Lawrence Marston
Lawrence Marston was an American actor, playwright, producer, stage director and film director. Marston was from Chicago. After working as an actor, producer and director for the stage, he became a film director with the Biograph Studios. His first wife was actress Lillian Lewis, born in Midway, Kentucky in 1852; died in Farmington, Minnesota on August 11, 1899. Her first appearance on the stage was in 1882, when she played Marianne in The Two Orphans at the Fifth Avenue Theater, New York. After three years of success in various companies, she organized a company of her own and entered upon a successful career as a star at the People's Theater. New York, in the autumn of 1885. She chose the part of Cora in Article 47 for her introduction to the public on that occasion, and was well received. In addition she played the principal woman in Camille, The Lady of Lyons, An Unequal Match, The New Magdalen, Frou-Frou and Adrienne Lecouvreur. In 1888 she married Marston, who had been for some time her leading man. Marston continued to act the principal men of her plays, managed her business, and adapted and wrote plays for her.
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The Star of Bethlehem
Biblical tale about the birth of Christ told with a cast of 100's. Thanhouser's ambitious STAR OF BETHLEHEM was one of the first steps toward true feature-length films (more than two reels long). It appeared the year before the Italian epic QUO VADIS? was screened in the U....Watch Movie -
The Evidence of the Film
Recently discovered and preserved, THE EVIDENCE OF THE FILM is a particularly clever and unusual early example of a fictional dramatic movie with filmmaking as a subject. The portrayal of a movie crew that just happens to be at work on a street corner is accurate. The director...Watch Movie -
When the Studio Burned
The film studio’s worst enemy was fire, thanks to mostly wooden structures and highly flammable negatives, prints and film stock. Fire actually struck the Thanhouser studio on January 13, 1913 and burned the main facility to the ground. Most of the negatives and prints were...Watch Movie -
His Uncle's Wives
An artist unexpectedly inherits six wives who come to him from his uncle in Constantinople. His wife makes serious objections, and he finally packs them off to join a theatrical troupe, and happiness is restored. This simple situation comedy enjoys opulent sets of the home of...Watch Movie

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