The Plunderer (1915 film)

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The Plunderer
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Film still with William Farnum
Directed by Edgar Lewis
Written byEdgar Lewis
Garfield Thompson
Based onThe Plunderer
by Roy Norton
StarringRoscoe Arbuckle
Mabel Normand
Ford Sterling
CinematographyFrank Kugler
Production
company
Distributed byFox Film Corp.
Release date
  • May 31, 1915 (1915-05-31)
Running time
(5 reels)
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Plunderer is a 1915 American film directed by Edgar Lewis based on a 1912 mining novel by Roy Norton. [1] The cast features William Farnum and Harry Spingler as honest miners and Claire Whitney as love interest Joan, daughter of a dishonest miner literally undermining their claim. [2]

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The Plunderer was filmed on location in Dahlonega, Georgia, [3] site of the 1829 Georgia Gold Rush.

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References

  1. Progressive Silent Film List: The Plunderer at silentera.com
  2. Solomon, Aubrey (2014), The Fox Film Corporation, 1915–1935: A History and Filmography, McFarland ISBN   0786486104
  3. "Gold Mining in Georgia". Film Fun (316). New York: Leslie-Judge Company. July 1915.