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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When Men Are Tempted
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by William Wolbert

Cast: Mary Anderson [Jessie Garden], Alfred Whitman (Gayne Whitman) [John Burt], R. Bradbury [Peter Burt], Otto Lederer [General Garden], S.E. Jennings [Kingsley]

The Vitagraph Company of America production; distributed by Greater Vitagraph, Incorporated. / Scenario by George H. Plympton, from the novel John Burt by Frederick Upham Adams. Cinematography by Reggie Lyons. / © 15 December 1917 by The Vitagraph Company of America [LP11842]. Released 24 December 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Western.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 29 November 2023.

References: ClasIm-220 p. 42 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb.