The Rescue (1917 film)

The Rescue

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Directed by Ida May Park
Written by Ida May Park
Hugh McNair Kahler
Starring Lon Chaney
Dorothy Phillips
Cinematography King D. Gray
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release dates
  • July 30, 1917 (1917-07-30)
Country United States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

The Rescue is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Ida May Park and starring Lon Chaney.[1] It is not known whether the film currently survives,[1] which suggests that it is a lost film.

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,[2] Anne Wetherall (Phillips) returns to the stage after the court grants her a divorce. She returns to her former home when she finds out that her younger sister Betty (Malone) is throwing herself on her ex-husband Kent (Stowell). Her fight to win back her man from Betty ends up at the justice of the peace, where she an Kent are remarried. There is a subplot involving Kent's visits to a sanitarium on a houseboat which arise jealousy in Anne.

Cast

References

  1. 1 2 "Progressive Silent Film List: The Rescue". silentera.com. Retrieved 2008-06-26.
  2. "Reviews: Dorothy Phillips in The Rescue". Exhibitors Herald. New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company. 5 (5): 25–26. 28 July 1917. Retrieved 2014-11-11.
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