''The Woman in the Case'' is a 1916 American silent drama film produced by the

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and distributed through

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. Hugh Ford directed star Pauline Frederick as Margaret Rolfe. Clyde Fitch's 1905

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is the source material for this production and on Broadway the Margaret Rolfe role was played by Blanche Walsh. An Australian film of the same name based on Fitch's play was also produced in 1916 and is now

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. This American film, recently rediscovered in a European archive, survives but is missing the last reel.''The Woman in the Case'' as produced originally on Broadway at the Herald Square Theater, January 31, 1905 to April 15, 1905, 89 performances; IBDb.com
/ref> Filmed again by Paramount in 1922 as ''The Law and the Woman'' with

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and as a talkie in 1932 as ''

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''.

Cast

* Pauline Frederick - Margaret Rolfe * Marie Chambers - Claire Foster * Alan Hale - Julian Rolfe * Paul Gordon - Philip Long * George Larkin - ? * Clarence Handyside - ? * Mrs. C. Pettengill - ?

References

External links

* * 1916 films American silent feature films Films directed by Hugh Ford American films based on plays Paramount Pictures films 1916 drama films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films 1910s rediscovered films Rediscovered American films 1910s English-language films 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub