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Directed by | Lloyd Ingraham |
Written by | D. W. Griffith Bernard McConville |
Produced by | D. W. Griffith |
Starring | Thomas Jefferson Elmer Clifton Robert Harron |
Production company | Fine Arts Film Company |
Distributed by | Triangle Film Corporation |
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Running time | 50 minutes [1] [2] |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent English intertitles |
The Missing Links is a lost [3] 1916 American silent crime film directed by Lloyd Ingraham and starring Thomas Jefferson, Elmer Clifton, and Robert Harron. [4] The film was written by Bernard McConville and D. W. Griffith, who also produced it. It premiered on January 16, 1916 as a production of the Fine Arts Film Company. It was distributed by Triangle Distributing. The Missing Links was Norma Talmadge's first film for Triangle. [2] [5]
The film tells of a murder in a small rural town. The major suspects are two brothers, Horace and Henry (Clifton and Harron). Each believes the other to be guilty, so confesses to save their brother.
Actor | Role |
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Thomas Jefferson | Arthur Gaylord |
Elmer Clifton | Horace Gaylord |
Robert Harron | Henry Gaylord |
Loyola O'Connor | Miss Gaylord |
William Higby | Jasper Starr |
Elinor Stone | Mrs Starr |
Norma Talmadge | Myra Holburn |
Jack Brammall | C. P. Martin |
Hal Wilson | James Haskins |
Constance Talmadge | Laura Haskins |
Robert Lawler | Chris Tompkins |
With no holdings located in archives, The Missing Links is considered a lost film. [3]