The Pursuit of the Phantom (1914)
50 min
Accompanied by his dog Skookum, artist Richard Alden goes to work painting the beauty of Laguna Beach. There he courts a city woman, much to the delight of a whimsical waif who weaves fantasies about the lovers. The idyll is interrupted, though, when Wyant Van Zandt, an ambitious millionaire, steals the artist's sweetheart. Alden marries the waif, who later bears him six children. Years pass, and Van Zandt's son falls in love with Helen, the artist's daughter. Indignant at the unsuitability of the match, the millionaire forces his son to break with Helen. Thinking that his daughter's honor has been compromised, Alden attacks and chokes the youth, but at young Van Zandt's bedside, all are reconciled. An allegorical epilogue contrasts the lots of Van Zandt and Alden. To the left, the millionaire embraces a skeleton in black, while, to the right, the artist holds his wife. -From TCM.com Database, powered by the AFI.
- Date de sortie
- 1 octobre 1914
- Pays d'origine
- États-Unis
Distribution
- Hobart Bosworth dans le rôle de Richard Alden
- Rhea Haines dans le rôle de Alden's Sweetheart
- Helen Wolcott dans le rôle de Helen Alden
- Courtenay Foote dans le rôle de Wyant Van Zandt
- Myrtle Stedman dans le rôle de Helen Alden
- Emmett J. Flynn dans le rôle de Van Zandt's Son
- Nigel De Brulier dans le rôle de The Poet
Équipe technique
- Hobart Bosworth · Réalisateur
- Hobart Bosworth · Scénariste
- George W. Hill · Directeur de la photographie