''The Capitol'' is a 1919 American
silent drama film
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directed by
George Irving and starring
Leah Baird
Leah Baird (born Ada Frankenstein; June 20, 1883 – October 3, 1971) was an American actress and screenwriter.
Life
Baird was born in Champaign County, Illinois. on June 20, 1883, the daughter of William Frankenstein and Bertha Schreiver Fran ...
,
Robert T. Haines and
Alexander Gaden.
[Goble p.458]
Cast
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Leah Baird
Leah Baird (born Ada Frankenstein; June 20, 1883 – October 3, 1971) was an American actress and screenwriter.
Life
Baird was born in Champaign County, Illinois. on June 20, 1883, the daughter of William Frankenstein and Bertha Schreiver Fran ...
as Margaret Kennard / Agnes Blake
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Robert T. Haines as Eustace Kennard
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Alexander Gaden as James Carroll
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William B. Davidson
William Beatman Davidson (June 16, 1888 – September 28, 1947) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 300 films between 1915 and 1947.
Early life
Davidson was born in Dobbs Ferry, New York. He attended Columbia University, w ...
as Congressman Blake
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Downing Clarke
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Places
* Downing, Missouri, US, a city
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Buildings
* Downing Centre, Sydney, New South Wales, Austral ...
as Henry Garretson
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Ben Hendricks Sr.
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as James Lamar
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Donald MacBride
Donald Hugh MacBride (June 23, 1893 – June 21, 1957) was an American character actor on stage, in films, and on television who launched his career as a teenage singer (making several recordings in 1907) in vaudeville and went on to be an ...
as Jimmy Vincent
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Mildred Rhoads as Baby Kennard
References
Bibliography
* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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1919 films
1919 drama films
1910s English-language films
American silent feature films
Silent American drama films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by George Irving
Films distributed by W. W. Hodkinson Corporation
Pathé Exchange films
1910s American films
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