1917 Movies

Part 2, found at the New Zealand Film Archive, zeros in on urban Chinese workers—peddlers, barbers, cooks, street performers, laborers, and rickshaw d...

Documenting the tenth of twelve battles near the Isonzo River bordering Italy and Austria-Hungary. World War One.

Cook Gale Henry and butler Milton Sims are arguing in the kitchen about who would make the best detective, until the lady of the house comes in to see...

From the Ganges to the Himalayas is the sort of a journey that no one ever forgets. The good ship "Burton Holmes" will take your patrons on an unusual...

A 1917 Argentinian film.

Released on the 10th of December, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Mom and dad proudly exhibit a beautiful child which daddy persists in believing bears an uncanny resemblance to himself.

A 1917 short film directed by Federico Valle.

The Soda Jerker is a silent comedy short.

The little Agenore combines a lot of trouble to family friend Ilario Mentecatti (Natale Guillaume).

The America boat SS 'Frederik VIII' arrives in Copenhagen with Count Johan Heinrich Bernstorff.

Animated puppets, not drawings, were the staple of Chicago-based Howard Moss's films. These juvenile shorts frequently featured caricatures of screen...

Silent feature film by Olga Preobrazhenskaya and Vladimir Gardin based on Pushkin’s story of the same name. Considered lost. Directorial debut of Olga...

Pierrot searches for his Columbine who is being embraced by the handsome Harlequin. This tinted film without intertitles charmingly retells the well-k...