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 Yellow Pawn
(1916) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by George H. Melford

Cast: Wallace Reid [James Weldon], Cleo Ridgely [Kate Turner], William Conklin [Allen Perry], Tom Forman [Philip Grant], Irene Aldwin [Marian Turner], C.H. Geldart [Mr. Turner], George Webb [Tom Weldon], Mr. Kuwa (George Kuwa) [Sen Yat]

Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / Scenario by Margaret Turnbull, from the short story “A Close Call” by Frederic Arnold Kummer. Assistant director, Claude Mitchell. Cinematography by Percy Hilburn. Presented by Jesse L. Lasky. / © 14 November 1916 by Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company, Incorporated [LP9520]. Released 23 November 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Although credited in some industry reports, Olive Golden (Olive Carey) did not appear in the Marian Turner role.

Drama.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 26 August 2023.

References: Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.