A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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The Trail of the Shadow
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Edwin Carewe

Cast: Emmy Wehlen [Sylvia Mason], Eugene Strong [Henry Hilliard], Harry S. Northrup [Jack Leslie], Frank Currier [Mr. Mason], Fuller Mellish [Padre Constantine], Kate Blancke [Mrs. Hilliard], Alice MacChesney [Clara Hilliard], De Jalma West [Sergeant Keen]

Rolfe Photoplays, Incorporated, production; distributed by Metro Pictures Corporation [A Metro Wonderplay]. / Scenario by June Mathis, from a screen story by Oscar A.C. Lund (O.A.C. Lund). Cinematography by Arthur Martinelli. Presented by B.A. Rolfe. / © 3 July 1917 by Metro Pictures Corporation [LP11053]. Released 2 July 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Western.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 1 December 2023.

References: ClasIm-226 p. 40 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb.