Wooden Shoes Explained

Wooden Shoes
Director:	Raymond B. West
Starring:	Bessie Barriscale Jack Livingston Joseph J. Dowling
Cinematography:	Charles J. Stumar
Studio:	Triangle Film Corporation
Distributor:	Triangle Distributing
Runtime:	5 reels
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (English intertitles)

Wooden Shoes is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Raymond B. West and starring Bessie Barriscale, Jack Livingston, and Joseph J. Dowling.^{[1] [2]}

Production

Village scenes were filmed on the lot of Triangle Studio in Culver City, California.^[3] The village set was later used for In Slumberland (1917) and the Bessie Love film Wee Lady Betty (1917).^[4]

Preservation

With no prints of Wooden Shoes located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.^[5] In February of 2021, the film was cited by the National Film Preservation Board on their Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films list.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Book: Connelly, Robert B.. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910–36. December Press. 1998. 313.
2. Web site: Wooden Shoes . afi.com . March 25, 2024.
3. Around the World in Twenty Minutes. 212–216. Herbert. Howe. Picture-Play Magazine. February 1918. 7. 6.
4. A Convertible Village. October 1917. Film Fun.
5. Web site: American Silent Feature Film Database: Wooden Shoes . March 25, 2024 . Library of Congress.