Within the Law (1917 film)

Within the Law
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Directed byWilliam P.S. Earle
Written byEugene Mullin
Based onWithin the Law
1912 play
by Bayard Veiller
Produced byJ. Stuart Blackton
StarringAlice Joyce
Harry T. Morey
Adele DeGarde
CinematographyClark R. Nickerson
Edited byViola Lawrence
Production
company
Distributed byV-L-S-E
Release date
  • April 29, 1917 (1917-04-29)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Within the Law is a 1917 American silent crime drama film directed by William P.S. Earle and starring Alice Joyce, Harry T. Morey, and Adele DeGarde.[1][2]

Plot summary

Cast

Censorship

Before Within the Law could be exhibited in Kansas, the Kansas Board of Review required the removal of the scenes where the chief applied the third degree to two accomplices, the chief paying a stool-pigeon, an intertitle saying "Damn the law," and an intertitle explaining why Mary didn't get time off for good behavior.[3]

References

  1. ^ McCaffrey & Jacobs p. 160
  2. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Within the Law at silentera.com
  3. ^ A Complete list of motion picture films. Topeka: Kansas State Printing Plant. 1917. p. 6.

Bibliography

  • Donald W. McCaffrey & Christopher P. Jacobs. Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema. Greenwood Publishing, 1999. ISBN 0-313-30345-2