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The Italian
Also known as [The Dago]
(1915) United States of America
B&W : [?] Five or Six? reels
Directed by Reginald Barker + [George Beban (Sr.)]
Cast: George Beban (Sr.) [Pietro ‘Beppo’ Donnetti], Clara Williams [Annette Ancello], J. Frank Burke [her father], [?] ? [‘Big’ Bill Corrigan], [?] ? [Tony Donnetti, the baby]
New York Motion Picture Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / Produced by Thomas H. Ince [?] + [C. Gardner Sullivan]? Scenario by C. Gardner Sullivan, from a screen story by C. Gardner Sullivan and Thomas H. Ince. / © 7 January 1915 by New York Motion Picture Corporation [LP5156]. Released January 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Some location photography was taken in San Francisco, California, and Venice, California. A print of this film was discovered in an old barn in Temperenace, Michigan, in 1987. The film was restored at the Library of Congress film restoration lab at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio.
Drama: Social.
Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive; in the film holdings of Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum (EmGee Film Library collection) [16mm reduction positive]; and in private film collections [16mm reduction positives].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Children: Babies, Infants - Death - Gondoliers - Immigrants - Italian-Americans - Italians - Italy: Venice - Jails - USA: California (San Francisco, Venice), New York (New York) - Vengeance
Listing updated: 3 December 2024.
References: Bardèche-History p. 110; Bohn-Light pp. 62, 63; Bondanella-Hollywood pp. 22-28, 32, 176, 180; Everson-American pp. 60, 62, 63-66, 70, 86j, 115, 369; Limbacher-Feature p. 124; Shipman-Cinema p. 55 : ClasIm-240 p. 10 : Website-AFI.
Home video: DVD.
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