# Betty and the Buccaneers - Rollin S. Sturgeon - 1917 - Universal - EYE FLM - OB 685673

Title: Betty and the Buccaneers

Genre: romance, adventure

Sound: silent

Colour: black and white

Format and aspect ratio: 35 mm, 1.33 : 1

Running time: 01:05:10 (5 reels)

Director: Rollin S. Sturgeon

Writer: J. Edward Hungerford

Cast:

Juliette Day: Betty

Charles Marriott: The Professor

Joe King: Dick Winthrop

Tote Du Crow: Captain Robias Crook

William Kyle: The Mulatto

J. Gordon Russell: Gentleman Jack

Hal Wilson: Peg Leg

Synopsis: Romantic adventure film in which Betty, who dreams about pirates, and her father, a gullible professor, are tricked by a bunch of real pirates. They are rescued by a young man who has a crush on Betty. The young man, named Dick, becomes acquainted with Betty, whose father Timothy Bakewell is looking for a treasure island, together with Captain Crook and his pirates. The father is beaten up by the robbers, and is left behind on the island. Dick decides to go after Tobias Crook. Meanwhile, the pirates arrive at the home of Betty, where she is harassed. But her rescue is close at hand, and Dick embraces her in his arms.

- Kind: Feature
- Year: 1917
- Runtime: 1 h 5 min
- By: Rollin S. Sturgeon (August 25, 1877 – May 10, 1961), 1917, Universal (United States)
- Genres: Silent
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Betty_and_the_Buccaneers_-_Rollin_S._Sturgeon_-_1917_-_Universal_-_EYE_FLM_-_OB_685673.ogv)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Rollin S. Sturgeon (August 25, 1877 – May 10, 1961), 1917, Universal (United States)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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