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The Widow’s Kids
(1913) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel
Directed by Dell Henderson

Cast: Kate Toncray [Mary Ann, the widow], Dave Morris [the soon-to-be father], Dell Henderson [the traveling man], Dorothy Gish [one of the kids], Gertrude Bambrick [one of the kids], Bud Duncan [the minister]

Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by [?] Anita Loos? / Released 4 August 1913; in a split-reel with Cupid and the Cook (1913). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 14 September 2023.

References: Spehr-American p. 4; Weaver-Twenty p. 144 : Website-IMDb.