Sutter's Gold
Sutter's Gold is a 1936 fictionalized film version of the aftermath of the discovery of gold on Sutter's property, spurring the California Gold Rush of 1849. Edward Arnold plays John Sutter. The supporting cast includes Lee Tracy, Binnie Barnes, Katherine Alexander, Montagu Love, and Harry Carey as Kit Carson. The film was directed by James Cruze.
| Sutter's Gold | |
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| Directed by | James Cruze |
| Produced by | Carl Laemmle |
| Screenplay by | William Faulkner |
| Starring | Edward Arnold Lee Tracy Binnie Barnes |
| Music by | Franz Waxman |
| Cinematography | George Robinson |
| Edited by | Philip Cahn |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $730,571[1] |
The film is based on the novel "L'Or; la merveilleuse histoire du général Johann August Suter" by Blaise Cendrars (Paris, 1925); ISBN 1417910755, and a play by Bruno Frank.
Cast
- Edward Arnold ... John Sutter
- Lee Tracy ... Pete Perkin
- Binnie Barnes ... Countess Elizabeth Bartoffski
- Katharine Alexander ... Anna Sutter
- Montagu Love ... Capt. Kettleson
- Addison Richards ... James Marshall
- John Miljan ... Gen. Juan Bautista Alvarado
- Harry Carey ... Kit Carson
- William Janney ... John Sutter, Jr.
- Nan Grey ... Ann Eliza Sutter
- Robert Warwick ... Gen. Alexander Rotscheff
- Morgan Wallace ... General Fremont
- Allen Vincent ... Juan Bautista Alvarado, Jr.
- Mitchell Lewis ... King Kamehameha
References
- Dick, Bernard K. (2015). City of Dreams: The Making and Remaking of Universal Pictures. University Press of Kentucky. p. 100.
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