The Boss (1915)
50m
Running Time
May 24, 1915Release Date
Plot.
A man rises from rags to riches, first by boxing, then as a saloon owner, freight contractor, and eventually dockyard boss. However, the man's brother-in-law complicates things with his dockworker union activism. The film is presumed lost.
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Cast & Crew.
Holbrook Blinn
Michael R. Regan
William Marion
Archbishop Sullivan
Bert Starkey
Porkey McCoy
Julia Stewart
Mrs. Regan
R. B. Mantell, Jr.
Regan's Butler, Gates
Bert Starkey
Porkey McCoy
Alice Brady
Emily Griswold
Charles S. Abbe
James D. Griswold
Details.
Wiki.
The Boss is a 1915 silent film produced by William A. Brady and released through his World Film Company. The film is based on a 1911 play by Edward Sheldon called The Boss. On stage it starred Holbrook Blinn and Emily Stevens. In this silent version Holbrook Blinn reprises his role from the Broadway play but Emily Stevens is replaced by Alice Brady, the daughter of producer William Brady. The Boss is considered a lost film.