The Bottom of the Well is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by John S. Robertson and starring Evart Overton, Agnes Ayres and Adele DeGarde.Slide p.147 It was adapated for the screen by Eugene Mullin from the novel of the same name by Frederick Upham Adams.
Cast Evart Overton as Stanley Deane Agnes Ayres as Alice Buckingham Adele DeGarde as Dorothy Farnsworth Ned Finley as Capt. Jake Starke Herbert Prior as 'Long Bill' Parker Robert Gaillard as David Thomas Alice Terry as Anita Thomas Bigelow Cooper as Amos Buckingham
Production The film was one of four produced by Vitagraph as part of their "Best Authors" series. The other films were Dead Shot Baker, The Fettered Woman, and I Will Repay (1917).
Preservation The Bottom of the Well is currently presumed lost. In February of 2021, the film was cited by the National Film Preservation Board on their Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films list.
References
Bibliography Slide, Anthony. The Big V: A History of the Vitagraph Company. Scarecrow Press, 1987.
External links
allmovie.com