''A Celebrated Case'' is a 1914 American silent drama film starring

Alice Joyce Alice Joyce Brown ( Joyce; October 1, 1890 – October 9, 1955) was an American actress who appeared in more than 200 films during the 1910s and 1920s. She is known for her roles in the 1923 film '' The Green Goddess'' and its 1930 remake of ...

, Guy Coombs and

Marguerite Courtot Marguerite Gabrielle Courtot (August 20, 1897 – May 28, 1986) was an American silent film actress. Early life Marguerite Gabrielle Courtot was born in Summit, New Jersey, on August 20, 1897 to Gustave Courtot, who was born in France, and Char ...

. It is based on the 1877 play ''Une cause célèbre'' by Adolphe Philippe Dennery and Eugene Cormon. A French soldier is wrongfully sentenced to the galleys for the murder of his wife. It is considered to be a

lost film A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress. Conditions During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy o ...

Cast

as Madeline Renaud * Guy Coombs as Jean Renaud *

as Adrienne *James B. Ross as Adrienne's Father *

Harry F. Millarde Harry F. Millarde (November 12, 1885 – November 2, 1931) was a pioneer United States, American silent film actor and film director, director. Biography Millarde was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and began his acting in film in 1913 with Kalem Stu ...

as Lazare *

Alice Hollister Alice Hollister (born Rosalie Alice Amélie Berger, September 28, 1886 – February 24, 1973) was an American silent film actress who appeared in around 90 films between 1910 and 1925. She is known for her roles in movies such as '' From the Ma ...

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* * * Silent American drama films American silent feature films American black-and-white films American films based on plays Lost American films 1914 drama films 1914 films 1914 lost films Lost drama films 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub