Queen X
Appearance
Queen X | |
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Directed by | John B. O'Brien |
Written by | Edwin M. Stanton |
Produced by | Mutual Film |
Starring | Edna Goodrich |
Cinematography | Sol Polito |
Distributed by | Mutual Film |
Release date | October 1, 1917 |
Running time | 5 reels |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (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
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Queen X at silentera.com
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Queen X
- ^ 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
- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Queen X
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