A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2024 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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The Secrets of Paris
(1922) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 6481 feet
Directed by Kenneth Webb

Cast: Lew Cody [King Rudolph], Gladys Hulette [Mayflower], Effie Shannon [Madame Ferrand], Montagu Love [the schoolmaster], Harry Sothern [Hoppy], Rose Coghlan [Owl], William Collier Jr. [François], J. Barney Sherry [the chancellor], Dolores Cassinelli [Lola], Bradley Barker [the hindoo], Walter James [the strangler], Jane Thomas [Margot]

H.V. Productions (Whitman Bennett Productions) production; distributed by Mastodon Films, Incorporated. / Produced by Whitman Bennett. Scenario by Dorothy Farnum, from the novel Mystères de Paris by Eugène Sue. Art direction by Elsa Lopez. Cinematography by Edward Paul and Harry Stradling. Presented by C.C. Burr. / © 1 November 1922 by Whitman Bennett Productions [LP18359]. Released 1 October 1922. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: France: Paris

Listing updated: 6 December 2023.

References: FilmYearBook-1923 p. 211; Sherwood-Best p. 186 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb.