A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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The Bigger Man
Also known as [The Bridge; or, The Bigger Man]
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by John W. Noble

Cast: Henry Kolker [John Stoddard], Renee Kelly [Janet Van Nest], Orlando Daly [Courtlandt Van Nest], Elsie Balfour [Edith Stoddard], J.H. Goldsworthy [Kenneth Stuyvesant], Mayme Kelso [Aunt Sarah], Edwin Boring [Lavinsky], Richard Lee (Dick Lee) [Sevic]

Rolfe Photoplays, Incorporated, production; distributed by Metro Pictures Corporation. / From the play The Bridge by Rupert Hughes. Cinematography by Herbert Oswald Carleton. / © 20 September 1915 by Metro Pictures Corporation [LP6784]. Released 20 September 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: The Bridge.

Drama: Social-Allegory.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 20 December 2024.

References: Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.