''Cold Steel'' is a 1921 American
silent action film directed by
Sherwood MacDonald
Sherwood MacDonald (1880–1968) was an American film director of the silent era. He worked for studios such as Mutual Film, Pathe Exchange and FBO Pictures. He made several films with the child actress Gloria Joy. He directed the 1915 serial ' ...
and starring
J.P. McGowan
John Paterson McGowan (February 24, 1880 – March 26, 1952) was a pioneering Hollywood actor and director and occasionally a screenwriter and producer. McGowan remains the only Australian to have been made a life member of the Screen Directors G ...
,
Kathleen Clifford
Kathleen Clifford (February 16, 1887 – December 28, 1962) was an American vaudeville and Broadway stage and film actress of the early twentieth century. She was known for her skills as a male impersonator.
Biography
Born in Charlottesville, Vi ...
and
Stanhope Wheatcroft.
[Munden p.137]
Cast
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J.P. McGowan
John Paterson McGowan (February 24, 1880 – March 26, 1952) was a pioneering Hollywood actor and director and occasionally a screenwriter and producer. McGowan remains the only Australian to have been made a life member of the Screen Directors G ...
as Steele Weir
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Kathleen Clifford
Kathleen Clifford (February 16, 1887 – December 28, 1962) was an American vaudeville and Broadway stage and film actress of the early twentieth century. She was known for her skills as a male impersonator.
Biography
Born in Charlottesville, Vi ...
as Janet Hosmer
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Stanhope Wheatcroft as Ed Sorenson
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Arthur Millett
Arthur Millett (April 21, 1874 in Pittsfield, Maine – February 24, 1952 in Los Angeles, California), born Arthur Nelson Millett, was an early American motion picture actor whose career was at its height in the silent film era.
Biography
Born ...
as Mr. Sorenson
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Charles Inslee
Charles E. Inslee (1870 – September 1922) was an American actor. He appeared in 127 films between 1908 and 1921
Events
January
* January 2
** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founde ...
as Vose
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Milton Brown as Burkhart
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Nigel De Brulier
Nigel De Brulier (born Francis George Packer; 8 August 1877 – 30 January 1948) was an English stage and film actor who began his career in the United Kingdom before relocating to the United States.
Biography
De Brulier was born in Frenchay, a ...
as Martinez
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George Clair
Clair Elroy George (August 3, 1930 – August 11, 2011) was a veteran of the Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) clandestine service who oversaw all global espionage activities for the agency in the mid-1980s. According to '' The New York Times'' ...
as Gordon
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Andrew Waldron as Johnson
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Elinor Fair
Elinor Virginia Martin (''née'' Crowe; December 21, 1903 – April 26, 1957), known professionally as Elinor Fair, was an American motion picture actress.
Early years
Elinor Virginia Crowe was born on December 21, 1903, in Richmond, Virginia, ...
as Mary Johnson
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V.L. Barnes VL and variants may refer to:
*Daisy V/L, the first production rifle for caseless ammunition
*Holden VL Commodore, an automobile introduced by Holden in 1986
*Air Via (IATA airline designator VL)
*Valtion Lentokonetehtaat, the Finnish State aircraft ...
as Bartender
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William Steele as Sheriff
References
Bibliography
* Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997.
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1920s American films
1921 films
1920s action films
1920s English-language films
American silent feature films
American action films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by Sherwood MacDonald
Film Booking Offices of America films
Silent action films
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