The Threads of Fate

For the 1999 video game, see Threads of Fate.

The Threads of Fate
Directed byJoe De Grasse
Written byTom Forman
StarringPauline Bush
William C. Dowlan
Lon Chaney
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • February 21, 1915 (1915-02-21)
Running time
2 reels (20 minutes)
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent with English intertitles

The Threads of Fate (aka Threads of Fate[1]) is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by Joe De Grasse, written by Tom Forman, and featuring Pauline Bush, William C. Dowlan and Lon Chaney. The film is now considered to be a lost film.[2] A still exists showing Lon Chaney made up as "The Count" trying to persuade the heroine of the film to marry him.[3]

The film's subtitles were all extractions from the literary works of famous authors, such as Tennyson, Milton and Pope.[4] The film is framed by both a beginning and an ending sequence showing the three Fates weaving the threads of Mankind, these sequences being hand-colored (the rest of the film was in black-and-white).[5]

  1. ^ Blake, Michael F. (1998). "The Films of Lon Chaney". Vestal Press Inc. Page 35. ISBN 1-879511-26-6.
  2. ^ "Silent Era: The Threads of Fate". silentera. Retrieved June 21, 2008.
  3. ^ Mirsalis, Jon C. "The Threads of Fate". Lonchaney.org. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  4. ^ Blake, Michael F. (1998). "The Films of Lon Chaney". Vestal Press Inc. Page 35. ISBN 1-879511-26-6.
  5. ^ Mirsalis, Jon C. "The Threads of Fate". Lonchaney.org. Retrieved October 16, 2020.