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The Great Divide
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Edgar Lewis
Cast: Ethel Clayton [Ruth Jordan], House Peters [Stephen Ghent], Marie Sterling [Mrs. Jordan], Hayden Stevenson [Phil Jordan], Mary Moore [Mrs. Jordan, his wife], Warner P. Richmond [Doctor Newberry], Ferdinand O’Beck [‘Dutch’], Ray Chamberlain [Pedro], [?] Arthur E. Matthews?
Lubin Manufacturing Company production; distributed by V-L-S-E, Incorporated [Big Four Feature Play]. / Scenario by Anthony P. Kelly, from the play The Great Divide by William Vaughn Moody. Cinematography by Edward C. Earle. / © 20 December 1915 by Lubin Manufacturing Company [LP7267]. Released 20 December 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot in Arizona and in the Grand Canyon. The original dramatic footage directed by Romaine Fielding was deleted and the production was reshot as directed by Lewis. The play was subsequently filmed as The Great Divide (1925).
Drama: Western.
Survival status: Print exists in the British Film Institute National Archive film archive [incomplete positive (missing one reel)].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: USA: Arizona (Grand Canyon), Georgia, New Mexico (Albuquerque, Gallup)
Listing updated: 2 October 2012.
References: Shipman-Cinema p. 56; Tarbox-Lost pp. 87, 222, 225, 250 : Website-AFI : with additional information provided by Philip Carli.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.
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