''The False Friend'' is a 1917 American silent

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by Harry Davenport and starring

Robert Warwick Robert Warwick (born Robert Taylor Bien; October 9, 1878 – June 6, 1964) was an American stage, film and television actor with over 200 film appearances. A matinee idol during the silent film era, he also prospered after the introduction ...

Gail Kane Gail Kane (born Abigail Kane; July 10, 1885 – February 17, 1966) was an American stage and silent movie actress. Early years Kane was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She attended a private school in Newburgh, New York, but eschewed addit ...

and

Jack Drumier Jack Drumier (1867–1929) was an American film actor of the silent era.Beauchamp p.444 Filmography Films * '' The $5,000,000 Counterfeiting Plot'' (1914) - Chief of the Secret Service * ''The Woman in Black'' (1914) * ''Beyond the Wall'' (1916) ...

Cast

as William Ramsdell *

as Virginia Farrell *

as Robert Farrell *

Earl Schenck Earl O. Schenck (13 May 1889 – 1962) was an American film actor. He appeared in 41 films between 1916 and 1946. Career After playing leading roles on Broadway and in Hollywood during the Silent era opposite such stars as Mae Murray, Ma ...

as De Witt Clinton * P.J. Rollow as J. Carleton Clinton * Lewis Edgard as Byron *

Pinna Nesbit Pinna Nesbit (November 26, 1896 – March 31, 1950) was a Canadian silent film actress. She was married two times and had an affair with King Edward VIII, when he was Prince of Wales. She was the daughter of Captain William A. Nesbit, a British a ...

as Marietta

Reception

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's review was mixed, the reviewer found the cinematography and detail to be excellent but found the story to be strained. Elaborating, the reviewer said "the overtax on its sympathy and the long strain of worry imposed upon it by multiplied acts of villainy in the picture, will outbalance the interest the film excites."

References

Bibliography

* James Robert Parish. ''Hollywood character actors''. Arlington House, 1978.

External links

* 1917 films 1917 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films Films directed by Harry Davenport American black-and-white films World Film Company films 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub