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Atala
(1912) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by Hobart Bosworth
Cast: Hobart Bosworth [Chactas], Bessie Eyton [Atala], Lillian Hayward [Atala’s mother], Herbert Rawlinson [Lopez, Atala’s father], William Courtright [Outalissi], Elmer Clifton [Rene, the hunter], Frank Richardson [the hermit]
The Selig Polyscope Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Produced by William N. Selig. / Released 20 November 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? The fact that a picture producer has closely followed the text and spirit of a world’s masterpiece in Chateaubriand’s classic, “Atala,” with an added charm in the reproduction of the illustrations of Gustavo Dore, one of the world’s most imaginative artists, is sufficient to indicate this film is at once superb and distinctive. It would be impossible in the brief confines to give the full richness of this royal romance dealing with the fates of Atala and Chactas and the great warrior Outalissi who figure in the romantic days of St. Augustine, but the threads of the story have been tightened up and its period made more tense and vivid in this picture play. The heart-broken mother of Atala swears her daughter to virginal vows and the romance that follows the fair but unfortunate orphan is stirring and beautiful beyond the realms of conventional fiction.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 6 May 2025.
References: Lahue-Selig p. 120 : Website-IMDb.
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