The Green Swamp

{{short description|1916 film by Scott Sidney}} {{Other uses|Green Swamp (disambiguation){{!}}Green Swamp}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2014}} {{Infobox film | name = The Green Swamp | image = The Green Swamp1916newspaperad.jpg | caption = Newspaper advertisement | director = Scott Sidney | producer = Kay-Bee Pictures<br>New York Motion Pictures | writer = C. Gardner Sullivan | starring = Bessie Barriscale<br>Bruce McRae | cinematography = John Stumar | editing = | distributor = Triangle Film Corporation | released = {{Film date|1916|1|30}} | runtime = 50 minutes | country = United States | language = Silent<br>English intertitles | budget = }}

'''''The Green Swamp''''' is a 1916 silent drama starring Bessie Barriscale and written by C. Gardner Sullivan.<ref>''The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20'' by The American Film Institute, c.1988</ref><ref name="silentera">{{cite web |url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/G/GreenSwamp1916.html |title=Progressive Silent Film List: ''The Green Swamp'' |access-date=March 25, 2024 |publisher=silentera.com}}</ref><ref name="afi">{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/14114-THE-GREEN-SWAMP |title=The Green Swamp |work=afi.com |access-date=March 25, 2024}}</ref>

==Plot summary== The film centers on Magery Allison (played by Bessie Barriscale) and her husband, Dr. Ward Allison (played by Bruce McRae). Jealous over her husband's friendship with his female patients, Mrs. Allison fails to deliver a message from a patient that nearly results in the death of the patient's child. Mrs. Allison pleads for forgiveness. On learning that she is pregnant, Dr. Allison does forgive her. However, the cycle of jealousy repeats itself.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/553237/the-green-swamp#synopsis|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208122348/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/553237/the-green-swamp#synopsis|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 8, 2021| title=The Green Swamp|publisher=TCM|access-date=2023-08-18}}</ref>

==Cast== * Bessie Barriscale - Margery Allison * Bruce McRae - Dr. Ward Allison * J. Barney Sherry - Dr. Jim Hendon * Milton Ross - Detective Bryan * Lola May - Edna * Louise Brownell - Miss Miller

==Preservation== Only the first reel of ''The Green Swamp'' is known to survive, the film is otherwise considered lost. It is held by the UCLA Film & Television Archive.<ref name="silentera"/><ref name="American Silent Feature Film Database">{{cite web|url=https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.2062/|title=American Silent Feature Film Database: ''The Green Swamp''|access-date=March 25, 2024|publisher=Library of Congress}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb title|0006743}}

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