The Tiger Man

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The Tiger Man
Directed by William S. Hart
Screenplay byJ.G. Hawks
Produced byWilliam S. Hart
Thomas H. Ince
StarringWilliam S. Hart
Jane Novak
Milton Ross
Robert Lawrence
Charles K. French
J. P. Lockney
Cinematography Joseph H. August
Production
companies
Famous Players–Lasky Corporation
Artcraft Pictures Corporation
William S. Hart Productions
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • April 1, 1918 (1918-04-01)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
Languages Silent
English intertitles

The Tiger Man is a 1918 American Western silent film directed by William S. Hart, written by J.G. Hawks, and starring William S. Hart, Jane Novak, Milton Ross, Robert Lawrence, Charles K. French, and J. P. Lockney. It was released on April 1, 1918, by Paramount Pictures. [1] [2] A print of the film is in the Museum of Modern Art. [3]

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Plot

As described in a film magazine, [4] Hawk Parsons (Hart), escaping a sheriff's posse, comes upon Ruth Ingram (Novak) and a group of missionaries on their way to the frontier. The band is attacked by Indians and Parsons assists them until he sees the approaching cavalry, so he demands that the band sell Ruth for their freedom. Ruth agrees and leaves her sick husband so that the others might be saved. Through the innocence of the young woman Parsons finds his better self and returns her to her little party and husband, and then gives himself up to the cavalry.

Cast

Preservation status

A copy is preserved in the Museum of Modern Art, New York. [5]

Reception

Like many American films of the time, The Tiger Man was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required a cut, in Reel 1, of all scenes of Hawk holding up the sheriff and his deputies, Hawk backing up sheriff and deputies into prison cell, view of Hawk outside prison cell and sheriff and deputies inside cell, Reel 3, the four intertitles "Them devils will close in on us with the dark — do you still say take her?", "The knife wasn't for you", "It was for myself when the time came", and "The passing of the brute — the birth of the man before the unafraid eyes of chastity", view of arrow lodging in man's shoulder, two closeups of young woman standing in doorway of bedroom frightened, the four intertitles "She's an angel from heaven, as pure as the day you sold her", "She's an angel of heaven, as pure as the day she came away", "She's the same good woman she was out there", and "Look at me, you'll see I'm not lying", and inserted the intertitles "The devils will close in the dark — I'm not taking any chances — she'll have to come with me as a hostage — you put the sheriff on my trail" and "It's a lie — she surrendered to me as a hostage". [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "The Tiger Man (1918) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
  2. ↑ "The Tiger Man". afi.com. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
  3. ↑ Progressive Silent Film List: The Tiger Man at silentera.com
  4. ↑ "Reviews: The Tiger Man". Exhibitors Herald. New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company. 6 (17): 28. April 20, 1918.
  5. ↑ The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:..The Tiger Man
  6. ↑ "Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald. 6 (20): 31. May 11, 1918.
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