Empire Builders

Empire Builders
Empire Builders
Produced by	Phil Goldstone
Starring	Snowy Baker; Margaret Landis
Release date	1924
Running time	49 mins
Country	USA
Language	Silent

Empire Builders is a 1924 film starring Snowy Baker, the second movie he made in America. It was highly popular in Australia.^[1]

Prominent roles were taken by the horses Boomerang and Prince Charles.^[2]

Plot[]

Captain William Ballard of the Territorials is sent to make a treaty with the natives. He meets resistance from the Boers, still unreconciled to British rule. He falls in love with Katryn van der Poel. He succeeds in rescuing a lost party and recovering important military dispatches.^[3]

Cast[]

Snowy Baker as Captain William Ballard
Margaret Landis as Katryn van der Poel
Theodore Lorch as Hendrik van der Poel
Pinckney Harrison as Karui the king
J.P. Lockney as a trader
Jere Austin as Fritz van Roon

References[]

^ "[?]EMPIRE BUILDERS."". The Advertiser. Adelaide. July 23, 1924. p. 3. Retrieved August 25, 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "THE CINEMA WORLD". The Mercury. Hobart, Tas. July 18, 1924. p. 12. Retrieved August 25, 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "THE CINEMA WORLD". The Mercury. Hobart, Tas. September 19, 1924. p. 11. Retrieved August 25, 2013 – via National Library of Australia.

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[1] "[?]EMPIRE BUILDERS."". The Advertiser. Adelaide. July 23, 1924. p. 3. Retrieved August 25, 2013 – via National Library of Australia.

[2] "THE CINEMA WORLD". The Mercury. Hobart, Tas. July 18, 1924. p. 12. Retrieved August 25, 2013 – via National Library of Australia.

[3] "THE CINEMA WORLD". The Mercury. Hobart, Tas. September 19, 1924. p. 11. Retrieved August 25, 2013 – via National Library of Australia.

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