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Teddy at the Throttle
(1917) American
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Clarence Badger

Cast: Bobbie Vernon (Bobby Vernon) [Bobbie Knight, a fickle-hearted youth], Gloria Swanson [Gloria Dawn, his sweetheart], Wallace Beery [Henry Black, her rascally guardian], May Emory [the guardian’s sister], Blanche Phillips [the boy’s mercenary aunt], Teddy the dog [a four-footed friend]; ? [John Bennett, an attorney], Mack Swain, Chester Conklin

Keystone Film Company production; distributed by Triangle Distributing Corporation. / Released 15 April 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format.

Comedy-Drama.

Survival Status: Print exists [35mm positive].

Keywords: Animals: Dogs - Communication: Telephones - Guardians - Inheritances - Railroads: Railroad tracks - Transportation: Bicycles, Trains: Locomotives, Tracks - Villains

Listing updated: 21 March 2007.

References: Film credits, film viewing : Card-Seductive pp. 82-83; Fell-History p. 93; Hudson-Swanson pp. 11, 112, 114, 115; Kerr-Silent p. 68; Lahue-Kops p. 163; Lahue-Triangle p. 131; Lahue-World p. 50a; Quirk-Swanson pp. 21, 57-59; Sinyard-Silent p. 40 : ClasIm-221 p. 44.

Home Video: DVD.

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