Cassidy (1917)
62 mins | Melodrama | 21 October 1917
Cast:
Dick Rosson , Frank Currier, Pauline Curley [ More ]Director:
Arthur RossonProduction Company:
Triangle Film Corp.According to the 12 May 1917 Motography, "The Triangle studio at Yonkers, fully equipped with every modern facility for making motion pictures, is now running at full capacity. Two companies, under Director Arthur Rosson and Albert Parker and supervised by Allan Dwan, keep the place like a beehive."
Arthur and Dick Rosson were brothers.
The 17 November 1917 Exhibitors Herald reported that the Chicago Board of Censors demanded the following cuts: "Reel 4, subtitles: 'Not dat way—too much noise—crack her on the bean'; 'You coke-blinded fool'; four closeups of Casssidy choking 'boss'; fight scene where 'boss' bumps boy against wall; three closeups of fight between 'boss' and boy; entire duel scene between 'boss' and crook at end of reel; shooting Cassidy in dark room."
The Triangle advertisement that ran in the trade magazines called Cassidy: "A story of a man with God's own soul who never had a chance. An appeal for humanity by one of the greatest writers of the day." The ad mistakenly called writer Larry Evans "Harry Evans." A couple of magazines cited The Saturday Evening Post as the source of his short story.
Billboard wrote, "Most of the outdoor scenes of Cassidy are taken in the rain; most of the rest are in a barroom, where the water trails across the bare floor from soaked umbrellas and clothing. The effect is bizarre and interesting." Wid's commented, "There were many night scenes registering 'some' rain. It came down in sheets and torrents, and it surely did make Dick Rosson look bedraggled and wo-begone." Likewise, reviewer Helen Rockwell, in the 27 ...
According to the 12 May 1917 Motography, "The Triangle studio at Yonkers, fully equipped with every modern facility for making motion pictures, is now running at full capacity. Two companies, under Director Arthur Rosson and Albert Parker and supervised by Allan Dwan, keep the place like a beehive."
Arthur and Dick Rosson were brothers.
The 17 November 1917 Exhibitors Herald reported that the Chicago Board of Censors demanded the following cuts: "Reel 4, subtitles: 'Not dat way—too much noise—crack her on the bean'; 'You coke-blinded fool'; four closeups of Casssidy choking 'boss'; fight scene where 'boss' bumps boy against wall; three closeups of fight between 'boss' and boy; entire duel scene between 'boss' and crook at end of reel; shooting Cassidy in dark room."
The Triangle advertisement that ran in the trade magazines called Cassidy: "A story of a man with God's own soul who never had a chance. An appeal for humanity by one of the greatest writers of the day." The ad mistakenly called writer Larry Evans "Harry Evans." A couple of magazines cited The Saturday Evening Post as the source of his short story.
Billboard wrote, "Most of the outdoor scenes of Cassidy are taken in the rain; most of the rest are in a barroom, where the water trails across the bare floor from soaked umbrellas and clothing. The effect is bizarre and interesting." Wid's commented, "There were many night scenes registering 'some' rain. It came down in sheets and torrents, and it surely did make Dick Rosson look bedraggled and wo-begone." Likewise, reviewer Helen Rockwell, in the 27 October 1917 Motography, said, "The picture is well-produced and photographed, the scenes in the rain being very effective." Peter Milne, in the 27 October 1917 Motion Picture News, praised Cassidy as "a very fine picture. As an alternate from the week in and week out sugar-seasoned and final-embrace-clutch-and-kiss number, it should be heartily welcomed....It was made in the east under the supervision of Allan Dwan."
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this film on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of February 2021.
Cassidy, a derelict suffering from tubercular lungs, is stranded in San Francisco during a drenching rain. Realizing that death is imminent, he desperately seeks to return home to what he calls "N'Yawk." To procure the funds to make his journey, Cassidy breaks into a house that night, but when he pauses to warm and dry himself at a fireplace, he is caught by its gun-wielding occupant, District Attorney Grant, who has been waiting up for his daughter to get home. After hearing the boy's story, Grant is so touched that he gives Cassidy money to return home. Cassidy is able to repay his debt that very night when he goes to dry out at a local saloon where he knows the bartender. The place is nearly empty, but he hears scuffling in the back room and goes to investigate. A taxi driver was supposed to deliver a couple of girls to the place, but instead he delivered the district attorney's daughter by mistake, and now the white slavers realize they have to get rid of her. Cassidy rescues her and, despite the wounds he incurs in the struggle, takes her home, where, on the porch, he tells her to tell her father to thank the guy from N'Yawk. Then Cassidy makes his way to the railroad station and ...
Cassidy, a derelict suffering from tubercular lungs, is stranded in San Francisco during a drenching rain. Realizing that death is imminent, he desperately seeks to return home to what he calls "N'Yawk." To procure the funds to make his journey, Cassidy breaks into a house that night, but when he pauses to warm and dry himself at a fireplace, he is caught by its gun-wielding occupant, District Attorney Grant, who has been waiting up for his daughter to get home. After hearing the boy's story, Grant is so touched that he gives Cassidy money to return home. Cassidy is able to repay his debt that very night when he goes to dry out at a local saloon where he knows the bartender. The place is nearly empty, but he hears scuffling in the back room and goes to investigate. A taxi driver was supposed to deliver a couple of girls to the place, but instead he delivered the district attorney's daughter by mistake, and now the white slavers realize they have to get rid of her. Cassidy rescues her and, despite the wounds he incurs in the struggle, takes her home, where, on the porch, he tells her to tell her father to thank the guy from N'Yawk. Then Cassidy makes his way to the railroad station and dies.
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