The Trail of the Law | |
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Directed by | Oscar Apfel |
Written by | Marion Brooks |
Produced by | Oscar Apfel |
Cinematography | Alfred Gandolfi |
Production company | Biltmore Productions |
Distributed by | Producers Security Corporation |
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Country | United States |
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The Trail of the Law is a 1924 American silent film directed by Oscar Apfel and starring Wilfred Lytell, Norma Shearer and John P. Morse. [1]
Edith Norma Shearer was a Canadian-American actress who was active on film from 1919 through 1942. Shearer often played spunky, sexually liberated women. She appeared in adaptations of Noël Coward, Eugene O'Neill, and William Shakespeare, and was the first five-time Academy Award acting nominee, winning Best Actress for The Divorcee (1930).
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Alma Lenore Francis was an American dancer, singer, and stage actress. She had an international career as a theatrical actress and operatic soprano in numerous stage productions, as well as a short-lived career in Hollywood, appearing in three feature films during the silent era.
The Leavenworth Case is a 1923 American silent mystery film directed by Charles Giblyn and starring Seena Owen, Martha Mansfield, and Wilfred Lytell. It is based on the 1878 novel The Leavenworth Case by Anna Katharine Green, which was later also adapted into a 1936 sound film of the same title.
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