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Gretchen, the Greenhorn
(1916) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by S.A. Franklin (Sidney Franklin) and C.A. Franklin (Chester Franklin)

Cast: Dorothy Gish [Gretchen], Ralph Lewis [John Van Houck], Frank Bennett [Pietro], Eugene Pallette [Rodgers], Kate Bruce [Widow Garrity], George Stone [a Garrity kid], Violet Radcliffe [a Garrity kid], Carmen De Rue [a Garrity kid], Beulah Burns [a Garrity kid], Francis Carpenter [a Garrity kid], Tom Spencer [a Garrity kid]

The Fine Arts Film Company production; distributed by Triangle Film Corporation. / Scenario by Bernard McConville. / Released 3 September 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Survival status: Prints exist in the Museum of Modern Art film archive, and in the UCLA Film and Television Archive film archive.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Criminals: Counterfeiters - Dutch Americans - Immigrants

Listing updated: 8 June 2013.

References: Weaver-Twenty p. 145 : ClasIm-223 p. 8 : Website-AFI.

Home video: DVD.