Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917 film)

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Marshall Neilan
Written by	Frances Marion
Based on	Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm 1903 novel by Kate Douglas Wiggin 1910 play by Charlotte Thompson
Starring	Mary Pickford Eugene O'Brien
Cinematography	Walter Stradling
Distributed by	Artcraft Pictures Corporation
Release dates	September 22, 1917 (1917-09-22)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm is a 1917 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Marshall Neilan based upon the novel of the same name by Kate Douglas Wiggin. This version is notable for having been adapted by famed female screenwriter Frances Marion. The film was made by the "Mary Pickford Company" and was an acclaimed box office hit. When the play premiered on Broadway in the 1910 theater season the part of Rebecca was played by Edith Taliaferro.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Plot

As described in a film magazine,^[4] Rebecca Randall (Pickford) is taken into the home of her aunt Hannah (Eddy), a strict New England woman. Rebecca meets Adam Ladd (O'Brien), a young man of the village, and they become great friends. One day Rebecca promises to marry Adam when she becomes of age. Unable to withstand her pranks any longer, her aunt sends her away to a boarding school. She graduates a beautiful young lady. Shortly thereafter, Adam demands a fulfillment of her promise.

Cast

Scene from the film

Mary Pickford as Rebecca Randall
Eugene O'Brien as Adam Ladd
Helen Jerome Eddy as Hannah Randall
Charles Stanton Ogle as Mr. Cobb
Marjorie Daw as Emma Jane Perkins
Mayme Kelso as Jane Sawyer
Jane Wolfe as Mrs. Randall
Josephine Crowell as Miranda Sawyer
Jack McDonald as Reverend Jonathan Smellie
Violet Wilkey as Minnie Smellie
F.A. Turner as Mr. Simpson
Kate Toncray as Mrs. Simpson
Emma Gordes as Clara Belle Simpson
Wesley Barry as School Boy/Ringmaster (uncredited)
Milton Berle as Bit Part (uncredited)
Zasu Pitts as Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Production

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm was filmed in Pleasanton, California.

Reception

Like many American films of the time, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors required a cut of the intertitle "I have just learned the Simpsons are not married."^[5]

References

↑ Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm at silentera.com
↑ Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm as produced on Broadway at the Republic Theatre, beginning October 3, 1910; IBDb.com
↑ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c.1988
↑ "Reviews: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm". Exhibitors Herald. New York: Exhibitors Herald Company. 5 (13): 26. September 22, 1917.
↑ "Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald. 5 (13): 33. September 22, 1917.

External links

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Films directed by Marshall Neilan

The Bottle Imp (1917)
The Silent Partner (1917)
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917)
The Little Princess (1917)
Stella Maris (1918)
Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley (1918)
M'Liss (1918)
Hit-The-Trail Holliday (1918)
Heart of the Wilds (1918)
Out of a Clear Sky (1918)
Three Men and a Girl (1919)
The Unpardonable Sin (1919)
Daddy-Long-Legs (1919)
In Old Kentucky (1919)
Dinty (1920)
Bits of Life (1921)
The Lotus Eater (1921)
Minnie (1922)
The Eternal Three (1923)
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall (1924)
Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1924)
The Sporting Venus (1925)
The Great Love (1925)
The Skyrocket (1926)
Mike (1926)
Diplomacy (1926)
Everybody's Acting (1926)
Venus of Venice (1927)
Her Wild Oat (1927)
Take Me Home (1928)
Taxi 13 (1928)
Three-Ring Marriage (1928)
The Awful Truth (1929)
Tanned Legs (1929) (*uncredited)
The Vagabond Lover (1929)
Sweethearts on Parade (1930)
Forever Yours (1930)
Ex-Sweeties (1931) (*short)
Catch-As Catch-Can (1931) (*short)
War Mamas (1931) (*short)
Social Register (1934)
Chloe, Love Is Calling You (1934)
The Lemon Drop Kid (1934)
This Is the Life (1935)
Sing While You're Able (1937)
Swing It Professor (1937)
Thanks for Listening (1937)

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