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 Slave
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by William Nigh

Cast: Valeska Suratt [Caroline], Violet Palmer [Dulce], Eric Mayne [Doctor Atwell], Herbert Heyes [David Atwell], Edward Burns [Egbert Atwell], Edwin Roseman [Doctor Ghoul], Dan Mason [‘The Fossil’], Tom Brooke [Professor Winther], Martin Faust [the author], Martin Hunt

Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation. / Scenario by William Nigh. Cinematography by Joseph Ruttenberg [?] and/or A. Lloyd Lewis? / © 3 June 1917 by Fox Film Corporation [LP10877]. Released 3 June 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 5 December 2023.

References: Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb.