The Safety Curtain

For other uses, see Safety curtain.

The Safety Curtain is a 1918 American silent melodrama film directed by Sidney Franklin and starring Norma Talmadge. Talmadge and her husband Joe Schenck produced the film and distributed through Select Pictures.^[1][2]

The Safety Curtain
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Directed by	Sidney Franklin
Written by	Sidney Franklin Paul West
Based on	"The Safety Curtain" by Ethel M. Dell
Produced by	Norma Talmadge Joseph M. Schenck
Cinematography	Albert Moses Ed Weynard
Production company	Norma Talmadge Film Corporation
Distributed by	Select Pictures
Release date	July 10, 1918 (1918-07-10)
Running time	6 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Cast

• Norma Talmadge as Puck
• Eugene O'Brien as Captain Merryon
• Anders Randolf as Vulcan (credited as Anders Randolph)
• Gladden James as Sylvester
• Lillian Hall as Ballet Girl

Preservation status

This film is preserved at EYE Institut, aka Filmmuseum in the Netherlands and at UCLA Film and Television Archive.^[3][4]