The Bandbox
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| Directed by | Roy William Neill |
| Written by | Roy Somerville |
| Based on | The Bandbox by Louis Joseph Vance |
| Starring | Doris Kenyon Walter McEwen Gretchen Hartman |
| Cinematography | Ned Van Buren Edward Wynard |
Production company | Deitrich-Beck |
| Distributed by | Hodkinson Pictures Pathé Exchange |
Release date |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
The Bandbox is a 1919 American silent mystery crime film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Doris Kenyon, Walter McEwen and Gretchen Hartman.[1] It is based on the 1912 novel of the same title by Louis Joseph Vance. Location shooting took place in Central Park and on Lake Mohegan in New York State.
Plot
[edit]A pearl necklace is smuggled through customs without paying duty after arriving in America from an ocean liner and a gang of criminals hot on the trail of them.
Cast
[edit]- Doris Kenyon as Eleanor Searle
- Walter McEwen as Arbuthnot Ismay / William H. Iff
- Gretchen Hartman as Alison Landis
- Edward Keppler as Arthur Arkroyd
- Maggie Weston as Mrs. Clover
- Logan Paul as Ehraim Clover
- Lorraine Harding as Marie
- Alexander Gaden as Benjamin Staff
Preservation
[edit]With no holdings located in archives, The Bandbox is considered a lost film.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Connelly p. 319
- ↑ "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Bandbox". memory.loc.gov. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved April 21, 2026.
Bibliography
[edit]- Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910–36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
External links
[edit]- The Bandbox at IMDb
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- 1919 films
- 1919 American films
- 1919 English-language films
- 1919 lost films
- 1919 mystery films
- American black-and-white films
- American silent feature films
- English-language mystery films
- Films based on American novels
- Films directed by Roy William Neill
- Films distributed by W. W. Hodkinson Corporation
- Lost American silent mystery films
- Pathé Exchange films
- 1910s American film stubs