The Wharf Rat

The Wharf Rat
The Wharf Rat
	Still with Mae Marsh and Pauline Starke
Directed by	Chester Withey
Written by	Anita Loos
Starring	Mae Marsh ; Robert Harron ; Spottiswoode Aitken
Cinematography	Alfred Gosden
Production; company	Fine Arts Film Company
Distributed by	Triangle Distributing
Release date	December 9, 1916;
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Last updated October 27, 2025

The Wharf Rat is a lost ^[1] 1916 American silent comedy drama film directed by Chester Withey and starring Mae Marsh, Robert Harron, and Spottiswoode Aitken.^[2]

Cast

Mae Marsh as Carmen Wagner
Robert Harron as Edward Holmes
Spottiswoode Aitken as Carl Wagner
Lillian Langdon as Mrs. Wagner
Josephine Crowell as Mrs. McCracken
Pauline Starke as Flo
William H. Brown as Watchman
Jack Brammall as Roy

Preservation

With no holdings located in archives, The Wharf Rat is considered a lost film.^[1]

References

1 2 "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Wharf Rat". memory.loc.gov. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved August 22, 2025.
↑ Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema, p. 187

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

The Wharf Rat at IMDb

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[:0-1] 1 2 "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Wharf Rat". memory.loc.gov. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved August 22, 2025.

[2] Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema, p. 187

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