Movies released in 1917

Betty and the Buccaneers

A Branded Soul

Her Better Self

Sister Against Sister

Mother o' Mine

The Further Adventures of Stingaree

In this 3rd-episode of "The Futher Adventues of Stingaree" called "The Tracking of Stingaree", Mary O'Brien (Edythe Sterling and her daughter Kate live on a selector's homestead in the bush... See full summary »

Her Country's Call

The final film in Benjamin Chapin's four-film cycle on the life of Abraham Lincoln, it deals with Lincoln as the American president and with the Civil War up to Lincoln's assassination.

Her Fighting Chance

Skinner's Dress Suit

Skinner is afraid to strike his employer for a raise for fear he will be discharged. Mrs. Skinner scoffs at his fears...

Redemption

An actress with a wild reputation finally settles down to a sedate and pleasant marriage. One of her former lovers, an architect, arrives to disrupt her happiness by renewing their affair. ... See full summary »

The Conqueror

The life of Sam Houston, soldier, statesman, patriot and one of the founders of the Republic of Texas, is depicted.

Her Greatest Love

The Seventh Sin

The Cost of Hatred

Young Elsie Graves is married to Justice Graves, a brutal and violent man who beats her. She falls in love with Robert Amory, who lives next door with his son Ned and whose wife has ... See full summary »

The Countess Charming

Her Official Fathers

When Janice Webster's ( Dorothy Gish ) father dies and leaves her guardianship to Ethan Dexter and Henry Jarvis, the vice presidents of the Webster Trust Co., which holds her fortune until ... See full summary »

Sleeping Fires

A woman is betrayed by her cruel husband, who uses their child to further torment her.

The Social Leper

Adrienne Van Couver, a divorcée, visited Mme. Melvina, a clairvoyant, who tells her that a tall dark man, Robert Warren, is excited over a letter he has just received from her, telling him ... See full summary »

My Fighting Gentleman

The Silence Sellers

Der Fall Dombronowska-Clémenceau

Sold at Auction

To remove forever anything that will remind him of his dream of happiness, shattered by his wife's infidelity, Stanley sends his infant daughter, Nan, to be cared for by a woman named ... See full summary »

The Hidden Children

Some Boy

The Slave Market

Ramona is the daughter of the governor of Port Royal. She is a school girl living in Spain. John Barton, a soldier of fortune, is cast ashore in Spain penniless and scrapes an acquaintance ... See full summary »