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The Quest of Life
(1916) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Ashley Miller

Cast: Maurice [Maurice Bretton], Florence Walton [Ellen Young], Julian L’Estrange [Alec Mapleton], Royal Byron [Percy], Daniel Burke [Baronti], Russell Bassett [Ellen’s father], Mrs. William Bechtel [Eleen’s mother], Kathleen Townsend

Famous Players Film Company production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / Scenario by Ashley Miller, from the play Ellen Young by Edmund Goulding and Gabriel Enthoven. Cinematography by Walter Stradling. / Released 25 September 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film debut of the dance team Florence Walton and Maurice.

Drama.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.3610.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Crime: Rape (Attempted) - Dancers

Listing updated: 10 December 2017.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.3610 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.