Alien Souls
| Alien Souls | |
|---|---|
 Newspaper advertisement | |
| Directed by | Frank Reicher |
| Story by | Margaret Turnbull Hector Turnbull[1] |
| Produced by | Jesse Lasky |
| Starring | Sessue Hayakawa Tsuru Aoki |
| Cinematography | Walter Stradling |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 5 reels |
| Country | USA |
| Language | Silent film (English intertitles) |
Alien Souls is a lost[2] 1916 American silent drama film directed by Frank Reicher and starring Sessue Hayakawa, his real-life wife Tsuru Aoki and Earle Foxe. It was developed as a vehicle for Hayakawa after the success of his film The Cheat.[3][4]
Cast
[edit]- Sessue Hayakawa - Sakata
- Tsuru Aoki - Yuri Chan
- Earle Foxe - Aleck Lindsay
- Grace Benham - Mrs. Conway
- J. Parks Jones - Jack Holloway
- Violet Malone - Gertrude Van Ness
- Dorothy Abril - Geraldine Smythe
Preservation
[edit]With no prints of Alien Souls located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Film Flickerings". Iowa City Press-Citizen. Iowa City, Iowa. August 24, 1916. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Alien Souls". memory.loc.gov. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved November 8, 2025.
- ^ "Alien Souls". afi.com. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
- ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Alien Souls". silentera.com. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
External links
[edit]- Alien Souls at IMDb
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- 1916 films
- American silent feature films
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- Films based on short fiction
- Films directed by Frank Reicher
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- 1910s English-language films
- Lost American silent drama films
- English-language drama films
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