The Golden Web (1926 film)

Summary

The Golden Web is a lost[1] 1926 American silent mystery film directed by Walter Lang and starring Lillian Rich, Huntley Gordon and Lawford Davidson. The cast also features Boris Karloff before he established himself as a horror star.[2] It is based on the 1910 novel The Golden Web by the British writer E. Phillips Oppenheim. A previous British film adaptation of the novel was produced in 1920.[3]

The Golden Web
Directed byWalter Lang
Written byJames Bell Smith
Based onThe Golden Web by E. Phillips Oppenheim
Produced byRenaud Hoffman
Samuel Sax
StarringLillian Rich
Huntley Gordon
Lawford Davidson
CinematographyRay June
Production
company
Distributed byLumas Film Corporation
Release date
  • September 1, 1926 (1926-09-01)
Running time
64 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Cast edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:The Golden Web
  2. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:The Golden Web
  3. ^ Wlaschin p.96

Bibliography edit

  • Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
  • Langman, Larry. American Film Cycles: The Silent Era. Greenwood Publishing, 1998.
  • Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
  • Wlaschin, Ken. Silent Mystery and Detective Movies: A Comprehensive Filmography. McFarland, 2009.

External links edit

  • The Golden Web at IMDb