Underplayed Gems

War on the Plains (1912)

War on the Plains poster
Directed by
Thomas H. Ince
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
20 min
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Settlers travel across the plains. They encounter conflict with Native Americans.

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What happens

War on the Plains, also called Across the Plains, is a 1912 American short silent Western film directed by Thomas H. Ince and starring Francis Ford, Ethel Grandin and Ray Myers. It was produced by Bison Motion Pictures, a subsidiary of the New York Motion Picture Company. The film was made at Inceville, Santa Ynez, California. This short is referred to as Across the Plains in Daniel Blum's Pictorial History of Silent Films. Several other films with this title were released before and after this short was initially distributed. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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