The Goddess of Lost Lake
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The Goddess of Lost Lake is a 1918
silent era
drama
motion picture
starring Louise Glaum
, Lawson Butt
, and Hayward Mack
.
Directed
by Wallace Worsley
and produced
by Louise Glaum and Robert Bunton through her production company
, the Louise Glaum Organization, in association with Robert Brunton Productions, the screenplay
was adapted
by Jack Cunningham
based on a story by M. Van de Water.
Scenes for The Goddess of Lost Lake were filmed at Big Bear Lake
and the Pinecrest Resort in the San Bernardino Mountains
.
, Mary Thorne (played by Glaum), who returns to the home of her prospector father, Marshall Thorne (played by Dowling), after completing her education in the East
. She has a college degree and an air of refinement.
While her father is away hunting for gold at Lost Lake, Mary enjoys the freedom of his mountain cabin. When two hunters on a hunting expedition, Mark Hamilton (played by Butt) and Chester Martin (played by Mack), show up and visit the cabin she decides to put on Indian clothing and pretend she is a full-blooded Indian princess for fun.
Both men are attracted to the Indian maiden and Hamilton falls deeply in love with her. Martin, however, is contemptuous of her Indian background. When Mary hears him making derisive remarks about the Indian race, she returns to her father's cabin.
Martin follows her home, enters her bedroom, and attacks her. Hamilton comes to her rescue and prevents Martin from raping her. He then looks around the room and sees the modern decor. Realizing that Mary is a young woman of culture and education, he becomes angry because she fooled him and leaves.
Meanwhile, while Mary's father is searching for gold, which legend has it is at the bottom of Lost Lake, a legend that also says a white man who once stole some of the gold killed an Indian prince and a white man's blood must fall before anymore gold can be taken, he is killed by an Indian guard at Lost Lake.
Mary inherits the gold that her father discovered. Hamilton, who cannot forget her, comes back and they are married.
1918 in film
The year 1918 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*Following litigation for anti-trust activities, the US Supreme Court orders the Motion Picture Patents Company to disband....
silent era
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
drama
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
motion picture
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
starring Louise Glaum
Louise Glaum
Louise Glaum was an American actress. Best known for her role as a femme fatale in silent era motion picture dramas, she was credited with giving one of the best characterizations of a vamp in her early career....
, Lawson Butt
Lawson Butt
W. Lawson Butt was a British actor and film director of the silent era.-Selected filmography:Actor* Dante's Inferno * The Chicago Fire * The Beloved Rogue * Old San Francisco Director...
, and Hayward Mack
Hayward Mack
Hayward Seaton Mack was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 81 films between 1910 and 1921.He was born in Albany, New York and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:...
.
Directed
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
by Wallace Worsley
Wallace Worsley
Wallace A. Worsley Sr. was an American stage actor who became a director in the silent film era. Worsley directed 29 films during the years 1918-1928 and acted in 7 films. He directed several films starring Lon Chaney Sr...
and produced
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
by Louise Glaum and Robert Bunton through her production company
Production company
A production company provides the physical basis for works in the realms of the performing arts, new media art, film, television, radio, and video.- Tasks and functions :...
, the Louise Glaum Organization, in association with Robert Brunton Productions, the screenplay
Screenplay
A screenplay or script is a written work that is made especially for a film or television program. Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing pieces of writing. In them, the movement, actions, expression, and dialogues of the characters are also narrated...
was adapted
Film adaptation
Film adaptation is the transfer of a written work to a feature film. It is a type of derivative work.A common form of film adaptation is the use of a novel as the basis of a feature film, but film adaptation includes the use of non-fiction , autobiography, comic book, scripture, plays, and even...
by Jack Cunningham
Jack Cunningham (screenwriter)
Jack Cunningham was an American screenwriter. He wrote for 132 motion pictures between 1913 and 1939.He was born in Ionia, Iowa, and died from a cerebral hemorrhage in Santa Monica, California.-Selected filmography:...
based on a story by M. Van de Water.
Scenes for The Goddess of Lost Lake were filmed at Big Bear Lake
Big Bear Lake
Big Bear Lake is a reservoir in the San Bernardino Mountains, in San Bernardino County, California, United States. At a surface elevation of , it has an east-west length of approximately 7 miles and is approximately 2.5 miles at its widest measurement, though the lake's width mostly averages a...
and the Pinecrest Resort in the San Bernardino Mountains
San Bernardino Mountains
The San Bernardino Mountains are a short transverse mountain range north and east of San Bernardino in Southern California in the United States. The mountains run for approximately 60 miles east-west on the southern edge of the Mojave Desert in southwestern San Bernardino County, north of the...
.
Synopsis
The story is about a young woman who is a quarter Native American IndianNative Americans in the United States
Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples in North America within the boundaries of the present-day continental United States, parts of Alaska, and the island state of Hawaii. They are composed of numerous, distinct tribes, states, and ethnic groups, many of which survive as...
, Mary Thorne (played by Glaum), who returns to the home of her prospector father, Marshall Thorne (played by Dowling), after completing her education in the East
East Coast of the United States
The East Coast of the United States, also known as the Eastern Seaboard, refers to the easternmost coastal states in the United States, which touch the Atlantic Ocean and stretch up to Canada. The term includes the U.S...
. She has a college degree and an air of refinement.
While her father is away hunting for gold at Lost Lake, Mary enjoys the freedom of his mountain cabin. When two hunters on a hunting expedition, Mark Hamilton (played by Butt) and Chester Martin (played by Mack), show up and visit the cabin she decides to put on Indian clothing and pretend she is a full-blooded Indian princess for fun.
Both men are attracted to the Indian maiden and Hamilton falls deeply in love with her. Martin, however, is contemptuous of her Indian background. When Mary hears him making derisive remarks about the Indian race, she returns to her father's cabin.
Martin follows her home, enters her bedroom, and attacks her. Hamilton comes to her rescue and prevents Martin from raping her. He then looks around the room and sees the modern decor. Realizing that Mary is a young woman of culture and education, he becomes angry because she fooled him and leaves.
Meanwhile, while Mary's father is searching for gold, which legend has it is at the bottom of Lost Lake, a legend that also says a white man who once stole some of the gold killed an Indian prince and a white man's blood must fall before anymore gold can be taken, he is killed by an Indian guard at Lost Lake.
Mary inherits the gold that her father discovered. Hamilton, who cannot forget her, comes back and they are married.
Cast
- Louise GlaumLouise GlaumLouise Glaum was an American actress. Best known for her role as a femme fatale in silent era motion picture dramas, she was credited with giving one of the best characterizations of a vamp in her early career....
as Mary Thorne - Lawson ButtLawson ButtW. Lawson Butt was a British actor and film director of the silent era.-Selected filmography:Actor* Dante's Inferno * The Chicago Fire * The Beloved Rogue * Old San Francisco Director...
as Mark Hamilton - Hayward MackHayward MackHayward Seaton Mack was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 81 films between 1910 and 1921.He was born in Albany, New York and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:...
as Chester Martin - Joseph J. Dowling as Marshall Thorne
- Frank LanningFrank LanningFrank Lanning was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 84 films between 1910 and 1934.He was born in Marion, Iowa and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:...
as Eagle
External links
- The Goddess of Lost Lake at the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...
- The Goddess of Lost Lake at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films