''The Outsider'' is a 1917 American silent

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by William C. Dowlan. It stars

Emmy Wehlen Emily "Emmy" Wehlen (1887–1977) was a German-born Edwardian musical comedy and silent film actress who vanished from the public eye while in her early thirties. Biography Wehlen was born in Mannheim, Germany, where, as a teenager, she recei ...

Herbert Heyes Herbert Harrison Heyes (August 3, 1889 – May 31, 1958) was an American film actor. He appeared in nearly 100 films between 1915 and 1956, including the famed 1947 film ''Miracle on 34th Street'', in which he played an ahistorical "Mr. Gimbel, ...

, and Florence Short, and was released on November 5, 1917.

Cast

Preservation status

Prints of ''The Outsider'' are held by the

Museum of Modern Art The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It plays a major role in developing and collecting modern art, and is often identified as one of ...

(MOMA) and Cinemateket-Svenska Filminstitutet, Stockholm.The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Catalog: ''The Outsider''
/ref>

References

External links

* * *
Lantern slide
(Wayback Machine) Films directed by William C. Dowlan Metro Pictures films 1917 drama films 1917 films Silent American drama films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films based on American novels Films produced by B. A. Rolfe 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub