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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Silks and Satins
(1916) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by J. Searle Dawley

Cast: Marguerite Clark [Felicite], Vernon Steele [Jacques Desmond], Clarence Handyside [the marquis], W.A. Williams (William A. Williams) [Henri], Thomas Holding [Felix Breton], Fayette Perry [Annette]

Famous Players Film Company production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation [Paramount Program]. / Scenario by Betty T. Fitzgerald. Assistant director, William J. Scully. Cinematography by H. Lyman Broening. Presented by Daniel Frohman. / © 25 May 1916 by Famous Players Film Company [LU8354]. Released 12 June 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: Her Romance. The film was released in Canada by Famous Players Film Service, Limited, in 1916.

Drama: Romance.

Survival status: Print exists in the British Film Institute National Archive film archive.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 3 May 2024.

References: Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb; Website-IMDb.