Gloria Swanson: Ready for Her Close-Up

FILMOGRAPHY

436 g l o r i a s wa n s o n f i l m o g r a p H y sHort films The฀Ambition฀of฀the฀Baron (1915) Essanay Film Manufacturing Company. 2 reels. Released January 1915. Cast: Francis X. Bushman, Beverly Bayne, Thomas Commerford, Lester Cuneo, Joseph B. Totten, Betty Browne, Helen Dunbar, Richard Travers, Gerda Holmes. Sweedie฀Goes฀to฀College (1915) Essanay Film Manufacturing Company. Directed by Richard Foster Baker and/or E. Mason Hopper. 1–2 reels. Released February 1915. Cast: Wallace Beery, Ben Turpin, Charlotte Mineau, Virginia Bowker. His฀New฀Job (1915) Essanay Film Manufacturing Company. Produced by Jess Robbins. Scenario by Charles Chaplin. Directed by Charles Chaplin. Also known as Charlie’s฀New฀Job. 2 reels. Released February 1915. Cast: Charles Chaplin, Ben Turpin, Leo White, Charlotte Mineau, Charles J. Stine, Robert Bolder, Arthur W. Bates, Jess Robbins, Charles Hitchcock, Frank J. Coleman, Charles Insley, Bud Jamison, Billy Armstrong, Agnes Ayres. The฀Fable฀of฀Elvira,฀Farina฀and฀the฀Meal฀Ticket (1915) Essanay Film Manufacturing Company. Directed by R. E. Baker. From the screen story by George Ade. 3 reels. Released Spring 1915. Cast: Gerda Holmes. The฀Broken฀Pledge (1915) Essanay Film Manufacturing Company. Scenario by Louella Parsons and Edmund Lowe. 1–2 reels. Released June 1915. Cast: Wallace Beery, Harry Dunkinson, Virginia Bowker. The฀Romance฀of฀an฀American฀Duchess (1915) Essanay Film Manufacturing Company. 2 reels. Released Fall 1915. Cast: Richard C. Travers, Sydney Ainsworth, Estelle Scott, Ruth Stonehouse. f i l m o g r a p H y 437 A฀Dash฀of฀Courage (1916) Keystone Film Company. Distributed by Triangle. Directed by Charles Parrott. Photographed by Paul Garnett. 2 reels. Released May 1916. Cast: Harry Gribbon, Guy Woodward, Bobby Vernon, Frank Opperman, Wallace Beery, William Mason, Raymond Griffith. Hearts฀and฀Sparks (1916) Keystone Film Company. Distributed by Triangle. Directed by Charles Parrott. Assistant director: Daniel Albert. Supervised by Mack Sennett. Scenario by Hampton Del Ruth. Photographed by Paul Garnett. 2 reels. Released July 1916. Cast: Hank Mann, Bobby Vernon, Nick Cogley, Billie Bennett, Tom Kennedy, Joe Lee, “Slim” Summerville, Wallace Beery. A฀Social฀Cub (1916) Keystone Film Company. Distributed by Triangle. Directed by Clarence Badger. Assistant director: Don O’Brien. Supervised by Mack Sennett. Scenario by Harry Wulze. Photographed by J. C. Bitzer. Also known as A฀Social฀Club. 2 reels. Released August 1916. Cast: Bobby Vernon, Elizabeth De Witt, Reggie Morris, Harry Gribbon, Josef Swickard, Della Pringle. The฀Danger฀Girl (1916) Keystone Film Company. Distributed by Triangle. Directed by Clarence Badger. Supervised by Mack Sennett. Working title: Love฀on฀Skates. 2 reels. Released October 1916. Cast: Bobby Vernon, Helen Bray, Myrtle Lind, Reggie Morris, Eddie Sutherland, Bert Gillespie, Josef Swickard. Haystacks฀and฀Steeples (1916) Keystone Film Company. Distributed by Triangle. Directed by Clarence Badger. Assistant director: Burt Lund. Supervised by Mack Sennett. Photographed by J. C. Bitzer. Working title: Farm฀Story. 2 reels. Released November 1916. Cast: Bobby Vernon, Reggie Morris, Della Pringle, George Felix, Eva Thatcher, Helen Bray, Josef Swickard. The฀Nick-of-Time฀Baby (1917) Keystone Film Company. Distributed by Triangle. Directed by Clarence Badger. 2 reels. Released February 1917. Cast: Bobby Vernon, Earle Rodney, Sylvia Ashton, Clarence Lyndon, Helen Bray, Teddy the dog. Teddy฀at฀the฀Throttle (1917) Keystone Film Company. Distributed by Triangle. Directed by Clarence Badger. Photographed by J. C. Bitzer. 2 reels. Released April 1917. Cast: Bobby Vernon, Wallace Beery, May Emory, Blanche Phillips, Teddy the dog, Charles Bennett, Bert Gillespie. f i l m o g r a p H y 438 Baseball฀Madness (1917) Victor Film Company. Distributed by Universal. Directed by Billy Mason. Written by Billy Mason and Albert Russell. 3 reels. Released May 1917. Cast: Billy Mason, Orin Jackson, Countess Du Cello, Marc Fenton, Victor Potel. Whose฀Baby? (1917) Keystone Film Company. Distributed by Triangle. Directed by Clarence Badger. Electrical effects: Paul Guerin. Working title: A฀Mock฀Bigamist. 2 reels. Released July 1917. Cast: Bobby Vernon, William Irving, Clarence Lyndon, Ethel Teare, Charles Bennett, Tom Kennedy, Edgar Kennedy, Vera Steadman, Edith Valk, Phyllis Haver, Florence Clark, Myrtle Lind, Roxana McGowan, Virginia Nightengale, Marvel Rea, Charles Force, Sylvia Ashton, Guy Woodward. The฀Sultan’s฀Wife (1917) Keystone Film Company. Distributed by Triangle. Directed by Clarence Badger. Also known as Caught฀in฀a฀Harem. 2 reels. Released September 1917. Cast: Bobby Vernon, Joseph Callahan, Frank Bond, Blanche Payson, Gonda Durand, Roxana McGowan, Vera Steadman, Edith Valk, Teddy the...