Sin Cargo

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Sin Cargo
Sin Cargo ad from Motion Picture News, January to March 1927 (page 15 crop).jpg
Directed by Louis J. Gasnier
Written byLeete Renick Brown (story)
Jack Natteford
Starring Shirley Mason [1]
Robert Frazer
Earl Metcalfe
Cinematography Milton Moore
Mack Stengler
Edited by Harold Young
Production
company
Distributed byTiffany Pictures
Release date
November 15, 1926
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Sin Cargo is a 1926 American silent thriller film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and starring Shirley Mason, Robert Frazer and Earl Metcalfe. [2] [3] The film's sets were designed by the art director Edwin B. Willis. [4]

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Plot

The film is about a man in financial ruin who becomes involved in pearl smuggling, but conceals the fact from his sister. [5]

Cast

Preservation status

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References

  1. Gasnier, Louis J.; Mason, Shirley (1926). "Sin Cargo".
  2. Goble p.58
  3. Goble, Alan (8 September 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 58. ISBN   978-3-11-095194-3.
  4. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:Sin Cargo
  5. Erickson, Hal (1926). "Sin Cargo synopsis". Allmovie.com.
  6. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Sin Cargo
  7. Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Sin Cargo

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