''A Sleeping Memory'' is surviving 1917 silent film drama directed by
George D. Baker and starring
Emily Stevens. 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 fac ...
and is based on the 1902 novel of the same name by
E. Phillips Oppenheim
Edward Phillips Oppenheim (22 October 1866 – 3 February 1946) was an English novelist, a prolific writer of best-selling genre fiction, featuring glamorous characters, international intrigue and fast action. Notably easy to read, they were vie ...
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Cast
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Emily Stevens - Eleanore Styles Marston
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Frank R. Mills
Frank R. Mills (January 24, 1868 – June 11, 1921) was an American stage and silent film actor. In the 1890s he acted in a number of plays as a young juvenile.
He is frequently mistaken for other actors with the name ''Frank Mills''. He began i ...
- Powers Fiske (*this Frank Mills, stage actor born 1870 died 1921)
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Mario Majeroni - Dr. Stephen Trow
*Walter Horton - Henry Johnson
*Richard Thornton - Chadwick
*Francis Joyner - Angus Hood (*as Frank Joyner)
*Kate Blancke - Mrs. Fiske
Preservation status
* A print was preserved and donated by MGM to
George Eastman Museum
The George Eastman Museum, also referred to as ''George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and Film'', the world's oldest museum dedicated to photography and one of the world's oldest film archives, opened to the public in 1949 in ...
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References
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1917 films
American silent feature films
Films directed by George D. Baker
Metro Pictures films
Films based on British novels
American black-and-white films
Silent American drama films
1917 drama films
1910s American films
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