The Barefoot Boy (film)

The Barefoot Boy is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by David Kirkland and starring John Bowers, Marjorie Daw, and Sylvia Breamer.^[1] The film is based upon a poem of the same name by John Greenleaf Whittier. The film was released by the CBC Film Sales Corporation, which would later become Columbia Pictures.^[2]

The Barefoot Boy
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Directed by	David Kirkland
Written by	Wallace Clifton
Based on	"The Barefoot Boy" by John Greenleaf Whittier
Produced by	Harry Cohn
Starring	John Bowers Marjorie Daw Sylvia Breamer
Cinematography	David Abel
Production company	Mission Film Corporation
Distributed by	CBC Film Sales Corporation
Release date	September 1, 1923 (1923-09-01)
Running time	58 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Plot

Cast

• John Bowers as Dick Alden
• Marjorie Daw as Mary Truesdale
• Sylvia Breamer as Milicent Carter
• George A. McDaniel as Rodman Grant
• Raymond Hatton as Deacon Holloway
• Tully Marshall as Tom Adams
• George Periolat as Si Parker
• Virginia True Boardman as Mrs. Blake
• Brinsley Shaw as Josiah Blake
• Harry Todd as Bill Hawkins
• Otis Harlan as Wilson
• Frankie Lee as Dick Alden - as a Child
• Gertrude Messinger as Mary Truesdale - as a Child
• Lottie Williams as Mrs. Hawkins
• Spec O'Donnell as Schoolboy

Preservation

Partial prints of The Barefoot Boy are maintained by the UCLA Film and Television Archive and George Eastman Museum Motion Picture Collection.^[3]

References

1. Dick p. 231
2. Progressive Silent Film List: The Barefoot Boy at silentera.com
3. Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The Barefoot Boy

Bibliography

• Bernard F. Dick. Columbia Pictures: Portrait of a Studio. University Press of Kentucky, 2015. ISBN 978-0-8131-4961-5

External links

• The Barefoot Boy at IMDb
• Synopsis at AllMovie