Wolf Lowry

1917

English

6.6

♡ 4

Action

Drama

Western

William S. Hart Director

Aaron Edwards as Buck Fanning

Margery Wilson as Mary Davis

William Fairbanks as Owen Thorpe

William S. Hart as Tom 'Wolf' Lowery

William S. Hart was the great solitary Western hero of silent film who rode his horse off to new adventures once his job was done. In WOLF LOWRY, he meets a young settler played by Margery Wilson, herself a director in the early 1920s whose films are all considered lost.

'49-'17

1917

English

5.8

♡ 4

Ruth Ann Baldwin Director

Jean Hersholt as 'Gentleman Jim' Raynor

Zasu Pitts as Party Guest

Leo Pierson as Tom Reeves - aka Tom Robbins

Phyllis Haver as Young Bee Adams

A judge who had taken part in the gold rush of 1849 hires an acting troupe to recreate the experience in this rather fanciful silent Western. The make-believe turns serious when a real gold mine is discovered nearby and a local girl is kidnapped by a nasty gambler.

The Polish Dancer

1917

Polish

5.9

♡ 4

Action

Drama

Romance

Aleksander Hertz Director

Witold Kuncewicz as Aleksy

Jan Pawlowski as Dymitr

Pola Negri as Pola Basznikow

Maria Duleba as Sonia

A wild young girl runs away from her parents' house to support herself and attracts the attentions of a married man, who is prepared to abandon his wife and child for her.

Easy Street

1917

English

7.4

♡ 9

75%

Charles Chaplin Director

Frank J. Coleman as Mission Visitor

Leota Bryan as The Bully's Wife

Charles Chaplin as The Derelict

Edna Purviance as The Mission Worker

A derelict, huddled under the steps of a missionary church, feels enlightened by the sermon of a passionate preacher and infatuated by the beauty of the congregation's pianist, in such a way that he tries to improve his life of poverty by becoming a policeman. His first assignment will be to patrol along Easy Street, the turf of a vicious bully and his criminal gang.

The Adventurer

1917

English

7.3

♡ 11

71%

Charles Chaplin Director

Janet Sully as Marie

Frank J. Coleman as Prison Guard

Charles Chaplin as The Convict

Edna Purviance as The Girl

The daring convict no. 23, known as The Eel, escapes from prison and, after mocking his inept persecutors, saves the lives of three people in peril: a beautiful girl, her mother and an annoying suitor, only to get exhausted and almost drowned. Once he regains his strength at Judge Brown's home, he participates on an upper-class social party where he competes with the suitor for the favors of the charming Miss Brown. But prison guards are still after him…

Coney Island

1917

English

6.3

♡ 3

36%

Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle Director

Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle as Fatty

Alice Lake as Girl at Vanity Table

Buster Keaton as Rival / Cop with Moustache

Joe Bordeaux as Sledgehammer Man / Cop

Arbuckle escapes the watch of his domineering wife and heads for Coney Island. Keaton arrives that same day with his attractive, and rather easy, girlfriend, who is immediately stolen from him by St. John.

The Butcher Boy

1917

English

6.3

♡ 3

53%

Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle Director

Buster Keaton as Buster

Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle as Fatty / Saccharine

Agnes Neilson as Miss Teachem

Arthur Earle as The Manager

Customers and clerks frolic in a general store. Roscoe walks out of the freezer wearing a fur coat, then does some clever cleaver tossing. In Buster's film debut he buys a pail of molasses.

A Man There Was

1917

Swedish

7.3

♡ 5

88%

Action

based on song, poem or rhyme

Victor Sjöström Director

Julius Hälsig as English Officer in Prisoner

Eric Abrahamsson as Fisherman

Emil Fjellström as Fisherman at the Beach

Bergliot Husberg as Mrs. Vigen

Terje Vigen, a sailor, suffers the loss of his family through the inflexibility of another man. Years later, when his enemy's family finds itself dependent on his benevolence, Terje must decide whether to avenge himself.

The Immigrant

1917

English

7.5

♡ 23

89%

Charles Chaplin Director

Frank J. Coleman as Bearded cheating gambler / Restaurant owner

Eric Campbell as Head Waiter

Charles Chaplin as Immigrant

Edna Purviance as Immigrant

A European immigrant endures a challenging voyage only to get into trouble as soon as he arrives in New York.

The Cure

1917

English

7.1

♡ 8

80%

alcohol

Comedy

spa

Charles Chaplin Director

Frank J. Coleman as Head of Sanitarium

Edna Purviance as The Girl

Charles Chaplin as The Inebriate

Eric Campbell as The Man with the Gout

An alcoholic checks into a health spa and his antics promptly throw the establishment into chaos.

Straight Shooting

1917

English

6.3

♡ 3

43%

John Ford Director

Harry Carey as Cheyenne Harry

Molly Malone as Joan Sims

George Berrell as Sweet Water Sims

Ted Brooks as Ted Sims

Cattleman Flint cuts off farmer Sims' water supply. When Sims' son Ted goes for water, one of Flint's men kills him. Cheyenne is sent to finish off Sims, but finding the family at the newly dug grave, he changes sides.

The Rough House

1917

English

5.6

♡ 3

29%

Comedy

short film

silent film

Buster Keaton Director

Glen Cavender as

Buster Keaton as Gardener

Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle as Mr Rough

Alice Lake as Mrs Rough

Living under the same roof with his newly-wed wife and his mother-in-law, a careless Mr Rough sets the nuptial bedroom on fire, as the residence's cook tries to woo the maid who only has eyes for the charming delivery boy. As one thing leads to another, Mr Rough ends up preparing dinner for a pair of duplicitous guests, when, clearly, he should be staying out of the kitchen. Does Mrs Rough know the visitors' true intentions? But, above all, how will this disastrous dinner party at the Rough house end?

Oh Doctor!

1917

English

5.8

♡ 4

Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle Director

Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle as Dr. Fatty Holepoke

Al St. John as Gambler

Buster Keaton as Junior Holepoke

Alice Lake as Maid

Roscoe is a doctor who falls in love with a pretty woman whose boyfriend, in turn, falls in love with Roscoe's wife's jewelry.

His Wedding Night

1917

English

5.9

♡ 2

Comedy

short film

silent film

Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle Director

Arthur Earle as

Alice Mann as Alice

Buster Keaton as Delivery Boy

Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle as Drugstore Soda Clerk

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.

The Little American

1917

English

6.3

♡ 4

A young American has her ship torpedoed by a German U-boat but makes it back to her ancestral home in France, where she witnesses German brutality firsthand.

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