The Sixteenth Wife

The Sixteenth Wife
The Sixteenth Wife
	Contemporary newspaper
Directed by	Charles Brabin
Written by	Molly Elliot Seawell ; A. Van Buren Powell ;
Starring	Peggy Hyland ; Marc McDermott ; George J. Forth;
Cinematography	Clark R. Nickerson
Production; company	Vitagraph Company of America
Distributed by	V-L-S-E
Release date	May 14, 1917;
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent; English intertitles ;

Last updated January 06, 2026

The Sixteenth Wife is a 1917 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Charles Brabin and starring Peggy Hyland, Marc McDermott and George J. Forth.^[1]^[2]

Cast

Peggy Hyland as Olette
Marc McDermott as Kadir El Raschid
George J. Forth as Jimmy Warburton
Templar Saxe as Hackel

Censorship

Before The Sixteenth Wife could be exhibited in Kansas, the Kansas Board of Review required the removal of a smoking scene at the end of reel 3.^[3]

References

↑ Quinlan p.44
↑ "Peggy Hyland in The Sixteenth Wife". Moving Picture World. 1917.
↑ A Complete list of motion picture films. Topeka: Kansas State Printing Plant. 1917. p. 6.

Bibliography

David Quinlan. Quinlan's Film Directors. Batsford, 1999.

External links

The Sixteenth Wife at IMDb

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[1] Quinlan p.44

[2] "Peggy Hyland in The Sixteenth Wife". Moving Picture World. 1917.

[3] A Complete list of motion picture films. Topeka: Kansas State Printing Plant. 1917. p. 6.

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