A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2024 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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The Headless Horseman
(1922) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels
Directed by Edward Venturini

Cast: Will Rogers [Ichabod Crane], Lois Meredith [Katrina Van Tassel], Ben Hendricks Jr. [‘Brom Bones’], Charles Graham [Hans Van Ripper], Mary Foy [Dame Martling], Bernard Reinold [Baltus Van Tassel], Downing Clarke [Dominic Heckwelder], Jerry Devine [Adrian Van Ripper], Sheridan Tansey (James Sheridan) [Jethro Martling] Kay MacCausland [Elsa Vanderdonck], Nancy Chase [Gretchen Oothout]

C.S. Clancy Productions production; distributed by W.W. Hodkinson Corporation. / Produced by Carl Stearns Clancy. From the [?] short story? “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” by Washington Irving. Cinematography by Ned Van Buren. Presented by Carl Stearns Clancy. / Released 5 November 1922. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

[?] Comedy-Drama?

Survival status: Prints exist in the film holdings of EmGee Film Library [16mm reduction positive]; and in private film collections [16mm reduction positives].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 16 October 2011.

References: Film credits, film viewing : Limbacher-Feature p. 105; Sherwood-Best p. 169; Weaver-Twenty p. 309.

Home video: DVD.