The Easiest Way (1917 film)

The Easiest Way
Directed by	Albert Capellani
Written by	Albert Capellani and Frederick Chapin
Based on	The Easiest Way 1909 play by Eugene Walter
Produced by	Clara Kimball Young Company
Starring	Clara Kimball Young
Cinematography	Jacques Monteran Hal Young
Distributed by	Selznick Distributing Corporation
Release date	April 1917 (1917-04)
Running time	7 reels
Country	United States
Languages	Silent (English intertitles)

The Easiest Way is a 1917 American silent film starring Clara Kimball Young and directed by Albert Capellani. It is based on a 1909 play, The Easiest Way by Eugene Walter, staged by David Belasco and starred Frances Starr as Laura Murdock. Belasco and Starr revived the play in 1921.[1][2][3] It is not known whether the film currently survives.[4]

Actor Joseph Kilgour reprises his role as Brockton from the Broadway play.

Plot summary

Production

Portions of the film depicting Colorado Springs were filmed in and around Skyland Resort in what is now Shenandoah National Park.[5]

Cast

• Clara Kimball Young - Laura Murdock
• Louise Bates - Elfie St. Clair
• Joseph Kilgour - Willard Brockton
• Rockliffe Fellowes - John Madison
• Cleo Desmond - Annie
• George Stevens - Jim Weston
• Frank Kingdon - Burgess
• Mae Hopkins - Nellie De Vere
• Walter McEwen - Jerry

References

1. The Easiest Way: The Clara Kimball Young website, by Greta deGroat
2. The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Fil Institute, c.1988
3. The Easiest Way produced on Broadway at the Stuyvesant Theatre, January 19, 1909 to June 1909; IBDB.com
4. Progressive Silent Film List: The Easiest Way (1917) at SilentEra.com
5. Pollock, George Freeman (1960). Skyland, The Heart of the Shenandoah National Park. Chesapeake Book Company. p. 122.

External links

• The Easiest Way at IMDb
• The Easiest Way at the TCM Movie Database
• The Easiest Way at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films