The Crab is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Walter Edwards and starring child actress Thelma Salter and actor Frank Keenan. Its production was supervised by Thomas H. Ince with distribution by Triangle Film Corporation.[1][2]

The Crab
Directed byWalter Edwards
Written byC. Gardner Sullivan
Produced byNew York Motion Picture Company
Thomas H. Ince
StarringThelma Salter
Frank Keenan
CinematographyRobert S. Newhard
Distributed byTriangle Film Corporation
Release date
  • February 4, 1917 (1917-02-04)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

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Preservation status

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Prints of The Crab are preserved in the George Eastman Museum Motion Picture Collection and the French archive Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée in Fort de Bois-d'Arcy.[3]

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