Lydia Gilmore is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by Hugh Ford and Edwin S. Porter and written by Hugh Ford and Henry Arthur Jones. The film stars Pauline Frederick, Vincent Serrano, Thomas Holding, Robert Cain, Helen Lutrell and Jack Curtis. The film was released on December 26, 1915, by Paramount Pictures.
Plot
Cast Pauline Frederick as Lydia Gilmore Vincent Serrano as Dr. Gilmore Thomas Holding as Ralph Benham Robert Cain as Mr. Stracey Helen Lutrell as Mrs. Stracey Jack Curtis as Master Ned Gilmore M.W. Rale as Detective
Reception George Blaisdell of The Moving Picture World called the film a "splendid type of finished photoplay" and wrote that the "steady interest of the story itself is enhanced by the work of the cast as well as of the directors." Thomas C. Kennedy of Motography wrote that Porter and Ford "have procured the maximum of dramatic effect out of fine material." He opined that the "dramatic situations are not forced and are arrived at convincingly" and praised the setting and the cinematography. William Ressman Andrews of Motion Picture News praised Frederick's performance and the cinematography.
Preservation Lydia Gilmore is currently presumed lost. In February of 2021, the film was cited by the National Film Preservation Board on their Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films list.
See also Edwin S. Porter filmography List of lost films
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