''The Little Orphan'' is a 1917 American silent

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directed by Jack Conway and starring

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and

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.Parish & Pitts p.75 Prints and/or fragments were found in the

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in 1978.

Cast

as Rene Lescere * Jack Conway as David Clark *

as Emmeline Warren *

as Mrs. Billy Hardwick *

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as Dick Porter * George Webb as Jerry Mathers * George Hupp as Henri Pelour * Chandler House as Jean Bourget, as a child *

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as Jean Bourget * Margaret Whistler as Fannie Harrison

References

Bibliography

* James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts. ''Film directors: a guide to their American films''. Scarecrow Press, 1974.

External links

* 1917 films 1917 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films Films directed by Jack Conway American black-and-white films Universal Pictures films 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub