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The Girl in the Checkered Coat
Also known as [The Girl with the Checkered Coat]
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Joseph de Grasse

Cast: Dorothy Phillips [Mary Graham / ‘Flash’ Fan], Lon Chaney [Hector Maitland], William Stowell [David Norman], Mrs. A.E. Witting (Mattie Witting) [Ann Maitland], David Kirby [Jim], Jane Bernoudy [Sally], Nellie Allen [Hector’s lady friend], Countess Du Cello [the landlady]

Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated, production; distributed by Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated, through The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Ida May Park, from the screen story by E.M. Ingleton. Cinematography by King D. Gray. / © 23 March 1917 by Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated [LP10433]. Released 23 April 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Crime.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 24 December 2024.

References: Hirschhorn-Universal p. 27; Spehr-American p. 100; Weaver-Twenty p. 76 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.