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The Alien
Also known as [The Sign of the Rose]
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Nine reels
Directed by Thomas H. Ince
Cast: George Beban (Sr.) [Pietro Massena], Blanche Schwed [Rosina Massena], Edward Gillespie [Inspector Lynch], Jack Nelson [Phil Griswold], Hayward Ginn [William Griswold], Andrea Lynne [Mrs. William Griswold], Thelma Salter [Dorothy Griswold], Jack Davidson [Robbins], Edith MacBride [the flower shop cashier], J. Frank Burke [the proprietor], William J. Kane [Coogan], Ida Lewis [the nurse], Fanny Midgley [the maid], Maude Gilbert, Claire Hillier, Nona Thomas
New York Motion Picture Corporation production; distributed by Select Film Booking Agency, Incorporated, by arrangement with Kessel and Baumann. / Produced by Thomas H. Ince. From the play The Sign of the Rose by George Beban (Sr.) and C.T. Dazey. Assistant director, Raymond B. West. Cinematography by Ned Van Buren. Lab work supervisor, Alfred Brandt. / Premiered 12 April 1915 as The Sign of the Rose at Clune’s Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. Premiered 31 May 1915 as The Alien in New York, New York. General release, July 1915 (edited to eight reels). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Some exteriors were shot on-location at Mt. Baldy, California. The play was subsequently filmed as The Sign of the Rose (1922).
Drama.
Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.0054.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: USA: California: Mount Baldy
Listing updated: 1 April 2012.
References: AFI-F1 n. F1.0054; Bondanella-Hollywood p. 180; Slide-Aspects p. 25.
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