''Public Defender'' is a 1917
silent film drama directed by
Burton L. King with
Frank Keenan.
Cast
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Frank Keenan - Robert Murdock
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Alma Hanlon - Mary Reed
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Robert Edeson
Robert Edeson (June 3, 1868 – March 24, 1931) was an American film and stage actor of the silent era and a vaudeville performer.
Life and career
Edeson was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of manager and actor George R. Edeson. After ...
- Arthur Nelson
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John St. Polis
John M. St. Polis (born John Marie Sainpolis; November 24, 1873 – October 8, 1946) was an American actor.
Biography
St. Polis was born John Marie Sainpolis in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of Jean Marie Sainpolis and Marie Catherine Bor ...
- David Moulton (*John Sainpolis)
*Florence Short - Rose Moulton
*Louis Stern - Leslie Morrison (Louis Sterns)
*Tex La Grove - Walter Holmes
*Harry Kingsley - Arthur Stevens
*Helen Conwell - Queenie La Mar
*James E. Sullivan - Father O'Malley (James Sullivan)
*F. A. Cronin - James Whalon
*John O'Keefe - John Hartley
*John K. Roberts - 'Billy' Means (J. K. Roberts)
Preservation status
*A copy of the film is preserved in a foreign archive.
The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:''Public Defender''
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References
External links
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1917 films
American silent feature films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by Burton L. King
Silent American drama films
1917 drama films
1910s American films
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