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The Vicar of Wakefield
(1916) England
B&W : Six reels
Directed by Fred Paul

Cast: Sir John Hare [Doctor Charles Primrose], Laura Cowie [Olivia Primrose], Ben Webster [Sir William], Marie Illington [Mrs. Primrose], A.E. George [Jenkinson], Margaret Shelley [Sophia Primrose], Frank Woolfe [Mr. Burchell], Martin Lewis [George Primrose], Lambert Terry [Moses Primrose], Mabel Twemlow [Miss Skeggs], Jess Dorynne [Lady Blarney]

Ideal Films, Limited, production; distributed by Ideal Films, Limited. / Produced by Fred Paul. Scenario by Benedict James, from the novel The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith. / Released October 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Limbacher-Feature p. 266 mistakenly identifies this film as the Thanhouser production of 1917. The novel was previously filmed as The Vicar of Wakefield (1913). The novel was subsequently filmed as The Vicar of Wakefield (1917).

Drama: Historical.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Keywords: Authors: Oliver Goldsmith

Listing updated: 18 March 2025.

References: Gifford-British n. 06320; Limbacher-Feature p. 266 : Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.