A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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Ambition
(1916) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by James Vincent

Cast: Bertha Kalich [Marian Powers], Kenneth Hunter [Robert Powers], William H. Tooker [John Moore], W.W. Black [James Grant], Kittens Reichert [Betty Powers], Gelbert Rooney (Gilbert Rooney), Barnett Greenwood, May Price, [?] Daniel Crimmins (Dan Crimmins)?, [?] Dorothy Phillips?

Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation. / Scenario by Mary Murillo. Cinematography by René Guissart. Presented by William Fox. / © 25 June 1916 by William Fox [LP8583]. Released 3 July 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: The Big Boss.

Drama.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 13 September 2023.

References: Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb; Website-IMDb.