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The Double Standard
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Phillips Smalley

Cast: Roy Stewart [John Fairbrother], Clarissa Selwyn (Clarissa Selwynne) [Grace Fairbrother], Joseph W. Girard [Bishop Ferguson], Frank Elliott [Charles Ferguson], Hazel Page [Mace], Frank Brownlee [Editor George Ferguson], Irene Aldwyn [Lily], Maxfield Stanley [Albert], Dana Ong [a lawyer]

The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [Butterfly]. / Scenario by Elliott J. Clawson, from a story by Brand Whitlock. Cinematography by Stephen S. Norton. / Released 23 September 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Crime.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 30 October 2022.

References: Hirschhorn-Universal p. 26 : Website-IMDb.