Evangeline is a 1914 Canadian silent drama film directed by Edward P. Sullivan and William Cavanaugh and starring Laura Lyman and John F. Carleton.
The Canadian Bioscope Company was established in 1912, and filmed Evangeline at locations in Nova Scotia and Quebec during 1913 for a cost of $30,000.
Oliver, an American cinematographer who had previous worked for Edison Studios was the company's general manager and vice-president.
[3][4] Marguerite Marquis wrote a screenplay based on Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem Evangeline which had already been adapted into a film in 1911, and again in 1919 and 1929.
[6] The directors and lead actors, Laura Lyman and John F. Carleton, were Americans while Canadians played the supporting roles.
[1][11][2] The film was also shown in Amherst, Nova Scotia, submitted to the censorship boards in Montreal, St. John, and Toronto, and shipped to Oklahoma, New York, and San Francisco, California.
[16] The mayor of Annapolis Royal, the rector of St. Luke's Church, and the caretaker of Fort Anne stated that they were "moved almost to tears by the acting of the women and children" during the graveyard scene.