By Whose Hand? (1927 film) explained

By Whose Hand?
Director:	Walter Lang
Starring:	Ricardo Cortez
Cinematography:	J.O. Taylor
Distributor:	Columbia Pictures
Runtime:	57 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (English intertitles)

By Whose Hand? is a lost^[1] 1927 American silent crime drama film directed by Walter Lang and released by Columbia Pictures.^[2] Filmed before as a silent directed by James Durkin in 1916. An early talkie remake was made in 1932 by Benjamin Stoloff.

Cast

• Ricardo Cortez as Agent X-9
• Eugenia Gilbert as Peg Hewlett
• Jack Baston as Sidney (as J. Thornton Baaston)
• Tom Dugan as Rollins
• Blue Washington as Eli
• Lillian Leighton as Silly McShane
• William Scott as 'Society Charlie'
• John Steppling as Claridge
• De Sacia Mooers as Tex

Notes and References

1. http://lcweb2.loc.gov:8081/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.4105/default.html American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: By Whose Hand?
2. News: By Whose Hand? . https://web.archive.org/web/20141222042656/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/86352/By-Whose-Hand-/overview . dead . December 22, 2014 . Movies & TV Dept. . . . Hal Erickson . Hal Erickson (author) . 2014 . December 21, 2014 .