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Queen X

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Queen X
Directed byJohn B. O'Brien
Written byEdwin M. Stanton
Produced byMutual Film
StarringEdna Goodrich
CinematographySol Polito
Distributed byMutual Film
Release date
October 1, 1917
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Queen X is a 1917 American silent crime-drama film directed by John B. O'Brien and produced and released through the Mutual Film Company. Stage personality Edna Goodrich, a former wife of Nat C. Goodwin, is the star.[1][2]

The film survives in the Library of Congress collection.[3][4]

Cast

  • Edna Goodrich - Janice Waltham, Queen X
  • Hugh Thompson - George Evans
  • Lucille Taft - Miriam Evans
  • Dora Adams - Mrs. Evans
  • William Wolcott - Arnold Somers
  • Jack Hopkins - Nippo
  • P. Tamato - Togo

Reception

Like many American films of the time, Queen X was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors required a cut of two opium den scenes, the preparing of an opium pipe, and two scenes of a party slumming in the opium den.

References

  1. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Queen X at silentera.com
  2. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Queen X
  3. ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, p. 147 c.1978 by The American Film Institute
  4. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Queen X