The Whirlpool of Destiny
(1916) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Otis Turner
Cast: Bertram Grassby [William Martin], Flora Parker de Haven [Polly Martin], Nanine Wright [Mother Giles], Charles H. Mailes [Thomas Bell], Jack Mulhall [George Bell], Jack Lott [Tom Scott], Edward Hearn [Davidson], Marjorie Blinn (Marjorie Blynn) [‘Babe’ Morris]
The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [Red Feather Photoplays]. / Produced by Otis Turner. Scenario by Eugene B. Lewis; from a screen story by F. McGrew Willis and Eugene B. Lewis. Cinematography by Edward Kull (Edward A. Kull). / Released 10 September 2018. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / An incomplete print was found in the Dawson City recovery.
Drama.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost : Incomplete prints exist in the National Archives of Canada film archive; and in the Library of Congress film archive (Dawson City collection) [35mm nitrate positive, 35mm acetate duplicate negative (reel one only)].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 29 November 2023.
References: Hirschhorn-Universal p. 23 : ClasIm-225 p. 47 : Website-ASFFDb; Website-IMDb.
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