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s released in the year 1917

1917 in film

The year 1917 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*Foundation of Universum Film AG , as a propaganda film company, in Berlin.*Technicolor System 1, a two-color process, is introduced...

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Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
The Adventurer The Adventurer (film) The Adventurer is a short comedy film made in 1917 written and directed by Charlie Chaplin. It is the last out of the twelve films made while he was under contract for the Mutual Film Corporation.- Plot and characters :...	Charles Chaplin	Charlie Chaplin
All Aboard	Alfred J. Goulding Alfred J. Goulding Alfred John "Alf" Goulding was an Australian-born American film director and screenwriter. He directed 182 films between 1917 and 1959....	Harold Lloyd Harold Lloyd Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. was an American film actor and producer, most famous for his silent comedies....
Bashful Bashful (film) Bashful is a 1917 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. A copy exists in the film archive of the Museum of Modern Art, New York City.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd* Snub Pollard* Bebe Daniels* Bud Jamison* William Blaisdell* James Morrison* Sammy Brooks...	Alfred J. Goulding Alfred J. Goulding Alfred John "Alf" Goulding was an Australian-born American film director and screenwriter. He directed 182 films between 1917 and 1959....	Harold Lloyd Harold Lloyd Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. was an American film actor and producer, most famous for his silent comedies....
The Big Idea The Big Idea (1917 film) -Cast:* Harold Lloyd* Snub Pollard* Bebe Daniels* William Blaisdell* Sammy Brooks* Lige Conley - * Billy Fay* William Gillespie* Gus Leonard* Norman Napier* Fred C. Newmeyer* Dorothea Wolbert...	Gilbert Pratt Gilbert Pratt Gilbert Pratt was an American film director, actor and writer. He directed 87 films between 1917 and 1936.He was born in Providence, Rhode Island, and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:...	Harold Lloyd Harold Lloyd Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. was an American film actor and producer, most famous for his silent comedies....
Birds of a Feather		Harold Lloyd Harold Lloyd Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. was an American film actor and producer, most famous for his silent comedies....
Bliss Bliss (1917 film) -Cast:* Harold Lloyd - Harold* Snub Pollard - Snub* Bebe Daniels - The Girl* W.L. Adams* William Blaisdell* Sammy Brooks* Lottie Case* Billy Evans* William Gillespie* Sadie Gordon* Charles Grider* Arthur Harrison* Clyde E...	Alfred J. Goulding Alfred J. Goulding Alfred John "Alf" Goulding was an Australian-born American film director and screenwriter. He directed 182 films between 1917 and 1959....	Harold Lloyd Harold Lloyd Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. was an American film actor and producer, most famous for his silent comedies....
Bucking Broadway Bucking Broadway Bucking Broadway is a 1917 film by John Ford, probably his sixth feature film. Long thought to be lost, along with about 60 of Ford's 70 silent films, it was found in 2002 in the archives of the CNC . It was subsequently restored and digitized...	John Ford John Ford John Ford was an American film director. He was famous for both his westerns such as Stagecoach, The Searchers, and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, and adaptations of such classic 20th-century American novels as The Grapes of Wrath...	Harry Carey
The Butcher Boy The Butcher Boy (1917 film) The Butcher Boy is a 1917 short comedy film starring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and Buster Keaton. This was the first in Arbuckle's series of films with the Comique Film Corporation, and Keaton's film debut.- Plot :...	'Fatty' Arbuckle Fatty Arbuckle Roscoe Conkling "Fatty" Arbuckle was an American silent film actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter. Starting at the Selig Polyscope Company he eventually moved to Keystone Studios where he worked with Mabel Normand and Harold Lloyd...	'Fatty' Arbuckle Fatty Arbuckle Roscoe Conkling "Fatty" Arbuckle was an American silent film actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter. Starting at the Selig Polyscope Company he eventually moved to Keystone Studios where he worked with Mabel Normand and Harold Lloyd... / Buster Keaton Buster Keaton Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton was an American comic actor, filmmaker, producer and writer. He was best known for his silent films, in which his trademark was physical comedy with a consistently stoic, deadpan expression, earning him the nickname "The Great Stone Face".Keaton was recognized as the...
By the Sad Sea Waves By the Sad Sea Waves By the Sad Sea Waves is a 1917 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd* Snub Pollard* Bebe Daniels* Frank Alexander - Bather* William Blaisdell* Sammy Brooks* Rudolph Bylek* Billy Fay - * Florence Gibson...	Alfred J. Goulding Alfred J. Goulding Alfred John "Alf" Goulding was an Australian-born American film director and screenwriter. He directed 182 films between 1917 and 1959....	Harold Lloyd Harold Lloyd Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. was an American film actor and producer, most famous for his silent comedies....
Camille Camille (1917 film) Camille is a silent film based on the 1852 novel and play La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils, adapted by Adrian Johnson, directed by J. Gordon Edwards, and starring Theda Bara as Marguerite Gauthier. The film was made by Fox Film Corporation when it and many other early film studios in...	J. Gordon Edwards J. Gordon Edwards J. Gordon Edwards was a Canadian-born film director, producer, and a writer who began his career as a stage actor and as a stage director. He made his directorial debut on film in 1914's St. Elmo. Soon went on helming all of the Fox studio's mega-budget spectacles, including all of actress Theda...	Theda Bara Theda Bara Theda Bara , born Theodosia Burr Goodman, was an American silent film actress – one of the most popular of her era, and one of cinema's earliest sex symbols. Her femme fatale roles earned her the nickname "The Vamp" . The term "vamp" soon became a popular slang term for a sexually predatory woman...
Cleopatra Cleopatra (1917 film) Cleopatra was directed by J. Gordon Edwards and starred Theda Bara in the title role. Fritz Leiber, Sr. played Julius Caesar and Thurston Hall played Mark Antony....	J. Gordon Edwards J. Gordon Edwards J. Gordon Edwards was a Canadian-born film director, producer, and a writer who began his career as a stage actor and as a stage director. He made his directorial debut on film in 1914's St. Elmo. Soon went on helming all of the Fox studio's mega-budget spectacles, including all of actress Theda...	Theda Bara Theda Bara Theda Bara , born Theodosia Burr Goodman, was an American silent film actress – one of the most popular of her era, and one of cinema's earliest sex symbols. Her femme fatale roles earned her the nickname "The Vamp" . The term "vamp" soon became a popular slang term for a sexually predatory woman...
Clubs Are Trump Clubs Are Trump Clubs Are Trump is a 1917 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd - The Boy* Snub Pollard* Bebe Daniels* Gilbert Pratt* Fred C. Newmeyer* Billy Fay* Bud Jamison* Charles Stevenson - * Sammy Brooks...	Hal Roach Hal Roach Harold Eugene "Hal" Roach, Sr. was an American film and television producer and director, and from the 1910s to the 1990s.- Early life and career :Hal Roach was born in Elmira, New York...	Harold Lloyd Harold Lloyd Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. was an American film actor and producer, most famous for his silent comedies....
Coney Island Coney Island (1917 film) Coney Island is a 1917 short silent film comedy written and directed by Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, and starring Arbuckle and Buster Keaton.-Synopsis:...		'Fatty' Arbuckle Fatty Arbuckle Roscoe Conkling "Fatty" Arbuckle was an American silent film actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter. Starting at the Selig Polyscope Company he eventually moved to Keystone Studios where he worked with Mabel Normand and Harold Lloyd... / Buster Keaton Buster Keaton Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton was an American comic actor, filmmaker, producer and writer. He was best known for his silent films, in which his trademark was physical comedy with a consistently stoic, deadpan expression, earning him the nickname "The Great Stone Face".Keaton was recognized as the...
The Cure		Charlie Chaplin
The Dying Swan
The Devil-Stone The Devil-Stone The Devil-Stone is a 1917 romance film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. The film had sequences filmed in the Handschiegl Color Process ....	Cecil B. DeMille Cecil B. DeMille Cecil Blount DeMille was an American film director and Academy Award-winning film producer in both silent and sound films. He was renowned for the flamboyance and showmanship of his movies...	Geraldine Farrar Geraldine Farrar Geraldine Farrar was an American soprano opera singer and film actress, noted for her beauty, acting ability, and "the intimate timbre of her voice." She had a large following among young women, who were nicknamed "Gerry-flappers".- Early life and opera career :Farrar was born in Melrose,...
Easy Street Easy Street (film) Easy Street is a 1917 short comedy film by Charlie Chaplin.In the film, the police are failing to maintain law and order and so it is Chaplin, as the Little Tramp character, who steps forward to rid the street of bullies, help the poor, save women from madmen and generally keep the peace.-Plot:As...		Charlie Chaplin
Enlighten Thy Daughter Enlighten Thy Daughter (1917 film) Enlighten Thy Daughter is a 1917 silent film directed by Ivan Abramson.The exploitation film/sexual hygiene film warns against the dangers of premarital sex. Lillian Stevens is young woman who ends up having sex with Harold Winthrop after both are caught in an unexpected storm during a date. Of...	Ivan Abramson Ivan Abramson Ivan Abramson was a director of American silent films active in the 1910s and 1920s.Abramson emigrated to the United States from Russia in the 1880s and soon became involved in Jewish newspaper field. In 1905 he founded an opera company. In 1914, he founded Ivan Film Productions to produce...		sexual hygiene/exploitation film
The Flirt The Flirt The Flirt is a 1917 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. Copies of the film survive in the film archives of the Museum of Modern Art and the British Film Institute.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd* Snub Pollard* Bebe Daniels* W.L...		Harold Lloyd Harold Lloyd Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. was an American film actor and producer, most famous for his silent comedies....
From Laramie to London From Laramie to London From Laramie to London is a 1917 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd - Lonesome Luke* Snub Pollard* Bebe Daniels* W.L. Adams* Billy Fay* Bud Jamison* Fred Jefferson* Margaret Joslin* Marie Mosquini* Fred C. Newmeyer...	Hal Roach Hal Roach Harold Eugene "Hal" Roach, Sr. was an American film and television producer and director, and from the 1910s to the 1990s.- Early life and career :Hal Roach was born in Elmira, New York...	Harold Lloyd Harold Lloyd Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. was an American film actor and producer, most famous for his silent comedies....
Golden Rule Kate Golden Rule Kate Golden Rule Kate is a 1917 silent era western drama motion picture starring Louise Glaum, William Conklin, Jack Richardson, Mildred Harris, and John Gilbert.Directed by Reginald Barker from a story written by Monte M...	Reginald Barker	Louise Glaum Louise Glaum Louise Glaum was an American actress. Best known for her role as a femme fatale in silent era motion picture dramas, she was credited with giving one of the best characterizations of a vamp in her early career....	Western Western (genre) The Western is a genre of various visual arts, such as film, television, radio, literature, painting and others. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, hence the name. Some Westerns are set as early as the Battle of...	Feature length Feature length Feature length is motion picture terminology referring to the length of a feature film. According to the rules of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, a feature length motion picture must have a running time of more than 40 minutes to be eligible for an Academy Award.The term may also...
Great Expectations Great Expectations (1917 film) Great Expectations is a 1917 silent drama film directed by Robert G. Vignola and Paul West, based on the 1861–1862 novel by Charles Dickens. Jack Pickford stars as Pip and Louise Huff as Estella.-Plot:...	Robert G. Vignola Robert G. Vignola Robert G. Vignola Robert G. Vignola Robert G. Vignola (August 5, 1882 - October 25, 1953 was an Italian-born American actor, screenwriter and film director in American cinema. He made a handful of sound films in the early years of talkies but his career essentially ended in the silent era...	Jack Pickford Jack Pickford Jack Pickford was a Canadian-born American actor. He was best known for his tabloid lifestyle, marriage to the top starlets of his day, and being of the famous Pickford acting family.-Early life:...
The Gulf Between The Gulf Between (1917 film) The Gulf Between was the first motion picture made in Technicolor, the fourth feature-length color movie, and the first feature-length color movie produced in the United States. Today, the film is considered a lost film, with only a few frames of film extant. The Gulf Between was directed by Wray...		Grace Darmond Grace Darmond Grace Darmond was an American actress from the early 20th century.-Early life:Grace Darmond was born Grace Glionna in Toronto on November 20, 1893. Her parents were James Glionna, a U.S.-born musician who had lived in Canada since 1877, and Alice Glionna, an Ontario native.-Career:Darmond was...
His Wedding Night His Wedding Night His Wedding Night is a 1917 short comedy film starring Fatty Arbuckle, Al St. John, and Buster Keaton, and directed by Arbuckle.-Cast:* Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle - Drugstore soda clerk* Al St...		'Fatty' Arbuckle Fatty Arbuckle Roscoe Conkling "Fatty" Arbuckle was an American silent film actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter. Starting at the Selig Polyscope Company he eventually moved to Keystone Studios where he worked with Mabel Normand and Harold Lloyd... / Buster Keaton Buster Keaton Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton was an American comic actor, filmmaker, producer and writer. He was best known for his silent films, in which his trademark was physical comedy with a consistently stoic, deadpan expression, earning him the nickname "The Great Stone Face".Keaton was recognized as the...
The Immigrant The Immigrant The Immigrant is a 1917 American comedy short film starring the Charlie Chaplin Tramp character as an immigrant coming to the United States who is accused of theft on the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, and befriends a young woman along the way...		Charlie Chaplin
In Again, Out Again		Douglas Fairbanks Douglas Fairbanks Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. was an American actor, screenwriter, director and producer. He was best known for his swashbuckling roles in silent films such as The Thief of Bagdad, Robin Hood, and The Mark of Zorro....
Joan the Woman Joan the Woman Joan the Woman is a 1916 silent drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Geraldine Farrar as Joan of Arc.It was the first film to use the Handschiegl Color Process for certain scenes...	Cecil B. DeMille Cecil B. DeMille Cecil Blount DeMille was an American film director and Academy Award-winning film producer in both silent and sound films. He was renowned for the flamboyance and showmanship of his movies...	Geraldine Farrar Geraldine Farrar Geraldine Farrar was an American soprano opera singer and film actress, noted for her beauty, acting ability, and "the intimate timbre of her voice." She had a large following among young women, who were nicknamed "Gerry-flappers".- Early life and opera career :Farrar was born in Melrose,...
The Little American The Little American The Little American is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. The film stars Mary Pickford as an American woman who is in love with both a German and a French soldier during World War I.-Plot:...	Cecil B. DeMille Cecil B. DeMille Cecil Blount DeMille was an American film director and Academy Award-winning film producer in both silent and sound films. He was renowned for the flamboyance and showmanship of his movies...	Mary Pickford Mary Pickford Mary Pickford was a Canadian-born motion picture actress, co-founder of the film studio United Artists and one of the original 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
The Little Princess	Marshall Neilan Marshall Neilan Marshall Ambrose Neilan was an American motion picture actor, screenwriter, film director, and producer.-Early life:...	Mary Pickford Mary Pickford Mary Pickford was a Canadian-born motion picture actress, co-founder of the film studio United Artists and one of the original 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences... , Norman Kerry Norman Kerry Norman Kerry was an American actor whose career spanned over twenty-five years in the motion picture industry beginning in the silent era at the end of World War I.-Biography:... and ZaSu Pitts ZaSu Pitts ZaSu Pitts was an American actress who starred in many silent dramas and comedies, transitioning to comedy sound films.-Early life:ZaSu Pitts was born in Parsons, Kansas to Rulandus and Nellie Pitts; she was the third of four children...
Lonesome Luke, Lawyer Lonesome Luke, Lawyer Lonesome Luke, Lawyer is a 1917 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd - Lonesome Luke* Bebe Daniels* Snub Pollard* Bud Jamison* Charles Stevenson - * W.L...	Hal Roach Hal Roach Harold Eugene "Hal" Roach, Sr. was an American film and television producer and director, and from the 1910s to the 1990s.- Early life and career :Hal Roach was born in Elmira, New York...	Harold Lloyd Harold Lloyd Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. was an American film actor and producer, most famous for his silent comedies....
Lonesome Luke, Mechanic Lonesome Luke, Mechanic Lonesome Luke, Mechanic is a 1917 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd - Lonesome Luke* Snub Pollard* Bebe Daniels* Arthur Mumas* Sammy Brooks* W.L. Adams* Bud Jamison* Sidney De Gray* Lottie Case* May Ballard...	Hal Roach Hal Roach Harold Eugene "Hal" Roach, Sr. was an American film and television producer and director, and from the 1910s to the 1990s.- Early life and career :Hal Roach was born in Elmira, New York...	Harold Lloyd Harold Lloyd Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. was an American film actor and producer, most famous for his silent comedies....
Lonesome Luke, Messenger Lonesome Luke, Messenger Lonesome Luke, Messenger is a 1917 short comedy film starring Harold Lloyd.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd - Lonesome Luke* Bebe Daniels* Snub Pollard* Gilbert Pratt* Gus Leonard* Fred C. Newmeyer* Billy Fay* Nina Speight* Bud Jamison* Charles Stevenson...	Hal Roach Hal Roach Harold Eugene "Hal" Roach, Sr. was an American film and television producer and director, and from the 1910s to the 1990s.- Early life and career :Hal Roach was born in Elmira, New York...	Harold Lloyd Harold Lloyd Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. was an American film actor and producer, most famous for his silent comedies....
Lonesome Luke, Plumber Lonesome Luke, Plumber Lonesome Luke, Plumber is a 1917 short comedy film starring Harold Lloyd.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd - Lonesome Luke* Snub Pollard* Bebe Daniels* Bud Jamison* Gilbert Pratt* Max Hamburger* Arthur Harrison* Sammy Brooks* W.L. Adams* David Voorhees...	Hal Roach Hal Roach Harold Eugene "Hal" Roach, Sr. was an American film and television producer and director, and from the 1910s to the 1990s.- Early life and career :Hal Roach was born in Elmira, New York...	Harold Lloyd Harold Lloyd Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. was an American film actor and producer, most famous for his silent comedies....
Lonesome Luke Loses Patients Lonesome Luke Loses Patients Lonesome Luke Loses Patients is a 1917 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd - Lonesome Luke* Bebe Daniels* Snub Pollard* Bud Jamison* Gus Leonard* Charles Stevenson - * Fred C. Newmeyer* Billy Fay...	Hal Roach Hal Roach Harold Eugene "Hal" Roach, Sr. was an American film and television producer and director, and from the 1910s to the 1990s.- Early life and career :Hal Roach was born in Elmira, New York...	Harold Lloyd Harold Lloyd Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. was an American film actor and producer, most famous for his silent comedies....
Lonesome Luke on Tin Can Alley Lonesome Luke on Tin Can Alley Lonesome Luke on Tin Can Alley is a 1917 short comedy film starring Harold Lloyd. A print of the film survives in the film archive of the Museum of Modern Art.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd - Lonesome Luke* Bebe Daniels - Bebe* Snub Pollard* Marie Mosquini...	Hal Roach Hal Roach Harold Eugene "Hal" Roach, Sr. was an American film and television producer and director, and from the 1910s to the 1990s.- Early life and career :Hal Roach was born in Elmira, New York...	Harold Lloyd Harold Lloyd Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. was an American film actor and producer, most famous for his silent comedies....
Lonesome Luke's Honeymoon Lonesome Luke's Honeymoon Lonesome Luke's Honeymoon is a 1917 short comedy film starring Harold Lloyd.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd - Lonesome Luke* Bebe Daniels* Snub Pollard* Arthur Mumas* Sammy Brooks* W.L. Adams* Bud Jamison* Gilbert Pratt* Max Hamburger* Estelle Harrison...	Hal Roach Hal Roach Harold Eugene "Hal" Roach, Sr. was an American film and television producer and director, and from the 1910s to the 1990s.- Early life and career :Hal Roach was born in Elmira, New York...	Harold Lloyd Harold Lloyd Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. was an American film actor and producer, most famous for his silent comedies....
Lonesome Luke's Lively Life Lonesome Luke's Lively Life Lonesome Luke's Lively Life is a 1917 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd - Lonesome Luke* Bebe Daniels* Snub Pollard* Bud Jamison* Sidney De Gray* Charles Stevenson - * Sammy Brooks* Ray Thompson...	Hal Roach Hal Roach Harold Eugene "Hal" Roach, Sr. was an American film and television producer and director, and from the 1910s to the 1990s.- Early life and career :Hal Roach was born in Elmira, New York...	Harold Lloyd Harold Lloyd Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. was an American film actor and producer, most famous for his silent comedies....
Lonesome Luke's Lovely Rifle Lonesome Luke's Lovely Rifle Lonesome Luke's Lovely Rifle is a 1917 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd....	Hal Roach Hal Roach Harold Eugene "Hal" Roach, Sr. was an American film and television producer and director, and from the 1910s to the 1990s.- Early life and career :Hal Roach was born in Elmira, New York...	Harold Lloyd Harold Lloyd Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. was an American film actor and producer, most famous for his silent comedies....
Lonesome Luke's Wild Women Lonesome Luke's Wild Women Lonesome Luke's Wild Women is a 1917 short comedy film starring Harold Lloyd.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd - Lonesome Luke* Bebe Daniels* Snub Pollard* Bud Jamison* Sammy Brooks* W.L. Adams* David Voorhees* Charles Stevenson -...	Hal Roach Hal Roach Harold Eugene "Hal" Roach, Sr. was an American film and television producer and director, and from the 1910s to the 1990s.- Early life and career :Hal Roach was born in Elmira, New York...	Harold Lloyd Harold Lloyd Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. was an American film actor and producer, most famous for his silent comedies....
Lost and Won Lost and Won Lost and Won is a 1917 drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and Frank Reicher.-Cast:* Marie Doro - Cinders* Elliott Dexter - Walter Crane* Carl Stockdale - Kirkland Gaige* Mayme Kelso - Cleo Duvene* Robert Gray - Bill Holt* Clarence Geldart...	Cecil B. DeMille Cecil B. DeMille Cecil Blount DeMille was an American film director and Academy Award-winning film producer in both silent and sound films. He was renowned for the flamboyance and showmanship of his movies...	Marie Doro Marie Doro Marie Doro was an American stage and film actress of the early silent film era.-Personal life:Marie Doro was born as Marie Katherine Steward in Duncannon, Pennsylvania and began her career as a theater actress under the management of Charles Frohman before progressing to motion pictures in 1915,...
Love, Laughs and Lather Love, Laughs and Lather Love, Laughs and Lather is a 1917 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd - Lonesome Luke* Snub Pollard* Bebe Daniels* Gilbert Pratt* Gus Leonard* Fred C. Newmeyer* Billy Fay* Nina Speight* Bud Jamison...	Hal Roach Hal Roach Harold Eugene "Hal" Roach, Sr. was an American film and television producer and director, and from the 1910s to the 1990s.- Early life and career :Hal Roach was born in Elmira, New York...	Harold Lloyd Harold Lloyd Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. was an American film actor and producer, most famous for his silent comedies....
Luke Wins Ye Ladye Faire Luke Wins Ye Ladye Faire Luke Wins Ye Ladye Faire is a 1917 short comedy film starring Harold Lloyd.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd - Lonesome Luke* Bebe Daniels* Snub Pollard* Bud Jamison* Charles Stevenson - * W.L...	Hal Roach Hal Roach Harold Eugene "Hal" Roach, Sr. was an American film and television producer and director, and from the 1910s to the 1990s.- Early life and career :Hal Roach was born in Elmira, New York...	Harold Lloyd Harold Lloyd Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. was an American film actor and producer, most famous for his silent comedies....
Luke's Busy Day Luke's Busy Day Luke's Busy Day is a 1917 short comedy film starring Harold Lloyd.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd - Lonesome Luke* Bebe Daniels* Snub Pollard* Bud Jamison* Sidney De Gray* Earl Mohan* C.G. King* Max Hamburger* Norman Napier* W.L. Adams* Gus Leonard...	Hal Roach Hal Roach Harold Eugene "Hal" Roach, Sr. was an American film and television producer and director, and from the 1910s to the 1990s.- Early life and career :Hal Roach was born in Elmira, New York...	Harold Lloyd Harold Lloyd Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. was an American film actor and producer, most famous for his silent comedies....
Luke's Lost Liberty Luke's Lost Liberty Luke's Lost Liberty is a 1917 short comedy film starring Harold Lloyd.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd - Lonesome Luke* Bebe Daniels* Snub Pollard* Charles Stevenson - * Billy Fay* Sammy Brooks* Bud Jamison* Earl Mohan* Sidney De Gray...	Hal Roach Hal Roach Harold Eugene "Hal" Roach, Sr. was an American film and television producer and director, and from the 1910s to the 1990s.- Early life and career :Hal Roach was born in Elmira, New York...	Harold Lloyd Harold Lloyd Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. was an American film actor and producer, most famous for his silent comedies....
Luke's Trolley Troubles Luke's Trolley Troubles Luke's Trolley Troubles is a 1917 short comedy film starring Harold Lloyd.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd - Lonesome Luke* Bebe Daniels* Snub Pollard* Sammy Brooks* Bud Jamison* Gus Leonard* Sidney De Gray* Harvey L. Kinney* Vera Reynolds* Max Hamburger...	Hal Roach Hal Roach Harold Eugene "Hal" Roach, Sr. was an American film and television producer and director, and from the 1910s to the 1990s.- Early life and career :Hal Roach was born in Elmira, New York...	Harold Lloyd Harold Lloyd Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. was an American film actor and producer, most famous for his silent comedies....
Move On	Gilbert Pratt Gilbert Pratt Gilbert Pratt was an American film director, actor and writer. He directed 87 films between 1917 and 1936.He was born in Providence, Rhode Island, and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:...	Harold Lloyd Harold Lloyd Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. was an American film actor and producer, most famous for his silent comedies....
Oh Doctor! Oh Doctor! Oh Doctor! is a 1917 short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle.-Cast:* Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle - Dr. Fatty Holepoke* Buster Keaton - Junior Holepoke* Al St. John - Gambler* Alice Mann - Vamp* Alice Lake - Maid...		'Fatty' Arbuckle Fatty Arbuckle Roscoe Conkling "Fatty" Arbuckle was an American silent film actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter. Starting at the Selig Polyscope Company he eventually moved to Keystone Studios where he worked with Mabel Normand and Harold Lloyd... / Buster Keaton Buster Keaton Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton was an American comic actor, filmmaker, producer and writer. He was best known for his silent films, in which his trademark was physical comedy with a consistently stoic, deadpan expression, earning him the nickname "The Great Stone Face".Keaton was recognized as the...
Over the Fence	Harold Lloyd Harold Lloyd Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. was an American film actor and producer, most famous for his silent comedies....	Harold Lloyd Harold Lloyd Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. was an American film actor and producer, most famous for his silent comedies....
Pinched Pinched -Cast:* Harold Lloyd - The Boy* Snub Pollard* Bebe Daniels* William Blaisdell* Sammy Brooks* Bud Jamison* Margaret Joslin - * Gus Leonard* Fred C. Newmeyer* Charles Stevenson* Dorothea Wolbert...	Harold Lloyd Harold Lloyd Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. was an American film actor and producer, most famous for his silent comedies....	Harold Lloyd Harold Lloyd Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. was an American film actor and producer, most famous for his silent comedies....
The Poor Little Rich Girl The Poor Little Rich Girl The Poor Little Rich Girl is a 1917 American comedy-drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur. Adapted by Frances Marion from the 1913 play by Eleanor Gates. The Broadway play actually starred future screen actress Viola Dana...	Maurice Tourneur Maurice Tourneur Maurice Tourneur was an important international film director and screenwriter.-Life:Born Maurice Thomas in the Belleville district of Paris, France, his father was a jeweler. As a young man, Maurice Thomas first trained as a graphic designer and a magazine illustrator but was soon drawn to the...	Mary Pickford Mary Pickford Mary Pickford was a Canadian-born motion picture actress, co-founder of the film studio United Artists and one of the original 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
Rainbow Island Rainbow Island Rainbow Island is a 1917 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd* Snub Pollard* Bebe Daniels* Frank Alexander* Carl Barbesgaard* William Blaisdell* Sammy Brooks* Walter Crompton* Billy Evans* Billy Fay -...		Harold Lloyd Harold Lloyd Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. was an American film actor and producer, most famous for his silent comedies....
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917 film) Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm is a 1917 silent comedy-drama film directed by Marshall Neilan based upon the novel of the same name by Kate Douglas Wiggin. This version is notable for having been adapted by famed female screenwriter Frances Marion...	Marshall Neilan Marshall Neilan Marshall Ambrose Neilan was an American motion picture actor, screenwriter, film director, and producer.-Early life:...	Mary Pickford Mary Pickford Mary Pickford was a Canadian-born motion picture actress, co-founder of the film studio United Artists and one of the original 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
A Reckless Romeo A Reckless Romeo A Reckless Romeo is a 1917 short silent comedy film directed by and starring Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle.-Production background:The film was produced by the Comique Film Corporation when it and many other early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based in Fort Lee, New Jersey...		'Fatty' Arbuckle Fatty Arbuckle Roscoe Conkling "Fatty" Arbuckle was an American silent film actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter. Starting at the Selig Polyscope Company he eventually moved to Keystone Studios where he worked with Mabel Normand and Harold Lloyd...
A Romance of the Redwoods A Romance of the Redwoods __notoc__A Romance of the Redwoods is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Mary Pickford.A print of the film survives in the film archive at George Eastman House.-Cast:* Mary Pickford as Jenny Lawrence...	Cecil B. DeMille Cecil B. DeMille Cecil Blount DeMille was an American film director and Academy Award-winning film producer in both silent and sound films. He was renowned for the flamboyance and showmanship of his movies...	Mary Pickford Mary Pickford Mary Pickford was a Canadian-born motion picture actress, co-founder of the film studio United Artists and one of the original 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
The Rough House The Rough House The Rough House is a short comedy film written and directed by and starring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and Buster Keaton. The Rough House was Keaton's first film as a director.-Cast:* Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle - Mr Rough...		'Fatty' Arbuckle Fatty Arbuckle Roscoe Conkling "Fatty" Arbuckle was an American silent film actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter. Starting at the Selig Polyscope Company he eventually moved to Keystone Studios where he worked with Mabel Normand and Harold Lloyd... / Buster Keaton Buster Keaton Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton was an American comic actor, filmmaker, producer and writer. He was best known for his silent films, in which his trademark was physical comedy with a consistently stoic, deadpan expression, earning him the nickname "The Great Stone Face".Keaton was recognized as the...
Step Lively	Alfred J. Goulding Alfred J. Goulding Alfred John "Alf" Goulding was an Australian-born American film director and screenwriter. He directed 182 films between 1917 and 1959....	Harold Lloyd Harold Lloyd Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. was an American film actor and producer, most famous for his silent comedies....
Stop! Luke! Listen! Stop! Luke! Listen! Stop! Luke! Listen! is a 1917 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd - Lonesome Luke* Bebe Daniels* Snub Pollard* Bud Jamison* Sammy Brooks* W.L. Adams* David Voorhees* Charles Stevenson - Stop! Luke! Listen! is a 1917 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.-Cast:* Harold...	Hal Roach Hal Roach Harold Eugene "Hal" Roach, Sr. was an American film and television producer and director, and from the 1910s to the 1990s.- Early life and career :Hal Roach was born in Elmira, New York...	Harold Lloyd Harold Lloyd Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. was an American film actor and producer, most famous for his silent comedies....
Straight Shooting Straight Shooting Straight Shooting is a 1917 Western film directed by John Ford and featuring Harry Carey. Prints of this film survive in the International Museum of Photography and Film at George Eastman House.-Cast:* Harry Carey - Cheyenne Harry* Duke R...	John Ford John Ford John Ford was an American film director. He was famous for both his westerns such as Stagecoach, The Searchers, and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, and adaptations of such classic 20th-century American novels as The Grapes of Wrath...	Harry Carey
A Strange Transgressor A Strange Transgressor A Strange Transgressor is a 1917 silent era drama motion picture starring Louise Glaum, J. Barney Sherry, and Colin Chase.Directed by Reginald Barker and produced by Thomas H. Ince, the screenplay was adapted by J. G...	Reginald Barker	Louise Glaum Louise Glaum Louise Glaum was an American actress. Best known for her role as a femme fatale in silent era motion picture dramas, she was credited with giving one of the best characterizations of a vamp in her early career....	Drama Drama film A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...	Feature length Feature length Feature length is motion picture terminology referring to the length of a feature film. According to the rules of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, a feature length motion picture must have a running time of more than 40 minutes to be eligible for an Academy Award.The term may also...
Teddy at the Throttle Teddy at the Throttle Teddy at the Throttle is a silent film starring Bobby Vernon and Gloria Swanson.-Cast:* Bobby Vernon as Bobbie Knight* Gloria Swanson as Gloria Dawn* Wallace Beery as Henry Black* May Emory as The Guardian's Sister...		Gloria Swanson Gloria Swanson Gloria Swanson was an American actress, singer and producer. She was one of the most prominent stars during the silent film era as both an actress and a fashion icon, especially under the direction of Cecil B. DeMille, made dozens of silents and was nominated for the first Academy Award in the...
Terje Vigen Terje Vigen Terje Vigen is a poem written by Henrik Ibsen, published in 1862. Much of the story and setting is from the area around the town of Grimstad in southern Norway where Ibsen lived for a few years in his youth...
Tom Sawyer Tom Sawyer (1917 film) Tom Sawyer is a 1917 Paramount Pictures silent film starring Jack Pickford, Robert Gordon, and Clara Horton; it is based on Mark Twain's novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer....		Jack Pickford Jack Pickford Jack Pickford was a Canadian-born American actor. He was best known for his tabloid lifestyle, marriage to the top starlets of his day, and being of the famous Pickford acting family.-Early life:...
The Tornado The Tornado The Tornado is a 1917 short Western film directed by John Ford. It was Ford's debut film as a director. The film is considered to be lost.-Cast:* John Ford - Jack Dayton * Jean Hathaway - Jack's mother...	John Ford John Ford John Ford was an American film director. He was famous for both his westerns such as Stagecoach, The Searchers, and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, and adaptations of such classic 20th-century American novels as The Grapes of Wrath...	John Ford John Ford John Ford was an American film director. He was famous for both his westerns such as Stagecoach, The Searchers, and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, and adaptations of such classic 20th-century American novels as The Grapes of Wrath...
The Torture of Silence The Torture of Silence The Torture of Silence is a 1917 silent French drama film directed by Abel Gance. -Cast:* Emmy Lynn - Manon Berliac* Firmin Gémier - Emile Berliac* Armand Tallier - François Rolland* Anthony Gildès - Jean* Paul Vermoyal - Jean Dormis* Gaston Modot...	Abel Gance Abel Gance Abel Gance was a French film director and producer, writer and actor. He is best known for three major silent films: J'accuse , La Roue , and the monumental Napoléon .-Early life:...
We Never Sleep We Never Sleep (film) We Never Sleep is a 1917 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. It was Lloyd's last film as his "Lonesome Luke" character.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd as Lonesome Luke* Snub Pollard* Bebe Daniels* Gilbert Pratt* Fred C. Newmeyer* Billy Fay* Bud Jamison...		Harold Lloyd Harold Lloyd Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. was an American film actor and producer, most famous for his silent comedies....
Wild and Woolly Wild and Woolly Wild and Woolly is a 1917 silent film which tells the story of one man's personal odyssey from sophisticated Easterner to Western tough guy. It stars Douglas Fairbanks, Eileen Percy, Walter Bytell and Sam De Grasse....	John Emerson John Emerson John Emerson was the 15th mayor of Calgary, Alberta. He was the mayor at the time that Alberta became a province of Canada, which was on September 1, 1905....	Douglas Fairbanks Douglas Fairbanks Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. was an American actor, screenwriter, director and producer. He was best known for his swashbuckling roles in silent films such as The Thief of Bagdad, Robin Hood, and The Mark of Zorro....
The Wild Girl		Eva Tanguay Eva Tanguay Eva Tanguay was a Canadian-born singer and entertainer who billed herself as "the girl who made vaudeville famous".-Early life:... and Thomas J. Moore Thomas J. Moore Thomas J. "Tom" Moore was an Irish-born American actor and director. He appeared in at least 186 motion pictures from 1908 to 1954...
The Woman God Forgot The Woman God Forgot -Cast:* Wallace Reid - Alvarado* Raymond Hatton - Montezuma* Hobart Bosworth - Cortez* Theodore Kosloff - Guatemoco* Walter Long - Taloc * Julia Faye - Tecza's handmaiden* Olga Grey - Aztec woman* Geraldine Farrar - Tecza...	Cecil B. DeMille Cecil B. DeMille Cecil Blount DeMille was an American film director and Academy Award-winning film producer in both silent and sound films. He was renowned for the flamboyance and showmanship of his movies...	Wallace Reid Wallace Reid Wallace Reid was an actor in silent film referred to as "the screen's most perfect lover".-Early life:Born William Wallace Reid in St...

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