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Bill Apperson’s Boy
(1919) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 5268 feet
Directed by James Kirkwood

Cast: Jack Pickford [Buddy Apperson], Russell Simpson [Bill Apperson], Gloria Hope [Martha Yarton], George Nicholls (George O. Nicholls) [Zeke Yarton]

Jack Pickford Film Company production; distributed by First National Exhibitors’ Circuit, Incorporated. / Scenario by James Kirkwood, from the screen story “That Woman” by Hapsburg Liebe. Cinematography by Sol Polito. Intertitles artwork by Ferdinand Pinney Earle. / © 9 June 1919 (as Bill Aperson’s Boy) by First National Exhibitors’ Circuit, Incorporated [LP13801]. Released 22 June 1919. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive [35mm positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 17 July 2015.

References: Website-AFI; Website-NitrateVille.