The Secret Sin is a surviving 1915 American silent drama film produced by Jesse L. Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Frank Reicher and starred Blanche Sweet, Thomas Meighan and Sessue Hayakawa. This film often thought lost actually survives at the Library of Congress and along with a few other surviving Lasky features from 1915 to 1917 allows viewing of Blanche Sweet during her Paramount period immediately after she left D. W. Griffith's employ. In this film Sweet has a rare chance to act in a double exposure scene playing two different characters.The Secret Sin at silentera.comThe American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c.1988Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artist Collection at The Library of Congress,(<-book title) page 62 by The American Film Institute, c.1978
Cast Blanche Sweet - Edith Martin/Grace Martin Hal Clements - Dan Martin Sessue Hayakawa - Lin Foo Alice Knowland - Mrs. Martin Thomas Meighan - Jack Herron
See also Blanche Sweet filmography
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