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The Other Half
(1919) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by King W. Vidor (King Vidor)

Cast: Florence Vidor [Katherine Boone], Charles Meredith [Donald Trent], ZaSu Pitts [Jennie Jones, the Jazz Kid], David Butler [Corporal Jimmy], Alfred Allen [J. Martin Trent], Frances Raymond [Mrs. Boone], Hugh Saxon [James Bradley], Thomas Jefferson [Caleb Fairman], Arthur Redden [the star reporter]

Brentwood Film Corporation production; distributed by Robertson-Cole Company through Exhibitors Mutual Distributing Corporation [A Brentwood Picture; Superior Pictures]. / Scenario by King W. Vidor (King Vidor), from a screen story by King W. Vidor (King Vidor). Assistant director, Roy H. Marshall. Cinematography by Ira H. Morgan. / © 7 August 1919 by Brentwood Film Corporation [LU14148]. Released 18 August 1919. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The third Brentwood production.

Drama: Social.

Survival status: Print exists in the Eye Film Instituut Nederland film archive.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 15 April 2024.

References: Dowd-Vidor pp. 18, 19, 20 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.