''The Ivory Snuff Box'' is a 1915 American silent

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directed by

Maurice Tourneur Maurice Félix Thomas (; 2 February 1876 – 4 August 1961), known as Maurice Tourneur (), was a French film director and screenwriter. Life Born Maurice Félix Thomas in the Épinettes district (17th arrondissement of Paris), his father was a w ...

and starring

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, Alma Belwin and

Norman Trevor Norman Gilbert Pritchard (23 June 1875 – 30 October 1929), also known by his stage name Norman Trevor, was a British-Indian athlete and actor who became the first Asian-born athlete to win an Olympic medal when he won two silver medals in at ...

.Waldman p.42

Cast

as Richard Duvall * Alma Belwin as Grace Ellicot *

as Dr. Hartmann *

Robert Cummings Charles Clarence Robert Orville Cummings (June 9, 1910 – December 2, 1990) was an American film and television actor who appeared in roles in comedy films such as ''The Devil and Miss Jones'' (1941) and ''Princess O'Rourke'' (1943), and in d ...

as Prefect of Police

References

Bibliography

* Waldman, Harry. ''Maurice Tourneur: The Life and Films''. McFarland, 2001.

External links

* 1915 films 1915 mystery films Films directed by Maurice Tourneur American silent feature films American black-and-white films 1910s English-language films 1910s American films Silent American mystery films English-language mystery films {{1910s-US-film-stub