The Awakening of Helena Richie (film)

Directed byJohn W. Noble

Written byJohn W. Noble (film scenario)

Based onThe Awakening of Helena Richie
by Margaret Deland
and the play adaptation by Charlotte Thompson^[1]

Produced byB. A. Rolfe

The Awakening of Helena Richie
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Directed by	John W. Noble
Written by	John W. Noble (film scenario)
Based on	The Awakening of Helena Richie by Margaret Deland and the play adaptation by Charlotte Thompson[1]
Produced by	B. A. Rolfe
Starring	Ethel Barrymore
Cinematography	H. O. Carleton
Distributed by	Metro Pictures
Release date	December 18, 1916 (1916-12-18)
Running time	5 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Awakening of Helena Richie is a surviving 1916 American silent film produced by B. A. Rolfe and distributed by Metro Pictures. It is based on the 1906 novel, The Awakening of Helena Richie, by Margaret Deland and the 1909 Broadway play based on the novel starring Margaret Anglin and then child actor Raymond Hackett.

This silent film version brings Ethel Barrymore to the Helena Richie role (as Anglin refused to do films) and Barrymore's surname meant better business in the movie world. This film still survives incomplete in the Library of Congress and was reputed to be Barrymore's favorite of her silent film work.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

Actor Robert Cummings also played his same part in the 1909 Broadway play.