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The Barrier (1917 film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Barrier' is a lost[http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.3606/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: 'The Barrier'] 1917 American silent northwoods drama film directed by Edgar Lewis and starring Mabel Julienne Scott. It is based on the 1908 Rex Beach novel 'The Barrier'.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/B/Barrier1917.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'The Barrier'] at silentera.com[https://web.archive.org/web/20161009170151/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=1917 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: 'The Barrier'](Wayback)
The Beach novel was filmed again by MGM in 1926 as 'The Barrier' starring Lionel Barrymore.
Cast
*Mabel Julienne Scott as Necia / Merridy
*Russell Simpson as John Gaylord / John Gale
*Howard Hall as Dan Bennett / Ben Stark
*Victor Sutherland as Lt. Meade Burrell
*Mitchell Lewis as Poleon Doret
*Edward Roseman as Runnion
*W. J. Gross as "No Creek" Lee
*Mary Carr as Alluna (credited as Mary Kennevan Carr)
References
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