The Goose Girl (1915 film)

The Goose Girl is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by Frederick A. Thomson and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film is based on the 1909 novel of the same name by Harold McGrath and starred Marguerite Clark and Monroe Salisbury.

The Goose Girl
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Directed byFrederick A. Thomson
Produced byJesse Lasky
Written byWilliam C. deMille (scenario)
Based onThe Goose Girl
by Harold McGrath
StarringMarguerite Clark
Monroe Salisbury
CinematographyPercy Hilburn (French)
Production
company
Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • January 25, 1915 (1915-01-25)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent
English intertitles
Contemporary publicity photo

Cast

Plot

Count Von Herbeck (Neill), an ambitious chancellor to the Grand Duke of Ehrenstein (Dunbar), secretly marries and has a daughter. At the urging of his dying wife, the count kidnaps the duke's infant daughter (Clark) and substitutes his own in the castle so that she may live in the style of a great lady.

The real princess, abandoned by the gypsies who abducted her for the count, is raised by peasants and given the name "Goose Girl." The young King Frederick (Salisbury) is betrothed to the impostor princess of Ehrenstein, whom he has never seen, but before the wedding takes place, he runs away and roams the countryside, where he encounters and falls in love with the Goose Girl.

After a series of adventures, during which Frederick decides to wed the false princess for the good of the country, the Goose Girl's true identity is revealed, and Frederick is delighted to learn that he is now betrothed to the girl of his heart.

Preservation status

This is now considered a lost film.[1][2]

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See also

References
  1. "The Goose Girl". silentera.com.
  2. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:The Goose Girl
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