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==Cast==
==Cast==
[[File:Rebecca1917version.jpg|thumb|220px|Scene from the film]]
[[File:Rebecca1917version.jpg|thumb|220px|Scene from the film]]
* [[Mary Pickford]] - Rebecca Randall
* [[Mary Pickford]] as Rebecca Randall
* [[Eugene O'Brien (actor)|Eugene O'Brien]] - Adam Ladd
* [[Eugene O'Brien (actor)|Eugene O'Brien]] as Adam Ladd
* [[Helen Jerome Eddy]] - Hannah Randall
* [[Helen Jerome Eddy]] as Hannah Randall
* [[Charles Stanton Ogle]] - Mr. Cobb
* [[Charles Stanton Ogle]] as Mr. Cobb
* [[Marjorie Daw (actress)|Marjorie Daw]] - Emma Jane Perkins
* [[Marjorie Daw (actress)|Marjorie Daw]] as Emma Jane Perkins
* [[Mayme Kelso]] - Jane Sawyer
* [[Mayme Kelso]] as Jane Sawyer
* [[Jane Wolfe]] - Mrs. Randall
* [[Jane Wolfe]] as Mrs. Randall
* [[Josephine Crowell]] - Miranda Sawyer
* [[Josephine Crowell]] as Miranda Sawyer
* [[Jack McDonald (actor)|Jack McDonald]] - Reverend Jonathan Smellie
* [[Jack McDonald (actor)|Jack McDonald]] as Reverend Jonathan Smellie
* [[Violet Wilkey]] - Minnie Smellie
* [[Violet Wilkey]] as Minnie Smellie
* [[F.A. Turner]] - Mr. Simpson
* [[F.A. Turner]] as Mr. Simpson
* [[Kate Toncray]] - Mrs. Simpson
* [[Kate Toncray]] as Mrs. Simpson
* [[Emma Gordes]] - Clara Belle Simpson
* [[Emma Gordes]] as Clara Belle Simpson
* [[Wesley Barry]] - School Boy/Ringmaster (uncredited)
* [[Wesley Barry]] as School Boy/Ringmaster (uncredited)
* [[Milton Berle]] - Bit Part (uncredited)
* [[Milton Berle]] as Bit Part (uncredited)
* [[Zasu Pitts]] - Undetermined Role (uncredited)
* [[Zasu Pitts]] as Undetermined Role (uncredited)


==Production notes==
==Production notes==

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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Theatrical poster
Directed byMarshall Neilan
Written byFrances Marion
StarringMary Pickford
Eugene O'Brien
CinematographyWalter Stradling
Distributed byArtcraft Pictures Corporation
Release date
  • September 22, 1917 (1917-09-22)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm is a 1917 silent comedy-drama film directed by Marshall Neilan based upon the novel of the same name by Kate Douglas Wiggin. This version is notable for having been adapted by famed female screenwriter Frances Marion. The film was made by the "Mary Pickford Company" and was an acclaimed box office hit. When the play premiered on Broadway in the 1910 theater season the part of Rebecca was played by Edith Taliaferro.[1][2][3]

Cast

Scene from the film

Production notes

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm was filmed in Pleasanton, California.

See also

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