''The Sixteenth Wife'' is a 1917 American silent

comedy-drama film Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...

directed by

Charles Brabin Charles Brabin (April 17, 1882 – November 3, 1957) was a British-American film director. Biography Born in Liverpool, England, he was educated at St. Francis Xavier College. Brabin sailed to New York City in the early 1900s and, while hold ...

and starring

Peggy Hyland Peggy Hyland (born Gladys Lucy Hutchinson; 11 June 1884 – 19 September 1973) was an English silent film actress who after a brief period on the stage had a successful career as a silent film actress, appearing in at least 40 films in Great B ...

Marc McDermott Marcus McDermott (also credited as Marc MacDermott; 24 July 1871 – 5 January 1929) was an Australian actor who starred on Broadway and in over 180 American films from 1909 until his death.Nick Murphy at the Forgotten Australian Actors webs ...

and George J. Forth.Quinlan p.44

Cast

as Olette *

as Kadir El Raschid * George J. Forth as Jimmy Warburton *

Templar Saxe Templar Saxe (born Templer William Edward Edevein; August 22, 1865 – April 17, 1935) was a British-born stage actor, opera singer and silent film actor. In films, he usually was a character actor as his singing voice could not be used in silent ...

as Hackel

References

Bibliography

* David Quinlan. ''Quinlan's Film Directors''. Batsford, 1999.

External links

* 1917 films 1917 comedy-drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films American comedy-drama films American black-and-white films Films directed by Charles Brabin Vitagraph Studios films Silent comedy-drama films 1910s American films Silent American drama films Silent American comedy films {{silent-comedy-drama-film-stub