''Fanatics'' is a 1917 American
silent drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...
directed by
Raymond Wells
Raymond Wells (1880–1941) was an American actor, screenwriter, and film director of the silent era.Goble p. 324 He is sometimes credited as Raymond B. Wells.
Partial filmography
* '' Old Heidelberg'' (1915) (actor)
* '' The Sable Lorcha'' (1 ...
and starring
Adda Gleason
Adda Gleason (December 19, 1888 – February 6, 1971) was an American actress and writer.
Chicago-born Gleason starred in the 1916 film adaptation of '' Ramona''. On Broadway, Gleason portrayed Charlotte in ''The Dust Heap'' (1924).
In additi ...
,
J. Barney Sherry and
William V. Mong. It was one of a number of films made about
coal mining
Coal mining is the process of resource extraction, extracting coal from the ground or from a mine. Coal is valued for its Energy value of coal, energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to Electricity generation, generate electr ...
conflicts during the silent era.
[Ross p.324]
Cast
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Adda Gleason
Adda Gleason (December 19, 1888 – February 6, 1971) was an American actress and writer.
Chicago-born Gleason starred in the 1916 film adaptation of '' Ramona''. On Broadway, Gleason portrayed Charlotte in ''The Dust Heap'' (1924).
In additi ...
as Mary Lathrop
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J. Barney Sherry as Nicholas Eyre
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William V. Mong as Hugh Groesbeck
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Don Fuller as Robert Lathrop
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Olga Grey
Olga Grey (born Anushka Zacsek or Anna Zacsek, November 10, 1896 – April 25, 1973) was an American silent film actress, sometimes billed with the alternate spelling of her last name, Olga Gray.
She was born in New York City to Hungarian immig ...
as Lola Monroe
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Eugene Burr
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People and fictional characters
* Eugene (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name
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as Billy Haskell
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Edward Hayden as Eyre's Clerk
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Will Jeffries as Foreman
References
Bibliography
* Ross, Steven J. ''Working-Class Hollywood: Silent Film and the Shaping of Class in America''. Princeton University Press, 2020.
External links
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1917 films
1917 drama films
1910s English-language films
American silent feature films
Silent American drama films
American black-and-white films
Triangle Film Corporation films
Films directed by Raymond Wells
1910s American films
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