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The Oubliette
(1914) United States of America
B&W : Three reels
Directed by Charles Giblyn

Cast: Murdock MacQuarrie [Francois Villon], Pauline Bush [Phillippa de Annonay], Lon Chaney [Baron Bertrand de la Pogne], H.F. Crane (Doc Crane) [King Louis XI], Chet Withey (Chester Withey) [Colin], Millard K. Wilson [Philip de Soisson], Frank Lanning [Oliver Le Dain], Agnes Vernon [?] [the rescued maiden]?

New York Motion Picture Corporation production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [101-Bison]. / Scenario by H.G. Stafford (Harry G. Stafford), from a short story by George Bronson Howard. Cinematography by Lee O. Bartholomew. / Released 15 August 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Universal production number 647. The first film in “The Adventures of Francois Villon” series of two known episode releases. A 35mm nitrate print was recovered in 1983 by a Georgia couple who discovered it stored under their home’s front porch.

Drama: Historical.

Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (American Film Institute collection) [35mm nitrate positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Animals: Horses - Crime: Theft - Death (Hanging, Murder) - France - François Villon - Knights - Rescues - Weapons: Daggers, Swords

Listing updated: 15 May 2023.

References: Film credits, film viewing : Website-IMDb.

Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.

 
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