''Nanette of the Wilds'' is a 1916 American

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directed by Joseph Kaufman and written by

Willard Mack Willard Mack (September 18, 1873 – November 18, 1934) was a Canadian-American actor, director, and playwright. Life and career He was born Charles Willard McLaughlin in Morrisburg, Ontario. At an early age his family moved to Brooklyn, New ...

. The film stars

Pauline Frederick Pauline Frederick (born Pauline Beatrice Libbey, August 12, 1883 – September 19, 1938) was an American stage and film actress. Early life Frederick was born Pauline Beatrice Libbey (later changed to Libby) in Boston in 1883 (some sources stat ...

, Willard Mack, Macey Harlam, Charles Brandt, Frank Joyner and Daniel Pennell. The film was released on November 26, 1916, by

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Plot

Cast

as Nanette Gauntier *

as Constable Thomas O'Brien *

Macey Harlam Macey Harlam (April 27, 1873 – June 17, 1923) was a stage and screen actor from New York. He performed on Broadway from 1901 to 1918 before switching to silent films. In films he appeared with Pauline Frederick, Douglas Fairbanks, Elsie Fergus ...

as Baptiste Flammant (*as Macey Harlan) *Charles Brandt as Joe Gauntier *Frank Joyner as Andy Joyce *Daniel Pennell as Sergeant Major O'Hara *

Wallace MacDonald Wallace Archibald MacDonald (5 May 1891 – 30 October 1978) was a Canadian silent film actor and film producer. Biography MacDonald was born in Mulgrave, Nova Scotia, Canada, and attended school in Sydney, Nova Scotia. He started as a mess ...

as Harry Jennings *Jean Stewart as Marie Beaudeaut *

Robert Conville Robert Conville (1881 - 1950) was an American silent film and theatrical actor. He appeared in several films with Marguerite Clark. He also appeared in several films that are not listed in sources.George A. Katchmer''A Biographical Dictionary of Si ...

as Constable Jevne

Preservation status

*The film is now considered

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.The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:''..Nanette of the Wilds''
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* * 1916 films 1910s English-language films Silent American drama films 1916 drama films Paramount Pictures films Films directed by Joseph Kaufman American black-and-white films Lost American drama films American silent feature films 1916 lost films English-language drama films 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub