The House of a Thousand Candles (1915)
Mystery, Drama | 23 August 1915
Director:
Thomas N. HeffronWriter:
Gilson WilletsProduction Company:
Selig Polyscope Co.; A Red Seal PlayA play by George Middleton based on the novel and having the same title opened in New York on 6 Jan 1908. The film was shot in the Selig Chicago studios, and at a private home in Wheaton, IL. Nicholson's novel was filmed by Jesse D. Hampton Productions in 1920 under the title Haunting Shadows (see above). In 1936 Republic Pictures Corp. produced a film titled The House of a Thousand Candles, based on the same novel, starring Irving Pichel and Mae Clarke, supervised by Mrs. Wallace Reid and directed by Arthur Lubin, which was a spy story that had little similarity to the original novel. ...
A play by George Middleton based on the novel and having the same title opened in New York on 6 Jan 1908. The film was shot in the Selig Chicago studios, and at a private home in Wheaton, IL. Nicholson's novel was filmed by Jesse D. Hampton Productions in 1920 under the title Haunting Shadows (see above). In 1936 Republic Pictures Corp. produced a film titled The House of a Thousand Candles, based on the same novel, starring Irving Pichel and Mae Clarke, supervised by Mrs. Wallace Reid and directed by Arthur Lubin, which was a spy story that had little similarity to the original novel.
The eccentric millionaire John Marshall Glenarm, lovingly known as "Squire," lives in a mysterious house with secret passageways and hidden panels and vaults. Squire wants his grandson Jack, who lives in New York, to marry his neighbor's daughter, Marian Evans, but Jack, infatuated with Carmen, a Spanish cabaret dancer, cancels a planned visit to remain near her. Squire goes to Italy and, two months later, his butler returns with the news that Squire has died in an earthquake. The executor of Squire's will, Arthur Pickering, who loves Marian, notifies Jack that by the terms of the will, he must live in the house one year without leaving the grounds in order to receive the million dollar inheritance. Jack moves in and falls in love with Marian, while Pickering plots with Carmen against him. After Jack goes to a masquerade ball at the Evans' residence and Carmen exposes him, Jack discovers Pickering trying to locate the hidden inheritance. As Jack and Pickering struggle, a secret panel opens. Squire steps out and reveals that he schemed to force Jack to fall in love with ...
The eccentric millionaire John Marshall Glenarm, lovingly known as "Squire," lives in a mysterious house with secret passageways and hidden panels and vaults. Squire wants his grandson Jack, who lives in New York, to marry his neighbor's daughter, Marian Evans, but Jack, infatuated with Carmen, a Spanish cabaret dancer, cancels a planned visit to remain near her. Squire goes to Italy and, two months later, his butler returns with the news that Squire has died in an earthquake. The executor of Squire's will, Arthur Pickering, who loves Marian, notifies Jack that by the terms of the will, he must live in the house one year without leaving the grounds in order to receive the million dollar inheritance. Jack moves in and falls in love with Marian, while Pickering plots with Carmen against him. After Jack goes to a masquerade ball at the Evans' residence and Carmen exposes him, Jack discovers Pickering trying to locate the hidden inheritance. As Jack and Pickering struggle, a secret panel opens. Squire steps out and reveals that he schemed to force Jack to fall in love with Marian.
Viewed by AFI
Partially Viewed
Offscreen Credit
Name Occurs Before Title
AFI Life Achievement AwardTOP SEARCHES
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
According to HR news items, "The Gentleman from Montana" (an unpublished story by Lewis R. Foster, alternately called "The Gentleman from Wyoming" by both contemporary and modern ... >>
The Grapes of Wrath
According to materials contained in the Twentieth Century-Fox Records of the Legal Department at the UCLA Theater Arts Library, Fox paid John Steinbeck $70,000 for the rights to his ... >>
Casablanca
In the onscreen credits, actor S. Z. Sakall's name is incorrectly spelled "S. K. Sakall." HR news items add the following information about the production: ... >>
Citizen Kane
This film's end credits begin with the statement, “Most of the principal actors in Citizen Kane are new to motion pictures. The Mercury Theatre is proud ... >>
