The Scarlet West

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The Scarlet West
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Directed by John G. Adolfi
Written by Anthony Paul Kelly
Based on"The Scarlet West"
by A. B. Heath
Produced byFrank J. Carroll
Starring Robert Frazer
Clara Bow
CinematographyGeorge Benoit
Benjamin Kline
Victor Shuler
F. L. Hoefler
Distributed by First National Pictures
Release date
  • June 26, 1925 (1925-06-26)
Running time
9 reels
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

The Scarlet West is a 1925 American silent historical drama film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring Robert Frazer and Clara Bow. It was distributed by the First National company. [1] [2]

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This was an ambitious silent film made by an independent producer about George Armstrong Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn. It was filmed on location at Dolores, Colorado.

Plot

Cast

Preservation

There are no prints of The Scarlet West surviving, which makes it a lost film. [3] [4] A trailer survives at the Library of Congress. [5] Some of the still photography from the production survives and is used in a documentary on local cinematographer Victor Shuler, who was one of four cameramen on the production. [6]

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References

  1. Progressive Silent Film List: The Scarlet West at silentera.com
  2. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Scarlet West
  3. The Scarlet West at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: lost First National films - 1925
  4. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Scarlet West
  5. [trailer] - Catalog of Holding The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, p. 159, c.1978 by The American Film Institute
  6. Victor Shuler Movie, Facebook, Retrieved December 10, 2015