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 Saintly Sinner
(1916) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Raymond Wells

Cast: Ruth Stonehouse [Jane Lee], Jack Mulhall [George Barnes], Alida Hayman [Bess Murphy], Dorothy Drake [Mrs. Carrington], Henry Devries [John Brock], Raymond Whittaker (Raymond Whitaker) [Richard White], Frederick Montague (Fred Montague) [Governor Barnes], T.D. Crittenden [Mr. Lee], Jean Hersholt

Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated, production; distributed by Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated, through The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Eugene B. Lewis, from a screen story by L.H. Hutton. Cinematography by R.E. Irish. / Released 22 February 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Crime.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 6 December 2023.

References: Hirschhorn-Universal p. 23; Spehr-American p. 273 : Website-ASFFDb; Website-IMDb.