Penny of Top Hill Trail

Penny of Top Hill Trail
Poster for the Swedish release of the film
Directed byArthur Berthelet
Screenplay by
Based onPenny of Top Hill Trail (novel)
by Belle Kanaris Maniates[2]
Produced byAndrew J. Callaghan[1]
StarringBessie Love
CinematographySam Landers[3]
Production
company
Andrew J. Callaghan Productions
Distributed byFederated Film Exchanges of America, Inc.[1]
Release date
  • May 7, 1921 (1921-05-07) (U.S.)[4][5]
Running time
5 reels[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles
Budget$80,000[6]

Penny of Top Hill Trail is a 1921 American silent Western comedy film based on the 1919 novel by Belle Kanaris Maniates.[7][8] It was directed by Arthur Berthelet[1] and stars Bessie Love.[1] The film was produced by Andrew J. Callaghan Productions and distributed by Federated Film Exchanges of America.[1] The film is presumed lost.[9]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Federated Announces Bessie Love Picture". Moving Picture World. May 7, 1921. p. 79.
  2. ^ Maniates, Belle Kanaris (1919). Penny of Top Hill Trail. Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co. OCLC 615293843.
  3. ^ Love, Bessie (1977). From Hollywood with Love: An Autobiography of Bessie Love. London: Elm Tree Books. p. 150. OCLC 734075937.
  4. ^ "The Index to the Complete Plan Book". Motion Picture News. May 28, 1921. p. 3350.
  5. ^ "Feature Release Chart". Motion Picture News. November 26, 1921. p. 2846.
  6. ^ "Callaghan Asks Injunction Restraining Federated from Exhibiting Productions". Moving Picture World. August 6, 1921. p. 592.
  7. ^ Goble, Alan, ed. (September 8, 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 304. ISBN 978-3-11-095194-3.
  8. ^ Maniates, Belle Kanaris (1919). Penny of Top Hill Trail. Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co.
  9. ^ "Penny of Top Hill Trail / Arthur Berthelet [motion picture]". Library of Congress. September 3, 2023.