'Twas Ever Thus

August 2026 March 2025 'Twas Ever Thus 1915 - Hippodrome Theater Ad Allentown PA.jpg Newspaper advertisement Hobart Bosworth Hobart Bosworth Elsie Janis Elsie JanisHobart BosworthOwen MooreMyrtle StedmanHarry HamHelen Wolcott Hobart Bosworth Productions Paramount Pictures 1915 9 23 5 reels United States Silent (English intertitles) Twas Ever Thus is a 1915 American drama silent film directed by Hobart Bosworth, written by Elsie Janis, and starring Elsie Janis, Hobart Bosworth, Owen Moore, Myrtle Stedman, Harry Ham, and Helen Wolcott. It was released on September 23, 1915, by Paramount Pictures.https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/114689/Twas-Ever-Thus/overview https://web.archive.org/web/20141224165148/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/114689/Twas-Ever-Thus/overview dead 24 December 2014 Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times Baseline & All Movie Guide Janiss Garza 2014 Twas-Ever-Thus - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com 24 December 2014https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/562341/twas-ever-thus Twas Ever Thus (1915) - Overview - TCM.com Turner Classic Movies 24 December 2014December 2025 medicmedic Plot In the Stone Age, a caveman named Long Biceps tries to court a cavewoman named Lithesome. Lithesome's father, Hard Muscle, is against the marriage. Long Biceps manages to defeat Hard Muscle, winning Lithesome. The film then jumps to the American Civil War, where a woman named Prudence Alden leaves Boston to care for her wounded brother in the south. Prudence falls in love with a Confederate soldier named Frank Warren. Frank's father, Col. Warren, opposes the romance. Frank defeats him, and continues his relationship with Prudence. The film jumps to 1915, where a woman named Marian Gordon is trying to become a novelist. A publisher named John Rogers tells her that that she needs more life experience, so Marian takes a job as a maid in his house. She falls in love with his son, Jack. John approves of their relationship. Marian releases a bestselling novel.AFICatalog https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/13883 2025-03-01 catalog.afi.com Cast Elsie Janis as Lithesome / Prudence Alden / Marian Gordon Hobart Bosworth as Hard Muscle / Col. Warren / John Rogers Owen Moore as Long Biceps / Frank Warren / Jack Rogers Myrtle Stedman as Joysome / Betty Judkns / chorus girl Harry Ham as Joe Alden / Sub-editor Helen Wolcott as Jean Hopkins / Helen Farnum Joe Ray as A Tough Ludloe Goodman as George St. John Charles Wainwright as Jack's Friend Art Acord as Manservant (uncredited) Production The film was supposed to include four sections, but the fourth section, set in 1905, may not have ended up in the film. Scenes set in the Stone Age were shot in Chatsworth, Los Angeles. The film is considered lost.Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/T/TwasEverThus1915.html 2025-03-02 www.silentera.com See also List of films and television shows about the American Civil War References External links 0004851 'Twas Ever Thus Category:1915 films Category:1915 English-language films Category:American silent drama films Category:1915 drama films Category:Paramount Pictures films Category:American black-and-white films Category:American silent feature films Category:1915 American films Category:English-language drama films