| Shell 43 | |
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| Directed by | Reginald Barker |
| Screenplay by | C. Gardner Sullivan |
| Story by | Edward Sloman |
| Produced by | Thomas H. Ince |
| Starring | H.B. Warner Enid Markey John Gilbert |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Triangle Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent film English intertitles |
Shell 43 is a 1916 American war film written by C. Gardner Sullivan, from a story by Edward Sloman, and starring H.B. Warner, Enid Markey, and John Gilbert.[2][3]
Plot
An English spy (played by H.B. Warner) works behind German lines during World War I. He saves the life of a German officer and is killed in a German trench by an Allied shell.[4]
Preservation
With no prints of Shell 43 located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.[5]
References
- ↑ Golden, Eve (2013-04-12). John Gilbert: The Last of the Silent Film Stars. University Press of Kentucky. p. 274. ISBN 978-0-8131-4163-3.
- ↑ "European War Furnishes theme for Photoplay on Local Screen: New Scenario by C. Gardner Sullivan Features H. B. Warner as Star". Spokane Chronicle. August 26, 1916. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ ""Shell 43" and "Gloria" Today". The Bulletin (Pomona, California). December 1, 1916. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Shell 43 at silentera.com
- ↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Shell 43
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