War on the Plains

War on the Plains
(aka *Across the Plains*)
War on the Plains; (aka Across the Plains)
	Film still, 1912
Directed by	Thomas H. Ince
Written by	William Eagle Shirt; Thomas H. Ince; Ray Myers
Produced by	Bison Motion Pictures,; New York Motion Picture Company
Starring	Francis Ford; Ethel Grandin
Distributed by	Motion Picture Distributors and Sales Company; Cosmopolitan Films (UK)
Release date	February 23, 1912
Running time	2 reels (20 minutes)
Country	USA
Language	Silent with English intertitles

War on the Plains, also called Across the Plains, is a 1912 American silent short American Western film directed by Thomas H. Ince and starring Francis Ford, Ethel Grandin and Ray Myers. It was produced by Bison Motion Pictures, a subsidiary of the New York Motion Picture Company. The film was made at Inceville, Santa Ynez, California.^[2]

This short is referred to as Across the Plains in Daniel Blum's Pictorial History of Silent Films.^[3] Several other films with this title were released before and after this short was initially distributed.

Cast[]

Francis Ford – Drake, a Treacherous Prospector
Ethel Grandin – Ethel, the Wagon Captain's Daughter
Ray Myers – A Young Emigrant
Howard Davies – A Prospector
William Eagle Shirt – Indian
J. Barney Sherry – Frontiersman
Art Acord – Frontiersman
Clayton Monroe Teters – Indian (unbilled)

Preservation status[]

This film is preserved in the UCLA Film & TV archive.

References[]

^ Kawin, Bruce F. How Movies Work. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1987, pp. 46–47. According to this reference, a 1000-foot theatrical reel of film in the silent era was projected at a "standard" speed of 16 frames per second, considerably slower than the 24 frames in the sound era. A full silent reel therefore had a maximum running time of 15 minutes. Most reels, however, were not filled to their maximum capacity.
^ War on the Plains at silentera.com
^ Pictorial History of Silent Films, p.21 c.1953 by Daniel Blum ISBN 0-399-50667-5

External links[]

War on the Plains at IMDb

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[1] Kawin, Bruce F. How Movies Work. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1987, pp. 46–47. According to this reference, a 1000-foot theatrical reel of film in the silent era was projected at a "standard" speed of 16 frames per second, considerably slower than the 24 frames in the sound era. A full silent reel therefore had a maximum running time of 15 minutes. Most reels, however, were not filled to their maximum capacity.

[2] War on the Plains at silentera.com

[3] Pictorial History of Silent Films, p.21 c.1953 by Daniel Blum ISBN 0-399-50667-5

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