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The Branding Iron
(1920) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels
Directed by Reginald Barker

Cast: Barbara Castleton [Joan Carver], James Kirkwood [Pierre Landis], Russell Simpson [John Carver], Richard Tucker [Prosper Gael], Sidney Ainsworth [Jasper Morena], Gertrude Astor [Betty Morena], Albert Roscoe (Alan Roscoe) [Reverend Frank Holliwell], Marion Colvin [Mrs. Upper], Joan Standing [Maude Upper], Louie Cheung [Wen Ho]

Goldwyn Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Goldwyn Distributing Corporation [A Reginald Barker Production]. / Scenario by J.G. Hawks, from the novel The Branding Iron by Katherine Newlin Burt. Assistant director, Charles Stallings. Cinematography by Percy Hilburn. Film editor, J.G. Hawks. Presented by Samuel Goldwyn. / © 26 August 1920 by Goldwyn Pictures Corporation [LP15481]. Released November 1920. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The novel was subsequently filmed as Body and Soul (1927).

Drama.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.0460.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 9 January 2025.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.0460; Eames-MGM p. 39 : Website-IMDb.