John Wheeler (Warren Cook) gets himself in some financial hot water and needs to prove that he is half owner of some land in Canada. But the only person with a copy of the deed is Jean Corteau (Edwin Carewe, who also directed), and Corteau has gone up to the property and decided to claim all of it for himself.
Year - 1916
Directed By - Edwin Carewe
Written By - Mary Rider
Produced By - N/A
Starring - Mabel Taliaferro, Edwin Carewe, James Cruze, Warren Cook
Not only does Mabel Taliaferro’s character, Lois, dress as a boy, but the man she goes to see, Jean, shares his thoughts about wanting a “boy companion” and only desires to speak to those of the same gender.
The Snowbird - Letterboxd
Good Bill at Palace Grand Tonight - The Glendale Evening News, June 10, 1916 (via Internet Archive)
(The Snowbird at) Owl Theatre - Lowell Sun, May 15, 1916 (via Internet Archive)
The Snowbird at “The Strand” - The Atlanta Constitution 1916-05-11: Vol 48 Iss 331 (via Internet Archive)
Notable Metros Coming - Motography, page 981 (April 29, 1916) (via Internet Archive)
*The Snowbird -* Variety 1916-06-16: Vol 43 Issue 3 (via internet Archive)
Girls Will Be Boys : Cross-Dressed Women, Lesbians, and American Cinema, 1908-1934