The Waiting Soul Explained

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]

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

Censorship

Before The Waiting Soul could be exhibited in Kansas, the Kansas Board of Review required the removal of all apartment scenes in London and all intertitles related to a pregnancy.^[3]

Preservation

The film is preserved by MGM; and donated to unknown source.^[4]

Bibliography

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

External links

• • allmovie.com

Notes and References

1. Lowe p.425
2. St. Augustine Evening Record, April 12, 1917.
3. Book: A Complete list of motion picture films . 1917 . Kansas State Printing Plant . Topeka . 9 . en.
4. Web site: The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Waiting Soul . https://web.archive.org/web/20230812205424/http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.1254/ . 2023-08-12 . 2025-12-27 . memory.loc.gov.