Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

An American Widow (1917)

An American Widow poster
Directed by
Frank Reicher
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
52 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman becomes a widow and must navigate life in new circumstances. The story follows her comedic adventures from a play from 1909.

lightheartedplayfulbreezydatedtheatricallivelywhimsicalold-fashioned

What happens

An American Widow is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by Frank Reicher and starring Ethel Barrymore. It is based on a 1909 play by Kellett Chambers. Metro Pictures produced and distributed. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?