The Boss (1915)

Directed by

Émile Chautard

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

50 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A businessman reprises his stage role as a powerful figure navigating personal and professional conflicts. The silent film adapts a Broadway play and features the producer's daughter in a leading role.

stagedsomberclassicalstraightforwarddatedformalmelodramaticgrounded

What happens

The Boss is a 1915 silent film produced by William A. Brady and released through his World Film Company. The film is based on a 1911 play by Edward Sheldon called The Boss. On stage it starred Holbrook Blinn and Emily Stevens. In this silent version Holbrook Blinn reprises his role from the Broadway play but Emily Stevens is replaced by Alice Brady, the daughter of producer William Brady. The Boss is considered a lost film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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