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Out of the Wreck
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by William Desmond Taylor

Cast: Kathlyn Williams [Agnes Aldrich], William Clifford [Steve O’Brien], William Conklin [James Aldrich], Stella Razeto [Ruby Sheldon], William Winter Jefferson [Howard Duncan], Don Bailey [Tom Ryan]

The Oliver Morosco Photoplay Company production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / Scenario by Gardner Hunting, from the short story “The Woman with the Forget-Me-Nots” by Maude Erve Corsan. Cinematography by Homer Scott. / © 14 February 1917 by The Oliver Morosco Photoplay Company [LP10222]. Released 8 March 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Crime: Murder - Death: Murder - Self-defense

Listing updated: 8 May 2012.

References: Website-AFI : with additional information provided by Pere Jones.