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| The Man from Funeral Range | |
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| Directed by | Walter Edwards |
| Screenplay by | Monte M. Katterjohn W.E. Wilkes |
| Produced by | Jesse L. Lasky |
| Starring | Wallace Reid Ann Little Lottie Pickford Willis Marks Tully Marshall George A. McDaniel |
| Cinematography | James Van Trees |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
The Man from Funeral Range is a lost [1] 1918 American silent Western film directed by Walter Edwards and written by Monte M. Katterjohn and W.E. Wilkes. The film stars Wallace Reid, Ann Little, Lottie Pickford, Willis Marks, Tully Marshall, and George A. McDaniel. The film was released on October 6, 1918, by Paramount Pictures. [2] [3]
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Like many American films of the time, The Man from Funeral Range was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required cuts, in Reel 2, of the young woman shooting the man and, in Reel 4, two scenes of an attack on a guard.
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