The Menace to Carlotta
The Menace to Carlotta | |
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Directed by | Allan Dwan |
Written by | Lon Chaney |
Starring | Pauline Bush William C. Dowlan Lon Chaney Murdock MacQuarrie |
Distributed by | Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
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Running time | 20 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent English intertitles |
The Menace to Carlotta is a 1914 American
Plot
Carlotta's fiancé Giovanni Bartholdi (Chaney) loses his money gambling with a shady character called "The Vulture" and, now penniless, moves in with Carlotta and her father and brother Tony. The Vulture talks Giovanni into luring Carlotta to a lonely dive one night, where she is to be kidnapped and sold into the white slave trade. She is saved however by her father and brother.
Cast
- Lon Chaney as Giovanni Bartholdi
- Pauline Bush as Carlotta
- William C. Dowlan as Carlotta's brother, Tony
- Murdock MacQuarrie as Carlotta's father
- John Burton as The Vulture
Reception
"Motion Picture News" wrote "The fight between Giovanni and the old father is very realistic, almost too much so."[1] "Moving Picture World" wrote ""A one-reel (sic) offering by Lou (sic) Chaney, who plays the villain's part...The Italian characterizations are good and the setting's in keeping...The photography is fair."[4] (Note the review refers to the film as a "one-reel offering", while reference sources list it as two reels in length. The same reviewer however also misspelled Chaney's first name).
References
- ^ ISBN 1-879511-26-6.
- ^ "Quebec Censure Des Films Muets Muets Corrupteurs (Films muets refuses par la censure du Quebec)". ScribD (in French). p. 7.
- ISBN 978-0-786-43485-5.
- ^ a b Mirsalis, Jon C. "The Menace to Carlotta". Lonchaney.org. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
External links
- The Menace to Carlotta at IMDb