''The Marriage Ring'' is a
lost
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Geography
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History
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1918 American
silent drama film
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directed by
Fred Niblo
Fred Niblo (born Frederick Liedtke; January 6, 1874 – November 11, 1948) was an American pioneer film actor, director and producer.
Biography
He was born Frederick Liedtke (several sources give "Frederico Nobile", apparently erroneously) in Yo ...
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Cast
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Enid Bennett
Enid Eulalie Bennett (15 July 1893 – 14 May 1969) was an Australian silent film actress, mostly active in American film.
Early life
Bennett was born on 15 July 1893 in York, Western Australia, the daughter of Nellie Mary Louise (''née'' Wa ...
as Anne Mertons
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Jack Holt as Rodney Heathe
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Robert McKim as Hugo Mertons
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Maude George
Maude George (August 15, 1888 – October 10, 1963) was an American actress of the silent era.
Biography
Born in Riverside, California, in 1888, Maude George is remembered primarily as a regular of director Eric von Stroheim's stock compan ...
as Aho
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Charles K. French
Charles K. French (born Charles Ekrauss French or Charles E. Krauss; January 17, 1860 – August 2, 1952) was an American film actor, screenwriter and director who appeared in more than 240 films between 1909 and 1945.
Biography
French was ...
as Koske
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Lydia Knott
Lydia Knott (October 1, 1866 – March 30, 1955) was an American actress of the silent film era. She appeared in more than 90 films between 1914 and 1937.
Biography
Knott was born in Tyner, Indiana, the daughter of Lambert and Clarissa Kn ...
as Mrs. Heathe
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John Cossar
John Hay Cossar (2 January 1858 – 28 April 1935) was an English actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 140 films between 1914 and 1929.
Biography
Cossar was born in London, England. He was the fifth child of Walter Cossar and h ...
as James Ward
Reception
Like many American films of the time, ''The Marriage Ring'' was subject to cuts by
city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required cuts, in Reel 4, of the intertitle "Keep your kisses for your American lover; I have better here", three scenes of man embracing young native woman, all scenes of young woman dancing before men in tent, scene of man cutting telephone wires, and three scenes of man setting grass on fire with torch.
References
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1918 films
1918 drama films
American silent feature films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by Fred Niblo
Silent American drama films
Lost American films
1918 lost films
Lost drama films
1910s American films