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William S. Hart (center, left).
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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Wild Bill Hickok
(1923) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 6893 feet
Directed by Clifford S. Smith (Clifford Smith)
Cast: William S. Hart [Wild Bill Hickok], Ethel Grey Terry [Calamity Jane], Kathleen O’Connor [Elaine Hamilton], James Farley (Jim Farley) [Jack McQueen], Jack Gardner [Bat Masterson], Carl Gerard [Clayton Hamilton], William Dyer [Colonel Horatio Higginbotham], Bertholde Sprotte (Bert Sprotte) [Bob Wright], Leo Willis [Joe McCord], Naida Carle [Fanny Kate], Herschel Mayall [a gambler], Bert Lindley [Wyatt Earp], William De Vaull [General Phil Sheridan], Charles Dudley [General Custer], Omar Whitehead [Abraham Lincoln], Sadie Campbell [Lincoln’s childhood sweetheart], Fritz the horse
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation [A William S. Hart Production; A Paramount Picture]. / Produced by William S. Hart. Scenario by [?] Albert Shelby Le Vino and/or J.G. Hawks?, from a screen story by William S. Hart. Assistant director, Charles O. Rush. Cinematography by Arthur Reeves and Dwight Warren. Presented by Adolph Zukor. / © 1 December 1923 by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation [LP19724]. Premiered 18 November 1923 in New York, New York. General release, 23 October 1924. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama: Western: Biography.
Survival status: Print exists in the Museum of Modern Art film archive.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Animals: Horses - Persons: Bat Masterson, Wild Bill Hickok - USA: Kansas: Dodge City
Listing updated: 11 December 2024.
References: Koszarski-Hart pp. xxiii, 143-145; Pitts-Hollywood p. 290; Sweeney-Coming p. 53 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
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