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The Town Scandal
(1923) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 4704 feet
Directed by King Baggot

Cast: Gladys Walton [Jean Crosby], Edward Hearne [Toby Caswell], Edward McWade [Avery Crawford], Charles Hill Mailes [Billy Ramsey], William Welsh [Samuel Grimes], William Franey [Lysander Sprowl], Anna Hernandez [Mrs. Crawford], Virginia Boardman [Mrs. Sprowl], Rosa Gore [Effie Strong], Nadine Beresford [Mrs. Grimes], Louise Reming Barnes [Mrs Ramsey], Margaret Morris [Trixie]

Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation [A Universal Attraction]. / Scenario by Hugh Hoffman, from the short story “The Town Scandal” by Frederic Arnold Kummer. Cinematography by Victor Milner. / © 29 March 1923 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP18832]. Released 16 April 1923. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy-Drama.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: USA: New York: New York: Broadway

Listing updated: 2 November 2011.

References: Hirschhorn-Universal p. 43; Sherwood-Best p. 192 : ClasIm-223 p. 58 : Website-AFI.