The Devil's Needle

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The Devil's Needle
Devil's Needle poster.jpg
Directed by Chester Withey
Written byChester Withey
Produced byFine Arts Film
Starring Norma Talmadge
Tully Marshall
Distributed byTriangle Films
Release date
August 13, 1916
Running time
59 minutes
CountryUSA
LanguageSilent ...English titles
The Devil's Needle (1916) with Howard Gaye, Tully Marshall, Norma Talmadge and Marguerite Marsh The devils needle-scene-1916.jpg
The Devil's Needle (1916) with Howard Gaye, Tully Marshall, Norma Talmadge and Marguerite Marsh

The Devil's Needle is a 1916 silent film drama directed by Chester Withey and starring Norma Talmadge and Tully Marshall. It was produced by D. W. Griffith's Fine Arts Film Company and distributed by Triangle Films. [1] [2] [3]

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A 1923 rerelease print survives at the Library of Congress. [4] [5]

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References

  1. The Devil's Needle at silentera.com
  2. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:The Devil's Needle
  3. The Norma Talmadge Website
  4. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:The Devil's Needle
  5. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Conogress, p.43 c.1978 by The American Film Institute