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A Doll's House (1918 film)

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A Doll's House
scene in the film
Directed byMaurice Tourneur
Written byCharles Maigne (adaptation)
Maurice Tourneur (scenario)
Based onA Doll's House
by Henrik Ibsen
Produced byAdolph Zukor
Jesse Lasky
StarringElsie Ferguson
CinematographyJohn van den Broek
Distributed byArtcraft Pictures
Release date
  • June 2, 1918 (1918-06-02)
Running time
5 reels (4,576 feet)
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

A Doll's House is a 1918 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Artcraft Pictures, an affiliate of Paramount Pictures. It is the third American motion picture filming of Henrik Ibsen's 1879 play A Doll's House. Maurice Tourneur directed and Elsie Ferguson starred. This film is lost.[1][2][3][4]

Plot

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As described in a film magazine,[5] to save her husband's life Nora Helmar (Ferguson) borrows a large sum of money and, after he has recovered, saying nothing to him, she slowly pays the debt. When Helmar (Herbert) discharges Krogstadt (Shannon), the moneylender, from the bank, Krogstadt threatens to expose Nora's act. Believing that her husband will condone what she has done, Nora confesses. Instead, he blames her. This unexpected action changes the doll-wife into a woman of the world, and as such she leaves her husband and three children to go out into the world and apply her knowledge of the serious side of life for her further education.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: A Doll's House at silentera.com
  2. ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c. 1988
  3. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: A Doll's House(Wayback)
  4. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: A Doll's House
  5. ^ "Reviews: A Doll's House". Exhibitors Herald. 6 (25). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 28. June 15, 1918.
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