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The Explorer
The Explorer
	Contemporary advertisement
Directed by	George Melford
Screenplay by	W. Somerset Maugham; William C. deMille
Produced by	Jesse L. Lasky
Starring	Lou Tellegen; Tom Forman; Dorothy Davenport; James Neill; Horace B. Carpenter
Cinematography	Percy Hilburn (fr)
Production; company	Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	September 27, 1915;
Country	United States
Language	English

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The Explorer is a lost^[1]^[2] 1915 American adventure silent film directed by George Melford and written by W. Somerset Maugham and William C. deMille.^[3] The film stars Lou Tellegen, Tom Forman, Dorothy Davenport, James Neill and Horace B. Carpenter. The film was released on September 27, 1915, by Paramount Pictures.^[4]^[5]

Plot

The film was advertised as a story of an adventurous youth who led an exploration party into Central Africa, risking life and honor for the women he loved.^[6]

Cast

Lou Tellegen as Alec McKenzie
Tom Forman as George Allerton
Dorothy Davenport as Lucy Allerton
James Neill as Dr. Adamson
Horace B. Carpenter as McInnery

References

^ The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:The Explorer
^ The Explorer at TheGreatStars.com; Lost Films Wanted(Wayback Machine)
^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993:The Explorer
^ "The Explorer (1915) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
^ "The Explorer". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
^ The Tacoma times. (Tacoma, Wash.), 20 Oct. 1915

External links

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[1] The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:The Explorer

[2] The Explorer at TheGreatStars.com; Lost Films Wanted(Wayback Machine)

[3] The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993:The Explorer

[4] "The Explorer (1915) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 24 December 2014.

[5] "The Explorer". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 December 2014.

[6] The Tacoma times. (Tacoma, Wash.), 20 Oct. 1915

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-'''''The Explorer''''' is a 1915 American [[Adventure film|adventure]] [[silent film]] directed by [[George Melford]] and written by [[W. Somerset Maugham]] and [[William C. deMille]]. The film stars [[Lou Tellegen]], [[Tom Forman (actor)|Tom Forman]], [[Dorothy Davenport]], [[James Neill]] and [[Horace B. Carpenter]]. The film was released on September 27, 1915, by [[Paramount Pictures]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/552889/The-Explorer/|title=The Explorer (1915) - Overview - TCM.com|work=Turner Classic Movies|accessdate=24 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=16499|title=The Explorer|publisher=The New York Times|accessdate=24 December 2014}}</ref>
+'''''The Explorer''''' is a [[lost film|lost]]<ref>[http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.5066/default.html The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:''The Explorer'']</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20141225003106/http://www.thegreatstars.com/lost_film_wanted.htm The Explorer at TheGreatStars.com; Lost Films Wanted](Wayback Machine)</ref> 1915 American [[Adventure film|adventure]] [[silent film]] directed by [[George Melford]] and written by [[W. Somerset Maugham]] and [[William C. deMille]].<ref>[https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/16499?sid The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993:''The Explorer'']</ref> The film stars [[Lou Tellegen]], [[Tom Forman (actor)|Tom Forman]], [[Dorothy Davenport]], [[James Neill (actor)|James Neill]] and [[Horace B. Carpenter]]. The film was released on September 27, 1915, by [[Paramount Pictures]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/552889/The-Explorer/|title=The Explorer (1915) - Overview - TCM.com|work=Turner Classic Movies|accessdate=24 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=16499|title=The Explorer|work=The New York Times|accessdate=24 December 2014}}</ref>
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 *[[Tom Forman (actor)|Tom Forman]] as George Allerton
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 *[[Horace B. Carpenter]] as McInnery
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 [[Category:Paramount Pictures films]]
 [[Category:Films directed by George Melford]]
 [[Category:American black-and-white films]]
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