Graft (1915 serial)
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Directed by | George Lessey Richard Stanton |
Written by | Joe Brandt Walter Woods |
Starring | Harry Carey |
Distributed by | Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
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Running time | 20 2 reel episodes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Graft is a 1915 American film serial directed by George Lessey and Richard Stanton featuring Harry Carey. This serial is considered to be lost.[1]
Cast[]
- Harry Carey as Tom Larnigan (Episodes 4-12). Carey took over lead from Hobart Henley from the fourth chapter.
- Hobart Henley as Bruce Larnigan (Episodes 1-3)
- Jane Novak as Dorothy Maxwell
- Richard Stanton as Robert Harding
- Glen White as Stanford Stone
- Nanine Wright as Mrs. Larnigan
- Mark Fenton as Roger Maxwell
- Mina Cunard as Kitty Rockford
- Jack Connolly as Ben Travers (credited as Jack F. Connolly)
- Jack Abbott as Jim Stevens (credited as Jack F. Abbott)
- Wadsworth Harris as Mark Gamble
- Margaret Mayburn
- Eddie Polo
- J. Edwin Brown (credited as Edward Brown)
- William T. Horne (credited as W.T. Horne)
- Hayward Mack
- Burton Law (credited as Bert Law)
- L. M. Wells as Roger Maxwell
- Fred Hearne
- Yona Landowska
- Rex De Rosselli
- Malcolm Blevins
- Violet Schram
- Rosita Marstini
- Fred Montague (credited as Frederick Montague)
- E.P. Evers
- Andrew Arbuckle
- Gypsy Sartoris
- Hector Sarno (credited as Hector V. Sarno)
- Mary Ruby
- Will E. Sheerer as Dudley Larnigan (credited as William Sheerer)
- Jack Curtis as Murphy
- Helen Orr
- Burton S. Wilson
- Cecil Spooner (credited as Mr. Spooner)
- C.W. Bachman (credited as Charles Bachman)
- Elmer Wilson
- Edward Clark (credited as E. Clark)
- Frank MacQuarrie
- George Bonn
- Mary Haines
- George A. McDaniel (credited as Mr. McDaniels)
Production[]
In an experiment, the plot was written in a round robin by several writers for both print and film.[2] Each chapter was written by a different writer: Anna Katharine Green, Irvin S. Cobb, Louis Joseph Vance, Leroy Scott, Rupert Hughes, Zane Grey, James Oppenheim, C.N. Williamson, A.M. Williamson, Wallace Irwin, , James Francis Dwyer, Mrs. Wilson Woodrow, , Frederic S. Isham, George Bronson Howard, Nina Wilcox Putnam and Hugh Weir.[1]
Chapter titles[]
- Liquor and the Law
- The Tenement House Evil
- The Traction Grab
- The Power of the People
- Grinding Life Down
- The Railroad Monopoly
- America Saved from War/Busting The Steel Trust
- Old King Coal
- The Insurance Swindlers
- The Harbor Transportation Trust
- The Illegal Bucket Shops
- The Milk Battle
- Powder Trust and the War
- The Iron Ring
- The Patent Medicine Danger
- The Pirates of Finance
- The Queen of the Prophets
- The Hidden City of Crime
- The Photo Badger Game
- The Final Conquest[1]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b c "Progressive Silent Film List: Graft". silentera.com. Retrieved February 10, 2008.
- ^ Stedman, Raymond William (1971). "2. The Perils of Success". Serials: Suspense and Drama By Installment. University of Oklahoma Press. pp. 35. ISBN 978-0-8061-0927-5.
External links[]
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Categories:
- 1915 films
- 1915 lost films
- American films
- American silent serial films
- American black-and-white films
- Lost American films
- Films directed by George Lessey
- Universal Pictures film serials