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Winning of the West
Also known as {Winnings of the West}
(1922) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: (unknown)

Aywon Film Corporation production; distributed by Aywon Film Corporation. / Released August 1922. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Western.

Synopsis: [Motion Picture News Booking Guide, 3 October 1922, page 79] Tom Sherman and his family live in a stockade home in the west. When only the two children are at home, the stockade is attacked by a band of whiskey-maddened Indians. The children explode a can of powder, driving the Indians off. Years later, the boy is in the army and the girl has a daughter of her own, whose dearest playmate is an Indian girl whom they have nursed back to health. The daughter is kidnapped by the Indians and the Indian girl rescues her. A fight follows between whites and Indians, with the brother’s troop riding to the rescue.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 28 November 2023.

References: Sherwood-Best p. 197 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb.

 
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