Big Timber is a 1917 American silent film Northwoods/drama produced by the Oliver Morosco Company and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by William Desmond Taylor and starred Kathlyn Williams and Wallace Reid.[1][2] It is not known whether the film currently survives,[1] and it may be a lost film.[3]
| Big Timber | |
|---|---|
 1917 lobby card | |
| Directed by | William Desmond Taylor |
| Written by | Bertrand William Sinclair (novel) Gardner Hunting (scenario) |
| Produced by | Oliver Morosco |
| Starring | Wallace Reid Kathlyn Williams |
| Cinematography | Homer Scott |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 5 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The film was remade under the same title in 1924 by Universal with William Desmond starring.
Plot
editAs described in a film magazine review,[4] after the death of her father leaves Stella Benton (Williams) without a home, she goes to live with her brother Charlie (Paget) in the timber regions. The roughness of her surroundings proves a burden to Stella, and when Jack Fife (Reid), who loves her, asks her to marry him, she accepts even through she does not love him. Jack tries to win his bride's love, but to no avail. Finally, she goes to the city to try and forget her unhappy married life. She becomes infatuated with Walter Monahan (King), but after she sees him at a cafe with another woman, she realizes his fickleness, and her love for Jack comes to the surface. She returns to the timber regions where she is happily received by her husband.
Cast
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- Kathlyn Williams as Stella Benton
- Wallace Reid as Jack Fife
- Joe King as Walter Monahan
- Alfred Paget as Charlie Benton
- Helen Bray as Linda Abbey
unbilled
- John Burton as undetermined
Reception
editLike many American films of the time, Big Timber was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors required a cut in the scene involving the shooting of a man.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b Progressive Silent Film List: Big Timber at silentera.com
- ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c.1988
- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Big Timber
- ^ "Reviews: Kathlyn Williams in Big Timber". Exhibitors Herald. 5 (3). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 25. 14 July 1917. Retrieved 2014-11-07.
- ^ "Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald. 5 (4). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 33. 21 July 1917. Retrieved 2014-11-10.
External links
edit- Big Timber at IMDb
- Big Timber; allmovie.com
- B. W. Sinclair (1916) Big Timber (book)
- lobby poster Big Timber[permanent dead link]
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