Marriage and the challenges of motherhood prove too much for ex-factory worker Mary. Will she follow the sound advice of the health visitor - played by famous actress Dorothea Baird, who also conceived and wrote the film - and improve her ‘mothercraft’ skills, or will she continue to take solace in alcohol, as prescribed by her wayward neighbour?
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United Kingdom 01 May 1917
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15 October 1917
While visiting Alan, who works in Tokyo, she attends a festival with her Japanese maid while wearing a Japanese kimono.
22 February 1917
A young married woman's attraction to a violinist sours as his behaviour grows more and more aggressive.
18 June 1917
Alice, a little newsgirl known as "Sticks", spends her time fighting for her territory against a lot of tough kids.
04 February 1917
Silent feature film by Olga Preobrazhenskaya and Vladimir Gardin based on Pushkin’s story of the same name.
14 December 1917
A.J. Raffles, an educated and handsome cricket champ with entry to the best social circles steals precious trinkets and jewels, purely for the love of the game and the thrill of the chase, outwitting police and detectives.
24 June 1917
Everett Nelson is a naive young farmboy. Following unjust treatment on the farm, he runs away to the big city.
20 August 1917
Al and Roscoe, employees at a gas station, are rivals for Alice. When Buster delivers a wedding gown for Alice and begins modeling it, he is mistaken for Alice and is kidnapped by Al.
07 January 1917
Truthful Tulliver, a Westerner and a journeying newspaperman, followed by Silver Lode Thompson, printer and compositor, arrives in Glory Hole to start a newspaper.
29 October 1917
William Lewis accidentally shoots a policeman while breaking into a house as a prank with his friends.
13 January 1917
Kick In is a lost 1917 silent film crime melodrama directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring William Courtenay.
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