Undine (film)
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| Directed by | Henry Otto |
| Produced by | Henry Otto |
| Written by | Walter Woods |
| Based on |
Undine by Friedrich de la Motte Fouque |
| Starring |
Ida Schnall Douglas Gerrard |
| Cinematography | Fred Granville |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Bluebird Photoplays |
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Running time | 50 minutes (5 reels) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Undine is a 1916 American silent fantasy drama film which featured actress/athlete Ida Schnall in a water-themed story based upon the fairy tale Undine by Friedrich de la Motte Fouque.[1] The film was directed by Henry Otto and produced and distributed by the Bluebird Photoplays division of Universal Film Manufacturing Company.[2] It is not known whether the film currently survives.[3]
Cast
- Ida Schnall as Undine
- Douglas Gerrard as Huldbrand
- Edna Maison as Lady Berthelda
- Carol Stellson as the duke
- Caroline Fowler as the duchess
- O. C. Jackson as the fisherman
- Josephine Rice as the fisherman’s wife
- Elijah Zerr as Kuhleborn
- Jack Nelson as Waldo
- Thomas Delmer as Father Heilmann
- Eileen Allen
- Grace Astor
Production
Location scenes of Undine were filmed at Santa Cruz Island, one of the Channel Islands of California.[4]
Reception
One critic suggested that a better title would have been Undressed due to Schnall's lack of clothing in the film.[5] Another stated, "No one really cared much about the plot of Undine: It was enough that sylphlike Ida Schnall showed up from time to time in various stages of near nudity."[6]
Lobby cards
References
- ↑ "LOC Newspapers". Corpus Christi Caller and Daily Herald. March 10, 1916. Retrieved 2013-09-02.
- ↑ "Undine (1916)". TCM. 2013. Retrieved 2013-09-02.
- ↑ Progressive Silent Film List: Undine at silentera.com
- ↑ "Water Nymphs and Undine". Film Players Herald and Movie Pictorial. Chicago: Photoplaywrights Association of America. 2 (6): 5. February 1916.
- ↑ Langman, Larry (1998). American Film Cycles: The Silent Era. Biographies and Indexes in the Performing Arts. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 213. ISBN 0-313-30657-5. ISSN 0742-6933.
- ↑ Thorn, John (2012). Baseball in the Garden of Eden: The Secret History of the Early Game. New York City: Simon and Schuster. pp. 348 (note 292). ISBN 978-0-7432-9404-1.
External list
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- Undine at the Internet Movie Database