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The Galley Slave
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by J. Gordon Edwards

Cast: Theda Bara [Francesca Brabaut], Stuart Holmes [Antoine Brabaut], Claire Whitney [Cecily Blaine], Lillian Lawrence [Mrs. Blaine], Ben Hendricks [Mr. Blaine], Jane Lee [Dolores Brabaut], Hardee Kirkland [Baron le Bois], Henry Leone, A.H. Van Buren

Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation. / Produced by William Fox. Scenario by Clara S. Beranger, from [?] an adaptation by Rex Ingram? of the play The Galley Slave by Bartley Campbell. Presented by William Fox. / © 28 November 1915 by William Fox [LP7070]. Released 29 November 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.1504.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 8 October 2022.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.1504; Tarbox-Lost p. 253 : Website-IMDb.