The Barrier is a lost[1] 1917 American silent northwoods drama film directed by Edgar Lewis and starring Mabel Julienne Scott. It is based on the 1908 Rex Beach novel The Barrier.[2][3]

The Barrier
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Directed by	Edgar Lewis
Written by	Adrian Gil-Spear
Based on	The Barrier by Rex Beach
Produced by	Rex Beach Benjamin P. Hampton
Starring	Mabel Julienne Scott
Cinematography	Edward Earle (not the actor Edward Earle)
Edited by	Paul F. Maschke
Music by	Frederick O. Hanks Sol Levy
Distributed by	State Rights
Release date	February 1917 (1917-02)
Running time	1 hr. 40 mins.; 10 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Beach novel was filmed again by MGM in 1926 as The Barrier starring Lionel Barrymore.

Cast

• Mabel Julienne Scott as Necia / Merridy
• Russell Simpson as John Gaylord / John Gale
• Howard Hall as Dan Bennett / Ben Stark
• Victor Sutherland as Lt. Meade Burrell
• Mitchell Lewis as Poleon Doret
• Edward Roseman as Runnion
• W. J. Gross as "No Creek" Lee
• Mary Carr as Alluna (credited as Mary Kennevan Carr)

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Barrier (1917 film).

• The Barrier at IMDb
• Synopsis at AllMovie

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