''Trifling with Honor'' is a 1923 American silent

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directed by Harry A. Pollard and starring

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and

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. It was produced and distributed by

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under their Jewel banner. It was also known as ''His Good Name'' from the short story source material by

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Cast

Preservation

While ''Trifling with Honor'' is a

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, a trailer for this film survives at the

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. 'trailer''''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'', p. 189, c.1978 by the American Film Institute

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* 1923 films American silent feature films Lost American crime drama films Films directed by Harry A. Pollard Universal Pictures films Films based on short fiction American black-and-white films 1923 crime drama films 1923 lost films 1920s American films Silent American crime drama films 1920s English-language films English-language crime drama films Lost silent American films {{silent-crime-drama-film-stub