''Evidence'' is a 1915 silent film drama directed by and starring early film actor

Edwin August Edwin August Phillip von der Butz (November 10, 1883 – March 4, 1964) was an American actor, film director, director, and screenwriter of the silent film, silent era. August was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and graduated from Christian Br ...

and released by the

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 f ...

. It is lost film. Some or all of the film may have been shot in color as one of the locations was the Kinemacolor Company of America's Studios in

Flushing, Queens, New York Flushing is a neighborhood in the north-central portion of the New York City Borough (New York City), borough of Queens. The neighborhood is the fourth-largest central business district in New York City. Downtown Flushing is a major commercial ...

. The film is based on a Broadway stage play, ''Evidence'', performed in 1914. Actress

Haidee Wright Haidee Wright (13 January 1867 – 29 January 1943), born as Ada Wright, was a London born English character actress. She began acting in plays in 1878 when a small child. She came from a family of actors and had a long career in the United King ...

reprises her role from the play in this film.''The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20'' by The American Film Institute, c.1988, p.251

Cast

- Curley Lushington *Lillian Tucker - Lady Una Wimbourne *

- Duchess of Gillingham * Florence Hackett - Mrs. Ebengham *Richard Temple - Captain Pollock *

Lionel Pape Edward Lionel Pape (17 April 1877 – 21 October 1944) was an English-born stage and screen actor. His acting career begun in his native UK with eventual migration to the US. He appeared on the Broadway stage in over 20 productions between 1 ...

- Bertie Stavely *Richard Buhler - Lord Cyril Wimbourne *Maurice Steuart - Abington 'Bing' Wimbourne(*uncredited)

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* 1915 films American silent feature films American films based on plays Lost American drama films Films directed by Edwin August 1915 drama films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films World Film Company films 1915 lost films 1910s American films Lost silent American films 1910s English-language films {{1910s-drama-film-stub