''A Perfect Crime'' is a 1921 American silent

comedy-drama film Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...

directed by

Allan Dwan Allan Dwan (born Joseph Aloysius Dwan; April 3, 1885 – December 28, 1981) was a pioneering Canadian-born American motion picture director, producer, and screenwriter. Early life Born Joseph Aloysius Dwan in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Dwan, was ...

and starring Monte Blue,

Jacqueline Logan Jacqueline Medura Logan (November 30, 1902 – April 4, 1983) was an American actress and silent film star. Logan was a WAMPAS Baby Star of 1922. Early life Logan was born in Corsicana, Texas, on November 30, 1902, the only child to Charles A. ...

, and Stanton Heck. It is not known whether the film survives which suggests it may be

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.The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:''A Perfect Crime''
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Cast

* Monte Blue as Wally Griggs *

as Mary Oliver * Stanton Heck as Big Bill Thaine *

Hardee Kirkland Hardee Kirkland (May 23, 1868 – February 18, 1929) was an American film actor and film director, director of the silent film, silent era who appeared on stage. Kirkland was born in Savannah, Georgia, Savannah, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgi ...

as President Halliday * Carole Lombard as Griggs' Sister

References

Bibliography

* Wes D. Gehring. ''Carole Lombard, the Hoosier Tornado''. Indiana Historical Society Press, 2003.

External links

* * 1921 films Films directed by Allan Dwan American silent feature films American black-and-white films 1921 comedy-drama films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films Silent American comedy-drama films {{silent-comedy-drama-film-stub