''A Sleeping Memory'' is surviving 1917 silent film drama directed by

George D. Baker George Duane Baker (April 22, 1868 – June 2, 1933) was an American motion picture director whose career began near the dawn of the silent film era. Early life He was born at Champaign, Illinois on April 22, 1868. He was the second son and third ...

and starring Emily Stevens. It was produced and distributed by

Metro Pictures Metro Pictures Corporation was a motion picture production company founded in early 1915 in Jacksonville, Florida. It was a forerunner of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The company produced its films in New York, Los Angeles, and sometimes at leased f ...

and is based on the 1902 novel of the same name by E. Phillips Oppenheim.

Cast

* Emily Stevens - Eleanore Styles Marston * Frank R. Mills - Powers Fiske (*this Frank Mills, stage actor born 1870 died 1921) *

Mario Majeroni Mario Majeroni (1870–1931) was an Italian-born American playwright and stage and film actor. Biography Majeroni came to the United States in 1906 and started acting on Broadway that year. Prior to coming to the United States he had lived and w ...

- Dr. Stephen Trow *Walter Horton - Henry Johnson *Richard Thornton - Chadwick *Francis Joyner - Angus Hood (*as Frank Joyner) *Kate Blancke - Mrs. Fiske

Preservation status

* A print was preserved and donated by MGM to

George Eastman Museum The George Eastman Museum, also referred to as ''George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and Film'', the world's oldest museum dedicated to photography and one of the world's oldest film archives, opened to the public in 1949 in ...

References

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* * 1917 films American silent feature films Films directed by George D. Baker Metro Pictures films Films based on British novels American black-and-white films Silent American drama films 1917 drama films 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub