Big Timber (film)
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1917 lobby card
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| Directed by | William Desmond Taylor |
| Produced by | Oliver Morosco |
| Written by | Bertrand William Sinclair (novel) Gardner Hunting (scenario) |
| Starring | Wallace Reid Kathlyn Williams |
| Cinematography | Homer Scott |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Release dates
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July 5, 1917 |
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Running time
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5 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Big Timber is a 1917 American silent film Northwoods/drama produced by the Oliver Morosco Company and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by William Desmond Taylor and starred Kathlyn Williams and Wallace Reid.[1][2] Its survival status is classified as unknown,[1] which suggests that it is a lost film.[3]
The film was remade in 1924 by Universal with William Desmond starring.
Contents
Plot
As described in a film magazine review,[4] after the death of her father leaves Stella Benton (Williams) without a home, she goes to live with her brother Charlie (Paget) in the timber regions. The roughness of her surroundings proves a burden to Stella, and when Jack Fife (Reid), who loves her, asks her to marry him, she accepts even through she does not love him. Jack tries to win his bride's love, but to no avail. Finally, she goes to the city to try and forget her unhappy married life. She becomes infatuated with Walter Monahan (King), but after she sees him at a cafe with another woman, she realizes his fickleness, and her love for Jack comes to the surface. She returns to the timber regions where she is happily received by her husband.
Cast
- Kathlyn Williams as Stella Benton
- Wallace Reid as Jack Fife
- Joe King as Walter Monahan
- Alfred Paget as Charlie Benton
- Helen Bray as Linda Abbey
unbilled
- John Burton as undetermined
Reception
Like many American films of the time, Big Timber was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors required a cut in the scene involving the shooting of a man.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Progressive Silent Film List: Big Timber at silentera.com
- ↑ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c.1988
- ↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Big Timber
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External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Big Timber at IMDb
- Big Timber; allmovie.com
- lobby poster Big Timber
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