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.^[1]

Tangled Threads (aka: Broken Threads)
Advertisement for Tangled Threads from a 1919 issue of The Moving Picture World
Directed by	Howard C. Hickman
Written by	Fred Myton M.B. Havey (story)
Produced by	Bessie Barriscale Productions
Starring	Bessie Barriscale
Cinematography	L. Guy Wilky
Distributed by	Robertson-Cole
Release date	June 15, 1919 (1919-06-15)
Running time	50 mins.
Country	USA
Languages	Silent English titles

Plot

Cast

• Bessie Barriscale - Margaret Wayne
• Rosemary Theby - Rita Kosloff
• Nigel Barrie - John Rutherford Wayne
• Henry Kolker - Dr. MacGregor
• Thomas Holding - Philip Northrop
• Ben Alexander - Sonny Boy Wayne
• Mary Jane Irving - Little Barbara

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]