The Broken Oath (1910)

Directed by

Harry Solter

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

13 min

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A 1910 silent short film starring Florence Lawrence. It follows a dramatic story made noteworthy for being the first film to promote an actor by name in its advertising.

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What happens

The Broken Oath is a 1910 silent short film starring Florence Lawrence, directed by Harry Solter, and produced by Carl Laemmle. It was the first film to marquee the name of an actor, Lawrence, to promote a film. Laemmle arranged elaborate publicity for the film, planting a fake news story in newspapers that Lawrence had been killed in a street-car accident. When this was widely picked up by other publications, he published advertisements saying that the original story was a lie and that she was starring in a new film to be released shortly (although some ads misspelled the film title as The Broken Bath). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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