The Common Cause

The Common Cause
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Directed byJ. Stuart Blackton
Written byAnthony Paul Kelly
Based onplay, Getting Together, by Ian Hay, J. Hartley Manners, and Percival Knight
Produced byJ. Stuart Blackton
StarringEffie Shannon
Irene Castle
Marjorie Rambeau
CinematographyGeorge Brautigan
Production
company
J. Stuart Blackton Feature Pictures
Distributed byVitagraph Company of America
Release date
  • January 5, 1919 (1919-01-05)
Running time
7 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Common Cause is a lost[1] 1919 American silent comedy film directed and produced by J. Stuart Blackton and distributed by Vitagraph Company of America.[2] It is based on a play, Getting Together, by Ian Hay, J. Hartley Manners, and Percival Knight.[3]

  1. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Common Cause
  2. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Common Cause
  3. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Common Cause at silentera.com