Within the Law (1917 film)

Within the Law
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Directed by	William P.S. Earle
Written by	Eugene Mullin
Based on	Within the Law 1912 play by Bayard Veiller
Produced by	J. Stuart Blackton
Starring	Alice Joyce Harry T. Morey Adele DeGarde
Cinematography	Clark R. Nickerson
Edited by	Viola Lawrence
Production company	Vitagraph Company of America
Distributed by	V-L-S-E
Release date	April 29, 1917 (1917-04-29)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Within the Law is a 1917 American silent crime drama film directed by William P.S. Earle and starring Alice Joyce, Harry T. Morey, and Adele DeGarde. ^{[1] [2]}

Cast

• Alice Joyce as Mary Turner
• Harry T. Morey as Joe Garson
• Adele DeGarde as Aggie Lynch
• Anders Randolf as Mr. Gilder
• Walter McGrail as Dick Gilder
• Eugene O'Rourke as Insp. Burke
• Billie Billings as Helen Morris
• Grace Bunce as Sarah
• Joseph Donohue as Det. Cassidy
• Bernard Randall as English Eddie
• Bernard Siegel as Tom Dacey
• Robert Gaillard as Dist. Atty. Demarest

Censorship

Before Within the Law could be exhibited in Kansas, the Kansas Board of Review required the removal of the scenes where the chief applied the third degree to two accomplices, the chief paying a stool-pigeon, an intertitle saying "Damn the law," and an intertitle explaining why Mary didn't get time off for good behavior. ^[3]

References

1. McCaffrey & Jacobs p. 160
2. Progressive Silent Film List: Within the Law at silentera.com
3. A Complete list of motion picture films. Topeka: Kansas State Printing Plant. 1917. p. 6.

Bibliography

• Donald W. McCaffrey & Christopher P. Jacobs. Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema. Greenwood Publishing, 1999. ISBN   0-313-30345-2

External links

• Within the Law at IMDb
• Within the Law at the TCM Movie Database
• Within the Law at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films