1917 Movies

At the start of his career Harry Depp appeared often in short comedies, and was employed by Mack Sennett’s Keystone Company in 1916-17. Very little in...

A small-town girl returns home from schooling in the East to find that her father's small store and indeed the whole town are in danger of being elimi...

Convinced that her impending marriage to fellow reporter Billy Williams will result in a loss of her freedom, Janice breaks her engagement and enters...

Chap. 5, “The Ablaze in Mid-Air,” si, b&w, 35mm, 2 reels. Archive: Library of Congress.

Doris Wingate is featured in a Sunday magazine supplement as the most snobbish girl in America. In reality, Doris is lovable and eager for friends, an...

A young woman, who is the daughter of a sea captain, falls in love with a man from a rich family who does not approve of her.

Bernice Bristol Flint, an attractive grass widow (a woman divorced or separated from her husband),associates herself intimately with a number of divo...

Renowned French comedian and filmmaker Max Linder visits Charlie Chaplin in 1917.

The story of the training of a racehorse, the Whip, of the amnesiac nobleman who loves the horse, and of the villains who attempt to keep it from raci...

A 9-part movie serial

"A charming story of a young society girl and the pathetic love of a youth..." Considered a lost film.

Mischievous schoolboy Bobby disobeys his teacher and swings on a dangerous giant school bell.

A young man with little ambition is given an opportunity to set himself up in business by means of financial support from his father. But the young ma...

In order to find out who's behind a cattle rustling operation that's hurting ranchers, a detective for the Cattleman's Protective Association pretends...

Donald MacTavish, the last chieftain of his clan on an island off the coast of Scotland, dies at sea. This leaves his only daughter, Marget, to assume...

Optimistic in the face of failure, Daniel Webster Opp finally attains success as a traveling salesman for a shoe firm, but just when his prospects are...

Monty Gray returns to the US after spending 10 years building railroads in China. As he enters a hotel he runs into an old friend from college whom he...