A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2024 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

About This Listing Report Omissions or Errors in This Listing

Burglar by Proxy
(1919) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 5090 feet
Directed by Jack Dillon (John Francis Dillon)

Cast: Jack Pickford [Jack Robin], Gloria Hope [Dorothy Mason], Jack Dillon (John Francis Dillon) [‘Spider’ Kelly], Robert Walker [Harlan Graves], Mr. Guise [?] (Thomas S. Guise)? [John Mason], Leo Willis [one of Spider’s henchmen]

Jack Pickford Productions production [A First National Attraction; Money-Making Attractions]. / Produced by Jack Pickford. Scenario by M. Matzen (Madeline Matzen); from a screen story by Jack Dillon (John Francis Dillon). Cinematography by Sol Polito. / © 25 July 1919 by Jack Pickford Productions [LP13994]. Released 25 August 1919. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy-Drama.

Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 13 August 2024.

References: Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.