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The Way of the World
(1916) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Lloyd B. Carleton

Cast: Hobart Bosworth [John Nevill], Dorothy Davenport [Beatrice Farley], Emory Johnson [Walter Croyden], Adele Farrington [Mrs. Lake], Jack Curtis [Peter Sturton], C. Norman Hammond [Mr. Lake], Gretchen Lederer [Mrs. Nevill], Herbert Barrington [Mr. Van Norman]

The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [Red Feather Photoplays]. / Scenario by F. McGrew Willis, from the play The Way of the World by Clyde Fitch. / © 8 June 1916 by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [LP8458]. Released 3 July 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 30 November 2023.

References: Hirschhorn-Universal p. 23 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb.