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The Good for Nothing
Also known as Jack, the Good for Nothing in the USA
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 4900 feet
Directed by Carlyle Blackwell

Cast: Carlyle Blackwell [Jack Burkshaw], Evelyn Greeley [Marion Alston], Kate Lester [Mrs. Burkshaw], Charles Duncan [Eugene Alston], William Sherwood [Jerry Alston], Muriel Ostriche [Barbara Manning], Eugenie Woodward [Barbara’s mother], Katherine Johnston [Laurel Baxter], Pinna Nesbit [Clarice Laverne]

World Film Corporation production; distributed by World Film Corporation [Peerless Pictures]. / From a screen story by A. Alexander Thomas. Cinematography by Lucien Tainguy. Presented by William A. Brady. / © 1 December 1917 by World Film Corporation [LU11783]. Released 10 December 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 13 May 2012.

References: Website-AFI.