| Graft | |
|---|---|
 Spanish language advertisement under the title Soborno | |
| Directed by | George Lessey Richard Stanton |
| Written by | Joe Brandt Walter Woods |
| Starring | Harry Carey |
| Distributed by | Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
Release date |
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Running time | 20 2 reel episodes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Graft is a 1915 American film serial directed by George Lessey and Richard Stanton featuring Harry Carey. This serial is considered to be lost. [1]
In an experiment, the plot was written in a round robin by several writers for both print and film. [2] Each chapter was written by a different writer: Anna Katharine Green, Irvin S. Cobb, Louis Joseph Vance, Leroy Scott, Rupert Hughes, Zane Grey, James Oppenheim, C.N. Williamson, A.M. Williamson, Wallace Irwin, Reginald Wright Kaufman, James Francis Dwyer, Mrs. Wilson Woodrow, Joe Mitchell Chapple, Frederic S. Isham, George Bronson Howard, Nina Wilcox Putnam and Hugh Weir. [1]
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