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Directed by | Charles Giblyn |
Written by | James Montgomery C. Gardner Sullivan |
Produced by | Thomas H. Ince |
Starring | Bessie Barriscale William Desmond |
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Distributed by | Triangle Film Corporation |
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Running time | 5 reels (50-60 minutes) |
Country | USA |
Language | Silent with English intertitles |
Not My Sister is a 1916 silent film drama directed by Charles Giblyn and starring Bessie Barriscale and William Desmond. It was produced by Thomas H. Ince for Kay-Bee Pictures and distributed by Triangle Film Corporation in Culver City, California.[1][2][3]
Plot
Cast
- Bessie Barriscale - Grace Tyler
- William Desmond - Michael Arnold
- Franklin Ritchie - John Marshall
- Alice Terry - Ruth Tyler (credited as Alice Taafe)
- Louise Brownell - Mrs. Tyler
- Mabel Johnson - undetermined[4]
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Scene from the film
Preservation
With no prints of Not My Sister located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.[5] The film is included among the National Film Preservation Board's list of "7,200 Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films" as of October 2019.[6]
References
- ^ "NOT MY SISTER (1916)", catalog, American Film Institute (AFI), Los Angeles, California. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
- ^ Not My Sister at silentera.com
- ^ Blum, Daniel. Pictorial History of Silent Films. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1972, p. 118. ISBN 0-399-11098-4. Internet Archive, San Francisco, California. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
- ^ "Johnson, Mabel", partial filmography in entry in studio directory under "Actresses—Leads", Motion Picture News (New York, N.Y.), October 21, 1916, pp. 78. Internet Archive, San Francisco, California. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
- ^ "American Silent Feature Film Database: Not My Sister". Library of Congress. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
- ^ "7,200 Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films (1912-29) National Film Preservation Board", updated October 2019, "Not My Sister (1916), Charles Giblyn", film number 4366, p. 95 of 158. National Film Preservation Board, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
External links
- Not My Sister at IMDb
- synopsis at AllMovie