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Directed by Roy William Neill
Written by Frank Howard Clark (scenario)
Agnes Christine Johnston (story)
Distributed by Pathé Exchange
Release date
  • June 1919 (1919-June)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUSA
Language Silent (English intertitles)

Trixie from Broadway is a 1919 silent film drama directed by Roy William Neill and starring Margarita Fischer and Emory Johnson. [1] [2]

Contents

Plot

Cast

ActorRole
Margarita Fischer Trixie Darling
Emory Johnson John Collins
George Periolat Broadway Benham
Frank Clark Jim Brown
Olga Grey Gertie Brown
J. Farrell MacDonald Slim Hayes

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References

  1. "Trixie From Broadway". catalog.afi.com.
  2. "Trixie From Broadway". www.tcm.com.