A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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The Monroe Doctrine
(1896) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: (unknown)

Edison Manufacturing Company production. / [?] Kinetoscope 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format or Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format? / An early Edison subject used as part of the premiere presentation of Edison’s Vitascope motion picture projection system.

[?] Documentary?

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 4 November 2022.

References: Blum-Silent p. 7; Ramsaye-Million p. 236a : Website-IMDb.