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Impossible Catherine (1919)
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The head of the Kimberly household rules it with an iron fist. Unfortunately the head of the Kimberly household isn't Grant (J.H. Gilmore), the father and wealthy Wall Street magnate -- it's his spoiled, headstrong daughter Catherine (Virginia Pearson). She is so willful that she has earned the name "Impossible Catherine," and her whole focus in life is to prove women's superiority over the masculine gender. Catherine is pretty successful in this endeavor until she runs into Yalie John Henry Jackson (William B. Davidson). He's read The Taming of the Shrew and believes he can out-Petruchio her Catherine. First he takes the feisty lass up in a plane and after a few tail spins, suggests she either marry him or jump. She marries him, of course, but then runs away. He finds her and takes her to his Canadian ranch, where he sets her firmly in the kitchen. But none of this tames her spirit until one day he is wounded while trying to protect her -- and this is the one thing that's always guaranteed to get the girl. It works on the wayward Catherine who decides that Jackson is her hero.


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Title
Impossible Catherine [motion picture]
Actor
Pearson, Virginia
Dates Issued
1919
18/03/1920
Type of Material
moving image
Forms
motion picture
film reel
Physical Description
5 reels
Notes
Director: John B. O'Brien
Star: Virginia Pearson (Catherine Kimberly)
Archive: Filmmuseum (Amsterdam) [Nla]
Copyright claimant: Pathe Exchange, Inc.
Registration number: Lu14891
Holdings: Foreign Archive
Studio: Pathe
Completeness: complete
Record No.: 18342


Has anyone dealt with this archive? Do they digitize their films? Know their policies?

It's the library of congress, right? Best thing is probably to ask them directly?

Spiny Norman wrote:It's the library of congress, right? Best thing is probably to ask them directly?

The database of holdings is hosted by the Library of Congress. This film is at the EYE Filmmuseum.

Their website is https://www.eyefilm.nl/en

David Pierce wrote:

Spiny Norman wrote:It's the library of congress, right? Best thing is probably to ask them directly?

The database of holdings is hosted by the Library of Congress. This film is at the EYE Filmmuseum.

Their website is https://www.eyefilm.nl/en

So it is. Well, the best thing to do is to call their library - they are sure to speak English - and ask if there is a viewing copy. This information is not in any online catalogue.
They've recently moved by the way.

I've been there several times on the two locations they had before this, but I went for the copies that were available; so I've never asked for a copy to be digitized.

One problem is that the LoC is pretty much the only place that sells copies of PD features. They have a youtube channel. You could TRY to request it for that.

Thanks for all the help, I wrote them a letter requesting it, stating that it's Virginia Pearson's only surviving feature film that she starred a main role in.