Movies released in 1917

Out of the Wreck

James Aldrich is a cinch to win the election as United States Senator until his opponent, Tom Ryan offers a big reward to anyone who can find a scandal in Aldrich's past. Newspaper editor ... See full summary »

Where Love Is

The Amazons

Three sisters, all raised as boys, have trouble fitting into male-dominated society.

Jack and Jill

Young boxer Jack Ranney agrees to challenge ' Young Kilroy ' and knocks him out with his first punch. When he is told Kilroy is dead, Jack hurriedly heads West and finds a job on a ranch, ... See full summary »

En defensa propia

The Jaguar's Claws

The manager of the American oil company quits out of fear of El Jaguar, the bandit who is terrorizing the Mexican countryside, Phil Jordan is sent in his place. Phil arrives with his ... See full summary »

Paddy O'Hara

The Red Woman

Marie Temosach, an Indian girl, graduates with honors at an eastern college, but is not received socially, and is glad to return to her old home. She is coveted by Sancho, a cattle thief, ... See full summary »

Indiscretion

Marcellus Holloway, a rich widower, buries himself among his books and allows his only daughter, Penelope, to bring herself up. At the age of eighteen she was courageous and self-reliant, ... See full summary »

The Flame of the Yukon

The Flame, a dance hall girl who rules the Midas Café, is notorious from Nome to Dawson. She meets her match in a youth named George Fowler, whose good looks and raw nerve compel her to ... See full summary »

The Page Mystery

The Tar Heel Warrior

Die Silhouette des Teufels

Mia Hauer's father is fatally injured in a mining accident. The boss of the mine takes care of Mia. Some years later they marry. But when Mia meets with the violin virtuoso Carlos Valdez she is spellbound.

American Methods

William Armstrong, an American whose family is from France, inherits an iron mine in France. With his sister Betty, he travels to France to take over the business. In the village near the ... See full summary »

Enlighten Thy Daughter

A story of the difference in the fate of two young girls caused by the difference in their home lives and training. This shows vividly the criminal folly of allowing a girl to reach ... See full summary »

Jim Bludso

Jim Bludso is engineer of the Mississippi River packet the "Prairie Belle." He has a home in Gilgal, Ill., and a wife and twelve-month-old baby at the time the story opens, in 1861. A call ... See full summary »

The Tell-Tale Step

Infidelity

Frank Mayne, a well-known artist, who had served a twenty-year sentence for a murder he did not commit, returns unexpectedly to his studio, where an amazing scene confronts him. Elaine ... See full summary »

A Wife by Proxy

Norton Burbeck, a young man in line for a large inheritance, is in love with the beautiful Beatrice Gaden. What he doesn't know is that she is conspiring with Norton's cousin Howard to ... See full summary »

Melissa of the Hills

Panthea

A woman sacrifices everything for her husband's career.

Envy

Eve Leslie is a poor country girl, who wishes she could have fine clothes, motors and wealthy friends. The person she envies most is Betty Howard, a famous actress. Eve does not know that ... See full summary »

The Terror

Chuck Connelly discovers his sister in a compromising situation with a gunman and kills the man. Two private detectives connect him with the crime. Later, the members of the protected ... See full summary »

Wild Winship's Widow

Widow Catherine Winship treasures the memory of her late husband so greatly that she has given up her life to the adoration of his memory, spending her days strewing flowers on his grave. ... See full summary »

Annie-for-Spite