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Jane Novak and Hobert Bosworth.
Photograph: courtesy Flicker Alley.
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Behind the Door
(1919) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels
Directed by Irvin V. Willat
Cast: Hobart Bosworth [Captain Oscar Krug], Jane Novak [Alice Morse], James Gordon [James McTavish], J.P. Lockney [Matthew Morse], Otto Hoffman [Mark Arnold], Wallace Beery [Lieutenant Brandt, the submarine commander]; Gibson Gowland [Gideon Blank], Dick Wain (Richard Wayne) [McQuestion], Tom Ashton [the fishing boy]
Thomas H. Ince Productions, Incorporated, production; distributed by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation through Paramount Pictures Corporation [A Thos. H. Ince Production; A Paramount Artcraft Special]. / Produced by Thomas H. Ince. Scenario by Luther Reed, from the short story “Behind the Door” by Gouverneur Morris. Production supervised by Thomas H. Ince. Technical direction by Harold Oliver (Harold G. Oliver). Photographed (cinematography) by J.O. Taylor + [Frank M. Blount]. Presented by Thomas H. Ince. / © 5 November 1919 by Thomas H. Ince [LP14413]. Released 14 December 1919. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The tombstone seen at the beginning of the film and intertitles throughout spell Gordon’s character name as “McTavish,” but the film’s cast credits spells it “MacTavish.”
Drama: War: World War I.
Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.0264.
Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive [35mm positive (incomplete)]; and in the Gosfilmofond film archive [35mm nitrate negative (incomplete Russian release version)].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 25 September 2024.
References: Film credits, film viewing : AFI-F1 n. F1.0264; Edmonds-BigU p. 119.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.
Streaming: Amazon.
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