''Stranded'' is a 1916 American silent drama film produced by Fine Arts Film Company and distributed by Triangle Film Corporation. The film stars DeWolf Hopper with newcomer Bessie Love in a supporting role. The film is considered lost.The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: ''Stranded''
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Plot

Bessie Love and DeWolf Hopper in Stranded

H. Ulysses Watts ( Hopper) is a traveling

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. When the troupe is robbed by Stoner ( Stockdale), Watts cares for an injured young trapeze artist ( Love), and pretends to be her father so that he can protect her. While healing in the village, the girl falls in love with a hotel manager, and they plan to marry. However, Stoner returns and threatens to reveal her true career and that she and Watts are not related. Instead, Watts tells all of this to the hotel manager, who is still in love with the girl and wants to marry her. At the wedding, Stoner fatally shoots Watts, who performs the death scene from ''

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'' as his final performance. Stoner is captured, and the girl and her new husband live happily ever after.

Cast

* DeWolf Hopper as H. Ulysses Watts * Carl Stockdale as Stoner * Frank Bennett as Hotel Proprietor * Loyola O'Connor as His Mother * Bessie Love as The Girl

Reception

The film was positively received, as were the direction and performances.

References

External links

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''Stranded''
at the British Film Institute
''Stranded'' at SilentEra

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1916 drama films 1916 lost films 1916 films American black-and-white films Silent American drama films American silent feature films Films directed by Lloyd Ingraham Lost American drama films 1910s American films 1910s English-language films English-language drama films Lost silent American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub

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