False Colors (1914 film)

False Colors
Directed byLois Weber
Phillips Smalley
Written byLois Weber
Phillips Smalley
StarringLois Weber
Phillips Smalley
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • December 17, 1914 (1914-12-17)
Running time
4 reels; 32 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

False Colors, also known as False Colours, is a surviving 1914 American silent drama film directed, written by and starring Lois Weber and her husband Phillips Smalley. Weber plays dual roles of a mother and her daughter.

Cast

Production

Double exposures are used in the film to indicate transitions in scenes where Lloyd dreams of his dead wife, played by Weber, followed by the entrance of the daughter Flo, also played by Weber.[1] Later, after his affection has shifted to his daughter, he sees Flo's image superimposed over a picture of his wife.[2]

Preservation status

A partial print of False Colors consisting of two reels is preserved in the Library of Congress collection.[3][4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Mayer, Ruth (2020). "Unique Doubles: Ornamental Sisters and Dual Roles in the Transitional Era Cinema". Journal of Cinema and Media Studies. University of Texas Press: 27–30. ISSN 0009-7101. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
  2. ^ Stamp, Shelley (2015). Lois Weber in Early Hollywood. Oakland, California: University of California Press. pp. 55–57. ISBN 978-0-520-24152-7.
  3. ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, p. 54, c.1978, American Film Institute
  4. ^ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: False Colours


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