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 Spitfire of Seville
(1919) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 5203 feet
Directed by George Seigmann (George Siegmann)

Cast: Hedda Nova [Carmelita Delgado], Thurston Hall [Kent Staunton], Claire Anderson [Alice Foster], Marion Skinner [her mother], [?] F. Dumas or Carl Stockdale? [Don Salvador], Leo Maloney [Pedro], Robert Gray [Leonardo], Edgar Allen [Romero]

The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Waldemar Young, from a screen story by Joseph Francis Poland. Cinematography by Alfred Gosden. / © 7 July 1919 by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [LP13929]. Released 21 July 1919. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Nova replaced Priscilla Dean as star after she became ill with pneumonia.

Drama: Action.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 4 December 2023.

References: Hirschhorn-Universal p. 33 : ClasIm-220 p. 40 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb.