16 September 1916 Drama 30 mins
Characters in the film attend a movie titled 'Life’s Mirror', where they see parallel, cautionary versions of their own lives. Only the first two of the original seven reels survive.
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Lois Weber as Anne
Phillips Smalley as John Wall
Mary MacLaren as Molly
Edward Hearn as Richard
Seymour Hastings as Billy Shane
Countess Du Cello as Wall's Mother
Pauline Aster as Alberta
Cecilia Matthews as Molly's Mother
Ben F. Wilson as Mr. Jamison
Maude George as Mrs. Jamison
Neva Gerber as Mary Wells
Charles Perley as Tough Burns
James Oppenheim Novel
Lois Weber Director
Phillips Smalley Director
Phillips Smalley Adaptation
Phillips Smalley Writer
Allen G. Siegler Director of Photography
Lois Weber Writer
Phillips Smalley Producer
Lois Weber Producer
Lois Weber Adaptation
United States 16 September 1916
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Universal Film Mfg. Co. First two reels of a Lois Weber feature in which a film inspires three sets of moviegoers to remake their lives. Preserved in collaboration ...
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