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The Prodigal Judge
(1922) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels / 7803 feet
Directed by Edward José

Cast: Jean Paige [Betty Malroy], Maclyn Arbuckle [Judge Slocum Price], Ernest Torrence [Solomon Mahaffy], Earle Foxe [Bruce Carrington], Arthur Carew [Colonel Fentress], Charles Kent [General Quintard], Robert Milasch [Bob Yancy], George Bancroft [Cavendish], Peggy Shanor [Bess Hicks], Lillian Van Arsdale [Mrs. Cavendish], Mary Curren [Mrs. Hicks], the Curren children [the Cavendish children]

The Vitagraph Company of America production; distributed by The Vitagraph Company of America. / Scenario by John Lynch and Edward José, from the novel The Prodigal Judge by Vaughan Kester. Cinematography by Joe Sheiderfer and Charles Davis. Presented by Albert E. Smith. / © 18 February 1922 by The Vitagraph Company of America [LP17561]. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Romance.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 16 October 2011.

References: Katchmer-Eighty pp. 9, 11 : Website-AFI.