The World Apart
| The World Apart | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | William Desmond Taylor |
| Written by | George Middleton (story) Julia Crawford Ivers (scenario) |
| Produced by | Oliver Morosco Photoplay Company |
| Starring | Wallace Reid Myrtle Stedman |
| Cinematography | Homer Scott |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 5 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
The World Apart is a lost[1] 1917 American silent Western film directed by William Desmond Taylor and starring Wallace Reid and Myrtle Stedman. It was produced by Oliver Morosco Photoplay Company (Oliver Morosco) and distributed by Paramount Pictures.[2]
Cast
[edit]- Wallace Reid as Bob Fulton
- Myrtle Stedman as Beth Hoover
- John Burton as Roland Holt
- Eugene Pallette as Clyde Holt
- Florence Carpenter as Rose de Braisy
- Henry A. Barrows as Jack King
- Phyllis Daniels as Beth's Mother (Phyllis was the mother of Bebe Daniels)
Censorship
[edit]Initially, The World Apart was rejected in its entirety by the Kansas Board of Review, but upon review, was passed with several cuts. They required the shortening of all bar and dance-hall scenes.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The World Apart". memory.loc.gov. Archived from the original on October 21, 2023. Retrieved December 27, 2025.
- ↑ "The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The World Apart". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved December 27, 2025.
- ↑ A Complete list of motion picture films. Topeka: Kansas State Printing Plant. 1917. p. 8.
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- 1917 films
- 1917 lost films
- 1917 Western (genre) films
- 1917 American films
- 1917 English-language films
- American black-and-white films
- American silent feature films
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- Films directed by William Desmond Taylor
- Lost American silent Western (genre) films
- Paramount Pictures films
- 1910s American Western (genre) film stubs