''Peer Gynt'' is a surviving 1915 American

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directed by

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and Raoul Walsh and adapted from the Henrik Ibsen play by Oscar Apfel. The film stars

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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 ...

, Fanny Stockbridge, Mary Reubens, Mary Ruby and

Winifred Bryson Winifred Bryson (born Winifred Brison; December 20, 1892 – August 20, 1987) was an American actress of the stage and of silent films. Biography Winifred Bryson was born Winifred Brison on December 20, 1892, in Los Angeles, the daughter of O ...

. The film was released on September 16, 1915, by Paramount Pictures.

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Preservation status

Prints are preserved at the

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and the BFI National Film and Television Archive.Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'' (<-book title) p.140 c.1978 by The American Film Institute

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