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Days of ’49
Also known as California in ’49 in the USA
(1924) United States of America
B&W : Serial / 15 chapters / 30 reels
Directed by Jacques Jaccard, Jay Marchant and Ben F. Wilson (Ben Wilson)
Cast: Neva Gerber [Sierra Sutter], Edmund Cobb [Cal Coleman], Charles Brinley [John Sutter], Wilbur McGaugh [Marsdon], Ruth Royce [Arabella Ryan], Clark B. Coffey [Judge William T. Coleman], Al Hoxie [Indian chief], Yakima Canutt, Elias Bullock
Wild West Productions production; distributed on State Rights basis by Arrow Film Corporation. / Produced by Ben F. Wilson (Ben Wilson). Scenario by Ben F. Wilson (Ben Wilson), from a screen story by Karl R. Coolidge. / 15 chapters (two reels each): [1] “Soldiers of Fortune,” released 15 March 1924; [2] “Red Men and White,” released 22 March 1924; [3] “A Night of Terror,” released 29 March 1924; [4] “The Empire Builders,” released 5 April 1924; [5] “A Web of Lies,” released 12 April 1924; [6] “Demetroff’s Vow,” released 19 April 1924; [7] “Facing Death,” released 26 April 1924; [8] “Under the Bear Flag,” released 3 May 1924; [9] “A Ride of Peril,” released 10 May 1924; [10] “Yellow Metal and Blue Blood,” released 17 May 1924; [11] “Gold Madness,” released 24 May 1924; [12] “Crimson Nights,” released 31 May 1924; [13] “Vigilante’s Justice,” released 7 June 1924; [14] “For Life and Love,” released 14 June 1924; [15] “Trail’s End,” released 21 June 1924. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The serial was edited to six reels and rereleased as a feature film in 1925 as California in ’49.
Drama: Western.
Survival status: Prints exist (of the feature version) in an unidentified location [16mm reduction positive]; and in the UCLA Film and Television Archive film archive [unidentified chapter, 35mm positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Law: Judges - Native Americans - Serials
Listing updated: 26 January 2015.
References: Lahue-Continued pp. 239-240, 284; Limbacher-Feature p. 36 : ClasIm-278 p. 10 : Website-IMDb : with additional information provided by Robert Youhouse.
Home video: DVD.
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