The Safety Curtain

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The Safety Curtain
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Directed by Sidney Franklin
Written bySidney Franklin
Paul West
Based on"The Safety Curtain"
by Ethel M. Dell
Produced by Norma Talmadge
Joseph Schenck
CinematographyAlbert Moses
Ed Weynard
Production
company
Norma Talmadge Film Corporation
Distributed by Select Pictures
Release date
  • July 10, 1918 (1918-07-10)
Running time
6 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Safety Curtain is a 1918 American silent melodrama film directed by Sidney Franklin and starring Norma Talmadge. Talmadge and her husband Joe Schenck produced the film and distributed through Select Pictures. [1] [2]

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Preservation status

This film is preserved at EYE Institut, aka Filmmuseum in the Netherlands and at UCLA Film and Television Archive. [3] [4]

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