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Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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The Deserter
(1912) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Thomas H. Ince
Cast: Francis Ford [the deserter], William Clifford [the captain], J. Barney Sherry [the colonel], Lillian Christy [the colonel’s daughter], Ethel Grandin, Harold Lockwood, Ray Myers, Winnie Baldwin, Cliff Smith (Clifford Smith)
New York Motion Picture Company production; distributed by Motion Picutre Distributing & Sales Company [101-Bison]. / Produced by Thomas H. Ince. Scenario by Richard V. Spencer. / Released 15 March 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama: Western.
Reviews: [The Moving Picture World, 30 March 1912, page ?] A big feature release in two reels. The deserter is a second lieutenant, who, rejected by the colonel’s daughter and disgraced by his part in a drunken row, leaves the post in civilian clothes. It is in early frontier days and an Indian uprising is imminent. A party of immigrants find him half dead in the desert and care for him. The savages attack the little band. The deserter risks his life to break through the “circle of death,” and get help from the fort. He arrives in time, but dies and is buried with honors. It is a big, stirring, well-made picture, almost as good as “War on the Plains.” It is a more emotional picture than any other of the big 101 releases.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 5 November 2022.
References: Everson-Western p. ?; O’Leary-Silent p. ? : ClasIm-224 p. 42 : Website-IMDb.
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