Jim, the Conqueror

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Jim, the Conqueror
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Directed by George B. Seitz
Written byWill M. Ritchey
Starring William Boyd
Cinematography Harold Rosson
Production
company
Metropolitan Pictures Corporation of California
Distributed by Producers Distributing Corporation (PDC)
Release date
  • December 27, 1926 (1926-12-27)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
Languages Silent
English intertitles

Jim, the Conqueror is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by George B. Seitz and starring William Boyd and Elinor Fair. [1] [2]

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Preservation

A print of Jim, the Conqueror survives in the French archive Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée in Fort de Bois-d'Arcy, and a negative may be in the Library of Congress. [3]

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References

  1. "New York Times: Jim, the Conqueror". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . 2012. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved June 19, 2011.
  2. "Jim, the Conqueror". silentera.com. Archived from the original on January 5, 2009. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
  3. Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Jim, the Conqueror