Ghosts (1915 film) explained

Ghosts
Director:	George Nichols
Producer:	D. W. Griffith
Distributor:	Mutual Film Company
Runtime:	49 minutes
Country:	USA
Language:	Silent..English titles

Ghosts is a 1915 silent film drama based on the famous 1881 play Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen. It was directed by George Nichols. D. W. Griffith produced the film and Erich von Stroheim served in several capacities as technical advisor, wardrobe assistant and costume designer. George Siegmann was an assistant director. The film had an alternate or working title The Wreck.^{[1] [2]}

The play Gengangere was first performed in America in 1894.^[3]

A copy is preserved in the Library of Congress collection. And copies are also held at George Eastman Museum and UCLA Film & Television Archive ^{[4] [5]}

Cast

• Henry B. Walthall - Captain Arling/Oswald
• Mary Alden - Helen Arling
• Loretta Blake - Regina

Notes and References

1. Web site: Detail view of Movies Page. Afi.com. 15 October 2017.
2. Web site: Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List. Silentera.com. 15 October 2017.
3. Web site: Ghosts – Broadway Show – Play - IBDB. The Broadway. League. Ibdb.com. 15 October 2017.
4. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at the Library of Congress (<-book title) p.67 c.1978 by The American Film Institute
5. Web site: Ghosts. 15 October 2017. memory.loc.gov. 15 October 2017.