The Bandbox

The Bandbox
The Bandbox
Directed by	Roy William Neill
Written by	Roy Somerville
Based on	The Bandbox by Louis Joseph Vance
Starring	Doris Kenyon ; Walter McEwen ; Gretchen Hartman
Cinematography	Ned Van Buren ; Edward Wynard
Production; company	Deitrich-Beck
Distributed by	Hodkinson Pictures ; Pathé Exchange
Release date	November 22, 1919;
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent ; English intertitles

The Bandbox is a 1919 American silent mystery crime film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Doris Kenyon, Walter McEwen and Gretchen Hartman. It is based on the 1912 novel of the same title by Louis Joseph Vance. Location shooting took place in Central Park and on Lake Mohegan in New York State.

Plot

A pearl necklace is smuggled through customs without paying duty after arriving in America from an ocean liner and a gang of criminals hot on the trail of them.

Cast

Doris Kenyon as Eleanor Searle
Walter McEwen as Arbuthnot Ismay / William H. Iff
Gretchen Hartman as Alison Landis
Edward Keppler as Arthur Arkroyd
Maggie Weston as Mrs. Clover
Logan Paul as Ehraim Clover
Lorraine Harding as Marie
Alexander Gaden as Benjamin Staff

Preservation

With no holdings located in archives, The Bandbox is considered a lost film.

References

↑ Connelly p. 319
↑ "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Bandbox". memory.loc.gov. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved April 21, 2026.

Bibliography

Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910–36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

The Bandbox at IMDb

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[1] Connelly p. 319

[2] "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Bandbox". memory.loc.gov. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved April 21, 2026.

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