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directed by Ben Turbett and starring William Wadsworth, Shirley Mason and W.H. Burton.Dahlquist & Frykholm p.198

Cast

* William Wadsworth as Captain Cy Whittaker * Shirley Mason as Emily Thomas * W.H. Burton as Herman Atkins * Carter B. Harkness as Richard Thomas * Mary Elizabeth Forbes as Phoebe Daws * Emily Lorraine as Sarah Oliver *

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as Ase *

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as Bailey * Ed Bunnell as Tad *

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as Lem * Hugh Gillen as Buddy *

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as Eben *

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as Simmons *

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as Josiah

References

Bibliography

* Marina Dahlquist & Joel Frykholm. ''The Institutionalization of Educational Cinema: North America and Europe in the 1910s and 1920s''. Indiana University Press, 2020.

External links

* 1917 films 1917 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Films directed by Ben Turbett Edison Studios films 1910s American films {{1910s-US-film-stub