The Man on the Box

For the 1925 film directed by Charles Reisner, see The Man on the Box (1925 film). For the 2003 Iraq War photograph, see The Hooded Man.

The Man on the Box is a 1914 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Oscar Apfel and co-directed by Cecil B. DeMille. It was based on the 1904 novel of the same name by Harold MacGrath and stars Horace B. Carpenter.^[1]

The Man on the Box
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Directed by	Oscar Apfel Cecil B. DeMille (uncredited)
Based on	The Man on the Box by Harold MacGrath
Starring	Horace B. Carpenter
Release date	July 13, 1914 (1914-07-13)
Country	United States
Language	Silent with English intertitles

Max Figman had starred in the Broadway version in 1907 and reprises his role here in this film. A surviving film at the Library of Congress and the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research (Madison).^[2]

Cast

• Horace B. Carpenter as Russian ambassador
• Jane Darwell as Mrs. Chadwick
• William Elmer as Troop commander
• Max Figman as Lt. Bob Warburton
• Harry Fisher as Chales Henderson
• Betty Johnson as Nancy Warburton (as Betty Jonson)
• Jack W. Johnston as Count Karloff (as J.W. Johnston)
• C. F. Le None as Scout
• Fred Montague as Col. Raleigh
• James Neill as Col. Annesley
• Lolita Robertson as Betty Annesley
• Mabel Van Buren as Kit Warburton