The Woman in White (1912)

Details Of The Very First Film Adaptation:

Writing credit: Wilkie Collins   novel

Cast (in credits order)
Alexander F. Frank ....  Count Fosco
Viola Alberti ....  Countess Fosco
Charles Perley ....  Walter Hartridge
Charles Craig ....  Sir Percival Glyde
Lyman R. Abbe ....  Prof. Pesca
Janet Salisbury ....  Laura Fairlie

This seems to be the first movie adaptation of the novel, but in monochrome and lacking sound it must have been difficult to create a convincing drama.

And remember, this was also a silent movie!

Unfortunately no picture of Janet Salisbury is currently available. She made just four films, and all in 1912. Then she seems to have disappeared from the movie map!

No further details available at present,
but further information may be available
at the Independent Movie Data Base