A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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The Lilac Splash
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Theodore Wharton

Cast: Burr McIntosh [J. Rufus ‘Jim’ Wallingford], Max Figman [Blackie Daw], Lolita Robertson [Violet Warden], Frances White [Fanny Warden], Edward O’Connor [Onion Jones], O.N. Hardy (Oliver Hardy) [the burglar], Allan Murnane [Mr. Andre Perigourd]

Wharton, Incorporated, production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated. / Produced by Theodore Wharton and Leopold Wharton. Scenario by Charles W. Goddard, from an adaptation by George B. Seitz of a comic strip by George Randolph Chester. Cinematography by Levi Bacon and Ray June. / Released 1 November 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The fifth film in the “The New Adventures of J. Rufus Wallingford” series.

Comedy.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 28 May 2025.

References: Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.