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Under the Gaslight
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Under the Gaslight is an 1867 play by Augustin Daly. It was his first successful play, and is a primary example of a melodrama, best known for its suspense scene where a person is tied to railroad tra
The famous train scene.
The famous train scene.
"Barney Oldfield's A Race for a Life" [1913] with left to right:Hank Mann; Ford Sterling; Al St John and in foreground Mabel Normand
"Barney Oldfield's A Race for a Life" [1913] with left to right:Hank Mann; Ford Sterling; Al St John and in foreground Mabel Normand
Gloria Swanson in Teddy at the Throttle 1917
Gloria Swanson in Teddy at the Throttle 1917
William Winter (author)
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William Winter was an American drama critic, journalist, essayist, poet, and author. Beginning in the 1850s, he established a literary career in New York City, where he became associated with the Bohe
Under the Gaslight
…of the usual roles because a male character (Snorkey, a comic sidekick) was tied up, and the heroine saves him. In the book Vagrant Memories, critic William Winter recalls how Daly came up with the device: "He was walking home toward night, thinking intently about the play which he had begun to write, when suddenly…
William Winter, circa 1915
William Winter, circa 1915
William Winter 001
William Winter 001