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 Hole in the Wall
(1921) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 6100 feet
Directed by Maxwell Karger

Cast: Alice Lake [Jean Oliver], Allan Forrest [Gordon Grant], Frank Brownlee [Limpy Jim], Charles Clary [‘The Fox’], William De Vaull [Deagon], Kate Lester [Mrs. Ramsey], Carl Gerrard [Donald Ramsey], John Ince [the police inspector], Claire Du Brey [Cora Thompson]

Metro Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Metro Pictures Corporation [A Maxwell Karger Production]. / Scenario by [?] Maxwell Karger and/or June Mathis?, from the play The Hole in the Wall by Fred Jackson. Art direction by Joseph Calder. Cinematography by Allen G. Siegler. Presented by Metro Pictures Corporation. / © 4 January 1922 by Metro Pictures Corporation [LP17444]. Released 12 December 1921. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Mystery.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 15 January 2025.

References: ClasIm-223 p. 47 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.