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1917 American film

The Bottle Imp
Film poster
Directed by	Marshall Neilan
Written by	Charles Maigne(scenario)
Based on	"The Bottle Imp" by Robert Louis Stevenson
Produced by	Jesse Lasky
Cinematography	Walter Stradling
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	March 26, 1917 (1917-03-26)
Running time	50 minutes (5 reels)
Country	United States
Language	Silent film (English intertitles)

The Bottle Imp is a 1917 silent fantasy film produced by Jesse Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. It is taken from the Robert Louis Stevenson short story, "The Bottle Imp". The movie was directed by Marshall Neilan in Hawaii and stars Japanese actor Sessue Hayakawa.

Prints are held by George Eastman House and Cinematheque Francais, Paris.

Cast

Sessue Hayakawa – Lopaka
Lehua Waipahu – Kokua
H. Komshi – Keano
George Kuwa – Makale
Guy Oliver – Rollins
James Neill – Priest

References

The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c. 1988
The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993:The Bottle Imp
The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Bottle Imp

External links

The Bottle Imp at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Marshall Neilan
The Deadly Battle at Hicksville (1914) The Bottle Imp (1917) The Silent Partner (1917) Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917) A Little Princess (1917) Stella Maris (1918) Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley (1918) M'Liss (1918) Hit-The-Trail Holliday (1918) Heart of the Wilds (1918) Out of a Clear Sky (1918) Three Men and a Girl (1919) The Unpardonable Sin (1919) Her Kingdom of Dreams (1919) Daddy-Long-Legs (1919) In Old Kentucky (1919) Don't Ever Marry (1920) Go and Get It (1920) Dinty (1920) Bob Hampton of Placer (1921) Bits of Life (1921) The Lotus Eater (1921) Penrod (1922) Fools First (1922) The Strangers' Banquet (1922) Minnie (1922) The Rendezvous (1923) The Eternal Three (1923) Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall (1924) Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1924) The Sporting Venus (1925) The Great Love (1925) The Skyrocket (1926) Mike (1926) Diplomacy (1926) Everybody's Acting (1926) Wild Oats Lane (1926) Venus of Venice (1927) Her Wild Oat (1927) Take Me Home (1928) Taxi 13 (1928) His Last Haul (1928) Three-Ring Marriage (1928) The Awful Truth (1929) Tanned Legs (1929) (uncredited) The Vagabond Lover* (1929) Sweethearts on Parade (1930) Social Register (1934) Chloe, Love Is Calling You (1934) The Lemon Drop Kid (1934) This Is the Life (1935) Swing It, Professor (1937) Sing While You're Able (1937) Thanks for Listening (1937)

Films directed by Marshall Neilan

The Deadly Battle at Hicksville (1914)
The Bottle Imp (1917)
The Silent Partner (1917)
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917)
A Little Princess (1917)
Stella Maris (1918)
Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley (1918)
M'Liss (1918)
Hit-The-Trail Holliday (1918)
Heart of the Wilds (1918)
Out of a Clear Sky (1918)
Three Men and a Girl (1919)
The Unpardonable Sin (1919)
Her Kingdom of Dreams (1919)
Daddy-Long-Legs (1919)
In Old Kentucky (1919)
Don't Ever Marry (1920)
Go and Get It (1920)
Dinty (1920)
Bob Hampton of Placer (1921)
Bits of Life (1921)
The Lotus Eater (1921)
Penrod (1922)
Fools First (1922)
The Strangers' Banquet (1922)
Minnie (1922)
The Rendezvous (1923)
The Eternal Three (1923)
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall (1924)
Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1924)
The Sporting Venus (1925)
The Great Love (1925)
The Skyrocket (1926)
Mike (1926)
Diplomacy (1926)
Everybody's Acting (1926)
Wild Oats Lane (1926)
Venus of Venice (1927)
Her Wild Oat (1927)
Take Me Home (1928)
Taxi 13 (1928)
His Last Haul (1928)
Three-Ring Marriage (1928)
The Awful Truth (1929)
Tanned Legs (1929) (*uncredited)
The Vagabond Lover (1929)
Sweethearts on Parade (1930)
Social Register (1934)
Chloe, Love Is Calling You (1934)
The Lemon Drop Kid (1934)
This Is the Life (1935)
Swing It, Professor (1937)
Sing While You're Able (1937)
Thanks for Listening (1937)

v t e Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Bottle Imp"
Films	The Bottle Imp (1917) Love, Death and the Devil (1934) The Devil in the Bottle (1935)
Other	Bottle Imp (card game)

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