Twin Kiddies (1916)
In March 1916, Pathé released a short feature entitled Little Mary Sunshine, starring a four-year-old Marie Osborne. This was one of the first features ever directed by King and it was so successful that Pathé asked the original production company, Balboa, for five more features with the same child wonder. All were produced during the second half of 1916, and only three of them survive today – one being Twin Kiddies, which shows the amazing progress King had made since the first film in the series. Of course, the story is thin, the ending quite abrupt, and the opening sequences rather long. Yet, the direction is much more subtle, alternating between shots of different size, suggesting that King was mastering the art of composition.
- Date of release
- 1916-05-31
- Runtime
- 54m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Henry King
Casting
- Marie Osborne — Bessie Hunt/Fay Van Loan
- Henry King — Jasper Hunt
- Daniel Gilfether — William Van Loan
- Ruth Lackaye — Mrs Flannigan
- Edward Jobson — Spencer
- Mignon Le Brun — Governess
- R. Henry Grey — Baxter Van Loan
- Loretta Beecker — Beatrice Van Loan
Recommended
- Skin 2009 · ★ 6.4
- Kisses 2008 · ★ 7.1
- Holy Lands 2019 · ★ 6.1
- The Young One 1960 · ★ 7.0
- Hands of Stone 2016 · ★ 6.6
- Strange Weather 2016 · ★ 5.9
- Bastard Out of Carolina 1996 · ★ 7.1
- Salomé 2013 · ★ 6.1
- Girl in the Box 2016 · ★ 6.7
- The Girl in the Book 2015 · ★ 5.8
- Eleanor the Great 2025 · ★ 6.8
- Hounddog 2008 · ★ 6.5