A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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Cupid’s Rival
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by Arvid E. Gillstrom

Cast: Billy West [Billy], Babe Hardy (Oliver Hardy), Ethel Burton (Ethel Marie Burton), Leo White, Budd Ross (Bud Ross), Joe Cohen, Ethlyn Gibson (Ethelyn Gibson) [model], Florence McLoughlin (Florence McLaughlin)

King-Bee Films Corporation production. / Produced by Louis Burstein. Cinematography by Herman Obrock Jr. Film editor, Ben H. Cohen. / Released 1 July 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: The Artist.

Comedy.

Survival status: Prints exist in private film collections [16mm reduction positives, 8mm reduction positives].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Artists - Hotels - Janitors - Jealousy - Models - Suspicion

Listing updated: 19 December 2023.

References: Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.