Seventeen (1916 film)

Seventeen is a lost[1] 1916 American comedy silent film directed by Robert G. Vignola and written by Booth Tarkington and Harvey F. Thew.Having become Miss Pratt's abject slave, William becomes conscious of the defects of his 10-year-old sister Jane, who wolfs down all the bread and applesauce in the world, dresses too scantily in hot weather to suit his rigorous code, and comports herself in a manner that is trying to a young man in love.There is another party at the Parchers', in anticipation of which Mrs. Baxter has hidden her husband's dress clothes from William, so he finds himself without suitable apparel and is only relieved when his mother relents, but he arrives so late that Miss Pratt's dance card is completely full.Nothing is left for William but suicide and he prepares to die at home by the gas method, planning to save his good name by willing his dead body to the dental college, the proceeds to go to pay for the damage to the automobile.May Parcher's timely arrival with $50, collected by the sale of her pet pony, saves William from the terrible consequences of his despair, and in his gratitude to May for her devotion is the seed of a new romance.—Moving Picture World synopsis[4] This 1910s comedy film–related article is a stub.