The Man on the Box explained

The Man on the Box
Director:	Oscar Apfel Cecil B. DeMille (uncredited)
Starring:	Horace B. Carpenter
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent with English intertitles

The Man on the Box is a 1914 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Oscar Apfel and co-directed by Cecil B. DeMille. It was based on the 1904 novel of the same name by Harold MacGrath and stars Horace B. Carpenter.^[1]

Max Figman had starred in the Broadway version in 1907 and reprises his role here in this film. A surviving film at the Library of Congress and the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research (Madison).^[2]

Cast

• Horace B. Carpenter as Russian ambassador
• Jane Darwell as Mrs. Chadwick
• William Elmer as Troop commander
• Max Figman as Lt. Bob Warburton
• Harry Fisher as Chales Henderson
• Betty Johnson as Nancy Warburton (as Betty Jonson)
• Jack W. Johnston as Count Karloff (as J.W. Johnston)
• C. F. Le None as Scout
• Fred Montague as Col. Raleigh
• James Neill as Col. Annesley
• Lolita Robertson as Betty Annesley
• Mabel Van Buren as Kit Warburton

Notes and References

1. Web site: Progressive Silent Film List: The Man on the Box . February 17, 2010. Silent Era.
2. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.2662/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Man on the Box