Blue Water is a lost 1924 Canadian silent film directed by David Hartford and starring Pierre Gendron, Jane Thomas, and Norma Shearer. It is the last feature produced by Ernest Shipman, and is the Montreal-born, future MGM star Shearer's only Canadian film. It had a commercial release in Saint John, New Brunswick, where it was shot, but no print is known to exist.[1][2] The film failed to succeed commercially, marking Shipman's decline in success until his death in 1931.[3] Without being distributed, the film was stored in a New York vault.[4]

Blue Water
Snippet of the film from a newspaper
Directed byDavid Hartford
Written byFaith Green
Frederick William Wallace (novel)
Produced byErnest Shipman
CinematographyWalter L. Griffin
Production
company
New Brunswick Films
Distributed byErnest Shipman Films
Release date
  • 16 April 1924 (1924-04-16)
CountryCanada
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

The film has no surviving copies,[5] making it a lost film.[6]

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Morris, Peter (1978). Embattled Shadows: A History of Canadian Cinema 1895-1939. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press. p. 120. ISBN 0-7735-0323-4.
  2. ^ Jacobs & Braum p.80
  3. ^ Soucoup, Dan (28 October 2000). "Blue Water: New Brunswicks first feature film". Times & Transcript. ProQuest 422753686. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Ernest Shipman". nble.lib.unb.ca. NBLE. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  5. ^ Eaton, Margaret Patricia (9 July 2009). "Take a break with a good author this summer; 1st Annual Atlantic Author Day celebrates who we are". Here. ProQuest 434267642. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  6. ^ Webb, Steven (11 September 2022). "Lost to history, Saint John's silent movie is barely a memory a century later". Retrieved 22 August 2023.

Bibliography

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  • Jack Jacobs & Myron Braum. The films of Norma Shearer. A. S. Barnes, 1976.
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