The Torch Bearer

Torch‐Bearers, The (1922), a comedy by George Kelly. [48th Street Theatre, 135 perf.] Paula Ritter (Mary Boland) is a devotee of the rising little theatre movement, and so is delighted to be cast at the last minute to replace another amateur whose husband died of a heart attack after watching his wife try to act. Paula's own husband, Fred (Arthur Shaw), is none too happy with his wife's obsession. Nor does he care for the director, a haughty, dictatorial, frustrated actress named Mrs. J. Duro Pompinelli (Alison Skipworth), who has never gotten over the small success of her book, Technique in Acting as Distinguished from Method. During the performance everything goes wrong, so Paula reluctantly agrees to Fred's request that she abandon the stage. Stark Young called it a play “of real wit,” prophesying, “The chances are that Mr. Kelly, if he remembers what is joyous, will be our best writer of comedy.” Despite its merits and excellent notices, the play had only a modest run, but it long remained a favorite of the very groups it satirized. A well‐received Off‐Off‐Broadway revival in 2000 featured Marian Seldes, Faith Prince, and Joan Copeland.

The Torch Bearer
Directed by	Jack Prescott William Russell
Written by	Arthur Henry Gooden (Story) J. Edward Hungerford (Adaptation)
Starring	Charlotte Burton
Cinematography	John W. Brown
Distributed by	Mutual Film
Release date(s)	September 25, 1916
Country	United States
Language	Silent film English intertitles

The Torch Bearer is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by William Russell and Jack Prescott. The film stars Charlotte Burton.

Cast

• Charlotte Burton as Janet Dare
• Harry Keenan as William Wendell
• Marie Van Tassell as Mrs. Huntley-Knox
• William Russell as John Huntley-Knox
• Alan Forrest
• Margaret Nichols
• Rena Carlton
• Nate Watt

External links

• The Torch Bearer at the Internet Movie Database

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