The House of the Lost Court (1915)
Drama | 6 May 1915
The scenario was based on the 1908 novel The House of the Lost Court by Alice Muriel Livingston (Mrs. C. N.) Williamson. An article in the 28 April 1915 [Portsmouth, NH] Portsmouth Herald referred to the picture as For the House of the Lost Court.
On 29 May 1915, Motography and Motion Picture News reported that producers Thomas A Edison, Inc., had acquired Paramount Pictures Corp. as their distributor, and planned to release fewer pictures per week to ensure higher quality. The House of the Lost Court was currently playing at the Broadway Theatre in New York City.
The general release occurred on 6 May 1915, preceded by a 22 March 1915 opening at the Apollo Theatre in Princeton, IL. Other openings followed on 28 May 1915 at the Linden Photodrome in Chicago, IL, and on 3 June 1915 at the Joyland Theatre in Long Beach, CA. The feature was declared a commercial success in the 5 June 1915 Motion Picture News.
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this film on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of January 2021. ...
The scenario was based on the 1908 novel The House of the Lost Court by Alice Muriel Livingston (Mrs. C. N.) Williamson. An article in the 28 April 1915 [Portsmouth, NH] Portsmouth Herald referred to the picture as For the House of the Lost Court.
On 29 May 1915, Motography and Motion Picture News reported that producers Thomas A Edison, Inc., had acquired Paramount Pictures Corp. as their distributor, and planned to release fewer pictures per week to ensure higher quality. The House of the Lost Court was currently playing at the Broadway Theatre in New York City.
The general release occurred on 6 May 1915, preceded by a 22 March 1915 opening at the Apollo Theatre in Princeton, IL. Other openings followed on 28 May 1915 at the Linden Photodrome in Chicago, IL, and on 3 June 1915 at the Joyland Theatre in Long Beach, CA. The feature was declared a commercial success in the 5 June 1915 Motion Picture News.
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this film on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of January 2021.
Sir Anthony Elliott, the young lord of Whitehall Manor, secretly becomes engaged to Elinore Vane, but she instead marries his brother, Captain Paul Elliott. As the embittered Anthony prepares to leave for the U.S., Nina Desmond, whom he once rescued from a fall, asks to go with him, but he refuses. Nina overhears him also refuse Elinore, who needs to escape her abusive husband. After Elinore commits suicide, Nina threatens to accuse Anthony of murder unless she can accompany him on his voyage. Anthony disregards the threat and is later convicted of Elinore’s murder. The morning after Anthony is sentenced to hang, he is found dead in his cell. Five years later, Paul is living with Nina in Monte Carlo, Monaco, while Mrs. Edgerton, a wealthy American, and her daughter Dolores, lease the manor. Dolores soon discovers Anthony living in a secret room and he explains that he feigned death with a potion given to him by his mother. Dolores tricks Nina into writing a confession, after which Anthony professes his love for ...
Sir Anthony Elliott, the young lord of Whitehall Manor, secretly becomes engaged to Elinore Vane, but she instead marries his brother, Captain Paul Elliott. As the embittered Anthony prepares to leave for the U.S., Nina Desmond, whom he once rescued from a fall, asks to go with him, but he refuses. Nina overhears him also refuse Elinore, who needs to escape her abusive husband. After Elinore commits suicide, Nina threatens to accuse Anthony of murder unless she can accompany him on his voyage. Anthony disregards the threat and is later convicted of Elinore’s murder. The morning after Anthony is sentenced to hang, he is found dead in his cell. Five years later, Paul is living with Nina in Monte Carlo, Monaco, while Mrs. Edgerton, a wealthy American, and her daughter Dolores, lease the manor. Dolores soon discovers Anthony living in a secret room and he explains that he feigned death with a potion given to him by his mother. Dolores tricks Nina into writing a confession, after which Anthony professes his love for Dolores.
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