Sweet Kitty Bellairs
Directed byJames Young
Written byJames Young (scenario)
Based on
The Bath Comedy
by
Produced byAdolph Zukor
Daniel Frohman
StarringMae Murray
Tom Forman
CinematographyPaul P. Perry
Distributed byFamous Players–Lasky
Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • May 22, 1916 (1916-05-22) (United States)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent

Sweet Kitty Bellairs is a 1916 American silent romantic comedy film based on the 1900 novel The Bath Comedy, by Agnes and Egerton Castle. The novel was first adapted for the stage in 1903 by David Belasco which was a huge Broadway success for lead actress Henrietta Crosman. The film version stars Mae Murray and was directed by James Young.[1][2]

Cast

Other adaptations

Sweet Kitty Bellairs was remade again in 1930 as a sound musical comedy filmed in Technicolor.

See also

References

  1. Ankerich, Michael G. (2012). Mae Murray: The Girl with the Bee-Stung Lips. University Press of Kentucky. p. 52. ISBN 978-0-8131-4038-4.
  2. Hischak, Thomas S. (2005). American Plays And Musicals On Screen: 650 Stage Productions And Their Film And Television Adaptations. McFarland. p. 261. ISBN 0-7864-2003-0.
  3. Bawden, James & Miller, Ron (2016) Conversations with Classic Film Stars, p. 289. ISBN 9780813174389.


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