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Foul Play; or, A False Friend
(1907) United States of America
B&W : One reel / 875 feet
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: Lou Delaney, [?] Florence Turner?

The Vitagraph Company of America production; distributed by The Vitagraph Company of America. / © 15 December 1906 by The Vitagraph Company of America. Released January 1907. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot at Vitagraph’s Flatbush studio, Brooklyn, New York, and on New York City locations in the fall of 1906. [?] There is some question as to whether Turner appeared in this film.

Drama.

Survival status: Print exists in the George Eastman Museum film archive [35mm restoration negative, 35mm restoration positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 7 March 2011.

References: Leyda-Before pp. 58, 59, 82, 130; Musser-Emerge pp. 470, 474, 602; Slide-BigV p. 175 : Website-AFI; Website-GEM.