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 Spider’s Web
(1927) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 6913 feet
Directed by Oscar Micheaux

Cast: Evelyn Preer [Norma Shepard], Lorenzo McLane (Lorenzo McClane) [Elmer Harris], Edward Thompson [Martinez], Henrietta Loveless [Mary Austin], Grace Smythe (Grace Smith) [Madame Boley], Cincinnatus Major [the lawyer], Edna Barr [a Creole belle], Josiah Diggs, Billy Gulfport, Zodie Jackson (Zaidee Jackson), Marshall Rodgers (Marshall Rogers), Dorothy Treadwell, Cy Williams, Palestine Delores Williams

Micheaux Film Corporation production; distributed by Micheaux Film Corporation. / Produced by Oscar Micheaux. Scenario by Oscar Micheaux, from the short story “The Policy Player”. / Released 3 January 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Crime.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 27 January 2025.

References: Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.