A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2024 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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The Man Trap
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Elmer Clifton

Cast: Herbert Rawlinson [John Mull], Ruby La Fayette [Mrs. Mull], Sally Starr [Bess Miller], Jack Nelson [Burton Grange], Mark Fenton [R.H. Steadman], Frank MacQuarrie [Finch], Hal Wilson [Trustee No. 1907]

Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated, production; distributed by Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated, through The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Waldemar Young, from a screen story by Waldemar Young. Cinematography by Virgil E. Miller. / Released 29 October 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Starr’s film debut.

Drama: Crime.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 18 October 2022.

References: Hirschhorn-Universal p. 27 : Website-IMDb.