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Polly of the Circus
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels
Directed by Charles T. Horan and Edwin L. Hollywood

Cast: Mae Marsh [Polly], Vernon Steele [John Douglas], Charles Eldridge [Toby], Wellington Playter [Big Jim], George Trimble [Barker], Lucille LaVerne [Mandy], Dick Lee [Hasty], Charles Riegel [Deacon Strong], Lucille Satterthwaite [Julia Strong], J.B. Hollis [Deacon Elverson], Helen Salinger [Mrs. Elverson], Isabel Vernon [Sallie], Viola Compton [Jane], John Carr [Jim], Stephen Carr [John], Mildred Call [Little Polly]

Goldwyn Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Goldwyn Distributing Corporation. / Scenario by Adrian Gil-Spear and Emmett Campbell Hall, from the play Polly of the Circus by Margaret Mayo. Cinematography by George W. Hill. / © 8 September 1917 by Goldwyn Pictures Corporation [LP11359]. Released 9 September 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The first production of Goldwyn Pictures Corporation. Dawson City recovery film number ?. The play was subsequently filmed as Polly of the Circus (1932).

Drama.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.3484.

Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive (Public Archives of Canada/Dawson City collection) [35mm fine-grain duplicate negative, 35mm fine-grain reference positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Children: Orphans - Circuses: Clowns

Listing updated: 22 January 2023.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.3484; Hirschhorn-Universal p. 34 : Website-AFI.

Home video: DVD.

 
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