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The Unlawful Trade
(1914) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Allan Dwan

Cast: Murdock MacQuarrie, Pauline Bush, Lon Chaney, William C. Dowlan, George Cooper, William Lloyd

Rex Film Company production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Allan Dwan, from a [?] short story? by George Cooper. / Released 14 May 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

[?] Drama?

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 20 May 2012.

References: Braff-Universal n. 8609; Spehr-American p. 100; Weaver-Twenty p. 76.