The First Degree
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The First Degree is a silent film from 1923 directed by Edward Sedgwick. The film is a rural melodrama starring Frank Mayo, Sylvia Breamer, and Philo McCullough. A Universal Pictures production, it is one of the Carl Laemmle-endorsed “The Laemmle Nine,” nine films released from Christmas 1922 to February 19, 1923.[1] The screenplay by George Randolph Chester is based on the short story “The Summons” by George Pattullo (published in The Saturday Evening Post in 1914). The cinematography is by Benjamin H. Kline.
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Directed by | Edward Sedgwick |
Screenplay by | George Randolph Chester Lillian Josephine Chester |
Based on | The Summons 1914 story in Saturday Evening Post by George Pattullo |
Starring | Frank Mayo Sylvia Breamer Philo McCullough |
Cinematography | Benjamin H. Kline |
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Running time | 5 reels 50 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English intertitles |
Long thought to be a lost film, a complete, partially-tinted 35mm domestic distribution print of the film was discovered at Chicago Film Archives in June 2020 in the Charles E. Krosse Collection, a collection of mostly agricultural and sponsored films produced and distributed by C.L. Venard Productions of Peoria, Illinois.[2][3][4] CFA has since digitally preserved the film.