''The Crucial Test'' is a
lost
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Geography
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History
*Abbreviation of lost work, any work which is known to have bee ...
1916 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
John Ince and
Robert Thornby
Robert Thornby (March 27, 1888 – March 6, 1953) was an American director and actor of the silent era. He directed 75 films between 1913 and 1927. He also appeared in 48 films between 1911 and 1930. He was born in New York, New York, and d ...
. It stars
Kitty Gordon
Kitty Gordon (born Constance Minnie Blades; 22 April 1878 – 26 May 1974) was an English stage and silent film actress.
Career
Constance Minnie Blades was born in Folkestone, Kent, to Col. Blades of the Royal Artillery. Her first professional s ...
and was distributed by the
World Film Corporation
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Short-lived but significant in American film history, World Film was created by financier and fil ...
.
Cast
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Kitty Gordon
Kitty Gordon (born Constance Minnie Blades; 22 April 1878 – 26 May 1974) was an English stage and silent film actress.
Career
Constance Minnie Blades was born in Folkestone, Kent, to Col. Blades of the Royal Artillery. Her first professional s ...
as Thanya
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Niles Welch
Niles Eugene Welch (July 29, 1888 – November 21, 1976) was an American performer on Broadway, and a leading man in a number of silent and early talking motion pictures from the early 1910s through the 1930s.
Early life
A native of Hartfor ...
as Vance Holden
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J. Herbert Frank
J. Herbert Frank (May 12, 1885 – March 7, 1926) was an American actor of the silent era and on stage. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1914 and 1924. He was sometimes billed as Herbert Frank. Frank was born in Manhattan, New Yor ...
as Grand Duke Alexander Bagroff
*William W. Cohill as Boris
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Winifred Harris
Winifred Vera Emily Harris (17 March 1880 – 18 April 1972) was a British actress with a substantial career in America. She appeared in New York plays beginning in 1914 and acted in numerous plays up to 1934. She left Broadway plays for films tho ...
as Princess
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Adolphe Menjou
Adolphe Jean Menjou (February 18, 1890 – October 29, 1963) was an American actor. His career spanned both silent films and talkies. He appeared in such films as Charlie Chaplin's ''A Woman of Paris'', where he played the lead role; Stanley Ku ...
as Count Nicolai
References
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1916 films
American silent feature films
Lost American films
Films directed by John Ince
Films directed by Robert Thornby
American black-and-white films
Silent American drama films
1916 drama films
World Film Company films
1916 lost films
Lost drama films
1910s American films
1910s English-language films
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