The Redemption of David Corson

1914 film

April 10, 1914 (1914-04-10)

Running time

4 reelsCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent..English titles

The Redemption of David Corson is a lost^[1] 1914 silent film drama directed by Frederick A. Thomson and starring William Farnum. It was produced by Daniel Frohman and Adolph Zukor.^[2]^[3]

This story was based on a novel The Redemption of David Corson by Charles Frederic Goss. In 1906 Lottie Blair Parker, of Way Down East fame, wrote a Broadway play version.^[4]

Cast

William Farnum - David Corson
Robert Broderick - Dr. Parcelsus
Constance Mollineaux - Pepeeta, the gypsy girl
Hal Clarendon - Andy MacFarlane
Helen Aubrey - David's Mother
William Cowper - Elder Sprague
Leonard Grover - Justice of the Peace
William Vaughn - The Gypsy Chief (*see Wilhelm von Brincken)

References

^ The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:..The Redemption of David Corson
^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:The Redemption of David Corson
^ The Redemption of David Corson at silentera.com
^ The Redemption of David Corson, Majestic Theatre