1917 Movies

Gennaro, the son of Lucretia Borgia, lives unaware of the identity of his mother, who has married the Duke of Ferrara. After Lucretia's brother is kil...

After her parents separate, young Violet Dale's father takes her to Alaska.

Clover Ames's life consists only of the drudge work that she performs at her Aunt Sarah's boardinghouse. No longer able to withstand her aunt's abuse,...

Designated to write an article on the high price of food, reporter June Justice visits the tenement districts where there have been food riots and whe...

Betty Be Good is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by Sherwood MacDonald.

Drama's Dreadful Deal is a 1917 Comedy short.

Barstow, a crook, conceives the idea of buying old automobiles, staging "accidents" with them, and settling with the railroad. At the Lone Point cross...

Young society rake Gerard Buckland spies a pretty girl walking down the street. As he tries to figure out a way to approach her, he sees a disreputabl...

Short about Field Marshal Paul v. Hindenburg on the occasion of his 70th birthday on 02.10.1917.

Golf, we discover in this early Semon short, is a game that is played by striking a croquet ball with a hockey stick and seeing how many times it can...

A Harold Lloyd short in the 'Lonesome Luke' series.

Betty Fairchild decides to follow the advice of her mother and marry for money. Thus, when Tom Connolly arrives from the West with his fortune, she ac...

Herbert Grayson has timber holdings in a Southern state. One of his mills is burned, and he accuses Len Mathis, a young mountaineer. In trying to avoi...

Aladdin from Broadway is a 1917 American silent adventure film directed by William Wolbert.

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