The Broken Oath
1910 American film
- 1910 (1910)
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The Broken Oath is a 1910 silent short film starring Florence Lawrence, directed by Harry Solter, and produced by Carl Laemmle.[1] It was the first film to marquee the name of an actor, Lawrence,[2] to promote a film.[1]
Laemmle arranged elaborate publicity for the film, planting a fake news story in newspapers that Lawrence had been killed in a street-car accident. When this was widely picked up by other publications, he published advertisements saying that the original story was a lie and that she was starring in a new film to be released shortly (although some ads misspelled the film title as The Broken Bath).[1][3]
References
- ^ a b c Doyle, Jack. "A Star is Born, 1910s". PopHistory.com. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ "Timeline of Greatest Film Milestones and Turning Points in Film History - The Year 1910". Filmsite. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ Boorstin, Daniel (2012). The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-events in America (50th anniversary ed.). Vintage Books. pp. 155–156.
External links
- The Broken Oath at IMDb
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Films directed by Harry Solter
- The Broken Oath (1910)
- All the World's a Stage (1910)
- Her Humble Ministry (1911)
- Duke De Ribbon Counter (1911)
- During Cherry Time (1911)
- The Angel of the Studio (1912)
- Not Like Other Girls (1912)
- Betty's Nightmare (1912)
- The Redemption of Riverton (1912)
- Unto the Third Generation (1913)
- The Spender (1913)
- His Wife's Child (1913)
- The Romance of a Photograph (1914)
- The Pawns of Destiny (1914)
- A Mysterious Mystery (1914)
- Blind Man's Bluff (1916)
- Face on the Screen (1917)
- The Lash of Power (1917)
- The Spotted Lily (1917)
- The Wife He Bought (1918)
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