The Chalice of Courage (1915)
- Directed by
- Rollin S. Sturgeon
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 05m
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A woman in Colorado faces hard choices in a rugged setting. The story involves a difficult personal decision about ending a life.
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What happens
The Chalice of Courage is a 1915 silent film made by Vitagraph Studios. Based on the novel The Chalice of Courage: a Romance of Colorado by Cyrus Townsend Brady, it was produced and directed by Rollin S. Sturgeon. It is recognized as one of the first films to feature a Latina actress, Myrtle Gonzalez, in a leading role. It is considered the first film in the history of cinema to depict an assisted suicide. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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