Billy's Adventure

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Billy's Adventure
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Produced byGem Motion Picture Company
Starring Billy Quirk
Violet Horner
Distributed by Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Release date
  • May 13, 1913 (1913-05-13)
Running time
965 ft [1]
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Billy's Adventure is a single-reel American silent comedy film released in 1913. It was one of the last in a series of films made by actors Billy Quirk and Violet Horner for the Gem Motion Picture Company.

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Plot

The titular character disguises himself as a pupil at a girls' boarding school, and later a prince, to win his future father-in-law's approval.

Release

Billy's Adventure was released on May 13, 1913 in the United States, and in England on September 8, 1913. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 To-day's Cinema News and Property Gazette, Volumes 3-4, July 30, 1913, p. 100, retrieved October 7, 2015