Bobbie of the Ballet (1916)
USA/Silent/B&W
Directed by Joseph DeGrasse
Written by Grant Carpenter
& Ida May Park
Cinemetography by George Kull
Cast (verified as complete):
Louise Lovely - Bobbie Brent
Lon Chaney - Hook Hoover
Jay Balasco - Jack Stimson
Jean Hathaway - Mrs. Stimson
Gretchen Lederer - Velma Vrooman
[no photo]
Gilmore Hammond - Henry Fox
Lule Warrenton - Mrs Hoover
Louise Emmons - Tennant dweller (uncredited)
John George - Tennant dweller (uncredited)
Bobbie of the Ballet was produced by Bluebird Photoplays, one of the three brands of motion pictures then being released by Universal Film Manufacturing Company. Released 12 June 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Parentless ballet dancer Bobbie Brent must raise her young brother and sister. To keep the children, Bobbie pretends that they are her own, and that she herself is a widow. Jack Stimson, in love with Bobbie, considers this ruse deceitful and breaks off their relationship, but Velma Vrooman, Jack's old girlfriend, remains jealous of Bobbie. Pretending to get her a job, Velma arranges a meeting for Bobbie with a theatrical manager. The manager makes advances and Bobbie fights him off, but it takes Jack, who heard of the meeting and became suspicious, to rescue her. Finally, just as the court is about to take the children from Bobbie, Jack realises that he still loves her. They get married and so the court allows them to maintain custody of Bobbie's brother and sister.
Bobbie of the Ballet is a lost film.
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