''The Madman'' is a 1911 silent film short produced by the

Essanay Studios The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company was an early American motion picture studio. The studio was founded in 1907 in Chicago, and later developed an additional film lot in Niles Canyon, California. Its various stars included Francis X. Bushman, ...

and distributed by the

General Film Company The General Film Company was a motion picture distribution company in the United States. Between 1909 and 1920, the company distributed almost 12,000 silent era motion pictures. Formation The General Film Company was formed by the Motion Pictu ...

. The film is preserved in the

BFI National Archive The BFI National Archive is a department of the British Film Institute, and one of the largest film archives in the world. It was founded as the National Film Library in 1935; its first curator was Ernest Lindgren. In 1955, its name became the N ...

. ''The Madman'' at silentera.com
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Cast

* Francis X. Bushman as The Madman *

Harry Cashman Harry C. Cashman (June 20, 1869 – December 14, 1912) was an American stage and silent film actor. He was born in Ohio and died in Chicago, Illinois. He worked primarily for the Essanay Company of Chicago. He often costarred with Francis X. B ...

as The Warden *Frank Dayton as The Butler *Charles Hitchcock as an Official *William Walters as The Guard *

Bryant Washburn Franklin Bryant Washburn III (April 28, 1889 – April 30, 1963) was an American film actor who appeared in more than 370 films between 1911 and 1947. Washburn's parents were Franklin Bryant Washburn II and Metha Catherine Johnson Washburn. He a ...

as A Balloonist

References

External links

The Madman at IMDb.com
1911 films Essanay Studios films American silent short films 1911 short films American black-and-white films Silent American drama films 1911 drama films 1910s American films {{Short-silent-film-stub

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