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The Scarlet Sin
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Four reels
Directed by Otis Turner

Cast: Hobart Bosworth [Eric Norton], Jane Novak [Cecelia Norton], Frank Elliot [Richard Allen], Grace Thompson [Edith Jackson], Hart Hoxie [‘Bull’ Morgan], Ed Brown [the mine owner], Wadsworth Harris [‘Doc’ White], Helen Wright [Mrs. Davies]

The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [A Broadway Universal Feature]. / Scenario by James Dayton and Olga Printzlaw Clark. / © 17 July 1915 by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [LP5851]. Released 2 August 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: The Shepherd of the Mines.

Drama.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 6 December 2023.

References: UnivWeekly-19150612 p. 19 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb.