''The Little Pirate'' is a 1917 American
silent family
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adventure film
An adventure film is a form of adventure fiction, and is a genre of film. Subgenres of adventure films include swashbuckler films, pirate films, and survival films. Adventure films may also be combined with other film genres such as action, an ...
directed by
Elsie Jane Wilson
Elsie Jane Wilson (7 November 1885 – 16 January 1965) was a cinema actress, director, and writer during the early film era. She took part in the productions of the silent film era and starred in over thirty films. Between the years of 1916 an ...
and starring
Zoe Rae
Zoe Rae (born Zoë Rae Bech; July 13, 1910 – May 20, 2006) was an American child actress of the silent era. She appeared in 54 films between 1915 and 1920. She was called "the greatest little emotional actress on record" by ''Motion Pictu ...
,
Charles West and
Frank Brownlee
Frank Brownlee (October 11, 1874 – February 10, 1948) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1911 and 1943. He was born in Dallas, Texas and died in Los Angeles, California.
Selected filmography
* '' Sol ...
.
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Cast
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Zoe Rae
Zoe Rae (born Zoë Rae Bech; July 13, 1910 – May 20, 2006) was an American child actress of the silent era. She appeared in 54 films between 1915 and 1920. She was called "the greatest little emotional actress on record" by ''Motion Pictu ...
as Margery
*
Charles West as George Drake
*
Frank Brownlee
Frank Brownlee (October 11, 1874 – February 10, 1948) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1911 and 1943. He was born in Dallas, Texas and died in Los Angeles, California.
Selected filmography
* '' Sol ...
as John Baird
*
Gretchen Lederer
Gretchen Lederer (née. Schwallenback, 23 May 1891 – 20 December 1955) was a German actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 80 films between 1912 and 1918.
Personal life
Gretchen Lederer was born in Cologne, Germany. She was marr ...
as Virginia Baird
*
Frederick Titus as Butler
*
Lillian Peacock
Lillian Peacock (October 23, 1889 – August 19, 1918) was a silent film actress from Scottdale, Pennsylvania. Her real name was Lillian M. Webb.
Peacock owns more than one hundred film credits beginning with an appearance in ''Wanted-A Piano ...
as Maid
*
Burwell Hamrick
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* Burwell (name)
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* Burwell, Cambridgeshire
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Ships
* USS '' ...
as Captain Kidd Jr.
References
Bibliography
* Robert B. Connelly. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998.
External links
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1917 films
1917 adventure films
American silent feature films
American adventure films
American black-and-white films
Universal Pictures films
Films directed by Elsie Jane Wilson
1910s English-language films
1910s American films
Silent adventure films
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