A Girl of the Timber Claims is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Paul Powell and starring Constance Talmadge, Allan Sears and Clyde E. Hopkins. It is based on the story "The Girl Homesteader," by Mary H. O'Connor, who also wrote the screenplay. Cast Constance Talmadge as Jessie West Allan Sears as Francis Ames Clyde E. Hopkins as Bob Mullen Beau Byrd as Cora Abbott Wilbur Higby as Senator Hoyle Bennie Schumann as Eddie Stanley Joseph Singleton as Leather Hermit F.A. Turner as Jess's Father Margaret Talmadge as Mrs. Kiesey Charles Lee as A Homesteader References Bibliography Jeanine Basinger. Silent Stars. Wesleyan University Press, 2000. External links 1917 films 1917 drama films Silent American drama films Films directed by Paul Powell (director) American silent feature films 1910s English-language films American black-and-white films Triangle Film Corporation films 1910s American films