The Apostle of Vengeance explained

The Apostle of Vengeance
Director:	Clifford Smith
Producer:	Thomas H. Ince
Cinematography:	Joseph H. August
Distributor:	Triangle Distributing
Runtime:	50 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (English intertitles)

The Apostle of Vengeance is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Clifford Smith and starring William S. Hart, Nona Thomas, and John Gilbert.^[1] A Kentucky-born preacher returns home from Vermont in order to settle a feud between two warring families.

Cast

• William S. Hart as David Hudson
• Nona Thomas as Mary McCoy
• Joseph J. Dowling as Tom McCoy
• Fanny Midgley as 'Marm' Hudson
• John Gilbert as Willie Hudson
• Marvel Stafford as Elsie Hudson
• Gertrude Claire

Preservation

With no prints of The Apostle of Vengeance located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.^[2]

Bibliography

• Donald W. McCaffrey & Christopher P. Jacobs. Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema. Greenwood Publishing, 1999.

Notes and References

1. Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema, p. 146
2. https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.3460/ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Apostle of Vengeance