"A gorgeous tale of charm and adventure for young and old." 02 December 1917 Fantasy, Drama 50 mins
A story within a story, including a passage from Hansel and Gretel.
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Francis Carpenter as Roland / Hansel
Virginia Lee Corbin as Rose / Gretel
Violet Radcliffe as The Robber Prince
'Baby' Carmen De Rue as The Good Fairy
Herschel Mayall as John Hamilton
Rosita Marstini as Mrs. Hamilton
Robert Lawler as Mason Hamilton
Scott McKee as The Butler
Ted Billings as The Witch
Chester M. Franklin Director
Sidney Franklin Director
Bernard McConville Screenplay
Jacob Grimm Story
Wilhelm Grimm Story
Harry W. Gerstad Director of Photography
Ward Lascelle Assistant Director
William Fox Presenter
United States 02 December 1917
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1917:
18 June 1917
Alice, a little newsgirl known as "Sticks", spends her time fighting for her territory against a lot of tough kids.
12 November 1917
Duplicity and double crosses run thick and fast when Ben Farraday forces Nan Kennedy to steal documents from Ben’s enemy John Lawson in exchange for his silence about her escapee brother’s whereabouts.
01 July 1917
After being unfaithful to "The Stranger", who committed a murder on her account, Cherry Millard, known as "The Siren", leaves to work in a dance hall in the Western town of Nugget.
01 November 1917
Informed by her husband Ed that they will not be honeymooning at Niagara Falls as promised, but rather at the County Fair, newlywed Peggy decides it is time to assert her independence and steals away to the falls alone, leaving her bewildered husband to follow.
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.
02 April 1917
Vere Herbert lives with her wicked mother, Lady Dolly (Marie Curtis), who is living in sin with Lord Jura (Glen White).
24 June 1917
The social climbing Flower family is comprised of Mr. Flower, a banker who has overextended himself financially, Mrs.
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.
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.
30 April 1917
John Howland travels to the frozen North to build a branch of the Hudson Bay Railroad. There he meets and falls in love with Meleese Thoreau who warns him that her three bloodthirsty brothers, Max, Pierre and François, have sworn vengeance against a man named John Howland, the son of a man who killed their mother, and that torture and death await him along the route to his station.
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.
24 June 1917
Everett Nelson is a naive young farmboy. Following unjust treatment on the farm, he runs away to the big city.
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