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Life’s Whirlpool
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Lionel Barrymore

Cast: Ethel Barrymore [Esther Carey], Paul Everton [B.J. Hendrix], Alan Hale [Doctor Henry Grey], Reginald Carrington [John Martin], Ricca Allen [Ruth Martin], Frank Leigh [Dirk Kanset], Walter Hiers [Fatty Holmes], Harvey Bogart [Ezra Craddock]

Metro Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Metro Pictures Corporation. / Produced by William A. Brady. Scenario by Lionel Barrymore. Cinematography by John M. Bauman. Presented by B.A. Rolfe. / Released 8 November 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 30 March 2020.

References: Website-IMDb.