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Alice Joyce.
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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The Lion and the Mouse
(1919) United States of America
B&W : Six reels
Directed by Tom Terriss
Cast: Alice Joyce [Shirley Rossmore], Conrad Nagel [Jefferson Ryder], Anders Randolf [John Burkett Ryder], Henry Hallam [Judge Rossmore], W.T. Carleton (William T. Carleton) [Senator Roberts], Mona Kingsley [Kate Roberts], Jane Jennings [Mrs. Ryder], W.H. Burton [Judge Scott], Templer Saxe (Templar Saxe) [Fitzroy Bagley], Mary Carr [Eudoxia]
The Vitagraph Company of America production; distributed by The Vitagraph Company of America. / Scenario by Edward J. Montagne, from the play The Lion and the Mouse by Charles Klein. Producetion supervision by Albert E. Smith. Cinematography by Joe Scheldefer (Joseph Shelderfer). Presented by Albert E. Smith. / Released 24 February 1919. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The play was previously filmed as The Lion and the Mouse (1914). The play was subsequently filmed as The Lion and the Mouse (1928).
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? John Burkett Ryder, “the richest man in the world,” determines to discredit a judicial decision which works against the interest of his millions by discrediting its author, Judge Rossmore, and causes impeachment charges to be laid against him in Congress. The judge’s daughter Shirley Rossmore, learns of his trouble and returns home from Paris, where she has won success as a writer. She is loved by Jefferson Ryder, son of the magnate who is slowly killing her father. Determined to force the millionaire’s hand, she publishes “The American Octopus” under a pseudonym, using Burkett’s character as the central figure. He is attracted by the book and brings Shirley, whom he knows as Sarah Green, to his home to write his biography. This is the opportunity she is seeking, as it gives her a chance to obtain the two letters which will clear her father’s name. Jefferson Ryder helps her secure the desired papers, but his father catches him and denounces him as a thief. Shirley, who loves Jefferson, cannot stand to see him so branded and confesses her identity to his father. The “Lion” had long since been won by the charm of the “Mouse,” and the story is cleared up in pleasing style.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 19 October 2022.
References: Geduld-Birth p. ? : Website-IMDb.
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