A Doll's House (1918 film)

A Doll's House
scene in the film
Directed by	Maurice Tourneur
Produced by	Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky
Written by	Charles Maigne (adaptation) Maurice Tourneur (scenario)
Based on	A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
Starring	Elsie Ferguson
Cinematography	John van den Broek
Distributed by	Artcraft Pictures
Release dates	June 2, 1918 (1918-06-02)
Running time	5 reels (4,576 feet)
Country	United States
Language	Silent (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 play A Doll's House. Maurice Tourneur directed and Elsie Ferguson starred. This film is lost.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Plot

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

Elsie Ferguson as Nora Helmar
Holmes Herbert as Thorvald Helmar
Alex Shannon as Krogstadt
Ethel Grey Terry as Mrs. Linden
Warren Cook as Dr. Rank
Zelda Crosby as Ellen, the Maid
Mrs. R.S. Anderson as Anna, the Nurse
Ivy Ward as Helmar Child
Tula Belle as Helmar Child
Douglas Redmond as Krogstadt Child
Charles Crompton as Krogstadt Child

References

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

External links

A Doll's House at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Maurice Tourneur

1910s	Jean la Poudre (1913) The System of Doctor Goudron (1913) The Gaieties of the Squadron (1913) Tricks of Love (1913) The Last Pardon (1913) The Cameo (1913) Mother (1914) The Man of the Hour (1914) The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England (1914) The Red Promenade (1914) The Pit (1914) The Sparrow (1914) Monsieur Lecoq (1914) The Secret of the Well (1914) Alias Jimmy Valentine (1915) Trilby (1915) The Cub (1915) The Ivory Snuff Box (1915) The Butterfly on the Wheel (1915) The Pawn of Fate (1915) The Hand of Peril (1916) The Closed Road (1916) The Velvet Paw (1916) The Rail Rider (1916) A Girl's Folly (1916) The Whip (1917) The Undying Flame (1917) Exile (1917) The Law of the Land (1917) The Pride of the Clan (1917) The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917) Barbary Sheep (1917) The Rise of Jennie Cushing (1917) Rose of the World (1917) The Blue Bird (1918) Prunella (1918) A Doll's House (1918) The Sporting Life (1918) Woman (1918) My Lady's Garter (1919) The White Heather (1919) The Life Line (1919) Victory (1919) The Broken Butterfly (1919)

1920s	The County Fair (1920) The Great Redeemer (1920) While Paris Sleeps (1920) Treasure Island (1920) The White Circle (1920) Deep Waters (1920) The Last of the Mohicans (1920) The Bait (1921) The Foolish Matrons (1921) Lorna Doone (1922) The Brass Bottle (1923) The Christian (1923) The Isle of Lost Ships (1923) Jealous Husbands (1923) Torment (1924) The White Moth (1924) The Sporting Life (1925) Never the Twain Shall Meet (1925) Clothes Make the Pirate (1925) Aloma of the South Seas (1926) Old Loves and New (1926) The Crew (1928) The Ship of Lost Souls (1929)

1930s	Accused, Stand Up! (1930) Fun in the Barracks (1932) L'Homme mystérieux (1933) The Two Orphans (1933) Justin de Marseille (1934) Le Voleur (1934) Koenigsmark (1935) Samson (1936) With a Smile (1936) The Patriot (1938) Katia (1938)

1940s	Volpone (1941) La Min du diable (1943) Cécile est morte (1944) After Love (1948) Dilemma of Two Angels (1948)

Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House (1879)

Films	A Doll's House (1917 silent) A Doll's House (1918 silent) A Doll's House (1922 silent) A Doll's House (1973 Garland film) A Doll's House (1973 Losey film) Sara (1993 Persian-English)

Television	A Doll's House (1959) A Doll's House (1992)

Other	Nora A Doll's Life

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