For the Defense is a 1922 American silent mystery film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures.[1] It is based on the 1919 Broadway play, For the Defense, by Elmer Rice.[2] Ethel Clayton is the star of the film. Considered to be a lost film for decades, a print was discovered in the Netherlands by the EYE Film Institute Netherlands (or Nederlands Filmmuseum).[3][4]

For the Defense
Vernon Steele and Ethel Clayton
Directed by	Paul Powell
Written by	Beulah Marie Dix
Based on	For the Defense by Elmer Rice
Produced by	Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky
Starring	Ethel Clayton ZaSu Pitts
Cinematography	Hal Rosson
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	June 4, 1922 (1922-06-04)
Running time	50 minutes; 5 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Cast

• Ethel Clayton as Anne Woodstock
• Vernon Steele as Christopher Armstrong
• ZaSu Pitts as Jennie Dunn
• Bertram Grassby as Dr. Joseph Kasimir
• Mayme Kelso as Smith (credited as Maym Kelso)
• Sylvia Ashton as Signora Bartoni
• Mabel Van Buren as Cousin Selma

References

External links

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• For the Defense at IMDb
• Synopsis at AllMovie

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