{{short description|1916 film directed by George A. Lessey}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox film | name = The Purple Lady | image = The_Purple_Lady_lobby_poster_1916.jpg | alt = | caption = Metro Pictures/Rolfe Photoplays lobby poster | director = George A. Lessey | producer = Sydney Rosenfeld | writer = June Mathis | screenplay = | story = | based_on = | starring = Ralph C. Herz<br />Irene Howley<br />Alan Hale | narrator = | music = | cinematography = Arthur Martinelli | editing = | studio = Rolfe Photoplays | distributor = Metro Pictures | released = {{Film date|1916|6|26|''US''|ref1=<ref name=AFI>{{cite web | url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/18254?cxt=filmography | title=The Purple Lady | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate= December 11, 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212140648/https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/18254?cxt=filmography | url-status=live | archivedate=December 12, 2017}}</ref>}} | runtime = 5 reels | country = United States | language = English }} thumb|right|Publicity photo for the film. '''''The Purple Lady''''' is a lost<ref>[http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.8485/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database:''The Purple Lady'']</ref> 1916 American silent comedy film. Directed by George A. Lessey, the film stars Ralph Herz, Irene Howley, and Alan Hale. It was released on June 26, 1916.
==Cast list== * Ralph C. Herz as Silas Gilworthy *Irene Howley as Fifi Melotte * Alan Hale as Count Louis Petelier * Howard Truesdale as Mr. Severn * George Pauncefote as Detective Rogers * Guido Colucci as Jules Bergere * Gretchen Hartman as Adelaide Severn * Mrs. William Bechtel as Mrs. Severn * Cora Williams as Mrs. Rogers
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==External links== *''[http://imdb.com/title/tt0007230/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 The Purple Lady at IMDb.com]''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Purple Lady}} Category:American silent feature films Category:American black-and-white films Category:American silent comedy films Category:1916 comedy films Category:1916 films Category:Metro Pictures films Category:1916 English-language films Category:1916 American films Category:English-language comedy films