The Safety Curtain Explained

The Safety Curtain
Director:	Sidney Franklin
Producer:	Norma Talmadge Joseph Schenck
Cinematography:	Albert Moses Ed Weynard
Studio:	Norma Talmadge Film Corporation
Distributor:	Select Pictures
Runtime:	6 reels
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (English intertitles)

The Safety Curtain is a 1918 American silent melodrama film directed by Sidney Franklin and starring Norma Talmadge. Talmadge and her husband Joe Schenck produced the film and distributed through Select Pictures.^{[1] [2]}

Cast

• Norma Talmadge as Puck
• Eugene O'Brien as Captain Merryon
• Anders Randolf as Vulcan (credited as Anders Randolph)
• Gladden James as Sylvester
• Lillian Hall as Ballet Girl

Preservation status

This film is preserved at EYE Institut, aka Filmmuseum in the Netherlands and at UCLA Film and Television Archive.^{[3] [4]}

External links

• • • Lantern slide(Wayback Machine)

Notes and References

1. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/SafetyCurtain1918.html Progressive Silent Film List: The Safety Curtain
2. http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=17247 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Safety Curtain
3. http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.1035/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Safety Curtain
4. https://web.stanford.edu/~gdegroat/NT/oldreviews/sc.htm The Safety Curtain; The Greta De Groat site The Norma Talmadge Website