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A Roadside Impresario
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Donald Crisp

Cast: George Beban [Giuseppe Franchini], Jose Melville [Francesca Franchini], Julia Faye [Adelaide Vandergrift], Harry De Vere [J. Stewart Vandergrift], Harrison Ford [Craig Winton], Fred Huntley [John Slade], W.A. Carroll [Gibbs, the butler], Adele Farrington [Lizzie Cosgrove], Bruno the bear

Pallas Pictures production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / From a screen story by George Beban. Cinematography by Faxon M. Dean. / © 28 May 1917 by J.C. Ivers (Julia Crawford Ivers) [LP10874]. Released 18 June 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Animals: Bears - Italian-Americans

Listing updated: 17 May 2012.

References: Bondanella-Hollywood pp. 21-22 : Website-AFI.