08 November 1917 Drama 50 mins
Ethel Barrymore plays the wife of an abusive country squire. So nasty is her husband that he all but forces her to seek solace in the arms of her former sweetheart (played by Alan Hale in his leading-man period). Their clandestine relationship finally comes out in the open when the nasty husband is killed by his irate tenants.
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Ethel Barrymore as Esther Carey
Alan Hale as Dr. Henry Grey
Paul Everton as B.J. Hendrix
Ricca Allen as Ruth Martin
Reginald Carrington as John Martin
Frank Leigh as Dirk Kanset
Walter Hiers as Fatty Holmes
Harvey Bogart as Ezra Craddock
United States 08 November 1917
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1917:
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19 May 1917
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16 April 1917
Loutish Teddy Brant feeling trapped by his marriage and family commitments to the sweet Rose and their infant daughter Helen fakes his suicide and embarks on a dissolute life.
26 February 1917
While traveling to meet her sweetheart, Richard Carr, in the capital of the Grand Duchy of Bonaluria, Peggy Dare's train compartment door is thrust open and a little boy is thrown at her feet.
23 September 1917
Brent Brewster, formerly a Yale athlete known for his pole vaulting prowess, is unsuccessful in business.
05 April 1917
Perfect angel Willie declines to accompany his doting wife Dolly to a mask ball, but instead of a quiet evening at home among his books, Willie spends the night at an underground casino, and instead of being chaperoned at the party, Dolly is out flirting with another man.
17 March 1917
Originally written for Pearl White, this silent serial is a great action-packed adventure starring Molly King and Leon Bary.
06 June 1917
Released June 11, 1917, Her Fractured Voice is a one-reel Black Diamond Comedy filmed and produced by the United States Motion Picture Corporation (USMPC) in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
13 January 1917
Kick In is a lost 1917 silent film crime melodrama directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring William Courtenay.
01 July 1917
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01 October 1917
Spoiled young heiress Lucy Gillam knows only a life filled with parties and flirtations until she falls in love with a man who loves only her money.
22 October 1917
Artist Henry is wildly jealous of his girl Flossie so when he sees her in the arms of another man he overreacts and tries to end it all in a variety of over the top ways.
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