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 Trail of Hate
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Jack Ford (John Ford)

Cast: Jack Ford (John Ford), Louise Granville, Duke Worne, Jack Lawton

New York Motion Picture Company production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [101-Bison]. / Scenario by Jack Ford (John Ford), from a screen story by Jack Ford (John Ford). / © 10 April 1917. Released 28 April 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Ford’s second film as director.

[?] Drama: Western?

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 5 April 2015.

References: Braff-Universal n. 8283; Gallagher-Ford p. 16; Sinclair-Ford p. 229 : MovPicWorld-19170414 p. 185 : Website-IMDb.