The Thirteenth Commandment

{{short description|1920 film by Robert G. Vignola}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = The Thirteenth Commandment | image = Ethel Clayton in The 13th Commandment by Robert Vignola Film Daily 1920.png | alt = | caption = Ad for film | director = Robert G. Vignola | producer = Jesse L. Lasky | screenplay = Alice Eyton | based_on = {{based on|''The Thirteenth Commandment''|Rupert Hughes}} | starring = Ethel Clayton Charles Meredith Monte Blue Anna Q. Nilsson Irving Cummings Winter Hall | music = | cinematography = James Van Trees | editing = | studio = Artcraft Pictures Corporation Famous Players–Lasky Corporation | distributor = Paramount Pictures | released = {{Film date|1920|1|17}} | runtime = 50 minutes | country = United States | language = Silent (English intertitles) | budget = | gross = }}

'''''The Thirteenth Commandment''''' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Robert G. Vignola and written by Alice Eyton. The film stars Ethel Clayton, Charles Meredith, Monte Blue, Anna Q. Nilsson, Irving Cummings and Winter Hall. It is based on the 1916 novel ''The Thirteenth Commandment'' by Rupert Hughes. The film was released on January 17, 1920, by Paramount Pictures.<ref name="SilentEra">{{cite web|url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/T/ThirteenthCommandment1920.html|title=Progressive Silent Film List: ''The Thirteenth Commandment'' (1920)|work=silentera.com|accessdate=January 21, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=1&Movie=17997|title=The Thirteenth Commandment|work=afi.com|accessdate=January 21, 2015}}</ref> It is not known whether the film currently survives.<ref name="SilentEra"/><ref>{{Cite web |date= |others= |title=The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Thirteenth Commandment |url=http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.9792/default.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321212213/http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.9792/default.html |archive-date=2023-03-21 |access-date=2025-08-12 |website=memory.loc.gov}}</ref>

==Plot== {{no plot|date=January 2024}}

==Cast== *Ethel Clayton as Daphne Kip *Charles Meredith as Clay Wimborn *Monte Blue as Bayard Kip *Anna Q. Nilsson as Leila Kip *Irving Cummings as Thomas Warwick Duane *Winter Hall as Roger Kip Sr. *Lucille Ward as Mrs. Kip Sr. *Arthur Maude as Mr. Wtherell *Beverly Travers as Sheila Kemble *Louis Morrison as Herman Reben *Jane Wolfe as Mrs. Chivvis

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== External links == {{commons category|The Thirteenth Commandment}} * {{IMDb title|0011764|The Thirteenth Commandment}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Thirteenth Commandment, The}} Category:1920 films Category:1920 English-language films Category:American silent drama films Category:1920 drama films Category:Paramount Pictures films Category:Films directed by Robert G. Vignola Category:American black-and-white films Category:Films based on works by Rupert Hughes Category:American silent feature films Category:1920 American films Category:English-language drama films