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The Hostage (1917 film)

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Genre
  
Drama, Romance, War

Story by
  
Beulah Marie Dix

Country
  
United States

Director
  
Robert Thornby

Screenplay
  
Beulah Marie Dix

Duration
  

Language
  
Silent (English intertitles)

Release date
  
September 10, 1917 (1917-09-10)

Writer
  
Beulah Marie Dix (screenplay), Beulah Marie Dix (story)

Cast
  
Ramon Novarro
,
Wallace Reid
(Lieutenant Kemper),
Noah Beery - Sr
(Boyadi),
Guy Oliver
(Vanvoyd),
Lucien Littlefield
(Paul)

Similar movies
  
That Girl Montana, The Trap (1922), Stormswept (1923)

The Hostage is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Robert Thornby and written by Beulah Marie Dix. The film stars Wallace Reid, Dorothy Abril, Gertrude Short, Clarence Geldart, Guy Oliver, and Marcia Manon. The film was released on September 10, 1917, by Paramount Pictures.

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Cast

  • Wallace Reid as Lieutenant Kemper
  • Dorothy Abril as Nathalia
  • Gertrude Short as Sophia
  • Clarence Geldart as Brigadier
  • Guy Oliver as Vanvoyd
  • Marcia Manon as Eunice
  • Noah Beery, Sr. as Boyadi
  • George Spaulding as Ragnor
  • Lillian Leighton as Marienka
  • Lucien Littlefield as Paul

    • Reception

    Like many American films of the time, The Hostage was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors ordered cut the first two torture scenes and the flashing of four additional torture scenes.

    References

    The Hostage (1917 film) Wikipedia
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    The Hostage (1917 film) IMDb