''Held to Answer'' is a 1923 American
silent drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by
Harold M. Shaw
Harold Marvin Shaw (also cited in some records as Henry Marvin Shaw; November 3, 1877January 30, 1926) was an American stage performer, film actor, screenwriter, and notable director of the silent era. A native of Tennessee, he worked professio ...
. It was based on the novel ''
Held to Answer'' (1916), by
Peter Clark MacFarlane. The film is considered to be
lost
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History
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Cast
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House Peters
Robert House Peters Sr. (12 March 1880 – 7 December 1967) was a British-born American silent film actor, known to filmgoers of the era as "The Star of a Thousand Emotions".
Biography
Born in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, Peters bega ...
as John Hampstead
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Grace Carlyle
Grace Carlyle (July 24, 1877 – September 20, 1953) was an American stage and film actress. Dietz p.242
Selected filmography
* '' The Eagle's Wings'' (1916)
* ''An International Marriage'' (1916)
* '' The Place Beyond the Winds'' (1916)
* ''Pl ...
as Mariann Dounay
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John St. Polis
John M. St. Polis (born John Marie Sainpolis; November 24, 1873 – October 8, 1946) was an American actor.
Biography
St. Polis was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Before starting his film career, he made a name for himself on the Broadway ...
as Hiram Burbeck (as John Sainpolis)
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Evelyn Brent
Evelyn Brent (born Mary Elizabeth Riggs; October 20, 1895 – June 4, 1975) was an American film and stage actress.
Early life
Brent was born in Tampa, Florida, and known as Betty. When she was age 10, her mother Eleanor (née. Warner) died, ...
as Bessie Burbeck
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James Morrison as Rollie Burbeck
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Lydia Knott
Lydia Knott (October 1, 1866 – March 30, 1955) was an American actress of the silent film era. She appeared in more than 90 films between 1914 and 1937.
Biography
Knott was born in Tyner, Indiana, the daughter of Lambert and Clarissa Kn ...
as Mrs. Burbeck
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Bull Montana
Lewis Montagna (born Luigi Montagna; May 16, 1887 – January 24, 1950), better known as Bull Montana, was an Italian-American professional wrestler, boxer and actor.
Biography
Born in Voghera, Italy, into a poor country family — and at a ti ...
as 'Red' Lizard
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Gale Henry
Gale Henry (April 15, 1893 – June 17, 1972) was an American film actress. A prominent comedian, she appeared in more than 230 films between 1914 and 1933.
In 1923, Gale Henry and her husband, Henry East, began training dogs for motion p ...
as The Maid
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Tom Guise
Tom Guise (1857–1930) was an American actor on stage and screen. He appeared in numerous films in the decade spanning 1917 to 1927.
He was one of the popular stars in the film adaptation of the controversial book '' Black Oxen''. His performanc ...
as The Judge (as Thomas Guise)
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William Robert Daly
William Robert Daly (born William Robert Dailey; October 24, 1872 – 1935) was an actor and director of silent films in the U.S.
Early life
William Robert Daly was born on October 24, 1872 in Boston, Massachusetts as William Robert Dailey.
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as The Organist (as Robert Daly)
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Charles West as 'Spider' Welch
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Charles Hill Mailes
Charles Hill Mailes (25 May 1870 – 17 February 1937) was a Canadian actor of the silent era.
Biography
Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1870, Mailes appeared in 290 films between 1909 and 1935. He married the actress Claire McDowell ...
as District Attorney Searle (as Charles Mailes)
References
External links
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1923 films
1923 drama films
1923 lost films
Silent American drama films
American silent feature films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by Harold M. Shaw
Lost American drama films
1920s American films
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