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The Plow Woman
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Charles Swickard

Cast: Mary MacLaren [Mary MacTavish], H.C. De More [Andy MacTavish], Marie Hazelton [Ruth MacTavish], L.C. Shumway [Lieutenant Jack Fraser], Kingsley Benedict [Surgeon Fraser], Hector V. Sarno [Buck Mathews], Eddie Polo [Bill Mathews], Clara Horton [Mary MacTavish, as a child], George Hupp [Jack Fraser, as a child], Tommy Burns [a trooper]

The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [A Butterfly Picture]. / Scenario by J. Grubb Alexander, from the novel The Plow Woman by Eleanor Gates. Cinematography by Harry Maguire. / © 23 June 1917 by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [LP10983]. Released 2 July 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Western.

Synopsis: Pioneer story.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 26 December 2012.

References: Hirschhorn-Universal p. 27 : Website-AFI.