A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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The Tanks
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by Gregory La Cava

Cast: (unknown)

[?] International Film Service, Incorporated? production; distributed by [?] International Film Service, Incorporated? / Executive producer, William Randolph Hearst. Scenario by Louis De Lorme, from the “Happy Hooligan” comic strip by Frederick Opper. Animation by Frank Moser and William Nolan. / Released 16 September 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy: Cartoon.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 12 July 2025.

References: Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.