1917 Movies

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Lanka Dahan (Lanka Aflame) is a 1917 Indian silent film directed by Dhundiraj Govind Phalke (Dadasaheb Phalke). Phalke also wrote the film based on an...

A little boy and his beloved puppy find themselves in and out of mischief after crafting a homemade tank.

The Bar Sinister is a 1917 silent film drama directed by Edgar Lewis.

Billy West tries to court/swindle Little Nell (big Oliver Hardy in drags). but her father is in the way.

Released on the 19th of February, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

"Les Indes noires" is a French silent film directed by Michel Verne, released in 1917.

Roosevelt views a large pro-war parade assembled in his honor in St. Paul, Minn. on Sept. 28, 1917. Long shot of large American flag as it is carried...

It is Christmas Eve, and some are finding it easier to look forward to the upcoming celebrations than others. In the home of Widow Ejlersen and her ad...

A worker and union leader is falsely accused of theft, by a boss who is lusting after his fiancée

The Captain tries fishing without luck.

1917 travelogue.

Vancouver is a veritable metropolis, a beautiful cosmopolitan city; perhaps the most English in all the entire Dominion of Canada. It is famous for it...

Desperate to change her vixenish image, Theda Bara was called upon to play a sweet young thing (she was nearly 30) who sacrifices herself for the happ...

An Ebony Film Company short.

Two segments of TR during a midwestern speaking tour in support of military preparedness. On September 27, 1917, TR visited the officers' training cam...