The Man on the Box

The Man on the Box
The Man on the Box
	Newspaper advertisement.
Directed by	Oscar Apfel; Cecil B. DeMille (uncredited)
Based on	The Man on the Box; by Harold MacGrath
Starring	Horace B. Carpenter
Release date	July 13, 1914;
Country	United States
Language	Silent with English intertitles

The Man on the Box is a 1914 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Oscar Apfel and co-directed by Cecil B. DeMille. It was based on the 1904 novel of the same name by Harold MacGrath and stars Horace B. Carpenter.^[1]

Max Figman had starred in the Broadway version in 1907 and reprises his role here in this film. A surviving film at the Library of Congress and the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research (Madison).^[2]

Cast[edit]

Horace B. Carpenter as Russian ambassador
Jane Darwell as Mrs. Chadwick
William Elmer as Troop commander
Max Figman as Lt. Bob Warburton
Harry Fisher as Chales Henderson
Betty Johnson as Nancy Warburton (as Betty Jonson)
Jack W. Johnston as Count Karloff (as J.W. Johnston)
C. F. Le None as Scout
Fred Montague as Col. Raleigh
James Neill as Col. Annesley
Lolita Robertson as Betty Annesley
Mabel Van Buren as Kit Warburton

References[edit]

^ "Progressive Silent Film List: The Man on the Box". Silent Era. Retrieved February 17, 2010.
^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Man on the Box

External links[edit]

The Man on the Box at IMDb

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[silentera-1] "Progressive Silent Film List: The Man on the Box". Silent Era. Retrieved February 17, 2010.

[2] The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Man on the Box

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