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Where Are My Children?

1916 · 64 min · US

Directed by Lois Weber, Phillips Smalley

Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley, Universal, 1916. District Attorney Richard Walton (Tyrone Power Sr.) wants children and must prosecute a doctor for mailing contraceptive advice. His wife Edith and her circle have been seeing another doctor for abortions. Weber treats birth control as a Progressive cause and abortion as a crime, in the eugenic language of the moment. Motion Picture News reported crowds outside the Globe on Broadway. The picture made its cost back in California state rights alone.

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Wikimedia Commons · FM-54; File:Where Are My Children? (1916).webm; 1420x1080

Video: Phillips Smalley and Lois Weber · Credit: Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers · Public domain · Source: File page

In Women Pioneers of Silent Cinema

Cast & Crew

Lois Weber · DirectorTyrone Power Sr. · Richard WaltonHelen Riaume · Mrs. Richard Walton

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THE TANGLED MESS OF LOIS WEBER'S WHERE ARE MY CHILDREN? — Screen Culture Journal

Essay examining the film's contradictory messaging about birth control and abortion in its social problem framework.

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Cast

Principal players
Tyrone Power Sr.

Tyrone Power Sr.

Richard Walton

H

Helen Riaume

Mrs. Richard Walton

Marie Walcamp

Marie Walcamp

Mrs. William Carlo

Cora Drew

Cora Drew

The Waltons's Housekeeper

R

Rena Rogers

Lillian

Alva D. Blake

Alva D. Blake

Roger

Juan de la Cruz

Juan de la Cruz

Herman Malfit

C. Norman Hammond

C. Norman Hammond

William Homer

W

William J. Hope

Richard's Brother-in-Law

M

Marjorie Blynn

Richard's Sister

W

William Haben

Dr. Gilding

G

George Berrell

Judge (uncredited)

Mary MacLaren

Mary MacLaren

The Waltons's Maid (uncredited)

A

Andy MacLennan

Man on Street (uncredited)

A

Anne Power

Infant (uncredited)

Crew

Lucy Payton

writer

Stephen S. Norton

cinematographer

Franklyn Hall

writer

Allen G. Siegler

cinematographer

Lois Weber

writer

Phillips Smalley

writer

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