''Human Driftwood'' is a 1916 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

Émile Chautard Émile Chautard (7 September 1864 – 24 April 1934) was a French-American film director, actor, and screenwriter, most active in the silent era. He directed more than 100 films between 1910 and 1924. He also appeared in more than 60 films ...

and starring

Robert Warwick Robert Warwick (born Robert Taylor Bien; October 9, 1878 – June 6, 1964) was an American stage, film and television actor with over 200 film appearances. A matinee idol during the silent film era, he also prospered after the introduction ...

. It was produced by the Shubert Organization and released through

World Film Company The World Film Company or World Film Corporation was an American film production and distribution company, organized in 1914 in Fort Lee, New Jersey. Short-lived but significant in American film history, World Film was created by financier and f ...

Cast

as Robert Hendricks *

Frances Nelson Frances "Fanny" Nelson, Viscountess Nelson, Duchess of Bronte ( Frances Herbert Woolward, formerly Nisbet; (1758 4 May 1831)) was the wife of Horatio Nelson, the British naval officer who won several victories over the French during the Fre ...

as Velma * Leonore Harris as Myra * Alec B. Francis as Father Harrigan *Al Hart as Lief Bergson

Preservation

With no prints of ''Human Driftwood'' located in any film archives,The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''Human Driftwood''
/ref> it is a

lost film A lost film is a feature film, feature or short film in which the original negative or copies are not known to exist in any studio archive, private collection, or public archive. Films can be wholly or partially lost for a number of reasons. ...

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* 1916 films Lost American drama films Films directed by Emile Chautard American silent feature films American black-and-white films Silent American drama films 1916 drama films World Film Company films 1916 lost films 1910s American films 1910s English-language films {{1910s-drama-film-stub