Please Help Emily
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Please Help Emily is 1917 silent comedy-drama film starring Ann Murdock
and directed by Dell Henderson
. It is based on the 1916 Broadway play Please Help Emily that starred Ann Murdock. Charles Frohman's company, of whom Murdock was employed on the stage, produced the film and released it through Mutual Film
. It is now lost
.
Ann Murdock
Ann Murdock was a stage and silent film actress popular during the 1910s. She is sometimes billed as Anna Murdock.-Filmography:* A Royal Family* Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines...
and directed by Dell Henderson
Dell Henderson
George Delbert Henderson was a Canadian actor, director and writer in films from the early silent days.-Biography:Henderson was a frequent associate of film pioneer D.W. Griffith and, on a less prolific basis, Mack Sennett...
. It is based on the 1916 Broadway play Please Help Emily that starred Ann Murdock. Charles Frohman's company, of whom Murdock was employed on the stage, produced the film and released it through Mutual Film
Mutual Film
Mutual Film Corporation was an early American motion picture conglomerate best remembered today as the producers of some of Charlie Chaplin's greatest comedies....
. It is now lost
Lost film
A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons...
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Cast
- Ann MurdockAnn MurdockAnn Murdock was a stage and silent film actress popular during the 1910s. She is sometimes billed as Anna Murdock.-Filmography:* A Royal Family* Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines...
- Emily Delmar - Hubert Druce - Professor Delmar
- Amy VenessAmy VenessAmy Veness was a British film actress. She played the role of Grandma Huggett in The Huggetts Trilogy.-Selected filmography:* Please Help Emily * Let Me Explain, Dear * A Southern Maid...
- Mrs. Lethbridge - Grace Carlyle - Julia Marchmont (*as Grace Carlisle)
- Katherine Stewart - Mrs. Moxon
- Rex McDougall - Richard Trotter
- Ferdinand GottschalkFerdinand GottschalkFerdinand Gottschalk was an English film actor. He appeared in 76 films between 1917 and 1938. He was born and died in London, England....
- Herbert Threadgold - John Harwood - Francis
- Jules Raucort - Rene Dufour
- Halbert Brown - Honorable Samuel Lethbridge