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Unknown player (far left), Monroe Salisbury, Jack Mower,
Kathleen Kirkham and Margarita Fischer (in bed).
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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The Devil’s Assistant
Also known as L’Infernale obsession in France; Infernal Obsessão in Portugal
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Harry A. Pollard
Cast: Margarita Fischer [Marta Van Dyne], Jack Mower [John Lane], Monroe Salisbury [Doctor Lorenz], Kathleen Kirkham [Marian Brooks], Joseph Harris (Joe Harris) [the butler]
Pollard Picture Plays Company production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation [Mutual Star Productions]. / Produced by Harry A. Pollard. Scenario by Harry A. Pollard, from a screen story by J. Edward Hungerford. / Released 2 April 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in Portugal as Infernal Obsessão on 22 July 1921.
Drama.
Survival status: Prints exist in the USC School of Cinematic Arts Hugh M. Hefner Moving Image Archive film archive [incomplete 35mm preservation negative, incomplete 35mm preservation positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 15 October 2017.
References: Film credits, film viewing : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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