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The Belle of the Season
(1919) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 4600 feet
Directed by S. Rankin Drew

Cast: Emmy Wehlen [Geraldine Keen], S. Rankin Drew [James Alden], Walter Hitchcock [Clifton Brophy], John Mackin [Stedman the labor leader], Louis Wolheim [Johnson]

Metro Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Metro Pictures Corporation. / Produced by B.A. Rolfe. Scenario by S. Rankin Drew, inspired by a poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. / © 4 August 1919 by Metro Pictures Corporation [LP14028]. Released [?] 23 or 28? July 1919. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot late in 1916, and was announced for release in March 1917, with a subsequent announced release date in May 1917.

Drama.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 15 July 2023.

References: Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.