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To Have and to Hold (1916 film)

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Genre
  
Adventure, Drama

Story by
  
Mary Johnston

Country
  
United States

Director
  
George Melford

Screenplay
  
Margaret Turnbull

Duration
  


Language
  
Silent English intertitles

Release date
  
March 5, 1916 (1916-03-05) (United States)

Based on
  
To Have and to Hold  by Mary Johnston

Writer
  
Mary Johnston (novel), Margaret Turnbull

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Cast
  
Mae Murray
(Lady Jocelyn),
Wallace Reid
(Captain Ralph Percy),
Raymond Hatton
(Nicolo),
Lucien Littlefield
(King James I),
James Neill
(George Yeardley)

To Have and to Hold is a 1916 American silent adventure/drama film directed by George Melford. Based on the 1900 novel of the same name, the film starred Wallace Reid and Mae Murray in her film debut.

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The film is based on a novel by Mary Johnston which was turned into a play in 1901 by E. F. Boddington. The Broadway version starred Isabel Irving and Robert Loraine in the lead roles. Also in this play was a 20-year-old actor and aspiring playwright named Cecil B. DeMille.

Cast

  • Mae Murray - Lady Jocelyn
  • Wallace Reid - Captain Ralph Percy
  • Tom Forman - Lord Carnal
  • Ronald Bradbury - Jeremy Sparrow
  • Raymond Hatton - Nicolo
  • James Neill - George Yeardley
  • Lucien Littlefield - King James I
  • Bob Fleming - Red Gill
  • Camille Astor - Patience Worth
  • Other adaptations

    In 1922, a second version was released once again by Paramount Pictures. It starred Bert Lytell and Betty Compson, and is also considered lost.

    References

    To Have and to Hold (1916 film) Wikipedia
    To Have and to Hold (1916 film) IMDb