By Right of Possession

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By Right of Possession
Directed byWilliam Wolbert
Written byAlvah Milton Kerr
Garfield Thompson
StarringMary Anderson
Antonio Moreno
Otto Lederer
CinematographyReginald Lyons
Production
company
Distributed byVitagraph Company of America
Release date
  • July 30, 1917 (1917-07-30)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

By Right of Possession is a 1917 American silent Western film directed by William Wolbert and starring Mary Anderson, Antonio Moreno and Otto Lederer.[1]

Cast

Censorship

Before By Right of Possession could be exhibited in Kansas, the Kansas Board of Review required the removal of a scene where Bells is brutally beaten, and of another scene where a calf is branded.[2]

References

  1. Langman, p. 107.
  2. "Kansas Board of Review Movie Index - Kansas Historical Society". www.kansashistory.gov. Retrieved December 8, 2025.

Bibliography

  • Langman, Larry. American Film Cycles: The Silent Era. Greenwood Publishing, 1998.