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The Rescue
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Ida May Park

Cast: Dorothy Phillips [Anne Wetherall], Gretchen Lederer [Nell Jerrold], Molly Malone [Betty Jerold], Claire DuBray [Henriette], Gertrude Astor [Mrs. Hendricks], William Stowell [Kent Wetherall], Lon Chaney [Thomas Holland]

Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated, production; distributed by Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated, through The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Ida May Park, from a screen story by Hugh Kahler. Cinematography by King D. Gray. Presented by Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated. / © 3 July 1917 by Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated [LP11043]. Released [?] 23 or 30? July 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Society.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Marriages - Women directors

Listing updated: 21 December 2024.

References: Hirschhorn-Universal p. 27; Spehr-American p. 100; Weaver-Twenty p. 76 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.

 
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