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'''''Our Better Selves''''' is a [[lost film|lost]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.8060/default.html|title=Our Better Selves|date=29 September 2017|website=Memory.loc.gov|access-date=29 September 2017}}</ref> 1919 silent film war drama directed by [[George Fitzmaurice]] and starring Fannie Ward and [[Lew Cody]]. It was produced by Astra Films and distributed by [[Pathé Exchange]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=15524|title=Detail view of Movies Page|website=Afi.com|access-date=29 September 2017}}</ref>
'''''Our Better Selves''''' is a 1919 silent film war drama directed by [[George Fitzmaurice]] and starring Fannie Ward and [[Lew Cody]]. It was produced by Astra Films and distributed by [[Pathé Exchange]].<ref name="afi">{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/15524-OUR-BETTER-SELVES |title=Our Better Selves |work=afi.com |access-date=April 9, 2024}}</ref>


==Plot==
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*[[Lew Cody]] - Willard Standish
*[[Lew Cody]] - Willard Standish
*[[Charles Hill Mailes]] - Henry Laurens
*[[Charles Hill Mailes]] - Henry Laurens

==Preservation==
With no prints of ''Our Better Selves'' located in any film archives, it is considered a [[lost film]].<ref name="American Silent Feature Film Database">{{cite web |url=https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.8060/ |title=American Silent Feature Film Database: ''Our Better Selves'' |access-date=April 9, 2024 |publisher=Library of Congress}}</ref> In February of 2021, the film was cited by the [[National Film Preservation Board]] on their Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films list.<ref name="afi"/><ref name="Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films">{{cite web |url=https://www.loc.gov/static/programs/national-film-preservation-board/documents/SFF-LostFilmsList020421.pdf |title=7,200 Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films (1912-29) |publisher=National Film Preservation Board |access-date=April 9, 2024}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 02:41, 10 April 2024

Our Better Selves
period poster
Directed byGeorge Fitzmaurice
Written byOuida Bergère
Produced byAstra Films
CinematographyArthur C. Miller
Distributed byPathé Exchange
Release date
  • July 27, 1919 (1919-07-27)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUSA
LanguageSilent..English titles

Our Better Selves is a 1919 silent film war drama directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Fannie Ward and Lew Cody. It was produced by Astra Films and distributed by Pathé Exchange.[1]

Plot

Cast

Preservation

With no prints of Our Better Selves located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.[2] In February of 2021, the film was cited by the National Film Preservation Board on their Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films list.[1][3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Our Better Selves". afi.com. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  2. ^ "American Silent Feature Film Database: Our Better Selves". Library of Congress. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  3. ^ "7,200 Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films (1912-29)" (PDF). National Film Preservation Board. Retrieved April 9, 2024.

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