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The Unpardonable Sin
(1919) United States of America
B&W : Nine reels
Directed by Marshall Neilan

Cast: Blanche Sweet [Alice Parcot; and Dimny Parcot], Edwin Stevens [Stephen Parcot], Mary Alden [Mrs. Parcot], Matt Moore [Noll Windsor], Wesley Barry [George Washington Sticker], Wallace Beery [Colonel Klemm], Bull Montana [the brute], Bobby Connelly [a Boy Scout]

Harry Garson Productions production; distributed on State Rights basis by Harry Garson Productions. / Scenario by [?] George Richelavie or Kathryne Stuart?, from the novel The Unpardonable Sin by Major Rupert Hughes. Assistant director, Al Green. Cinematography by Tony Gaudio and Henry Cronjager. / Released 2 March 1919. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: World War I.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Belgium - Germans - War: World War I (28 July 1914-11 November 1918)

Listing updated: 30 November 2023.

References: Drew-Speaking pp. 230, 287; Tarbox-Lost p. 22 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb.