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Secret Service
(1919) United States of America
B&W : Six reels
Directed by Hugh Ford

Cast: Robert Warwick [Major Lewis K. Dumont], Wanda Hawley [Edith Varney], Theodore Roberts [General Harrison Randolph], Edythe Chapman [Mrs. Varney], Raymond Hatton [Lieutenant Howard Varney], Casson Ferguson [Wilfred Varney], Robert Cain [Captain Henry Dumont], Irving Cummings [Benton Arrelsford], Guy Oliver [Jonas], Lillian Leighton [Martha], Stanley Wheatcroft [Lieutenant Maxwell], Norman Selby [Lieutenant Foray], Shirley Mason [Caroline Mitford], [?] Fannie Midgeley?, [?] Clarence Geldert?

Famous Players-Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation through Paramount Pictures Corporation [A Paramount-Artcraft Special]. / Scenario by Beulah Marie Dix, from the play Secret Service by William Gillette. Assistant director, Joe Boyle (Joseph Boyle). Cinematography by William Marshall. Presented by Jesse L. Lasky. / © 4 June 1919 by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation [LP13797]. Released 15 June 1919. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The play was previously filmed as Secret Service (1915).

Drama: Historical: Civil War.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Blackface - Escapes - Espionage: Spies - Families: Brother-brother relationships - History: USA: American Civil War: 1861-1865 - Rescues - Telegraphy: Telegraphers

Listing updated: 6 December 2023.

References: Jewell-RKO p. 43; Pitts-Hollywood p. 6 : ClasIm-223 p. 48 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb; Website-IMDb.

 
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