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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When a Man Sees Red
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels
Directed by Frank Lloyd

Cast: William Farnum [Larry Smith], Jewel Carmen [Violet North], G. Raymond Nye [Captain Sutton], Lulu May Bower [Larry’s sister], Cora Drew [Larry’s mother], Marc Robbins (Marc B. Robbins) [Logan], A. Burt Wesner [Lewis], Horace B. Carpenter [Frank Ellis], [?] Bill Patton?

Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation [Fox Film Corporation Special; A Super De Luxe Picture; Standard Pictures]. / Scenario by Frank Lloyd, from the short story “The Painted Lady” by Larry Evans. Cinematography by Billy Foster (William C. Foster). Presented by William Fox. / © 6 October 1917 by William Fox [LP11503]. Released 28 October 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / [?] The film may have been edited to five reels and rereleased in the USA by Fox Film Corporation. The story was subsequently filmed as The Painted Lady (1924).

Drama.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 4 February 2025.

References: Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.