The Wild Goose Chase (film)
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The Wild Goose Chase is a 1915 comedy
-drama film
directed by Cecil B. DeMille
. The film is now considered to be lost
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Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
-drama film
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...
directed by Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil Blount DeMille was an American film director and Academy Award-winning film producer in both silent and sound films. He was renowned for the flamboyance and showmanship of his movies...
. The film is now considered to be 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
- Ina ClaireIna ClaireIna Claire was an American stage and film actress.-Career:Born Ina Fagan in 1893 in Washington, D.C., Claire began her career appearing in vaudeville...
- Betty Wright - Lucien LittlefieldLucien LittlefieldLucien Littlefield was an American actor in the silent film era...
- The 'grind' - Helen Marlborough - Mrs. Wright
- Raymond HattonRaymond HattonRaymond William Hatton was an American movie actor who appeared in almost five hundred movies, including a stint of being paired in 1920s comedies with Wallace Beery....
- Mr. Wright - Tom FormanTom FormanTom Forman was a motion picture actor, writer, and producer of the early 1920s.- Life and career :Texas-born Forman made his first film for Jesse L. Lasky's production company in 1914. With the exception of service at the front during World War I, he had a successful career as both an actor and...
- Bob Randall - Ernest JoyErnest JoyErnest Joy was an American stage and film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 76 films between 1911 and 1920.He was born in Iowa and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:...
- Mr. Randall - Theodore RobertsTheodore RobertsTheodore Roberts the actor is not to be confused with author Theodore Goodridge Roberts, 1877–1953, who wrote "The Harbor Master". Please see discussion page....
- Horatio Brutus Bangs - Tex Driscoll - (uncredited)
- Mrs. Lewis McCord - (uncredited)
- Florence Smythe - Mrs. Randall (uncredited)
- Jane WolfeJane WolfeJane Wolfe was an American silent film character actress and Thelemite.-Early life:A Pennsylvania Dutch, Wolfe was born in St. Petersburg, Pennsylvania on March 21, 1875...
- (uncredited)