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]
| War on the Plains (aka Across the Plains) | |
|---|---|
 Film still, 1912 | |
| Directed by | Thomas H. Ince |
| Written by | William Eagle Shirt Thomas H. Ince Ray Myers |
| Produced by | Bison Motion Pictures, New York Motion Picture Company |
| Starring | Francis Ford Ethel Grandin |
| Distributed by | Motion Picture Distributors and Sales Company Cosmopolitan Films (UK) |
Release date |
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Running time | 2 reels (20 minutes)[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
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
edit- 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
editThis film is preserved in the UCLA Film & TV archive.
References
edit- ^ 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
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