The Barefoot Boy (film)

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The Barefoot Boy
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Directed by David Kirkland
Written by Wallace Clifton
Based on"The Barefoot Boy"
by John Greenleaf Whittier
Produced by Harry Cohn
Starring John Bowers
Marjorie Daw
Sylvia Breamer
Cinematography David Abel
Production
company
Mission Film Corporation
Distributed by CBC Film Sales Corporation
Release date
  • September 1, 1923 (1923-09-01)
Running time
58 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

The Barefoot Boy is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by David Kirkland and starring John Bowers, Marjorie Daw, and Sylvia Breamer. [1] The film is based upon a poem of the same name by John Greenleaf Whittier. The film was released by the CBC Film Sales Corporation, which would later become Columbia Pictures. [2]

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Preservation

Partial prints of The Barefoot Boy are maintained by the UCLA Film and Television Archive and George Eastman Museum Motion Picture Collection. [3]

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