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Movies: Popular Movies of 1917

Movies in chronological context: 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1917th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 917th year of the 2nd millennium, the 17th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1910s decade. As of the start of 1917, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923. ()

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The Immigrant(1917)

24min | Comedy
3.7/5 (with 122 votes)

An European immigrant endures a challenging voyage only to get into trouble as soon as he arrives in New York.

Easy Street(1917)

26min | Comedy, Action
3.6/5 (with 74 votes)

A derelict, huddled under the steps of a missionary church, feels enlightened by the sermon of a passionate preacher and infatuated by the beauty of the congregation's pianist, in such a way that he tries to improve his life of poverty by becoming a policeman. His first assignment will be to patrol along Easy Street, the turf of a vicious bully and his criminal gang.

The Cure(1917)

31min | Comedy
3.4/5 (with 56 votes)

An alcoholic checks into a health spa and his antics promptly throw the establishment into chaos.

The Adventurer(1917)

26min | Comedy, Adventure
3.5/5 (with 55 votes)

The daring convict no. 23, known as The Eel, escapes from prison and, after mocking his inept persecutors, saves the lives of three people in peril: a beautiful girl, her mother and an annoying suitor, only to get exhausted and almost drowned. Once he regains his strength at Judge Brown's home, he participates on an upper-class social party where he competes with the suitor for the favors of the charming Miss Brown. But prison guards are still after him….

A Man There Was(1917)

56min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 30 votes)

Terje Vigen, a sailor, suffers the loss of his family through the inflexibility of another man. Years later, when his enemy's family finds itself dependent on his benevolence, Terje must decide whether to avenge himself.

The Rough House(1917)

22min | Comedy
2.9/5 (with 26 votes)

Living under the same roof with his newly-wed wife and his mother-in-law, a careless Mr Rough sets the nuptial bedroom on fire, as the residence's cook tries to woo the maid who only has eyes for the charming delivery boy. As one thing leads to another, Mr Rough ends up preparing dinner for a pair of duplicitous guests, when, clearly, he should be staying out of the kitchen. Does Mrs Rough know the visitors' true intentions? But, above all, how will this disastrous dinner party at the Rough house end?

Coney Island(1917)

25min | Comedy
3.0/5 (with 25 votes)

Arbuckle escapes the watch of his domineering wife and heads for Coney Island. Keaton arrives that same day with his attractive, and rather easy, girlfriend, who is immediately stolen from him by St. John.

The Butcher Boy(1917)

30min | Comedy
3.1/5 (with 25 votes)

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.

His Wedding Night(1917)

19min | Comedy
2.8/5 (with 23 votes)

Al and Roscoe, employees at a gas station, are rivals for Alice. When Buster delivers a wedding gown for Alice and begins modeling it, he is mistaken for Alice and is kidnapped by Al.

Satan's Rhapsody(1917)

3.2/5 (with 22 votes)

A Faustian tale about an old woman who makes a pact with Mephisto to regain her youth, but in return she must stay away from love. After making the deal, she meets two brothers who fall in love with her.

Oh, Doctor!(1917)

23min | Comedy, Crime
3.0/5 (with 21 votes)

Roscoe is a doctor who falls in love with a pretty woman whose boyfriend, in turn, falls in love with Roscoe's wife's jewelry.

The Dying Swan(1917)

49min | Drama
3.3/5 (with 16 votes)

When Viktor meets Gizella one day beside the lake, he takes an interest in her and begins to call on her regularly. The one passion in the life of Gizella, who is unable to speak, is dancing. When Viktor deceives her and she finds him with another woman, she moves away and begins a career as a ballerina. Later, as she is on tour performing “The Dying Swan”, the artist Glinskiy attends her performance. Glinskiy, whose own obsession is to depict death in his art, becomes fascinated by Gizella, and he is determined to use her as a model for a special project.

Directed by Yevgeni Bauer - With Vera Karalli
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The Poor Little Rich Girl(1917)

2.9/5 (with 14 votes)

Gwen's family is rich, but her parents ignore her and most of the servants push her around, so she is lonely and unhappy. Her father is concerned only with making money, and her mother cares only about her social position. But one day a servant's irresponsibility creates a crisis that causes everyone to rethink what is important to them.

Directed by Maurice Tourneur - With Mary Pickford, Charles Craig, Madlaine Traverse, Charles Wellesley, Charles Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington, Herbert Prior, ...

Bucking Broadway(1917)

55min | Western
2.7/5 (with 12 votes)

On a ranch in Wyoming, one of the cowboys, Cheyenne Harry (Harry Carey), falls in love with his boss's daughter. But she decides to elope to the city with Captain Thornton, a wealthy visitor to the ranch. She quickly discovers that life in the city is not what she expected. Cheyenne, devastated by the loss of his fiancée, decides to go to the city to find her, and in the end rescues her from the grips of Captain Thornton and from the extravagant and decadent way of life in the city.

The Dull Sword(1917)

2.8/5 (with 10 votes)

A samurai purchases a new sword only to find it is already dull. When he returns to the dull looking merchant to complain, something quite unexpected happens.

Directed by Kōuchi Jun'ichi

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm(1917)

1h 18min | Drama, Comedy
2.9/5 (with 8 votes)

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917) is a silent film directed by Marshall Neilan based upon the novel Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin. This version is notable for having been adapted by famed female screenwriter Frances Marion. The film was made by the "Mary Pickford Company" and was an acclaimed box office smash.

The Portrait of Captain Grogg(1917)

7min | Animation
3.2/5 (with 8 votes)

An artist receives the visit of Grogg, an animated captain, to draw his portrait.

Directed by Victor Bergdahl - With Victor Bergdahl

Thaïs(1917)

35min | Drama
2.9/5 (with 7 votes)

The beautiful Thaïs Galitzy plays Vera, a Slavic countess, a seductress who drags married men to the brink of ruin. When she seduces the husband of her best friend, all involved meet a nasty fate.

Directed by Anton Giulio Bragaglia - With Ileana Leonidoff

Teddy at the Throttle(1917)

26min | Comedy
3.1/5 (with 7 votes)

Gloria Dawn lives down the hall from her sweetheart, Bobbie Knight. The dishonest Henry Black is Gloria's guardian, and he is also in charge of Bobbie's inheritance. The scheming guardian and his sister have been spending Bobbie's money, and they hope to have the sister marry Bobbie so that they can keep control over his money.

A Little Princess(1917)

1h 2min | Drama
2.6/5 (with 7 votes)

Little Sara Crewe is placed in a boarding school by her father when he goes off to war, but he does not understand that the headmistress is a cruel, spiteful woman who makes life miserable for Sara.

The Little American(1917)

3.2/5 (with 6 votes)

A young American has her ship torpedoed by a German U-boat but makes it back to her ancestral home in France, where she witnesses German brutality firsthand.

Straight Shooting(1917)

1h 12min | Western
2.9/5 (with 6 votes)

Cattleman Flint cuts off farmer Sims' water supply. When Sims' son Ted goes for water, one of Flint's men kills him. Cheyenne is sent to finish off Sims, but finding the family at the newly dug grave, he changes sides.

Ashes(1917)

30min | Drama, Fantasy
2.9/5 (with 6 votes)

Dame Eleonora Duse plays a poor woman who, incapable of raising and feed him, leaves her illegitimate son with foster parents. Before she leaves her boy, the woman gives to the child an amulet in order to protect him. The amulet will be the key to put him in connection with his old mother when the boy grows up.

Directed by Febo Mari - With Eleonora Duse, Febo Mari, Nietta Mordeglia

A Romance of the Redwoods(1917)

1h 31min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.3/5 (with 6 votes)

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 assumed by an outlaw.

The Merry Jail(1917)

48min | Comedy
3.2/5 (with 6 votes)

A neglected wife disguises herself in order to lure her wastrel husband into a compromising position.

Wild and Woolly(1917)

1h 12min | Comedy, Western
3.3/5 (with 6 votes)

A rich Easterner who has always wanted to live in "the Wild West" plans to move to a Western town. Unknown to him, the town's "wild" days are long gone and it is an orderly and civilized place now. The townsmen, not wanting to lose a rich potential resident, contrive to make over the town to suit the young man's fantasy.

The War and the Dream of Momi(1917)

3.5/5 (with 6 votes)

"The War and the Dream of Momi" was a patriotic war film directed by Giovanni Pastrone. Segundo de Chomón was responsible for the animation effects.

'49–'17(1917)

1h 1min | Western
2.8/5 (with 5 votes)

A judge who had taken part in the gold rush of 1849 hires an acting troupe to recreate the experience in this rather fanciful silent Western. The make-believe turns serious when a real gold mine is discovered nearby and a local girl is kidnapped by a nasty gambler.

Directed by Ruth Ann Baldwin

A Trip to the Moon(1917)

3.5/5 (with 5 votes)

Based on the Happy Hooligan comic strip, by Frederick Burr Opper. Happy speaks with someone in the park and takes a trip to the moon on a rocket that looks like the front half of a current racing car, where he is made king of the moon. A ballerina does a shimmy and Our Hero winds up back in the park being accosted by a cop. The inference is that he has fallen asleep and dreamed the entire trip.

Malombra(1917)

2.7/5 (with 5 votes)

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Directed by Carmine Gallone - With Lyda Borelli, Amleto Novelli, Augusto Mastripietri, Giulia Cassini Rizzotto
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