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 World Against Him
(1916) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Frank Hall Crane

Cast: E.K. Lincoln [Mark West], June Elvidge [Violet Ridgeway], Ruth Findlay [Ruth West], John Sainpolis [Doctor Hamilton Welsh], Fred Truesdell (Frederick Truesdell) [Doctor Samuel Boyd], Julia Stuart [Mrs. Cranby], Scar Face, Nicholas Dunaew [Peblo], Viola Benton [Vivian Gould], Edward Borein [Ben Ridgers]

Paragon Films, Incorporated, production; distributed by World Film Corporation. / Scenario by A.B. Himes. Cinematography by Sol Polito. Presented by William A. Brady. / © 9 December 1916 by World Film Corporation [LU9684]. Released 25 December 1926. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 18 April 2023.

References: Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.