The False Code Explained

The False Code
Director:	Ernest C. Warde
Producer:	Frank Keenan
Based On:	Kate Corbaley's story
Starring:	Frank Keenan
Cinematography:	Charles E. Kaufman
Distributor:	Pathé Exchange
Runtime:	5 reels
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (English intertitles)

The False Code is a lost 1919 American silent drama film directed by Ernest C. Warde and produced by and starring Frank Keenan. It was distributed by Pathé Exchange.^[1]

Cast

• Frank Keenan as John Benton
• Miles McCarthy as Henry Vance
• Joseph J. Dowling as Daniel Grey
• Clyde Benson as Oscar Curtin
• Ed Brady as Chicago Ed (*Edward J. Brady)
• T. D. Crittenden as District Attorney
• Helene Sullivan as Mrs. Benton
• Irene Yeager as- Anne Benton
• Jean Calhoun as Anne Benton
• Pell Trenton as Jim Grey

Preservation status

The film is lost with a fragment surviving at the BFI National Film and Television Archive.^[2]

Notes and References

1. https://catalog.afi.com/Film/16291-THE-FALSE-CODE?sid= The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993: The False Code
2. http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.247/default.html The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The False Code