The Prisoner of War

Directed by: J. Searle Dawley, USA, 1912

USA, 1912


Cast and Credits

Production Thomas A. Edison, Inc. [N° 7056]
Distribution General Film Company
Director J. Searle Dawley
Cast Charles Sutton [Napoleon]
James Gordon [Sir Hudson Lowe]
Richard Neill

Technical specifications
Category: Short Feature Film
Technical Details: Format: 35 mm, 1:1,33 - Ratio: 1:1,33 - Black and White,, 1000 feet, 1 reels
Sound System: silent
First Screening: June 14, 1912 in USA

Remarks and general Information in German: The Earlycinema database recorded the film twice under the German titles Der Kriegsgefangene [#41691] and Der Kriegsgefangene Napoleon [#27611], but has no credits except two unknown actors for Napoleon Bonaparte Frankreich and Hudson Low (Aufseher). The description is "Napoleon auf St. Helena". [www.earlycinema.uni-koeln.de]
IMDb lists a title "Napoleon at Saint Helena" from 1911 which is probably identical with this film. (lhg 2016)

General Information

The Prisoner of War is a motion picture produced in the year 1912 as a USA production. The Film was directed by J. Searle Dawley, with Charles Sutton, James Gordon, Richard Neill, in the leading parts. We have currently no synopsis of this picture on file; There are no reviews of The Prisoner of War available.

Bibliography The New York Dramatic Mirror, June 5, 1912, pg 27 [release date]
The New York Dramatic Mirror, June 5, 1912, pg 29 [J. Searle Dawley ad]
The Billboard, June 8, 1912, pg 45 [release date]
The New York Dramatic Mirror, June 12, 1912, pg 32 [J. Searle Dawley ad]
The New York Dramatic Mirror, June 12, 1912, pg 33 [Edison Production Number]
The New York Dramatic Mirror, June 19, 1912, pg 29 [J. Searle Dawley ad]
The New York Dramatic Mirror, June 26, 1912, pg 22 [note on Richard Neill]
The New York Dramatic Mirror, June 19, 1912, pg 32 [J. Searle Dawley ad]
The Billboard, June 29, 1912, pg 62 [release date]
The New York Dramatic Mirror, July 3, 1912, pg 30 [J. Searle Dawley ad]
The New York Dramatic Mirror, July 3, 1912, pg 32 [J. Searle Dawley ad]
The Billboard, July 13, 1912, pg 45 [release date]
The Billboard, July 20, 1912, pg 46 [release date]
The Braff Silent Short Film Working Papers, N° 17958, Jefferson 2002
Hervé Dumont, Napoleon, cf. pg 635

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