Social Briars
- May 13, 1918 (1918-05-13) (United States)
Social Briars is a 1918 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Henry King and starring Mary Miles Minter. The story was by Jeanne Judson, and it was filmed under the working title of "The Greater Call."[1] As with many of Minter's features, it is thought to be a lost film.[2]
Plot
As described in various film magazine reviews,[3][4][5][6] Iris Lee (Minter) is an orphan girl who lives in a little country town with Martha Kane (Andrews). She plays the organ and sings at the village Sunday school, where Mrs. Kane's son Jim (Cobb) teaches. Jim is in love with Iris, but Iris dreams of being a famous singer in the city. The only people who take her ambitions seriously are her neighbours, Mr. and Mrs. Brown (Abrams and Davenport).
One day, Iris packs up and decides to head for the city to seek her fame and fortune. She misses the train, but is offered a ride from a passing stranger, Jack Andrews (Forrest), a wealthy young city man. He flirts with her in the car and Iris, feeling uncomfortable, jumps out and waits for a later train. When she arrives in the city, she struggles to find a way to earn a living, but one day she is walking past a church and, upon hearing the choir, decides to enter and join in. Her voice catches the attention of Peter Andrews (Periolat), who happens to be Jack's father, and she is given the position of soloist at the church.
One night while singing at the church, Iris is overheard by Helen Manning (Du Brey), a light opera star, who takes Iris on as her understudy. When Helen is dropped from the opera for refusing the advances of her manager Franklin (Whitson), Iris is promoted to the prima donna role. Jack has seen Iris performing with the opera and has fallen in love with her, but when he enters her dressing room drunk one night, Iris sends him away.
Disillusioned with fame and with the city, Iris returns to the country town and takes up her old position at the Sunday school. Jack, having sobered up and taken on a proper job as a travelling salesman for his father's business, follows her there. He manages to persuade Iris of his sincerity, and the two are engaged to wed.
Cast
- Mary Miles Minter as Iris Lee
- Allan Forrest as Jack Andrews
- Anne Schaefer as Martha Kane
- Edmund Cobb as Jim Kane
- George Periolat as Peter Andrews
- Claire Du Brey as Helen Manning
- Milla Davenport as Mrs. Brown
- Jacob Abrams as Mr. Brown
- Frank Whitson as Franklin
References
- ^ "Next Minter Subject May 6". Motography. 19 (17). Chicago: Electricity Magazine Corp.: [1] April 27, 1918.
- ^ The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Social Briars
- ^ "Reviews: Mary Miles Minter in Social Briars". Exhibitors Herald. 6 (20). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: [2]. May 11, 1918.
- ^ "The Story of the Picture: Social Briars". Motography. 19 (19). Chicago: Electricity Magazine Corp.: [3] May 11, 1918.
- ^ "Critical Reviews and Comments: Social Briars". Moving Picture World. 36 (9). New York City: Chalmers Publishing Company: [4]. June 1, 1918.
- ^ "Screen Examinations: Social Briars". Motion Picture News. 17 (22). New York City: Motion Picture News, Inc.: [5] June 1, 1918.
External links
- Social Briars at IMDb
- v
- t
- e
- Should a Wife Forgive? (1915)
- Joy and the Dragon (1916)
- Little Mary Sunshine (1916)
- Pay Dirt (1916)
- Shadows and Sunshine (1916)
- The Climber (1917)
- The Mate of the Sally Ann (1917)
- Twin Kiddies (1917)
- Told at Twilight (1917)
- Vengeance of the Dead (1917)
- Souls in Pawn (1917)
- Sunshine and Gold (1917)
- The Bride's Silence (1917)
- A Game of Wits (1917)
- Southern Pride (1917)
- All the World to Nothing (1918)
- Beauty and the Rogue (1918)
- Powers That Prey (1918)
- Hearts or Diamonds? (1918)
- Up Romance Road (1918)
- The Locked Heart (1918)
- Hobbs in a Hurry (1918)
- Social Briars (1918)
- Where the West Begins (1919)
- Brass Buttons (1919)
- Some Liar (1919)
- Six Feet Four (1919)
- A Sporting Chance (1919)
- This Hero Stuff (1919)
- 23 1/2 Hours' Leave (1919)
- A Fugitive from Matrimony (1919)
- Haunting Shadows (1919)
- When a Man Rides Alone (1919)
- The White Dove (1920)
- Uncharted Channels (1920)
- One Hour Before Dawn (1920)
- Help Wanted – Male (1920)
- Dice of Destiny (1920)
- The Mistress of Shenstone (1921)
- When We Were 21 (1921)
- The Sting of the Lash (1921)
- Salvage (1921)
- Tol'able David (1921)
- The Bond Boy (1922)
- The Seventh Day (1922)
- Sonny (1922)
- Fury (1923)
- The White Sister (1923)
- Romola (1924)
- Sackcloth and Scarlet (1925)
- Any Woman (1925)
- Stella Dallas (1925)
- The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926)
- Partners Again (1926)
- The Magic Flame (1927)
- The Woman Disputed (1928)
- She Goes to War (1929)
- Hell Harbor (1930)
- The Eyes of the World (1930)
- Lightnin' (1930)
- Merely Mary Ann (1931)
- Over the Hill (1931)
- The Woman in Room 13 (1932)
- State Fair (1933)
- I Loved You Wednesday (1933)
- Carolina (1934)
- Marie Galante (1934)
- One More Spring (1935)
- Way Down East (1935)
- The Country Doctor (1936)
- Ramona (1936)
- Lloyd's of London (1936)
- Seventh Heaven (1937)
- In Old Chicago (1938)
- Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
- Jesse James (1939)
- Stanley and Livingstone (1939)
- Little Old New York (1940)
- Maryland (1940)
- Chad Hanna (1940)
- A Yank in the R.A.F. (1941)
- Remember the Day (1941)
- The Black Swan (1942)
- The Song of Bernadette (1943)
- Wilson (1944)
- A Bell for Adano (1945)
- Margie (1946)
- Captain from Castile (1947)
- Deep Waters (1948)
- Prince of Foxes (1948)
- Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
- The Gunfighter (1950)
- I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (1951)
- David and Bathsheba (1951)
- Wait till the Sun Shines, Nellie (1952)
- O. Henry's Full House (1952)
- The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)
- King of the Khyber Rifles (1953)
- Untamed (1955)
- Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)
- Carousel (1956)
- The Sun Also Rises (1957)
- The Bravados (1958)
- This Earth Is Mine (1959)
- Beloved Infidel (1959)
- Tender Is the Night (1962)
This article about a silent comedy-drama film is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e