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The Great Unknown
(1913) Canada
B&W : Short film
Directed by Oscar Lund (O.A.C. Lund)

Cast: Barbara Tennant [Lady Lou], Fred C. Truesdell (Frederick Truesdell) [The Great Unknown], J.W. Johnston (Jack W. Johnston) [Dan McGrew], Helen Marten [the Indian maid]

From a screen story by Oscar Lund (O.A.C. Lund). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Reputedly, the first Canadian fiction film.

Drama.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Listing updated: 15 October 2022.

References: Robertson-Guinness p. 7 : Website-IMDb.