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A Romance of the Redwoods
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels
Produced (directed) by Cecil B. De Mille (Cecil B. DeMille)

Cast: Mary Pickford [Jenny Lawrence], Elliott Dexter [‘Black’ Brown], Charles Ogle [Jim Lyn], Tully Marshall [Sam Sparks], Raymond Hatton [Dick Roland], Walter Lang [sheriff], Winter Hall [John Lawrence]

Mary Pickford Film Corporation production; distributed by Artcraft Pictures Corporation. / From a screen story by Cecil B. De Mille (Cecil B. DeMille) and Jeanie Macpherson. Art direction by Wilfred Buckland. Assistant director, Cullen Tate. Photographed (cinematography) by Alvin Wyckoff. Film editor, Cecil B. DeMille. / © 7 May 1917 by Artcraft Pictures Corporation [LP10725]. Released 14 May 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Western.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.3767.

Survival status: Prints exist in the George Eastman Museum film archive [35mm positive]; and in the Mary Pickford Institute for Film Education film collection [16mm reduction positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 20 June 2012.

References: Film credits, film viewing : AFI-F1 n. F1.3767; Eyman-Pickford p. 330; Fell-History p. 84; Shipman-Cinema pp. 61, 62; Sklar-Movie p. 94; Whitfield-Pickford p. 2 : ClasIm-240 p. 44 : Website-GEM; Website-Pickford.

Home video: DVD.