''The Majesty of the Law'' is a 1915 American

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written and directed by

Julia Crawford Ivers Julia Crawford Ivers (October 3, 1869 – May 8, 1930) was an American motion picture pioneer. Biography Born in Boonville, Missouri, in 1869, her family arrived a year later in Los Angeles. Her father was a dentist. Her mother died in 1876, wh ...

. The film stars

George Fawcett George Fawcett (August 25, 1860 – June 6, 1939) was an American stage and film actor of the silent era. Biography Born in Alexandria, Virginia, in 1860, Fawcett graduated from the University of Virginia. His initial inclination was to ...

(in his film debut),

Jane Wolfe Sarah Jane Wolfe (March 21, 1875 – March 29, 1958) was an American silent film character actress who is considered an important female figure in magick. She was a friend and a colleague of Aleister Crowley and a founding member of Agape Lodg ...

, William Desmond,

Myrtle Stedman Myrtle Stedman (born Myrtle Lincoln; March 3, 1883 – January 8, 1938) was an American leading lady and later character actress in motion pictures who began in silent films in 1910. Biography Stedman was born Myrtle Lincoln in Chicago, Ill ...

, John Oaker, and

Charlie Ruggles Charles Sherman Ruggles (February 8, 1886 – December 23, 1970) was an American comic character actor. In a career spanning six decades, Ruggles appeared in close to 100 feature films, often in mild-mannered and comic roles. He was also the e ...

. The film was released on August 26, 1915, by

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Plot

Cast

as Judge Randolph Kent *

as Mrs. Kent * William Desmond as Jackson Morgan Kent *

as Virginia Fairfax *John Oaker as Lloyd Fairfax *

as Lawrence Evans *

Herbert Standing Herbert Standing (13 November 1846 – 5 December 1923) was a British stage and screen actor and the patriarch of the Standing family of actors. He was the father of numerous children, many of whom had careers in theatre and cinema. Toward the ...

as Colonel Monroe

Preservation

*The film survives and is preserved complete in the

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.The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:''The Majesty of the Law''
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References

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* 1915 films 1910s English-language films Silent American drama films 1915 drama films Paramount Pictures films American black-and-white films American silent feature films Films directed by Julia Crawford Ivers 1910s American films English-language drama films {{1910s-drama-film-stub