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The Far Cry
(1926) United States of America
Color/B&W : Eight reels / 6868 feet
Directed by Silvano Balboni

Cast: Blanche Sweet [Claire Marsh], Jack Mulhall [Dick Clayton], Myrtle Stedman [Louise Marsh], Hobart Bosworth [Julian Marsh], Leo White [Max Fraisier], Julia Swayne Gordon [Helen Clayton], William Austin [Eric Lancefield], John Sainpolis [Count Filippo Sturani], Dorothy Revier [Yvonne Beaudet], Mathilde Comont [the maid]

First National Pictures, Incorporated, production; distributed by First National Pictures, Incorporated. / Scenario by Katharine Kavanaugh, from the play The Far Cry by Arthur Richman. Art direction by E.J. Shulter. Cinematography by John Boyle. Editorial direction by June Mathis. Film editor, Al Hall (Alexander Hall). / © 17 February 1926 by First National Pictures, Incorporated [LP22404]. Released 14 February 1926. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. Technicolor two-strip color process sequences. / The film was released in the United Kingdom at eight reels (6722 feet) by [?] First National Film Distributors?

Drama: Society.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 17 September 2017.

References: Drew-Speaking p. 287 : ClasIm-223 p. 58 : Website-AFI, Website-IMDb.