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When We Were Twenty-One
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Edwin S. Porter and Hugh Ford

Cast: William Elliott [Richard Audaine, ‘The Imp’], Charles Waldron [Dick Carew], Marie Empress [‘The Firefly’], Helen Lutrell [Phyllis], Winifred Allen [Peggy], Arthur Hoops [one of The Trinity], Charles Coleman [one of The Trinity], George Backus [one of The Trinity], Mrs. Gordon [Mrs. Ericson]

Famous Players Film Company production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / From the play When We Were Twenty-One by Henry V. Esmond. Presented by Daniel Frohman. / Released 5 April 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Elliott’s film debut. The play was subsequently filmed as When We Were Twenty-One (1921).

Comedy-Drama.

Survival status: The film was presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 29 November 2023.

References: Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb.