A Wall Street Tragedy

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A Wall Street Tragedy
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contemporary advertisement to the film
Directed by Lawrence Marston
Written byAdrian Johnson
Starring Nat C. Goodwin
CinematographyMr. Blainey
Production
company
Mirror Films
Distributed by Mutual Film Company
Release date
  • August 14, 1916 (1916-08-14)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUSA
LanguageSilent..English titles

A Wall Street Tragedy is a lost [1] 1916 silent film drama directed by Lawrence Marston and starring Nat C. Goodwin. It was released by the Mutual Film Company. [2]

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References

  1. "Wall Street Tragedy". Memory.loc.gov. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  2. "Detail view of Movies Page". Afi.com. Archived from the original on 13 October 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2020.(Wayback)