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May 1917 - Vol. XI No. 6


On The Cover: Theda Bara (1885 - 1955)


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Films of 1917

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  • The Adventurer
  • The Butcher Boy
  • Cleopatra (restored clips)
  • Coney Island
  • The Cure
  • Easy Street
  • His Wedding Night
  • The Immigrant
  • The Little American
  • A Man There Was
  • Poor Little Rich Girl
  • Pride of the Clan
  • Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
  • Romance of the Redwoods
  • The Rough House

Biggest Hit of 1917

Biggest Hit of 1917
Theda Bara in "Cleopatra"

January 1917 Movie Poster

January 1917 Movie Poster
The Pride of the Clan

Released in January 1917

  • A Man There Was
  • *Watch "A Man There Was"
  • Easy Street
  • *Watch "Easy Street" (Charlie Chaplin)
  • Great Expectations
  • Her Right to Live
  • The Pride of the Clan
  • *Watch "The Pride of the Clan"
  • *Featured in the January 1917 Photoplay

Colleen Moore

Colleen Moore
Made her debut as "Ruth" in The Bad Boy (1917)

Released in February 1917

  • The Bad Boy
  • The Marriage of Luise Rohrbach

March 1917 Movie Poster

March 1917 Movie Poster
A Poor Little Rich Girl

Released in March 1917

  • A Poor Little Rich Girl
  • *Watch "A Poor Little Rich Girl"
  • *Featured in the April 1917 Photoplay
  • The Tornado
  • The Torture of Silence

April 1917 Movie Poster

April 1917 Movie Poster
The Cure

Released in April 1917

  • Teddy At The Throttle
  • *Watch "Teddy at the Throttle" (Gloria Swanson)
  • The Butcher Boy
  • *Watch "The Butcher Boy" (Buster Keaton)
  • The Cure
  • *Watch "The Cure" (Charlie Chaplin)

May 1917 Movie Poster

May 1917 Movie Poster
A Reckless Romeo, starring Fatty Arbuckle

Released in May 1917

  • A Reckless Romeo
  • *Watch "A Reckless Romeo" (YouTube)
  • A Romance of the Redwoods
  • *Watch "A Romance of the Redwoods" (Mary Pickford)
  • One Law for Both
  • Souls Triumphant

June 1917 Movie Poster

June 1917 Movie Poster
One of Chaplin's most famous comedies. Co-starring Edna Purviance.

Released in June 1917

  • A Kentucky Cinderella
  • The Immigrant
  • *Watch "The Immigrant"
  • The Labour Leader
  • The Rough House
  • *Watch "The Rough House" (Arbuckle, Keaton)
  • Wild and Woolly
  • *Watch "Wild and Woolly" (Douglas Fairbanks)

July 1917 Movie Poster

July 1917 Movie Poster
Big Timber - Lobby Card

Released in July 1917

  • Big Timber
  • The Picture of Dorian Gray

August 1917 Movie Poster

August 1917 Movie Poster
A women's weepie laced with war propaganda

Released in August 1917

  • The Gay Lord Quex
  • Golden Rule Kate
  • His Wedding Night
  • *Watch "His Wedding Night" (Arbuckle & Keaton)
  • The Little American
  • *Watch "The Little American" (Mary Pickford, Zasu Pitts)
  • Straight Shooting
  • *Watch "Straight Shooting" (Harry Carey, Molly Mallone)

September 1917 French Movie Poster

September 1917 French Movie Poster
Fatty Arbuckle and Buster Keaton in "Oh Doctor!"

Released in September 1917

  • Camille
  • Fear
  • Oh Doctor!
  • *Watch "Oh Doctor!" on Youtube
  • Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
  • *Watch "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm"
  • The Gulf Between
  • The Sultan's Wife

October 1917 Movie Poster

October 1917 Movie Poster
Cleopatra, the top film of 1917, burned in a 1937 vault fire. Only fragments survive.

Released in October 1917

  • Cleopatra
  • *Watch recovered fragments from Cleopatra
  • Coney Island
  • *Watch "Coney Island" (Arbuckle & Keaton)
  • Satan Triumphant
  • The Adventurer

November 1917 Movie Poster

November 1917 Movie Poster
Harrison and Barrison, an Hungarian comedy directed by Alexander Korda

Released in November 1917

  • A Little Princess
  • All Aboard
  • El Apostol (The Apostle)
  • Harrison and Barrison
  • The Silent Man

December 1917 Movie Poster

December 1917 Movie Poster
Bucking Broadway, with Harry Carey and Molly Malone

Released in December 1917

  • Raffles, The Amateur Cracksman
  • Bucking Broadway
  • Tom Sawyer
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