Madame Bo-Peep

Madame Bo-Peep
Still with Owen
Directed byChester Withey
Written byChester Withey
Based on
"Madame Bo-Peep of the Ranches"
by O. Henry
StarringSeena Owen
Allan Sears
F.A. Turner
CinematographyDavid Abel
Production
company
Distributed byTriangle Distributing
Release date
  • May 27, 1917 (1917-05-27)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Madame Bo-Peep is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by Chester Withey and starring Seena Owen, Allan Sears, and F.A. Turner. It is based on the short story "Madame Bo-Peep of the Ranches" by O. Henry,[1] which originally appeared in his 1910 short-story collection Whirligigs.[2]

Cast

Preservation

Madame Bo-Peep is currently presumed lost.[3] In February of 2021, the film was cited by the National Film Preservation Board on their Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films list.[4][2]

References

  1. โ†‘ Goble p. 849
  2. 1 2 "AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Madame Bo-Peep". afi.com. Retrieved May 9, 2026.
  3. โ†‘ "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Madame Bo-Peep". memory.loc.gov. January 5, 2017. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved May 9, 2026. Cite error: Unknown parameter "loc" in <ref> tag; supported parameters are dir, follow, group, name (see the help page).
  4. โ†‘ "7,200 Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films (1912-29)" (PDF). National Film Preservation Board. February 4, 2021. Retrieved May 9, 2026.

Bibliography

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.