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The Birth of Character
(1916) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: William Courtleigh [Harry Thom]

Equitable Motion Pictures Corporation production; distributed on State Rights basis by Claridge Films, Incorporated. / From a screen story by Marc Edmund Jones. / © 3 January 1916 by Equitable Motion Pictures Corporation [LU7401]. Released March 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: The Transmutation; or, The Making of a Man.

Drama.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 10 April 2012.

References: Website-AFI.