''The Burned Hand'' is a 1915 American short

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super- ...

directed by

Tod Browning Tod Browning (born Charles Albert Browning Jr.; July 12, 1880 – October 6, 1962) was an American film director, film actor, screenwriter, vaudeville performer, and carnival sideshow and circus entertainer. He directed a number of films of vari ...

Cast

Miriam Cooper Miriam Cooper (born Marian Cooper; November 7, 1891 – April 12, 1976) was a silent film actress who is best known for her work in early film including ''The Birth of a Nation'' and ''Intolerance'' for D. W. Griffith and ''The Honor System'' a ...

as Marietta * Cora Drew as Marietta's mother * William Hinckley as Billy Rider * Jack Hull *

William Lowery William Lowery (July 22, 1885 – November 15, 1941) was an American silent film actor. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and was signed by the Thanhouser Company in 1914. Lowery's parents were actors, and he first acted at age 9. He enliste ...

as Marietta's father *

F. A. Turner F. A. Turner (October 12, 1858 – February 13, 1923) was an American actor of the stage and of the silent era. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1914 and 1922. He was born in New York City. He is sometimes billed as Fred Turner. Pa ...

(as Fred A. Turner) * Charles West (as Charles H. West) *

Violet Wilkey Violet Louise Wilkey (January 10, 1903 – June 5, 1976) was an American child actress who appeared in 18 films over a four-year period during the silent film era. Career Violet Wilkey was born in St. Louis, Missouri to an English father n ...

William Wolbert William Wolbert (1883–1918) was an American actor and film director of the silent era.Wlaschin p.26 He directed for Vitagraph and Universal Pictures before his career was cut short by his death. Selected filmography Actor * '' The Burned Hand' ...

as Billy's friend

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* 1915 films Silent American drama films American silent short films American black-and-white films 1915 drama films 1915 short films Films directed by Tod Browning 1910s American films {{1910s-short-drama-film-stub