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The Dummy
(1917) American
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Francis J. Grandon

Cast: Jack Pickford, Frank Losee, Edwin Stanley, Helen Greene, Ethelmary Oakland, Ruby Hoffman, Hal Wilson

Famous Players Film Company production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / Scenario by Eve Unsell, from the play The Dummy by Harvey O’Higgins and Harriet Ford. Cinematography by Lawrence E. Williams. Presented by Daniel Frohman. / © 3 March 1917 by Famous Players Film Company [LP10289]. Released 19 March 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format.

Drama: Crime.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.1120.

Survival Status: The film is presumed lost.

Keywords: Crime: Kidnapping - Deaf persons - Police: Detectives - Rescues

Listing updated: 7 January 2004.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.1120; Schuchman-Hollywood pp. 30, 32, 32b, 33, 44, 109.