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The Conqueror
The Conqueror (1917) on 16 september 1917
, 1h20
Directed by Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors William Farnum, Jewel Carmen, Charles Clary, James A. Marcus

This was a big budget biography film from William Fox and Raoul Walsh about Sam Houston.
Betsy Ross
Betsy Ross (1917) on 16 september 1917
, 1h
Directed by Travers Vale
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Alice Brady, John Bowers, Kate Lester, Frank Mayo, George MacQuarrie
Rating50% 2.540862.540862.540862.540862.54086
As described in a film magazine, Betsy Griscome (Brady), against the wishes of her Quaker parents, keeps a tryst with a British officer, Clarence Vernon (Mayo), who promises to marry her upon his return. Clarissa (Cook), her sister, falls in love and marries Joseph Ashburn (Bowers), a trader. Suspecting Vernon of duplicity, Joseph and Vernon fight a duel and Vernon is struck down. A year later Betsy marries John Ross (Kennard), and upon his death she operates a little shop for a living. Here she shields her sister, who was driven from home when she could not produce her marriage certificate. Betsy is commissioned by General Washington (MacQuarrie) to make the first American flag and later is accused of harboring a spy - in reality, her sister's husband. The film ends happily when all relations are explained.
The Lifted Veil
The Lifted Veil (1917) on 10 september 1917

Directed by George D. Baker
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Ethel Barrymore, William B. Davidson, Frank Gillmore, Robert Ellis, Ricca Allen

As described in a film magazine, Clorinda Gildersleeve (Barrymore) has drifted into an affair with a married man, Leslie Palliser (Ellis). She goes to Europe to forget and meets Malcolm Grant (Davidson), a young surgeon, who falls in love with her. However, because of her affair with Palliser, she believes she has no right to accept his love. She hears an excellent sermon preached by Reverend Arthur Bainbridge (Gillmore) on the text "Woman, go and sin no more" and appeals to the minister in regards to Malcolm's attentions. She sends Malcolm to see the minister, but he does not disclose Clorinda's secret. The minister interests her in a home for erring girls and Clorinda adopts one of the inmates. Reverend Bainbridge urges her to marry Malcolm, but during the ceremony she falls in a faint. That night, however, she writes to the minister announcing her marriage to Malcolm and their departure for France, where he will do surgical work and she will become a nurse.
The Fighting Trail
The Fighting Trail (1917) on 10 september 1917
, 5h
Directed by William Duncan
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors William Duncan, Carol Holloway, George Holt, Fred Burns, Joe Ryan, Tote Du Crow

As described in a film magazine, a valuable mineral is found in only one California mine is necessary in the manufacture of a new explosive and is desired by the Central Powers. The secret is described in papers held by Nan (Holloway) who is repeatedly captured by the henchmen of German spy Von Bleck (Rogers) and rescued by mining engineer John Gwynn (Duncan).
The Seven Pearls
The Seven Pearls (1917) on 16 september 1917

Directed by Louis Gasnier, Donald MacKenzie
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Actors Creighton Hale, Léon Bary, Walter P. Lewis
Rating39% 1.9645951.9645951.9645951.9645951.964595
The Countess Charming
The Countess Charming (1917) on 16 september 1917
, 50minutes
Directed by Donald Crisp
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Julian Eltinge, Florence Vidor, Tully Marshall, George Kuwa, Edythe Chapman, Mabel Van Buren

As described in a film magazine, upon insulting the Vandergrafts, leaders of the North Shore Club, Stanley Jordan (Eltinge) is forced out of society. Determined to be near his sweetheart Betty (Vidor), he becomes the Countess Raffelski. He takes the North Shore colony by storm. At many of the social functions valuables have been stolen and the guilty person cannot be found. Suspicion is thrown upon the countess and, to escape all, Stanley spreads the rumor that the countess is dead. He wins Betty and with the money from the stolen jewels he is able to make a large contribution to the Red Cross fund.
The Conqueror
The Conqueror (1917) on 16 september 1917
, 1h20
Directed by Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Biography, Western
Themes Children's films
Actors William Farnum, Jewel Carmen, Charles Clary, James A. Marcus, Carrie Clark Ward

La vie romancée de Sam Houston, un des fondateurs de la République du Texas, avant l'épisode d'Alamo
The Bride's Silence
The Bride's Silence (1917) on 10 september 1917

Directed by Henry King
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Gail Kane, Henry Arthur Barrows, Lew Cody, Jim Farley, Robert Klein

Un poignard à la main, une femme entre dans une pièce par une porte tendue de velours et tue Nathan Standish, le rejeton d'une famille renommée. La sœur de Nathan, Sylvia, cache l'arme et lorsque le maître d'hôtel Bobbins, dont la haine pour Nathan est de notoriété publique, est arrêté, elle ne dit rien. Pour faire plaisir à son père, Sylvia épouse le procureur Paul Wagner. Lorsqu'elle essaye secrètement d'aider à libérer Bobbins, le détective Bull Ziegler, qui croit Bobbins innocent, suspecte Sylvia. Les mots qu'elle dit de façon hystérique dans son sommeil renforcent sa suspicion et Sylvia en devient folle. Wagner et le père de Sylvia l'emmènent à la montagne où elle retrouve la santé, mais pas la mémoire. Juste au moment où Ziegler est prêt à faire arrêter Sylvia, un télégramme arrive annonçant que la cousine de Sylvia s'est suicidée en laissant une note disant que c'est elle qui avait tué Nathan pour se venger d'avoir été trahie. Sylvia, qui en fait avait essayé de protéger le nom de la famille, retrouve la mémoire lorsqu'elle apprend ce suicide.