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The Silent Battle
(1916) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Jack Conway

Cast: J. Warren Kerrigan [Tom Gallatin], Lois Wilson [Jane Loring], Maud George (Maude George) [Nina Jaffray], Harry Carter [Coleman Van Duyn], Ray Hanford [John Kenyon], J.F. Connolly (Jack Connolly) [James Loring]

Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated, production; distributed by Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated, through The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by F. McGrew Willis, from the novel The Silent Battle by George Fort Gibbs. Cinematography by B.C. Hayward (Duke Hayward). Presented by Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated. / © 26 June 1916 by Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated [LP8588]. Released 24 July 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.4012.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Alcohol: Alcoholics, Alcoholism

Listing updated: 5 December 2023.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.4012; Drew-Speaking p. 288; Hirschhorn-Universal p. 23 : ClasIm-220 p. 52 : Website-ASFFDb; Website-IMDb.