A Doll's House (1918 film)

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A Doll's House
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scene in the film
Directed by Maurice Tourneur
Produced by Adolph Zukor
Jesse Lasky
Written by Charles Maigne (adaptation)
Maurice Tourneur (scenario)
Based on A Doll's House
by Henrik Ibsen
Starring Elsie Ferguson
Cinematography John van den Broek
Distributed by Artcraft Pictures
Release dates
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  • June 2, 1918 (1918-06-02)
Running time
5 reels (4,576 feet)
Country United States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

A Doll's House is a 1918 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Artcraft Pictures, an affiliate of Paramount Pictures. It is the third American motion picture filming of Henrik Ibsen's play A Doll's House. Maurice Tourneur directed and Elsie Ferguson starred. This film is lost.[1][2][3][4]

Plot

As described in a film magazine,[5] to save her husband's life Nora Helmar (Ferguson) borrows a large sum of money and, after he has recovered, saying nothing to him, she slowly pays the debt. When Helmar (Herbert) discharges Krogstadt (Shannon), the moneylender, from the bank, Krogstadt threatens to expose Nora's act. Believing that her husband will condone what she has done, Nora confesses. Instead, he blames her. This unexpected action changes the doll-wife into a woman of the world, and as such she leaves her husband and three children to go out into the world and apply her knowledge of the serious side of life for her further education.

Cast

  • Elsie Ferguson as Nora Helmar
  • Holmes Herbert as Thorvald Helmar
  • Alex Shannon as Krogstadt
  • Ethel Grey Terry as Mrs. Linden
  • Warren Cook as Dr. Rank
  • Zelda Crosby as Ellen, the Maid
  • Mrs. R.S. Anderson as Anna, the Nurse
  • Ivy Ward as Helmar Child
  • Tula Belle as Helmar Child
  • Douglas Redmond as Krogstadt Child
  • Charles Crompton as Krogstadt Child

References

  1. Progressive Silent Film List: A Doll's House at silentera.com
  2. The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c. 1988
  3. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: A Doll's House
  4. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: A Doll's House
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