The Hand of Peril

The Hand of Peril
The Hand of Peril
Directed byMaurice Tourneur
Written by
Produced byMaurice Tourneur
Starring
Edited byClarence Brown
Production
company
Distributed byWorld Film
Release date
  • March 27, 1916 (1916-03-27)
Running time
66 minutes
CountryUnited States
Languages

The Hand of Peril is a 1916 American silent crime film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring House Peters, June Elvidge and Ralph Delmore.[1]

The film's sets were designed by the art director Ben Carré.

Cast

Production

On January 23, 1916, Tourneur was given the scenario for a film based on Arthur Stringer's 1915 novel The Hand of Peril.[2]

As the film required showing action in multiple rooms at the same time, a three-story house with nine rooms was constructed on the Paragon Studios lot in Fort Lee, New Jersey.[3] An abandoned pier in South Brooklyn was completely reconstructed for use in the film.[2]

Reception

In a review published in Billboard, the cast were praised for their "capable" acting and the film was praised for the "high quality" of photography and direction.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "The Hand of Peril". Billboard. April 1, 1916. p. 60. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Directors Figure in Coincidencee". The Moving Picture World. 28 (2): 269. April 8, 1916.
  3. ^ "Paragon Studio is Wonder-Place of Convenience". Motion Picture News. 13 (11): 1571. March 18, 1916.


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