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 Social Leper
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Harvey Knoles

Cast: Carlyle Blackwell [John Dean], Arthur Ashley [Robert Warren], June Elvidge [Adrienne Van Couver], George MacQuarrie [Henry Armstrong], Isabelle Berwin [Mrs. Stephen Barkley], Evelyn Greeley [Lorraine Barkley], Eugenie Woodward [Mrs. Dean], Edna Whistler [Madame Melvina]

World Film Corporation production; distributed by World Film Corporation [Peerless Pictures]. / Scenario by Frances Marion, from a screen story by Florence C. Bolles. Cinematography by Arthur Edeson. Presented by William A. Brady. / © 9 March 1917 by World Film Corporation [LU10399]. Released 12 March 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Social.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Crime: Murder (Strangulation) - Death: Murder - Divorce - Law: Judicial: Attorneys, Lawyers

Listing updated: 5 December 2023.

References: Brownlow-Behind p. 32 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb.