The Great Problem Explained

The Great Problem
Director:	Rex Ingram
Producer:	Rex Ingram
Studio:	Universal Pictures
Distributor:	Universal Pictures
Country:	United States

The Great Problem is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Rex Ingram and starring Violet Mersereau, Dan Hanlon and Lionel Adams.^[1] It marked Ingram's directorial debut of a feature film, having previously made a short. It was shot at Fort Lee in New Jersey. A complete copy of the film is held by the Museum of Modern Art.^{[2] [3]}

Cast

• Violet Mersereau as Peggy Carson
• Dan Hanlon as Bill Carson
• Lionel Adams as George Devereaux
• Kittens Reichert as Peggy - as a child
• William J. Dyer as Skinny McGee
• Mathilde Brundage as Mrs. Devereaux
• Howard Crampton as Joseph

Bibliography

• Leonhard Gmür. Rex Ingram: Hollywood's Rebel of the Silver Screen. 2013.

Notes and References

1. Gmür p.261
2. Web site: The Great Problem . American Silent Feature Film Database . 28 April 2022.
3. Great Problem, The, International Federation of Film Archives, Brussels.