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''The Call of Her People'' is a 1917 silent film spectacle directed by
The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:''The Call of Her People''
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1917 films American silent feature films Films directed by John W. Noble American films based on plays Films based on works by Edward Sheldon American black-and-white films Metro Pictures films 1910s American films {{1910s-US-film-stub
''The Call of Her People'' is a 1917 silent film spectacle directed by John W. Noble
John Winthrop Noble (born Winfield Fernley Kutz; June 24, 1880 – September 10, 1946) was an American film director and screenwriter during the silent era.
Career
John Winthrop Noble was the professional name of Winfield Fernley Kutz (sometimes ...
and starring Ethel Barrymore
Ethel Barrymore (born Ethel Mae Blythe; August 15, 1879 – June 18, 1959) was an American actress and a member of the Barrymore family of actors. Barrymore was a stage, screen and radio actress whose career spanned six decades, and was regard ...
. It was produced and distributed by Metro Pictures
Metro Pictures Corporation was a motion picture production company founded in early 1915 in Jacksonville, Florida. It was a forerunner of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The company produced its films in New York, Los Angeles, and sometimes at leased f ...
. The story is based on a play by Edward Sheldon
Edward Brewster Sheldon (Chicago, Illinois, February 4, 1886 – April 1, 1946, New York City) was an American dramatist. His plays include ''Salvation Nell'' (1908) and ''Romance'' (1913), which was made into a motion picture with Greta Garbo.
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Cast
*Ethel Barrymore
Ethel Barrymore (born Ethel Mae Blythe; August 15, 1879 – June 18, 1959) was an American actress and a member of the Barrymore family of actors. Barrymore was a stage, screen and radio actress whose career spanned six decades, and was regard ...
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*Robert Whittier - Young Faro
* William B. Davidson - Nicholas Van Kleet
* Frank Montgomery - Faro Black
*William Mandeville - Gordon Lindsay
*Mrs. Allen Walker - Mother Komello (*as Mrs. Allan Walker)
* Helen Arnold - Mary Van Kleet
*Hugh Jeffrey - Sheriff
Preservation status
*The film is preserved byGeorge Eastman House Motion Picture Collection
The George Eastman Museum Motion Picture Collection in Rochester, New York comprises about 28,000 titles, including features, shorts, documentaries, newsreels, and experimental moving images. The collection is renowned for its holdings of silent f ...
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See also
*Ethel Barrymore on stage, screen and radio
Ethel Barrymore (born Ethel Mae Blythe; 1879–1959) was an American actress of stage, screen and radio. She came from a family of actors; she was the middle child of Maurice Barrymore and Georgie Drew Barrymore, and had two brothers, Lionel an ...
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