Seven Keys to Baldpate (1916 film)

Seven Keys to Baldpate
Directed byMonte Luke
Written byAlex C. Butler
Based onSeven Keys to Baldpate
by Earl Derr Biggers (1913 novel) and George M. Cohan (1913 play)
StarringDorothy Brunton
Charles Villers
Alex C. Butler
Fred Maguire
CinematographyMaurice Bertel
Production
company
Release date
  • 24 May 1916 (1916-05-24)[1]
Running time
4 reels[2]
CountryAustralia
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

Seven Keys to Baldpate is a 1916 Australian silent film directed by Monte Luke for J. C. Williamson's. It was the first film adaptation of the popular play by George M. Cohan which had toured Australia successfully in 1914 with Fred Niblo.[3] There were later versions of the story in 1917, 1925, 1929, 1935 and 1947.

Three reels of the film survive today.

  1. ^ "AMUSEMENTS". Daily Advertiser. Wagga Wagga, NSW: National Library of Australia. 31 May 1916. p. 2. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  2. ^ "Advertising". The Young Witness. NSW: National Library of Australia. 6 October 1916. p. 5. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  3. ^ "MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 28 March 1914. p. 9. Retrieved 30 January 2012.