''Alien Souls'' is a 1916 silent film feature directed by

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and starring

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, his real-life wife

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and

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. It was developed as a vehicle for Hayakawa after the success of his film The Cheat.

Cast

- Sakata *

- Yuri Chan *

- Aleck Lindsay * Grace Benham - Mrs. Conway * J. Parks Jones - Jack Holloway *Violet Malone - Gertrude Van Ness *Dorothy Abril - Geraldine Smythe

Preservation

With no prints of ''Alien Souls'' located in any film archives, it is considered a

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References

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* 1916 films American silent feature films Paramount Pictures films Films based on short fiction Films directed by Frank Reicher 1916 drama films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Lost American drama films 1916 lost films 1910s American films 1910s English-language films Lost silent American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub