An Alabaster Box

An Alabaster Box
An Alabaster Box
	Lobby card
Directed by	Chester Withey
Written by	A. Van Buren Powell
Story by	Mary Eleanor Freeman ; Florence Morse Kingsley
Starring	Alice Joyce ; Marc McDermott ; Harry Ham
Cinematography	Viola Lawrence
Production; company	Vitagraph Company of America
Distributed by	V-L-S-E
Release date	September 10, 1917;
Running time	5 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Last updated December 28, 2025

An Alabaster Box is a lost ^[1] 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

Alice Joyce as Lydia Bolton / Lydia Orr
Marc McDermott as Andrew Bolton
Harry Ham as Jim Dodge
Aida Horton as Lydia (child)
Patsy De Forest as Fanny Dodge
Frank Hall Crane as Wesley Elliott

Preservation

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

References

1 2 3 "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.
↑ McCaffrey & Jacobs p. 160

Bibliography

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

External links

An Alabaster Box at IMDb

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[:1-1] 1 2 3 "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

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