For Valour (1912 film)
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| Starring | Laura Sawyer Richard R. Neill Ben Wilson |
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| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
For Valour is a 1912 silent American short film made by the Edison Manufacturing Company. It stars Laura Sawyer, Richard R. Neill, Ben Wilson, and James Gordon.[1] It is based on the short story of the same name by Talbot Mundy.[2] It was directed by J. Searle Dawley.[3]
Premise
[edit]Two army officers vie for the affections of a Bermudian woman during the Second Boer War.[4]
Production
[edit]The British Imperial fortress colony of Bermuda and its garrison was used as the location for the film.[4] Dawley also shot The Relief of Lucknow at the same time, using the same Bermuda locations and garrisons.[5][6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ "For Valour (1912)". BFI. Archived from the original on January 24, 2021. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
- ^ Taves, Brian (2006). Talbot Mundy, Philosopher of Adventure: A Critical Biography. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland and Company. pp. 22–23. ISBN 0-7864-2234-3.
- ^ Long, Derek (ed.). "For Valour". ECHO (Early Cinema History Online). Retrieved November 7, 2022 – via University of Wisconsin.
- ^ a b "HUMANOPHONE COMPANY. "FOR VALOUR". Beautiful Bermuda Film". The Royal Gazette. City of Hamilton, Pembroke, Bermuda. 1913-05-15. p. 2.
This evening the Humanophone Company offer as the central attraction of their moving picture exhibition at the Colonial Opera House the Edison, Bermuda film "For Valour," made while Mr. Dawley and his company were at work last year at the Villa Montecello, Flatts. The story concerns the loves of a pretty Bermuda maiden who finds herself unable to choose between two representatives of the British Army until they are on the eve of departure for the South African War. Her choice falls upon one who eventually turns out to be a mean coward. But the other undertakes to bring him back to her and fulfils the self-imposed task although the coward has won a medal for an act which his rival performed. Eventually the truth, becomes known, and the Bermuda beauty rectifies her mistake. It is a pleasing picture and, the local setting lends it a peculiar interest for Bermudians. There was a large attendance of the lovers of good moving pictures at the Town Hall, St. George's on Monday night to see the splendid exhibition given by the Humanophone Company. There are a large number of young boys and girls who regularly attend the Monday night shows and Master Arthur said on Monday night' that Mr. Kaplan might put a real funny one in for their benefit. The Humanphone Co's. pictures are of a very high class, but a little nonsense now and then is relished by the best of men. Miss Silverstone delighted the audience With her performance at the piano and the people of St. George's appreciate her playing more and more as the season advances.
- ^ "RELIEF OF LUCKNOW: Dinna Ye Hear It?". The Royal Gazette. City of Hamilton, Pembroke, Bermuda. 1912-08-13.
it was created by the Edison artistes who made their headquarters last spring at Villa Monticello, Flatts.
- ^ "HUMANOPHONE COMPANY. Famous Historic Picture Shown-Relief of Lucknow". The Royal Gazette. City of Hamilton, Pembroke, Bermuda. 1912-08-17.
To Bermudians this picture has peculiar interest ; for it was at Flatts while Mr. Dawley and his company were there that they produced this most remarkable picture.
The Highlanders, Sepoys, Artillery-men &c. who appear in the scene are men of The Queen's Regiment whose services were secured for the occasion. - ^ "RELIEF OF LUCKNOW (Indian Mutiny) - A mute film from The Tornos Studio's Collection". Youtube: tornosindia. CREDITS FOR THIS VIDEO: The Arts and Humanities Research Council, British Film Institute, The Imperial War Museum and the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum. (UK). Retrieved 2022-05-01.
CONTEXT: The Relief of Lucknow was produced by the Edison Company for the British market. Around 1911, Edison began to make films on specifically European themes to increase sales in Britain. The company also started sending actors and personnel to shoot films in outdoor locations, away from its New Jersey studio (Musser 1995, 49). Serle J. Dawley, director of The Relief, led several of these trips. In the year that he directed The Relief, Dawley shot The Charge of the Light Brigade in Cheyenne, Wyoming, adapting Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem to depict the Battle of Balaclava as a tale of British loyalty and sacrifice. The Relief was shot in Bermuda, which offered the advantages of tropical scenery and the presence of the 2nd Battalion of the "Queen's Own" Regiment, stationed on site
External links
[edit]- For Valour at IMDb