A Girl of the Timber Claims
A homesteader (Constance Talmadge) shoots a man she believes is a "claim jumper," only to discover he is a government inspector. The film follows her as she tries to protect her claim from schemers while navigating a confusing and overly complicated plot with many side stories.
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📋 Film Details
| Year | 1917 |
| Country | United States of America |
| Genre | Drama, Western |
| Director | Paul Powell |
| Runtime | 50 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 5.0/10 (1 votes) |
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🎬 MovieFinder's Take
The film constructs a traditional western framework around an impulsive heroine, exploring the grave consequences of a single misjudgment. It relies on the tension between her internal guilt and the external schemers threatening her claim.
What lingers after the final reel is a sense of the frontier's harsh justice, where survival often trumps morality, wrapped in a plot that meanders through its own thicket of subplots. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Paul Powell
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With a sense of patience for early cinema's narrative tangents.
🎭 Cast
Constance Talmadge
Jessie West
Allan Sears
Francis Ames (as A.D. Sears)
Clyde E. Hopkins
Bob Mullen (as Clyde Hopkins)
Wilbur Higby
Senator Hoyle
Joseph Singleton
Leather Hermit
F.A. Turner
Jess's Father
Beau Byrd
Cora Abbott
Bennie Schumann
Eddie Stanley (as Bennie Schuman)
Margaret Talmadge
Mrs. Kiesey (as Mrs. Talmadge)
Charles Lee
A Homesteader
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