''The Social Code'' is a 1923 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
Oscar Apfel
Oscar C. Apfel (January 17, 1878 – March 21, 1938) was an American film actor, director, screenwriter and producer. He appeared in more than 160 films between 1913 and 1939, and also directed 94 films between 1911 and 1927.
Biography
Apf ...
and starring
Viola Dana
Viola Dana (born Virginia Flugrath; June 26, 1897 – July 3, 1987) was an American film actress who was successful during the era of silent films. She appeared in over 100 films, but was unable to make the transition to sound films.
Early lif ...
. It was produced and distributed by
Metro Pictures
Metro Pictures Corporation was a Film, motion picture production company founded in early 1915 in Jacksonville, Florida. It was a forerunner of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The company produced its films in New York, Los Angeles, and sometimes at leas ...
. Dana's older sister,
Edna Flugrath, also features in the film.
Cast
Preservation
With no prints of ''The Social Code'' located in any film archives,
it is now 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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References
External links
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Lobby poster; daybillLobby cardat www.gettyimages.com
1923 films
American silent feature films
Metro Pictures films
Films based on short fiction
Lost American films
Films directed by Oscar Apfel
1923 drama films
American black-and-white films
Silent American drama films
1923 lost films
Lost drama films
1920s American films
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