An American Widow

An American Widow
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Directed byFrank Reicher
Based onAn American Widow
by Kellett Chambers c.1909[1]
StarringEthel Barrymore
Irving Cummings
CinematographyGeorge Webber
William H. Tuers
Production
company
Distributed byMetro Pictures
Release date
  • December 17, 1917 (1917-12-17)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)
This article is about the 1917 silent film. For the 2008 graphic novel, see American Widow.

An American Widow is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by Frank Reicher and starring Ethel Barrymore. It is based on a 1909 play by Kellett Chambers. Metro Pictures produced and distributed.[2][3]

Cast

  • Ethel Barrymore as Elizabeth Carter
  • Irving Cummings as Jasper Mallory
  • Dudley Hawley as Earlof Dettminster
  • Ernest Stallard as Augustus Tucker
  • Charles Dickson as Theodore Bacon
  • Alfred Kappler as Pitney Carter
  • Arthur Lewis as Carstairs
  • Pearl Browne as Mme. Albani

Preservation

With no copies of An American Widow located in any film archives,[4] it is considered a lost film.

See also

References

  1. ^ https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-show/an-american-widow-1546 "An American Widow", play, at the Hudson Theatre; September–October 1909
  2. ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: An American Widow". silentera.com. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
  3. ^ "The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: An American Widow". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved December 6, 2025.
  4. ^ "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: American Widow". memory.loc.gov. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved December 5, 2025.
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