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The Three Godfathers
(1916) United States of America
B&W : Six reels
Directed by Edward J. Le Saint (Edward LeSaint)

Cast: Harry Carey [Bob Sangster], Stella Razetto [Ruby Merrill, ‘The Mojave Lily’], George Berrell [Tim Gibbons], Frank Lanning, Joe Rickson [Rusty Connors], Hart Hoxie (Jack Hoxie) [Sheriff Pete Cushing], Frank Lanning [Bill Kearney], Mr. Briscoe [Johnny Pell]

Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated, production; distributed by Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated, through The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Harvey Gates and Edward J. Le Saint (Edward LeSaint), from the novel The Three Godfathers by Peter Bernard Kyne. Cinematography by Allen M. Davey. / © 31 May 1916 by Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated [LP8385]. Released 19 June 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The story was remade as Marked Men (1919), again starring Carey.

Drama: Western.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in Hirschhorn-Universal p. 20.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Birds: Vultures - Children: Babies, Infants - Crime: Robbery (Banks) - Death - Deserts: Mojave - Fights: Gun - Law: Enforcement: Police: Posses, Sheriffs

Listing updated: 2 December 2023.

References: Edmonds-BigU pp. 81, 104; Hirschhorn-Universal pp. 20, 35, 67 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb.