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The Abandonment
(1916) American
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Donald MacDonald

Cast: E. Forrest Taylor [Doctor Edmund B. Stewart], Harry Von Meter [Benson Heath], Helene Rosson [Emily Thurston]

American Film Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation [Mutual Masterpictures De Luxe Edition; Flying A]. / Produced by Samuel S. Hutchinson. Scenario by Kenneth B. Clarke. / No copyright registration. Released 15 June 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format.

Drama.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.0002.

Survival Status: (unknown)

Keywords: Ambition - Crime: False confessions, Murder (Attempted), Strangulation - Death - Debt - Drunkeness - Hobos - Justifiable homicide - Indifference - Law: Enforcement: Sheriffs - Neglect - Medical: Doctors, Physicians - Rescues - Self-sacrifice - Socialites - Stockbrokers - Tramps

Listing updated: 19 August 2009.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.0002.