The Missing Links (film)
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| The Missing Links | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Lloyd Ingraham |
| Written by | D. W. Griffith Bernard McConville |
| Produced by | D. W. Griffith |
| Starring | Thomas Jefferson Elmer Clifton Robert Harron |
Production company | Fine Arts Film Company |
| Distributed by | Triangle Film Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 50 minutes[1][2] |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
The Missing Links is a 1916 American silent crime film directed by Lloyd Ingraham and starring Thomas Jefferson, Elmer Clifton, and Robert Harron.[3]
The film tells of a murder in a small rural town. The major suspects are two brothers, Horace and Henry (Clifton and Harron). Each believes the other to be guilty, so confesses to save their brother.
The film was written by Bernard McConville and D. W. Griffith, who also produced it. It premiered on January 16, 1916 as a production of the Fine Arts Film Company. It was distributed by Triangle Distributing.[2][4] The Missing Links was Norma Talmadge's first film for Triangle.
It is now considered a lost film, as no known reels exist today.[2][4]
Actors
[edit]| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Thomas Jefferson | Arthur Gaylord |
| Elmer Clifton | Horace Gaylord |
| Robert Harron | Henry Gaylord |
| Loyola O'Connor | Miss Gaylord |
| William Higby | Jasper Starr |
| Elinor Stone | Mrs Starr |
| Norma Talmadge | Myra Holburn |
| Jack Brammall | C. P. Martin |
| Hal Wilson | James Haskins |
| Constance Talmadge | Laura Haskins |
| Robert Lawler | Chris Tompkins |
References
[edit]- ^ "Missing Links (1916)". Allmovie.com. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
- ^ a b c "The Missing Links". Silentera.com. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
- ^ "Movie search results for "missing-links"".
- ^ a b "The Missing Links (1916)". TCM.com. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
External links
[edit]- The Missing Links at IMDb
- The Missing Links at AllMovie
- The Missing Links Silent on the site
- The Missing Links TCM Movie Database
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