The Bandbox

The Bandbox
Directed by	Roy William Neill
Written by	Roy Somerville
Based on	The Bandbox by Louis Joseph Vance
Starring	Doris KenyonWalter McEwenGretchen Hartman
Cinematography	Ned Van BurenEdward Wynard
Productioncompany	Deitrich-Beck
Distributed by	Hodkinson PicturesPathé Exchange
Release date	November 22, 1919 (1919-11-22)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

The Bandbox is a 1919 American silentmysterycrime film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Doris Kenyon, Walter McEwen and Gretchen Hartman.^[1] It is based on the 1912 novel of the same title by Louis Joseph Vance. Location shooting took place in Central Park and on Lake Mohegan in New York State.

Plot

A pearl necklace is smuggled through customs without paying duty after arriving in America from an ocean liner and a gang of criminals hot on the trail of them.

Cast

• Doris Kenyon as Eleanor Searle
• Walter McEwen as Arbuthnot Ismay / William H. Iff
• Gretchen Hartman as Alison Landis
• Edward Keppler as Arthur Arkroyd
• Maggie Weston as Mrs. Clover
• Logan Paul as Ehraim Clover
• Lorraine Harding as Marie
• Alexander Gaden as Benjamin Staff

References

1. Connelly p. 319

Bibliography

• Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910–36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
• Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

• The Bandbox at IMDb