Kismet (1920 film)

Kismet
sheet music cover with film scenes
Directed byLouis J. Gasnier
Written byCharles E. Whittaker (scenario)
Based onKismet
1911 play
by Edward Knoblock
StarringOtis Skinner
CinematographyTony Gaudio
Glen MacWilliams
Joseph du Bray
Music byCarl Edouarde
Production
company
Waldorf Film Corporation
Distributed byRobertson-Cole
Release date
  • November 14, 1920 (1920-11-14)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Kismet is an American silent film version of the 1911 play Kismet by Edward Knoblock, starring Otis Skinner and Elinor Fair, and directed by Louis J. Gasnier.

Skinner's daughter, author Cornelia Otis Skinner, plays a small role. This version was released by Robertson-Cole Distributing Company, and was released on VHS by Grapevine Video.[1] In New England the distribution of the film was handled by Joseph P. Kennedy who organized a successful premiere in Boston.[2]

Skinner filmed the play again in a 1930 talkie. The 1930 version is considered lost but its Vitaphone soundtrack survives.

Plot

Cast

References

  1. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Kismet at silentera.com
  2. ^ Beauchamp pp. 37-38

Bibliography

  • Beauchamp, Cari. Joseph P. Kennedy's Hollywood Years. Faber and Faber, 2009
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