''For the Defense'' is a 1922 American silent mystery film produced by

Famous Players-Lasky Famous Players-Lasky Corporation was an American motion picture and distribution company formed on June 28, 1916, from the merger of Adolph Zukor's Famous Players Film Company—originally formed by Zukor as Famous Players in Famous Plays—and ...

and distributed by

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. It is based on the 1919 Broadway play, ''For the Defense'', by Elmer Rice.

Ethel Clayton Ethel Clayton (November 8, 1882 – June 6, 1966) was an American actress of the silent film era. Early years Born in Champaign, Illinois, Clayton attended St. Elizabeth's school in Chicago. Career Clayton debuted on stage as a professional ...

is the star of the film. Considered to be a

lost film A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress. Conditions During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy ...

for decades, a print was discovered in the Netherlands by the EYE Film Institute Netherlands (or Nederlands Filmmuseum).Progressive Silent Film List: ''For the Defense''
at silentera.com

Cast

as Anne Woodstock * Vernon Steele as Christopher Armstrong *

ZaSu Pitts Zasu Pitts (; January 3, 1894 – June 7, 1963) was an American actress who starred in many silent dramas, including Erich von Stroheim's epic 1924 silent film ''Greed'', and comedies, transitioning successfully to mostly comedy films with the ...

as Jennie Dunn *

Bertram Grassby Bertram Grassby (23 December 1880 – 7 December 1953) was an English actor. He appeared in more than 90 silent era films between 1914 and 1927. Grassby was married to American actress Gerard Alexander. He was born in Lincolnshire, England a ...

as Dr. Joseph Kasimir * Mayme Kelso as Smith (credited as Maym Kelso) * Sylvia Ashton as Signora Bartoni * Mabel Van Buren as Cousin Selma

References

External links

* * 1922 films American silent feature films American films based on plays Paramount Pictures films Films directed by Paul Powell (director) 1922 mystery films American black-and-white films 1920s rediscovered films American mystery films Rediscovered American films 1920s American films Silent mystery films 1920s English-language films {{mystery-film-stub