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Timothy’s Quest
(1922) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 6377 feet
Directed by Sidney Olcott

Cast: Joseph Depew [Timothy], Helen Rowland [‘Lady Gay’], Marie Day [Avilda Cummins], Margaret Seddon [Samantha Ann Ripley], Bertram Marburgh [Jabe Slocum], Vivia Ogden [Hitty Tarbox], Gladys Leslie [Miss Dora], William F. Haddock [Dave Milliken], Rags the dog

Dirigo Films, Incorporated, production; distributed by American Releasing Corporation. / Scenario by Katherine Stuart, from the novel Timothy’s Quest by Kate Douglas Wiggin. Production management by Charles M. Seay. Set design by Tec-Art Studios. Cinematography by Al Ligouri and Eugene French. / © 15 September 1922 by Dirigo Films, Incorporated [LP18806]. Released 17 September 1922. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Portions of the film were shot on the Maine estate of author Kate Douglas Wiggin.

Drama: Rural.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Children: Orphans - USA: Maine: Hollis

Listing updated: 16 January 2017.

References: Limbacher-Feature p. 253; Sherwood-Best p. 192 : Website-AFI : with additional information provided by Edward Lorusso.

Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.