The World's Great Snare is a 1916 American silent drama film produced by Adolph Zukor's Famous Players Film Company and distributed through Paramount Pictures. The film is based on a 1900 novel of the same name by E. Phillips Oppenheim and was directed by Joseph Kaufman. The film stars Pauline Frederick, a noted stage actress, and Irving Cummings, later a director, is the male lead.[1] The film is now considered lost.[2]
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| Directed by | Joseph Kaufman |
| Based on | The World's Great Snare by E. Phillips Oppenheim |
| Produced by | Adolph Zukor |
| Starring | Pauline Frederick Irving Cummings |
| Cinematography | Edward Gheller |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Cast
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- Pauline Frederick as Myra
- Irving Cummings as Byran
- Ferdinand Tidmarsh as Huntley
- Frank Evans as Pete
- Riley Hatch as Almes Rutten
- Buckley Starkey as Skein
See also
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edit- ^ The Moving Picture World, Volume 29. World Photographic Publishing Company. 1916. p. 479.
- ^ The World's Great Snare at Unsung Divas website: The Pauline Frederick website
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