A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2024 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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Soldiers of Chance
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Paul Scardon

Cast: Evart Overton [Billy Mountain], Miriam Fouche [Josephine Winton], Julia Swayne Gordon [Dolores], Charles Kent [Philip Winton], Charles Henderson [Peter Lawler], Denton Vane [Yawkey], Ned Finley [Billy’s partner]

The Vitagraph Company of America, Incorporated, production; distributed by Greater Vitagraph, Incorporated [A Blue Ribbon Feature]. / Scenario by George H. Plympton, from a novel by James Oliver Curwood. Cinematography by Robert A. Stuart. Presented by Albert E. Smith. / © 6 September 1917 by The Vitagraph Company of America, Incorporated [LP11343]. Released 3 September 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 6 November 2023.

References: Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb; Website-IMDb.