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The Unpardonable Sin
(1916) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Barry O’Neill

Cast: Holbrook Blinn [Walter Norman], Helen Fulton [Julia Landis], Charles D. Mackay [John Royce], Walter D. Greene [James Harker], Lila Hayward Chester [Mae Forsythe], William A. Norton [Richard Grant]

Shubert Film Corporation production; distributed by World Film Corporation. / From a novel by George Kerr O’Neill. / © 17 March 1916 by World Film Corporation [LU7839]. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Dawson City recovery film numbers 175 (reel 4) (unidentifed film number 46) and 322 (reel 5).

Drama.

Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive (Public Archives of Canada/Dawson City collection) [fragmentary 35mm fine-grain duplicate negative (1493 feet, [reel 4] duplicated 1983, FPE 3604, [reel 5] duplicated 1980, FPE 3605), fragmentary 35mm fine-grain reference positive (1493 feet, duplicated 1983, [reel 4] struck 1983, FEB 8742, [reel 5] struck 1980, FEB 8743)].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 6 May 2010.

References: Website-LoC.