The Bottle Imp
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The Bottle Imp is a 1917 silent fantasy film adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s story, starring Sessue Hayakawa as a man who acquires a cursed wish-granting bottle.
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fantasy film
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feature film ⓘ silent film ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Bottle Imp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Robert Louis Stevenson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnCharacter | cursed wish-granting bottle ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Walter Stradling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Marshall Neilan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Famous Players–Lasky
NERFINISHED
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Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| filmLength | 5 reels ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
drama
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fantasy ⓘ |
| hasOriginalWorkMedium | short story ⓘ |
| language | Silent ⓘ |
| leadCharacter | a Hawaiian man who buys a magical bottle ⓘ |
| originalWorkPublicationYear | 1891 ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A man acquires a cursed wish-granting bottle that must be sold for less than it was bought or it will damn its owner. ⓘ |
| producer | Jesse L. Lasky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1917-03-19 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1917 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Marion Fairfax NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Hawaii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Bertram Grassby
NERFINISHED
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Eugenie Besserer NERFINISHED ⓘ Leah Baird NERFINISHED ⓘ Sessue Hayakawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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