For the Defense | |
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Vernon Steele and Ethel Clayton | |
Directed by | Paul Powell |
Written by | Beulah Marie Dix |
Based on | For the Defense by Elmer Rice |
Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky |
Starring | Ethel Clayton ZaSu Pitts |
Cinematography | Hal Rosson |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 50 minutes; 5 reels |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
For the Defense is a 1922 American silent mystery film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based on the 1919 Broadway play, For the Defense, by Elmer Rice. Ethel Clayton is the star of the film. Considered to be a lost film for decades, a print was discovered in the Netherlands by the EYE Film Institute Netherlands (or Nederlands Filmmuseum).
Plot
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Cast
- Ethel Clayton as Anne Woodstock
- Vernon Steele as Christopher Armstrong
- ZaSu Pitts as Jennie Dunn
- Bertram Grassby as Dr. Joseph Kasimir
- Mayme Kelso as Smith (credited as Maym Kelso)
- Sylvia Ashton as Signora Bartoni
- Mabel Van Buren as Cousin Selma
References
- The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: For the Defense
- For the Defense on Broadway, Dec. 1919 to Feb. 1920 at the Playhouse Theatre;IBDb.com
- The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: For the Defense
- Progressive Silent Film List: For the Defense at silentera.com
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- 1922 films
- 1922 mystery films
- 1920s American films
- 1920s English-language films
- 1920s rediscovered films
- American black-and-white films
- American films based on plays
- American silent feature films
- English-language mystery films
- Films directed by Paul Powell (director)
- Paramount Pictures films
- Rediscovered American films
- Silent American mystery films
- Surviving American silent films
- Silent film stubs
- Mystery film stubs