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For the Defense (1922 film)

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Director
  
Paul Powell

Country
  
United States


Language
  
Silent (English intertitles)

Release date
  
June 4, 1922 (1922-06-04)

Based on
  
For the Defense  by Elmer Rice

Writer
  
Beulah Marie Dix, Elmer Rice

For the Defense is a 1922 American silent mystery film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based on the Broadway play, For the Defense, by Elmer Rice. The actress Ethel Clayton is the star of the film. Considered to be a lost film for decades, a print was discovered in the Netherlands by the EYE Film Institute Netherlands (or Nederlands Filmmuseum).

Cast

  • Ethel Clayton - Anne Woodstock
  • Vernon Steele - Christopher Armstrong
  • Zasu Pitts - Jennie Dunn
  • Bertram Grassby - Dr. Joseph Kasimir
  • Mayme Kelso - Smith (*as Maym Kelso)
  • Sylvia Ashton - Signora Bartoni
  • Mabel Van Buren - cousin Selma

    • References

    For the Defense (1922 film) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    For the Defense (1922 film) IMDb


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