The People vs. John Doe

The Celebrated Stielow Case (Reissue title), God's Law (Reissue title)

Directed by: Lois Weber, USA, 1916

USA, 1916


Cast and Credits

Production Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Distribution Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Producer Lois Weber
Director Lois Weber
Assistant Director Arthur Forde
Scenario Lois Weber
Based on Sophie Irene Loeb [News Reportage]
Director of Photography Allen G. Siegler
Cast Harry de More [John Doe]
Evelyn Selbie [Mrs. Doe]
Willis Marke [John Doe's Brother]
Leah Baird [Woman Lawyer]
George Berrell [Wealthy Farmer]
Maude George [The Farmer's Sister]
Charles Hill Mailes [Detective]
R. Cecil Smith [Prominent Lawyer]
Lina Basquette
Harry de Roy
Orrin Jackson
Mattie Witting

Technical specifications
Category: Short Feature Film
Technical Details: Format: 35 mm, 1:1,33 - Ratio: 1:1,33 - Black and White,Length: 60 minutes, 6000 feet, 6 reels
Sound System: silent
First Screening: December 10, 1916 in USA
US Copyright: November 20, 1916 - ©LP.9563
Survival Status: Only Fragments of this picture exist [Archiv: (ca 20 minutes)]

Remarks and general Information in German: Von dem rund 60-minĂ¼tigen Film sind etwa 20 Minuten erhalten. (lhg 2012)

General Information

The People vs. John Doe is a motion picture produced in the year 1916 as a USA production. The Film was directed by Lois Weber, with Harry de More, Evelyn Selbie, Willis Marke, Leah Baird, George Berrell, in the leading parts. We have currently no synopsis of this picture on file; There are no reviews of The People vs. John Doe available.

Bibliography - Exhibitor's Trade Review, 23 December 1916, pg 208.
- Motography, 30 December 1916, pg 1456.
- The Motion Picture News, 23 December 1916, pg 4037, 4040
- The Motion Picture News, 26 August 1916, pg 1394, 1451
- The Moving Picture World, 30 December 1916, pg 1973, 1979
- New York Times, 11 December 1916, pg 7.
- The New York Dramatic Mirror, 9 December 1916, pg 24.
- The New York Dramatic Mirror, 23 December 1916, pg 26.
- Variety, 15 December 1916, pg 35.
- Wid's Film Daily, 21 December 1916, pg 1183.

Unter anderem wurde der Film bei folgenden Filmfestivals aufgeführt:

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