The Scarlet West

The Scarlet West
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Directed by	John G. Adolfi
Written by	Anthony Paul Kelly
Based on	"The Scarlet West" by A. B. Heath
Produced by	Frank J. Carroll
Starring	Robert Frazer Clara Bow
Cinematography	George Benoit Benjamin Kline Victor Shuler F. L. Hoefler
Distributed by	First National Pictures
Release date	June 26, 1925 (1925-06-26)
Running time	9 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Scarlet West is a 1925 American silent historical drama film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring Robert Frazer and Clara Bow. It was distributed by the First National company.^[1][2]

This was an ambitious silent film made by an independent producer about George Armstrong Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn. It was filmed on location at Dolores, Colorado.

Plot

Cast

• Robert Frazer as Cardelanche
• Clara Bow as Miriam
• Robert Edeson as General Kinnard
• Johnnie Walker as Lt. Parkman
• Walter McGrail as Lt. Harper
• Gaston Glass as Capt. Howard
• Helen Ferguson as Nestina
• Ruth Stonehouse as Mrs. Custer
• Martha Francis as Harriett Kinnard
• Florence Crawford as Mrs. Harper
• Jacqueline Frazer as Child
• Maude Bash Haefler as Wife
• Jack House as Indian Scout
• Frank W. Pyle as Scout

Preservation

There are no prints of The Scarlet West surviving, which makes it a lost film.^[3][4] A trailer survives at the Library of Congress.^[5] Some of the still photography from the production survives and is used in a documentary on local cinematographer Victor Shuler, who was one of four cameramen on the production.^[6]

See also

• General Custer at the Little Big Horn (1926)
• They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
• Little Big Man (1970)

References

1. Progressive Silent Film List: The Scarlet West at silentera.com
2. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Scarlet West
3. The Scarlet West at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: lost First National films - 1925
4. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Scarlet West
5. [trailer] - Catalog of Holding The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, p. 159, c.1978 by The American Film Institute
6. Victor Shuler Movie, Facebook, Retrieved December 10, 2015

External links

• The Scarlet West at IMDb
• ‹The template AllMovie title is being considered for deletion.› Synopsis at AllMovie
• Sample of documentary on Victor Shuler, a cinematographer on The Scarlet West