The Second in Command

{{infobox film

| name = The Second in Command

| image = Second in Command ad 1915.jpg

| caption = Advertisement for film

| director = William J. Bowman

| producer = Fred J. Balshofer

| writer = Eve Unsell (scenario)

| based_on = {{based on|The Second in Command|Robert Marshall}}

| starring = Francis X. Bushman

| cinematography = William F. Adler

| studio = Quality Pictures

| distributor = Metro Pictures

| released = {{film date|1915|7|26}}

| runtime = 5 reels

| country = United States

| language = Silent (English intertitles)

}}

The Second in Command is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by William J. Bowman and starring Francis X. Bushman and Marguerite Snow. The film is based on a 1901 Broadway play of the same name{{cite web|url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=5483|title=The Second in Command – Broadway Play – Original - IBDB|first=The Broadway|last=League|website=Ibdb.com|accessdate=26 October 2017}} by Robert Marshall.{{cite web|url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/SecondInCommand1915.html|title=Progressive Silent Film List: The Second in Command|website=silentera.com|accessdate=26 October 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=16624|title=Detail view of Movies Page|website=Afi.com|accessdate=26 October 2017}}

Cast

Francis X. Bushman as Lt. Col. Miles Anstruther
Marguerite Snow as Muriel Mannering
William Clifford as- Major Christopher Bingham
Lester Cuneo as Lt. Sir Walter Mannering
Helen Dunbar as Lady Sarah Harburgh
Paul Byron as Hon. Bertie Carstairs
Marcia Moore as Nora Vining
Evelyn Greeley as Lady Harburgh's Maid

Preservation status

A print of The Second in Command was donated by MGM, the inheritors of Metro Pictures, to the George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection.{{cite web|url=http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.1218/default.html|title=Second In Command|date=26 October 2017|website=Lcweb2.loc.gov|accessdate=26 October 2017}}