Charles L. Gaskill

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American silent-era director, screenwriter, and playwright who worked for Vitagraph before joining Helen Gardner's independent company. He directed Gardner's Cleopatra (1912), one of the first feature-length films produced in the United States.

Directed

3.41912·1h 28mPD

Drama, History

Helen Gardner's independent production was one of the first feature-length films made in America, a lavish six-reel telling of Cleopatra's seduction of Caesar and Antony that predates both the Theda Bara and Claudette Colbert versions. Gardner starred and produced through her own company, the Helen Gardner Picture Players, staking her own money on a spectacle with real Egyptian-style sets, a barge scene, and hundreds of extras. Directed by Charles L. Gaskill, it was marketed as an event rather than a program filler, helping convince American audiences and exhibitors that features were the future. A 1912 release, it is in the public domain.

Drama · History · Silent

Cleopatra

1912 - Drama