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Rip Van Winkle
(1921) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 6700 feet
Directed by Ward Lascelle

Cast: Thomas Jefferson [Rip Van Winkle], Milla Davenport [Gretchen Van Winkle], Daisy Robinson [Meenie Van Winkle], Gertrude Messinger [Meenie Van Winkle, 20 years older], Pietro Sosso [Derrick Van Beekman], Max Asher [Nick Vedder], Francis Carpenter [Hendrik Vedder], [?] Hal Craig?

Ward Lascelle Productions production; distributed by W.W. Hodkinson Corporation. / Produced by Ward Lascelle. Scenario by Agnes Parsons, from the play adaptation Rip Van Winkle by Joseph Jefferson and Dion Boucicault of the short story “Rip Van Winkle” by Washington Irving. Cinematography by David Abel and George Larson. / © 23 September 1921 by Ward Lascelle Productions [LP16985]. Released 2 October 1921. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy-Drama: Historical.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 8 June 2010.

References: Website-AFI.

Home video: DVD.