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Big Timber is a american film of genre Romance directed by William Desmond Taylor released in USA on 4 july 1917 with Wallace Reid

Big Timber (1917)

Big Timber
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Released in USA 4 july 1917
OriginUSA
Genres Romance

Big Timber is a 1917 American silent film Northwoods/drama produced by the Oliver Morosco Company and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by William Desmond Taylor and starred Kathlyn Williams and Wallace Reid. Its survival status is classified as unknown, which suggests that it is a lost film.

The film was remade in 1924 by Universal with William Desmond starring.

Synopsis

As described in a film magazine review, after the death of her father leaves Stella Benton (Williams) without a home, she goes to live with her brother Charlie (Paget) in the timber regions. The roughness of her surroundings proves a burden to Stella, and when Jack Fife (Reid), who loves her, asks her to marry him, she accepts even through she does not love him. Jack tries to win his bride's love, but to no avail. Finally, she goes to the city to try and forget her unhappy married life. She becomes infatuated with Walter Monahan (King), but after she sees him at a cafe with another woman, she realizes his fickleness, and her love for Jack comes to the surface. She returns to the timber regions where she is happily received by her husband.

Actors

Wallace Reid

(Jack Fife)Kathlyn Williams

(Stella Benton)Joe King

(Walter Monahan)Alfred Paget

(Charlie Benton)Helen Bray

(Linda Abbey)John Burton
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