Colonel Custard's Last Stand
Colonel Custard's Last Stand is a 1914 one-reel silent movie comedy about Custer's Last Stand and starred Lloyd Hamilton as Colonel Custard and featured Betty Burbridge, , and Mai Wells. The film was directed by Richard Garrick and was released on 19 March 1914.[1]
The slapstick comedy[2] was made by the St. Louis Motion Picture Company and the . It was distributed by Universal Film Manufacturing Company.[1]
Synopsis[]
While trying to break up his daughter's romance Colonel Custard unknowingly puts an Indian tribe on the warpath lead by Chief Standing Cowski.[1][3]
References[]
- ^ a b c Balducci, Anthony Lloyd Hamilton: Poor Boy Comedian of Silent Cinema, McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers (2009), Google Books, pg. 202
- ^ Duggan, Brian Patrick, General Custer, Libbie Custer and Their Dogs: A Passion for Hounds, from the Civil War to Little Bighorn, McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers (2019), Google Books, p. 295
- ^ Brian W. Dippie, Brian W., Custer's Last Stand: The Anatomy of an American Myth, University of Nebraska Press (1994), Google Books pg. 59
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- 1914 films
- American Indian Wars films
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