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Altar Chains
(1916) England
B&W : Five reels / 4600 feet
Directed by Bannister Merwin

Cast: Dawson Millward [Captain Kerr], Heather Thatcher [Alice Vaughan], Philip Hewland [Harry Avery], Edward O’Neill [Philip Anson], Minna Grey [Mrs. Anson], Fred Volpe [Harky], Hubert Willis [Charles Vaughan], Donald Calthrop

The London Film Company production; distributed by Jury’s Imperial Pictures. / Scenario by Bannister Merwin. / Released October 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / British Board of Film Censors certificate: U.

Drama.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Keywords: Death: Suicide - Poison

Listing updated: 26 November 2022.

References: Gifford-British n. 06312 : Website-IMDb.