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 Sealed Envelope
(1919) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Douglas Gerrard

Cast: Fritzi Brunette [Lena], William A. Sheer [Peter James Slaney], Joseph Gerrard [John Biggs], Charles Dorian [Philip Gregory], Katherine Wallace [Madge], Ogden Crane [Truman], Martha Mattox [Mrs. Lickel], Francis Murphy [Dimples]

Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated, production; distributed by Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated, through The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Harvey Gates, from a screen story by Andrew Soutar. Cinematography by Victor Milner. / © 5 February 1919 by Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated [LP13370]. Released 17 February 1919. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Mystery.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Crime: Blackmail, Kidnapping

Listing updated: 6 December 2023.

References: Hirschhorn-Universal p. 33 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb.