The Soul Herder
Appearance
The Soul Herder | |
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Directed by | John Ford |
Written by | George Hively |
Starring | Harry Carey |
Cinematography | Ben F. Reynolds |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Universal Film Manufacturing Co. |
Release date |
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Running time | 30 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent English intertitles |
The Soul Herder is a 1917 American silent Western film directed by John Ford, and featuring Harry Carey. The film is presumed to be lost.[1] The film was premiered in Dayton, Ohio, on August 3, 1917.[2]
Cast
[edit]- Harry Carey
- Molly Malone
- Hoot Gibson
- Jean Hersholt as Priest
- Fritzi Ridgeway
- Duke R. Lee
- William Steele credited as William Gettinger
- Elizabeth James as Daughter
- Vester Pegg
Reception
[edit]Like many American films of the time, The Soul Herder was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors ordered cut scenes showing the shooting of a clergyman, a man muffling a girl in a bedroom, killing a man outside a house, and the closeup of a dead man.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: The Soul Herder". Silent Era. Retrieved March 1, 2008.
- ^ The Dayton Herald, August 3, 1917, p. 25 (subscription needed).
- ^ "Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald. 5 (8). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 33. August 18, 1917. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
External links
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Categories:
- 1917 films
- 1917 lost films
- 1917 Western (genre) films
- 1917 short films
- American silent short films
- American black-and-white films
- Films directed by John Ford
- Lost American Western (genre) films
- Silent American Western (genre) films
- 1910s American films
- 1910s English-language films
- English-language Western (genre) short films
- 1910s American Western (genre) film stubs