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 Moral Code
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Ashley Miller

Cast: Anna Q. Nilsson [Jean Hyland], Walter Hitchcock [Gilbert Gerard], Florence Hamilton [Gracia Brown], Richard Barthelmess [Gary Miller]

Erbograph Company production; distributed by Art Dramas, Incorporated. / From a screen story by Ashley Miller. Cinematography by Mr. Robinson [?] (George Robinson)? Presented by Erbograph Company. / © 25 February 1917 by Erbograph Company [LP10275]. Released 22 February 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film’s negative and rights were purchased circa September 1917 by E & H Distributing Company of Atlanta, Georgis, in the pending dissolution of Art Dramas, Incorporated.

Drama.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 8 June 2024.

References: Katchmer-Eighty p. 18 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.