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The Sins of Society
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Oscar Eagle

Cast: Robert Warwick [Captain Dorian March], Alec B. Francis [Noel Ferrers], Ralph Delmore [Robert Morris], Royal Byron [Henry Hogg], George Ingleton [Detective Parker], Robert B. Mantell Jr. [Jim Baines], Harry Weir [Colonel Gretton], Dorothy Fairchild [Marian Beaumont], Frances Nelson [Gwendolyn Beaumont], Lila Hayward Chester [Madame D’Orville], Mildred Havens [Mary]

William A. Brady Picture Plays, Incorporated, production; distributed by World Film Manufacturing Company. / From the play The Sins of Society by Cecil Raleigh and Henry Hamilton. Assistant director, Harry Weir. Cinematography by Sol Polito. / © 10 January 1916 by World Film Manufacturing Company [LU7403]. Released 29 November 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Crime: Blackmail, Fraud - Law: Enforcement: Police: Detectives

Listing updated: 5 December 2023.

References: Tarbox-Lost pp. 219, 253 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb.