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Tangled Threads

Tangled Threads is a 1919 silent film drama directed by Howard Hickman and starring his wife Bessie Barriscale. Barriscale's production company produced the film and it was distributed by Robertson-Cole Corporation.

Last revised
Aug 4, 2026
Read time
≈ 1 min
Length
178 w
Citations
3
Source
Tangled Threads
(aka: Broken Threads)
Advertisement for Tangled Threads from a 1919 issue of The Moving Picture World
Directed byHoward C. Hickman
Written byFred Myton
M.B. Havey (story)
Produced byBessie Barriscale Productions
StarringBessie Barriscale
CinematographyL. Guy Wilky
Distributed byRobertson-Cole
Release date
  • June 15, 1919 (1919-06-15)
Running time
50 mins.
CountryUSA
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Tangled Threads is a 1919 silent film drama directed by Howard Hickman and starring his wife Bessie Barriscale. Barriscale's production company produced the film and it was distributed by Robertson-Cole Corporation.1

Plot

Cast

Preservation

With no prints of Tangled Threads located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.2 In February 2021, the film was cited by the National Film Preservation Board on their Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films list.1

References

References

  1. "Tangled Threads". afi.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  2. "American Silent Feature Film Database: Tangled Threads". Library of Congress. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
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