1917 Movies

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...

Thrown out of his dad's house without a penny to his name, playboy J. Dabney Barron is told not to return until he has proven that he can keep a job f...

Paul Revere Forbes, an descendant of Paul Revere, is a teller at Cyrus Peabody's bank. He learns that Cyrus and his son, Ernest, have speculated with...

This remarkable series of 10 short silent dramas by John M. Stahl, produced by Benjamin Chapin as a vehicle for his performance as Abraham Lincoln, ar...

Young and wealthy Molly Allison can't be "presented" into society until her older sister Julia is married, but that doesn't stop Molly from pursuing h...

A 1917 film directed by Edward Dillon.

To protect the family name, a man of morals and integrity marries a young woman his brother got pregnant. The woman continues her loose ways with no r...

Four lifelong friends share one very special summer. They develop an enduring bond despite their distinctly different emerging personalities.

Lonesome Luke, Plumber is a 1917 American short comedy film starring Harold Lloyd.

Count Merlin pursues an alchemical quest requiring the blood of young men to complete his rituals. An early version of the vampire on film.

Glory Wharton is the granddaughter of civil war veteran Jed Wharton. Jed entertains everyone with his war stories, but has a serious drinking problem....

Suspected of smuggling, Eileen Caverly boards the Connecticut Limited where she befriends Helen Raymond who is traveling with her new husband Bob Guer...

A silent movie serial directed by George B. Seitz.

The whimsical adventures of the impetuous Sheriff Nell (Polly Moran),who keeps Triggerville in line with an iron fist. But her heart is set on Jack,...

During World War I, westerner Cheyenne Harry is a horse seller, but he refuses to part with his favorite horse and friend, Cactus. One night, broke an...

Early Hungarian silent film from Michael Curtiz

Sensible Betty Manners is the wife of the frivolous John Manners. John fritters away his time playing the horses rather than paying attention to his j...

In his will, Mr. Baird leaves his son Arnold just one seven-passenger auto and a hundred dollars to keep it filled up and in good repair. When James B...