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Ghosts

45 %|May 31, 1915|Drama

Captain Alving, a notorious rake and financially irresponsible, seeks wealthy heiress Helen's hand in marriage. The family doctor protests to the marriage, on the grounds of Alving's hereditary illness, but both parties disregard all warnings; Urged on by her ambitious parents, Helen marries Alving. Later Helen discovers a liaison between her husband and a young, married woman. Soon the sins of the father are visited upon all members of the Alving clan. Based on Henrik Ibsen's play.

Featured Crew

D.W. Griffith
Producer
George Siegmann
Assistant Director
Erich von Stroheim
Wardrobe Assistant
Erich von Stroheim
Technical Advisor
George Nichols
Director
John Emerson
Director
Russell E. Smith
Writer
Henrik Ibsen
Theatre Play

Cast

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Henry B. Walthall
Captain Alving / Oswald
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Mary Alden
Helen Alving
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Nigel De Brulier
Pastor Manders
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Al W. Filson
The Family Doctor
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Thomas Jefferson
Johanna's Unseeing Husband
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Monte Blue
Bohemian
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Karl Formes
Henrik Ibsen
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Chandler House
Oswald as a boy
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Erich von Stroheim
School Clerk