The Surprises of an Empty Hotel

The Surprises of an Empty Hotel is a 1916 American silent film written by Jasper Ewing Brady, directed by Theodore Marston, and starring Charles Richman, Charles Eldridge and Leo Delaney.

The Surprises of an Empty Hotel
Directed by	Theodore Marston
Written by	Jasper Ewing Brady
Based on	the novel, The Princess of Copper by Archibald Clavering Gunter
Starring	Charles Richman Charles Eldridge Leo Delaney
Production company	Vitagraph
Distributed by	General Film Company
Release date	February 7, 1916 (1916-02-07) (US)[1]
Running time	4 reels
Country	United States
Language	English

Cast list

• Charles Richman as Francis Trehurn Marchmont
• Leo Delaney as Charles Manders
• Charles Eldridge as Thomas Cadwallader Bennt
• William Dunn as Alfred the Count
• Robert Gaillard as Henry Barclay
• Arline Pretty as Lucie Bennt
• Ethel Corcoran as Birdie Jameson

Production

The film was in production by October 1915. For one of the scenes, Vitagraph blew up a motor yacht off of Staten Island in Princess Bay. The 100-foot yacht, the Wayward had been a racing yacht, having won several races in Bermuda.^[2] In early January 1916 it was announced that the picture would be released on January 10.^[3]