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The Empty Cab
(1918) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Douglas Gerrard

Cast: Franklyn Farnum [Henry Egbert Xerxes], Eileen Percy [the girl], Harry De More], Ramsey, the city editor], Frank Brownlee [Big Ed], Harry Lindsey [the bartender], Fred Kelsey [the detective]

Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated, production; distributed by Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated, through The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by F. McGrew Willis. Cinematography by R.E. Irish. / Released 6 July 1918. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Mystery.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 28 October 2022.

References: Hirschhorn-Universal p. 30 : Website-IMDb.