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 Desire of the Moth
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Rupert Julian

Cast: Ruth Clifford [Stella Vorhis], Monroe Salisbury [Christopher Foy], W.H. Bainbridge [Colonel Vorhis], Rupert Julian [John Wesley Pringle], Milton Brown [Matt Lisner], Al Sears (Allan Sears) [Dick Marr]

Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated, production; distributed by Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated, through The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Elliott J. Clawson, from a short story by Eugene M. Rhodes (Eugene Manlove Rhodes). Cinematography by Ed Kull (Edward A. Kull). / © 25 September 1917 by Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated [LP11458]. Released 22 October 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Western.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 25 December 2024.

References: Hirschhorn-Universal p. 26 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.