The Higher Law (1914)

Directed by

Charles Giblyn

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

20 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A silent drama set in historical times follows a character from the Francois Villon stories. The plot involves the character facing some kind of moral or legal conflict.

dramatichistoricalsomberstraightforwardold-fashionedserious

What happens

The Higher Law is a 1914 American silent drama film directed by Charles Giblyn and featuring Murdock MacQuarrie, Pauline Bush and Lon Chaney. It was written by Harry G. Stafford, based on a story by George Bronson Howard. This film was the second in a series of four films called The Adventures of Francois Villon. Lon Chaney was featured in this one, as well as in the first installment, The Oubliette (1914), but did not appear in the other two. The film is now considered to be lost. The film co-starred Millard K. Wilson, who became a lifelong friend of Chaney and later served as his director in films at M-G-M. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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