The Roof Tree (1921)
When Sally McTurk's husband is murdered, her brother Ken Thornton goes into hiding and winds up in a small mountain community, using a phony name. He's taken in by a local family, the Harpers. A mutual attraction soon develops between Thornton and the family's daughter, Dorothy, but a local bully who has designs of his own on Dorothy sets out to have Ken killed.
Director: John Francis Dillon
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William Russell as Ken Thornton |
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Florence Deshon as Sally McTurk |
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Sylvia Breamer as Dorothy Harper |
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William Robert Daly as Caleb Harper |
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Arthur Morrison as Bass Rowlett |
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Al Fremont as Jim Rowlett |
| Directing | John Francis Dillon | Director |
| Camera | Sol Polito | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Charles Neville Buck | Novel |
| Writing | Jules Furthman | Adaptation |