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The Villain (1917) on 14 july 1917
, 20minutesDirected by Arvid E. Gillstrom
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Billy West, Oliver Hardy, Leo White, Bud Ross
Rating60%
The Little American (1917) on 12 july 1917
, 1h20Directed by Cecil B. DeMille, Joseph Levering
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Mary Pickford, Jack Holt, Raymond Hatton, Hobart Bosworth, Walter Long, Ben Alexander
Rating62%
Karl Von Austreim (Jack Holt) lives in America with his German father and American mother. He notices a young lady, Angela More (Mary Pickford). As she is celebrating her birthday on the Fourth of July of 1914, she receives flowers from the French Count Jules De Destin (Raymond Hatton). They are interrupted by Karl, who also gives her a present. They soon battle for Angela's attention. To lose his competition, Count Jules arranges for Karl to be sent to Hamburg, where he will have to join his regiment. Angela is crushed when he announces he has to leave. The next day, Angela reads in the paper the Germans and French are at war and 10,000 Germans have been killed already.
A Clever Dummy (1917) on 15 july 1917
, 23minutesDirected by Mack Sennett, Robert P. Kerr, Herman C. Raymaker
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Ben Turpin, Chester Conklin, Wallace Beery, Juanita Hansen, Claire Anderson, Marvel Rea
Rating58%
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The Love That Lives (1917) on 9 july 1917
, 50minutesDirected by Robert G. Vignola
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Pauline Frederick, John St. Polis, Patrick H. O'Malley Jr.
As described in a film magazine review, the life of Molly McGill (Frederick) has been a hard struggle since birth, and upon the death of her husband in a barroom brawl and her baby daughter in an accident, she offers herself to Harvey Brooks (St. Polis), a broker, to provide money for the education of her son Jimmy (Carroll / O'Malley). She keeps her life a secret from the boy. He grows to manhood, secures a position in the city fire department, and becomes engaged to Dora Palmer (Palmer). Molly breaks with Brooks and sinks to the slum's lowest level. One day while passing the engine room, Molly sees her son taking to his sweetheart. She gets a job as a scrub woman, and later saves Dora from Brooks by stabbing him. The office building catches fire and Jimmy saves Dora, but is unable to save his mother.
Stop! Luke! Listen! (1917) on 15 july 1917
Directed by Hal Roach
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, Snub Pollard, Sammy Brooks, Bud Jamison, Charles Stevenson
The Sawdust Ring (1917) on 15 july 1917
Directed by Charles Fish Miller, Paul Powell, Charles Miller
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Bessie Love, Harold Goodwin, Jack Richardson, Josephine Headley, Alfred Hollingsworth
Rating59%
As described in a film magazine review, two children who want to become circus performers run away from home. The mother of the girl is ill and has been sent to the hospital, while the father of the boy is a junk dealer. The finally arrive at the circus of Colonel Simmonds (Richardson) and obtain employment. When Janet Magie (Love) falls from a horse, Simmonds learns that she is actually his daughter and through her is able to contact his wife, who had left him due to a misunderstanding. This results in a happy reunion.