The Snowbird Explained

The Snowbird
Director:	Edwin Carewe
Producer:	B. A. Rolfe
Starring:	Mabel Taliaferro Edwin Carewe James Cruze
Distributor:	Metro Pictures
Runtime:	6 reels
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent film, English intertitles

The Snowbird is a 1916 silent film drama directed by Edwin Carewe and starring Mabel Taliaferro. B. A. Rolfe produced while Metro Pictures distributed.^{[1] [2]}

Plot

The length of the movie is 82 minutes. Its plot, credited to Mary Ryder and June Mathis, concerns a tough society girl’s trip to rural Quebec, where she tangles with the ornery cuss defrauding her father.^[3]

Cast

• Mabel Taliaferro as Lois Wheeler
• Edwin Carewe as Jean Corteau
• James Cruze as Bruce Mitchell
• Warren Cook as John Wheeler
• Arthur Evers as Pierre
• Walter Hitchcock as Michael Flynn
• Kitty Stevens as Zoe
• John Melody as Magistrate Le Blanc

Preservation

A complete print of The Snowbird is located at the George Eastman Museum.^[4]

External links

• • allmovie

Notes and References

1. http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=14344 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Snowbird
2. http://silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/SnowBird1916.html The Snowbird at silentera.com
3. Web site: Mermelstein . David . ‘Cinema’s First Nasty Women’ Review: The Defiant Dames of Silent Film . 2023-03-10 . WSJ . en-US.
4. https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.1228/ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Snowbird