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Threads of Destiny
(1914) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Joseph W. Smiley

Cast: Evelyn Nesbit Thaw [Miriam Gruenstein], Bernard Siegel [Isaac Gruenstein], Jack Clifford [Fedor Tomspky], Margaret Risser [Rachel Shapiro], William Cahill [Alexis Movak], Joseph W. Smiley [Ivan Russak], Russell William Thaw [Russell, Fedor’s son], Joseph Standish [Abraham Solman], Marguerite Marsh [the nun]

Lubin Manufacturing Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated [Special Features Department]. / Scenario by William H. Clifford. / © 8 October 1914 by Lubin Manufacturing Company [LU3484]. Released 21 October 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Nesbitt Thaw’s film debut. Russell Thaw’s film debut.

Drama.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.4450.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 2 December 2023.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.4450; Slide-Early p. 20; Tarbox-Lost p. 193 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb.