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The Marriage Clause
(1926) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels / 7680 feet
Directed by Lois Weber

Cast: Francis X. Bushman [Barry Townsend], Billie Dove [Sylvia Jordan], Warner Oland [Max Ravenal], Henri La Garde [the doctor], Grace Darmond [Mildred Le Blanc], Caroline Snowden [Pansy], Oscar Smith [Sam], André Cheron [the critic], Robert Dudley [the secretary], Charles Meakin [the stage manager]

Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation [Universal-Jewel]. / Scenario by Lois Weber, from the short story “Technic” by Dana Burnet. Cinematography by Hal Mohr. Presented by Carl Laemmle. / © 12 June 1926 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP22821]. Released 12 September 1926. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Romance.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in Hirschhorn-Universal p. 51.

Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive [16mm reduction positive (abridged)].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Actresses - Contracts - Marriages - USA: New York: New York (Broadway) - Women directors

Listing updated: 22 October 2024.

References: Hirschhorn-Universal p. 51 : Website-AFI.

Home video: Blu-ray Disc.