Les Misérables (1909 film)

Les Misérables
Directed by J. Stuart Blackton
Based on Les Misérables 
by Victor Hugo
Starring Maurice Costello
William V. Ranous
Distributed by Vitagraph Company of America
Release dates
  • September 4, 1909 (1909-09-04)
Running time
 4 reels
Country United States
Language Silent
English intertitles

Les Misérables is a 1909 American silent historical drama proto-feature film (4 short films that can be seen separately, but when combined together appear as a short film series resembling that of a full length feature film). The proto-feature movie is based on the 1862 French novel of the same name by Victor Hugo. The film stars Maurice Costello and William V. Ranous and was directed by J. Stuart Blackton.

Distributed by the Vitagraph Company of America, the film consists of four reels.[1] Each reel was released over the course of three months beginning on September 4 to November 27, 1909.[2][3]

Plot

The film relates the lives of the French people during 20 years in the 19th century. The story is focused on Jean Valjean (Costello), an honest man who is running from an obsessive police inspector chasing him for an insignificant offense. Valjean escapes being incarcerated.

Cast

See also

References

  1. ↑ Schickel, Richard (1996). D.W. Griffith: An American Life. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 155. ISBN 0-879-10080-X.
  2. ↑ Abel, Richard, ed. (2005). Encyclopedia of Early Cinema. Taylor & Francis. p. 456. ISBN 0-415-23440-9.
  3. ↑ Grieveson, Lee; Krämer, Peter, ed. (2004). The Silent Cinema Reader. Psychology Press. p. 240. ISBN 0-415-25284-9.

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