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William S. Hart and Clara Williams.
Frame enlargement: Silent Era image collection.
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Hell’s Hinges
(1916) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Charles Swickard + [William S. Hart]
Cast: William S. Hart [‘Blaze’ Tracy], Clara Williams [Faith Henley], Jack Standing [Reverend Robert Henley], Alfred Hollingsworth [‘Silk’ Miller], Robert McKim [the clergyman], J. Frank Burke [Zeb Taylor], Louise Glaum [Dolly]; Jean Hersholt [a townsperson], John Gilbert [a rowdy cowboy], Robert Kortman, Leo Willis
New York Motion Picture Corporation production; distributed by Triangle Film Corporation [Kay-Bee]. / Produced by Thomas H. Ince. Scenario by C. Gardner Sullivan. Cinematography by Joseph August. Intertitle artwork by Mon Randall. / © 15 February 1916 by New York Motion Picture Corporation [LU7636]. © 5 March 1916 by Triangle Film Corporation [LP10792]. Released 5 March 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot 4 September-26 October 1915. Production cost $32,676.43. / [?] Website-IMDb lists the release date as 3 February 1916. [?] Another source lists the film as released 21 June 1915. [?] Shipman-Cinema p. 58 (probably incorrectly) lists this film as directed by Reginald Barker.
Drama: Western.
Synopsis: Synopses available in AFI-F1 n. F1.1855, and in Koszarski-Hart p. 39.
Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive; the George Eastman Museum film archive; and the Museum of Modern Art film archive; in the film holdings of Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum (EmGee Film Library collection) [16mm reduction positive]; and in private film collections [16mm reduction positives].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Churches - Clergy - Cowboys - Crime: Arson - Fire - Frame-ups - Gunfighters - Gunfights - Reformers - Saloons - Seduction - Smoke - Weapons: Guns
Listing updated: 3 December 2024.
References: Film credits, film viewing : AFI-F1 n. F1.1855; Bohn-Light pp. 62, 63-64, 96; Card-Seductive p. 59; Everson-American pp. 86j, 133, 246, 247, 369; Fell-History p. 109; Kerr-Silent p. 303; Koszarski-Hart pp. xviii, xix, 39-41; Lahue-Gentlemen p. 99; Lahue-Triangle pp. 21, 24, 129, 137; Leyda-Before pp. 71-72; Limbacher-Feature p. 106; Shipman-Cinema pp. 58, 60; Sinyard-Silent pp. 56, 57; Spehr-American p. 273; Tarbox-Lost p. 228; Vermilye-Twenties p. 129; Weaver-Twenty p. 142.
Home video: DVD.
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