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The Disciple
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by William S. Hart
Cast: William S. Hart [Jim Houston], Dorothy Dalton [Mary Houston], Thelma Salter [Alice Houston], Robert McKim [Doc Hardy], Charles K. French [Sheriff ‘Birdshot’ Bivens], Jean Hersholt [extra]
New York Motion Picture Corporation production; distributed by Triangle Film Corporation [Kay-Bee Ince]. / Produced by Thomas H. Ince. Scenario by S. Barret McCormick. Assistant director, Clifford Smith. Cinematography by Joe August (Joseph H. August). Original music score by Wedgwood Nowell. / © 1 November 1915. Released 21 November 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot from 27 May through 2 July 1915. Production cost $8356.12. The film was reedited, with new intertitles, and rereleased by Tri-Stone Pictures, Incorporated, in mid-1924.
Drama: Western.
Synopsis: Synopsis available in Koszarski-Hart p. 34.
Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive; and the George Eastman Museum film archive.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Law: Enforcement: Police: Sheriffs
Listing updated: 5 October 2014.
References: AFI-F2 n. F2.1353; Koszarski-Hart pp. xviii, xix, 34-36; Lahue-Triangle pp. 18, 137, 141; Limbacher-Feature p. 63; Slide-Aspects p. 25; Spehr-American p. 273; Tarbox-Lost p. 252.
Home video: DVD.
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