The Italian | 1915 | Drama

Title: The Italian | 1915 | Drama Director: Reginald Barker. Studio: New York Motion Picture Corp. Starring: George Beban, Clara Williams, J. Frank Burke. Release Date: January 1915. Runtime: 78 minutes. Format: Silent, black-and-white, 35mm, 1.33:1, English intertitles. Country: United States. Language: Silent . Genres: Drama. --- Chapters: 00:00:00 Prologue and Venice 00:12:00 Journey to America 00:28:00 Marriage and tenement life 00:46:00 Heat wave and illness 00:58:00 Arrest and aftermath 01:10:00 Decision and epilogue --- Summary: Pietro “Beppo” Donnetti, a gondolier in Venice, leaves for New York to make his fortune and marry Annette Ancello. Reunited in America, they marry and start a family, but harsh tenement conditions and political exploitation test their hopes. When their infant falls ill during a heat wave, Beppo’s desperate attempt to obtain pasteurized milk is thwarted by theft and arrest. Grief drives him toward vengeance against a local ward boss, but a final moment of compassion leads to a quiet, elegiac resolution. --- Background: Produced by Thomas H. Ince for the New York Motion Picture Corp., the film was initially known as The Dago and included location shooting in San Francisco and Venice, California. It was released by Paramount in January 1915 and later selected to the National Film Registry in 1991. --- Trivia: Working title The Dago appeared in trade coverage during production in late 1914. New York street scenes were staged in San Francisco’s immigrant quarter; gondola material was filmed in Venice, California. A surviving print was discovered in a barn in Temperance, Michigan, in 1987 and restored by the Library of Congress. Copyright was registered on January 7, 1915, by New York Motion Picture Corp. . Cinematography is credited to Joseph H. August, an influential figure in early Hollywood camerawork. The film was added to the United States National Film Registry in 1991. --- Public Domain / Rights: Original Release: January 1915. Original Studio / Distributor: New York Motion Picture Corp. / Paramount Pictures. Copyright Status: Public Domain. Renewal: No. --- Hashtags: TheItalian 1915 SilentFilm PublicDomain GeorgeBeban ReginaldBarker ThomasHInce Paramount NationalFilmRegistry Drama Source page: https: //www.loc.gov/item/91706396/ Direct media URL: https: //tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/mbrs/ntscrm/00014575/00014575.mp4