''The Unknown Lover'' is a 1925 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 ...

produced and directed by

Victor Halperin Victor Hugo Halperin (August 24, 1895 in Chicago, Illinois – May 17, 1983 in Bentonville, Arkansas) was an American stage actor, stage director, film director, producer, and writer. The majority of his works involved romance and horror. His ...

(an early effort for him) under his Victory Pictures banner and released by the

Vitagraph Company of America Vitagraph Studios, also known as the Vitagraph Company of America, was a United States motion picture studio. It was founded by J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith in 1897 in Brooklyn, New York, as the American Vitagraph Company. By 1907, ...

, soon to become part of

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This is the last silent film of star

Elsie Ferguson Elsie Louise Ferguson (August 19, 1883 – November 15, 1961) was an American stage and film actress. Early life Born in New York City, Elsie Ferguson was the only child of Hiram and Amelia Ferguson. Her father was a successful attorney. Raise ...

Cast

as Elaine Kent * Frank Mayo as Kenneth Billings *

Mildred Harris Mildred Harris (April 18, 1901 – July 20, 1944) was an American stage, film, and vaudeville actress during the early part of the 20th century. Harris began her career in the film industry as a child actress when she was 10 years old. She was a ...

as Gale Norman *Peggy Kelly as Gladys * Leslie Austin as Fred Wagner * Josephine Norman

Preservation

With no prints of ''The Unknown Lover'' located in any film archives, The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''The Unknown Lover''
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References

External links

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Still of Elsie Ferguson
(University of Washington Sayre collection)
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