The Hero of Submarine D-2 explained

The Hero of Submarine D-2
Director:	Paul Scardon
Producer:	Vitagraph Company of America
Based On:	short story Colton, U.S.N. by Cyrus Townsend Brady
Starring:	Charles Richman
Distributor:	V-L-S-E
Runtime:	5 reels
Country:	USA
Language:	Silent

The Hero of Submarine D-2 is a lost^[1] 1916 silent adventure war film directed by Paul Scardon and starring Charles Richman. It was produced by the Vitagraph Company of America and released by V-L-S-E Incorporated.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Cast

• Charles Richman – Lt. Commander Colton
• James W. Morrison – Gilman Austen
• Anders Randolf – J.F. Austin (*as Anders Randolph)
• Charles Wellesley – Captain McMasters
• Thomas R. Mills – James Archer (*as Thomas Mills)
• L. Rogers Lytton – The Ruanian ambassador
• Eleanor Woodruff – Caroline Autsten
• Zena Keefe – Ethel McMasters

uncredited

• Commander R. K. Crank
• Captain Louis M. Milton
• Lieutenant Roger K. Welles
• Lieutenant Commander Franck Taylor Evans

Notes and References

1. http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.6123/default.html The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:The Hero of Submarine D-2
2. http://silentera.com/PSFL/data/H/HeroOfSubmarineDTwo1916.html The Hero of Submarine D-2 at silentera.com
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20170712161323/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=14125 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:The Hero of Submarine D-2
4. Pictorial History of the Silent Screen, p.114 c.1953 by Daniel Blum