915 at the Ziegfeld Theatre in Chicago, IL, and on 24 Jan 1915 at the Strand Theatre in New York City. A Los Angeles, CA, ...
The scenario was based on the 1909 novel The Goose Girl by Harold MacGrath. An article in the 10 Oct 1914 Var noted that Samuel Goldfish had selected the property for the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. That same issue mentioned a similarly titled stage play, A Goose Girl; its relationship to the novel could not be determined.
The 7 Nov 1914 Motion Picture News announced actress Edith Taliaferro for the title role, marking her screen debut. However, the 2 Jan 1915 issue later revealed that she had been replaced by Marguerite Clark, and reassigned to another Lasky production, Young Romance (1915, see entry). The 31 Oct 1914 New York Clipper reported that Clark had been loaned by Famous Players to the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. for “a limited time,” in order for her to appear in her third film, The Goose Girl. One movie company lending a contract star to another, the 31 Oct 1914 New York Clipper said, “is absolutely unprecedented in film history.” The two companies ultimately merged into one, the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation.
The actor listed in the 2 Jan 1915 Motion Picture News as “E. N. Dunbar” was credited in the 21 Oct 1916 issue as Robert N. Dunbar.
The Goose Girl was released on 25 Jan 1915, preceded by openings during the week of 17 Jan 1915 at the Ziegfeld Theatre in Chicago, IL, and on 24 Jan 1915 at the Strand Theatre in New York City. A Los Angeles, CA, opening followed on 1 Feb 1915 at Tally’s Theatre. The film was re-issued on 8 Dec 1918 by Paramount Pictures Corp., as part of its “Success Series.”
An unrelated short subject, also titled The Goose Girl, was produced in 1911 by the Yankee Film Co.
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this film on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of October 2020.
Count Von Herbeck, an ambitious chancellor to the Grand Duke of Ehrenstein, secretly marries and has a daughter. At the urging of his dying wife, Von Herbeck hires some gypsies to kidnap the duke's infant daughter and substitutes his own so that she may live in the style of a great lady. The real princess is abandoned by the gypsies and raised by peasants, who name her "Goose Girl." Years later, young King Frederick is betrothed to the impostor princess of Ehrenstein, whom he has never seen. Prior to the wedding, Frederick hides his identity and roams the countryside, where he meets and falls in love with the Goose Girl. Following a series of adventures, Frederick is resigned to wed the false princess for the good of the country. He then discovers the Goose Girl's true identity, enabling him to marry the girl of his ...
Count Von Herbeck, an ambitious chancellor to the Grand Duke of Ehrenstein, secretly marries and has a daughter. At the urging of his dying wife, Von Herbeck hires some gypsies to kidnap the duke's infant daughter and substitutes his own so that she may live in the style of a great lady. The real princess is abandoned by the gypsies and raised by peasants, who name her "Goose Girl." Years later, young King Frederick is betrothed to the impostor princess of Ehrenstein, whom he has never seen. Prior to the wedding, Frederick hides his identity and roams the countryside, where he meets and falls in love with the Goose Girl. Following a series of adventures, Frederick is resigned to wed the false princess for the good of the country. He then discovers the Goose Girl's true identity, enabling him to marry the girl of his heart.
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