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The Milky Way
(1922) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 4850 feet
Directed by W.S. Van Dyke

Cast: David Butler, Fred J. Butler, Phil Ford (Philip Ford), R. Henry Grey, Bert Hadley, Irene Hunt, Fred Kohler, Margaret Loomis, Laura Winston [the mother]

Sol Lesser Productions production; distributed by Western Pictures Exploitation Company [A David Butler Production]. / Produced by Sol Lesser. From a screen story by Clyde C. Westover and Lottie Horner. Cinematography by Arthur Todd. Presented by Louis Burston. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Western.

Survival status: Print exists in the Pacific Film Archive film archive (Morrison collection) [16mm reduction positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 16 October 2011.

References: Website-AFI; Website-IMDb; Website-MIC.