Comedy ·Drama · United States of America · 1918 · 50m

The Wild Strain

Director

Cast

Nell Shipman as Winifred Hollywood Gayne Whitman as Harold Burton Otto Lederer as John Calvin Hollywood Hattie Buskirk as Mrs. Hollywood Edward Alexander as Kingsley Royce Ruth Handforth as Mrs. Burton

Crew

Lillian Christy Chester — Story George Randolph Chester — Story

Tagline

The story of a regular American girl who rebelled against autocracy and gave vent to the reckless spirit inherited from her bandit ancestor.

Synopsis

Although the prominent Hollywood family prides itself on its illustrious family tree, young Winifred Hollywood exhibits a fondness for wild adventures that greatly disturbs her parents. When Winifred becomes engaged to bank official Harold Burton, his equally snobbish parents visit the Hollywood home and are shocked by the young woman's spirited outbursts and mischievous tricks, and the engagement is broken after she decides to perform bareback feats with a traveling circus.

Mood & Themes

lost film

Key Collaborators

William Wolbert Director Lillian Christy Chester Story George Randolph Chester Story

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