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The Valiants of Virginia
(1916) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by T.N. Heffron

Cast: Kathlyn Williams [Shirley Dandridge], Arthur Shirley [John Valiant], Edward J. Piel [Edward Sassoon], Virginia Kraft [Judith Fairfax], Guy Oliver [Major Bristow], Fred Carufel [Tom Dandridge], Billy Jacobs [John Valiant, as a boy], Edith Johnson [Katherine Fargo], Al W. Filson [Andrew Fargo], James Bradbury [Jefferson], Harry Lonsdale [Sedgwick], Frank Clark [a boardmember]

The Selig Polyscope Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by V-L-S-E, Incorporated [A Red Seal Play]. / From the novel The Valiants of Virginia by Hallie Erminie Rives. Assistant director, Vernon Snively. / © 17 June 1916 by The Selig Polyscope Company, Incorporated [LP8554]. Released 26 June 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.4702.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Blackface - Death: Suicide - Duals - Feuds - USA: Virginia

Listing updated: 31 August 2023.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.4702 : ClasIm-224 p. 54 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.