A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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An Amateur Orphan
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Van Dyke Brooke

Cast: Gladys Leslie [Marcia Schuyler], Isabel Vernon [‘Quincy’], Thomas A. Curran [Marcia’s father], Jean Armour [Marcia’s mother], Chester Morris [Dick], Ray Hallor [Dave Benton], Justus Barnes (Justus D. Barnes) [his father], Carey L. Hastings, Grace De Carlton

Thanhouser Film Corporation production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated [A Gold Rooster Play]. / Scenario by Agnes C. Johnston. Cinematography by George Webber. Presented by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated. / Released 3 June 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy-Drama.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 11 January 2024.

References: Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.