AFI CATALOG OF FEATURE FILMS

THE FIRST 100 YEARS 1893–1993

Movie Title

By the World Forgot (1918)

Drama | 16 September 1918

Cast:

Hedda Nova, J. Frank Glendon , Ed Alexander [ More ]

Director:

David Smith

Writer:

F. R. Buckley

Production Company:

Vitagraph Co. of America; A Blue Ribbon Feature
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SOURCE CITATIONS
SOURCE
DATE
PAGE
ETR
14 Sep 1918
p. 1201, 1256
ETR
21 Sep 1918
p. 1337
MPN
21 Sep 1918
p. 1916
MPW
27 Jul 1918
p. 635
MPW
28 Sep 1918
p. 1917
NYDM
12 Oct 1918
p. 553
Variety
4 Oct 1918
p. 47
Wid's
15 Sep 1918
pp. 3-4
CAST
NAME
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
PRODUCTION CREDITS
NAME
PARENT COMPANY
DISTRIBUTION COMPANY
Greater Vitagraph, Inc.
NAME
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
DIRECTOR
David Smith
Dir
WRITER
Frederic Robert Buckley
F. R. Buckley
Scen
SOURCES
LITERARY
Based on the novel By the World Forgot; a Double Romance of the East and the West by Cyrus Townsend Brady (Chicago, 1917).
LITERARY SOURCE AUTHOR
Cyrus Townsend Brady
DETAILS
Release Date:
16 September 1918
Production Date:

Copyright Info
Claimant
Date
Copyright Number
Vitagraph Co. of America
11 September 1918
LP12846
Physical Properties:
Silent
Black and White
Length(in feet):
4,006
Length(in reels):
5
Country:
United States
SYNOPSIS

To oblige their parents, Stephanie Maynard and Derrick Van Beekman agree to marry, even though Stephanie loves George Harnash. On their wedding eve, George has Derrick shanghaied on a boat bound for the South Seas. The crew drops Derrick on an island inhabited by a tribe that Derrick discovers is descended from Dutch explorers shipwrecked there centuries earlier. He and the chief's granddaughter Truda fall in love, but when the rescue party Stephanie has commissioned arrives, Truda, assuming that Derrick loves Stephanie, plans to kill herself. To save Truda, Stephanie strikes Derrick; realizing the truth, Truda marries Derrick, while Stephanie is wed to ...

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To oblige their parents, Stephanie Maynard and Derrick Van Beekman agree to marry, even though Stephanie loves George Harnash. On their wedding eve, George has Derrick shanghaied on a boat bound for the South Seas. The crew drops Derrick on an island inhabited by a tribe that Derrick discovers is descended from Dutch explorers shipwrecked there centuries earlier. He and the chief's granddaughter Truda fall in love, but when the rescue party Stephanie has commissioned arrives, Truda, assuming that Derrick loves Stephanie, plans to kill herself. To save Truda, Stephanie strikes Derrick; realizing the truth, Truda marries Derrick, while Stephanie is wed to George.

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