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Flirting with Fate
Also known as [The Assassin] : {Flirting with Faith}
(1916) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by W. Christy Cabanne

Cast: Douglas Fairbanks [August ‘Augy’ Holliday], W.E. Laurence (W.E. Lawrence) [Harry, Augy’s friend], Jewel Carmen [Gladys], Dorothy Haydel [Phyllis, her friend], George Beranger (André Beranger) [‘Automatic Joe’], J.P. McCarty [the detective]; Howard Gaye [Roland Dabney], Lillian Langdon [Mrs. Kingsley], Wilbur Higby [the landlord], [?] Lillian Gish?

The Fine Arts Film Company production; distributed by Triangle Film Corporation. / Scenario by W. Christy Cabanne (William Christy Cabanne), from a screen story by Robert M. Baker. Cinematography by William E. Fildew. Presented by Triangle Film Corporation. / Premiered 25 June 1916. Released 9 July 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.1387.

Survival status: Prints exist in the film holdings of Cohen Media Group (Raymond Rohauer collection) [35mm positive]; in the film holdings of Film Preservation Associates; in the film holdings of EmGee Film Library [16mm reduction positive]; and in private film collections [16mm reduction positives, 8mm reduction positives].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Actors - Animals: Dogs - Art: Artists, Artists’ studios, Collectors, Easels, Paintings, Portraits - Bars - Benches - Books - Calendars - Chases - Courtships - Criminals: Assassins - Death: Suicide (Attempted) - Disguises: False beards - Families: Aunts, Nephews - Fire escapes - Flowers - Fountains - Furniture: Chairs, Desks, Sofas - Gates - Handwriting - Hats - Inheritances - Kisses - Knitting - Lamps: Gas - Law: Enforcement: Police: Detectives , Policemen, Police stations - Letters - Lumberyards - Mansions - Marriages: Proposals - Meters: Coin-operated - Mistaken circumstances - Money: Cash, Coins - Musical instruments: Drums - Nihilists - Palettes - Parks - Radiators - Receipts - Receptions - Reformations - Religion: Preachers, Religious conversions, Salvation Army - Rent collectors - Rich people - Roofs - Signage - Staircases - Street scenes - Telegrams - Telephones - Transportation: Automobiles, Bicycles - Water - Weapons: Guns, Letter bombs, Swords - Weddings: Brides, Grooms

Listing updated: 24 September 2013.

References: Film credits, film viewing : AFI-F1 n. F1.1387; Bardèche-History p. 115; Lahue-Triangle p. 42; Lahue-Gentlemen p. 82; Limbacher-Feature p. 83; Weaver-Twenty p. 146.

Home video: DVD.

 
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