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The Wharf Rat
(1916) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Chester Withey

Cast: Mae Marsh [Polly], Robert Harron [Eddie Douglas], Spottiswoode Aitken [grandfather], Josephine Crowell [Mrs. McCracken], Pauline Starke [Flo, the watchman’s daughter], William H. Brown [the watchman], Jack Brammall [Roy], [?] Lillian Langdon?

Fine Arts Film Corporation production; distributed by Triangle Film Corporation. / Scenario by Anita Loos, from a screen story by Anita Loos. Cinematography by A.G. Gosden (Alfred Gosden). / Released 9 December 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy-Drama.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 29 November 2023.

References: Everson-American p. 86i; Lahue-Triangle p. 97; Weaver-Twenty p. 28 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb.