''The Decoy'' is a 1916 silent film crime drama directed by

George Lederer George Washington Lederer (c. 1862, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania − October 8, 1938) was an American producer and director on Broadway from 1894 to 1931. He was the husband of actresses Reine Davies and Jessie Lewis and the father of Charles Leder ...

and distributed by

Mutual Film Company Mutual Film Company is an American film production company based in Hollywood, California. The company was initially founded by financer Gary Levinsohn in 1989 as Classico Entertainment, before combining with The Mark Gordon Company in 1995 to f ...

Re-releases

The film was rereleased in 1920 by C. B. Price under State Rights basis. In 1922 an independent company, Signet Film, rereleased the film under the title ''The Faithless Sex'' with Henry J. Napier listed as the director.

Cast

Frances Nelson Frances "Fanny" Nelson, Viscountess Nelson ( Frances Herbert Woolward, formerly Nisbet; (1758 4 May 1831), is best known as the wife of Horatio Nelson, the British naval officer who won several victories over the French during the French Rev ...

- Glory Moore *

Gladden James Gladden James (February 26, 1888 – August 28, 1948) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1911 and 1946. He was born in Zanesville, Ohio and died in Hollywood, California, from leukemia. Family In 1914 he ...

- Harvey Dix *

Leonore Harris Leonore Harris (July 28, 1879 – September 27, 1953) was an American stage and screen actress. She appeared in a handful of silent films and preferred the Broadway stage. As a young woman she was one of many young actresses appearing on cigarette ...

- Mrs. Lawrence * Robert Frazer - Jim Danvers *Frank Beamish - Milt Bannon * Lois Wilson -

Preservation status

*This film survives in the Library of Congress collection and the

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.The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database:''The Decoy''
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References

External links

The Decoy at IMDb.com
* 1916 films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Mutual Film films 1916 crime drama films 1910s American films Silent American crime drama films {{1910s-drama-film-stub