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The Silver King
(1919) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by George Irving

Cast: William Faversham [Wilfred Denver], Barbara Castleton [Nellie Denver], Nadia Gray (Nadia Gary) [Cissie Denver], Lawrence Johnson [Neddie Denver], John Sutherland [Jaikes], Warburton Gamble [Herbert Skinner], Robert Ayrton [Bilcher], Louis Hendricks [Cripss], Helen Meyers [Olive Skinner], William O’Day [Elijah Coombes], Daniel Pennell [Baxter], John Sunderland [Geoffrey Ware], Cecil Yapp [Henry Corkett]

Famous Players-Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation through Paramount Pictures Corporation [A Paramount-Artcraft Special]. / Scenario by Burns Mantle, from the novel The Silver King by Alfred Wilson Barrett and Henry Arthur Jones. Cinematography by Al Ligouri (Al Liguori). Presented by Adolph Zukor. / © 25 December 1918 by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation [LP13215]. Released 12 January 1919. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The novel was subsequently filmed as The Silver King (1929).

Drama.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 14 October 2025.

References: Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.