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The Bishop of the Ozarks
(1923) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 4852 feet
Directed by Finis Fox

Cast: Milford W. Howard [Roger Chapman; and Tom Sullivan], Derelys Perdue [Margery Chapman], Cecil Holland [Doctor Earl Godfrey], William Kenton [Doctor Paul Burroughs], R.D. MacLean [the Governor of Alabama], Mrs. Milo Adams [the Shepherd woman], Rosa Melville [Mrs. Jack Armstead], Fred Kelsey [Mart Stoneman], George Reed [Simon]

Cosmopolitan Film Company production; distributed by Film Booking Offices of America, Incorporated [FBO]. / Scenario by Finis Fox, from a screen story by Milford W. Howard. Cinematography by Sol Polito. Presented by Milford W. Howard. / © 23 January 1923 by Cosmopolitan Film Company [LP18615]. Released 4 February 1923. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Synopsis: [The Moving Picture World, 10 March 1923, page ?] Mysticism has been resorted to in several instances. There is a spiritual seance, a persistent strain of mental telepathy and a definite instance in which the occult powers of evil are demonstrated.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 9 June 2013.

References: Sherwood-Best p. 156 : Website-AFI.