George du Maurier

Svengali

An old singer coaches a young woman whom he believes will be the next singing sensation. As she starts off with her career, their bond gets stronger. An adaptation of George L. Du Maurier's novel "Trilby"

Svengali

A man hypnotizes a young woman into being an opera singer.

Trilby

Single-camera theater production of Trilby performed live and broadcast on the BBC. Intended to evoke the highly successful Trilby stage plays of the 1890s. Lost.

Peter Ibbetson

When his mother dies, young Peter Ibbetson leaves Paris and his best friend, Mary, behind to live with a severe uncle in England. Years later, Peter is an architect with little time for women, until he begins a project with the Duke and Duchess of Towers. When Peter and the duchess become great friends, she reveals that she is Mary — but the duke soon suspects his wife of infidelity and challenges Peter to a duel, threatening the pair's second chance.

Svengali

A music maestro uses hypnotism on a young model he meets in Paris to make her both his muse and wife.

Svengali

The hypnotist Svengali makes an artist's model sing, but cannot force her love.

Trilby

The hypnotist Svengali makes an artist's model sing, but cannot force her love.

Moments from "Trilby"

Backstage, Lyn Harding prepares for his role as Svengali; a brief montage of several scenes from the play at Apollo Theater is shown. Presented as part of Eve's Film Review issue #56.

Trilby

First installment of the Tense Moments with Great Authors series. Presumed lost.

Forever

Architect Peter Ibbetson is hired by the Duke of Towers to design a building for him. Ibbetson discovers that the Duchess of Towers, Mary, is his now-grown childhood sweetheart. Their love revives, but Peter is sentenced to life in prison for an accidental killing. Mary comes to him in dreams and they are able to live out their romance in a dream world.

Trilby Frilled

Trilby parody with several key characters' names altered. Presumed lost.

Trilby

The hypnotic Svengali controls the singing voice of a young starlet, but he cannot control her heart. This 1915 Maurice Tourneur film is a version of the famous du Maurier novel. It was later done in a more famous 1931 film named Svengali with John Barrymore. The later film obviously changed the title due to the huge presence of its star.

Trilby

The hypnotist Svengali makes an artist's model sing, but cannot force her love.

Svengali

Based on the novel Trilby by George du Maurier. A girl named Trilby meets Svengali, a musician and hypnotist, who claims he can turn her into a talented singer via hypnosis.

Three Tales of Terror

The hypnotist Svengali makes an artist's model sing, but cannot force her love.

Trilby and Svengali

British adaptation of Trilby filmed in Kinemacolor. Presumed lost.

Trilby

Danish adaptation of Trilby. Presumed lost, though a single still apparently depicting the novel's climax survives.

Ella Lola, a la Trilby

A young, dark-haired woman performs a dance inspired by George du Maurier's character Trilby, in an early modern dance style reminiscent of Isadora Duncan. She dances barefoot without stockings and is dressed in a long, flowing gown bound across the bosom in Grecian style, with inside fringe and a draped cape hooked to her wrist. She also wears what appears to be a garland headpiece. Holding her gown with one hand throughout, the dancer performs a series of kicks and turns with leg kicks front and back, rocking, and round de jambe.

Trilby and Little Billee

Trilby lounges on a table with her shoes off, smoking, laughing, enjoying a piece of cake, and kissing her friend in a scene from the popular eponymous novel and stage play. Now lost, it is considered the first book-to-film adaptation.

Trilby Burlesque

The Alhambra Girls perform a dance at Alhambra Theatre, London. Lost.

Quartette

Scene from a Trilby-themed stage play. Lost.

Trilby Dance

The Leigh Sisters perform a risqué Trilby-inspired dance with an umbrella. Scene from David Henderson's Aladdin, Jr. burlesque. Lost.

Hypnotic Scene

The sinister mesmerist Svengali hypnotizes a group of people and compels them to perform various humorous acts in a Trilby segment from David Henderson's Aladdin, Jr. burlesque. Lost.

Death Scene

The sinister mesmerist Svengali hypnotizes two characters, then dies abruptly in a Trilby segment from David Henderson's Aladdin, Jr. burlesque. Lost.