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The Greater Law
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Lynn F. Reynolds (Lynn Reynolds)

Cast: Myrtle Gonzalez (Myrtle Gonzales) [Barbara Henderson], Gretchen Lederer [‘Seattle’ Lou], Maud Emory (Maude Emory) [Anne Malone], G.M. Rickerts [Jimmy Henderson], Lawrence Peyton [Cort Dorian], George Hernandez [Tully Winkle], Jack Curtis [Laberge], Jean Hersholt [Basil Pelly]

Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated, production; distributed by Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated, through The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Lynn F. Reynolds (Lynn Reynolds), from the short story “The Code of the Klondyke” by Charles J. Wilson Jr. Cinematography by Clyde R. Cook (Clyde Cook). / © 14 June 1917 by Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated [LP10951]. Released 16 July 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Some location photography was taken at Truckee, California.

Drama: Northwoods.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.1700.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Crime: Murder - Death: Murder - Revenge - USA: California: Truckee

Listing updated: 4 April 2020.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.1700; Hirschhorn-Universal p. 27; Spehr-American p. 273 : ClasIm-223 p. 56; ClasIm-224 p. 54 : Website-IMDb.