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A Hoosier Romance
(1918) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Colin Campbell

Cast: Colleen Moore [Patience Thompson], Thomas Jefferson [Jeff Thompson], Harry McCoy [John], Edward Jobson [the squire], Eugenie Besserer [the squire’s wife], Frank Hayes [the widower], Billy Jacobs [a child]

The Selig Polyscope Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation [Mutual Star Productions]. / Scenario by Colin Campbell, from the poem “A Hoosier Romance” by James Whitcomb Riley. Cinematography by Harry Neumann. Presented by William N. Selig. / Released 18 August 1918. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy-Drama.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 31 December 2024.

References: Drew-Speaking pp. 165, 281 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.