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The Sin That Was His
(1920) United States of America
B&W : Six reels
Directed by Hobart Henley

Cast: William Faversham [Raymond Chapelle], Lucy Cotton [Valerie Lafleur], Pedro de Cordoba [Father Aubert], Miss Sherman [Madam Lafleur], Lule Warrenton [Madam Blondin], Robert Conville [Blondin], John Barton [the bishop], Robert Agnew

Selznick Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Select Pictures Corporation. / Scenario by Edmund Goulding, from the novel The Sin That Was His by Frank Lucius Packard. Production supervised by Hobart Henley. Cinematography by Ned Van Buren. / © 7 November 1920 by Selznick Pictures Corporation [LP15767]. Released December 1920. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. 4036.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Crime: Murder - Death: Murder - Gamblers - Impersonation - Impostors - Religion: Priests

Listing updated: 5 December 2023.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.4036; Weaver-Twenty p. 28 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb.