''The Snowbird'' is a 1916 silent film drama directed by

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and starring

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produced while

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distributed.

Plot

The length of the movie is 82 minutes. Its plot, credited to Mary Ryder and June Mathis, concerns a tough society girl’s trip to rural Quebec, where she tangles with the ornery cuss defrauding her father.

Cast

as Lois Wheeler *

as Jean Corteau *

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as Bruce Mitchell *

Warren Cook Warren Cook (May 23, 1878 – May 2, 1939) was an American film actor of the silent era. Cook was born in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1901, he appeared in ''The Shaughraun'' at the Castle Square Theatre in Boston. He was part of the stock co ...

as John Wheeler *Arthur Evers as Pierre * Walter Hitchcock as Michael Flynn *Kitty Stevens as Zoe *John Melody as Magistrate Le Blanc

Preservation

A complete print of ''The Snowbird'' is located at the

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.The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''The Snowbird''
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References

External links

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1916 films American silent feature films Films directed by Edwin Carewe 1916 drama films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Metro Pictures films 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub