A Daughter of the Old South

A Daughter of the Old South
Film poster
Directed byÉmile Chautard
Screenplay byAlicia Ramsey
Rudolph de Cordova
Margaret Turnbull
Produced byAdolph Zukor
StarringPauline Frederick
Pedro de Cordoba
Vera Beresford
Rex McDougall
Mrs. T. Randolph
Myra Brooks
CinematographyJacques Bizeul (fr)
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • November 24, 1918 (1918-11-24)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

A Daughter of the Old South is a 1918 American drama silent film directed by Émile Chautard and written by Alicia Ramsey, Rudolph de Cordova and Margaret Turnbull. The film stars Pauline Frederick, Pedro de Cordoba, Vera Beresford, Rex McDougall, Mrs. T. Randolph and Myra Brooks.[1][2] A premiere for the film was held at the Rialto Theatre in Manhattan on November 24, 1918. The film was distributed by Paramount Pictures.[3]

Plot

Cast

  • Pauline Frederick as Dolores Jardine
  • Pedro de Cordoba as Pedro de Alvarez
  • Vera Beresford as Lillian Hetherington
  • Rex McDougall as Richard Ferris
  • Mrs. T. Randolph as Dolores' Grandmother
  • Myra Brooks as The Housekeeper
  • James Laffey as Mr. Hetherington

Preservation

A Daughter of the Old South is currently presumed lost.[4][2] In February 2021, the film was cited by the National Film Preservation Board on their Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films list.[5][3]

References

  1. ↑ Janiss Garza (2015). "Daughter-of-the-Old-South - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on January 11, 2015. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
  2. 1 2 de Groat, Greta (October 2, 2010), The Pauline Frederick Website: A Daughter of the Old South (1918), stanford.edu, retrieved May 14, 2026
  3. 1 2 "AFI Catalog of Feature Films: A Daughter of the Old South". afi.com. Retrieved May 14, 2026.
  4. ↑ "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: A Daughter of the Old South". memory.loc.gov. January 5, 2017. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved May 14, 2026.
  5. ↑ "7,200 Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films (1912-29)" (PDF). National Film Preservation Board. February 4, 2021. Retrieved May 14, 2026.
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