A Modern Magdalen

A Modern Magdalen
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Directed by	Will S. Davis
Written by	C. Haddon Chambers
Production company	Life Photo Film Corporation
Distributed by	Life Photo Film Corporation
Release date	February 17, 1915 (1915-02-17)
Country	United States

A Modern Magdalen is a lost ^[1] 1915 American drama, 5-reel silent black and white film directed by Will S. Davis and based on the 1902 play by C. Haddon Chambers. The film was produced and released by the Life Photo Film Corporation in their studios in Grantwood, New Jersey. ^{[2] [3]}

Cast

• Cathrine Countiss as Katinka Jenkins
• Lionel Barrymore as Lindsay
• William H. Tooker as Joe Mercer
• Charles E. Graham as Katinka's father
• Marjorie Nelson as Olivia Jenkins

Preservation

With no holdings located in archives, A Modern Magdalen is considered a lost film. ^[1]

References

1. "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Modern Magdalen". memory.loc.gov. Archived from the original on March 2, 2024. Retrieved August 22, 2025.
2. Globe, Alan (September 8, 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 871. ISBN   9783110951943.
3. "Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, CA)". cdnc.ucr.edu. September 30, 1915. p. 6. Retrieved September 28, 2020.

External links

• A Modern Magdalen at IMDb
• A Modern Magdalen at American Film Institute
• Photographic still of Cathrine Countiss and Lionel Barrymore..(earlyirishcinema website and Media History Digital Library)