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An Alabaster Box

An Alabaster Box is a lost 1917 American silent drama film directed by Chester Withey and starring Alice Joyce, Marc McDermott, and Harry Ham. It was produced by the Vitagraph Company of America.

Last revised
Jul 20, 2026
Read time
≈ 1 min
Length
181 w
Citations
4
Source
An Alabaster Box
Lobby card
Directed byChester Withey
Written byA. Van Buren Powell
Story byMary Eleanor Freeman
Florence Morse Kingsley
StarringAlice Joyce
Marc McDermott
Harry Ham
CinematographyViola Lawrence
Production
company
Distributed byV-L-S-E
Release date
  • September 10, 1917 (1917-09-10)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

An Alabaster Box is a lost1 1917 American silent drama film directed by Chester Withey and starring Alice Joyce, Marc McDermott, and Harry Ham.2 It was produced by the Vitagraph Company of America.1

Cast

Preservation

With no holdings located in archives, An Alabaster Box is considered a lost film.1

References

References

  1. "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Alabaster Box". memory.loc.gov. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved September 5, 2025.
  2. McCaffrey & Jacobs p. 160
Bibliography

Bibliography

  • Donald W. McCaffrey & Christopher P. Jacobs. Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema. Greenwood Publishing, 1999. ISBN 0-313-30345-2
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