1917 Movies

Billy Martin is sent to New York to put through a war contract for his father, a new England manufacturer, and takes $100,000 as a security. The munit...

Though the Turk has 15 wives, he yearns to make our heroine his 16th.

First in Benjamin Chapin's four-film cycle on the life of Abraham Lincoln, this film explores the life of Lincoln's mother Nancy Hanks.

A young girl travels west to live with her uncle during the California Gold Rush only to find that he has been killed by Indians and his identity assu...

Quartus Hembly, a man without a conscience, is the ruler of the town of Copper City, having made himself rich at the expense of his workers. When Dona...

Shirley Mason stars as a young girl who leaves the farm to attend school with her snooty cousin. While struggling to fit in she decides the key to hap...

Mary Ann is the daughter of a washerwoman, who washes for Mrs. Wainwright. Her daughter, Geraldine, decides that she will bring a little sunshine into...

Gunman Chuck Connelly is hired to silence the new district attorney who has been pounding the graft organizations. Chuck goes to the D. A.'s home to t...

Bobby Vernon is fooled into a mock bigamist gag and chaos assures.

Magazine writer J. Hamilton Vance travels to the mountains of Kentucky to get local color for his stories, and falls in love with Roxie Bradley, the d...

Hugh Payne owns and operates a mine in the West, supporting his brother Larry's luxurious life style. Hugh has nurtured Abby Hope, a young girl with w...

John Grey enlists when the Spanish-American War begins, not knowing that his sweetheart Mary is pregnant and then perishes before they can legalize th...

Finding himself broke and out of a job in Paris, American William Ruggles joins the Turkish army and is sent to fight in its war in the Balkans. Durin...

Gun Connor decides to fight the drug evil, after learning that his brother is a victim. He redoubles his efforts when he learns that the father of the...

A man discovers that he has two personalities--and one of them is a notorious strangler.

Polly Biggs helps care for her younger brother and sisters, while her widowed mother works hard as a seamstress to earn a living. Mayor Hoadley, Mrs....

a silent movie

Patches, a beautiful girl, lives with her foster-mother Liza Biggs, who dresses her in rags. She is surprised to see Judas, the overseer, give Liza a...