War on the Plains
1912 film
- February 23, 1912 (1912-02-23)
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War on the Plains, also called Across the Plains, is a 1912 American silent short Western film directed by Thomas H. Ince and starring Francis Ford, Ethel Grandin and Ray Myers. It was produced by Bison Motion Pictures, a subsidiary of the New York Motion Picture Company. The film was made at Inceville, Santa Ynez, California.[2]
This short is referred to as Across the Plains in Daniel Blum's Pictorial History of Silent Films.[3] Several other films with this title were released before and after this short was initially distributed.
Cast
- Francis Ford as Drake, a Treacherous Prospector
- Ethel Grandin as Ethel, the Wagon Captain's Daughter
- Ray Myers as A Young Emigrant
- Howard Davies as A Prospector
- William Eagle Shirt as Indian
- J. Barney Sherry as Frontiersman
- Art Acord as Frontiersman
- Clayton Monroe Teters as Indian (unbilled)
Preservation status
This film is preserved in the UCLA Film & TV archive.
References
- ^ Kawin, Bruce F. How Movies Work. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1987, pp. 46–47. According to this reference, a 1000-foot theatrical reel of film in the silent era was projected at a "standard" speed of 16 frames per second, considerably slower than the 24 frames in the sound era. A full silent reel therefore had a maximum running time of 15 minutes. Most reels, however, were not filled to their maximum capacity.
- ^ War on the Plains at silentera.com
- ^ Pictorial History of Silent Films, p.21 c.1953 by Daniel Blum ISBN 0-399-50667-5
External links
- War on the Plains at IMDb
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