1917 Movies

A. Knutt, a crack-brained chemist, discovers an elixir that will endow dolls with life. He does not know that it will change living persons to dolls....

"We have only one really tropic state in the good old U.S.A., and that is Florida, and so, just returning from the tropics of the Far East, Mr. Holmes...

Raymond Griffith out in the wild west, and in the process takes care of the bad guy to save his gal.

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

Tomboy Jane Dwight’s father strikes oil on their farm and becomes smitten with young millionaire James Thornton when he comes to purchase the land. Sh...

Truly Rural is a silent 1917 comedy short.

Travelogue released on the 15th of January, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Animated short about a medical check up.

The funeral of Hussein Kemal, first Sultan of Egypt, in Cairo, 10 October 1917.

Surabaya, Java, is the busiest headquarters of the Dutch in the Far East. Here the white-clothed man from Holland has established the commercial metro...

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...

Baseball Madness is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by Billy Mason and starring Gloria Swanson.

Tom Mix and other cowboys in feats of roping, riding and bulldogging.

Animated commercial for Melange Margarine, based on the Norwegian folk tale The devil in the nut.

Travelogue released on the first of January, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released on the 23rd of July, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.