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On the Little Big Horn or Custer's Last Stand

On the Little Big Horn or Custer's Last Stand

1909Short
ShortActionDramaHistoryWestern

The order of disarmament, issued in the Winter of 1S74, and the arrest of "Rain in the Face" by young Tom Custer, is shown in our first three scenes. Then, "two years later," we witness the arrival of General Custer at Post Fort L...

Director
Francis Boggs
Writers
N/A
Stars
Hobart Bosworth, Betty Harte, Frank Walsh
Release Date
November 25, 1909
Language
None, English
Country
United States
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🎭 Top Cast

Hobart Bosworth
Hobart Bosworth
Betty Harte
Betty Harte
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Frank Walsh

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Production
Selig Polyscope Company

🏷️ Keywords

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🎯 Categories

ActionDramaHistoryShortWestern

⭐ Featured Review

Sufficiently accurate to satisfy the ordinary observer
by deickemeyer2015-01-24

"This enterprising house has produced a picture which has all the accuracy of history as far as essentials go, and has graphically illustrated Custer's last stand on the Little Big Horn, when his entire command was killed by the Sioux Indians. With it is woven a love story, which, while perhaps not wholly accurate, is not impossible, and it gives a touch of tenderness to the otherwise stern and bloody pictures which makes it all the more attractive. The picture is worked out with all the rush and dash which make Selig's Western pictures so interesting. Without undertaking to note the ..."

💡 Did You Know?

The cast includes three Sioux who were present at the actual event in 1876 that the film is based on. The producer had hoped to gain historical information from them, but said later that "the most we could get out of them was that the fight was over so quickly that they could remember little about it."

📖 Synopsis

The order of disarmament, issued in the Winter of 1S74, and the arrest of "Rain in the Face" by young Tom Custer, is shown in our first three scenes. Then, "two years later," we witness the arrival of General Custer at Post Fort L...