Mountain Justice (1915 film)
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Mountain Justice is a 1915
silent
drama film
directed by Joe De Grasse
and featuring Lon Chaney, Sr.
The film is now considered to be lost
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1915 in film
The year 1915 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* February 8 : D.W Griffith's The Birth of a Nation premieres at Clune's Auditorium Los Angeles and breaks box office and film length records, running at a total length of 3 hrs 10 minutes.* June 18 : The Motion Picture Directors...
silent
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Joe De Grasse
Joe De Grasse
Joseph Louis De Grasse was a Canadian film director. Born in Bathurst, New Brunswick, he was the elder brother of actor Sam De Grasse....
and featuring Lon Chaney, Sr.
Lon Chaney, Sr.
Lon Chaney , nicknamed "The Man of a Thousand Faces," was an American actor during the age of silent films. He was one of the most versatile and powerful actors of early cinema...
The film is now considered to be lost
Lost film
A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons...
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Cast
- Elsie Jane WilsonElsie Jane WilsonElsie Jane Wilson was a cinema actress, director and writer.Wilson was born in New Zealand. A professional actress from the age of two, she followed her husband Rupert Julian to United States in 1913, where both found work as actors in Universal silent movies. He turned to directing, with Wilson...
- Mary Kirke - Arthur Shirley - Angus McDonald
- Lon Chaney, Sr.Lon Chaney, Sr.Lon Chaney , nicknamed "The Man of a Thousand Faces," was an American actor during the age of silent films. He was one of the most versatile and powerful actors of early cinema...
- Jeffrey Kirke - Grace ThompsonGrace ThompsonGrace Thompson was an early American silent film actress, starring in 10 films between 1914 and 1917.She appeared alongside actresses such as Charlotte Burton in films such as The Final Impulse, her first film.-Filmography:...
- Nora Davison - George BerrellGeorge BerrellGeorge Berrell was an American actor of both the 19th and early 20th Century stage and of the silent era...
- Old Man Davison