# Lydia Gilmore

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{{Short description|1915 film by Hugh Ford, Edwin Stanton Porter}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Lydia Gilmore
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| director       = [Hugh Ford](/source/Hugh_Ford_(director))<br>[Edwin S. Porter](/source/Edwin_S._Porter)
| producer       = [Daniel Frohman](/source/Daniel_Frohman)
| screenplay     = Hugh Ford<br>[Henry Arthur Jones](/source/Henry_Arthur_Jones)
| starring       = [Pauline Frederick](/source/Pauline_Frederick)<br>[Vincent Serrano](/source/Vincent_Serrano)<br>[Thomas Holding](/source/Thomas_Holding)<br>Robert Cain<br>Helen Lutrell<br>[Jack Curtis](/source/Jack_Curtis_(actor))
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| studio         = [Famous Players Film Company](/source/Famous_Players_Film_Company)
| distributor    = [Paramount Pictures](/source/Paramount_Pictures)
| released       = {{film date|1915|12|26}}
| runtime        = 50 minutes
| country        = [United States](/source/United_States)
| language       = [Silent](/source/Silent_film) ([English](/source/English_language) [intertitle](/source/intertitle)s)
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'''''Lydia Gilmore''''' is a [1915](/source/1915_in_film) [American](/source/United_States) [silent](/source/silent_film) [drama film](/source/drama_(film_and_television)) directed by [Hugh Ford](/source/Hugh_Ford_(director)) and [Edwin S. Porter](/source/Edwin_S._Porter) and written by Hugh Ford and [Henry Arthur Jones](/source/Henry_Arthur_Jones). The film stars [Pauline Frederick](/source/Pauline_Frederick), [Vincent Serrano](/source/Vincent_Serrano), [Thomas Holding](/source/Thomas_Holding), Robert Cain, Helen Lutrell and [Jack Curtis](/source/Jack_Curtis_(actor)). The film was released on December 26, 1915, by [Paramount Pictures](/source/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](/source/Pauline_Frederick) as Lydia Gilmore
*[Vincent Serrano](/source/Vincent_Serrano) as Dr. Gilmore
*[Thomas Holding](/source/Thomas_Holding) as Ralph Benham
*Robert Cain as Mr. Stracey
*Helen Lutrell as Mrs. Stracey
*[Jack Curtis](/source/Jack_Curtis_(actor)) as Master Ned Gilmore
*M.W. Rale as Detective

==Reception==
George Blaisdell of ''[The Moving Picture World](/source/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](/source/The_Moving_Picture_World)|publisher= |access-date= 18 March 2025|quote=}}</ref> Thomas C. Kennedy of ''[Motography](/source/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](/source/Motography)|publisher= |access-date= 18 March 2025|quote=}}</ref> William Ressman Andrews of ''[Motion Picture News](/source/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](/source/Motion_Picture_News)|publisher= |access-date= 18 March 2025|quote=}}</ref>

==Preservation==
''Lydia Gilmore'' is currently [presumed lost](/source/lost_film).<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](/source/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> 

==See also==
* [Edwin S. Porter filmography](/source/Edwin_S._Porter_filmography)
* [List of lost films](/source/List_of_lost_films)

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

{{Edwin S. Porter}}

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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

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