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Most Popular Feature Films Released In 1917

1. Cleopatra (1917) Cleopatra (1917)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.9/10 X  
The story of Cleopatra, the fabulous queen of Egypt, and the epic romances between her and the greatest men of Rome, Julius Caesar and Antony. Dir: J. Gordon Edwards With: Theda Bara, Fritz Leiber, Thurston Hall Biography | Drama | History 125 mins.
2. The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917) The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.9/10 X  
Gwen's family is rich, but her parents ignore her and most of the servants push her around, so she is lonely and unhappy... Dir: Maurice Tourneur With: Mary Pickford, Madlaine Traverse, Charles Wellesley Comedy | Drama | Family | Fantasy | Romance 65 mins.
3. Jack and the Beanstalk (1917) Jack and the Beanstalk (1917)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 4.8/10 X  
Jack,exchanges his cow for some magic beans. The beans grow overnight into a beanstalk which Jack climbs... Dir: Chester M. Franklin, Sidney Franklin With: Francis Carpenter, Virginia Lee Corbin, Violet Radcliffe Fantasy 100 mins.
4. The Little Princess (1917) The Little Princess (1917)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.1/10 X  
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... Dir: Marshall Neilan With: Mary Pickford, Norman Kerry, Katherine Griffith Drama 62 mins.
5. A Man There Was (1917) A Man There Was (1917)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.2/10 X  
Terje Vigen, a sailor, suffers the loss of his family through the cruelty of another man. Years later... Dir: Victor Sjöström With: Victor Sjöström, August Falck, Edith Erastoff Drama | War 48 mins.
6. The Little American (1917) The Little American (1917)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.9/10 X  
A young American has her ship torpedoed by a German U-boat but makes it back to ancestral home in France, where she witnesses German brutality firsthand. With: Mary Pickford, Jack Holt, Raymond Hatton Drama | Romance | War 80 mins.
7. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917) Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.5/10 X  
With her family in financial difficulties, Rebecca is sent to live with her two strict, unfeeling aunts... Dir: Marshall Neilan With: Mary Pickford, Eugene O'Brien, Helen Jerome Eddy Comedy | Drama 78 mins.
8. The Silent Man (1917) The Silent Man (1917)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.6/10 X  
A gold prospector strikes it rich, but the crooks who run a frontier town take it away from him. He determines to get it back and clean up the town. Dir: William S. Hart With: William S. Hart, Vola Vale, Robert McKim Western 61 mins.
9. The Black Stork (1917) The Black Stork (1917)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 4.7/10 X  
A young man and woman are considering marriage; eugenicist Harry J Haiselden warns that they are ill-matched and will produce defective offspring... Dir: Leopold Wharton, Theodore Wharton With: Jane Fearnley, Allan Murnane, Hamilton Revelle Drama 50 mins.
10. A Romance of the Redwoods (1917) A Romance of the Redwoods (1917)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.0/10 X  
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. Dir: Cecil B. DeMille With: Mary Pickford, Elliott Dexter, Tully Marshall Adventure | Comedy | Drama | History | Romance | Western 70 mins.