Bolshevism on Trial
| Bolshevism on Trial | |
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| Directed by | Harley Knoles |
| Written by | Harry Chandlee |
| Based on | Comrades: A Story of Social Adventure in California by Thomas Dixon |
| Starring | Robert Frazer Leslie Stowe |
| Cinematography | Philip Hatkin |
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| Distributed by | Select Pictures Corporation |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Bolshevism on Trial is a 1919 American silent propaganda film made by the Mayflower Photoplay Company and distributed through Lewis J. Selznick's Select Pictures Corporation.
Directed by Harley Knoles from a screenplay by Harry Chandlee, it is based on the 1909 novel Comrades: A Story of Social Adventure in California by Thomas Dixon, author of the novels The Clansman: A Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan and The Leopard's Spots that served as the basis for The Birth of a Nation. It premiered in April 1919 during the First Red Scare.