The Keeper of the Bees
(1925) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 6712 feet
Directed by James Leo Meehan
Cast: Robert Frazer [James Lewis MacFarlane], Josef Swickard [Michael Worthington, the bee master], Martha Mattox [Margaret Cameron], Clara Bow [Alice Louise ‘Lolly’ Cameron], Alyce Mills [Molly Cameron], Gene Stratton [Jean Meredith, the ‘little scout’], Joe Coppa [‘Angel Face’], Ainse Charland [‘Fat Ole Bill’], Billy Osborne [‘Nice Child’]
Gene Stratton Porter Productions production; distributed by Film Booking Offices of America, Incorporated [FBO] [Gold Bond Special]. / Scenario by James Leo Meehan, from the novel The Keeper of the Bees by Gene Stratton Porter. Assistant director, William Fisher. Cinematography by John Boyle. / © 18 October 1925 by Gene Stratton Porter Productions [LP21966]. Premiered circa 19 September 1925 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Released [?] 18 October or 8 November? 1925. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Survival status: (unknown) : A theatrical trailer survives.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 5 June 2009.
References: FilmYearBook-1926 p. 43; Weaver-Twenty p. 56 : Website-AFI.
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