''The Wax Model'' is a
lost
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History
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1917 American
drama
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silent film
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directed by
E. Mason Hopper and written by
Julia Crawford Ivers
Julia Crawford Ivers (October 3, 1869 – May 8, 1930) was an American motion picture pioneer.
Biography
Born in Boonville, Missouri, in 1869, her family arrived a year later in Los Angeles. Her father was a dentist. Her mother died in 1876, whe ...
. The film stars
Vivian Martin
Vivian Martin (July 22, 1893 – March 16, 1987) was an American stage and silent film actress.
Biography
Martin was born in Sparta, Michigan and began her career as a child actress on the stage with comedian Lew Fields. Her early theatrical ...
,
Thomas Holding
Thomas J. Holding (25 January 1880 – 4 May 1929) was a British-born stage and film actor.
Biography
Born in England in 1880, Holding possibly had an extensive stage career in his native Britain before arriving in the United States. He was po ...
,
George Fisher,
Helen Jerome Eddy
Helen Jerome Eddy (February 25, 1897 – January 27, 1990) was a motion picture actress from New York City. She was noted as a character actress who played genteel heroines in films such as ''Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm'' (1917).
Early years
Edd ...
, Clarissa Selwynne and Katherine Vaughn. The film was released on February 1, 1917, by
Paramount Pictures
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.
Plot
Cast
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Vivian Martin
Vivian Martin (July 22, 1893 – March 16, 1987) was an American stage and silent film actress.
Biography
Martin was born in Sparta, Michigan and began her career as a child actress on the stage with comedian Lew Fields. Her early theatrical ...
as Mulie Davenant
*
Thomas Holding
Thomas J. Holding (25 January 1880 – 4 May 1929) was a British-born stage and film actor.
Biography
Born in England in 1880, Holding possibly had an extensive stage career in his native Britain before arriving in the United States. He was po ...
as Melville Ilchester
*
George Fisher as John Ramsey
*
Helen Jerome Eddy
Helen Jerome Eddy (February 25, 1897 – January 27, 1990) was a motion picture actress from New York City. She was noted as a character actress who played genteel heroines in films such as ''Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm'' (1917).
Early years
Edd ...
as Helen Ilchester
*Clarissa Selwynne as Julie's Mother
*Katherine Vaughn as Mrs. Ramsey
*Pietro Buzzi as Hermineux
*Marion Sievers as Julie's Mother
References
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1917 films
1910s English-language films
Silent American drama films
1917 drama films
Paramount Pictures films
Films directed by E. Mason Hopper
American black-and-white films
American silent feature films
Lost American drama films
1917 lost films
English-language drama films
1910s American films
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