The Virginian (1914 film)
The Virginian | |
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Directed by | Cecil B. DeMille |
Based on | The Virginian by Owen Wister |
Produced by | Jesse L. Lasky |
Starring | Dustin Farnum |
Cinematography | Alvin Wyckoff |
Edited by | Cecil B. DeMille Mamie Wagner |
Production company | Jesse Lasky Feature Plays |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
Country | United States |
The Virginian is a 1914 American silent western film based upon the 1902 novel The Virginian by Owen Wister. The film was adapted from the successful 1903-04 theatre play The Virginian, which Wister had collaborated on with playwright Kirke La Shelle. The Virginian starred Dustin Farnum in the title role, a role he reprised from the original play. It was directed by Cecil B. DeMille.
Cast[]
- Dustin Farnum as The Virginian
- Horace B. Carpenter as Spanish Ed (uncredited)
- Sydney Deane as Uncle Hughey (uncredited)
- Cecilia de Mille as Little Girl (uncredited)
- Tex Driscoll as Shorty (uncredited)
- William Elmer as Trampas (uncredited)
- James Griswold as Stage Driver (uncredited)
- Jack W. Johnston as Steve (uncredited)
- Anita King as Mrs. Ogden (uncredited)
- Winifred Kingston as Molly Wood (uncredited)
- Dick La Reno as Balaam (uncredited)
- Mrs. Lewis McCord as Mrs. Balaam (uncredited)
- Monroe Salisbury as Mr. Ogden (uncredited)
- Russell Simpson as (uncredited)
- Hosea Steelman as Lin McLean (uncredited)
References[]
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Virginian (1914 film). |
- The Virginian at IMDb
- The Virginian (1914) at SilentEra
- The Virginian is available for free download at the Internet Archive
- The manuscript of Owen Wister's book The Virginian is preserved at the American Heritage Center at the University of Wyoming.
- Hammond, Harold S. (November 1914). "The Virginian". Photoplay. Chicago, Ill: Cloud Publishing Co. VI (6): 55ff. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
Categories:
- 1914 films
- 1914 Western (genre) films
- American silent feature films
- American films
- American Western (genre) films
- American black-and-white films
- Films based on American novels
- Films based on Western (genre) novels
- Films directed by Cecil B. DeMille
- Films set in Wyoming
- Paramount Pictures films
- Silent Western (genre) films
- 1910s Western (genre) film stubs