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1923 film by Edward Sloman

Backbone
Film still from the French episode with Alfred Lunt and Edith Roberts
Directed by	Edward Sloman
Written by	Clarence Budington Kelland (story) Charles E. Whittaker
Produced by	Distinctive Pictures
Starring	Edith Roberts Alfred Lunt
Cinematography	Harry Fischbeck
Distributed by	Goldwyn Pictures
Release date	April 30, 1923 (1923-04-30)
Running time	70 minutes; 7 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Backbone is a 1923 American silent drama film produced by George Arliss (through his Distinctive Pictures company), released by Goldwyn Pictures and directed by Edward Sloman. Broadway actor Alfred Lunt stars in his film debut. The film has a locale in a New England lumber camp with the exception of an episode taking place in France.

Cast

Edith Roberts - Yvonne de Mersay/Yvonne de Chausson
Alfred Lunt - John Thorne/Andre de Mersay
William B. Mack - Anthony Bracken
Frankie Evans - Doc Roper
James D. Doyle - Colonel Tip
L. Emile La Croix - Andre de Mersay
Charles Fang - The Chinaman
Marion Abbott - Mrs. Whidden
Frank Hagney - The Indian
Sam J. Ryan - Paddy
George MacQuarrie - The Constable of France
William Walcott - Count de Chausson
Jack W. Johnston - Captain of the Guards (*as J.W. Johnston)
Adolph Milar - The Mailer
Hugh Huntley - King

Preservation

With no prints of Backbone located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.

References

^ Progressive Silent Film List: Backbone at silentera.com
The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Backbone
"Back Bone". Exhibitor's Trade Review. 13 (4). East Stroudsberg, Pennsylvania: Exhibitor's Trade Review, Inc.: 174 December 23, 1922. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Backbone

External links

v t e Films directed by Edward Sloman
Sequel to the Diamond from the Sky (1916) The Twinkler (1916) Fair Enough (1918) Molly of the Follies (1919) The Westerners (1919) The Luck of Geraldine Laird (1920) Blind Youth (1920) The Sagebrusher (1920) The Mutiny of the Elsinore (1920) Burning Daylight (1920) The Ten Dollar Raise (1921) The Other Woman (1921) Pilgrims of the Night (1921) Shattered Idols (1922) Backbone (1923) The Eagle's Feather (1923) The Last Hour (1923) The Price of Pleasure (1925) His People (1925) The Beautiful Cheat (1926) Butterflies in the Rain (1926) The Old Soak (1926) Surrender! (1927) Alias the Deacon (1928) The Foreign Legion (1928) We Americans (1928) Girl on the Barge (1929) The Lost Zeppelin (1929) The Kibitzer (1930) Hell's Island (1930) Puttin' On the Ritz (1930) Soldiers and Women (1930) The Conquering Horde (1931) Gun Smoke (1931) Murder by the Clock (1931) Caught (1931) His Woman (1931) Wayward (1932) There's Always Tomorrow (1934) A Dog of Flanders (1935) The Jury's Secret (1938)

Films directed by Edward Sloman

Sequel to the Diamond from the Sky (1916)
The Twinkler (1916)
Fair Enough (1918)
Molly of the Follies (1919)
The Westerners (1919)
The Luck of Geraldine Laird (1920)
Blind Youth (1920)
The Sagebrusher (1920)
The Mutiny of the Elsinore (1920)
Burning Daylight (1920)
The Ten Dollar Raise (1921)
The Other Woman (1921)
Pilgrims of the Night (1921)
Shattered Idols (1922)
Backbone (1923)
The Eagle's Feather (1923)
The Last Hour (1923)
The Price of Pleasure (1925)
His People (1925)
The Beautiful Cheat (1926)
Butterflies in the Rain (1926)
The Old Soak (1926)
Surrender! (1927)
Alias the Deacon (1928)
The Foreign Legion (1928)
We Americans (1928)
Girl on the Barge (1929)
The Lost Zeppelin (1929)
The Kibitzer (1930)
Hell's Island (1930)
Puttin' On the Ritz (1930)
Soldiers and Women (1930)
The Conquering Horde (1931)
Gun Smoke (1931)
Murder by the Clock (1931)
Caught (1931)
His Woman (1931)
Wayward (1932)
There's Always Tomorrow (1934)
A Dog of Flanders (1935)
The Jury's Secret (1938)

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