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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1470

The Phantom in the House

192964 minUnited States

Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: English
This copy runs: 58:03
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

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Wikimedia Commons · ckguy@sbcglobal.net · Public domain

Synopsis

An inventor accepts blame after his wife kills a man while resisting his advances. Returning from a long prison sentence, he finds that his daughter does not recognize him and must confront the family life built during his absence.

Cast

Ricardo Cortez

Nancy Welford

Henry B. Walthall

Grace Valentine

Jack Curtis

Thomas A. Curran

DirectorsPhil Rosen

Behind the scenes

Phil Rosen's drama was made during the transition to sound. The edition presented here is the talking version; a separate silent release was prepared for cinemas without sound equipment.

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Photograph credit

Photographs cropped, resized and optimized as WebP, displayed in monochrome.

Ricardo Cortez — Wikiwatcher1 at en.wikipedia · Public domain
Nancy Welford — Unknown photographer; The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York), Sunday, February 12, 1922 - Page 41 https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/56159421/ · Public domain
Henry B. Walthall — Tower Magazines, Inc., photographer unknown · Public domain

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