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The Second-in-Command
Also known as [The Second in Command]
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by William J. Bowman
Cast: Francis X. Bushman [Lieutenant Colonel Miles Anstruther], Marguerite Snow [Muriel Mannering], William Clifford [Major Christopher Bingham], Lester Cuneo [Lieutenant Sir Walter Mannering], Helen Dunbar [Ladu Sarah Harburgh], Paul Byron [the honorable Bertie Carstairs], Marcia Moore [Nora Vining], Evelyn Greeley [Lady Harburgh’s maid]
Quality Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Metro Pictures Corporation. / Produced by Fred J. Balshofer. Scenario by Eve Unsell, from the play The Second in Command by Robert Marshall. Cinematography by William F. Alder. / © 26 July 1915 by Metro Pictures Corporation [LP6484]. Released 26 July 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The first Quality Pictures production, shot at the Universal studio in Hollywood, California, with some location photography taken at the Soldiers’ Home in Los Angeles, California. The film is noted for the use of smooth, intricate tracking shots.
Drama.
Survival status: Print exists in the George Eastman Museum film archive [35mm positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 6 March 2011.
References: Brownlow-Parade pp. 23, 26; Everson-American p. 55 : Website-AFI; Website-GEM.
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