Cy Whittaker's Ward (1917)
Returning to the village of Bayport after twenty-two years, retired sea captain Cyrus Whittaker finds the community under the power of political boss Herman Atkins. Cy opposes Atkin's choice for the position of teacher and helps to elect Miss Daws instead, thus earning the enmity of the politician. One day, a young girl named Emily Thomas arrives with a note from Sarah Oliver, a relative of Cy, explaining that the girl is the daughter of his old sweetheart and that her father is in jail and her mother dead.
- Date of release
- 1917-10-22
- TMDB
- 10.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Ben Turbett
Casting
- William Wadsworth — Captain Cy Whittaker
- Shirley Mason — Emily Thomas
- W. H. Burton — Herman Atkins
- Carter B. Harkness — Richard Thomas
- Mary Elizabeth Forbes — Phoebe Daws
- Emily Lorraine — Sarah Oliver
- Wallis Clark — Bailey
- Justus D. Barnes — Simmons
- Leslie Hunt — Ase
Interesting facts
Cy Whittaker's Ward is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Ben Turbett and starring William Wadsworth, Shirley Mason and W.H. Burton.
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