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Davy Crockett (1916)

Davy Crockett poster
Directed by
William Desmond Taylor
Genre
Western film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
50 min
Rated
NR
Rating
3.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a silent western about the legendary frontiersman Davy Crockett. It follows his adventures as a folk hero.

old-fashionedhistoricallegendaryheroicstraightforwardmelodramaticstatelynostalgic

What happens

Davy Crockett is a 1916 American silent Western film starring Dustin Farnum as Davy Crockett, with Winifred Kingston, Harry De Vere, Herbert Standing, Howard Davies, Page Peters, Lydia Yeamans Titus and Ida Darling. The film was directed by William Desmond Taylor and produced by Pallas Pictures. The film was commercially released in the United States and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is not known whether the film currently survives, suggesting that it may be a lost film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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