''The Weakness of Man'' is a

lost Lost may refer to getting lost, or to: Geography * Lost, Aberdeenshire, a hamlet in Scotland *Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail, or LOST, a hiking and cycling trail in Florida, US History *Abbreviation of lost work, any work which is known to have bee ...

1916 silent film drama directed by

Barry O'Neil Barry O'Neil (September 24, 1865 – March 23, 1918) was a film director and writer. His real name was Thomas J. McCarthy. He directed several Thanhouser films including the production company's first two-reeler,https://www.thanhouser.org/TCOCD/Nar ...

. It stars

Holbrook Blinn Holbrook Blinn was an American stage and film actor. Early years Blinn was the son of Civil War veteran Col. Charles Blinn and actress Nellie Holbrook-Blinn. He was born in San Francisco and attended Stanford University before he began a career ...

and is based on the 1911 play '' The Living Corpse'' by

Leo Tolstoy Count Lev Nikolayevich TolstoyTolstoy pronounced his first name as , which corresponds to the romanization ''Lyov''. () (; russian: link=no, Лев Николаевич Толстой,In Tolstoy's day, his name was written as in pre-refor ...

. It was produced by William A. Brady and distributed by

World Film Company The World Film Company or World Film Corporation was an American film production and distribution company, organized in 1914 in Fort Lee, New Jersey. Short-lived but significant in American film history, World Film was created by financier and fi ...

.''Pictorial History of the Silent Screen'', p.112 c.1953 by Daniel Blum

Cast

- David Spencer *Eleanor Woodruff - Janice Lane * Richard Wangermann - John Spencer *Charles Mackay - Dr. Stone * Alma Hanlon - Babbie Norris *Walter Greene - Bert Rollins (*as Walter D. Greene) *

Teddy Sampson Nora Sampson (August 8, 1895 – November 24, 1970), known professionally as Teddy Sampson, was an American stage and silent film actress who appeared in at least forty-one motion pictures between 1914 and 1923. Biography Nora Sampson was born i ...

- Estelle *

Johnny Hines John F. Hines (July 25, 1895 – October 24, 1970) was an American actor who had numerous film roles during the silent era, including many starring ones. He appeared in more than 50 films and numerous film shorts. But he did not succeed in trans ...

- Sam Perkins (*as John Hines)

References

External links

''The Weakness of Man'' at IMDb.com
* 1916 films American silent feature films Lost American films World Film Company films Silent American drama films 1916 drama films American black-and-white films 1916 lost films Lost drama films Films directed by Barry O'Neil Films based on works by Leo Tolstoy 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub