Volume II: Filmography

THE CREATOR OF "HUNGER"

(Princess)

December 4, 1914 (Friday)

Length: 1 reel (1,015 feet)

Character: Comedy-drama; "An artist's love story"

Cast: Boyd Marshall (John Boyd), John Reinhard (George Randolph), Ethel Jewett (Ethel Stewart), Edward N. Hoyt (blind man), Mayre Hall (Mayre, the blind man's granddaughter)

Note: Most trade schedules erroneously omitted the quotation marks around "Hunger" in the title.

SYNOPSIS, Reel Life, November 28, 1914:

"John Boyd, a penniless young artist, paints a picture of Hunger, inspired by an old blind man and his beautiful granddaughter. Boyd's fiancée, Ethel Stewart, is jealous of the girl model; and George Randolph, a rival artist, covets the canvas which he realizes is sure to make a sensation at the forthcoming exhibition. Ethel, on Boyd's refusing to dismiss Mayre, breaks her engagement to him and accepts Randolph's attentions. When Boyd falls ill and has to be taken to a hospital, Randolph seizes the opportunity to help himself to Hunger and exhibits it as his own work. The real artist learns of the deception, but his protestations are thought to be merely the ravings of a delirious brain. Only when the blind man and his granddaughter hear of the controversy and testify against Randolph are the critics convinced of Boyd's claim. He is awarded a large sum of money, and not long after he marries Mayre."

REVIEW, The Bioscope, February 18, 1915:

"This film suffers from a poor plot, which is based upon the utterly improbable idea of one artist stealing another's picture whilst the latter is in hospital, and exhibiting it under his own name, only to meet with the inevitable exposure when the invalid recovers. The play is splendidly acted and beautifully staged, but the best presentation cannot make an entirely artificial story of this kind really convincing."

REVIEW, The Morning Telegraph, November 29, 1914:

"Inspired by his model, Mayre, and her blind father, Boyd paints a wonderful picture which is confiscated and exhibited as his own by a rival when Boyd is in the hospital. In the end the deception is discovered, Boyd gets the credit for the work and wins the girl."

REVIEW, The Moving Picture World, December 19, 1914:

"An entertaining comedy-drama with Boyd Marshall and Mayre Hall in the leads. The artist paints a picture of a poor girl and her father, which he calls 'Hunger.' A rival artist steals the painting and wins a prize at the exhibition, but the truth comes out at last. A familiar type of plot dressed up in entertaining style and nicely pictured."

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