Tom Powell, vice-president of Friends of Cedarmere, has forwarded three photos from the album of William Cullen Bryant's granddaughter Elizabeth Love Godwin showing a silent film being shot at Cedarmere in 1919.
Note: Hempstead Harbor in the background and one possible site of the filming location in front of Cedarmere as seen today.
Note the wall in front of Cedarmere (circa 1900s). Courtesy of the Cow Neck Peninsula Historical Society.
Although the movie was not identified, the star was- Pauline Frederick, a pioneering women in silent film.
Source: Greta DeGroat
"Pauline Frederick is one of the most interesting and individual stars of the American silent screen. In an era of gentle and sweet heroines--even among the "emotional actresses," Frederick stood out with her dramatic looks, commanding presence and worldly characters. While never a top box office draw, Frederick was always something of a connoisseur's star, and her subtle and cinematic acting technique was widely admired both by audiences and within the industry. Unfortunately for modern audiences, only a handful of her many silent films survive. Those survivors, however, appear to have been among her best and most memorable, though they give us a somewhat skewed and limited view of her career."
Can anyone figure out which Pauline Frederick film was shot at Cedarmere in 1919?
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