The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1918 film)

The Passing of the Third Floor Back is a 1918 BritishAmerican silent allegorical film based on the 1908 play The Passing of the Third Floor Back by Jerome K. Jerome and directed by Herbert Brenon. The star of the film is Sir Johnston ForbesRobertson, a legendary Shakespearean actor, who starred in the 1909 Broadway presentation of the play and its 1913 revival. ForbesRobertson had been knighted by King George V in 1913 and had retired from acting in theatre that same year. In his retirement ForbesRobertson had only dabbled in film acting making a 1913 film version of Hamlet, the most famous role he had played on the stage. Filmed in 1916, it was released in 1918.

In the United States, similar to many other American films of the time, The Passing of the Third Floor Back was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors cut, in Reel 2, the intertitle What do you think Im giving the earings for?, Reel 4, two intertitles She brought disgrace upon herself and Ill be waiting for you tonight. The door will be open, and, Reel 5, the man drinking the poison.

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