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The Forgotten Law
(1922) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 6900 feet
Directed by James W. Horne

Cast: Milton Sills [Richard Jarnette], Jack Mulhall [Victor Jarnette], Cleo Ridgely [Margaret], Alec B. Francis [Judge Kirtley], Muriel Dana [Muriel], Alice Hollister [Rosalie], Edneh Altermus [Flo], Lucretia Harris [Mammy Cely], Walter Law [the detective]

Graf Productions, Incorporated, production; distributed by Metro Pictures Corporation. / Produced by Max Graf. Scenario by Joseph Franklin Poland, from the novel A Modern Madonna by Caroline Abbot Stanley. Art direction by Earl Sibley. Cinematography by John Stumar. / © 13 November 1922 by Graf Productions, Incorporated [LP18407]. Premiered 5 November 1922 in San Francisco, California. Released 20 November 1922. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Domestic.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 2 May 2012.

References: FilmYearBook-1923 p. 100; Sherwood-Best p. 166 : Website-AFI.