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Sweet Alyssum
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Colin Campbell

Cast: Tyrone Power [Roanoke Brooks], Kathlyn Williams [Daisy Brooks], Edith Johnson [Sweet Alyssum], Wheeler Oakman [Wynne Garlan], Frank Clark [Robert Garlan], Harry Lonsdale [Thurlow], Gene Frazer [the baby]

The Selig Polyscope Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by V-L-S-E, Incorporated [A Red Seal Play]. / Scenario by Gilson Willets, from the short story “Sweet Alyssum: A Story of the Indiana Oil Fields” by Charles Major. / © 18 October 1915 by The Selig Polyscope Company, Incorporated [LP6777]. Released 15 November 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 15 November 2013.

References: Lahue-Selig p. 213; Limbacher-Feature p. 239; Tarbox-Lost pp. 222, 226, 252, 279 : Website-AFI.

Home video: DVD.