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An Alabaster Box
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Chester Withey (Chet Withey)

Cast: Alice Joyce [Lydia Bolton / Lydia Orr], Marc MacDermott (Marc McDermott) [Andrew Bolton], Harry Ham [Jim Dodge], Aida Horton [Lydia, as a child], Patsey De Forest [Fanny Dodge], Frank Crane [Wesley Elliott]

The Vitagraph Company of America production; distributed by Greater Vitagraph, Incorporated [A Blue Ribbon Feature]. / Scenario by A. Van Buren Powell, from the novel An Alabaster Box by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman and Florence Morse Kingsley. Film editor, [?] Viola Mallory? / © 8 September 1917 by The Vitagraph Company of America [LP11360]. Released 10 September 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 26 February 2023.

References: Website-AFI.