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 Gates of Doom
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Charles Swickard

Cast: Claire McDowell [Indore; Agatha], L.C. Shumway (Leonard C. Shumway) [Francis Duane], Jack Connolly [Terence Unger], Mark Fenton [Sir Ethelbert Duane], Tommie Dale [Florence Duane], Alfred Allen [Grand Duke Alexis], Francis McDonald [Jang Sattib], Lina Basquette [Agatha, as a child]

The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [Red Feather Photoplays]. / Scenario by J. Grubb Alexander. Cinematography by Harry MacGuire (Harry McGuire Stanley). / Released 5 March 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Romance: War.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 24 October 2022.

References: Hirschhorn-Universal p. 27 : Website-IMDb.