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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.
Original Release
09/22/1917
US Release
09/22/1917
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Mary Pickford | Rebecca Randall |
Eugene O'Brien | Adam Ladd |
Helen Jerome Eddy | Hannah Randall |
Charles Ogle | Mr. Cobb |
Marjorie Daw | Emma Jane Perkins |
Mayme Kelso | Jane Sawyer |
Jane Wolfe | Mrs. Randall |
Josephine Crowell | Miranda Sawyer |
Jack McDonald | Reverend Jonathan Smellie |
Violet Wilkey | Minnie Smellie |
Directors
Writers
Frances Marion, Charlotte Thompson, Kate Douglas Wiggin
Cast
Name | Character |
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Mary Pickford | Rebecca Randall |
Eugene O'Brien | Adam Ladd |
Helen Jerome Eddy | Hannah Randall |
Charles Ogle | Mr. Cobb |
Marjorie Daw | Emma Jane Perkins |
Mayme Kelso | Jane Sawyer |
Jane Wolfe | Mrs. Randall |
Josephine Crowell | Miranda Sawyer |
Jack McDonald | Reverend Jonathan Smellie |
Violet Wilkey | Minnie Smellie |
F.A. Turner | Mr. Simpson |
Kate Toncray | Mrs. Simpson |
Emily Gerdes | Clara Belle Simpson |
Wesley Barry | School Boy / Ringmaster |
Milton Berle | Bit Part (Uncredited) / Bit Part |
ZaSu Pitts | Undetermined Role |
Antrim Short | Teenage Boy in Overalls |