Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew
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Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Drew were an American comedy team on stage and screen. The team initially consisted of Sidney Drew and his first wife Gladys Rankin. After Gladys died in 1914, Sidney Drew married Lu
Sidney Drew and Lucille McVey
Ad for Help, Taking a Rest, and His First Tooth (1916)
Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Drew (Gladys Rankin), 1898
Sidney Drew and Lucille McVey (the second Mrs. Sidney Drew) in 1917
A Florida Enchantment
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A Florida Enchantment is a silent film directed by Sidney Drew and released by the Vitagraph studio. The feature-length comedy/fantasy was shot in and around St. Augustine, Florida, where its story is
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew
…fun at the world of show business. Drew took sole credit as director for two five-reel features at Vitagraph, the groundbreaking cross-gender comedy A Florida Enchantment (1914), in which Edith Storey played the leading female role, and the drama Playing Dead (1915), the Drews' only attempt at a "serious" film. In 1916…
Edith Storey as Lillian Travers/Lawrence Talbot (right) and Ethel Lloyd as Jane, "Miss Travers' mulatto maid" (left)