In the Days of the Thundering Herd

In the Days of the Thundering Herd
Directed by	Colin Campbell Francis J. Grandon
Written by	Gilson Willets
Produced by	Selig Polyscope Company Colonel Selig
Starring	Tom Mix Bessie Eyton
Distributed by	General Film Company
Release date	November 30, 1914 (1914-11-30)
Running time	5 reels
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

In the Days of the Thundering Herd is a 1914 silent film western directed jointly by Colin Campbell and Francis J. Grandon. It was produced by the Selig Polyscope Company and distributed by General Film Company. This film stars Tom Mix and is representative of some of his rare surviving early features. ^{[1] [2]}

Cast

• Tom Mix as Tom Mingle
• Bessie Eyton as Sally Madison
• Wheeler Oakman as Chief Swift Wing
• Red Wing (real name Lillian St. Cyr) as Starlight
• John Bowers as Dick Madison
• Old Blue as Tom's Horse (uncredited)
• Gordon W. Lillie as Pawnee Bill (uncredited)

Production

In the Days of the Thundering Herd was filmed on a buffalo ranch in Pawnee Bill, Oklahoma. Accordingly, A large number of unrestricted buffalo was used for the hunting scenes to showcase the buffalo chases of the past. The number of buffalo used in the hunting scenes is of its time because after it was skinned it costed one dollar. A reviewer, James S. McQuade, claims that Selig wanted to use extra details to correctly depict the old middle west. That included focusing on how the Native Americans of this era lived in their camps, and how their hunting was done. Many Native Americans that were a part of the tribes in Oklahoma were involved in the village scenes. ^{[3] [4]}

Preservation status

• Prints have been preserved by the Library of Congress, George Eastman House and Academy Film Archive Beverly Hills. ^{[5] [6]}

References

1. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: In the Days of the Thundering Herd
2. In the Days of the Thundering Herd at silentera.com
3. McQuade, James S. (1915). "In the Days of the Thundering Herd". AccessNewspaperArticle. Canton Daily News.
4. "Herds of Buffalo, Fox's Sunday Film". New Britain herald. 1915. p. 4.
5. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and the United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, (<-book title) p. 88, c.1978, by the American Film Institute
6. The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: In the Days of the Thundering Herd

External links

• In the Days of the Thundering Herd at IMDb