''Graft'' is a 1915 American film serial 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 ...

and Richard Stanton 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 as Bruce Larnigan (Episodes 1-3) *

Jane Novak Jane Novak (born Johana Barbara Novak; January 12, 1896 – February 3, 1990) was an American actress of the silent film era. Background Jane Novak was born Johana Barbara Novak in St. Louis, Missouri to Bohemian immigrant Joseph Jerome Novak an ...

as Dorothy Maxwell * Richard Stanton as Robert Harding * Glen White as Stanford Stone *

Nanine Wright Nanine Wright (June 3, 1876 – May 23, 1947) was an American silent film actress. She is known for her roles in ''Risky Business'' (1920) and the lost film serial '' Graft'' as Mrs. Larnigan. Filmography * '' The Mysterious Witness'' (192 ...

as Mrs. Larnigan * Mark Fenton 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 A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative a ...

L. M. Wells Louis "L. M." Wells (February 5, 1862 – January 1, 1923) was an American actor of the silent film era. A tall, robust actor who was nicknamed "Daddy," L. M. appeared in 51 films between 1912 and 1922 — many of which were Universal wester ...

as Roger Maxwell * Rex De Rosselli *

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, California California is a state in the We ...

(credited as Frederick Montague) *

Andrew Arbuckle Andrew Arbuckle (born 12 April 1944) is a Scotland, Scottish Scottish Liberal Democrats, Liberal Democrat politician, and a former Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Mid Scotland and Fife (Scottish Parliament electoral region), Mid ...

* 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 * 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,

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 Worl ...

, Louis Joseph Vance,

Leroy Scott Leroy Scott (July 21, 1875 – May 11, 1929) was an American writer of novels and screenplays. Biography Scott was born in Fairmount, Indiana 11 May 1875. His father was a minister with the Religious Society of Friends. He graduated from Indiana ...

, Rupert Hughes,

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 fronti ...

, James Oppenheim, C.N. Williamson, A.M. Williamson, Wallace Irwin, Reginald Wright Kaufman,

James Francis Dwyer James Francis Dwyer (22 April 1874 – 11 November 1952) was an Australian writer. Born in Camden Park, New South Wales, Dwyer worked as a postal assistant until he was convicted in a scheme to make fraudulent postal orders and sentenced to sev ...

, Mrs. Wilson Woodrow, Joe Mitchell Chapple,

Frederic S. Isham Frederic Stewart Isham (March 29, 1865 – September 6, 1922) was an American novelist and playwright who wrote mainly historical romances and adventure novels. Life Isham was born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Charles Storrs Isham and Lucy ...

George Bronson Howard George Bronson-Howard (January 7, 1884 – November 20, 1922) was an American writer. Several of his works were made into films. Some of Bronson's books were adorned by artwork on the frontispiece and some were illustrated by artists including Pa ...

Nina Wilcox Putnam Nina Wilcox Putnam (November 28, 1888March 8, 1962) was an American novelist, screenwriter and playwright. She wrote more than 500 short stories, around 1000 magazine articles, and several books in addition to regular newspaper columns, serials ...

and

Hugh Weir Hugh Richard Weir OBE CBE (21 July 1894 – 5 March 1975) was an Australian sports administrator and International Olympic Committee member. Personal Weir was born in Melbourne, Victoria on 21 July 1894. He died of a heart attack on 5 M ...

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

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

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