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Eyes of the Totem
Also known as [The Eyes of Totem]
(1927) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 6228 feet
Directed by W.S. Van Dyke

Cast: Wanda Hawley [Mariam Hardy], Tom Santschi [Philip La Rue], Anne Cornwall [Betty Hardy], Gareth Hughes [Bruce Huston], Bert Woodruff [Toby, the totem pole beggar], Monte Wax [Jim Hardy], Violet Palmer [Stella Haynes], Mary Louise Jones [Mrs. Francis Huston], Dorothy Llewellyn [Peggy Huston, her daughter], Nell Barry Taylor [Bessie Snyder], Helene St. Louis [the maid], [?] W.S. Van Dyke? [the detective], Emily Roudebush [the Salvation Army woman]

H.C. Weaver Productions, Incorporated, production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated. / Scenario by E.C. Maxwell (Everett C. Maxwell), from a screen story by W.W. Dickson. Art direction by Gaston Lance. Cinematography by Abe Scholtz. / © 5 March 1927 by H.C. Weaver Productions, Incorporated [LU23726]. Released 15 May 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: The Totem Pole Beggar. The production was shot 8 March 1926 through [?] April? 1926. The second film release from H.C. Weaver Productions. / Silent film.

Drama.

Survival status: Print exists in the Museum of Modern Art film archive [35mm positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 20 May 2015.

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