''Silks and Satins'' is a 1916 American silent film produced by the

Famous Players Film Company The Famous Players Film Company was a film company founded in New York City in 1912 by Adolph Zukor in partnership with the Frohman brothers, powerful theatre owners and producers there. History Discussions to form the company were held at Th ...

and distributed by

Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures Corporation, commonly known as Paramount Pictures or simply Paramount, is an American film production company, production and Distribution (marketing), distribution company and the flagship namesake subsidiary of Paramount ...

. It starred

Marguerite Clark Helen Marguerite Clark (February 22, 1883 – September 25, 1940) was an American theatre, stage and silent film actress. As a movie actress, at one time Clark was second only to Mary Pickford in popularity. With a few Snow White (1916 film) ...

and was directed by

J. Searle Dawley James Searle Dawley (October 4, 1877 – March 30, 1949) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, stage actor, and playwright. Between 1907 and the mid-1920s, while working for Edison, Rex Motion Picture Company, Famous Playe ...

. It was filmed at Palisades, New Jersey. A preserved film is at the British Film Institute, London.The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''Silks and Satins''
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Cast

as Felicite *

Vernon Steele Vernon Steele (born Arturo Romeo Antonietti; 18 September 1882 – 23 July 1955) was a Chilean-born British actor known for his appearances on the Broadway stage and in American films. He often played patrician young men in silent films. Steele ...

as Jacques Desmond *

Clarence Handyside Clarence Auckland Handyside (April 28, 1854 – December 20, 1931) was an American actor. Handyside was born in 1854 in Montreal, United Province of Canada, as Clarence Auckland Handyside. Handyside's acting debut came in Canada when he was 21 ...

as Marquis *William A. Williams as Henri (credited as W.A. Williams) *

Thomas Holding Thomas J. Holding (25 January 1880 – 4 May 1929) was a British-born stage and film actor. Biography Born in England in 1880, Holding possibly had an extensive stage career in his native Britain before arriving in the United States. He was po ...

as Felix Breton *Fayette Perry as Annette

References

External links

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1916 films American silent feature films Films directed by J. Searle Dawley 1910s romance films American black-and-white films Silent American romance films 1910s American films {{1910s-romance-film-stub