1917 in Film - Notable Films Released in 1917

Notable Films Released in 1917

U.S.A. unless stated

  • Golden Rule Kate, a drama western starring Louise Glaum
  • The Man Without a Country, starring Florence La Badie
  • The Adventurer, a Charlie Chaplin short.
  • The Bad Boy, starring Robert Harron, Mildred Harris, Colleen Moore
  • Big Timber
  • Bucking Broadway, directed by John Ford, starring Harry Carey
  • The Butcher Boy, a 'Fatty' Arbuckle / Buster Keaton short (Keaton's film debut).
  • Camille, starring Theda Bara
  • Cleopatra, starring Theda Bara
  • Coney Island, a 'Fatty' Arbuckle / Buster Keaton short.
  • The Cure, a Charlie Chaplin short.
  • The Dying Swan (Umirayushchii Lebed) - (U.S.S.R.)
  • Dombey and Son directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Hayford Hobbs - (Britain)
  • Easy Street, starring Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance
  • El Apóstol (The Apostle), animated by Quirino Cristiani - (Argentina)
  • Fear directed by Robert Wiene and starring Conrad Veidt - (Germany)
  • Frank Hansen's Fortune directed by Viggo Larsen - (Germany)
  • The Gay Lord Quex directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Ben Webster and Irene Vanbrugh - (Britain)
  • Great Expectations, starring Jack Pickford
  • The Gulf Between, All color movie.
  • Harrison and Barrison, directed by Alexander Korda, starring Márton Rátkai (Hungary)
  • His Wedding Night, a 'Fatty' Arbuckle / Buster Keaton short.
  • Her Right to Live, directed by Paul Scardon, starring Peggy Hyland, Antonio Moreno, Mae Costello, John S. Robertson
  • The Immigrant, starring Charlie Chaplin and Edna Purviance
  • Joan the Woman, starring Geraldine Farrar; directed by Cecil B. DeMille
  • The Little American, starring Mary Pickford; directed by Cecil B. DeMille.
  • A Little Princess, directed by Marshall Neilan, starring Mary Pickford, Norman Kerry, ZaSu Pitts
  • A Man There Was (Terje Vigen) - (Sweden)
  • The Marriage of Luise Rohrbach, directed by Rudolf Biebrach, starring Henny Porten, Emil Jannings - (Germany)
  • Oh Doctor!, a 'Fatty' Arbuckle / Buster Keaton short.
  • One Law for Both directed by Ivan Abramson
  • The Poor Little Rich Girl, starring Mary Pickford
  • Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, starring Mary Pickford
  • A Reckless Romeo, a 'Fatty' Arbuckle short.
  • The Rough House, a 'Fatty' Arbuckle / Buster Keaton short.
  • Souls Triumphant, starring Lillian Gish
  • Straight Shooting, directed by John Ford
  • Teddy at the Throttle, a Keystone comedy starring Gloria Swanson
  • Tom Sawyer, starring Jack Pickford
  • The Tornado, directed by John Ford (his debut)
  • Wild and Woolly
  • The Wild Girl, starring Eva Tanguay and Thomas J. Moore

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