The Secret Sin

The Secret Sin is a surviving 1915 silent film drama produced by Jesse Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Frank Reicher and starred Blanche Sweet, Thomas Meighan and Sessue Hayakawa. This film often thought lost actually survives at the Library of Congress and along with a few other surviving Lasky features from 1915-17 allows viewing of Blanche Sweet during her Paramount period immediately after she left D. W. Griffiths employ. In this film Sweet has a rare chance to act in a double exposure scene playing two different characters.[1][2][3]

The Secret Sin
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Directed byFrank Reicher
Produced byJesse Lasky
Written byMargaret Turnbull(story & scenario)
StarringBlanche Sweet
Thomas Meighan
Sessue Hayakawa
CinematographyWalter Stradling
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
October 21, 1915
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent

Cast

See also

References
  1. The Secret Sin at silentera.com
  2. The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c.1988
  3. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artist Collection at The Library of Congress,(<-book title) page 62 by The American Film Institute, c.1978


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