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Pierre of the Plains
(1914) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Lawrence B. McGill

Cast: Edgar Selwyn [Pierre], Dorothy Dalton [Jen Galbraith], Sydney Seaward [Sergeant Tom Redding], William Riley Hatch (Riley Hatch) [Peter Galbraith], Joseph Rider [Val], Lawrence McGill (Lawrence B. McGill) [Father Coraine], William Conklin [Durkin]

All Star Feature Corporation production; distributed [?] on State Rights basis by Alco Film Corporation? / Scenario by Benjamin S. Kutler, from the play adaptation Pierre of the Plains by Edgar Selwyn of the novel Pierre and His People by Gilbert Parker. Presented by All Star Feature Corporation. / Released 12 April 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Dalton’s film debut. The play and novel was subsequently filmed as Heart of the Wilds (1918).

Drama: Northwoods.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 5 November 2023.

References: Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb; Website-IMDb.