''Out of the Wreck'' is a surviving 1917 American

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directed by William Desmond Taylor and written by Maude Erve Corsan and

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. The film stars

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, William Clifford,

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, William Jefferson and Don Bailey. The film was released on March 8, 1917, by

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Plot

Cast

as Agnes Aldrich * William Clifford as Steve O'Brien *

as James Aldrich *

as Ruby Sheldon * William Jefferson (actor) as Howard Duncan *Don Bailey as Tom Ryan

Preservation status

The film is preserved in the Library of Congress collections.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'', (<-book title) p.134 c.1978 by The American Film Institute

References

External links

* 1917 films 1910s English-language films Silent American drama films 1917 drama films Paramount Pictures films Films directed by William Desmond Taylor American black-and-white films American silent feature films 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub