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The Black Crook
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Robert G. Vignola

Cast: E.P. Sullivan [Hertzog, ‘The Black Crook’], Gladys Coburn [Amina], Roland Bottomley [Rudolph], Henry Hallem [Count Wolfenstein], Charles de Forest [Greppo], Mae Thompson [Stalacia, the fairy queen], Frank Leonard, Helen Lindroth

Kalem Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Phil Lang, from the play The Black Crook. Dance director, Julian Alfred. Music score by Walter C. Simon. / Released 10 January 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Fantasy.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.0353.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Contracts - Criminals: Thieves - Devil - Fairies - Hell - Pacts

Listing updated: 5 July 2012.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.0353; Tarbox-Lost p. 222.