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Bab’s Matinee Idol
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by J. Searle Dawley

Cast: Marguerite Clark [Bab Archibald], Helen Greene [Leila Archibald], Isabel O’Madigan [Mrs. Archibald], Frank Losee [Mr. Archibald], Nigel Barrie [Carter Brooks], Cyril Chadwick [Honorable Page Beresford], Vernon Steel [Adrian Egleston], George Odell (George Benjamin O’Dell) [the butler], Daisy Belmore [Hannah, the old servant], William Hinckley

Famous Players Film Company production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation [A Paramount Picture]. / Scenario by Margaret Turnbell, from a short story by Mary Roberts Rinehart. Cinematography by Lyman Broening (H. Lyman Broening). Presented by Adolph Zukor. / © 21 November 1917 by Famous Players Film Company [LP11734]. Released 26 November 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Preceeded by Bab’s Burglar (1917).

Comedy.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 26 December 2024.

References: Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.