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Ruth Ann Baldwin was a journalist who joined Universal as a screenwriter in 1913. She wrote for the serial THE BLACK BOX in 1915, did a stint as an editor, and was tapped by the studio to direct. '49-'17 is a charming and suspenseful western parody about a millionaire who hires a Wild West theatrical troupe to relive his past as a miner forty-niner. Every sacred western cow is turned on its ear: the patriarchal representative of the law, the Young Man, the Gambler, the saloon brawl and the Woman. Jean Hersholt gives a powerful performance early in his notable career as the taciturn desperado. Despite the success of '49-'17, Baldwin’s career as director was over by 1920.
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- Donna Drew - Peggy Bobbett
- William Dyer - J. Gordon Castle
- Joseph W. Girard - Judge Brand
- Jean Hersholt - "Gentleman Jim" Raynor
- George C. Pearce - Ezra "Pa" Bobbett
- Leo Pierson - Tom Reeves
- ZaSu Pitts - Party Guest
- Mattie Witting - Ma Bobbett
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