Big Timber (1917 film)

Big Timber is a 1917 American silent film Northwoods/drama produced by the Oliver Morosco Company and distributed by Paramount Pictures.

[3] The film was remade under the same title in 1924 by Universal with William Desmond starring.

As described in a film magazine review,[4] after the death of her father leaves Stella Benton (Williams) without a home, she goes to live with her brother Charlie (Paget) in the timber regions.

She becomes infatuated with Walter Monahan (King), but after she sees him at a cafe with another woman, she realizes his fickleness, and her love for Jack comes to the surface.

The Chicago Board of Censors required a cut in the scene involving the shooting of a man.

Lumberman Jack Fyfe (Reid, left) is interested in Stella Benton (Williams). She is the cook for her brother Charlie Benton (Paget, right) at the lumber camp in this still.