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The Tarantula
(1916) United States of America
B&W : [?] Five or Six? reels
Directed by George D. Baker

Cast: Edith Storey [Chonita Alvarado], Antonio Moreno [Pedro Mendoza], Charles Kent [Van Allen], Eulalie Jensen [Donna Luz], L. Rogers Lytton [Senor Alvarado], Harry Hollingsworth [Teddy Steele], Emanuel A. Turner [Beauty Smythe], Raymond Walburn [Saunders], Harold Foshay [Brokaw], Gordon Gray [Stuyvesant], Templar Saxe [Fernandez]

The Vitagraph Company of America production; distributed by V-L-S-E, Incorporated [A Blue Ribbon Feature]. / Scenario by George D. Baker, from a screen story by George D. Baker. Cinematography by Joe Schelderfer. Presented by J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith. / © 13 July 1916 by The Vitagraph Company of America [LP8692]. Released 17 July 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / [?] The film may have premiered at six reels and may have been edited to five reels before its general release — some advertisements specifically list the film at five reel length.

Drama.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 19 April 2023.

References: Website-IMDb.

 
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