''The Still Alarm'' is a 1918 American silent

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directed by

Colin Campbell Colin may refer to: * Colin (given name) * Colin (surname) * ''Colin'' (film), a 2008 Cannes film festival zombie movie * Colin (horse) (1905–1932), thoroughbred racehorse * Colin (humpback whale), a humpback whale calf abandoned north of Sydney, ...

and starring

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, Bessie Eyton, and

Eugenie Besserer Eugenie Besserer ( – May 29, 1934) was an American actress who starred in silent films and features of the early sound motion-picture era, beginning in 1910. Her most prominent role is that of the title character's mother in the first talkie ...

.''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema'', p. 66 It is an adaptation of the 1887 play '' The Still Alarm'' by

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Cast

as Jack Manley * Bessie Eyton as Eleanor Fordham *

as Undetermined Role * William Scott as Undetermined Role *

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as Undetermined Role

References

Bibliography

* Donald W. McCaffrey & Christopher P. Jacobs. ''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema''. Greenwood Publishing, 1999.

External links

* 1918 films 1918 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Films directed by Colin Campbell American films based on plays 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub