Honesty – The Best Policy

Honesty – The Best Policy
Directed by
Written by
Produced byWilliam Fox
Starring
CinematographyErnest Palmer
Production
company
Distributed byFox Film
Release date
  • August 8, 1926 (1926-08-08)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Honesty – The Best Policy is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Chester Bennett and Albert Ray and starring Rockliffe Fellowes, Pauline Starke, and Johnnie Walker.[1] Bennett was the primary director of the film and Ray was brought in later to shoot an additional sequence featuring Albert Gran and Dot Farley.[2]

Cast

Preservation

Honesty - The Best Policy is currently presumed lost.[3] In February of 2021, the film was cited by the National Film Preservation Board on their Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films list.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Solomon p. 299
  2. ↑ "Honesty--The Best Policy". afi.com. Retrieved April 11, 2026.
  3. ↑ "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Honesty - The Best Policy". memory.loc.gov. Archived from the original on May 14, 2022. Retrieved April 11, 2026. Cite error: Unknown parameter "loc" in <ref> tag; supported parameters are dir, follow, group, name (see the help page).
  4. ↑ "7,200 Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films (1912-29)" (PDF). National Film Preservation Board. Retrieved April 11, 2026.

Bibliography

  • Solomon, Aubrey. The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography. McFarland, 2011.
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