Esmeralda (1915)
40m
Running Time
September 6, 1915Release Date
Plot.
A lost film. Esmeralda, a simple farm girl is in love with country boy David, but her mother yearns for a high society city life. Ore is discovered on their farm and the money rolls in. The family is packed up and moved to the big city where Esmeralda is forced into an engagement with a wealthy Count. Suddenly the ore is depleted and a fresh supply is discovered on David's farm. Much to the delight of Esmeralda, her impending marriage to the Count is off and her mother happily consents to a marriage between Esmeralda and David.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Mary Pickford
Esmeralda Rogers
Ida Waterman
Mrs. Rogers - Esmeralda's Mother
Fuller Mellish
Mr. Rogers - Esmeralda's Father
Arthur Hoops
Count de Montessin
William Buckley
William Estabrook
Charles Waldron
David Hardy
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Story
James Kirkwood
Director
William Gillette
Screenplay
Frances Marion
Writer
Emmett A. Williams
Camera Operator
Daniel Frohman
Presenter
Details.
Wiki.
Esmeralda is a 1915 silent film starring Mary Pickford, directed by James Kirkwood, and produced by Adolph Zukor and stage impresario Daniel Frohman.
As with the previous Pickford vehicles -- Caprice, Mistress Nell and The Dawn of a Tomorrow -- Esmeralda is based on a short story and stage play Esmeralda written by Frances Hodgson Burnett and William Gillette and produced in the 1880s. The play was acted by Annie Russell and later Viola Allen both teenagers at the time, who later became well known adult theater actresses.