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Bliss

Bliss

1917 • 12 min • United States of America
A counterfeit count is aided in his courtship of the heroine by her father who is overwhelmed by his "title."
The Mysterious Mrs. M

The Mysterious Mrs. M

1917 • 50 min • United States of America
A depressed man grows to love life just as his fortune teller's predictions become dire.
By the Sad Sea Waves

By the Sad Sea Waves

1917 • 10 min • United States of America
Our vagabond hero dons a lifeguard's uniform and madcap antics ensue on the beach, and in the changing stalls!
Bobby Bumps' Fourth

Bobby Bumps' Fourth

1917 • 5 min
Bobby and his dog, Fido, let off some fireworks and Fido gets into a fight with a foul-mouthed parrot.
Aladdin's Other Lamp

Aladdin's Other Lamp

1917 • 50 min • United States of America
Aladdin's Other Lamp is a 1917 American silent fantasy-comedy film directed by John H. Collins.
All Aboard

All Aboard

1917 • 9 min • United States of America
In order to get his daughter away from her suitors, her father decides to spirit her away to Bermuda. Our hero, however, stows away on the ship. When discovered, he is credited with catching a crook, thus winning a reward and the girl.
A Woman's Awakening

A Woman's Awakening

1917 • 50 min • United States of America
A 1917 film directed by Chester Withey.
A Kentucky Cinderella

A Kentucky Cinderella

1917 • 50 min • United States of America
After the death of her father, a young girl goes to live with her uncle in Kentucky. She immediately comes into conflict with her uncle's shrewish wife.
Betsy Ross

Betsy Ross

1917 • 59 min • United States of America
Revolutionary War heroine Betsy Ross finds herself in competition with her sister for the affections of a British soldier.
The Cricket

The Cricket

1917 • 50 min • United States of America
Spurred on by her young actor friend Pascal, Cricket, a young girl, accepts the starring role in a juvenile play. Her smashing success is overshadowed, however, by the death of her mother.
The Spotted Lily

The Spotted Lily

1917 • 50 min • United States of America
Wracked with illness and discarded by a wealthy and unscrupulous aristocrat, Yvonne Lamour seeks out her former sweetheart Anatole in order to beg him to care for her infant daughter Yvonne. She finds him in a monastery, now Pere Anatole, having joined to ease the pain of her leaving him. Soon after, Yvonne dies and little Yvonne grows to adulthood and falls in love with Jean Duval, a young violinist. When the war devastates the land, Anatole flees to America, taking Jean and Yvonne with him. There, beset by poverty, Jean endeavors to earn a living by playing the violin, but fails. In desperation, he pawns his violin to buy food and falls victim to the charms of Sonia Maroff, a wealthy woman whose fancy he has captured.
The Light in Darkness

The Light in Darkness

1917 • 49 min • United States of America
Bank cashier Ramsey Latham is sentenced to prison for violation of the banking laws. On his way to the penitentiary, he encounters Hilary Kenyon, a young girl who speaks encouragingly to him. Later he is surprised to discover that Hilary is also a prisoner, having been found guilty of manslaughter for killing a man who attacked her.
Eternal Love

Eternal Love

1917 • 50 min
Traveling from the Latin Quarter of Paris to Brittany to seek inspiration for his painting, artist Paul Dachette finds it in the person of Mignon, an orphan who consents to pose for him.
Motherhood

Motherhood

1917 • 50 min • United States of America
European peasants Albert & Louise are separated by war with Albert only able to return once during the conflict. While he is away the enemy’s captain seizes their home as his headquarters and forces himself on Louise. When the war ends shortly afterwards Albert is overjoyed at the news of a birth of a son but begins to question when he finds that Louise has rejected the child. Forcing a confession from her about her molestation he reacts with vengeance towards the child but Louise realizing the boy is blameless acts to protect him and the three form a family.
The Butcher Boy

The Butcher Boy

1917 • 24 min • United States of America
Customers and clerks frolic in a general store. Roscoe walks out of the freezer wearing a fur coat, then does some clever cleaver tossing. In Buster's film debut he buys a pail of molasses.
Rainbow Island

Rainbow Island

1917 • 6 min • United States of America
After finding a note in a floating bottle, our hero is off to resue the heroine. He runs into a tribe of cannibals.
The Show Down

The Show Down

1917 • 50 min
Inconsiderate millionaire John Benson, philanthropist Oliver North, courageous Langdon Crane, wealthy idler Robert Curtis and Lydia Benson are among the passengers on an ocean liner that is sunk by a German submarine. Carried away by the currents to a tropical island, the castaways endure hardships which bring out their true natures.
The Iced Bullet

The Iced Bullet

1917 • 50 min • United States of America
A "scientific detective" story about the attempted murder of a wealthy New Yorker in his mountain lodge is framed with a satire of Hollywood as the writer of the story comically tries to get the script read and accepted by a studio.
The Villain

The Villain

1917 • 21 min • United States of America
In The Villain, Billy attempted something a little different. He's still imitating Chaplin, but this time he's playing the wicked, top-hatted Charlie found in some of his earliest Keystone appearances (e.g. Mabel at the Wheel), the ones where Charlie himself seemed to be imitating the studio's recently departed Ford Sterling. Throughout this short there is much spoofing of old-time melodramas, a frequent motif of Sterling's comedies.
The Right to Life

The Right to Life

1917 • 44 min • France
A young girl marries a financier knowing he has only a short time to live, so she can inherit his money.Her lover, who has made a fortune away in America, returns and wants to hasten the financier's death.
The Debt

The Debt

1917 • 50 min • United States of America
A reception in their small village in celebration of the Count’s daughter Ann’s engagement to Baron Moreno is disrupted by the news that a mine in which the whole village has invested is worthless. Having persuaded the townspeople to invest their savings in the venture, the Count commits suicide, and the baron jilts the now-destitute Ann. Bereft Ann marries American promoter Slater, moving to the United States in hopes of earning enough to pay off her father's debts and the couple have a child. However, the baron follows Ann, raping her. Slater's jealous mother uses this opportunity to break up their marriage. Ordered from the house Ann has no option but to turn to the baron for sanctuary. Slater attempting a reconciliation for their child’s sake tracks her to the baron house where a fight occurs with both men being mortally wounded. Ann returns to her child; finds her mother-in-law repentant, and the three return to France to repay the debt.
Somebody Lied

Somebody Lied

1917 • 25 min • United States of America
Perfect angel Willie declines to accompany his doting wife Dolly to a mask ball, but instead of a quiet evening at home among his books, Willie spends the night at an underground casino, and instead of being chaperoned at the party, Dolly is out flirting with another man.
The Hobo

The Hobo

1917 • 20 min • United States of America
Billy is a hobo who hangs around the train station. He creates disruption in the ticket office, at the lunch counter, and in the lives of some of the customers.
Freckles

Freckles

1917 • 50 min • United States of America
Freckles, a one-armed orphan tired of being tormented by others runs away eventually finding a place as a watchman in the timber camp, The Limberlost. He falls in love with Angel but feeling unworthy of her keeps his feelings silent until a near catastrophic incident reveals the bond between them.