The Awakening of Helena Richie

Based On the book by Margaret Deland

The Awakening of Helena Richie is a surviving 1916 American silent drama 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 incomplete in the Library of Congress and was reputed to be Barrymore's favorite of her silent film work.

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Release date:

1916

Cast:

Ethel Barrymore

Genre:

Silent

Country:

United States

Year page:

1916 in adaptations