19 March 1917 Drama, Crime 50 mins
The Merediths, in reality much in love, have quarreled and agreed to separate but cannot agree as to the disposition of their little daughter Beryl. All this is opportune for the plans of Spider, a notorious kidnapper and his gang, who plot to steal Beryl while her nurse flirts in the park with one of their pals.
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Jack Pickford as Barney Cook
Frank Losee as Babbings
Edwin Stanley as Mr. Meredith
Helen Greene as Mrs. Meredith
Ethelmary Oakland as Beryl Meredith
Ruby Hoffman as Rosie Hart
Francis J. Grandon Director
Harriet Ford Theatre Play
Harvey J. O'Higgins Theatre Play
Eve Unsell Scenario Writer
United States 19 March 1917
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1917:
22 January 1917
This film is a very loose film adaptation of the 1831 novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo and presumed lost: The wealthy girl Esmeralda is kidnapped by gypsies at birth and becomes, as one might assume, the darling of Paris.
02 July 1917
The itinerant Jewish country peddler Abraham Jacobs saves his pennies until he can afford to open a small second-hand clothing store.
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.
24 September 1917
When an aviator dies performing in a traveling circus, the circus closes and sideshow con men "Sky-High" Billy Wardell and "Domino" Dominick are arrested for giving out fake watches to wheel of fortune winners.
09 April 1917
Artist model Margot uses her “Power of Decision” to choose between two men she loves, after much distress of course!
24 March 1917
Billy Carter and two Mexicans, Cuteo and Estaban, are smugglers of opium which they bring across the border from Mexico into the United States.
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.
18 June 1917
Alice, a little newsgirl known as "Sticks", spends her time fighting for her territory against a lot of tough kids.
16 September 1917
The life of Sam Houston, soldier, statesman, patriot and one of the founders of the Republic of Texas, is depicted.
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.
22 February 1917
A young married woman's attraction to a violinist sours as his behaviour grows more and more aggressive.
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.
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