24 February 1917 Drama, Romance 90 mins
The production vindicated the new feature-length movie format by restoring several characters, plot complications, and atmosphere that had been truncated in Thanhouser’s 1910 version of less than one-sixth the length.
Watch the official The Vicar of Wakefield 1917 trailer in HD below.
Frederick Warde as Vicar of Wakefield
Boyd Marshall as George Primrose
Kathryn Adams as Olivia Primrose
Gladys Leslie as Sophia Primrose
Thomas A. Curran as Knight Geoffrey / Mr.Burchell
Robert Vaughn as Squire Thornhill / Squire Wilmot
Carey L. Hastings as Mrs. Primrose
William Parke Jr. as Moses Primrose
Tula Belle as Dick Primrose
Barbara Howard as Bill Primrose
Grace DeCarlton as Arabella Wilmot
Arthur Bauer as Mr. Wilmot
Morgan Jones as Jenkinson
Ernest C. Warde Director
Emmett Mixx Writer
Oliver Goldsmith Novel
Edwin Thanhouser Producer
William Zollinger Camera Operator
Oscar W. Forster Assistant Director
United States 24 February 1917
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