Shell 43
{{short description|1916 film by Reginald Barker}}
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{{Infobox film
|name = Shell 43
|image = Barker-reginald-shell-43-publicityimage-1916.jpg
|screenplay = C. Gardner Sullivan
|story = Edward Sloman
|starring = H.B. Warner
Enid Markey
John Gilbert
|producer = Thomas H. Ince
|director = Reginald Barker
| studio = Kay-Bee Pictures{{Cite book |last=Golden |first=Eve |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yiqtSteBU-8C |title=John Gilbert: The Last of the Silent Film Stars |date=2013-04-12 |publisher=University Press of Kentucky |isbn=978-0-8131-4163-3 |pages=274 |language=en}}
|distributor = Triangle Film Corporation
|country = United States
|released = {{Film date|1916|8|13|United States}}
|runtime = 50 minutes
|language = Silent film
English intertitles
|budget =
}}
Shell 43 is a 1916 American war film written by C. Gardner Sullivan, from a story by Edward Sloman, and starring H.B. Warner, Enid Markey, and John Gilbert.{{cite news|title=European War Furnishes theme for Photoplay on Local Screen: New Scenario by C. Gardner Sullivan Features H. B. Warner as Star|newspaper=Spokane Chronicle|date=August 26, 1916|page=10|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94485510/european-war-furnishes-theme-for/|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news|title="Shell 43" and "Gloria" Today|newspaper=The Bulletin (Pomona, California)|date=December 1, 1916|page=8|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94485649/shell-43-and-gloria-today/|via=Newspapers.com}}
Plot
An English spy (played by H.B. Warner) works behind German lines during World War I. He saves the life of a German officer and is killed in a German trench by an Allied shell.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/ShellFortyThree1916.html Shell 43 at silentera.com]
Preservation
With no prints of Shell 43 located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.[https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.9099/ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Shell 43]
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0007334}}
Category:1910s English-language films
Category:1910s war drama films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:Films directed by Reginald Barker
Category:Lost American drama films
Category:Silent American war drama films
Category:Triangle Film Corporation films
Category:English-language war drama films
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