The False Friend
{{short description|1917 American silent drama film}}
{{For|the 1702 play|The False Friend (Vanbrugh play)}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = The False Friend
| image = The False Friend (1917) - 1.jpg
| caption = Promotion of film in Variety, 1917
| director = Harry Davenport
| producer =William A. Brady
| writer =Florence Bolles
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|Robert Warwick|Gail Kane|Jack Drumier}}
| music =
| cinematography = Philip Hatkin
| editing =
| studio = World Film
| distributor = World Film
| released = {{Film date|1917|06|11}}
| runtime = 5 reels
| country = United States
| language = {{ubl|Silent|English intertitles}}
| budget =
| gross =
}}
The False Friend is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Harry Davenport and starring Robert Warwick, Gail Kane and Jack Drumier.Parish p.157
Cast
- Robert Warwick as William Ramsdell
- Gail Kane as Virginia Farrell
- Jack Drumier as Robert Farrell
- Earl Schenck as De Witt Clinton
- P.J. Rollow as J. Carleton Clinton
- Lewis Edgard as Byron
- Pinna Nesbit as Marietta
Reception
The New York Clipper's review was mixed, the reviewer found the cinematography and detail to be excellent but found the story to be strained. Elaborating, the reviewer said "the overtax on its sympathy and the long strain of worry imposed upon it by multiplied acts of villainy in the picture, will outbalance the interest the film excites."{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/per_new-york-clipper_the-new-york-clipper_1917-06-06_65_18/page/32/mode/2up |title=The New York Clipper |date= |publisher=Clipper Corp. |others= |location=New York |publication-date=June 6, 1917 |pages=33 |language=en}}
References
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Bibliography
- James Robert Parish. Hollywood character actors. Arlington House, 1978.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0007928}}
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Category:1910s English-language films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:Silent American drama films
Category:Films directed by Harry Davenport
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:World Film Company films
Category:English-language drama films
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