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The Bondage of Fear
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Travers Vale

Cast: Ethel Clayton [Vesta Wheatley], Edward M. Kimball [Doctor Jason Wheatley], John Bowers [Dick Mortimer], Rockcliffe Fellows [John Randolph], Arthur Ashley [Skinny Morgan], Frances Miller [Mandy Lee], William Nash [Rastus], George Morgan [Jim], Elsa Bambrick [Maisie]

World Film Corporation production; distributed by World Film Corporation [Peerless Pictures]. / From a screen story by Rosalind Ivan and Thomas J. Kelly. Cinematography by Max Schneider. Presented by William A. Brady. / © 19 January 1917 by World Film Corporation [LU10031]. Released 23 January 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: The Ghost of Fear.

Drama: Crime.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 5 April 2010.

References: ClasIm-220 p. 43 : Website-AFI.