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Captivating Mary Carstairs
(1915) United States of America
B&W : [?] Five or Six? reels
Directed by Bruce Mitchell

Cast: Norma Talmadge [Mary Carstairs], Alan Forrest, Bruce Mitchell, Jack Livingston, Frank Brown, [?] Constance Talmadge?

The National Film Corporation of America, Incorporated, production. / Scenario by Anthony W. Coldewey, from the novel Captivating Mary Carstairs by Henry Sydnor Harrison. Production supervision by Bruce Mitchell. Presented by Bruce Mitchell. / Preview, 27 August 1915 in Hollywood, California. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Norma Talmadge’s first Hollywood film. The film was reedited, retitled and reissued in the USA by [?] The National Film Corporation of America, Incorporated? in June 1920.

Comedy-Drama.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Crime: Kidnapping - Families: Father-daughter relationships - Yachts

Listing updated: 23 July 2024.

References: Website-AFI; Website-Talmadge.