''The Weakness of Strength'' is a 1916 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 Revier Harry Jack Revier (16 March 1890 – 13 August 1957) was an independent American director, producer and first generation exploitation film maker best known for his sound films ''The Lost City (1935 serial), The Lost City'' (1935), ''Lash of ...

. It is considered to be a

lost film A lost film is a feature film, feature or short film in which the original negative or copies are not known to exist in any studio archive, private collection, or public archive. Films can be wholly or partially lost for a number of reasons. ...

.The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993:''The Weakness of Strength''
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Edmund Breese Edmund Breese (June 18, 1871 – April 6, 1936) was an American stage and film actor of the silent era. Biography Breese was born in Brooklyn, New York. His parents were Renshaw Breese and Josephine Busby. The Opera House in Eureka Sprin ...

as Daniel Gaynor *

Clifford Bruce Clifford Bruce (1885–1919) was a Canadian film actor of the silent era.Solomon p. 229 Selected filmography * ''When Rome Ruled'' (1914) * ''A Fool There Was'' (1915) * ''Lady Audley's Secret'' (1915) * ''A Woman's Past'' (1915) * '' The Weaknes ...

as Bill Jackson *

Ormi Hawley Ormetta Grace Hawley (February 21, 1889, Holyoke, Massachusetts—June 3, 1942, Rome, New York) was an American actress. Hawley attended the New England Conservatory of Music. She began her acting career in live theatre with a stock theater com ...

as Mary Alden *

Evelyn Brent Evelyn Brent (born Mary Elizabeth Riggs; October 20, 1895 – June 4, 1975) was an American film and stage actress. Early life Brent was born in Tampa, Florida and known as "Betty." When she was 10 years old, her mother Eleanor ( Warner) die ...

as Bessie Alden *

Florence Moore Florence E. Moore (November 13, 1886 – March 23, 1935) was an American vaudeville and Broadway performer, and an actress in silent films. Biography Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Moore began singing in the choir of Saint Clement' ...

as Little Bessie *

Clifford Grey Clifford Grey (5 January 1887 – 25 September 1941) was an English songwriter, librettist and screenwriter. His birth name was Percival Davis, and he was also known as Clifford Gray. Grey contributed prolifically to dozens of West End th ...

as Richard Grant (as Clifford B. Gray)

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* 1916 films 1916 drama films 1916 lost films Silent American drama films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films directed by Harry Revier Lost American drama films Metro Pictures films 1910s American films 1910s English-language films English-language drama films Lost silent American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub

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