The Scarlet West

The Scarlet West
Directed by John G. Adolfi
Produced by Frank J. Carroll
Based on short story The Scarlet West by A. B. Heath
Starring Robert Frazer
Clara Bow
Cinematography George Benoit
Benjamin Kline
Victor Shuler
F. L. Hoefler
Distributed by First National Pictures
Release date
 July 26, 1925
Running time
 9 reels
Country USA
Language Silent..English titles

The Scarlet West is a 1925 silent film historical drama directed by John G. Adolfi and starring Robert Frazer and Clara Bow. It was distributed by the First National company.[1][2]

This was an ambitious silent film made by an independent producer, about George Custer and the battle at Little Big Horn. It was filmed on location at Dolores, Colorado.

Cast

Preservation status

There are no prints of the film surviving which makes it a lost film.[3][4] A trailer survives at the Library of Congress.[5] Some of the still photography from the production survives and is used in a documentary on local cinematographer Victor Shuler who was one of four cameramen on the production.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Scarlet West at silentera.com
  2. ↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:The Scarlet West
  3. ↑ The Scarlet West at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files:lost First National films - 1925
  4. ↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:The Scarlet West
  5. ↑ [trailer] - Catalog of Holding The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, (<-book title) p.159 c.1978 by The American Film Institute
  6. ↑ Victor Shuler Movie, Facebook Retrieved December 10, 2015


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