Builders of Castles

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{{Infobox film

| name = Builders of Castles

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| director = Ben Turbett

| producer = Edison Manufacturing Company

| writer = Herbert Albert Phillips

| starring = Marc McDermott
Miriam Nesbitt

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| distributor = K-E-S-E

| released = {{Film date|1917|04|16}}

| runtime = 5 reels

| country = USA

| language = Silent. English titles.

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Builders of Castles is a 1917 silent film drama directed by Ben Turbett. It starred Marc McDermott and Miriam Nesbitt, a real-life husband and wife team. It was produced by the Edison Manufacturing Company.[https://catalog.afi.com/Film/15663-BUILDERS-OF-CASTLES?sid= The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993:Builders of Castles], [https://web.archive.org/web/20190120043240/https://catalog.afi.com/Film/15663-BUILDERS-OF-CASTLES?sid= archive link]

Cast

  • Marc McDermott - Gittens
  • Miriam Nesbitt - Marie
  • William Wadsworth - Morton
  • Robert Brower - The Builder
  • Edward G. Longman - Reverend James Filikens
  • Jessie Stevens - Mrs. Maguire
  • Florence Stover - Fannie
  • Nellie Grant - Mrs. Morton
  • Simon P. Gillies - James Regan
  • Frank Trainor - Postman
  • Mabel Dwight - Marie's Landlady

Preservation status

  • This film is preserved in the George Eastman House collection.[http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.1084/default.html The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:Builders of Castles], [https://web.archive.org/web/20190120043305/http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.1084/default.html archive link]

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