The Bait (1921)
50m
Running Time
January 2, 1921Release Date
Plot.
Crook Bennett Barton uses pretty Joan Granger as bait to blackmail millionaire John Warren.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Hope Hampton
Joan Granger
Harry Woodward
John Warren - The Fish
Jack McDonald
Bennett Barton - The Fisherman
James Gordon
John Garson - The Game Warden
Maurice Tourneur
Director
Poupée Andriot
Madeline - The Minnow
John Gilbert
Writer
Dan Crimmins
Jimmy - The Bullfinch
Sidney Toler
Writer
Alfred Ortlieb
Cinematographer
Rae Ebberly
Dolly - The Hooked
Joseph Singleton
Simpson - The Bait-Catcher
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
The Bait is a 1921 American silent crime drama film produced by and starring Hope Hampton, directed by Maurice Tourneur, and distributed by Paramount Pictures. John Gilbert, then working for Tourneur, wrote the scenario (silent film version of a screenplay) based on the stage play The Tiger Lady by Sidney Toler. Filmed in 1920, the picture was released a day after New Year's 1921. The Bait is now considered to be a lost film.This 1921 release should not be confused with the 1916 film The Bait, which was directed by William J. Bowman and starred Betty Harte and William Clifford.