The Secret Sin
| The Secret Sin | |
|---|---|
 Newspaper advertisement. | |
| Directed by | Frank Reicher |
| Produced by | Jesse Lasky |
| Written by | Margaret Turnbull(story & scenario) |
| Starring |
Blanche Sweet Thomas Meighan Sessue Hayakawa |
| Cinematography | Walter Stradling |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release dates | October 21, 1915 |
Running time | 5 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent |
The Secret Sin is a surviving 1915 silent film drama produced by Jesse Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Frank Reicher and starred Blanche Sweet, Thomas Meighan and Sessue Hayakawa. This film often thought lost actually survives at the Library of Congress and along with a few other surviving Lasky features from 1915-17 allows viewing of Blanche Sweet during her Paramount period immediately after she left D. W. Griffiths employ. In this film Sweet has a rare chance to act in a double exposure scene playing two different characters.[1][2][3]
Cast
- Blanche Sweet - Edith Martin/Grace Martin
- Hal Clements - Dan Martin
- Sessue Hayakawa - Lin Foo
- Alice Knowland - Mrs. Martin
- Thomas Meighan - Jack Herron
See also
References
- ↑ The Secret Sin at silentera.com
- ↑ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c.1988
- ↑ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artist Collection at The Library of Congress, by The American Film Institute, c.1978