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The Narrow Trail (1917) on 30 december 1917
, 1h8Directed by William S. Hart, Lambert Hillyer
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors William S. Hart, Sylvia Breamer, Milton Ross, Bob Kortman
Rating70%
As described in a film magazine, Ice Harding (Hart), leader of a gang of outlaws, captures an attractive wild pony he names King and the two become fast friends. Single handed he holds up a stage coach and robs its occupants. Among the passengers is Bates (Ross), a notorious San Francisco dive keeper, and his niece Betty (Breamer), a pretty girl, who is used to lure men to the resort. The gang, fearing capture because of the distinctive pinto horse King that Ice rides, divides up their stake and quits. Ice Harding again meets Betty in Saddle City and they become acquainted, she believing him to be a wealthy rancher. Her uncle plans to fleece Ice, and on the day she leaves to return to the city, she gives Ice a paper with a false address. Ice follows her to San Francisco and, unable to find her, he feels dejected and lonely and wanders into a Barbary Coast waterfront saloon. There he discovers Betty, who is horrified that he found her, and Ice denounces her. Ice gets into a fight with two toughs who are in the business of shanghaiing sailors, and then returns to the mountains. Betty, to get away from the dive, leaves and goes to Saddle City. Here she meets Ice, who was intending to rob a bank. They resolve to change their ways, and Ice enters his horse in a free-for-all race. His pinto horse wins, and Ice collects the $1000 prize. About to leave with Betty, Ice is confronted by the sheriff who notes the distinctive horse. Ice knocks him down, grabs up Betty, and the two ride away, outdistancing a posse that follows.
The Big Idea (1917) on 30 december 1917
Directed by Gilbert Pratt, Hal Mohr
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Harold Lloyd, Lige Conley, Bebe Daniels, Snub Pollard, Sammy Brooks, James Gibbons Parrott
Rating64%
Bucking Broadway (1917) on 24 december 1917
, 53minutesDirected by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Romance, Western
Actors Harry Carey, Molly Malone, L. M. Wells, Vester Pegg, William Steele, Gertrude Astor
Rating60%
As described in a film magazine, Cheyenne Harry (Carey), one of the cowboys on a ranch in Wyoming, falls in love with Helen (Malone), his boss's daughter. She decides to elope to the city with Captain Thornton (Pegg), a wealthy visitor to the ranch from New York. Cheyenne and Helen's father (Wells) are downhearted. Cheyenne, devastated by the loss of his fiance, decides to go to the city to rescue her, and finds Thorton giving a dinner party in a hotel about to announce his engagement to Helen. As the dinner progresses Helen discovers the true nature of Thornton and endeavors to escape from him. Cheyenne comes to her rescue and, with the assistance of some cowboys, clean up the place, leaving Cheyenne and Helen reunited.
His Mother's Boy (1917) on 24 december 1917
, 50minutesDirected by Victor Schertzinger
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Charles Ray, William Elmer, Josef Swickard, Doris May, Jerome Storm, Gertrude Claire
As described in a film magazine, Matthew Denton (Ray) finds out that, because the Centipede oil wells do not pay a dividend, the villagers consider his father to be a swindler. He leaves his mother and New England home to go to Centipede, Texas, to ascertain the cause of the shortage of oil. He becomes an employee under the direction of Banty Jones (Elmer), foreman of the wells, and a crook. He falls in love with Mabel Glenny (May), whom Jones considers to be his "gal." When Mabel shows Matthew her engagement ring, Jones gives him a specified amount of time to get out of town. However, Matthew has found a valve that causes oil to be diverted to another company. He also learns that Jones is receiving the benefit from these stolen oil sales. A fight breaks out between the two men with Matthew the winner. Jones, humiliated, leaves, and Mabel is proud of Matthew. Back home the villagers are happy that the oil wells are safe and that dividends will be forthcoming again.
Love Letters (1917) on 24 december 1917
, 50minutesDirected by Roy William Neill
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Dorothy Dalton, William Conklin, Thurston Hall, Hayward Mack
As described in a film magazine, Eileen Rodney (Dalton) is in love with Raymoond Moreland (Connklin), a lecturer who favors the mating of souls without the usual ceremony. When she learns his true convictions she is disgusted and accepts the proposal of her guardian, John Harland (Hall). After she is married, Eileen meets Moreland and requests the return of her love letters, and he invites her to his home. When she gets there he forces his attentions on her. In self defense she strikes him and, believing him dead, rushes from the home. The guilt of her action weighs on her life. Later, a half crazed gardener confesses to the crime and, with the knowledge that she is blameless, Eileen confesses everything to her husband.
The Gown Of Destiny (1917) on 30 december 1917
Directed by Lynn Reynolds
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Actors Alma Rubens, Lillian West, J. Barney Sherry, Frederick Vroom, Gino Corrado
Rating64%
Réformé parce qu'il est trop petit, le couturier français André Leriche décide de dessiner une robe qui aidera son pays. Son employeur, Madame Felice, vend la robe à M Mortimer Reyton, une femme qui est délaissée par son mari. La robe la transforme au point que, en honneur de leur anniversaire de mariage, Reyton achète trois ambulances pour la France. M Reyton envoie la robe à sa cousine Natalie. Le vêtement pousse Neil Cunningham, un Anglais, à retourner dans son pays pour s'engager dans l'armée pour gagner l'amour de Natalie. En France, Neil devient un héros et, lors d'une attaque contre les Allemands, sauve le père d'André, le maire de la ville.
Madame du Barry (1917) on 30 december 1917
Directed by J. Gordon Edwards
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Theda Bara, Charles Clary, Willard Louis, Fred Church, Herschel Mayall, Hector Sarno
Rating60%
As described in a film magazine, Madame Jeanne Du Barry (Bara) becomes the reigning favorite of Louis XV (Clary) and enjoys this distinction until the sudden death of the king. The lavish mode of living by the king and Jeanne Du Barry arouse the wrath of the peasant class, and after the death of the king a revolution breaks out. Jeanne is made to suffer through the revolution and pays the ultimate price on the guillotine.
The Scarlet Car (1917) on 24 december 1917
, 50minutesDirected by Joseph De Grasse
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Lon Chaney, Franklyn Farnum, Edith Johnson, Sam De Grasse, Howard Crampton, Allan Cavan
Rating54%
Le caissier Paul Revere Forbes découvre que Cyrus Peabody, le président de la banque où il travaille, a détourné, avec la complicité de son fils Ernest, une somme de 35 000 dollars. Quand il menace de les dénoncer, les Peabody tuent Forbes et chargent un complice de se débarrasser du corps. Mais ce dernier a un accident et Paul, qui a survécu mais a perdu la mémoire, s'éloigne en direction du désert. Certains que leur complice avait exécuté sa tâche avant son embardée fatale, Peabody père et fils accusent le disparu d'être parti avec l'argent.
A Modern Musketeer (1917) on 30 december 1917
, 1h8Directed by Allan Dwan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Romance, Western
Actors Douglas Fairbanks, Marjorie Daw, Marjorie Daw, Kathleen Kirkham, Edythe Chapman, Frank Campeau
Rating65%
The film opens with a sequence in which D'Artagnan (Douglas Fairbanks) rides up to a tavern on horseback and ends up brawling with sword and fist with the patrons inside in his haste to approach a fair young stranger. After triumphing, he morphs into modern day Ned Thacker (also played by Fairbanks).
Step Lively (1917) on 30 december 1917
Directed by Alfred J. Goulding, Tim Whelan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Harold Lloyd, Lige Conley, George Murphy, Bebe Daniels, Charles Stevenson, Snub Pollard
Rating57%
Thais (1917) on 30 december 1917
Directed by Frank Hall Crane
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Crauford Kent, Charles Trowbridge
Rating23%
As described in a film magazine, Thais (Garden), a lustful dancer, tries to get Paphnutius (Revelle) under her power, but since he is a Christian he leaves to become a monk. Later, he returns to reclaim her soul and convinces the petted, spoiled, and lustrous Thais to cast off her riches, luxuries, and friends and to follow in his footsteps. Attempting to live solitary lives, the tortuous remembrance of their past lives causes them to forget everything and rush out into the desert. Thais is rescued by some sisters who take her to a nunnery. Paphnutius, unable to conquer his love for Thais, rushes to the nunnery only to find Thais dying the death of a saint. Her saintliness brings him a realization of his wrongs, and the film ends with his begging forgiveness for bowing to temptation and the strength to continue his work.