The Yellow Stain

The Yellow Stain is a lost 1922 silent drama film released by Fox Film Corporation. The film stars John Gilbert and Claire Anderson. It is not known whether the film currently survives.^[1][2][3]

The Yellow Stain
A still from the film.
Directed by	John Dillon
Written by	Jules Furthman
Starring	John Gilbert Claire Anderson
Cinematography	Don Short
Production company	Fox Film Corporation
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release date	May 21, 1922 (1922-05-21)
Running time	5 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Plot

Donald Keith is a lawyer who has recently moved to a fictional logging community in Northern Michigan. He later learns that Quartus Hembly, the town boss, has illegally conned a man named Daniel Kersten out of his property, ruining him and turning him into the town drunkard. Keith decides to help Kersten take legal action against Hembly and bring him to justice. Keith eventually succeeds and also causes the town's residents to rise up against Hembly.^[4][2][5]

Cast

• John Gilbert as Donald Keith
• Claire Anderson as Thora Erickson
• Mark Fenton as Olaf Erickson
• John P. Lockney as Quartus Hembly
• Herschel Mayall as Dr. Brown
• William Robert Daly as Daniel Kersten