Outcast (1917 film)

Outcast

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Directed by Dell Henderson
Wesley Ruggles (assistant)
Produced by Empire All-Star Corporation
Written by Anthony Paul Kelly
Based on Outcast 
by Hubert Henry Davies
Starring Ann Murdock
Cinematography Harry L. Keepers
Distributed by Mutual Film Corporation
Release dates
 September 10, 1917
Running time
 6 reels
Country United States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

Outcast (sometimes listed as The Outcast) is a lost[1] 1917 American drama film directed by Dell Henderson and starring Ann Murdock. It was based on the play Outcast by Hubert Henry Davies. It was produced by Empire All-Star Corp., a production unit of the late Charles Frohman who had produced the play starring Elsie Ferguson. Ferguson would reprise the role in a 1922 Paramount film.[2]

Plot

As described in a film magazine,[3] Valentine (Calvert), engaged to Geoffrey (Powell), breaks her engagement so that she can marry Lord Moreland (Carrington) so that she may have everything that she desires. Discouraged, Geoffrey associates with Miriam Gibson (Murdock), a woman of the streets known as the outcast. Miriam becomes devoted to Geoffrey and does all that that is in her power to make him happy. Valentine is jealous because Geoffrey is so happy and believes that by coming into his life she will make it hard for him. Geoffrey, who still loves her, asks her to go away with him to South America, divorce Lord Moreland, and marry him. But Valentine refuses to give up London. So Geoffrey sends Valentine away and marries Miriam, and the two happily set out for their South American home.

Cast

Reception

Like many American films of the time, Outcast was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors issued an Adults Only permit and required cuts of three gambling scenes and the intertitle "I was driven to the streets, I had no choice."[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Outcast
  2. ↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Outcast
  3. ↑ "Reviews: The Outcast". Exhibitors Herald (New York: Exhibitors Herald Company) 5 (12): 27–28. September 15, 1917.
  4. ↑ "Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald 5 (14): 33. September 29, 1917.

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