A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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The Black Sheep of the Family
(1916) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Jay Hunt

Cast: Francelia Billington [Esther Saunders], Jack Holt [Kenneth Carmont], Gilmore Hammond [Elwood Collins], Paul Byron [Bert Saunders], Mina Jeffreys [Bertha Carmont], C. Norton Hammond [Madison Carmont], Mrs. Jay Hunt [Mrs. Carmont], Hector V. Sarno [Simon Hathaway], W.F. Musgrave [Louis Dairymple]

The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [Red Feather Photoplays]. / Scenario by Frank Wiltermood and Jay Hunt. / © 2 October 1916 by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [LP9232]. Released 23 October 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: The Iron Grip of Crime.

Drama: Romance.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 24 April 2016.

References: Hirschhorn-Universal p. 22 : Website-AFI.