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The Lifted Veil
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by George D. Baker

Cast: Ethel Barrymore [Clorinda Gildersleeve], Frank Gilmore [Reverend Arthur Bainbridge], William B. Davidson [Malcolm Grant], Robert Ellis [Leslie Palliser], Ilean Hume [Pansy Wilde], Maude Hill [Margaret Palliser], Ricca Allen [Mrs. Scattergood], Myra Brooke [Mrs. Wedlock], George Stevenson [the butler]

Metro Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Metro Pictures Corporation [Big Star Series; A Metro Wonderplay]. / Scenario by Albert Shelby Le Vino, from the novel The Lifted Veil by Basil King. Technical direction by E.J. Shulter. Cinematography by Joseph Schelderfer. Presented by R.A. Rolfe. / © 4 September 1917 by Metro Pictures Corporation [LP11344]. Released 10 September 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 1 July 2012.

References: Website-AFI.