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The Universal Boy
(1914) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Frank Crane (Frank Hall Crane)

Cast: Matty Roubert [Little Matty], King Baggot [himself], William E. Shay [himself], Frank Crane (Frank Hall Crane) [himself], Annette Kellerman [herself], John J. McGraw [himself, manager of the New York Giants baseball club], Jimmy Ford [himself, the New York Giants baseball club mascot]

Independent Moving Pictures Company, Incorporated [IMP] production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated. / Released 16 July 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The first film in “The Universal Boy” series.

Comedy.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 3 August 2009.

References: Website-IMDb : with additional information provided by Mary Cade.