General Custer at the Little Big Horn is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Harry L. Fraser and starring Roy Stewart.[1][2] It depicts the Battle of the Little Bighorn and was filmed and released for the 50th anniversary of the battle.
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Harry L. Fraser |
| Written by | Carrie E. Rawles |
| Produced by | Anthony J. Xydias |
| Starring | Roy Stewart |
| Cinematography | L. William O'Connell |
Production company | Sunset Productions |
| Distributed by | Aywon Film Corporation Arthur Bromberg Attractions |
Release date |
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Running time | 6 reels (5,094 feet) |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
A print of the film is preserved in the collection of the Library of Congress.[3][4]
Cast
edit- Roy Stewart as Lem Hawks
- Helen Lynch as Betty Rossman
- John Beck as General George Armstrong Custer
- Edmund Cobb as Capt. Page
- Dick La Reno
- Norman Lindley
- Arthur Morrison
- Bert Lindley
- Running Deer as Chief Sitting Bull
- Felix Whitefeather
- Black Hawk
- Andre Farneur
See also
edit- The Scarlet West (1925)
- They Died With Their Boots On (1941)
- Little Big Man (1970)
References
edit- ^ "General Custer at the Little Big Horn at silentera.com". Archived from the original on November 29, 2018. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: General Custer at the Little Big Horn
- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: General Custer at the Little Big Horn
- ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, page 66 c.1978 by The American Film Institute
External links
edit- General Custer at the Little Big Horn at IMDb
- General Custer at the Little Big Horn at SilentEra Archived November 29, 2018, at the Wayback Machine
- listing at AllMovie
- lobby poster Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
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