The Bells | |
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Directed by | Ernest C. Warde |
Written by | Gilson Willets (film scenario) Jack Cunningham (film scenario) |
Based on | The Bells by Emile Erckmann and Alexandre Chatrian |
Starring | Frank Keenan Lois Wilson |
Production company | Anderson-Brunton Company |
Distributed by | Pathé Exchange |
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Running time | 5 reels |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Bells is a lost[1] 1918 American silent drama film released by Pathé Exchange. It was adapted from the 1867 French play Le Juif Polonais (The Polish Jew) by Erckmann-Chatrian and an 1871 English-language version, The Bells, by Leopold Lewis. The latter was a favorite vehicle for actor Henry Irving. This silent film stars Frank Keenan and Lois Wilson. The story was remade in 1926 as The Bells with Lionel Barrymore and Boris Karloff.[2][3]