The Invaders is a 1912 American silent Western film directed by Francis Ford and Thomas H. Ince.
| The Invaders | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Francis Ford Thomas H. Ince |
| Written by | C. Gardner Sullivan (scenario) |
| Produced by | Thomas H. Ince |
| Starring | Art Acord William Eagle Shirt Francis Ford |
| Cinematography | Ray C. Smallwood |
| Distributed by | Mutual Film |
Release date |
|
Running time | 41 mins. (2004 National Film Preservation Foundation print) |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Cast
edit- Art Acord as Telegrapher
- William Eagle Shirt as The Sioux Chief
- Francis Ford as Colonel James Bryson
- Ethel Grandin as Colonel Bryson's Daughter
- Ann Little as Sky Star
- Ray Myers as Lieutenant White
Availability
editThe film was released on the DVD compilation More Treasures from American Film Archives, in 2004.
Reception
editWriting for The New York Dramatic Mirror, Louis Reeves Harrison called the film "an absorbing picture of dramatic conflict . . . the top of its kind, from an artistic point of view", and expressed that the cinematography was similar "to the best photography as applied to still life, with far greater emotional effects”.[1]
References
edit- ^ Abel, Richard (2006). Americanizing the movies and "movie-mad" audiences, 1910-1914. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-24742-0. OCLC 61478728.
External links
edit- The Invaders at IMDb
- The short film The Invaders is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.
- The Invaders (1912) on YouTube
 | This article related to an American film of the 1910s (which would be a silent film) in the Western genre is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |