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Marta of the Lowlands
(1914) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by J. Searle Dawley

Cast: Bertha Kalich [Marta], Wellington A. Playter [Manelich], Hal Clarendon [Sebastien], Lillian Kalich [Muri], Frank Holland [Sebastien’s servant], George Moss [villager]

Famous Players Film Company production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / From the play Terra baixa by Ángel Guimerá. Cinematography by Henry Lyman Broening. Presented by Daniel Frohman. / Released 5 October 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Some location cinematography was taken in Cuba. Bertha Kalich’s film debut.

Drama.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.2850.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Cuba

Listing updated: 29 August 2008.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.2850; Slide-Aspects p. 44; Tarbox-Lost p. 205.