One Night Only
- Synopsis
- Fiction comedy short. Misadventures of a travelling company of actors performing Hamlet for one night in a small town. When the troupe’s leading lady deserts the show for a better paying job as a waitress, a young woman from the town gets the role for one night. The show closes following a disastrous performance.
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Silent
- Year of release
- 1919
- Duration
- 20 mins; c2000 feet
Credits
- Director
- Charles Parrott
- Cinematographer
- L.J. Burrud
- Screenplay
- Charles Parrott
- Cast
Beatrice Lovejoy Leading lady Chas Dorety Stage manager Harry Mann Leading man Leo White The Manager Monty Banks The property man
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Plays
- Hamlet
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Travelling players
Notes
- Notes
- The copy held at the Library of Congress is incomplete (676ft); LC holds only the first reel of the two-reeler and the performance of Hamlet appears in reel two.
- General
- Charles Parrott was better known as Charlie Chase (the pseudonym he used as a comic actor). Chase used his real name, Charles Parrott, when he worked as a director and writer.
Production Company
Archive
- Name
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting & Recorded Sound Division
- Web
- http://catalog.loc.gov/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- (20) 707-8572
- Fax
- (20) 707-237’1
- Address
- Motion Picture & Television Reading Room
James Madison Building, LM 336
101 Independence Avenue, SE
Washington, D.C.
20540-4690
United States
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "One Night Only". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av68555 (Accessed 19 Sep 2024)