Custer's Last Fight
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| Custer's Last Fight | |
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 1925 re-release poster | |
| Directed by | Francis Ford |
| Written by | Richard V. Spencer |
| Produced by | Thomas H. Ince |
| Starring | Francis Ford Grace Cunard |
| Cinematography | Ray Smallwood |
| Distributed by | Mutual Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 2 reels (approximately 30 minutes) |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Custer's Last Fight (also known as Custer's Last Raid) is a 1912 American silent short Western film. It is the first film about George Armstrong Custer and his final stand at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.[1] Francis Ford, the older brother of director John Ford, directed the two-reel short and also starred in the title role. It was shot principally in "Inceville" at Santa Ynez Canyon in Pacific Palisades, California.
The film was re-released in 1925 and 1933.
Cast
[edit]- Francis Ford as George Armstrong Custer
- Grace Cunard as Mrs. Custer[2]
- William Eagle Shirt as Sitting Bull
- J. Barney Sherry as James McLaughlin
- Art Acord as a Trooper
- Ann Little
- Lillian Christy
- Charles K. French
- Snowball as a horse
References
[edit]- ^ "Last Stand at Little Big Horn". American Experience. PBS.
- ^ "Grace Cunard – Women Film Pioneers Project". wfpp.columbia.edu. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
External links
[edit]- Custer's Last Fight at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- Custer's Last Fight at IMDb
- re-edited version on DVD
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- Battle of the Little Bighorn
- Biographical films about people of the American Old West
- Cultural depictions of George Armstrong Custer
- Cultural depictions of Sitting Bull
- Films about Native Americans
- Films directed by Francis Ford
- Films set in 1876
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