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 Eye of Envy
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Harrish Ingraham

Cast: Crane Wilbur [Ambition, the blacksmith], Jode Mullally [Avarice], Gene Crosby [Innocence], F.A. Thompson (Frederick A. Thomson) [Ambition’s father], Julia Jackson [Ambition’s mother], Lillian Webster (Lilian Webster) [the sweetheart], Edgar Sherrod [the dream maker], Joseph Hazelton [Innocence’s father]

David Horsley Productions production; distributed by Art Dramas, Incorporated. / Scenario by Crane Wilbur, from a story by [?] J. Francis Dunbar? Cinematography by Roberto A. Turnbull (Robert A. Turnbull). Presented by David Horsley. / Released [?] 30 July or 10 August? 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Prerelease publicity announced that the film would by released on 14 May 1917 by Mutual Film Corporation; that apparently did not happen.

Drama.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Listing updated: 22 March 2025.

References: Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.