The Unknown Lover

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The Unknown Lover
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Directed by Victor Halperin
Written byVictor Halperin (scenario)
Produced byVictory Pictures (aka Victor Halperin Productions)
Starring Elsie Ferguson
Frank Mayo
Mildred Harris
Distributed byThe Vitagraph Company of America
Release date
  • October 30, 1925 (1925-10-30)
Running time
7 reels (6,895 feet)
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

The Unknown Lover is a 1925 American silent drama film produced and directed by Victor Halperin (an early effort for him) under his Victory Pictures banner and released by the Vitagraph Company of America, soon to become part of Warner Bros. This is the last silent film of star Elsie Ferguson. [1] [2] [3]

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Preservation

With no prints of The Unknown Lover located in any film archives, [4] it is a lost film

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