1917 Movies

Released on the 23rd of July, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

This film is a story from the Mahabharatam where Draupadi, the wife of the Pandavas, resists the advances of Keechaka, a lustful general in the court...

Animated short about a medical check up.

A woman determines to clear her imprisoned husband of false charges by entrapping the real culprit herself.

Directed by Masao Inoue.

The propaganda documentary film shows the German army in 1916 during preparations and combat operations during one of the biggest battles of the First...

Animated puppets, not drawings, were the staple of Chicago-based Howard Moss's films. These juvenile shorts frequently featured caricatures of screen...

Tomboy Jane Dwight’s father strikes oil on their farm and becomes smitten with young millionaire James Thornton when he comes to purchase the land. Sh...

Travelogue released on the 14th of May, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

The one was a venturer - the other an adventurer - the one a man who wanted to see adventure, but who had never been beyond the city limits - the othe...

From the Ganges to the Himalayas is the sort of a journey that no one ever forgets. The good ship "Burton Holmes" will take your patrons on an unusual...

Ceylon is the land of perpetual and exceeding beauty, her people picturesque in dress and quaint in personality, often amusing and always entertaining...

A university student and a girl are in love. The girl’s aunt opposes their love. She has decided to marry her off to a rich suitor. The student decide...

The little Agenore combines a lot of trouble to family friend Ilario Mentecatti (Natale Guillaume).

Set in the Great White North, the film stars Bennett as the object of affections for several rugged northerners, including a couple of disreputable ga...

Released on the 31st of December, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Billy Carter and two Mexicans, Cuteo and Estaban, are smugglers of opium which they bring across the border from Mexico into the United States. The au...