''Graft'' is a 1915 American

film serial A serial film, film serial (or just serial), movie serial, or chapter play, is a motion picture form popular during the first half of the 20th century, consisting of a series of short subjects exhibited in consecutive order at one theater, ge ...

directed by

George Lessey George Lessey (June 8, 1879 – June 3, 1947) was an American actor and director of the silent era. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1910 and 1946. He also directed more than 70 films between 1913 and 1922. Lessey was born in Amh ...

and

Richard Stanton Richard Stanton (October 8, 1876 – May 22, 1956) was an American actor and director of the silent era. He appeared in 68 films between 1911 and 1916. He also directed 57 films between 1914 and 1925. He was born in Iowa and died in Los An ...

featuring Harry Carey. This serial is considered to be lost.

Cast

* Harry Carey as Tom Larnigan (Episodes 4-12). Carey took over lead from Hobart Henley from the fourth chapter. *

Hobart Henley Hobart Henley (born Hess Manassah Henle; November 23, 1887 – May 22, 1964) was an American silent film actor, director, screenwriter and producer. He was involved in over 60 films either as an actor or director or both from 1914 to 1934. Early ...

as Bruce Larnigan (Episodes 1-3) * Jane Novak as Dorothy Maxwell *

as Robert Harding * Glen White as Stanford Stone * Nanine Wright as Mrs. Larnigan *

Mark Fenton Mark Fenton (November 11, 1866 – July 29, 1925) was an American stage performer and motion-picture character actor who appeared in at least 80 films between 1914 and 1925. Fenton had considerable experience performing on stage prior to ...

as Roger Maxwell * Mina Cunard as Kitty Rockford * Jack Connolly as Ben Travers (credited as Jack F. Connolly) * Jack Abbott as Jim Stevens (credited as Jack F. Abbott) * Wadsworth Harris as Mark Gamble * J. Edwin Brown (credited as Edward Brown) * William T. Horne (credited as W.T. Horne) *

Hayward Mack Hayward Seaton Mack (March 20, 1882 – December 24, 1921) was an American actor of the silent era. Born in Albany, New York, in 1882, Mack appeared in more than 80 films between 1910 and 1921. Mack's motion picture career began in 1910; he app ...

* L. M. Wells as Roger Maxwell *

Rex De Rosselli Rex De Rosselli (May 1, 1878 – July 21, 1941), was an American actor of the silent era, mainly appearing in Westerns. He appeared in more than 150 films between 1911 and 1926. He was born in Kentucky and died in East Saint Louis. He also ...

Fred Montague Fred Montague (1864 – 3 July 1919) was an English film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1912 and 1919. He was born in London and died in Los Angeles Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials ...

(credited as Frederick Montague) * Andrew Arbuckle * Hector Sarno (credited as Hector V. Sarno) * Will E. Sheerer as Dudley Larnigan (credited as William Sheerer) * Jack Curtis as Murphy * Edward Clark (credited as E. Clark) *

Frank MacQuarrie Frank MacQuarrie (January 27, 1875 in San Francisco – December 25, 1950 in Los Angeles) was an American silent film actor. He was the brother of actors Albert MacQuarrie, George MacQuarrie and Murdock MacQuarrie. Filmography * '' The Black ...

* George A. McDaniel (credited as Mr. McDaniels)

Production

In an experiment, the plot was written in a round robin by several writers for both print and film. Each chapter was written by a different writer:

Anna Katharine Green Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Green ...

Irvin S. Cobb Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb (June 23, 1876 – March 11, 1944) was an American author, humorist, editor and columnist from Paducah, Kentucky, who relocated to New York in 1904, living there for the remainder of his life. He wrote for the ''New York Wor ...

, Louis Joseph Vance, Leroy Scott,

Rupert Hughes Rupert Raleigh Hughes (January 31, 1872 – September 9, 1956) was an American novelist, film director, Oscar-nominated screenwriter, military officer, and music composer. He was the brother of Howard R. Hughes Sr. and uncle of billionaire How ...

Zane Grey Pearl Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939) was an American author and dentist. He is known for his popular adventure novels and stories associated with the Western genre in literature and the arts; he idealized the American frontier ...

James Oppenheim James Oppenheim (24 May 18824 August 1932) was an American poet, novelist, and editor. A lay analyst and early follower of Carl Jung, Oppenheim was also a founder and editor of ''The Seven Arts''. Life and work Oppenheim was born in St. Paul, M ...

, C.N. Williamson, A.M. Williamson, Wallace Irwin, Reginald Wright Kaufman, James Francis Dwyer, Mrs. Wilson Woodrow, Joe Mitchell Chapple, Frederic S. Isham, George Bronson Howard, Nina Wilcox Putnam and Hugh Weir.

Chapter titles

#Liquor and the Law #The Tenement House Evil #The Traction Grab #The Power of the People #Grinding Life Down #The Railroad Monopoly #America Saved from War/Busting The Steel Trust #Old King Coal #The Insurance Swindlers #The Harbor Transportation Trust #The Illegal Bucket Shops #The Milk Battle #Powder Trust and the War #The Iron Ring #The Patent Medicine Danger #The Pirates of Finance #The Queen of the Prophets #The Hidden City of Crime #The Photo Badger Game #The Final Conquest

References

External links

* {{Universal serials 1915 films 1915 lost films American silent serial films American black-and-white films Lost silent American films Films directed by George Lessey Universal Pictures film serials 1910s American films 1910s English-language films

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