''Barnaby Lee'' is a 1917 American
silent historical
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drama film
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directed by
and starring
John Tansey
John Tansey (8 October 1901 – 28 April 1971), was an American actor. He appeared in 21 films from 1908 to 1932.
His first appearance was in '' The Red Man and the Child'' (1908). He wrote and directed the films ''Wild and Wooly'' in 1924 ...
,
Samuel N. Niblack and
Hugh Thompson.
[Munden p.107]
Cast
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John Tansey
John Tansey (8 October 1901 – 28 April 1971), was an American actor. He appeared in 21 films from 1908 to 1932.
His first appearance was in '' The Red Man and the Child'' (1908). He wrote and directed the films ''Wild and Wooly'' in 1924 ...
as Barnaby Lee
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Samuel N. Niblack as Harry Lee
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Hugh Thompson as John King
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Charles Edwards as Philip Calvert
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William Wadsworth as Gunner Kieger
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Jack Ridgeway as The Schout Fiskaal
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Norbert Wicki as Mynheer Van Swringen
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Claire Adams
Claire Adams (; 24 September 1898 – 25 September 1978) was a silent film actress and benefactor. She was born in Canada, studied there and in England, and developed a movie career in Hollywood. She spent the second half of her life in Austra ...
as Dorothy Van Swearingen
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Jessie Stevens
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as Mevrouw Barbara Van Swearingen
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Joseph Burke as Peter Stuyvesant
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Alexander Rene as Charles Calvert
References
Bibliography
* Alan Gevinson. ''Within Our Gates: Ethnicity in American Feature Films, 1911-1960''. University of California Press, 1997.
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1917 films
1917 drama films
1910s historical drama films
American historical drama films
1910s English-language films
American silent feature films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by Edward H. Griffith
Edison Studios films
Films set in the 17th century
1910s American films
Silent American drama films
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