''The House Built Upon Sand'' is a 1916 American
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 Edward Morrissey and starring
Lillian Gish
Lillian Diana Gish (October 14, 1893February 27, 1993) was an American actress, director, and screenwriter. Her film-acting career spanned 75 years, from 1912, in silent film shorts, to 1987. Gish was called the "First Lady of American Cinema", ...
. This is a
lost film
A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress.
Conditions
During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy o ...
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Cast
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Lillian Gish
Lillian Diana Gish (October 14, 1893February 27, 1993) was an American actress, director, and screenwriter. Her film-acting career spanned 75 years, from 1912, in silent film shorts, to 1987. Gish was called the "First Lady of American Cinema", ...
as Evelyn Dare
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Roy Stewart
Roy Stewart (15 May 1925 – 27 October 2008) was a Jamaican-born British actor. He began his career as a stuntman and went on to work in film and television.
In 1954 he founded Roy Stewart's Gym in Powis Square, North Kensington, and ran th ...
as David Westebrooke
* William H. Brown as Samuel Stevens
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Bessie Buskirk as Josie
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Jack Brammall as Ted
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Josephine Crowell
Josephine Boneparte Crowell (January 11, 1859 – July 27, 1932) was a Canadian film actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 90 films between 1912 and 1929.
Biography
Crowell was born in Nova Scotia.
Crowell debuted in the ...
as Mrs. Shockley
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Kate Bruce
Kate Bruce (February 17, 1860 – April 2, 1946) was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 280 films between 1908 and 1931. She was born in Columbus, Indiana and died in New York City. In 1885, Bruce left Boone, I ...
as David's Housekeeper
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Lillian Gish filmography
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These are the films of Lillian Gish.
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1916 films
1916 lost films
1916 comedy-drama films
American silent feature films
American black-and-white films
1910s English-language films
Lost American films
Triangle Film Corporation films
Lost comedy-drama films
1910s American films
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