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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Cast: Frederick Warde [the vicar of Wakefield], Carey L. Hastings [Mrs. Primrose], Boyd Marshall [George Primrose], Kathryn Adams [Olivia Primrose], Gladys Leslie [Sophia Primrose], William Parke Jr. [Moses Primrose], Tula Belle [Dick Primrose], Barbara Howard [Bill Primrose], Thomas A. Curran [Geoffrey; Mr. Burchell], Robert Vaughn [Squire Thornhill; Squire Wilmot], Grace De Carlton [Arabella Wilmot], Arthur Bauer [Mr. Wilmot], Morgan Jones [Jenkinson], Joseph H. Phillips, Nellie Parker Spaulding, Oscar W. Forster

Thanhouser Film Corporation production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated. / Scenario by Emmett Mix, from the novel The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith. Assistant director, Oscar W. Forster. Cinematography by William M. Zollinger. / No copyright registration. Released 25 February 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Historical.

Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive; in the film holdings of Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum (EmGee Film Library collection) [16mm reduction positive]; and in the film holdings of JEF Films, Incorporated.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Authors: Oliver Goldsmith

Listing updated: 3 December 2024.

References: Ball-Shakespeare pp. 241, 390 : Website-Thanhouser.

Home video: DVD.