''The Challenge'' is a 1916 American silent

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directed by Donald MacKenzie and starring

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, and Charles Gotthold.McCaffrey & Jacobs p. 70 The film was adapted from a 1911 play by

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Cast

as Quarrier *

as Alberta Bradley * Charles Gotthold as Robert Lester * Ben Hendricks Sr.

References

Bibliography

* Donald W. McCaffrey & Christopher P. Jacobs. ''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema''. Greenwood Publishing, 1999.

External links

* 1916 films 1916 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Films directed by Donald MacKenzie Pathé Exchange films 1910s American films {{1910s-US-film-stub