Lydia Gilmore

{{Short description|1915 film by Hugh Ford, Edwin Stanton Porter}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox film | name = Lydia Gilmore | image = | alt = | caption = | director = Hugh Ford Edwin S. Porter | producer = Daniel Frohman | screenplay = Hugh Ford Henry Arthur Jones | starring = Pauline Frederick Vincent Serrano Thomas Holding Robert Cain Helen Lutrell Jack Curtis | music = | cinematography = | editing = | studio = Famous Players Film Company | distributor = Paramount Pictures | released = {{film date|1915|12|26}} | runtime = 50 minutes | country = United States | language = Silent (English intertitles) | budget = | gross = }} '''''Lydia Gilmore''''' is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by Hugh Ford and Edwin S. Porter and written by Hugh Ford and Henry Arthur Jones. The film stars Pauline Frederick, Vincent Serrano, Thomas Holding, Robert Cain, Helen Lutrell and Jack Curtis. The film was released on December 26, 1915, by Paramount Pictures.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/16561-LYDIA-GILMORE?cxt=filmography|title=Lydia Gilmore|publisher=AFI|accessdate=25 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/496937/lydia-gilmore|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231025211845/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/496937/lydia-gilmore|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 25, 2023|title=Lydia Gilmore (1915) - Overview - TCM.com|work=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=25 December 2014}}</ref>

==Plot== {{no plot|date=August 2020}}

==Cast== *Pauline Frederick as Lydia Gilmore *Vincent Serrano as Dr. Gilmore *Thomas Holding as Ralph Benham *Robert Cain as Mr. Stracey *Helen Lutrell as Mrs. Stracey *Jack Curtis as Master Ned Gilmore *M.W. Rale as Detective

==Reception== George Blaisdell of ''The Moving Picture World'' called the film a "splendid type of finished photoplay" and wrote that the "steady interest of the story itself is enhanced by the work of the cast as well as of the directors."<ref>{{cite web |url= https://archive.org/details/movpicwor271movi/page/94/mode/2up?q=%22Lydia+Gilmore%22+%22Hugh+Ford%22|title= "Lydia Gilmore"|last= Blaisdell|first= George|date= 1 January 1916|website= The Moving Picture World|publisher= |access-date= 18 March 2025|quote=}}</ref> Thomas C. Kennedy of ''Motography'' wrote that Porter and Ford "have procured the maximum of dramatic effect out of fine material." He opined that the "dramatic situations are not forced and are arrived at convincingly" and praised the setting and the cinematography.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://archive.org/details/motography151elec/page/134/mode/2up?q=%22Lydia+Gilmore%22+%22Hugh+Ford%22|title= "Lydia Gilmore"|last= Kennedy|first= Thomas C.|date= January 1916|website= Motography|publisher= |access-date= 18 March 2025|quote=}}</ref> William Ressman Andrews of ''Motion Picture News'' praised Frederick's performance and the cinematography.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://archive.org/details/motionpicturenew131unse/page/256/mode/2up?q=%22Lydia+Gilmore%22+%22Hugh+Ford%22|title= "LYDIA GILMORE"|last= Andrews|first= William Ressman|date= January 1916|website= Motion Picture News|publisher= |access-date= 18 March 2025|quote=}}</ref>

==Preservation== ''Lydia Gilmore'' is currently presumed lost.<ref name=''LOC''>{{Cite web |date= |others= |title=The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: ''Lydia Gilmore'' |url=http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.7191/default.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321031130/http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.7191/default.html |archive-date=2023-03-21 |access-date=2026-04-27 |website=memory.loc.gov}}</ref> In February of 2021, the film was cited by the National Film Preservation Board on their Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films list.<ref name="Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films">{{cite web |url=https://www.loc.gov/static/programs/national-film-preservation-board/documents/SFF-LostFilmsList020421.pdf |title=7,200 Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films (1912-29) |publisher=National Film Preservation Board |access-date=April 27, 2026}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{IMDb title|0005669|Lydia Gilmore}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lydia Gilmore}} Category:1915 films Category:1915 American films Category:1915 drama films Category:1915 English-language films Category:1915 lost films Category:American black-and-white films Category:American silent feature films Category:English-language drama films Category:Films directed by Hugh Ford Category:Films directed by Edwin S. Porter Category:Lost American silent drama films Category:Paramount Pictures films