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Jane’s Declaration of Independence

Directed by Charles Giblyn
19 min | 1915 | United States
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Available Formats 35mm, Blu-ray
Music Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra (on Blu-ray)

About the Film

Jane dearly wishes to marry her soldier fiancé, but her father tries to stand in her way! Shot in the Presidio in 1915, the film features images of a long since disappeared San Francisco.

About the Restoration

Jane’s Declaration of Independence was restored in 2019, after SFSFF Board President and Lead Restorationist Rob Byrne discovered a unique nitrate print of the title at EYE Filmmuseum in Ansterdam. While the print is somewhat incomplete, the film nontheless contains reocrds of San Francisco buildings no longer standing. A collaboration between EYE Filmmuseum and SFSFF, the restoration was generously funded by the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Restoration Partners

San Francisco Silent Film Festival
Eye Filmmuseum

Details

Director
Charles Giblyn
Country
United States
Year
1915
Runtime
19 min
Cast
Hobart Henley, Agnes Vernon, Frank MacQuarrie, Jean Hathaway, Gordon Griffith
Production Company
Bison Motion Pictures
FPS
18
Intertitle Language
English
Restored in
2019

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