Peer Gynt
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Oscar Apfel
Cyril Maude
Myrtle Stedman
Fanny Y. Stockbridge
Mary Reubens
Mary Ruby
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
After carrying off another man's bride to the mountains, Peer Gynt, a spirited Norwegian farmer, takes off to roam the world in pursuit of beautiful women. During his sometimes fantastic wanderings, five lovely women enter his life and seduce him, only to trick and desert him later. His fortune made, Peer Gynt continues to travel, seeking out women from the woods of North America to the deserts of Africa and finally returning to his hometown of Gubrandsdale, a lonely, beaten old man. Before the Button Moulder can put him in the melting pot to form a better sort of man, however, Peer Gynt is rescued by Solveig, his faithful childhood sweetheart, who saves him with the pureness and conviction of her love.
Director
Oscar Apfel
Cast
Cyril Maude
Myrtle Stedman
Fanny Y. Stockbridge
Mary Reubens
Mary Ruby
Winifred Bryson
Evelyn Duncan
Kitty Stevens
Herbert Standing
Charles Ruggles
William Desmond
Juan De La Cruz
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
The first staged production of the play occurred in Christiania, Norway, February 1876. Pre-production publicity lists Blanche Ring as co-star of the film. According to contemporary sources, George W. Beynon's accompanying musical arrangements marked the first time that such a score was created for a particular film release. Elliott J. Clawson wrote an early continuity for the film that apparently was not used.
