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The Awakening of Helena Ritchie is a american film of genre Drama released in USA on 18 december 1916 with Ethel Barrymore

The Awakening of Helena Ritchie (1916)

The Awakening of Helena Ritchie
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Released in USA 18 december 1916
OriginUSA
Genres Drama

The Awakening of Helena Richie is a surviving 1916 silent film produced by B. A. Rolfe and distributed by Metro Pictures. It is based on the 1906 novel, The Awakening of Helena Richie, by Margaret Deland and the 1909 Broadway play based on the novel starring Margaret Anglin and then child actor Raymond Hackett.

This silent film version brings Ethel Barrymore to the Helena Richie role (as Anglin refused to do films) and Barrymore's surname meant better business in the movie world. This film still survives in the Library of Congress and was reputed to be Barrymore's favorite of her silent film work.

Actor Robert Cummings also played his same part in the 1909 Broadway play.

Actors

Ethel Barrymore

(Helena Richie)Frank Montgomery

(Benjamin Wright)
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