An American Widow

An American Widow
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Directed byFrank Reicher
Based onAn American Widow
by Kellett Chambers c.1909[1]
StarringEthel Barrymore
Irving Cummings
CinematographyGeorge Webber
William H. Tuers
Production
company
Distributed byMetro Pictures
Release date
  • December 17, 1917 (1917-12-17)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

An American Widow is a 1917 silent comedy film directed by Frank Reicher and starring Ethel Barrymore. It is based on a 1909 play by Kellett Chambers. Metro Pictures produced and distributed.[2][3]

Cast

  • Ethel Barrymore as Elizabeth Carter
  • Irving Cummings as Jasper Mallory
  • Dudley Hawley as Earlof Dettminster
  • Ernest Stallard as Augustus Tucker
  • Charles Dickson as Theodore Bacon
  • Alfred Kappler as Pitney Carter
  • Arthur Lewis as Carstairs
  • Pearl Browne as Mme. Albani

Preservation

With no copies of An American Widow located in any film archives,[4] it is considered a lost film.

See also

References

  1. ^ https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-show/an-american-widow-1546 "An American Widow", play, at the Hudson Theatre; September–October 1909
  2. ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: An American Widow". silentera.com. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
  3. ^ "Detail view of Movies Page". Afi.com. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
  4. ^ "American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: American Widow". memory.loc.gov. January 14, 2018. Retrieved January 14, 2018.