''Wooden Shoes'' is a 1917 American silent

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directed by Raymond B. West and starring

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, and

Joseph J. Dowling Joseph Johnson Dowling (September 4, 1850 – July 8, 1928) was an American stage and silent film actor. Early life and career Born in Pittsburgh, the son of James and Fredericka (''nee'' Edstrem) Dowling. His father was a native of Pennsy ...

Cast

Production

Village scenes were filmed on the lot of Triangle Studio in

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. The village set was later used for ''In Slumberland'' (1917) and the

Bessie Love Bessie Love (born Juanita Horton; September 10, 1898April 26, 1986) was an American-British actress who achieved prominence playing innocent, young girls and wholesome leading ladies in silent and early sound films. Her acting career spanned e ...

film ''

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'' (1917).

Preservation

With no prints of ''Wooden Shoes'' in any film archives,The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''Wooden Shoes''
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lost film A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress. Conditions During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy ...

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* * 1917 films 1917 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Films directed by Raymond B. West Triangle Film Corporation films 1917 lost films Lost drama films 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub