Held to Answer explained

Held to Answer
Director:	Harold M. Shaw
Starring:	House Peters
Cinematography:	George Rizard
Distributor:	Metro Pictures
Runtime:	6 reels (approximately 80 minutes)
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent

Held to Answer is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Harold M. Shaw. It was based on the novel Held to Answer (1916), by Peter Clark MacFarlane. The film is considered to be lost.^{[1] [2]}

Cast

• House Peters as John Hampstead
• Grace Carlyle as Mariann Dounay
• John St. Polis as Hiram Burbeck (as John Sainpolis)
• Evelyn Brent as Bessie Burbeck
• James Morrison as Rollie Burbeck
• Lydia Knott as Mrs. Burbeck
• Bull Montana as 'Red' Lizard
• Gale Henry as The Maid
• Tom Guise as The Judge (as Thomas Guise)
• William Robert Daly as The Organist (as Robert Daly)
• Charles West as 'Spider' Welch
• Charles Hill Mailes as District Attorney Searle (as Charles Mailes)

Notes and References

1. Book: Kear, Lynn . Evelyn Brent: The Life and Films of Hollywood's Lady Crook . limited . 2009 . 978-0-7864-4363-5 . 137.
2. Web site: Held to Answer . January 9, 2014 . American Silent Feature Film Survival Database.