The Victoria Cross (film)

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The Victoria Cross
Directed by Edward LeSaint
Screenplay byPaul M. Potter
Margaret Turnbull
Produced by Jesse L. Lasky
Starring Lou Tellegen
Cleo Ridgely
Sessue Hayakawa
Ernest Joy
Mabel Van Buren
Frank Lanning
Cinematography Harold Rosson
Production
company
Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • December 14, 1916 (1916-12-14)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent..English intertitles

The Victoria Cross is a surviving 1916 American drama silent film directed by Edward LeSaint and written by Paul M. Potter and Margaret Turnbull. The film stars Lou Tellegen, Cleo Ridgely, Sessue Hayakawa, Ernest Joy, Mabel Van Buren and Frank Lanning. The film was released on December 14, 1916, by Paramount Pictures. [1] [2]

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References

  1. "The Victoria Cross". AFI. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  2. "Silent Era : PSFL : The Victoria Cross (1916)". Silent Era. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  3. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, (<-book title) p.201 c.1978 the American Film Institute
  4. The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:..The Victoria Cross