The Hand of Peril

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The Hand of Peril
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The Hand of Peril
Directed by Maurice Tourneur
Written by
Produced byMaurice Tourneur
Starring
Edited by Clarence Brown
Production
company
Distributed by World Film
Release date
  • March 27, 1916 (1916-03-27)
Running time
66 minutes
CountryUnited States
Languages

The Hand of Peril is a 1916 American silent crime film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring House Peters, June Elvidge and Ralph Delmore. [1]

Contents

The film's sets were designed by the art director Ben Carré.

Cast

Production

On January 23, 1916, Tourneur was given the scenario for a film based on Arthur Stringer's 1915 novel The Hand of Peril. [2]

As the film required showing action in multiple rooms at the same time, a three-story house with nine rooms was constructed on the Paragon Studios lot in Fort Lee, New Jersey. [3] An abandoned pier in South Brooklyn was completely reconstructed for use in the film. [2]

Reception

In a review published in Billboard , the cast were praised for their "capable" acting and the film was praised for the "high quality" of photography and direction. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "The Hand of Peril". Billboard. April 1, 1916. p. 60. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Directors Figure in Coincidencee". The Moving Picture World. 28 (2): 269. April 8, 1916.
  3. "Paragon Studio is Wonder-Place of Convenience". Motion Picture News. 13 (11): 1571. March 18, 1916.