Hulda from Holland
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Directed by | John O'Brien |
Produced by | Adolph Zukor |
Written by | Edith Barnard Delano |
Cinematography | Emmett A. Williams |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 5 reels |
Country | US |
Language |
Silent film English intertitles |
Hulda from Holland is a 1916 silent film produced by Famous Players Film Company and released by Paramount Pictures. It stars Mary Pickford, then the biggest movie star in America. The story is an original for the screen called Miss Jinny.[1][2]
Plot
Upon the death of her parents, little Hulda find herself sole guardian of her three small brothers. Fortunately, she receives a letter from her wealthy Uncle Peter in Pennsylvania inviting the three orphans to come to America and live with him. Shortly afterwards, Uncle Peter drives to the Port of New York to pick them up, but is injured by an automobile accident and taken to a hospital where he lies unidentified. Uncle Peter's disappearance not only causes distress to the three newly arrived Dutch immigrants, but also to a railroad president (Mr. Walton) who is trying to buy the right-of-way through Uncle Peter's farmland and has only three deals left in which to close the deal. The search for the old man by both Hulda and Mr. Walton's son result in a blossoming romance between the two.
Cast
- Mary Pickford - Hulda
- Frank Losee - John Walton
- John Bowers - Allan Walton
- Russell Bassett - Uncle Peter
- Harold Hollacher - Little Jacob
- Charles E. Vernon - The Burgomaster
unbilled
- Cesare Gravina - Apartment Neighbor
Preservation status
- The film survives in two European archives.[3]
References
- ↑ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c.1988
- ↑ Hulda from Holland at silentera.com database
- ↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:Hulda from Holland
External links
- Hulda from Holland on IMDb
- Hulda from Holland synopsis at AllMovie
- alternate lobby poster