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The Big Adventure
(1921) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 4589 feet
Directed by Reaves Eason (Sr.)

Cast: Breezy Eason Jr. [?] (Reaves Eason Jr.?) [Patches], Fred Herzog [‘Old Whiskers’], Lee Shumway [John Wellborn], Molly Shafer [Mrs. Lane], Gertrude Olmstead [Sally]

The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by George W. Pyper, from a screen story by James Edward Hungerford. Cinematography by Virgil Miller. / © 1 April 1921 by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [LP16348]. Released April 1921. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 10 February 2015.

References: Hirschhorn-Universal p. 37 : Website-AFI.