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A Kentucky Cinderella
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Rupert Julian

Cast: Rupert Julian [Toulumne John Silverwood], Ruth Clifford [Nannie], Harry Carter [‘Kentuck’ Windfield Gordon / Henry Gordon], Aurora Pratt [Mrs. Morgan], Emory Johnson [Tom Bolling], Eddie Polo [Ed Long], Frank Lanning [Frank Long], Zoe Rae [Zoe], Lucretia Harris [Aunt Chlorinda], Myrtle Reeves [Rachel], Gretchen Lederer [Miss Morgan], Elsie Jane Wilson [Henry’s wife]

Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated, production; distributed by Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated, through The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Elliott J. Clawson, from an adaptation by Steve Rounds of the short story “A Kentucky Cinderella” by Frank Hopkinson Smith. / © 26 May 1917 by Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated [LP10851]. Released 25 June 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in Hirschhorn-Universal p. 26.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: African-Americans - Blackface - USA: Kentucky

Listing updated: 5 June 2012.

References: Hirschhorn-Universal p. 26 : Website-AFI.