In the Days of Daniel Boone
Also known as {The Days of Daniel Boone}
(1923) United States of America
B&W : Serial / 15 chapters / 31 reels
Directed by William J. Craft (William James Craft)
Cast: Charles Brinley [Daniel Boone], Jack Mower [Jack Gordon], Eileen Sedgwick [Susan Boone], Ruth Royce [Claire de Voe], Herschel Mayall [General Braddock], Duke R. Lee (Duke Lee) [George Washington], Albert J. Smith [Captain Charles Redmond], Frank Farrington [Judge Henderson], Jack Lewis [James Monroe]
Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation. / Scenario by Jefferson Moffit (Jefferson Moffitt). / 15 chapters (two reels each): [1] “His Country’s Need,” released 25 June 1923 (three reels); [2] “At Sword’s Point,” released 2 July 1923; [3] “Liberty or Death,” released 9 July 1923; [4] “Foiling the Regulators,” released 16 July 1923; [5] “Perilous Paths,” released 23 July 1923; [6] “Trapped,” released 30 July 1923; [7] “In the Hands of the Enemy,” released 6 August 1923; [8] “Over the Cliff,” released 13 August 1923; [9] “The Flaming Forest,” released 20 August 1923; [10] “Running the Gauntlet,” released 27 August 1923; [11] “The Wilderness Trail,” released 3 September 1923; [12] “The Fort in the Forest,” released 10 September 1923; [13] “The Boiling Springs,” released 17 September 1923; [14] “Chief Blackfish Attacks,” released 24 September 1923; [15] “Boone’s Triumph,” released 1 October 1923. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama: Historical.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost : However, a frame enlargement of the serial’s main title appears in Lahue-Bound p. 97, indicating that reduction prints may still exist.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Daniel Boone - Native Americans - Serials - USA
Listing updated: 3 May 2020.
References: Lahue-Bound p. 97; Lahue-Continued pp. 94e, 235-236, 285; Pitts-Hollywood p. 103 : Website-IMDb; Website-SerSq.
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