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My Little Boy
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Elsie Jane Wilson

Cast: Ella Hall [Clara], Zoe Rae [Paul], Emory Johnson [Fred], Winter Hall [Uncle Oliver], Harry Holden [Joe], Gretchen Lederer [Clara’s mother], Clara Horton

Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated, production; distributed by Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated, through The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Elliott J. Clawson, from a screen story by Rupert Julian as suggested by the novella A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and the nursery rhyme “Little Boy Blue.” Cinematography by Stephen Rounds. / © 22 November 1917 by Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated [LP11741]. Released 17 December 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Synopsis: Christmas story.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Authors: Charles Dickens - Children: Orphans - Death (Accidental) - Divorce - Dreams - Families: Uncle-nephew relationships - Hunting - Marriages

Listing updated: 4 January 2010.

References: Hirschhorn-Universal p. 27; Slide-Aspects p. 20 : Website-AFI.