The Waiting Soul

The Waiting Soul
Scene from a newspaper
Directed by	Burton L. King
Written by	Wallace Clifton Marion Short
Starring	Olga Petrova Mahlon Hamilton Mathilde Brundage
Cinematography	George W. Hill
Production companies	Popular Plays and Players
Distributed by	Metro Pictures
Release date	April 2, 1917 (1917-04-02)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

The Waiting Soul is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Burton L. King and starring Olga Petrova, Mahlon Hamilton and Mathilde Brundage.[1] It was filmed in St. Augustine, Florida at the Ponce de Leon Hotel. [2]

The Waiting Soul, starring Olga Petrova, photo from Saint Augustine Evening Record, April 12, 1917.

Cast

• Olga Petrova as Grace Vaughan
• Mahlon Hamilton as Stuart Brinsley
• Mathilde Brundage as Mrs. Brinsley
• Wyndham Standing as Dudley Kent
• Lettie Ford as Mrs. Hargrove
• Anna Laughney as Marie D'Arcy
• Roy Pilcher as Willard Ashbrook
• Wilfred De Shields as John Hargrove

Preservation

The film is preserved by MGM; and donated to unknown source.[3]

References

1. Lowe p.425
2. St. Augustine Evening Record, April 12, 1917.
3. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database:The Waiting Soul

Bibliography

• Lowe, Denise. An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films: 1895-1930. Routledge, 2014.

External links

• The Waiting Soul at IMDb
• allmovie.com