''The Strange Case of Mary Page'' is a 1916 American
drama
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film serial
A serial film, film serial (or just serial), movie serial, or chapter play, is a motion picture form popular during the first half of the 20th century, consisting of a series of short subjects exhibited in consecutive order at one theater, gene ...
directed by
J. Charles Haydon
James Charles Haydon (March 27, 1875 – October 15, 1943) was an American film director, actor and screenwriter of the silent film era. He directed twelve films between 1914 and 1920. He also appeared in five films between 1912 and 1914. ...
. Most of the film is considered to be
lost
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History
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with only two of the episodes preserved.
Cast
![The Strange Case of Mary Page still](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/The_Strange_Case_of_Mary_Page_still.jpg)
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Henry B. Walthall
Henry Brazeale Walthall (March 16, 1878 – June 17, 1936) was an American stage and film actor. He appeared as the Little Colonel in D. W. Griffith's ''The Birth of a Nation'' (1915).
Early life
Henry B. Walthall was born March 16, 1878 on a ...
as Phil Langdon, Attorney
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Edna Mayo as Mary Page
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Sidney Ainsworth
Sidney Ainsworth (born Charles Sydney Ainsworth, often credited as Sydney Ainsworth; December 21, 1872 – May 21, 1922), was a screen and stage actor who appeared in his first movie in 1909. He was born in Manchester, England and died in Madison, ...
as David Pollock
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Harry Dunkinson
Harry Dunkinson (December 16, 1876 – March 14, 1936) was an American film and stage actor. He appeared in more than 140 films between 1912 and 1935. He was born in New York City and died in California.
Dunkinson began acting on stage when ...
as E.H. Daniels, Show Manager
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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 Prosecuting Attorney
* Frank Dayton as Dan Page
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Frances Raymond
Frances Raymond (1869–1961) was an American stage and film actress.Goble p.193 An established character actress, she played in a number of supporting roles during the silent era. Later, during the sound era, she primarily played much smaller, un ...
as Mrs. Page
* John Thorn as Jim Cunningham
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Arthur W. Bates as Young Gambler
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Edmund Cobb
Edmund Fessenden Cobb (June 23, 1892 – August 15, 1974) was an American actor who appeared in more than 620 films between 1912 and 1966.
Biography
Cobb was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the son of William Henry Cobb and Eddie (Edmundi ...
* Frank Hamilton
* Frank Benedict (as Francis Benedict)
* William Chester
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Virginia Valli
Virginia Valli (died September 24, 1968) was an American stage and film actress whose motion picture career started in the silent film era and lasted until the beginning of the sound film era of the 1930s.
Early life
Born Virginia McSweeney in ...
(as Miss Valli)
* Thomas Commerford as Judge
* Jessie Jones
* Honus Smith
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Edward Arnold as Dr. Foster (Ch. 5)
* Richardson Cotton as Juror (Ch. 5)
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Ernest Cossart
Ernest Cossart (born Emil Gottfried von Holst, 24 September 1876 – 21 January 1951) was an English-American actor. After a stage career in England, he moved to the US, appearing on Broadway and all around the country. In the 1930s and 1940s, ...
See also
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List of film serials
A list of film serials by year of release.
1910s
1920s
1930s
Films still exist from this point on unless noted otherwise:
1940s
1950s
See also
* Serial (film)
* List of film serials by studio
References
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List of film serials by studio
This is a list of film serials by studio, separated into those released by each of the five major studios, and the remaining minor studios.
The five major studios produced the greater number of serials. Of these the main studios are consider ...
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List of lost films
For this list of lost films, a lost film is defined as one of which no part of a print is known to have survived. For films in which any portion of the footage remains (including trailers), see List of incomplete or partially lost films.
Reas ...
References
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1916 films
American silent serial films
1916 drama films
American black-and-white films
Lost American films
Films directed by J. Charles Haydon
Essanay Studios films
Silent American drama films
1916 lost films
Lost drama films
1910s American films
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