The Oregon Trail (1923 serial)

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The Oregon Trail
Oregon Trail lobby card.jpg
Lobby card
Directed by Edward Laemmle
Written byDouglas Bronston
Anthony Coldeway
Robert Dillon
Jefferson Moffitt
Starring Art Acord
Louise Lorraine
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date
  • March 12, 1923 (1923-03-12)
Running time
18 episodes
CountryUnited States
Languages Silent
English intertitles

The Oregon Trail is a 1923 American silent Western film serial directed by Edward Laemmle. The film is considered to be lost. [1]

Contents

Plot summary

Cast

Chapter titles

  1. Westward Ho!
  2. White Treachery
  3. Across the Continent
  4. Message of Death
  5. Wagon of Doom
  6. Secret Foes
  7. A Man of God
  8. Seeds of Civilization
  9. Justice
  10. The New Era
  11. A Game of Nations
  12. To Save an Empire
  13. Trail of Death
  14. On to Washington
  15. Santa Fe
  16. Fate of a Nation
  17. For High Stakes
  18. Victory

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References

  1. "Progressive Silent Film List: The Oregon Trail". silentera.com. Retrieved May 1, 2008.