The Snowbird
{{short description|1916 film by Edwin Carewe}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = The Snowbird
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| director = Edwin Carewe
| producer = B. A. Rolfe
| writer = Mary Rider (scenario)
| starring = Mabel Taliaferro
Edwin Carewe
James Cruze
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| distributor = Metro Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1916|05|01}}
| runtime = 6 reels
| country = United States
| language = Silent film, English intertitles
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The Snowbird is a 1916 silent film drama directed by Edwin Carewe and starring Mabel Taliaferro. B. A. Rolfe produced while Metro Pictures distributed.[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=14344 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Snowbird][http://silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/SnowBird1916.html The Snowbird at silentera.com]
Plot
The length of the movie is 82 minutes. Its plot, credited to Mary Ryder and June Mathis, concerns a tough society girl’s trip to rural Quebec, where she tangles with the ornery cuss defrauding her father.{{Cite web |last=Mermelstein |first=David |title=‘Cinema’s First Nasty Women’ Review: The Defiant Dames of Silent Film |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/cinemas-first-nasty-women-review-the-defiant-dames-of-silent-film-11673870404 |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=WSJ |language=en-US}}
Cast
- Mabel Taliaferro as Lois Wheeler
- Edwin Carewe as Jean Corteau
- James Cruze as Bruce Mitchell
- Warren Cook as John Wheeler
- Arthur Evers as Pierre
- Walter Hitchcock as Michael Flynn
- Kitty Stevens as Zoe
- John Melody as Magistrate Le Blanc
Preservation
A complete print of The Snowbird is located at the George Eastman Museum.[https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.1228/ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Snowbird]
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0007362}}
- [http://www.allmovie.com/movie/snowbird-v110761 allmovie]
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Category:American silent feature films
Category:Films directed by Edwin Carewe
Category:Silent American drama films
Category:American black-and-white films
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