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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm is a american film of genre Drama directed by Marshall Neilan released in USA on 22 september 1917 with Mary Pickford

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917)

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
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Released in USA 22 september 1917
Length 1h18
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Comedy,    Comedy-drama
Rating62% 3.145033.145033.145033.145033.14503

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm is a 1917 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Marshall Neilan based upon the novel of the same name by Kate Douglas Wiggin. This version is notable for having been adapted by famed female screenwriter Frances Marion. The film was made by the "Mary Pickford Company" and was an acclaimed box office hit. When the play premiered on Broadway in the 1910 theater season the part of Rebecca was played by Edith Taliaferro.

Synopsis

As described in a film magazine, Rebecca Randall (Pickford) is taken into the home of her aunt Hannah (Eddy), a strict New England woman. Rebecca meets Adam Ladd (O'Brien), a young man of the village, and they become great friends. One day Rebecca promises to marry Adam when she becomes of age. Unable to withstand her pranks any longer, her aunt sends her away to a boarding school. She graduates a beautiful young lady. Shortly thereafter, Adam demands a fulfillment of her promise.

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