Wee Lady Betty

Wee Lady Betty
Wee Lady Betty
	Wee Lady Betty (Love) identifies a ghost in her castle
Directed by	Charles Miller; Frank Borzage (uncredited)
Written by	J. G. Hawks
Starring	Bessie Love; Frank Borzage; Charles K. French
Cinematography	Henry Bredesen
Production; company	Triangle Film Corporation
Distributed by	Triangle Film Corporation
Release date	August 19, 1917 (U.S.);
Running time	5 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Wee Lady Betty is a 1917 American silent drama film^[3] produced and distributed by the Triangle Film Corporation. It was directed by Charles Miller and stars Bessie Love, Frank Borzage, and Charles K. French. It is considered lost.^[1]

Plot

O'Reilly Castle, set on a small Irish isle, has been occupied by the family of Wee Lady Betty (Love) for generations. However, when the actual owner of the castle dies, the ownership is transferred to his heir, Roger O'Reilly (Borzage). In an attempt to scare away the new owner, Betty briefly tricks him into thinking that the castle is haunted, but he falls in love with her.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Cast

Bessie Love as Wee Lady Betty^[7]
Frank Borzage as Roger O'Reilly
Charles K. French as Fergus McClusky
Walter Perkins as Shamus McTeague
L. Jefferies as Lanty O'Dea
Walt Whitman as The O'Reilly
Aggie Herring as Mrs. O'Reilly
Thornton Edwards as Connor O'Donovan

Production

Village scenes were filmed on the lot of Triangle Studio in Culver City, California.^[8] The village set had previously been used for the Bessie Barriscale film Wooden Shoes (1917) and In Slumberland (1917).^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b HN (January 10, 2014). "Appendix". In Soister, John T. (ed.). American Silent Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Feature Films, 1913–1929. p. 773. ISBN 9780786487905.
^ Love, Bessie (1977). From Hollywood with Love: An Autobiography of Bessie Love. London: Elm Tree Books. p. 149. OCLC 734075937.
^ "Triangle Film Corporation". Moving Picture World. Vol. 33, no. 9. September 1, 1917. p. 1440.
^ Soister, John T.; Nicolella, Henry; Joyce, Steve (September 11, 1917). "Wee Lady Betty". The Suburban Economist. ISBN 978-0-7864-8790-5.
^ "Pollards Pictures". Grey River Argus. New Zealand. June 28, 1919. p. 4.
^ "Triangle Film Corporation". Moving Picture World. Vol. 33, no. 10. September 8, 1917. p. 1586.
^ Fred (August 31, 1917). "Film Reviews: Wee Lady Betty". Variety. Vol. 48, no. 1. p. 30.
^ Howe, Herbert (February 1918). "Around the World in Twenty Minutes". Picture-Play Magazine. Vol. 7, no. 6. pp. 212–216.
^ "A Convertible Village". Film Fun. October 1917.

External links

Wee Lady Betty at IMDb
Wee Lady Betty at AllMovie
Wee Lady Betty at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

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[soister-1] HN (January 10, 2014). "Appendix". In Soister, John T. (ed.). American Silent Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Feature Films, 1913–1929. p. 773. ISBN 9780786487905.

[2] Love, Bessie (1977). From Hollywood with Love: An Autobiography of Bessie Love. London: Elm Tree Books. p. 149. OCLC 734075937.

[3] "Triangle Film Corporation". Moving Picture World. Vol. 33, no. 9. September 1, 1917. p. 1440.

[4] Soister, John T.; Nicolella, Henry; Joyce, Steve (September 11, 1917). "Wee Lady Betty". The Suburban Economist. ISBN 978-0-7864-8790-5.

[5] "Pollards Pictures". Grey River Argus. New Zealand. June 28, 1919. p. 4.

[6] "Triangle Film Corporation". Moving Picture World. Vol. 33, no. 10. September 8, 1917. p. 1586.

[7] Fred (August 31, 1917). "Film Reviews: Wee Lady Betty". Variety. Vol. 48, no. 1. p. 30.

[8] Howe, Herbert (February 1918). "Around the World in Twenty Minutes". Picture-Play Magazine. Vol. 7, no. 6. pp. 212–216.

[9] "A Convertible Village". Film Fun. October 1917.

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