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Directed by | Albert Austin |
Written by | Douglas Z. Doty |
Based on | John of the Woods by Alice Farwell Brown |
Starring | Dean Riesner Virginia Pearson Eric Mayne |
Cinematography | Harris Thorpe |
Edited by | Doane Harrison |
Production company | Z.A. Stegmuller Productions |
Distributed by | Selznick Pictures |
Release date | October 13, 1923 |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent English intertitles |
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