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Going Straight
(1916) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Chester M. Franklin and Sidney A. Franklin

Cast: Norma Talmadge [Grace Remington], Ralph Lewis [John Remington, her husband, also known as John Higgins], Eugene Pallette [Dan Briggs], George Stone [Jimmy, the ragged waif], Kate Toncray [Mrs. Van Dyke], Nino Fovieri [a Remington son], Francis Carpenter [a Remington son], Fern Collier [the Remington daughter], Ruth Handforth [Mrs. Remington’s maid], Carmen De Rue [a Van Dyke daughter], Violet Radcliffe [a Van Dyke daughter], [?] ? [the Van Dyke butler], [?] ? [the Van Dyke cook], [?] ? [the doctor]

The Fine Arts Film Company production; distributed by Triangle Film Corporation. / Scenario by Bernard McConville. Assistant director, Millard Webb. Cinematography by F.B. Good. / No copyright registration. Released 4 June 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: Playmates. The film was rereleased in the USA by S.A. Lynch Enterprises, Incorporated.

Drama: Crime.

Survival status: Prints exist in the George Eastman Museum film archive [two 35mm double reels]; in the British Film Institute National Archive film archive [incomplete 35mm positive (1959 feet)]; in the film holdings of Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum (EmGee Film Library collection) [16mm reduction positive]; and in private film collections [16mm reduction positives].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 3 December 2024.

References: Film credits, film viewing : Website-AFI; Website-GEM; Website-Talmadge.

Home video: DVD.

 
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