The Coming of the Padres

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The Coming of the Padres
Directed by Lorimer Johnston
Starring Sydney Ayres
Perry Banks
Louise Lester
Jacques Jaccard
Jack Richardson
Vivian Rich
Harry van Meter
Distributed by Mutual Film
Release date
  • March 21, 1914 (1914-3-21)
CountryUnited States
Languages Silent
English intertitles

The Coming of the Padres is a 1914 American silent short Western film directed by Lorimer Johnston. The film stars Sydney Ayres, Perry Banks, Louise Lester, Jacques Jaccard, Jack Richardson, Vivian Rich, and Harry van Meter. [1] Motography reported that the film would be "pictorially reproducing the founding of the Santa Barbara Mission by Padre Junipero Serra. [...] The production will not be an exclusively religious one, but will introduce much of interest of early California life." [2]

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Reception

A very positive review in The Moving Picture World wrote: " This is a beautiful offering, historical in nature. The bicennial of the birth of Father Serra who celebrated his first mass at Santa Barbara Mission, when California was a Spanish colony. It is impressive. The religious rites introduced are incidental to the dramatic story." [3]

References

  1. ↑ Mutual Film Corporation (1914). Reel Life (1914-1915). Media History Digital Library. New York, Mutual Film Corporation.
  2. ↑ Electricity Magazine Corporation (1914). Motography (Jan-Jun 1914). MBRS Library of Congress. Electricity Magazine Corp.
  3. ↑ Moving Picture Exhibitors' Association (1914). The Moving picture world. California State Library. New York : The World Photographic Publishing Company.


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