The Greatest Power Explained

The Greatest Power
Director:	Edwin Carewe Edward LeSaint
Producer:	B. A. Rolfe
Starring:	Ethel Barrymore William B. Davidson
Cinematography:	Arthur Martinelli
Studio:	Rolfe Photoplays Metro Pictures
Distributor:	Metro Pictures
Runtime:	5 reels

The Greatest Power is a 1917 silent film drama directed by Edwin Carewe and starring Ethel Barrymore. It was produced and distributed by Metro Pictures.^[1]

Cast

• Ethel Barrymore - Miriam Monroe
• William B. Davidson - John Conrad
• Harry S. Northrup - Albert Bernard
• Frank Currier - Randolph Monroe
• William Black - Bradford Duncan
• Cecil Owen - Eric Johansen
• Frederick C. Truesdell - Professor Poole
• Redfield Clark - Major General Foster
• Rudolph de Cordova - Williams
• W. M. Armstrong - Captain Herbert

Preservation

With no prints of The Greatest Power located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.^[2]

See also

• Ethel Barrymore on stage, screen and radio

Notes and References

1. Web site: Detail view of Movies Page. Afi.com. 10 November 2017.
2. https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.5818/ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Greatest Power