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Child of the Prairie
Also known as {The Child of the Prairies}
(1913) United States of America
B&W : [?] One or Two? reels
Directed by William Duncan
Cast: Tom Mix [Fred Watson], Lester Cuneo [Ed Dillon], Florence Dye [Alice Watson], Myrtle Stedman [Jane Watson], Vic Frith (Victor Frith) [George Jordan], Hugh Mosher [James Jordan], Sid Jordan [the sheriff], Louella Maxam, Norma Baby [?] (Norma Maxam)?, Old Blue the horse
The Selig Polyscope Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Produced by William Duncan. Scenario by Tom Mix, from ascreen story by Tom Mix. / © 8 November 1913 by The Selig Polyscope Company, Incorporated [LU1545]. Released 13 November 1913. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film’s subtitle was How the Waif Found Her Own. [?] The film may have been expanded from one reel to two and rereleased in the USA as A Child of the Prairie by The Selig Polyscope Company, Incorporated, on 1 March 1915? A damaged 35mm nitrate positive was recovered by Bruce Calvert in 2005; the print was submitted for preservation to the Library of Congress film archive.
Drama: Western.
Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive [35mm nitrate positive]; and in private film collections [16mm reduction positives].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 5 November 2011.
References: Limbacher-Feature p. 43; Norris-Mix pp. 121, 123 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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