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Little Mary Sunshine
(1916) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Henry King

Cast: Helen Marie Osborne (Baby Marie Osborne) [Mary], Henry King [Bob Daley], Marguerite Nichols [Sylvia Sanford], Andrew Arbuckle [Bob’s father], Mollie McConnell [Sylvia’s mother]

[?] The Balboa Amusement Producing Company or Balboa Feature Film Company? production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated [Gold Rosster Plays]. / Assistant director, Alden Willey. Cinematography by Harry W. Gerstad. / © 30 March 1916 by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated [LU7954]. Released [?] 3 or 18? March 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Osborne’s film debut.

Drama.

Survival status: Print exists in a French film archive [35mm color-toned nitrate positive (French intertitles)].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Children - Crime: Murder - Death: Murder - Transportation: Automobiles

Listing updated: 7 May 2012.

References: Slide-Aspects p. 21; Tarbox-Lost p. 191.

Home video: DVD.