The Oregon Trail | |
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Directed by | Edward Laemmle |
Written by | Douglas Bronston Anthony Coldeway Robert Dillon Jefferson Moffitt |
Starring | Art Acord Louise Lorraine |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 18 episodes |
Country | United 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]
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