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War on the Plains
(1912) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Thomas H. Ince

Cast: Francis Ford, Ethel Grandin, Ray Myers, Chief William Eagleshirt, J. Barney Sherry, Howard Davies

New York Motion Picture Company production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [101-Bison]. / Produced by Thomas H. Ince. Scenario by Thomas H. Ince, Chief William Eagleshirt and Ray Myers. Cinematography by Ray C. Smallwood. / Released 23 February 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The first Western produced at the 101 Ranch. The cast included members of the 101 Ranch Wild West Show.

Drama: Western.

Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive; and in the UCLA Film and Television Archive film archive [35mm preservation positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 6 May 2010.

References: Bohn-Light p. 62; Fell-History p. 109; Slide-Aspects pp. 29-30 : ClasIm-224 p. 42; ClasIm-226 p. 55 : Website-NFPF.