After being expelled from college, Giles runs away from home and meets and falls for a young lady.After being expelled from college, Giles runs away from home and meets and falls for a young lady.After being expelled from college, Giles runs away from home and meets and falls for a young lady.
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Holbrook Blinn
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Frederick Truesdell
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- (uncredited)
James Young
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- TriviaThe film was thought to have been lost but a 16mm print of the film was rediscovered by film historian Kevin Brownlow in England. In 2012, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
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Selznick's First Produced Film for World Film
A Pittsburgh jewelry businessman teamed up with a mail order agent to form the World Film Corporation, based in Ft. Lee, N. J., to distribute and produce original movies. Lewis J. Selznick, the jeweler, and Arthur Spielgel, the agent, collected other investors to partner in the new enterprise, established in mid-1914. Its goal: to hire top-notch film directors and actors.
One of the newly formed company's initial hire was French Pathe director Maurice Tourneur. The first movie he directed for World Film was the romantic comedy, November 1914's "The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England." Based on a 1910 Broadway play, the film could easily be confused with the works of a later director, Ernst Lubitsch, who defined the genre during the 1930's.
Selznick, father of producer David O. Selznick ("Gone With The Wind"), would be ousted from the World Pictures board two years later--a pattern that would constantly reappear in Selznick's film executive career in his later years. He would be involved in several studio start-ups, only to be squeezed or cashed out in every instance. Because of his father's connections, however, David O. Was able to secure a position at MGM Studios early in his career. The elder Selznick has a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.
"The Wishing Ring" was Tourneur's fifth film in his young directing years. He would go on to become one of silent movies' most influencial directors. He was instrumental in forming the Motion Pictures Directors Association, the forerunner to today's Screen Directors' Guild. Tourneur would work for several major studios, but if he had any faults, his artsy aesthetics got in the way of his plots later in his career. Tourneur would return to France in 1928 after MGM had withdrawn a director's role in a Jules Verne movie.
In "Wishing Ring," however, he allows the plot to go full steam, showcasing his actors in perfect framing. The ending shows a unique pan shot of all the movie's characters, a technique Martin Scorsese would use to great effect in his 1995 "Casino ". "The Wishing Ring" was Vivian Martin's first film appearance. Some claim the actress would rival Mary Pickford in popularity in her 44-movie career.
One of the newly formed company's initial hire was French Pathe director Maurice Tourneur. The first movie he directed for World Film was the romantic comedy, November 1914's "The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England." Based on a 1910 Broadway play, the film could easily be confused with the works of a later director, Ernst Lubitsch, who defined the genre during the 1930's.
Selznick, father of producer David O. Selznick ("Gone With The Wind"), would be ousted from the World Pictures board two years later--a pattern that would constantly reappear in Selznick's film executive career in his later years. He would be involved in several studio start-ups, only to be squeezed or cashed out in every instance. Because of his father's connections, however, David O. Was able to secure a position at MGM Studios early in his career. The elder Selznick has a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.
"The Wishing Ring" was Tourneur's fifth film in his young directing years. He would go on to become one of silent movies' most influencial directors. He was instrumental in forming the Motion Pictures Directors Association, the forerunner to today's Screen Directors' Guild. Tourneur would work for several major studios, but if he had any faults, his artsy aesthetics got in the way of his plots later in his career. Tourneur would return to France in 1928 after MGM had withdrawn a director's role in a Jules Verne movie.
In "Wishing Ring," however, he allows the plot to go full steam, showcasing his actors in perfect framing. The ending shows a unique pan shot of all the movie's characters, a technique Martin Scorsese would use to great effect in his 1995 "Casino ". "The Wishing Ring" was Vivian Martin's first film appearance. Some claim the actress would rival Mary Pickford in popularity in her 44-movie career.
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By what name was The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England (1914) officially released in Canada in English?
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